Fraphne

Fraphne is the het ship between Fred Jones and Daphne Blake from the Scooby-Doo fandom.

Canon
Fred and Daphne are childhood friends. They start as friends and their relationship has a slow-burn development throughout the series. Daphne falls first and Fred is oblivious to her feelings, despite how much Daphne hints at him. Fred only sees her as his close friend. But once Fred realizes his feelings, the two of them start slowly developing a relationship.

While they are young, still in high school, their relationship faces a lot of turmoil. Daphne’s parents are disapproving of Fred as they want Daphne to have a more "ambitious" life, like her sisters, and are also disapproving of her career as a mystery solver. Fred also deals with family issues of his own that make it difficult for him to focus on his relationship with Daphne. Besides, while Daphne is constantly trying to hint at the fact she has feelings for Fred, he is so hyperfixated on traps at first that he doesn't pay attention to her much more than he gives to his other best friends on the gang. Also, at the beginning of their relationship, as Daphne pined for Fred, he would always spend time with other girls that he would often develop an attraction to, which made Daphne jealous, although Fred remained oblivious of her jealousy.

One such instance when this happens was before prom. Fred gets invited to prom by a new girl at school he had a crush on, while Daphne was really hoping he would ask her. So once she finds out he'll be going with the other classmate, she gets really sad, almost not attending the celebration. However, as she stares at a framed portrait of Fred she had with her, she got a sudden realization and decided to go after Fred at prom and to ask him to not go with the other girl. Although Fred ends up agreeing to go to prom with Daphne, he still remains oblivious to her feelings as he says that he'll go to spend some time with "his friend."

Some time later, Fred ends up realizing he has feelings for Daphne once she gets captured by a villain. During her rescue, she mishears Fred saying that he doesn't care about her (when she misses the part where he wishes he didn't care for her as much as he does, as to not feel "lusy"), so she gets mad at him. During their fight, Fred starts missing Daphne, and as he has some flashbacks of her from his point of view, he declares his feelings for her.

"I'm tired of being afraid. I have feelings, world. For traps and Daphne."

- Fred, declaring his feelings for Daphne to an empty street.

After Fred's confession, they start dating, but Daphne still feels like they are not, and like she's been left out, because Fred is constantly hyperfixating on traps and it's overall oblivious when it comes to romantic interactions (he can't even say "date", for example). And this leads to Daphne persuing other dating options, which now make Fred jealous. And each time, they make up, because in the end, their feeling for each other are genuine. In fact, Fred confirms this when the gang gets sprayed with a "love gas" that makes people act lovey-dovey around each other, regardless of if they're in a relationship or not. So when it hits Fred and Daphe, Fred starts acting uncharacteristlcly romantic with her. Once the effect subsides, Daphne asks Fred if he remembers how he was with her under the spell, which Fred replies he does. So when Daphne asks him how does that make him feel, his reply makes her emotional.

"No different. I don't need Aphrodite's spell to care abut you."

- Fred.

Fanon
is the most popular ship within the Scooby-Doo fandom. Many fans love how the both of them break the stereotype of the jock and the popular girl, despite the fact they visually represent it. Since the two of them are completely opposites of the stereotype, fans love their healthy dynamic as a couple. Some fans, though, prefer to ship them as friends, as they see their relationship as "forced" or "with no chemistry," but a majority of fans of the ship, ship them romantically.

Since Fred has been confirmed to be on the autism spectrum on ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' by the series' head writer and developer,, many fans started understanding why he seemed "oblivious" to Daphne's flirting. And this made their relationship a lot sweeter for some fans, because Daphne never pushed Fred to do anything, and let him figure out his feelings at his own pace.

Fans of the ship also joke about how they literally are the embodiment of the "girlboss/malewife" trope.

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