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[[Image:Daria_annoyed_ONeill.jpg|thumb|left|240px|An annoyed Daria, forced to deal with people she'd rather not ("The Misery Chick")]]

At the beginning, she can be fairly characterized as smart, cynical, and a little ruthless. She is not afraid to physically rough up her little sister when the latter clearly deserves it (note the ending of [[The New Kid]]). She is not afraid to take a series of very risky, manipulative actions to call attention to her school's principal's unethical behavior ([[This Year's Model]]). She has, by her own admission, never had a real friend until [[Jane Lane]]; She has, however, alluded to her own consideration of [[Beavis]] and [[Butt-head]] with some slight affection. During her freshman year at Highland High School, Daria was seen as spending time with the two boys for the purposes of her own amusement, to manipulate them as subjects for a science class project and a school newspaper photo-essay, and because her association with the two boys bothered her parents.

At the beginning, she can be fairly characterized as smart, cynical, and a little ruthless. She is not afraid to physically rough up her little sister when the latter clearly deserves it (note the ending of [[The New Kid]]). She is not afraid to take a series of very risky, manipulative actions to call attention to her school's principal's unethical behavior ([[This Year's Model]]). She has, by her own admission, never had a real friend until [[Jane Lane]]; She has, however, alluded to her own consideration of [[Beavis and Butt-head]] with some slight affection. During her freshman year at Highland High School, Daria was seen as spending time with the two boys for the purposes of her own amusement, to manipulate them as subjects for a science class project and a school newspaper photo-essay, and because her association with the two boys bothered her parents.

As time went on, Daria would have to face the flip-side of her high standards and cynicism: an ugly judgmental streak ([[Partner's Complaint]]), problems with living up to her own standards ([[Through a Lens Darkly]]), fear of trying ([[The Story of D]]), and excessive unpleasantness at people who didn't deserve it ([[Camp Fear]]). She also became vicious and unpleasant when Jane had boyfriends, fearing that Jane was going to be taken away from her; [[Tom Sloane]] would tell her how stupid this was, citing that Jane was constantly talking about Daria. By the time of "[[Psycho Therapy]]", Daria was quite calmly stating "I'm so defensive that I actually work to make people dislike me so I won't feel bad when they do", showing she was aware of this flaw within herself.