Danny the Diver

Pizzeria Mascot

## Overview

Danny the Diver is the main character and attraction of the entertainment restaurant Danny Diver's Pizza Place, a spin-off chain owned by Fazbear Entertainment. He is an animatronic diver who, along with the other animatronics of his location, have the ability to walk around during the night.  From 12:00 am to 6:00 am, he is free to wander around the pizzeria. If he sees a night-guard or any adult after hours, he will attempt to make them part of the band, ie put them into a standard-issue animatronic suit, which will kill whoever is put inside.

## Description

### Physical Description

Danny the Diver is an animatronic human, appearing as a male human holding a red sand pail with a yellow shovel inside. Danny's exoskeleton gives the appearance of a dark blue diving suit with light green highlight along the ends of the arms and legs. In the middle of Danny's chest is a cartoon image of a shark. His feet are yellow diving flippers with black tips. Danny's eyes have a blue-green color, and his nose a darker shade of red. Danny's hair is a lime green, and his eyelids and eyebrows are a darker shade of green. His face and hands have a Caucasian skin tone. On the back of Danny is a yellow air tank with a black hose running from the top of it to the back of Danny's neck.

### Personality

During open hours, Danny the Diver is programmed to act carefree and friendly. He acts as the leader and singer of the band, giving a sense of firm-but-kind authority. In his backstory given by Fazbear Entertainment, he is said to be best pals with Carlos the Crab, and to have a crush on Coral the Mermaid.

### Robotic Aspects

Danny the Diver operates via a hard drive in his endoskeleton's torso, powering all of his basic functions, such as moving his jaw and limbs. More important details, such as memory or speech, are located in a separate drive in his head. Danny's endoskeleton itself operates similarly to most Fazbear endoskeletons, with the exception of his joints, which like his bandmates', operate using ball-joints for his wrists, ankles, knees, elbows, and connecting parts. His eyes, eyebrows, eyelids, and jaw are maneuvered by simple sticks attached to rotors, moving them up and down to give the illusion of emotions. His neck, torso, and hands are all controlled remotely by his operator, but can be put on a set routine when no operator is currently working. His singing and speech is prerecorded, but can be rerouted to a microphone for a more immersive performance by his voice actor.

## Nocturnal Behavior

Danny, alongside Carlos and Samantha, begin the night positioned on the stage in the Seaside Show Stage Area. Unlike other Freddy equivalents, Danny is one of the most active animatronics in the building. He has two paths that are randomly selected, but are both easily enough handled. Stepping off of the stage, Danny comes down the Party Hall, and then either turns into Party Room One or continues down the Party Hall. If he turns into Party Room One, he will then go into the vent connected to the security office. This vent can consequently be closed, but only if the ceiling vent is not. If the vent is closed in time, Danny will exit the vent. If he continues down the Party Hall, he will appear in the large doorway in front of the office. When Danny is visible, there will be a short amount of time to fire the mini cannon at his face to confuse him. If Danny is thwarted in either of these attacks, he will go back to the top of the Party Hall and start the cycle again.

On Night One, Danny is one of two characters active, and attacks in relatively spaced out intervals. The window for firing the mini cannon is five seconds.

On Night Two, Danny attacks slightly faster, with the window for firing the mini cannon shortening to four seconds.

On Night Three, Danny will begin to move in between his two attacking positions, as to confuse the player. The window for firing the mini cannon goes down to three seconds.

On Night Four, Danny will move even more frequently, and only has two seconds to be fired at with the mini cannon.

On Night Five, Danny is extremely aggressive, and has but a second to be fired at by the mini cannon.

## Trivia

* Danny's original concept had him in an abandoned/crumbling location flooded with water, partially destroyed.
* Danny's original concept was originally going to be swimming around in a flooded building, and would only be visible on cameras.
* Danny's design originally had him wearing a pair of green goggles, which were later removed. The green, however, helped to influence his hair.
* In his first concept art, Danny has one arm stripped down to a piece of jagged metal, which he would attack the player with in his jumpscare.
* Unlike the cast of Five Nights at Freddy's, Danny is not possessed, nor has any ties to William Afton.
* Danny was originally possessed by a fan of the Five Nights at Freddy's series, but was later decided against as it would be too self-referencial.
* The Danny Diver Security System was modeled after the Toy animatronics' security features.
* Danny was the first character to be designed for Danny Diver's Pizza Place.
* Danny, alongside the other animatronics at Danny Diver's Pizza Place, has the ability to swim in water.
* Danny was originally to be put on a seperate outside stage on special occasions where he could walk into a tank of water and swim about with the rest of his friends.
* Danny's air tank is filled with helium, and can be used to fill balloons.
* Danny, like his friends, has a database in his secondary hard drive that is full of songs he can sing. If the song selected is inappropriate, Danny will play a tone before selecting an appropriate song.
* Danny’s bucket is filled with small toys, candy and other goodies that children can take.
* Danny’s flippers make a ”slap slap” sound when he walks.

## Gallery

Danny's original concept artConcept art for Danny's finalized designDanny's first complete appearanceA side-view sketch of Danny from the shoulders upA cartoon drawing of Danny that appears in promotional material for the restaurantDanny malfunctioning due to faulty programming.Danny appearing behind the nightguard, ready to attackDanny chasing the nightguard