NPCs · first: TH E1
The Incredible Dantes
The name Dantes is heard only in the "next time" teaser for episode 2, set at Shoeby's Casino TH E1·02:10:15 TH E1·02:10:21. There a speaker tagged Dantes tells Bean, "It seems Lady Luck has not smooched you." TH E1·02:10:28. Bean answers that he does not know what that means TH E1·02:10:32.
The Incredible Dantes is a turtle in a crown whom Bean meets at the craps table in Shoeby's, and he greets him with a line about Lady Luck TH E2·00:17:15. He tells Bean to "feel free to ask for the Incredible Dantes" TH E2·00:59:38. His card reads "Scaly Socialite", and he flirts with Bean TH E2·00:59:45 TH E2·01:01:36.
In TH_03 Agnes proposes enlisting him to arrange a meeting with Felix about a piece of artwork, and finds him basking on a hot rock at Shoeby's TH E3·01:47:46 TH E3·01:58:44. He joins with "I'm fully in." and "one last job" TH E3·02:00:21 TH E3·02:00:31. In TH_04 he arrives with Agnes and the catatonic Car-Go TH E4·00:01:36. He agrees: "Very well. The performance of a lifetime." TH E4·00:18:01 He tells Felix, "I myself am a proud coward" TH E4·00:27:11.
In TH_05, when Car-Go threatens to blow up the vault, Dantes says "This was the plan all along I'm afraid." TH E5·00:06:49. Brennan rules everyone dismissed that as bluster, so Dantes is safe TH E5·00:36:17 TH E5·00:36:30. He withdraws into his shell before the explosion with "Oh my, time to box up." and is gone afterwards TH E5·01:52:09 TH E5·01:53:56. In TH_06 he emerges from a hidden compartment under Felix's throne with a recorder TH E6·01:49:30. He tells the crew, "Click. It's all been recorded." TH E6·01:49:56 The grass coppers then take Marty Flick TH E6·01:50:23.
By episode
TH E1: Big Little Crimes
- Dantes — heard only in the "next time" teaser — see Table talk.
TH E2: Chicanery at Shoeby's Casino
TH E3: Scheming and Scoring Fairy Dust
TH E4: Breaking and Entering
- The Incredible Dantes — the turtle, Agnes's accomplice: "Very well. The performance of a lifetime." — 00:18:01; "I myself am a proud coward" — 00:27:11; "I make no promises!" — 00:24:44; "I'm a patron of the theater" — 00:20:52; gives Help — 01:00:21; "in a younger life, I imagined myself a dancer" — 01:37:49
TH E5: Fighting with Fire
- Dantes — everyone dismisses his claim as bluster, so he is "safe" — 00:36:17, 00:36:30; "This was the plan all along I'm afraid. Seems while the cat's away the turtle plays." — 00:06:49; "Intrigue!" — 00:18:33; "Well, is this normally how things go here at the vault<…>?" — 00:40:37; withdraws into his shell before the blast: "Oh my, time to box up." — 01:52:09; vanishes — 01:53:56
TH E6: The Great Chase
- Dantes — the turtle; emerges from a hidden compartment under Felix's throne: "I'd say you're done just hiding much of anything at all. Click. It's all been recorded." — 01:49:56