Dave

Dave is an NPC and a major character from Wasted Youth and its upcoming sequel. He serves as The Protagonist's best friend and helper.
Sometimes he can give you tips on how to complete certain missions and he gives you important information about the pupils, the members of the staff and the school in general.
==Personality==
Dave is overall a really friendly boy and he's the first person who welcomes the Protagonist to St. Frost's Academy. He usually helps the player in completing missions and unraveling the school's dark secrets. Other than that, not much is known about him or why he's helping the Protagonist in first place. He seems to know about the Protagonist more than he lets on since he knew that the Protagonist was expelled from his previous school even though the latter has never mentioned it before.
==Myths surrounding Dave==
Strangely, the only person who ever interacts with Dave is the Protagonist. When the Protagonist asks Dave why the others ignore him, he says that in a school for 'special kids', he's just 'too normal' to be noticed. He's seemingly not known or recognized by anyone at the school, neither by other pupils nor teachers. He also doesn't have a record at the School's Database. This leads many players to believe that Dave is actually the ghost of a former student who likely died in there before the Protagonist's arrival. Another common theory that relates to this is that Dave is the Protagonist's imaginary friend. There are several occasions that may back up this theory.
*When you're talking to him after Nate and his friends walk away in Day 1, Mr Bastard asks you who you are talking to when Dave is clearly in his line of sight.
*During the Photogenic mission, when the Protagonist asks whether Dave can help too, Nate gets confused at first and says "Who?" but continues with "yeah sure".
**Also, during the same mission, if the player fails to meet Nate's 20 points requirement with the photos, he'll be given another film by Dave. When the Protagonist says he'd like to try again, Nate will dumbfoundedly ask him where he got another film, even though Dave gave it to the Protagonist right in front of him.
*Dave's clothes are notably more tattered than other pupils', looking quite folded and unkempt, especially his shirt.
*In the locker room, one can notice that one of the lockers has its name scratched out. As lockers are ordered according to the first letter of the students, that locker was supposed to be Dave's since it stands between Chris' and Eugene's.
*Dave seems to appear out of nowhere whenever the player character initiates a main mission. It's unknown how he knows exactly where you are every time.
Although it's fairly interesting and believable, this theory can be debunked. It may only be a running gag that Dave just literally doesn't get noticed, even though he's really there in actuality. There are several instances that contradict the ghost theory:
* Dave does go to classes. He can be seen in some of them, most notably the Foreign Languages class as he's just a seat behind you, but on the bottom row.
* During the Identification mission where you have to compare handwriting, Dave does indeed have a worksheet with his name and the date on it.
* In the Lost And Found mission, when the Protagonist is about to run off to tell the girls that he found Kevin he tells Dave to stay there and keep an eye on Kevin so he doesn't run away. Kevin is still there by the time the Protagonist, Faye, Anabelle and Bethany show up. If Dave wasn't really there Kevin would've likely ran away as he'd have no idea who Dave is.
* He can be seen interacting with everyday objects completely normally, even playing Crash Team Racing on the PS1 on the TV in the Recreation Room during Day 1 at evening time. If he was a ghost he'd have likely phased through objects or not be able to interact with them. He also wouldn't have been able to give you extra film for the camera in the Photogenic mission if you had failed the objective.
== Trivia ==
* Dave is ranked №.2 on the unofficial Wasted Youth popularity poll, with 11 votes.
* He appears to have perfect handwriting, as demonstrated in the Identification mission.
== Images ==
File:Dave ref.png|A reference sheet of Dave from all 4 sides (assembled from in-game assets)
File:Characters 1.jpg|Concept art of some of the characters which features Dave
File:CubeecraftDAVEwithHAMMY.png|Papaecraft Dave with Hammy
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