![]() Gentleman and a Scholar: A Ph.D capable of helping run a nuclear-powered spacecraft, who's reasonably engaging in a TV interview. ![]() Final Girl: Dave is a Rare Male Example when he is the last crew member left alive to shut down HAL 9000. ![]() Fusion Dance: As of 3001, he and HAL have fused their consciousness into a single entity nicknamed "Halman", though Dave's personality seems to dominate more.In 3001, he (and HAL) were willing to put their combined existences at risk to prevent the Monoliths from taking actions that would threaten humanity's existence. This trait also appeared to have carried through to Dave's Star Child form, as in 2010 he took steps (as far as his Firstborn "supervisors" would let him) to warn the crews at Jupiter to leave as soon as possible, and allowing one of the few exceptions in the ban on humans interacting with Europa in 2061 in emergency circumstances.When Frank joked that the crab would just walk off and cut down someone's prized flower display, Dave agreed, but was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. Friend to All Living Things: In 3001, Frank relates a tale of him and Dave walking along a beach in Florida prior to Discovery's launch, and Dave had stopped to flip over a crab that had gotten stuck on its back.Death Seeker: Downplayed, but considering he leaves a shutdown or near-shutdown Discovery in the film to investigate the Monolith, and taking into account the traumatic events leading up to it, it's highly implied that he did not expect to return from this trip.One of the reasons he was chosen for the flight was that with the exception of his elderly mother, he had no real ties left on Earth. In the aftermath of that loss, he had embarked on a long-term relationship with Robert's girlfriend Betty, which ended shortly before Discovery departed for Jupiter-though he left her a son, who was originally attributed to her husband after Dave. Dark and Troubled Past: The 2010 novel reveals some of his pre-series history: his older brother Robert died while trying to explore a lake by diving-they were using a common garage air compressor with a snorkel mouthpiece attached to breathe, which concentrated carbon monoxide in the air flow to deadly levels, with David at the controls when Robert dived.Cold Equation: When HAL opens the pod bay doors in the novelization, Bowman makes the decision to leave Whitehead to his death and save himself given the circumstances, he had little choice.Broken Bird: In the 2010 novel, Curnow described him as ".a bit of a cold fish-not unfriendly, but whenever he entered a room, the temperature seemed to drop by ten degrees." Considering some of his past trauma, as mentioned in tropes below, it makes sense that he would be socially withdrawn.Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: See above.And Your Reward Is Infancy: Bowman becomes the Star Child at the ending of the film.It appears that that will turn out to be Bowman's purgatory, but it's ultimately averted as Bowman Ascends to a Higher Plane of Existence. The journey reduces him to a quivering wreck-then he appears in the alien hotel room as an old man. And I Must Scream: The flash-cuts of Bowman's horror as he's taken Beyond The Infinite. ![]()
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