Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character from MTV’s animated series Beavis and Butt-head (1993-1997) and its spin-off Daria (1997-2002). Daria is a bespectacled, unfashionably dressed, highly intellectual, sarcastic teenage girl. She is portrayed as a seemingly pessimistic icon of sanity in an insane household in an equally insane upper middle-class suburb. She resides with her vacuous, fashion-obsessed younger sister Quinn and career-obsessed parents Helen and Jake.
P.S. Last month CollegeHumor released a fake movie trailer for Daria: The Movie, starring Aubrey Plaza (of the excellent Safety Not Guaranteed) as Daria. Plaza nails the cynical, monotone voice. I kind of wish this wasn’t a fake trailer. I want to see the live-action movie. Happy Friday the 13th!
