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Intermediate Gods

    Dr. McNinja 
Dr. McNinja, God of Non-Japanese Ninjas (Doctor Patrick McNinja, Pat Goodrich)
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  • Intermediate God
  • Symbol: The mask and the white coat
  • Alignment: Chaotic Good
  • Portfolio: Foreign Ninjas, Pirates, Zombies, Morally Ambiguous Doctors, Hates Pteradactyls, Does Not Like Magic, Omnidisciplinary Scientist, The Rule of Cool, The Rule of Funny
  • Domain: Death, Destruction, Healing, Animal, Family, Luck
  • Followers: Prowl, Ninja Girl Mai, White Ninja
  • Heralds: The McNinja Family (John, Dan, Mitzi, Sean, and Old McNinja), Gordito Delgado, Judy the Gorilla, Yoshi the Raptor, Chuck Goodrich
  • Allies: Wade Wilson/Deadpool, Mr. Welch (may border into rivalry as well), Naruto Uzumaki, Kasumi, Anti-Mage, and other Good-aligned ninjas, Mami Tomoe, Aran Ryan, Gwenpool, Axe Cop, Black Jack, Retsu Unohana, Asia Argento and most good-aligned deities and the House of Health and Diseases.
  • Pities: Litchi Faye-Ling
  • Fanboy to: Batman
  • Commonality Connection with: Tavish DeGroot/The Demoman and Malygos
  • Odd Relationship with: The entire ascended cast of Mortal Kombat
  • Rivals: Saxton Hale, Tallahasee
  • Respects: The Marked Ninja
  • Enemies: The entire House of Magic, Merasmus the Magician, Aerodactyl and Rodan (his personal Berserk Button), every Chaotic Evil (or any alignment of evil) deity in the Pantheon.
  • Opposed by: Most real-life Hollywood directors, especially Michael Bay.
  • It was said that during Naruto Uzumaki's time in the House of Theatre, his Shadow Clone Jutsu went unexpectedly wrong. The clones where making a whole of a mess inside and forced Naruto out of the House. These clones then underwent a merge and out of the merged figure, Dr. McNinja appeared straight from the merging phase. Of course, many Gods blamed Naruto for the ruckus but ultimately, McNinja admitted his mistake that this happened while he was fighting King Radical. Luckily, he befriended him and got himself a spot in the Pantheon.
  • While he's the God of the Crazy Is Cool, Mr. Welch also has the trope as well. This got themselves both under intense fighting issues. Until now, the issue hasn't been resolved yet. Even worse since Tallahasee also has the same trope.
    • What makes him even cringe is that the McNinja title was given to another person despite being Trope Namer. He's trying to calm himself down due to these issues floating on his head.
    • However, the gods have finally resolved the McNinja issue right away, finally giving Dr. McNinja his rightful realm and kicking the former out.
  • Has a heavy hate towards the House of Magic and Sorcery for being the reason it killed his grandfather. Because of this, the main gods of the House are forced to calm him down, particularly, Usagi Tsukino and Dr. Strange. They haven't suceeded yet.
    • Because of this he has a common similarity with The Demoman and Malygos for this reason. However, he has heavy suspicion towards the dragon for a good reason.
    • Meanwhile, he HATES Merasmus for being similar to the same magician that caused his grandfather's death and his curse. Because of this, he's forced to keep an eye towards the House of Gaming.
    • That all changed though during one time he was in the House of Beasts. There, he went into an extreme rampage inside the House and caused heavy damage throughout the vicinity. While he was apprehanded, the main gods where finding out why did he do such thing. Turns out, Aerodactyl and Rodan, who are Pterodactyls angered him so much and attacked them out of spite.
      • Because of the said incident, McNinja often goes into the House of Beasts just to take them down. As a result, he constantly goes into fights with Rexxar just by going into the entrance. He's trying to cut the habit though.
  • Many gods from the House of Mentalism have noticed something weird in Dr. McNinja's conscience. It seems that there is an inner voice that's constantly arguing to him. He doesn't want to talk about it though.
  • Finds Aran Ryan to be one hell of an awesome guy to be with. From his cheating antics to his craziness, he finds him to be the perfect Ax-Crazy partner.
    • Meanwhile, he thinks Leprechaun shouldn't be talked about as he knows he might spell doom for himself if he talks to the small folk.
    • And at the same time, he does some sparring sessions with Cu Chulainn for having extraordinary swordsmanship skills (on a spear). He enjoys most of the sessions alot.
  • Often visits the Health and Diseases House as he works as a doctor. Many deities especially Eirin and Medic are impressed that he can heal in one hand and fight on the other (though he can use both hands when needed).
    • Regarding the House itself, he made a chart that describes his relationship with the gods inside. So far, here is what he made:
      • The Good: Black Jack, Retsu Unohana, Asia Argento, Ellen Ripley
      • The Bad: Valentine, Nigel Burke, Enju Aihara
      • The Ugly: Nurgle, Typhus, Pestilence the Horseman
      • And the rest are basically Neutral to him.
    • However, he has felt sympathy towards Litchi for someone having trust issues with. More notably when he heard of the conspiring events with her and the GUAE. As such, he tries to comfort her when he's around.
  • He tried to look for his old friend Gordito, but got disappointed when he heard that he wasn't part of the Pantheon. As such, he's trying to look for someone who is actually reminiscent to him (basically anyone who is a gunslinger).
    • So far the only closest person to actually match his friend is Mami Tomoe. For someone who's a gunslinger as a kid. The only difference she has from his friend is that 1. She is a girl and 2. She somehow has a high bust despite her age. He doesn't mind though as long as he joins with her in either any of their adventures.
  • Opposed entirely by most real-life deities since his aura causes alot of weird things happening around his vicinity. Michael Bay even criticized him for breaking the rules of Hollywood Physics. Hell, even worse since his work describes it:
    "Dr. McNinja lives in a world that operates like a Mortal Kombat stage"
    • Of course, most Mortal Kombat deities didn't take it very seriously, until they met him in person and saw what they meant.
  • Is a large fanboy towards Batman, as evidenced by his style of combat. Batman on the other hand has a mixed reaction on him especially at his way of "apprehending" evil deities. Preferably killing them outright.
  • Few people could ever forget the day that Dr. McNinja and Axe Cop formed a team◊. It was safe to say that many asses were kicked that day.
  • Do not let him do interrogations, because the last time he did that, he tied them in a trailer and got pulled by an airplane. Just ask the non-ascended Dr. Knickerbockers.
  • Dark Horse Comics claimed Saxton would win in a fight against him. He baffled saying he could win, except he lost.
    • Due to this, he's eagerly waiting for Saxton to accept his challenge because he wants to actually fight him once more.
  • Has become friends with Gwenpool, who was created by his writer, Christopher Hastings, and thus both have many similarities, such as Gwen idolizing the Marvel heroes the same way McNinja does with Batman. Gwen hopes the doctor gives her fighting lessons.
  • "You're not a dark and troubled soul. You're a doctor who wants to be Batman."
  • Also has a spot on the House of Personal Appearance, under Racial Appearances.

    Saxton Hale 
Saxton Hale, God of Australian Champions (Australian, CEO of Mann Co.Motto:, and The Man Who's Gonna Burn This Place to the Ground!)
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  • Intermediate God
  • Symbol: His crocodile tooth-lined hat. Alternately, his Australia-shaped chest hair, or the Mann Co. Logo.
  • Theme Song: Mercenary Park
  • Alignment: True Neutral
  • Portfolio: Boisterous Bruiser, Implacable Man, Arms Dealer, Great White Hunter, Walking Shirtless Scene, PROPERTY DAMAGE!, Beating His Opponents With His DAMN BARE HANDS!, Testosterone Poisoning, Megaton Punch, Large Ham, Wouldn't Hurt a Child Even If It Meant Losing His Company
  • Domains: Manliness, Finance, TESTOSTERONES!
  • Motto: We Sell Products And Get In Fights
  • Followers: Mick Dundee, Harris Brecken
  • Allies:
  • Rivals: Dr. McNinja, CHUCK NORRIS
  • Worthy Opponents: Aran Ryan, Azrael
  • Opposes: Anybody with more money than him (which is unfortunately the entire House of Commerce)
  • Opposed by: The House of Beasts and Fauna especially Steve Irwin, Eric Cartman
  • Enemies:
  • Good Counterpart to: Kano
  • The ascension of Saxton was quick, swift and very odd. Firstly, he was an Ascended Extra through the fanbase, followed by becoming a non-canon character by advertising about Mann Co. Then for a quick second, he became a major character and ended up being the leader of the Mercs after the events of Mann vs. Machine. However, one thing that he kept ever since the beginning, is that he is the Champion of Australia until now, and no one has usurped him ever since.
  • May be one of the very few deities in the Pantheon badass enough to take on Chuck Norris. Gods intend to take measures to prevent this battle from happening, since the overload of pure awesome that may result from the battle could destroy the Pantheon along with the mortal realms. Rumor has it that the battle has already happened and that Saxton soundly trounced Chuck, but those rumors are unconfirmed. Chuck Norris vigorously denies this.
  • Many gods have a very mixed reaction with Saxton's ascension, namely:
    • Despite being a fellow Australian, Steve Irwin doesn't seem very fond of him. The reason is that while Steve is trying to preserve wildlife, Saxton is trying to prove his manliness by killing everything with his bare hands. Of course this got him banned from the House of Beast since he can kill almost the entire population of the House.
    • Lordgenome on the other hand has a good friendship on Saxton, being people who are extremely badass and prefer to fight with extreme melee combat. Though he does admit that Lordgenome's facial hair is more impressive than his.
    • Considers Aran Ryan and Azrael as Worthy Opponents due to their persistence in fighting and to prove whether cheating or bloodlust would help them in fighting.
    • Also admires Asura for being the badass he is and for not hurting children.
    • Dr. McNinja however still remembers about Dark Horse Comics' bet on who with both of them would beat each other in a fight. Saxton, impressed about the results that he won against McNinja is preparing to give him the "last fight he'll ever get from an Australian".
    "Ah yes, your the McNinja guy. Well, since were here in this Coliseum of Gods, I'm gonna give you the best fight you'll get from an Australian Champion, FOR FREE!
    • Not all things got into sunshine as Kano saw something peculiar about Saxton's similarities, such as the Mercs and the other Australian Men he leads. He saw that after his defeat from Gray, they started training against terrorists and villains alike. He considers him as "something he might have a problem with".
    • Many gods in the House of Commerce were worried when word spread that he had ascended. The reason for this is that he has a habit of going after anyone richer than himself.
  • He once felt as if he and Senator Armstrong would turn out to be great friends due to their shared bad-assery. But then Saxton discovered that most of Steven's might comes from his nanomachines, leading to both of them becoming bitter enemies since the only weapons that Saxton can appreciate are low-quality tools from Mann Co.
  • Sobek still despise him for using his brethren and even himself as punching bags, constant hunter targets and even hats and tooth necklaces. As his title suggests, Sobek remains as the toughest croc that Saxton ever fought and the only croc that he hasn't made an accessory out of his body part.
  • Whenever he feels out of shape, he takes on the entire RED Team (or BLU Team) while unarmed. This is only to put the favor on their side. They need the advantage most of the time.
    • However, he got bored of training them only and instead opened a training program for all groups (except evil ones) such as Night Raid, Teams RWBY and JNPR and S.E.E.S. He further expanded to train individuals to fight him in melee combat. Thanks to this, he is considered to be a coach for combat teams.
  • If his sensational comicbook doesn't stop your adrenaline gorged heart for five entire seconds, he will send you a notorized certificate conforming that you do not exist.
  • The House of Food always has breakfast steak prepared for him, awaiting every morning where he will crash through one of the windows of the building. It is a sight that can bring Manly Tears to peoples' eyes.
  • Considers Bambi "Buck" Hughes and Lord Raptor to be a disgrace to Australian people as a whole, for the former is a Depraved Homosexual and the latter is a zombie, all without muscles or strength. He has no problem beating them up though.
  • His humiliation and loss of Mann Co. at hands of Gray Mann might be enough to demote him to a Lesser God. Hale doesn't comment on the matter.
  • After the abovementioned event, Saxton Hale wasn't really active for some time, making some gods think he has lost his touch... until he made a sudden appearance, going around punching bunch of people with his bare hands, showing that he hasn't gotten out of touch.
  • JB Blanc has voiced Saxton in the Jungle Inferno short. Ironically, he also voices his Evil Counterpart Kano in Mortal Kombat 11.
  • "SAAAAXTOOOON HAAAAALE"

    Steve Rogers/Captain America 
Steven Grant Rogers, God of Pride for One's Nation, and Head of Defense (Captain America, The Captain, Cap, Capsicle, Weapon I, Commander Steve Rogers, The Star Spangled Man With A Plan, The Sentinel of Liberty, America's Ass)
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Some variants of Steve Rogers:

Lesser Gods

    Father James O'Flaherty 
Father James O'Flaherty, God of Irish Priests
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  • Lesser God
  • Symbol: The arm of Saint Daniel
  • Theme Song: Requiem (shared with Koudelka and Edward)
  • Alignment: Lawful Good, formerly Lawful Neutral
  • Portfolio: Irish Priest, Badass Preacher, who tends to quote the Bible, Celibate Hero, due to giving up on getting the girl he deeply loved, initially a Nominal Hero, and Jerkass, but eventually became much kinder, partially because of his love for Elaine, Has excellent defense and nigh-immunity to magic but can't deal much damage himself
  • Domain(s): Priesthood, Faith, Defense, Love
  • Allies: Koudelka Iasant, Edward J. Plunkett, The Love that Moves the Stars, The Alpha and Omega, God (God, the Devil and Bob), Noah, Moses, Solomon, Saint Martha, Saint George, Jeanne d'Arc, Asia Argento, Xenovia Quarta, Irina Shidou, All good-aligned deities in the Houses of People of Faith and Religious Figures, especially Father Kerras and Father Merrin, Rosette Christopher
  • Enemies: YHVH, Ramses II, Judge Frollo
  • Respects: William Shakespeare
  • Pities: Brian Cohen
  • Opposes: Kiara Sesshouin
  • Conflicting Opinion: Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, The Flagellant
  • James O'Flaherty was born in Ireland in 1845. His early childhood was during the height of the Great Famine, a period when famine and a tumultuous struggle for independence was shaking Ireland. His family were small, but moderately successful, merchants, and were thus able to afford for him to attend school, which he both loved and excelled at. In his early adulthood, James moved to England, and was accepted into a prestigious English university. There, he met Patrick Heyworth and the pair became firm friends. However, their friendship soon disintegrated when they both fell in love with the same woman, Elaine Spencer. Despite his deep love for her, James felt his low social status and lack of wealth would leave him unable to care for Elaine in a befitting manner. Heartsore, he backed down, which resulted in her eventually marrying Patrick. To soothe his broken heart and distance himself from his emotions, James turned his back on the secular world and joined the Catholic church. He quickly rose through the ecclesial ranks and eventually became a bishop, as well as being tasked with various matters of importance to the church. When three forbidden tomes were stolen from the Papal Library, James was sent by the Vatican to track them down. He managed to follow the trail of one, the Émigré Manuscript, to Nemeton Monastery. There, he reluctantly teamed up with Koudelka Iasant and Edward J. Plunkett in order to investigate the events happening there. Ultimately, James sacrificed himself during the group's battle against the resurrected monster Elaine and managed to reunite her monstrous body with her soul. The pair then faded in a flash of light, seemingly passing on into the afterlife.
  • Upon his ascension, James was warmly greeted by Koudelka and Edward, who were both happy to see him given that he had sacrificed himself in order to save their lives. James was also grateful to them for putting up a gravestone in his memory near the monastery.
  • James was unsure what to think when he learned of an alternate universe in which he, Koudelka and Edward had managed to defeat Elaine and James survived. He eventually concluded that he didn't really mind the way things ultimately turned out, as he at least managed to confess his true feelings to Elaine shortly before sacrificing himself.
  • James was rather surprised to meet multiple versions of the Christian God within the pantheon. He gets along well with the Highest Joy, the Alpha and Omega and the God who talks to Bob, all three of whom appreciate both his piety and the fact that he had become a kinder person, although they also pity him for having sacrificed himself in order to defeat Elaine. However, he is appalled by YHVH, seeing him as a perversion of the Christian God, and strongly opposes him.
  • James felt honored to meet important biblical figures such as Noah, Moses and Solomon. Noah appreciates James' immense piety and kindness, which strongly contrasts with the descendants of Cain of his own time. Moses was happy to hear about how James had become more humble and kind over time. Solomon respects James' nigh-invulnerability to magic through his immense piety and has shown an interest in teaching him some offensive spells in order to better deal damage to enemies. However, James was also rather surprised to discover that Ramses, the evil Pharaoh who had oppressed Moses' people, was also present within the pantheon. Although he pities Ramses due to the fact that his cruelty is the result of him trying to live up to his father's teachings, James nonetheless still opposes him due to Ramses continuing to do evil within the pantheon.
  • He quickly became allies with christian saints such as Martha, George and Jeanne d'Arc. Saint Martha was perfectly happy to tell him about the times that Jesus visited her family and Saint George was similarly delighted to have someone listen to his tale of how he fought against a dragon. Jeanne was happy to hear of how he had managed to overcome his former contempt of non-Christians, whom he had previously disregarded as all being evil heretics, especially since she herself had been burned at the stake for supposedly being a heretic. When James told the saints of how he had once used the mummified arm of Saint Daniel in order to purify a church, they were quite impressed.
  • James has also become friends with Asia Argento, Xenovia Quarta and Irina Shidou. Although he doesn't quite approve of their polyamorous relationship with Issei Hyodo, his experiences with Koudelka and Edward have taught him that it's better to accept the differences of other people as long as their hearts are in the right place.
  • James is on good terms with most of the deities in the Houses of People of Faith and Religious Figures. He frequently tries to act as something of a mentor figure to Rosette Christopher, whose kind nature and rather unorthodox behaviour strongly reminds him of Koudelka and Edward. He's also on good terms with fellow priests Father Kerras and Father Merrin, whom he frequently accompanies and protects during their exorcisms.
  • James is appalled by Judge Claude Frollo and his treatment of not only Esmeralda, but Gypsies in general. His dislike of Frollo is further fueled by the fact that he reminds James of how he himself used to be similarly dismissive and disdainful of non-Christians.
  • Being an admirer of his work, James was quite happy to meet Shakespeare in the pantheon. Because their shared fondness for the Bard's writing is what resulted in them beginning to respect each other, James and Edward often like to spend time with him and discuss his work.
  • James feels bad for Brian Cohen because he was perceived to be the Messiah, something that he didn't want, and was ultimately executed because of it. Brian was happy to hear about how James had managed to overcome his disdain of non-Christians, as James would formerly have been of the opinion that Brian had deserved his fate.
  • Although James sympathises with Kiara Sessyoin because of her backstory, he does not agree with her end goal of wanting the entire world to end up in a giant orgy and merge together to reach true Nirvana. He hopes to one day convince her to abandon her goal, but has had no success in doing so thus far.
  • James is somewhat conflicted regarding how to feel about Amakusa Shirou Tokisada. On one hand, he pities him for the persecution Amakusa and other Japanese Christians had suffered and how his rebellion had failed when he and his fellow rebels were ultimately betrayed and executed. On the other hand, Amakusa's subsequent deal with the demonic Ambrosia to wreak havoc in Japan and his obsession with wishing for the salvation of humanity upon the Holy Grail, regardless of whether or not the Grail has evil nature beneath it, is something that James strongly disapproves of. In general, the two are on good terms and James frequently helps him to try and keep his evil self at bay.
  • James has similarly mixed feelings about the Flagellant. On one hand, the man is part of an extremist branch of his faith and has an unnerving obsession with martyrdom and pain. On the other hand, he isn't actually evil while the monsters he slays definitely are. The Flagellant himself, however, sees James in a more positive light for his mission to retrieve the forbidden documents and his sacrifice to stop the resurrected Elaine.

    Team America 
Team Americamembers, Deified Organization of Americans That Save the Day
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Left to right: Sarah, Joe, Gary, Lisa, Chris
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Spotswoode
  • Lesser Deities
  • Symbol: Their logo, depicting an eagle posed against the backdrop of an American flag with a globe clenched in its beak.◊
  • Theme Song: America! F*CK YEAH!!!
  • Alignment: Chaotic Good
  • Portfolio: Affectionate Parody of Blockbuster Action Movies as well as Supermarionation, Destructive Saviors, Eagleland, Heroes with Bad Publicity, Nice Job Breaking It, Hero
  • Domains: AMERICA!!!, Patriotism, Puppets, Satire
  • Allies: The South Park kids, Broforce, The Basterds, America, The Soldier, Good-aligned G.I. Joe deities
  • Enemies: Wild Dog, Lelouch, Khaled Al-Asad, HYDRA, Cobra Commander, Guinea Creatures, Joffery Boraethon, Ramsay Bolton, Andrew Ryan
  • Avoids: Any ascended film actor in the Pantheon, any cat person in the pantheon (Chris), all gorilla deities (Gary)
  • Head Butting Heroes with: Steve Rogers/Captain America
  • Team America: World Police is an organization that exists for the sole intention of stopping terrorists from performing evil deeds (Kim Jong-Il and a group of film actors are also other foes that they have faced). With a home base located within the structure of Mount Rushmore, the team comprises of Lisa, a young psychologist; Sarah, an alleged psychic; Joe, a typical all-American jock who is in love with Sarah; and Chris, a technological and martial arts expert who harbors a deep yet mysterious mistrust of actors. Later, a popular Broadway star named Gary was also recruited in joining the fight. The team is led by Spotswoode, a United States government agent, and the team's information is received by I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E., a highly-advanced supercomputer.
    • Before Gary joined the team, one of the group’s members was Carson, who was Lisa’s love interest. However, he was killed by a terrorist before he could propose to her.
  • Another peaceful day in the Pantheon was interrupted when a gang of terrorists had hijacked a small area and attacked several bystanders. Although several heroes could have arrived to help them, they were probably busy with other things. Suddenly, a group of vehicles decorated in American stars and stripes arrived in the scene. Team America jumped out of their vehicles and brought out their weapons to fight the terrorists. However, in the process, they ended up destroying more temples in the area than the terrorists would. Despite this, they managed to take their foes down. After the incident, the people who have witnessed the attacks aren’t sure on what to do with the team, with some of them protesting against Team America’s actions. In the end, however, the Pantheon decided that they will stay with the trope America Saves the Day. Since then, they have dedicated their lives to protect the Pantheon from dangerous threats.
  • Their temple looks like an exact replica of Mount Rushmore on the surface, but inside it is their headquarters. Usually, Spottswoode would stay in the temple to monitor the team’s activities. Given what happened to their original headquarters, several security guards have been placed in the temple to prevent any intruder from destroying the place.
  • With their ascension comes new foes to look out for. In particular, there is Wild Dog, who has a history in aiding many terrorists around the world. There’s also Lelouch, whom the team doesn’t like for fighting against an alternate history empire that includes North America. The team also frequently goes up against HYDRA as well as the Cobra Commander. Khaled al-Asad is another notable enemy in the team’s radar given that he was partly responsible for nuking and caused the death of 30.000 of U.S. Marines.
  • The team gets along pretty well with the Broforce given that they have a similar manner of Patriotic Fervor as well their tendency to cause huge amounts of collateral damage. Mr. “Jane Doe” is also interested in working with the team given that he’s also a dedicated American with a knack for utilizing explosive weapons. On the other hand, Steve Rogers aka Captain America doesn’t share the same chummy relationship (despite their shared disdain towards HYDRA) as he’s not fond of their amoral tendencies.
    • They were surprised to learn that the personification of America also resides in the Pantheon. America, in his part, thinks that the team would make him look good and has taken an oblivious attitude to their penchant for accidentally destroying stuff.
  • Being creations of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, it’s inevitable that they would meet the South Park kids, who are no strangers to being involved in government shenanigans. While Stan and Kyle don’t entirely approve of their destructive actions, they at least understand that the team has been trying to defend their home country.
    • One day, Team America received reports of a group of giant guinea pigs attacking somewhere in the House of Food. Immediately, they rushed their vehicles towards the place of the attacks and tried to attack them with their arsenal, but the creatures turned out to be more dangerous than they appear. It wasn’t until Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny came to the scene playing Peruvian flutes, which led the Guinea pigs to retreat. Stan and Kyle explained to the team that besides being a threat to the planet, their leader, Guinea Pirate, posed as an American secretary of Homeland Security and devised a plan to capture all the peruvian flute bands in the world. Because of this, the team doesn't appreciate someone giving America a bad name.
  • Given their bad history with the Film Actors Guild, who opposed Team America’s violent actions, they have avoided any ascended film actor or actress in the Pantheon (though Gary sometimes visits the House of Theater to perform several of his Broadway songs, such as “Everyone Has AIDS”). While Chris himself has especially held such a grudge, he has come to believed that Gary is the finest actor that he has come across. In particular, the team has been avoiding Samuel L. Jackson given that in their home world, he served as one of the members of F.A.G.
    • Chris’ distrust towards actors stems from a memory he had when he was younger. When he was 19 years old, he was raped by an actor who was in the Cats musical. As such, he gets traumatized whenever he encounters various cat people in the Pantheon, like Ichigo Momomiya.
    • Likewise, Gary has been avoiding any gorilla deity due his memory of the day when his brother fell into the gorilla enclosure in the zoo and pummeled to death because he had blueberries in his pocket.
  • Gary believes that there are three types of people in the Pantheon: d*cks, p*ssies, and a**holes. In his words, p*ssies don’t like d*cks, because p*ssies get f*cked by d*cks, but d*cks also f*ck a**holes that just want to sh*t on everything. Among such irredeemable a**holes that they have learned about, they are disgusted about Joffrey and Ramsay’s actions back in their home universes, and the team is willing to go after these folks if asked.
  • Being seen as one of the worst aspects of modern America, Team America has been banned from most Dominions given their bad habit of blowing up famous landmarks (although the Pantheon could make an exception with those two Nazi bases). Among the top of that list is Rapture; Andrew Ryan considers the organization to be one of the biggest threats to the city and among the worst of America’s “parasites.”
  • Also present in Heroic Achievements and Losses.

    Tina Armstrong 
Tina Armstrong, Goddess of Gorgeous Americans
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  • Lesser Goddess
  • Symbol: Flag Bikini around a cowboy hat
  • Theme Music: Power is Beauty (PSX vers, ~More Beautiful Mix~), You Are Under My Control - Beautiful Version 00, True Beauty, I Feel For You (5: Last Round remix)
  • Alignment: Chaotic Good
  • Portfolio: All-American Face, Daddy's Girl, Cute Bruiser, Flag Bikini, Hot-Blooded, Statuesque Stunner, Mighty Glacier
  • Domains: Strength, Freedom, Glory, Chaos, Good, America
  • Herald: Bass Armstrong/Mr. Strong (her father)
  • High Priestess: Tina Foster
  • Allies: Kolin, Rainbow Mika, Iowa, Duke , Steve Rogers/Captain America
  • Friendly Rivalry: Tifa Lockhart, Zangief, King II, Ivy Valentine (less so with this one)
  • Enemies: Senator Armstrong
  • Opposes: Bandit Keith
  • When it comes to fighting games, female characters often deviated to small yet lightning fast characters. Even if there were those who didn't completely fit the fold, there weren't any strongwomen in fighting games. That changed at an unusual place: Dead or Alive. It was at that tournament that the first grappler fighting female graced herself for all to see. She had many of the same traits of typical wrestlers while being a Statuesque Stunner. Her ascension pleased many others who have followed in her footsteps.
    • The reason of her ascension was... rather tense. After hearing of a Pantheon, she was talked down from it by her father Bass, her father and fellow wrestler. After that... it didn't take long for her to make her case in the Court of the Gods.
  • Tifa Lockhart may be the better known character for large breasts, but Armstrong preceeded her by a few months. Some of the wrestler's followers may cry foul over Lockhart's claim of the title of Buxom Strength, but the two are good friends. That doesn't mean either are above a tussle over who is the stronger individual.
  • She had hoped that her in-ring best friend Lisa could make it to the Pantheon. Instead, she would have to settle for her serving as Kolin's high priest. She at least gets to visit every once in a while.
  • Despite being a popular character, she is rarely involved in the more serious plots of the tournament. It's not something she is too worried about, though the various players are curious who she will side with now that she's in the Pantheon.
    • Hitomi is someone more her style. Both are hard hitting women, though Hitomi is more practical. The two are friends, but Hitomi is still in disbelief over Tina's loftier goals.
  • It was only natural that Tina Armstrong became rivals with the russian with the Spinning Piledriver. The two may be rivals in kayfabe, but have developed an interesting friendship outside the ring. Both of them are happy to help take down shady organizations that terrorize both their worlds.
  • She is on even better terms with Rainbow Mika. The two are evenly matched and are able to deliver stellar matches whether they work together or fight against each other.
  • Was surprised to see that the All-American Face of the Pantheon, Duke from G.I. Joe fame, was not a wrestler. Duke did say he is a fan of the sport and wished her the best.
  • She also likes to hang out with Iowa, embracing all of her traits.
  • It has been a dream of hers to get a match with Andre the Giant, someone capable of matching her strength. Many agree that the future match would be quite the spectacle.
  • She has also wanted to match a match with King II, a wrestler famous for linking throws with each other. Expect a technical love fest between the two if they set to meet. It would also be an interesting mish mash between American wrestling and Lucha Libre.
  • One of the first wrestlers to trash talk her was the Iron Sheik. Hailing from Iran, he gleefully trashed the country and insulted its citizens. He even attacked her in a backstage brawl. She managed to fend her off, and the two are poised to face each other to settle their feud.
  • Among other things, she wants to run for Congress. She was excited that one former senator wanted to talk strategy to her. Unfortunately, that senator was no other than Armstrong. He tried to convince her that nothing fits The American Dream for than letting the entire thing go down to a struggle where only the fittest survives. Not quite what she had envisioned, Tina let him go.
  • Her kind of fanservice is quite popular with many other fighting game characters. One of the most notorious is Ivy Valentine, and she is not a fan of the newcomer. She considers the wrestler to be far too brash for her liking. When Tina retaliated by challenging her to a fight, she declined the offer.
  • Some people may see her as stubborn and bullish, but she always has good intentions. She is also quick to criticize American deities who bring out the flag despite being obvious Heels. That distinction goes to Bandit Keith. He thought that the two should hook up with each other. She returned the gesture with an exploder suplex. He angrily asked for a match in the next wrestling promotion. While Tina was far strong, Keith made sure to use every cheating move in the playbook, giving her a hard time. Luckily, Yugi came by and distracted him by throwing a deck of cards in his face, allowing her to land a series of multithrows to win the match.
  • Captain America is far more receptive of her. He even attends many of her matches. Tina has tried to convince him to try wrestling to no avail. Steve figured that no one would want to face him in a fight.

    William Adams 
William Adams, Patron Saint of Western Samurai (Miura Anjin)
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The real William illustrated
  • Lesser God (Can push it to Intermediate level in short bursts through various Living Weapons)
  • Symbol: Saiorse holding his sword
  • Theme Music: 'William'
  • Alignment: Neutral Good
  • Portfolio: The very first Western Samurai, Being both a Pirate, Ninja and The Musketeer, Yokai Slayer, Been There, Shaped History, from English to Irish on this version, Will never die as long as Saiorse exists, Divine User of Onmyōdō Magic, Has a multitude of weapons, including ninja weapons, magical-imbued amulets and Living Weapons, Chose to stay in Japan to protect the Amrita at all costs
  • Domains: Swords, Magic, Life, Death, Tradition, Elements
  • Herald: Okatsu (his wife)
  • Allies: Hattori Hanzo (His mentor and probably only mortal friend), The Chosen Undead and the Bearer of the Curse, The Hunter, Dante Sparda, the Slayer of Demons, the Chosen Undead, the Bearer of the Curse, the Ashen One, Himura Kenshin, Geralt of Rivia (might be of relation, maybe)
  • Respected by: Samurai Jack
  • Mixed Relation with: Majority of the Japanese during the Warring States Period, especially Honda Tadakatsu, Ishida Mitsunari, Otani Yoshitsugu and Sanada Yukimura, Saiorse, the Little One
  • Worthy Opponent: Oda Nobunaga as well as the demonic counterpart
  • Conflicting Opinion: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Lady Maria
  • Enemies: Lord Voldemort, Orochi, Adam Taurus
  • Rivals: Akame, Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana, Afro Samurai, Justice (Afro Samurai), Date Masamune, Tavish DeGroot/The Demoman, Roronoa Zoro, Samuel Rodrigues
  • Feared By: Majority of the House of Japanese Spirits subhouse, particularly Nyotengu no Miyama
  • Long ago, around 1600. A Westerner arrived on the shores of Japan, who was part of an expedition from the Dutch East India Company, intending to trade with foreigners. Two of these English sailors where not allowed to leave the country, which lead to them being influenced by the Japanese. One of them was William Adams, who became a key advisor to the shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu and eventually, the first Western Samurai, which is a rare rank even in today's standards.
  • His ascension coincided with the appearance of a dangerous substance that both the sides of Good and Evil are interested in: Amrita, golden, glowing crystal that pulses with unbelievable amounts of power. William explained that in times of conflict and suffering, Amrita would begin to manifest. In all likelihood, the spirit stones manifested in the Pantheon due to the conflict between the Grand United Alliances, and if the events of the Warring States Period is anything to go by, it would inevitably fall into less-than-noble hands and be abused with horrible results. With the help of his guardian spirit Saiorse, William is intent on making sure this doesn't happen.
  • When his arrival was noted by the Court of the Gods, a ninja clad in black appeared right after his session. It was later revealed to be the one of Ieyasu's escorts, Hattori Hanzo who greeted him at first sight. Surprised, William asked if he was the same Hanzo he met during the Warring States Period. The ninja calmly answered "Yes" and introduced the samurai into a new world that he is now welcome in.
    • Upon arrival into his new temple, an invitation came into his doorstep, which was requested by Tokugawa Ieyasu to meet him for some urgent matters. While the shōgun was discussing new topics with him, his new suit, and arguably his combat skills fazed William, as he remembered that he wasn't entirely combat active the time he saw him saving Japan. The former would only smile and said that he hasn't been ready for a time like this. Nonetheless, all 3 would enjoy their first meeting together.
    • However, it should be noted that Ieyasu still has conflicting relations with William, as he knows that foreigners (as proven by a certain Master Kelley and eventually a Portuguese woman named Maria) can prove to be fatal to the nation's development. On the other hand, it was also William who stopped most of the threats in his time as shōgun, which made him also indebted to him. It is this reason why he sent a ninja to intercept him in an attempt to kill him and told Hanzo to report him if the ninja succeded in the order, in which the latter lied about William's fate. Ieyasu would see this from Hanzo and was happy to hear that William is still alive.
  • In what would be a surprise visit, William would also be visited by a white-robed samurai, who was rumored to be one of those who saw him as in inspiration. Samurai Jack would see gladness seeing that another heroic swordsman would join the fight in the battles of Good and Evil. He proudly accepted the invitation, knowing that this made William's ascension all the more better.
    • The news of his ascension also caught wind of other well-known samurai who are also interested in his skill. Samuel Rodrigues was one of them who challenged him in a one-on-one fight on his first sight. Despite defeating William, Samuel noted that his different weapon formations coupled with his different arsenals gave him one hell of a match to remember. Adam Taurus on the other hand sees him as a copycat and also challenged him. Unfortunately, no sooner had Adam sheathed his sword in preparation for a Moonslice than William brandished a slip of paper at him, and all of a sudden the faunus found his movements slowed to an agonizing crawl. Ultimately William proved to be too much for the leader of the White Fang and forced him to concede.
    • His extensive katana skills also caught the attention of several wielders, including the Demon Blade-wielder Akane, who tried to invite him into Night Raid's ranks, but declined the offer, the Black Scottish Cyclops Tavish DeGroot, a fellow European, the eponymous Katana herself, and the Straw Hat's swordsmaster, Roronoa Zoro, who had a try in one of his spirit weapons and genuinely liked the feel of it.
    • Of course, this would lead him into complications with others. Afro Samurai was one of those who William pitied due to his revenge motifs, but the former would shrug that in the end, revenge would be always necessary. Justice, who is Afro's long enemy, also saw potential in William and is willing to kill him just for his samurai armor. It may not be a headband of power, but to him, it will be good souvenir.
  • Those who have participated in the Warring States period have had issues with William, despite being different in appearance and their origin world. When asked as to why, some have said that they were able to retain a portion of "their" memories, some remembering fighting William on the Tokugawa state. Sanada Yukimura, Date Masamune and Otani Yoshitsugu remember him fondly, especially as soon as he revealed to them their Animal Motifs. Sanada remembers dying in Osaka Castle with Yodo-gimi, Date Masamune also got a portion of the memory of him having a small piece of Amrita in his eyepatch and Otani feels sorry for seeing that he transformed into a dual-wielding Yokai during the battle of Sekigahara and lost badly.
    • While this was happening however, a dark-red colored figure arrived to witness the speculation and congratulated William on his ascension. Speaking with a dark and demonic voice, this King spoke that the memory of him and the battle that transpired within the state. Everyone immediately knew him and the dark figure showed himself among the crowd. It was the Demon King Oda Nobunaga, who saw his fight against William to be interesting but rather short. In a sudden twist, a second figure came by and reverted his words back to the Demon King, who also showed himself to be the actual Oda Nobunaga, who wanted to thank William for at least showing him that he isn't as evil as he always was shown. This confrontation lead to believe that both Nobunagas knew William before he could show them their spirit animal.
  • Thanks to Saoirse, William is effectively immortal: while he can be temporarily killed, he will inevitably revive within a shrine, though he would lose any Amrita he would accumulate. This manner of revival got the Chosen Undead, Bearer of the Curse, Slayer of Demons, The Hunter and the Ashen One curious with him, seeing that all of them have such a curse, though for William, its a blessing than anything.
    • It's this immortality that caught the eye of Lord Voldemort, who attacked William in hopes of forcefully taking control of the Guardian Spirit from him. Despite putting up a valiant fight, William was ultimately struck by an Avada Kedavra and killed...only to resurrect some time later, incredibly off-put that "Kelley had gotten the best of him". Inevitably, William met Harry Potter, who had been keeping tabs on his Arch-Enemy's actions. William explained Saoirse and the nature of his immortality, and was surprised when Harry let out a bitter chuckle and asked what William did to anger Saiorse. When questioned, Harry told him that the idea of being unable to die was horrifying. William shrugged, muttered "Whatever ye say, lad. Helped me over in Japan, I'll tell ye that much...", and walked away.
  • Other than Ieyasu, William has a rather uneasy reaction towards Lady Maria for not only having the same name of a certain Portuguese witch, but also being similar in regards to her weapon and her gothic looks. However, Maria has stated that it is only by appearance and never by intention as she has no intent on the Amrita business. Despite this, following Williams initial ascension, his attacks towards her has damaged the Astral Clocktower and forced Maria to brutally beat him many times just to give him some sense. Since then he has avoided taking her down but only because she has convinced him enough that she wasn't the witch he was trying to stop in the first place.
  • Speaking of being similar, Geralt has felt his essence upon arriving to the Pantheon. While both are easy going towards each other and are glad sharing their tales, both are rather unnerved by their looks, believing that they might be the same, but in different universes with different roles. Even Ciri, Trish and Yennefer even mistook William for Geralt but in an unusual armour set.
  • Likely the most unnerving interaction William had in his time in the Pantheon was when Chikane Himemiya stormed up to him out of the blue, demanding to know how in the world he, a (relatively) mere mortal was able to outright slay the dreaded Orochi. Confused, William told her that he 'hit the beast until it died, and drank healing elixers when he needed to'. Chikane was quiet as she tried to process what she had just heard, mumbling under her breath something along the lines of "Was...pointless. I never had to hurt her, never had to...just needed to hit the beast until it died! That's all I needed to do! Hit Orochi until it died!" Then to William's and Himeko's shock and horror, Chikane broke down in spasms of deranged, bawling laughter, before she collapsed into Himeko's arms sobbing and pleading for forgiveness. William took this opportunity to back away slowly and leave.
  • Nyotengu no Miyama is quite scared of him after he attacked her out of the blue with a Death Glare on his face. When an explanation was demanded of him, William growled that he HATES Tengu, and that deadly flirty attitude of hers makes her seem like a combination of Tengu and Hino-Enma.
  • Being a Celtic, mermaid-like spirit, a number of gods and goddesses wondered if Saiorse had some sort of connection to the similarly-named selkie in the Pantheon. William's explanation of Guardian Spirits put this to bed, though: the Spirits are Tulpa born of beliefs and prayers, not flesh-and-blood beings like Ben's sister. Besides, William's Saiorse is a merrow, not a selkie.
  • Is under consideration of Intermediate Status due to this time of him beating most of his enemies with a wooden sword. He is still having numerous amounts of PTSD while thinking about it.
  • The Western Samurai himself has another temple placed within the House of Jobs and Profession, under Combat Occupations.

Demigods

    Apu Nahasapeemapetilon 
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, God of Asian Store Owners (Steve Barnes, Slime Q Slimedog, Apu DeBeaumarchais)
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  • Demigod
  • Symbol: The "Kwik-E-Mart" logo
  • Theme Music: This tune is one that often plays in the Kwik-E-Mart (or Spook-E-Mart during the Halloween season). Otherwise, there's the following: Eight is Too Much, Incriminating Caffeine, This Little Piggy; those observant of the Fourth Wall may hear these musical cues
  • Alignment: True Neutral
  • Portfolio: Indian Store Owner, Ascended Extra, Bollywood Nerd, Octuplets, Proud Of His Immigrated Nation, "Thank You Come Again", Biological Kevlar, Puts 120% Into His Work, Funny Foreigner
  • Domains: Immigrants, Stores, Hinduism, Fatherhood
  • Followers: Tuong Lu Kim, Mr Bang, Mr Patel, Carol Zimmer, Ming Lee
  • Heralds: Sanjay (his brother and coworker), Manjula (his wife) and his octuplets.
  • Allies: Homer Simpson, Anna, Recette Lemongrass, Great Tiger
  • Vitriolic Best Buds with: Ned Flanders
  • On good terms with: The Simpsons family, The House of Love and Affection
  • Customers include: Krusty the Clown, Moe Syzlack, Jeff Albertson, Ralph Wiggum
  • Enemies: Sideshow Bob, Stewie Griffin, Plankton
  • Opposes: Chakravartin, YHVH, the House of Crime and Transgressions
  • Opposed by: Eric Cartman
  • Avoids: Beerus, the House of Ranged Weapons
  • The city of Springfield offers a number of stores, but few are as convenient as the Kwik-E-Mart. In charge is Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. An Indian immigrant, he went to the United States for a doctorate in computer science. By the time he finally got it he came to love America, and has dutifully been running the store. He may not be the best store owner and some of his actions aren't all that legal, but you'd be hard to find an Asian Store-Owner more dedicated to his job.
  • He used to be the Great Tiger's high priest, but has managed to become a god in himself due to his hard work ethic. They immediately forged a proper alliance when he ascended.
  • Incredibly passionate towards his job, with a lot of stresses on his personal life due to being too busy with his work. He once tried to kill himself with tainted meat when he got fired. While friendly to his customers, he's not above using exorbitant prices and browbeating customers into crappy merchandise. He almost never leaves his temple, which is a replica of the Kwik-E-Mart in Springfield. He once worked for 72 hours straight, which drove him mad and made him think he was a hummingbird.
  • He has been seen working with Recette Lemongrass and Anna as a fellow shop owner. He admires Recette's passion with her work, and Anna for her utility.
  • Moe, Comic Book Guy, Ralph Wiggum and Krusty are usually as regular customers. Apu is really grateful for Krusty as his fondness for pornography helped keep him afloat in those difficult early years. Krusty has made him a recommendation for the House of Lust to order their smut from.
  • He has an arranged marriage to Manjula, who while he feared it at first came to love her. It's not a Perfectly Arranged Marriage as their marriage has been stressed by the octuplets, and he ended up finding solace with the Squishee Lady. To his credit Apu tried to apologized and let himself be demeaned by his wife in atonement, though most believe she went too far when she made him eat a lightbulb.
  • Though Indian, he is proud to be an American immigrant and truly loves his adopted country. As such, he hates people who are racist against immigrants and is still annoyed Springfield voted against illegal immigrants. He wished that he could vote more than once against Mr Garrison when his policy against illegal immigrants was to "f*ck them all to death".
  • Stewie Griffin has been permanently banned from the Kwik-E-Mart for kidnapping him, simply so he could say he took Apu. Bart found it funny but thought it went too far. Eric Cartman is on watch when he visits due to his numerous racist comments.
  • Him and Ned Flanders often butt heads due to opposing religious views, however at the end of the day they're friends and will team up to save the day, such as when they united to save Homer when his house burned down. And while Apu's more lax in terms of faith to Ned's fundamentalism, they both agree that YHVH is an asshat-especially Apu since YHVH is actively oppressing Hindu deities. He doesn't trust the likes of Chakravartin either or his connection to reincarnation and samsara, but it's not like he could hope to do anything about it.
  • Has been constantly shoplifted, mostly by Snake. As a result he has more lead in him than any normal person has any right to survive, to the point he survived a shooting when one bullet was deflected by another bullet. Understandably, he doesn't want to be in the House of Ranged Weapons at all. This may be why he takes an aggressive stance against shoplifters when he can, such as when he got Marge Simpson arrested for 30 days when she accidentally stole some bourbon.
  • Customers should make sure to have a stomach pump on hand or just a good eye when purchasing food from the Kwik-E-Mart, since Apu will try to sell meat past its due date. For the sake of the House of Commerce, Beerus cannot visit even if Whis has to come in and stop him. And while he might try to sell rotten food, he isn't going to sell Plankton's food much to the latter's chagrin.
  • Apu: "Thank you, come again".
  • Can also be found in Businesses and Corporations.

    Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion 
Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger BattalionMembers, War Gods of American Winners of the Second World War
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Clockwise from top-left: Caparzo, Upham, Wade, Horvath, Mellish, Ryan, Reiben, and Jackson; Center: Miller
Miller: "James...Earn this. Earn it."
  • And indeed, Ryan had earned it, as he managed to get back home to the US, get married, have a family, and live well into his 80s. However, he occassionally suffered from bouts of Survivor's Guilt as a result of what Miller had told him, as demonstrated when he had visited the graves of Charlie Company in Normandy.
  • In contrast to other, similar stories, set in the European Theater during WWII, Charlie Company's story solely depicted the American Forces fighting in Normandy, with only one mention of the British Forces, who remained offscreen for the entirety of their story's run. It wasn't for no reason, though, given that the areas depicted in their story were all set in the American sector of the Normandy invasion, where only American units operated in. It's for this reason that Charlie Company would ultimately ascend and claim the title of War Gods of American Winners of the Second World War.
  • The first man from the group to ascend was Ryan himself, who ascended as he had looked in 1944. Somehow, he had ended up in Ramelle once more, which would eventually become his and the rest of Charlie Company's temple. Fortunately for him, instead of being greeted by German forces, he's found be a few other paratroopers from the 101st Airborne out on patrol, namely Staff Sergeant Matthew Baker, Staff Sergeant Joseph Hartsock, as well as three of their men, Sgt. Franklin Paddock, Pfc. Gary Jasper, and Pfc. Timothy Connor. After hearing Ryan's story, they decide to help him hold the Ramelle bridge for the time being, with Baker, Hartsock, and their men having had past experience in defending bridges in both Normandy and the Netherlands. They're eventually reinforced by a few more paratroopers, with the arrival of Maj. Dick Winters and Capt. Ronald Speirs accompanied by Cpl. Boyd Travers and Sgt. Jack Barnes. Winters' first action upon arrival to the French town is to order the road bridge destroyed immediately, to which Ryan immediately agrees given what almost happened the last time the bridge stayed up. Speirs then helps the two Recon squads set up defensive positions in the town, as well as leading a few patrols on the outskirts in case the Germans find the place.
  • In another part of the Pantheon, namely Omaha Beach, a landing craft with Cpt. Miller, Technical Sgt. Horvath, and the rest of Charlie Company's members sans Upham, dropped it's ramp on the beach. All of them were surprised when there was no German machine gun fire to greet them there. Instead, they were greeted by the faces of friendly forces already stationed there, namely a number of fellow US Rangers also from the 2nd Ranger Battalion, as well as one soldier from the 1st Infantry Division. Upham himself turned up on the beach, having been accompanied these other Rangers up until Charlie Company's arrival. Immediately, Upham rejoins them once more. It's not long after their landing that they receive new orders, from none other than President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself, who orders that Charlie Company protect Ryan and accompany him at all times.
    • One of the first deities to brief Miller and the rest of the squad is none other than Lt. Mike Powell, whom the rest of Charlie Company note is a sniper like Pvt. Jackson, down to having the same model of Sniper Rifle and their sniping skills being very similar to one another. Powell in turn remarks that Miller bears striking resemblances to several of his superior officers, particularly one Captain Ramsey whom he had served under following the D-Day of his story. Powell ends up telling the squad the overall strategic situation in the Pantheon, including German troop movements as well as American Airborne positions beyond Omaha Beach, including a possible idea on where Ryan might be.
    • Two other Rangers that introduce themselves to Charlie Company are Lt. Randall and Sgt. Bill Taylor, the latter of who, like Powell, is also a trained sniper. What's more, Taylor himself resembles Pvt. Jackson, and this coincidence does not go unnoticed by those present. The two Rangers provide Miller's unit with names they should be looking out for, particularly for one Major Winters, who de facto commands the American Airborne units within the Pantheon.
  • Using the intel given to them by their name allies, Miller, Horvath, and the rest of the unit head inland. Unlike their last attempt at finding Ryan, their journey behind enemy lines is much smoother, no thanks to their past experiences. When they come across German snipers, in this case Waffen Senior Troopers, defending a town this time around, Jackson ends up killing these snipers before they can hit any one of the squad.
  • After a while of trekking, they finally reunited with Ryan, when he alongside the men of the 101st Airborne's 1st and 2nd Recon Squad save them from a German Armored Patrol similar to the one they had encountered before. Notably, however, the Germans were much better-armed than the Americans were, something noticeably different from Charlie Company's last mission where they were mostly armed with bolt-action rifles. Specifically, rather than Karabiner 98 kurz rifles as their standard-issue service rifle, the Waffen-SS found in the Pantheon use the Gewehr 43 and Sturmgewehr 44 as theirs alongside the already prominent MP 40 submachine gun, which were huge steps up from the slow firing bolt-action rifles.
    • On a more interesting note, this is actually the first time that Wade and Caparzo, who were both killed in action previously before they could meet Ryan, are formally introduced to the man they had been assigned to look for. The meeting is, awkward, to say the least.
  • Upon arriving in Ramelle, Miller is immediately introduced to Winters and Speirs, who inform the Ranger Captain that they've already fortified the French town in their stead, having taken Ryan's intelligence seriously. And so, when the Germans do inevitably launch an offensive like before, they are beaten back much more easily, no thanks to Baker's and Hartsock's squads establishing themselves as being far more competent than Ryan's old unit, even able to suppress entire platoons and outflank them. As a result, when The Cavalry called in by Major Winters does arrive, it arrives rather late. Despite this late arrival, however, the reinforcements, who include the aforementioned Rangers from Omaha Beach and Lt. Karl Fairburne, make short work of the German tanks and infantry, with Fairburne destroying a Tiger I tank with his Improbable Aiming Skills, Taylor plating explosives on vehicles' engine compartments, and Powell simply calling in air and artillery strikes on the retreating Germans. With all said and done and Ramelle firmly in American hands, Charlie Company decide to set up their permanent HQ inside of the town as their Temple, having nowhere else to go now that their current mission has been more or less completed. Ryan ends up erecting replica gravestones of the squad members who had been killed in action during the events of their story, so that other deities could find out the story behind and reason for their ascension.
  • With Charlie Company's mission completed, Lt. Mike Powell requested Captain Miller for a return favor, namely that he and the rest of his squad help him in a few missions, namely a planned assault on Fort Schmerzen, which is now being used by Johann Schmidt to manufacture wonder weapon components, specifically inside its massive basement section. The rest of the squad ultimately agree to help the Lieutenant, on account that, should any of these wonder weapons be used in combat, massive Allied and possibly civilian casualties would be incurred. Caparzo in particular now feels that he can finally do the right thing and survive unscathed.
  • Horvath was impressed when he found out that Lt. Mike Powell had managed to capture an an intact Tiger I heavy tank from the Nazis. He then begins recounting and narrating to other Allied deities present about his experiences before his past death before ascending, where he tried, unsuccessfully, to knock out one other such example with a Bazooka. Travers, having knocked out no less than seven of these behemoths, offers to teach the Technical Sergeant on how to properly knock one out with Anti-Armor weapons, to which Horvath agrees.
    • Unfortunately, thanks to this past experience, the Technical Sergeant almost ends up killing both the Anglerfish Team and Maho Nishizumi and her crew, after mistaking their Panzer IV and Tiger I for the German ones he had been fighting not too long ago, both before and after his ascension. Interestingly, this isn't the first time that both teams have almost been killed and/or mistaken for German tank crews, having been targeted by the aforementioned Travers with an M18 Recoilless rifle, as well as by Pfc. Jasper and Pfc. Connor with their M9 Bazooka.
  • To say that Pvt. Jackson, himself established as a skilled sniper, was Overshadowed by Awesome in the Pantheon, would be an understatement. Having seen Lt. Karl Fairburne's sniper skills firsthand during the second Ramelle battle, Jackson compliments the British-German OSS operative. Fairburne in turn tells him that he hasn't seen anything yet, telling the Ranger Private about deities even more skilled and powerful than either of them.
  • As it turns out, Powell having Jackson's sniping skills and having had a similar experience assaulting Omaha Beach and later fighting in France was no coicidence, thanks to Steven Spielberg himself introducing himself to the Rangers, who, as they find out, is responsible not only for the stories of Charlie Company and Powell, but those of Winters, Speirs, Barnes, Travers, as well as a number of other, related deities.
    • At some point, Miller, Caparzo, and Ryan find out that there are several deities sharing their likenesses, despite them having no relation to these people whatsoever. Spielberg, once again, tells them the reason for this: they each share an actor with their respective lookalikes. So far, the only one that has spent time with them is Forrest Gump, who also served in the Army and has a childlike demeanor that provides a levity the soldiers appreciate. He also doesn't mind when they (specially Miller) act rough, as he didn't mind it with Lt. Dan, so those fine men wouldn't bother him too.
  • Thanks to their past experiences, both Miller and especially Upham now refuse to take prisoners when undertaking missions behind enemy lines, having had one such prisoner that they refused to execute end up killing Miller, who was in turn finally executed by Upham during the end of the Ramelle battle. Not helping matters is that many of the ascended Nazis themselves are also notorious war criminals, such as General Heinz Böhm, who was responsible for wiping out entire villages and partisan groups during the Italian Campaign in 1943.
  • Mellish ends up forming a close friendship with fellow Jewish-American soldier Pvt. Robert Zussman, no thanks to also being a veteran of the Omaha Beach landings and Normandy campaign. Both men also end up becoming honorary members of The Basterds, working alongside the OSS unit whenever possible. Mellish, like Zussman, also sympathizes with fellow Jew Zofia Zawistowski, vowing to exact revenge on the Nazis for her as well.
  • In one briefing, the squad end up finding out about the existence of comic book superheroes in the Pantheon, particularly those who lived during their respective time period, namely Steve Rogers and the Justice Society, who have saved their respective timelines from alternate Nazi German forces conquering both Europe and the world. Caparzo ends up idolizing many of them, no thanks to their ability to perform good deeds and jump to the call when its needed.
  • Outside of combat, the various members of Charlie Company end up finding other deities to hang out with. Wade, for exmple, ends up regularly visiting the House of Health and Diseases in order to get much needed knowledge and medical supplies. Miller and Ryan, who are both Shellshocked Veterans, end up in a seemingly unlikely friendship with deities such as Niko Bellic, Violet Evergarden, and even John Rambo, who have similar experiences and issues as they have.
  • In their down time, they get together to watch Mickey Mouse cartoons sent by the mouse himself. Mickey resents that the German soldier who killed both Wade and Miller is known as "Steamboat Willie", and hopes to make up for it so the soldiers don't associate him with terrible moments of their journey, if not lives.

Horvath: "Someday we might look back on this and decide that saving Private Ryan was the one decent thing we were able to pull out of this whole godawful, shitty mess. Like you said, Captain, maybe we do that, we all earn the right to go home.''

    Huang Lee 
Huang Lee, Divine Saint of Chinese Mobsters (Adonis, Rich kid, Oscar, Mr. 'Know it all', Mr. 'Junior Triad of the year', China boy, Mr. speed-date)
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  • Demigod
  • Symbol: The Yu Jian Sword
  • Theme Song: Chinatown Wars
  • Alignment: True Neutral (often forced into Neutral Evil)
  • Portfolio: Spoiled rich kid, Follows through honor but moves on and becomes saner than most, The Everyman, Massive amounts of sarcasm, The only good criminal in the entire Triad regime, Being motivated by his father's death and eventually realizing it was his uncle who killed him
  • Domains: Wealth, Crime, Drugs, Revenge
  • Allies:
  • Source of Interest: John Luthor, Cole Phelps, Harold Francis Callahan
  • Distrusts: Claude, Donald Love
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Revy
  • Rivals: Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, Walter White
  • Enemies: Scar, Uncle Chan, Dimitri Rascalov, Agent 47, Chin, Tony Montana
  • The Tale of Huang Lee is a long and arduous one. Following the death of his father in China, his uncle, Wu "Kenny" Lee, called him to arrive in Liberty City, to deliver the family heirloom the Yu Jian Sword so that he may secure a spot as the Triad Leader. Things got awry when his sword was stolen and he himself was left for dead as soon as he arrived in Liberty City. What follows was a journey that forced him into the most rotten core of city, out in the need to reclaim his honor and revenge for his father.
  • After killing his uncle, who was the murderer all along and becoming the leader of the Triads, the Court of the Gods saw potential in him and appointed him as the representative for Chinese Mobsters, though Lee declined the offer the Court gave him. After the fifth time however, he decided to accept the offer in condition of signing new documents, which he said was a precautionary method just in case he ends up in a place like Liberty City again. Turns out he was placed in a House that is arguably worse than the city itself.
  • Within his first days of ascension, he was greeted by several citizens from Liberty City who immediately recognized him: the silent Claude, the bouncer Luis Lopez, and veteran soldier turned criminal Niko Bellic. All of which have explained their grieviances in the eponymous city and how all of them managed to survive. His interaction with Claude ended with complete distrust following him, and by extension, Donald Love, almost wiping out the Triad during the early days with his time in the Leones. As for Love, well, let's just say that instigating a war between the Yakuza and Columbian Cartel won't give you a good impression. The two see Huang as quite calm, despite sounding cocky and outright rude.
    • Even outside Liberty City, he has gained some reputation. Tommy sees him as a great teammate, even considering him to be more loyal than his other associates, though Huang warns him not to kill any Triads or he'll start spilling heads. Carl Johnson also sees friendship within him, mainly due to his association with another Triad within San Fierro under the name of Wu Zi Mu. When he asked as to the condition of the Triads in San Andreas, he answered that they are thriving in Las Venturas, allowing Huang to allow more support outside Chinatown.
    • Despite being a criminal and allying himself with the other GTA protagonists, he prefers not to participate in any of their crimes. He only prefers to maintain the the Triad's stature, following the entire shitshow that occured in 2009. And thats was mainly because of all the backstabbing, killing and treachery that has been happening back when his father died. Not only that, but he is rich enough, so he'll likely pass the opportunity instead.
  • Following his ascension, he was visited (and punched) by Goro Majima, who proclaimed that Huang Lee's life will be a difficult one. It didn't take long for Lee to realize why he hit him in the first place: because he is a Yakuza member (loosely though, since he only allies with Kazuma). However, Kazuma Kiryu also came in and stopped Goro before causing more damage, sincerely apologizing but also stating that he had a feud with the Triads before, hence their rivalry. The Chinese Triad acknowledged this and only had one comment following them leaving his temple:
    Huang: "Jesus, and I thought Liberty City had worse Yakuzas."
  • As with the aformentioned truth that his uncle Kenny was the sole reason behind all the events that almost broke the Triads, he has become wary to any uncles regardless of alignment. Among those he hates are Scar and Uncle Chan. The former's actions makes him closer, if not worse, than his uncle, while Uncle Chan is just plain annoying to him and his rather goofy "Chinese" accent.
    • To explain, Scar's betrayal towards Mufasa was one thing that shook Lee, because it reminded him of Kenny killing his brother so that he may have the leadership of the Triads, not to mention him framing 2 other Triad members in order to make investigation more muddy. Scar could only laugh hearing that this happened because he realizes even other people still follow such intentions. Seeing this, he'll do his best to kill Scar to make him feel satisfied for his thirst for revenge.
    • On Uncle Chan's part, Huang pretty much summed it up the first time they met:
    Huang: "Can someone pick better Triads next time? I'm tired of seeing actors like this roaming around like fake-ass Chinese."
  • Truth be told, Huang also had former relations with the Mafia, having been ratted out once by a traitor who lied to him about info on the stolen blade. Because of this, he wants no relations with any Mafia, fearing that they'll throw him off with false information again.
    • But when he received an invitation to the Corleones, his mindset on the Mafia has toned down albeit. The two see mutual respect between each other, with Huang getting good payment on their services, whereas the Corleones, especially Vito, sees great potential in him, despite being in a different gang. Overall, a bond between Triads and the Corleone mafia could spark great business ventures.
    • Then there is Dimitri Rascalov, the type of scum Huang hates. Backstabbing, power hungry and Russian. Hearing from others about Dimitri's actions made it clear that he will personally kill him if he tries to screw with the Triads.
  • Upon hearing what Agent 47 did with the Red Dragon and Blue Lotus Triads, which entails large mass killing, the junior triad could not help but feel uneasy towards the Agent. While 47 has no plans on killing Huang, time will only tell if someone pays him to get killed, then all hands are off.
  • The House of Justice rather welcomed Lee into their institution with applause, mainly for helping on a conspiracy case regarding the Triad leadership. Though he has stated that the detective who helped him was only there for the suspect, some of the others see some mutual friendship between the two. In fact, Huang gets a free pass on the house without repercussions.
    • From the numerous detectives, wardens and judiciaries, 3 members of the said house see Huang as a viable asset: Cole Phelps, John Luthor and Harold Callahan also known as Dirty Harry. They see him uncovering the truth of the Triads as a worthy assessment as an asset for their investigations. Though this was pitched as Luthor's idea, the other 2 stick with it since the results did yield greatly and not only favored in Lee's side, but also on the justice side as well.
  • While being a gang member may have its merits, such as the support from the House of Crime, it also has its fair share of disadvantages. Tony Montana is among those as he has a massive hate towards any gang member, regardless of alignment. Because the last time he "visited" Huang's palace, it was riddled with bullets.
  • As mentioned about the fact that he doesn't participate too much on crimes, he does sometimes join with others when it comes to heists just to know more some of the other deities. Unfortunately, this would force him to cross with Revy, the foul-mouthed, hard-headed Chinese-American of the Lagoon Company. Despite being similar when it comes to nationality and location, all similarities would end here. Revy thinks Huang is too soft, almost reminding her of Rock the first time he joined the company, whereas Huang considers her a crazy bitch to the point of just wanting to shoot her. Then there is the fact that Revy has dealt with triads back then with ease. Expect both of them to throw bullets and curse at each other whenever they meet in a heist.
    Huang: "Fuck me you're an annoying bitch. Never in my entire life have I met one as batshit as you, never even in China."
    Revy: "Oh look here, some pissy soft immigrant who can't man the fuck up? We can keep doing criminal work all day but you better give me a reason not to shoot you up."
    Huang: "Says the bitch who keeps putting her trigger on my fucking face!"
    Revy: "Fine then. Where is your sex life?"
    Huang: "What sex life? Never head that before"
    *punching and cursing intensifies*
    • However, he has time to sell drugs on numerous occasions, often selling them at rather ludicrous prices. When asked why, he only needed the money for it and not the crime itself. When Walter heard of this, he realized a potential rival in him that could outsell him in the drugs competition. So he decided to sell his drugs on a more affordable prices to counter Lee. This resulted in a bet between deities from the House of Crime to see who sold the most drugs in a week. Ultimately, Walter proves to be the better merchant than him thanks to his rather provocative methods.
    • The aforementioned event however gave him an ally in the form of Omar Little. Both would share some of their earlier times in the crime life, with him noticing Huang's low life before his eventual rise to the Triad leadership. In fact, Huang's content with Omar getting some of his money, afterall, his reputation is something not to sneeze at. Omar did have a little comment regarding him though: he is one of the most snarkiest people he has met in the criminal underworld.
  • Of all the people that annoy and infuriate him the most, Chin is high in that list. Chin considers Huang Lee the epitome of his objective, one that puts the idea on "kill all the fuckin' ugly reds" back into his mindset and proof that China is nothing more but pure criminal lowlife. What makes Huang so completely galled at this is that firstly, Chin looks like a Chinese, so it makes him more confused, and second, he called him out for being an idiot for not considering that a.) all of his crimes were done in Liberty City and not Hong Kong and b.) his crimes were committed in 2009 and not 1997, thus making his objective sound like complete bullshit.
    • Though Chin's hatred would get worse. Following Huang's statement on him, the mad clone destroyed much of the temple, and forced him to take direct action. While bullets did not work on him, he brought all of his allies to stop his advance and most of the higher ups of the House of Crime to shut Chin down. After that incident, Chin has vowed to kill Huang Lee first in kill list.
  • Among all the other GTA characters, Mario hangs around with him more often than others. Not many know why, but Huang has an idea as to why.
  • The Triad's original temple is within the House of Crime and Transgressions, under Organized Crime.
  • "I buy ALL my friends. Makes life easier."

    Robert Zussman 
Pvt. Robert Zussman, Patron Saint of Token Enemy Minorities (Zussman, Zuss, Herr Zussman)
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  • Demigod
  • Symbol: A St. Michael Pendant, or the logo of the 1st Infantry Division
  • Themes: A Brotherhood of Heroes and Berga
  • Alignment: Lawful Good
  • Portfolio: A German-born Jew serving in the US Army, Becomes his squad's translator, Capable of providing basic first aid to squadmates, Walking Spoiler, Second most important person in his game's story, And second man to the main character, Becoming a Prisoner-Of-War late in the European War, as well as slave labor
  • Domains: Soldiers, Enemies, Minorities, Discrimination, World War II
  • Followers: Diethard, Emma and Momoka
  • Allies:
  • Enemies:
    • All Nazi deities in the Pantheon
    • Anyone who uses slave labor or commits war crimes on prisoners, particularly Vladimir Makarov and Raul Menendez
  • Headbutting Heroes: Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, U-511
  • Oppose: Gen. Shephard, Sen. Armstrong, Erik Lensherr, Captain Price
  • A soldier from the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army, Pvt. Robert Zussman hails from Chicago. Unbeknownst to the rest of his squad, at least at first, he was originally from Germany, where it's implied that he and his family moved away from to start a better life.
  • He had revealed his full heritage during the Battle of Aachen, where he helped German civilians evacuate from an enemy-occupied hotel. Because of this, he received flak from several of his squadmates not long after this revelation, in particular from Sgt. Pierson.
  • However, the worst he received because of his Jewish heritage was not from his squadmates, but from his time as a Prisoner-of-War. Rather than be sent to be POW camp like other American soldiers, he became a victim of The Holocaust, becoming slave labor in the dying Reich's war production scheme. And in the process, he became victim to a number of war crimes as well.
  • Fortunately for him, his squadmates, refusing to abandon him even when one of them pretty much earned a ticket home, manage to find him and save him from execution by the SS.
  • Unlike the other US deities from his time period, he's not from an elite unit like the Airborne, Rangers, or Marines, but from the aforementioned 1st Infantry Division, a regular US Army infantry division, but with a rather notable history for itself.
  • Upon his ascension following his recovery from his entire ordeal, he decided to work with the other WW2-era US Army members in the Pantheon, particularly Lt. Mike Powell, a fellow veteran of the Omaha Beach landing. Thanks to this, he's easily persuaded by the US Ranger to help him destroy Fort Schmerzen and Der Flakturm, the two ascended Nazi strongholds in the Pantheon.
  • Thanks to his experiences in Europe During the War, he vehemently opposes the ascended Nazis attempts at continuing their war effort in the Pantheon, particularly if it involves torturing or experimenting on prisoners-of-war.
  • While he does have respect for their combat record, he refuses an offer to join The Basterds, mostly due to their...err...methods, in dealing with the Nazis. Even he's astonished by how far they're willing to go.
  • Of all the deities he sympathizes with the most, none can match how much he feels pity and sympathy towards fellow Holocaust victim Zofia Zawistowski. Unlike Zussman, who was forced to become slave labor in one of the labor camps run by the SS, she was a victim of the concentrations camps, and had to make a very Sadistic Choice that unfortunately got her that spot in the Pantheon in the first place. He promises to her that he would hunt down the remaining Nazis in the Pantheon.
  • Despite sympathizing with him and his own experiences During the War, he opposes Erik Lensherr, due to his very extreme methods and Fantastic Racism that makes him no better than the Nazis that wronged both of them.
  • Is similarly opposed to Viktor Reznov for similar reasons.
  • Not too big of a fan of Maho Nishizumi, mostly due to Panzers giving him bad memories of his tour in Europe. Unlike most other Allied soldiers, he chooses to just stay away from her rather than try anything.
  • Is appalled by the actions of Makarov and Menendez, who turn out to be just as bad, if not worse, than the SS soldiers who captured and tortured him.
    • Is similarly disillusioned by the actions of his fellow Call of Duty protagonists, in particular those of Alex Mason and John Price.

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