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** [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome We may not know how it happened]] but whoever managed to survive against [[OneManArmy Johnny]] [[BloodKnight Gat]] deserves some recognition.

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** [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome We may not know how it happened]] but whoever managed to survive against Surviving [[OneManArmy Johnny]] [[BloodKnight Gat]] deserves some recognition.is pretty amazing when you consider it. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome We may not now how he did it,]] but kudos to [[spoiler:Troy]] for somehow pulling it off.
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** [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome We may not know how it happened]] but whoever managed to survive against [[OneManArmy Johnny]] [[BloodKnight Gat]] deserves some recognition.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Alternatively, if you've unlocked the 'No damage from falls' ability, you could ignore the parachute and just faceplant the ground.]]

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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Alternatively, if you've unlocked the 'No damage from falls' ability, you could ignore the parachute and just faceplant the ground.]]
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* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background. Or Misery Business. Or Hands Up. Or Ride of the Valkyries. Or Deadly Sinners. Or Tchoupa Twist. [[AwesomeMusic Or a whole bunch of others.]]

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* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background. Or Misery Business. Or Hands Up. Or Ride of the Valkyries. Or Deadly Sinners. Or Tchoupa Twist. [[AwesomeMusic [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Or a whole bunch of others.]]



* The entire premise of ''Saints Row 2'' is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Basically, you don't have a penny to your name when you escape from prison and proceed to dismantle three of the most powerful gangs in the world along with their mega-corporation sponsor. It's like the Kingpin's version of ''Born Again.''
* The entire escape from Stilwater Penitentiary is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as you fight your way out of the prison hospital bay and end up fending off helicopters and police boats with a boat-mounted machine gun.

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* The entire premise of ''Saints Row 2'' is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. Basically, you don't have a penny to your name when you escape from prison and proceed to dismantle three of the most powerful gangs in the world along with their mega-corporation sponsor. It's like the Kingpin's version of ''Born Again.''
* The entire escape from Stilwater Penitentiary is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as you fight your way out of the prison hospital bay and end up fending off helicopters and police boats with a boat-mounted machine gun.



* The entire ''Secret Mission'' of ''Saints Row 2'' is one long CrowningMomentOfAwesome. You and Julius get a chance to go on one final team-up together, taking on what appears to be the entire Ultor Corporation military. [[spoiler: The tragedy when you avenge yourself on Julius, only makes the entire mission more awesome.]]

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* The entire ''Secret Mission'' of ''Saints Row 2'' is one long CrowningMomentOfAwesome.SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. You and Julius get a chance to go on one final team-up together, taking on what appears to be the entire Ultor Corporation military. [[spoiler: The tragedy when you avenge yourself on Julius, only makes the entire mission more awesome.]]
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* Gat has committed 387 murders and 1 attempted murder, meaning he's ''never failed to kill a person before that one''.


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* The final fight with Maero opens with a brilliant moment of the Boss taunting Maero for confronting him alone only for him to respond with, "Who said I was alone." The stadium lights turn on showing the Boss surrounded by a dozen trucks with Maero in a ''Monster Truck''.
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** It's even more impressive when you recognize the context. [[spoiler: The main character is avenging the death of his surrogate son Carlos. It's PoeticJustice when you realize that Maero forced you to MercyKill Carlos so you force him to kill his girlfriend.]]

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** It's even more impressive when you recognize the context. [[spoiler: The main character is avenging the death of his surrogate Carlos, who's basically an honorary little brother or even son Carlos.to the Boss. It's PoeticJustice when you realize that Maero forced you to MercyKill Carlos so you force him to kill his girlfriend.]]
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--> '''Tobias' Cousin''': A for effort... But you're still [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] dead.

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--> '''Tobias' Cousin''': '''Richie''': A for effort... But you're still [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] dead.
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** The final level of the Fight Club sections has you fight off six guys at once. You have to finish each and every last one of them off by [[NeckSnap ''breaking their neck.'']]
** The final level of the Drug Trafficking and Snatch sections is very, '''''very''''' chaotic and [[ThatOneLevel often]] [[ThatOneSidequestt difficult]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou to survive]]. That then means success requires being a badass.

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** The final level of the Fight Club sections has you fight off six guys at once. You have to finish each and every last one of them off by [[NeckSnap ''breaking ''[[NeckSnap breaking their neck.'']]
necks.]]''
** The final level of the Drug Trafficking and Snatch sections is very, '''''very''''' chaotic and [[ThatOneLevel often]] [[ThatOneSidequestt [[ThatOneSidequest difficult]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou to survive]]. That then means success requires being a badass.

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* Missing an obvious one here; the Sons of Samedi mission "Bad Trip" sees you fight off a massive Samedi attack on your hideout ''while so stoned you can barely see what you're doing''.

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* Missing an obvious one here; the The Sons of Samedi mission "Bad Trip" sees you fight off a massive Samedi attack on your hideout ''while so stoned you can barely see what you're doing''.



** The final level of Fight Club has you fight off six guys at once. You have to finish each and every last one of them off by ''breaking their neck.''

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** The final level of the Fight Club sections has you fight off six guys at once. You have to finish each and every last one of them off by [[NeckSnap ''breaking their neck.'''']]
** The final level of the Drug Trafficking and Snatch sections is very, '''''very''''' chaotic and [[ThatOneLevel often]] [[ThatOneSidequestt difficult]] [[EverythingTryingToKillYou to survive]]. That then means success requires being a badass.
--> '''Tobias' Cousin''': A for effort... But you're still [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] dead.
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** Boss gets one by...not saying a damn word, and they only drag Shogo to Gat. They're a TalkativeLoon, both them and Gat are in a state of TranquilFury because of the seriousness of Shogo's actions, and just leaves the bereaved to do his thing.
*** Also the one time where we see The Boss give deference to Gat, who normally lets the Boss do all the killing of their enemy leaders.

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** Boss gets one by... not saying a damn word, and they only drag drags Shogo to Gat. They're The Boss is normally a TalkativeLoon, but both them he/she and Gat are in a state of TranquilFury because of the seriousness of Shogo's actions, and just leaves the bereaved to do his thing.
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*** Also the one time where we see The Boss give deference to Gat, who normally lets the Boss do all the killing of their enemy leaders. It must be noted that the normally kill-happy Johnny Gat had [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness earnestly offered Shogo the chance to walk away with his life]], if only he'd leave them alone to grieve. That Shogo [[TooDumbToLive keeps pushing for a fight anyway]] is what earns him this horrible fate.
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** Extra bonus points: Maero has a minigun while the Boss doesn't. The Boss is still able to win!
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[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' Go fuck yourself, Vogel.]]\\
* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a nightclub, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, they throw a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]

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[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' Go fuck yourself, Vogel.]]\\
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* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a nightclub, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, they throw a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]
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** And when the Boss came back to settle the score, Jyunichi loses the sword fight against him even though he had a bunch of Ronins as back up and probably way more experience with a katana than the Boss.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHAwqHPxIyg It's turnin! It's turnin! It's turnin KRAAAAZY!]] Made better by the fact that this song is oftentimes heard when things are truly getting crazy.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHAwqHPxIyg It's turnin! gettin'! It's turnin! gettin'! It's turnin gettin' KRAAAAZY!]] Made better by the fact that this song is oftentimes heard when things are truly getting crazy.



* The ambush at Aisha's house is a truly vicious shootout. It's just the Boss and Johnny Gat against perhaps a dozen Ronin killers, many armed with machine guns. The Boss' teamwork with Johnny is pure [[CombatPragmatist combat pragmatism]], as each kills enemies in their respective blindspots, ''while'' Johnny duels Jyunichi. It ends with Johnny impaled by a katana, only to slam the enforcer on both sides of the head with his fists, stunning him while the Boss reloads his pistol. Jyunichi barely escapes with his life.

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* The ambush at Aisha's house is a truly vicious shootout. It's just the Boss and Johnny Gat against perhaps a dozen Ronin killers, many armed with machine guns. The Boss' teamwork with Johnny is pure [[CombatPragmatist combat pragmatism]], as each kills enemies in their respective blindspots, ''while'' Johnny duels Jyunichi. It ends with Johnny impaled by a katana, only to slam the enforcer on both sides of the head with his fists, stunning him while the Boss reloads his their pistol. Jyunichi barely escapes with his life.



** Boss gets one by...not saying a damn word, and s/he only drags Shogo to Gat. S/he's a TalkativeLoon, both s/he and Gat are in a state of TranquilFury because of the seriousness of Shogo's actions, and just leaves the bereaved to do his thing.

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** Boss gets one by...not saying a damn word, and s/he they only drags drag Shogo to Gat. S/he's They're a TalkativeLoon, both s/he them and Gat are in a state of TranquilFury because of the seriousness of Shogo's actions, and just leaves the bereaved to do his thing.



* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background. Or Misery Business. Or Hands Up. Or Ride of the Valkyries. Or Deadly Sinners. [[AwesomeMusic Or a whole bunch of others.]]
* The whole mission "The Siege". You finally decide to cut the bullshit and go take down Maero and the Brotherhood in an attack on their compound at the docks and confront a minigun wielding Maero on the roof. The cutscene that follows is a brutal, relentless brawl between the Boss and Maero, which even if it isn't playable, is one of the most epic moments of the game, especially considering that both characters have extremely valid reason to hate each other's guts.
* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personnel the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for them, the shipment in question is a fuckload of weapons.

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* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background. Or Misery Business. Or Hands Up. Or Ride of the Valkyries. Or Deadly Sinners. Or Tchoupa Twist. [[AwesomeMusic Or a whole bunch of others.]]
* The whole mission "The Siege". You finally decide to cut the bullshit and go take down Maero and the Brotherhood in an attack on their compound at the docks and confront a minigun wielding minigun-wielding Maero on the roof. The cutscene that follows is a brutal, relentless brawl between the Boss and Maero, which even if it isn't playable, is one of the most epic moments of the game, especially considering that both characters have extremely valid reason to hate each other's guts.
* A smaller one before that is the mission The "The Enemy of my Enemy, Enemy", in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personnel security personnel, the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for them, the shipment in question is a fuckload of weapons.



* The entire Brotherhood arc is just brilliant. What makes it so good is how quickly it degenerates. It starts out looking like it's going to be the most "civil" gang war in the game, as in a "may the best gang win" kind of thing, as Maero tries to form an alliance with the Saints. Then you hear the terms of his proposal. He gets 80% of the weapons shipment and the Saints get 20%, and by extension, about 20% of the city. From there it degenerates into the most violent, personal, brutal, and outright vicious gang war in the entire game, if not the series. [[spoiler:The Boss responds to the insulting offer by blowing up Brotherhood trucks and putting radioactive waste in his tattoo ink, burning his face. Maero and his girlfriend, Jessica, respond by chaining the Boss' protege, Carlos, to the back of a truck and towing him through Stilwater face-first. When the Boss rescues him, s/he's then forced to put him out of his misery. The Boss gets revenge by locking Jessica in the trunk of a car and placing it in a monster truck rally Maero is participating in, then taunting him about it. S/he also cripples his best friend's hand and so and so forth.]] It's part of what makes the fist fight between them in The Siege so brutal and awesome, they both absolutely despise each other and with perfectly legitimate reasons on both sides.

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* The entire Brotherhood arc is just brilliant. What makes it so good is how quickly it degenerates. It starts out looking like it's going to be the most "civil" gang war in the game, as in a "may the best gang win" kind of thing, as Maero tries to form an alliance with the Saints. Then you hear the terms of his proposal. He gets 80% of the weapons shipment and the Saints get 20%, and by extension, about 20% of the city. From there it degenerates into the most violent, personal, brutal, and outright vicious gang war in the entire game, if not the series. [[spoiler:The Boss responds to the insulting offer by blowing up Brotherhood trucks and putting radioactive waste in his tattoo ink, burning his face. Maero and his girlfriend, Jessica, respond by chaining the Boss' protege, Carlos, to the back of a truck and towing him through Stilwater face-first. When the Boss rescues him, s/he's they're then forced to put him out of his misery. The Boss gets revenge by locking Jessica in the trunk of a car and placing it in a monster truck rally Maero is participating in, then taunting him about it. S/he They also cripples cripple his best friend's hand and so and so forth.]] It's part of what makes the fist fight between them in The Siege "The Siege" so brutal and awesome, they both absolutely despise each other and with perfectly legitimate reasons on both sides.



* A lot of the minigames are built around CrazyAwesome. Vehicle surfing, Insurance Money, and more.

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* A lot of the minigames are built around CrazyAwesome. Vehicle surfing, Insurance Money, spraying sewage on everything, and more.



** Jane Valderama's handling of the story is so obvious that you have to wonder if the Boss was in on it.
*** She strongly implies s\he is, but then again she might just be spoiling for a fight.

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** Jane Valderama's Valderamma's handling of the story is so obvious that you have to wonder if the Boss was in on it.
*** She strongly implies s\he is, they are, but then again she might just be spoiling for a fight.



* Pierce gets one for telling Johnny "387 Murders" Gate to fuck off for criticizing Pierce's plan to rob a casino (which, as it's the same plan from GTA:SA's casino robbery, we know would have worked). That's not the COA. The COA is that when Johnny tries to threaten him into shutting up, Pierce holds his gaze and starts to stand up. Unfortunately, they're interrupted by the news before we can see exactly what Pierce was planning to do.

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* Pierce gets one for telling Johnny "387 Murders" Gate Gat to fuck off for criticizing Pierce's plan to rob a casino (which, as it's the same plan from GTA:SA's casino robbery, we know would have worked). That's not the COA. The COA is that when Johnny tries to threaten him into shutting up, Pierce holds his gaze and starts to stand up. Unfortunately, they're interrupted by the news before we can see exactly what Pierce was planning to do.
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* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personnel the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for him/her the shipment in question is a shitload of weapons.

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* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personnel the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for him/her them, the shipment in question is a shitload fuckload of weapons.



[[spoilers:'''Vogel:''' No, but I do think it's your problem.]]\\

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[[spoilers:'''Vogel:''' [[spoiler:'''Vogel:''' No, but I do think it's your problem.]]\\



* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a nightclub, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]

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* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a nightclub, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws they throw a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]
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* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personal the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for him/her the shipment in question is a shitload of weapons.

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* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personal personnel the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for him/her the shipment in question is a shitload of weapons.



* The entire escape from Stilwater Penitentiary is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as you fight your way out of the prison hospital bay and end up fending off helicopters and police boats with a boat-mouned machine gun.

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* The entire escape from Stilwater Penitentiary is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as you fight your way out of the prison hospital bay and end up fending off helicopters and police boats with a boat-mouned boat-mounted machine gun.



* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a night club, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]

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* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a night club, nightclub, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]

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-->[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' They hit my boys while they were on the prison bus!\\
'''Vogel:''' Between your girlfriend and your gang, I'd say you're a magnet for tragedy, Maero.\\
'''Maero:''' You think this is fucking funny!?\\
'''Vogel:''' No, but I do think it's your problem.\\
'''Maero:''' ''My'' problems are ''your'' problems. Or do you need some fresh air to remind you?\\
'''Vogel:''' Wrong. You see, my problem is that a sideshow freak is messing up my paperwork. Your problem is that there's a group of security guards with assault rifles pointed at your back.\\
'''Maero:''' ''(Turns and sees the guards)'' Your security guards look more like a private army.\\
'''Vogel:''' Call them whatever you want. The point is they got big guns. I'm sorry you couldn't save your friends, really I am, but Ultor's done doing you favors. Come back here again, and I will have you shot on sight.

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-->[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' They hit my boys while they were on the prison bus!\\
'''Vogel:'''
bus!]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Vogel:'''
Between your girlfriend and your gang, I'd say you're a magnet for tragedy, Maero.\\
'''Maero:'''
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You think this is fucking funny!?\\
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funny!?]]\\
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No, but I do think it's your problem.\\
'''Maero:'''
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[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' ''(Slams his hands down on the desk)''
''My'' problems are ''your'' problems. Or do you need some fresh air to remind you?\\
'''Vogel:''' Wrong. You
you?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Vogel:''' No,
see, my ''my'' problem is that a sideshow freak is messing up my paperwork. Your ''Your'' problem is that there's a group of security guards with assault rifles pointed at your back.\\
'''Maero:'''
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[[spoiler:'''Maero:'''
''(Turns and sees the guards)'' Your security guards look more like a private army.\\
'''Vogel:'''
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[[spoiler:'''Vogel:'''
Call them whatever you want. The point is they got have big guns. I'm sorry you couldn't save protect your friends, I really I am, but Ultor's Ultor is done doing you favors. Come back here again, and I will I'll have you shot on sight.]]\\
[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' Go fuck yourself, Vogel.]]\\
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-->'''Maero:''' They hit my boys while they were being transferred!\\

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-->'''Maero:''' -->[[spoiler:'''Maero:''' They hit my boys while they were being transferred!\\on the prison bus!\\



* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a night club, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.

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* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a night club, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.]]
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-->'''Maero:''' They hit my boys while they were being transferred!\\
'''Vogel:''' Between your girlfriend and your gang, I'd say you're a magnet for tragedy, Maero.\\
'''Maero:''' You think this is fucking funny!?\\
'''Vogel:''' No, but I do think it's your problem.\\
'''Maero:''' ''My'' problems are ''your'' problems. Or do you need some fresh air to remind you?\\
'''Vogel:''' Wrong. You see, my problem is that a sideshow freak is messing up my paperwork. Your problem is that there's a group of security guards with assault rifles pointed at your back.\\
'''Maero:''' ''(Turns and sees the guards)'' Your security guards look more like a private army.\\
'''Vogel:''' Call them whatever you want. The point is they got big guns. I'm sorry you couldn't save your friends, really I am, but Ultor's done doing you favors. Come back here again, and I will have you shot on sight.
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--> '''Mr. Sunshine''': Don't worry. I need only one ear to hear the whispers of the Loa.

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--> '''Mr. Sunshine''': Don't worry. I need only one ear to hear the whispers of the Loa.Loa.
* Pierce gets one for telling Johnny "387 Murders" Gate to fuck off for criticizing Pierce's plan to rob a casino (which, as it's the same plan from GTA:SA's casino robbery, we know would have worked). That's not the COA. The COA is that when Johnny tries to threaten him into shutting up, Pierce holds his gaze and starts to stand up. Unfortunately, they're interrupted by the news before we can see exactly what Pierce was planning to do.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Alternatively, if you've unlocked the 'No damage from falls' ability, you could ignore the parachute and just faceplant the ground.]]
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* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personal the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off.

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* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personal the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off. Fortunately for him/her the shipment in question is a shitload of weapons.
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*** Also the one time where we see The Boss give deference to Gat, who normally lets the Boss do all the killing of their enemy leaders.
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* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background.

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* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background. Or Misery Business. Or Hands Up. Or Ride of the Valkyries. Or Deadly Sinners. [[AwesomeMusic Or a whole bunch of others.]]
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** Boss gets one by...not saying a damn word, and s/he only drags Shogo to Gat. S/he's a TalkativeLoon, both s/he and Gat are in a state of TranquilFury because of the seriousness of Shogo's actions, and just leaves the bereaved to do his thing.
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** The final level of Fight Club has you beat off six guys at once. You have to finish each and every last one of them off by ''breaking their neck.''

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* You fight a pitched gun battle in Johnny Gat's living room. It's just the Boss and Johnny Gat against perhaps a dozen Ronin--and of the two, only the Boss has a gun, and even that is only a semi-auto pistol, while many of the Ronin have machine guns. The Boss manages to kill a dozen or more Ronin with his pistol and a stolen SMG while Johnny has a fucking sword duel with Jyunichi. It ends with Johnny being completely impaled by a katana-only to wind up whacking Jyunichi on both sides of the head and forcing him to release the sword he's currently got Johnny skewered on.
** It's 7 counting Jyunichi, with the Boss getting 4 and Gat 2. Still pretty sweet all the same.

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* You fight The ambush at Aisha's house is a pitched gun battle in Johnny Gat's living room. truly vicious shootout. It's just the Boss and Johnny Gat against perhaps a dozen Ronin--and of the two, only the Boss has a gun, and even that is only a semi-auto pistol, while many of the Ronin have killers, many armed with machine guns. The Boss manages to kill a dozen or more Ronin Boss' teamwork with his pistol and a stolen SMG while Johnny has a fucking sword duel with is pure [[CombatPragmatist combat pragmatism]], as each kills enemies in their respective blindspots, ''while'' Johnny duels Jyunichi. It ends with Johnny being completely impaled by a katana-only katana, only to wind up whacking Jyunichi slam the enforcer on both sides of the head and forcing him to release the sword he's currently got Johnny skewered on.
** It's 7 counting Jyunichi,
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* AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHAwqHPxIyg It's turnin! It's turnin! It's turnin KRAAAAZY!]] Made better by the fact that this song is oftentimes heard when things are truly getting crazy.

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* AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHAwqHPxIyg It's turnin! It's turnin! It's turnin KRAAAAZY!]] Made better by the fact that this song is oftentimes heard when things are truly getting crazy.crazy.
* The Power Walk finale qualifies.
* You fight a pitched gun battle in Johnny Gat's living room. It's just the Boss and Johnny Gat against perhaps a dozen Ronin--and of the two, only the Boss has a gun, and even that is only a semi-auto pistol, while many of the Ronin have machine guns. The Boss manages to kill a dozen or more Ronin with his pistol and a stolen SMG while Johnny has a fucking sword duel with Jyunichi. It ends with Johnny being completely impaled by a katana-only to wind up whacking Jyunichi on both sides of the head and forcing him to release the sword he's currently got Johnny skewered on.
** It's 7 counting Jyunichi, with the Boss getting 4 and Gat 2. Still pretty sweet all the same.
* Gat's "get up" sequence with Shogo Akuji at the cemetery.
** Specifically, [[spoiler: at his girlfriend's funeral]], Gat beats the hell out of the Ronin leader's son for [[spoiler: giving the order to kill Aisha]]. He finishes the kid off by [[spoiler: emptying a nearby casket and stuffing him inside, proceeding to [[BuriedAlive bury him alive]].]]
* How about Johnny fighting off an army of Ronin to protect Wong? The man is a literal walking, talking, crowning moment, enough so to make glasses badass.
* The climax of the Ronin mission where you go with Johnny to storm a Ronin hotel and blow it sky high. After clearing all the floors and setting all the charges, how do you get out quickly enough without being caught in the explosion? Simple: You do something straight out of a James Bond movie and base-jump off the top floor's balcony and parachute down as the place explodes all around you.
* The fact that, thanks to the second game's custom radio stations, everything in the game can be done while The Final Countdown plays in the background.
* The whole mission "The Siege". You finally decide to cut the bullshit and go take down Maero and the Brotherhood in an attack on their compound at the docks and confront a minigun wielding Maero on the roof. The cutscene that follows is a brutal, relentless brawl between the Boss and Maero, which even if it isn't playable, is one of the most epic moments of the game, especially considering that both characters have extremely valid reason to hate each other's guts.
* A smaller one before that is the mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which Boss sneaks on board of the ship containing Maero's shipment. After killing the Ultor secruity personal the ship is attacked by waves of Brotherhood enemies from boats and boats. Boss has to fight them off.
* The entire premise of ''Saints Row 2'' is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. Basically, you don't have a penny to your name when you escape from prison and proceed to dismantle three of the most powerful gangs in the world along with their mega-corporation sponsor. It's like the Kingpin's version of ''Born Again.''
* The entire escape from Stilwater Penitentiary is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as you fight your way out of the prison hospital bay and end up fending off helicopters and police boats with a boat-mouned machine gun.
* Your character makes the Brotherhood leader, Maero, unintentionally [[spoiler: run over his girlfriend, Jessica, with a monster truck.]]
** It's even more impressive when you recognize the context. [[spoiler: The main character is avenging the death of his surrogate son Carlos. It's PoeticJustice when you realize that Maero forced you to MercyKill Carlos so you force him to kill his girlfriend.]]
* The entire Brotherhood arc is just brilliant. What makes it so good is how quickly it degenerates. It starts out looking like it's going to be the most "civil" gang war in the game, as in a "may the best gang win" kind of thing, as Maero tries to form an alliance with the Saints. Then you hear the terms of his proposal. He gets 80% of the weapons shipment and the Saints get 20%, and by extension, about 20% of the city. From there it degenerates into the most violent, personal, brutal, and outright vicious gang war in the entire game, if not the series. [[spoiler:The Boss responds to the insulting offer by blowing up Brotherhood trucks and putting radioactive waste in his tattoo ink, burning his face. Maero and his girlfriend, Jessica, respond by chaining the Boss' protege, Carlos, to the back of a truck and towing him through Stilwater face-first. When the Boss rescues him, s/he's then forced to put him out of his misery. The Boss gets revenge by locking Jessica in the trunk of a car and placing it in a monster truck rally Maero is participating in, then taunting him about it. S/he also cripples his best friend's hand and so and so forth.]] It's part of what makes the fist fight between them in The Siege so brutal and awesome, they both absolutely despise each other and with perfectly legitimate reasons on both sides.
* Dane Vogel gets his when [[spoiler: Maero comes around a second time, trying to threaten him and demand more favors from Ultor. What does Vogel do? He calmly insults Maero (a man who had nearly dropped him out of the window and into his death in his prior visit) to his face, and then reveals that squad of heavily armed security have Maero in their sights. And just to put cherry to the top, he reveals that Ultor has hijacked shipment of Brotherhood goods Maero was expecting before practically shooing him away]]. The man can be [[SmugSnake annoying]], but that moment was full of awesome.
* In reaction to an ambush by the police at a night club, your character dives behind a bar using the bartender as a shield. As the police approach the bar, he/she throws a lighter in the air and ignites the spilled alcohol in a small explosion to disorient the cops and begin to get out.
* Missing an obvious one here; the Sons of Samedi mission "Bad Trip" sees you fight off a massive Samedi attack on your hideout ''while so stoned you can barely see what you're doing''.
** The best part is that when you're stoned out of your mind, you actually ''pretend'' to be useless to get the villains to drop their guard long enough to escape. Yes, even when you're baked out of your mind, you're capable of being a MagnificentBastard.
* A lot of the minigames are built around CrazyAwesome. Vehicle surfing, Insurance Money, and more.
** The final level of Fight Club has you beat off six guys at once. You have to finish each and every last one of them off by ''breaking their neck.''
* You have the option of seducing the reporter Jane Valderamma from her day job into becoming your psychotically obsessed homie, who says she loves you during her battles with you. What do you have to do to accomplish this? ''Mug fifty people.''
* A potentially amusing one for a male main character is the fact that he can get women to pay him to have sex during the Ho-ing diversion. This isn't a Crowning Moment of Awesome yet. However, one of the locations for this mini-game is the Barely Legal strip club. The implications? ''You're getting the strippers to pay to have sex with you.''
* The entire ''Secret Mission'' of ''Saints Row 2'' is one long CrowningMomentOfAwesome. You and Julius get a chance to go on one final team-up together, taking on what appears to be the entire Ultor Corporation military. [[spoiler: The tragedy when you avenge yourself on Julius, only makes the entire mission more awesome.]]
* The ''Ultor Exposed'' mission may just be a vehicle for porn star Tera Patrick, but it has you face down a ''huge'' number of Ultor goons. The final battle has your character versus a fleet of military helicopters that he has to personally down with a rocket launcher.
** Jane Valderama's handling of the story is so obvious that you have to wonder if the Boss was in on it.
*** She strongly implies s\he is, but then again she might just be spoiling for a fight.
* Mister Sunshine's moment has to be when The General cuts his ear off. Hardly sounds awesome, but his reaction to The General drawing a machete? He stands there and takes it, making only a single grunt as his best friend ''saws'' off his ear with the blade. It just cements the fact that this guy is nobody to mess with. It also leads to this strangely heartwarming, but still badass exchange between the two.
--> '''The General''': I took no pleasure in this, my friend. But a price needed to be paid for failure.
--> '''Mr. Sunshine''': Don't worry. I need only one ear to hear the whispers of the Loa.
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