Daria
Sappy Anniversary
TV Flash files “Sappy Anniversary” as hour 54 of 65 in the TV Flash guide — Daria (1997–2002) on MTV, season 5, episode 2, aired 2001-02-26, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E02: listed hour 54 of 65 in the Daria guide, hour 2 of 13 in season 5. It aired 2001-02-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Fizz Ed” (S05E01). Next is “Fat Like Me” (S05E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Should Daria be mad at Tom for forgetting their anniversary, or mad at herself for being mad?
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sappy Anniversary sit in the Daria guide?
S05E02 is listed hour 54 of 65 — hour 2 of 13 in season 5, season 5 episode 2.
When did Daria S05E02 air?
Sappy Anniversary aired 2001-02-26 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…