![]() ![]() ![]() The Banshee's black one-piece bathing suit lacks any straps for her shoulders or neckline and the sheer has disappeared. In her transformed state as The Banshee, Daphne receives another distinct outfit that fully accommodates her expanded size.After Mordroc slips her the Death Ring and Dirk cradles her in his arms, Daphne's transformation into the Banshee begins, she loses her crown and her gown's shoulder pads and skirt disappear. At the beginning of Stage 7 in Mordroc's lair, Daphne is adorned in a black macabre wedding gown which has large shoulder pads and a skirt that is longer and darker than her traditional sheer.In the concluding sequence of Stage 7, she no longer wears the crown and loses both shoes when Dirk lifts her into the air for their triumphant embrace her shoes are back when the couple board the Time Machine, absent as she and Dirk ride safely together, then finally reappear as they reach their home cottage. She loses one of her shoes while being tossed around by the pterocentaurs, but is wearing it again by the end of the scene. In Stage 2 (Land Before Time), Daphne's crown appears inconsistently throughout the sequence.In other stages, Daphne's sheer appears a vibrant shade of light blue. Throughout many of the game's darker stages, Daphne's translucent sheer appears darkly shaded but also reminiscent of its appearance in the original game.In Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp Daphne's attire changes throughout the game without explanation.The credits theme "He's My Guy" is performed by Julie Eisenhower, presumably sung from the perspective of Daphne. No further dangers befall them, however, and the couple levitates into the sky as fireworks explode and the credits sequence rolls. Unlike the ending of Time Warp, Mordroc is still alive, and uses his remaining magical energy to zap the backside of the unsuspecting Daphne, who reacts in surprise by biting Dirk's lip. After defeating Mordroc, Daphne emerges and embraces Dirk for a kiss reminiscent of the their reunion at the end of Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (original animation frames even appear to have been redrawn to fit with the recoded game). Dirk apparently rescues Daphne from Single's lair, but a nearby mirror soon reveals he has been tricked by Mordroc and must continue deeper into the castle to find the real Daphne. The voice of Daphne provides hints and gameplay instructions to the player but may also complain if the player spends too much time collecting treasures. Despite being abducted, Daphne apparently has maintained the ability to communicate with Dirk through a magical amulet. Dirk however was not in the house, so he begins pursuing Mordread to restore his home, and Daphne inside it.Ī reinterpretation of events from the original arcade game orchestrated by the evil wizard Mordroc. Mordread, Mordroc's evil witch sister, imprisons Dirk's homestead into an orb on her staff. In other versions of the game, an alternative shorter ending sequence plays out in the final stage in which Daphne does not transform into The Banshee, but simply disappears until Dirk defeats Mordroc, after which Dirk discovers her asleep and awakens her with a kiss, exactly like the conclusion to the game's longer ending.ĭragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread Daphne is restored to her normal form in a coma-like state, but Dirk awakens her with a kiss. In the final stage of the arcade game, the Death Ring transforms her from a beautiful princess into The Banshee, an ugly gargantuan monster with a ravenous appetite, but Dirk saves her by removing it from her finger. However she is again captured, this time by the evil wizard Mordroc, who wants to enslave her with the Death Ring. Daphne and Dirk are married and have over a dozen children. Also, her attire is less revealing, wearing a proper princess dress.Īt the start of the game, 10 years have passed after her adventure with Singe. Despite her beauty, she is an adventurous character, often eager to abandon her royal pose and joins Dirk and Timothy in their adventures. ![]() In the TV series her character and role are far more developed. Daphne appears in the final level of the game, giving Dirk directions to use the magic sword and slay the dragon. According to the manual of the 8-bit version, Singe commanded Ethelred to surrender his kingdom before sunset. In the first game, she is taken by the dragon Singe and imprisoned in a crystal orb. Bluth took his inspiration from photographs from the producer Gary Goldman's collection of old issues of Playboy magazine, ultimately putting Daphne "in a very-revealing one piece 'thong' bathing suit with a sheer veil that partially covered her". Princess Daphne was originally created by Rick Dyer's Advanced Microcomputer Systems (AMS, later RDI Video Systems) team, then completely redesigned by Don Bluth. 5 Dragon's Lair III: The Curse of Mordread. ![]()
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