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Author: Kuiper Beltran

Nov 26th 2009 at 4:34:28 PM

Actually, Dallas is one of the few characters in Baccano that does not qualify as an immortal; he received an unrefined elixer which gives him invulnerability but it does not slow his aging (so he can expect to die in fifty years, but not before then).  HealingFactor would have been a more accurate descriptor.

Dallas's deaths are sometimes PlayedForLaughs, a notable example being when he first confirms his invulnerability by recovering from a headshot and responds with, "Y'know...that kinda hurt."  However, the "eternally drowning" situation is more along the lines of NightmareFuel, especially since the audience is led to believe that he will be left continuously drowning for the rest of his life (only later is it revealed that his sister intends to fish him up from the bottom of the river, ending his torment).  He tends to oscillate between ButtMonkey and AssholeVictim.  I think that IronButtMonkey fits at least as well as ButtMonkey, which he's already listed as on the [[Characters/{{Baccano}} Baccano character sheet]].