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==Daria: Real Character or Cartoon Actress?==
===Dear Diarrhea==▼
[[Image:DariaMorgendorffer.gif|right|frame|Daria enjoys her moment in the spotlight]]
▲===Dear Diarrhea===
The first example of off-canon canon was the [[Beavis and Butt-head (comics)|''Beavis and Butt-head'' comics]], where Daria "answered" the fan mail in two issues: the letters pages were renamed [[Dear Diarrhea]] and [[Dear Diarrhea, Number Two]] for the occasion. Daria was in character and giving in-universe answers, but was still aware she was a character in a comic.
===Beavis and Butt-head Do Thanksgiving with Kurt Loder===
When asked by MTV's Kurt Loder about their upcoming [[Beavis and Butt-head are Dead|final episode]], the two buttmunches revealed:
*'''Beavis:''' We had this cast party afterwards, and I got so drunk even ''Daria'' looked good.
Butt-head claims Beavis didn't get drunk, which is probably a good thing for Daria.
===Daria and Jane as Show Hosts===
Were [[Daria Morgendorffer]] and company acting out of character when they appeared as hosts of their own show, violating the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall fourth wall]? Were they "actors" or "real people" in the manner in which the show portrayed them? Fans tend to ignore Daria and [[Jane Lane|Jane Lane's]] appearances as hosts, though important information has been given out during such appearances. While talking between episodes on [http://web.archive.org/web/20120710051045/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ts_dday.html MTV's "''Daria'' Day" marathon] in February 1998 (transcript at link), Daria and Jane revealed their ages during the first season (16), Trent's age (21), and [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn's]] age (14.5), and appeared to confirm that the family relationships seen on the show exist even off-screen. Daria is usually portrayed exactly in character during such appearances (e.g., [http://web.archive.org/web/20120711192113/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ts_coolcrap.html MTV's Cool Crap Auction]), though she is also aware that she is an animated character. Daria even introduced the band Garbage (also in animated form, and flying around Times Square in NYC) at the beginning of the TV premiere of ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'' in January 2002.
[[Image:iifyscriptbarbells5ur.jpg|left|frame|Quinn and Helen between takes in ''Is It Fall Yet?'']]
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As shown here, a variety of [[Alter Ego|alter-ego]] pictures supplied with the movie ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]'' show the characters of the series as movie actors. The actors are shown clowning for the camera in some, or having problems like tripping or being hit by falling scenery. The effect is quite jarring for viewers accustomed to a "realistic" show.
The cover for the original DVD/VHS releases of the movie features Daria on a movie/TV set, sitting in a "Star" chair, backed by several setting boards and multiple copies of her signature outfit. In the run-up to the film, Daria [[Is It Fall Yet?#Daria on IIFY|wrote about the production]].
===Interviews and Essays===
Daria has been "interviewed" several times in the media about her series. One excellent example is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20120420000744/http://www.outpost-daria.com/media_art28.html ''CBS Early Show''] interview from 2002, with real-life show host, Jane Clayson. Daria has also written a number of short essays that appear on the [
After the airing of [[Is It Fall Yet?]], MTV had Daria, Jane, Quinn, Trent, and Tom answer fans' questions in [http://web.archive.org/web/20001017210044/http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/animation/daria/daria_chat_transcript.html a live online chat].
In 2011, the website ''Racked'' interviewed Daria about her "[[Daria Morgendorffer's Greatest Retail Regret|Greatest Retail Regret]]". In 2012, Daria wrote an essay for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', "[[What I Think About Valentine's Day]]", which identifies her as a "Philosopher and former TV star".
==Conflicting Information==
The internal consistency of the world created within ''Daria'' has at times fallen apart in minor ways. What is stated as fact in one place is contradicted in another, probably as the result of editorial or production errors.
[[Image:iifymikebonk.jpg|right|frame|Jane Lane bonks her head on a microphone, one of a series of "outtake" alter-ego shots seen at the end of ''Is It Fall Yet?'']]
===Chronology looped===
''Daria'' generally went out of its way to avoid giving a hard date for episodes. The S1-set "[[The Daria Diaries]]", however, gave a specific date in October as a time for a Family Court session, something first invented in the ''tenth'' episode "[[The Big House]]": this would require everything before that to have taken place in just over one month.
More confusing to work out, if we assume ''Daria'' spans three years then ''Beavis and Butt-head'' can only be Daria's ninth grade - trying to cram all the episodes and comics with Daria in (and ones without a speaking part that a fanfic author might like) into one year is very difficult, especially as the comics liked to tie in to the month they were in (you'd have to assume the stories set on specific holidays are not in chronological order) and "[[Scientific Stuff]]" mentions Daria as being at Highland High "last year".
===Carter County vs. Lawndale County===
'''[[Carter County]]''' first appears in ''[[The Daria Database]]'' in the form of a map of a [[Mystik Spiral]] tour, along with a guide to the venues with travel time from Lawndale
However, the name '''Lawndale County''' suddenly appeared in the episode, "[[One J at a Time]]", in the form of a road sign seen while [[Jake Morgendorffer]], [[Tom Sloane]], and [[Jeffy]] take a captured squirrel out to be released. This clash is an oddity, as the book and website material were by [[Peggy Nicoll]] and [[Anne D. Bernstein]] (respectively), regular writers for the show and the story editor in 2001 in Nicoll's case.
===Sherman vs. Sheridan===
[[Tommy Sherman]] was the oafish ex-jock and [[Lawndale High]] alumnus who was accidentally killed by a special goalpost dedicated to him in "[[The Misery Chick]]." However, in ''[[The Daria Diaries]],'' the goalpost is named the Tommy ''Sheridan'' Memorial Goalpost. (Someone obviously is confusing one American Civil War Union general with another...) This renaming is generally assumed to be an error and nothing more. However,
===Cranberry Commons vs. Lawndale Mall===
Much of this issue is discussed at [[Lawndale Mall]]. Canon sources offer two different names for the indoor shopping mall in [[Lawndale]].
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The assumed placement of [[Lawndale]] on the east coast, as a suburb of Baltimore or Philadelphia, was challenged by the appearance of
===Where Is Camp Grizzly?===
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===Out-of-Sequence Episodes===
The episodes of ''Daria'' were not necessarily shown in chronological order. It is commonly assumed that the episodes from seasons one and two show Daria's first year in [[Lawndale]], seasons three and four (and ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]'') show her second year, and season five and ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'' show her final year. However, the episodes within each season are not always in sequence.
Most famously, "[[Road Worrier]]" from the first season shows Daria and company attempting to go to [[Alternapalooza]], a rock concert that takes place in mid-August (per ''[[The Daria Diaries]]'') but is sandwiched between episodes showing portions of Daria's sophomore year at [[Lawndale High]] - and episodes set in the sophomore year show Daria knowing about Trent's band and [[Jesse Moreno]], who she only meets this time. "[[Fizz Ed]]" and "[[Sappy Anniversary]]" are also in the wrong order, with the episodes claiming the first takes place in January and the second in the previous November.
=== “Oops!” Animation Errata===▼
The [http://www.outpost-daria.com/episode_guide.html Episode Guide] page at [[Outpost Daria]] lists every episode and movie done for the ''Daria'' series, and also provides links to animation goofs noted in every production. Follow the link given and look at the column on the far right, "Oops." Jodie Landon's hair turns gray, Jane Lane's leggings vanish, the nose piece on Daria's glasses disappear, clock hands go away, discarded items reappear, etc. The Morgendorffers' home was particularly susceptible to startling transformations from episode to episode and even from scene to scene, making attempts to draw its layout problematic. In certain fanfics, animation errors are assumed to have actually happened, though under extreme circumstances (e.g., [[Lawndale Stalker]]'s "[[The House on Space-Time Lane]]" or [[The Angst Guy]]'s "[[Deus Jane]]").▼
The same problem is seen with the episodes of Season Five and events in ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'', which show the characters applying for & visiting colleges before their eventual graduation. They would have to overlap in order to be realistic for a typical school year.
▲=== “Oops!” Animation Errata===
▲The [http://web.archive.org/web/20120512043942/http://www.outpost-daria.com/episode_guide.html Episode Guide] page at [[Outpost Daria]] lists every episode and movie done for the ''Daria'' series, and also provides links to animation goofs noted in every production. Follow the link given and look at the column on the far right, "Oops." Jodie Landon's hair turns gray, Jane Lane's leggings vanish, the nose piece on Daria's glasses disappear, clock hands go away, discarded items reappear, etc. The Morgendorffers' home was particularly susceptible to startling transformations from episode to episode and even from scene to scene, making attempts to draw its layout problematic. In certain fanfics, animation errors are assumed to have actually happened, though under extreme circumstances (e.g., [[Lawndale Stalker]]'s "[[The House on Space-Time Lane]]" or [[The Angst Guy]]'s "[[Deus Jane]]").
==Fantasy Episodes and Scenes==
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==="[[It's a Miserable Life]]"===
While a ''[[Beavis and Butt-head]]'' episode and not a ''Daria'' one, the former show is usually seen as canon for Daria's past. In this episode, the explicit existence of [[God]], [[Charlie|guardian angels]], and [[alternate
=== “[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]”===
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In some ways this episode may be considered even more in violation of reality than "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]" because the characters violate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall fourth wall] and speak, sing, and dance directly for the audience, as if on a stage. They make eye contact with the audience in acknowledgment of their true status as animated characters. This does not occur in "Depth Takes a Holiday," which is a point in the latter's favor. However, this episode can be explained by "Daria's writings" version, too: it explains everything from "singing Jane" to fourth wall violation.
A very small faction of the fandom holds that there is a "middle ground" for this episode, in that the events as shown (The hurricane, Daria, Jane, Kevin, and Brittany in the water tank shed, Jake and Trent heading out into the hurricane to look for the girls, etc.) can be considered to have happened. However, the actual singing, dancing, and fourth-wall breaking can be ignored as part of "musical theater logic," wherein the audience notices the singing and so on, but the characters don't.
=== “[[Murder, She Snored]]” ===
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*A sarcasm about teenagers of B&B's age who thinks about nothing but girls.
It's a safe bet this episode is
Alternatively, the bit with the crutch could be a pointless throwaway joke that ultimately means nothing in the larger scheme of things, can be easily ignored, and is not an actual reason to assume this episode didn't happen.
[[Image:teeth.gif|right|frame|Metalmouth's teeth on Helen's SUV, in "Legends of the Mall"]]
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=== “[[Legends of the Mall]]” ===
The steel teeth of [[Metalmouth]] hanging on the door handle of [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen's]] SUV at the show's end were a problem for many viewers. Interestingly, Helen's SUV was, up until this time in the series, probably a Chevrolet Blazer, but hereafter turns into a Ford Explorer (another information conflict). Was she so upset at finding the teeth on her car that she bought a new vehicle? (For details, see [http://web.archive.org/web/20120710052624/http://www.outpost-daria.com/transportation.html "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" by D. T. Dey], at [[Outpost Daria]], archived by the Wayback Machine.)
This is the only unrealistic part of the episode. It could be assumed that while Helen was talking, a funny thing comes to Daria's mind: "Was it the Metalmouth?" - and this is her imaginary scene being shown. Alternatively, Metalmouth really ''does'' exist.
On a more mundane note, the "Girl in the House of Bad Grades" story features the only depiction of [[Upchuck]]'s mother in the series. Given the situation, however, it is difficult to say if her appearance and personality in the scene should be considered canon or just a product of Daria or Jane's imagination.
[[Image:angeldevil.gif|left|frame|Decisions, decisions, from "Lucky Strike"]]
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