| “ | He's new to the force and eager to do a good job!
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| ― Dave Panpa's EtP Bio |
Dave Panpa is a supporting character in the Henry Stickmin series, appearing in Escaping the Prison, Stealing the Diamond, Infiltrating the Airship, and Completing the Mission. He also appears in the legacy version of Breaking the Bank, but is absent from the remastered version in The Henry Stickmin Collection. He was once planned to appear in Fleeing the Complex, however, this was cancelled.
Dave is a former member of the Police, who later got fired and became a security guard at the National Museum of History and Culture. Dave is also a catalyst of the series, as he was the one who brought the package sent by Ellias Bahtchin to Henry Stickmin without thinking it through.
Dave is eager to do the best job he possibly can, but being rather negligent, his efforts often backfire. He was fired from his job as a police officer and had to move to be a security guard. Later on, he was imprisoned by the Toppat Clan, and becomes a member of the clan in Toppat Civil Warfare by affiliating with Henry's Squad.
Apart from playing a role in the Toppat Civil Warfare route in Mission, it's anyone's guess on what happened to Dave following his capture in Airship and potential escape in the Pure Blooded Thief ending. While it is likely that he was freed in the Government Supported Private Investigator route's aftermath, since Mission's selection screen states that the airship was impounded, it is never stated for a certainty.
He is voiced by PuffballsUnited.
Bios
- Escaping the Prison: He's new to the force and eager to do a good job!
- Stealing the Diamond: He was fired from his previous job for poor negligence. He bounced back quickly though and found a new job as a security guard.
- Infiltrating the Airship: For one reason or another he's been captured by the Toppat Clan and now sits in their brig.
- Completing the Mission: He's spent a long time in a Toppat cell. His life will probably never be the same.
Profile
Appearance
Dave is a regular stick figure with his appearance changes through the games.
- In the legacy version of Breaking the Bank, he wears a blue police hat but he doesn't have hands or shoes due to the old Puffballs' design.
- In Escaping the Prison, he also wears a blue police hat but this time he has hands and white shoes.
- In Stealing the Diamond, he wears a black Security hat and black shoes.
- In Infiltrating the Airship and Completing the Mission, he still wears the Security guard outfit, but the hat appears damaged due to the time that he passes in brig.
Roles
Dave appears as the major antagonist of Breaking the Bank, the two central antagonists alongside Rupert Price of Escaping the Prison, a supporting antagonist of Stealing the Diamond, a supporting character of Infiltrating the Airship and a major character of Completing the Mission. He was once planned to appear in Fleeing the Complex, however, this was cancelled.
In the legacy version of Breaking the Bank, Dave appears as:
- A major antagonist towards the end of the game during the credits, but is absent otherwise.
In Escaping the Prison, Dave appears as:
- A major antagonist in the game as a whole.
- The tertiary antagonist of Sneaky Escapist.
In Stealing the Diamond, Dave appears as:
- A supporting antagonist of Just Plain Epic.
In Infiltrating the Airship, Dave appears as:
- A supporting character of Relentless Bounty Hunter, Rapidly Promoted Executive and Pure Blooded Thief.
- A unseen supporting character of Government Supported Private Investigator.
In Completing the Mission, Dave appears as:
- One of the three deuteragonists of Toppat Civil Warfare.
- A major character of Multiverse Correction.
Breaking the Bank
At some point prior to Henry's arrest after his failure to rob the bank, Dave was newly hired as a police officer at the West Mesa Penitentiary. One of his most important jobs was to check packages that were delivered to the prisoners for anything important. He was eager to do his best job while on the force. He was partnered up with Rupert Price, another officer at the penitentiary.
Dave only appears in the credits of the legacy version of Breaking the Bank, where he is the police officer seen pushing Henry into his cell after his arrest. This scene, along with the entire credit sequence, was removed in the remastered version of the game.
Escaping the Prison
After Henry's arrest, a mysterious package interdimensionally appeared out of nowhere at the prison (due to Ellias Bahtchin fixing the multiverse anomaly a year later). Dave found the box and told Rupert it was for Henry. His job was to check the package for anything useful, but he neglected to do that. Dave went with Rupert to Henry's cell to give him the package. Rupert, standing next to Dave, told Henry he was "free to go". After Henry became excited, Rupert laughed and said, "Not really. But you got a package." Rupert kicked the package into Henry's cell, and he told Henry not to get his hopes up about what was inside it because Dave already checked it for anything he could use, to which Dave confirms rather nervously. The cake inside the package did in fact contain several useful items that Henry used to escape.
Henry's Options
These are the variations of the situation that Dave is in, depending on what the player makes Henry do.
- If Henry pulls the NrG Drink out of the cake that is inside the package, his heartbeat starts increasing, and in a few seconds he finds that he has super speed and super strength, making him thousands of times stronger and faster than any man. Henry pushes on one of the metal bars keeping him in his cell and escapes. As he walks down the hallway, he runs into Dave and Rupert, who are walking down the hallway, smiling. Since he is faster than them, they don't see him; in fact they appear to be standing still to him. To get even for the joke Rupert played on him, Henry picks up Rupert by the torso and takes him away from Dave, proceeding to place his whole body in a nearby trash can. Henry walks away about fifty thousand fractions of a second before Dave has time to react to Rupert's mysterious misplacement.
- If Henry pulls the file out of the cake, he uses it on one of the bars keeping him in and takes it out with him. Rupert hears him and comes for him, trying to attack him. if Henry reacts quick enough, he knocks out Rupert. Dave hears this, and comes after Henry with a taser.
- If Henry doesn't hear and react quickly, Dave tases Henry, and grins of succession.
- If he DOES react quickly, Henry knocks out Dave with the metal bar. He proceeds to escape the penitentiary.
After Henry's escape from West Mesa, the officers at the prison realized there was a cake inside Henry's mysterious package, with something in it that allowed Henry to escape (either the file, the drill or the cellphone). As a result, Dave was fired for negligence.
Dave later worked as a Security Guard for the town museum, not realizing that, unluckily, that is where Henry went next.
Stealing the Diamond
When Dave was hired, he was partnered up with Kurt Dietrich. Kurt was rather unhappy as he already hated the job and had to endure all the nonsense from Dave. They guard the WWII section of the museum.
In the night that Henry infiltrated the museum, Dave decided to ramble again, with Kurt attempting to ignore his entire speech.
If Henry chooses to sneak in with a pick (Just Plain Epic route), he will overhear the conversation, where Dave said, "Yeah, so apparently, there was something in that cake, and he used it to escape, and then I got fired. Pretty lame huh?" An angry Kurt then demands Dave to stop.
Henry's Options
- If Henry lays there on the rubble, doing absolutely nothing except for listening to the conversation, Dave scolds Kurt's rudeness and claims that he only wants to start a conversation and get along with him. Eventually, Dave starts to feel a little cold, and asks Kurt if he feels a draft in that room. Kurt turns around, sees Henry laying there, and yells, "Hey!", proceeding to aim his gun at Henry.
- If Henry grabs a fake WWII Sten SMG from the display case next to his breakout, he hops up and aims it at Kurt and Dave, getting ready to shoot both guards, effectively getting them out of his way. But after Henry pulls the trigger of his "weapon," he realizes that the gun in his hands is a prop. Kurt pulls out his gun and aims at Henry.
- If Henry picks up the model of a WWII bomb, he decides to throw it, but only manages to crush Dave's foot with it, causing him to yell in pain. Kurt then shoots Henry with his gun.
- If Henry decides to throw the model of a WWII biplane, it hits Kurt directly in the head, knocking him out. Dave loses his composure and attempts to warn someone, but knocks himself out after crashing into a pillar and Henry passes both guards unopposed.
Infiltrating the Airship
Dave got kidnapped by the Toppat Clan, an organization of criminals. They then took him into their Airship and locked him into a cell next to the vault area. A key that opens his cell was left next to the Toppat computer.
During the "Pure Blooded Thief" pathway, Henry has the option to pick it up. If he does, he then frees Dave from his captivity upon reaching his cell. Dave flees and manages to get inside the vault. He falls from the ceiling, but survives and runs away, dropping a flashdrive that is important to the Biggol Sword achievement.
If Henry never frees Dave, then uses the Power Glove, Dave will chuckle at the former's stupidity before the fail screen shows up.
The airship later crashes because Henry stole the Romanian Ruby from the vault. This leads to huge chaos in which many Toppat members are killed.
Dave also appears briefly in Relentless Bounty Hunter/Rapidly Promoted Executive, in the brig as Henry chases Reginald Copperbottom. Dave ducks when Henry uses Rocket Jump to keep the Toppat Leader in his sights.
In any other ending, Dave remains locked in his cell, and his ultimate fate is unknown, but PuffballsUnited confirmed that Dave lived.
Completing the Mission
In Toppat Civil Warfare, Dave is still locked in his cell (as it continues from Rapidly Promoted Executive), until Henry crashes through it with his hat rotor, knocking out Floyd Winters and freeing Dave
When Henry's leadership is denounced for abandoning Ellie Rose in The Wall, Geoffrey Plumb and Thomas Chestershire, the only Toppats that still support Henry, are locked up in the brig along with Dave. Once Henry makes his way to the brig, he asks Dave to help him overpower Floyd Winters. While Dave is easily defeated, he buys Henry enough time to knock out Floyd. Dave then reluctantly joins Henry's faction of the Toppat clan and they escape into the desert.
Dave also appears in the secret ending "Multiverse Correction", delivering a package to Henry which indirectly allowed Henry to escape prison.
Quotes
Escaping the Prison
Intro
- "What?"
- "Yeah, yeah! Of course I checked it."
- "I mean, if I didn't check it, I'd lose my job, and I don't wanna lose my job!"
- "[Nervous laugh]"
Stealing the Diamond
Just Plain Epic
- "Yeah, so apparently there was something in that cake and he used it to escape. And then I got fired. Pretty lame, huh?"
- "Yeah, I don't really like this... What-?"
- "Oh heh, I was just trying to have a conversation, you know?"
- "Since, I mean, we're partners so I just wanted to..."
- "Get to know each other a little bit. You know?"
- "I just kind of wanted to have a conversation."
- "Just, you know, just to lighten things up, I mean what's gonna happen in a museum? I mean really."
- "Do you feel a draft at all?"
- "Oooh I gotta warn some-!"
Infiltrating the Airship
Relentless Bounty Hunter/Rapidly Promoted Executive
- "Woah."
Pure Blooded Thief
- "Pfft, keheheheh!"
- "Hey, do you think you can get me out of here?"
- "Ah, thank you!"
Completing the Mission
Toppat Civil Warfare
- "Me?"
- "Come on, Dave. You've got this."
- "Huuuuaaaggghhh!!"
- "Good… Good team work."
- "It's kinda tight in here."
Multiverse Correction
- "Oh, a package, huh?"
- "Yup? Hey, I've got a package here for someone named Henry."
Trivia
Panpa.jpg, the origin of his last name
- Dave's last name "Panpa" comes from a file uploaded on the Wiki titled "Panpa.jpg". It was uploaded on April 18th 2014 by a user called Schtickman.
- Out of all the supporting characters, Dave arguably has the most impact on the plot overall, due to his role in giving Henry his package without inspecting it, thus kickstarting the events of Escaping the Prison, and leading to the rest of the series.
- According to PuffballsUnited, Dave was originally going to make an appearance in Fleeing the Complex, however "there was no reason for him to be there."
- For a while, many fans speculated that Dave was the unnamed police officer at the end of the legacy version of Breaking the Bank. It turns out that this was true. This was confirmed by PuffballsUnited on his Twitch streaming of The Henry Stickmin Collection Developer Commentary Part 1, as Puffballs responded to the question with "I don't know. Dave."
- Breaking the Bank is the only game where Dave appears, but does not speak.
- While Dave is absent from certain timelines, his fate can be inferred based on his appearances in certain other ones:
- Despite his absence in GSPI, it is more than likely that he was freed after the arrest of the Toppat Clan airship division, as the Airship was impounded by the Government. They would've most likely found Dave locked up in the brig and freed him.
- It is also likely that Dave was freed by the Government in Capital Gains and Master Bounty Hunter, as they successfully overpower the Toppat Clan in these endings and would impound the airship and orbital station.
- Dave is most likely killed from the massive collision between the airship and the orbital station in Revenged. Since Dave was still locked up in the brig during TCW (another Rapidly Promoted Executive path), and it was implied that everyone who was on the airship or near the explosion was killed, this would also include Dave.
- He is still captured by the Toppat Clan in Free Man, Little Nest Egg, Toppat King, and Toppat 4 Life, having been transferred by the toppats from a cell in the brig on the airship to one of the cells on the orbital station, because the Government failed to prevent the rocket from being launched into orbit.
- His ultimate fate is only left unknown in all Pure Blooded Thief paths. In PBT, Dave can be optionally freed by Henry. Henry also causes the airship to crash in the same path which causes the destruction of the airship and a massive war between the Government and Toppats with interference from the CCC. If Dave was freed, it's possible that the airship being destroyed either killed him or allowed for him to escape. If the latter were to happen Dave would be amidst all the chaos in the Desert and could be easily killed while trying to escape. However, many Toppats were still able to evacuate the area, so Dave could've have also successfully escaped as well. It is also likely that Dave could have been rescued and evacuated from the battlefield by government officers. If Henry doesn't free Dave, he will most likely die in the airship crash.
- Despite his absence in GSPI, it is more than likely that he was freed after the arrest of the Toppat Clan airship division, as the Airship was impounded by the Government. They would've most likely found Dave locked up in the brig and freed him.
- He and Rupert Price have appeared in more episodes than all the main characters other than Henry.
- Dave was the first character to have a confirmed name before The Henry Stickmin Collection.
Gallery
Bios
Breaking the Bank
Escaping the Prison
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Stealing the Diamond
Infiltrating the Airship
Completing the Mission
