Gavin the Hacktivist

"Is that why you called me Mickey? It's a Giraffe!"

- Gavin's outrage at Alan being unable to tell the difference between a giraffe and a mouse

Gavin the Hacktivist is a character from episode 1 of This Time With Alan Partridge. He is a "hacktivist" who performs cyberattacks against rich business owners.

Role
After Alan Partridge, co-host of This Time, tells the audience what a hacktivist is, he goes to interview a hacktivist and states that some viewers may find his appearance disturbing. The camera then cuts to the hacktivist, who is wearing a giraffe mask. Alan asks the hacktivist what he should call him. He replies that Alan should call him what he likes, with Alan deciding to call him Mickey. He then accuses the hacktivist of hacking a bank where a man named Mr. Finton-Quail works, meaning his son Edward can't go to school. The hacker refuses to apologise tba