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* {{Asexuality}}: It's never made explicit, but despite [[spoiler: having access to sexually-enabled simulacra of his various real-world crushes, he has removed their virtual genitals and]] he seems only interested in re-enacting the wholesome kissing-only version of romance portrayed in ''Star Fleet.''
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* AndIMustScream: In Walton's modded ''Infinity,'' they can't die, but they can certainly feel pain. They're trapped on a ship with nothing to do but drink; At one point Walton tries to make a hobby out of bashing his head against a control panel; [[spoiler: and the ultimate goal of their escape plan is death, not freedom. Furthermore, Daly once removes Nanette's mouth and nose by waving his hand, turning her into a suffocating marionette in what must be a deliberate reference to the TropeNamer, IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream.]]

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* AndIMustScream: In Walton's the modded ''Infinity,'' they can't die, but they can certainly feel pain. They're trapped on a ship with nothing to do but drink; At one point Walton tries to make a hobby out of bashing his head against a control panel; [[spoiler: and the ultimate goal of their escape plan is death, not freedom. Furthermore, Daly once removes Nanette's mouth and nose by waving his hand, turning her into a suffocating marionette in what must be a deliberate reference to the TropeNamer, IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream.]]
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* AmbiguouslyGay: One of the few things she actually shows interest in is Nanette's sexy photo collection.
-->'''Elena:''' She has...gymnastic physique.
* EmotionlessGirl: Both versions are very deadpan and quiet, and don't react very expressively to most things. The real-world version of her is almost always looking at her phone and never says more than a few words to anyone.



* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: And she finds it racist, too.

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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Well, teal. And she finds it racist, too.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The episode begins with his crew's adventures before transitioning to the real-life Daly at work. Later on, digital Nanette starts rebelling against him, and the position of protagonist shifts to her.

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* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: [[spoiler:"''Fuck you to death!''"]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's short-tempered and belittling toward Daly, is something of a sleaze, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ''plays guitar in his office like a douchebag'']] but he loves his son more than life itself and is a noble person deep down.

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* LovableCoward: His character constantly panics and has to look to Daly for assistance when danger strikes. [[spoiler:Just as an act, though, as Daly enjoys humiliating him, as he himself feels humiliated by Walton's belittling attitude and easy charisma.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's short-tempered and belittling toward Daly, is something of a sleaze, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ''plays guitar in his office like a douchebag'']] but he loves his son more than life itself itself, is well-liked by his employees and is a noble person deep down.


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* ReallyGetsAround: Around the office, he's considered a notorious playboy.

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:They can't die, but they can certainly feel pain. They're trapped on a ship with nothing to do but drink; at one point Walton tries to make a hobby out of bashing his head against a control panel.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:They In Walton's modded ''Infinity,'' they can't die, but they can certainly feel pain. They're trapped on a ship with nothing to do but drink; at At one point Walton tries to make a hobby out of bashing his head against a control panel.panel; [[spoiler: and the ultimate goal of their escape plan is death, not freedom. Furthermore, Daly once removes Nanette's mouth and nose by waving his hand, turning her into a suffocating marionette in what must be a deliberate reference to the TropeNamer, IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream.]]
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* {{Asexuality}}: It's never made explicit, but despite [[spoiler: having access to sexually-enabled simulacra of his various real-world crushes, he has removed their virtual genitals and]] he seems only interested in re-enacting the wholesome kissing-only version of romance portrayed in ''Star Fleet.''


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* DistractedByTheSexy: In real life when it interferes with his work, and also in ''Infinity'' when the digital Nanette invokes {{Fanservice}} [[spoiler: taking him swimming while the other simulated characters spring their escape plan.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Of Chekhov, with Dudani, being that he's an intern.
* NiceGuy: Will make coffee for anyone, especially when he's not being forced.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: During [[spoiler:the escape attempt, Walton gives a heartfelt apology for his attitude toward Daly in the real world that led to all this, which seems to get through to Daly somewhat, but angrily takes it back as it doesn't make up for his actions in the game and yells ''Fuck you to death!'' before performing his HeroicSacrific to save the crew.]]

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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: During [[spoiler:the escape attempt, Walton gives a heartfelt apology for his attitude toward Daly in the real world that led to all this, which seems to get through to Daly somewhat, but angrily takes it back as it doesn't make up for his actions in the game and yells ''Fuck you to death!'' before performing his HeroicSacrific HeroicSacrifice to save the crew.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:They can't die, but they can certainly feel pain. They're trapped on a ship with nothing to do but drink; at one point Walton tries to make a hobby out of bashing his head against a control panel.]]
* BarbieDollAnatomy: [[spoiler:To fit in with the 'wholesome' universe Daly has created, all the digital copies lack any genitals. They don't even have an anus. This is thankfully reversed when they escape his mod.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Nanette, Shania, Walton and Gillian are all subject to various forms of it, and it's almost certain that everybody else has had to endure vile 'punishments' at Daly's RealityWarper hands.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After all the horrors they've been put through by Daly, they really did deserve an entire universe to explore for their own amusement.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: The only thing they can do to pass the time is drink; their BarbieDollAnatomy prevents them from other fun alternatives.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Pavel Chekhov from the original ''Series/StarTrek''.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Pavel Chekhov from the original ''Series/StarTrek''.''Series/StarTrek'', with some hint of Geordie from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: During [[spoiler:the escape attempt, Walton gives a heartfelt apology for his attitude toward Daly in the real world that led to all this, which seems to get through to Daly somewhat, but angrily takes it back as it doesn't make up for his actions in the game and yells ''Fuck you to death!'' before performing his HeroicSacrific to save the crew.]]

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* {{Expy}]: Of Seven of Nine, being a sexy alien girl.

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* {{Expy}]: {{Expy}}: Of Seven of Nine, being a sexy alien girl.girl.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: And she finds it racist, too.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He has trouble interfacing with even his own subordinates and seems to have no social life whatsoever, as he spends most of his time in ''Infinity.''


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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:He doesn't regret screwing over Daly at all because of what Daly did to Tommy.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Once she gets her bearings in ''Infinity'', she quickly shows herself to have a bit of a sharp tongue.
--> (to Daly, [[SimpletonVoice mockingly]]) "You gonna throw a fireball?"
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* CruelMercy: Threatens to turn Nanette into a monster for sending real Nanette a message using Daly's phone. Lowry steps in and begs Daly to show mercy and Daly agrees...and then turns Lowry into a monster instead.

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* CruelMercy: Threatens to turn Nanette into a monster for sending real Nanette a message using Daly's phone. Lowry steps in and begs Daly to show mercy and Daly agrees...[[spoiler: and then turns Lowry into a monster instead. instead.]]
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* CruelMercy: Threatens to turn Nanette into a monster for sending real Nanette a message using Daly's phone. Lowry steps in and begs Daly to show mercy and Daly agrees...and then turns Lowry into a monster instead.
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* NiceGirl: The real-world version of her

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* NiceGirl: The real-world version of her makes friends with Nanette and helps show her the ropes, and the digital version is the most compassionate about acclimating digital Nanette (the others are so checked-out and cynical they mostly don't help).
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* IDieFree: Proposes destroying the ship in the wormhole because at least being dead means they won't be Daly's slaves anymore. [[spoiler: Luckily they find another way.]]

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* IDieFree: Proposes destroying the ship in the wormhole because at least being dead means they won't be Daly's slaves anymore. [[spoiler: Luckily they find another way.things go slightly better than that.]]
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* GuileHero: A coder determined to trick her way out of the simulation.
* IDieFree: Proposes destroying the ship in the wormhole because at least being dead means they won't be Daly's slaves anymore. [[spoiler: Luckily they find another way.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for [[spoiler: Lowry getting turned into a horrible bug-monster.]]


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* NiceGirl: The real-world version of her
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* AssholeVictim: Somewhat inverted. While both his deletion in his game mod and his actual death in the real world is well deserved, it's hard not to pity the fact that his entire mind was deleted that it rendered him brain dead from doing so.

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* AssholeVictim: Somewhat inverted. While both his deletion in his game mod and his actual death in the real world is are well deserved, it's hard not to pity the fact that his entire mind was deleted that it rendered him brain dead from doing so.



* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The game which he ruled over like a tyrannical king ends up becoming his prison, albeit only briefly before it's deleted...and his mind goes to the recycle bin along with everything else.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The game which he ruled over like a tyrannical king ends up becoming his prison, albeit only briefly before it's deleted... and his mind goes to the recycle bin along with everything else.]]

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* BrainyBrunette: Works at a video game company, geeks out over code, and the digital version of her is a science officer.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's short-tempered and belittling toward Daly, is something of a sleaze, and ''plays guitar in his office like a douchebag'' but he loves his son more than life itself and is a noble person deep down.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's short-tempered and belittling toward Daly, is something of a sleaze, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ''plays guitar in his office like a douchebag'' douchebag'']] but he loves his son more than life itself and is a noble person deep down.
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* EvilIsPetty: His co-workers can be kind of mean and exclusory, and are certainly laughing at him behind his back, but they're not vicious, outright bullies. They're all friendly to Nanette, and Daly doesn't seem like the easiest person to get along with due to his sullen silences and tendency to get 'starey'. Yet, he traps digital versions of them in his own playroom to abuse and torture at will. One was imprisoned for not smiling enough.

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* EvilIsPetty: His co-workers can be kind of mean and exclusory, and are certainly laughing at him behind his back, but they're not vicious, outright bullies. They're all friendly to Nanette, Nanette (who herself is very sweet and friendly to him), and Daly doesn't seem like the easiest person to get along with due to his sullen silences and tendency to get 'starey'. Yet, he traps digital versions of them in his own playroom to abuse and torture at will. One was imprisoned for not smiling enough.

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!''Infinity''



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* NiceGirl: When she joins ''Callister'', Daly is wary and put-off by how genuinely nice she is to him.



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* HeroicSacrifice: Volunteers to fix the ship's engine knowing that he will burn to death.

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* BadBoss: An interesting case; both he and Daly feel that he exploited Daly's hard work without giving him his due. However, Daly is still second-in-command at the company and clearly doesn't have the skills necessary to keep the company afloat, so they really need each other. Everyone else who works at ''Callister'' seems to like him, even if they do consider him to be a player.
* HeroicSacrifice: Volunteers to fix the ship's engine knowing that he will burn to death. death.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's short-tempered and belittling toward Daly, is something of a sleaze, and ''plays guitar in his office like a douchebag'' but he loves his son more than life itself and is a noble person deep down.



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* {{Expy}]: Of Seven of Nine, being a sexy alien girl.



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* {{Expy}}: Of Pavel Chekhov from the original ''Series/StarTrek''.

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* AssholeVictim: Somewhat inverted. While both his deletion in his game mod and his actual death in the real world is well deserved. It's hard not to pity the fact that his entire mind was deleted that it rendered him brain dead.

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* AssholeVictim: Somewhat inverted. While both his deletion in his game mod and his actual death in the real world is well deserved. It's deserved, it's hard not to pity the fact that his entire mind was deleted that it rendered him brain dead.dead from doing so.
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* AssholeVictim: Somewhat inverted. While both his deletion in his game mod and his actual death in the real world is well deserved. It's hard not to pity the fact that his entire mind was deleted that it rendered him brain dead.


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* HeroicSacrifice: Volunteers to fix the ship's engine knowing that he will burn to death.
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* PsychopathicManChild: Daly is clearly in some kind of arrested development. He's a sullen loner with entitlement issues, and his only joy comes from reliving his favorite childhood TV show with him as the hero. Otherwise, he's very immature, at one point resolving a showdown with an 'enemy' by yelling that there was a naked lady behind him. [[spoiler:It's also telling that he forces his female virtual prisoners to kiss him as a reward for whenever he 'saves the day' but removes their genitals entirely. When Digital Nanette pulls a ShowSomeLeg, he's very reluctant despite being intrigued, and becomes uncomfortable quickly.

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* PsychopathicManChild: Daly is clearly in some kind of arrested development. He's a sullen loner with entitlement issues, and his only joy comes from reliving his favorite childhood TV show with him as the hero. Otherwise, he's very immature, at one point resolving a showdown with an 'enemy' by yelling that there was a naked lady behind him. [[spoiler:It's also telling that he forces his female virtual prisoners to kiss him as a reward for whenever he 'saves the day' but removes their genitals entirely. When Digital Nanette pulls a ShowSomeLeg, he's very reluctant despite being intrigued, and becomes uncomfortable quickly.]]
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* EntitledBastard: UpToEleven in ''Infinity'', but in real life he shows shades of this.
* EvilIsPetty: His co-workers can be kind of mean and exclusory, and are certainly laughing at him behind his back, but they're not vicious, outright bullies. They're all friendly to Nanette, and Daly doesn't seem like the easiest person to get along with due to his sullen silences and tendency to get 'starey'. Yet, he traps digital versions of them in his own playroom to abuse and torture at will. One was imprisoned for not smiling enough.
* ExtremeDoormat: He's technically the boss of his company (along with Walton) but his co-workers have to be reminded that he's in charge. He definitely doesn't act like it.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The game which he ruled over like a tyrannical king ends up becoming his prison, albeit only briefly before it's deleted...and his mind goes to the recycle bin along with everything else.]]
* PsychopathicManChild: Daly is clearly in some kind of arrested development. He's a sullen loner with entitlement issues, and his only joy comes from reliving his favorite childhood TV show with him as the hero. Otherwise, he's very immature, at one point resolving a showdown with an 'enemy' by yelling that there was a naked lady behind him. [[spoiler:It's also telling that he forces his female virtual prisoners to kiss him as a reward for whenever he 'saves the day' but removes their genitals entirely. When Digital Nanette pulls a ShowSomeLeg, he's very reluctant despite being intrigued, and becomes uncomfortable quickly.


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* {{Expy}}: For Lieutenant Nyota Uhura; of all the expies, she bears the most physical resemblance to her counterpart.


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* PunchClockVillain: Within Daly's narrative, he's the good captain's archnemesis, frequently appearing to cause trouble and threaten violence. In reality, he's as scared and trapped as everyone else, and on good terms with the rest of Daly's prisoners.
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[[folder:Daly]]
!!Robert Daly
!!!Captain
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JessePlemons
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[[folder:Nanette]]
!!Nanette Cole
!!!Science Officer
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CristinMilioti
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[[folder:Walton]]
!!James Walton
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JimmiSimpson
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[[folder:Lowry]]
!!Shania Lowry
->'''Portrayed By:''' Michaela Coel
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[[folder:Valdack]]
!!Valdack
->'''Portrayed By:''' Billy Magnussen
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[[folder:Elena]]
!!Elena Tulaska
->'''Portrayed By:''' Milanka Brooks
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[[folder:Packer]]
!!Nate Packer
!!!Helmsman
->'''Portrayed By:''' Osy Ikhile
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[[folder:Dudani]]
!!Kabir Dudani
->'''Portrayed By:''' Paul G. Raymond
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