Dave Lee

*For his non-canonical counterpart, see Dave Lee (Infiltration Reel)*

> You need to learn how to accept things you can't change, from 17 years ago, might I add.
>
> Dave Lee to Thatcher Davis, The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4

**David Lee** is a supporting character in *The Mandela Catalogue*. He serves as a supporting protagonist in Act 1 and a posthumous protagonist in Act 2.

Dave was introduced as a gag character for the *Intruder Infiltration Reel* promo and later reappeared in the main series. Dave is a manager for and company representative of MandelaTECH, and the host of MandelaTECH Daily.

## Description

Dave is a fair-skinned man with straight hair and a thick, fake-looking (in Evelin's words) mustache. Dave is often seen in his "lucky flannel," with the MandelaTECH shirt inside, along with his lanyard, which just says his name.

Dave is an enthusiastic and helping individual, having a show dedicated to fixing defected technology with at least 332 episodes where he refers to his audience as "tech geeks".

## Biography

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol.333

Dave was sent and asked to recover the footage from a collection of VHS tapes found by the MCPD. Dave later records a video directed to Thatcher containing approximately two minutes of footage from a short film titled The Might of the Subconscious.

### The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4

Dave gets a call from O'Brien, and he says he should consider getting a job at the church, which he initially turns down, while Evelin sorts through their old tapes, stealing one. Later on Dave finds out Evelin watched the tape, and fires her over the phone. After this, he calls O'Brien back and decides to take him up on his offer.

A while later, Dave calls Thatcher and tells him that he's decided to stop his business, tells him to let go of the missing persons cases, and tells him to find a new meaning in life.

After this, Dave goes to visit O'Brien, outside the church. All of a sudden the skies turn black, the wind stops blowing and Dave is in complete darkness. After a few seconds, Dave sees a light from the clouds, where O'Brien emerges, who turned out to be Gabriel the whole time. He then mocks him. Dave tries to reassure himself, trying to convince himself that Gabriel isn't real, and Gabriel then reveals that Dave has already done all his bidding for him. He then starts to laugh maniacally, with Dave falling down, presumably dying, bleeding from the eyes.

### Mandela Catalyst

The aftermath of his encounter with Gabriel are shown in the form of a news report on his death in St. Gabriel Church. It's described that, prior to his death, a homeowner could hear his screaming at 12 A.M.

The report on Dave's death is suddenly interrupted by what seems to be an Intruder-induced corruption, first showing a man with a featureless face staring into the viewer prior to changing into what appears to be text reading gibberish over a white background. The text "No more running away" can be also briefly seen before the transmission returns to normal.

Dave's body was transported to the Bythorne Hospital morgue, where the two nurses performing the autopsy find out that both of his eyes are missing. Upon the discovery, one of the nurses opens his cranium, revealing his brain, which, according to various statements from Alex Kister, had exploded.

### Presto

Dave's voice is briefly heard at the end of a MandelaTECH commercial, announcing to the viewer the location of the store, time of opening and closure, and that they should visit it's website.

Following his death, an oblivious Evelin Miller reaches out to Sarah Heathcliff to help find him via the store's security cameras to no avail. Evelin provides a description of Lee, pointing out his "lucky flannel" and fake-looking moustache as his most defining traits. Despite not being able to find him in the security cameras, Evelin thinks that he will come back eventually.

## Trivia

* Dave's death is the first on-screen death in the series, whilst the others were either implied or happened off-screen (this does not count Lynn, as her death is shown by imagery, and Mark’s death is only shown in the aftermath).
* In Mandela Catalyst, Dave's weight was revealed to be 204 Ibs.
* The series creator, Alex Kister has acted as two other characters in two series, Mark Heathcliff and Joel Hayes (Mystifying Oracle Character).
* There's a hidden page on the MandelaTech web page called "prophet", entering it leads to an image of Dave's name card, below it there's a hidden text that says "A fool", this lines up with the end of Volume 4, proving that he is the Mandela Prophet.

## Gallery

Dave as he appears in The Mandela Catalogue Vol.333Ditto, but more clearDave's appearance in "Phone a Friend"Dave Lee in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4, right before his deathDave Lee's post mortem photograph from "mandela catalyst"Dave in Mandela Techlive reaction of dave looking at a guys tv in the intruder plush video