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==Plot Summary==
At [[Lawndale High]], principal [[Angela Li]] interrupts English class to enthusiastically announce the visit of representatives from the [[Amazon Modeling Agency]] who are searching for potential models among the students. As modeling is a shallow profession based on youth and looks, both [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane Lane|Jane]] protest - and at the same time hint of the possible money the school is being offered for the visit. [[Jodie Landon|Jodie]] argues with Daria and Jane, saying that the two don't ''have'' to be against everything.
As [[Diane Bennett|Mrs. Bennett]] explains the marketing aspects of the fashion industry, Amazon representatives [[Claude]] and [[Romonica DeGregory]] appear during Economics class and give Mrs. Bennett fashion advice. Their goal is to convince students to sign up for a complementary modeling class. [[Brittany Taylor|Brittany]] agrees right away, but they are less successful with Daria and Jane.
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During dinner at the Morgendorffers a very upset Daria relates the day's events to her parents, stressing the dishonesty of the whole situation. Both [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] and [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] agree with her. When [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] enthusiastically announces that she has been chosen for the modeling class both parents try to dissuade her, stating that modeling is not a good choice for a profession, and only a timely call from Romonica convinces Helen to let Quinn attend the free modeling class. As Quinn leaves the kitchen, Helen asks (and eventually bribes) Daria to keep an eye on her sister.
The modeling class is held at the school auditorium and includes the four Fashion Club members and a red-haired, slightly plump girl (whom Romonica calls a "decoy"). Romonica and Claude first coach the female students on how they must walk and what attitudes they should project. They then invite [[Kevin Thompson|Kevin]] and the [[Three Js]] to help out, asking them to remove their shirts and have the girls rub their chests. Quinn is clearly ill at ease and excuses herself (claiming that she needs to visit the bathroom) but the other girls oblige. Brittany, watching from the audience with Jane, Daria and [[Trent Lane|Trent]], has a crying fit watching Kevin on stage and is miserable for not having been chosen to attend the class. However, when
Later that night, the Morgendorffers discuss the day's events, with Quinn enthusiastically thinking she’ll be chosen for the modeling contract despite her parents' warnings that they hadn't agreed on further participation and that she might not win - a thought inconceivable to Quinn.
At an auditorium assembly Mrs. Li is preparing to announce the winner for the modeling contract (after warning the students that modeling has nothing to do with sex, to the amusement of some of those present). She is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of [[Buck Conroy|General Buck Conroy]], mercenary and editor of [[Brutal Mercenary|Brutal Mercenary Magazine]] - Conroy is also looking for potential recruits. He answers a surprised Mrs. Li that it had been ''her'' idea to contact him, showing her an invitation with her name. A television news crew shows up and states that although Li denied inviting Conroy to the school, she allowed a modeling school to solicit students on school
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===Daria's Reading Material===
Daria is reading Henry David Thoreau's [
==Trivia==
[[Image:106 TrentInSchool.JPG|thumb|300px|"YOU! Don't think we can't see you in the corner, Trent Lane!"]]
The title of the episode is a play on the 1978 Elvis Costello and The Attractions album, ''[[wikipedia:This_Year's_Model|This Year's Model]]''.
Trent shows up to see the modeling and then is later in the ''school assembly audience''. How did he get in the second time?!
After agreeing with his daughter about ethics, [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] goes off because he remember he has to "call that baby formula guy": a reference to the ongoing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott Nestlé baby formula scandal.]▼
▲After agreeing with his daughter about ethics, [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] goes off because he remember he has to "call that baby formula guy": a reference to the ongoing [
Jane refers to her and Trent's parents as being at home.▼
▲Jane refers to her and Trent's parents as being at home, and that they "moved" there (which will later be contradicted by [[Art Burn]]).
==“This Year's Model” and Fanfic==
*Several [[alternate universe]] fics will find a way to put Daria into the onstage class: this happens in [[John Lane]] story "[[New Model Year]]" by [[Richard Lobinske]]; "[http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32229 Mad Dog's Legacy 6: Model Misbehaviour]" by [[Hyrin]].
* Buck Conroy has turned up as an antagonist in several fics. [[Nemo Blank]]'s "[[Ring Toss]]" is an exception, where he's the amoral boyfriend of Ms Li.
* The frizzy-haired girl ("Girl Teen 35" according to "[[Oh, the Obscurity!]]") rubbing Kevin down was named Diana in [[smk]]'s "[[Ships in the Night]]" and after a long absence, showed up in [[Lawndale Fighting Championship]] by [[The Excellent S]] as a wrestler called Diana Brayshaw.
==Transcript==
[[This Year's Model/transcript|Transcript]], originally from [[Outpost Daria]].
==External Links==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/dariatranscripts/106-this-year-s-model Episode Transcript] at [[Daria Transcripts]]
* [http://dariaphans.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html The Daria Fandom Blog, March 2007 archive]. The [[Daria Fandom Blog|DFG]] was maintained by [[CINCGREEN]] and [[Greybird]]. The entry for Saturday, April 7, 2007, is “Barbizon and Banality: A Look at ‘This Year’s Model’”
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550326 Episode Analysis] for [[Malled]] and '''"This Year's Model"''' by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
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