John David Booter
A podcaster, er I mean filmmaker, who decides he wants to make a podcast about the disappearance of Clara Pockets.
- AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle: He says "Indie-GO-GO".
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: He falls in love with alleged goose ganker and serial murderer Bevins Maroney and becomes convinced she's innocent. He proves she never ganked a goose, though she's still a convicted murderer. Nevertheless, they get married at the start of Season 3 even though she's still in prison.
- Always Introduces Themselves: John David Booter introduces himself whenever he mentions the podcast Done Disappeared (with him, John David Booter).
- Basement-Dweller: He moves into his mother's attic, but he then moves to the basement after he gained weight.
- Becoming the Costume: He "becomes" Clara Pockets by dressing up as her.
- Can't Take Criticism: After releasing Episode 3.05, Booter gets criticized for including incoherent telephone calls. He almost snaps in the next episode.John David Booter: ... and my social media addiction, and habit of Googling myself led me to be exposed to the one thing more detrimental to me than anything else: criticism. No matter how light or valid, criticism is almost impossible for me to take, and has led to some of my most debilitating bouts of depression, and some of my most indignant outbursts.
- The Faceless: In his video appearances
. - Formerly Fit: He gains weight after breaking up with his girlfriend.
- Full-Name Basis: He keeps calling himself John David Booter, and when he goes undercover he just goes by John.
- Heroic BSoD: He breaks down in Episode 6 of Season 1 after following a false lead, and again in Episode 3.06 after getting criticized for including incoherent phone calls in his previous.
- Hidden Wire: He has cameras hidden in his neck brace, allowing him to prove that Bubbles set him up for the murder of Clara Pockets.
- Not Good with Rejection: After he broke up with his girlfriend, he moves in with his parents and gains weight.
- Writer's Block: Booter has this in Season 3, since he can't find a new case where somebody disappeared. Even when he does find his case he has trouble making it into a compelling podcast.
J. J. Johannesburg
A kid who provides some of the music for Done Disappeared.
- Not Quite Dead: It's mentioned that J.J. Johannesburg was murdered between Seasons 1 and 2, but he comes back in Episode 2.11.
- Repetitive Name: Johannes Johannes "J.J." Johannesburg
- Took a Level in Badass: He does this in Season 2.John David Booter: Wow, J.J. you've gotten cool, really cool.
Debbie Dorfman
Davistown, Pennsylvania's resident psychic, and star of the hit podcast I Already Knew That.
- Catchphrase: "I already knew that!"
- Cloudcuckoolander: Debbie Dorfman is usually focuses more on spiritual experiences than what's actually happening.
- Clueless Detective: She goes to Alaska to "solve" a murder case. She determines that the case will always be a cold case, so there's no point in trying to solve it.
- Dissonant Serenity: She describes her experience losing her front teeth while on retreat in Cassadaga, Florida as a great spiritual experience.
- Phony Psychic: The psychic Debbie Dorfman, who John David Booter asks to find out details of the cases he's investigating. In Season 2, John David Booter asks her about Bevins Maroney, and she "taps into the spiritual realm" by booting up her computer and searching online.
- Product Placement: Debbie Dorfman plugs products such as Stitch Fix and Casper Mattress during psychic help sessions.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: She insists that she does not have problems with her relationship to her husband because of her psychic powers.
- Talking in Your Sleep: She says random phrases in her sleep in the first episode of I Already Knew That.
- The Tooth Hurts: Debbie Dorfman loses her front teeth while visiting a springs in Cassadaga, Florida.
Bonnet
One of the geese that got ganked in Season 2 of Done Disappeared. She was the star of the Golden Goose Pageant.
- Age-Inappropriate Dress: In the 1980s, she was involved in a scandal of sorts over the clothing she wore.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: The character is a reference to JonBenét Ramsey.
Bubbles / Bill Wyland
A mysterious man who helps Booter produce Season 2 of Done Disappeared.
- Big Bad: He sets up Booter for the disappearance of Clara Pockets because he hates the podcast so much.
- I Have Many Names: J.J. says that Bubbles goes by many names, including everyone who left one-star reviews for Done Disappeared on iTunes. His actual name is Bill Wyland, a part-time dog groomer from Iowa.
- Manipulative Bastard: Bubbles hooks Booter up with a Serial Killer and gets him to effectively frame himself for the murder of Clara Pockets.
