Dave

* Alive
* Child
* Spirit

**Dave** is a major character in *Clover* and is known for being an animator based on creating cartoons. His most well-known, and only character, is a wolf named Wubby. He is the *Faithful* one in the band, and quickly befriended George, Brenda and Kel.

## Description and Background

"Thick-skinned and big-hearted, Dave is an animator who’s dedicated to a fault. He can be a bit headstrong, but his passion is undeniable. He chases his goals with full force and always manages to come out on top."

"Dave is a tough yet soft hearted animator that powers through no matter what people say about him and his dreams. He teaches Kel to keep staying determined no matter what people say and let karma do all the work for her."

## Personality

Dave is a strong man, powering through other's harsh actions and words and has a strong belief that "Karma is what you make". He has a large passion for creating cartoon characters and bringing them to life through animation that he seems to have carried onto adulthood from his childhood. Due to the message of his cartoon, it can be assumed that he wishes to inspire others, showing his softer side.

## Appearance

### Childhood

In his young years, Dave's outfit consisted of glasses, a light grey vest, with a white pocket carrying 2 pens in it, over a white button-up with rolled up sleeves. He wore black shorts with white socks and grey shoes. (Though these could possibly be inaccurate colors as ever animation in the series appears in grayscale.)

### Adulthood

In his adult years, Dave has a muscular, broad build and hair on his arms. His light hair is swept upward and is paired with a mustache.

His outfit consists of a monocle, a black beret and a white shirt with rolled up sleeves, he also wears black overalls with white buttons and black shoes.

### Ghost

His ghost form has a wolf motif, likely referencing the character he made as well as his hardworking and confident personality. He has a heart pin on his chest and, like the other ghosts, does not have legs, but rather a ghostly tail.

## History

### Childhood

Dave attended school in his young years, but he was massively bullied by his classmates for drawing his character, Wubby, but he recognized that he has a dream in his head, and was not going to let go of it easily.

### Adulthood

He made comics, animation, and other things of Wubby nonstop, optimistic that Wubby will make it to fame one day. He later enthusiastically proposed his ideas to his boss, who did not share the same optimism as him and, quite literally, threw away his ideas.
In the next scene Dave was implied to be fired as he looked back at his workplace with a box of this personal items. He accidentally drops a piece of paper that a woman picks up and seems to admire. With his newfound encouragement with the woman by his side, he remains faithful to his work and he pushes forward with full force onward.

### Success

His old boss became infuriated about the news, but ultimately did not do anything about it, which marked Dave's success as he proved those who doubted him wrong, as well as found happiness in the fruit of his labor. Dave later daydreams about him overcoming his early bullies and boss through his drawings and love of creating though a metaphorical sequence of him drawing his way to victory.

### Afterlife

Almost nothing is known of how he died and got into the after life. but he is seen holding a piece of paper that has him, Brenda, George and Kel. He lowers the piece of paper to find a very happy Kel, with George and Brenda holding her shoulders.

He hugs Kel and tells her not to pay attention to any backlash that comes to her saying to erase her frown. He goes and summons a projector screen which he uses a brush to draw Wubby with. He sits down with Kel and tells her to be faithful for future events. He traverses into Wubby's universe with Kel dressed as Wubby or Wubby's supposed side kick, and runs with her and then goes to Wubby who alerts the both of them about incoming bullets. They run further and both of them jumping out of the film reel transition. He realizes her disappointment that she soon has to leave him. He tells her to not forget his advice, he takes his heart pin and fuses it with hers and lets her go back to where she started in this whole journey.

He is then seen saving Kel along with the other two ghosts, telling her to remember them in her heart, and do her best to get to the mortal world. he maybe a bit of the clover that opens the door for her, he either went back to heaven or fused his soul with hers.

## Fan Speculation and Theories

### Relationship w/ Susie

One theory as to how Dave plays a part in the other's story is that he met Susie through her finding his art, and later on developed a relationship with her and later had a child, that child being shown with his mom in 100 Years.

* Possible evidence for this theory could be shown in Karma Susie seems to appears younger than she does in 100 Years (Ex: Wearing her hair in a ponytail which is sometimes used to convey youth vs her wearing her hair down in a bob to show more maturity, her clothes in each song share the same theme as well).
* Susie's son seems to share features with Dave as well, implying that he could be his offspring.

### Kel's Late Relative/Friend

One theory is that Dave is the old man from Kel's backstory in Help Me, and is either a family friend or an older relative to her.

* Possible evidence for this theory is shown in Help Me as the bedridden man shares a similar facial structure as well as nose to that of Dave.
* More evidence comes from the fact that Kel gets emotional over seeing him, likely recognizing him as the old man as she got flashbacks of him. She then proceeded to hold his hand and walk off, with the other ghosts by their side. This can show a more emotional attachment to him than the other ghosts, showing that they knew each other at some point.
* This theory can also be further backed by the timeline of events.
* Kel's late relative has a poster of the animated character Wubby the wolf in his hospital room. Visible on the side of the door seconds before Kel enters from to visit him.

### A Hateful Assassination

Another theory that pertains to Dave's eventual death involves Dave's old boss, who could have possibly gotten a hit on Dave due to excessive and irrational hatred of his success.

* Possible evidence for this theory comes form the way the scene of the theater was laid out, the scene being akin to how Abraham Lincoln's assassination played out as Dave sits in a theater box with Susie.
* It could also be noted that, aside from the imaginary sequence, this is the final scene we see Dave alive as it later cuts to Dave as a ghost.

## Trivia

* Outside of fan theories, Dave is the only one in the trio of ghosts in Clover to not have a specific cause of death.
* Dave is shown to be left-handed.
* His music video came out on Christmas.