Character sheet for Most Wanted (under construction). Beware of unmarked spoilers.
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Protagonists
David “Dave” Reyes
- “When you’re busting this city’s criminals, it helps to have friends in high places.”
David “Dave” Reyes is one of the two protagonists of the Most Wanted series. He is a detective for the L.A.P.D. Major Crimes Unit and is currently partnered with Deputy Marshal Samantha “Sam” Massey.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: He's not quite as good at the violence thing as Sam is, but he's a competent detective who always dresses smartly.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Plenty of other characters (and fans) certainly think there’s this between him and Sam. Players who would rather disregard the Ship Tease in favor of a true “Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum” dynamic can go with Mistaken for Romance choices provided (although the Ship Tease is never fully lost).
- The Charmer: Most of the major decisions in his playthrough include charming the target.
- Childhood Friends: With Cassandra.
- Cuteness Proximity: Whereas Sam remains focused on catching Tull, the Precious Puppy in Chapter 7 has this effect on Dave.
- The Dandy: Sam initially dismisses him as one. Although he proves his worth as a detective, there is some truth to her first impression of him.Sam: I’m not going anywhere. I’ve come a long way to get this guy. I’m not getting benched by a suit.Dave: [scowls] Hey, not just any suit. This is Armani.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Hinted at; never properly addressed in Book One.
- Emotionally Tongue-Tied: Dave is. Every time Sam asks him about his past or anything remotely personal, Dave changes the subject and doesn’t respond. You’ll over have to spend diamonds just to get him to talk about a small detail about his life.
- Fair Cop: Hayley Rose comments that most of her fans are teenage girls, not unusually attractive policemen like him.
- Gentleman and a Scholar: To quote the trope’s main page: He manages to be both a highly intelligent expert in his chosen field and a pleasant, well-adjusted, and socially engaging human being, sometimes being even more attuned to the nuances of social etiquette than many less intelligent characters.
- Hairpin Lockpick: Chapter 7 has Dave using a paperclip to pick the lock to John Tull’s trailer if he has enough points. Otherwise, Sam kicks the door in.
- Men Use Violence, Women Use Communication: Inverted. Dave tends to try to solve problems by talking, while Sam tends to shoot first and ask questions later. Sam even mocks Dave for this in one scene when they are surrounded by flames and she sarcastically suggests that he can talk the fire into leaving them alone.
- Minored in Ass-Kicking: His most frequently used weapons are great intellect and charisma, but he’s shown to be physically fit as well and a competent fighter.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Sam’s Red. He has considerably more restraint and sensitivity than she does. However, they are both highly capable enforcers of the law.
- Platonic Life-Partners: If the player wishes, such a relationship can be cultivated with Sam.
- Cassandra laughs if Sam guesses that she has a dating history with Dave. Their bond appears to be completely platonic, but is by no means less special and strong than romances.
- Pretty Boy: Sam’s nickname for him at the beginning, and it isn’t a compliment. She means the phrase in The Dandy sense, i.e. “a foppish, ineffectual man”. This turns out to be untrue — the ineffectual part, at least. He does care about how he looks, just not excessively. He’s a Pretty Boy in the TV Tropes sense too: clean-shaven handsome appearance with corresponding styled hair.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Always seen with a suit.
- The Social Expert: Dave is a smooth talker who has formed a lot of connections in Los Angeles, even with celebrities. He is also good at reading people.
- Street Smart: Dave has grown in Los Angeles and knows every corner of the city and how to interact with any people.
Samantha “Sam” Massey
- “[…]I have a job to do. And I don’t have time to tiptoe just because you [Reyes] wanna cozy up to people who read cue cards for a living.”
Samantha “Sam” Massey is one of the two protagonists of the Most Wanted series. She is a member of the U.S. Marshals from the West Texas branch and is currently partnered with L.A.P.D. Detective David “Dave” Reyes.
- Action Girl: She's a tough-as-nails marshal with a talent for shooting.
- Ambiguously Bi: Can flirt with Alyssa at the gala, but it's unclear if she's genuinely attracted to women or if this is a ploy to flatter her into talking.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Plenty of other characters (and fans) certainly think there’s this between her and Dave. Players who would rather disregard the Ship Tease in favor of a true “Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum” dynamic can go with Mistaken for Romance choices provided (although the Ship Tease is never fully lost).
- Cowboy Cop: Sam is a loose cannon that came all the way to L.A. from Texas to catch John Tull and does not like playing nice.
- Dark and Troubled Past: John Tull killed her mentor Bill, took his shotgun as a souvenir and almost killed her when she was pursuing him.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: How Sam can get over time if you make the right choices.
- Determinator: Will NOT let anyone get in her way. You can play her as obstinate and openly Jerkass to the other police officers in L.A.
- Fair Cop: “Busty blonde beauty”, as Tull words it.
- Fish out of Water: Reza brings up the trope by name.
- It's Personal: Sam to John Tull.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's abrasive and rude at times, but her heart is in the right place and she eventually warms up to Dave.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Sam is a big fan of Cassandra Leigh. When she actually meets her (and also finds out that she and Dave are close friends), words barely come out. By the end of the case, Sam asks Cass to sign her an autograph.
- The Lad-ette: Commented on multiple times. This can be enforced by the players during the L.A.R.A. scene in which she can potentially: got mocked wearing her default outfit, got photograph having a weird expression, fails to talk Alyssa from giving info on Hayley and steps on Reyes's foot during the dance scene.
- Men Use Violence, Women Use Communication: Inverted. Dave tends to try to solve problems by talking, while Sam tends to shoot first and ask questions later. Sam even mocks Dave for this in one scene when they are surrounded by flames and she sarcastically suggests that he can talk the fire into leaving them alone.
- Platonic Life-Partners: If the player wishes, such a relationship can be cultivated with Dave.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red to Dave’s Blue. She can be aggressive, tactless, and irresponsible; which doesn’t mean she’s any less brilliant.
- Southern-Fried Genius
- Stepford Snarker:Mirasol: [to Sam] You use words as weapons. Ironically typical of someone who keeps people at a distance.
- Strange Cop in a Strange Land: Sam is from Texas, but she goes to L.A. to hunt down John Tull. Her cowboy cop attitude and lack of knowledge of the local culture can get her into trouble.
- Underdressed for the Occasion: It's possible for Sam to go to a fancy restaurant or formal party in her normal clothes, which gets commented on. It costs the premium currency to get her dress in something more appropriate.
- Use Your Head: In a premium scene from chapter 3, she has the option of doing this while fighting ninjas. Or rather, actors dressed as ninjas.
Major Antagonists
John Tull
- Ax-Crazy: Even Randall Grimes, leader of the Centurions, is scared of him.
- Berserk Button: Mentioning Hayley in front of him is this, which Dave exploited when he was holding Sam hostage. Giving that she is his daughter and Dave is confronting him with the belief that he has a Villainous Crush on her, this makes sense.
- Professional Killer: Is stated to murder multiple people for hire.
- The Heavy: Is the antagonist with the most screen time. His daughter is the Man Behind the Man.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He gets killed when his own grenade blows up in his hand after he's sucked out of the plane.
- Papa Wolf: Subverted. The motive for his murder spree is to eliminate anyone who threatens the career of his daughter, Hayley, but he's willing to get her killed with his grenade on the plane in the end if it means also killing Sam and Dave.
- Stalker Shrine: Tull has one dedicated to Hayley Rose, apparently because he’s deluded and thinks her song “Outlaw” is about him. It turns out that it was non-romantic in nature because he's her father, and the song is indeed about him.
- Taking You with Me: During the fight against John Tull and Hayley Rose, in chapter 14, he takes out a live grenade eager to take out everyone on the plane, including his own daughter.
- Tattooed Crook: He's an unhinged hitman with tattoos on his upper arms.
- Villainous Crush: The team spends much of the first half believing Tull has this on Hayley Rose. It turns out not to be the case when it's revealed that Hayley is his daughter, hence his obsession with killing anyone who threatens her reputation.
Hayley Rose/Tull
Hayley Rose is a famous singer who became a suspect in Gavin Routh's murder after he leaked nude photos of her. In truth, her surname is Tull and she's John Tull's daughter.
- Attention Whore: Her main concern about being found out as Hayley Tull? Her fans will turn on her. Can be exploited by Dave and Sam at the climax of the story in order to disarm and arrest her and is the only way to do so.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She’s in fact Tull’s scheming and manipulative — as well as homicidal — daughter and appears as a Hollywood-fluffy “princess” when Dave and Sam first interrogate her.
- Cute But Psycho: Killed a 19 year old boy for cheating on her.
- Daddy's Little Villain: She's just as ruthless and murderous as her father, if not even more so, and helps him battle Sam and Dave on the plane in the end.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Until you realize her true origins.
- Idiot Ball: It wasn't a great idea for her to write a song about her crime and call it "Outlaw" when her father is, in fact, an outlaw.
- Man Behind the Man: She orchestrated the entire murder spree in the story by siccing her father on anyone who threatened her perfect image, and in fact was the reason for his imprisonment to begin with because he took the fall for her murder of her boyfriend.
- Manipulative Bitch: She used her father's love for her to cover her murder of her ex-boyfriend and hits on the people who knew about her origins, and played Dave and Sam like fiddles to ward off suspicion.
- No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: In-Universe. Hayley Rose doesn't mind that Gavin Routh leaked some revealing pictures of her, especially since she's been doing lots of pilates.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: She pretends to be just a dumb starlet when Dave and Sam first met her.
- Off with Her Head!: She's decapitated at the very end after being arrested, providing a Sequel Hook.
- Periphery Demographic: She’s marketed as chiefly for teenage girls, but she tans and works out and wears sexy outfits. Thus, she apparently has fans among older men.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She only appears in four chapters, but her very existence motivated John Tull to commit the murder spree.
- That Man Is Dead: Desperately wants to believe this to be the case, as she wants to distance herself from her old life of Hayley Tull as much as possible. Can be exploited by Dave at the climax of the story in order to disarm and arrest her and is the only way to do so.
- Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to talk about her without giving away the fact that she's actually the other villain besides Tull.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Pretends to cooperate with the police in order to kidnap Cassandra as a hostage and keep them off her back.
Law Enforcement
Dana Beckham
Dana Beckham is Captain of the L.A.P.D. Major Crimes Unit.
- Black Boss Lady: She's an authoritative, tough Black woman who serves as head of her division.
- By-the-Book Cop: Albeit not an inflexible example.
- Da Chief: She's the boss whom Dave and Sam report to.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Bears a striking resemblance to Viola Davis.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: If talked to correctly, she can grant permissions to both Dave and Sam.
- Statuesque Stunner: Narration refers to her as “a statuesque woman” in the first chapter. She also looks like the beautiful Viola Davis, as written above.
Reza Fassihi
Reza Fassihi is a data analyst for the L.A.P.D. Major Crimes Unit.
- Ambiguously Brown: Has an Arabic name but no words on mentioning his actual ethnicity and his skin color is much lighter than Nikhil.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: An obnoxious Manchild in the eyes of Mirasol (and, in Chapter 4, has “just jokes” and no real ideas to help Sam and Dave), but unquestionably good at his profession.
- Butt-Monkey: He is constantly the bottom of Mirasol and Nikhil's jokes at his expense.
- Dating Catwoman: He briefly considers dating Jessica after they save her from being killed by Tull. Although he remembers that it isn’t the best of ideas given that she is involved with a case and he is in the force, Sam is not entirely unsupportive of the romance per se.
- Informed Flaw: But if the player doesn’t bring him along to Venice Beach, he persists in his belief that he’s a total dork no girl would like that way, to the long-suffering exasperation of Nikhil and Mirasol. Otherwise, he grows self-assured and returns their smiles with a “charming” one of his own — although he won’t talk to them because his eyes are on Jessica.
- Manchild: Mirasol has little patience for him and Nikhil, describing them as “basically just tall children” who require coddling.
- No Social Skills: Changes if he joins Dave and Sam when they go to Venice Beach.
- Nerds Are Sexy: He’s not traditionally unattractive, and his clothes aren’t particularly offensive to the eye either. A set of girls his age look his way and giggle in the last chapter, thinking he’s cute.
- The Triple: He presents himself proudly as "Data Analyst, amateur screenwriter and moderator of the The Crown & the Flame Forums".
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Nikhil and Mirasol. (Less vitriol when it comes to Nikhil and Reza, albeit Nikhil enjoys affectionately “insulting” Reza.)
Nikhil Mantha
Nikhil Mantha is a forensics scientist for the L.A.P.D. Major Crimes Unit.
- Ambiguously Gay: Not in the story, but his cameo in #LoveHacks shows him flirting with Cole at a club, only rejecting a date because of his job.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Expresses a desire to flip his own table at one point, during which their investigation isn’t going too excellently. It turns out he’s actually already flipped Reza’s once.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: An obnoxious Manchild in the eyes of Mirasol (and, in Chapter 4, has “just jokes” and no real ideas to help Sam and Dave), but unquestionably good at his profession.
- Bollywood Nerd: Has an Indian name and is portrayed as a competent forensic scientist. His personality is radically different from most portrayals, however.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: If the player doesn’t spend diamonds on a L.A.R.A. Gala gown for Sam, Nikhil happily talks about how “the sheeple” are scrambling to “define” Sam.Nikhil: This is like crack to me!
- The Dandy: “Stylish Guy with Nice Hair” is more or less how #LoveHacks introduces him in his cameo.
- The Gadfly: Mostly talks whenever they are teasing Reza.
- Gentleman and a Scholar: He’s a skilled professional and stylish, as well as implied to be popular and social.
- Hipster: Openly admitted to be one. He declares Hayley Rose's song "Outlaw" brilliant, not because it's any good, but because it's so overrated, overplayed and catchy it makes it ironically good.
- Manchild: Mirasol has little patience for him and Reza, describing them as “basically just tall children” who require coddling.
- So Bad, It's Good: Invoked. He keeps replaying Hayley Rose's "Outlaw" at the office because he finds it so bad that it's ironically good.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Reza and Mirasol. (Less vitriol when it comes to Nikhil and Reza, albeit Nikhil enjoys affectionately “insulting” Reza.)
Mirasol Bautista
Mirasol Bautista is a criminal profiler for the L.A.P.D. Major Crimes Unit.
- Brutal Honesty: Mirasol, being the resident psychologist, can read people accurately and tell them directly her thoughts. Sam can get on her good side by agreeing with her.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She's a little eccentric and likes reading psychopathic criminals' profiles occasionally for the hell of it.
- Competition Freak: Mere minutes after her introduction to Sam, Mirasol decides the blonde’s personality is a threat.Mirasol: I trust it won’t come to blows if we respect each other’s territory, but you should know that I’m training for that eventuality.
- Everyone Has Standards: Reading psychopaths' profiles for a living but even Tull scares her.
- Ironic Name: She’s of Filipino descent and named “Mirasol”, the Tagalog term for sunflowers. Lampshaded by Mirasol herself.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She appreciates her colleagues despite her brash personality.
- The Lad-ette: She has a much tougher, blunter personality than Nikhil and Reza and dislikes her own name for being "flowery".
- Nightmare Fetishist: “Sometimes” pores over psychopaths’ profiles “for recreation”. Her idea of a nice desk decoration is a live grenade.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Nikhil and Reza. (Less vitriol when it comes to Nikhil and Reza, albeit Nikhil enjoys affectionately “insulting” Reza.)
Rebecca McKenzie
Rebecca McKenzie is one of the police officers on the Gavin Routh case.
- A Day in the Limelight: She can be unlocked as a playable character in chapter 15 after being severely wounded by Hayley and John at a movie set.
- Fair Cop: Otis calls her “Officer Pin-Up”. It’s evident that McKenzie doesn’t appreciate the unpleasant man’s demeaning “compliment”.
Evan Shipley
Evan Shipley is a Deputy Marshal and Sam’s best friend and partner back in Texas.
- Fair Cop: He, along with Sam and Bill, is a good law enforcer and friendly guy outside of work.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: He looks like Michael Ealy.
Bill Holton
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Is a ringer for Sam Elliott.
- The Obi-Wan: He was Sam's mentor and partner. His death is what motivates Sam into catching Tull.
- Posthumous Character: He dies before the first chapter and we get to know him through Sam's flashbacks.
- So Proud of You: In Sam’s flashback in Chapter 2, Bill tells Sam he’s proud of her with his last words.
Hollywood
Theresa Holland/Logan Mills
As a whole
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: When chosen, there is no default name for them, but the player can to name the chosen character however they wish.
- Static Role, Exchangeable Character: Both characters coexist and are mutual love interests, but whoever the player chooses will die during the prologue.
Theresa Holland
Theresa Holland is an up-and-coming actress. If the player chooses her in the first chapter, she dies.
- Decoy Protagonist: She or Logan serves as the main character for the opening of the first chapter, and inevitably gets killed by Tull before the story shifts to Sam and Dave.
- Heroic Sacrifice: May die in an attempt to save Routh.
- Multiple-Choice Past: The player can choose to either make her an aspiring actress, a struggling screenwriter or unemployed.
- Static Role, Exchangeable Character: She can either be the player character in the beginning of the first chapter, or a partygoing guest whom Logan dances with if the player chose Logan.
Logan Mills
Logan Mills is an up-and-coming actor. If the player chooses him in the first chapter, he dies.
- Characterization Marches On: Was originally a cross between his current self and the character who is now Gavin Routh: a cowardly sleaze. After the update, he became a much more genuinely likable (and tragic) guy. Depending on whether the player decides to take control of him or Theresa, he may perish trying to save Routh.
- Decoy Protagonist: He or Theresa serves as the main character for the opening of the first chapter, and inevitably gets killed by Tull before the story shifts to Sam and Dave.
- Heroic Sacrifice: May die in an attempt to save Routh.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Looks like a bearded Chris Evans.
- Multiple-Choice Past: The player can choose to either make him an aspiring actor, a struggling screenwriter or unemployed.
- Static Role, Exchangeable Character: He can either be the player character in the beginning of the first chapter, or a partygoing guest whom Theresa dances with if the player chose Theresa.
Gavin Routh
Gavin Routh is a widely disliked celebrity reporter.
- Asshole Victim: Gavin is a sleazy reporter and the most hated man in L.A., according to Dave. He’s murdered by Tull after he digs up personal information on Hayley Rose, Tull’s beloved daughter.
Ryan Summers
Ryan Summers is a famous actor who is a friend with Dave and became suspect for Gavin Routh's murder.
- Brainless Beauty: Very handsome, but comes off as vacuous. He isn’t actually stupid, however, according to Dave — well, “not that stupid”.Sam and Dave: [run after Jamie Brooks when he refuses to be spoken with at the L.A.R.A. Gala]Cassandra: [mouth wide open in surprise] Ryan, do you have any idea what just happened?
- The Beautiful Elite: One of Hollywood’s poshest and most beautiful, and likes inviting the same crowd to his opulent manor.
- Freudian Excuse: The reason why he became a suspect in the case is because he was blackmailed by Gavin Routh, since he learned about Ryan's son from his hacked emails. Ryan then tells Dave and Sam that he wants to keep the existence of his son a secret because he doesn't want him to grow up with fake friends and paparazzi, just like himself during his childhood.
- Handsome Lech: Theresa Holland mentions Ryan Summers’ flings being a hot topic in the world of celebrity gossip. Gavin Routh also starts the nasty rumor that he’s paying a sex worker for additional pleasure. It turns out that he has a son, the result of him drunkenly sleeping with a caterer years ago, and the payments are in fact for the child. Like Dave, he’s made to sound something like an indiscriminate philanderer at first; but then is shown to have a type, respect women, and be far from obsessed with sex, in reality. Overlaps with The Charmer and Chivalrous Pervert — Ryan once found himself in a physical altercation after dallying with a lady even though she was married, but he asked if she was taken. She swore up and down that she was not.
- Has a Type: Dave says Ryan takes real interest only in potential partners who are savvy, assertive, and drama-free. It explains why he’s uninterested in Hayley, who’s outwardly attractive but personality-wise the opposite of the description; as well as how, as he himself admits, Sam doesn’t genuinely catch his attention until (or unless) she demonstrates smarts and confidence when they first meet, even though he recognizes that she’s a beautiful woman.
- Hidden Depths: Deeply resents “the media circus” and their refusal to give him privacy, likes to play things safe, writes letters to his child's mother, sends lawyers banging on Routh’s door when he leaks them along with libelous posts, but proves innocent despite his anger. The Hollywood environment is also the reason why he keeps the existence of his son a secret. Has a cameo in The Freshman: Book 3, where he articulates (with Cassandra) an insightful grasp of how the industry he’s in works.
- Lantern Jaw of Justice: Ryan is an action superstar who, as Dave notes, has the chin of a superhero.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: In Most Wanted: Book One, wherein the tone is more serious, there is a focus on characters’ complexities. He and Cassandra are utilized by the writers to satirize the sheltered affluent using this trope in their The Freshman and Rules of Engagement cameos, on the other hand. It’s Played for Laughs.
- Sharp-Dressed Man
Alyssa Griffin
Alyssa Griffin is a famous actress and singer described as “Hollywood’s latest It Girl”.
- The Beautiful Elite: A member of the crowd described by the narration as “Hollywood’s poshest and prettiest”, invited to wealthy action superstar Ryan Summers’ manor.
- Brainy Brunette: The most consistently judicious of Most Wanted: Book One’s Hollywood non-villains.
- Red Herring: Sam and Dave suspect that she could be in Tull's target list, since she is set to be "the new Hayley Rose" according to her new manager, making her Hayley's enemy. Turns out that Tull is after Jamie Brooks instead.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: It’s clear that she finds Dave hot; but his brains, risk-taking, courage, and outstanding law enforcement work are the primary selling points for Alyssa.
Cassandra “Cass” Leigh
Cassandra “Cass” Leigh is a famous actress and philanthropist who is an old friend with Dave.
- The Beautiful Elite: She’s a glamorous star who owns a lavish residential property.
- Chekhov's Skill: Dave casually mentions that Cassandra is applying for a pilot license. This helps save the day during the climax, which takes place on a plane.
- Childhood Friends: With Dave.
- Damsel in Distress: She's kidnapped by Tull at the end, and Sam and Dave have to rescue her from Tull and Hayley.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: The neckline of her dress dips pretty low.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Laughs if Sam guesses that she has a dating history with Dave. Their bond appears to be completely platonic, but is by no means less special and strong than romances.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Not in Most Wanted: Book One. Cassandra definitely isn’t stupid, but...
Joshua Neely
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Joshua is a pretentious and disagreeable likely-plagiarist who claims that if he had murdered Routh, it would’ve been “the perfect crime”. His version of “the perfect crime”, in addition to being unoriginal, turns out to be illogical. Sam doesn’t hesitate to point out its flaws.
Otis Khouri
He organized the party where John Tull murdered Gavin Routh and Logan/Theresa.
Ana de Luca
A fashion designer and one of Cassandra's friends.
- The Fashionista: She is a Top Fashion Designer with a very expensive boutique in Rodeo Drive.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: She is known to be Cass’ best friend.
- Insufferable Genius: Has a massive ego (namely, she thinks it’s insulting to be considered one of the best contemporary fashion designers when she deems herself the best). Her creations are viewed, however, as truly elevated couture.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Ana starts very hostile towards Sam. If the player takes the diamond choice for Sam to stand up to her and try one of her dresses, Ana immediately apologizes and finds her attitude so inspiring that she declares that Sam is her new muse. During Sam’s farewell party, she yells angrily at Sam because she is leaving her without her new muse.
Jamie Brooks
Hayley Rose's talent agent.
- Asshole Victim: He is guilty of embezzlement, planned to ditch Hayley Rose and take Alyssa Griffin instead. Dave and Sam have to save him from John Tull killing him with a bomb.
- He Knows Too Much: Dave and Sam theorize that Tull wants to kill him for stealing money from Hayley. Turns out that Hayley ordered Tull to kill him because he knows that she started as a runaway teen and her biography was made up by him.
Other Characters
Chad
Chad is one of the two co-owners of Cheerm, a company that provides free Wi-Fi.
- The Stoner: He and Todd own the company, but all they do is getting baked at the beach and brainstorm stupid app ideas while high.
Todd
Todd is one of the two co-owners of Cheerm, a company that provides free Wi-Fi.
- The Stoner: He and Todd own the company, but all they do is getting baked at the beach and brainstorm stupid app ideas while high.
Monica/Jessica
Greene
Monica (real name: Jessica) Greene introduces herself as the sister of Cheerm co-owner Chad. She is actually a programmer for Cheerm and was hired by Gavin Routh to hack celebrities’ phones.
- Damsel in Distress: Dave has to rescue her from being murdered by John Tull.
- Hollywood Hacking: She developed Venice Beach's free Wi-Fi to hack into celebrities' smartphones and sell the information to journalists like Gavin Routh.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: She is the only person keeping up Cheerm, as she is the programmer who built all the Wi-Fi system.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: She pretends to be sister of the owner and flirts a little with Dave to throw him off while she erases the evidence.
- Red Herring: She is initially a suspect of Gavin Routh's murder because he didn't pay her yet. She's instead on the hitlist.
- Walking Spoiler: Her identity gives away part of Tull's motivations.
Jamal Grady
- Childhood Friends: He is Dave's foster brother.
- Face of a Thug: When they first meet, Sam initially mistook Jamal with a drug dealer. He's actually just a honest independent rapper selling "his crack on the streets".
- Starving Artist: He prefers selling his records on the streets because he doesn't want to compromise his vision with a big record company.
Donnie Brine
Resident Paparazzi. Dave can confront him to stop stalking Alyssa Griffin.
- The Cameo: He makes an appearance as a reporter in The Royal Romance.
- Paparazzi: He stalks celebrities for a living.
