Daphne Blake

Daphne Blake "Jeepers!" Gender: Female Type: The beautiful, but strong and loyal friend Age: 16 Species: Human Portrayed by: Stefanianna Christopherson (1969-1970) Heather North (1970–1985, 1997–2003) Kellie Martin (1988–1991) Mary Kay Bergman (1998–2000) Grey DeLisle (2001-present) Status: Alive Media of origin: Scooby-Doo

Daphne Blake is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo franchise. She is the popular girl of Mystery Incorporated, and is a great loyal friend to her teammates. She’s shown that she’s more than just beautiful, as she’s smart when solving mysteries and strong when fighting bad guys.

Why She's A Smart Beautiful Character

1. She's the very lovable and unforgettable popular and friendly girl of the group.
2. She has many memorable catchphrases and lines of dialogue, such as "Jeepers!".
3. Whenever she has her moments as "Danger-Prone Daphne", they are often funny and hilarious, and it sometimes helps get the gang out of bad situations.
4. She has a lovely and attractive design, especially in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghosts. She’s also attractive in some costumes, such as when she was a temporary Hex Girl in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
5. She has an awesome and believable friendship with Velma, as they talk to each other about their main life issues, and help each other out.
6. Daphne may always check to see if her beauty is alright, but she’s never afraid to face danger to help her friends, even if it means getting some of her beauty ruined.
7. Daphne has many great voice actors, most notably Grey DeLisle.
8. She’s shown to be smart, as she’s helpful of finding clues to solve the mystery like the other members of Mystery Incorporated.
9. She is a great and loyal friend to her teammates, especially Freddie, because most fans suspect they are in a relationship, which is actually explored in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated and some of the animated movies in the franchise, and they have some cute moments.
10. As the years went on in the franchise, she’s grown from a rich, pretty damsel-in-distress who exists purely for fanservice to a strong, independent woman who has truly shown her worth as a lovable character, and has shown to be a lot more helpful to her friends during mysteries. This is especially shown in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, when she sang "Trap of" Love with the Hex Girls.

"Jeepers!" Qualities

1. While her design looks good in most Scooby-Doo media, there were unfortunate times where it did not look good:
   • In Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!, she looks really weird and a little uncanny. It's interesting to note that she’s supposed to represent her live-action appearance from the live-action Scooby-Doo movies.
   • In Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, her redesign is awful and looks very little to nothing like her original counterpart, and instead looks more like a bad attempt to imitate Seth MacFarlane's art style like Family Guy, American Dad! or Brickleberry's art style. Speaking of her redesign, it is unfitting in the Scooby-Doo franchise, as it fits more into an adult cartoon or parody.
   • In the adult-oriented Scooby-Doo spinoff Velma, her design changed in which her race was suddenly switched to an Asian, in which was a unnecessary change.
2. She’ was absent in a few Scooby-Doo shows, most notably Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! after appearing in just one episode, which was wasted potential.
3. There have been unfortunate times where she fell into flanderization land:
   • In Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, while she wasn’t actually flanderized, it felt like she was, because she got a huge romantic obsession towards Fred, especially during the first season. While they do have some cute moments, this obsession was way too far off, especially when in the animated movies, she had a simple and less obsessive crush.
   • In Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, she was badly flanderized into an annoying, bumbling idiot. Not to mention she became a huge Mary-Sue. And while it was at least an attempt to give Daphne more of a personality, other Scooby-Doo shows have done this idea way better.
   • In Velma, she has been horrendously flanderized beyond recogition, where she went from a quirky hopeless romantic to a mean girl stereotype; in fact, she made an awful first impression of taking a shower in the restrooms fully naked and uncensored while picking a fight with the other girls, which is not only creepy but also pedophilia since she is supposed to be a teenager between the ages of 13-16. Although, she redeems herself within two episodes, which is pretty short compared to the series' ten episodes.

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