Plagiarism is a truly appalling thing

I am not a professional writer, and probably never will be.

But I am quite proud of what I've written, and if I thought anyone else was claiming credit for it, I would be more than a bit ticked off.

(Note - yes, I quote a lot in what I do. But as far as I know I have never written something I took from someone else and claimed it as my own. I always provide sources for what I quote, unless it is really obvious who wrote it, and generally copyright info as well.

In addition, posting stories on different sites with different names sometimes causes confusion amongst readers, but generally I clear that up easily enough).

So when I found this http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=140402 and compared it to this http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/daria_vs_the_lawndale_zombies.html I was utterly appalled someone would have the balls to do it.

I am pretty sure the Daria one is the original, and that the Happy Days one is a rip off, because at one point the character of Chachi is referred to Upchuck - the only time it happens in the story. Which smacks of a sloppy cut and paste job. (Plus one of the characters sings the Lumberjack Song, which I'm sure wasn't around in Happy Days time. But that could just be crappy writing).

Now - it's possible Erin Mills and Race's Girl are the same person, in which case it isn't plagiarism, and I take it back.

But when you look at other stories Race's Girl has written, and search for phrases in them, they come up in different stories. (Captain Muscles vs The Amazons seems to be a copy of History Created and Crushed, by Nigel Preece, for example).

I admit, there isn't a lot I can do, but honestly - it does make me want to smack this Race's Girl for doing such a shitty thing.