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==Plot Summary== |
==Plot Summary== |
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The plot follows some story lines from the previous episode, [[Fire!]] |
The plot follows some story lines from the previous episode, [[Fire!]] |
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The episode starts as [[Jane Lane|Jane]] is |
The episode starts as [[Jane Lane|Jane]] is at the Zoo with [[Trent Lane|Trent]], observing a Tiger for secret reasons. |
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The next day, or a few days later, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] |
The next day, or a few days later, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] accidentally walks in on [[Tom Sloane|Tom]] and Jane kissing. After joking off Daria's intrusion, Jane reveals her surprise: a painting of herself with alternating black and blond stripes in her hair, against a jungle background. She tells Daria that this will be her new look, and wants Daria's help to achieve it. |
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Later that day, Daria and Jane are in a shop, checking hair dye products. Daria is reluctant to assist Jane, despite |
Later that day, Daria and Jane are in a shop, checking hair dye products. Daria is reluctant to assist Jane, despite Jane's insistence. Jane hints that Daria may have an ulterior motive, but Daria insists it's only because she believes she's going to mess it up. Back at the Lane's, Daria prepares the hair dye and starts painting Jane's hair in stripes, and Jane hints that Daria might be jealous of her and Tom and harboring feelings for him. Daria flatly denies this is the case. |
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Later, when Jane reveals her hair, it is shown that the job was |
Later, when Jane reveals her hair, it is shown that the job was botched: her hair is almost completely orange with just a few black blotches, instead of the intended blond stripes. Furious, she lashes out at Daria, accusing her of having done it on purpose to steal Tom from her and throwing her out of the house. The next day, Jane and Trent ride to the store to get a black dye paint. As she talks to her brother, she realizes Daria probably wasn't the best choice for the job and had only done it because Jane insisted. |
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The next day, Daria goes to school alone and attempts to call Jane unsuccessfully. She is distressed enough to |
The next day, Daria goes to school alone and attempts to call Jane, unsuccessfully. She is distressed enough to call her mother, but [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]], in a midst of a important case, hasn't time for interruptions. |
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That afternoon, Daria goes back to Lane's. Jane has dyed her hair back to black and the two girls talk: Daria assures Jane she |
That afternoon, Daria goes back to Lane's. Jane has dyed her hair back to black and the two girls talk: Daria assures Jane she didn't botch Jane's hair job on purpose. When Jane asks about Tom, and whether Daria is interested in him, or even if they had kissed, Daria flatly denies it. Jane accepts her apology and tries to get things back to normal. |
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That evening, as Daria comes home, she discovers |
That evening, as Daria comes home, she discovers Tom parked in front of her house. Tom wants to talk to Daria, but refuses her invitation to come in, as the [[Fashion Club]] is inside evaluating blushes. Daria enters his car and the two talk. Tom wants to talk to Daria about their "situation" but Daria rebuffs him, saying they don't have a "situation" and that Tom's presence is putting an edge between Daria and Jane. Tome counters that all he did was date Jane for a while and that now they are getting bored with each other. After both stating that they couldn't be interested in one another and would be betraying Jane if they did, [[The Kiss|Tom kisses Daria, who reciprocates]]. Realizing what she's done, she flees the vehicle. |
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The next day Daria comes to breakfast completely depressed and needing to talk to someone. [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] just rants at the newspaper and leaves |
The next day Daria comes to breakfast completely depressed and needing to talk to someone. [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] just rants at the newspaper and leaves promising to resume their discussion later (not noticing that Daria hadn't said a word). When [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] cheerfully informs Daria that the FC are preparing another meeting for that afternoon, Daria abruptly says that she needs to talk to mom. Quinn tells Daria that their mother has been working 18 hour days and that finding time to spend with her is nigh impossible. Daria asks Quinn for advice about her situation, but her sister misunderstands her story and offers no advice (other than to "stop reading those books before it's too late!"). |
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At school, when Jane cheerfully meets Daria, |
At school, when Jane cheerfully meets Daria, Daria confesses she had kissed Tom. An astonished and hurt Jane flees school to confront Tom at his home. After pounding on and screaming at him, the two talk: they agree that the relationship had run its course and was heading nowhere. A depressed Jane first slams Daria for being boring, then supports her when Tom says he wasn't sure that he would date her. Tom promises Jane that he wasn't seeing her just to get to Daria, and that he looks up to Jane. |
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Meanwhile, a depressed Daria goes see her mother at her |
Meanwhile, a depressed Daria goes see her mother at her office. After hearing her story over lunch, Helen consoles her by saying people aren't always in charge of their own lives, and, however bad the situation is, Daria shouldn't make things worse than they are and that things will get better, which helps Daria's mind a little. |
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Later that day, |
Later that day, Trent picks up Jane, who is presumably coming from Tom's house. After some light-hearted conversation, Jane asks to go to Daria's house. |
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There the two girls have a heart-to-heart. |
There the two girls have a heart-to-heart. Daria assures Jane that nothing like the kiss will ever happen again, Jane breaks the news that she and Tom broke up. Jane reluctantly suggests that Daria go out with Tom, but she is still mad at Daria for the betrayal. A disgruntled Daria says she doesn't believe Jane is ok with her dating Tom. When she asks Jane if they are still friends, she receives first an non-reply, which scares her, until Jane finally answers "''We're the kind of friends who can't stand the sight of each other.''" However, Jane expresses hope that the situation is merely a temporary one. |
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The episode concludes that evening: Daria is lying down in her room and the phone rings. When she picks it up, we hear it's Tom. |
The episode concludes that evening: Daria is lying down in her room and the phone rings. When she picks it up, we hear it's Tom. |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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The title of this episode is sometimes written as "Dye! Dye! My Darling!" with the extra exclamation mark. This hearkens back to the source of the title, the British movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanatic_%281965_film%29 "Fanatic,"] whose U.S. title was "Die! Die! My Darling!". |
The title of this episode is sometimes written as "Dye! Dye! My Darling!" with the extra exclamation mark. This hearkens back to the likely source of the title, the British movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanatic_%281965_film%29 "Fanatic,"] whose U.S. title was "Die! Die! My Darling!". |
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It is possible the name could come from the album "Die, Die, |
It is possible the name could come from the album and song "Die, Die, My Darling" from the punk band The Misfits (who also took the name from that movie). Metallica had recently released a cover of this song on their 1998 album ''Garage Inc.'' |
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===Variations of the episode=== |
===Variations of the episode=== |
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This episode has been featured in countless fanfiction works, due to the important interaction between Jane and Daria over Tom Sloane, and the betrayal Jane fells Daria did and the angst displayed. The adaptations include (but are not limited to) variations in which: Jane does not forgive Daria; The Kiss does not happen (either due to circumstances or because Daria refuses to kiss Tom); Daria not only kisses Tom but also sleeps with him; Jane forgives Daria but they do not reconcile completely |
This episode has been featured in countless fanfiction works, due to the important interaction between Jane and Daria over Tom Sloane, and the betrayal Jane fells Daria did and the angst displayed. The adaptations include (but are not limited to) variations in which: Jane does not forgive Daria; The Kiss does not happen (either due to circumstances or because Daria refuses to kiss Tom); Daria not only kisses Tom but also sleeps with him; Jane forgives Daria but they do not reconcile completely, and many more. |
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===Parodies of The Kiss=== |
===Parodies of The Kiss=== |
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[[The Kiss]] has been parodied in countless ways in PPMB [[Scenes That Should Not Be]] threads, particularly the dialogue between Daria and Jane that occurs the following morning: |
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''Jane - No walkee to school today? What happened?'' |
''Jane - No walkee to school today? What happened?'' |
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''Jane - What?'' |
''Jane - What?'' |
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Substitutions of who kissed who, the exact actions taken, and the reactions of people involved are the most common variations. |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |