Durk Squell

Durk in a commercial for Durk's Discount Tools.

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

Durk Squell is the owner of Durk's Discount Tools. He is a shady character that looks suspiciously like Dad.

## Appearance

Durk has dark brown, curly hair and is balding. He also has a scraggly beard. He wears a light yellow short sleeve button-up shirt, a brown tie with yellow stripes, light brown khakis, black shoes, and a nametag. His outfit is very similar to Dad's.

## Personality

Durk is a devious and chaotic individual. He sells low-quality tools at his store, such as an "organic hammer", a one-pronged rake, and three screws. His tools, despite the store's name, do not have good discounts. He also attempts to sell more questionable items, like his iPhone 5, his lunch, and a list of social security numbers. He often tries to trick people or steal food.

## History

Durk apparently has an ex-wife who divorced him twice. She is now suing him, and he is desperate for money. He also had a store prior to his current one that burned down, but claims that he has "nothing to do with it" and a "watertight alibi". Beyond that, it is unclear how and why he is involved in Dad's Life.

## Relationships

Dad: In Andan's Run, Durk sees Dad's YouTube and assumes that he is rich. He pretends to be Dad's long-lost brother in order to get money and favors from him, but this is almost definitely a lie.

Malvin: Malvin is the only known customer of Durk's Discount Tools. Malvin says that he likes Durk's tools because they could break at any second, which makes him feel like he is "living on the edge". Durk was also apparently going to sell Malvin Dad's Quantum Sledge for ten bucks. Malvin and Durk have not been seen interacting directly in Dad's Life.

Crothers: In Andan's Run, Crothers offers Durk a sandwich. Durk takes it and steals the rest of Crothers's food, which Crothers doesn't seem to particularly mind. Crothers is also seen returning the FOOD that Durk steals from Dad's cooler in "Dad's Beach Day (Father's Day)".

Andan: Andan encounters Durk in Dad's living room in Andan's Run. Durk mistakes Andan for Dad, saying that he recognizes his "fellow bald hair". Andan tells Durk that he is not Dad and asks if Durk is one of Cheryl's machines. Durk says that he is not before trying to sell Andan a "possibly working" table saw.

## Trivia

* Durk's first appearance on the Dad Feels channel was in "Dad's Beach Day (Father's Day)", in which he attempts to steal FOOD out of Dad's cooler. His first appearance in Dad's Life was in Andan's Run.
* Durk has been mentioned long before he officially appeared on Dad's channel. On 9/4/2019, Dad streamed himself playing Minecraft, and Crothers appeared to warn him about Durk. Durk's Discount Tools was first mentioned in Dad's Life shortly after in the video Face Off. Since then, Durk has appeared in a number of livestreams.
* One livestream that featured Durk was Andan Livestream, a Beyond Worlds stream in which Durk tried to sell Andan and Thomas John Flaherty an "organic hammer", which was clearly just a rock duct-taped to a stick.
* Claims to have been alone for 45 years.
* His idea of luxury is "endless snacks, electricity, dry carpet, a couch that's not made out of a pile of socks, and a TV that does not require drawing a picture on the screen to watch it".
* Paid a guy to photoshop him looking "sexy like C. John Reilly on the dating apps".
* Played by Seth Barnatt, Nathan Barnatt's brother.