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In case it isn't obvious, this is it....The last episode of Daria.
In case it isn't obvious, this is it....The last episode of Daria.


The various colleges the characters talk about being interested in have obvious parallels to real life schools. [[Bromewll]], for example, is probably Harvard, and [[Raft]] is really Tufts.
The various colleges the characters talk about being interested in have obvious parallels to real life schools. [[Bromwell]], for example, is probably Harvard, and [[Raft University]] is really Tufts.


We also learn, indirectly, that [[Lawndale High]] has a tradition of "Academic Achievement in the Face of Almost Total Misanthropy," because they have a senior award for it.
We also learn, indirectly, that [[Lawndale High]] has a tradition of "Academic Achievement in the Face of Almost Total Misanthropy," because they have a senior award for it. It is also possible that [[Ms. Li]] invented the backhanded award for Daria's sake.


In Daria's speech at the end if this episode, we learn a little bit about her guiding philosophy, a loosely connected set of ideas that has kept her grounded, kept her Daria, in spite of her changing personality and changing circumstances.
In Daria's speech at the end if this episode, we learn a little bit about her guiding philosophy, a loosely connected set of ideas that has kept her grounded, kept her Daria, in spite of her changing personality and changing circumstances.