Line #13 Trivia/SaintsRowIV


1	!! Index: [[Trivia/SaintsRow All Games]] \| ''[[Trivia/SaintsRow1 Saints Row (2006)]]'' \| ''Trivia/SaintsRow2'' \| ''Trivia/SaintsRowTheThird'' \| ''Saints Row IV'' \| ''Trivia/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' \| ''Trivia/AgentsOfMayhem'' \| ''[[Trivia/SaintsRow2022 Saints Row (2022)]]''
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3	* ActingForTwo:
4	** Creator/JBBlanc voices both Zinyak and Phillipe Loren, the latter of which he's taking over from Jaques Hennequet.
5	** Creator/KeithDavid reprises his role as Julius Little while also playing [[AsHimself himself]]. {{Lampshaded\|Trope}} in the conversation they have if they're in a party together.
6	* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/SumaleeMontano (Southern!Boss) and Creator/KimMaiGuest (simulation voice) worked together on another game, a Deep Silver one no less. [[VideoGame/DeadIsland The one with a little girl being thrown out a window.]]
7	* BadExportForYou: The Australian version, due to the removal of Shaundi's loyalty mission. It's also impossible to play the censored Australian version in co-op with any other version.
8	* BannedInChina: Australia initially banned the game for the Anal Probe weapon (which was considered to be "sexual violence") and Shaundi's loyalty mission "Psychosomatic" (for depicting both Shaundi and The Boss getting high on Loa Dust). The game was eventually released with both the weapon and the mission removed, [[BadExportForYou albeit with the inability to play co-op with anyone outside of Australia]]. Volition responded to this discrepancy by making the American/European versions of the game region-free for the Xbox 360.
9	* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan was due to [[RoleReprise return as Ben King]], but suffered a heart attack and died in September 2012. Creator/TerryCrews replaced him, although Duncan was able to recording him singing "Just a Friend" for the game's credits.
10	* DummiedOut:
11	** A whole lot of content from ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is present in the game files, such as gang members, weapons, and vehicles. It even includes complete model of Dane can be found in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'', indicating that he was at one point part of the story. Several [[GameMod mods]] [[https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/bonus-and-reworked-unlockables.3537/page-2 in]] [[https://www.saintsrowmods.com/forum/threads/past-gangs-spawning-mod.3632/page-3 progress]] are aiming to reintroduce them to the game.
12	** Dummied Out content isn't limited to leftovers from the previous game: some content was clearly meant for ''IV'' before it became a proper sequel. The internal names of a number of audio logs correspond to ''The Third''-only characters like Viola or Oleg despite being repurposed for ''IV'' characters, and homie-to-homie conversations are set up for characters who never appear as homies in the normal game, like Philippe Loren.
13	* FakeBrit: Creator/YuriLowenthal reprises his role as Matt Miller, along with Rebecca Riedy as Asha Odekar. Also, Creator/EdenRiegel as Creator/JaneAusten.
14	* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: There are four kinds.
15	** The "Commander in Chief Edition", available to everyone who pre-orders the game, gives you an Uncle Sam outfit, a [[CoolPlane Screaming Eagle jet]], and the [[SwissArmyWeapon 'Merica weapon]] in-game.
16	** The "Super Dangerous Wub Wub Edition" includes the bonus items, and also includes a replica dubstep gun, dubstep doomsday button, and a Johnny Gat memorial statue.
17	** The "Emperor Zinyak's Game of the Generation Edition" comes with all that, and a light-up rotating display case for the game and a velvet pouch.
18	** The "Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition", which there is only one copy of and costs '''one million dollars''', comes with the Commander in Chief edition, the dubstep gun, spy training, a trip to outer space, a Lamborghini, a one year membership to the E25 Super Car Club, plastic surgery, a shopping spree, a weeks trip to the Jefferson Hotel in Washington, a hostage rescue experience, a Toyota Prius with insurance, and a week's vacation to Burj Al Arab. It's also a designers' hoax, but [[RuleOfCool who cares?]]
19	** The "Ultra Super Ultimate Deluxe Edition", exclusive to Japan, includes all of the DLC released internationally.
20	* LyingCreator: In the interviews, the developers said that the Penetrator (a dildo-shaped bat) and zombies will not be returning from ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird''. However, the Penetrator makes a return as a secret weapon and zombies make an appearance in Matt Miller's loyalty mission "Nytefall".
21	* TheOtherDarrin:
22	** Creator/TerryCrews replaces Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Benjamin King, since the latter had [[DiedDuringProduction passed away]] during the game's production.
23	** Old/Fun Shaundi is played by Jennifer Jules Hart rather than Creator/ElizaDushku.
24	** Similarly, some of the Boss voices are swapped out and replaced, with the female Hispanic, female Russian and Zombie voice replaced by French, Southern and Creator/NolanNorth. Regarding the female Hispanic voice, it was discontinued as a result of her VA, Rebecca Sanabria, retiring from voice acting after ''Saints Row: The Third'' to pursue photography.
25	** Cyrus Temple is an interesting example. He's played by Creator/RichardEpcar in the prologue, but in "The Girl Who Hates the 50s", Kinzie's loyalty mission, audio logs and Homie Conversations involving him, he's played by his original actor, Tim Thomerson.
26	** Instead of Jacques Hennequet, JB Blanc plays Phillipe Loren in his boss fight in Johnny's loyalty mission and the DummiedOut Homie conversations.
27	** Similarly, William Sharp is voiced by a different voice actor in his DummiedOut audio logs instead of Creator/DavidCarradine due to his death four years prior.
28	** Mr. Sunshine is played in this game by Creator/PhilMorris, replacing Creator/PhilLaMarr.
29	** Tanya Winters goes from Creator/MilaKunis to Ursula Taherian.
30	* TheOtherMarty: Terry Crews replacing Michael Clarke Duncan as Ben King. Duncan had started his initial recordings for the game prior to his death, with Crews stepping in to replace him afterwards. Both actors are credited for the role, but Duncan's work is only heard during the game's end credits.
31	* PreOrderBonus: Depending on where you pre-order your game, you can get outfits based on various presidents, superhero costumes, or USA-themed items. PC owners who pre-ordered the game on Steam gained access to three ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' weapons: the Soldier's Rocket Launcher, the Pyro's Flamethrower, and the Rainblower.
32	* PromotedFanboy: The people from ''WebVideo/HeyAshWhatchaPlayin'' got turned into [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/247302/ a DLC]] with them as Homies.
33	* RoleReprise: Creator/MichaelDorn returns as Maero, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris returns as Veteran Child, and Creator/KeithDavid once again voices Julius Little. Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan, before his death, was intended to reprise his role as Benjamin King. And despite being cut, Creator/TiaCarrere voices Lin in her audio logs.
34	* ThrowItIn: The developers openly admit that most of the ridiculous elements in the game came about simply because someone suggested something and everyone else just shrugged and said "Why not?".
35	* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The game was clearly made with finality in mind due to THQ's financial troubles and eventual bankruptcy as Earth is destroyed and the Saints left with the choice [[spoiler:of using time travel to prevent Earth's destruction or going forward as intergalactic conquerors]].
36	* TroubledProduction: ''Enter the Dominatrix'' was originally announced as an April Fool's gag, only to be later confirmed as actually happening as a standalone DLC expansion to ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', before being cancelled & expanded into ''Saints Row IV'', with the aspects of ''ETD'' that were left on the cutting room floor after it became ''SRIV'' being released as a DLC that is explicitly described as a set of deleted scenes.
37	* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Cyrus Temple was voiced by Creator/RichardEpcar in "Zero Saints Thirty" even though Tim Thomerson voices him in the rest of the game.
38	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
39	** [[VideoGame/SaintsRow1 Lin, Donnie, William Sharp]], [[VideoGame/SaintsRow2 Dane Vogel]], [[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird Viola, Loren, and Zimos]] were originally going to be homies in game and had cut audio logs and Homie Conversations. Zimos' clothes are available for purchase in stores, and his personal symbol shows up in the Saints' mothership. Zimos indeed returns in ''Enter the Dominatrix'' as does Donnie.
40	** The "aliens trap the Saints in a virtual Steelport" aspect was originally going to be a stand-alone expansion for ''The Third'', called ''Enter the Dominatrix''. It was later decided to cancel the expansion and just merge that and the concept for ''IV'' together. Who knows what could have happened if the "virtual Steelport" and "the Boss as the President" plots stayed separate. Later on, ''Enter The Dominatrix'' was made a DLC pack for ''IV'', and several previous characters do indeed return, answering both of the above points.
41	** The original concept for this game was titled ''Saints Row: Part Four''. It would have taken place in a new city, where an evil clone of Johnny Gat managed to bring back UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra}}, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan and UsefulNotes/JosephStalin, the three of whom would have served as the game's gang leaders. New proposed mechanics included in-depth weapon customisation, [[LeParkour parkour]] and a [[TakeCover cover system]]. Ultimately this was scrapped because Creator/{{THQ}}, undergoing financial troubles that would eventually lead to its bankruptcy, wanted a follow-up that was cheaper to make, being part of the reason that the ''Enter the Dominatrix'' concept was adapted into ''Saints Row IV''.
42	** Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan was set to reprise his role as Benjamin King before his tragic death. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments As a tribute, he can be heard singing "Just a Friend" in the credits]].
43	** The game was originally supposed to [[DancePartyEnding end with an elaborate Bollywood-style dance number]] before being cut due to the inherent cost of creating the scene. [[spoiler:Instead, they went with a simple CurtainCall in a nightclub.]]
44	** The Blood 106.66, the metal station of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', was originally supposed to return in ''IV''. The logo was not only found in the files, but was updated to include Zinyak's face (suggesting that he was going to be the DJ). It was cut, presumably due to the lack of budget to license the songs, and Zinyak instead hosted Klassic 102.4.
45	** Model filenames and DummiedOut voice files and subtitles show that the Zero Saints Thirty prologue originally involved the Saints taking out ''UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden'', with the terrorists specified as al-Qaeda in the filenames. Taste reasons and possible datedness (as Osama had already been killed months before ''The Third'' let alone ''IV'' even came out) likely lead to it being changed to Cyrus instead.
46	** In 2012, Creator/{{Volition}} was working on a new DLC for ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', titled ''Enter the Dominatrix'', as well as the next mainline entry, ''Saints Row: Part Four'', which was to be set in a whole new city. However, its parent company Creator/{{THQ}} experienced financial troubles and told Volition to abandon ''Part Four'' and to turn ''[=EtD=]'' into the next main installment, released in 2014 as ''Saints Row IV''. The game proved even more controversial than ''The Third'', mainly because it recycled the latter's world map almost without alterations (for the first time in the series) and took a sharp turn away from urban crime sandboxing into quasi-SuperHero territory.
47	* WorkingTitle: "The Next Great Sequel in the Saints Row Franchise", not a marketing descriptor but the actual working title when [[http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1706792 THQ first announced the game]].

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