Arlen Ploog is a character in the novel Final Destination: Dead Man's Hand. He was a low-life who had a gambling problem and was a survivor of the elevator accident in Merlin's Tower. Arlen worked at the Big Apple Laundromat from 5:00p.m. to 1:00a.m. before heading over to Merlin's Tower to eat dinner. After that he'd sleep and head back over to the tower (where he'd usually lose a fair amount of money in poker) before eating lunch and heading back to his job. Occasionally, he'd spend some time with an Asian prostitute named Tina at The Imperial's Tower. After spending time with her one day, Arlen went over to the Tower, losing a game of poker to a cowboy named McMurtry. Once Arlen was finished with the game, he headed over to the buffet line, only to find out he was three dollars short on