Paul Matthews

Paul Matthews is the titular main protagonist of the stage musical The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, as well as a minor character in the alternate universe sequels Black Friday and Nerdy Prudes Must Die. 
==Personality==
Paul is just a generic guy who doesn’t like to participate or get involved in things with others and is preferably a loner. The only notable characteristics he has are his deep hatred for musicals and his crush on the barista Emma Perkins. When the world starts becoming a musical he naturally doesn’t take it very well but his first priority is to make sure Emma and him survives. 
==History==
Paul's dislike of musicals all started with seeing Brigadoon as a kid (ironically, a play Emma Perkins starred in). In his own words, it is his own personal hell.
During his time trying not to die from the apotheosis, his affections raise for the "Latte Hottay" Emma Perkins played by Lauren Lopez. Paul is fairly brave, particularly in high stakes situations. He risks his own life to save the rest of the world by blowing up the meteor. He reappears at the end of the show, infected, attempting to infect Emma alongside the other infected Hatchetfield citizens. 
He reappears in Black Friday as a minor character. In this universe, Paul and Emma are still close to each other, but Emma doesn't really want to label their relationship as dating just yet (despite Paul mentioning them being intimate). Throughout the musical, he and Emma watch over Tim while Tom goes to the Hatchetfield Mall to retrieve a Tickle Me Wiggly doll (something Paul hates). They hear about the crisis at the mall and the nuking of Moscow. They decide to skip town and take care of Tim themselves but Tim wouldn't let them without his Dad so, they rush over to see if Tom is okay. They find Tom as well as the rest of the surviving cast and with the possible start of a nuclear WWIII they wonder what place is safe so Emma says that they can stay with her Kooky Reclusive Biology Professor. The musical ends with Paul and the rest of the cast counting down the end to Black Friday and hearing a whooshing noise above their head, as the stage fades to black.
In another universe Paul starts dating Emma but gets killed and replaced by his clone, w:c:villains:Paul 23. 
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==Trivia==
*The name 'Paul' is of Latin origin, meaning 'small' or 'humble', and the patronymic surname 'Matthews' means 'gift of Jehovah'. As a result, the name Paul Matthews could be interpreted as 'small gift of Jehovah', or 'humble gift of Jehovah'. The surname 'Matthews' could be a reference to the protagonist of 1956 the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers, TGWDLM's primary inspiration. Paul's journey during TGWDLM actually somewhat mirrors that of the Christian saint of the same name. Paul the Apostle initially assisted in persecuting the Christians, until his revolutionary conversion to the group he had previously despised, before dying a martyr; Paul Matthews initially despised the Hive and all they stood for, even sacrificing himself in the hope that he would rid the planet of the pathogen, before joining the very thing he swore to destroy. 
*Paul was born in 1987. 
*Paul started working at CCRP Technical in 2011/2012, which is when and where he first met Bill. 
*Although Paul was content enough to avoid Wiggly's control from afar, if he'd had direct contact with one of the dolls then he would've done what everyone else did and tried to get the doll at any cost. 
==External links==
* Paul Matthews on the StarKid Wiki 
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