To kick off the weekly polls for the year, we're going to start with a new poll series suggested by longtime reader and commenter of this blog, Greybishop. GB and I were talking about the fact that there's nowhere we could find that a cohesive list of quirks that Daphne had in Be Cool. That morphed into GB suggesting a poll where people got to vote on their favorite of Daphne's many quirks from Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. Because the list is so long (given she had a different quirk each episode), I decided to split it up by season. We'll be doing season 1 this week, season 2 the next, and then doing a final Winner's Circle round on January 21. Since Daphne had so many quirks, I put the episode name after the quirk in parentheses, so that it is easier to remember which episode each quirk went with. I want to give a huge thank you to Greybishop for rewatching a majority of these episodes to come up with the list! Here are the results for last week's poll:
What is your favorite Scrappy episode from the Cartoon Network VHS tapes? The Nutcracker Scoob - 24 A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle - 18 Wedding Bell Boos - 14 The Ghoul, The Bat and the Ugly - 7
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Mr Neither
1/7/2024 09:15:48 am
Defense lawyer, bald Daphne and Velma were hilarious.
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Shadowscooby
1/7/2024 09:47:28 am
I’m going with the defense lawyer one.
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1/8/2024 11:03:17 am
I wish I could vote for more than one, as there are a lot of great options here and the defense lawyer one was one of my favorites too.
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Becker
1/7/2024 10:52:52 am
The People vs Fred Jones, Grand Scam, Area 51 Adjacent and Sorcerer Snacks Scare were all utilized incredibly well, but I gotta go with Mystery 101. The puppets are so iconic, it's often what pops into my mind about BCSD Daphne.
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Greybishop
1/7/2024 05:13:58 pm
I agree. I love that not only are the puppets instantly classic, but that the writers liked them so much that they gave them a revisit in the two parter at the end of season 2.
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1/8/2024 11:04:28 am
My faves would be All Paws on Deck, Grand Scam, Trading Chases, Sorcerer Snacks Scare and The People vs. Fred Jones. I voted for the Sorcerer Snacks Scare one.
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Carson Maitland - Smith
1/7/2024 01:44:22 pm
Musical stingers 💜🎹💜
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Matt
1/7/2024 01:57:06 pm
Don’t have a ranking here, but I am going with Sorcerer’s Snacks Scare and the moral implications lol
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Greybishop
1/7/2024 05:16:53 pm
If I could vote twice, commenting on the moral implications of bribing your friends to risk their lives as monster bait would be my second choice, no question.
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Mr Neither
1/8/2024 07:55:45 am
Probably my 3rd fave after the defense lawyer and Puppets scenarios.
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1/8/2024 11:05:06 am
This one is my fave too, although the dolphin feud and defense lawyer ones are close behind. I also have a fondness for the falcon one lol.
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Greybishop
1/7/2024 04:02:23 pm
First, kudos to the showrunners for adding this to Daphne's character. While Fred, Velma and Shaggy all have always had very distinct traits that have followed them from series to series, Daphne has pretty much been the "fashion queen" (how does a fashion queen only have one outfit?) or "pretty face" of the gang, series to series. Not much to hang a performance on. Sure, they sometimes give her "Danger-Prone Daphne", but that's not really a character trait so much as a plot point. The quirks just make the character sing, in my humble opinion.
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Becker
1/7/2024 04:14:10 pm
I appreciate the BCSD writers really going for it, but I can tell you for sure Daphne wasn't at all just the pretty face/danger prone/fashion queen in the 80s, A Pup, SDMI, many DTV movies etc either.
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Greybishop
1/7/2024 05:05:52 pm
No question, they've given her various "deeper" characteristics in various series and shows. It's just that unlike Velma's geek, Fred's leadership and Shaggy's lack of bravery, those traits haven't really stuck.
Becker
1/7/2024 05:56:23 pm
Tbf, the "quirk of the day" wouldn't work in most iterations. BCSD is a comedy focused show, so it works within that context. Other incarnations are more serious (or just less balls to the wall goofy), thus implementing this concept would feel jarring and out of place. 1/8/2024 11:10:20 am
This is one of my favorite iterations of Daphne too for how much it enhances her character. I had a difficult time picking one because there are so many good ones, but I went with the moral implication one. Defense lawyer would be second and dolphin feud is third.
Juan
1/8/2024 03:08:13 pm
You are tippin bro.
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Gatherer Hade
1/10/2024 07:08:34 pm
Yes, I loved all these quirks - but wasn't Velma the Stomper in "I Scooby-Dooby-Do"?
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Gatherer Hade
1/10/2024 07:10:09 pm
"And while there is no list I would note that almost every episode page for Be Cool includes the relevant "Daphne Du Jour" - what Fred called them - in the Trivia section." 1/10/2024 08:41:24 pm
I checked "I Scooby Dooby Do" and you're right. She's elegant in the dress in the first few minutes, but then the quirk appears to be that she trips a lot. I just changed the wording of the option in the poll.
Juan
1/8/2024 03:03:36 pm
I haven't seen all of Be Cool so I can't vote on this one, but from the ones I've seen I liked stand up comedy.
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Dzsasztin
1/9/2024 06:58:20 am
Real-Time Nature Documentarian is an unique concept, since she narrates the entire episode!
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1/9/2024 08:15:14 am
It's not among my top 5, but I really enjoyed those too! The documentarian one in particular is an underappreciated quirk from her that I don't hear talked about a lot.
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Lamont
1/9/2024 06:32:26 pm
Wow. I haven’t been on here in months. Working made me lazy honestly lol. Adulting is not fun…
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Lamont
1/9/2024 08:20:59 pm
I still have to support my fellow Scooby…Doobians?? Don’t know if that was ever something Scooby fans were called but I’m sticking with it. Scooby Doobians! lol 1/10/2024 08:35:47 pm
If Scooby fans haven't been called that before, they certainly should be lol. Petition for Scooby-Doobians to become part of the dictionary haha.
Carson Maitland - Smith
1/10/2024 08:53:22 pm
I like being a Scooby-Doobian 🤎
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