History Characters / DanTheMan

* TheHero: He is the one who saves the kingdom from the villains warring for power.
* IdiotHero: With how prioritize his fist and the game's progression over common sense, this is naturally given to him.

* AssholeVictim: He deserves zero sympathy after being beat up by Dan.

* DirtyCoward: At the end of Stage 8, he holds Josie hostage in an attempt to escape from Dan.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He pretty much tends to solve or respond to almost everything around him with his fists.

* BadassInDistress: Despite being one of the best fighters in the series, she [[spoiler:gets kidnapped by the Dark Master and forced to power the kingdom alongside the other peasants]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: While there's occasional female characters here and there, Josie is only recurring one throughout the series.

* SuddenlySpeaking: Speaks normally in Stage 6 [[spoiler:and Stage 15]] as opposed to using PictorialSpeechBubble.

* BreakTheCutie: Josie has been through a lot of ordeals during the series run. From being casually dumped by Dan, breaking over his apparent death, and [[spoiler:discovering that she just an NPC and the world they're in is just a game.]]

* TookALevelInCynic: It's very subtle, but after breaking up with Dan, she's not as chirpy as she used to be and can get a bit moody at times. Additionally, she no longer shows the same loving enthusiasm towards Dan when they properly reunite with each other.

* AllLovingHeroine: {{Implied|Trope}} in her description in Stage 13, which states she's "full of love and kindness for all creatures". She's also one of the good guys.

* BadassInDistress: Despite being one of the best fighters in the series, she [[spoiler:gets kidnapped by the Dark Master]].

* NiceGuy: Despite his laziness and obliviousness, he's shown to be very nice towards Dan and Josie. [[spoiler:When he discovers that the Advisor was enslaving peasants he visibly bursts into tears and frees them.]] From Stage 10 onwards he becomes Dan's more prominent (although not fully competent) ally.

* NiceGirl: She's pretty patient with whatever shenanigans Dan put himself into until their breakup. And even then, she doesn't hold the grudge for too long when Dan abruptly dies.

* ThoseTwoGuys: They’re always seen together.

* BadBoss: The first thing he do after being summon is pecking the high priest to his death.

[[folder:Dan (The Man) / The Ginger Ninja]]

* DeathIsCheap: In a video game style, Dan's capable of shrugging off death multiple times as long as he still has an extra life to spare, which would simply send him back to the last "checkpoint". This often becomes an unintentional ChekhovsSkill as it allows him to correct his decisions from previous "lifes" on multiple occasions, such as letting Vendor to free the princess himself after she turns out to be a GoldDigger, allowing himself to make peace with the drunk guy instead of beating him up when the guy punched him first, and finally [[spoiler:decide to side with the peasants and their peaceful way to rescue the others after witnessing the ignorance of the resistance to save them and pursue their own goal instead.]]

* FeaturelessProtagonist: As mentioned above, he is a protagonist in a video game, which is played by [[TheGhost player]] (also seemingly named Dan), and all of the actions the character does represent the player rather than himself. This is averted in promotional media and crossover appearances, where his personality tends to be loosely based on the one of player's.

* LeeroyJenkins: Whenever he facing his enemies, he has habit to throw himself into battle without any strategy whatsoever. Best showcased in Stage 2 where he blindly charging his way toward the giant robot who tries to destroy Josie's bar, only to be anticlimactically stomped repeatedly by said robot.

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Josie has been through a lot of ordeals during the series run. From being casually dumped by Dan, breaking over his apparent death, and [[spoiler:discovering that she just an NPC and the world they're in is just a game.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: After Dan casually dumps her for another playable character, she opts for a makeover that replaces her entire wardrobe with black-colored clothing. Still she's a caring character aligned with good, albeit [[TookALevelInCynic a bit cynical and hardened afterward]].

* FaintInShock: Josie has a knack to faint whenever she witness anything that mentally shocking to her, such as when she watch Dan fell off the platform and seemingly died as well when [[spoiler:she found out that the world she's in is just a game and being an NPC in it.]]

* AuthorAvatar: In-universe, Barry was the one who ported ''Dan The Man'' to mobile phones, but he took the liberty of putting himself in the port as well.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: In the stage 8 Video Hat Geezer breaks one of the bottles he's carrying and uses it to beat on of the Cyber Attack Dogs biting Dan.

* LightIsGood: In contrast to the Dark Master.

[[caption-width-right:350:Would rather be Partying rather than ruling.]]

* PuppetKing: It becomes very clear later on that the Advisor is the real guy running the kingdom while the King just parties all day. [[spoiler:Stage 9 shows that he was completely unaware of the Advisor's doing, and when he finds it out, he turns against him and demands his army to put him to jail.]]

* ButtMonkey: They're always on the receiving end of the large amount of abuse by the King's Guards.

* EnemyMine: At first, they seems to get along with Dan on their quest to free the peasants despite their history of being his enemy. [[spoiler:While Dan initially accept the offer to help them, the divertion from their original goal quickly subverted this to the point of Dan outright rejecting them when he returns to the beginning of the stage.]]

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Somewhat {{Justified}}, in that they just look like ninjas but are clearly not.

* PutOnABus: All of them run away at the end of Stage 8 and never seen again since then, with the Chicken God Cultists took their place as the main antagonists.

* KilledOffForReal: Gets killed by Dan at the end of Stage 8, resulting in the rest of the Resistance running away. Though this is subverted at the beginning of Stage 9 as he simply running away like the others.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:While stabbed by child peasant doesn't kill him, being pecked to death by the chicken god would do it to the point of making huge hole in his body and bones sticking out.]]

[[folder:Gustavo the Chicken God '''(Spoilers Unmarked!)''']]

* DarkIsEvil: In contrast to the Light Master.

The ArchEnemy of Barry Steakfries and the antagonist of Fright Zone DLC.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: After defeating his Frankenstein robot, he runs away from Dan and Barry before being cornered near the cliff and suffering DisneyVillainDeath.]] [[spoiler:This was averted in the last level of Jetpack Joyride Event, where you actually get to fight him. Possibly played straight again, as it was either a decoy or he used ResurrectiveImmortality, as he reveals himself to be alive after the player escapes from Legitimate Research.]]

* NiceGirl: She's pretty patient with whatever shenanigans Dan put himself into until their breakup. And even then, she doesn't hold the grudge for too long when Dan abruptly dies.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: She essentially fills this role from Stage 2 onwards and just as important as Dan himself.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Stage 8 has her, as well as the Advisor and one of the Geezers, shot to death by the Resistance Leader. Subverted in that since Dan had an extra life, Josie's death was undone as well, resulting in her appearing in Stage 9 onwards.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: To go with his stereotypical Karate Kid look.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He pretty much tends to solve or respond almost everything around him with his fists.
* AttackAttackAttack: While he can come up with battle strategies on occasions, this is how Dan mainly deal with his enemies as he just blindly charging to them.
* BareFistedMonk: Fitting his Karate Kid aesthetic, he's preferred method of fighting is with punches and kicks. Although he's more than willing to resort to firearms.
* DeathIsCheap: In a video game style, Dan's capable of shrugging off death multiple times as long as he still has an extra life to spare, which would simply send him back to the last "checkpoint".
** This often become an unintentional ChekhovsSkill as it allows him to correct his decision from his previous "life" on multiple occasions, such as letting the shopkeeper to free the princess himself after realized that she is a GoldDigger, allowing himself to make peace with the drunk guy instead of beating him up when the guy punched him first, and finally [[spoiler:decide to side with the peasants and their peaceful way to rescue the others after witnessing the ignorance of the resistance to save them and pursue their own goal instead.]]

* InSeriesNickname: While it's never shown or mentioned anywhere in-universe, [[spoiler:the cover of the game they're in]] refers him as "The Ginger Ninja".

* BadassAdorable: Not only she's pretty cute girl with similarly adorable high pitch voice, but Josie is also a capable fighter like Dan.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her response when the bar she lives in is attacked by a giant robot? Throw rocks at it as she defend herself and then help Dan out when he fights it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that Josie's in-game IdleAnimation involves her tapping her feet impatiently while staring at the screen before [[BreakingTheFourthWall yelling toward the players]] alludes to [[spoiler:her eventual awareness that the world they're in is just a game in Stage 13 of the web series.]]
* HeroicBsod: In Stage 7, she suffers this big time after watching Dan seemingly plummeted to his death during their argument, leaving the poor girl [[DespairEventHorizon mentally broken for a while]]. Thankfully, the Light Master helps her to overcome this and move on from his death. And then she suffers another one when he witness that Dan somehow still alive after all that, which lead to her avoiding him for a while.

* NiceGirl: She's pretty patient with whatever shenaningans Dan put himself into until their breakup. And even then, she can't hold the grudge for too long when Dan abruptly died.

* TookALevelInCynic: It's very subtle, but after breaking up with Dan, she's not as chirpy as she used to be and can get a bit moody at times. Additionally, she no longer shows the same loving enthusiasm toward Dan when they properly reunited again.
* WomenAreWiser: She's much more levelheaded and calmer compared to Dan who's usually reckless and lack of common sense.

* NoFourthWall: See AscendedFanboy above.

* {{Narcissist}}: He has shades of this by having his likeness plastered all over the kingdom and tries to portray him as brave and courageous than he actually is. All from mere statues to the ''very coins you collected'' throughout the game.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: While it isn't really shown at first with how he spends most of his time partying and getting drunk, [[spoiler:the very moment he finds out about the Advisor's scheme to enslave the peasants, the King waste no time to taking action against it.]] This taken further in the following stages as he's willing to dive himself into battle alongside his army to fight against the cleric's soldiers.

[[folder:The King's Guard]]
The royal army serving for the King, which the Advisor took over behind his back. They serves as recurring enemies you're facing in the game.

* {{Mook}}: They are recurring enemies that the players has to face in the game.

* PunchClockVillains: While some of the guards gets a bit too carried away with it, the reason they antagonized the peasants in the first place are because the Advisor tells the guards to enslave them in order to power the kingdom, otherwise they're pretty decent guys. Notably, they no longer antagonized them alongside Dan from Stage 9 onwards [[spoiler:after the Advisor is KilledOffForReal.]]

A cult organization holding grudge against Dan for indirectly dispatching the peasant's faith in the chicken god and making them worship him instead. They serves as the main antagonists from Stage 10 onwards.

* BoomHeadshot: This is how he finally killed by the King, who just so happen to be on his side after he's falling from the temple.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Despite being a threatening chicken god, he has such a mundane name of "Gustavo".

* BadassAdorable: Not only she's pretty cute girl with similarly adorable high pitch screams, but Josie is also a capable fighter like Dan.

* DarkIsNotEvil: After Dan unintentionally dumps her for another playable character, she opts for a makeover that replaces her entire wardrobe with black-colored clothing. Still she's a caring character aligned with good, albeit [[TookALevelInCynic a bit cynical and hardened afterward]].

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Josie has been through a lot of ordeals during the series run. From being unintentionally dumped by Dan, breaking over his apparent death, and [[spoiler:discovering that she just an NPC and the world they're in is just a game.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: After Dan unintentionally dumps her for another playable character, she opts for a makeover that replaces her entire wardrobe with black-colored clothing. Still she's a caring character aligned with good, albeit a bit cynical and hardened afterward.

* IdentityBreakdown: [[spoiler:Upon learning that she's just an NPC within a game, Josie could only approach Dan and sadly ask him if she's even real or not, [[SuddenlySpeaking with an actual text no less]]. However, she seems to be able to get through this in the next stage.]]
* ImportantHaircut: After Dan more-or-less dumps Josie on the basis that she's an [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman NPC]], she decides to cut her hair into a smaller length.

* TookALevelInCynic: It's very subtle, but after breaking up with Dan, she's not as chirpy as she used to be and can get a bit moody at times. Additionally, she no longer shows the same enthusiasm toward Dan when they properly reunited again.

* TookALevelInCynic: It's very subtle, but after breaking up with Dan, she's not as chirpy as she used to be and can get a bit moody at times.

The royal army serving for the King, where the Advisor took over behind his back. They serves as recurring enemies you're facing in the game.