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Daria and Jane are later 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==
 
The theme of popularity marks its first entrance here, which becomes a key element in later episodes and a huge quantity of Fanfiction.
 
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.
 
'''First appearances'''
 
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.
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* 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
 
 
==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 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.
 
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.
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In this early ep, 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.
'''Fanfiction Stories'''
 
'''==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.
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* [[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]]
 
 
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