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==Summary==
Inspired by their current assignment, ''The Call of the Wild'', [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O'Neill]] passes around a sign-up sheet for an overnight field trip to the woods. Naturally, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane]] decline to participate in what they're sure will be yet another school-sponsored fiasco, but Daria changes her mind when she's convinced (aka "bribed") into going by [[Helen]], who wants the weekend alone with [[Jake]] to try and bolster their creaking marriage. Meanwhile, [[Angela Li|Principal Li]] is taking a camcorder so the video of Lawndale's Wilderness Adventure Club will get a sponsorship from [[Extreme Sportz Mania Worldwide Inc]]. (Jane will point out to Li that [[Lawndale High]] doesn't have a Wilderness Adventure Club - "We do ''now''.")
The outing is a disaster from the get-go, from [[Quinn]]'s plethora of fashion camping equipment to Mr. O'Neill's allergies to half the plantlife to Ms. Li's obsession with recording everything. Even [[Kevin]] and [[Brittany]] can't avoid mishaps, as Brittany is repeatedly stung by bees that were hiding in the bouquet of flowers Kevin picked for her. And if all that weren't enough, a blizzard (surprise!) hampers their progress. When O'Neill goes back for his spare inhaler, despite being half-dead, Ms. Li goes after him (he's got the camcorder) and [[Janet Barch|Ms. Barch]] goes catatonic about being "abandoned", leaving only [[Anthony DeMartino|Mr. DeMartino]] in charge (barely).
When they finally reach the mountain cabin, it is discovered that they have no supplies thanks to [[Joey]], [[Jeffy]] and [[Jamie White|Jamie]], who left them behind in order to carry Quinn's belongings... a situation that gets Quinn kicked out of the [[Fashion Club]] (temporarily). Meanwhile, elsewhere on the same mountain, Jake and Helen try to promote intimacy, as in talking rather than sex, and find themselves with barely anything to talk to each other about.
Mr. DeMartino orders Kevin and [[Mack]] to find the lost Li and O'Neill, which he goes in search of food. Daria and Jane accompany him to get away from the other students but are abruptly left on their own when he falls off a cliff. It looks as though it might be the end, as the girls struggle through the blizzard to find their way back, when they stumble across Helen and Jake's cabin -- where DeMartino ended up, and the arrival of ''someone'' to talk to was like a gift from Heaven.
In the end, the Morgendorffers return home together, the lost teachers are found by Mack (right when Mr. O'Neill is recording his last words), and everyone returns home... except for Kevin, who got lost on his mission and is still stuck on the mountain.
==Timeline headaches==
Everyone's dressed for cold and a blizzard hits. However, from chronological nods in "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]" and "[[Lane Miserables]]", this should logically be occuring in the ''spring'' - and [[A Tree Grows in Lawndale|the next episode]] shows a "Spring/Fall Schedule" calender.
==Animation errors==
Li confirms there are forty-six people on the field trip, but she says that when there's only a dozen or so in shot and it's a wide enough shot in a clear area that we can't be tricked into thinking everyone else is off screen.
==Trivia==
This episode aired on the third anniversary of the [[Esteemsters|first episode]].
DeMartino had a friend who married his mother, a source of great anger. We don't know the specifics, as Daria and Jane fled upon hearing this.▼
Despite the episode's light tone, some or more of the characters could have died - and Daria and Jane aren't bothered! The girls genuinely worry ''they'' might die though, and to their affairs in order Daria apologizes for giving Jane grief over [[Tom Sloane]] and Jane apologizes for embarrassing her about and in the presence of [[Trent]]. This is all they consider to need to say.
Many background characters appear in hiking and winter gear, one of the few times the characters are all wearing alternate clothes. (The exception is [[Burnout Girl]].)▼
Specifically, when Jane apologizes to Daria for embarrassing her in front of Trent, this is a reference to multiple episodes, including "[[Road Worrier]]", "[[That Was Then, This is Dumb]]", "[[Monster]]", "[[Ill]]", "[[Through a Lens Darkly]]", etc.
Among other cuts, such as Helen and Jake getting frisky (which was then still in the commercial bumper anyway!) [[Noggin / The N|The Noggin]] airing cut the dark joke about watching a lynching (of Quinn). This inadvertently means the scene ends with Daria saying they're in severe danger and no joke, making it ''darker''.
Also of note, Mack ''very'' easily agrees to forget thinking about the missing Kevin.
First and only mention of O'Neill having a severe pollen allergy, complete with inhaler.
Flashbacks to [[The Daria Hunter]], [[Fair Enough]], and [[Just Add Water]] are shown when Ms. Barch is asked to carry Mr. O'Neill uphill. This is set to the fantasy overture from ''Romeo and Juliet'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, which is kept on the DVD version!
▲DeMartino had a friend who married his mother, a source of great anger. We don't know the specifics, as Daria and Jane fled upon hearing this (good thinking).
▲Many background characters appear in hiking and winter gear, one of the few times the characters are all wearing alternate clothes. (The exception is [[Burnout Girl]], who is clearly well 'ard.) Of note is DeMartino going in army-style gear.
The Fashion Club has no oath or bylaws, but that doesn't stop Sandi making them up on the spot to get one over Quinn and nobody dares call it out!
The episode is sometimes mentioned by fans and critics as one of the weaker episodes, but [https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/08/the-10-greatest-episodes-of-mtvs-daria.html Paste Magazine] chose it as the funniest episode, with specific focus on Daria and Jane's 'final words', and the second best episode overall after [[Boxing Daria]].
=="Antisocial Climbers" and Fanfic==
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==External Links==
===On “Antisocial Climbers” the Episode===
* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/402-antisocial-climbers “Antisocial Climbers” transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550701 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
===Alternate-Universe Versions of “Antisocial Climbers”===
* [http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Snows_of_Mt._Lawndale "The Snows of Mount Lawndale"] by [[Richard Lobinske]], from the [[John Lane]] series.
===Alternate Canon Versions of “Antisocial Climbers”===
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