History Trivia / SaintsRowIV

* ActorAllusion: Yuri Lowenthal voices a character with an English accent who's in an implied relationship with an Indian ActionGirl armed with a ranged weapon. Are we talking about Matt and Asha or [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime the Prince and Farah]]? Bonus points for one of Asha's outfits actually resembling Farah's outfit.

** As noted below in TalkingToHimself, Creator/KeithDavid voices both himself and reprises his role as Julius Little.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/KeithDavid plays Julius and, uh, [[AsHimself Keith David]]. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in the conversation they have if they're in a party together.

* UpliftedSideStory: 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.

* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan was due to [[RoleReprisal 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.

* DiedDuringProduction: Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan was due to [[RoleReprisal 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 "[[Music/BizMarkie Just a Friend]]" for the game's credits.

* [[BannedInChina Banned In Australia]]: Even ''with'' the R18+ rating now being available for video games, they ''still'' banned the game for containing "interactive, visual depictions of implied sexual violence which are not justified by context" and "elements of illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards." All Deep Silver had to do was remove the one 20 minute mission that had drugs and the game has been accepted, at an MA rating. Unfortunately, the exclusion of that mission means [[BadExportForYou no one in Australia can play co-op with anyone except other Australians.]] Volition responded to this discrepancy by making the American/European versions of the game region-free for the Xbox 360.

** 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?]]

** Creator/TerryCrews replaces Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Benjamin King, since the latter had [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away]] during the game's production.

** Similarly, William Sharp is voiced by a different voice actor in his DummiedOut audio logs instead of Creator/DavidCarradine due to [[AuthorExistenceFailure his death four years prior]].

** A whole lot of content from ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' is present in the game files, such as gang members, weapons, and vehicles. 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.

!! Index: [[Trivia/SaintsRow All Games]] | ''Trivia/SaintsRow1'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRow2'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRowTheThird'' | ''Saints Row IV'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' | ''Trivia/AgentsOfMayhem''

** [[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, so it is possible they may return in DLC episodes. Zimos has indeed returned in ''Enter the Dominatrix''.

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: The game was clearly made with finality in mind due to THQ's finantial 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 foward as intergalactic conquerors]].

** Creator/TerryCrews replaces Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan as Benjamin King. {{Enforced|Trope}}, due to [[AuthorExistenceFailure Duncan's passing]].

* 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.

** Similarly, some of the Boss voices are swapped out and replaced, with the female Latin, female Russian and Zombie voice replaced by French, Southern and Creator/NolanNorth.

* FakeBrit: Creator/YuriLowenthal reprises his role as Matt Miller, along with Rebecca Riedy as Asha Odekar.

** The original concept for this game was entitled ''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''.

** 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]].
** The Blood 106.66, the metal station of ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', was originally suppose 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.

* RoleReprise: Creator/MichaelDorn returns as Maero, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris returns as Veteran Child, and Creator/KeithDavid once again voices Julius Little.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/KeithDavid plays Julius and, uh, [[AsHimself Keith David]]. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in the conversation they have if they're in a party together.

* RoleReprise: Creator/MichaelDorn returns as Maero, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris returns as Veteran Child, and Keith David again voices Julius Little.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/JBBlanc voices both Zinyak and Phillipe Loren, the latter of which he's taking over from Jaques Hennequet.

* TalkingToHimself: Keith David and Julius Little (voiced by Keith David) have a conversation at one point. Amusingly, it's about how people think they sound alike.

* RetroactiveRecognition: "Tightrope" by [[Music/WalkTheMoon WALK THE MOON]] was featured in this game on [=GenX=] 89, a playlist geared towards more under-the-radar modern rock acts. Two years later, WALK THE MOON would have a massive pop hit with "Shut Up and Dance".

* 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]].