Daniel

> "*Careful now David... Us Villains have a very important mission! You don't want to upset Xemug do you?"*
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Daniel is an antagonist and member of The Villains.

## Character Information

### Personality

Sadistic
mysterious
unstable
dangerous
powerful
scheming
insane
manipulative
careless
over-confident
brash
bold
pompous
devoted

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Before his arrival at Camp Campbell, Daniel was part of a religious cult compound and caused the deaths of multiple people. Daniel managed to escape the police and eventually came to Camp Campbell after seeing the open camp counselor position in the local newspaper, plotting another mass sacrifice.

Prior to the start of "Cult Camp", Gwen places the ad to hire more counselors to help them after finding a stash of cash. Soon after informing David, Daniel arrives at the camp to apply for the job. Daniel immediately gains David's trust but causes Gwen to bail by using her vacation days, due to how eerily similar the two seemed to look and act.

Daniel is promptly left in charge of the entire camp, although Max, Nikki, and Neil quickly realize that he is a cultist. A purification sauna is built and the campers are brainwashed into setting up an "ascension party", in which they're meant to drink poisoned Kool-Aid and sacrifice themselves to Xemüg. Despite the trio's repeated attempts to get David to put a stop to things, he remains completely oblivious as to what's really going on. After using a bit of reverse psychology on David to make him uncertain about his future at camp, Max then purposely puts himself through the purification sauna and expresses his 'affection' for Daniel, acting exactly like the rest of his fellow brainwashed campers. David is finally prompted to take action and tries to fire Daniel, but the duo end up having a musical face-off with "Better Than You" in an attempt to prove their own superiority to each other. At the end of the song Daniel accidentally drinks his own toxic Kool-Aid and is quickly whisked away by an ambulance.

However aside from his works at camps, he is also a member of The Villains after taking up and offering to protect and unleash the ultimate heartless to destroy the New Action Squad with.

## **APPEARANCE**

Daniel's appearance is identical to David's with the exception of having a much lighter color palette (platinum blonde hair and light blue eyes) and more formal clothing. Upon being introduced, Max immediately takes note of Daniel's appearance and makes several comments on his "cult leader getup." His outfit consists of a white polo shirt with two pockets, white pants held up by a white belt and gold buckle, white socks with blue and orange lines, a white and grey watch on his right arm, and lastly, lace-up white shoes with black soles.

## **PERSONALITY**

Daniel's initial "happy-go-lucky" attitude is remarkably similar to David's, which causes David to invest a lot of trust in him almost immediately. This is later shown to be only a facade concocted to allow him to infiltrate Camp Campbell and subject its campers to "detoxification rituals" in order to help them "reach ascension." His actions at Camp Campbell (and at the unknown compound) show that Daniel is able to manipulate people with ease due to his charm, although his antics are easily discovered under a careful eye, as Max, Nikki, and Neil quickly discern Daniel's true motives. However, his brashness is ultimately his undoing – going head to head with David, he made a grave mistake by absentmindedly ingesting the poisoned Kool-Aid in his pompous show.

His overconfidence is the instrument of his own undoing upon his return; by perfectly mirroring David's appearance and mannerisms, he ran the risk of tricking Max and causing him to shoot the real David by mistake. While boasting about his immunity to poison, he reveals he has developed lactose intolerance, and Max exploits this weakness to bring him down again.

## **TRIVIA**

* Many of Daniel's actions in "Cult Camp" are inspired by the infamous Jonestown Massacre, in which numerous people died after drinking poisoned Kool-Aid. Quartermaster and Nikki directly lampshade this in the episode.
	+ Strangely, he doesn't bother to put Quartermaster in the purification sauna, which could've been done intentionally since Quartermaster is seemingly immune to poisoning.
* Daniel is skilled in playing the fiddle, just as David can play the guitar (shown in "Cult Camp").
	+ In "Camp Loser Says What?" Pikeman says that Daniel is great at playing the fiddle, so it's possible Daniel has played for the Wood Scouts. However, his fiddle-playing skills are absent in that episode.
* Daniel is shown to never blink throughout the series.
	+ He also has a habit of audibly cracking his neck when faced with people questioning his religious beliefs and ideologies.