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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's certainly screwed but the exact nature of his fate is open to interpretation; is his mind going to be erased along with his deleting game, is it only going to die when his physical body does, or has his mind completely separated from his body, doomed to be trapped in a tiny cockpit in an empty void forever?]]



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* TrappedInAnotherWorldTrappedInAnotherWorld: A variation where they actually ''belong'' to the world they're trapped in, having been made to be AI in a fictional game world. However, since they're digital clones of real people, with all their memories and personality up to being placed in the game, they are still prisoners, which is Daly's entire design.

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* ExtremeDoormat: He is so passive in his everyday life, it's easy to forget he's supposed to be running the company. He shows no reaction whenever his partner bosses him around or his employees act like they're just humoring him, if they happen to follow his requests at all. In his ''Star Fleet'' game, on the other hand, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark he becomes quite the tyrant]].

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* ExtremeDoormat: He is so passive in his everyday life, it's easy to forget he's supposed to be running the company. He shows no reaction whenever his partner bosses him around or his employees act like they're just humoring him, if they happen to follow his requests at all. In his ''Star ''Space Fleet'' game, on the other hand, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark he becomes quite the tyrant]].



%% Quotes are not context. * BerserkButton: ''"Okay... stealing my pussy is a red fucking line!"''

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%% Quotes are not context. * BerserkButton: ''"Okay...Body autonomy is quite a sensitive topic for Nanette, so when she finds out that Daly deliberately modded the game for BarbieDollAnatomy, she understandably flips out:
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stealing my pussy is a red fucking line!"''



* TookALevelInBadass: In the virtual world, she steels Daly's Ship, traps him in his own brain and becomes the new captain of the USS Callister.

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* TookALevelInBadass: In the virtual world, she steels steals Daly's Ship, traps him in his own brain and becomes the new captain of the USS Callister.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The entire reason the game exists is to horrifically torture co-workers indefinitely for relatively minor slights and mistreatment, some of which only exists in Daly's head.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: The entire reason the game exists is to horrifically torture co-workers indefinitely for relatively minor slights and mistreatment, most of which they weren't aware of and some of which only exists in Daly's head.



%%* EntitledBastard: Exaggerated in ''Infinity'', but in real life, he shows shades of this.

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%%* * EntitledBastard: Exaggerated in ''Infinity'', but in real life, he shows shades of this.this. He feels owed the adoration of others despite doing little to endear himself to them and getting angry when Nanette, who was sincerely nice to him and admires his work, proclaims she has no interest in him romantically.



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: {{Averted|Trope}}. His use of Infinity at first seems like this trope, a way for a nerdy guy to harmlessly live out fantasies of being adored by others. However it soon becomes clear he just enjoys having people to horrifically torture for extremely petty reasons. Daly doesn't want friends, he wants victims.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: {{Averted|Trope}}. His use of Infinity at first seems like this trope, a way for a an awkward, nerdy guy who has trouble interacting with people to harmlessly live out fantasies of being adored by others. However it soon becomes clear he just enjoys having people to horrifically torture for extremely petty reasons. Daly doesn't want friends, he wants victims.


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* ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: He never goes beyond kissing and seems to be extremely uncomfortable with anything relating to sex, seeming unnerved rather than enticed when Nanette strips down in front of him and not even allowing any of his victims to have genitals. Given his awkward personality in the real world, it's heavily implied that he's never had sex or even a romantic partner.

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* NiceGuy: Will make coffee for anyone, especially when he's not being forced.

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Daly asks for a latte with skim milk, he somewhat thoughtlessly notes that's a good idea, referring to Daly's paunch.
* NiceGuy: Will make coffee for anyone, especially when he's not being forced.
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* ReallyGetsAround: Around the office, he's considered a [[AnythingThatMoves notorious playboy]].

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* ReallyGetsAround: Around the office, he's considered a [[AnythingThatMoves notorious playboy]].playboy.
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Sweater Girl was renamed Sexy Sweater Girl in TRS. Examples that don't emphasize the fit/tightness/fanservice aspect of the sweater will not be migrated to the new name.


* SweaterGirl: In the real world, if her photo gallery is anything to go by.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Osy Ikhile

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->'''Portrayed By:''' Osy Ikhile
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* BerserkButton: Defying him or refusing to go along with his fantasy is a major one as he suffocates Nanette for not playing along and replicated and murdered James' son Tommy after he tried to defy him.



* TheDreaded: All the game characters are terrified of him and ever invoking his wrath and justifiably so.

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* TheDreaded: All the game characters are terrified of him and ever invoking his wrath and justifiably so.so given what he can do in response.
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* StrawFan: He's a biting satire of entitled fans who have god complexes over their favorite properties and see them only as power fantasies.

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* StrawFan: He's a biting satire of entitled fans who have god complexes over their favorite properties and see them only as power fantasies.fantasies as well as nerds who have allowed their perceived mistreatment and social exclusion to warp them into bullies.
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* UnfortunateImplications: In-Universe. She's an immigrant with a strong accent. The optics of Daly making ''her'' the HumanAlien with a weird skin color while keeping everyone else the same isn't lost on her.
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%% Quotes are not context. * Berserk Button: ''"Okay... stealing my pussy is a red fucking line!"''

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%% Quotes are not context. * Berserk Button: BerserkButton: ''"Okay... stealing my pussy is a red fucking line!"''
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* BerserkButton: ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext "Okay... stealing my pussy is a red fucking line!"]]''

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%% Quotes are not context. * BerserkButton: ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext "Okay... Berserk Button: ''"Okay... stealing my pussy is a red fucking line!"]]''line!"''
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It is quite possible to view Robert Daly as autistic or at least socially anxious. Despite being highly intelligent, he is introverted to the point of having trouble exerting authority over even his own real life subordinates, and seems to otherwise lack a social life, spending most of his off-the-clock time in ''Infinity.''

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* VirtualRealityWarper: As the creator of ''Infinity'' he has access to an developer build of the game, but he's modded it to resemble his favourite TV show and granted himself special abilities within the game, from superhuman strength to the power to alter character models at will. Unfortunately, he mainly uses this for twisted power fantasies: having copied the minds of real people into the game, he forces them to participate in his attempts to play space hero, [[TheBlank erasing Nanette's face]] when she refuses to willingly participate and [[BalefulPolymorph transforming repeat offenders into monsters]] as punishment. His only weakness is that he needs to be in close proximity to a target for his powers to work.

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* VirtualRealityWarper: As the creator of ''Infinity'' he has access to an developer build of the game, but he's modded it to resemble his favourite TV show and granted himself special abilities within the game, from superhuman strength to the power to alter character models at will. Unfortunately, he mainly uses this for twisted power fantasies: having copied the minds of real people into the game, he forces them to participate in his attempts to play space hero, [[TheBlank erasing Nanette's face]] when she refuses to willingly participate and [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation transforming repeat offenders into monsters]] as punishment. His only weakness is that he needs to be in close proximity to a target for his powers to work.



* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler:Is turned into a spider alien after she annoys Daly too much.]]


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* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Is turned into a spider alien after she annoys Daly too much.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: After defeating Valdack during one of his play sessions, Daly chooses to decline his request to kill him off, noting that doing so would be going against the "code" that each space captain has to follow. As Walton later reveals however, Daly has absolutely no problem with forcibly ejecting children out into space through the airlock just to force his crew to obey him. This indicates that he really doesn't care that much about his supposed code, and just wants to keep Valdack alive to further torture him.

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* [[spoiler: GoingNative: Once they escape into the internet.]]

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* [[spoiler: GoingNative: Once [[spoiler:Once they escape into the internet.]]
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* EntitledBastard: UpToEleven in ''Infinity'', but in real life, he shows shades of this.

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* %%* EntitledBastard: UpToEleven Exaggerated in ''Infinity'', but in real life, he shows shades of this.

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