| “ | Their brains are rotten... Burn everyone. (Reversed) | ” |
Telling a couple Cameramen to burn the Infected Humans.
Dark TV Man[3][4][5] (also known as Energized TV Man or TV Daddy) is a special elite agent of the TV Man faction. In the full episode version of Episode 73, his debut episode, Dark TV Man emerged from his teleportation smoke and rudely told to mind their own business in reverse to Camerawoman. He would make a more complete and impactful appearance in Episode 74.
Appearance
Default (1.0)
Dark TV Man features a tall, muscular physique with a vivid purple-glowing screen on his CRT television head, equipped with 2 side-mounted speakers and a pair of ballistic cannons. He is dressed in a black, sleeveless vest, a long-sleeved dark blue shirt, a purple tie, fitted trousers, gloves, and black boots. His arms are equipped with retractable blades tipped with purple plasma while energy-emitting thrusters extend from his back. The entire figure emits a subtle purple glow.
1.1
In Episode 78, his appearance is mostly unchanged. His jetpack has been replaced with a propulsion ring and his blades have been rearranged, but remain in the same general location.
Personality
Dark TV Man, similar to other TV Men, appears to have a cold shoulder towards his allies, as witnessed in both episodes 73 and 74, where he rudely tells Camerawoman and an Armed Cameraman to mind their own businesses. He also seems to be close with Titan TV Man 2.0 and sees the latter as a big brother-figure.
Abilities
Dark TV Man becomes the first ever Alliance character to possess a TV head, a camera and a pair of speakers all at the same time, courtesy of the Chief Scientist Cameraman installing a camera pin on him to observe his advance through the depths of Alpha Hills. Dark TV Man has proven himself to be very skilled in combat, showing a variety of abilities and physical capabilities.
Combat
Plasma Tipped Blades
This character has blades mounted on the underside of his forearms, which he uses to stab his enemies. They are retractable, similar to Titan TV Man's plasma blade. He uses them quickly, causing his enemies an efficient and instant death, making it a good close-combat weapon.
Dual Head Mounted Ballistic Cannons
Dark TV Man has two side-mounted weapons on his head that allow him to fire bullets/projectiles. They are quite fast and lethal, serving as additional support weapons that can be very effective at short and long distances.
Loud Mind Control
Dark TV Man increases the intensity of his hypnosis attack with two small speakers next to his head. This causes Skibidi Toilets wearing Sunglasses to have their glasses broken and receive a direct attack. This feature is similar to the Death Screen attack performed by Cinemaman.
Movement
Teleportation
Like all TV Men, this character possesses the inherent ability of teleportation, which is the method behind the black smoke of the TV Men. It doesn't seem to have any special characteristic different from the rest of the TV Men; it's the common and standard Teleportation of all TV Men.
Hand Teleportation
This character has two inherent abilities in his hands. The description of these abilities explains the power of teleporting objects to his hands and the ability to deflect enemy attacks. These attacks are executed using the black smoke that are characteristic of all TV Men.
- Teleporting Objects: The Dark TV Man has an inherent ability in his hands that allows him to teleport objects or to his hand, as demonstrated in Episode 74, where with the help of this ability, the Dark TV Man cut off and teleported the head of the Scientist Laser Skibidi Toilet to his hand.
- Attack Deflection: The Dark TV Man can reflect attacks coming towards him by creating a Teleportation cloud in the direction the attack came to him, working like two portals, in which one hand receives the attack and the other shoots it out. It seems that he can deflect any type of attack. He also can teleport parts of his body like Titan TV Man 2.0.
Propulsion Ring
His Propulsion Ring helps him maneuver faster like for Flight, with the help of Astro Technology.
Relationships and Connections
Factions & Affiliations
Allies
- The Alliance - Belonging faction
- TV Men - Belonging sub-faction
- Skibidi Toilets - Allied faction
- Skibidi Mutants - Allied sub-species
Enemies
- Astro Toilets - Main enemy faction
Characters
Allies
- Chief Scientist Cameraman - Companion in battle
- Burgundy Tied Cameraman - Companion In Battle
- Gray Coated Speakerman - Companion in battle
- Burgundy Tied Speakerman - Companion In Battle
- Scientist TV Man - Workmate
- TV Woman - Companion in battle/Friend
- Large TV Man - Companion in battle/Friend
- Titan TV Man - Companion in battle/Friend
- Larry - Companion in battle
- Scarf TV Man - Companion in battle
Enemies
- Scientist Laser Skibidi Toilet † - Hostile combatant
Appearances
Skibidi Toilet 73 (Full Episode)
The Dark TV Man telling Camerawoman "Mind your own business," while looking directly at her.
Skibidi Toilet 74
The Dark TV Man using his Attack Deflection ability to return the attack to the Scientist Laser Skibidi Toilet.
Throughout much of this episode, the Dark TV Man was the POV-Cameraman (wearing a camera recording on his head), where we could see him, along with several members of The Alliance, making their way through one of the facilities of the Alpha-Hills Complex. The Dark TV Man was the one who most helped in this mission, using his ability of Invisible Shift to navigate through all the rooms, chambers, and laboratories, paving the way for his companions.
The Dark TV Man looking at a strange painting about G-Toilet, supposedly when he was an Astro Toilet.
Skibidi Toilet 77 (Part 3 & Full Episode)
The Dark TV Man in Episode 77 (Part 3).
In this episode he was briefly seen a couple of times. He was seen appearing with TV Woman. He used his Black Smoke Teleportation Method to teleport in. After looking at the TV men and the Cameramen 3.0 with the G-Squad, he informed Titan TV Man about the current situation, stating, "We teleported everyone to base." subsequently, he noticed the titan's injuries and added, "Let's get outta here, big bro!" implying that he should return home before stronger Astro Toilets ambush him. Titan TV Man did not listen, though, and the Juggernaut Astro Toilet later showed up.
The Dark TV Man in Episode 77 (Full Episode), attacking the Interceptor Astro Toilet.
Skibidi Toilet 78
The Dark TV Man telling the Buzzsaw Skibidi Mutant 3.0 that he's entering the battlefield with the Scarf TV Man and Larry accompanying him.
Feats
Episode 74
- Punched an Infected Human all the way to one end of the room.
Kill Count
| Episode | Character | Image | Circumtances |
| 74 | Scientist Laser Skibidi Toilet | 
|
Decapitated via Hand Teleportation. |
| Armored Guardian Skibidi Toilet | 
|
Stabbed with Small Energy Blade. | |
| Infected Skibidi Human | 
|
Punched and thrown against the wall. |
Voice Lines
| Audio | Phrase | Moment | Episode (Part) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Mind your own business" (reversed) | Dark TV Man to Camerawoman during his debut. | Skibidi toilet 73 | |
| "Let's go." (reversed) | Dark TV Man after equipping the Portable Camera. | Skibidi toilet 74 | |
| "P R O T E C T." (reversed) | Dark TV Man ordering the Armed Laser Guardian Skibidi Toilet after hypnotizing him. | ||
| "Give me your head." (reversed) | Dark TV Man decapitating the Scientist Laser Skibidi Toilet. | ||
| "Get out!" (reversed) | Dark TV Man to the imprisoned Alliance members. | ||
| "Well done lil bro." (reversed) | Patting the Armed Laser Guardian Skibidi Toilet on the head before striking him in the face with his energy blade. | ||
| "Their brains are rotten... Burn everyone." (reversed) | Leaving the room with the imprisoned Infected Humans. | ||
| "Mind your own business." (reversed) | Dark TV Man to an Armed Cameraman. | ||
| "Take a look..." (reversed) | Dark TV Man handing the picture of G-Toilet to Scientist TV Man. | ||
| "We teleported everyone to base." | Telling Titan TV Man to leave | Skibidi toilet 77 | |
| "Let's get out of here big bro." | |||
| "There were unionized group of researchers in Eastern Europe..." | Dark TV Man explaining their mission to the reinforcement squad. | Skibidi toilet 78 | |
| "Their status is unknown..." | |||
| "You need to rescue and deliver the survivors..." | |||
| "If there's still any..." | |||
| "Most importantly..." | |||
| "Do not die." | |||
| "It's now or never..." | Replying to Buzzsaw Mutant. | ||
| "We shall join the battlefield." |
Trivia
- He is the first POV in the series not to be a Cameraman.
- This is the second TV Man ever to have a glowing purple screen instead of white static by default.
- Dark TV Man can break glasses while using his speakers.
- This ability is similar to Cinemaman's red screen attack with speaker armor.
- In the scene where Dark TV Man went to examine the G-Toilet's poster in Episode 74, throwing the clock, drill, and pencils off the table was a reference to DOM Studio's argument with DaFuq!?Boom!. Thankfully, said argument has been discontinued.
- Dark TV Man is the first TV Man to show how the teleportation works from the POV of a TV Man.
- Dark TV Man's voice line "Their brains are rotten." is a clear reference to the haters calling the series brainrot (usually because of "gen alphas" association).
- In an interview with Elite Cameraman, DaFuq!?Boom! said that this character was "TV Daddy". This was most likely a joke, but it can still be used as an alias since it originated from the creator.
- In another interview, DaFuq!?Boom! also confirmed that he may have deep relationships with other characters that will affect the overall plot.
- Dark TV Man was the POV of Episode 74 and the full episode of Episode 77.
- He is the second TV Man who can teleport their hands, with the Titan TV Man being the first.
- He is the first unit to use technology from all subfactions of The Alliance, being a TV Man with speaker and camera attachments.
- This is the second TV Man to have two official names, with "Dark TV Man" being planned for merch store items (like Polycephaly) and "Energized TV Man" just being directly taken from the wiki like many other characters (his page was named "Energized TV Man" before it was renamed to "Dark TV Man").
- Technically, he can be considered the first TV Man 2.0 in the series. Not counting Titan TV Man, he is first TV Man to has blades, which would be eventually adopted by such TV Men as Larry, Scarf TV Man, and TV Woman.
- He and Jeffrey are the only TV Men not to be featured in a teaser for an episode.
- He, Large TV Man, and Jeffrey are the only TV Men who never showed any emoticons on their screens, being a sign of their cold, aloof and detached personalities.
- This character has the biggest number of the fan names in the fandom among all the other characters.
| TV Man Navigation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Alliance Map for reference) | |||
| Soldiers | |||
| Main Sequence TV Men | Normal TV Man • TV Woman (2.0) • Large TV Man (2.0) • Titan TV Man (1.1|2.0|Corrupted 2.0) | ||
| Special TV Men | Dark TV Man • Ceiling TV • Larry • Scarf TV Man • Jeffrey | ||
| Scientists | Scientist TV Man | ||
| Items | |||
| Weapons | Television • Energy blade • Blade • Detaining claws • Sword • Knife • Destructive plasma cannon | ||
| Protection & Tools | Jetpack • Speech • Claws • Tendril • Propulsion ring • Hook • Energy core • Large speaker helicopter • Black speaker helicopter • Shield • Metal plate | ||
| SFX | |||
| Sound Effects | TV Men Ambience • Titan TV Man Red Screen Sound Effect • TV Men's Teleport sound | ||
| Locations | |||
| Base/Lab | TV Men headquarters | ||
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- ↑ On a exclusive QnA with Elite Cameraman [1]
- ↑ COMPLAINT against Invisible Narratives ( Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACANDC-20356279.). Filed by Invisible Narratives. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Exhibits A - G, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet)(Li, Jie) (Filed on 2/14/2025) (Entered: 02/14/2025) (Page 8) [2]
- ↑ "Dark TV Man" official copyright registration [3]
- ↑ Dark TV Man official action figure [4]
- ↑ Skibidi Toilet Mystery Box with "Dark TV Man" trading card inside [5]