Randy Bridgers (Dr:HtD)

## Randy Bridgers

### Likes

Freedom, reading books, looking to the future, being able to trust another person.

### Dislikes

Reflecting on the past, liars, coming off as untrustworthy, 'annoying' people.

## Status

### Status

Alive

*"..rendering people helpless.. and treating their lives like a game.. does that concept not sound somewhat insane to you?" - Randy at Fennec during the killing game reveal.*

Randy Bridgers is a participant in the upcoming killing game Danganronpa: Harmony Until Dawn. Randy's ticket number is 333. He is portrayed by Ajax.

## Appearance

Randy is described as having 'long brown hair in the shape of a mullet, with the underneath sections dyed blonde' and brown eyes that tend to flutter open and shut to highlight his tiredness. He is also described as having 'dangly cross earrings' that move when he tilts his head. Randy also has a scar on his right cheek, going from near the right side of his nose down to the cheekbone. On the left side of his face, Randy wears a plaster, indicating there's some type of injury there that he's covering up.

Not much was said about his outfit choices, but Randy typically wears a white button down t-shirt, specifically leaving the top button unbuttoned, as he finds it 'too tight' when all buttons are buttoned up. However, as it was revealed in the prologue of the killing game, Randy is wearing a straight jacket, meaning his clothes appearance did not matter to be said. The straight jacket is tightened, meaning his arms are both crossed at the front of his body almost like a minecraft villager (as Ajax said in chapter 1).

## Personality

When it comes to first impressions, Randy does not give the best ones. Being put into situations that he has no idea of frighten Randy, yet instead of showcasing his fear, he turns it into anger to not be seen as 'weak'. He is very irritable and will snap if a situation does not meet/exceed his expectations or if he finds a situation 'ridiculous' in his eyes.

Beyond his initial impression, Randy likes to portray himself in a calmer manner, speaking somewhat eerily and being too calm to the point where it can come across as 'creepy'. He sometimes fires out sassy or offensive remarks at people to spark a reaction and chuckles once he gets one from another person. Yet, he apologises for this behaviour in a somewhat teasing way, usually involving some form of patronising (giving them horrible nicknames/babying them to their face) to whoever he has insulted and will most likely return to the same old behaviour.

Very few things manage to strike Randy in a way that makes him come across as upset/angry, yet once he is in these feelings, he experiences them very intensely. Although he would never explicitly let anyone see these extremes in his moods, he usually takes it out on the people around him, making him a not very likeable character. Again, for this behaviour, he attempts to apologise yet it comes off half-arsed as he returns to the same old behavioural patterns.

After the incident of him snapping and injuring both Toby and Stan, he seems to be repenting, tired and guilty because of his actions remarking that "running away from the past does no good". He's aware that he has a problem that must be worked on and is haunted by a lack of sleep and hiding from the rest of the cast due to embarrassment.

## History

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## Danganronpa: Harmony Until Dawn

### Prologue: Emptiness.

Randy awakens alongside the other cast members, in a confused daze, stating 'Good morning!' to himself.. before realising that there is other people in the room with him. Instead of immediately talking after realising that he is in fact not alone, he decides to observe everybody else's behaviour, before pitching in a 'Good morning!' to everybody else although having reason to believe that everyone surrounding him could potentially be dangerous.

After realising that the others seem to be harmless, Randy acts with a hesitant manner once the tunnel opens up. However, he does end up walking through it. He is visibly confused by the mystery room's appearance of an outside area, with grass and a sky above him. Once the voice booms from above and tells them they are being welcomed to their new journey and their new home, Randy is startled and asks for a little warning next time because he almost stumbled and ruined his first impression.

However, the voice isn't very forgiving towards Randy and simply taunts him with a 'No can do, straight jacket boy.' revealing to the rest of the cast that Randy is indeed wearing a straight jacket. The voice followed up with "Ah? You forgot, haven't you, Bridgers? You have a straight jacket on.." to which Randy becomes visibly angry and begins to yell about how this voice is incorrect about the entire straight jacket scenario and was only trying to annoy him. However, it is indeed correct and Randy is wearing a straight jacket. Upon further questioning, he found out it was due to his "backstory", only leaving him more annoyed than the actual reveal as it was a reflection upon his past. Randy then refuses to take part in the special guessing game due to his annoyance at the hosts, then eventually leaving and making his way to the next location in time for Chapter 1.

### Chapter 1: Woe is Me - Daily Life

Randy could be found sulking in one of the classrooms after threatening to snap Fennec's neck like a twig, due to the situation he was put in with the straight jacket. Randy soon realises that he is not alone in this embarrassing situation as Stan Mochizuki entered the classroom wearing a cat costume. However, instead of poking fun at Stan, Randy was too busy sulking to say anything or to poke fun. Realising that Stan was searching for a book to read, Randy became intrigued, remarking that if he had the hands for it, a book would be a nice pass time.

Stan visibly sees Randy's sulking, and to which, Randy follows it up with that he can't even do the most simple of basic tasks as he doesn't have the hands for it. Stan asks if sulking would really be the best past time and Randy says that it feels like a luxury to sulk in silence. Randy and Stan form some sort of mutual alliance that if Stan helps Randy with the basic things he needs help with, Randy can save Stan from the embarrassment of being in a cat costume. Randy remarks this as a 'smart move' as people would be more inclined to stare at a man in a straight jacket who can't do simple tasks for himself instead of a man in a cat costume. From there, the two introduce themselves to one another and Randy compliments Stan's name by saying that the clash between languages wasn't off-putting.

At some point, Phoenix Wright enters the room, questioning Randy about the straight jacket. He asks if he had it on before he woke up, or if it was put on him when he arrived at the academy. This confuses Randy a little bit, but he says he definitely remembers not wearing it before he woke up at the academy. To this, Randy then comments he has a good enough idea what this is all about and that the straight jacket might be a 'safe choice' after all revealing that if he can trust Phoenix and Stan, he'll let them know why but for now, it's a secret.

His encounter with both Phoenix and Stan continues, as they meet in the academy classroom 1 again, completely unintentionally. Stan is searching for books again, whilst Randy's sat in the corner of the room and Phoenix is questioning Stan's cosplay that he was given by the hosts. Randy is listening to their conversation before thinking out loud and asking how he'll stand up, due to his arms being restrained. Stan acknowledges the lack of arms that Randy has and helps him up before talking about possibly getting food with Phoenix and Randy. Randy acknowledges how embarrassing it'd be if anyone saw him being fed by Stan, as he doesn't have access to his hands, stating he might have to enter the dining hall at quieter times to avoid being caught. However, the three get up and venture to the dining hall anyways.

Upon entering the dining hall, the trio encounter Taylor and Toby who are there for the same reason, to get some food. The five then begin to talk about the ridiculous costume rules and if they are required, until Fennec appears and tells the five that these costumes they hate are actually required. Randy pipes up with a "Fennec, you bitch!" before calming down and continuing to talk to Toby about how the two hope the costumes don't have intentions of 'sexually humiliating' anyone, as it'd be sad for the hosts to do something like that and sad to witness. Randy questions Fennec on how he is supposed to do basic tasks with the straight jacket on and to that, Fennec replies the hosts are here to help him along the way and that he'll be able to take the straight jacket off to simply shower, change clothes and other small tasks like that.

It's not until the true manner of the game is revealed that Randy displays a slight hint of nervousness. Once Fennec indeed reveals that they are in a killing game and talks about how it's not an enjoyable thing to host, Randy shows a swift change in personality. He remarks that he's not hungry anymore and tries to rush to leave the room immediately as he was rendered defenceless due to the loss of movement in his arms because of the straight jacket. He realised that he would be an easy target, but questioned Fennec about the motives as he wanted to learn more about the predicament he was put into. Realising it was indeed not a joke, Randy looks visibly nervous and dismisses himself. Fennec must've felt apologetic towards Randy and asks him to stay behind for a movement, removing his straight jacket. Randy questions if Fennec would get in trouble for committing that act, and upon finding out that the answer was a 'no', he swiftly left and sulked in the hallways about the past, until Hatsune Miku questioned him. He gave her a sweet smile and said that he was okay, then heading for the arcade.

Once he entered the arcade, he encountered Stan again. The two began to talk about their situations, before realising that neither of them have actually ever enjoyed the fun of what an arcade was like. Stan suggested the two play an arcade game with one another and learn to enjoy the game they chose to play. The game Stan chose was Pacman. On Randy's first attempt, he failed to survive for long as he was unsure of the rules and was honestly not paying attention when Stan died on his first try. On Randy's second attempt, he survived for much longer, yet failed to pass the game in its entirety. Randy could be seen genuinely enjoying himself and laughing with Stan during this scene about how it was funny they both couldn't pass a game. After some point after this, the arcade exploded.

After a short while of experiencing freedom, Randy was nervous and couldn't trust himself to not injure anyone, resulting in Fennec putting the straightjacket back on him. He had questions from people and answered bluntly when he was referred to as a 'masochist'.

## Quotes

"E-Eurgh, voice.. some warning next time? You almost caused me to stumble over my own feet.. and a clumsy first appearance is not what I need today.." - Randy at the hosts moments before his straight jacket was revealed.

"What the HELL?! You psychopathic little-! If you're joking, this isn't funny!- Ah?!" - Randy before stumbling backwards after the straight jacket was revealed.

"Now, I'm no lawyer.. or law dealer indeed, but I'm pretty sure THIS? Isn't this some sort of sick and twisted prank against my human rights?!" - Randy's frustration being expressed.

"Fennec, you bitch!" - Randy seemingly out of nowhere towards Fennec.

## Trivia

* When Ajax was creating Randy's character, he originally thought of 'Randy Meeks' from Scream (1996) taking the name 'Randy' from that character. Originally, he was planned to have some of Randy's dorky personality traits, yet Ajax changed his mind.
* Randy's surname "Bridgers" is also a reference to Scream, yet is a reference to 'Roman Bridgers' from Scream 3 (2000). He decided to combine 'Randy' and 'Bridgers' to get 'Randy Bridgers'.
* Randy has 3 cats, namely Loomis, Sandy and Fluffy. Out of these 3 names, 'Loomis' is a reference to the film Halloween (1978) but can also be a reference to 'Billy Loomis' from Scream (1996).
* Before finalising his character's personality, Randy had dorky personality traits, was a music producer and actually disliked animals. This idea was scrapped as Ajax thought that he had a much better idea. Ajax later recycled this idea for another character.
* Randy's ticket number 333 comes from Ajax's angel number, which is also 333. Neat little detail. But it can also be interpreted as half of the devil's number, 666.