Daphne Blake

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.

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 attidutes towards women.

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 paid 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.

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.