Crothers

From "True Value" video

**Spoiler Warning!**

**Below contains spoilers for**
Act II & Act III

Crothers is a very helpful True Value employee that appears periodically in Dad's Life. He is happy to give out free tools, advice, Ecumenical readings, and True Value coupons.

## Appearance

Crothers has silver-grey hair that he wears in a side part. He sometimes has a beard. He wears glasses, a white button-up shirt, a red True Value vest, black pants, and black shoes. While he looks almost identical to Tom, there is no known connection between the two.

## Personality

Crothers is generally very calm and easygoing. He is a model True Value employee who often helps out others just because it's "the True Value way". However, Crothers hints at having great power that is not fully understood. He can appear in reality as well as in dreams and visions, and he is able to appear and disappear at will. In Warning, we see that he has a place "beyond the Universes" that he calls "the Crothers Zen Den" that he can meet people in. In Dad Feels Aevum, he describes himself as a "guide" that cannot "directly interfere".

## History

Crothers is purposefully vague about his origins and his true nature. In Dad Feel Aevum, when Andan asks him if he is an Earthling, he cheerfully responds, "I'm Crothers!" In Andan's Run, when Emily asks him how he can speak Arcane, he responds, "I've been around for a while. I pick up languages here and there."

He seems to have some awareness of the truth of the Universes. He knows about Nila and OA, and he guides people toward what he believes will improve the balance of the Universes.

## Relationships

Dad: Crothers has provided guidance to Dad on multiple occasions. In the video True Value, he gives Dad free tools and offers him "a way out", likely an attempt to get Andan to "wake up". He also gives Dad a Quantum Sledge and tells him that he needs to build a shed in order to fully access its quantum powers.

Andan: Crothers interacts directly with Andan in Dad Feels Aevum. He tells Andan that he "knows everything about him" and that he has been "watching him for a long time". He gives him a True Value coupon and an Ecumenical reading, tells him that he and Nila have the highest concentration of OA, and tells him to "listen for Nila". Andan is mildly frustrated with his "riddles", but ends up taking his advice.

Emily Ridley: Crothers meets Emily in Andan's Run when she visits True Value. She expresses surprise that he can speak Arcane, to which he responds that he "picks up languages here and there". He gives her a free new coagitor and then disappears.

Cheryl: In Warning, Crothers meets Cheryl in "the Crothers Zen Den" and warns her to return Nathan and Andan to their own times and to stop her research, as it threatens the stability of the Universes. Cheryl agrees to return Nathan to the present but refuses to stop her research, then slaps herself to wake herself up.

Nila: Crothers has not been seen directly interacting with Nila, but he has made direct reference to her before and seems to know something about her cosmic significance. His connection to her is currently unknown.

## Trivia

* Crothers first appeared in a pixelated video on Tom's YouTube channel called Control C on June 7, 2019. 3 days later, we fully see Crothers appear in Dad's Life, during the video True Value.
* Initially Crothers only appeared to Dad in his dreams. There was a livestream on September 9, 2019 that further confirmed this (video no longer listed) where Dad fell asleep while playing Minecraft and Crothers appeared and he disappeared when Dad woke up.
* Crothers appears on a number of both Dad's livestreams and Beyond Worlds videos.
* In Mumflower, we see that Crothers is seemingly capable of repelling Clients with his presence.
* In Dad's Beach Day (Father's Day), Crothers is seen returning the cans of FOOD that Durk steals from Dad's cooler.
* There used to be a society in Discord based on Crothers called "The Crotherhood".
* He eats bread sandwiches with soy air for lunch.
* He adds some peanut butter when he wants something more filling.
* Tip from Crothers: Always make sure that you grab products from the back - they are fresher.
* Played by Tom Flaherty.