Dallas Wanamaker

"Remember, don't try any of this at home, go to a friends house!"

- Dallas

Dallas Wanamaker was one of the two Vox News anchormen for DreadZone, operating alongside Juanita. Dallas originally wanted to be a ballet dancer, but leaped at the opportunity to work at Vox News, although he often voiced his desire to work at Annihilation Nation because they had such a great dental plan.

Dallas had a greater sense of humor than his partner and was known to quip constantly during DreadZone missions. He also seemed to compliment the gladiators more often than Juanita, who in contrast seemed obsessed with their destruction. He also seemed quite attracted to his female robot co-worker, and was apparently the only one in "bliss" in their marriage after the game.

Life before DreadZone
"I had my whole life planned ahead of me (sob)! I was going to be a ballet dancer!"

- Dallas

"Pull yourself together you blathering idiot! (smacks Dallas across the face)"

- Juanita

"Ahh! Thank you, Juanita."

- Dallas

During his early years, Dallas had dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, however for some reason, this dream was never fulfilled.

At a later point in his life, Dallas' skills attracted the attention of Annihilation Nation, an arena organization located on Station Q9. They offered him a job at Annihilation Nation, hoping to have him be their announcer. Despite their requests, Dallas turned them down however, forcing Annihilation Nation to hire someone else. To this day, he regrets not taking the job offer from Annihilation Nation, as they had a great dental plan.

At an undetermined point in Dallas's life, he was a married man; however the relationship eventually turned sourer and Dallas' and his former wife were formally divorced. Dallas' later on compared her to Dark Cathedral of Kronos, as they were both cold, dank and scary.

Work on DreadZone
Dallas later joined the Vox Network, where he hosted on DreadZone, Vox News and The 'Zone with his co-host Juanita Alvaro. Dallas' greatly attracted to his co-host, much to her annoyance, as she did not feel the same way. Together, they hosted several seasons of DreadZone along with the Vox Network's various news shows.

Rise of Captain Starshield and other events
During the fifth season of DreadZone, Vox's goons managed to lure Captain Starshield to the lawless Shadow Sector, under the false pretenses of a fake distress signal that DreadZone had planted just for him. Starshield was one of many heroes native to Kerwan to have been abducted, throughout several months, heroes such as Quaternion X and The Brown Ranger had met similar fates, along with heroes elsewhere in the universe. As instructed by Vox, Dallas Wanamaker claimed the kidnappings were staged by Sasha Phyronix, whom Dallas claimed was a "Zygonian robot vampire" and that she had responsible for abduction of heroes, whom she feasted. The remains of these heroes would then be hidden in a black hole located in the Cromquillian Nebulae, or so Dallas' falsely claimed to viewers of The 'Zone. He and Juanita also claimed President Phyronix was involved in the controversy over the former mayor of Metropolis stepping down for taking funds illicit funds from the Amoeboid mafia, and he had installed Sasha as new mayor of Metropolis in order to cover up his involvement in the scandal. In addition to this claim, Dallas claimed Ratchet was put in charge of the Starship Phoenix in order to keep him away from Sasha until he could hook her up with Captain Starshield.

Work for DreadZone

 * The 'Zone
 * DreadZone
 * Vox News
 * Juanita and Dallas
 * Galactic Glamour

Trivia

 * Dallas regrets at times for not taking that job at Annihilation Nation, since they had a great dental plan.
 * Dallas once saw the Diablo in the pale moon night, which he exclaimed was fantastic.
 * Dallas originally had dreams of becoming a ballerina, and blurted this tidbit about himself when DreadZone Station was self-destructing.
 * Dallas once put a Tyhrranoid in Susie Beakleton's locker, which so terrified her she had to undergo therapy. Dallas later apologised during the fight to destroy the Central Core of DreadZone Station, and he also mentioned that he heard the therapy was going well for her.
 * Dallas was known to have burst a blood vessel during Ratchet's fight with Gleeman Vox, because Jaunita kept criticizing Dallas for gambling when their lives were at stake. Dallas angrily responded that Juanita never cared about him, before he burst one of his blood vessels. This isn't the first time he burst a blood vessel either.

Appearances

 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Non-canon

 * Ratchet & Clank Manga: Volume 2