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At school, during Art class, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] helps [[Brittany Taylor|Brittany]] understand perspective. Later, at lunch, wishing to pay Daria back, Brittany invites her to a party at her house. Daria talks about it with [[Jane Lane|Jane]] and they 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 [[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 then 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 [[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 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.

Meawhile, 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 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, when the party ends, they are joined by Quinn, who no longer has a ride home as all three J's have knocked each other out. Otherwise stranded at Brittany's, they accept Upchuck's offer to drive them home.

* 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.

[[Claire Defoe|Ms. Defoe]], Trent, Mack, Jodie, Upchuck, Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie all make their first appearances in this episode.