History Characters / DreamSMPTechnoblade

* BlatantLies: Attempts to persuade Sam that he won't break Dream out of prison by saying that he never defies authority and that he loves authority. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Sam soon after.

--->'''Quackity:''' [[LampshadeHanging How much free time do you have?!]]

** His joining Pogtopia was met with an understandable OhCrap from Manburg.

--->'''Quackity:''' One night before Minecraft Mondays[[note]]Week 1 to be specific, which took place in late June 2019[[/note]], [Creator/JunkyJanker and I] got in a call, and we started reading out the list of teams and he said, "Technoblade? And [=ShotGunRaids=]? Those guys are fu- Those guys are fucking monsters! They're awful!" And I was like, I was like, "Dude. Dude, no, they're not, you're- you're exaggerating." To be honest, Techno, I didn't know nothing about you at that point... ''THEN WE PLAYED MINECRAFT MONDAYS AND, LIKE- YOU RUINED MY FUCKING LIFE''.

** One of his biggest flaws is his [[NoSocialSkills awful people skills]]. He may be a good fighter, but when it comes to resisting peer pressure or getting across his ideology, he pretty much falls flat. While Techno has good intentions, pretty much ''every'' major conflict he ended finding himself in was as a result of either being unable to ever properly communicate his intentions to others to form a compromise (which may or may not be related to his belief that violence was "the only universal language") or the anxiety of the situation has him buckle and go against his core beliefs.

** Namely, Techno is a lot more [[NotSoStoic emotional]] than one would first guess and holds poor grasp on some of his feelings. His anger/wrath is the main issue, with his lack of proper expression of it pretty much being the driving force at to why the Butcher Army came for his head following L'Manberg's second destruction.

** To Punz. Both have very anarchistic mindsets and [[WildCard often times capable of switching allegiances]] on a whim. However, while Techno has UndyingLoyalty to his friends, Punz only cares about money and can easily be bribed [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to betray his friends for profit]]. Punz wishes to keep the server [[AnarchyIsChaos in a permanent state of chaos]], whereas Techno wishes to [[BombThrowingAnarchist use anarchy]] to create a more peaceful world.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Technoblade may be an aloof, violent, and proud warrior who sticks by his ideals no matter what, but he's not heartless. While he tends to not be overt about it, Techno does have a few people he cares about. He holds his oldest friend Philza in high regard and helped him escape house arrest in L'Manberg, he urged Ghostbur to run away and stay safe when the Butcher Army was on their way to Technoblade's home, and while him and Tommy disagree a lot and aren't on best terms, he let Tommy live with him after the latter ran away from exile. Later on, Techno lied to Dream about Tommy's whereabouts to keep the boy safe, even though Dream had recently helped Technoblade escape his execution and having nothing to gain for doing so. And come the Doomsday War, he seems to have at least a little VillainRespect for Dream himself (though it helps that they both wanted L'Manburg gone at the time). Ranboo has been added to the list, as Techno admitted that he cares about Ranboo's well-being and helped save Ranboo from Bad's plot to trap him in the Egg Chamber, even lending him his prized trident. His death at Sam's hands hits Techno hard.

'''Techno:''' What are you asking, Schlatt? [[SelectiveObliviousness You want me to get him some breakfast?]]

** When Tommy tries to claim that L'Manburg isn't about government, but people, Techno replies "I'M a person!", and goes on to accuse Tommy of only every seeing him as "The Blade" and [[{{Dehumanization}} treating him like a weapon]]. Not only is this ''blatantly'' untrue (Tommy is TheNicknamer, he's called Techno "The Blade" for months while treating him as a friend, and Techno had never complained about being referred to as "The Blade" before that), and another bit of blatant hypocrisy in that he admitted two days before to only keeping Tommy around to use him, it's also a bit rich coming from the guy who stopped treating Tubbo as anything except "government" as soon as he was involuntarily inaugurated on November 16th. This is further hammered in by Tommy's reply to the aforementioned claim, that ''the L'Manburgians are people too''.
** In spite of being dehumanized (or at least the perception of it) being one of his {{Berserk Button}}s, Techno has engaged in a fair bit of dehumanization himself, most prominently seeing Tubbo as "government" the moment he got inaugurated as President of New L'Manburg, especially when ''Tubbo didn't want the job in the first place''.

** Pretty much whenever Techno is in conflict with Quackity, expect Techno to usually be the victor. [[{{Determinator}} Not that it stopped Quackity from trying to even the score nonetheless.]] Quackity was initially scared of Techno due to trauma from their Minecraft Monday days (which Techno was utterly oblivious about). Thus, Quackity helped hunt Techno down and even became the reason why they were able to catch Techno by threatening to kill Carl. Unfortunately, Techno was able to escape. During his escape, Techno canonically killed Quackity, giving him even ''more'' trauma (though in fairness, said fight was in self-defense after Quackity tried to hunt him down again). Months later, Quackity gained his vengeance by locking Techno in Pandora's Vault with Sam's help. Quackity returned to visit Techno (and Dream) in the prison and almost managed to kill Techno the very same way Techno himself did it. Unfortunately for Quackity, Phil managed to teleport Techno out of prison moments before Quackity could kill him. Although Techno was left shaken and disturbed by the endeavor, he still technically has his canon life intact, and considering Quackity's paranoid [[VillainousBreakdown breakdown]] after Techno's escape, Techno arguably came out on top in regard to this confrontation as well.

* NighInvulnerable: Considering that Techno has some of the strongest equipment in the game, he usually makes a show of his power by letting other people attack him, and laughing when it [[NoSell inflicts no damage]].

** Another example happened when Fundy trapped Techno in a dunk tank at the festival. Unfortunately for Fundy, Techno had a [[SuperNotDrowningSkills Respiration III]] helmet, which negated most damage taken from drowning and increased breathing time underwater. Techno then proceeded to promote his channel while in the process of drowning, and even briefly stepped away from his computer in real life to drink a glass of water. Needless to say, Fundy was ''not'' happy.
** In the aftermath of the festival, Tommy attacked an AFK Techno to avenge Tubbo, as Techno had executed Tubbo during the event. Techno's Thorns-enchanted Netherite armor meant that Tommy not only kills himself in the process, but also does so little damage that when Techno returned he's unaware that Tommy even tried to kill him until he saw the loot that Tommy dropped upon his death.
** He now has taken this even further by finding two Totems of Undying, and through them has survived his own execution at the hands of the Butcher Army.

--->'''Techno:''' NO! What- heh, heh, ''heh?''\\
'''Phil:''' O-\\

-->'''Techno:''' [[ApologeticAttacker Tubbo, I'm sorry...]] ''(turns around)'' Tubbo, I'm being subjected to mild amounts of peer pressure, Tubbo– ''(shoots Tubbo)''

* RedBaron: As a carryover from ''WebVideo/SMPEarth'', he is nicknamed "The Blade", as Tommy calls him during the Battle of the Lake.

* IHaveYourWife: When Technoblade is gaining the upper hand in the 1v4 battle against the Butcher Army, Quackity mounts Carl, effectively holding him ransom as Techno can't attack Quackity without also harming his horse. Techno has no choice but to give in to their demands in order to save his precious steed.

* {{Reincarnation}}: [[AmbiguousSituation Possibly.]] Techno claims that he reincarnated as another Enderman. He believes this after the Enderman gets trapped in Edward's old boat.
* ReincarnationIdentifyingTrait: Him getting trapped in Edward's old boat.

-->'''Ranboo:''' A- a lotta people are gonna be banned from your chat, and that's not gonna be fun.[[note]]Techno had previously jokingly stated that he would ban any donator whose dog died.[[/note]]\\

* RedShirt: The unnamed wolves of the pack classify as this. Notably, Techno brings a large number of wolves with him to help crash the Red Banquet, and when ''all but one'' of the wolves die in battle, Techno reassures his fans that [[NominalImportance none of the deceased wolves were named]].

%% * SavageWolves: Especially during the Doomsday War.

-->'''Technoblade:''' Technochan, [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead why did you have to survive, of all of 'em?]]

* EliteMook: A ''major'' step up in comparison to the Hound Army. The Syndicate uses these beings as such, and each time their enemies have to contend with them if they want to fight Techno or achieve their goals due to how strong and destructive they are. It's telling that when the first wave of Withers is spawned in Doomsday, does the battle for the L'manberg defenders goes from 'manageable' to 'gradually unwinnable'.

* WeaponOfMassDestruction: Given that they're a boss mob, it's pretty much their intended purpose. A role they filled to a T given their use in destroying L'Manberg.
* WildCard: Of course, this being a boss that attacks indiscriminately, sometimes Techno finds himself targeted by one (though due to Techno's top-level armor it's usually treated as an annoyance, rather than a real threat).

->''[[CharacterCatchphrase "Not even close, baby, Technoblade never dies!"]]''

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--->'''Techno:''' ''(sees Quackity's pickaxe)'' Oh wait... [[OhCrap OH WAIT]]... WHA-WHAT? HOLD ON! ''(runs away from Quackity)'' '''''HOLD ON!''''' [[RapidFireNo NONONO]]- ''(gets teleported out by Philza)''

-->'''Quackity:''' ''(on the Butcher Army)'' That guy's stronger than- probably ten people from the server combined; he doesn't need people [Karl's stream chat] babying him. ''(in a mocking tone, imitating Karl's stream chat)'' "Waah, Techno's gonna be sad when you guys go against him!" ''(switching back to his normal voice)'' [[{{Foreshadowing}} [If] Techno finds out, he's probably gonna slaughter us.]]

-->'''Techno:''' [[ApologeticAttacker Tubbo, I'm sorry...]] ''(turns around)'' Tubbo, I'm being subjected to mild amounts of peer pressure, Tubbo-- ''(shoots Tubbo)''

-->'''Wilbur:''' O...kay... How long have you been on this- How long have you spent here?\\

'''Techno:''' Yeah, I've just- I've just been here.\\

* TraumaButton: While whether Techno himself ''has'' any of these is unknown, to Quackity, [[InvertedTrope Techno ''was'' the traumatic trigger]], and initially, even seeing him would cause him to panic, because of [[MythologyGag their past in Minecraft Monday]]. Techno himself, upon learning of this, is [[ButForMeItWasTuesday mostly bemused]] and utterly unconcerned about this, and has no issue with terrorizing Quackity again.

-->'''Technoblade:''' Well, I suppose, this is, this is, I guess this gift is sorta okay, I- I suppose I might find a use for this.\\

'''Technoblade:''' Ahhh, my heart isn't warmed at all, okay? Just because you gave me this axe, doesn't mean we're friends now, don't get any ideas. But, you know, I guess- I guess I appreciate it a little bit.

* {{Dehumanization}}: [[BerserkButton One of the things Techno hates]] is being dehumanized by others, namely in the sense that they ''only'' see him as "The Blade" [[https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxB8MUBkh9vrWiEitiny0rMT9acRKZLF5e so while he was initially okay with Tommy calling him that]] back in the Pogtopia arc, as time passed and he felt people saw just as a warrior, his opinion on it soured. Unfortunately, he [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't tell anyone this until the Doomsday War]] when he started to accuse Tommy of "using him from the start" and, well, only seeing him as "The Blade", with little to no previous provocation.

-->'''Philza:''' I mean, once Techno gets a taste for blood, everything's getting yeeted. You just have to avoid. You have to avoid his wrath. [[DontAskJustRun Get the fuck out. Run.]] ''(laughs)'' If you're a ''player'', in the server, he's ''going'' to hit you! That's how it goes. And if you're in the way, that's- you're in his way.
* BombThrowingAnarchist: This is Techno's ''modus operandi''; Techno intends on causing as much chaos and action as needed, regardless of which side he takes. After all, [[Literature/TheArtOfWarSunTzu in the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity]].

* BoomerangBigot: He hates orphans because they killed his parents... Making him an orphan who hates other orphans for making him an orphan.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Techno claims to have a bad attention span when listing his flaws during the Manburg Festival. Considering that the man who plays the character had ADHD in real life, this may be [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor justified]] and point to his character having the disorder as well. He has previously demonstrated it while meeting up with Wilbur and Tommy just after he joined the server, being distracted by the to-be-named L'Dog running around while Wilbur is speaking to him.

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->'''In-game name:''' LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}\\

%%,* OddCouple: With Em the dog, Edward's boat companion.

A feared PvP legend brought in by Wilbur to help fight Jschlatt's tyranny. However, Techno had no personal stake in Pogtopia, and as a result, was more of a WildCard willing to do whatever it takes to keep things interesting. This wound up backfiring ''hard'' for the Pogtopians, as Techno teamed up with Wilbur to destroy Manburg once and for all.\\

* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' betray Techno or make him feel as if was betrayed. That is a one-way ticket to get getting your country bombed. On that note, corrupt governments (or just governments in general) and making him feel as if he's ''just'' a weapon to be used also gets under his skin.

* BlatantLies: Attempts to persuade Sam that he won't break Dream out of prison by saying that he never defies authority and that he loves authority. This is lampshaded by Sam soon after.

* BoomerangBigot: He hates orphans because they killed his parents. This technically makes him an orphan who hates other orphans for that reason.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Often references the absurdity of the roleplay in the server and generally doesn't roleplay, even through key moments of the plot. He was also the first member of the SMP whose conversations with his chat are canon (explained as having voices in his head).

* CatchPhrase: "Blood for the Blood God."

** Before the final battle between Pogtopia and Manburg, Techno leads his side to a secret vault filled with Netherite Armor, Enchanted Weapons, Potions and more.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: At one point, he uses a Magma Block to get a skeleton wearing a jack-o-lantern into his underwater base so he can preserve it.[[note]]Magma Blocks pull all entities in the water directly above it downwards when placed underwater.[[/note]] The skeleton does get sucked down to his base, but then it dies to the Magma Block.

--->'''Quackity:''' One night before Minecraft Mondays[[note]]Week 1 to be specific, which took place in late June 2019[[/note]], [Junky Janker and I] got in a call, and we started reading out the list of teams and he said, "Technoblade? And [=ShotGunRaids=]? Those guys are fu- Those guys are fucking monsters! They're awful!" And I was like, I was like, "Dude. Dude, no, they're not, you're- you're exaggerating." To be honest, Techno, I didn't know nothing about you at that point... ''THEN WE PLAYED MINECRAFT MONDAYS AND, LIKE-'' ''[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes YOU RUINED]]'' ''[[TraumaButton MY FUCKING LIFE]]''.

* FaceHeelTurn: For the entire Pogtopia vs Manburg arc, Techno stated that he was against any form of government and wanted to see the land Manburg was on razed to the ground. After the Manburg-Pogtopia War, while the citizens of New L'Manburg were meeting to turn over the government and restore the land, he (non-canonically) killed their new president, Tubbo, released two Withers onto the land, and blew up three stacks of TNT just to clean up what Wilbur missed with his ''11 and a half stacks'' of TNT.
* FatalFlaw: Holds a few.

* FullBoarAction: He is a PigMan who is renowned for his PvP skills in the Minecraft community, and let's just say he's also renowned for being TheDreaded for good reason.

* HamAndDeadpanDuo: [[{{Irony}} Funnily enough]], Wilbur is the ham to [[PigMan Techno's]] deadpan.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Technoblade may be an aloof, violent, and proud warrior who sticks by his ideals no matter what, but he's not heartless. While he tends to not be overt about it, Techno does have a few people he cares about. He holds his oldest friend Philza in high regard and helped him escape house arrest in L'Manberg, he urged Ghostbur to run away and stay safe when the Butcher Army was on their way to Technoblade's home, and while him and Tommy disagree a lot and aren't on best terms, he let Tommy live with him after the latter ran away from exile. Later on, Techno lied to Dream about Tommy's whereabouts to keep the boy safe, even though Dream had recently helped Technoblade escape his execution and having nothing to gain for doing so. And come the Doomsday War, he seems to have at least a little VillainRespect for Dream himself (though it helps that they both wanted L'Manburg gone at the time).
** Ranboo has been added to the list, as Techno admitted that he cares about Ranboo's well-being and helped save Ranboo from Bad's plot to trap him in the Egg Chamber, even lending him his prized trident. His death at Sam's hands hits Techno hard.

** Techno is an anarchist because he wants to prevent tyranny, and believes that all forms of government are inherently tyrannical. He's attempted to combat this tyranny by forming the Syndicate, a secret organization that investigates communities by conducting searches and interrogating their inhabitants, with the promise that if they find evidence of a government, they will raze the entire place to the ground.
*** Techno has also ''repeatedly'' teamed up with Dream, who can crown and dethrone kings on a whim, has waged war against and destroyed every faction that tries to challenge his power, isolated and abused Tommy for not listening to him, and had a vault full of everyone's most valued possessions to use as blackmail. Granted, he wasn't aware of Exile or the Disc War Finale, but given Dream's nature, Techno should be more wary of working with him, even if Dream [[ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster isn't technically working in a government]], and probably should have asked someone (like Tommy during their team-up) about Dream when he had the chance to.
*** On a similar note, Techno is against government and has always opposed those who continue them, yet has worked with Eret, the ''monarch'' of the Greater SMP. Albeit, this time it's {{justified|Trope}}, since it was to get Michael back and take down the one who kidnapped the kid.
** When Tommy left him during the Green Festival, and later during Doomsday, Techno was absolutely ''furious'', claiming that Tommy was using him from the start, and had been lying to him about what he was actually planning. This is ''extremely'' rich considering that, a day before the Green Festival, Techno outright ''admitted'' that he was only keeping Tommy around to further his own ends, and had been lying to Tommy for ''weeks'' about his true intentions of destroying L'Manburg (which Tommy had said ''from the start'' that he didn't want to do).[[note]]For instances of this, clips include [[https://toastyunderscore.tumblr.com/post/647258013852434432/yeah-techno-was-so-upfront-and-honest-about-his this]].[[/note]]
*** When Tommy tries to claim that L'Manburg isn't about government, but people, Techno replies "I'M a person!", and goes on to accuse Tommy of only every seeing him as "The Blade" and [[{{Dehumanization}} treating him like a weapon]]. Not only is this ''blatantly'' untrue (Tommy is TheNicknamer, he's called Techno "The Blade" for months while treating him as a friend, and Techno had never complained about being referred to as "The Blade" before that), and another bit of blatant hypocrisy in that he admitted two days before to only keeping Tommy around to use him, it's also a bit rich coming from the guy who stopped treating Tubbo as anything except "government" as soon as he was involuntarily inaugurated on November 16th. This is further hammered in by Tommy's reply to the aforementioned claim, that ''the L'Manburgians are people too''.
** Related and mentioned above, in spite of being dehumanized (or at least the perception of it) being one of his {{Berserk Button}}s, Techno has engaged in a fair bit of dehumanization himself, most prominently seeing Tubbo as "government" the moment he got inaugurated as President of New L'Manburg, especially when ''Tubbo didn't want the job in the first place''.

* ImprobableAge[=/=]VagueAge: Wilbur has claimed that Techno is presumably in his late [=20s=], but has also had a [[IntergenerationalFriendship longtime established friendship]] with [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Philza]], and semi-canonically started the Antarctic Empire and [[TakeOverTheWorld took over SMP Earth]] with him before the events of the Dream SMP. It also doesn't help that whether Techno is [[MayflyDecemberFriendship mortal]] or not is a question in itself, and Techno himself apparently doesn't know how old he canonically is.

** After helping to blow up L'Manburg during the Season 1 Finale and then fleeing to the northern tundra to "retire", Techno is eventually confronted by the Butcher Army, all of whom (outside of Ranboo) held grievances against Techno for multiple reasons[[note]]All three for blowing up L'Manburg, threatening to return and ''blow it up again'' if they tried to rebuild the country and reform a new government, and being an overall threat to their country and its intended-to-be peaceful existence; additionally, [[ItsPersonal Tubbo for executing him, and Quackity for giving him PTSD during Minecraft Mondays]], with the bonus of proving New L'Manberg was powerful enough to not mess with (so as to try and guarantee the safety of its citizens and his loved ones)[[/note]], and decide to execute him. Initially, the Butcher Army manages to capture him and even get his OP armor. Unfortunately for the Butcher Army, not only does Techno ''survive'' his execution (combination of Dream's interference and Techno's totem) he escapes and proceeds to help ''[[NukeEm blow up their country to kingdom come]]'' in the Doomsday War. As Techno manages to go into retirement again, satisfied that there was (for now) no more government on the server, the splintered remains of L'Manburg had all lost their homes and mostly became lost and disillusioned as a result.

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** During the Doomsday War, Technoblade goes below 5 hearts for the first time in a PvP situation since joining the server. It says a lot when it required him to face [[TheBrute Sapnap]] and several [[FriendlyFire withers shooting at him]] to even drop to that level of health. Naturally, he was CrazyPrepared enough to bring God Apples to the war and is quickly back to full health.

** When he is confronted by Quackity in Pandora's Vault, Quackity asks him if he was just supposed to "walk away and just forget about" his traumatic canon-death via Techno's pickaxe, to which Techno replies, "[[BluntYes Yeah, kinda.]]" It's slightly understandable in that the aforementioned canon-death-by-pickaxe occurred following the Butcher Army's attack on Techno, but it's still incredibly callous.

** While Techno is usually very deadpan, he shows a ''very'' visceral [[https://dykesymmetry.tumblr.com/post/649499550983290881/gonna-start-sending-this-to-people-calling reaction]] when he discovers that zombies [[KickTheDog actively seek out unhatched turtle eggs just to stomp on them]].

-->'''Quackity:''' ''(on the Butcher Army)'' That guy's stronger than- probably ten people from the server combined; he doesn't need people [Karl's stream chat] babying him. ''(in a mocking tone, imitating Karl's stream chat)'' "Waah, Techno's gonna be sad when you guys go against him!" ''(switching back to his normal voice)'' [[{{Foreshadowing}} [If] Techno finds out, he's probably gonna slaughter us.]][[note]]Source: Karl's 17 November 2020 livestream, "Rebuilding L'Manberg!".[[/note]]
* OnlyFriend: Following his banishment from New L'Manburg, Technoblade considers Philza his only true remaining friend. Though as Seasons pass, with the Syndicate and Revengers formed, Techno has others who considers to be close pals with as well.

* [[PeerPressuredBully Peer-Pressured Executioner]]: Techno doesn't do well under peer pressure, and because of this, he ends up giving in to Schlatt's demands to execute Tubbo at the Manburg Festival in front of a large crowd.

* PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel: Techno often promotes his channel at the most inopportune moments, and even has a "Sellout Timer" set to go off every thirty minutes so he can remember to promote. This is taken to the absolute extreme with one of the withers he lets loose on the ruins of L'Manburg being named ''Subscribe to Technoblade''.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Pretty much one of the main reasons why Techno's relationships in Season 1 and 2, especially with Tommy, tend to break apart horribly is a failure to resolve conflict of interests. In Techno's case, likely due to social awkwardness and preference for action, he tends to just skirt around the issue and hope that people will eventually see where he's coming from, or believe that people already share his beliefs. This ends up being a habit that causes him to lose allies quickly, since what they wanted was too different, first with L'Manburg as a whole since they wanted to rebuild a stable political structure while Techno wanted an anarchist society, then with Tommy over whether or not to destroy L'Manburg (Tommy wanted to keep his old nation safe and realized he crossed his own moral beliefs while siding with Techno, which led to his betrayal, while Techno wanted that city-state gone and wiped off the server because it was "government" and later because they tried to kill him). Plus, the Butcher Army going after him is partially caused by the fact he claimed he would blow up the country again if they tried to rebuild the country and reform a government, but ''never told them he'd retired in the meantime'' and was trying to give up on his violent ways, which led to New L'Manburg seeing him as a perpetually looming threat and putting him on the Hit List.
* PredecessorVillain: To Dream, in an ambiguously-canonical way. He was the main antagonist of WebVideo/SMPEarth prior to the events of the Dream SMP, [[HazyFeelTurn though he's since abandoned]] his conquering ways in favor of anarchy for the sake of peace.
* RedBaron: As a carryover from WebVideo/SMPEarth, he is nicknamed "The Blade", as Tommy calls him during the Battle of the Lake.

** In the wake of the Green Festival, Dream and Techno realize that they share a common interest--L'Manburg's complete and utter annihilation--and decide to join forces in what becomes the Doomsday War. With their combined powers, they turn the nation into a ''crater''.

* ShamelessSelfPromoter: To say that Techno will take any opportunity to promote his channel would be an understatement. Even at the most serious moments of the roleplay, Techno can and will break both the viewer's immersion and the fourth wall just to ask people to subscribe to his channel. He has, on ''more than one occasion'', massacred people with something named "Subscribe to Technoblade" so that it shows up in the death messages in the chat.
* ShootYourMate: After exposing Tubbo as a [[TheMole traitor]] to Manburg and sealing him in blocks, Jschlatt orders Technoblade to execute him. Under pressure by the large crowd surrounding him[[note]]or so he believed; several people were vocally objecting to the execution, for the record[[/note]], Techno takes the shot... [[AccidentalMurder and accidentally blows up both]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Jschlatt]] and Quackity with him.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Philza.
* TraumaButton: While whether Techno himself ''has'' any of these is unknown, to Season 1!Quackity, Techno ''was'' the traumatic trigger, and initially, even seeing him would cause him to panic. Techno himself, upon learning of this, is [[ButForMeItWasTuesday mostly bemused]] and utterly unconcerned about this, and has no issue with terrorizing Quackity again.
* TrojanPrisoner: Although Sam traps Techno in Pandora's Vault with Dream, Techno is eerily calm about it, and implies to Dream before the stream ends that he's in a lot more control of the situation than Sam would like to believe. This is slightly downplayed when it turns out Phil was supposed to break him out in ''3 days'', but Phil misheard it as ''3 months'' and let him rot for about 3 months' time. Techno is quite mad at Phil because of this.
* {{Tsundere}}: Shows shades of this (in the platonic way) after Ranboo gives him a replica of the Axe of Peace.

* UndyingLoyalty: He would do anything to protect those he cares for, most notably Philza and Ranboo. The [[https://dreamteam.fandom.com/wiki/Technoblade/SMP#Flaws Dream SMP Wiki]] cites it as one of his flaws.
** This is {{exploited|Trope}} by Quackity, who [[IHaveYourWife held his prized horse Carl hostage]] to force Techno to go along with the Butcher Army for execution.

* BlingOfWar: Naturally, Carl wears diamond horse armor.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Horse]]: When Technoblade is gaining the upper hand in the 1v4 battle against the Butcher Army[[note]]Quackity, Tubbo, Fundy and Ranboo[[/note]], Quackity mounts Carl, effectively holding him ransom as Techno can't attack Quackity without also harming his horse. Techno has no choice but to give in to their demands in order to save his precious steed.

* MonsterRoommate: To Techno.
* OddCouple: With Em the dog, Edward's boat companion.

A massive (read: ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill hundreds]]'') battalion of ferocious wolves that Techno bred to fight for his side. The vast majority of them [[HeroicSacrifice lost their lives]] in the Doomsday War, including the original pack leader and oldest soldier, Max.\\

* {{Mooks}}: Ultimately, intimidation via their vast numbers is all they truly have going for them. When faced with decently geared players, they tend to fall off in droves due to their inability to take much hits or do much damage in turn. It says a lot when during Doomsday out of the hundreds of dogs used in that battle, they only managed to kill one person--a defenseless and unarmored Tubbo, who was about to die by Techno regardless, and it was a non-canonical death at that.

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Ironically being an OddNameOut among the Hound Army--many of whom are named after Techno's donators, Apollo the dog was named in the same scheme as the rest of the Syndicate, after the Greek god of archery, music, prophecy, and [[OddJobGods many other aspects]].

* SavageWolves: Especially during the Doomsday War.

* TheDreaded: Most people on the server fear them for good reason: they're airborne, durable, and incredibly powerful creatures with the ability to wreck entire buildings in seconds. Now imagine a ''horde'' pretty much invading your country--it's a grand scale massacre.
* EliteMook: A ''major'' step up in comparison to the Hound Army. The Syndicate uses these beings as such, and each time their enemies have to contend with them if they want to fight Techno or achieve their goals due to how strong and destructive they are. It's telling that when the first wave of Withers is spawned in Doomsday, does the battle for the L'manberg Defenders goes from 'manageable' to 'gradually unwinnable'.
* FinalBoss: Of the Manberg vs Pogtopia War and Doomsday, alongside Techno himself.

* MemeticBadass: In-universe. During his imprisonment, Techno claimed that Steve would break him and Dream out.
* MoralityPet: Techno himself says Steve is the only one of his polar bears he cares about.
* PetMonstrosity: Steve is a polar bear that Techno adopted as "emotional support", which obviously wouldn't go quite as well in the real world. In Minecraft, though, polar bears only attack if they are attacked or if they have cubs and are being approached, making it relatively feasible to have a pet polar bear or other neutral mob.

* {{Catchphrase}}: They have [[https://dreamteam.fandom.com/wiki/Voices_in_Technoblade%27s_head#Quotes many]] of them, most notably "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD", "TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES", "E", and "/rainbowchat".

->''"Not even close, baby, Technoblade never dies!"''

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* BadassBaritone: Techno speaks with a very low baritone and is considered to be one of the best [=PVPers=] in the game.

Techno has one life left. Unlike the vast majority of the server, he only ever had one life to begin with. He is implied to have died in the canon offscreen. %%After his real life death in June 2022, this has most likely been rendered irrelevant.

Techno has one life left. Unlike the vast majority of the server, he only ever had one life to begin with. %%After his real life death in June 2022, this has most likely been rendered irrelevant.

%%* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Due to his content creator counterpart passing on from cancer in June 2022, it is unlikely for Techno the character to appear in the series again. Currently, there has been no given in-series explanation for his absence.

* TheDreaded: Techno is one of the best [=PVPers=] in the entire game. His joining Pogtopia was met with an understandable OhCrap from Manburg.

** When he is confronted by Quackity in Pandora's Vault, Quackity asks him if he was just supposed to "walk away and just forget about" his traumatic canon-death via Techno's pickaxe, to which Techno replies, "[[BluntYes yeah, kinda]]". It's slightly understandable in that the aforementioned canon-death-by-pickaxe occurred following the Butcher Army's attack on Techno, but it's still incredibly callous.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Techno claims to have a bad attention span when listing his flaws during the Manburg Festival. Considering that the man who plays the character has ADHD in real life, this may be [[DisabledCharacterDisabledActor justified]] and point to his character having the disorder as well.

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* PredecessorVillain: To Dream, in an ambiguously-canonical way. He was the main antagonist of WebOriginal/SMPEarth prior to the events of the Dream SMP, [[HazyFeelTurn though he's since abandoned]] his conquering ways in favor of anarchy for the sake of peace.

* RedBaron: As a carryover from WebOriginal/SMPEarth, he is nicknamed "The Blade", as Tommy calls him during the Battle of the Lake.

* CoolPet: He's a ''polar bear''. What do you expect?