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"Quinn the Brain" was written by [[Rachel Lipman]].
 
{{quote|A (very) brief burst of intellectual activity by Quinn gets her an instant reputation as a "brain."|MTV website summary}}
 
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==“Quinn the Brain” and Fanfic==
 
This episode is a common rationale for the [[Tired Daria Fandom Tropes|trope]] that Daria, underneath her unfashionable clothing and behind her glasses, is conventionally attractive - and veryjust muchcovering soit -up; andnumerous justfanfics coveringhave itrun upwith this idea. Quinn's reaction to Daria's appearance at the end of the episode is taken as evidence, that Quinn is scared of the school finding out how Daria really looks;. althoughOther herfans reactionargue maythat simplyQuinn's bereaction is due to the idea of Daria being like her (just as Daria disliked Quinn taking ''her'' role), without regard for the level of success., Aand numberthe ofwhole alternate'transformation' endingsscene tois thisa episodepisstake haveon been'girl writtentakes asglasses aoff means& ofbecomes allowinghot' thestories "cute"as Daria tolooks last longer thanexactly the tripsame frombut herwithout room to Quinn'sglasses dooron.
 
[[YouthofOz]]'s "[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=47226 Life That Dare Not Speak Its Name]" takes place around this story, showing how irritated Sandi was and revealing it was her that gave Daria the idea of "show[ing] Quinn what it feels like to steal who you are".
 
A [[Novelization|novelization]] of [http://web.archive.org/web/20110519151840/http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ep203_quinn_the_brain.html this episode] has been written by [[Martin J. Pollard]].
 
The story [[A Tale of Two Brains]], by [[Richard Lobinske]], of the [[John Lane]] series, has a somewhat altered version of this episode.
 
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