History VideoGame / TheWarriors

** L.C., the junkie Warchief of the Destroyers. He winds up in much the same position as Sanchez. However, he's too stoned to be afraid or even notice the threats and announces he has a plane to catch -- whereupon he jumps. [[spoiler:Subverted - he breaks his leg and hobbles away like a fool.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeature: In the final battle with Luther, once you weaken him enough, you have to throw a knife at him to finish him off just like Swan did in the movie. However, if you botch your throw, Luther will send some mooks with knives after you.

** When one of Virgil's men, Beansie, says he never thought Clean could get so "heavy", Virgil snaps and [[VillainousDemotivator pummels him with a pool cue]]. He's generally a complete asshole to his men and doesn't hesitate to use them as bait to try escaping in the mission "Destroyed".

** Turnbull lieutenants wear overalls and bandanas around their necks.

* HarderThanHard: Unleash the Fury difficulty. Not only can you die in just a few hits, but your instant kill attack in rage mode is nerfed so it's required to do it at least twice to kill one enemy.

* LockpickingMinigame: Certain stores will be locked and you can lockpick the locks to open the doors without triggering the alarm. Certain characters are better at lockpicking than others. Failing the minigame sets off the alarm, which gives you limited time to loot the place before the cops come, but achieving it gives you 1,000 points on your score and plenty of time to loot the store at your leisure.
* MarathonLevel / TheMaze: The trainyard in "All-City". Navigating it is made more difficult by roving packs of Moonrunners and security guards, later joined by cops who will most definitely outnumber you. Unlike every other level, this one all takes place on a single map. So if you happen to die or reset, have fun re-tagging all of the graffiti you already sprayed.

* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: There are probably a dozen Moonrunners for every one security guard in the trainyard.

** The second act of the game focuses on Cleon's efforts to impress the Riffs. His purpose is to [[ForgoneConclusion receive an invite to the summit.]]

** A Rage-induced special attack will instantly take out any mook. Elsewhere, you can find back-alley dealers who will sell you a Knife, which will also instantly kill anyone you use it on. The downside is that the Knife is TooAwesomeToUse. Once you use it, the knife breaks, and you'll be lucky if you ever find one in any of the story missions proper.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: A particularly rewarding example, considering [[{{Jerkass}} who]] [[FatBastard Chatterbox is.]] After he ruins a gang spray-art contest the Warriors participate in (even throwing the organizer off a balcony for good measure), the Warriors have to leg it while the Hi-Hats pursue them. At one point, the Warriors end up falling into Chatterbox's own ShrineToSelf. After thinking about what he had done to the organizer (whom they respected as an artist), they decide [[DieChairDie there's really only one way to pay their respects to Chatterbox...]]

-->'''Virgil:''' Fuck you, copperhead! I'm the boss! You was nothin'! [[IRejectYourReality You was nothin' before me! Nothin'!]]\\

* RingOutBoss: Chatterbox will die instantly when struck by the funhouse's roller coaster. However, you only get points for whittling his health down normally, which is really tough.

* SmokeOut: Ghost does this constantly in the ''Armies of the Night'' minigame.

* SpeechImpediment: Chatterbox has a nasty stutter. At one point, Ajax gets sick of listening to him and says "Hey! Why don't you shut the f-f-fuck up, so we can finish this thing?"

** In the game you go against Hi-Hats (gang of mimes) and Boppers (all-black gang who wear brightly colored pimp duds), who both only appeared in the opening sequence and in the background at the gang gathering in the film.

** DefeatMeansFriendship: During mission 9, where he helps you fend off the Destroyers in his store.

* DisneyVillainDeath: After leading Ajax on a chase all over Spanish Harlem, Sanchez is finally cornered on a roof. He finally agrees to pay the Warriors the money he owes them -- but he comes up short. Ajax yells, "Boo!" causing the terrified Sanchez to topple over the ledge.

* DoomedByCanon: Because the game eventually takes place at the same time that the movie does, several major characters are still destined to bite the dust. [[spoiler: Cleon is killed by the Riffs after being falsely accused of killing their leader, Cyrus. Fox is also killed when he wrestles with a cop in a subway station and is tossed towards an oncoming train. Ajax is arrested for attempted rape on an undercover cop and is likely spending the rest of his time in jail.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite being in jail, Ajax was eventually freed by the rest of The Warriors alongside The Riffs via a faked riot in the Jailbreak comic sequel]].
* DualBoss: Tiny and [[BigGuyLittleGuy his diminutive boss]], Spider, chase Cleon and Vermin up to the roof of a warehouse.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Look closely and you'll see some bald black guys fighting alongside the 'skinhead' Turnbull A.C.s.
** TruthInTelevision is at work here. There were and still are non-racist skinheads in RealLife, and they're in something of a rivalry with actual racist skinheads.
** The game describes the gang as violent anarchists. Both this and being skinheads has a connection through the punk movement.

* GangUpOnTheHuman: Averted. Enemy gangs will tend to go after your gang equally unless they're overwhelmed or you in a level where you only have one ally helping you. The police will also go after both your gang and enemy gangs rather than gang up on you.

* HoldTheLine: During Ajax's initiation, he's on the run from (fittingly, for his name) approximately 300 Destroyers. The bonus objective is to stand your ground and [[OneManArmy fight them off anyway]].

* HoldingOutForAHero: In the cutscenes before Cochise challenges some Boppers, we see them mugging locals, pimp-slapping women and generally being a menace. (The pimp-slapping occurs twice.)

* InnSecurity: As the game progresses, some of the flash dealers will simply steal your money and vanish into the night. You'll have to be quick if you want to catch them.

** Ajax, of course. He's the most hotheaded individual in the whole gang and can be very effective at getting himself into major trouble, although in the game's most blatant case (barring the park incident that was also in the movie, of course) it wasn't ''entirely'' his fault. In the level that depicts his and Snow's first night as members of the gang, they intrude on Destroyers turf at Ajax's insistence (albeit not to fight, at least at first), get pelted with bricks and bottles in an ambush, have their trademark jackets stolen, and wind up having to take on the Destroyers' entire roster (except for Virgil) to get their "colors" back. It's initially a subversion, as Ajax and Snow manage to decimate the Destroyers' main leadership; Ajax even gets to hook up with LC's girlfriend. But then, as they're heading back to West Coney later on, the girl appears on the fire escape above the street - [[{{Fanservice}} in her underwear]] - and loudly bids goodbye to Ajax, attracting the attention of a ''very'' large and ''very'' angry contingent of Destroyers who [[ChasedByAngryNatives chase Ajax and Snow down the entire length of the boardwalk]]. The Destroyers only break off the attack when confronted by all the other Warriors, and a stern Cleon lets Ajax know just how much of an idiot he is.
-->'''Cleon:''' First night with us and you're ''already'' stirring shit up?!

'''Cleon''': ''(rethinks it)'' But if you wanna be a Warrior, it's gotta be a size... 9.\\
'''Cochise''': A '''size nine'''!? That's a bucket, man, not a hat!
* NerdGlasses: Beansie from the Destroyers wears them, and is the only gang member we see in the game who wears glasses. Ironically, when you take into account the four main Destroyers (Virgil, LC, Lemmy and Beansie himself) and the times they appear throughout the game, he gets beat up the most often out of all of them.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The second act of the game focuses on Cleon's efforts to impress the Riffs. His purpose? [[ForgoneConclusion To receive an invite to the summit.]]

* OneHitKill: A Rage-induced special attack will instantly take out any mook. Elsewhere, you can find back-alley dealers who will sell you a Knife, which will also instantly kill anyone you use it on. The downside is that the Knife is TooAwesomeToUse. Once you use it, the knife breaks, and you'll be lucky if you ever find one in any of the story missions proper.

* RhymesOnADime: An occasional quirk of some of the black characters. The bouncer at the Red Devil takes it UpToEleven.

* RunOrDie: In "Roots", Cleon warns the player that he and Vermin won't stand a prayer against the Satan's Mothers. He advises that they stick to the corners. However, it's not too difficult the defeat the Mothers, should they spot you.

** In the video game, there's a bonus game you can play called ''Armies of the Night'', which is a nod to the old days of beat-'em-up games. The game is based on ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' and it mimics the opening scene of a gang punching a girl (Mercy) in the stomach and kidnapping her while you (Swan) have to fight through the whole city and every gang to get her back. If you happen to reach the end in 2 player mode, the players will be forced to fight each other to the death to see who takes the girl home, just like in ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''. This feature might count as PresentDayPast, since side-scrolling beat-'em-ups wouldn't appear in video arcades until several years after the events depicted in ''The Warriors''.
* SilentAntagonist: The entire Baseball Furies gang. Just like in the film, the Furies never speak other than making grunts of pain when attacked. Their leader also doesn't speak a word. Since the entire gang wields baseball bats, one can say their bats do the talking for them.

-->"I gotta run with a '''solid''' outfit! I wanna run with the '''Warriors!'''"

* SoundtrackDissonance: On the night Snow and Ajax earn their gang colors, they manage to get jumped by Destroyers and lose their vests. Embarrassing. Ajax eventually tracks one of the thieves, L.C., to his love nest and interrupt his liaison with a pretty girl. A brutal smackdown ensues as tender mood music plays on the stereo.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Of the VillainCred type. Virgil commands a lot of respect, even from the female D.J. who refers to him as Cleon's "former mentor." This couldn't be farther from the truth.

* AscendedExtra: Cleon, who gets killed at the start of the film, plays a central role in the game.

* ArtificialBrilliance: Your fellow Warriors are always under AI control, but unlike other games, your allies do what they are told every single time you issue a command and they rarely get stuck or bug out. On top of this, your fellow Warriors kick a lot of ass and rarely require babysitting unless things get too heated and they will always help you out in a co-op attack if you are holding a foe. Should you get knocked out and have flash on you, a fellow warrior will attempt to go to your body and use your own flash to revive you, and if the police cuff you up, they will do their best to free you. Needless to say, your back will always be covered.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The second act of the game focuses on Cleon's efforts to impress the Riffs. His purpose? To receive an invite to the summit.

''The Warriors'' is a video game based on the CultClassic [[Film/TheWarriors movie of the same title]], developed by RockstarGames and released in 2005. The storyline acts as both a prequel and a recreation of the film. Apart from a few platforming challenges, it controls like an arcade BeatEmUp, and it is one of few successful examples of the genre in 3D.

* ConvenientlyTimedDistraction: When Cowboy and Cochise needs to get inside the Jones Street Boys hangout to plant some stolen goods, a bunch of hobos start messing with their hangout. The leader of the gang takes a couple of his men to deal with them while Cowboy and Cochise sneak inside their hangout (though it's lightly hinted that Cowboy and Cochise may have goaded the hobos into it offscreen).

** The Stripes and Solids. Located in East (Spanish) Harlem, it has a definite [[SouthOfTheBorder Latin American]] look to it.

** Virgil is seen playing pool before sending Cleon and Vermin to the trap he set for them in the first flashback mission. HE and other Destroyers are also playing pool in the mission "Destroyed" when a scout comes to inform Virgil of the Warriors raiding their stores.

** In "Destroyed", Virgil sends his men to intercept the invading Warriors while locking Cleon in a fire trap, while in the same level, Cleon and his men storm into the Destroyers' hangout. And then there's the Rogues ''and'' the Riffs descending on Coney in the final level...

** When one of Virgil's men, Beansie, says he never thought Clean could get so "heavy", Virgil snaps and [[VillainousDemotivator pummels him with a pool cue]].

** Virgil is seen playing pool before sending Cleon and Vermin to the trap he set for them in the first flashback mission. Also, in the mission "Destroyed", some Destroyers are also playing pool when a scout comes to inform Virgil of the Warriors raiding their stores.

* AdaptationExpansion: The video game includes the entire plot of the film, but the game also adds a backstory to the foundation of the gang and the time leading up to the fateful night. Also, a number of gangs that didn't appear in the movie, such as the Savage Huns, make an appearance in the game.

* RoleReprisal: Dorsey Wright (Cleon), Michael Beck (Swan), James Remar (Ajax), David Harris (Cochise), Thomas G. Waites (Fox) and Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Mercy) all return to voice their characters in the game.

* TheVietnamWar: Quite a few of the homeless men you encounter on the streets of various neighborhoods are veterans.

* GangInitiationFight: The combat tutorial of the game is Rembrandt being throw into this.

* AdaptationExpansion: The video game includes the entire plot of the film, but the game also adds a backstory to the foundation of the gang and the time leading up to the fateful night.

'''''The Warriors''''' is a video game based on the CultClassic [[Film/TheWarriors movie of the same title]], developed by RockstarGames and released in 2005. The storyline acts as both a prequel and a recreation of the film. Apart from a few platforming challenges, it controls like an arcade BeatEmUp, and it is one of few successful examples of the genre in 3D.

* LockpickingMinigame: Certain stores will be locked and you can lockpick the locks to open the doors without triggering the alarm. Certain characters are better at lockpicking than others. failing the minigame sets off the alarm, which gives you limited time to loot the place before the cops come.

* MoneyForNothing: Averted. You'll need every last dollar if you want to purchase flash or weapons and some missions will require you to pay an NPC to advance in the level. Luckily you can never be in an unwinnable situation if money is required since there'll always be civilians you can mug (and new ones will spawn in eventually), but unless you get lucky and mug someone that has a ton of cash, prepare to do some grinding.

* RingOutBoss: Chatterbox will die instantly when stuck by the funhouse's roller coaster. However, you only get points for whittling his health down normally, which is really tough.

* DemotedToExtra: Mercy's role in the game is far smaller and less significant than in the movie. As her subplot with Swan is removed in the game, she barely does anything throughout her time in the game.

* DressingAsTheEnemy: In Cochise's flashback mission, the doorman at the pool hall will ask for a hefty amount of cash to allow Cochise and Snow in, and while cash can be obtained by mugging the many civilians or robbing a couple of stores, cops are quick to appear in this level. Paying the doorman can be avoided, however, by taking and wearing a hat from any member of the Boppers. The doorman will confuse Cochise for a member of the Boppers and will allow him and Snow to enter without needing to pay (and letting you keep that cash for much needed flash for the boss fight).

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: When an early Tutorial mission tasks Rembrandt with spraying a Warriors burner over the Destroyers HQ, Ajax ditches the party for a short period to attend to some unseen business. When the mission concludes, we see he had snuck into the Destroyers base while the entire gang was passed out from partying, and sprayed a red W (for Warriors) onto the leader of the gang's back. If Ajax had instead, say, killed the leader (and his lieutenants for good measure) in his sleep, the Destroyers probably would have disbanded and leave the Warriors in control of all of Coney Island, and avoid a handful of deaths and a full on war between the gangs down the line. Sure, he's part of a gang called [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy The Warriors]], so HonorBeforeReason might play a part in things, but it still would have saved a lot of trouble and been [[KickTheDog totally in character for Ajax to have done.]]
** When you, as Cleon, speak to Ajax in the hangout right after that mission, Ajax says "I wish you would've let me finish them". Cleon had tasked Rembrandt to tag all over Destroyer turf as payback for the Destroyers tagging the Warriors hangout, and thus he likely didn't order Virgil to be killed (seen especially as it's Vermin who suggests putting the burner on the Destroyers hangout during the mission), and the others to serve as muscle to protect Rembrandt. He likely did not want any deaths to prevent any unexpected retaliation, once again seen during hangout chatter after "Destroyed", where Vermin says that the Warriors had never murdered any Destroyers. This, however, creates confusion when Ajax kills Sanchez later on, since we never see Cleon give such an order.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Possibly. In the arena mode, two of the stages are at the graveyard the Warriors regroup at after Cyrus is shot. They are the only stages not present in the actual levels. In one mission you can overhear a conversation between a group of Jones Street Boys, and sometimes they'll talk about a time The Warriors screwed them over in the graveyard, which is mentioned no where else in the game. It seems that at least one additional level was planned, but scrapped for whatever reason.
** A spiritual sequel (unrelated to the film) was planned by Rockstar. The game was to be titled ''We Are The Mods'' and was to be set in 1960s England during the mods and rockers brawls.