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:'''<i>Daria:</i>''' I know the whole school's turning itself inside out because of some egotistical football player, and I've seen you insult or proposition just about everyone you come across, so my guess is that you're the football player guy. Congratulations. You must have worked very hard to become such a colossal jerk so quickly.
As she speaks, Tommy looks taken aback. He replies in an aggressive tone:
:'''<i>Tommy:</i>''' You know what Tommy Sherman's going to do now? He's going to go out onto the field and check out his new goal post. He's going to read the plaque and think of all the people who admire him. But you wouldn't know anything about that. You're one of those misery chicks, always moping about what a cruel world it is, making a big deal about it so people won't notice that you're a loser.▼
▲:'''<i>Tommy:</i>''' You know what Tommy Sherman's going to do now? He's going to go out onto the field and check out his new goal post. He's going to read the plaque and think of all the people who admire him. But you wouldn't know anything about that. You're one of those misery chicks, always moping about what a cruel world it is, making a big deal about it so people won't notice that you're a ''loser''.
Tommy is clearly bothered that he's been dissed but how deeply do her specific words cut him? He doesn't care to address her points, he simply cuts her down and carries on as normal - this could be read as him merely angry he was talked back to and from his perspective, he's punished her for it. On the other hand, he's immediately going to go check out his goalpost and think of being admired: this implies his ego's taken a bit of a battering from the fact someone doesn't care who he is, and his comments are him lashing out to save himself.
His view on Daria is also up for debate, as later episodes would make it clear that Daria ''does'' deliberately try to keep people away and is more emotionally fragile than the S1 episodes had indicated; Tommy could be making an accurate judgement, making him very good at reading people when he wants to. However, Daria didn't show any sign of being bothered that Tommy was right - what bothered her was everyone viewed her like that when "I'm not miserable, I'm just not ''like them'', plus the fact Tommy would get an undeserved amount of admiral despite his deplorable personality." Tommy's comment itself was shrugged off until he was dead.▼
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(Thanks to the [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q7lqexyXjvrc0nWdP2IavYKBjaY6w3jr/view original script], we know the intention is Tommy is snapping because Daria's diss got a laugh - "Tommy's stunned. He looks at Jane. She snickers." - and "he walks off in a huff."
===What Happened to Tommy After Graduation?===
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