History Trivia / SaintsRow

** LauraBailey provides the generic female voice. [[{{Bloodrayne}} Suddenly the vampire references make sense.]]

* The second game has a fair amount of references to anime and manga, particularly as far as the Ronin are concerned. Three of the bikes in the game are named Kenshin, Tetsuo, and Kaneda; the latter two are references to ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', the former, possibly ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''BattleRoyale''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime VAs: YuriLowenthal and SteveBlum, respectively.

*** In addition, AdultSwim [[http://www.adultswim.com/promos/201110_saintsrow/index.html has its own radio station in the game]], with [[{{Delocated}} Jon]] deejaying.

** Hi [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Goliath]], err, [[Film/TheThing Childs]], err, [[MassEffect Anderson]], err, [[{{Halo}} Arbiter]], err, [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} The Cat]], err, [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]], err, Julius. KeithDavid: One of the best [=VA=]s ever.
** From the sequel, to name a few, there's [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Faith]], [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]], [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]]/[[HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] (NeilPatrickHarris), [[MyNameIsEarl Joy]], [[VideoGame/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian and Captain David Anderson]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Hermes]], [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]], [[BillyAndMandy Grim]], Jay Mohr, and many, ''many'' more...

** Don't know why [[{{Lost}} Jin]] felt so bad about hurting people when he worked for Sun's father. He seems to love doing it now.

** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', TroyBaker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to NolanNorth.
** LauraBailey provides the generic female voice. [[{{Bloodrayne}} Suddenly the vampire references make sense.]]
** SteveBlum does the zombie voice.
** HulkHogan comes in to voice Angel De [=LaMuerte=], and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola [=DeWynter=].
** The Cockney voice option in The Third is provided by RobinAtkinDownes.

*** Natalie Lander ([[VideoGame/GodOfWar Pandora]]) does the voice of Kinzie

** MichelleRuff ([[StreetFighterIV Crimson Viper]], [[{{Drakengard}} Arioch]], and [[LupinIII Fujiko]]) is Jenny Jaros.
* The second game has a fair amount of references to anime and manga, particularly as far as the Ronin are concerned. Three of the bikes in the game are named Kenshin, Tetsuo, and Kaneda; the latter two are references to ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', the former, possibly ''RurouniKenshin''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''BattleRoyale''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime VAs: YuriLowenthal and SteveBlum, respectively.

** YuriLowenthal puts on a FakeBrit voice for Syndicate hacker Matt Miller(Which makes him the second Gang leader he has voiced, since he voiced Shogo Akuji in 2), and his wife TaraPlatt acts as the protagonist's FakeRussian female voice.

** MichelleRuff ([[StreetFighterIV Crimson Viper]], [[{{Drakengard}} Arioch]], and [[[[LupinIII Fujiko]]) is Jenny Jaros.

** Hi [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Goliath]], err, [[Film/TheThing Childs]], err, [[MassEffect Anderson]], err, [[{{Halo}} Arbiter]], err, [[Film/{{Coraline}} The Cat]], err, [[ThePrincessAndTheFrog Dr. Facilier]], err, Julius. KeithDavid: One of the best [=VA=]s ever.

** From the sequel, to name a few, there's [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Faith]], [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]], [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]]/[[HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] (NeilPatrickHarris), [[MyNameIsEarl Joy]], [[VideoGame/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian and Captain David Anderson]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Hermes]], [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]], [[BillyAndMandy Grim]], Jay Mohr, and many, ''many'' more...

** In the first one you had Michael Clark Duncan, Keith David, MilaKunis, Daniel Dae Kim, etc.

** MichelleRuff ([[LupinIII Fujiko]]) is Jenny Jaros.

** From the sequel, to name a few, there's [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Faith]], [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Worf]], [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]]/[[HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson]] (NeilPatrickHarris), [[MyNameIsEarl Joy]], [[MassEffect Garrus Vakarian and Captain David Anderson]], [[{{Futurama}} Hermes]], [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]], [[BillyAndMandy Grim]], Jay Mohr, and many, ''many'' more...

*** Natalie Lander ([[GodOfWar Pandora]]) does the voice of Kinzie

** Jane Valderama is [[FamilyGuy Asian correspondent, Trisha Takenawa.]]

* The second game has a fair amount of references to anime and manga, particularly as far as the Ronin are concerned. Three of the bikes in the game are named Kenshin, Tetsuo, and Kaneda; the latter two are references to ''{{Akira}}'', the former, possibly ''RurouniKenshin''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''BattleRoyale''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime VAs: YuriLowenthal and SteveBlum, respectively.

* The Morning Star specialist in Saints Row 3 bears a striking resemblance to [[VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines Maxmillian Strauss.]]

*** RobVanDam voices one of the announcers in the Professor Genki activity and Rick Wasserman([[TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Thor]] voices Killbane

* The second game has a fair amount of references to anime and manga, particularly as far as the Ronin are concerned. Three of the bikes in the game are named Kenshin, Tetsuo, and Kaneda; the latter two are references to ''{{Akira}}'', the former, possible ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RurouniKenshin Ruronin Kenshin]]''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''BattleRoyale''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime VAs: YuriLowenthal and SteveBlum, respectively.

* The second game has a fair amount of references to anime and manga, particularly as far as the Ronin are concerned. Three of the bikes in the game are named Kenshin, Tetsuo, and Kaneda; the latter two are references to ''{{Akira}}'', the former, possible ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RurouniKenshin Ruronin Kenshin]]''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''BattleRoyale''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime VAs: YuriLowenthal and SteveBlum, respectively.

** [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko]] is ''EVERYWHERE'' in the first game. Random Saints, pedestrians, and even Vice Kings sound like they're about to start Firebending any minute.

*** Tim Thomerson voices Cyrus Temple
* Burt fucking Reynolds plays...[[ShapedLikeItself Burt fucking Reynolds.]]

*** Hey it's those three guys. KeithDavid played a FBI agent, Michael Clark Duncan reprised his role as Kingpin and NeilPatrickHarris was the web crawler himself in the 2003 Spider-ManTheNewAnimatedSeries.

*** Hey it's those two guys. Keith David played a FBI agent and Michael Clark Duncan reprised his role as Kingpin in the 2003 Spider-Man.

** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', TroyBaker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to NolanNorth, LauraBailey provides the generic female voice, SteveBlum does the zombie voice, HulkHogan comes in to voice Angel De [=LaMuerte=], and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola [=DeWynter=]. The Cockney voice option in The Third is provided by RobinAtkinDownes, YuriLowenthal puts on a FakeBrit voice for Syndicate hacker Matt Miller(Which makes him the second Gang leader he has voiced, since he voiced Shogo Akuji in 2), and his wife TaraPlatt acts as the protagonist's FakeRussian female voice.

** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', TroyBaker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to NolanNorth, LauraBailey provides the generic female voice, SteveBlum does the zombie voice, HulkHogan comes in to voice Angel De [=LaMuerte=], and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola [=DeWynter=]. The Cockney voice option in The Third is provided by RobinAtkinDownes, YuriLowenthal puts on a FakeBrit voice for Syndicate hacker Matt Miller, and his wife TaraPlatt acts as the protagonist's FakeRussian female voice.

** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', TroyBaker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to NolanNorth, LauraBailey provides the generic female voice, SteveBlum does the zombie voice, HulkHogan comes in to voice Angel De [=LaMuerte=], and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola [=DeWynter=].

** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', TroyBaker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to NolanNorth, LauraBailey provides the generic female voice, HulkHogan comes in to voice Angel De [=LaMuerte=], and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola [=DeWynter=].

** In SaintsRowTheThird, TroyBaker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to NolanNorth, HulkHogan comes in to voice Angel De [=LaMuerte=], and SashaGrey voices Viola [=DeWynter=].

** Celebrated Japanese game designer Tomonobu Itagaki (DeadOrAlive, NinjaGaiden, Devil's Third) will be a playable character!