was on Cartoon Network tonight. This is the latest one after Music of the Vampire and features the gang helping out a ringmaster whose circus is being plagued by werewolf attacks, or so it would seem. Anyway, I was keeping a close eye out for any Daphne DiD and I'm sad to say she gets nothing in this one.
Even worse though was that I thought this movie was going to at least produce a scene with a different lady bound and gagged, but instead all it delivered was an incredibly cruel tease. Near the end of the film, the gang finds the ringmaster guy b&g in a boxcar and you could logically assume that we will also get to see them discovering two other people who had also been abducted by the "werewolves." One of these people is a sexy blonde trapeze artist lady who had also gone missing earlier (though I don't think her capture was ever shown, only mentioned). But all we get to see in the very next shot is the gang outside the boxcars, and Velma removing the last of her ropes, with the gag already long gone. This is very disappointing because it certainly seems implied that she was also bound and gagged in a different boxcar, yet she's really not even tied anymore in the brief glimpse we get of her last ropes being removed. Damn shame since while it's not Daphne this chick was pretty damn fine and would definitely have looked great all roped and gagged.
Oh, and here's the real kicker: The ringmaster guy? Yeah, he gets b&g AGAIN in another scene before the end of the film.
So make that 2 shown b&g GiD scenes to 0 shown DiD scenes in this one. So frustrating.
The deliberately skipped DiD scenes were a huge letdown though. But I can't stay too mad at Scooby, since he's given us so many great scenes of Daphne and other DiDs b&g over the years, and it's way more than most cartoons deliver. At least with Scooby we always know there's a chance for some quality DiD scenes. I just keep thinking that Daphne has got to get a b&g scene in one of these direct-to-video movies sooner or later. I mean seriously, I think this one was #18 of those or something, and she hasn't been gagged in one yet, so she's due. Keep your fingers crossed and I think it'll happen someday. 
Maybe I chose my words poorly and I exaggerated a bit but I do think there is a significant portion of the Scooby fanbase that watches it mainly for the potential DiD. Not saying it's a majority but I do think there's a significant portion of the fanbase that loves that element of it more than anything else. Heck, even when I was a little boy I knew that was my main interest in the show. Sure, Scooby and Shaggy were funny and I liked all the creepy-looking monsters who always turned out to be crooks in disguise. I certainly liked those other elements of it a lot too. But the main draw for me was always Daphne and the DiD. Just knowing there was always a chance for Daphne to get captured, tied up, and gagged by a villain, well...I know that was what kept me glued to the show more than anything, even in those early years of my youth. I know that wasn't a singular experience either. Scooby and Daphne have exposed several generations of young boys (and some girls too) to their love of DiD.