Uncle Dane

Dane Kevin Cook (born: )https://twitter.com/danekevincook/status/901974442967941120?s=20https://twitter.com/danekevincook/status/1225209221215424512?s=20, better known online as Uncle Dane (or simply Dane), is an American YouTuber who resides in Citrus Heights, California. He is known for mainly playing the class Engineer in the multiplayer game . He is also dubbed "Ankle Dan" because of iDubbbz, who started a meme in which he said, "Ankle Dan iz a vur'e gud sentry man." He has participated in many highlander events and other competitive competitions, usually as Engineer.
==Videos==
Dane's videos are mostly about the first person shooter game, Team Fortress 2 where he plays as the Engineer class, sometimes live and sometimes not. Some of his videos include tutorials on how to play as a better Engineer, how to deal with Spies (another class in the game), discussions about different TF2 weapons and short montages, how to fight every class and win, and so on.
===MvM with YouTubers===
Dane also has a mini-series revolving around the Mann vs Machine gamemode where he plays MvM along with other YouTubers, which are also his friends in real life. So far, he has done 4 MvM playthroughs with YouTubers. He finally completed a wave on part 3, which was also a Halloween special on Wave 666. He has also done other videos with YouTubers like King Raja, ScottJAw, Grizzly Berry, Array Seven, MrPaladin and Muselk.
===Gunslinger Podcast===
Uncle Dane also has started a podcast show, called the Gunslinger Podcast, where he usually talks about things related to the TF2 Engineer. The name originates from one of the Engineer's melee weapons, the Gunslinger. As of July 27, 2017, he has uploaded 2 episodes of the podcast, the most recent one talking about some supposed TF2 Jungle Inferno update changes with Getawhale.
===Engineering 101===
Engineering 101 is a series where Uncle Dane goes over basic strategies and concepts for playing as the Engineer in Team Fortress 2. These videos go in depth into many Engineer troubles, such as Dealing With Spies, Sentry Spots, Metal Conservation, and many more. Dealing with Spies actually had a little sneaky cameo featuring MrPaladin, who also later made a video called Dealing With Engineers, a spin off of the Dealing With Spies video.
===Engineer's Blueprints===
Uncle Dane has created a series revolving around Engineer setups and roll outs on specific game maps. Currently, there are four videos on this series, Upward, Viaduct, Mossrock and Badwater Basin.
===Subscriber Milestones===
So far, Uncle Dane has made milestone videos when he hit 10,000, 50,000, 100,000, 200,000, 300,000  and 500,000 subscribers.
==Cameos==
Uncle Dane has surprisingly made cameos in many different shapes and forms. Many of them are with fellow TF2 YouTubers, iDubbbz and Keemstar.
Uncle Dane has appeared in one of UEAKCrash's videos about Trenchfoot, a TF2 frontline community map he had created for the 72 hour Winter Jam. While he was thinking about enclosing in the center area, Uncle Dane whispers out of nowhere, warning him that enclosed areas might not be a good idea, as Engineers could be very overpowered. Crash then suggests that he could No-Build the area, which Uncle Dane replies with, "Don't you no build it!... It's a sell out and you know it!"
He also has appeared in a competitive TF2 event, where he jumps and dabs in front of the camera, which eventually Peterscraps, a TF2 YouTuber, made a Shooting Star meme out of.
Uncle Dane also sang a song for iDubbbzTV called "Hey now, you're a Keemstar". He didn't want credit for it though, because crazy iDubbbz fans would swarm his channel, assuming he had similar content.
He also made a cameo in LazyPurple's Team Fortress 2 series, "How it FEELS to Play", in the Engineer episode.
He also appears in HORSE, a TF2 series by Grizzly Berry, usually with ScottJaw, King Raja, and of course, Uncle Dane himself. Everyone gives challenges to the other person. If someone fails, then he/she gets a X, and the next person gets to give out a challenge. If everyone does it, then the challenge creator gets the X. Whoever gets 3 Xs goes out, and the last person left wins. The first season has ended, with a total of 7 episodes. Everyone of the four has won once, except ScottJaw, who is made fun of because of his lack of skill, especially in Uncle Dane's sentry jumping challenges. Guests have also been introduced such as FUNKe, ArraySeven, and that's pretty much it. 
Uncle Dane briefly appeared in HowToBasic's "Face Reveal" which also includes many other YouTubers claiming they are HowToBasic.
Uncle Dane also appears in SoundSmith's "A Mann's Guide to the Big Earner" where Uncle Dane's character is dragged onto the couch as Uncle Dane says "Hi, I'm Uncle Dane." repeatedly during the "Christolee Show" sponsor.
==Trivia==
*Uncle Dane's least favorite gamemode in Team Fortress 2 is CTF (Capture the Flag)
*Uncle Dane once obtained an Australium Tomislav in TF2, which he raffled off along with his other MvM stuff
*Uncle Dane voted for Team Pyro in the Team Fortress 2 Meet Your Match update.
*He was actually once banned from a server for apparently 'impersonating' Uncle Dane. In other words, he was thought to have impersonated himself.
*He is a fan of Plants Vs Zombies, Pokemon, and Minecraft.
*Prior to starting his YouTube channel, Uncle Dane was a regular member of Zack Scott's Minecraft server Scottland.
*In late July of 2021, Uncle Dane's Twitter account, @danekevincook was suspended for violating the site's guidelines. The cause of this was due to a post he made that contained copyrighted music
*He has over 2 hours in TF2
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006