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==Summary==
[[Image:DeMartino AHAHA.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"AHAHAHAHA!"]]▼
[[Lawndale High]] is organizing a paintball trip joining the History, Language and Sciences classes, in order to study how warfare impacts on all aspects of culture. [[Anthony DeMartino]] checks that the students know why and puts out the call for parent volunteers; he also gets Kevin to "stay close to me" when they get to the paintball range, giving a truly sinister laugh when Kevin agrees...
That evening, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] agree not to tell their parents about the trip. Unfortunately, the [[Fashion Club]] put Quinn in charge of developing a hairstyle that will "prevent helmet hair": under extreme pressure from [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]]'s mild interest in the new look, Quinn holds out for a full five seconds before she blabs the whole thing. [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] is interested, seeing this as a way for Daria to network and gain letters of recommendation for college; Daria resists this claim and Helen tries to get Jake to help her, only for him to remember "forgot to fix that loose floorboard at the other end of the house!" before she can actually say ''what'' she needs his help for. A weary Helen decides that she should probably talk to the teachers directly to be an involved parent, and asks if they need parent volunteers for the field trip. "NO!", cry her daughters, to Helen's clear relief.
▲[[Image:DeMartino AHAHA.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"AHAHAHAHA!"]]
The next day, the classes travel to [[Jim's Paintballing Jungle]] on buses. In the first bus, [[Timothy O'Neill|O'Neill]] tries to have everybody singing, much to the disgust of everyone else, so DeMartino takes over and starts a lecture on guerilla warfare. [[Jane Lane|Jane]] tries to convince Daria to ditch the game and go see the “[[Great White Shark]]” tourist attraction; Daria protests "it'll be stupid and we're already doing something stupid". [[Brittany Taylor|Brittany]] and [[Kevin Thompson|Kevin]] try to get [[Jodie Landon|Jodie]] and [[Mack]] to play games with them to pass the time ("Monopoly is not a word game"),and Kevin accidentally tells Brittany that he's been dating someone behind her back. In the other bus, the Fashion Club members swear on an issue of ''[[Waif]]'' not shoot each other on pain of wearing ugly outfits for a whole week, while the 3 J's vow to protect Quinn during the game, to [[Sandi Griffin|Sandi’s]] displeasure.
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Upon arriving, Daria and Quinn have a surprise: Helen and Jake are present as volunteers. It turns out that when O'Neill called about a student review meeting, Helen had asked if they needed volunteers for paintballing in order to seem 'involved'. O'Neill wishes all parents could be this involved! (Helen laughs nervously) As her peers turn to laugh at her, Daria decides the shark is looking good after all.
The party arrives and, after a presentation of the field by Jim, students and adults combine in two teams: in the blue team, DeMartino addresses his team members about warfare and pain before stating that the aim of the game is "shoot to kill". Daria points out it's to capture the flag; "whatever", says DeMartino. In the red team, O'Neill gives a sensitive speech (a sighing Helen checks her watch) before being scared off by some air shots fired by [[Janet Barch|Barch]]. The situation is then taken in hand by Brittany, who surprises everybody when she presents a detailed strategy to win the game.
[[Image:BrittanyHunter.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Brittany the paintball queen]]
The game starts without warning ("the men are shooting!" cries a panicked Barch) and the members disperse: Jane is quickly shot and cares not a jot; Daria wanders around, wangsting war-movie style, is ambushed by her mother (who loses interest when taking a phone call from Eric) and is then shot by Jane so they can both leave the game.
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Elsewhere on the field, Quinn, Stacy and Tiffany are discussing boys when Stacy spots a lone figure and asks Quinn if it's Daria. Quinn unleashes an unstoppable barrage! Stacy and Tiffany cheer ("our leader!") while Quinn smirks at the sight of Daria paint-spattered... unfortunately, she'd actually shot ''Sandi'', who had been looking for a bathroom, and Sandi ignores the rules and returns fire. It's a few seconds of combat before everyone has realised what has happened, and the mutual recriminations lead to Sandi asking if ''Quinn'' would be President of the Fashion Club. Quinn laughs that off and says she could never replace Sandi... honest... and the two began to glare at each other suspiciously.
[[Image:Sinister Quinn.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Quinn after shooting Sandi, thinking she shot ''Daria''....]]
Meanwhile, DeMartino and Kevin approach the enemy's flag but are surprised by Brittany, who shoots Kevin and then bare-handedly disarms the teacher in an incredible display of martial arts. Barch also appears at the scene and, to the horror of the watching students, repeatedly shoots the history teacher while ranting about her ex-husband - she knows DeMartino ''isn't'' her ex-husband "but he's not here!".
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This episode also marks the first time we see Ms. Barch antagonize Mr. DeMartino.
[[Image:Sandileftbehind.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"WAAAIIITTT"]]
▲===Vietnam nods===
The episode contains several
* The title of this episode refers to the movie [[wikipedia:The_Deer_Hunter|''The Deer Hunter'']].
* The brick paintball bulding is named the "[[wikipedia:Hanoi_Hilton|Hanoi Hilton]]", which refers to an infamous Vietnamese prison used to hold American POWs. [[Jim]], the owner of [[Jim's Paintballing Jungle]], later comments on it.
* Daria's scene in the forest and her heavy-handed monologue is a homage to Private Chris Taylor's monologue in the 1986 movie [[wikipedia:Platoon_%28film%29|''Platoon'']].
* The last scene with Sandi being left behind while the other students leave refers to the scene in ''Platoon'' where Sgt. Elias gets left behind, including the same sound effects (music ''Adagio for Strings'', by Barber, and the sound of helicopter blades).
* A POV shot from DeMartino of everyone standing over him is taken from [[wikipedia:Full_Metal_Jacket|''Full Metal Jacket'']].
* Jake crawling through underground tunnels is a nod to [[wikipedia:Casualties_of_War|''Casualties of War'']].
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