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This article is about the original incarnation of Daphne Blake. For other incarnations, see Daphne Blake (disambiguation).

Daphne Blake^[1] is the fashion-loving member of Mystery Inc.. Daphne's characteristic trait in the gang is her tendency to get into danger, hence earning the nickname "Danger-prone Daphne".

Physical appearance

Daphne is an attractive young woman with an hour glass figure and shoulder-length red hair. Her most worn outfit consists of a purple top, dress, headband (which she uses to keep her hair from falling in front of her eyes), pink pantyhose, and purple shoes, accessorized by a green scarf.

Personality

While not as smart as Velma Dinkley, Daphne would always solve her problems in a different way. She later became more confident and started playing a more active role as time went on,^{[Note 2]}, having learnt self defense.^[2]^[3]

In junior high, Daphne was more vain and fashion sensitive, likely to stop in the middle of investigating due to a dirt patch on her clothes, than being afraid of ghosts (which she had a strong disbelief in). She would commonly call upon her butler, Jenkins, to do various tasks, such as ridding her of people, beating a monster up, etc.

Skills and abilities

Daphne has displayed many abilities, such as having a black belt in Karate; she can use different kinds of. She can use her make-up acessories to open locked doors and cages ^[4] she is very flexible and can think quickly during a fight. Also, she is very good at surfing.^[5]^[6]^[7] She's an amateur musician, playing both the piano^[8] and being able to sing.^[9]

History

Family and relatives

Relatives of Daphne shown during the series' run include:

Nedley Blake: Daphne's father, the creator of the product Blake's Bubble Bath.
Elizabeth Blake: Daphne's mother.
Great-grandpa Blake: He fired his chef Pierre Goulash.
Uncle Matt: Daphne's paternal uncle, a cattle rancher.
John Maxwell: Daphne's uncle, a film director.
Olivia Dervy: Daphne's aunt.
Jennifer: Daphne's cousin.
Danica LeBlake: Daphne's French cousin, a famous model.
Shannon Blake: Daphne's paternal Scottish cousin.
Uncle John: Film director. He was being haunted by a gladiator ghost whilst filming in the Colosseum.

Notes/trivia

According to a quiz on the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons DVD boxset, Daphne's father bought the gang the Mystery Machine after tired of taking them around everywhere to solve mysteries. This has never been established in any form of media and the only canon origin given to the Mystery Machine is in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode, It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine, that it belonged to the Mystery Kids' keyboardist, Flash Flannigan, who died. There's nothing to say he didn't buy it from perhaps the band's manager, but this has never been established.
As a member of the Blake family, she is likely to get into danger.
A common goof throughout episodes would be the disappearance of one or more of Daphne's pink tights, replaced with her natural skin color in some stills.
Due to different animators, Daphne's eye color is completely variable, ranging from black, to blue, to green. Black is the base color used for all characters in What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and it's not possible for everyone to have the same color, so it can be presumed her eyes are greenish-blue/turquoise according to the first four direct-to-DVD movies.
According to The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Daphne is presumably ticklish.

Voices of Daphne

Daphne was voiced in the first season (1969-70) of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! by Indira Stefanianna Christopherson. When Christopherson married in 1970, Heather North assumed her role. North continued to voice Daphne until 1980, when Daphne was dropped from the series.

Daphne returned to Scooby-Doo with The All-New Scooby and Happy-Puppy Hour Show in 1983, and North resumed her role as voice actress until Scooby-Doo was cancelled in 1986. North returned to play Daphne in the Johnny Bravo-Scooby Doo crossover episode before taking leave again. She returned once again to play Daphne in Scooby-Doo! And The Legend Of The Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico before leaving for good. Kellie Martin voiced the junior-high school aged Daphne in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo from 1988 until 1991. Recent voice actresses have included the late Mary Kay Bergman (1998-2000) and Grey DeLisle (2001-current).

In other languages

Actor	Language	Notes
Shaden Abu Dehn	Arabic	Current
Julia Haacke	German	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
Paola Quattrini	Italian	Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Scooby Goes Hollywood; original, former
Domitilla D'Amico		What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King, Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword, Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare, Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur, Big Top Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon, Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright, Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!, Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games, Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays, Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow, Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace; current
Jasmine Laurenti		Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico, Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster, Aloha, Scooby-Doo!, Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?; former
Rossella Acerbo		The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders, Bravo Dooby-Doo; former
Laura Boccanera		The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries; former
Emanuela Fallini		The Scooby-Doo Show; former
Simona Ramieri		Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo; former
Stella Musy		A Pup Named Scooby-Doo; former
Trine Svensen	Norwegian	The Scooby-Doo Show (season 1 and 2), The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island
Guri Schanke		The Scooby-Doo Show (season 3), A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Scooby Goes Hollywood
Hanne Dancke Arnesen		Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
Agnes Fasting		Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost
Beata Jankowska-Tzimas	Polish	Since the 90s
Lena Ericsson	Swedish	Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
Elin Abelin	Swedish	Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire

Gallery

References

Footnotes

↑ Jenkins, APNSD
↑ a result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1970s and 1980s

External links

Daphne Blake at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daphne Blake on IMDB

[2] TNS&SDS: No Sharking Zone

[4] Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

[5] Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

[6] What's New, Scooby-Doo?

[7] Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire

[8] WNSD: She Sees Sea Monsters by the Seashore

[9] Aloha, Scooby-Doo!

[10] TSDS: The Diabolical Disc Demon

[11] Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

[1] Jenkins, APNSD

[3] result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1970s and 1980s

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 :''This article is about the original incarnation of Daphne Blake. For other incarnations, see [[Daphne Blake (disambiguation)]].''
-{{Character Infobox
+{{Character
 | image= Daphne_Blake.png
+| alias= Miss Blake<ref group="Note">[[Jenkins (Blake butler)|Jenkins]], {{APNSD}}</ref>
 | nickname= Daph; Danger-prone Daphne
 | gender= Female
-| hair= Ginger
+| species= Human
+| hair= Red
 | eyes= Black
 | job= Amateur sleuth
 | affiliation= [[Mystery Inc.]]; [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency]] (''formerly'')
 | family= [[Nedley Blake]] (father); [[Elizabeth Blake]] (mother)
-| first_appearance= ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|SDWAY]]'': ''[[What A Night For A Knight]]''
+| firstapp= ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!|SDWAY]]'': ''[[What A Night For A Knight]]''
 | actor= [[Grey DeLisle]]
 }}
-'''Daphne Blake'''<ref>''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show|TNS&SDS]]'': ''[[No Sharking Zone]]''</ref> is the fashion-loving member of [[Mystery Inc.]]. Daphne, depicted as coming from a wealthy family, is noted for her red hair, her fashion sense, and her tendency to get into danger, hence earning the nickname ''"Danger-prone Daphne"''.
+'''Daphne Blake'''<ref>''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show|TNS&SDS]]'': ''[[No Sharking Zone]]''</ref> is the fashion-loving member of [[Mystery Inc.]]. Daphne's characteristic trait in the gang is her tendency to get into danger, hence earning the nickname ''"Danger-prone Daphne"''.
 ==Physical appearance==
+Daphne is an attractive young woman with an hour glass figure and shoulder-length red hair. Her most worn outfit consists of a purple top, dress, headband (which she uses to keep her hair from falling in front of her eyes), pink pantyhose, and purple shoes, accessorized by a green scarf.
-Daphne is a pretty young woman with shoulder length red hair and blue eyes. Both her dress, headband and shoes are purple as it is her favorite color and has pink tights or pantyhose. During ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', she wears a green ascot. She always knows about fashion, she never wears clothes that don't match, with the exception of when she appeared using one purple shoe with a green one (in the ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' episode, ''[[E-Scream]]'', [[Daphne Blake (E-Scream)|but it wasn't really her]]). In ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', she sometimes uses a green purse that has every kind of thing inside. Even if her clothes change, they stay the color purple.
 ==Personality==
-While not as smart as [[Velma Dinkley]], Daphne would always solve her problems in a different way. The character later became more confident and started playing a more active role as time went on,<ref>a result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1970s and 1980s</ref>.
+While not as smart as [[Velma Dinkley]], Daphne would always solve her problems in a different way. She later became more confident and started playing a more active role as time went on,<ref group="Note">a result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1970s and 1980s</ref>, having learnt self defense.<ref>''[[Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island]]''</ref><ref>''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]''</ref>
+In [[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo|junior high]], Daphne was more vain and fashion sensitive, likely to stop in the middle of investigating due to a dirt patch on her clothes, than being afraid of ghosts (which she had a strong disbelief in). She would commonly call upon her butler, [[Jenkins (Blake butler)|Jenkins]], to do various tasks, such as ridding her of people, beating a monster up, etc.
-Daphne's character is more danger prone in the early ''Scooby-Doo'' spinoffs, when the focus of the series briefly shifted to her, [[Scooby-Doo]], [[Scrappy-Doo]], and [[Shaggy Rogers]]. This was particularly noteworthy in the spinoff ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]''.
-The version seen in ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'', depicts a youthful Daphne who would commonly call upon her butler, [[Jenkins (Blake butler)|Jenkins]], to do various tasks, such as ridding her of people, beating a monster up, etc. This version was also portrayed as much more fashion-sensitive and yet completely spoiled than the mature Daphne.
 ==Skills and abilities==
-Daphne has displayed many abilities during the show: she has a black belt in Karate, she can use different kinds of weapons, she can use her make up acessories to open locked doors and cages <ref>''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]''</ref>, she is very flexible and can think quickly during a fight as shown in the movies. Also, in the film Aloha Scooby Doo, she is shown to be very good at surfing (although Scooby Doo won the surfing contest unintentionally). She can play the piano. <ref>''[[The Diabolical Disc Demon]]''</ref>
+Daphne has displayed many abilities, such as having a black belt in Karate; she can use different kinds of. She can use her make-up acessories to open locked doors and cages <ref>''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]''</ref> she is very flexible and can think quickly during a fight. Also, she is very good at surfing.<ref>''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire]]''</ref><ref>''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?|WNSD]]'': ''[[She Sees Sea Monsters by the Seashore]]''</ref><ref>''[[Aloha, Scooby-Doo!]]''</ref> She's an amateur musician, playing both the piano<ref>''[[The Scooby-Doo Show|TSDS]]'': ''[[The Diabolical Disc Demon]]''</ref> and being able to sing.<ref>''[[Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright]]''</ref>
 ==History==
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 * According to ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'', Daphne is presumably ticklish.
-==Actresses portraying Daphne==
+==Voices of Daphne==
 Daphne was voiced in the first season (1969-70) of ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' by Indira Stefanianna Christopherson. When Christopherson married in 1970, Heather North assumed her role. North continued to voice Daphne until 1980, when Daphne was dropped from the series.
 Daphne returned to Scooby-Doo with ''The All-New Scooby and Happy-Puppy Hour Show'' in 1983, and North resumed her role as voice actress until ''Scooby-Doo'' was cancelled in 1986. North returned to play Daphne in the Johnny Bravo-Scooby Doo crossover episode before taking leave again. She returned once again to play Daphne in ''[[Scooby-Doo! And The Legend Of The Vampire]]'' and ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico]]'' before leaving for good. [[Kellie Martin]] voiced the junior-high school aged Daphne in ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' from 1988 until 1991. Recent voice actresses have included the late [[Mary Kay Bergman]] (1998-2000) and [[Grey DeLisle]] (2001-current).
-==In other languages==
+===In other languages===
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Actor
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 | '''Arabic'''
 | Current
+|-
+| [[Julia Haacke]]
+| '''German'''
+| ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire]]'', ''[[Aloha, Scooby-Doo!]]''
 |-
 | [[Paola Quattrini]]
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 |-
 | [[Domitilla D'Amico]]
-| ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]'', ''[[Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur]]'', ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo (film)|Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Curse Of The Lake Monster]]'', ''[[Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! First Frights]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp]]''; current
+| ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!]]'', ''[[Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Legend Of The Phantosaur]]'', ''[[Big Top Scooby-Doo!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery]]'', ''[[Bat-Mite Presents: Batman's Strangest Cases!]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace]]''; current
 |-
 | [[Jasmine Laurenti]]
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 | [[Trine Svensen]]
 | rowspan="4" | '''Norwegian'''
-| ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'' (season 1 and 2), ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]''
+| ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'' (season 1 and 2), ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]''
 |-
 | [[Guri Schanke]]
-| ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'' (season 3)
+| ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'' (season 3), ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'', ''[[Scooby Goes Hollywood]]''
 |-
 | [[Hanne Dancke Arnesen]]
+| ''[[Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire]]''
-| ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]''
 |-
 | [[Agnes Fasting]]
 | ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]''
+|-
+| [[Beata Jankowska-Tzimas]]
+| '''Polish'''
+| Since the 90s
 |-
 | [[Lena Ericsson]]
-| '''Swedish'''
+| rowspan="2" | '''Swedish'''
-| ''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]''
+| ''[[Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo And The Alien Invaders]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (film)|Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase]]''
+|-
+| [[Elin Abelin]]
+| ''[[Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire]]''
 |}
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
+Scooby_doo_daphne.gif|
-APNSD_Daphne_artwork.jpg|
+APNSD_Daphne_artwork.jpg|Artwork from ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]''.
 Daphne-1.jpg|
+Original_Daphne.jpg|
 </gallery>
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==Footnotes==
+<references group="Note" />
 ==External links==