History Awesome / SaintsRowTheThird

* The Saints escape from the Syndicate by jumping out of a plane; with Boss catching Shaundi mid air, looks normal, until it comes around to attack them. Boss abandons Shaundi in freefall and jumps back onto the plane to stop it from killing them both, before again falling and catching Shaundi, proving his/her credentials as a [[MagnificentBastard fucking asshole]].

** And that, ladies and gentlemen, is ''Saints Row'' in a [[{{Pun}} nutshell.]] A button that's only function is to hit people in the nuts. Truly we are living in a glorious, utopian society.

* In a second-act mission, you have a mid-air battle in a tank.

* Falling out of a cargo plane, surrounded by huge numbers of crates and falling vehicles ({{Lampshaded}} by the Boss, "Did other planes dump their cargo too?") and gun-firing mooks, two people and one parachute. You manage to catch Shaundi...and notice the plane about to hit you. "Don't hate me for this later." [[spoiler:You ''drop'' Shaundi, release your parachute, shoot out the front windshield of the plane, and essentially free fall through the entire plane, shooting mooks as you go, snatching another parachute off one as you fly out the still open cargo door and then proceed to re-catch Shaundi.]] Holy crap.
** Shaundi gets one when she [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Boss for this stunt.
-->You're a fucking asshole!
** The mission later gets a sequel of sort in Air Steelport. Similar setting, except you're doing it [[spoiler:''in a falling tank'' shooting S.T.A.G. commandos, other falling tanks, and a few [=VTOLs=] as well!]]
-->[[Series/TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together!]]
** That part of the mission is proceeded by the Boss breaking into the STAG's plane, by free falling from his/her plane onto their plane, [[MadeOfIron bouncing along the top of it for a couple of feet]], until he/she grabs a hatch and sneaks into the plane.
* A bit of a meta-moment, but there comes a point where you have bought every single upgrade in the game. What does this do for you? Complete immunity to all forms of damage. For added effect, dress up like a superhero.

* The early mission "Party Time". You need to acquire a new headquarters, and a large penthouse owned by the Syndicate would be perfect. How do you take it over? By parachuting out of a helicopter, landing on the roof during a pool party, and shooting the place up while making your way to the elevator to let your homies up. The kicker? You do all this ''while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Power"]] by Music/KanyeWest plays in the background.''

* The credits after beating the game has every one of the boss's voices singing along to ''What i Got''.

** The Mission Ho Boat can also be seen call back to the Brotherhood mission The Enemy of my Enemy, in which you have to sneak on board of a ship and steal a shipment after fighting of waves of enemies. Only this time you can do it with an oversized minigun.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Of course, the multiple radio stations allow for many serendipitous moment, but the [[spoiler: "rescue the crew" ending]] really takes the cake with "I Need A Hero" playing in the background.

** "He's our [[spoiler:Johnny]]". Played in the final mission of ''Trouble with clones'' DLC.
** "Protect your princess". Played in the second half of the first mission of ''Gangstas in space'' DLC.

* Going after Loren he takes an express elevator to escape and Oleg believes there's no way to catch him. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jGuAYbKshPc#t=689 Boss ''growls,'' "Fuck. That," jumps on a large ornament and starts blowing away Morningstar like a, well...like a boss and orders Oleg to knock it loose. He does so and in mid fall Boss blows away a thug, before flattening Loren with the steel ball s/he was clinging to all the way down the tower.]]

* The mission where you kill Jessica in the second game was [[YMMV/SaintsRow controversial]]... and it's also the event Cyrus Temple references (leaving out the reasons the Boss did it, of course) in order to make his point as to why the Saints ''must'' be eliminated.

* It was revealed that Saints Row The Third has a sprint button, but the company calls it the Awesome button. Why, well, if you hold the button to hijack someone, you dropkick them out of the car. Yes, sprinting to the side of the car will have the player ''fucking dropkick the driver, sending said driver out the car through the other side.'' Doing it in front has you ''hijacking from the front''. Awesome indeed.

* Hell, the opening mission 'When Good Heists Go Bad' qualifies as this. All down to the amazing way the Saints steal the vault, survive an ambush against endless waves of SWATs and the penultimate scene where the Boss has to keep the police and the Syndicate at bay with nothing but his/her fully upgraded Krukov. The music helps add a touch of that awesomeness too, and sets the tone of the game as a whole.

* Going after Loren he takes an express elevator to escape and Oleg believes there's no way to catch him. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jGuAYbKshPc#t=689 Boss ''growls,'' "Fuck. That," jumps on a large ornament and starts blowing away Morningstar like a, well...like a boss and orders Oleg to knock it loose. He does so and in mid fall Boss blows away a thug, before flattening Loren with the steel ball s/he was clinging to all the way down the tower.]]

* The early mission "House Party". You need to acquire a new headquarters, and a large penthouse owned by the Syndicate would be perfect. How do you take it over? By parachuting out of a helicopter, landing on the roof during a pool party, and shooting the place up while making your way to the elevator to let your homies up. The kicker? You do all this ''while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic "Power"]] by Music/KanyeWest plays in the background.''

* Going after Loren he takes an express elevator to escape and Oleg believes there's no way to catch him. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGuAYbKshPc&feature=player_detailpage#t=689 Boss ''growls,'' "Fuck. That," jumps on a large ornament and starts blowing away Morningstar like a, well...like a boss and orders Oleg to knock it loose. He does so and in mid fall Boss blows away a thug, before flattening Loren with the steel ball s/he was clinging to all the way down the tower.]]

* A bit of a meta-moment, but there comes a point where you have bought every single upgrade in the game. What does this do for you? Complete immunity to all forms of damage. For added effect, dress up like a superhero.

* The Saints escape from the Syndicate by jumping out of a plane; with Boss catching Shaundi mid air, looks normal, until it comes around to attack them. Boss abandons Shaundi in freefall and jumps back onto the plane to stop it from killing them both, before again falling and catching Shaundi, proving his credentials as a [[MagnificentBastard fucking asshole]].
* There's a button dedicated to nothing but ''[[GroinAttack Groin Attacks]]''. You heard me.
** And that, ladies and gentlemen, is Saint's Row in a [[IncrediblyLamePun nutshell.]] A button that's only function is to hit people in the nuts. Truly we are living in a glorious, utopian society.

* The early mission "House Party". You need to acquire a new headquarters, and a large penthouse owned by the Syndicate would be perfect. How do you take it over? By parachuting out of a helicopter, landing on the roof during a pool party, and shooting the place up while making your way to the elevator to let your homies up. The kicker? You do all this ''while [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "Power"]] by KanyeWest plays in the background.''

** That part of the mission is proceeded by the Boss breaking into the STAG's plane, by free falling from his/her plane onto their plane, [[MadeOfIron bouncing along the top of it for a couple of feet]], until he/she grabs a hatch and sneaks into the plane.

* The mission "http//deckers.die" is reminiscent of {{Tron}}. Granted, if Tron included toilets, blow-up dolls, lags, system failures, and giant phoenix-like bosses that can only be defeated by button-mashing.

-->[[TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together!]]

-->[[TheATeam I love it when a plan comes together!]]

** The mission later gets a sequel of sort in Air Steelport. Similar setting, except you're doing it [[spoiler:''in a falling tank'' shooting S.T.A.G. commandos, other falling tanks, and a few [=VTOLs=] as well!]]

*** The Penthouse Mission[[KanyeWest Kanye West's]] ''Power'' is pumping in the background, giving the carnage an almost mythic quality to it.

** The mission later gets a sequel of sort in Air Steelport. Similar setting, except you're doing it [[spoiler:''in a falling tank'' shooting STAG commandos, other falling tanks, and a few [=VTOLs=] as well!]]

* Falling out of a cargo plane, surrounded by huge numbers of crates and falling vehicles ({{Lampshaded}} by the Boss, "Did other planes dump their cargo too?") and gun-firing mooks, two people and one parachute. You manage to catch Shaundi...and notice the plane about to hit you. "Don't hate me for this later." [[spoiler:You ''drop'' Shaundi, release your parachute, shoot out the front windshield of the plane, and essentially free fall through the entire plane, shooting mooks as you go, snatching another parachute off one as you fly out the still open cargo door and then proceed to re-catch Shaundi.]] Holy crap.

*** The Penthouse Mission[[KanyeWest Kanye West's]] ''Power'' is pumping in the background, giving the carnage an almost mythic quality to it.

** Klassic FM has an almost ''uncanny'' habit of launching into ''Ride of the Valkyries'' whenever switched to when flying helicopters and VTOLs.

CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Of course, the multiple radio stations allow for many serendipitous moment, but the [[spoiler: "rescue the crew" ending]] really takes the cake with "I Need A Hero" playing in the background.