Is It College Yet?
| Is It College Yet? | |
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| Created by |
Glenn Eichler Susie Lewis Lynn |
| Written by | Glenn Eichler Peggy Nicoll |
| Directed by | Karen Disher |
| Starring |
Tracy Grandstaff Wendy Hoopes Julian Rebolledo Marc Thompson Alvaro J. Gonzalez |
| Theme music composer | Splendora (theme: "College Try") |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Cindy E. Brolsma Lemon Krasny Andrea Wortham |
| Running time | 75 min (original) / 66 min (DVD edit) |
| Production company(s) | MTV Studios |
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| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | January 21, 2002 |
Is It College Yet? is the second of two movie-length installments featured in MTV's animated series Daria. The first music video for "Breaking Up the Girl" by Garbage premiered as part of the film, featuring a Daria montage, and the song was promoted as the "theme song" for College; the song used to open the film was Splendora's last ever song "College Try (Gives Me Blisters)".
The two telemovies, Is It Fall Yet? and Is It College Yet?, chronicled, respectively, the summer hiatus between the school years of seasons four and five, and the end of high school for the characters. The second also served as the show's finale.
Is It College Yet? was produced in lieu of an abbreviated, six-episode sixth season requested by MTV. Series creator Glenn Eichler had planned to wrap the show with the fifth season finale "Boxing Daria", believing that there was no more story to tell. Eichler agreed to write Is It College Yet? in order to have a true series finale for Daria.
With high school graduation nearing, Daria is faced with difficult decisions about choosing her college and her future with Tom. Jane has second thoughts about whether she wishes to become a college student. Meanwhile, Quinn gets a job as a hostess at an upscale French restaurant to pay back her mother for maxing out one of her credit cards. She readily befriends one of her co-workers, Lindy (a college student), only to discover that she is showing signs of serious alcoholism.
Ms. Barch, while being informed by Mr. O'Neill that her divorce is nothing to be ashamed of, is led her to believe that he proposed to her. When Mr. O'Neil is unable to tell her he's mistaken, Mr. DeMartino tries to help O'Neil to man up, admitting that he considers him a friend and doesn't want to see him end up with Barch. With DeMartino's help, O'Neil manages to tell Barch that he doesn't want to marry her but she nonetheless decides to stay with him even if they don't get married, being "intrigued by [his] new backbone" (much to DeMartino's annoyance).
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