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* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: All of the named members of the Syndicate are among the few people on the server who have had their stream chats canonized -- Techno's manifests as [[HearingVoices voices in his head]] with a love for bloodshed and the letter E, Phil's manifests as a flock of CleverCrows, Ranboo's are a group of purple Ender particles, Niki's manifests as writing in her journal, and occasionally voices in her head like Techno, and Connor's donations are the voices in his head, according to himself.

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* FromBeyondTheFourthWall: All of the named members of the Syndicate are among the few people on the server who have had their stream chats canonized -- Techno's manifests as [[HearingVoices voices in his head]] with a love for bloodshed and the letter E, Phil's manifests as a flock of CleverCrows, Ranboo's are a group of purple Ender particles, Niki's manifests as writing in her journal, and occasionally voices in her head like Techno, and Connor's donations are the voices in his head, according to himself.



* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Members of The Syndicate take on codenames based on Myth/ClassicalMythology which allude to their personal characteristics.
** Techno's codename, Protesilaus, is a nod to the ancient Greek hero from ''Literature/TheIliad'' who was the first Greek to leap to shore at Troy, despite a prophecy that whoever leaped ashore first would die, and took four Trojan soldiers down before being slain himself. This is in keeping with his BloodKnight tendencies and (alleged) willingness to put his own life on the line before anyone else's... though [[IronicName on the other hand]], [[CharacterCatchphrase Technoblade never dies]].
** Phil's codename, Zephyrus, is also the name of the Greek god of the west wind, who was also depicted to have [[WingedHumanoid wings]].
** Ranboo's codename, Lethe, is the name of one of the five rivers of the Underworld in Greek mythology. The Lethe, specifically, causes amnesia when people touch or drink its waters. Similarly, Lethe is also [[GenderBlenderName the name of the Greek goddess]] of forgetfulness and oblivion.
** Niki's codename, Nemesis, is also the name of the remorseless Greek goddess of divine retribution and revenge referencing Niki's own LackOfEmpathy and tendency to seek revenge on those she believes have wronged her.
** Harpocrates is the god of silence and secrets. Appropriate, given the unknown identity of the Syndicate member with that codename.

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* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Members of The Syndicate take on codenames code-names based on Myth/ClassicalMythology which allude to their personal characteristics.
** Techno's codename, code-name, Protesilaus, is a nod to the ancient Greek hero from ''Literature/TheIliad'' who was the first Greek to leap to shore at Troy, despite a prophecy that whoever leaped ashore first would die, and took four Trojan soldiers down before being slain himself. This is in keeping with his BloodKnight tendencies and (alleged) willingness to put his own life on the line before anyone else's... though [[IronicName on the other hand]], [[CharacterCatchphrase Technoblade never dies]].
** Phil's codename, code-name, Zephyrus, is also the name of the Greek god of the west wind, who was also depicted to have [[WingedHumanoid wings]].
** Ranboo's codename, code-name, Lethe, is the name of one of the five rivers of the Underworld in Greek mythology. The Lethe, specifically, causes amnesia when people touch or drink its waters. Similarly, Lethe is also [[GenderBlenderName the name of the Greek goddess]] of forgetfulness and oblivion.
** Niki's codename, code-name, Nemesis, is also the name of the remorseless Greek goddess of divine retribution and revenge revenge, referencing Niki's own LackOfEmpathy and tendency to seek revenge on those she believes have wronged her.
** Harpocrates is the god of silence and secrets. Appropriate, given the unknown identity of the Syndicate member with that codename.code-name.



[[caption-width-right:310: [[labelnote: Click here to see his arctic skin]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ph1lza_winter_clothing.png [[/labelnote]]]]

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* TheAgeless: {{Implied|Trope}}. Phil is hundreds, possibly thousands of years old, but looks like he's in his early thirties. %% Can... we tell actually that from his Minecraft skin?
* AnimalMotifs: Crows. Phil is a WingedHumanoid with large, feathered wings (though he lost them in the L'Manburg explosion), and [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall his chat]] manifests as a [[CleverCrows murder of crows]]. It also helps that he's married to the Goddess of Death, while [[CreepyCrows crows are heavily affiliated with death]].

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* TheAgeless: {{Implied|Trope}}. Phil is hundreds, possibly thousands of years old, but looks like he's doesn't show the part at all; his content creator counterpart was in his early thirties. %% Can... we tell actually that from his Minecraft skin?
thirties throughout the course of the SMP.
* AnimalMotifs: Crows. Phil is a WingedHumanoid with large, feathered wings (though he lost them in the L'Manburg explosion), and [[FromBeyondTheFourthWall his chat]] manifests as a [[CleverCrows murder of crows]]. It also helps that he's married to the Goddess of Death, while and [[CreepyCrows crows are heavily affiliated with death]].



* CargoShip: ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Allegedly]]'' in-universe, and an ExaggeratedTrope. Wilbur was ''apparently'' created from Philza getting "down and dirty" with a Samsung Smart Refrigerator ''canonically'', and Wilbur the content creator, who came up with this in the first place, refuses to accept any other interpretation of this, not even from his fellow content creators. Philza, on the other hand, would prefer to retcon that information out.

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* CargoShip: ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Allegedly]]'' in-universe, and an ExaggeratedTrope. Wilbur was ''apparently'' created from Philza getting "down and dirty" with a Samsung Smart Refrigerator ''canonically'', and Wilbur the content creator, cc!Wilbur, who came up with this in the first place, refuses to accept any other interpretation of this, not even from his fellow content creators. Philza, on the other hand, would prefer to retcon that information out.



* IHaveNoSon: Phil seems visibly upset when his grandson Fundy joined the Butcher Army to put him in a house arrest and execute Technoblade. He also threw away the brown dye Fundy gave him as what seemed to be a peace offering after the failed execution. Later {{Subverted|Trope}}. Upon learning of Wilbur's revival, Phil reaches out to his grandson to inform him and comforts Fundy when he takes the news poorly. The two search for Wilbur together amicably chatting the whole time. While they awkwardly tip-toe around or avoid talking about the issues that drove them apart in the first place the two were very open with each other about their fears concerning Wilbur and offered one-another support.

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* IHaveNoSon: Phil seems visibly upset when his grandson Fundy joined the Butcher Army to put him in a house arrest and execute Technoblade. He also threw away the brown dye Fundy gave him as what seemed to be a peace offering after the failed execution. Later {{Subverted|Trope}}. Upon {{subverted|Trope}}; upon learning of Wilbur's revival, Phil reaches out to his grandson to inform him and comforts Fundy when he takes the news poorly. The two search for Wilbur together amicably chatting the whole time. While they awkwardly tip-toe around or avoid talking about the issues that drove them apart in the first place the two were very open with each other about their fears concerning Wilbur and offered one-another support.



* MythologyGag: The reason why Phil started out with one life instead of three is because he's primarily known for his Minecraft Hardcore-series[[note]]Minecraft on the hardest difficulty, without the ability to respawn[[/note]], and is the current record-holder for longest lasting Hardcore-world (just over 5 IRL years).

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* MythologyGag: The reason why Phil started out with one life instead of three is because he's primarily known for his Minecraft Hardcore-series[[note]]Minecraft Hardcore series[[note]]Minecraft on the hardest difficulty, without the ability to respawn[[/note]], and is the current record-holder for longest lasting Hardcore-world (just over 5 IRL years).



* NeverBareheaded: He's never seen without either a green and white striped bucket hat, or a retextured version of the hat with light blue and white stripes instead.

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* NeverBareheaded: He's never seen without either a green and white striped bucket hat, or a retextured version of the hat with light blue and white stripes instead. {{Enforced|Trope}} as it's a Minecraft skin.



[[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote: Click here to see her original skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nihachucasualwear.png ''[[MeaningfulEcho "It was never meant to be."]]''[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote: Click here to see her L'Manburg skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nihachu_skin_war.png ''"You know I'm loyal to you, Will. You know I'm loyal to you."''[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote: Click [[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote:Click here to see her original skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nihachucasualwear.png ''[[MeaningfulEcho "It was never meant to be."]]''[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote: Click [[caption-width-right:310:[[labelnote:Click here to see her L'Manburg skin]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nihachu_skin_war.png ''"You know I'm loyal to you, Will. You know I'm loyal to you."''[[/labelnote]]]]



Added after the second war, Connor was a old friend of Jschlatt (and business partner from WebVideo/SMPLive), and after getting evicted from L'Manberg, he formed his own faction, Little Penis Land, before he disbanded it after Dream's imprisonment. Connor has found himself in multiple mishaps, including getting held hostage by Techno and Tommy, finding out Karl was a time traveler, and even getting into debt with Las Nevadas. After getting arrested for [[PhonyVeteran stolen valor]], he gets broken out during the Jailbreak and joins the Syndicate. \\

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Added after the second war, Connor was a old friend of Jschlatt (and business partner from WebVideo/SMPLive), and after getting evicted from L'Manberg, he formed his own faction, Little Penis Land, before he disbanded it after Dream's imprisonment. Connor has found himself in multiple mishaps, including getting held hostage by Techno and Tommy, finding out Karl was a time traveler, and even getting into debt with Las Nevadas. After getting arrested for [[PhonyVeteran stolen valor]], he gets broken out during the Jailbreak and joins the Syndicate. \\



--> i miss my friend jschlatt\\

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--> i -->i miss my friend jschlatt\\
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'''Tommy:''' Well, my-\\

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'''Tommy:''' Well, my-\\my–\\



'''Tommy:''' My- eh… this guy, this guy, Dream, he was, you know, he was something to me- I think, he helped me at the time and then I realized he wasn't right for me… or did I? I'm very- I don't like thinking about Dream. My brain goes all flippy-floppy, but-\\

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'''Tommy:''' My- My– eh… this guy, this guy, Dream, he was, you know, he was something to me- me– I think, he helped me at the time and then I realized he wasn't right for me… or did I? I'm very- very– I don't like thinking about Dream. My brain goes all flippy-floppy, but-\\but–\\



* CargoShip: ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Allegedly]]'' InUniverse, and an ExaggeratedTrope. Wilbur was ''apparently'' created from Philza getting "down and dirty" with a Samsung Smart Refrigerator ''canonically'', and Wilbur the content creator, who came up with this shit in the first place, refuses to accept any other interpretation of this, not even from his fellow content creators. Philza, on the other hand, would prefer to retcon that information out.

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* CargoShip: ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Allegedly]]'' InUniverse, in-universe, and an ExaggeratedTrope. Wilbur was ''apparently'' created from Philza getting "down and dirty" with a Samsung Smart Refrigerator ''canonically'', and Wilbur the content creator, who came up with this shit in the first place, refuses to accept any other interpretation of this, not even from his fellow content creators. Philza, on the other hand, would prefer to retcon that information out.



%% * HappilyMarried: He's the only one of the group who has a spouse[[labelnote:*]]mainly on a meta level and applies prior to Season 3 in-universe[[/labelnote]], something his friends often poke fun at him for. %% Fits but needs reworking because C!Ranboo is married too

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%% * HappilyMarried: He's He was the only one of the group who has had a spouse[[labelnote:*]]mainly on a meta level and applies prior to spouse (up until Season 3 in-universe[[/labelnote]], when Ranboo and Tubbo got married), something his friends often poke fun at him for. %% Fits but needs reworking because C!Ranboo is married toofor.



-->'''Phil:''' You're trying to fool someone whose last name is "''Minecraft''"!
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Philza continues to support Technoblade's activities in the background while under house arrest but remains an "unofficial" member of the Syndicate due to Techno wishing to remain a [[IWorkAlone "lone wolf"]] and Philza electing to maintain his neutrality for the time being.

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-->'''Phil:''' You're trying to fool someone whose last name is "''Minecraft''"!
''[='Minecraft'=]!''
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Philza continues to support Technoblade's activities in the background while under house arrest but remains an "unofficial" member of the Syndicate due to Techno wishing to remain a [[IWorkAlone "lone wolf"]] "[[IWorkAlone lone wolf]]" and Philza electing to maintain his neutrality for the time being.



-->'''Phil:''' I ''expect'' it from Techno! He was born in blood, he was literally- He is the embodiment of chaos. I expect Techno to just murder everyone. But fucking ''Tubbo'' burning down a tree?! Wil ''nuking'' L'Manburg?! Like... Bruh, what'd I do- Where did I go wrong? Where'd I go wrong? We're having to hit reset now? [...] Yeah, I fucked up, chat. I fucked up. I uh... ''(laughs)'' I gotta be a better role model, I think...

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-->'''Phil:''' I ''expect'' it from Techno! He was born in blood, he was literally- literally– He is the embodiment of chaos. I expect Techno to just murder everyone. But fucking ''Tubbo'' burning down a tree?! Wil ''nuking'' L'Manburg?! Like... Bruh, what'd I do- do– Where did I go wrong? Where'd I go wrong? We're having to hit reset now? [...] Yeah, I fucked up, chat. I fucked up. I I, uh... ''(laughs)'' I gotta be a better role model, I think...



* ShoutOut: Phil's sword is named "Philza hiasobi benihime" after [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kisuke Urahara's]] cane sword. Phil's Minecraft skin also happens to be based off of the same character.

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* ShoutOut: Phil's sword is named "Philza hiasobi benihime" ''hiasobi benihime''" after [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kisuke Urahara's]] cane sword. Phil's Minecraft skin also happens to be based off of the same character.
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'''For tropes relating to this character as he appears in ''WebVideo/SMPLive'', see {{Characters.SMPLive}}.'''

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'''For tropes relating to this character as he appears in ''WebVideo/SMPLive'', see {{Characters.SMPLive}}.'''Characters/SMPLiveSchlattAndCo'''

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