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[[Image:dariadatabase.jpg|right|frame|The Daria Database (1998)]]
 
'''The Daria Database''' was the second official ''Daria'' paperback book. It was written by [[Peggy Nicoll]] and published by [[MTV]] Books and [[Pocket Books]] in November 1998. It is currently out of print.
 
The book is similar to ''Beavis and Butt-Head'''s ''EnSUCKlopedia'', most notably in that everything in the book is in alphabetical order and there are little notes at the top half commenting on the articles.
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== Features ==
 
* Guide's to the MorgendorfferMorgendorffers's communication via post-it notes on the fridge, the state of their medicine cabinet (masses of stress medicine for Jake, aging products for Helen, cosmetics for Quinn, a solitary toothbrush for Daria), and the weekly budget (Daria spends little and keeps the rest in the "Montana cabin fund")
* Family portraits for [[Brittany Taylor|the Taylors]], the [[Sandi Griffin|Griffins]], the [[Kevin Thompson|Thompson'sThompsons]], and the [[Jodie Landon|Landon'sLandons]].
* The full text of O'Neill's pep talk from "[[Fair Enough]]" and Quinn's essay in "[[Quinn the Brain]]"
* Photos of daily life at Lawndale High for students and staff
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* Jodie's bitter first draft for a summer school, and Mack's desperate attempt to find good things to say about Kevin at a [[Lawndale Lions]] function (Kevin's speech about Mack is highly inane and confused)
* New Year's Resolutions by Jodie, Mack, the Morgendorffers, Kevin, and Brittany
* A letter from Bones Medical Teaching Supplies to Daria, a recurring customer ("I finally finished my Christmas shopping"); a letter from [[Brookside Rest Home]], where DeMartino is briefly staying, to O'Neill; a letter from [[Upchuck]] to a book publisher, trying to pitch to them; a fan letter from [[Angela Li]] to Texas Governor George W. Bush; [[Janet Barch]]'s chain mail about sexual harrassmentharassment
* A pamphlet for Teen Anxiety courtesy of Lawndale Dermatological Associates, which mentions how school counsellors care so much they forsake higher paying jobs and so have to make ends meet "writing a series of insipid "'advice"' pamphlets" (the final section is entitled Get Over It).; SheDaria's been given this by [[Dr. Davidson]] to deal with her rash from "[[Ill]]"
* A letter and questionnaire from [[Xanadu]] ("Professional Couples Counseling")]] for Jake from Helen. Xanadu warns that marital strain "can affect job performance, which in turn can knock you write off the fast track at the office - so your marriage is worth saving!".
* A guide to clubs at Lawndale High (and Daria's excuses to Helen for doing none of them)
* Quinn's Baby-sitting Spreadsheet, listing the phone access, TV, food, and house decor of all families. (She hasn't noticed Mr O'Conner is lusting after her)
* [[The Three Js]] "Quinn Central, Reconnaissance Room" where they try to keep track of Quinn and lovingly preserve items Quinn borrowed off thjemthem (and then broke)
* [[Fashion Club]] internal documents
* A time capsule left by Lawndale High
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* Middleton Musings, an alumni publication from [[Middleton College]] announcing [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] and [[Helen Morgendorffer]]'s 23rd wedding anniversary. (They were in the class of 1972)
 
==Affects on Fanfiction==
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''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' as well as ''The Daria Database'' have provided additional information and different perspectives on characters and canon events that many authors have used and expanded upon. These background tidbits range from [[Claire Defoe]]'s over-populated studio apartment to Daria having a prison pen-pal. Some characters exclusive to the book, such as [[Danny Moreno]], [[Rachel Landon]] and Andrea's brother [[Damien]], have also turned up. It has also furthered the trope of the Lane's being poverty-stricken and their parents being "benignly" neglectful, as the book shows the house to be a mess and the parents often absent.
 
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