Daria

Sometimes your shallowness is so thorough it's like depth.

I think someone went snooping through my Junior High / High School years and made it into a cartoon they named Daria

good series

Daria is brilliant because it follows an "outside teen" template but subverts it. There are dumb jocks and cheerleaders, but the show smartly puts forth a message that they're still people who don't fully fall into any traditional template, much like Daria herself. It's as anti-John Hughes as it gets, and that's also about as good as it gets.

Its cynical title character was a very different protagonist, and it was one who was able to poke at the hypocrisy of the adult world and high school all through use of sharp wit. Very well-written. There's been nothing quite like it.

High school life through the lense of a sarcastic, pessimistic, and entirely self aware outcast who sees the absurdity of high school and the people involved with it for what they really are. One of the few shows that manages to write an intelligent and relatable character that doesn't feel forced.

The type of show that makes you chuckle, but rarely laugh. Bigger issue is that Daria is so dour, it's not much fun to spend time with her.

A show that everyone should watch before high school, but funny enough, cannot truly be appreciated until after high school's been experienced. 'Daria' captures the teenage experiences better than most shows ever manage thanks to its balanced and diverse cast of characters, sardonic (but not pretentious) humor, and ageless appeal.

I was a little bit in love with Daria as a 14 year old.

Daria