Daria
The Daria Hunter
TV Flash files “The Daria Hunter” as hour 15 of 65 in the TV Flash guide — Daria (1997–2002) on MTV, season 2, episode 2, aired 1998-02-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E02: listed hour 15 of 65 in the Daria guide, hour 2 of 13 in season 2. It aired 1998-02-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Arts 'n' Crass” (S02E01). Next is “Quinn the Brain” (S02E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The students of Lawndale High go on a paintballing trip to learn about history, psychology and shooting people.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Daria Hunter sit in the Daria guide?
S02E02 is listed hour 15 of 65 — hour 2 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 2.
When did Daria S02E02 air?
The Daria Hunter aired 1998-02-23 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it a Beavis and Butt-Head spinoff?
Yes — Daria was introduced there, then got her own dry MTV series. The tone is a different species.
In the series
Why this series still plays
MTV’s deadpan antidote to teen gloss: a trench coat, a monotone, and a high school that deserves every eye-roll. Daria Morgendorffer treats popularity as a failing grade while Jane Lane draws the real picture. Adolescent satire that still feels like a private language — smart without being cruel, cooler than the jocks it refuses to chase.
So about the trench coat. MTV, 1997–2002: a sarcastic teen endures suburban high school with artistic best friend Jane Lane, treating popularity as a failing grade. Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn spun Daria Morgendorffer out of Beavis and Butt-Head and made her a dry cult queen. Tracy Grandstaff's monotone. Wendy Hoopes's Jane drawing the real picture. Lawndale performing every phoniness the side-eye required. TV movies extended the story beyond the series proper. Adolescent satire as a private language —…
Filed against
- Tracy Grandstaff as Daria Morgendorffer
Tracy Grandstaff’s Daria Morgendorffer made MTV’s deadpan antidote to teen gloss — a trench coat, a monotone, and a high school that deserved every eye-roll. Popularity as a failing grade; Jane Lane drawing the real picture. TV Flash…
- Wendy Hoopes as Jane Lane
Wendy Hoopes’s Jane Lane drew the real picture on Daria — MTV’s deadpan antidote to teen gloss, a trench coat’s best friend, a high school that deserved every eye-roll. Daria treated popularity as a failing grade; Jane made art the other…
- Julian Rebolledo as Jake Morgendorffer
Julian Rebolledo’s Jake Morgendorffer dad’d Daria into suburban satire — MTV’s deadpan antidote to teen gloss, a trench coat, a monotone, a high school that deserves every eye-roll. Daria treating popularity as a failing grade while Jane…
- Marc Thompson as Various
Marc Thompson voiced the Lawndale extras as various on Daria — MTV’s deadpan antidote to teen gloss, a trench coat, a monotone, Jane Lane drawing the real picture. Adolescent satire as a private language. TV Flash files him as 1990s…