Dan Backslide

**Dan Backslide** is the thirteenth playable character revealed in *Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown*.

## Character Description

Dan Backslide is the main antagonist of the 1942 *Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies* cartoon, *The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall,* also known simply as *The Dover Boys*. Dan is a very devious man who plans to kidnap the fiancée of the Dover Boys, Dora Standpipe, for her father's riches. Because of this, he has a deep hatred for the Dover Boys that's so deep, that he must drink excessively to calm down. Dan also has a tendency to yell very loudly.

##### Role in the Beatdown Lore

Dan, alongside Psycho Dad and Mrs. Mavilda, are fighters in the Beatdown Mansion that have been manipulated and are secretly working for DIO.

Dan is one of the many newcomers recruited to reside in the mansion. Strong Bad, John Egbert and Edd are tasked with delivering Dan's invitation to him. The trio track Dan to the Tavern of Unsavory Repute, but become distracted by talking about movies. Dan overhears this and proceeds to yell at them, but gets accidentally knocked out by his own invitation after John left his sylux modus on by accident. After coming to, Dan calms down and agrees to join the others in the mansion. He turns up shortly after Frisk and Viola do, and screams very loudly to announce his presence.

Later, Dan goes to Gaston's tavern to attend the Lawler Happy Hour event. While there, he does nothing but get drunk and yell at all the other patrons. Gaston tries to calm him down, only to be rudely refused. As punishment, Trip forcefully ejects Dan from the tavern and into the snow, where he lands right in front of DIO and Tord, who conveniently enough, were looking for him. The two bring Dan with them and convince him to join their alliance.

Back in the Mansion, Dan is seen talking to Psycho Dad before the Direct meeting, and eventually he brings Psycho Dad to meet DIO, also converting him to their cause. Later on, Dan, along with Psycho Dad and Tord, are sent by DIO to recruit The Thwomps. Although successful in recruiting them, Dan suffered facial damage and required stitches, due to accidentally crashing his Runabout after being distracted by Tord's hentai magazine.

In *BeatdownBound*, Dan is seen drinking in the mansion's bar. Due to being too intoxicated, he can barely speak to Frisk normally, when they try to speak to him. It's later revealed that he frequently borrows Tord's hentai magazines for his own personal reasons, and gives them back when Tord asks for them. He also reveals that he doesn't have any intel on the mansion, forcing Tord to turn to Psycho Dad instead.

## Moveset

### Playstyle

Dan Backslide is described as a "coward, bully, cad and thief". He also comes from a short that perfected the style of quick, stretchy and snappy animation. Therefore, his movement speed and attacks reflect on this by being quick and snappy, focusing on mobility and dancing around opponents. However, Dan suffers the most at direct confrontation and can be easily knocked around. Dan is at his best when disrupting opponents by declaring them a rival, zooming around the stage and bobbing and weaving through his burst movement options.

### Special moves

 Side special
 Up special
 Down special
 Final Smash

## Palette swaps

1. "HARK" Standard
2. "I HATE TOM!" Based on Tom Dover
3. "I HATE *DICK!*" Based on Dick Dover
4. "AND I HATE LARRY!" Based on Larry Dover
5. 'HOW I LOVE HER..." Based on Dora Standpipe
6. "Ah-hem..." Based on the Sailor
7. "Copyright! I'LL STEAL IT!" Based on a bootleg cartoon DVD using a recolored Dan
8. "A Roundabout!" Based on Jeorge Joestar from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*
9. "Dastardly Runabout" Based on Dick Dastardly from *Wacky Races*
10. "ALONE AND UNPROTECTED!" Dan's driver's outfit

B1:"OH HOW I REANIMATE THEM!" - Based on *The Dover Boys Reanimated*

## Video

Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown Character Moveset- Dan Backslide
## Trivia

* Much like Matt's outro, Dan's outro has large amount of cameos of characters from other Lawls, including Frollo, Gaston, Tito Dick, Larry the Cucumber, Trip, Toon Guybrush, Demoman, AVGN, Hank Hill, Leonidas, Haruhi, Jaime Maussan, Van Darkholme and LA Beast.

Strong Bad · John Egbert · Edd · Markiplier · Mama Umbridge · Stephen Quire · Watts & Rosalene · Frisk · Gary Oak · The Thwomps · PeanutButterGamer · Mrs. Mavilda · The Crystal Gems

Unlockables:

Homestar · Karkat Vantas · Vriska Serket · Tom · Matt · Tord · **Dan Backslide** · Viola · Psycho Dad · Kiran · Stu Pickles · Spamton  · The Batter

*Dangeresque*  · *Eduardo*  · *Darkiplier* ·
*Chara*  · *Ellen*  ·
*Psycho Kid*

Indeterminate:

	+ Assist Trophies: The Dover Boys
	+ **Misc.**: Bartender · Dora Standpipe · The Sailor
* **Stage**: PU Mountaintops