Daria

Daria is an American animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her. This show is a spin-off of another MTV show called Beavis and Butthead.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The theme song has a decent message. It already captures Daria's personality and the atmosphere of the entire show in general.
 * 2) The chemistry between Daria and Jane is pretty great.
 * 3) It was the one show that stood out from MTV's usual shtick (music videos, airheads etc.)
 * 4) How Daria delivers her lines is hilarious, especially in Seasons 1 to 3.
 * 5) Daria became so popular in Beavis and Butthead that she got her own spin-off show. How cool is that?
 * 6) Gives great morals that are related to growing up.
 * 7) We see the world through the eyes of a sarcastic teenage girl who doesn't care, which is a very unique concept.
 * 8) The show gives a view on every that is wrong with society, which is a smart idea for a show and well executed in this show.
 * 9) Hilariously realistic situations that viewers can relate to.
 * 10) The character development in this show is unforced and well-done.
 * 11) One of the most mature teen angsty shows of its time.
 * 12) Unbelievably well written.
 * 13) Impressive voice acting
 * 14) For a monotone, carefree teenage outcast, Daria is one of the funniest characters on MTV. She could make one crack by just smiling.
 * 15) Captured what the 90s were really like. If one wanted to know what it was like being a teen from the 90s instead of now, they could just watch at least one episode from this show.
 * 16) Looks at the stereotypes at school in a different way to other shows. It also looks at everything that's wrong with school in a logical way.
 * 17) Like most adult cartoons of its time, Daria still remained an iconic show for more than 20 years.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Even for 90s cartoon standards, the animation could still be better.
 * 2) Character designs can be off-putting.
 * 3) It's been argued that the show went downhill in the later seasons. (Daria got a boyfriend?)
 * 4) Background design isn't that great to look at sometimes.
 * 5) Daria sometimes turned into a typical teen romance drama in some episodes, which is not what it's supposed to be about.
 * 6) The beginning of the theme song can be very ear-piercing to people.
 * 7) Despite having a great message, some people may think of the theme tune as lazy just because of the overall tone.

Trivia

 * Although Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butthead, where Daria was a recurring character) agreed to release the character to allow her to appear in the spin-off, he had no involvement in the production of Daria.
 * No other characters from Beavis and Butthead appeared in Daria. Usually this would be a flaw in spin-offs, but they were trying to go for a whole different style of humor and they felt like any sort of reference to the original show would ruin it.
 * Daria's theme song is "You're Standing on My Neck", written and performed by Splendora.