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Daniels is a side character from Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, specifically from Beard's storyline from the Russo-American war in Hawaii. His face covered with a keffiyeh, perhaps hinting a previous middle-eastern assignment and a hygienic interest in protection from the jungle warzone environment. Before the war he was a school teacher, and he's appropriately overweight (listed in the files as FatSquad) and constantly condescending of Barnes, with whom he grows a friendly rivalry with.

Events in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

March 17th, 1985

After Barnes and Beard admit they're abnormally drunk apparently from the heat, Daniels boasts that he could go for another round or two. He tells everyone to head on back and that he'll catch up later. Barnes is determined to outdrink him, but Beard and Jacket leave. That night, Daniels is the only one still at the campfire by a pot with several empty bean cans and an empty food tray.

Upon arriving, Beard finds Daniels in a fort with a Russian intelligence officer who either committed suicide or was executed. He's standing over a map of the region and says that they've found good intel that should be given to the Colonel as soon as possible. He mentions that he has no idea what to do with the captives, joking that it'd make the job back to camp easier if Barnes killed all of them before sighing.

October 25th, 1985

Daniels is playing cards with Barnes by several empty bean cans and a cooler full of beers on the beach. Barnes says he's been thinking about opening a bar when he gets home and Daniels jokes that he does like drinking. Barnes gets annoyed and wants his real opinion, asking him what he'll do when he gets back. Daniels says he's already a teacher and has a job for when he gets back. He jokes that Barnes would make a great bar owner and that nobody wouldn't want a sociopathic drunk as a boss. After Beard expresses desire to own a convenience store, Daniels comments that it sounds like he's got it all planned out. After the mission, Daniels is with the D Company Commander, leaning on a wrecked car by himself with Jacket and Barnes together on the adjacent side. Later, he's leaning on a wall in the resort and says that them apparently going home now is cause for celebration. Beard asks Daniels when he thinks the Colonel will arrive, and Daniels comments that the roads are rough and he'll feel safer when D Company arrives, suggesting they settle for water and get some sleep.

October 30th, 1985

At night, Barnes critiques the plan to take a Soviet controlled power plant as a bullshit reason to get them all killed, and Daniels says he agrees with him "for once." Barnes to asks why he's always picking on him if they're all in the shit together. The next morning, an armed Daniels is facing Barnes at the campfire. Daniels has his shotgun over his shoulder and is talking to Barnes, regularly lifting his head above his keffiyeh. After taking the power plant, Daniels tells Beard it looks like the Russian General has completely lost it, the camera panning up to reveal the General has shot all the engineers and killed himself. As the plant goes into melt down, Barnes is mortally wounded and a shocked Daniels drops his shotgun to run over to his friend to be with him in his last moments. Daniels is never seen after this, implying he died in the plant explosion 50 seconds later.

Notes

  • In the comics, Daniels is depicted with a scar running across his left eye. This scar is not depicted in-game. He also makes a cameo appearance after his apparent death in 1985, though given the many inconsistencies between the comics and the game, this is likely a non-canon continuity error.
  • Although their appearances are very similar, Jake and Daniels are two completely different people: the first is an unemployed redneck ultra-nationalist alive by 1989, while the latter is a teacher in civilian life who likely died in 1985, apparently without relevant political views, and relatively calm. Furthermore Jake's Neo Confederate views would obviously contradict Daniels' friendship with the African American Barnes.
  • Daniels appears to be a recoloring and slight edit of  the Phone Hom Manager seen in the first game. They have differing hair amounts, eyebrows, and eye colors.
  • Even though he likes to make fun of Barnes, he is the one who tries to help him when the elevator explodes.
  • It is unknown why Daniels wears a Shemauge/Keffiyeh or how he got it. It's most likely a personal item and not standard issue uniform. The U.S. Military did not incorporate Shemauges until their involment in the Gulf and Afghanistan Wars which took place in the early 90's (Gulf) and 2000's (Afgan). Also in that regard, Shemauges are mostly associated with desert environments. On the other hand, Daniels mentioned that he was a teacher, which might imply that he travelled the world at one point to teach in a desert country or might be a teacher in geography or history/culture with certain interests.
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