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Daniel
First Appearance Last Appearance The Danielbeast What the F*@k???
Character information
Age	19
Date of Birth	December 1987? (Sagittarius)
MySpace	daniel_thebeast
YouTube	Danielbeast
Portrayed by	Yousef Abu-Taleb
List of Daniel's blogs Videos with Daniel

Daniel a.k.a. Danielbeast or Beast is Bree's best friend, (on and off) love interest, and the co-star of the Lonelygirl15 video series. His first videos were intially made in Daniel's bedroom.

Plot Background

Daniel urged Bree to rebel against her strict parents and is concerned about her religion and the ceremony she was supposed to partake in. Like many of the fans, Daniel began to investigate these mysterious things surrounding Bree and had taken to following her around and recording her actions, even after Bree had asked him not to do so via a video post. On both these occasions Lucy was taking Bree somewhere; once to a nearby park for what appeared to be a practice session for the upcoming ceremony and then a trip to a medical complex.

Daniel later broke into Lucy's apartment. He found on her computer pictures of himself. He became worried and posted a video on the subject. His worries had been reflected onto Bree, causing her to question her religion.

Daniel's parents do not have much influence on him, due at least in part to a history of alcoholism. Daniel appears to have quite a tendency to be affected by alcohol as well, as shown in Truth or Dare, Drinking Problems, Uncle Dan, Vegas, Baby!, Spring Break Sucks, Running For Life, and Intervention.

Since Bree has rejected many of Daniel's advances, Daniel began to show a romantic interest in Jonas's Aunt Alex. This ended soon after it was revealed that she was still involved with the Order.

He continues to travel with Jonas and Bree.

Education & Early Life

He graduated high school in June 2006 and had a graduation party which Bree was not allowed to attend. Daniel later dropped out of school at a junior college, where he was taking film classes, and left his job at Gas 'n Eats to accompany Bree on the run from the Order.

Daniel is much more social than Bree, he has had friends besides her and used to go to parties, which he had coerced Bree into sneaking out to go to. Two of his other friends have been named, Paul and Andrea.

Notes

• Daniel apparently has two cameras. One is a webcam that shoots videos in the standard 4:3 format. The other is a mini-DV handheld that shoots videos in the 16:9 letterbox format. We have seen the webcam in a mirror in the video "What Did Daniel and Dad Talk About?" and Jonas mentions receiving a tape from Daniel via Bree in the video "Your Decision." Interestingly, Jonas also appears to own both a 4:3 tethered webcam and a 16:9 handheld videocam.

• One of Daniel's better skills is breaking and entering. He has shown this questionable talent when breaking into Lucy's apartment, into a local warehouse, as well as Alex's Mexico condo. His response, "It's all I know how to do really, I guess."

Etymology

Daniel is a Biblical name from Hebrew (דניאל) meaning "God is my judge." This is the name of the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel. One of the stories tells how the prophet Daniel saw visions of supernatural "beasts". These comparisons have been drawn by LG15 fans because Daniel's username on YouTube/Revver, as well as his nickname in the videos is 'Danielbeast'.

Links

DanielBeast's official Myspace account:http://www.myspace.com/daniel_thebeast

A fan operates an account at http://www.myspace.com/danielbeast (which predates the official one above)