Clichés are organized by category below. Daria, Jane, Trent, Tom and Quinn are involved in most of these already, so they do not have categories. This is meant for parody purposes and not to endorse alcoholism. Overindulgence in alcohol is not a good thing, much like overindulgence in other matters.

ALCOHOL

• Take a drink if Daria drinks anything alcoholic at a party and wakes up naked in Trent's bed.  If she's naked, take two drinks.  If Trent's in bed with her, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• Should any character develop an alcoholism problem, stop drinking. [DH]

• Take a drink when Aunt Amy enters the script as the loving, supportive older mentor.  Two drinks when it turns out she has a high powered job.  Take crack if she shows up as a scientist. [M]
• If Amy gets involved with Trent or Tom, drain the bottle. [DH]

• If Andrea is friendly to Daria and Jane (relatively speaking), take a drink. [ASA]
• If Andrea is in the fanfic, and she has five or less lines, take a drink. [D]
• If Andrea is drinking, drink the whole bottle. [CN]

• Take a drink if Daria appears naked or nearly naked on any piece of artwork. [ASA]
• Take a drink if Jane is working on a piece of art. Take two drinks if that art ends up publically displayed. Take two more drinks if that art becomes a center of a public controversy. [DH]
• Take two drinks if anyone but a Lane is creating art. (Music doesn't count) Double this if this art is not for a class. [DH]

• Take a drink if the fic includes the opening credits.  Take two  drinks if you actually change the opening to fit your fic/universe.  Empty the bottle if you actually change the color of the background every fan season you have. [DM]
• Take a drink if you write a fic parodying all these damn cliches polluting the world of Daria fanfic (though there's often a reason they became cliches in the first place...). [R]
• Take a drink every time Peter Guerin references anime outside of a crossover. [DH]
• Take a drink if an author is using fanon [fan canon] on facts never established on the show. Take two drinks if the author is referencing the Daria books. [DH]
• If a renowned shipper author writes a work with Daria & Trent not getting together or vice versa, drink. [DH]
• Sip each time an author writes in which musical interludes should be playing. [DH]
• Drink if the author is presenting their piece using formal screenplay style, indicating camera cuts and such. [DH]
• If the "fanfic" is a drinking game, take a drink.  If the drinking game covers any topic included here, take two drinks.  If the drinking game contains at least one really obvious topic (e.g., the Daria-Trent relationship and where shippers desperately want it to go), empty the bottle. [ASA]

COUPLES

• Take a drink if Jane and Jesse are a couple. Take two drinks if Ted and Stacy are a couple.  Empty the bottle if Quinn has a steady boyfriend, no matter who he is. [ASA]
• If Sandi has a boyfriend, drink. If it is an established major character, chug. If it is Jake, cry. [DH]
• If Trent has a girlfriend besides either Monique or Daria, drink. If Trent's girlfriend is a popular student at Lawndale High, drink again. If Trent's girlfriend is Jane, chug. [DH]
• If Daria gets involved with someone other than Trent or Tom, drink. If she ends up involved with Upchuck or Kevin, chug. [DH]

CROSSOVERS

• Take a drink if Beavis and Butt-Head appear. [ASA]
• If the fic is a crossover other than Beavis and Butthead/Daria, take a drink. If the crossover is with an anime or cartoon series, take two. If it's with a movie, drain.  [D]
• If a fanfic has anything to do with Sailor Moon, empty the bottle, swipe another bottle from your roommate, and drain that one also. [DM]
• If the crossover is with the author's real life or an author-created canon, take 3 drinks. [DH]

• If Jane pushes Daria and Trent to get together with reckless abandon (as opposed to nudging), take a drink.  If she enlists anyone else's help, take two drinks.  If any member of Mystik Spiral is also involved, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• Take a drink if Daria or Trent confess their love for each other.  Take two drinks if they become a couple.  If a guitar is involved in any way, either in getting them together or in keeping them together, take three drinks.  Empty the bottle if they sleep together. [ASA]
• If Daria and Trent get together while on a trip, take three drinks. [MJ]
• Sip every time Jane is called a "yenta" for trying to get Trent and Daria together. [DH]
• Drink if Daria leaves Tom for Trent. [DH]
• If Jane and Daria fight over the crush, drink. If Jane and Trent fight over the crush, drink. [DH]
• If Daria approaches Trent and is turned down, drink. If Trent approaches Daria and is turned down, take two drinks. [DH]
• If Helen threatens or thinks about threatening Trent with statutory rape charges, drink. [DH]
• If Daria and Trent go from friends to star-crossed lovers with surprising ease, considering Daria's tentativeness in such things, take two drinks. [DH]

• If a major canonical character dies, take a drink except if Daria commits suicide. (Covered under PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS)  If a member of the Fashion Club dies, empty the bottle. [ASA]

• If Sandi is a monster, take a drink.  If she uses violence against Daria, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• Take a drink if Tom is evil. [L]
• If Ms. Li is a monster, take a drink.  If she uses violence against Daria, empty the bottle. [R]
• If Mr. DeMartino is evil, take a drink. If he becomes violent against someone other than Rock and Roll Randy, chug.
• If Jane, Stacy, Trent or Brittany are evil, chug. [DH]

• If Daria joins any band besides Mystik Spiral, take a drink.  If Jane also joins said band, take two drinks.  If Andrea is also in this band and plays the drums, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• If Daria is in the spotlight for whatever reason (talking at assembly, on stage at a school dance or the Zen, live on television, et al.), take a drink if she manages to humiliate anyone present while up there.  Take two drinks if it's the Fashion Club or Ms Li getting humiliated.  If she's up there of her own free will, drain the bottle.  And if her attempts fail or backfire in any way, put down the bottle and mail me because I want to read this unique piece of fic. [R]
• If Daria, Trent or Jane become famous, drink for each. Double the drinking if they do so independently of each other. [DH]

• Drink if characters remember the events of Daria! or Depth Takes a Holiday. Double this if the characters attempt to explain them. [DH]

FASHION CLUB, THE

• If Quinn is thrown out of the Fashion Club, take a drink.  If Sandi is thrown out of the Fashion Club, take two drinks.  If Stacy quits the Fashion Club and imitates Daria or Jane or tries to join their "clique", take three drinks.  If Daria and Jane join the Fashion Club, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• If the Fashion Club admits new members, drink for each one. [DH]
• If the Fashion Club dissolves, drink. If Daria did not have a hand in it, drink again. [DH]
• If any two members of the Fashion Club become a couple, take a drink. If these two are Sandi and Quinn, empty the bottle. [ASA]

HOLIDAYS, THE

• Drink for each Holiday that shows up. Double this if this is not a Nemo Blank fic. [DH]

INTELLIGENCE

• Take a drink if a character everyone thought was of below average intelligence is revealed to be smart.  Empty the bottle if this character is Quinn. [ASA]
• If Daria (or any character added by the 'fic author) can read/understand any language apart from English and French (including sign language), take a drink.  If she's picked it up simply by reading books in that language, take two drinks.  If that language is Chinese, Japanese, or anything else with a similarly exotic script, take another three drinks on top.  If she can read any European language, including Latin, Basque and Hungarian, drain the bottle, get another, bigger bottle, and drain that one too. [R]

JODIE & MACK

• Take one drink if Jodie blows up.  Take two if she blows up at Michelle and Andrew.  Empty the bottle if she does that and quits all of her activities, paving the way for a carefree existence. [KW]
• Drink each time Jodie attempts to involve Daria in a school assembly. [DH]
• Sip each time Mack tells Kevin not to call him Mack Daddy. [DH]
• Drink if Jodie & Mack realize they don't get many lines in the show. [DH]
• Drink for each member of Jodie's family that appears. Drink again if Jodie's siblings names are NOT Rachel and Andrew. [DH]

• Drink if a reason is given why Kevin wears his football uniform all the time. [DH]
• Drink if an explanation is given as to why Kevin or Brittany are less intelligent than most. If this involves drugs, take two drinks. If this involves deliberately hiding intelligence, chug  [DH]
• Drink if Brittany expresses a desire to be part of The Fashion Club. [DH]
• Drink each time Brittany attempts to express a nuance of cheerleading to Daria and/or Jane [DH]

• Take a drink for every Lane other than Jane and Trent who shows up in the story. [DH]
• Take a drink if the Lanes' father is named. [DH]
• Take two drinks for every author-invented character. [DH]
• Take an extra drink for every "family reunion" Lane from "The Teachings of Don Jake" that shows up. [DH]

• Drink each time Daria and Jane discuss how stupid Lawndale is. [DH]
• Drink for each scene inside Pizza King or Chez Pierre. Drink twice if a scene occurs inside the Arcade or Do Me A Donut. [DH]

• Take a drink if Ms. Li is arrested. [ASA]
• Take a drink if Daria, Jane, and Andrea come under attack because of Columbine. [L]
• If Ms Li suspends anyone, take a drink for every school day they miss, another if it's challenged in court, and yet another if it's Helen behind the lawsuit.  If it's Daria in trouble for writing a controversial article of any kind, drain it.  And if anyone gets expelled, find a bottle of something stronger and polish that off as well.  [R]
• If Mr. O'Neill attempts to reach out to Daria or Jane, drink. [DH]
• If the dialogue for Mr. DEMARTINO has capitalized WORDS to indicate when his EYES bug out like THIS, sip each time. [DH]
• Sip each time Ms. Li goes overboard regarding security. Drink if she has budget problems as a result. [DH]

MACK
See JODIE & MACK

MYSTIK SPIRAL

• Take a drink if Mystik Spiral or any member thereof hits it big.  Empty the bottle if Trent alone hits it big. [ASA]
• Take a drink if Daria joins Mystik Spiral in any capacity at all (roadie, manager, flute player, singer, whatever).  Empty the bottle if she sings. [ASA]
• Drink if the author writes new songs for Mystik Spiral. Double your drinking if Daria is credited for the songs or is asked to write lyrics. [DH]

• Take a drink if Daria or Jane get a makeover.  Take two drinks if the makeover is voluntary.  Take three drinks if Daria is coerced into getting a makeover by Trent (as in "Pierce Me") or she does it to get Trent's attention.  Empty the bottle if Daria or Jane model. [ASA]

MORGENDORFFERS, THE

• Take a drink if Helen and Jake are negligent parents, outright ignoring Daria and favoring Quinn. Take two drinks if Daria gets fed up with Helen and Jake and moves in with the Lanes.  Empty the bottle if Helen and Jake don't know immediately that Daria has moved out. {ASA]
• Take a drink if Helen and Jake separate.  Take two drinks if they get a divorce.  Empty the bottle if Helen has an affair with Eric. [ASA}
• If Jake can't remember Jane's name, take a drink.  If Helen can't remember Jane's name, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• If Daria is revealed to be Quinn's sister and not her cousin, take a drink. [ASA]
• If Jake gets a pet, take a drink.  If it's gone by the end of the episode, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• Take a drink if Jake isn't Daria's real father. [L]
• If they eat lasagna drink, If they complain that they never eat anything but lasagna, take another drink. If Jake cooks something and everyone tries to get out of eating it, finish the bottle. [CN]
• If Helen actually cooks something for the family from scratch, lay off the bottle 'cause you aren't reading Daria fanfics. [DM]
• If Lerman ("I Don't") is present in any way, shape or form, take a drink.  (I'd say take another if he immediately seeks out and starts trading sarcastic remarks with Daria, but that's pretty much a given if he shows up at all).  If people think he's Daria or Quinn's brother, drain the bottle. [R]
• Drink if Rita or Erin show up. Chug if one of them is interested in Trent or Tom. [DH]

• If a new character is introduced which looks like a canonical character, take a drink.  If the new character looks like Daria, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• Take a drink if some cool new guy comes to Lawndale and instantly recognizes Daria's superiority over everyone else, and they hook up and wreak havoc on Ms. Li's diabolical schemes. [KW]
• Take a drink if an author writes him/herself into the fic. [DM]
• Take a drink if you work in another relative for Daria.  Take two drinks if this relative hits on or gets hit on my a cast member.  Drain the bottle if the cast member is Jane. [DM]
• If a celebrity comes to Lawndale, take a drink.  If said celebrity asks Daria and/or Jane out, take another drink.  If they accept and the celebrity humiliates the Fashion Club in the process, empty the bottle. [J]
• If any goth character other than Andrea is added by the fic author, take two drinks. [R]

• Take a drink if Daria is depressed or has low self-esteem.  Take two drinks if Daria attempts suicide.  Take three drinks if she succeeds.  Empty the bottle if Trent or Jane saves her life. [ASA]
• If Quinn is a slut, take a drink. [KH]
• If Daria is in or is revealed to have been in the care or presence of a psychiatrist or counsellor of any kind, take a drink.  If Ms Li has anything to do with it, take two drinks. If she winds up in a mental hospital, take three.  If that hospital is a hell that in real life would have been shut down years ago, drain the bottle. [R]

• If a member of the Fashion Club is raped, take a drink.  If Jane is raped, take two drinks.  If Daria is raped, take three drinks.  If Tom is the perpetrator, empty the bottle. [ASA]

• Take a drink if a character whose heterosexuality is well-established is revealed to really be bisexual.  Take two drinks if said character is revealed to really be homosexual.  Take four drinks if said newly homosexual character is the victim of prejudice.  Take five drinks if Daria and Jane become lovers.  Empty the bottle if the writing sucks or almost everyone acts severely out of character. [ASA]
• If Daria has a child, take a drink.  If that child is a daughter, empty the bottle. [ASA]

SHIPPERS
See CRUSH, THE

SUICIDE
See PSYCHOLOGIAL PROBLEMS

SUPER POWERS

• Take a drink if any of the cast members get super powers.  Take two drinks if it's Daria.  Drain if her costume resembles a sailor dress in any way, form, or fashion.  Get another bottle and drain it, too, if Trent shows up to help. [MJ]

• If Upchuck turns out to be nice once he gets past the "James Bond" act, drain the bottle. [D]
• If Upchuck goes on a date with Daria (or Jane, though I don't think I've seen that one yet), drain two bottles. [D]
• If Upchuck gets lucky, take a drink. [ASA]
• If Upchuck gets lucky with an existing character, take another drink. If he gets lucky with a major character, chug. If he gets lucky with Daria, hook the keg into your vein. [DH]

• If violence is used against any character, take a drink.  If the perpetrator is Andrea, Ms. Barch, or Mr. DiMartino, take two drinks.  If the perpetrator is Daria, take three drinks.  If the victim is Upchuck, empty the bottle. [ASA]
• If Upchuck is threatened or beaten up by a female character (canon matters not), take one drink. [D] (in addition to above)
• If Ms Li is the victim or the perpetrator of any violence, take three drinks. [R]