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==Summary==
At [[Lawndale High School]] during science class, [[Janet Barch]] presents a lesson on acquired behavior involving a lab rat, interspersed with comments regarding her hatred of men and descriptions of how her husband left her. Ms. Barch's dislike of males extends to her male students but she praises [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria’s]] morbid answer to a question. She concludes the lesson by assigning teams of students for a home science project consisting of training a rat to run through a maze. Because of her morbid
That evening at the Morgendorffers, [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] speaks with Daria about her upcoming project, partly to avoid hearing about Quinn's day. Helen ignores Daria’s comments on Helen's lack of sincerity and comments that associating with Kevin could help Daria socially: something that leaves Quinn aghast. Quickly, Quinn says she could help too!
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The angry cheerleader tells Daria she can't steal "my Kevvie" because "you're ''a brain''". Daria agrees this is "a very astute observation about the likelihood of me dating your boyfriend", only for Jane to question if it should be ''former'' boyfriend. The situation is made worse when the J's come over; Brittany tries to pick them instead but they brush her off in order to ask Daria on a date (until Quinn comes along and they revert to type). Britt wails to a fed up [[Jodie Landon|Jodie]] that she can't compete with sisters but when Jodie snaps "maybe you could get your brother to wear a skirt", the cheerleader gets an idea (but it'll have to wait until ''after'' she's done Upchuck's shopping).
Later that night, while Quinn tells a friend over the phone that she's "kind of dating" Kevin and juggles her dates, Brittany gets into the garage - using the grand cover story of "Kevin wants this, can I leave it in the garage?" - and kidnaps Daria's mouse, the 'excuse' for the sisters to 'steal' Kevin. She leaves the mouse in her psychotic brother [[Brian Taylor
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Quinn showing her legs to seduce Kevin ("Kevin? Do you think my skirt is too short?") is a nod to the film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate ''The Graduate''].
Kevin ementions watching the Steelers game. Lawndale is usually taken [[Lawndale#Location|as near Baltimore]] due to a comment by [[Glenn Eichler]] but there is an historic rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens.
==Transcript==
[[The Lab Brat/Transcript|Transcript]], originally from [[Outpost Daria]].
=="The Lab Brat" and Fanfic==
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Daria hands Brittany a mouse early into the "[[Evil Daria Vignettes]]" round robin, implying she's 'taking' Kevin.
[[Alternate universe]] versions of "Lab Brat" have appeared in "[[John Lane]]" by Richard Lobinske ("[[The Maze Thing]
==External Links==
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* [http://dariafans.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html The Daria Fandom Blog, March 2007 archive]. The [[Daria Fandom Blog|DFG]] is maintained by [[CINCGREEN]] and [[Greybird]]. The entry for Saturday, April 14, 2007, is “‘The Lab Brat’: A Formula for Humor”
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550332 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
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