Partners in Complaint

Season 4, Episode 1, Aired

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Mrs. Bennett has the class get into pairs for a budgeting project. Daria, angry at Jane for spending so much time with Tom, pairs up with Jodie instead; meanwhile Jane pairs up with Brittany. Daria and Jodie try to start their own business, but have trouble getting a loan from a bank because of their age and possibly Jodie's race. Jodie gets mad at Daria when she is criticized for using her father's clout in order to succeed. Meanwhile, Jane and Brittany try to purchase a car, but the car salesman seems much more interested in getting a date with Brittany.moreless

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    • TRIVIA (5)

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      • Brittany: I know what you think, but I know what I think, and I think I think just as well as you think. Don't you think?

      • Daria: You don't have to tiptoe around me like I'm some sort of hysterical nut-job. Jane: There are many words I could use to describe you. Hysterical is not among them.

      • (Daria and Jane are walking home from school when Tom drives up) Tom: Anybody want a ride home? Daria: That's very thoughtful of you. But since I live two houses down, I guess I'll pass.

      • Jane: (stunned) You want to do a class project with me? Brittany: Well, not really, but I mean, you're right here and all.

      • Jodie: Daria is the inside person; I'm the outside person. (the banker looks Daria up and down) Banker: Very wise decision.

      • Daria: Are you comparing Kevin and Brittany to you and me? Jane: There's, like, sixteen possible combinations there, and not a single one of them works.

      • Helen: (on the phone) No, no, absolutely not! It's unethical, it's immoral, it may well be illegal, I'll have no part of it. (pause) Okay, I'll do it.

      • (Trent walks into Jane's room and finds Brittany there instead of Daria) Trent: Hey, Janey. Hey, Dar...Whoa!

      • Brittany: Go on, tell us, Mack. Mack: Could everyone stop saying my name like that? It's creeping me out.

      • Daria: I hate everybody.

      • Brittany: I'm here with my friend Jane, who respects my intelligence. Jane: She's embellishing a little.

      • Jodie: What should we call our company? Daria: "Brink of Bankruptcy, Incorporated"?

      • Helen: I came in to ask you to rinse off your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher. Your father found a cheese fry melted onto his "World's Greatest Dad" cup and he thought it was some kind of rodent. Now he's sworn off coffee. Daria: Then I should be hearing from the Nobel committee any day now.

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      • Music -Bif Naked - "Any Day Now" (closing credits) -David Bowie - "Thursday's Child" (Jane & Tom drive away) -Len - "Feelin' Alright" (Jane at Brittany's house) -Kelis - "I Hate You So Much Right Now" (Daria leaves Jane with Brittany at Pizza King) -Beck - "Sexx Laws" (Wally offers Brittany a test drive) -311 - "Come Original" (Jodie & Brittany at Pizza King) -Ash - "Jesus Says" (after Kevin runs off) -Ben Lee - "Nothing Much Happens" (Jodie & Daria's presentation) -Will Smith - "Will2K" (Daria & Jane at Pizza King)

      • First episode to use cleaner, digitally-enhanced animation, which was used for the remainder of the series (and the two movies).

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      • Title Pun: Partner's in Complaint The title is a reference to Portnoy's Complaint, a 1960s novel by Philip Roth about Jewish-American life.

      • The Terminator Brittany's little homing sequence is a reference to the Clothes Hunt scene in the original Terminator film from the early 1980s, which starred Arnold Schwartzeneggar.

      • Men In Black Daria's comment about "being tired of that head, anyway," is a reference to the character, Jeeves, in Men In Black, an alien who grows a new head when it gets blown off in the film.

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