Karen Dunn

**Karen Dunn** is one of the several characters that Phonegingi has the ability to date. Her font is ZCOOL QingKe HuangYou, and name color is #7E7E7E.

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## Appearance

Karen has a chestnut-colored printer for a head. Her paper support can be positioned either up or down, as she uses it as a way to emote. On the front of the printer is a decal of a horse, a nod to horses being her special interest. She wears a beige scoop-neck shirt with a handful of buttons down her chest, as well as one on each elbow, seen when she crosses her arms. There is a mole on the center of the chest as well. Additionally, she wears dark colored jeans.

## Information

Karen works as a bank-teller at the Dialtown Bank, a job that she despises. She can be met by traveling to Uptown Dialtown, entering the bank, and choosing the "Ring for Teller" option. She will only date Phonegingi if their head is a typewriter. She lives in an apartment full of horse paraphernalia and she prints her own horse art using her "photographic memory."

## Personality

Karen is a stern and blunt character, not filtering her comments on Phonegingi's appearance or actions. She struggles detecting sarcasm and understanding idioms and jokes, likely due to the fact she is Autistic, plus her secret interest of horses. She also seems to be intelligent, and also *crazy* possessive.

## Summary

### Chapter 1

Karen first appears when Phonegingi arrives at the bank and rings for her. When the right conditions are met, she'll agree to take a chance with Phonegingi and prepares for a 6:30 date at the funfair.

If you choose to go back to your tent to wait after Karen says she’ll meet you at the Funfair, Phonegingi gets high off cough syrup to alleviate their boredom, which causes them to stand up Karen and make her wait an extra hour. Despite this setback and Jerry's warnings, she decides to go ahead with the date anyways, seeking entertainment. As she hates loud, fast rides, she and Phonegingi opt to ride the merry-go-round together, but before they can have a intimate moment, nature calls for Phonegingi, forcing them to ditch Karen and lay their eggs before burying them, further infuriating Karen due to not knowing what happened. She then ditches them and goes home by herself, disgruntled.

### Karen Route (So, So Dunn.)

Despite the disastrous first date, Phonegingi returns to the bank, where they ring for Karen again. When Karen arrives, Phonegingi apologizes, making Karen forgive them. Phonegingi then convinces Karen to leave her post because she actually hates working there, with the fact she was talking to them at all as proof of that. As Phonegingi waits outside for them, Karen comes out, revealing that she actually quit her job by print a middle finger to her boss. When it becomes clear that Phonegingi only meant to skip out work and *not* quit, she is quite furious over the miscommunication. After being taken to Phonegingi's tent and witnessing the horrors within, she decides to take them to the zoo.

When arrive at the zoo, she encounters zoomaster Theoroar, Phonegingi's old captor. When he tries to take them back, Karen reveals her possessive side and makes him leave, before the two of them enter the zoo, seeing zebras and emus. Wanting to keep going, one of Phonegingi's old roommates, a giraffe, suddenly appears so the three can go on a ride together. Karen however refuses to partake in "giraffe-polygamy" as she sees the giraffe as trying to take Phonegingi away, forcing them to choose her over it. After this, with no other places left to go, she takes them back to her apartment. Upon arriving, Phonegingi learns just how niche her horse-obsession is, and that she hid it in fear of never finding anyone. Upon admitting that she only used Phonegingi as an excuse to leave the bank before growing to actually care about them, Phonegingi decides that her horse art could pay for her lifestyle, if they could find its audience.

On the streets, after an unsuccessful encounter with Randy, a drunk appears and talks about an ongoing Art-Expo, which Phonegingi convinces Karen to go to as to gauge what people want. While there, they learn from the drunk (who is the museum curator) about an upcoming art piece named "greg" made by Morigami, which was apparently cursed enough to make him jump off a roof after completing it. When she and Phonegingi sneak in and see the talk of how wretched it was ring true, Phonegingi decides to destroy it to prevent anyone else from seeing it, setting off the alarms. In a panic, Karen sets up her horse art, which people immediately flock to. Afterwards, Karen is revealed to have been offered a job as an artist to replace Morigami. This sadly means that she will be forced to leave Phonegingi behind, as they have to stay and look after the eggs. They share a bittersweet goodbye with Karen promising to send them pictures, with her first one being a heart.

### Oliver Route: What the Dickens?

She appears during the "Drink Ink and Die" ending, as Phonegingi attacked her and took her in to use in Oliver's tragedy, and is shown to be in the hospital recovering. She also appears during Oliver's good ending, claiming that the movie converted her from "an unsure agnostic to a firm atheist" due to how horrid it was.

### Bigfoot Route: Oh God, You're Really Trying to Domesticate Bigfoot, Aren't You?

She appears when Phonegingi reunites with Bigfoot, before she explains how due to tax-fraud, Bigfoot was rich, though only in bananas as he would keep eating the money whenever he withdraws from the bank. She then called Bigfoot's security to kick Phonegingi out when they start making a scene.

### Narrator Route

She appears when a high-off-cough-syrup Phonegingi and Narrator try to make a bank account together. Creeped out at the rapidly degrading sight, Karen calls the authorities on Phonegingi, who knocks them out cold and takes them to the insane asylum, which also somehow gets rid of the Narrator.

### Chapter 3: Well, shit-

Karen makes a reappearance in Chapter 3, helping Phonegingi and Norm get back to Dialtown by smuggling them to Oliver and Dickens' Scareshack as art pieces, though not before forcing Norm to apologize to Phonegingi for calling them a moron.

## Endings

Karen's Good Ending: At the bank, post-Karen date, tell Karen you're "dreadfully sorry" or that you "have needs" and attempt to convince her to leave her shift with you. To fully convince her you must point out that she "clearly hates her job" or that she "loves you, and you're asking her to." After this encounter she will meet you outside the bank after quitting her job. When you are at the zoo (giraffe encounter) do not choose the giraffe or you will receive another ending. Karen will take you back to her apartment where you discover her niche horse art talent. This leads you to destroying the main attraction at an art expo and Karen replacing it with her own art. Her art is a hit and she is offered a chance to travel the world and print what she sees. You have a bittersweet goodbye with the promise of hieroglyphic letters and the occasional handful of gravel.

Overdose on Battery Acid Ending: At the bank during the post-date encounter, when Karen asks you to come back later, do so. This ends in you loitering for 25 hours outside the bank and Karen banning you from the bank. You get kicked out and go back to your tent, getting high off cough syrup. When trying to think of a way to win Karen back "charge your brain." This leads to you guzzling down 14 packs of batteries, overdosing, and dying.

The ending where you go to jail, but Karen's kinda into it, so it's cool, I guess?: Same as the Overdose on Battery Acid Ending, except when you are at your tent and given the option to choose a grand gesture, you must choose to rob the bank as a display of bravado. So, you charge into the bank holding a peeled banana, and order everybody to get on the ground, while threatening to squirt. Karen is unfazed by this, and repeatedly asks you to hurry along so that she can get on with her day. After the Crime Guy comes in and Karen criticizes your robbing style, the cops will arrive. Surrender to them, and then you will be sent to jail. In jail, Karen will come visit you to admit that she hates her job and finds you tolerable in small doses. She also promises to visit on less eventful weekends, and to check on your nest once a week.

The ending where you get shot during a botched bank robbery, shit yourself, and die: The exact same as the ending where you go to jail, except when the cops arrive, do not surrender to them. This will result in you getting shot, shitting yourself, and dying.

You Marry a Giraffe... for some reason... Ending: After convincing Karen to leave work at the post-date encounter you will take her to your tent, then the zoo. At the giraffe encounter, choose the giraffe over Karen. This leads to you marrying the giraffe... for some reason.

Reality Breaks Down Because You Can't Talk to Women Ending: On day two, post-Karen date, when Karen confronts you about ditching her to lay eggs ask if she found it "even slightly hot" she will become disgusted and lose interest. This leads to the fabric of reality ripping apart and the game crashing. Upon re-opening the game you will immediately be put into the white void. You will eventually talk to god and be put into the wrong timeline, where Randy looks like Oliver (but blue!).

## Route Lost

You will lose Karen's route if you:

* "start pissin" on the bank's floor
* [Beat Chest] in aggressive-ape fashion
* Have a brain hemorrhage in the bank

## Trivia

* Karen's birthday is September 20th, and she is 30 years old. She is a Virgo.
* Karen is a lesbian, apparent by her refusal to date the player if they do not have a Typewriter head, and as confirmed by DirectDoggo.
* Karen is confirmed to have Autism Spectrum Disorder by Dog, which is apparent by her lack of understanding for sarcasm, idioms, and her special interest in horses.
* Karen's name is a pun-name, her last name, "Dunn", being like "Done". Karen is done.
* Karen enjoys fidget spinners, but only plays with them with the blinds closed out of pure shame, according to the extras menu
* Her mother wouldn't allow her to go to art school, as evident by her telling you in the Bigfoot Route at the bank.
* She likes mint and chocolate chip ice cream as said in the matchmaker quiz
* A plush version of her was made and available for purchase from September 1st, 2023 to October 3rd, 2023.
* According to the "Norm Assembles The Other Dialtown Datables Together!" Series, Karen can drive and owns a car.

## Sprite Gallery

### Cutscenes, Cards

Karen's Route, End of DemoKaren in the hospital after being attacked by Phonegingi in Oliver's route.Reality Brakes Down Ending CardOD on Battery Acid Ending CardBotched Bank Robbery Ending CardArrest, but Karen's Into It Ending CardKaren's Good Ending CardMarrying a Giraffe Ending Card