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"Camp Fear" was the fourth episode of the fifth season of the television series ''Daria'' (episode number 504). It first aired on MTV on March 12, 2001.
'''"Camp Fear"''' was the fourth episode of the fifth season of the television series ''Daria'' (episode number 504). It first aired on MTV on March 12, 2001.


"Camp Fear" was written by [[Jonathan Greenberg]].
"Camp Fear" was written by [[Jonathan Greenberg]].
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The title is a play on ''Cape Fear'', a film first made [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055824/ in 1962 starring Geogory Peck and Robert Mitchum] and then remade in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101540/ 1991 by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte]. (There is also a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180590/plotsummary 1991 soft-core porn film] having the very same name as the episode.)
The title is a play on ''Cape Fear'', a film first made [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055824/ in 1962 starring Geogory Peck and Robert Mitchum] and then remade in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101540/ 1991 by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte]. (There is also a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180590/plotsummary 1991 soft-core porn film] having the very same name as the episode.)


A popular theory is that Amelia is meant to be a satire on ''Daria'' fans: overly idolising her and wanting to be mates, getting disillusioned that Daria turns out to be flawed and a bit unpleasant, and annoying the hell out of Daria who can't stand being fawned over.
A popular theory is that Amelia is meant to be a satire on ''Daria'' fans: overly idolizing her and wanting to be mates, getting disillusioned that Daria turns out to be flawed and a bit unpleasant, and annoying the hell out of Daria who can't stand being fawned over.


Jane didn't go to summer camp but ''did'' have to stay at communes with her parent's friends.
Jane didn't go to summer camp but ''did'' have to stay at communes with her parent's friends.