History Characters / Markiplier

[[caption-width-right:350: A selection of characters played by Mark. [[AsHimself Two of which are himself]]. [[note]] From top Top left to Bottom Right: Mark from WebVideo/AHeistWithMarkiplier, Mark from WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier, [[CloudCuckoolander Wilford Warfstache]], [[BigBad Darkiplier]], [[KillerRobot Googleplier]], [[IntrepidReporter One of the Jims]], [[AffectionateParody Illinois]], [[APirate400YearsTooLate Captain Magnum]], [[BrooklynRage Yancy]].[[/note]]]]

!!Tropes applying to multiple characters

* TalkingToHimself:
** In ''Who Killed Markiplier?'', there are multiple scenes where the Colonel and Damien have conversations with one another. Taken up to eleven in one of the side stories, ''DAMIEN'', where the entire climax is a conversation between two characters played by Mark
** Many of Mark's skits involve this: ''Google Gets An Upgrade'', ''Warfstache Interviews Markiplier'', and ''Markiplier TV'' are some notable examples

* ''[[Characters/MarkiplierWhoKilledMarkiplier Who Killed Markiplier?]]'' [[Characters/MarkiplierWhoKilledMarkiplier Characters]][[note]]The District Attorney, Abe, Actor Mark, Colonel William, Damien, Celine, Benjamin, Chef, George, The Dark Entity, The Jim Twins, Benjamin's Interviwer[[/note]]
* ''[[Characters/AHeistWithMarkiplier A Heist with Markiplier]]'' [[Characters/AheistWithMarkiplier Characters]] [[note]]Mark, Illinois, Yancy, Captain Magnum, The Hermit, The Scientist, The Two-Headed Alien, The Soldier, The Warden, [[spoiler: Warfstache, Darkiplier]][[/note]]

* [[Characters/MarkiplierMajorCharacters Major Characters]][[note]]Darkipliere, Wilford Warfstache[[/note]] (Contains ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'' spoilers)

Mark has made [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] characters throughout his time on Youtube, many of which he [[ActingForTwo has played himself]]. While starting small, the amount of characters has expanded greatly.

** In ''Heist'', there are 6 characters that look more or less the same (Magnum a little less than the rest due to his BadassBeard) due to all being played by Mark

* ItsPronouncedTroPay: Both played straight and subverted with Markiplier's name: in ''Heist'' he says his name is pronounced Mark Ip-LEE-air. In ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' the Colonel pronounces it Marki-PLY-er.

* Major Characters (Contains ''WebVideo/WhoKilledMarkiplier'' spoilers)
** [[Characters/MarkiplierDarkiplier Darkiplier]]
** [[Characters/MarkiplierWilfordWarfstache Wilford Warfstache]]

** [[Characters/MarkiplierGoogleplier Googleplier]]
** [[Characters/MarkiplierTheJimTwins The Jim Twins]]

* [[Characters/MarkiplierOther Other Characters]][[note]]The Crazed Butt-Stabber, One-shot characters, Stan the Water Man, Tiny Box Tim, The Markiplier Games Contestants[[/note]]

* TheFeatureless / TheVoiceless: Any time the viewer is a character in a story this happens. Examples include Mark's date in ''A Date with Markiplier'', the District Attorney in ''Who Killed Markiplier?'', and Mark's partner-in-crime in ''A Heist with Markiplier''.

* TheFeatureless/TheVoiceless: Any time the viewer is a character in a story this happens. Examples include Mark's date in ''A Date with Markiplier'', the District Attorney in ''Who Killed Markiplier?'', and Mark's partner-in-crime in ''A Heist with Markiplier''.

** Many of Mark's skits involve this: ''Google Gets An Upgrade'', ''Warfstache Interviews Markiplier'', and ''Markiplier TV'' are some notable examples
* TheVoiceless: Any time the viewer is a character in a story this happens. Examples include Mark's date in ''A Date with Markiplier'', the District Attorney in ''Who Killed Markiplier?'', and Mark's partner-in-crime in ''A Heist with Markiplier''.

** Many of Mark's skits involve this: ''Google Gets An Upgrade'', ''Warfstache Interviews Markiplier'', and ''Markiplier TV'' are some notable examples

* NamesTheSame: There's a Markiplier character in ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' and one in ''A Heist with Markiplier'', and they are two ''very'' different people.