18-LA

18-LA was an eccentric commercial actor who toured bars around the universe.

Description
18-LA's true nature was unknown, but K'theenya assumed he was some kind of cyborg given the combination of a robotic name with a human-like appearance and the ability to consume alcohol. He was also very eccentric, often making nonsensical statements and lamenting about how things were better 'back in the day'. He worked in the advertising business, where he was known for his bizarre commercials. He had an affinity for ALILA-brand whiskey.

History
In 150,084 CMT, 18-LA visited the moon of Alaine and walked into a bar. There, he met K'theenya, another bar patron and fan of alcohol. The two hit it off immediately and spent much of their time on the moon together, cracking bad jokes and laughing the night away. K'theenya sometimes found herself cringing how nonsensical some of 18-LA's jokes were, but she still found him entertaining enough to hang around.

A few days later (Day 11 of The Mazkertis Paradox arc), 18-LA met K'theenya in the same bar again. After K'theenya tried (and failed) to think of a joke she once liked, 18-LA started to rant about jokes that didn't make sense and the fact that restaurants served food on plates instead of shirts. K'theenya laughed awkwardly, pretending to understand 18-LA's rant while wondering if she needed better friends. Suddenly, Mazkertis appeared outside the bar and attacked several civilians, prompting K'theenya to investigate, leaving 18-LA behind at the bar.

On Day 76, 18-LA visited another bar on Sojourn V called the Backdoor to the Manhole. He taunted some gangsters by calling them "tiny cutesy men", which led to them taking him out onto the sidewalk and beating him up. BONES, Ross Mandell, and an Ayy-Lmalium ignored them and stepped past into the bar. When Xavier appeared a few minutes later, the gangsters who were beating up 18-LA were so disgusted by Xavier's appearance that they decided to beat Xavier up instead. 18-LA proceeded back into the bar, but fled along with the rest of the patrons when Xavier used his psychic third eye to project his name into their minds as a way of introducing himself.

Trivia

 * 18-LA, like several other characters in BZPB, was based on a character from a Youtube Poop. The original work was an advertisement for 1800 Tequila presented by American actor Michael Imperioli.