History LetsPlay / DanTDM

Dan is well-known in the Minecraft community for working with mods. His Minecraft series include his Mod Showcases, ''The Diamond Dimensions'', the ''Custom Mod Adventures'', ''Crazy Craft 3.0'', and more recently, ''Minecraft Hardcore Survival'' and ''LetsPlay/ShadyOaksSMP''. He has also participated in several tournaments, such as ''Minecraft Mondays'' and ''WebVideo/MinecraftChampionship''.

* ThereShouldBeALaw: The entire basis behind his formation of the Dab Police.

* DemBones: Grim the skeleton wolf.

* DrGenericius: Dr. Trayaurus, his villager friend.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Grim the skeleton wolf apparently has this.

* ShoutOut: The bear he adopted from the CampingEpisode of the ''Custom Mod Adventures'' is named [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy]].

* SpaceEpisode: The ''Custom Mod Adventures'' episode "The Space Mission".

* TheFaceless: Invoked on his son Asher, where every time Dan records the kid with a camera, Dan makes sure to angle it behind his son's head or above it, missing the face entirely.

* KaleidoscopeHair: He has dyed his hair several different shades of blue, blonde, purple, and even pink at one point. This crosses over into a RunningGag in ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'', where [[Characters/MinecraftStoryMode his hair]] can change colour in the time it takes to walk through a door. In that series, his hair has changed between brown (natural), cyan/turquoise/blue, red, purple, grey, and blond.
* LargeHam: He can be a bit dramatic at times, in particular his old outro.
-->''"Gooooood BYYYYYYYYYYYYEEE!!!!"''

* TheQuietOne: He was quite taciturn around new people, which are quite evident in some of his older videos. He also becomes this [[CharacterTics when he plays as the Impostor]] in ''Among Us'', which Scott Smajor figured out and lampshaded while playing in the same lobby as him.

* BigNo: His reaction to Luigi dabbing on the battlefield in ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle''.

* OhCrap: His reaction to realizing he [[spoiler:[[IsThisThingStillOn forgot to mute himself on Discord]] and proceeded to expose himself as the Impostor and the identity of his teammate as well]] can only be described as this.
-->'''Dan:''' [[spoiler:Aww, Jack's gone big brain. I knew I should have killed him.]]\\
''([[spoiler:Screen zooms in to his Discord, revealing that he had forgotten to mute himself.]])''\\
'''The screen:''' [[spoiler:DISCORD IS ON!!!!]]\\
'''Dan:''' [[spoiler:Right, I think Scott might do the old sab-]]\\
'''Jack:''' B-b-b-\\
'''Scott:''' Dan?\\
'''Gloom:''' Wait, wait, wait, wait...\\
'''Scott:''' ''(laughs)'' Dan...\\
'''Dan:''' [[{{Beat}} ...]]hello?\\
''(The other players realize what has happened)''\\
'''Dan:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] OH NO!\\
''(Everyone else laughs in the background.)''\\
'''Razz:''' The game's over.\\
''([[spoiler:Gloom presses the button to call an Emergency Meeting]])''\\
'''Dan:''' [[spoiler:Vote me off. Delete me. Delete me. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Delete me. Now.]] No discussion, just delete me.]]\\
'''Razz:''' [[spoiler:You know who the other person is-]]\\
'''Dan:''' [[spoiler:I know, just delete me.]]

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: He participated in WebOriginal/MinecraftChampionship #13 wearing a very unorthodox skin -- a girl in a SexySantaDress, with his signature goggles added on.

Dan is well-known in the Minecraft community for working with mods. His Minecraft series include his Mod Showcases, ''The Diamond Dimensions'', the ''Custom Mod Adventures'', ''Crazy Craft 3.0'', and more recently, ''Minecraft Hardcore Survival'' and ''LetsPlay/ShadyOaksSMP''. He has also participated in several tournaments, such as ''Minecraft Mondays'' and ''WebOriginal/MinecraftChampionship''.

''(The other players realize what has happened.)''\\

''([[spoiler:Gloom presses the button to call an Emergency Meeting.]])''\\

* TheQuietOne: He was quite taciturn around new people, which are quite evident in some of his older videos.
** He also becomes this [[CharacterTics when he plays as the Impostor]] in ''Among Us'', which [=Smajor1995=] figured out and lampshaded while playing in the same lobby as him.

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%%* BadLiar
* BookDumb: According to his ''Draw My Life''.
* ColourMotif: Light blue, reflecting the diamonds in his nickname. He also seems to like pink as well.
* CreatorCameo: He appears in ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' Season 1 Episode 6 AsHimself. For tropes which apply to his persona in the game, see [[Characters/MinecraftStoryMode here]].

%%* FamilyMan
%%* FormerTeenRebel: (if I recall correctly?)
* FriendlessBackground: According to his ''Draw My Life'', mainly due to moving around Britain a lot as a child. The only consistent friend he had growing up was his brother.

* HappilyMarried: To Jemma.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: With Jemma, as revealed in his ''Draw My Life''.

* InjuredLimbEpisode: He broke his hand in 2015 and spent a few weeks wearing a cast.

* KaleidoscopeHair: He has dyed his hair several different shades of blue, blonde, purple, and even pink at one point.
** This crosses over into a RunningGag in ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'', where [[Characters/MinecraftStoryMode his hair]] can change colour in the time it takes to walk through a door. In that series, his hair has changed between brown (natural), cyan/turquoise/blue, red, purple, grey, and blond.

* NiceGuy: Under most circumstances, he's a decent guy, if one with a mischievous streak every once in a while.

Dan is considered one of the "OG Minecraft [=YouTubers=]" and is famous for working with mods. His Minecraft series include his Mod Showcases, ''The Diamond Dimensions'', the ''Custom Mod Adventures'', ''Crazy Craft 3.0'', and more recently, ''Minecraft Hardcore Survival'' and ''LetsPlay/ShadyOaksSMP''. He has also participated in several tournaments, such as ''Minecraft Mondays'' and ''WebOriginal/MinecraftChampionship''.

* AbortedArc: The ''Minecraft Misadventures'' series.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Grim the skeleton wolf is depicted to have ears -- something the skeleton of an actual wolf wouldn't have.
* {{Autocannibalism}}: The Cannibalism Mod apparently works on players as well...

Daniel Robert Middleton, better known as [=DanTDM=] or Dan, The Diamond Minecart is a [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] [[LetsPlay Let's Player]] that first gained popularity through his VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} content, which began in 2012. Since then, his fan base has steadily expanded and his content has evolved to dozens of games, from indie titles to triple A content.

* GiantSpiders: The spiders which spawn in vanilla Minecraft are already this, but it gets taken UpToEleven with the Spider Queen, which he encounters during an episode of the ''Custom Mod Adventures''.

* SpotOfTea:
** He ends his Minecraft parody song ''[[https://youtu.be/uWL0UwFbkL8 Never Ever Going to the Nether]]'' by asking if anyone wants a cup of tea.
** He also drinks tea while livestreaming ''LetsPlay/ShadyOaksSMP''.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: For a period of time, the hair of his Minecraft avatar was dyed light blue to match his dyed hair in real life.

* OhCrap: His reaction to realizing he [[spoiler:forgot to mute himself on Discord and proceeded to expose himself as the Impostor and the identity of his teammate as well]] can only be described as this.

-->-- Dan, saying his [[AbandonedCatchphrase original catchphrase]].
'''Daniel Robert Middleton''', better known as [=DanTDM=] or Dan, The Diamond Minecart is a [[Website/YouTube YouTube]] [[LetsPlay Let’s Player]] that first gained popularity through his VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} content, which began in 2012. Since then, his fan base has steadily expanded and his content has evolved to dozens of games, from indie titles to triple A content.

* BadLiar

* FamilyMan

--> ''”Gooooood BYYYYYYYYYYYYEEE!!!!”''

* NoodleImplements: His song ''Mirror, Sailboat'' contains a list of these. Justified because the lyrics were provided by a random object generator.
--> ''"Posters, tire swing, wagon, candle, camper, sofa, fork, rubber band."''

* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
* ProfessorGuineaPig

* SpaceEpisode

* FragileSpeedster: As a crewmate in ''Among Us'' [[https://youtu.be/1ihydEaFlJc Hide and Seek]], he’s called "slippery" several times for being able to outmaneuver Impostors narrowly, but he is still susceptible to being killed like other crewmates.

--> '''Dan:''' [[spoiler:Aww, Jack's gone big brain. I knew I should have killed him.]]
--> ''[[[spoiler:Screen zooms in to his Discord, revealing that he had forgotten to mute himself.]]]''
--> '''The screen:''' [[spoiler:DISCORD IS ON!!!!]]
--> '''Dan:''' [[spoiler:Right, I think Scott might do the old sab--]]
--> '''Jack:''' B-b-b--
--> '''Scott:''' Dan?
--> '''Gloom:''' Wait, wait, wait, wait...
--> '''Scott:''' ''[laughs]'' Dan...
--> '''Dan:''' [[{{Beat}} ...]]hello?
--> ''[The other players realize what has happened.]''
--> '''Dan:''' [[OhCrap Oh no.]] OH NO!
--> ''[Everyone else laughs in the background.]''
--> '''Razz:''' The game's over.
--> ''[[[spoiler:Gloom presses the button to call an Emergency Meeting.]]]''
--> '''Dan:''' [[spoiler:Vote me off. Delete me. Delete me. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Delete me. Now.]] No discussion, just delete me.]]
--> '''Razz:''' [[spoiler:You know who the other person is--]]
--> '''Dan:''' [[spoiler:I know, just delete me.]]

* ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGame''
** ''VideoGame/ThereIsNoGameWrongDimension''