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==Summary==
When [[Jake]] sends [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] to the drugstore to pick up some toilet paper (he found out too late there's none left in the house and he's just had chilli...), Daria discovers that she's walked right into the middle of the [[Lawndale High]] homecoming parade and can't easily escape.
In her first attempt to leave, she runs into [[Jane]], who's waiting on a late [[Tom]]: they had a date to "chronicle the anarchic death spiral of western civilization" (read: make fun of people). Daria attempts to flee home, only to be thwarted by Ms. Li's traffic control, then by an overly pushy Lawndale Lions mascot, then by a lost [[Tad Gupty]]. Cursing her concience, she decides to help Tad find his parents. Along the way, they run into Tom, who's waiting for Jane -- he went to the wrong pharmacy -- and the three of them hook up to search for the Guptys. At first, Daria is her usual aloof self towards Tom, but she eventually starts to warm up to him through their adventures, including hopping the Fashion Club's float -- with Daria narrowly escaping ''a makeover'' -- and when he fends off the pushy mascot. They also cheerily witness the near-injury of dozens of people when the floats crash. When Daria apologises that Tom didn't get to enjoy this with Jane, he mentions that Jane would probably be ignoring him now to take photos: "you know how she is".
Then they realise Tad's vanished.
Meanwhile, [[Jodie]] and [[Mack]] suffer as Homecoming King and Queen, knowing they only get elected (every year) so everyone can ignore how [[Lawndale]] is almost entirely white. They almost walk before Jodie sees a young black girl in the crowd watching them with pride; "oh, what the hell," she decides, waving again. Elsewhere, Kevin
Tom and Daria search for Tad (and realise that Daria's lost the toilet paper), in the process saving the mascot from suffocating in his costume. It turns out the mascot was [[Timothy O'Neill|Mr. O'Neill]], who apparently "always go[es] overboard" when he "cuts loose". Eventually the teens find Tad, whose parents found him, and Daria is perked up when [[Upchuck]] pisses off two policewomen and gets a beating. As she and Tom laugh together, [[Ted DeWitt-Clinton]] takes a photo of them as he's taking shots of all "couples". Daria and Tom point out they're not a couple, which is when Jane finally finds them. As they head out to get some pizza, Daria is suddenly soaked with blue and yellow paint by two kids having a paint fight. Tom and Jane try to convince Daria to come along anyway, but she begs off. They eventually leave, but as they go, Tom steals a glance over his shoulder at a lonely and miserable Daria... and the viewer is left wondering if there might be more going on than meets the eye.
(And Jake is still waiting in vain...)
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==Trivia==
This episode is notable for featuring cameo appearances from many characters who were only featured for a single episode in earlier seasons, and even a few members of the Daria production staff. For example, Daria finds [[Tad Gupty]] all alone and lost, so she and Tom spend most of the episode trying to find his family. Later on,
Daria is ''completely'' unaware it's homecoming night, which pushes credibility a bit.
=="I Loathe a Parade" and Fanfic==
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