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* "This is a rescue, right? This isn't some elaborate setup for a gangbang?" Zimos' first line and FunnyMoment is actually not that far off the mark; his rescue is part of an elaborate setup mission for what will soon become a four-on-one clusterfuck with STAG and the three Syndicate gangs on one side and the Saints on the other.
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** Further FridgeBrilliance: the real enemy is not Loren, or Killbane or STAG, it's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Gat does so in regards to gangbanging and it gets him killed. Loren does with his feud with the Saints and it gets him killed. Kiki does in antagonizing Killbane and it gets her killed. Shaundi does with Gat's death and attack on the funeral and she's kidnapped and can be killed. Monica Hughs does after the attack on Gat's funeral and makes things worse. STAG does when it imposes martial law and that makes things worse. Kia jumps off it when she goes terrorist and she's killed off. Killbane jumps off it after losing to Boss and either lose his empire or is killed. Cyrus Temple jumps off it by reacting to the terrorist attack Kia orchestrates (thinking it's the Saints) by trying to destroy Steelport, and is killed. And Boss jumps off it by going after Killbane, leading to the deaths of three friends and rather than going the more AntiHero route becomes more of a psychotic sociopath than s/he ever was in SaintsRow2. While the Saints does become OnlyInitForTheMoney, it's still better for everyone and less self destructive than ForTheEvulz.
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** Further FridgeBrilliance: the real enemy is not Loren, or Killbane or STAG, it's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Gat does so in regards to gangbanging and it gets him killed. Loren does with his feud with the Saints and it gets him killed. Kiki does in antagonizing Killbane and it gets her killed. Shaundi does with Gat's death and attack on the funeral and she's kidnapped and can be killed. Monica Hughs does after the attack on Gat's funeral and makes things worse. STAG does when it imposes martial law and that makes things worse. Kia jumps off it when she goes terrorist and she's killed off. Killbane jumps off it after losing to Boss and either lose his empire or is killed. Cyrus Temple jumps off it by reacting to the terrorist attack Kia orchestrates (thinking it's the Saints) by trying to destroy Steelport, and is killed. And Boss jumps off it by going after Killbane, leading to the deaths of three friends and rather than going the more AntiHero route becomes more of a psychotic sociopath than s/he ever was in SaintsRow2.VideoGame/SaintsRow2. While the Saints does become OnlyInitForTheMoney, it's still better for everyone and less self destructive than ForTheEvulz.
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* Fans tend to point to Cyrus Temple bringing up Jessica's death in the previous game as a flimsy reason for taking on the Saints. But consider that what The Boss does to her in ''SaintsRow2'' ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is significantly more horrifying to people who hadn't played the game and didn't know the context for it (it's harsh, yeah, but she was a '''major''' AssholeVictim). Suddenly, it makes more sense that Cyrus would use it to publicly justify his actions; ''he wasn't there'', so he didn't know what Jessica did to bring it on herself and to him it looked like she was an innocent runaway turned RevengeByProxy victim.
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** The choice harkens back to what Viola said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. Simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Killbane deserves more than that for all the shit he did as leader of the Syndicate. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife, because the simple fact that they're using Eddie Pryor's wrestling mask and mantle in their movie means they've managed to take legal ownership rights to it away from him. When that movie releases, Eddie will never live down losing to the Saints in Steelport, and he will have no shot at reclaiming his mask from them without losing his reputation to them again.
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** The choice harkens back to what Viola said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. Simply ripping off Boss took Killbane's mask isn't good enough. at Murderbrawl, but Angel proved in the same event that that alone wasn't enough; Eddie could still steal his mask back and reclaim his former glory, just like Angel did. Putting Killbane deserves more than that for all the shit he did in as leader of the Syndicate. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife, because the simple fact that they're using Eddie Pryor's wrestling mask and mantle a major role in their movie means they've managed to take secured the legal ownership rights to it away from him. When that movie releases, the persona, and the premiere of ''Gangstas In Space'' will publicize the character of Killbane as part of the Third Street Saints' intellectual property. Now Eddie will never live down losing to Pryor can't get his mask back without going through the Saints in Steelport, and he will have no shot at reclaiming his mask from them without losing his reputation to them again.destroying himself worse.
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** How was that managed, though? [[spoiler: It's not kitted out in Decker decor. Instead, they use Morningstar red for decoration. Nobody's going to suspect the Gothedral of being the base of operations for a gang of cybercriminals if they think it's just another Morningstar whorehouse.]]
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** How was that managed, though? [[spoiler: It's not kitted out deep in Decker decor. Instead, they use Morningstar territory, and it's decorated using Morningstar red for decoration.instead of Decker cyan. Nobody's going to suspect the Gothedral of being the base of operations for a gang of cybercriminals if they think it's just another Morningstar whorehouse.]]
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** Well, that and Boss saw what happened to the previous attempt in the DLC of the same name. The director was an abusive asshole with zero respect for the source material, the movie itself had next to nothing to do with the comic it was based on as a result, and by the end Boss had developed a clear dislike to both because of that lack of respect. After that, the Boss would want to scrap everything to do with Andy Zhen's production and make his own movie that's actually based on the comic book out of respect for Johnny.
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** Well, that and Boss saw what happened to the previous attempt in the DLC of the same name. The director was an abusive asshole with zero respect for the moron that flat-out ignored his movie's source material, the movie itself resulting in a project that had next to nothing to do with ''Gangstas In Space'' apart from the comic it was based on as a result, name and by Boss's involvement. By the end Boss had developed a clear dislike to both the director and the movie because of that lack of respect.respect for the property Gat was involved in. After that, the Boss would want to scrap everything to do with Andy Zhen's production and make his own movie that's actually based on the comic book out of respect for Johnny.
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* When Shaundi points out the UAV drone controls during the armory raid, a few Boss voices wander aloud how in the hell she knows that. She knows that because the case is open, and there's an obvious LCD screen on it showing a bird's-eye view of the area around the armory with an obvious HUD overlay. Shaundi saw that screen and the controls under it, took into account the military complex she and Boss had just invaded, and guessed that the thing she was eyeballing was meant to control a drone.
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** Well, that and Boss saw what happened to the previous attempt in the DLC of the same name. That movie had nothing to do with the source material, and it was very likely scrapped after [[spoiler: the lead actress snapped and killed the director]]. If the Saints were going to make a shit film, the least Boss would want to do is make it faithful to the shit comic franchise to honor Gat's memory.
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** Well, that and Boss saw what happened to the previous attempt in the DLC of the same name. That The director was an abusive asshole with zero respect for the source material, the movie itself had next to nothing to do with the source material, and comic it was very likely scrapped after [[spoiler: based on as a result, and by the lead actress snapped and killed end Boss had developed a clear dislike to both because of that lack of respect. After that, the director]]. If the Saints were going to make a shit film, the least Boss would want to scrap everything to do is with Andy Zhen's production and make it faithful to his own movie that's actually based on the shit comic franchise to honor Gat's memory.book out of respect for Johnny.
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** Well, that and Boss saw what happened to the previous attempt in the DLC of the same name. That movie had nothing to do with the source material, and it was very likely scrapped after [[spoiler: the lead actress snapped and killed the director]]. If the Saints were going to make a shit film, the least Boss would want to do is make it faithful to the shit comic franchise to honor Gat's memory.
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** The choice harkens back to what was said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given all the shit Killbane did as the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when that movie premieres, it will feature Eddie Pryor's former mantle as the villain, giving the Third Street Saints legal ownership rights to it. Eddie will never live down losing his mask in Steelport to the Saints, and he will have no shot at reclaiming it from them without losing face to them again, all because of that movie.
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** The choice harkens back to what was Viola said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply Simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given Killbane deserves more than that for all the shit Killbane he did as leader of the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Syndicate. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when knife, because the simple fact that movie premieres, it will feature they're using Eddie Pryor's former wrestling mask and mantle as the villain, giving the Third Street Saints in their movie means they've managed to take legal ownership rights to it. it away from him. When that movie releases, Eddie will never live down losing his mask in Steelport to the Saints, Saints in Steelport, and he will have no shot at reclaiming it his mask from them without losing face his reputation to them again, all because of that movie.again.
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** The choice harkens back to what was said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given all the shit Killbane did as the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when that movie premieres, it will feature Killbane as the villain, and the Third Street Saints will have legal ownership of Eddie Pryor's former name and identity mantle as a Luchadore. the villain, giving the Third Street Saints legal ownership rights to it. Eddie will never live down losing his mask in Steelport to the Saints, and he will have no shot at reclaiming it from them without losing face to them.them again, all because of that movie.
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** The choice harkens back to what was said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given all the shit Killbane did as the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when that movie premieres, it will feature Killbane as the villain, and the Third Street Saints will have legal ownership over Eddie Pryor's former identity as a Luchadore, with no way for him to get it back without losing whatever reputation he still had left.
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** The choice harkens back to what was said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given all the shit Killbane did as the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when that movie premieres, it will feature Killbane as the villain, and the Third Street Saints will have legal ownership over of Eddie Pryor's former name and identity as a Luchadore, with Luchadore. Eddie will never live down losing his mask in Steelport to the Saints, and he will have no way for him to get shot at reclaiming it back from them without losing whatever reputation he still had left.face to them.
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** The choice harkens back to what was said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given all the shit Killbane did as the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when that movie premieres, it will feature Killbane as the villain, and the Third Street Saints will have legal ownership over Eddie Pryor's former identity as a Luchadore, with no way for him to get it back without losing whatever reputation he still had.
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** The choice harkens back to what was said earlier about defeating Killbane. The way to go about it isn't to straight-up kill him. It's to destroy his reputation as a Luchadore. For someone like the Boss, simply ripping off Killbane's mask isn't good enough. Given all the shit Killbane did as the Syndicate's leader, he deserved more than that. Filming ''Gangstas in Space'' is the final twist of the knife; when that movie premieres, it will feature Killbane as the villain, and the Third Street Saints will have legal ownership over Eddie Pryor's former identity as a Luchadore, with no way for him to get it back without losing whatever reputation he still had.
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* STAG's main weapons are lasers and melee attacks (ramming you with a shield). Why? Those are the only attacks The Boss cannot be immune to (due to upgrades).
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** Exactly. It's a neat example of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, and one which is totally in-character for Kinzie.
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** There's also MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome with the fact Jessica Temple is the daughter of two upper-class suburbanites.
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** On the other hand, why do Saints' lieutenants stick with the Boss despite knowing he sacrifices Shaundi and Viola? Because the Boss provides them with one thing, and that is: a living. As long as the Boss pays them, they will work for him. Again, this is how real gangs work.
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* In the bad ending, the Boss cannot order other Saints to save Shaundi while he goes after Killbane. Sounds incredibly frustrating...but then, in real-life, this is exactly how gangs work. When push comes to shove, everybody's in it for himself. Real gangsters will sacrifice their fellow gangsters in a heartbeat if it would save their own skin. There really is NoHonorAmongThieves.
** While at it, note that none of the lieutenants lash out at the Boss after he sacrifices Shaundi and Viola. By not taking the initiative to save them, they're as much to blame for Shaundi and Viola's deaths as the Boss himself.
** While at it, note that none of the lieutenants lash out at the Boss after he sacrifices Shaundi and Viola. By not taking the initiative to save them, they're as much to blame for Shaundi and Viola's deaths as the Boss himself.
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** Further FridgeBrilliance: the real enemy is not Loren, or Killbane or STAG, it's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Gat does so in regards to gangbanging and it gets him killed. Loren does with his feud with the Saints and it gets him killed. Kiki does in antagonizing Killbane and it gets her killed. Shaundi does with Gat's death and attack on the funeral and she's kidnapped and can be killed. Monica Hughs does after the attack on Gat's funeral and makes things worse. STAG does when it imposes martial law and that makes things worse. Kia jumps off it when she goes terrorist and she's killed off. Killbane jumps off it after losing to Boss and either lose his empire or is killed. Cyrus Temple jumps off it by reacting to the terrorist attack Kia orchestrates (thinking it's the Saints) by trying to destroy Steelport, and is killed. And Boss jumps off it by going after Killbane, leading to the deaths of three friends and rather than going the more AntiHero route becomes more of a psychotic sociopath than s/he ever was in SaintsRow2.
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** Further FridgeBrilliance: the real enemy is not Loren, or Killbane or STAG, it's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Gat does so in regards to gangbanging and it gets him killed. Loren does with his feud with the Saints and it gets him killed. Kiki does in antagonizing Killbane and it gets her killed. Shaundi does with Gat's death and attack on the funeral and she's kidnapped and can be killed. Monica Hughs does after the attack on Gat's funeral and makes things worse. STAG does when it imposes martial law and that makes things worse. Kia jumps off it when she goes terrorist and she's killed off. Killbane jumps off it after losing to Boss and either lose his empire or is killed. Cyrus Temple jumps off it by reacting to the terrorist attack Kia orchestrates (thinking it's the Saints) by trying to destroy Steelport, and is killed. And Boss jumps off it by going after Killbane, leading to the deaths of three friends and rather than going the more AntiHero route becomes more of a psychotic sociopath than s/he ever was in SaintsRow2. While the Saints does become OnlyInitForTheMoney, it's still better for everyone and less self destructive than ForTheEvulz.
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* Its kind of annoying how you don't have access to all those weapons you stole from the military armory, especially when Shaundi's apartment has all those guns piled up in reach. However, note how whenever you go on a mission requiring a certain weapon type, you always have both the weapon and full ammo for it on hand. The reason for this is that the massive stock of guns and ammo you stole is being kept in reserve for when the Boss decides s/he needs it for something critical, instead of just driving around blowing things up.
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* The Boss gets surgery to look just like Cyrus Temple and then acts so badly that any normal group would've realized something was up and the mission would've been over before the Boss and Kia ever ended up in a room without guards. Immediately upon realizing what's really going on, Cyrus gives the order over the radio to kill himself (Cyrus Temple) on sight, and says he's really an impostor. Now, there's no real way for the Boss to have realized this tactic ahead of time, but... this mission was nearly as simple as getting Cyrus's ''voice'', ensuring that Cyrus couldn't contact the base to countermand, and making a couple phone calls? Including one that would've had the entire base trying to shoot their commander on sight the next time he showed his face? Assuming this'd be done by one of the gang with better acting chops, perhaps something like this:
-->'''Boss as Cyrus:''' Transport prisoner (number for Shaundi) to (useful location).
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-->'''Boss as Cyrus:''' You just let her escape?! Clearly there is an impostor afoot. I will stay in (other useful location, likely trap if this backfires); when the impostor who looks like me shows up, capture them immediately! If they resist in any way, you have the order to use any measure of deadly force to stop them.
* The Boss gets surgery to look just like Cyrus Temple and then acts so badly that any normal group would've realized something was up and the mission would've been over before the Boss and Kia ever ended up in a room without guards. Immediately upon realizing what's really going on, Cyrus gives the order over the radio to kill himself (Cyrus Temple) on sight, and says he's really an impostor. Now, there's no real way for the Boss to have realized this tactic ahead of time, but... this mission was nearly as simple as getting Cyrus's ''voice'', ensuring that Cyrus couldn't contact the base to countermand, and making a couple phone calls? Including one that would've had the entire base trying to shoot their commander on sight the next time he showed his face? Assuming this'd be done by one of the gang with better acting chops, perhaps something like this:
-->'''Boss as Cyrus:''' Transport prisoner (number for Shaundi) to (useful location).
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-->'''Boss as Cyrus:''' You just let her escape?! Clearly there is an impostor afoot. I will stay in (other useful location, likely trap if this backfires); when the impostor who looks like me shows up, capture them immediately! If they resist in any way, you have the order to use any measure of deadly force to stop them.
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* Fans tend to point to Cyrus Temple bringing up Jessica's death in the previous game as a flimsy reason for taking on the Saints. But consider that what The Boss does to her in ''SaintsRow2'' is significantly more horrifying to people who hadn't played the game and didn't know the context for it (it's harsh, yeah, but she was a '''major''' AssholeVictim). Suddenly, it makes more sense that Cyrus would use it to publicly justify his actions; ''he wasn't there'', so he didn't know what Jessica did to bring it on herself and to him it looked like she was an innocent runaway turned RevengeByProxy victim.
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* People have complained about how you can't go after each gang at your own pace like the previous gangs. Look at the Saints now. They're the heads of a multi-billion dollar corporation and international celebrities to boot. Of course any rival gangs going in alone would probably be killed instantly, they have a fighting chance if they all teamed up.
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* I kinda wondered how known criminals The Saints could get sponsorship deals and reality shows and the like, then a thought occurred to me. If the world is in recession, then the Saints Row world may turn that UpToEleven be in a full blown Depression. The Great Depression being when gangsters like Al Capone were seen as Celebrities.
** According to a brief line in Saints 3, they've been paying off the Stilwater police. They would do the same in Steelport, but they don't have Ultor backing them there. However, the Great Depression parodies are eerie, maybe deliberate.
** When the Saints try to airlift the vault the police will shout that Troy can't protect them. Troy had been made chief of police in the second game and had done a lot to help the Saints, from refusing to have the Boss' life support switched off to protecting Gat when he was in prison. It could be interpreted that with a little prodding Troy got the Saints to move more away from petty crime and use Ultor to show them as the gang that cleaned up Stillwater like Julius wanted.
*** Possibly similar to the thieves' guild in Discworld, the Saints control the criminal activities in Stilwater, including going against non-Saints members committing them. Likewise, the official site states the Saints motto is "say thank you when robbing people".
* Near one of the two endings, Kinzie says she's not a DeusExMachina when the Boss asks her to do something. Ostensibly, a bit of self-indulgent literary reference by Volition. Except that Kinzie, throughout the game, is nearly incapable of talking in LaymansTerms, even when she specifically sets out to do so. It makes perfect sense for her to use a specialized term most people won't understand when "I'm not a miracle worker!" or suchlike would do.
** Well, that and it would be hard to use any other euphemism for LampshadeHanging on the sheer amount of tech experts with NewPowersAsThePlotDemands in stock plots. "Sorry, I'm not a plot resolution device" doesn't have the same ring to it.
* It was mentioned in Headscratchers that a lot of characters have changed come ''The Third'', but think about it, they're now international celebrities. Think about how the looks and attitudes have changed - they're cleaning up their appearance and their act to fit in with the idea of being celebrities.
** Shaundi, in particular, if you pick up on a few clues, her backstory works like this: she had a bad spring break in Steelport, and it seems Zimos is partially to blame. She wasn't always a stoner sleeping around, but that's what she was reduced to until Boss found her and helped turn her life around. Now by the third game, she has matured, and the reason for her being rather dickish is because of [[spoiler: Gat's death.]]
** Birk even mentions this in the first mission and later Gat agrees saying that they had changed. Then at the end, Killbane takes credit for turning the Saints to what they once were, a feared gang.
* Why is Shaundi so shocked and troubled by [[spoiler: Gat's death]], despite having been present when other friends died in 2? Because back than she was constantly stoned, so the horrors of the gang warfare barely touched her mind. Likewise she hardly knew any of the other Saints members. Now she is sober and they are her friends, so unlike Boss or Pierce who are hardened against that, she is shocked.
** I think you might be right. There's a trick in the second game where you can jump in a homie's car and have them drive you around. When doing this with other characters throw a grenade and they'll scream and start driving like they've lost their minds. Shaundi appears too stoned to care. It's very safe to say that she's off the drugs in the third game.
* The zombie virus unleashed late in the story of on Arapice Island? It didn't come from the STAG cargo plane; the debris from the crash ruptured several canisters at the chemical plant there. Who owns the plant? Ultor. Who, in the "Ultor Exposed" DLC for ''Saints Row 2'', had been conducting biological experiments, leaving mutated gray corpses that the Boss had to dig up. Potentially one big, cleverly hidden BrickJoke.
* Killing [[spoiler: Killbane]] in the bad ending bugged me because it wasn't even a fight, it was just a lame quick time event. Then it hit me... I sacrificed [[spoiler: Shaundi, Viola, and worst of all, Burt Reynolds]] just to kill a man who I have already beaten. It was supposed to leave you empty and unfulfilled.
** For that matter, the bad ending seems to suck because you've just killed off three of the characters, and have now turned to terrorism. But by allowing yourself to be consumed by revenge, you sacrificed your friend, your idol, and someone who at least helped. Then the government sends the army to kill everyone in the city, during a funeral no less. It's less the Boss becoming psychotic and more being crazy with rage at everything the government had done, so naturally he/she would lash out the way he/she did.
** Think about that with the second game where fans were upset with the Boss' sociopathy. If we go by each mission being played in order then s/he just had to kill Carlos after he was tortured, the Ronin killed Aisha and nearly Johnny, and the Sons kidnapped Shaundi and are also the most sociopathic of the gangs, with their followers screaming to kill her. Boss retaliates by killing Jessica and in the next mission is moping over it. Then there was the fire and immediately afterwards kidnapped and drugged on the Sons product, remember they are voodoo (in both ways) and Shaundi is justified in being scared of them. Then after the Ronin tried to crash Aisha's funeral it would be more of a wonder if s/he didn't jump off the deep end.
** There's also an in-universe shade of FridgeBrilliance in regard to the anticlimatic final "fight" with [[spoiler: Killbane: He may be physically strong enough to snap Kiki's neck one handed, but he's still a showman at heart.]] Boss was playing the game when s/he [[spoiler: took him on in the ring, in order to humiliate him, which is what Angel insisted on.]] When they fight for real on the airport runway, Boss just [[spoiler: [[CombatPragmatist slams him into stuff, strikes him in the throat, and breaks his neck]]. Killbane may have been powerful and charismatic, but he wasn't as good as he thought he was, so the Boss took him out with relative ease.]] S/he's been a hardened killer for the better part of a decade, after all... maybe even longer, depending on some of the voice options.
** You also have to take into account he was weakened and disoriented from having just survived a plane crash.
** Further FridgeBrilliance: the real enemy is not Loren, or Killbane or STAG, it's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Gat does so in regards to gangbanging and it gets him killed. Loren does with his feud with the Saints and it gets him killed. Kiki does in antagonizing Killbane and it gets her killed. Shaundi does with Gat's death and attack on the funeral and she's kidnapped and can be killed. Monica Hughs does after the attack on Gat's funeral and makes things worse. STAG does when it imposes martial law and that makes things worse. Kia jumps off it when she goes terrorist and she's killed off. Killbane jumps off it after losing to Boss and either lose his empire or is killed. Cyrus Temple jumps off it by reacting to the terrorist attack Kia orchestrates (thinking it's the Saints) by trying to destroy Steelport, and is killed. And Boss jumps off it by going after Killbane, leading to the deaths of three friends and rather than going the more AntiHero route becomes more of a psychotic sociopath than s/he ever was in SaintsRow2.
* Gat sells his likeness for a Gangsters in Space comic, that the Saints turn into a movie. Now one might wonder why he'd do that if he's against how MerchandiseDriven the Saints have become. Take a look at the film. Take a look at the BadBadActing. Gat was getting his jollies invoking SpringtimeForHitler.
** Could also be a reason why The Saints do the movie in one of the endings, despite Boss previous claiming they are done being media whores, they simply do it because Gat actually would have wanted it. Could also explain the Boss's horrible acting.
* One would wonder why HulkHogan would voice Angel rather then Killbane, then it hits you when you realized that Hogan is basically playing the character he has been playing for the past decade: the aging pro-wreslter who loves the spotlight and would do anything to get back into the ring.
* The final choice between taking out [[spoiler: Killbane or STAG]] seems to be thrown on the player with little to no warning. [[spoiler: It's the difference between shooting the Gangstas in Space movie, and continuing their selling out, and becoming a real gang again, but losing a couple of members.]] Except the entire game has been preparing you for it. After the first mission, Gat says he doesn't want to be a corporate whore. The theme starts right there, and continues throughout the entire game. The first choice, blowing up or keeping the Syndicate tower, is a choice between sending a message that the Saints are not to be fucked with, or keeping a crib because it looks cool. Then, not long afterwards, you can either sell some hos to the Morningstar, or keep them. Does a gang really need money coming in from hookers, or is it just to boost your image? [[spoiler: The zombie apocalypse. Do you need the approval of the mayor to be a real gang? Or is it better just to have a hoarde of zombies on your side? And finally, unmasking Killbane. Yes, it hurts his ego and makes you and Angel look cool if you unmask him, but don't you want the power of [=ApocaFist=]? That's the reason why, in the Killbane choice, Boss can't answer whether it was worth. Because it was down to the player. How have you been playing the Boss? Would he rather stick with your choice, or would he have gone with the other?]]
* The Gothedral in Steelport seems to be a random, kind of funny, but ultimately useless building with no influence storywise, right? Wrong. [[spoiler: Remember in http//deckers.die, Matt Miller's avatar was inside 'that cathedral with all the tubes coming out of it'? That was the source of the data. It's where the Deckers were based. IT IS THE GOTHEDRAL. He's been under your nose the '''entire game''' and no-one's realised.]]
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* Assuming that the ending of ''Saint's Row The Third: The Trouble With Clones'' DLC is canon where [[spoiler: Johnny Gat is revived/cloned to Johnny Tag]], how the hell is Boss and Pierce going to explain all this to the Saints, including [[BloodKnight Shaundi]]? Especailly after we've witnessed how she acted throughout the entire third game?
--> Boss: Yo! Shaundi! Aaah...don't be alarmed or anything, but I found us a new homie, and he's...like Oleg...except...[[spoiler: He's the clone of our dead friend, Johnny Gat.]]
--> Shaundi: I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!! <attacks Boss>
* I kinda wondered how known criminals The Saints could get sponsorship deals and reality shows and the like, then a thought occurred to me. If the world is in recession, then the Saints Row world may turn that UpToEleven be in a full blown Depression. The Great Depression being when gangsters like Al Capone were seen as Celebrities.
** According to a brief line in Saints 3, they've been paying off the Stilwater police. They would do the same in Steelport, but they don't have Ultor backing them there. However, the Great Depression parodies are eerie, maybe deliberate.
** When the Saints try to airlift the vault the police will shout that Troy can't protect them. Troy had been made chief of police in the second game and had done a lot to help the Saints, from refusing to have the Boss' life support switched off to protecting Gat when he was in prison. It could be interpreted that with a little prodding Troy got the Saints to move more away from petty crime and use Ultor to show them as the gang that cleaned up Stillwater like Julius wanted.
*** Possibly similar to the thieves' guild in Discworld, the Saints control the criminal activities in Stilwater, including going against non-Saints members committing them. Likewise, the official site states the Saints motto is "say thank you when robbing people".
* Near one of the two endings, Kinzie says she's not a DeusExMachina when the Boss asks her to do something. Ostensibly, a bit of self-indulgent literary reference by Volition. Except that Kinzie, throughout the game, is nearly incapable of talking in LaymansTerms, even when she specifically sets out to do so. It makes perfect sense for her to use a specialized term most people won't understand when "I'm not a miracle worker!" or suchlike would do.
** Well, that and it would be hard to use any other euphemism for LampshadeHanging on the sheer amount of tech experts with NewPowersAsThePlotDemands in stock plots. "Sorry, I'm not a plot resolution device" doesn't have the same ring to it.
* It was mentioned in Headscratchers that a lot of characters have changed come ''The Third'', but think about it, they're now international celebrities. Think about how the looks and attitudes have changed - they're cleaning up their appearance and their act to fit in with the idea of being celebrities.
** Shaundi, in particular, if you pick up on a few clues, her backstory works like this: she had a bad spring break in Steelport, and it seems Zimos is partially to blame. She wasn't always a stoner sleeping around, but that's what she was reduced to until Boss found her and helped turn her life around. Now by the third game, she has matured, and the reason for her being rather dickish is because of [[spoiler: Gat's death.]]
** Birk even mentions this in the first mission and later Gat agrees saying that they had changed. Then at the end, Killbane takes credit for turning the Saints to what they once were, a feared gang.
* Why is Shaundi so shocked and troubled by [[spoiler: Gat's death]], despite having been present when other friends died in 2? Because back than she was constantly stoned, so the horrors of the gang warfare barely touched her mind. Likewise she hardly knew any of the other Saints members. Now she is sober and they are her friends, so unlike Boss or Pierce who are hardened against that, she is shocked.
** I think you might be right. There's a trick in the second game where you can jump in a homie's car and have them drive you around. When doing this with other characters throw a grenade and they'll scream and start driving like they've lost their minds. Shaundi appears too stoned to care. It's very safe to say that she's off the drugs in the third game.
* The zombie virus unleashed late in the story of on Arapice Island? It didn't come from the STAG cargo plane; the debris from the crash ruptured several canisters at the chemical plant there. Who owns the plant? Ultor. Who, in the "Ultor Exposed" DLC for ''Saints Row 2'', had been conducting biological experiments, leaving mutated gray corpses that the Boss had to dig up. Potentially one big, cleverly hidden BrickJoke.
* Killing [[spoiler: Killbane]] in the bad ending bugged me because it wasn't even a fight, it was just a lame quick time event. Then it hit me... I sacrificed [[spoiler: Shaundi, Viola, and worst of all, Burt Reynolds]] just to kill a man who I have already beaten. It was supposed to leave you empty and unfulfilled.
** For that matter, the bad ending seems to suck because you've just killed off three of the characters, and have now turned to terrorism. But by allowing yourself to be consumed by revenge, you sacrificed your friend, your idol, and someone who at least helped. Then the government sends the army to kill everyone in the city, during a funeral no less. It's less the Boss becoming psychotic and more being crazy with rage at everything the government had done, so naturally he/she would lash out the way he/she did.
** Think about that with the second game where fans were upset with the Boss' sociopathy. If we go by each mission being played in order then s/he just had to kill Carlos after he was tortured, the Ronin killed Aisha and nearly Johnny, and the Sons kidnapped Shaundi and are also the most sociopathic of the gangs, with their followers screaming to kill her. Boss retaliates by killing Jessica and in the next mission is moping over it. Then there was the fire and immediately afterwards kidnapped and drugged on the Sons product, remember they are voodoo (in both ways) and Shaundi is justified in being scared of them. Then after the Ronin tried to crash Aisha's funeral it would be more of a wonder if s/he didn't jump off the deep end.
** There's also an in-universe shade of FridgeBrilliance in regard to the anticlimatic final "fight" with [[spoiler: Killbane: He may be physically strong enough to snap Kiki's neck one handed, but he's still a showman at heart.]] Boss was playing the game when s/he [[spoiler: took him on in the ring, in order to humiliate him, which is what Angel insisted on.]] When they fight for real on the airport runway, Boss just [[spoiler: [[CombatPragmatist slams him into stuff, strikes him in the throat, and breaks his neck]]. Killbane may have been powerful and charismatic, but he wasn't as good as he thought he was, so the Boss took him out with relative ease.]] S/he's been a hardened killer for the better part of a decade, after all... maybe even longer, depending on some of the voice options.
** You also have to take into account he was weakened and disoriented from having just survived a plane crash.
** Further FridgeBrilliance: the real enemy is not Loren, or Killbane or STAG, it's JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Gat does so in regards to gangbanging and it gets him killed. Loren does with his feud with the Saints and it gets him killed. Kiki does in antagonizing Killbane and it gets her killed. Shaundi does with Gat's death and attack on the funeral and she's kidnapped and can be killed. Monica Hughs does after the attack on Gat's funeral and makes things worse. STAG does when it imposes martial law and that makes things worse. Kia jumps off it when she goes terrorist and she's killed off. Killbane jumps off it after losing to Boss and either lose his empire or is killed. Cyrus Temple jumps off it by reacting to the terrorist attack Kia orchestrates (thinking it's the Saints) by trying to destroy Steelport, and is killed. And Boss jumps off it by going after Killbane, leading to the deaths of three friends and rather than going the more AntiHero route becomes more of a psychotic sociopath than s/he ever was in SaintsRow2.
* Gat sells his likeness for a Gangsters in Space comic, that the Saints turn into a movie. Now one might wonder why he'd do that if he's against how MerchandiseDriven the Saints have become. Take a look at the film. Take a look at the BadBadActing. Gat was getting his jollies invoking SpringtimeForHitler.
** Could also be a reason why The Saints do the movie in one of the endings, despite Boss previous claiming they are done being media whores, they simply do it because Gat actually would have wanted it. Could also explain the Boss's horrible acting.
* One would wonder why HulkHogan would voice Angel rather then Killbane, then it hits you when you realized that Hogan is basically playing the character he has been playing for the past decade: the aging pro-wreslter who loves the spotlight and would do anything to get back into the ring.
* The final choice between taking out [[spoiler: Killbane or STAG]] seems to be thrown on the player with little to no warning. [[spoiler: It's the difference between shooting the Gangstas in Space movie, and continuing their selling out, and becoming a real gang again, but losing a couple of members.]] Except the entire game has been preparing you for it. After the first mission, Gat says he doesn't want to be a corporate whore. The theme starts right there, and continues throughout the entire game. The first choice, blowing up or keeping the Syndicate tower, is a choice between sending a message that the Saints are not to be fucked with, or keeping a crib because it looks cool. Then, not long afterwards, you can either sell some hos to the Morningstar, or keep them. Does a gang really need money coming in from hookers, or is it just to boost your image? [[spoiler: The zombie apocalypse. Do you need the approval of the mayor to be a real gang? Or is it better just to have a hoarde of zombies on your side? And finally, unmasking Killbane. Yes, it hurts his ego and makes you and Angel look cool if you unmask him, but don't you want the power of [=ApocaFist=]? That's the reason why, in the Killbane choice, Boss can't answer whether it was worth. Because it was down to the player. How have you been playing the Boss? Would he rather stick with your choice, or would he have gone with the other?]]
* The Gothedral in Steelport seems to be a random, kind of funny, but ultimately useless building with no influence storywise, right? Wrong. [[spoiler: Remember in http//deckers.die, Matt Miller's avatar was inside 'that cathedral with all the tubes coming out of it'? That was the source of the data. It's where the Deckers were based. IT IS THE GOTHEDRAL. He's been under your nose the '''entire game''' and no-one's realised.]]
[[AC:FridgeHorror]]
* Assuming that the ending of ''Saint's Row The Third: The Trouble With Clones'' DLC is canon where [[spoiler: Johnny Gat is revived/cloned to Johnny Tag]], how the hell is Boss and Pierce going to explain all this to the Saints, including [[BloodKnight Shaundi]]? Especailly after we've witnessed how she acted throughout the entire third game?
--> Boss: Yo! Shaundi! Aaah...don't be alarmed or anything, but I found us a new homie, and he's...like Oleg...except...[[spoiler: He's the clone of our dead friend, Johnny Gat.]]
--> Shaundi: I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!! <attacks Boss>
