Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character from MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and Daria. In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of all Time by TV Guide for her role in the two shows. She was voiced in both incarnations by Tracy Grandstaff.
In Daria's first incarnation as a recurring character on Beavis and Butt-Head, she formed an intelligent female foil to the two main characters. Though she is not amused by their antics, she does not have the passionate hatred for them that Principal McVicker and Coach Buzzcut have nor does she really believe there is any hope for them either as David Van Driessen had. At times, she would also make fun of the two for their stupidity.
She also took advantage of their idiocy and got them to unwittingly pledge a hundred dollars apiece on a charity walkathon. In the episode "U.S. History" , she turned around to talk to the duo and said they would never graduate, and she told them that "to graduate" means to be all done with the final year of school (Beavis responded, "You mean, like...school ends?"). In the Christmas Special, it is stated that Butt-Head had been responsible for giving her a negative outlook on boys.
In the final episode of the series when the boys "died," Daria expressed the sentiments that Beavis and Butt-Head did not have very bright futures to look forward to. She was one of the few characters that the duo never managed to drive crazy as they had with many other students and teachers. In the Marvel Comics series, the duo did manage to push her closer to the edge than they do in the TV show.
In Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, she only appears once throughout the film with a group of students, but did not have any dialogue.