Line #10 Characters/BlackMirrorPlaytest


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3	[[folder:Cooper]]
4	!!Cooper Redfield
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gallery_1476976162_screen_shot_2016_10_20_at_160740.jpg]]
6	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WyattRussell
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8	* BasementDweller: He mentions that he still lives with his mother. Though, unlike most versions, this isn't used to make him look bad or pathetic and it's mentioned he was taking care of his dad.
9	* ButtMonkey: He goes through immense psychological torture, none of which he remotely deserved.
10	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Has his brain fried by the malfunctioning device while his consciousness is only partially uploaded. From his perspective, he literally lives out his worst nightmare; from our perspective, he dies alone and pitifully, crying out for his mother.
11	* DeadlyNosebleed: Suffers this when he [[spoiler:calls out for his mom.]]
12	* FatalFlaw: His difficulty in facing problems head on and reaching out to his mother.
13	* FriendToAllChildren: He's shown comforting a little girl on an airplane during turbulence.
14	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's blonde and a very sweet-natured guy.
15	* ManChild: He's a bit immature. He comes across as the kind of "goofy American" who would run a gaming channel on Website/YouTube.
16	* NiceGuy: Unlike most ''Black Mirror'' protagonists, Cooper isn't a VillainProtagonist or someone in need of a lesson; he's a friendly, genuine and funny guy who tries to ease a girl's fears on a plane during turbulence. According to WordOfGod, Cooper was originally intended to be an AssholeVictim but Creator/WyattRussell suggested the idea of making him and his situation sympathetic to audiences so [[TraumaCongaLine what he goes through]] hits all the harder.
17	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If he hadn't turned his phone on [[spoiler: it wouldn't have interfered with the uploading process and caused him to literally die from his worst nightmares]].
18	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks a lot like then Website/GiantBomb employee and [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/255/tumblr_inline_o58r6dmSfe1suaed2_500.gif "blinking White guy"]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1111377641452400641/64aBQ96a_400x400.png Drew Scanlon]] right down to the blue shirt in the style Scanlon commonly wore while working at Giant Bomb.
19	* WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks the horror game he's in is your typical haunted mansion jump-scare adrenaline-fest. He's entirely wrong; the horrors he has to face [[PsychologicalHorror run much deeper]].
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22	[[folder:Sonja]]
23	!!Sonja
24	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_mirror_playtest_sonja_740x336.png]]
25	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HannahJohnKamen
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27	* DeadpanSnarker: She has quite a dry sense of humor.
28	* GamerChick
29	* NightmareFace: Primarily because she ends up ''not having one''.
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32	[[folder:Katie]]
33	!!Katie
34	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_mirror_netflix_590x335.png]]
35	->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/WunmiMosaku
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37	* DeadpanSnarker: [[TemptingFate "Well, I haven't killed anybody yet..."]]
38	* MissionControl[=/=]MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: She communicates with Cooper through an earpiece throughout the simulation. Eventually however her voice becomes a malicious force who joins in his torment.
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41	[[folder:Shou]]
42	!!Shou Saito
43	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/playtest_black_mirror_ken_yamamura.jpg]]
44	->'''Portrayed By:''' Ken Yamamura
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46	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A video game developer who puts a volunteer through an experiment with minimal safeguards, and then when the volunteer has a seizure and dies, he coldly chalks the incident up as a corporate loss.
47	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The episode ends with Shou facing no immediate repercussions for Cooper's death, but it is implied in a FreezeFrameBonus in ''Black Museum'' that he was eventually put on trial for what happened.
48	* LackOfEmpathy: While Katie is clearly shook up by Cooper's sudden death, Shou seems rather cold about it.
49	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks like he was modeled after Creator/HideoKojima.

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