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The series finale/made-for-TV movie, ''[[Is It College Yet?]],'' featured O'Neill accidentally becoming engaged to Ms. Barch, and being coached by Mr. DeMartino on how to break off the relationship. The results are amusing.
==Relations with other characters==
On the second season episode, "[[The Daria Hunter]]," Mr. O'Neill (unwittingly) began a sexual-but-not-romantic relationship with the misandrist [[Janet Barch]], which is repeated in episodes plotted similarly to "[[The Daria Hunter]]," "[[Fair Enough]]," and "[[Just Add Water]]" (and was mentioned briefly in the episode "[[Murder, She Snored]]"). The clear implication is that they engage in sexual practices that most would find unusual or disturbing.
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O'Neill also takes a strong interest in Daria's education and well-being, whether she likes it or not. Daria usually responds with annoyed sarcasm and occasionally harsher words (quite strongly criticising him in "[[Boxing Daria]]" for trying to get her to tell other "outcast" kids how good Lawndale was). In "[[The Daria Diaries]]", O'Neill wrote to [[Helen Morgendorffer]] saying Daria reminded him "of myself at a young age, before I discovered Gestalt and the writings of M. Scott Peck", and admitting that Daria's sarcasm upsets him. "Sometimes, after a conversation with Daria... I ache."
Helen's response in "Diaries" was to chew him out for sending her these letters, attacking his views and defending Daria's "coping mechanisms" as necessary for the working world. In "[[The Lawndale
==Trivia==
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