History Awesome / SaintsRowIV

** [[spoiler: To save Kinzie, you return to 50s!Steelport, to find that it has been taking over by a deliberately {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]][=/=]StrawMisogynist [[ArmiesAreEvil Cyrus Temple]] (and has forced Kinzie to be his {{housewife}} [[MindRape against her will]]). After [[ShutUpHannibal shutting down his propaganda machine]], you take down Cyrus [[ThePowerOfRock with weaponized Dubstep]].]] Her loyalty mission [[spoiler: has you taking out Cyrus and STAG once and for all, by plowing through his armies like they were made of paper.]] The [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic hard-pumping rock and roll lets you know that]] '''[[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth SHIT JUST GOT REAL]]''', and the way that [[spoiler: Kinzie]] [[FinishingMove finishes off]] [[spoiler: Cyrus and the rest of Stag]] is the definition of CrazyIsCool: [[spoiler: she drops [[{{Fartillery}} a nuclear fart]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction taking out all the STAG]], then delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Cyrus, all while dropping a ClusterFBomb rant that is really cathartic (if a litttle weird) to hear coming from her mouth to tell Cyrus [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech all the reasons he sucks]].]]

** [[spoiler: To save Kinzie, you return to 50s!Steelport, to find that it has been taking over by a deliberately {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]][=/=]StrawMisogynist [[ArmiesAreEvil Cyrus Temple]] (and has forced Kinzie to be his {{housewife}} [[MindRape against her will]]). After [[ShutUpHannibal shutting down his propaganda machine]], you take down Cyrus [[ThePowerOfRock with weaponized Dubstep]].]] Her loyalty mission [[spoiler: has you taking out Cyrus and STAG once and for all, by plowing through his armies like they were made of paper.]] The [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic hard-pumping rock and roll lets you know that]] '''[[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth SHIT JUST GOT REAL]]''', and the way that [[spoiler: Kinzie]] [[FinishingMove finishes off]] [[spoiler: Cyrus and the rest of Stag]] is the definition of CrazyAwesome: [[spoiler: she drops [[{{Fartillery}} a nuclear fart]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction taking out all the STAG]], then delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Cyrus, all while dropping a ClusterFBomb rant that is really cathartic (if a litttle weird) to hear coming from her mouth to tell Cyrus [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech all the reasons he sucks]].]]

** Kinzie [[spoiler: replaced Marilyn Monroe in the famous [[MArilynManeuver skirt maneuver]], played ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'' instead of Jane Fonda, was the inspiration for the Lady Godiva legend and had ''phone sex'' with Alexander Graham Bell.]]

** Johnny Gat [[spoiler: explained to Columbus the Earth was round, worked for Attila the Hun, cut down Washington's cherry tree, pimped out the Trojan Horse, graffitied a dinosaur skeleton, stole the golden Transcontinental Railroad spike, scammed Custer with a life insurance policy, sabotaged a chariot race and took part in the shootout at the OK corral with an M16 assault rifle!.]]
** Kinzie [[spoiler: showed up Marilyn Monroe in a '''skirt''', played Raquel Welch in Caveman days, and was the inspiration for the Lady Godivia's legend and had ''phone sex'' with Alexander Graham Bell.]]

** Pierce [[spoiler: dumped a basket of apples on Isaac Newton, graffitied the Great Wall, traded hats with Davy Crockett, inspired the story of the boy who held back the sea, taught the Knights of the Round Table roulette, gave Abraham Lincoln a punk rocker haircut.]]

* Starting with the first mission, ''[[Film/ZeroDarkThirty Zero Saints Thirty.]]'' The Saints team up with [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] to hunt down and kill a known terrorist. [[spoiler: After the events of the "Save Your Homies" ending of ''Saints Row the Third'', Cyrus Temple could not stand the Saints being hailed as heroes, and plans to nuke Washington DC in retaliation.]] The Boss begins by rushing several guards and taking them out mercilessly while British spy Asha looks on slack jawed, and it gets better from there. [[spoiler: After killing Temple the nuke is launched, and everyone is shocked as it looks like the Boss is doing a HeroicSacrifice to stop it. Thinking it's their last chance each Saint pours their heart out as parting words only for the Boss to manage to grab onto the missile and disable it, in flight, ''all'' of this happening while Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s [[Film/{{Armageddon}} "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"]] plays before it explodes. The Boss then ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall flashes a thumbs up at the audience]]'', before ''[[DynamicEntry crashing into]]'' the Oval Office of the White House, and sitting in the President's chair, while the adoration of America, the Presidency, Keith fucking David and Benjamin motherfucking King is "Unlocked" for the Saints.]] '''Bad. Ass.'''

* Although sometimes a source of NightmareFuel (since they're, y'know [[CaptainObvious nightmares]] [[AndIMustScream designed to break the victims mind]]), the simulations for the lieutenants end up with them pulling a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome [[GreatEscape to break out]], with their Loyalty missions often being to finish what they just started:

* Starting with the first mission, ''[[Film/ZeroDarkThirty Zero Saints Thirty.]]'' The Saints team up with [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] to hunt down and kill a known terrorist. [[spoiler: After the events of the "Save Your Homies" ending of ''Saints Row the Third'', Cyrus Temple could not stand the Saints being hailed as heroes, and plans to nuke Washington DC in retaliation.]] The Boss begins by rushing several guards and taking them out mercilessly while British spy Asha looks on slack jawed, and it gets better from there. [[spoiler: After killing Temple the nuke is launched, and everyone is shocked as it looks like the Boss is doing a HeroicSacrifice to stop it. Thinking it's their last chance each Saint pours their heart out as parting words only for the Boss to manage to grab onto the missile and disable it, in flight, ALL of this happening while Aerosmith's ''Don't Want to Miss A Thing'' plays before it explodes. The Boss then ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall flashes a thumbs up at the audience]]'', before ''[[DynamicEntry crashing into]]'' the Oval Office of the White House, and sitting in the President's chair, while the adoration of America, the Presidency, Keith fucking David and Benjamin motherfucking King is "Unlocked" for the Saints.]] '''Bad. Ass.'''

** [[spoiler: To save Kinzie, you return to 50s!Steelport, to find that it has been taking over by a deliberately {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]][=/=]StrawMisogynist [[ArmiesAreEvil Cyrus Temple]] (and has forced Kinzie to be his {{housewife}} [[MindRape against her will]]). After [[ShutUpHannibal shutting down his propaganda machine]], you take down Cyrus [[ThePowerOfRock with weaponized Dubstep]].]] Her loyalty mission [[spoiler: has you taking out Cyrus and STAG once and for all, by plowing through his armies like they were made of paper.]] The [[AwesomeMusic hard-pumping rock and roll lets you know that]] '''[[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth SHIT JUST GOT REAL]]''', and the way that [[spoiler: Kinzie]] [[FinishingMove finishes off]] [[spoiler: Cyrus and the rest of Stag]] is the definition of CrazyAwesome: [[spoiler: she drops [[{{Fartillery}} a nuclear fart]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction taking out all the STAG]], then delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Cyrus, all while dropping a ClusterFBomb rant that is really cathartic (if a litttle weird) to hear coming from her mouth to tell Cyrus [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech all the reasons he sucks]].]]

** Asha [[spoiler: has you aiding her in taking down your EvilTwin in one huge nod to the MetalGearSolid series specifically, and [[StealthBasedGame stealth-based games]] as a whole. After [[MirrorMatch kicking your own ass]], you and Asha DoubleTap yourself one more time for old times sake, and Asha flicks her cigarette on your evil corpse.]] Her loyalty mission [[spoiler: starts off pedestrian with escorting a VIP, but quickly escalates to a high-speed chase out of a political thriller movie. And then Prof. Genki shows up, becomes Super Genki, and you both get to kick his ass with superpowers.]]

** [[spoiler: After slogging through [[FauxAffablyEvil Zinyak's]] [[{{Troll}} insufferable text-based adventure]], Matt Miller takes out [[LargeAndInCharge Killbane]] in a no-holds-barred pro-wrestling match]]. In his loyalty mission, [[spoiler: he lives out his SelfInsertFic with Nyteblade, turns the Boss over to the show, and is given full legal rights to the franchise!]]

* Starting with the first mission, ''[[Film/ZeroDarkThirty Zero Saints Thirty.]]'' The Saints team up with [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] to hunt down and kill a known terrorist. [[spoiler: After the events of the "Save Your Homies" ending of ''Saints Row the Third'', Cyrus Temple could not stand the Saints being hailed as heroes, and plans to nuke Washington DC in retaliation.]] The Boss begins by rushing several guards and taking them out mercilessly while British spy Asha looks on slack jawed, and it gets better from there. [[spoiler: After killing Temple the nuke is launched, and everyone is shocked as it looks like the Boss is doing a HeroicSacrifice to stop it. Thinking it's their last chance each Saint pours their heart out as parting words only for the Boss to manage to grab onto the missile and disable it, in flight, ALL of this happening while Aerosmith's ''Don't Want to Miss A Thing'' plays before it explodes. The Boss then ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall flashes a thumbs up at the audience]]'', before ''[[DynamicEntry crashing into]]'' the Oval Office of the White House, and sitting in the President's chair, while the adoration of America, the Presidency, Keith fucking David and Benjamin motherfucking King is "Unlocked" for the Saints.]] '''[[{{Badass}} Bad. Ass.]]'''

** Benjamin King [[spoiler:helped build the pyramids, Shakespeare to write Hamlet, stopped at least one Viking raid, boosted the wheels from the first car, and partied with Nero while Rome burned.]]

** [[spoiler: After slogging through [[FauxAffablyEvil Zinyak's]] [[{{Troll}} insufferable text-based adventure]], Matt Miller takes out [[LargeAndInCharge Killbane]] in a no-holds-barred pro-wrestling match]]. In his loyalty mission, [[spoiler: he lives out his SelfInsertFic with Nyteblade, turns the Boss over to the franchise, and is given full legal rights to the franchise!]]

** [[spoiler: To save Kinzie, you return to 50s!Steelport, to find that it has been taking over by a deliberately {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed [[StrawCharacter Straw Conservative]][=/=]StrawMisogynist [[ArmiesAreEvil Cyrus Temple]] (and has forced Kinzie to be his {{housewife}} [[MindRape against her will]]). After [[ShutUpHannibal shutting down his propaganda machine]], you take down Cyrus [[ThePowerOfRock with weaponized Dubstep]].]] Her loyalty mission [[spoiler: has you taking out Cyrus and STAG once and for all, by plowing through his armies like they were made of paper.]] The [[AwesomeMusic hard-pumping rock and roll lets you know that]] '''[[ProblemSleuth SHIT JUST GOT REAL]]''', and the way that [[spoiler: Kinzie]] [[FinishingMove finishes off]] [[spoiler: Cyrus and the rest of Stag]] is the definition of CrazyAwesome: [[spoiler: she drops [[{{Fartillery}} a nuclear fart]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction taking out all the STAG]], then delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Cyrus, all while dropping a ClusterFBomb rant that is really cathartic (if a litttle weird) to hear coming from her mouth to tell Cyrus [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech all the reasons he sucks]].]]

* Starting with the first mission, ''[[ZeroDarkThirty Zero Saints Thirty.]]'' The Saints team up with [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] to hunt down and kill a known terrorist. [[spoiler: After the events of the "Save Your Homies" ending of ''Saints Row the Third'', Cyrus Temple could not stand the Saints being hailed as heroes, and plans to nuke Washington DC in retaliation.]] The Boss begins by rushing several guards and taking them out mercilessly while British spy Asha looks on slack jawed, and it gets better from there. [[spoiler: After killing Temple the nuke is launched, and everyone is shocked as it looks like the Boss is doing a HeroicSacrifice to stop it. Thinking it's their last chance each Saint pours their heart out as parting words only for the Boss to manage to grab onto the missile and disable it, in flight, ALL of this happening while Aerosmith's ''Don't Want to Miss A Thing'' plays before it explodes. The Boss then ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall flashes a thumbs up at the audience]]'', before ''[[DynamicEntry crashing into]]'' the Oval Office of the White House, and sitting in the President's chair, while the adoration of America, the Presidency, Keith fucking David and Benjamin motherfucking King is "Unlocked" for the Saints.]] '''[[{{Badass}} Bad. Ass.]]'''

** Asha [[spoiler: pranked the moon landings and fought the British occupation with Ghandi (using kung fu naturally).]]

** Johnny Gat [[spoiler: explained to Columbus the Earth was round, worked for Attila the Hun, cut down Washington's cherry tree, pimped out the Trojan Horse, graffitied a dinosaur skeleton, stole the golden transcontinental railroad spike, scammed Custer with a life insurance policy, sabotaged a chariot race and took part in the shootout at the OK corral with an M16 assault rifle!.]]

* Starting with the first mission, ''[[ZeroDarkThirty Zero Saints Thirty.]]'' The Saints team up with [[SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] to hunt down and kill a known terrorist. [[spoiler: After the events of the "Save Your Homies" ending of ''Saints Row the Third'', Cyrus Temple could not stand the Saints being hailed as heroes, and plans to nuke Washington DC in retaliation.]] The Boss begins by rushing several guards and taking them out mercilessly while British spy Asha looks on slack jawed, and it gets better from there. [[spoiler: After killing Temple the nuke is launched, and everyone is shocked as it looks like the Boss is doing a HeroicSacrifice to stop it. Boss manages to grab onto the missile and disable it, in flight, while Aerosmith's ''Don't Want to Miss A Thing'' plays before it explodes. The Boss then ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall flashes a thumbs up at the audience]]'', before ''[[DynamicEntry crashing into]]'' the Oval Office of the White House, and sitting in the President's chair, while the adoration of America, the Presidency, Keith fucking David and Benjamin motherfucking King is "Unlocked" for the Saints.]] '''[[{{Badass}} Bad. Ass.]]'''

** And hey, on top of that Kinzie has seemingly proved her own popularity and is also playable in the expansion too!

* And, Volition keeps bringing the love! In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=moE-nxRVwPY the announcement trailer for the latest stand-alone expansion]], they reveal that you will play as Johnny Gat, and your mission will be to go into Hell and shoot the Devil in the face. Budge over, Doom Marine. Saints Row don't shiv.

* The whole escape mission after the President [[spoiler:wakes up from the simulation for the first time. After massacring his or her way through countless hardened Zin soldiers an djumping aboard Kinzie and Keith David's spaceship, the President proceeds to pilot the ship while Haddaway's "What Is Love" song is playing]]. '''Epic'''.

* The whole escape mission after the President [[spoiler:wakes up from the simulation for the first time. After jumping aboard Kinzie and Keith David's spaceship, the President proceeds to pilot the ship while Haddaway's "What Is Love" song is playing]]. '''Epic'''.

* Although sometimes a source of NightmareFuel (since they're, y'know [[CaptainObvious nightmares]] [[AndIMustScream designed to break the victims mind]]), the simulations for the lieutenants end up with them pulling a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome [[TheGreatEscape to break out]], with their Loyalty missions often being to finish what they just started:

* And, Volition keeps bringing the love! In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=moE-nxRVwPY the announcement trailer for the latest stand-alone expansion]], you play as Johnny Gat, and your mission is to go into Hell and shoot the Devil in the face. Budge over, Doom Marine. Saints Row don't shiv.

* The XMAS DLC is basically the Saints' Boss going on AnAsskickingChristmas, going head-to-head with Santa Claus' EvilTwin, [[BadSanta Clawz]]. And not only does it get ReferenceOverdosed on some of the most legendary {{Christmas Special}}s of all time, but it's still feels more genuinely [[BuffySpeak Christmas-y]] than most other Christmas Specials that are OnlyInItForTheMoney.

* In the entirety of the XMAS DLC there is not one single ho joke. That is ''epic'' self control on Volition's part.
** That, and the fact the XMAS DLC is basically the Saints' Boss going on AnAsskickingChristmas, going head-to-head with Santa Claus' EvilTwin, [[BadSanta Clawz]]. And not only does it get ReferenceOverdosed on some of the most legendary {{Christmas Special}}s of all time, but it's still feels more genuinely [[BuffySpeak Christmas-y]] than most other Christmas Specials that are OnlyInItForTheMoney.

** Benjamin King [[spoiler:helped build the pyramids, Shakespeare to write Hamlet, assisted the Vikings on their raids, boosted the wheels from the first car, and partied with Nero while Rome burned.]]

* All throughout the XMAS DLC and not one ho joke. Since the series lived and breathed this incredible self control.

-->'''The President:''' "Get the hell off my lawn, you son of a bitch!"