Dylan Maxwell

Dylan Maxwell (Jimmy Tatro) is a major character in Season 1 of American Vandal who appear in most episodes. He is part of the The Morning Show 9.

Prior Season 1
Prior to the series he is attending Hanover high school where he acts as the class clown rather than studying in class. He spends class time videoing himself playing pranks like using a pencil sharper to nosily sharpen a pencil all the way to the tip or drawing a dick on the Whiteboard everyday.

Along with his group of friends, known as The Wayback Boys, he makes a series of YouTube prank videos that include pushing a porter potty over with someone inside it, dressing as Nuns and fucking trees, pantsing Dads as the play with there children. They also replaced Ms. Shapiro's Car number plate.

One of the biggest pranks the gang pulled was to prank call an oldly neighbour Mr. Janson who runs a conspiracy webpage and convince him that the government had him under surveillance. They convinced him that they had bugged all of his electronic devices and told him that he needed to remove all his electronic devices.

Prior to the series he started a relationship with Mackenzie Wagner who he has an off and on relationship with. They have broken up repeatedly for various reasons but they usably end up getting back together after Dylan performs a big stunt.

Season 1
After the vandalism accident, he is suspected of vandalizing 27 vehicles with spray paint. He was later expelled from Hanover High, but Peter Maldonado and Sam Ecklund try to gather information to find the truth.