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Personality: Dandy is not a role model, despite what his ego might try to tell him. Described as a "dandy guy in space", that somehow translates to "a big oaf who spends the majority of his time lusting after women". That's it, the biggest key factor to Dandy's personality is that he loves women, or rather he loves their bodies and has absolutely no shame in that. Constantly spouting nonsense about breasts and rears, it's almost as if he goes out of his way to show off how obnoxious he is. We never get a reason for where this love stems from, in fact we never get any sort of backstory on Dandy at all.
To no one's surprise, Dandy is therefore a huge fan of the Hooters-like space restaurant, "BooBies". He made it his goal to visit every location the chain has to offer and dreams of buying out the franchise one day. In fact, it seems like the only reason why he has a job to begin with is so he can afford to visit as much as he wants. Outright stating that he'd rather die than miss out on BooBies, Dandy has declared that no one can keep him from the restaurant against his will. In fact, it seems to be his best driving factor. If any situation can end with "you get to go to BooBies after this", then Dandy will do anything in his power to get the job done. So of course it only makes sense to send him into a game where the chain doesn't exist.
Somewhat of a free spirit, Dandy likes to live his life by going with the flow and not sweating the small stuff. It's pretty simple-minded how he views life, where he can do anything he wants because he's an adult with money, and that he's a super cool guy because he travels SPACE and hunts for super rare ALIENS. Thankfully most people don't agree with this, but that doesn't seem to deflate his self image. He doesn't care what other people think of him provided their opinions aren't harming him physically. You'd be surprised how many empires you're unaware of that want you dead for reasons unknown to you. Due to some kind of blessing, Dandy at least follows the law to a somewhat-decent degree, so his "my way or the highway" lifestyle is seen only as a big annoyance than anything harmful. He has outright stated in canon that if he wants to do something, he's going to do it. If he doesn't want to do something? He's not going to do it. That's the Dandy way of life.
The Dandy way of life also likes to throw out the "go with the flow" rule out the window once someone bruises his pride. Once someone or something threatens Dandy's ego, whether by actually being successful or gaining more attention from women, Dandy loses his cool, holds extreme grudges, and declares said someone or something his rival. He will then do everything in his power to prove himself the better person, because what else are you supposed to do? The best example of this is with a famous racer named Prince, who shows up at BooBies, grabs all the waitresses' attention, and effectively causes them to completely ignore Dandy. Without much thought, Dandy then declares himself a racer (In fact, he claims to have been one all along!) and enters the Galactic Grand Prix to one up a complete stranger. Due to his...unusual tactics, Dandy was actually able to give Prince a run for his money. Of course, this is Space Dandy so the race didn't end in any normal fashion, but if you were to ask him, Dandy would definitely say he won in the end. And then probably "baby."
Friendship is definitely something Dandy seems to struggle with, it's like he can't make friends unless you're willing to put up with his antics. And that's not even considering if he likes you in return, you could offer him your kindness in the nicest way possible and he'd still act like a complete asshole if there's something he doesn't like about you. Dandy's only "friends" appear to be his "crew", his vacuum cleaner robot named QT and a cat-like alien he calls Meow. Meow isn't even his real name, Dandy just couldn't be assed to learn how to pronounce it, thus giving him a nickname. That really goes to show you just how much Dandy cares about other people, especially the ones who he has to deal with on a daily basis. Dandy doesn't seem to like Meow much at all, constantly stating that he's lazy, a mooch, and a useless member of the team. He finds joy in purposely upsetting him, an example being visiting his family against his wishes. If anything, that just pushed Dandy into doing it even more. The more extreme example would be his lack of interest in saving Meow's life when he was eaten by a giant monster. QT explained that Meow could still very well be alive, but Dandy continued to fly off in his ship already "mourning" Meow's loss. It was only until QT reminded Dandy that Meow was also the one holding his BooBies point card that Dandy flew back to do battle with the monster.
Compared to Meow, Dandy treats QT much better, and in fact QT could very well be Dandy's only true friend. Although it seems like QT gets just as annoyed with Dandy's antics as anyone else, constantly pointing out his contradictions and poor ideas, he still stays with him regardless. This could possibly be because QT's a robot and Dandy owns him in some way, whether through purchase or other means, it's never stated. There is some sense of kindness in their relationship, though, as QT has stated that he's terribly outdated and yet Dandy still keeps him anyway. Getting another, better model doesn't even look like an option, hinting at some sort of sentimental value. On the other end of the spectrum, this is still Dandy and thus he doesn't treat QT with as much respect one normally would a friend. For example, during a zombie invasion, Dandy used QT as a shield, claiming that robots couldn't "catch zombie" and therefore it was completely okay. Never mind QT's objections or anything. ...It also turned out that Dandy was wrong.
As the series progresses, we later find out that Dandy actually cares for his two friends a lot more than he lets on. In one episode, Dandy discovers the two have been petrified and immediately becomes enraged over this, stating he wouldn't be able to smile ever again with his friends like that. This is the first time we ever hear Dandy actually call them his friends and it's interesting that it's happening during a time where Meow and QT can't hear him. He then proceeds to go out of his way to try and change them back, which involved surfing on time itself and it was all very strange, but nonetheless showed his devotion to his pals.
The more vocal of his nicer traits is his love for animals. Or animals that aren't going to eat him, anyway. He adores dogs to the point of tears, all it takes is looking into their big ol' eyes. He honestly can't understand how anyone could hate a dog, just the idea can infuriate him. He will pet and love on for hours on end and play with them like he's ten years old. On the sadder side of things, if a dog dies, he will take it pretty hard and mourn to extreme levels. Extreme, as in, he will build them a rocket out of scrap and give them a proper space funeral. Besides dogs, Dandy has expressed that he "loves birds" and has been seen absentmindedly petting Meow until he remembers he hates him again.
With other people in general, it's a little different. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how fast Dandy can get to care about someone, but so far he seems to be a sucker for sob stories. The fastest he's ever shown compassion was when he met an older alien trapped in another dimension, which he affectionately referred to as "Pops", and invited him aboard his ship after hearing his tale of loss. Pops declines in the end, but it's still somewhat of a big deal as Dandy very rarely offers people a place on his ship. Where as Adélie, a young human-like alien child Dandy was set on bringing to the registration center for big money, slowly grew on him over time. Their relationship starts off rocky, Dandy even outright stating that he hates kids and that Adélie was no exception. As time went on, Dandy learns how the little girl was on her own since her mother passed away and slowly finds himself getting attached, even taking the time to stop at carnivals and such for her. He then spends an entire night searching for her grandfather and then helps protect her from other, less friendly alien hunters. Eventually, once everything is settled, he lets her go with her grandfather without having to stop by the registration center despite all the money he'd be losing. Considering Dandy's love of money as it's his ticket into BooBies and how difficult it is to score big bucks when it comes to alien hunting, this is a huge deal for him and shows just how much he's willing to care. Just...don't expect it often.
When it comes to actually showing affection towards people, Dandy is much more subtle about it than he is with animals. He will never actually state out loud that he cares about someone, instead he rather show it through his actions. Anything from buying presents to taking them out, all the way to risking his neck out for someone, just don't expect Dandy to spell it out for you. In fact, he might still try to make you believe that he doesn't care while proving the exact opposite through his actions. Why Dandy chooses to hide this softer side is never given.
Dandy also has a number of hobbies and interests that factor into his personality. The most obvious one is his love for Hawaii, seen in the way he names his ships, decorates his interior, and his strong passion for surfing. He's also a giant child and has a toys scattered throughout his ship and get excited over things like carnivals and video games. He's been noted to be into popular "geeky" fandoms such as Star Wars and Chuck Norris movies (the cartoon comes up specifically). A little less embarrassing, he's very talented vocally and has had huge musical numbers at least twice in the series, including releasing a one hit wonder.
The biggest surprise ends up being just how smart Dandy really is. You really wouldn't think someone like him would understand something as big as physics, but Dandy has a very deep understanding of how the universe works. Or rather, he understands how warping works, which involves interdimensional travel. Of course, he's still Dandy, so if he ever does have to explain anything, he might use stuffed animals in his examples.
All in all, Dandy is a complex person who's very hard on the outside, but soft on the inside. He wants to come off as cool, mean and aggressive, but can't always hide his need to pet something soft or help someone who really needs it.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Deino (Reapping and taking that level 30 deal) Reasoning: I'm looking to parallel Dandy's whole "most powerful being in the universe" thing. Dandy's body is composed of a powerful particle called pyonium, which allows him to do things as extraordinary as destroy and rebuild universes. The thing is, Dandy himself is normally unaware/doesn't care/simply forgets about this, and it often goes ignored until outside forces trigger it. In relation to his pokemon, the idea is that even though he's starting with one that can evolve into something with devastating power (Hydreigon especially in this case, since it's always noted to destroy everything in its Pokedex entries), Dandy being himself has no plans of evolving his little critter. Mostly for stupid Dandy-style reasons like how chicks dig cute animals, more mouths means spending more money on food, etc. The joke is he has this pokemon that COULD become a pseudo-legendary, but he would rather goof off and play with it and style its hair instead. Password: Atomic Fireball
[The hustle and bustle of Goldenrod is a great place to try and sell crap, especially since things happen so fast, you could probably trick someone into thinking they're getting a deal of a lifetime. That's what Dandy's hoping for while he tries to gather up anyone willing to listen to him.
See, catching pokemon is a lot like alien hunting when you really think about it, and it's about time he put his skillset to use and make some real money off of it. People like rare aliens, people like rare pokemon, in the end, nothing really changes.]
Hey, check it, you interested in rare pokemon? Ever wanna strut around town with something no one's ever seen before? Then may I direct your attention to...THIS?!
[Dandy points dramatically to his little set up, complete with...something "caged" in what looks like an upside down laundry basket. Two of his pokemon, a frisky looking deino who chomps at any fingers that get too close and a very worried skuntank who looks like she wants to be anywhere but there, guard whatever it is Dandy's trying to sell. A large book is the only thing keeping the basket at bay, well that and the threat of getting tackled by a deino.
Said basket does a very poor job of concealing the helpless creature within. It's clearly an oddish with what appears to be construction paper taped to its face in a poor attempt to disguise it. Poor thing probably had no idea what was in store for it when this strange pompadoured man caught it. It probably had dreams, goals of its very own. The least Dandy could do is trade it away, the heartless monster!]
One of a kind, baby. Maybe some kinda funky variant, who knows. So! Any takers?
[In a past life, Dandy was probably a magikarp salesman...]
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Name: Chinchilla
E-mail: iamachinchilla@yahoo.com
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Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character
Name: Dandy
Series: Space Dandy
Timeline: Series end
Canon Resource Links:
Space Dandy on Wikipedia
Episode list
Personality:
Dandy is not a role model, despite what his ego might try to tell him. Described as a "dandy guy in space", that somehow translates to "a big oaf who spends the majority of his time lusting after women". That's it, the biggest key factor to Dandy's personality is that he loves women, or rather he loves their bodies and has absolutely no shame in that. Constantly spouting nonsense about breasts and rears, it's almost as if he goes out of his way to show off how obnoxious he is. We never get a reason for where this love stems from, in fact we never get any sort of backstory on Dandy at all.
To no one's surprise, Dandy is therefore a huge fan of the Hooters-like space restaurant, "BooBies". He made it his goal to visit every location the chain has to offer and dreams of buying out the franchise one day. In fact, it seems like the only reason why he has a job to begin with is so he can afford to visit as much as he wants. Outright stating that he'd rather die than miss out on BooBies, Dandy has declared that no one can keep him from the restaurant against his will. In fact, it seems to be his best driving factor. If any situation can end with "you get to go to BooBies after this", then Dandy will do anything in his power to get the job done. So of course it only makes sense to send him into a game where the chain doesn't exist.
Somewhat of a free spirit, Dandy likes to live his life by going with the flow and not sweating the small stuff. It's pretty simple-minded how he views life, where he can do anything he wants because he's an adult with money, and that he's a super cool guy because he travels SPACE and hunts for super rare ALIENS. Thankfully most people don't agree with this, but that doesn't seem to deflate his self image. He doesn't care what other people think of him provided their opinions aren't harming him physically. You'd be surprised how many empires you're unaware of that want you dead for reasons unknown to you. Due to some kind of blessing, Dandy at least follows the law to a somewhat-decent degree, so his "my way or the highway" lifestyle is seen only as a big annoyance than anything harmful. He has outright stated in canon that if he wants to do something, he's going to do it. If he doesn't want to do something? He's not going to do it. That's the Dandy way of life.
The Dandy way of life also likes to throw out the "go with the flow" rule out the window once someone bruises his pride. Once someone or something threatens Dandy's ego, whether by actually being successful or gaining more attention from women, Dandy loses his cool, holds extreme grudges, and declares said someone or something his rival. He will then do everything in his power to prove himself the better person, because what else are you supposed to do? The best example of this is with a famous racer named Prince, who shows up at BooBies, grabs all the waitresses' attention, and effectively causes them to completely ignore Dandy. Without much thought, Dandy then declares himself a racer (In fact, he claims to have been one all along!) and enters the Galactic Grand Prix to one up a complete stranger. Due to his...unusual tactics, Dandy was actually able to give Prince a run for his money. Of course, this is Space Dandy so the race didn't end in any normal fashion, but if you were to ask him, Dandy would definitely say he won in the end. And then probably "baby."
Friendship is definitely something Dandy seems to struggle with, it's like he can't make friends unless you're willing to put up with his antics. And that's not even considering if he likes you in return, you could offer him your kindness in the nicest way possible and he'd still act like a complete asshole if there's something he doesn't like about you. Dandy's only "friends" appear to be his "crew", his vacuum cleaner robot named QT and a cat-like alien he calls Meow. Meow isn't even his real name, Dandy just couldn't be assed to learn how to pronounce it, thus giving him a nickname. That really goes to show you just how much Dandy cares about other people, especially the ones who he has to deal with on a daily basis. Dandy doesn't seem to like Meow much at all, constantly stating that he's lazy, a mooch, and a useless member of the team. He finds joy in purposely upsetting him, an example being visiting his family against his wishes. If anything, that just pushed Dandy into doing it even more. The more extreme example would be his lack of interest in saving Meow's life when he was eaten by a giant monster. QT explained that Meow could still very well be alive, but Dandy continued to fly off in his ship already "mourning" Meow's loss. It was only until QT reminded Dandy that Meow was also the one holding his BooBies point card that Dandy flew back to do battle with the monster.
Compared to Meow, Dandy treats QT much better, and in fact QT could very well be Dandy's only true friend. Although it seems like QT gets just as annoyed with Dandy's antics as anyone else, constantly pointing out his contradictions and poor ideas, he still stays with him regardless. This could possibly be because QT's a robot and Dandy owns him in some way, whether through purchase or other means, it's never stated. There is some sense of kindness in their relationship, though, as QT has stated that he's terribly outdated and yet Dandy still keeps him anyway. Getting another, better model doesn't even look like an option, hinting at some sort of sentimental value. On the other end of the spectrum, this is still Dandy and thus he doesn't treat QT with as much respect one normally would a friend. For example, during a zombie invasion, Dandy used QT as a shield, claiming that robots couldn't "catch zombie" and therefore it was completely okay. Never mind QT's objections or anything. ...It also turned out that Dandy was wrong.
As the series progresses, we later find out that Dandy actually cares for his two friends a lot more than he lets on. In one episode, Dandy discovers the two have been petrified and immediately becomes enraged over this, stating he wouldn't be able to smile ever again with his friends like that. This is the first time we ever hear Dandy actually call them his friends and it's interesting that it's happening during a time where Meow and QT can't hear him. He then proceeds to go out of his way to try and change them back, which involved surfing on time itself and it was all very strange, but nonetheless showed his devotion to his pals.
The more vocal of his nicer traits is his love for animals. Or animals that aren't going to eat him, anyway. He adores dogs to the point of tears, all it takes is looking into their big ol' eyes. He honestly can't understand how anyone could hate a dog, just the idea can infuriate him. He will pet and love on for hours on end and play with them like he's ten years old. On the sadder side of things, if a dog dies, he will take it pretty hard and mourn to extreme levels. Extreme, as in, he will build them a rocket out of scrap and give them a proper space funeral. Besides dogs, Dandy has expressed that he "loves birds" and has been seen absentmindedly petting Meow until he remembers he hates him again.
With other people in general, it's a little different. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to how fast Dandy can get to care about someone, but so far he seems to be a sucker for sob stories. The fastest he's ever shown compassion was when he met an older alien trapped in another dimension, which he affectionately referred to as "Pops", and invited him aboard his ship after hearing his tale of loss. Pops declines in the end, but it's still somewhat of a big deal as Dandy very rarely offers people a place on his ship. Where as Adélie, a young human-like alien child Dandy was set on bringing to the registration center for big money, slowly grew on him over time. Their relationship starts off rocky, Dandy even outright stating that he hates kids and that Adélie was no exception. As time went on, Dandy learns how the little girl was on her own since her mother passed away and slowly finds himself getting attached, even taking the time to stop at carnivals and such for her. He then spends an entire night searching for her grandfather and then helps protect her from other, less friendly alien hunters. Eventually, once everything is settled, he lets her go with her grandfather without having to stop by the registration center despite all the money he'd be losing. Considering Dandy's love of money as it's his ticket into BooBies and how difficult it is to score big bucks when it comes to alien hunting, this is a huge deal for him and shows just how much he's willing to care. Just...don't expect it often.
When it comes to actually showing affection towards people, Dandy is much more subtle about it than he is with animals. He will never actually state out loud that he cares about someone, instead he rather show it through his actions. Anything from buying presents to taking them out, all the way to risking his neck out for someone, just don't expect Dandy to spell it out for you. In fact, he might still try to make you believe that he doesn't care while proving the exact opposite through his actions. Why Dandy chooses to hide this softer side is never given.
Dandy also has a number of hobbies and interests that factor into his personality. The most obvious one is his love for Hawaii, seen in the way he names his ships, decorates his interior, and his strong passion for surfing. He's also a giant child and has a toys scattered throughout his ship and get excited over things like carnivals and video games. He's been noted to be into popular "geeky" fandoms such as Star Wars and Chuck Norris movies (the cartoon comes up specifically). A little less embarrassing, he's very talented vocally and has had huge musical numbers at least twice in the series, including releasing a one hit wonder.
The biggest surprise ends up being just how smart Dandy really is. You really wouldn't think someone like him would understand something as big as physics, but Dandy has a very deep understanding of how the universe works. Or rather, he understands how warping works, which involves interdimensional travel. Of course, he's still Dandy, so if he ever does have to explain anything, he might use stuffed animals in his examples.
All in all, Dandy is a complex person who's very hard on the outside, but soft on the inside. He wants to come off as cool, mean and aggressive, but can't always hide his need to pet something soft or help someone who really needs it.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Deino (Reapping and taking that level 30 deal)
Reasoning: I'm looking to parallel Dandy's whole "most powerful being in the universe" thing. Dandy's body is composed of a powerful particle called pyonium, which allows him to do things as extraordinary as destroy and rebuild universes. The thing is, Dandy himself is normally unaware/doesn't care/simply forgets about this, and it often goes ignored until outside forces trigger it. In relation to his pokemon, the idea is that even though he's starting with one that can evolve into something with devastating power (Hydreigon especially in this case, since it's always noted to destroy everything in its Pokedex entries), Dandy being himself has no plans of evolving his little critter. Mostly for stupid Dandy-style reasons like how chicks dig cute animals, more mouths means spending more money on food, etc. The joke is he has this pokemon that COULD become a pseudo-legendary, but he would rather goof off and play with it and style its hair instead.
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: TDM thread
Victory Road Sample:
[The hustle and bustle of Goldenrod is a great place to try and sell crap, especially since things happen so fast, you could probably trick someone into thinking they're getting a deal of a lifetime. That's what Dandy's hoping for while he tries to gather up anyone willing to listen to him.
See, catching pokemon is a lot like alien hunting when you really think about it, and it's about time he put his skillset to use and make some real money off of it. People like rare aliens, people like rare pokemon, in the end, nothing really changes.]
Hey, check it, you interested in rare pokemon? Ever wanna strut around town with something no one's ever seen before? Then may I direct your attention to...THIS?!
[Dandy points dramatically to his little set up, complete with...something "caged" in what looks like an upside down laundry basket. Two of his pokemon, a frisky looking deino who chomps at any fingers that get too close and a very worried skuntank who looks like she wants to be anywhere but there, guard whatever it is Dandy's trying to sell. A large book is the only thing keeping the basket at bay, well that and the threat of getting tackled by a deino.
Said basket does a very poor job of concealing the helpless creature within. It's clearly an oddish with what appears to be construction paper taped to its face in a poor attempt to disguise it. Poor thing probably had no idea what was in store for it when this strange pompadoured man caught it. It probably had dreams, goals of its very own. The least Dandy could do is trade it away, the heartless monster!]
One of a kind, baby. Maybe some kinda funky variant, who knows. So! Any takers?
[In a past life, Dandy was probably a magikarp salesman...]
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