History Characters / GameGrumpsTeamGrump

* HasAType: [[VideoGame/DragonsLair Princess Daphne]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn Lady Amalthea]] cemented his love for blondes since childhood.

* HiddenDepths: The amount of literary references he makes shows that he is fairly well-read.

* BadassMustache: In early June, he shaved his chin, and then converted what remained into a bushy handlebar.

* BadassMustache: Thank you, ''Attitude City'' video, for that biker 'stache. And [[http://56.media.tumblr.com/5b8a1cf06e3c6a75036017c06693cdac/tumblr_o161v87oln1qm9vdco1_1280.jpg this]].

* BadassBeard: Over the course of April 2016, he grew a thick beard. The last time he grew one (about eight years ago) it was all black. Now he's got a lot more salt in his pepper.

%%* BadassBeard

* BadassBeard: Always perfectly trimmed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-tpdFvPjY You can even see how he does it.]]
* BadassMustache: Complete with a badass wiggle in the Mycaruba t-shirt promo.

* ExtremeOmnivore: He's eaten some questionable things in his life, including chapstick, Play-Doh and entire bowls of Lucky Charms marshmallows.

* NWordPrivileges: Dan opens up his Castle Crashers video warning that he's Jewish, so he will probably be making a lot of Jewish jokes. Even on the show in general, he's thrown around terms like "kike" and "shifty-eyed Heb" as a joke.

* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: In Pokemon Fire Red part 87, he talks about how being of Ashkenazi descent gives him stomach problems and that, as an ethnic group, they're rather closely bred. It's also pretty much guaranteed that Barry's Ashkenazi, too.
* AllJewsAreCheapskates:

** That being said, Steam Train has shown us that he's more than okay to embrace the Stereotype for comedy.

* CrazyAwesome: A teacher of Theoretical Physics at the University of London, and yet he's made so many butt sex jokes on the NSP Twitter that he registered the domain [[http://buttsex.info "buttsex.info"]], which leads to the NSP Website/YouTube page.

* DeathIsCheap: He [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself three times]] and he was shot by Ross in the tiebreaker for the first episode of Table Flip - despite that, he's around for the next episode.
* {{Determinator}}: When Arin wants to do something he will most certainly keep trying the best examples would be trying to get Helana to partner up with him in Dead or Alive Xtreame 2 and Ross's Mario Maker levels.

* ManOfAThousandVoices

** A minor case, but Dan has little patience for crazy conspiracy theories of any type, ranging from stuff with TheReptilians to EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory theories about children's cartoons.

* TheTeetotaler: Has stated on the show that he doesn't like drinking and almost never does, contrast to Jon, who is borderline TheAlcoholic. Arin has made jokes calling him out on it.

** If given the opportunity to romance both genders in a game, Arin will gladly take the opportunity. In ''VideoGame/HouseParty,'' for example, he struggles when the game won't let him romance both Amy ''and'' Frank in the same route, and when [[ItMakesSenseInContext he begs for Frank to walk in on him getting a blowjob from Ashley,]] Danny laughs that Arin's actual fantasies are just like that.

--> '''Arin:''' NO! I HIT END! I HIT END! NO! NO! NO-O-O-O-O-O! F-U-U-U-CK! FUCK EVERYTHING! BATTLE KID, FUCK YOU! Sivak Games, go suck my DAD'S CHODE, YOU PIECE OF HAIRY GARBAGE! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY!

--> '''Arin:''' NO! I HIT END! I HIT END! NO! NO! NO-O-O-O-O-O! F-U-U-U-CK! FUCK EVERYTHING! BATTLE KID, FUCK YOU! (inaudible) suck my (inaudible) CHODE, YOU PIECE OF HAIRY GARBAGE! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY!

** Does this with games he REALLY dislikes, particularly Sonic.

** Invoked again during the DeadOrAlive Xtreme 2 finale, wherein Arin has yet another breakdown over being repeatedly rejected by Helena. Danny eventually has to try to console him with a hug, all the while calling for help.

* KindHeartedCatLover: Has a black cat named Orph or [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Doctor Orpheus]].

* MrFanservice: Tall, skinny, and pretty to begin with, but he sometimes likes to wear ''very'' little clothing in NSP videos ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61DQHhwtAe4 and elsewhere]]) and just randomly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kdwiPeCDVs strip to the waist at concerts]]. A ''lot'' of screaming ensues.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: While he always goes by the name Dan, which is his middle name, he reveals in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs7OwQRyhNk this video]] that Daniel is actually his middle name, and Leigh (pronounced "Lee") is his actual first name, which he dislikes for being [[GenderBlenderName spelled in a feminine way]].

-->'''Arin:''' I can taste that beautiful man-meat now.

* HasAType: The more dom energy that a potential love interest in a game exudes, the better. He's also generally more drawn towards confident women. Physically, he likes girls with long dark hair, dark clothing, and cute makeup...in other words, they usually resemble his wife Suzy in some way (fans- and sometimes coworkers- often tease him about this).

** For those who are curious, his birthday is March 14, 1979. He is now 40 years old. He even had to use his then-current age (34) while playing Smarty Pants as putting in a false older age gave him questions he was unprepared for.

** Grumpcade started in January 2015. Danny didn't appear in a episode until November of the same year.

%% * NerdGlasses: Just bought [[https://www.instagram.com/p/_XZx2ix7po/ some]]. Rather {{Adorkable}}, really.

%% * {{Adorkable}}: Being the youngest and newest member of the team, he was incredibly warmly received, and affectionately nicknamed "Baby Grump" by fans.

%% * {{Adorkable}}: Seen especially so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjP_gsKuOMI here.]]

The fourth and current editor after Matt and Ryan left Game Grumps to focus more on their own channel, SuperMega.
* BoringButPractical: Arin and Dan have noted he's their first editor who's perfectly happy ''just'' being an editor. Barry, Kevin, Matt, and Ryan all either got involved in skits or Let's Plays of their own during their time on the channel, but Ben so far hasn't expressed an interest. Same time, this means he isn't overworking himself the way the others did.
* FanBoy: He has a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic desktop in the background of his introduction video. It's unconfirmed if he's actually a brony or he had this up just for laughs.

* YourCheatingHeart: Singles Train 2016 went from being a shitty playthrough to a fairly deep conversation between Kevin and Dan, in which Dan revealed that he's cheated on some of his girlfriends before. He explained that it was almost 15 years ago and the product of him not loving himself or the women he was with, and emphasized that people need to be honest with themselves and their significant others, too.

* NerdGlasses: Just bought [[https://www.instagram.com/p/_XZx2ix7po/ some]]. Rather {{Adorkable}}, really.

* {{Adorkable}}: Just watch any episode of Steam Rolled, or his run of VVVVVV with Arin.

* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, big time.

* {{Adorkable}}: Being the youngest and newest member of the team, he was incredibly warmly received, and affectionately nicknamed "Baby Grump" by fans.

* {{Adorkable}}: Seen especially so [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjP_gsKuOMI here.]]