Daria Multiverse

The Daria Multiverse is an artificial designation created by CINCGREEN that encompasses not only canon Daria episodes but all other Daria fanfiction universes as well, when those alternate realities explored in Daria fanfiction diverge significantly from what is considered canon Daria.

These universes are designated by a numerical combination (and, only rarely, letters) in the format "Daria-XXX," where XXX is a distinctive number. Since there is no way to automatically designate numbers, the method of assigning numbers is inspired by the late Marvel Comics editor Mark Gruenwald. In Marvel Universe cosmology, the "number" of a universe is determined by the number of a comic book where that universe made its first appearance, or is heavily influenced by that book. The number might also relate to an important date or fact about that alternate reality.

Definition of Terms
Per Marvel Comics, some terms must be clarified in order to make sense of the linkage between universes. Much of the text that follows is taken from Marvel's website.

Multiverse: a group of similar or related realities, usually sharing certain characters or entities. The Daria Multiverse is that set of realities based upon the TV series Daria.

Megaverse: a large cluster of realities, usually including multiverses, considered in some way "close" to one another, thus making travel between them somewhat easier than between realities not within the same megaverse. The Daria Multiverse and the Beavis and Butt-head Multiverse are within the same megaverse of MTV-aired animated shows that shared characters. By this definition, the multiverse of the MTV cartoon The Head is also part of this megaverse.

Omniverse: Every reality imaginable, including those created, published, trademarked, or copyrighted by other companies or individuals, covering every fandom.

Number of Universes in the Daria Multiverse
We assume that the Daria Multiverse is a simple subset of the Omniverse, as there may be universes that don't have Daria. However, we will assume that all worthwhile universes have Daria, since, well, Daria's so cool.

The number of universes is of a higher order of infinity than the integers &alefsym;0, pronounced &ldquo;Aleph-Naught&rdquo;, provided that each universe has a finite amount of matter in it. By the same mathematical construction that proves that the real numbers have higher cardinality than the integers, if the number of Daria universes were "countable," a new universe could be easily constructed which is not in the list. Therefore, the "number" of Daria universes is at least C, the cardinality of the real numbers.

However, with the existence of organizations like DELPHI, the real possibility of cross-universe contamination exists. (See Daria-12 and Daria-13 as universes.) Therefore, it is more likely that the "number" of Daria universes is 2C, or &alefsym;1, &ldquo;Aleph-One.&rdquo;

This is a number as uncountable as the set of all possible subsets of the real numbers. Integers are used to designate individual universes for ease of comprehension.

Designations
Daria-Prime: The universe in which we, the viewers of Daria, exist as we view the original, canon broadcasts of the MTV television show. As Wikipedia defines the term: Earth Prime (or Earth-Prime) is a term sometimes used in works of speculative fiction involving parallel universes or a multiverse, and refers either to the universe containing "our" Earth, or to a parallel world with a bare minimum of divergence points from Earth as we know it.

Daria-0: The universe of Erin Mills' fic "Last Night In Lawndale." The designation 0 is selected as the world ends at the end of this story, with none of the existing "Daria" cast surviving, meaning that this particular Earth effectively no longer exists.

Daria-65.2: The universe in which the events of the Daria pilot "Sealed with a Kick" occurred. MTV made 65 original episodes and two TV-films within the original canon series.

Daria-2: The universe of Ronin's fic Lawndale Marmalade. Lady Marmalade, the song this songfic was inspired by, was only the second song in Billboard chart history to chart at #1 without being released in a major commercially available single format such as a CD or CD maxi single.

Daria-4: The universe of legendeld's Esteem Roller. During chapter six Daria is revealed to have been subjected to four months of brainwashing at her previous school before she broke.

Daria-5: The universe of Crusading Saint's "You Only Hurt..." and "The Ones You Love." At the end of "The Ones You Love," Helen tells Jake to meet her upstairs, in their bedroom, in five minutes. NOTE: ''In this universe, both an unidentified organization and the covert U.S. agency known as DELPHI have access to technology that allows them to monitor, track and engage in trans-dimensional travel across other universes. It is possible that other AU-variants of DELPHI may have acquired the technology from them, such as the variants in Daria-387 and -247. (This supposition is supported by events chronicled in the fics "A Little Vacation" and "The Cynic and The Defender.")''

Daria-7: The universe of Dennis' Iron Chef based serial fic Turnabout Confusion. The bet made between Daria and Quinn is 'to act and dress like the other for one week' - or seven days.

Daria-9: The universe of Greystar's fic Daria AE. In the fic, Quinn points out to Daria that it has been nine years since Earth was destroyed by Thor's Hammer, and they've been living on starships and space stations ever since.

Daria-10: The universe in LSauchelli's series, "The Morgendorffer Files," which is a crossover with The Dresden Files. In this world Daria is a wizard who discovered magic when she met Harry Dresden, she was ten at the time.

Daria-12: First seen in The Angst Guy's fic, "Guys' Night Out." The universe that Darius Morgendorffer, John Lane, and Tom Sloane journey from by use of a dimensional gateway found and pilfered from the Good Time Chinese Restaurant franchise location in Lawndale. Much as per the story "Illusions," it is strongly hinted that the gateway in this universe is of alien origin. The number "12" stems from the fact that Darius and John have, at the beginning of the fic, already traveled through the gateway to twelve different realities.

Daria-13: The universe that Darius Morgendorffer, John Lane, and Tom Sloane (of the Daria-12 universe) journey to from their own. It is notable in that the three traveled back at least 25-30 years into the past of this reality, and that the three interacted with other-dimensional counterparts of their parents. The number comes from the fact that this is the thirteenth universe to which they have traveled.

Daria-15: The universe of Ostragoth's "Behind Enemy Lines." While aboard The Habitat, Franklin Davers finds out that the Slaver Mantoids start using human females designated for their breeding program to birth children at age fifteen.

Daria-22: The Daria: Tasmanian Devil universe of Psychotol. The 22 SAS Regiment is the main force of the elite Special Air Service, the principal Special Forces unit of the British Army. NOTE: The term "Daria: Tasmanian Devil" is used here only for reference purposes and is not as yet the official title of this continuum.

Daria-23: The alternate universe that Daria Morgendorffer is teleported to Doggieboy's "A Little Vacation." The Earth in this universe is zombie-infested and organized governments have broken down. U.S. Highway 23 runs north-south through Fostoria, Ohio, the city where Daria appears.

Daria-30: The universe of "Daria/The Mask: My Big-Head Girl," by Erin Mills. As a crossover with the Dark Horse comic book series The Mask, the number comes from the total amount of issues of the various miniseries that chronicle the story of the Mask.

Daria-37: The tiny-Lawndale universe of "Anywhere But Here," by MMan. The number "37" is part of MMan's mailing address.

Daria-39: The Driven Wild Universe, created by Kara Wild. The number comes from a type of eyeglass lens, CR-39. Quinn Morgendorffer learns that her eyesight is poor in the first episode, "Rose-Colored Lenses," which necessitates that she wear eyeglasses.

Daria-55: The Super Zero universe by Erin Mills. This universe shows that Jake Morgendorffer isn't really a clueless yutz, but a superhuman with enhanced strength who tries to keep his abilities a secret. The genetic quirk that gives the occasional members of each generation of the Morgendorffer family super powers is documented to have killed those individuals before age 55.

Daria-57: The universe of "Quinngali," begun by Nemo Blank and continued by Scissors MacGillicutty. This universe includes as real history the events of the original movie, The Manchurian Candidate, wherein Senator John Yerkes Iselin, an anti-communist demagogue, claims to have proof that there are fifty-seven communists in the Defense Department.

Daria-69: The time-displaced universe of "Daria 2007: The Girl from Hope," by The Angst Guy. The number "69" is referenced twice in the story.

Daria-81: The universe of the Submariner Series by Wildgoose. The number "81" was part of Wildgoose's e-mail address.

Daria-99: The universe in LSauchelli's fic, "Darkly Daria," which is a reinvention using concepts of Dexter, Daria is a sociopath, almost incapable of empathy or remorse, who lives by an ethical code set down by her father. The code gives her a positive way of using her killer instinct. In the TV series, Dexter usually seizes his victims injecting them with an anesthetic, specified to be an animal tranquilizer called etorphine hydrochloride, or M99.

Daria-101: The primary Daria universe, as seen in the original MTV animated series - or, as may be described by 'the Gardner Principle' inferred in the DCU comic Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew - 'the universe subconsciously tapped into and viewed by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn when creating the world of Lawndale'. The number "101" derives from the episode number of the first story "Esteemsters".

Daria-101.303: A universe which is an exact mirror of the Daria-Prime universe with one exception: the events in Depth Takes a Holiday are interpreted as a dream. In this universe, there is no "Holiday Island" pocket dimension and the events in DTaH didn't actually happen.

Daria-109: The Pause in the Air universe of The Angst Guy. In the fifth story, "Shock and Aww," the childbirth class is held in room 109A.

Daria-111: The universe of The Sidhe's The Other Side of Time series, to which Richard Rawlings travels. When unable to find a hotel room because of a UFO convention, Richard takes Jane up of an offer of a room at Casa Lane - located at 111 Howard Drive.

Daria-112: The universe of "Misery's End," by Richard Lobinske. Daria's family died as as result of the psychotropic berries eaten during episode 112, "The Teachings of Don Jake".

Daria-113: The universe of both "The Daria Chronicles" and "Brush Strokes: The Adventures of Jane Lane," by Erin Mills. While Jane attends school at the Von Knipping Academy of Art in London, Daria attends college at Willmore University. She is placed in room 113A of the Machiavelli Hall dormitory.

Daria-114: The "Generation Gap" universe of Richard Lobinske. Helen's oldest daughter and Daria's mother, Anastasia, was killed on January 14.

Daria-122: A universe glimpsed through one of WacoKid's "Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Ever Have!" ficlets, in which Coach Morris uses blackmail to keep Jane Lane on the Lawndale High track team, and thereby making life better for Jane, Trent, and even Daria. The initial ficlet was posted on PPMB on January 22, 2008.

Daria-125: The universe of the All My Children series, by Deref and Thea Zara. In Chapter 3, "California Dreaming," $1.25 is the price of a hamburger, fries, and a Coke at a hamburger joint near the Springfield Hotel.

Daria-157: The universe of Daria Von Doom, by Richard Lobinske. In Marvel Universe continuity, Doctor Doom's face was injured when a machine he had created exploded after 2 minutes and 37 seconds of operation&mdash;157 seconds. Doctor Doom is the biological father (via artificial insemination) of Daria Morgendorffer in this series.

Daria-159: The universe of The Great Zack Walkabout and the home universe of the younger Robert Nelson from "The Cynic and The Defender," by Doggieboy. Epilogue 4 of "A Little Vacation," in which Robert told Daria about his home world, was posted at 1:59 a.m.

Daria-200: The universe of "Apocalyptic Daria," by Doggieboy. Daria and Jane are at a mini-mart in West Virginia, 200 miles away from Lawndale, when Washington, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia are destroyed by nuclear weapons.

Daria-210: The Living Dead Girls universe by Psychotol. This universe is a crossover with the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The main character, Buffy Summers, supposedly had 210 confirmed kills of humans and other supernatural life forms during the show's 144 episode run.

Daria-217: The universe of "Misnomer," by Erin Mills. An alternate reality wherein the Lane family is slaughtered by a red cloaked, reality jumping Daria Morgendorffer who goes by the name Judith. The story was published on fanfiction.net on 2/17/06.

Daria-218: The universe of "Research," by Erin Mills. The sequel to Misnomer, this universe features a Daria Morgendorffer described as "the Earth's last sorceress," who is also the guardian of the Library, "the largest repository of all human knowledge in the universe." As the sequel to Misnomer the designation of 218 seems appropriate.

Daria-247: The universe of Roentgen's Legion of Lawndale Heroes series. The first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes was in DC Comics' Adventure Comics #247.

Daria-289: The universe of Ostragoth's serial fic "Estrangesters." Daria has developed metahuman mental powers as a result of exposure to uranium from her days in Highland, including superhuman intellect. She tells Jane that the last recorded measurement of her IQ was 289.

Daria-292: The universe of Brother Grimace's "The Trouble With Veronica," in which the character of Evelyn Veronica Morgendorffer is first seen. 292 Bennington-Ryan Hall is the room where "Evie" lives on the Grove Hills campus.

Daria-305: A universe visited in "Three" where Jake and Helen divorced while still in Highland. After Jake has a fatal heart attack and Helen is killed by an angry client, Daria becomes Quinn's guardian and works to put her through college. The dimensional-traveling characters meet her during March, 2005, her time.

Daria-316: The Falling Into College universe of Richard Lobinske. Daria is assigned a room at 316 Fenderson Hall at Raft College in the first episode of this story. The same author's First Summer and Last Summer series are prequels and thus part of the same universe.

Daria-320: The universe of Doggieboy's "A Little Vacation." Dr. Ezra Stone first accomplished trans-dimensional teleportation with a mouse at 3:20 p.m.

Daria-357: The universe in which the "Evil Daria Vignettes" are set in. Created by NightGoblyn, the first entry in this PPMB thread was made at 3:57 pm, on Thursday, September 27, 2007.

Daria-387: The universe of "It's All About Respect," created by Brother Grimace. A major character in that universe is Kyle Armalin, whose college GPA was 3.87 upon graduating from the U. S. Naval Academy.

Daria-396: The A. D. Universe of Mr Anonymous. As of the time this entry was typed, there have been 396 episodes of The Simpsons aired, and Mr Anonymous is a major Simpsons fan.

Daria-476: The universe where the first Defender Ring was created. On this Earth, the (roughly) 600-year period known as the 'Dark Ages' never occurred in favor of the 'Age of Illumination'; one occurrence of such was the equal rise of "alchemical technologies" on an equal level with other academic studies AND the actual practical applications/benefits that came from such studies. Due to a extradimensional incident which released zombie elements upon this Earth, the inhabitants sealed themselves off from the rest of the Daria Multiverse - but not before developing the Ring 'altech' and dispatching it to other worlds throughout the D.M. as a manner of defending themselves from other supernatural/otherworldly threats. This world is the equal to Oa in the D.C. Universe. According the the Wikipedia entry on the subject, the 'Dark Ages' was the period encompassing (roughly) 476 to 1000 AD.

Daria-498: The universe of the "Evil Daria" encountered in the story, "Three". The dimensional travelers meet her in April, 1998, her time.

Daria-500: The universe of Scissors MacGillicutty's Where's Mary Sue When You Need Her?, where Scissors himself originates from. The weapon Scissors carries with him as he moves between dimensions is a Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum.

Daria-501: The Daria universe with which Scissors interacts. This universe in notable in that it (a) is the first universe where the character of Jim Vitale was noted to exist, and (b) purports to contain all possible all other possible Daria Universes.

Daria-545: The Visitations universe, created by Brother Grimace, in which a supernatural entity known as 'The Man' has actively involved himself in the lives of several residents of Lawndale. It was 5:45 in the afternoon that Daria became aware of 'The Man' in her bedroom in The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow, the first fic about that reality.

Daria-550: The universe of Ben Breeck's The New Teacher Series. In Episode #107, Open Season, Daria helps the Lawndale Academic Team triumph as they score 550 points.

Daria-557: The universe in which Angelboy's "Fandemonium" takes place. Angelboy made the posting that began the fic at 5:57 p.m. on Friday, October 6, 2006.

Daria-658: The universe of the stories of the Diane Long continuum. The very first sentence of the very first story, "It's My Party and I'll Cry, But Not in Front of You!" is "It was 6:58 a.m."

Daria-706: The universe of C. E. Forman's Lost Seasons series. The designation comes from Forman's apartment number at the time he created Lotto Nonsense, the first episode of this fanfiction series.

Daria-711: The universe of Richard Lobinske's Mother's Love series. In the second story, "Alien Home," Daria arrives at Nest sometime on July 11th, or 7/11.

Daria-727: The universe of Brother Grimace's Bump, The System Lord Stargate SG-1 crossover story and ficlets that feature Bump as a Gou'ald. Stargate SG-1 first aired on July 27, 1997.

Daria-803: The universe created by Kristen Bealer in which Daria and Jane are teenaged criminals. This universe is also notable in that it is one of a very few universes where Jake has died, but his father Mad Dog Morgendorffer is still alive. Kristen Bealer posted the entry creating this universe in the "Scenes No Daria Fanfic Should Have: Dawn of a New Nightmare" thread on August 3, 2009, at 1:51 p.m.

Daria-813: This universe is made up of the loosely collected narrative done by several writers in the Iron Chef: Mirror, Mirror thread. The mirror in question is part of a carnival hall of mirrors but it shows the viewer their soul, or portions of it they refused to look at before. The number designation 813 comes from that fact the inspiration for this thread came from a drawing in webcomic artist R.K. Milholland's Rhymes With Witch that was posted on August 13, 2008.

Daria-918: The universe of Canadibrit's The Look-Alike Series. The numerical designation comes from the conceit that Daria has a look-alike half-sister. The Patty Duke Show first aired on 9/18/1963, and the premise of that TV program was that Patty Lane has a look-alike cousin, Cathy Lane.

Daria-960: The universe of both "Night of the Storm" and "The Winters of Those Gone Before." In 1997, the year Daria was aired, Quinn was #960 in popularity among female baby names.

Daria-1026: The universe of Ruthless Bunny's Bed and Breakfast Man series. The universe is titled after a song by the British band Madness, and the song belongs to the album, One Step Beyond, which was released on 10/26/1979.

Daria-1031: The universe of Erin Mills's "Daria Vs. The Lawndale Zombies." Daria and Jane encounter an army of zombies in Lawndale on Halloween night, which, of course, has the date of 10/31.

Daria-1417: The universe of TheSecretSharer's "The Handmaidens of Narcissus," which takes place in a modern setting, but all within speak in the manner of literary works from the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries (e.g., Shakespeare).

Daria-1451: The universe of Richard Lobinske's John Lane series. The first episode of that series, "John," starts on Columbus Day, and Christopher Columbus was born in 1451.

Daria-1752: The origin universe of Richard Rawlings, which he left to carry out his mission in the works of The Sidhe. The land that would become Mount Folly, Virginia (the ancestral home of the Rawlings family in America), was purchased by the family in 1752.

Daria-1839: The Love's Labours Lost? universe of E. A. Smith. Named after Shakespeare's play, "Love's Labours Lost" was not performed in the modern era until 1839.

Daria-1862: The universe of Doggieboy's surreal crossover tale, "The Cynic, The Fashionista and The Jackass." The story takes place in 1862. In this universe, both Lawndale and Highland are in Texas.

Daria-1963: The universe of LSauchelli's Avenging series. It's a reinvention of the Marvel Universe Avengers using characters from Daria and various other fandoms, making it a multi-crossover. The first issue of The Avengers was released in Septempter 1963.

Daria-1983: The universe of Erin Mills' crossover story, "Killjoy Was Here." The story is based on the Styx album Kilroy Was Here, which was released in 1983.

Daria-1984: The universe in which Brother Grimace's "Victory Lane" takes place. In the fic, Jodie Landon references George Orwell's literary classic, 1984, in discussing Daria's transformation upon her return to Lawndale High.

Daria-1993: The universe of cyde's Power Rangers:Lawndale Force series. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the show on which the series is based, began in 1993.

Daria-1994: The universe of "Power Rangers: Alphawave Access," created by Brother Grimace. Brother Grimace was thirty in 1994, which was the age of Tommy Oliver when he served as the Black Dino Power Ranger. Tommy Oliver is the most famous person to ever serve as a Power Ranger.

Daria 1999: The universe of CDM's "Daria: Demon Princess Quinn." 1999 was the year author CDM created the character of the Demon Princess.

Daria 2001: A universe encountered in the story "Three," that includes Veronica Morgendorffer and in which Daria is deaf. Events happen in the year 2001, their time.

Daria-2012: The universe of Robert Nowall's Daria: 2010 continuum. Oddly enough, the series name is not the obvious one, as the first scene starts in the 2012 Spring Semester.

Daria-2707: The universe of "Eternity," by Richard Lobinske. News reports of the Mantua couple find were from February 7, 2007.

Daria-4032: The universe of cyde's story, "The Red Carpet Treatment." The number came about because cyde got bored and used a toothpick to count the total number of characters in the story.

Daria-5420: The universe of Michelle Klein-Hass's Lawndale, CT stories. The designation comes from a number on the animation model for Klein-Hass used in the Daria episode, "Camp Fear."

Daria-6598: The universe of Invisigoth Gypsy's IVG Continuum. The first story in the continuum is dated "6-5-98."

Daria-11304: The universe of Guy "Decelaraptor" Payne's alternate version of "Daria-32004", Tallil. The story takes place the day after the 2004 elections, November 3.

Daria-23241: The universe of Steven Galloway's DF Continuum, which includes such stories as "Visitations." The designation comes from the tail end of Galloway's e-mail address at the time he submitted those stories to Outpost Daria.

Daria-32004: The universe of Guy "Decelaraptor" Payne's Kadhimiya. Pvt. Quinn Morgendorffer was killed in action on March 20, 2004.

Daria-41183: The universe of Dennis's GTS continuum. The title of the first GTS story, "Imperfect Circle," references the song "Perfect Circle," by R.E.M., which was released as part of the Murmur album on 4/11/83. Daria-90210: The universe in which the events of Daria the Movie and its sequel, Daria 2: The Curse of the Misery Chick, actually did take place. "90210" is the postal zip code for Beverly Hills, California, the setting of the 1990's teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210.

Daria-91404: The universe of Shield Maiden by Richard Lobinske. The first part written was in response to the 9/14/04 challenge at PPMB.

Daria-3,459,112.56: The universe of DJW and Richard Lobinske's crossover stories, "Band of Bothers" and "With a Little Help From Your Fiends." There, $3,459,112.56 was the total collateral damage caused by Clovis and Wasabi during their stay.

Daria-62,742,241: The universe of The Angst Guy's story, "Quinnts." Thanks to shoddy fertility drugs, Helen gave birth to Quinn as identical quintuplets. The universe's designation comes from Hellin's Law, which states that roughly 1 in 89 births will produce twins and 1 in 89 x 89 will produce triplets. To its logical extension, quintuplets odds are 1 in 89 x 89 x 89 x 89, or 1 in 62,742,241 births.

The Cafe: While not actually a Daria universe, per se, the Cafe appears to be a pocket universe of its own, populated by those stranded away from their own realities, and those unable to travel from reality to reality at will. It is included here as the red-cloaked Daria Morgendorffer calling herself Judith was seen to have begun her career in this place, in Erin Mills' fic of the same name.

The Fourth Floor of Old Stanley's: While Old Stanley's technically exists in the universe of Daria-249, the nature of the building classifies it as an artificially constructed multiversal facility built to contain (and on the site of) a trans-temporal/spatial interdimensional nexus point which occurred naturally (such as points in the Devil's Sea and the Bermuda Triangle), but was located and stabilized as part of the construction of the hotel. The Fourth Floor is the specific stabilization point for the nexus' physical manifestation in this reality, which appears to the unaided eye as a giant lake; because of the nature of space/time around the Nexus, the Fourth Floor acts as a tesseract, allowing near-infinite commercial and residential space. In addition, the Fourth Floor acts as a 'way station' for interdimensional, extraterrestrial and trans-temporal travelers who use gateways for their traveling purposes, and for persons who just wish to travel around the Earth.

The Laboratory: Much like "The Cafe", the Lab exists in a pocket universe and is the base of operations for the hyperspace supervisor, Richard, in the story, Three. It is clearly part of a larger structure that includes a "front office" and probably other, similar laboratories with similar supervisors.