Dave
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Dave Algebra Class, simply known as Dave in the mod, is a main character in Dave and Bambi. He appears in the songs Warmup, House, Insanity, Polygonized, Splitathon, Interdimensional, Rano, Vs. Dave Rap, Vs. Dave Rap 2, Bonus Song, Five Nights, Overdrive, and Memory. He also appears in the background of the entire Festival week.
Appearance
Dave is a human man in his mid 20's in a wheelchair. He has incredibly short, almost shaved, brown hair, with slightly longer rounded sections on the sides. He has large eyes with small black pupils. His eyebrows are black and appear to be over his hair. He wears a blue sweater with rounded shoulders and darker blue pants. The pants are cut off about halfway down by his prosthetic legs, which are dark gray rectangular plates that are pointed at either end. Dave's wheelchair is a simple dark gray chair with two light gray wheels attached underneath.
Polygonized & Insanity
In Polygonized and small segments of Insanity, Dave is portrayed as a 3D model created using Paint 3D. Throughout these segments, his physical appearance remains consistent, but his demeanor shifts to convey fear and panic.
Corn Festival Week
During the Corn Festival week, Dave wears an outfit to mimic Bambi's, he wears a large green hat, a short-sleeved green shirt, and black overalls featuring a small corn image in the center. During Interdimensional, Dave reverts to a 3D model once again, and his character is depicted as distressed- he returns to normal afterwards.
Extra
In the two Vs. Dave Rap songs, he has a slight shift in attire, featuring black rectangular sunglasses and a blue hoodie. Aside from these additions, his overall appearance remains unchanged from his default look.
In Five Nights, Dave wears a security guard uniform reminiscent of those in Five Nights at Freddy's. This ensemble consists of a light purple shirt, a black tie, a gold badge, and a black hat with the word "Security" written in white letters. Notably, he carries a white mug with the phrase "I <3 [image of pizza]."
In Overdrive, Dave is visually represented with poor drawing skills, but his basic features remain consistent with his usual appearance.
During Recursed, if Dave is chosen as the playable character and a sufficient number of notes are missed, his hair and sweater undergo a transformation, turning white, while his pants change to a dark gray color.
Personality
Dave is very friendly but competitive, and he can be rather cocky in competitions. He makes friends with Boyfriend and Girlfriend almost immediately, and trusts Boyfriend to help him calm down from a stress-induced 3D incident almost immediately after meeting him.
Dave is incredibly stressed out when he turns 3D, as this occurs as a stress response. Moreover, it's implied that turning 3D is an analogy for PTSD; Dave appears to relive traumatic memories he had as a scientist, as he says "NOT THE LAB AGAIN" in the glitched dialogue from the song Polygonized. He is also very afraid of hurting other people while he is turning 3D; he cares about people even in his stressed-out state.
Dave can be a bit irritable at times, as he gets annoyed with Bambi when he jumps to conclusions. He can also be occasionally sarcastic.
He tends to say things he doesn't mean to say aloud when he is upset. For example, he says "Those are real people, I could've got in lots of trouble!" when he finds out his son called emergency services.
The full extent of Dave's relationship with his son isn't showcased in the mod, but he is described as a great parent, but a bit strict. He truly loves his son, even if his methods are... strange. This includes chasing him while he picks up presents Dave hid around the house.
Abilities
- Dave can interdimensionally dislocate. The exact effects of this ability are not well-described, but it may be a form of teleportation. In the Terminal, Dave describes this (emphasis added) as "appearing in a void"[2], while in-game dialogue in Polygonized describes it as "the world [...] becoming three dimensional".[3] This ability is activated by a "mass amount of stress"[4], but it is possible for him to escape when aided by Boyfriend through rap battles.
- Dave can also polygonize, where he turns himself three-dimensional. He is the only one in the game able to do this[5]...allegedly[[6]. It is unknown what triggers this ability, but it may be related to interdimensional dislocation, as the two have occurred simultaneously in both Polygonized and Interdimensional. It may or may not be related to stress; the only reference to its method of occurrence is being described as happening "randomly" again in LOG 2, implying it has happened more than once prior to this writing. Some elements in the game suggest he can turn more than just himself 3D, including the rest of the world if not stopped quickly enough.[7]
These powers seem to be related to each other, but can occur independently. In LOG 2, Dave states that he "randomly turned 3-Dimensional again, but things were different this time" appearing in the Void.[8] This suggests that it is, or once was, possible for him to just polygonize without interdimensionally dislocating, suggesting that these are two separate powers. However, in some tweets, Dave is described as having "3D magic"[9][10], and it's unclear whether this is referring to his polygonization or to both powers collectively. Multiple times Dave describes these powers as having the capacity for harm[11][12] and are physically exhausting.[13] Girlfriend, whether humorously or seriously, after the events of Polygonized states that Dave inviting them to a picnic "makes up for him almost killing us with that whole 3D thing".[14]
Relationships
Bambi
Dave is best friends with Bambi. They met while Bambi was stealing corn from a corn maze. Some may describe their relationship as rather one-sided on Bambi's side, with Bambi taking more from Dave without giving back, but they are still friends regardless. Dave often visits him at his farm. They sing Splitathon together, and Bambi later invites Dave and his son to his corn festival. Dave often gifts Bambi bricks painted as phones, that function like actual phones anyway.
Tristan
Dave's son is Tristan. Dave may be a strict father, but he truly cares for his son. Dave is an algebra teacher at Tristan's school (hence his name), where Tristan attends as a student. The full extent of their relationship isn't shown much in the mod itself, with the only real interaction showcased being Dave yelling at Tristan about how he called the cops and that they would find out something he did that was illegal. In the side game Dave's House, it is shown that Dave is strict once more, with him having hidden presents around the house on Tristan's birthday and threatening to spank him if he collects them. Despite this, Tristan does collect them.
Muko
Dave's other best friend is Muko, who he is roommates/housemates with. He and Muko are lab partners, and work together in Dave's lab. He is seen in the corn festival week, having went there with Dave. In the Baldi Mod games, Dave's computer wallpaper is he and Muko together, with Muko holding up a peace sign. The two of them share a non-canon but official series called Dave and Muko, in which they are in a romantic relationship. As far as we know, Muko and Dave are not romantically involved in the games, nor is Muko present in the Vs. Dave and Bambi mod aside from a small debut in the background of the Festival week.
Boyfriend & Girlfriend
Dave is friends with Boyfriend and Girlfriend. They meet over the course of his week, and become close enough to be invited to Bambi's farm, and then to Bambi's festival. Boyfriend saves Dave from being 3D multiple times and helps him calm down from the stress. Later, in Memory, Dave tells Boyfriend that no matter where he goes, he will always be there to support him. In Splitathon 2, Dave calls Boyfriend a good friend of his.
Ruby Man
Dave's other roommate/housemates is Ruby Man, who appears in the background of the festival week and the background of the song Bot Trot. Not much else is known about them other than that Ruby Man goes to the corn festival with Dave. He is also seen in the game Dave's House as an obstacle Tristan must avoid.
Play Robot
Dave is the creator of Play-Robot, a robot that plays games and teaches students lessons. She is seen in his house, in the song Bot Trot, and in the games as well.
Trivia
- Dave lost his legs in a science experiment with Muko. On some occasions, it has been stated to be a rocket accident.
- Dave's ability to turn everything 3D is limited to when he is incredibly stressed.
- Dave is the only character with the ability to turn 3D.[15]
- Despite this being confirmed, Boyfriend and Girlfriend are also depicted as 3D for a few moments during Polygonized. Rapparep's response to this is simply "bf and gf crazy like that." [16]
- The idea of Dave becoming 3D originated from him coming from a Baldi's Basics mod, Dave's Fun Algebra Class, and his sprites are meant to replicate that style. [17]
- In Dave's House, Dave lives in Winnipeg, Canada.[18] Moldy grabbed a random house address in Canada for it.[19]
- In Vs. Dave and Bambi, Dave lives in Fort Geraldson, USA, along with Bambi and the others.
- Formerly, Bambi lived in Brazil and teleported to see Dave, but this was retconned because "it was cringe." [20]
- Dave wears a robot suit in Dave's Fun Algebra Class 2.
- Dave originally had full legs before DFAC 2; however, they were replaced with gray spikes and this is now the case for every iteration.
- Dave's favorite Wii game is Wii Party.
- Dave owns sixteen copies of Parappa the Rapper for the PlayStation.
- Dave was formally known as Dave Sussus Moggus, before his surname was changed to Algebra Class.
- Dave is heterosexual.
- Rapparep has created multiple concepts of alternate universe Daves, most notably including Insane Dave. Insane Dave is the result of Dave never using the P.R.A.E.M. on himself, "going down the wrong path" as a result.[21]
- At the ending dialogue of Splitathon when Tristan dials the emergency services on Bambi's phone, Dave exclaims "Those are real people, I could have gotten in lots of trouble." Girlfriend then asks why he would get in trouble, and Dave blanks out before changing the subject. This implies that Dave has done something illegal that would get him in trouble with law enforcement.
- Additionally, in the 2.5 build at the end of Bambi's week, Dave said "You may think you're stupid, but at least you're not the people that got cryogenically frozen in my basement." This was later removed and it is unclear whether this is canon or not anymore.