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* Cooper 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.
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* Cooper 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.
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* Cooper 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.
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* AdultFear: His deepest fear is succumbing to [[ScatterbrainedSenior The Long Goodbye]] like his father did. [[spoiler:Or watching it happen to his mom. The game uses both scenarios to mess with his head.]]
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* 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. 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.
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* 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.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.
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* FamousLastWords: [[IWantMyMommy "MOM! MOM! MOM!"]]
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* 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]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: While Katie is clearly shook up by Cooper's sudden death, Shou seems rather cold about it.
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* DeadlyNosebleed: Suffers this when he [[spoiler:calls out for his mom.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: When he's in the gopher game and even the first few minutes of the mansion game. Until the horror starts, that is.
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* JerkAss: She at least seems a little shaken by Cooper's death, but Saito seems pretty cold about it and merely tells her to mention his last words in her report.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* {{Adorkable}}: When he's in the gopher game and even the first few minutes of the mansion game until the horror starts, that is.
* AdultFear: Succumbing to [[ScatterbrainedSenior The Long Goodbye]] like his father did. [[spoiler:Or watching it happen to his mom.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: When he's in the gopher game and even the first few minutes of the mansion game until game. Until the horror starts, that is.
* AdultFear:Succumbing His deepest fear is succumbing to [[ScatterbrainedSenior The Long Goodbye]] like his father did. [[spoiler:Or watching it happen to his mom. The game uses both scenarios to mess with his head.]]
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* ManChild: He's a bit immature. He comes across as the kind of "goofy American" who would run a gaming channel on Website/YouTube.
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* NiceGuy: Cooper's a friendly, genuine person. Which makes his ultimate fate all the worse.
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* NiceGuy: Cooper's Unlike most ''Black Mirror'' protagonists, Cooper isn't a VillainProtagonist or someone in need of a lesson; he's a friendly, genuine person. Which makes and funny guy. According to WordOfGod, Cooper was originally intended to be an AssholeVictim but Creator/WyattRussell suggested the idea of making him and his ultimate fate situation sympathetic to audiences so [[TraumaCongaLine what he goes through]] hits all the worse.harder.
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* FriendToAllChildren: He's shown comforting a little girl on an airplane during turbulence.
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* 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.
* FatalFlaw: His difficulty in facing problems head on and reaching out to his mother.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Has his brain fried by the malfunctioning device while his consciousness is only partially uploaded. Considering what happens to him during this moment it's not a great way to go.
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* 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 muchdeeper.deeper]].
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[[folder:Cooper]]
!!Cooper
->'''Portrayed By:''' Wyatt Russell
* ButtMonkey: He goes through immense psychological torture, none of which he remotely deserved.
* NiceGuy: Cooper's a friendly, genuine person.
* 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 run much deeper.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sonja]]
!!Sonja
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HannahJohnKamen
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Katie]]
!!Katie
->'''Portrayed By:''' Wunmi Mosaku
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Shou]]
!!Shou Saito
->'''Portrayed By:''' Ken Yamamura
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks like he was modeled after Creator/HideoKojima.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cooper]]
!!Cooper
->'''Portrayed By:''' Wyatt Russell
* ButtMonkey: He goes through immense psychological torture, none of which he remotely deserved.
* NiceGuy: Cooper's a friendly, genuine person.
* 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 run much deeper.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sonja]]
!!Sonja
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HannahJohnKamen
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Katie]]
!!Katie
->'''Portrayed By:''' Wunmi Mosaku
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Shou]]
!!Shou Saito
->'''Portrayed By:''' Ken Yamamura
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He looks like he was modeled after Creator/HideoKojima.
[[/folder]]
