Matt Miller

Matt Miller is a character in Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV, Enter the Dominatrix, How the Saints Save Christmas and Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.
==Overview==
Matt Miller is the leader of the Deckers, and like Phillipe Loren, Killbane, Viola, and Kiki DeWynter a member of The Syndicate. He is an expert in all instances of cyber crime such as hacking, and is usually the guy whom the rest of the Syndicate goes to for such instances. Despite the grave threat he poses to the cyber community, Matt is timid and a physical weakling who relies on his intellectual strengths to deal with any adversaries. He speaks with an English accent from the north of London, and is only 16 years old during Saints Row: The Third.
Matt Miller has a major obsession for technology, which he incorporates it into his clothing, such as a wrist band on his right arm which features a key pad and screen with a neon blue trim, and various high-tech features on his dark, neon blue, light-up jacket. He is a described Internet god but is socially awkward when out in the open. Matt and his gang are computer geniuses, but in stark contrast to the Luchadores or the Morningstar, they are more subtle in their commitment of cyber crime. In addition, all of them dress in very much the same way, sporting dark clothing with neon-blue highlights.
Steve Jaros, lead writer of Saints Row: The Third, says, "he's super cocky and kind of obnoxious and is very self-assured in what he does. However, when he's around Killbane or Phillipe, he's like a 15-year-old kid sitting at the big kid table". Matt comes off as a stereotypical internet troll when he's behind technology, but around other members of the Syndicate he is very shy and fearful, because of the fact that they could kill him quickly if they wanted to. So under these circumstances he usually acts respectfully by staying mostly silent.
==Biography==
===Saints Row: The Third===
Little information is given about Matt's background. Matt is "the youngest and newest member of the Syndicate", "an extremely talented hacker from England" and was first recruited into the Syndicate because "Phillipe couldn't figure out how to use his cell phone".
He frequently attends Syndicate meetings in person, and has a girlfriend who lives in Burns Hill.
He completely drains the 3rd Street Saints' bank accounts after Playa and Shaundi land in Steelport. After the death of Phillipe Loren, Killbane assumes full control of the Syndicate and Matt voices very little objection, mostly out of fear. After the Saints raid the Morningstar cargo ship and recover hoes, Matt anonymously calls Playa and offers to buy them back. Killbane is enraged by Matt's actions and Matt promises to ask his consent of every decision from that point on. He witnesses Killbane kill Kiki DeWynter with a one-handed neck snap, which causes both him and Viola DeWynter to panic. Playa and Shaundi plan to assassinate Killbane by sniping him off from their helicopter, but are narrowly thwarted when Matt hacks into the helicopter's flight computer and overloads it with an EMP, causing it to crash. Matt then mocks Playa by sending him a text reading "Cheers ;)".
Matt manages to get surveillance of Kinzie Kensington's "inner sanctum" through her own personal computer. After gaining key information, he mocks Kinzie and Playa on video. It is the first time Playa sees and hears Matt. Kinzie eventually figures out how to upload Playa's subconscious into the "Decker Use-Net" using a stolen NEMO device, where Playa defeats Matt in combat despite Matt's control over the virtual world's laws of physics. Because too much shock in the virtual world would leave him brain-dead, Matt is threatened with death and convinces Playa to spare him in exchange for either weapon or car customization discounts.
Immediately after his defeat, Matt Miller nervously requests from Killbane to let him leave the Syndicate. To Matt's surprise, Killbane graciously lets him go and offers to let him "list [Killbane] as a reference anytime". A post-mission Newscast by Jane Valderamma reveals that after leaving town, Matt Miller swore off modern technology and left the world of hacking. Valderamma also claims that former associates of Mr Miller has stated that he has always been fascinated by Neo-Luddism and decided it was time to make a change.
===Saints Row IV===
Before the events of Saints Row IV, Matt Miller joins MI6 with Asha Odekar and works with the 3rd Street Saints to assassinate ex-STAG commander-turned-terrorist, Cyrus Temple. When Playa hops onto the nuke targeted for Washington D.C., Kinzie encourages everyone to say their final goodbyes. Miller confesses that had he known that Playa would sacrifice themself for the sake of the world, he would've never tried to kill them. Thankfully, Playa destroys the nuke and lands safely in the Oval Office.
Five years later, Playa is President of the United States and has many of the 3rd Street Saints in his administration. Asha and Matt come to warn the President of an impending alien invasion, due to their superiors at MI6 disbelieving their claims. But their warning comes too late, as the alien Zin invade that very day. Miller and Asha briefly fight alongside Playa before they are all abducted.
Miller is trapped in a virtual simulation of his own worst fear: a text-based roleplaying adventure that he couldn't control. Playa later arrives to rescue him, select the proper dialogue to help free Miller, including helping him defeat Killbane. He is then freed from his prison in the real world, albeit naked. Playa then goes to rescue him piloting power armor. Once they rendezvous, Miller helps fully activate the power armor's weapons, enabling them to escape.
Matt then creates a training simulation based on his Nyte Blayde fanfiction, where he was Nyte Blayde's close friend/ally and Playa was his sidekick, much to the latter's frustration. As they aided Nyte Blayde in his hunt for the Cardinal, Matt retells the premise and story of the show to Playa, who is surprised by how intriguing it was. Unfortunately, Zinyak alters the simulation so Nyte Blayde would believe that Matt was a traitor. After killing Nyte Blayde, Matt becomes dismayed that he was forced to kill his hero. Playa responds by giving him ownership of all the rights of Nyte Blayde, much to the hacker's joy. Playa also suggests Matt absorb the virtual Nyte Blade's powers, allowing Matt superpowers inside the simulation.
Matt also creates a Professor Genki's S.E.R.C.-style simulation for Johnny Gat. He removes Playa's superpowers for their first run of the simulation, and gives Johnny and Playa powers for the second run, as a favor to Johnny. He also creates a simulated version of Phillipe Loren as a favor to both Johnny and Playa, figuring that the circumstances of Johnny's kidnapping and Loren's death mean neither really got sufficient vengeance against the real Loren.
===Saints Row: Gat out of Hell===
While celebrating Kinzie's birthday, Matt has the Saints try out a board to determine who Playa will marry. As he, Shaundi, Gat, Kinzie and Playa put their hands on the , the piece starts moving on its own, spelling out "Jezebel", and Playa is abruptly sucked through a portal into Hell. Gat then grabs Matt, demanding to know where he got the board. The hacker admits to have found it in Zinyak's artifact collection, and it formerly belonged to . Gat and Kinzie decide to go in after Playa, Matt expressed his concern that he had a terrible plan, but quickly changed his statement when Gat placed him in charge while they're gone.
At the end of the game, Matt is arguing with Shaundi over Nyte Blayde trivia when a portal spits out Playa, Kinzie and Jezebel.
==Trivia==
*Matt Miller is featured under M in The ABCs of Saints Row.
*Matt Miller was born in 1998.
*Matt speaks with a British accent.
===Saints Row: The Third===
* He is the only Syndicate leader who does not have a location with a name similar to him.
* Of all the antagonists in the game series, Matt is the only one who acts shocked when someone is killed, screaming "Christ Killbane!" and being visually distraught when he kills Kiki DeWynter.
* Miller's in-game outfit is very different from his promotional artwork.
* He is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who provided the voice of Shogo Akuji in Saints Row 2. Matt Miller begged for his life, out of fear of dying, Shogo begged for death, out of fear of being buried alive.
**Matt's voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, also provides the voice for Jimmy Torbitson in The Trouble With Clones DLC for Saints Row: The Third.
* He is one of few enemy gang leaders who are spared during the series. Others include Killbane, who escapes; and Benjamin King and Viola DeWynter, who defect.
* Matt was let into the Syndicate because Phillipe could not figure out how to use his cell phone.
* His online handle is R4gn0r0k.
**R4gn0r0k is a reference to the old Norse word "Ragnarok", meaning "Armageddon". It is commonly interpreted as the "final destiny of God", falling in line with Matt's belief of being God in his own virtual reality.
* Keeping with his nature, Playa never meets Matt in person. The closest is at the end of "" where his digital avatar takes on his real-world appearance.
* Matt Miller often mockingly addresses Kinzie as "Agent Kensington" with emphasis on "Agent". This is a reference to him being responsible for her termination as an FBI agent.
* When he says "Don't you get it? I'm God here." that is a reference from the film .
* During the mission "", Matt reveals he is a fan of Nyte Blayde and has modeled his cyber world after an important building in the series.
** In his Saints Row IV Romance, he asks Playa to call him Nyte Blade during the act.
** In Saints Row IV, he reveals that he has read and written Nyte Blayde fanfiction. He then turned his fanfiction into a training simulation.
*At 16, Matt Miller is the youngest character in the Saints Row series, as well as the only faction leader known to be younger than Playa.
**Jimmy Torbitson is the second youngest, being 17 years old at the time of Genkibowl VII.
* When the Saints Row website was taken down prior to Saints Row: The Third's release in October 2011, a message stated "Forums and Registration [were] closed for maintenance while [they got] Matt Miller out of the system."
===Saints Row IV===
*By the events of Saints Row IV, Matt is somewhere around in his early 20s.
*During character creation, the bottom news bar displays: "Fan petition to bring cult TV series NYTE BLAYDE to the big screen gains traction. "We're very hopeful this will see the light of day, unlike the titular character who must remain forever in the darkness", says petition founder R4gn0r0k.
*Due to being the first Homie rescued, Matt is the first homie who can gain Super Powers.
*At the end of his Loyalty mission, Matt Miller owns all the rights, merchandise and publishing deals of the Nyte Blade franchise thanks to Playa.
*Matt is more friendly towards Kinzie and actually uses her first name regularly unlike in Saints Row: The Third, but Kinzie still shows hostility towards him, but during Welcome Back, Kinzie does stick up for him when Playa loses their temper and attacks him.
*Matt is 1 of 2 homies that require Playa to physically retrieve from the Zin, the other person being Gat. All the other homies after being rescued are already on the ship.
*Playa's Female voice 2 refers to Matt as "Matthew" throughout the game.
*Matt is now the same height as Playa.
*Matt's suit on the ship has a very large collar similar to his Deckers outfit. While other homies wear parts of their default apparel in addition to their ship suit, Matt is the only one to modify his suit.
*Matt Miller and Benjamin King are the only gang leaders in the series to survive all the way up to the events of Saints Row IV and become allies to the 3rd Street Saints. They have a few other things in common as well in that while they initially oppose the Saints with their respective gangs, but eventually both drop their flags in favor of more legitimate lifestyles. King becomes a best-selling author; Matt becomes an MI6 agent and uses his skills to help save the United States from Cyrus Temple.
**Unlike King, Matt actually does try to kill Playa on several occasions. It was only out of fear and desperation after his defeat at the Saints' leader's hand that led him to abandon the gang lifestyle.
**At best, the most that Ben King tried to do in terms of dealing with the Saints was to have Police Chief Monroe put more pressure on them.
**Both Matt and King's outfits are unlocked in the Wardrobe after completing their the Side Quests. Matt's outfit has emphasis on technology while King's outfit has emphasis on style.
**Matt and King's homie conversation ends on a negative tone with Matt choosing his words poorly and King getting offended by it.
**Matt and King both incorporate their old gang colours in to their new outfits both wearing scarves that are blue and yellow respectively.
*His super powered outfit is based on Nyte Blayde.
*Matt uses a 9MM Tactical as a Homie. He also uses a Xenoblaster during Matt's Back.
*Matt is the third character to switch sides. The first being Benjamin King in Saints Row. Second, Viola DeWynter in Saints Row: The Third. And fourth, Zinjai in Saints Row IV.
==Quotes==
===Audio Logs===
:Main article: Audio Logs
===Homie Conversations===
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