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==Summary==
In History class, [[Anthony DeMartino]] returns some tests
That evening, at Schloss Morgendorffer, [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] rants about his clients and considers changing career before interacting with Daria, though he hardly pays attention to her daughter’s answers. Alone in her room, Daria falls asleep watching TV… and starts to dream…
''Daria’s dream:''
[[Image:Daria She Wrote.png|thumb|200px|]]
''In Lawndale, Daria Morgendorffer rides her bicycle to school. Once there, she and Jane comment the cheating on the History test before finding Kevin’s dead body hidden in Daria’s double-size locker. Students and teachers gather around and wonder on the murder before [[Angela Li]] interrupts and accuses Daria. She interrogates her in her office with the help of DeMartino, [[Timothy O'Neill|O'Neill]] and a lying detector. The teachers play bad cop/good cop, pressuring Daria, but the student is unfazed and only provides sarcastic answers, poking fun at the teacher’s unrewarding careers and lack of prospects before walking out.''
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Later that morning, at school, Daria retells her dream to a bewildered Jane. Later, during history class, DeMartino announces he will not fail the students, but make them take another test instead. He is interrupted by Kevin, who pretends to be dying. Enraged at the sight of the student, DeMartino starts strangling the quarterback as Daria and Jane watch and comment…
==Animation errors==
Brittany asks Kevin "what's that A doing on your paper?", but everyone has just the exact marks scored and not the lettered grades.
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''[[The Daria Database]]'', written two years earlier by Peggy Nicoll - the same writer as "Murder" and, from season 4, the story editor - mentions DeMartino was placed in [[Brookside Rest Home]] psychiatric hospital after assaulting Kevin. The end of this episode has Kevin being choked, the first of a few tie-ins to ''Database'' in this season (Kevin's parents in "[[Mart of Darkness]]" first appeared there).▼
This episode contains multiple lighthearted parodies of detective shows and movies. Since Daria's dreaming all the references and parodies, she's presumably a fan of one or more of the shows referenced.
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* ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_panther Pink Panther]'' - Jake as Inspector Clouseau
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charade_(1963_film) Charade]'' - The Three J's checking to see if Kevin is really dead
==DeMartino's History Exam==
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The Marshall Plan
* A) Allowed the French conserve their precious vineyards.
* B) Robbed Americans of their tax dollars.
* C) Didn't do a damn thing for this country.
* D) '''All of the above'''.
Who belong the slogan "The New Frontier"?
* A) '''JFK'''.
* B) Captain Kirk.
* C) Davy Crockett.
* D) What happened to the old [frontier]?
Joseph McCarthy was
* A) A national hero.
* B) '''A national disgrace'''.
* C) A ventriloquist's dummy.
* D) Just misunderstood.
The Bay of Pigs refers to
* A) A weight loss plan.
* B) '''A humiliating episode in U.S. history'''.
* C) The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_(film) ''Babe''] prequel.
* D) God I hate my life.
While tongue in cheek, this gives us some indication of DeMartino's [[Daria and Politics|political views]]. (And apparently DeMartino is ignoring that a large amount of the Marshall Plan funds were spent on importing US goods.)
==Trivia==
▲''[[The Daria Database]]'', written two years earlier by Peggy Nicoll - the same writer as "Murder" and, from season 4, the story editor - mentions DeMartino was placed in [[Brookside Rest Home]] psychiatric hospital after assaulting Kevin. The end of this episode has Kevin being choked, the first of a few tie-ins to ''Database'' in this season (Kevin's parents in "[[Mart of Darkness]]" first appeared there).
DeMartino's lesson at the start was about "Corruption and Scandal in American History", with the chalkboard mentioning "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tweed Tweed]", "Iran-Contra", and the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot_Dome_scandal Teapot Dome]" (which he quizzes Kevin on).
Mack looks resigned to the test and then his cheering teammates, implying visually that he knew about the cheating but didn't participate - and may be regretting it.
Kevin is on academic probation - his blather reveals that, as before, [[Coach Gibson|the coach]] is likely to fix the grades, but "[[Mart of Darkness]]" reveals this hasn't worked out, as Li is forced to have someone talk to [[Doug Thompson|Kevin's dad]] about the bad grades. (Brittany is worried about her grades being too low to stay on the cheerleading team, so nobody cares about them.)
In what's implied as a common scene, Jake is furiously ranting about his dislike of clients and his job, and Helen is on the phone ignoring him - Jake hasn't noticed.
The backgrounders Pie Cap, Blue Shirt, [[Backgrounder#Happy Girl|Happy Girl]], Vneck, Orange Girl and White Sweater were all seen in Daria's dream. This could imply that, while they are not actually friends, Daria has talked to all of them in her real life, at least sometimes.
=="Murder, She Snored" and Fanfic==
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==External Links==
===On “Murder, She Snored” the Episode===
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120710051321/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ep404.html “Murder, She Wrote” summary] at [
* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/404-murder-she-snored “Murder, She Wrote” transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550713 Episode Analysis] of [[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]] and "Murder She Snored" by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
===Alternate-Universe Versions of “Murder, She Snored”===
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===Alternate Canon Versions of “Murder, She Snored”===
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