Daphne Blake
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Image:Daphne fred wnsd.jpg Daphne Blake is a fictional character in the long-running American animated series Scooby-Doo.
Daphne, who comes from a wealthy family, is noted for her red hair, her fashion sense, her catch phrase ("jeepers!"), and her tendency to get into danger, hence earning from Fred the nickname "Danger-prone Daphne."
Together with her other teenage cohorts, Fred "Freddie" Jones, Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy's pet Great Dane Scooby-Doo, Daphne would engage in solving various mysteries the gang would run across. She would also become the stereotypical "damsel in distress", being the one female in the group who is most likely to get kidnapped and (mostly in these instances) tied up and left helpless in a hidey-hole.
While not as smart as Velma, Daphne would attempt to solve her problems in a fashionable way. Daphne became more confident and started playing a more active role as time wore on, possibly as a result of changing attitudes towards women during the 1960s and 1970s. It has been theorized by many fans that Daphne and Fred are attracted to one another, something the later direct to video features toyed with while never officially putting them together.
Daphne gained more prominence in the mid-1980s Scooby-Doo spinoffs, when the focus of the series briefly shifted to her, Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo, and Shaggy. This was particularly noteworthy in the spinoff The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo.
Allegedly, her father helped pay for the van the gang drives around in, the psychedelically painted "Mystery Machine."
Relatives
Relatives of Daphne shown during the series' run include ([1]):
- George R. Blake: Daphne's father, the creator of the product "Blake's Bubbles".
- Elizabeth Blake: Daphne's mother.
- Uncle Matt: Daphne's uncle, a cattle rancher.
- John Maxwell: Daphne's uncle, a movie director.
- Olivia Derby: Daphne's aunt.
- Jennifer: Daphne's cousin.
- Dannika: Daphne's cousin, a famous French model.
- Shannon Blake: Daphne's Scottish cousin.
The Blake family butler is named Jenkins.
Trivia
- Daphne was voiced in the first season of Scooby-Doo, Where are You! by Stefanianna Christopherson in 1969; from 1970 until 1985 she was voiced by Heather North. Later voice actresses have included Mary Kay Bergman (1998 - 1999) and Grey DeLisle (2000 - current). In the two live-action Scooby Doo films, Daphne is played by Sarah Michelle Gellar.