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Revision as of 21:00, 11 October 2007

Daniel
Danny-166.JPG
First Appearance Last Appearance
The Danielbeast Behind The Bushes
Character information
Age 19
Date of Birth December 1987? (Sagittarius)
MySpace daniel_thebeast
Forum Posts danielbeast
YouTube Danielbeast
Portrayed by Yousef Abu-Taleb
List of Daniel's blogs
Videos with Daniel

Daniel a.k.a. Danielbeast or Beast is Bree's best friend, (on and off) love interest, and the co-star of the Lonelygirl15 video series. His first videos were initially made in his bedroom.

Plot Background

Daniel graduated from high school in June 2006 and had a graduation party which Bree was not allowed to attend. When summer began, he taught Bree how to make video blogs and was the one who set up her YouTube account. As the summer progressed, Daniel urged Bree to rebel against her strict parents and was concerned about her religion and the ceremony she was supposed to partake in later that year.

Like many fans, Daniel began to investigate Bree's religion and even decided to follow her around and record her actions, even after Bree had asked him not to do so. On both these occasions Lucy took Bree somewhere; once to a nearby park for what appeared to be a practice session for the upcoming ceremony and then a trip to a medical complex.

Daniel later broke into Lucy's apartment. He found on her computer pictures of himself. He became worried and posted a video on the subject. His worries had finally been reflected onto Bree, causing her to question her religion.

When her parents disappeared with the local Deacons, Bree went on the run with Daniel. As a result, Daniel dropped out of school at a junior college, where he was taking film classes, and he left his job at Gas 'n Eats to accompany Bree.

For the next few months they lived out of Daniel's car, several motels, and even off the streets before coming to Jonas's aid in the winter of 2006. While Bree chose to go to Jonas, Daniel chose to go home before ultimately changing his mind and joining Bree and Jonas at Christmas.

In January 2007, Daniel was kidnapped by the Order. The Order used a drugged Daniel in the video Miss Me?, to convince Bree to do the ceremony. Bree and Jonas successfully rescued Daniel and ultimately foiled the Order's plans with the help of Tachyon and Brother.

After being rescued, Daniel traveled with Jonas and Bree through California, Las Vegas, Mexico, and Texas. Throughout their traveling, Daniel had a tendency to become inebriated (as noted in Uncle Dan, Vegas, Baby!, Spring Break Sucks, and Intervention). Before arriving in Texas however, Daniel claimed he was sober once more (Daniel's previous period of sobriety followed his rescue from the Order).

He has returned home after the events of the season finale, and has said that he will no longer be blogging.

Relationships

Beginning with Boy Problems..., Daniel's potential romance with Bree has been on and off. Over the course of the series, Daniel's relationship with her has come as close as "hooking up" and as far as Bree asking Daniel to stop following her.

Daniel is much more social than Bree, having been known to go to parties, which he had coerced Bree into sneaking out to go to. Two of his other friends have been named, Paul and Andrea.

Since Bree has rejected many of Daniel's advances, Daniel began to show a romantic interest in Jonas's Aunt Alex. This ended soon after it was revealed that she was still involved with the Order.

For a while, in response to the somewhat aggressive advances of Sarah, Daniel seemed to enjoy the attention and flirting, possibly hinting at a growing mutual affection, however, Sarah soon wanted him to "back off" and things cooled down.

In Drunken Yodeling Daniel announced he had a new love interest, Mallory, and showed us her picture. She appeared in person in Hot Date where Daniel took her out and then lied to her about his past.

As for Daniel's family, his parents don't have much influence on him, due at least in part to a history of alcoholism, to which Daniel struggles with himself. His parents' alcoholism also meant that Daniel spent more time with his grandmother, which he did until she died.

Notes

  • Daniel apparently has two cameras. One is a webcam that shoots videos in the standard 4:3 format. The other is a mini-DV handheld that shoots videos in the 16:9 letterbox format. We have seen the webcam in a mirror in the video What Did Daniel and Dad Talk About? and Jonas mentions receiving a tape from Daniel via Bree in the video "Your Decision." Interestingly, Jonas also appears to own both a 4:3 tethered webcam and a 16:9 handheld videocam.

Etymology

Daniel is a Biblical name from Hebrew (דניאל) meaning "God is my judge." This is the name of the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. One of the stories tells how the prophet Daniel saw visions of supernatural "beasts". These comparisons have been drawn by LG15 fans because Daniel's username on YouTube/Revver, as well as his nickname in the videos is 'Danielbeast'.

Theories

Follow this link for theories about Daniel.

Links

DanielBeast's official Myspace account:http://www.myspace.com/daniel_thebeast

A fan operates an account at http://www.myspace.com/danielbeast (which predates the official one above)
lonelygirl15 Characters
Main Characters Bree · Daniel · Jonas · Sarah · Taylor · Emma · Jennie · Gina
Supporting Characters Gemma · OpAphid · Tachyon · Alex · Carl · Spencer · Mallory · Dr. Hart
Recurring Characters Lucy · Nikki B · Virgil · Elizabeth Avery · Bree's Watcher · Brother · Sonia · Jules · The Whartons · Claire · Edward Salinas
Full Character List