Warning: Do Not Accept Any Drinks From Upchuck

Upchuck is well-prepared for Repeal Day, which celebrates the end of Prohibition in the United States. Of course, that was 85 years ago, so maybe Upchuck is going just a little overboard. Besides, Quinn "Keg Queen" Morgendorffer might not like him muscling in on her territory.

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Booze for All!

Brittany's here to celebrate Repeal Day, the day that Prohibition was repealed and alcohol could once again flow freely (not that it ever really stopped). Better grab a cold one before Kevin beats you to it!

Today also happens to be the anniversary of Walt Disney's birth in 1901, and without him and his cryogenically frozen head, the "I'm Going to a Picnic" game in "Road Worrier" would have been far less interesting.

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Have a Mug of Feisty Beer!

It was on this day in 1933 that the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified, ending Prohibition. That means old-timey bartender Upchuck is free to serve you as much booze as you like! I'm not sure I'd trust any bartender with a smile like that, though.

Also on this day, Walt Disney was born in 1901. Without him we would have fewer saccharine animated movies, fewer gigantic amusement parks, and the gang would have had to come up with a different "C" thing to bring to the picnic in "Road Worrier." You know, looking at the sequence of the game, it appears that Jesse is the one who came up with "the cryogenically frozen head of Walt Disney." That seems like way more syllables than Jesse is usually capable of.

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The End of the (Ig)Noble Experiment

On this day in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment was ratified, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. The result was the end of Prohibition, which is why Flapper Jodie (left) is celebrating and Old-Timey Bartender Upchuck (right) is free to offer all of the alcohol you could want.

These and other alter egos of past eras made me realize that there are actually several fanfics out there that place the Daria characters in earlier time periods, also known as retrofics. The late, great Decelaraptor, who is still very much missed in the fan community, wrote quite a few of these:

• Blimps Over Brittany!


• Daria: 1830


• Home is the Sailor


• Le Morte d'Angela


• Tales of the Missouri Cheyenne

Other retrofics include:

• High Stakes! by project pegasus


• Infamy by RLobinske


• Ms Morgendorffer's Profession by Gregor Samsa


• Pluck'd a White Rose by Dennis

Brian Taylor's Import/Export and The Angst Guy's Rocket Girls are both unfinished retrofics. Hint, hint.

Although I'm sure this list is anything but exhaustive, this appears to be relatively untouched ground. What era would you love to see used in a fanfic? What era would you love to write about in a fanfic? Get writing, people!