Daria is an animated High School Dramedy about a waifish,
sardonic teen girl with coke-bottle glasses, army boots, and absolutely no
patience for the idiocy around her (she used to have Beavis And Butthead for
classmates, can you blame her?).
Most of the humor is derived from Daria and her friend Jane's
conflicts with the collection of twisted teenage archetypes (and often the
adults) around them. The last two seasons departed from the Reset Button to
create a powerful Story Arc of Daria and her friends coming of age. The show's
strong use of Character Development became a major draw on a network loaded
with more superficial programming. A major part of it is Daria eventually
falling for a Tall, Dark and Snarky boy, Tom Sloane, who is worthy of her and
struggling to deal with romantic activities she previously rejected.
