History Characters / SaintsRowSaintsRowTheThirdGangs

* DropTheHammer: Their specialists' main form of attack.

* GutturalGrowler: Killbane has one of the roughest voices of the Saints' foes.

** [[spoiler:Averted in ''IV'', where he is a legitimate boss battle, albeit an [[BonusBoss optional]] one.]]

* BrainsAndBondage: Averted, when Pierce and Viola are arguing together [[spoiler:when The Boss (disguised as Cyrus Temple) is escorting them as prisoners to the STAG aircraft carrier.]] Viola's pretty intelligent, and she did run a BDSM club, but she doesn't like that type of thing/

* SweaterGirl: Both sisters provide a nice contrast to the many less tastefully-dressed women roaming the streets of Steelport. [[spoiler:In fact, when Viola has to drop this look in favor of a much more {{stripperiffic}} costume in an attempt to kindap Birk, she gets pretty upset about it.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's nothing but kind towards Matt Miller, being the only person except Loren that he doesn't immediately threaten, berate or kill.

* {{Expy}}: Of several characters.
** His name, look, near superhuman strength, obsession with defeating the protagonist, and high intellect are similar to the {{Franchise/Batman}} villain {{ComicBook/Bane}}.
** His obsession with his career and loss of his mask seems like a combination of Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/TripleH, and Wrestling/ReyMysterio.
** His refusal to be called by his real name is similar to the two [[DoNotCallMePaul Trope Namers]].

* GratuitousFrench: Completely averted; he does have a very strong accent, but he never shoehorns French words in his sentences. The only time he is heard speaking French in the [[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird Third]] game, it is a complete sentence and it can be attributed to him being very pissed off about the events taking place at that moment, and it is a sentence a native credible French speaker could say.

* KnifeNut: [[CurbStompBattle Takes out a large security guard with a knife]] in the trailer and also stabs [[OneManArmy Johnny Gat]] with one.

* VillainousBreakdown: Has a breakdown over the course of "[=http://deckers.die=]" over his inability to kill the Boss.
-->'''Miller:''' [[WhyWontYouDie WHY AREN'T YOU DYING?]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Both Loren and Killbane get plenty of hype while Matt is portrayed as a pathetic weakling for the first half of the game. The fact that he spends a good portion of his screen time getting kicked around or taunting the player make him seem like just a kid in way over his head. Then the mission "https://deckers.die" rolls around and [[spoiler:he confronts the Boss in cyberspace as a massive dragon knight. This is pretty much the only real boss fight in the game, seeing as both the other two Syndicate leaders go down without much fuss or effort.]] One moment before that stands out as well: [[spoiler:Shaundi and the Boss finally corner Killbane and are about to execute him with a sniper rifle. Seconds before Shaundi can take the shot, however, the helicopter they are driving spirals out of control thanks to him and crashes, almost killing them and allowing Killbane to escape.]] This action makes him indirectly responsible for [[spoiler:the SadisticChoice at the end of the game when the player must choose between letting Killbane make a clean escape from Steelport or letting Shaundi, Viola, and Burt die.]] Matt may be a punk, but he does get some badass moments for himself.

** [[FridgeHorror The criminal situation in Steelport is so bad that teenagers - the nation's youth - are participating in it and are just as dangerous and heartless as the other criminals]].

* ThinkTwins: They both have Master's degrees in economics, and are in charge of the Morningstar's prostitution ring.

** [[FridgeHorror The criminal situation in Steelport is so bad that teenagers - the nation's youth - are participating in it and are just as dangerous and heartless as the other criminals]]. [[AdultFear Now just imagine]] ''[[AdultFear your]]'' [[AdultFear child being a criminal just like them.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nothing but kind towards Matt Miller, being the only person except Loren that he doesn't immediately threaten, berate or kill.

* KarmaHoudini: In the last mission, [[spoiler:he'll get away if you choose to save Shaundi]]. Doubly applies if [[spoiler:you didn't unmask him earlier. As of IV, he dies along with most of humanity after Earth is blown up.]]

* BerserkButton: Don't disrespect him. He doesn't like when someone uses his real name, but he's willing to let it go with a simple correction, as seen when Jane Valderamma used it during their interview. What got Kiki [[spoiler:killed]] is repeatedly using his name to talk down to him.

* BlondesAreEvil: What hair he does have is blonde.

* PetTheDog: It's implied that Viola formed some kind of friendship with [[spoiler:Kinzie]] during the time between ''The Third'' and ''IV'', based on their homie conversation and interactions in [[spoiler:Hell]]. Gat informs Viola of how much [[spoiler:Kinzie]] misses her during their reunion, which Viola thinks is sweet. When [[spoiler:Kinzie]] begins to annoy Kiki, Viola assures Kiki that "she grows on you" and insists that the two get along.

* PetTheDog: It's implied that she formed some kind of friendship with [[spoiler:Kinzie]] during the time between ''The Third'' and ''IV'', based on their homie conversation and interactions in [[spoiler:Hell]]. Gat informs Viola of how much [[spoiler:Kinzie]] misses her during their reunion, which Viola thinks is sweet. When [[spoiler:Kinzie]] begins to annoy Kiki, Viola assures Kiki that "she grows on you" and insists that the two get along.

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* NotSoDifferent: In ''IV'', if you have Matt and [[spoiler:a simulated version of Julius Little]] together as Homies, [[spoiler:the latter points out to the former that what he tried to do to the Boss in "[=https://deckers.die=]" from ''The Third'' is similar to what Zinyak is trying to do as well with his simulations.]]
--> '''Matt:''' "[[{{Touche}} ...Huh. Well, I'll be damned!]]"

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Likely turning 18 as of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', he's easily the youngest major member of the Saints, and no less competent as the others.

* AndIMustScream: In "Gat Out of Hell", [[spoiler:Vlad punishes him for his attempted coup by torturing him for the rest of eternity.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: Besides his pretty blatant crush on Kinzie and Asha, various dialogue that got DummiedOut of the final game suggests that he likes to get [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace touchy-feely]] with Johnny and that his Keith David fanboying enters StalkerWithACrush levels. Plus, there's that thing about him writing slash fanfic of Nyte Blayde, which puts a [[RelationshipSue whole different spin]] on his self-insertion stories. Some ambiguity is removed in ''How the Saints Saved Christmas'', as he asks Santa for both a Bloody Canoness body pillow ''and'' a Nyte Blayde body pillow.

* KickTheDog: During the mission "[=https://deckers.die=]", the "debug screen" includes the message[[spoiler: Why Did You Let Johnny Die?]]

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Both Loren and Killbane get plenty of hype while Matt is portrayed as a pathetic weakling for the first half of the game. The fact that he spends a good portion of his screen time getting kicked around or taunting the player make him seem like just a kid in way over his head. Then the mission "Deckers.Die" rolls around and [[spoiler:he confronts the Boss in cyberspace as a massive dragon knight. This is pretty much the only real boss fight in the game, seeing as both the other two Syndicate leaders go down without much fuss or effort.]] One moment before that stands out as well: [[spoiler:Shaundi and the Boss finally corner Killbane and are about to execute him with a sniper rifle. Seconds before Shaundi can take the shot, however, the helicopter they are driving spirals out of control thanks to him and crashes, almost killing them and allowing Killbane to escape.]] This action makes him indirectly responsible for [[spoiler:the SadisticChoice at the end of the game when the player must choose between letting Killbane make a clean escape from Steelport or letting Shaundi, Viola, and Burt die.]] Matt may be a punk, but he does get some badass moments for himself.

* SophisticatedAsHell: He proudly describes [[ShowWithinAShow Nyte Blayde]] as "an allegory of Man's inhumanity to Man", and then calls the Boss a "[[PrecisionFStrike chuckle-fuck]]" for criticizing it.

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''The Third'', he was a gang leader at Kinzie's level with a computer but utterly inefficient and shy in the real world. In ''IV'', [[spoiler:he almost escaped the Zin ship by hacking the doors by himself and was able to equip Boss' robot with guns in the middle of a firefight, helping Boss defending their ships in a AA gun]], but the real level-taking happens [[spoiler:after his Nyteblayde fanfiction/simulation is derailed by Zinyak and he must kill Nyteblayde.]] After that, he noticeably becomes as badass as the rest of the Saints. The Boss goes as far as claim he "really earned his place among The Saints" [[spoiler:during the simulation crashing]].

* TrashTalk: He comes off as a mix of every type of online troll and douche bag all rolled together into a single entity. Even his gang like to taunt the player regardless of how well they are doing in a fight.

* VirtualRealityWarper: Dominates his Tron-styled cyberspace, using it to empower his otherwise unimpressive self to godlike extremes. In ''IV,'' he proves adept enough to build his own virtual scenarios within the simulations... for the purposes of fanfic.

* CastingGag: Viola has issues with a revealing outfit. She's voiced by ex-porn star Sasha Grey.

* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Their Audio logs in ''Gat out of Hell'' have them doing this.

** [[spoiler: Kiki in "Gat Out Of Hell" as well, to the point of considering and calling Kinzie her sister if you rescue her and Viola as her.]]

* {{Stripperiffic}}: While they normally avert this [[spoiler: poor Viola is forced to dress like this during one of the missions after she joins the Saints. She is not at all happy about this.]]
* SweaterGirl: Both sisters provide a nice contrast to the many less tastefully-dressed women roaming the streets of Steelport. [[spoiler:In fact, when Viola has to drop this look in favor of a much more {{stripperiffic}} costume for a mission, she gets pretty upset about it.]]

* AscendedFanboy: He's a big fan of Keith David and he's overjoyed to meet him in IV.

* BerserkButton: Badmouth [=NyteBlayde=] near him and he'll go nuts.
** Ruin his carefully constructed [=NyteBlade=] training simulation/fanfiction at your own peril.

* {{Guyliner}}: Together with dark blue lipstick and black nail polish, as part of his gothic-punk style. Much less pronounced in ''Saints Row IV'', but it's still there.
* TheHandler: To Asha in ''Saints Row IV''

* HerCodenameWasMarySue: In Saints Row 4, Matt designs a Nyteblade "[[InsistentTerminology expanded universe fiction]]", wherein he's Nyte Blade's best friend and the boss is his sidekick.

* KickTheDog: During the mission "Deckers.Die", the "Debug Screen" includes the message[[spoiler: Why Did You Let Johnny Die?]]

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Matt is a huge fan of [[ShowWithinAShow Nyte Blayde]], which is sometimes brought up in his dialogue, but becomes a plot point in [=SR4=].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Looks a lot like Creator/JaredLeto in ''Saints Row IV''.

** Still admits to being one in [=SR4=], although he admits getting more enthusiastic with doing things "personally".
* NotSoDifferent: In IV, [[spoiler:cyber-Julius can make him realise that what he tried to do in "Deckers.Die" is similar to what Zinyak is trying.]]

* PromotedFanboy: In ''IV'', the Boss makes him the sole owner of all rights to the ''Nyte Blayde'' franchise.

* TookALevelInBadass: In 3, he was a gang leader at Kinzie's level with a computer but utterly inefficient and shy in the real world. In 4, [[spoiler:he almost escaped the Zin ship by hacking the doors by himself and was able to equip Boss' robot with guns in the middle of a firefight, helping Boss defending their ships in a AA gun]], but the real level-taking happens [[spoiler:after his Nyteblayde fanfiction/simulation is derailed by Zinyak and he must kill Nyteblayde.]] After that, he noticeably becomes as badass as the rest of the Saints. The Boss goes as far as claim he "really earned his place among The Saints" [[spoiler:during the simulation crashing]].
* TookALevelInKindness: Despite being a troll of the highest order in [=SR3=], and being responsible for ruining Kinzie's FBI career in the backstory, the opening of SRIV has him working with Asha and the Saints to stop a fearsome terrorist. When said terrorist launches a nuke, and the Boss is trying to disable it, Matt admits over the radio that had he known the Boss of the Saints would risk his life to save millions of innocent people, he wouldn't have caused him so much trouble back in Steelport.

* YaoiFanboy: An InterfaceScrew at the end of one of the missions reveals that Matt apparently writes Nyte Blayde SlashFic in his spare time.