18-LA

18-LA is an eccentric commercial actor who befriended K'theenya during her visit to the moon of Alaine.

Biography
18-LA's true nature is unknown, but K'theenya assumed he was some kind of cyborg given the combination of a robotic name with middle-aged looks and an ability to consume liquids and solids. That said, he is very eccentric, often making nonsensical statements and lamenting about how things were much better back in the day. He is also in the advertising business, and his commercials are always bizarre. He has an affinity for ALILA-brand whiskey.

History
When K'theenya visited a bar on Alaine's moon to take a break from teaching, she met 18-LA, and the two hit it off. They spent a few nights cracking jokes in the bar and laughing the night away.

A few days after they first met, 18-LA met K'theenya in the bar again. After she tried (and failed) to think of a joke she once liked, 18-LA started ranting about jokes that don't make sense and the fact that restaurants serve 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 while 18-LA stayed behind.

Several weeks later, 18-LA found himself being beaten by gangsters outside of a bar on an urbanized planet because he called them "tiny cutesy men."

Trivia

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