Daria (TV Series) Fat Like Me (2001) User Reviews

The end of the fashion club?

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 18 January 2013]

Just after fashion club president Sandi decrees that the maximum weight for new club members it to be lowered she falls and breaks her leg. While her leg is in a cast she puts on weight and decides that she can no longer stay in the club and passes the presidency on to Quinn. Quinn politely tells her she couldn't possibly replace her and Sandi takes that to mean she is showing solidarity by leaving as well! With only two members of the club left Daria and Jane have a bet as to whether the club can survive... each doing what they can to win the bet.

This was an enjoyable episode despite Daria and Jane taking a background role. It was fun to see the unpleasant Sandi suffering; especially as her accident leads to her becoming the thing she fears the most... unfashionable! The effects on the club were also amusing as neither Stacy nor Tiffany can run the club. Daria and Jane's bets provided a few laughs although it did seem odd that they kept having fairly large bets between each other as I don't recall them ever doing so before. Overall this wasn't a classic episode but it still had enough laughs and it is interesting to have an episode focused on secondary characters.

One of the best episodes from Daria's fifth season

[Rectangular_businessman · 8/10 · 4 July 2023]

The fifth season of Daria was kind of a mixed bag in comparison with the previous four, featuring some uneven episodes, but this episode in particular was one of the most interesting ones, focusing in Quinn and the Fashion club.

For most of the series, Sandi is often shown to be a horrible person, and the rest of the Fashion Club it's also shown to be not very good friends for Quinn (See Daria Dance Party, for example), opposed to the true (albeit flawed) friendship between Daria and Jane.

This episode, however, shows that underneath all the rivalry, shallowness and envy, there were at least some traces of genuine friendship between Sandi and Quinn. Very, very deep inside.

While at the end the status quo is restored, and Sandi is apparently back again in her role of a snotty valley girl, there are some clear signs she doesn't have the same dominance over the Fashion Club as before.

All the way during the fifth season, there is a certain sense of awareness the series is getting close to its end, something very unusual in most animated sitcoms that prefer to keep their formulas unchanged in perpetuity, but I'm glad opted for a different route, leading to a very satisfying conclusion, and allowing to keep the character development for the main cast as the series progresses.

I think more shows should follow this, instead of overstaying their welcome by turning the characters into a parody of themselves, as it happened with The Simpsons and Family Guy.

If only Sandi got hers by the end of the story....

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 11 March 2011]

As the episode begins, Sandi is on one of her nasty rants with the Fashion Club--saying anyone who doesn't fall below a specific weight cannot be in their exclusive club. Ironically, minutes later she breaks her leg--and the ensuing inactivity makes her weight balloon to the point where she cannot remain in the club. She resigns and gets Quinn to also resign. With only a complete follower (Stacy) and a complete idiot (Tiffany), the club falls apart.

While it was very enjoyable seeing the horrid Sandi break her leg and get fat, this isn't a particularly satisfying episode for several reasons. First, Sandi doesn't really learn from this and there is a 'happy ending' for her--and this is very dissatisfying for the audience (even when the Club, for once shows some backbone to her dominance). Also, Daria and Jane are surprisingly mum in the show--only standing back and placing bets as to what's happening next. This is like they are doing a DVD commentary and not at all involved in the action. As a result, it's one of the weaker episodes--though even a weak one is well worth seeing.

The humbling of Sandi (not Stacy), and a turning point for the Fashion Club

[safenoe · 10/10 · 20 October 2016]

In this episode Quinn becomes President of the Fashion Club after Sandi wallows in self-pity after gaining weight following an accident (Quinn's reign as President lasted about 30 seconds when Sandi took back the presidency). This episode represents a turning point for the Fashion Club, with Quinn, Stacy and Tiffany asserting themselves from the firm leadership of Sandi.

One hilarious moment was when with the Fashion Club started to fall apart amidst the bickering of its members, Stacy in a fit of frustration impersonated Tiffany. Brilliant, loved it!

This episode deals with the serious issue of appearances, and what it means to gain an acceptable amount of weight.

Too much fashion club

[rgxdzrybr · 6/10 · 16 April 2024]

One of the weakest episodes of the series .

Daria and Jane become side characters in this one in favor of the fashion club as Sandi breaks her leg and gains weight! In maybe the dumbest thing Quinn has ever done she helps Sandi return to form and lets Sandi return to her merciless dictatorship of the club. We all so know once and for all Tiffany is a waste of space and only Quinn and Stacey should have been friends .

There really isn't much to say about this one but it does show the order of things in high school . The irony is some of this can be avoided and Quinn could have made a difference . Her blind loyalty to Sandi is still an annoyance but eventually she gets past it.