Daria's 5-Minute Pilot Surfaces and We Don't Hate It (Translation: We Really, Really Love It)

MTV's seminal cartoon started as a black-and-white short. Now, how will it continue?

World, meet Daria. Daria, meet the world. You'll hate it.

MTV's hit series started with a simple premise and an even simpler five-minute black-and-white pilot. But the recently surfaced rough cut still has everything we loved about the show: Jane, Quinn, Kevin and Brittany. Plus lots and lots of talk about beepers. Oh, the '90s. A simpler, sweeter time.

To recap, we went from this:

To this:

To this:

Seriously, Hollywood, why has this not happened yet? Katy Perry. Silver platter. Go forth!