Personal Character
"She shoots like Annie Oakley, drives like Richard Petty, and knows the words to all of Dolly Parton's songs." —The Balladeer, "One Armed Bandits"Daisy Duke was a well-meaning though sometimes naive, provocatively dressed rogue Southern belle. As with her cousins Bo and Luke Duke, Daisy had a habit of landing herself / her family in trouble, though always believed in doing the right thing, especially when helping others in need. Despite her appearance as being somewhat naive, Daisy was a very outgoing person who could more than hold her own when the chips were down, and displayed on a number of occasions that she could turn her skills to any problem at hand. For instance, during one adventure with a stolen armored personnel carrier (the second season's "Follow That Still"), Daisy is able to accurately fire its main gun while the vehicle is in motion with barely any instruction from her Vietnam War veteran cousin and Uncle Jesse cheerfully decorates her as "Sharpshooter of the Week" for the feat. She also displayed horse riding, archery, and numerous other skills in various episodes. In addition to fending off intoxicated would-be suitors at The Boar's Nest, she frequently found herself caught up in the ongoing war between Boss Hogg and her family, the Duke clan. Her job at Boss's restaurant gave her the opportunity to eavesdrop on private conversations between Boss and his stooges (usually Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane), often discovering important information that she could pass on to Uncle Jesse and the Duke boys. Her continued employment at the Boars' Nest in spite of her obvious loyalty to her family was a sign of her status and popularity in Hazzard County, and a corresponding lack of intelligence on Boss Hogg's part. Boss did in fact fire her on a few occasions, but by various story twists, always ended up re-hiring her by the end of the episode.
As with her cousins, Daisy never found a long-lasting beau of her own over the course of the series. In the 1997 reunion movie, she is said to have left Hazzard to get married at some point after the original series, but was subsequently divorced. After her marriage ended, she was pursuing a graduate degree at Duke University, and upon her return to Hazzard agreed to marry Enos Strate, who long had a crush on her (a recurring element through the series), but backed out at the last minute due to both the sudden reappearance of her ex-husband, and for fear of another debacle like her first marriage.
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