Clients

**Spoiler Warning!**

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

The Clients work on behalf of the Server and were initially programmed by Cheryl. They facilitated many of the details of Dad's Life, including monitoring Dad's livestreams, replacing Daughter's phone, and bringing Nathan to 1999. However, after the Scarlett Upgrade, they begin to malfunction.

## Appearance

All Clients have short, close cut dark hair. They wear dark sunglasses, black jackets with the YouTube logo on them, black pants, and black shoes.

## Personality

The Clients are essentially task-oriented bots, so they are not particularly expressive. They communicate in a fairly flat monotone.

In Big Talk, it is revealed that they are designated by numbers rather than names. They are also capable of socializing with each other, as well as talking to Daughter. Although they all look and sound identical, they do not seem to be a singular entity, but rather multiple copies of the same entity. Each Client seems to be assigned to perform a different type of task.

After the Scarlett Upgrade, they no longer seem to function as intended. They mostly just stand around and drink tea, commenting occasionally on the "good tea".

## History

The Clients are bots created by Cheryl to do work for the Server. They communicate directly with the Server via text. They no longer seem to function as intended, likely due to the Scarlett Upgrade.

## Relationships

The Server: The Clients work for the Server and carry out its commands prior to the Scarlett Update. In Big Talk, Carl notes that they can communicate directly with the Server via texting.

Cheryl: Cheryl was at least partially responsible for creating the Clients. She worries about their malfunctions after the Scarlett Upgrade. In Damage Control, she asks Malvin to shut one down, which she claims will start a chain reaction to shut all of them down.

Daughter: Daughter is capable of seeing the Clients. In the video Griffin, one replaces her phone once the battery on her old phone runs out. The Clients claim that she can see them because she is "unique", but it is unclear exactly what this means.

Dad: Prior to the Scarlett Upgrade, the Clients claim that Dad cannot see him due to the A/V technology. Andan's Dad doesn't seem to notice them. However, Dadbot 69 kills one of them in The End, which we see from a different perspective in Merder. This indicates that at some point after the Scarlett Upgrade, Dad was able to see the Clients. It is unknown if this only killed the one Client, or if it shut down all Clients as Cheryl predicted. No living Clients are seen after this.

Nathan and Andan: The Clients have transported Nathan and Andan in the Facility's white vans on behalf of Cheryl and the Server.

## Trivia

* Were originally called "Men in Black" or "MIB" in the Discord until they were revealed to be called Clients in Big Talk. Sometimes communicated directly with people on the Discord.
* Occasionally oversee Dad’s activities, including some of his livestreams.
* All Clients always wear sunglasses and black jackets with a YouTube logo on them. It is unclear if they have a direct connection with YouTube, beyond Dad being a YouTuber.
* DO NOT CALL HIM MITTENS.
* Most of them look and sound identical, with only one known case of a non-identical Client.
* Hidden from Dad’s perception by A/V tech, at least before the Scarlett Upgrade.
* Can be seen by Daughter because she is "unique", although it is unclear what exactly this means.
* The Clients' conversation in Small Talk is censored/redacted. What they are saying is revealed in Big Talk.
* The only Clients that have been explicitly numbered are Client 77 and Client 932. Their numbers are revealed during their conversation in Big Talk.
* In Mumflower, Crothers seems able to make the Client leave with his presence.
* First appeared in Dad Feels Good For 1 Hour, appearing periodically in the background to observe Dad. They don't appear in Dad's Life until Dad Betided, when one finds Andan in the Old Basin.
* All Clients are played by George Roush.