- This article is about the original incarnation of Daphne Blake. For other incarnations, see Daphne Blake (disambiguation).
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Daphne Blake[2] 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 teenaged female, with an hour glass figure and shoulder-length red hair. Her most worn outfit consists of a purple top, dress, pink pantyhose, and purple shoes. She also wears a plastic purple headband and 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 1] having learnt self defense.[3][4]
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 [5] she is very flexible, and can think quickly during a fight. Also, she is very good at surfing.[6][7][8] She's an amateur musician, playing both the piano[9] and being able to sing.[10]
History
Animated history
- Main article(s): Daphne Blake/animated history
Comic history
- Main article(s): Daphne Blake/biographical account of comic appearances
Novel history
- Main article(s): Daphne Blake/biographical account of novel appearances
Video game history
- Main article(s): Daphne Blake/biographical account of video game appearances
Appearances
- Daphne's filmography
Family and relatives
Romantic interests
There have been several instances where Daphne has noticed and gained the attention of the opposite sex, which seems to be on a frequent basis these days.
- Warren (APNSD: The Story Stick)
- Buddy Chillner (APNSD: The Spirit of Rock'n Roll)
- Dick Van Dyke: While on a case at Dick Van Dyke's Carnival, she absent-mindedly stopped to a take picture at a photo booth so Dick would remember the ocassion. His celebrity seemed to make her oblivious to the fact that this gesture would be highly inappropriate since he's old enough to be her father. (TNSDMovies: The Haunted Carnival)
- Alex Super: Daphne was quick to pair off with Alex, to search for clues in Maison Dupree. (TSDS: Mamba Wamba and the Voodoo Hoodoo)
- Fred Jones
- Detective Beau Neville (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
- Bondi Beach lifeguards: The bodyguards couldn't keep her eyes off her while she laid on the beach. (Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire)
- Chip Hernandez, Jr.: She was starstruck by the action star, but he was completely useless in real life. (WNSD: Lights! Camera! Mayhem!)
- Bram (Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire)
- Steve Looker (Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games)
- John Cena (Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery)
Occupation
Despite her family's extravagantly rich background, she chooses to life independent of that wealth in her adolescence, having the same money prblems that the rest of the gang do.
- Junior detectives-for-hire: When the gang was in their preadolescence, and Daphne was at her most vain, they worked out of a clubhouse, calling themselves the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency, and charged a minimal fee for their services in solving the mysteries in their hometown of Coolsville. (APNSD)
- Movie extra: The gang was given parts as extras in Sandy Duncan's film, after solving the case at Mammoth Studios. (TNSDMovies: Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde)
- Carnival owner: Scooby, along with the rest of the gang, was given a share of Dick Van Dyke's carnival, after saving it from going under. She was put in charge of the tunnel of love in the carnival's grand reopening. (TNSDMovies: The Haunted Carnival)
- Investigative journalist: Twice when Mystery Inc. broke up, she went into the world of journalism. The first time she became a freelance reporter, forming the second incarnation of the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency, along with Scooby-Doo (obviously), Shaggy Rogers, and Scrappy-Doo. (TNS&SDS, TNSDMysteries) The second time she hosted her own televised news show, with Fred as her cameraman and producer. (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
Additionally, when she was younger, her father put her in charge of his arcade, (APNSD: Horror of the Haunted Hairpiece) while in her adolescence, she and Fred formed a singing duo to compete in Talent Star. (Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright)
Notes/trivia
- The Blakes have a long history of getting themselves into danger.[11]
- A common goof throughout older episodes would be the disappearance of one or more of Daphne's pink pantyhose, replaced with her natural skin color in some shots.
- 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 almost every character from 1969-1991.
- From Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island to Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, she had blue irises; interestingly, when she hypnotized was in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode, Bedlam in the Big Top, she had blue irises in a close-up.
- In the opening sequence of Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo, she had green pupils.
- One question on the quiz included on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons, relates to Daphne's father funding Mystery Inc. and buying them the Mystery Machine, which is based on what was claimed on Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes, a special with eight segments which was featured on WHV's VHS release of Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries. (It also aired on Cartoon Network under the name, Those Meddling Kids.) That special was made independently (even if it did use the then current cast of voices) and none of what was claimed has made it into canon. If the gang were supported then they wouldn't need to look for a job like Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, and even Scooby-Doo did in the TSDS episode, High Rise Hair Raiser. Although it seems to ignore, but not out right contradict the WNSD episode, It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine (although the special was made before the episode in question, which itself already available to buy before the WAY set), that depicted the Mystery Machine to have originally belonged to Flash Flannigan who used it as a tour bus for the Mystery Kids, for which he was the keyboardist. It's possible, but not definite that Mr. Blake brought the van from Susan Dinwiddie, the mother/manager of the Mystery Kids
- Some fans have posited that Fred and Daphne share an attraction to each other,[12] but this has yet to be truly declared as such in the series itself (though Cartoon Network, in its various promotional bumpers, has had fun with this notion), although Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright did have the two of them finally admit this behind each other's backs, as well as actually kissing each other on the lips during their song.
- According to The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Daphne is presumably ticklish.
Behind-the-scenes
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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 |
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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 (first series); 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 | Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire | |
Claude Chantal | French | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, The Scooby-Doo Show, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series), The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo |
Laurence Dourlens | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | |
Joëlle Guigui | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, What's New, Scooby-Doo? |
Gallery
Artwork
Toys
See also: LEGO.
See also
- Daphne Blake/biographical account of comic appearances
- Daphne Blake/biographical account of novel appearances
- Daphne Blake/biographical account of video game appearances
- Villains who have kidnapped Daphne Blake
- Kidnapping Daphne Blake - a complete list of kidnappings
- Scooby-Doo and Daphne Blake
- Fred Jones and Daphne Blake
Footnotes
- ↑ a result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1970s and 1980s
References
- ↑ Jenkins, APNSD
- ↑ TNS&SDS: No Sharking Zone
- ↑ Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- ↑ Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase
- ↑ What's New, Scooby-Doo?
- ↑ Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire
- ↑ WNSD: She Sees Sea Monsters by the Seashore
- ↑ Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
- ↑ TSDS: The Diabolical Disc Demon
- ↑ Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
- ↑ Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster
- ↑ Scooby-Doo! Street Smarts, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete 1st and 2nd Seasons