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Danny St. John, also referred to by some as "Dan", is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. Danny and his family conspire with the Save-Lots Bandits and lure unwary survivors to their farm where they would dismember and murder them to cook them into human meat and then trade as food to the bandits in return for protection and supplies. He served as one of the two secondary antagonists of the episode "Starved For Help" (along with Brenda St. John).
Overview[]
Though initially coming off as friendly, Danny is revealed to be a sadistic, delusional, and barbaric sociopath. Unlike his mother and brother, who appear to commit their horrendous actions out of necessity and to survive, Danny is more sadistic and appears to relish in violence and killing and takes sick pleasure in toying with his victims before dismembering them into human meat. While invading Jolene's camp, Danny reveals his more sociopathic and murderous side. When looking inside her tent, he looks excited to kill whoever is inside and is disappointed when he sees no one is there. After Jolene is shot by either Danny or Lee, Danny is shown to be relatively unfazed and even compliments that it was a clean shot. Later he is seen stroking his gun, Charlotte, in a disturbing manner and treats it like a person.
It appears Danny feels overshadowed by his brother Andy, as he can be heard muttering about how he doesn't get the respect he deserves. Despite this, he does genuinely seem to care for his family.
Later while the group is in the meat locker, Danny gets to choose which member of the group to keep as meat. He is shown to take sadistic joy out of this, stating that it's his favorite part. After Danny is subdued by a bear trap, he tells Lee that cannibalism is the only way to survive. He shows little fear for his life and firmly believes that Lee will not kill him.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
St. John's Dairy Farm[]
Danny's parents, Brenda and Terry, own a dairy farm somewhere near or in Macon, Georgia, and Danny helps out along with his brother, Andrew. Andrew, being the oldest, caused some friction between the brothers as Danny feels that his parents favored him more than himself as well as Andrew attending college. Danny, on the other hand, excelled in sports and even won a trophy in baseball.
Decatur, Georgia[]
At some point, Danny moved to Decatur and started a steadfast insurance company. However, when the attacks started, he returned home to the farm.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season One[]
"Starved For Help"[]
He is first seen walking over to the Travelier Motel and introducing himself along with his brother, Andrew. As he and his brother are held at gunpoint by Kenny/Carley (Determinant), Danny explains that he needs gas to power an electric fence that protected the St. John Dairy, and is willing to offer some food in exchange for any gasoline. Lilly, uncertain whether or not they could be trusted, sends Lee to the farm with the brothers. Mark, Ben and Carley/Doug (Determinant) also volunteer to go with Lee. The St. John brothers lead the hungry survivors back to their farm. Along the path, Danny tries to learn about Lee's group, asking several questions about who leads the survivors and how many of them were residing in the motel.
Upon arriving at the farm, Danny and Andy introduce Lee to their mother, who brings out freshly baked biscuits for them. Danny quietly remarks that they keep a cow in the barn, to which Brenda uses as an excuse to discuss the cow's sickness, as they had already known that there was a veterinarian in Lee's group. Danny then helps his mother out in the kitchen while Andy gives Lee and Mark a job.
After Lee and Mark had been ambushed by bandits on the outskirts of the dairy, Danny asks Lee to come with him and scope out the nearby forest for the bandits' camp, but they end up finding a smaller camp, which Danny guesses is not the main base. Lee recovers a camera, but as its batteries are empty, Danny expresses his relief, giving off that he is hiding something. They are soon confronted by the inhabitant of the camp, a deranged woman named Jolene, who threatens them with a crossbow. If Lee refrains from shooting her, she starts addressing Danny, telling him that she knows exactly who he is and what his family does, but before she can tell the full story to Lee, Danny shoots her, and mumbles "what a waste", before leaving the camp with Lee and Jolene's crossbow.
Back at the dairy, Lee can have a short conversation with Danny, who is reveling in his kill. Lee finds him stroking his gun which he calls "Charlotte", something Lee finds disturbing. Lee can also confront Danny about a wheelbarrow filled with old, bloody clothes, and he will claim that he cut himself badly, despite not being visibly wounded or scarred.
Back in the house at dinner time, Lee excuses himself, and investigates the second floor, where he finds a barely living Mark with both his legs cut off, revealing the St. Johns to be cannibals. Announcing his findings to the group which had assembled for dinner, Danny mumbles, "Everything could have turned out okay for you folks...", before grabbing his rifle and pointing it at Kenny, while Andrew takes Clementine hostage. When Lee attempts to attack Andy, Danny stops him by pointing his rifle at him. Then, the injured Mark comes crawling down the stairs, begging for help. As the group looks on in horror, Lee attempts to tell Clementine to look away, only to be knocked out by Danny with a blow to the head.
After having escaped from the meat locker along with Lilly and Clementine, Lee and Kenny sneak up on Danny, who guards the barn, while angrily muttering about how his family does not treat him with appropriate respect. Andrew suddenly returns and tells Danny to finish off their prisoners, forcing them to hide in a stall. Hearing Danny mumbling to himself that he will let one of them run, only for him or her to run into a bear-trap he has placed in the way, Lee peeks out from the stall to find out where he is, only to get Danny's rifle shoved in his face. Lee grabs the barrel, averts the shot, and struggles with Danny, who gets the upper hand, before either Kenny or Lilly comes to his aid, causing the wounded Danny to stumble into his own bear-trap.
With his leg stuck in the trap, Danny manically states to Lee that cannibalism is the only way to survive in the world now, and tells him that he should keep him alive and eat him, as he does not believe that he has the courage to kill him. Lee then realizes that Danny's sole motive for going into the woods was not to hunt down the bandits, whom he appears to be on good terms with, but to hunt down Jolene to either kill her or bring her back to the farm for human meat and remove her as a liability to the deal him and his family have with the bandits. Lee can retort that Danny and his family are insane and that cannibalism is never the answer.
In-Game Decision[]
Lee will have to choose to either kill Danny with a pitchfork or leave him to his fate in the bear-trap.
Kill Danny (Dead): If Lee opts to kill Danny, he throws the pitchfork at him, impaling him through the chest, ultimately killing him. Clementine will witness this and become frightened.
Spare Danny (Unknown): If left to live, Lee throws the pitchfork at at a hay-bale, and turns his back on Danny. He is presumably still stuck in the bear-trap when the walkers overrun the dairy. If Lee assisted Kenny in killing Larry, Lilly will emerge with Clementine and expresses her distaste for sparing Danny, stating that Lee is an asshole for murdering her father and leaving "this piece of shit alive". However, if Lee tried to save Larry and before he leaves the barn, Lilly threatens to kill Danny for playing a role in her father's death. It is uncertain whether Lilly follows through with her threat.
Death (Determinant)[]
- Killed By
After discovering that Kenny and Lee escaped the meat locker, Danny points a gun at Lee. Danny misses the shot and Lee attacks him with whatever weapon was grabbed in the meat locker. Danny will knock Lee down before being attacked by Lilly (if you tried to save Larry) or Kenny (if you ensured Larry's death) and will stumble into a bear trap that he placed at the entrance of the barn.
If Lee chooses to kill Danny, he is stabbed with a pitchfork and dies. Given that his brain was never shown to be destroyed to prevent reanimation, it is most likely that he turned if he wasn’t devoured first by the approaching walkers.
If Lee does not kill him, he just leaves Danny there. If so, his fate is left unknown, but he may have been eaten by the walkers as they invaded or killed by Lilly.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Danny has killed:
- David Parker (Caused or Indirectly Caused)
- Travis (Indirectly Caused)
- Jolene (Determinant)
- Mark (Caused, Alive)
- Larry (Indirectly Caused, Alive)
- Himself (Indirectly Caused, Determinant)
- Numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people
Relationships[]
For a more in-depth look at Danny's relationships, read here; Danny St. John (Telltale)/Relationships
Allies[]
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Enemies[]
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Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of Danny's most memorable quotes.
Season One"Shit, where'd this string come from? (…) Yeah, just gettin' untangled..." "Our place is protected by an electric fence. Generators provide the electricity... (…) How y'all doing on food? We got plenty at the dairy." "I used to move around a bit myself, but the dairy will always be home to me." "Can't get stuff like that anymore, not without a cow for milk and butter, that's for sure." "Food for protection. Not like we had much of a choice, but they did stop hasslin' us." "Ain't no way we're gonna let those sons o' bitches get away with this! (…) They're hard to pin down, but I think I know where at least one of their camps are. When you're ready to go scope out that bandit camp, come find us." "You saw what they did to your buddy. Nobody's safe here until we start to fight back. The two of us should go out and do some recon, then we'll all mount up for some revenge. (…) Remember: we're just doing reconnaissance for now. No use getting ourselves killed." "The first few days they told folks to gather to the Save-Lots by the interstate. Anything worth taking? (…) Trust me, these selfish bastards don't stop takin'. Probably just to remind us that it's theirs." "Probably the food we've been giving 'em. Fuckers crossed the line." "I see you handle that gun I lent ya pretty well. You a hunter? (…) Lilly, huh? Sounds like she's running this "democracy" of yours." "Lilly? I thought you said you were running things back there?" "Hey, we had a deal! No shooting as long as we gave you food! What the fuck happened? (…) You don't know me! (…) We had a deal! You people broke it first! (…) Forget it, Lee. She's batshit loco." "Shit! What the hell'd you do that for? We had a deal with them! (…) She was a fuckin' freakshow, but you didn't have to kill her. I mean, I know she was crazy, but damn!"  "It's a clean shot, though. Right through the forehead." "Hardly. She had a crossbow pointed at my forehead!" "It's a clean shot, though. Right through the forehead. That's good shootin' right there. Still, what a waste." "("Well. Thanks, I guess.") Well, you're welcome... I guess." "If they ain't here, I don't know where they are. And it ain't a good idea to go tromping through the woods looking for 'em. So, yeah, we head back. Once they see this... they'll get the message."  "What? You ain't gettin' soft on them, are ya? Not after what they did to your friend!" "Man, that was a hell of a ride, huh? (…) You were a madman back there! Took that crazy bitch down!" "What? You ain't gettin' soft on them, are ya? Not after what they did to your friend!"  "Glad I got to use her today. My girl, here." "Glad I got to use her today. My girl, here. (…) What's not to like? (…) That's where you're wrong. This is Charlotte. She's as faithful as a starvin' hound when you got a bone in your pocket. Times like these, a .243 will keep you warmer at night than any lady I ever known." "Used to have more. They get hungry, too. Or sick. Got your doctor friend here now, though. (…) People get hungry and a few loaves of bread fetch a high price. Y'all are lucky you're on this side of the deal now." "Things happen on a dairy. Cut myself darn bad just the other day. Blood everywhere." "Everything coulda turned out okay for you folks. (…) We got lots of use for y'all right here." "This is bullshit! "Danny, do this... Danny, do that..." How was I supposed to know that legless asshole would wake up? I thought he had enough drugs in him to keep him out for the rest of the night. Seriously, how long am I supposed to stay out here? What the hell could they be talking about in the house? Ain't no big debate needed, keep some alive for meat, kill the rest. If Daddy were here everything would be fine. That's when things started going to shit around here anyway. Daddy had an order to things. You knew what you were supposed to be doing. Now it's all just whatever! It ain't right making me stay out here all night. I didn't do nothin', but they just treat me like I'm some kind of screw up. And, Momma, I know you mean well, and God bless you, but you have got to stop playing favorites with Andy. I know he's older, but that don't make him better. And it certainly don't make him smarter. Gah! What's taking Momma and Andy so long? What, are they finishing their damn dinner first? Coulda brought me out a plate at least. Those people are gonna ruin everything. Fuck, it's dull out here. (yelling) Who wants some? I dare some dead asshole to try to cross my fence tonight!" "Oh, I know, Maybelle. This is my favorite part too. When I let one think they can just walk right out. (chuckles) They never even look down." "You can't have 'em! We need the vet."   "You see?!! You understand now, don't ya?! You can have me!" "You see?!! You understand now, don't ya?! You can have me! It's how the world works now! Give part of yourself... so others can live! --(…) --You gotta keep me alive. If you kill me, the meat gets tainted! You can't eat it!" "You weren't ready to hear yet, Lee! Had to stop her!" "That bitch never got it! She almost fucked up our best deal!"   "Do it then! I know you can, I seen you do it!"/"You ain't gonna kill me, just like you didn't kill Jolene!" "Do it then! I know you can, I seen you do it! Just like you killed that woman in the camp!" "You ain't gonna kill me, just like you didn't kill Jolene! You don't have what it takes! Fucking coward!" |
Appearances[]
The Telltale Series[]
Season One[]
Trivia[]
- Danny named his gun "Charlotte" and displays affection towards the gun, treating it like a person.
- Danny is one of five characters in The Walking Dead that has named their weapon. The others being Negan with "Lucille" (along with their TV Universe counterparts), Molly with "Hilda", Louis with "Chairles", and David with "Mandy".
- According to Danny's unused audio clips he might have pedophilic intentions as he mentions how he enjoys the younger girls who visited the St. John farm in their spring time dresses.
- This was alluded to in the game itself during a conversation between Danny and Andy when Lee and Kenny sneak out of the meat locker: Andy informs Danny that Brenda wants them to kill all but one of the hostages, as they cannot guarantee their own safety if they keep so many prisoners. Danny excitedly asks if he can choose who to keep alive, to which Andy replies: "Not the kid; (Clementine) there's not enough meat on her to trade."
- Also, the unused audio claims he started and ran an insurance company in Decatur, Georgia before the outbreak. It was a steadfast, improving business.
- There is a recurring glitch when starting Season 2 and using your Season 1 save file, Danny will appear to be spared by Lee regardless of your actions when showing the "Previously, on The Walking Dead" scene.
- Danny is one of two characters Brian Sommer has voiced, the other being Pete.
- If Danny fights Lee and Kenny in the barn, Kenny will always appear to use the scythe, even if Lee took it.
- It is interesting to note that out of both St. John brothers, players were more apt to kill Danny, while opting to spare Andy. According to Gaming Statistics (roughly three months after the episode was released), 55% of players chose to kill Danny, while a notable 80% chose to spare Andy. Possible reasons could be that players potentially saw Danny as more deranged, and thus more necessary to dispose of, and/or feeling that sparing Andy and leaving him to the liberty of the approaching zombies after he essentially lost the will to live would be a far more severe punishment than simply killing him.
- While deciding Danny's fate, if the player takes too long, Danny will look down and close his eyes, as if anticipating a killing blow, in spite of his words before that he did not think Lee would do it. (Determinant)
- Danny has his college diploma, which is seen hung on the wall of the St. John's home.
- Danny is the first antagonist to be killed in the same episode he was introduced in if Lee killed him. (Determinant)
- Danny is also determinately the first antagonist the player can have Lee kill.
- Additionally, Danny is the only enemy who always overpowers Lee, regardless of the player's actions. No matter which weapon he uses, Danny always succeeds in knocking Lee down.
- Danny talks to himself, as noted when he makes many comments to himself about his situation while Lee and Kenny sneak up on him.
- Interestingly, Danny did not intend to kill Jolene. If Lee shoots Jolene, Danny will chastise him for it and if Danny shoots her, he displays frustration.
- This could imply Danny was planning to keep her alive in order to harvest her meat for food like his family did with Mark.
- Danny is one of ten non-main characters to cause/directly the death of a main character, regardless of the players' choices, the others being Andrew, Brenda, Jake, Linda, Gary, Drew, Clive, Michelle, and Vitali.
- Danny's voice actor, Brian Sommer, confirmed that he had to record all of Danny's lines three different times. The first time, he delivered his lines super creepily. The second time, he delivered his lines more normally and conversational. The final time, he delivered his lines somewhere in the middle.[1]