Dave (BotBots)
| The name or term "David" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see David (disambiguation). |
Dave the Security Guard (aka "the flesh creature", "Flesh-Being-1", and "Darve"; b. February 29) doesn't ask for much out of life, which is probably for the best, as life seems disinclined to give him much outside of grief and disappointment. The sole member of night security at the mall the BotBots call home, Dave constantly manages to get in the way of his own ambitions of mediocrity. Out of luck, out of shape, and out of his depth, the meager scraps of respect he strives for constantly slip from his greasy grasp, even to the point where his own mother makes fun of him. Desperation pours off him like sweat, as do fast-food crumbs and actual sweat.
And yet...
And yet...
For all that's going against him, there seems to be no malice in Dave's heart. Sure, he wants to capture those tiny robots he's convinced are hiding in the mall... but only so people will see he was right for once. He'd be happy with a little bit of recognition... and maybe a fresh donut, rather than the day shift's stale leftovers. Not that he won't eat the stale leftovers. Off the floor. But, you know. Man's gotta have a dream. And for all its headaches, he seems to love his job, love the mall he works at... he just wants to be where he belongs.
Maybe he's not so different from certain Bots after all.
Fiction
BotBots cartoon
- Voice actor: Mark Little (English), Svatopluk Schuller (Czech), Sonny Lahey (Danish), Martijn van Voskuijlen (Dutch), Samuel Kujala (Finnish), Emmanuel Garijo (French), Rainer Fritzsche (German), Zoltán Karácsonyi (Hungarian), Kamal Chaturvedi (Indian), Harda Billy (Indonesian), Simone Crisari (Italian), Mohd Azizul Sani Mohd Salleh (Malay), Kim A. Wifladt (Norwegian), Wojciech Chorąży (Polish), Douglas Guedes (Brazilian Portuguese), André Raimundo (European Portuguese), Pavel Dorofeev (Russian), Nacho López (Castilian Spanish), Miguel Angel Ruiz (Latin-American Spanish), Cristian Neacșu (Romanian), Christian Hedlund (Swedish), İlham Erdoğan (Turkish)
When he was a child, Dave's mom made him go to Clown Camp one summer. His experiences at the hands of the camp counsellor, named Laffo, would leave Dave scarred well into adulthood, to the extent just remembering would reducing him to a quivering, huddled mess. Lone Bot and Carb
When the energon cloud brought the BotBots to life, an unknowing Dave became their greatest fear, even as he was completely oblivious to their constant wild partying. On one of his rounds, as he lamented how he'd run out of podcasts to listen to, he found a number of items scattered around the main hall of the mall, including a discarded juice box. Naturally, Dave decided to drink it, only to find the flavor disgusting, and discarded it again. A little while later, Dave had managed to find some new podcasts to listen to, including a self-affirmation podcast, blissfully unaware of a squad of BotBots trying to avoid his gaze, even as they commandeered a ride-around train. However, the Lost Bots' attempts to drive the train up an escalator made enough noise to draw even Dave's attention. Investigating, he found only a random pile of objects and a free burger. Having learned nothing from the juice box incident, he prepared to eat it... only for it to be slapped from his hands by a tiny flashlight robot. His surprise grew when the burger turned into a little robot too! However, the two robots vanished before he could get a good look at them, as did the items on the train. Confused, Dave decided to return the train back to where it belonged, though the lights and sounds it made started giving him Clown Camp flashbacks. Once he returned to the darkness of his office, Dave began to plan. Knowing he had seen some tiny robots, he scribbled down their likenesses, and realizing no-one would believe his story until he captured one, Dave declared this was "just the beginning!" Mall Than Meets the Eye
Despite this, Dave was unable to get anyone to believe his stories about tiny robots. Not his boss, not that bus driver, not even his own mom, who just laughed at him. Like, a lot. So Dave assembled a variety of traps for the tiny robots, filled with all sorts of things he assumed (incorrectly) would lure them out, lack of engineering qualifications necessary to build the traps be darned. After leaving to do his nightly rounds, he returned to find his traps had, somehow, rebuilt themselves into traps that worked, one of which had caught something. Investigating, Dave found... an empty cardboard box. Unaware of the large hole cut in the box, Dave stormed off, vowing that it wasn't over. (Never) Be Yourself
On February 29th, despite it being his birthday, Dave still had to work. However, he planned to treat himself by buying a cupcake from the fancy vending machine (a plan his mom mocked). While in his office, Dave decided he would also splurge on the Mega Shogun Raptorzord figure he'd had his eyes on, since his birthday only came once every four years, right? As he was entering his card details, he was distracted by a random noise. By the time he looked back up again, his order had now been increased to one thousand. Dave's attempts to cancel the order only made things worse, not just confirming the purchase but adding the extra expense of express shipping, and he was forced to call customer service, only to find he was thirtieth in line (on the plus side, the hold music was his favorite song). Eventually, Dave's number came up, and he was told there was nothing that could be done about his situation. An exasperated Dave realized he was late for his rounds anyway. While out and about, he was lured by the sight of a massage chair. Deciding to pamper himself, he sat down, but soon the chair turned on him, subjecting him to a decidedly non-relaxing experience. Eventually getting free, a battered and bruised Dave reached the vending machine, fiercely determined to get his cupcake. Not even the machine refusing to take his dollar would forestall him... until the cupcake of his desire got stuck against the glass. Reaching breaking point, Dave vented his frustration on the vending machine, setting off its alarm. Defeated, Dave trudged off back to security to turn it off. By the time he returned, the cupcake had mysterious disappeared. Lamenting his lot, Dave noticed an ordinary bran muffin jammed in the machine's door, and tried eating it, not even caring when it fell into a pile of scattered burger remains. In Dave's mind this justified the entire night. Escape from Snackatraz
One night, while out on his rounds, Dave saw a bird flying around the food court, but figured since it wasn't bothering anyone, it wasn't his problem to deal with. Live and Let LARP
Much to the consternation of the BotBots, Dave spent a whole three days not buying his usual, er, "meals" from the mall vending machines. As it transpired, this was because Dave had been saving up his money to buy a fancy macaron, with the intention of taking it to his favorite bench in the creepy abandoned "Dark Side of the Mall" to eat it. Stopping to take a pre-celebratory selfie, he was distracted by what kind of filter to put on it. His reverie was interrupted by creepy voices coming from one of the abandoned stores. Investigating, poor Dave found himself surrounded on all sides by the store's creepy dolls speaking in unison. The experience triggered Dave's memories of Clown Camp, reducing him to a quivering, huddled mess on the floor. Just as he managed to escape the nightmares, he saw the nearby merry-go-round had reactivated itself, and his macacron had somehow transported itself onto one of the ride's horsies. Advancing, he slipped on some marbles, and when he got back on his feet saw the macacron had gone. In a surprisingly canny move for him, Dave managed to put two and two together and realized this could only be the work of the tiny robots. As he searched the dark side of the mall, a tray of expired pastries appeared in his path. Never one to say "no" to suspiciously placed food, he devoured the lot (why, Dave?) and then went to have a nap. As he slept, he once again flashed back to Clown Camp... until one of the dolls said it would see him soon... Lone Bot and Carb
