Phil (Dilbert)

Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, is the ruler of Lower Heck in Scott Adams's Dilbert comic strip and friend of Ayah Mahgoub. He punishes people for minor infractions not worthy of damnation in hell, such as using copier paper for the printer or stealing a chair from another cubicle (both of which Dilbert has done). He also serves as manager of limbo, which in the strip is a subsidiary of heck. He is the Pointy-Haired Boss's younger brother, though this has been mentioned only twice, most recently in a strip involving Phil outsourcing the housing sinners who partake of carbohydrates to the PHB workers' cubicles.

Phil manages to make money via a corporate sponsorship from Procter & Gamble.

The nickname is a parody of working practice where technological terms are used.

Originally, Adams planned to have Satan, the Prince of Darkness, become a regular member of the Dilbert cast, but eventually softened the character after suggestions by his editor. Instead of a pitchfork, Phil carries an enormous spoon, and darns people to heck instead of damning them to hell.

Phil has been inconsistently drawn throughout the series, which Adams mentioned several times in Seven Years of Highly Defective People. Sometimes Phil has a pointed tail, carries a pitchfork, or (most commonly) wears a cape because Adams forgets that Phil isn't supposed to be wearing them.