Dan Matthews

Dan Matthews is a reoccurring character in the Meat & Bones canon. He is one of the oldest and most recognizable characters in the canon, and at this point, he has appeared in many videos, a couple named after him. He is a detective, occasionally a private eye, operating out of New York II.

He is one of the founding members of Vigilante Awesomeness Group in New Areas (V.A.G.I.N.A, V.A.G for short) a small collective of likeminded individuals who want to do good on the country of New York II, it's ranks include Hyperglove, Ruffian (until he went rogue), Mr Chekov (until he was captured and killed), Blankman, Fez-Man (until he died), Karate Joe, and any other soul who wishes to help where they can, recently, Dan has taken an apprentice/partner in this group, who goes simply by the name "Rookie".

## Det. Dan Matthews

The very first video Dan appears in was the 6th video of Season One of Meat & Bones, and the 6th video on the channel overall, in the video he tries to act aloof and like he's the best detective of all time, when in reality, he's quite incompetent, as seen in the video. He's seen lying to his boss, stealing from corpses, and clearly making ridiculous claims, like suggesting that "the bees" committed a murder he was investigating, suggesting solutions to murders like he was playing clue, and not knowing what clues have been discovered, even when he's the main detective at the scene.

This video clearly shows us many aspects of Dan's personality, like how he's a kleptomaniac, he enjoys his job, and seeing as he hasn't been fired yet, he must be high up in his field.

## Daniel Matthews, the world's greatest detective

This video expands on the ideas presented in the first video, showing Dan stealing more objects, making more ridiculous claims and somehow getting out of the situations he gets himself into with his behaviour. Not much else is revealed about him as a person in this video, but it definitely provides us a much better look into what we've seen previously.

## Meat & Bones News

Dan has a small appearance in the larger collaborative effort that is Meat & Bones News, he functions as the ambassador of sorts for New York II, since he is one of the most well known and definitely one of the most cooperative of the town's citizens. He speaks with Balthazar (The Time God) and Balthazar (The Eldritch Being) when they came to New York II to see what events are happening in the city for Meat & Bones News.

This section of M&BN is the main expository section in a video explaining the different sections of NYII, other than the part in Meat & Bones 101. He gives us a rundown on how the city is separated amongst the gangs in town.

## Dan's Vigilante Recruitment Tape [Circa. 1995]

This video is a documented version of Dan's initial announcement video announcing to the people of New York II what V.A.G is, what it does and what it represents, it serves as a good reference for Dan's ideals. He very much cares for the people of the city, and most of his actions are fuelled by his love for the citizens in it (other than the kleptomania of course).

The description of the video does a very good job describing the nature and origin of the tape: "the recruitment video for Vigilante Awesomeness Group, released by Dan Matthews in 1995, one month after New York II became a sovereign country, the tape was mass produced and given out with pamphlets to anyone who wanted one"

## The Cold Case

This video showcases Dan's teamwork, leadership, and detective skills, while the past couple have painted him as a fool who is incompetent at his job and isn't much more of a dynamic character. The video shows Dan working well as a partner with Rookie, where they search for "Old Nickelfingers" a serial killer whom has plagued New York II for years, but in recent years, has gone dormant.

Yet, although this video does showcase Dan's more professional, passionate and skilled side, which we don't see often, the end does pay tribute to his foolish nature, when we realize that they've come to the wrong conclusion of who Old Nickelfingers is, and they're left in the killer's dust.