As the series progressed, its snarky humor was leavened by greater emotional depth and a profusion of hot-button topics, including Daria's burgeoning sexuality. With its blunt humor, abundant subtext, and stellar voice cast, the show captured middle-class suburban teen angst in all its specificity, even as it commented on the self-imposed outsider status of its protagonist.
A savvy satire - and celebration - of teen alienation, the series carved out a wry sensibility somewhere between Sixteen Candles, Heathers, and My So-Called Life. The creation of Beavis and Butthead story editor Glenn Eichler, Daria premiered in 1997, producing 65 episodes and two movie-length specials before passing into rerun heaven in 2001. But only one scored a spinoff of her own: Daria Morgendorffer (voice of Tracy Grandstaff), a brainy, cynical alterna-teen whose eponymous series lasted five seasons on MTV. Beavis and Butthead, MTV's animated series about a pair of numbskull heavy-metal aficionados, included a number of memorable supporting characters.
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