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An amateur start-up film studio, managed by Nathan out of a grotty flat on Textile Street. Nathan films, cuts and edits his videos here, as well as uploading clips to his website trashbat.co.ck (registered in the Cook Islands). Nathan seems to scout for fellow filmmakers and potential talents to co-produce content with. The funding for this studio is unknown but presumed to be from Nathan's unseen parents.

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An amateur start-up film studio, managed by Nathan out of a grotty flat on Textile Street. Nathan films, cuts and edits his videos here, as well as uploading clips to many of which end up on his personal website trashbat.co.ck (registered in the Cook Islands). Nathan seems to scout for fellow filmmakers and potential talents to co-produce films and content with. The funding for this studio is unknown but presumed to be from Nathan's unseen parents.



Nathan (aka "The Trashbat") is the show's titular character: a hyperactive immature "media node" with a limitless cash supply. He spends his days "managing" his website (Trashbat.co.ck, full of prank videos and selfies with Z-listers) and promoting club nights via canvassing. He hero-worships Dan, has a perma-boner over Claire and savagely bullies his webmaster Pingu. As the series goes on, he grows in popularity on the back of the Sugar Ape crew and Claire's film-making efforts.

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Nathan (aka "The Trashbat") is the show's titular character: a hyperactive immature "media node" with a limitless cash supply. He spends his days "managing" his website (Trashbat.co.ck, full of prank videos and selfies with Z-listers) and promoting club nights via canvassing. He hero-worships Dan, has a perma-boner over Claire and savagely bullies his webmaster Pingu. As the series goes on, he grows in popularity on the back of the Sugar Ape crew and Claire's film-making efforts.
efforts, rapidly becoming a well-known e-celebrity.



* LoonyFan: He is a huge fan of Dan Ashcroft, and as a result Dan suffers from Nathan's unwanted adulation and omnipresence.

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* LoonyFan: He is a huge fan of Dan Ashcroft, and as a result Dan suffers from Nathan's unwanted adulation and omnipresence.to the point that he appears completely blind to Dan's hatred of him.

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* OutGambitted: An unusual example of someone out-gambitting themselves. Dan spends all of episode 6 trying to humiliate and embarrass Nathan in rapidly escalating ways, from some salmon and egg in a coffee to literally holding him up with a (prop) gun. He fails every time due to Nathan's unbreakable confidence and happiness, making himself even angrier and by the end, more insane.



* ThousandYardStare: Whenever his plans don't pan out, which is often.

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* ThousandYardStare: Whenever Very common when he sees or experiences things he doesn't like. In particular, after his plans don't pan out, which straight-on-straight experience in the pub toilet, he is often. shown to be almost completely catatonic.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: In-Universe. He is a truly negative nancy who is only able to write scathing critiques and vitriolic "thinkpieces".
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Dan is not a noble person and his misfortunes are often played for laughs.

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* TrueArtIsAngsty: In-Universe. He is a truly negative nancy who is only able to write extremely talented at writing scathing critiques and vitriolic "thinkpieces".
opinion pieces against others. When tasked with writing a favourable promo fluff piece for 15Peter20, he is unable to even complete a single sentence.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Dan is not a noble person and or respectable person; his misfortunes are often played for laughs.

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* OnlySaneMan: An interesting {{Deconstruction}}/{{Subversion}}. While he's at least reasonably intelligent and grates against the antics of Nathan and the other 'idiots', he's also a depressed, lazy, [[LoserProtagonist burnt-out loser]] who is [[PerpetualPoverty always desperate for money]] and will do all sorts of degrading things to try and get it.

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* OnlySaneMan: An interesting {{Deconstruction}}/{{Subversion}}. While he's at least reasonably intelligent and grates against the antics of Nathan and the other 'idiots', he's also a depressed, lazy, [[LoserProtagonist burnt-out loser]] who is [[PerpetualPoverty always desperate for money]] and will do all sorts of degrading things to try and get it. He is quickly revealed to be just as much of an idiot as the Idiots; just a different type of idiot.



* PursueTheDreamJob: Dan wants to work for an "adult" publication, but he is a manchild who knows nothing of typically adult pursuits like wines, restaurants or cars, and his job interview is an awkward trainwreck.

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* PursueTheDreamJob: Dan wants to work for an "adult" publication, more respectable, grown-up publications, but he is a manchild who knows nothing of typically adult pursuits like wines, restaurants or cars, and his cars. His job interview with The Weekend on Sunday is an awkward trainwreck.



* SanitySlippage: Dan's mental health, which is already in a precarious state at the beginning of the show, rapidly deteriorates as he gets swept up in the happenings of the local hipster subculture - not to mention his sociopathic boss.

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* SanitySlippage: Dan's mental health, which is already in a precarious state at the beginning of the show, rapidly deteriorates as he gets swept up in for the happenings of following reasons, culminating in a HeroicBSOD in episode 6:
** His idiot coworkers and
the local hipster general subculture - not to mention around him causing his sociopathic boss.IQ to drop
** His exponentially mounting debts
** Seeing his sister Claire get ever so slightly more attracted to Nathan
** His evil boss Jonatton Yeah? mocking him and giving him terrible assignments



* BadBoss: To Dan, in spades. He forces Dan to wear a preacherman costume in public against his will, agrees to farm Dan out to nightclub events without his consent, publishes rubbish under Dan's name without his consent, and ignores or outright dismisses Dan's advice and pleas in staff meetings. His meanest action is to force Dan to prostitute himself with men in a pub toilet, just so that an article can be written about the experience...for a measly £1500.

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* BadBoss: To Dan, in spades. He forces Dan to wear a preacherman costume in public against his will, agrees to farm Dan out to nightclub events without his consent, publishes rubbish under Dan's name without his consent, and ignores or outright dismisses Dan's advice and pleas in staff meetings. meetings, and generally mocks and laughs in his face. His meanest action of all is to force forcing Dan to prostitute himself with men in a pub toilet, just so that an a viral article can be written about the experience...for a measly £1500.

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