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Carol A. Stabile and Mark Harrison, authors of Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture, said that " for the cerebral, writerly types who liked television Daria was the outcast she-hero who dared to say things they were too scared to say in their teenage years.

" Van Toffler, then the general manager of MTV, said in 1998 that Daria " has an attitude about parents, school, and siblings that is common to the experiences of our audience.

She is a good spokesperson for MTV ... intelligent but subversive.

" A 1997 The Nation article referred to Daria as " a 10th grade Dorothy Parker.

" Another critic praising the character said that she is like " a 50-year old deadpan Jewish comic in the body of a 16-year-old.

" Jennifer Vineyard, a writer of My Life as Liz, said " Daria made it cool to be a smart chick.

" Vineyard added, " Just the presence of people or characters like Daria help make it cool to be yourself.

There's a tendency for young girls to play dumb.

Characters like Daria show you that you don't have to.