David Lin

## *M3GAN*

**David Lin** was a main character in *M3GAN*. He was the arrogant ceo of Funki, who employed Gemma at the time of M3GAN's killing spree. He was murdered after insulting Gemma in the vicinity of M3GAN. He was the third character to fall victim in the M3GAN killing spree.

David was portrayed by Ronny Chieng.

## Biography

### M3GAN

At Funki, Gemma is developing a new robot doll with her coworkers Tess and Cole. Once he sees this, David, wants them to develop a cheaper version of the Purrpetual Petz since their rival companies are coming out with their own toys similar to the Petz for cheaper than what the Petz already cost. The three try to put on a silicone face and run tests, but the robot has a slight glitch where she is smirking when she is supposed to look confused. David comes in with his assistant Kurt to chew the three out until Gemma explains her project to him. The robot, M3GAN, short for Model 3 Generative Android, is meant to be so advanced that she cannot be replicated. Unfortunately, while running a demonstration for David, Cole realizes he forgot to add the polypropylene barrier to M3GAN, causing her to explode. David orders the three to have a new Petz pitch in time.

After doing extensive work and upgrades, Gemma brings Cady and M3GAN to work to officially show her off to David and others. Gemma has Cady link herself to M3GAN, bringing her to life. M3GAN is capable of speech and responding to Cady, designed to be her best friend. M3GAN does a drawing that doesn’t appear at first until she spills water on it, revealing a perfect portrait of Cady. David is impressed and tells Gemma to bring M3GAN for a presentation with the company’s president so that they can fast-track the development and distribution of other M3GAN dolls. Gemma sits with Tess and Cole, and they discuss that while M3GAN is highly advanced, Tess feels that having a doll like that will make parents useless. M3GAN turns on after overhearing Gemma mention the death of Cady’s parents. She creeps the others out by asking about death, so Gemma makes herself M3GAN’s secondary user to be able to turn her off without Cady.

Later, during the demonstration of M3GAN, with the company’s board of directors, Cady breaks down after missing her parents and M3GAN records that so Cady can hear it again if she wants to think about her mom. The president is impressed and talks to Gemma and David about getting M3GAN ready for launch, but tells them to keep her under wraps to avoid leaks. Unbeknownst to them, Kurt, who has been frequently put down by David, is stealing M3GAN’s files for another company.

At the official launch for M3GAN, Cady throws a tantrum because she can't see M3GAN, causing Gemma to go to Tess and Cole and expresses her fears that M3GAN killed Brandon and Celia. They have M3GAN hooked up to wires to deprogram her while Gemma takes Cady home. David is angry at the small turnout for the launch and yells at Kurt to get him a drink. After M3GAN sets off an explosion that destroys Tess' files, she finds David in the hallway and does a dance before grabbing a paper cutter and chasing him. He makes it to the elevator before she impales him in front of Kurt.

## Relationships

* Tess - Employee
* Cole - Employee
* Kurt † - Employee

## Notable Quotes

* *"I want you to take this cyborg puppet show and put it in a dark closet where it belongs!"*
* *"She's the apex of 21st century technology wrapped up in four feet of silicone and her name is M3GAN."*
* *"Imagine what a toy like M3GAN could do for hundreds of thousands of kids all across the world, even the ones that don't have dead parents."*