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.

Number of Universes in the Daria Multiverse

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

The number of universes is of a higher order of infinity than the integers ℵ₀, pronounced “Aleph-Naught” , 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 2^C, or ℵ₁, “Aleph-One.”

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 that we, the viewers of Daria, view when we watch the 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-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.

- 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.

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.

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) have journeyed 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-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-37: the 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-57: the universe of Quinngali as continued by Scissors MacGillicutty. This universe includes as real history the events of the original 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 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 a code set by her father and searches for a positive way of using her killer instinct. The TV series Dexter usually seizes his victims injecting them with an anesthetic which is specified to be an animal tranquilizer called etorphine hydrochloride, or M99.

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-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 LHS 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 All My Children, 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 Comics continuity, Doctor Doom's face was injured when a machine he had created exploded after 2 minutes and 37 seconds of operation—157 seconds. Doctor Doom is the biological father of Daria Morgendorffer in this series.

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 based on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 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-247: the universe of Roentgen's Legion of Lawndale Heroes. The first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes was in DC Comics' Adventure Comics #247.

Daria-289: The universe of Ostragoth's 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 The Trouble With Veronica, where the character of Evelyn Veronica Morgendorffer was first seen. 292 Bennington-Ryan Hall is the room where 'Evie' lives on the Grove Hills campus.

Daria-316: the Falling Into College universe of Richard Lobinske. Daria is assigned a room at 316 Fenderson Hall at Raft in the first episode of this story. The same author's First Summer and Last Summer series are prequels and 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-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 that Scissors interacts with. 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. 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. 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-918: the universe of the 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. 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-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-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 tale The Cynic, The Fashionista and The Jackass. The story takes place in 1862 and in this universe, both Lawndale and Highland are in Texas.

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 talking about Daria's transformation upon her return to Lawndale High School.

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

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

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-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-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. Due 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.