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Line 12: ==Plot Summary== AtDuring ~~school,~~the ~~during Art~~art class they have together at [[Lawndale High School]], [[Daria Morgendorffer\|Daria]] helps [[Brittany Taylor\|Brittany]] understand one-point perspective. ~~Later, at lunch,~~Brittany ~~wishing~~wishes to ~~pay~~repay Daria ~~back,~~for ~~Brittany~~her help and invites her to a party at her house. Daria talks about it with [[Jane Lane\|Jane]] and even though Daria is reluctant they both decide to go. [[Quinn Morgendorffer\|Quinn]] is horrified that Daria is going to a party she will be attending, and tries to convince their parents to forbid Daria from going,. ~~but~~ ~~both~~However, [[Helen Morgendorffer\|Helen]] and [[Jake Morgendorffer\|Jake]] are thrilled Daria is going and that both sisters have an opportunity to bond. Helen asks Daria to keep an eye on Quinn. Daria and Jane are dropped off at Brittany's house by [[Trent Lane\|Trent]]. Jane bribes her way in by leaving her sketch book (containing "life studies") with the gate guard, and then convinces Brittany to invite her in by promising to help her in geometry ("Lots of circles, squares and triangles"). ~~They~~There ~~then~~they meet [[Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III]], who offers to lead them on a tour of the house. Meanwhile, Quinn is waited on by [[The Three Js]] (to varying degrees of success), popular-obsessed students (including [[Sandi Griffin\|Sandi]], [[Tiffany Blum-Deckler\|Tiffany]] and ~~the~~ [[the Popular Girl]]) discuss the assumed popularity of nearby students, and Brittany shows the house to [[Mack Mackenzie\|Mack]] and [[Jodie Landon\|Jodie]]. Later that evening, two young men try to interact with Daria and Jane, using some corny pick-up lines, which do not impress Daria. Jane is receptive to the boys (if not their pickup lines) and disappears with one (whom she refers to as Bobby Bighead) for a while. Left to her own devices, Daria embarrasses Quinn by associating with her and telling the Three J's some embarrassing (and possibly false) stories about Quinn's childhood. Quinn, fed up with her, bribes Daria to leave her alone and go home. Despite Daria's stories and Quinn's decision not to choose a boyfriend right then, the Three J's continue to fawn over Quinn, even going so far as start a fight over her, to Quinn's delight. ~~Meawhile~~Meanwhile, the guard at the front gate is so enthralled with Jane's sketch book that he leaves his post to find her, allowing some gatecrashers to enter unabated. Eventually, an angry neighbor appears with the police and ends the party. Around that time, Daria and Jane, having already decided to leave, take advantage of the guard's absence to pretend to be the new community gatekeepers, and ask personal questions, along with trivia, to the residents as proof of identity. ~~Later,~~Daria ~~when~~and ~~the~~Jane ~~party~~are ~~ends,~~later ~~they~~joined are joined by Quinn, who no longer has a ride home as all three J's have knocked each other out and the police have ended the party. Otherwise stranded at Brittany's, they accept Upchuck's offer to drive them home. ==First appearances~~, Trivia and Fanfiction~~== This episode is the first to show many of the number of supporting characters: [[Claire Defoe\|Ms. Defoe]], Trent, Mack, Jodie, Upchuck, Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie. ~~The theme of popularity marks its first entrance here, which becomes a key element in later episodes and a huge quantity of Fanfiction.~~ ~~This~~It ~~episode~~also ~~is the first to show~~debuts characteristics, attitudes or catch phrases ~~of some characters, which~~that would later become recurring traits~~, both in the series and in FanFiction~~. These include:▼ ~~'''First appearances'''~~ * The [[Three Js]] and their slaving and competing over Quinn, and nobody remembering Jamie's real name ▲This episode is the first to show characteristics, attitudes or catch phrases of some characters, which would later become recurring traits, both in the series and in FanFiction. These include: * Mack having to put up with being called "Mack Daddy" by [[Kevin Thompson]] * Trent's lazy attitude and rock star aspirations * Upchuck ~~displaying his~~'s "feisty" persona.▼ * Jane revealing that she is not shy around boys;▼ * Daria doing Quinn's homework for money:▼ * The first inklings of Daria's crush on Trent Lane;▼ * Sandi and Tiffany being interested in popularity (more than other students) and left bemused by Daria's lack of fashion ==The script== * Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie slaving and competing over Quinn; * Quinn getting Jamie's name wrong; ▲* Jane revealing that she is not shy around boys; * Mack being called "Mack Daddy" by [[Kevin Thompson]] (though probably not the first time it has happened, per his reaction); ▲* Daria doing Quinn's homework for money: ▲* The first inklings of Daria's crush on Trent Lane; ▲* Upchuck displaying his "feisty" persona. * Sandi and Tiffany being interested in popularity (more than other students). Interestingly, Tiffany talks at a normal rate, as opposed to the slow rate of speech which would become characteristic of the character.▼ Bernstein uploaded the shooting script (see Links) and in that: ~~[[Claire Defoe\|Ms. Defoe]], Trent, Mack, Jodie, Upchuck, Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie all make their first appearances in this episode.~~ * The acts come in different places - originally meant to go after the dinner scene and after the party crashers arrive. The background character nicknamed [[Shaggy]] appears herein, and in one startling sequence is shown to be in two different places at the same time, leading to speculation that he has paranormal powers.▼ * Daria is deliberately speeding up at the start when behind Quinn, to intentionally freak her out. '''Fanfiction Stories'''▼ * Ms. Defoe and the Three J's get descriptions ("three nearly identical jockboys"), which the main characters do not. Upchuck, who Bernstein has said she created, gets a description just like them ("the least popular person at the party, besides Daria and Jane... due to his large ears, bad haircut, and the fact that he is really quite annoying") - this indicates Bernstein created the J's and Defoe too. ~~This episode has not been well covered in [[alternate-universe]] fanfic, except in [[ficlet]]s featuring plots such as everyone smoking pot and getting busted by police and other random happenings.~~ * When Jane describes Trent practicising the opening to ''Come As You Are'', a cut line has her say "he's almost got it". * There are two gags cut from the dinner scene. After Quinn and Daria jointly rebel at their parents picking them up from parties, a cut gag: "Daria and Quinn look at each other, and are terribly embarrassed by their identical reaction. They pull away from each other in disgust." After Helen steers Daria into going: "Daria and Helen smile (daggers) at each other. Jake looks from one to the other, then nervously goes back to his meal. They keep smiling. Head down, his eyes shift between them one more time." * "People are milling about in limited animation." * Tiffany goes unnamed: she's simply called "Popular Girl Two". ==Errors== Sandi is told about Quinn's popularity status, which she would already know because Quinn joined the Fashion Club last episode. ==Trivia== The theme of popularity marks its first entrance here, which becomes a key element in later episodes and a huge quantity of Fanfiction. Daria's social status is confirmed by both Brittany and Tori Jericho as not popular, while "not so ''un''popular that you couldn't come to my party". Tori says Quinn "was new and cute, so she became, like, popular overnight". Daria has actually ''been'' to parties in the [[Beavis and Butt-head (comics)\|''Beavis and Butt-head'' comics]] on [[Beavis and Butt-head issue 16\|two]] [[Activity Page: Science X-Periments#Trivia\|occassions]] and [[Beavis and Butt-head issue 10\|one was held at her house]]. She didn't seem happy in either case - her dislike of parties comes from experience. Jane's plan to claim she's Tiffany ("there's bound to be one") is undone when there's ''three'' Tiffany's invited. "[[Cafe Disaffecto]]" reveals there are, indeed, three Tiff's in one of Quinn's classes! ▲The background character nicknamed [[Shaggy]] appears herein, and in one startling sequence is shown to be in two different places at the same time, leading to speculation that he has paranormal powers. ▲This ~~Sandi~~is ~~and~~one ~~Tiffany~~of ~~being~~several ~~interested~~early inepisodes ~~popularity (more than other students). Interestingly,~~where Tiffany talks at a normal rate, as opposed to the slow rate of speech which would become characteristic of the character. In this early episode, Stacy is ''not'' part of Sandi's group but seems to be hanging out with other people. Was she not fully in Sandi's sphere of influence yet? Sandi can be seen dancing up a storm on her own, without a care in the world. Upchuck says the family den "was inspired by the novels of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen Isak Dinesen]", which (considering her most famous book was ''Out of Africa'') is him being snarky about those fake tigers. Upchuck is a lot less pervy in this episode than he'll become. An episode of ''Family Guy'' has a shoutout to this episode, as Joe Swanson replicates the first part of Daria's interaction with Bobby Bighead (before running off crying "''You're mean!''") Trent is curiously seen amongst the gatecrashers. ▲~~'''~~==Fanfiction Stories~~'''~~== This episode has been covered multiple times in fanfic, almost as often as [[Esteemsters]], due to the appearance of all the above characters. First off, there are [[ficlet]]s featuring plots such as everyone smoking pot and getting busted by police and other random happenings. Secondly, more and more AU fanfics have started with serious canon divergences before "[[Esteemsters]]", and have gone on to tell alternate-universe versions of this episode. Other stories that use the episode plot are: Line 57 ⟶ 97: [[John]] by [[Richard Lobinske]], giving Daria and John their first taste of the temptations they face. * [[Esteem Roller]], by [[legendeld]]: Daria, Jane and Quinn all attend the party * [[The Invitation revised]] by [[Wouter]] which shows what happened in the make out room with Jane and [[Bobby Bighead]] * [http://www.thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=463545#p463545 Invite of the Geek] by [[cfardell Brenorenz29]] ==Transcript== [[The Invitation/transcript\|Transcript]] originally from [[Outpost Daria]] ==External Links== * [http://www.outpost-daria.com/ts_ep102.html Episode transcript] at [[Outpost Daria]] * [http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ep102_the_invitation.html Episode novelization] at [[Outpost Daria]], by [[Martin J. Pollard]]▼ * [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/anneinterview.html January 2006 interview with Anne D. Bernstein on DVDaria], the author of "The Invitation" briefly ▼ * [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/102-the-invitation Transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]] ~~discusses the episode~~ ▲* [http://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20110519151748/http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ep102_the_invitation.html Episode novelization] at [[Outpost Daria]] (via Wayback Machine), by [[Martin J. Pollard]] ▲* [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/anneinterview.html January 2006 interview with Anne D. Bernstein on DVDaria], the author of "The Invitation" briefly discusses the episode * [http://www.buzzdome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/daria-invitation.pdf Shooting script of episode] at Anne Bernstein's website (PDF format) * [http://dariaphans.blogspot.com/2007/03/power-of-giri-review-of-invitation.html “‘The Power of ‘Giri’: A Review of 'The Invitation’”] by [[CINCGREEN]] at the [[Daria Fandom Blog]], March 10, 2007 * [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550290#workskin Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]