Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer
Beavis and Butt-Head / Daria character
First appearance	"Sign Here" (Beavis and Butt-Head)
Last appearance	Is It College Yet? (Daria)
Created by	Glenn Eichler
Voiced by	Tracy Grandstaff
Information
Gender	Female
Occupation	Student
Family	Helen Morgendorffer (mother) Jake Morgendorffer (father) Quinn Morgendorffer (sister)

Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional character from MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and its spin-off Daria. She was voiced in both incarnations by Tracy Grandstaff.

In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of all Time by TV Guide for her role in the two shows. She was also listed in AOL's 100 Most Memorable Female TV Characters.

Glenn Eichler created the Daria character. MTV senior vice president and creative director Abby Terkuhle explained that when Beavis and Butt-Head "became successful, we ... created Daria's character because we wanted a smart female who could serve as the foil." Terkuhle said that he added Daria "to put [Beavis and Butt-Head] in their place."

In Daria's first incarnation as a recurring character on Beavis and Butt-Head, she formed an intelligent female foil to the two main characters. She went through three different outfits, had a stockier figure, and initially was a more expressive character; her iconic monotone voice would only develop over time. She would become more sardonic over time, but showed early on that she could hold her own against the two and could react fast to their antics.

She had a minor role in her first appearance, "Sign Here". She answered questions from Van Driessen on furriers and their treatment of animals. In her second episode with them, "Scientific Stuff", she was forced to do a science class presentation with them and turned it to her advantage by using them as the presentation's experiment. In later appearances, she would alternate between being irritated by their antics and finding their stupidity to be amusing: in "Sprout", she specifically came over to watch them fail at planting seeds, and in "Walkathon" she got them to unwittingly pledge $100 apiece on a charity walkathon. In "Sporting Goods" she gave three eye-popping gasps while Beavis and Butt-head wear eye patches as athletic supporters, which is a dramatic contrast to her monotonous behavior in the later series. She lacked the passionate hatred for them that Principal McVicker and Coach Buzzcut had and was one of the very few characters that would willingly seek them out, but did not really believe there is any hope for them either as David Van Driessen had. On multiple occasions, she took it upon herself to explain simple concepts to them, such as informing them in "U.S. History" what graduation was (Beavis responded, "You mean, like...school ends?") and in "Sprout" that you put seeds in the ground.

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