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An '''alternate universe''' (AU), in both canon fiction or fanfiction, is a self-contained separate reality coexisting with the canon series, but different in some fundamental way.
There hashave been onlytwo onenotable AUAUs shown in canon: The first one is ''[[It's a Miserable Life]]'' in ''[[Beavis and Butt-head (TV series)|Beavis and Butt-head]]'', where we see what [[Highland]] would be like if Butt-head had never been born. In it, the whole town is a nicer, more prosperous place, where [[Principal McVicker]] is a calm and happy man with hair, [[Stewart Stevenson]] is assertive, and Beavis is nice - and most importantly, Daria is a happy, well-adjusted girl who volunteers willingly, and has a [[Martin|boyfriend, Martin, from her class]] because Butt-head's antics hadn't put her off boys. The second AU is the home of Smart Beavis and Smart Butt-head, first introduced in the Paramount+ film ''Beavis and Butt-head do the Universe'' and expanded upon in 2022-present revival of the series also on that service. In the episode "[[Abduction]]", Smart Daria service on that universe's council of Supreme Leaders. (A third AU, in which Beavis and Butt-head didn't time travel to 2022 from a black hole in 1998 and aged naturally during the intervening period, has yet to feature a version of Daria.)
The [[Alter Ego|alter egos]] in the ''Daria'' credits show AU versions of the characters for a laugh: Daria as a happy cheerleader, O'Neill in Vietnam, Kevin as a punk rocker.
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