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[[Image:Flip44.gif|frame|right|Daria as Cinderella, an [[alter ego]] from the MTV website]]
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==Fantasy in ''Daria''
While most of ''[[Daria (TV series) | Daria]]'' stayed more or less true to real life aside from a few standard cartoon conventions, there were still instances of fantastic elements. In "[[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]]", for example, a flower is shown growing out of [[Kevin Thompson | Kevin's]] arm crutch after it is planted in place of [[Tommy Sherman]]'s memorial tree. In other cases, the fantasy elements are contained with a story within the story, such as the three tales told in "[[Legends of the Mall]]".
Fantasy writing may be divided into numerous subgenres, but ''Daria'' fanfics have their own peculiar fantasy subgenres that do not always match up with the broader field. Notable subgenres are given below, with examples. [[Crossovers]] are included under the appropriate subgenre headings. Almost every category has examples that will spill over into other groups.▼
Two episodes stand above the rest in fantastic content, however. The first is "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]" in which teenagers who represent various holidays such as [[Cupid | Valentine's Day]] and [[Halloween (character) | Halloween]] come to [[Lawndale]] through a dimensional wormhole behind the [[Good Time Chinese restaurant]], and these beings are shown to have fantastic powers and abilities relating to their respective holidays. The second is "[[Daria!]]", an episode which takes the form of a musical, though the fantasy element - that being the inexplicable song-and-dance numbers - can also be explained by the [[Characters as Actors]] trope.
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One or more ''Daria'' characters discover the hard way what existence is like after death occurs. This category crosses over into [[ghost stories]] and other types of [[horror]] fiction, but sometimes horror is not the primary emotion evoked by such tales. Most of these are [[crossover]]s.▼
===The Afterlife===
Non-''Daria'' examples: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy The Divine Comedy], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come What Dreams May Come]
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[[Image:Brittanydragon.gif|frame|right|The Dreaded Brittany Dragon]]
===Comic Fantasy===
Non-''Daria'' examples: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanth Xanth] series
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_fantasy comic fantasy], silliness and humor are the rule. These may include bedtime stories told to children that [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]], [[Jane Lane|Jane]], or [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] are babysitting; twisted [[Fantasy#Fairytales|fairytales]]; and other off-the-wall fics written purely for the reader's amusement. [[Squirrel stories]] in which the squirrels act in fantastic ways go here.▼
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Non-''Daria'' examples: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland Alice's Adventures in Wonderland], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_%28franchise%29 Nightmare on Elm Street] franchise
[[Dream world]]s are surreal environments that do not strictly obey the laws of reality and are often - but not always - accessed through sleep or other unconscious states. Characters are typically inserted into these settings from elsewhere, be it the waking world or another dimension. [[Alice Story | Alice stories]] are nearly always set in dream worlds.
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Non-''Daria'' examples: The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Grimm Brothers Grimm] tales, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit The Hobbit]
Fairy tales are stories that make use of classic folklore, including beings such as giants, elves, wizards, dragons, and others. They typically take place in settings that resemble Dark Ages Europe, and many ''Daria'' fairy tales are [[crossover]]s with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur Arthurian legends] as well as role-playing games such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons & Dragons].
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===Fantastic Voyages===
Non-''Daria'' examples: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia The Chronicles of Narnia], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_%28series%29 Ultima] series
One or more of the ''Daria'' cast discover passage to a new world or universe that operates under magical laws or impossible conditions. Entry into this new realm might gift the travelers with new powers for the duration. (If the means to enter the other universes involves the [[Good Time Chinese restaurant]] or [[Holiday Island]], the story goes into the next category below.)▼
▲One or more of the ''Daria'' cast discover a passage to a new world or universe that operates under magical laws or impossible conditions. Entry into this new realm might gift the travelers with new powers for the duration.
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Spawned from the fantasy-based episode "[[Depth Takes a Holiday]]", these tales involve the ''Daria'' characters interacting with characters from or actually going to [[Holiday Island]] via the wormhole behind the [[Good Time Chinese restaurant]]. If they go from [[Lawndale]] to the island, it also counts as a Fantastic Voyage.
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* [[The Adventure of the Chinese Restaurant]]
* [[A Day (Un)Like Any Other]]
* [[A Hard Days' Night]]
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* [[Death Takes a Holliday]]
* [[Holiday Kombat]]
* [[Luuuv Story]]
* [[Restrain Jane Lane|Restrain Jane Lane! or, Stupid Cupid]]
===Modern Magic===
Non-''Daria'' examples: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy Hellboy], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Magic Practical Magic]
Also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_fantasy contemporary fantasy], modern magic stories present supernatural beings, devices, wizardry, creatures, and places that turn up in the world of today (or the late-1990s world of the ''Daria'' show). [[Crossovers]] with novels, movies, TV shows, and so forth are often seen (''The Wizard of Oz,'' ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''The Dresden Files'', ''Resident Evil'', ''Xena the Warrior Princess'', every kind of [[anime]] movie imaginable, etc.).▼
▲Also called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_fantasy contemporary fantasy], modern magic stories present supernatural beings, devices, wizardry, creatures, and places that turn up in the world of today (or the late-1990s world of the ''Daria'' show). [[
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** [[Daria and Quinn Switch Bodies]]
** [[Eternity]]
** [[Live the Life of Quinn]]
** [[The Switch]]
** [[The Way Things Ought to Be]]
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** [[Jane Unchained]]
** [[Scarlett the Fairy]] by [[Aloysius]]
** [[Uranium in the Drinking Water]]
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter Harry Potter
** [[Daria Morgendorffer and the Magic McGuffin]]
** [[Daria Morgenpotter & The New Same-Old, Same-Old]]
** [[Harry Potter and the Flack-Jacket Mafia]]
** [[My Daria/Harry Potter (Fandom-Based) Crossover]]
** [[One Year Later]]
** [[Harry Butt-head]]
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** [[Shadow of a Cynic]] by [[Ranger Thorne]]
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** [[Chocolate Girl: The *Other* Legend of the Mall]]
** [[The Girl Who Walked Home All Alone in the Dark]]
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** [[An Angel Named Mary Sue]]
** [[Anything]]
** [[The Chris Series]]
** [[Crossover]]
** [[Guardian]]
** [[Identity Crisis]]
** [[Illusions|Illusions: The Unswerving Punctuality of—]]
** [[It's a Wonderful Life, Not]]
** [[Kitsune]] and [[Last Dance With Mary Jane]]
** [[A Midsummer Nightmare's Daria]]
** [[Scarlett (story)|Scarlett]]
** [[Smoking Mirror]]
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** [[Visitations]] [[series]] by [[Brother Grimace]]
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