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'''"Partner's Complaint"'' was the
The title of this episode comes from the novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portnoy%27s_Complaint Portnoy's Complaint]'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Roth Philip Roth].
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==Summary==
As the episode begins, [[Jane Lane|Jane]] has started going out with [[Tom Sloane|Tom]], which is driving an edge between her and [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]]. And, at Lawndale High, [[Brittany Taylor|Britanny]] and [[Kevin Thompson|Kevin]] have broken up after an exchange of comments regarding each other’s intelligence. So, when [[Diane Bennett|Bennett]] assigns a real-world project in her economic class to her students, some unfamiliar pairs are formed: Daria accepts [[Jodie Landon|Jodies’]] proposition to work together (as the latter is unwilling to work with
Daria and Jodie brainstorm ideas for the project and eventually Jodie convinces Daria to try to get a bank loan to start a business. The first bank executive they approach is skeptic and specifically asks for Daria’s parents to be co-signers of the loan. Jodie is irked at the brush–off when she had made the pitch, and is further irritated with the executive’s sycophant attitude when he realizes who [[Andrew Landon|
Jane and Brittany try to buy a car as their assignment. However, [[Wally]], the car salesman, is much more interested in flirting with the blond cheerleader than making a sale, all but ignoring Jane and dismissing Brittany’s inquiries. He even stalks the two teenagers to [[Casa Lane]], trying to pick Brittany up. Kevin and Mack also try to buy a car. Dealing with another car salesman, they hit against the seller’s fast talking and confusing explanations on why they should spend more than their budget.
At the Morgendorffer’s, as
Later, at [[Pizza
The next day the students make their presentations in the economics class: Kevin and Mack resume their experience with the car salesman car before Kevin leaves the classroom in tears; Jodie and Daria make an ensemble presentation addressing their work for a bank loan, and Jodie is relieved when Daria makes no public mention of her opinions. After class, Jodie and Daria clear the air and apologize for their earlier fight. After that, as Daria is about to apologize to Jane, the latter makes a large speech making reference to Daria’s past jerkiness and that she forgives her.
In the final scene,
==Trivia==
* The animation changes from this episode on, and the colour palette brightens (which makes Daria look like she might have lipstick).
* Was the first bank manager being racist? We can never know, just as Jodie says ''she'' can't ever know. "Maybe the first guy was a racist, maybe not. Maybe I was right. Maybe I overreacted."
* We learn here that Tom goes to a "preparatory academy" but it's not stated until "[[Is It College Yet?]]" that he's wealthy, and not a middle-class kid whose parents "make him go there" (quoth Jane). Likely this was just a way to explain why he's never seen as [[Lawndale High]].
=="Partner's Complaint" and Fandom==
When it first aired, the episode was extremely controversial for having Daria & Jane still in conflict, for having Daria be in the wrong and apologise to Jodie, for Jodie 'selling out', and for Jane being too nasty when they make up. Contemporary arguments against it can be seen in essays like [[Cynic's Complaint]] (that Daria being wrong damages the show), [[Objectivity Free Landslide Victory]] (that Daria looks too sanctimonious and Jodie's forgiven for hypocrisy), and [[Why Did It Come To This]] (general hypocrisy and Daria & Jane's interactions).
The episode has since become more popular, with more fans coming around to Jodie's viewpoint - often seeing it as down to her race, where she'll need to use any resource to give her an advantage against institutional racism - and liking how Daria is challenged. It has also changed as fandom has been comfortable with seeing Daria as less of an admirable figure. In the [[Daria Episode Analyses]], [[WellTemperedClavier]] said "“Partner’s Complaint” is one of my favorites because it makes very clear just how difficult it can sometimes be to spend time with Daria."
=="Partner's Complaint" and Fanfic==
This episode is referred to in [[The Thing That Perches in the Soul]].
In the [[John Lane]] series, an alternative retelling of these events is present in the episode [[Partners in Pain]]
==External Links==
===On “Partner's Complaint” the Episode===
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120710050628/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ep401.html “Partner's Complaint” summary] at [
* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/401-partner-s-complaint “Partner's Complaint” transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550695 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
===Alternate-Universe Versions of “Partner's Complaint”===
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