Daphne Blake is one of the three tritagonists (alongside Fred Jones and Velma Dinkley) in the Scooby Doo franchise. Daphne, depicted as coming from a wealthy family, is noted for her red hair, lavender heels, fashion sense, and her knack for getting into danger, hence the nickname "Danger Prone Daphne". Initially acting as the damsel in distress, Daphne has become a strong female character who is confident and very brave. Together with her friends and her dog, Scooby, they are on the case. She has appeared in more adaptations than the other characters, right behind Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo.
The character of Daphne Blake was inspired by Thalia Menninger, a sophisticated teenage character portrayed by Tuesday Weld, in the late 1950s and early 1960s American sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
In earlier seasons, she was always clumsy and took on the role of the damsel in distress, occasionally being kidnapped, tied up, and imprisoned. She evolved into a more independent and capable investigator.
In Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness monster, it is revealed that Daphne has Scottish heritage, as her cousin Shannon manages their ancestral home of Blake Castle.
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Daphne Blake is the daughter of Nedley and Elizabeth Blake. She comes from a rather large family. Daphne is the youngest of five children, having a total of five older sisters
Daisy Blake, doctor
Dawn Blake, a model
Dorothy Blake, a race car driver
Delilah Blake, a Marine.
her family also includes:
Uncle Matt Blake: Daphne's paternal uncle, a cattle rancher
John Maxwell: Daphne's maternal uncle
Olivia Dervy: Daphne's aunt
Jennifer Blake: Daphne's cousin
Danica LaBlake: Daphne's cousin, a famous French model. Voiced by Vanessa Marshall.
Shannon Blake: Daphne's Scottish cousin. Voiced by Grey DeLisle.
"Sandy" Blake: Daphne's uncle, owner of a beach resort in Florida. Voiced by Adam West.
Anna Blake: Daphne's cousin in the video games; Scooby-Doo! First Frights and Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp
Anne Blake: Daphne's younger cousin in the Scooby-Doo video game
Thornton Blake V: Daphne's uncle, owner of a golf course near Lake Erie
Friends[]
Among her friends, Daphne is best friends with Velma Dinkley, who also reciprocates those feelings. Sometimes, Velma sometimes believing Daphne to be a drama queen. However, they usually come to each other for advice, and are extremely close due to being the only girls on the team. While she does consider Fred Jones her second best friend, Daphne develops a crush on him and they both reciprocate one another's feelings for each other, eventually becoming boyfriend and girlfriend.
She is also close friends with Shaggy Rogers and considered Scooby-Doo a very close friend. She treats the latter more like a loyal traveling companion than an actual pet. Scooby and Daphne both embrace unconditional love like a bond between girl and dog. Wherever Daphne is in danger, Scooby usually steps up to save her, no questions asked.
Romances[]
While she does consider Fred Jones her second best friend, Daphne develops a crush on him. However Daphne does get jealous when Fred starts drawing his attention to other girls and the feeling is vice versa for him. They both reciprocate one another's feelings for each other, eventually becoming boyfriend and girlfriend.
Enemies[]
Masked villains especially love to Target Daphne the most, which is why she has been called "danger prone to Daphne by her friends.
Trivia[]
As the series progressed, Daphne became more of an action girl, often taking charge in battle. Once of these depictions were seen in James Gunn's Scooby-Doo film series, where Daphne took up fighting and defeated one of the bad guys. This also may be because of Sarah Michelle Gellar's prefix experience with fighting monsters as Buffy Summers in Buffy the vampire Slayer.
Daphne always got jealous whenever he showed interest in other girls.
Daphne and all her sisters names start with a D: Daisy, Dorothy, Delilah, and Dawn.
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