History Characters / SandersSides

The Dark Sides, or "The Others", represent all the repressed aspects of Thomas, the ones he didn't want to recognize so badly that went hidden even from him. It is unknown right now how many there are or what each of them represents. For the time being, three of them are known: Virgil, Deceit, and Remus.

%%This includes Virgil in the Main Sides folder, as he has been known as such for most of the series, despite knowing now that he is a Dark Side.

** Remus: Ears. His voice blocks out the others in Thomas's head, he takes his own ears off at onc point, the others often cover their ears throughout his appearance, and, if Thomas refuses to listen to him, he loses all power.

** Fittingly enough, a major point of his episode is that he's laughable in the other sense: He's all bark, no bite, and, so long as Thomas doesn't try to repress him, while also not acting on him, inevitably gives up.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first episode of the series, he was more affable towards Patton and Roman.

-->'''Patton''': ''[to Virgil]'' I love my dark strange son.\\

* BadSamaritan: While impersonating Patton, he shows himself eager to help Thomas with his issue with Joan, pretending that it's all to help him and to avoid breaking Joan's heart with the truth. In reality, he was only trying to lure Thomas into lying to his best friend, just for the pleasure of seeing Thomas lying, not caring at all about the ulter consequences this could have had on Thomas' well-being or Thomas and Joan's friendship.

* LivingLieDetector: As he says, "it takes a liar to know a liar". He's capable of identifying all the times Thomas or any of the Sides lie, whether if it is a simple lie of comission or a lie of omission where they're hiding something.

* NeverLiveItDown: After accidentally misusing the word "infinitesimal" in "Losing My Motivation", Patton does not let him forget it.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In "Making Some Changes", he takes advantage of the fact that he and Thomas aren't being played by the same person and walks into Thomas' space. Virgil calls him out for it, but he continues to do it throughout the video. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments He even hugs Thomas at one point!]]

** Roman and Patton are the Red Oni's, and Logan and Virgil are the Blue Oni's. [[FridgeBrilliance Who also make up the right brain and the left brain, respectively]].

* MemeticMutation: Thomas and many of the Sides seem to show an appeal to memes.

Vine/Sanders Shorts tropes involving the Dad Guy, the Prince Guy, the Teacher Guy and the Anxiety Guy appear in the ''Sanders Shorts'' section from ''WebVideo/ThomasSanders'' as, [[WordOfGod as noted by Thomas Sanders himself]], these characters are independent from the Sanders Sides and are part of a [[AlternateUniverse different universe]]. This includes [=YouTube=] special "Dad's Big Game Day Tips", which features the Dad Guy from the Sanders Shorts, and not Morality. On the other hand, the Snapchat and Twitter special video "My Personalities All Had Little Adventures Yesterday" is canonical to "Sanders Sides" due to the title explicitly calling them "Personalities",[[note]]This special was first released in the first age of the series, in January 2017, way before characters started being developed and the word "personalities" was officially replaced by "aspects", "sides" or "personality" as a group name.[[/note]] therefore tropes seen in that special can be found here.

* AscendedExtra: Logan, Roman and Patton are all based off of characters from Thomas' Vines (Teacher Guy, Dad Guy, and Prince Guy respectively). Averted with Virgil, who didn't appear until the [=YouTube=] videos, even though an Anxiety Guy did appear once on Vine after Virgil's debut, and now makes occasional appearances in Thomas' Snapchats and Instagram videos. It should be noted that the Vine/Instagram universe and the Sanders Sides universe, [[WordOfGod as Thomas Sanders said himself]], are independent of each other and don't share canonicity, therefore the Vine characters and their Sanders Sides counterparts are different characters that only share physical appearance and nothing more.

* HeelRealization: [[WordOfGod According to Thomas]], the reason why he got quiet by the end of "Am I Original?" is he might be the only one who can intentionally "let Thomas down".

* HiddenDepths: Genuinely enjoys Disney movies, laughs at Patton's dad jokes, and also likes [[WordOfGod shitposts and memes]].

[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm not always the bad guy...''"]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"What are you doing different? What are you doing ''wrong?'' What are you ''forgetting to do?!''"]]
-->''I'm not always the bad guy...''

[[folder:Dark Sides Group Tropes]]

[[folder:Dark Sides in General]]

* LiteralMinded: Logan doesn't understand jokes or metaphors sometimes.
-->'''Logan:''' You're mixing metaphors. We're talking about a car, not a horse.

* MotorMouth: His recap of the first part of "Accepting Anxiety". Also the way he asks viewers to buy Logan's Berry in "Crofter's: The Musical" after Thomas tells him if they sell well Roman might get his own flavor too.

'''Virgil''': It was... it was on he prop table! Did you move it?\\

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Part of the reason he gets along with Patton as well as he does is because Patton is genuinely friendly and welcoming towards him, something the others were not at first. He also opens up more to Thomas and the others once they accept him and acknowledge that they do need him.

* BrutalHonesty: Played straight when talking about Thomas or the other Sides (except Patton). He always says what's on his mind, no matter how rude he comes off because of it. Averted when talking about himself or about Patton. About himself, he remains extremely reluctant to open up about his own feelings, even after integrating into the group. About Patton, unlike with Thomas and the other Sides, due to the closer bond of friendship he has with him, Virgil is always afraid to hurt Patton's feelings, and tries to avoid that as much as he can. That includes hiding for a long time, and then telling him in the most tactful way he could get, his opinions on how the way Patton treats him as an innocent angelical child makes him feel weird.

-->'''Virgil''': What are you doing here?\\
'''Deceit''': Mmm? A bunch of talk about Halloween? A season for dressing up and pretending to be something or someone else?\\
''[Virgil shows a face of slight concern upon hearing that and rolls his eyes.]''\\
'''Deceit''': ''[sarcastic]'' You're right, a master of deception such as myself has no place in that kind of discussion.\\
'''Virgil''': Okay, me being able to elicit fear doesn't take away from the fact that I've grown, so don't even try me with that, [[ComicBook/TwoFace Harvey Dense]].\\
'''Deceit''': Clever retort, and convincing statement. [...] Just be sure to keep up that personal growth, Virgil. Who knows? Maybe soon, you could be rid of us all...[[note]]As Deceit usually talks in lies, this last sentence translates as something like "Stop trying to keep up that personal growth, Virgil. You know that you'll never get rid of us all."[[/note]]\\\
'''Virgil''': Guys, he's a liar. You literally know him as Deceit!\\
'''Deceit''': Glass houses, Virgil... You yourself said that you are not a beacon of truth.\\
'''Virgil''': Yeah, because I'm wrong a lot!\\
'''Deceit''': Oh, so you've never been reluctant to share anything with the group, then?\\
'''Virgil''': ''[unsettled low voice]'' Don't...\\
'''Deceit''': Why? I just meant your name...\\
'''Virgil''': ''[containing angst, loudly punching the table]'' DON'T!\\
'''Deceit''': Maybe that's why it's so easy for you to recognize me for what I am. Like I said before, it takes a liar to know a liar.\\\

** In, "Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts", the secret is finally revealed: Virgil in the past used to be a Dark Side.
-->'''Virgil''': I'm a little... disappointed in myself. I thought that I would be able to protect you from them.\\
'''Thomas''': The Dark Sides?\\
'''Virgil''': The Others. I thought... I thought I knew how to handle them.\\
'''Thomas''': I think we're all trying to figure them out for now. It'll take some time to figure everything out.\\
'''Virgil''': Yeah, but I should know better.\\
'''Thomas''': Isn't that kind of unfair? Why should you be upheld to a different standard than the other Sides?\\
'''Virgil''': ''[beat]'' [[TheReveal Because I was one of them.]]\\
''[Thomas looks at Virgil with a face of shock [[DisappointedInYou and a dash of disappointment]], [[StunnedSilence not saying a word]]. Virgil looks back at him and shrugs [[StepfordSmiler sporting half a little smile]] while his eyes start getting red and watering down, [[RunningAwayToCry then he sinks down]].]''

* DefrostingIceKing: In the middle of season 1, he starts trying much harder to be nice to his fellow Sides and his mean demeanor slowly falls away, to be replaced by a pessimistic attitude. Patton is the one who most easily breaks him of his coldness and gets him to smile, whether of joy of seeing him or simply of fun of his jokes.

* [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Guy]]: He rarely smiles, has a completely toneless voice and acts like he's made out of stone from time to time. After "Accepting Anxiety", this has died down (and his clothing got purple and black instead of all black to show this development).
* EmotionSuppression: Virgil has shown signs that he's hiding what he's feeling inside, specifically that he truly loves the others, even though sometimes it almost slips out of his tongue.
-->'''Virgil''': But when you lo... CARE for someone...

-->'''Virgil:''' Let's just face facts; you're better off without me. [...] I actually think you were right to not want me around. I've always aimed to protect you, but lately...it feels like I've been keeping you from doing anything. [...] All this reflecting and working on your issues with us has gotten me to think that... I overdo it.

* KindnessButton: Virgil remains reluctant to return to his job as Thomas' anxiety, no matter how hard Thomas, Logan and Patton try to convince him, until Roman gives him a speech about how he's so important to the team and how he thinks Virgil makes them all better. This speech [[TearfulSmile fills Virgil's eyes with tears and makes him sport a tender grateful smile to Roman.]]

-->'''Virgil''': ''[to Thomas]'' I've always aimed to protect you! [...] Putting on a dark persona is the best way to get anyone's guard up! But all this reflecting and working on your issues with us has gotten me to think that... I overdo it.

* PunchClockVillain: A few comments he makes in the early episodes foreshadow he isn't in this for the joy of it.
** In his debut video, "Taking on Anxiety with Lilly Singh":
--->'''Virgil''': Hey, it's my job, okay? A little blood pumping's good for the ol' circulatory system.\\\
'''Virgil:''' Look, I'm just trying to look out for him. Yeah, he was invited to a couple parties; if I wasn't there to convince him not to go, who knows what bad things could've happened?
** In "Alone on Valentine's Day":
--->'''Virgil:''' I've got an idea: don't. Don't even ''try.''\\
'''Patton:''' Now, Anxiety, if you don't want to participate, you can just sit this one out.\\
'''Virgil:''' That's... not exactly... how I work.
** In "My Negative Thinking":
--->'''Virgil''': ''[mocking Thomas]'' ''"[[MockSurpriseReaction Anxiety! What are you doing here!?]]"'' Yes, this is exactly what you do every time I pop up. Let's just skip that part, we get it; you don't want me here, but I'm here and this is what I ''do.''
** In "Growing Up":
--->'''Virgil''': (Living a life Thomas isn't happy with) would give me ''more'' work to do. And I do not like to work hard...
** In "Learning New Things About Ourselves":
--->'''Virgil''': [[HiddenHeartOfGold You once knew as real gloomy, this weird spooky broody dude, because I knew you'd listen to me as too scary to ignore.]] [[ZeroApprovalGambit I thought that I could take it, all the hate could just be shaken]], [[LastSecondWordSwap but when you lo... CARE for someone]], [[IJustWantToBeLoved not much hurts more than their scorn]]. I also felt bad.\\
'''Roman''': Oh, come now...\\
'''Virgil''': ''[singing]'' In a different way.\\
'''Thomas''': Different, how?\\
'''Virgil''': ''[singing]'' By bad I mean, well... ''mean'', but I did what I thought that I had to, which is bad too. I don't have to act all tough.\\
'''Thomas''': ''[singing]'' [[ThePowerOfFriendship Sometimes, love is enough...]]\\
'''Patton''': ''[singing]'' ...or what we need.

* TheReveal: Subverted in "My Personality Q&A", where he refused to share his name. Then it happens again in "Making Some Changes" when Thomas asks him to say his name:
-->'''Virgil:''' Well... okay. My name... ''[shapeshifts into Talyn, smiling sarcastically]'' is Talyn!\\
'''Thomas:''' O-kay.\\
'''Logan:''' That is upsetting.\\
'''Roman:''' WELL.\\
'''Patton:''' Wait, is it Talyn?\\
'''Virgil:''' ''[Back to his normal shape]'' No! [[RealityEnsues You take turns changing me into different friends today and expect me to open up to all of you? Fat chance!]]

* SignificantWardrobeShift: All the Sides upgraded their outfits at the beginning of season 2, in "Fitting In (Hogwarts Houses!)". However, Virgil's upgrade was specially significant, as it was a visual symbol of how he left behind his bitterness from the previous season and started [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin fitting in]] in the team. To make this clear, Virgil changed his key color from black to purple.

* VillainDecay: That's how the other Sides and Thomas see Virgil after he bonds with the group. They see him in such a friendly way that they're no longer scared of him as they were in the earliest installments, even when he actively tries to be scary. He had to [[CharacterCheck return to being seriously threatening and scary once again]], if only for a while, to remind them that he still is Anxiety, and that he can still scare them if he really wants to, no matter if they're friends now.

* WeWillMeetAgain: In his first appearance, when Thomas gets relaxed and strong enough to expel Virgil away, before he reluctantly leaves, he says these words.
-->'''Thomas''': Byeeee!\\
'''Virgil''': Fine, but I'll be back!\\
'''Thomas''': I mean, I'm sure you will be, but I'll be ready!
* YouDoNotWantToKnow: When Roman lets it slip that other Sides exist at the end of "Accepting Anxiety", Virgil tells a confused Thomas to "table that question for another day." Though, in hindsight, Virgil may not have said this of his own volition...

The Dark Sides, or "The Others", represent all the repressed aspects of Thomas, the ones he didn't want to recognize so badly that went hidden even from him. It is unknown right now how many there are or what each of them represents. For the time being, three of them are known: Virgil, Deceit and Remus.

** Remus: Octopuses. There's an octopus on his belt buckle and the title card for his introductory episode features octopus tentacles. Octopuses are slimy, can infiltrate almost any space, and once have hold of something, it's nearly impossible to make them let go. Not to mention all the other [[NaughtyTentacles disturbing]] [[CombatTentacles implications]] of their tentacles.

'''Thomas''': ''[sad voice]'' [[ShadowArchetype That's... not the answer that I wanted, in full honesty...]] \\

'''Thomas''': ''[ironically]'' Nice and foreboding, thank you.

-->'''Thomas:''' That makes it ''worse''!

-->'''Deceit:''' ''[to Virgil]'' I adore the more intense eye shadow. It ''totally'' doesn't make you look like a raccoon.\\
'''Virgil:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Nice gloves. Did you just finish washing some dishes?]]\\

'''Deceit:''' ''[attempting some semblance of dignity]'' ...Yes.\\\

'''Deceit:''' ''[dangerously sweet voice]'' Oh, you ''are'', Thomas. You are a good person. Everybody says so.

* CampGay zigzagged with EvilSoundsDeep. During the court scene in "Selfishness v. Selflessness", many times Deceit exhibits traits from the first trope, with a histrionic, over the top effeminacy, while other times he acts like the complete opposite: smooth, cold, and with a deep, suave voice.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Well, not ''totally'' evil. Lying in itself is wrong for the majority of the time, meaning that listening to Deceit isn't wholesome. However, he ultimately does act as a means of self-preservation.

* EvilIsNotWellLit: Every time he shows up in the apartment and shows his true form, light gets significantly lower around him except for a single spotlight illuminating him. When the real owner of the spot rises up next to him, light returns.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even moreso than Virgil, as even Patton, who has been nice with everyone else, doesn't like him. Roman seems to have a stronger connection with him for some reason, as he takes Deceit's false compliments at face value and sides with him in some of the points Deceit makes, but still Roman doesn't like Deceit.
** There's evidence to suggest that Deceit isn't fond of being this. He's openly frustrated when Thomas refuses to lie to save face with Joan when he notices Deceit is nearby, and when Thomas openly tells Deceit to leave a video he give a double FlippingTheBird on his way out.
* HandGagging: This is how he silences the other Sides. It's seen directly used on Logan in "Can Lying Be Good?" and is implied to have been used on Roman in Part 2 of "Accepting Anxiety" and Virgil in Part 1 of "Moving On".

* HisNameIs: Has the power to force the other Sides to silence themselves if they say something Thomas doesn't want to hear.

* LanguageOfTruth: Inverted, believe it or not; everything he says is on some level an attempt to deceive, or to make Thomas embrace dishonesty. He's also able to mute any of the other Sides who tries to say something that Thomas doesn't want to hear, lie or not, which also includes his own reveal. It takes Thomas' permission before they can speak on the matter. Even though he likes to speak in lies, he can tell the truth whenever he wants, which only makes him more dangerous as the easiest lies to buy are the ones that mix truth and falsehood, which makes more difficult to identify which is which.

* PoisonousFriend: Unlike Virgil, Deceit takes a great deal of joy in his work, and given how he deliberately put Thomas into a panic by [[EvilAllAlong claiming to be Patton all along]] it's clear he's not too worried about Thomas' well being. However, as one of Thomas' Sides he does have a place and purpose, and he did try to present a solution to Thomas' problem - it just wasn't a wholesome one.

* QuoteMining: Fitting with his deceptive nature, he's more than willing to pick and choose what parts of someone's philosophy to use for his argument, while ignoring the parts that don't help his case. He invokes Max Stirner's theory of egotism as a reason for Thomas to put his own self-interest first, citing Stirner's belief that no one was more important than anybody else, and if everyone accepted that, everyone could truly be treated as equals. The other Sides immediately point out that this argument falls on its face when you remember that Stirner was also ''extremely'' racist.

* {{Sssssnaketalk}}: When Deceit is specially angry he can start hissing like the snake he is.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hinted at in "Selfishness v. Selflessness", where he states that what he wants is to keep Thomas from being taken advantaged of or being destroyed in a world where laws and guidelines must be strictly followed.

** His methods get more extreme when he decides to point the Duke in Thomas’ direction, given that the Duke governs and directs all of Thomas’ uncomfortable, intrusive thoughts. The fact that the Duke appears when Thomas is extremely tired seems rather deliberate when put into this context, too.

'''Patton/Deceit''': ''[mocking him]'' Oooh, I don't know ''either'', Thomas! You might not like what you find!

* CainAndAbel: He's introduced after he takes a mace to the back of Roman's head, incapacitating him for the rest of the episode. Soon after, he's described as being like Roman's twin since he's the other, less favored facet of Thomas' imagination. This trope is even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded by Remus himself]]:
-->'''Remus''': You made me this way, Thomas! I was the unloved brother from the Genesis! Roman and I are Cain and Abel!
* CardCarryingVillain: While Deceit is most certainly a manipulative and poisonous Side his motives for lying are out of self-preservation and rooted in a desire to protect Thomas that has been taken too far. The Duke by contrast has so far shown no redeeming qualities and seems to delight in freaking out Thomas and being as chaotic as possible.

* TheNicknamer: Shares this trait with his twin brother Roman. They even use the same nickname for the same person sometimes, which shows that, while Remus is a polar oposite of his brother Roman, there are some traits where they are almost identical, which reminds that they're still brothers after all.
-->'''Logan''': The truth is, Remus, you don't get to me in the slightest. Object impermanence renders you... pretty unintimidating. ''[Remus reels as if an invisible fist had punched him in the face]'' What's so frightening about something that has no real world impact?\\
'''Remus''': ''[angry]'' Oh, shut up, Nerdy Wolverine!\\

'''Roman''': ''[angry]'' Oh, shut up, Nerdy Wolverine!

* FourElementEnsemble: Established in the Q&A, originally in the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' context, but their personalities match up with the astrology ones as well. Roman is Fire (LargeHam fiery passion), Logan is Earth (rational and has SpockSpeak), Patton is Air (TheChick and a literal airhead), and Virgil is Water (deep and mysterious). A fan on tumblr did a particularly profound [[http://dsknsk.tumblr.com/post/168354404731/an-elemental-observation-of-the-sanders-sides analysis]] on the matter.

** And then in "Embarrassing Phases: The Nightmare Instead of Christmas," Patton works himself into a fit of terror at the thought of Spider-Man, with the tipping point being his acknowledgement of the spider logo on his suit.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Sides have the power of changing their form at will. Not only they can change into another human likeness, but they can even change into any non human form. The first time they did it, [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing their clothes remained the same]], but in later instances of using this power, it was seen that they can change clothes too if they want to.
** In "Making Some Changes", they transform into Thomas' friends, Joan, Terrence, Valerie and Talyn. HilarityEnsues as they then switch back and forth between them throughout the rest of the video. Virgil especially has a rough time, as he is transformed by Thomas and the other Sides [[EmpathicShapeshifter against his will]] again and again.

'''Virgil''': He had you convinced you are an honest person.\\

* FourElementEnsemble: [[DishingOutDirt Earth]].

-->'''Roman''': You should see it! Patton holds onto everything in the past that you've cherished! I mean, it is Peak Proud Papá!\\
'''Thomas''': Perfect!\\
'''Virgil''': Pardon?\\
'''Patton''': Patton! ''[giggles]'' I'm just... thought I would hop aboard at the alliteration station!

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Tells Thomas something deep and inspirational, then goes right back to being the Patton character by mentioning the LimitedWardrobe between him and Logan.
-->'''Patton:''' What positive impacts do you inevitably hope to bring to this world?\\
'''Thomas:''' Wow, that was a deep, and poignant, ques...\\
'''Patton:''' ''[to Logan]'' HEY! We have the same glasses!!\\
{{beat}}\\
'''Logan:''' Yup.

-->'''Patton''': What about Anxiety? He always seems to get you down!

-->'''Virgil:''' I talk bad about myself.\\
'''Patton:''' I will physically fight you!

* FourElementEnsemble: [[BlowYouAway Air]].

* HehHehYouSaidX: Has done this in a couple of videos.
** In "Losing My Motivation":
--->'''Thomas:''' Oh man, I do do that.\\
'''Patton:''' Heh, doodoo.
** In "Making Some Changes":
--->'''Thomas:''' This is incredibly amusing. But...\\
'''Roman:''' But?\\
'''Virgil:''' Yes, ''but?''\\
'''Patton:''' Hehe, butt.

'''Patton''': ''[to Virgil]'' If you keep talking bad about yourself, I'm going to physically fight you! Nobody talks about my child like that! ''[then he makes the EyeAmWatchingYou gesture to a shocked Virgil]''

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Usually he acts as if he was less inteligent that the others, but he has shown signs that he's not that stupid and that he can be smart when he wants to.

* PingPongNaivete: Patton gives signs of this along the series. Usually he acts like a silly, childlike, goofy person, but sometimes he shows signs of a great maturity that usually shocks the others, to go back later to his goofyness, and so on.

-->'''Princey''': ''[Sighs]'' I can't help but wonder if we, as a society, are past the days of celebrating dashing princes and acts of bravery... that are edging on stupidity.

* {{Fanboy}}: Thomas stated he was on a Disney show. You can most likely guess what happens next.
-->'''Roman:''' DISNEY, THOMAS!\\
'''Thomas:''' I know.\\
'''Roman:''' ''[squeeing]'' IMEAN,IT'SJUSTSOAMAZING!\\
'''Thomas:''' Are you gonna be okay?\\
'''Roman:''' ''[incoherent [[{{Squee}} Squeeing]]]''\\
'''Thomas:''' Okay, I'm gonna move on, while you work this out.\\
'''Roman:''' ''[squeeing]'' OKAY!

* FourElementEnsemble: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]].

'''Roman''': ''[happily]'' The one and ''lonely''! What? [[LampshadeHanging Freudian Slip]]! I mean... ''[shows a momentary face of sadness and regret]''

-->'''Roman''': ''[sad voice]'' It's so hard to create anything I can be proud of, when it's critiqued so harshly... ''[looking at Logan]'' ...by you.\\
'''Logan''': What?\\
'''Roman''': ''[slightly frustrated]'' Nothing ever seems to be good enough, professional enough... ''[sad and serious voice]'' ...serious enough for you.\\
'''Logan''': ''[slightly shocked]'' I... didn't realize...

-->'''Roman''': Time out for thee and time out for thee. Focus on issues or focus on me.\\\
'''Patton''': Look, the main point I wanted to get to is that you should try to make them feel special. Don't talk about yourself so much and make sure they feel heard.\\

'''Deceit''': ''[sarcastic]'' ''Love'' the new outfit, Roman...\\
'''Roman''': ''[not getting the irony, flattered]'' Thank you!\\

* TheNicknamer: Roman's ''really'' fond of referring to the others with nicknames:
-->'''Roman''': ''[to Logan]'' Don't get ahead of us, "Microsoft Nerd".\\
'''Roman''': ''[to Virgil and Thomas]'' Well, we'll better bring "Count Woe-laf" here. Any input is better than what "Mr. T" is contributing.\\
'''Roman''': ''[to Patton]'' You're the softest little puff ball we've got, "Padre".\\
'''Roman''': ''[to Deceit]'' Get out of here, "Jack the Fibber"!

-->'''Roman''': You've kept me in the backseat [[MediumAwareness for the last two "Sanders Sides" videos]] and that is criminal!

-->'''Roman''': I mean, I almost lost character here, because... ''[shouting]'' THE LIGHTS WERE TOO BRIGHT!\\
'''Virgil''': I can only be in so many places at once, dude!\\\
'''Roman''': I wasn't feeling in character anyway, because I don't have my [[SuddenlyShouting SIPPY CUP!]]\\

'''Virgil''': ''[running out]'' Stall for time!\\
'''Patton''': What is happening back there?\\

-->'''Virgil''': Why are you only quoting Mary Po...\\

* TooMuchInformation: ''"-…and you are nothing compared to the others,"'' followed by his hand plated onto his mouth - which, by the way, wasn't Roman shutting himself up...
-->'''Thomas:''' Others? What do you mean, others? What others?

[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm not always the bad guy..."]]
-->''One option, and I'm just throwing this out there, is to hide under the covers until the sun goes away.''

* AGlassOfChianti: PlayedForLaughs in one of Thomas Sanders' Snapchat stories, later re-released on his Twitter account, where Virgil sits in a bathtub fully clothed with a cup of Gatorade that looks suspiciously like wine.[[note]]This is the only non [=YouTube=] instance that is considered canonical for Sanders Sides, as the title is "My Personalities All Had Little Adventures Yesterday"[[/note]]

* BreakoutCharacter: Virgil was originally created as a one-off character for a special collaboration with Lilly Singh. However, he was so well received by viewers that he ended not only as a permanent character, but also as one of the most popular of the Sanders Sides.

* CrypticConversation: He likes to leave conversation always in vague terms, something that infuriates Thomas.

* FourElementEnsemble: [[MakingASplash Water]].

Vine/Sanders Shorts tropes involving the Dad Guy, the Prince Guy, the Teacher Guy and the Anxiety Guy appear in the ''Sanders Shorts'' section as, [[WordOfGod as noted by Thomas Sanders himself]], these characters are independent from the Sanders Sides and are part of a [[AlternateUniverse different universe]]. This includes [=YouTube=] special "Dad's Big Game Day Tips", which features the Dad Guy from the Sanders Shorts, and not Morality. On the other hand, the Snapchat and Twitter special video "My Personalities All Had Little Adventures Yesterday" is canonical to "Sanders Sides" due to the title explicitly calling them "Personalities",[[note]]This special was first released in the first age of the series, in January 2017, way before characters started being developed and the word "personalities" was officially replaced by "aspects", "sides" or "personality" as a group name.[[/note]] therefore tropes seen in that special can be found here.

!!The Dark Sides/The Others

[[/folder]]

!!Main Sides
%%This includes Virgil in the Main Sides folder, as he has been known as such for most of the series, despite knowing now that he is a Dark Side.

%%This includes Virgil in the Main Sides folder, as he has been known as such for most of the series, despite knowing now that he is a Dark Side

[[folder:Dark Sides General]]

* EvilIsNotWellLit: Everytime he shows up in the apartment and shows his true form, light gets significantly lower around him except for a single spotlight iluminating him. When the real owner of the spot rises up next to him, light returns.

!Sanders Sides

[[folder:The Dark Sides/The Others]]