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* RateLimitedPerpetualResource: Throughout the series, you may acquire real estate assets throughout their respective game worlds that subsequently generate money every few real-time minutes. However, said money is not transferred directly to you, but instead to your cribs, which you have to visit regularly to fetch it, as the amount the cribs can hold is capped and once the cap is reached, any additional income is forfeit. This mechanic becomes rather ludicrous from ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' onward, where can collect the income from anywhere by simply using your cellphone -- but you still have to do so manually for whatever reason, and you lose any income above the cap if you neglect it.
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* StoppedNumberingSequels: Second installment had "2", third "The Third", fourth had "IV". 2022 game had a RecycledTitle.
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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' (2006): An UsefulNotes/Xbox360-exclusive.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' (2008): Released on Xbox 360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, later ported to PC.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' (2011): On Xbox 360, [=PS3=], PC, later ported to Xbox One, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' (2006): An UsefulNotes/Xbox360-exclusive.
Platform/Xbox360-exclusive.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' (2008): Released on Xbox 360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, Platform/PlayStation3, later ported to PC.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' (2011): On Xbox 360, [=PS3=], PC, later ported to Xbox One, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.Platform/PlayStation4.



** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' (2015): On Xbox 360, [=PS3=], PC, Xbox One, and [=PS4=].[[/index]]
* ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRow2022 Saints Row]]'' (2022): A ContinuityReboot for Xbox One, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, [=PlayStation=] 4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and PC.

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** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' (2015): On Xbox 360, [=PS3=], PC, Xbox One, and [=PS4=].[[/index]]
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* ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRow2022 Saints Row]]'' (2022): A ContinuityReboot for Xbox One, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS, [=PlayStation=] 4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 Platform/PlayStation5 and PC.
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** In ''IV'', the chatter of the mooks in the Asha rescue mission is hilarious [[spoiler:especially considering the [[Franchise/MetalGear context]] of the parody]].

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** In ''IV'', the chatter of the mooks in the Asha rescue mission is hilarious [[spoiler:especially considering the [[Franchise/MetalGear [[VideoGame/MetalGear context]] of the parody]].



** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 "I need scissors! 61!"]]
*** Also, "''The Fury!''" and "''The Pain!''" Somebody liked ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 MGS3]]''.

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** [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty "I need scissors! 61!"]]
*** Also, "''The Fury!''" and "''The Pain!''" Somebody liked ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3 ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater MGS3]]''.
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* AffectionateParody: The franchise has always approached things with tongue firmly in cheek, but by the third game, things have gone far enough toward Silliness on the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness that it's effectively a parody of [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto open-world]] [[VideoGame/TrueCrimeNewYorkCity crime-based]] [[VideoGame/SleepingDogs games]], in general. ''Saints Row IV'' could accurately be called the ''Film/{{Airplane}}!'' of video games, with almost too many references, obvious and subtle, to list here.

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* AffectionateParody: The franchise has always approached things with tongue firmly in cheek, but by the third game, things have gone far enough toward Silliness on the SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness that it's effectively a parody of [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto open-world]] [[VideoGame/TrueCrimeNewYorkCity crime-based]] [[VideoGame/SleepingDogs [[VideoGame/SleepingDogs2012 games]], in general. ''Saints Row IV'' could accurately be called the ''Film/{{Airplane}}!'' of video games, with almost too many references, obvious and subtle, to list here.
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* AbsurdBrandName: The original series from ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' onwards call the location where you get your vehicles customized "Rim Jobs".
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Sadly, with the closure of Creator/{{Volition}} by the Embracer Group in 2023, any future the series may have had is not looking bright.

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* NoNameGiven: The PlayerCharacter is addressed as Playa by his homies, and pretty much nothing else - their name is never brought up, despite their eventual fame. Even in the newspaper clippings in the second game, they’re only referred to as "The leader of the Third Street Saints". Carlos tends to call them Boss.

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* NoNameGiven: The PlayerCharacter is addressed as Playa or Boss by his homies, and pretty much nothing else - their name is never brought up, despite their eventual fame. Even in the newspaper clippings in the second game, they’re only referred to as "The leader of the Third Street Saints". Carlos tends to call them Boss.



** TruthInTelevision on the first one. [[GangInitiationFight initiations frequently consist of getting the crap beat out of you by the other gang members until the leader calls for it to stop.]]
** In the third game, you can complete a challenge by beating 25 enemies to death bare-handed.

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** TruthInTelevision on the first one. [[GangInitiationFight initiations Initiations frequently consist of getting the crap beat out of you by the other gang members until the leader calls for it to stop.]]
** In A few missions in ''The Third'' involve your character being either unarmed or having their loadout inaccessible.
*** "I'm Free - Free Falling" starts you off unarmed (justified as
the third game, you can complete a challenge player was arrested and later taken hostage by beating 25 the Syndicate) against enemies who are also unarmed, initially. You later gain a pistol a minute later.
*** "Murderbrawl XXXI" restricts you
to death bare-handed.your fists. However, you are given improvised melee weapons throughout the mission. At one point, you are given a chainsaw for a short time.



* OptionalTrafficLaws: It's hard to actually follow traffic laws when you're listening to Wolfmother. Moreover, every game in the series gives bonus points for power sliding, near misses, and driving in the wrong lane.

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* OptionalTrafficLaws: It's hard to actually follow traffic laws when you're listening to Wolfmother. Moreover, every game in the series gives bonus points for power sliding, power-sliding, near misses, and driving in the wrong lane.

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** ''IV'' has Zinyak, a ten-feet tall alien.

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** ''IV'' subverts this for the most part. It has Zinyak, a ten-feet tall alien.alien, but throws in an EvilDoppelganger of the protagonist as an ArcVillain.
** The reboot returns to the same setup as the first two games, with Panteros gang leader Sergio Velez, Marshall CEO Atticus Marshall, and the Collective, the [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Sextumvirate]] who run the Idols. [[spoiler:After they are dealt with, the game's StarterVillain, the Nahualli, who had joined you midway through, pulls a FaceHeelTurn and betrays you, becoming the final BigBad you have to contend with]].
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** Even the second didn't get too outlandish and, though tongue in cheek, kept it's feet on the ground. By the third game the developers took the silliness [[ExaggeratedTrope even further]] and kept on rolling with it into the fourth game.

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** Even the second didn't get too outlandish and, though tongue in cheek, kept it's its feet on the ground. By the third game the developers took the silliness [[ExaggeratedTrope even further]] and kept on rolling with it into the fourth game.



*** STAG ends up trying to do this themselves at the end, where Kia attempts to destroy the Magarac Island statue to frame the Saints as a domestic terrorist group.

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*** STAG ends up trying to do this themselves at the end, where Kia attempts to destroy the Magarac Island statue to frame the Saints as a domestic terrorist group. [[spoiler:If you choose to go after Killbane, STAG will destroy the statue and gain authorization to bring in the Daedalus]].
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* BareYourMidriff: Lin and Tanya in the first game, Shaundi and Jessica in the second, and Asha in her superpower outfit in the fourth. You can also dress the Playa like this post-''Saints Row 1''.
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** Please ''do not'' fuck with Boss' crew; if you do, it's likely that you'll end up in [[spoiler:the trunk of a car about to be crushed.]] Or [[spoiler:BuriedAlive, as Shogo found out after killing Aisha (albeit indirectly) and ''then'' interrupting her funeral.]]

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** Please ''do not'' fuck with Boss' crew; if you do, it's likely that you'll end up in [[spoiler:the trunk of a car about to be crushed.]] crushed]]. Or [[spoiler:BuriedAlive, as Shogo found out after killing Aisha (albeit indirectly) and ''then'' interrupting her funeral.]]



** Killbane doesn't being called [[DoNotCallMePaul Eddie]] just as much as Loren's dislike of being called French.

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** Killbane doesn't like being called [[DoNotCallMePaul Eddie]] just as much as Loren's dislike of being called French.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. Some gang-bosses turn out to be powerful boss-characters, while others are just weak administrators dispatched with ease, or even executed in a cutscene. The player character can be said to be an embodiment of the trope from the second game onwards, but notably, [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority "Playa" was kicking ass in the first game, too]]. Meanwhile, Julius - the original leader - [[spoiler:is killed in a cutscene]], and rarely ever kicks any real ass, much as he talks the talk.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]. Some gang-bosses turn out to be powerful boss-characters, while others are just weak administrators dispatched with ease, or even executed in a cutscene. The player character can be said to be an embodiment of the trope from the second game onwards, but notably, [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership "Playa" was kicking ass in the first game, too]]. Meanwhile, Julius - the original leader - [[spoiler:is killed in a cutscene]], and rarely ever kicks any real ass, much as he talks the talk.

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* SexyWalk: In the second through fourth games, the lady models for the player avatar do this when walking the slowest speed.
** And there are options to make a female character walk sexier depending on the choice you make during creation.



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* SupermodelStrut: In the second through fourth games, the walking animation with the slowest speed for PlayerCharacter female models is a slow strut with sashaying hips. And there are actually options to make a female character walk sexier depending on the choice you make during character creation.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Adjust the "sex appeal" slider in character creation and a female Boss can end up with some absurdly large breasts.

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* BuxomIsBetter: BuxomBeautyStandard: Adjust the "sex appeal" slider in character creation and a female Boss can end up with some absurdly large breasts.
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** In a more villainous case, [[GoldDigger Tanya]] [[ManipulativeBitch Winters]] used her, uh... [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "talent"]] to climb up the ranks of the Vice Kings [[spoiler: and eventually take it over in a coup]].

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** In a more villainous case, [[GoldDigger Tanya]] [[ManipulativeBitch Winters]] used her, uh... [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow [[SexualEuphemism "talent"]] to climb up the ranks of the Vice Kings [[spoiler: and eventually take it over in a coup]].
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* CowardiceCallout: Across the first two games; [[{{Jerkass}} Warren Williams]] calls his boss Benjamin King a coward for not being a more violent and proactive gangster whilst they lose turf ([[ScaryBlackMan and he instantly regrets it]]), and Maero scathingly calls out Donnie for selling out his gang to save his own life.
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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' (2006): A UsefulNotes/Xbox360-exclusive.

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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' (2006): A An UsefulNotes/Xbox360-exclusive.



* BareYourMidriff: Lin and Tanya in the first game, Shaundi and Jessica in the second, and Asha in her superpower outfit in the fourth. You can also dress the Playa like this post-''SR1''.

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* BareYourMidriff: Lin and Tanya in the first game, Shaundi and Jessica in the second, and Asha in her superpower outfit in the fourth. You can also dress the Playa like this post-''SR1''.post-''Saints Row 1''.



** The fourth game takes this UpToEleven and allows you to change the look of almost every weapon to bling to your personal taste.

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** The fourth game takes this UpToEleven further and allows you to change the look of almost every weapon to bling to your personal taste.



** Even the second didn't get too outlandish and, though tongue in cheek, kept it's feet on the ground. By the third game the developers cranked the silliness UpToEleven and kept on rolling with it into the fourth game.

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** Even the second didn't get too outlandish and, though tongue in cheek, kept it's feet on the ground. By the third game the developers cranked took the silliness UpToEleven [[ExaggeratedTrope even further]] and kept on rolling with it into the fourth game.
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* ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRow2022 Saints Row]]'' (2022): An upcoming ContinuityReboot of the series announced at Gamescom 2021 for Xbox One, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, [=PlayStation=] 4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and PC.

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* ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRow2022 Saints Row]]'' (2022): An upcoming A ContinuityReboot of the series announced at Gamescom 2021 for Xbox One, UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS, [=PlayStation=] 4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and PC.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saints_row_7160.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Pierce [[ButtMonkey Washington]], [[AxCrazy Johnny]] [[BloodKnight Gat]], [[PlayerCharacter the]] [[OneManArmy Boss]] ([[VirtualPaperDoll by default]]), [[ReallyGetsAround Shaundi]], [[MaskedLuchador Angel De LaMuerte]]]]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/saints_row_7160.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Pierce [[ButtMonkey Pierce Washington]], [[AxCrazy Johnny]] [[BloodKnight Gat]], [[PlayerCharacter the]] [[OneManArmy Boss]] ([[VirtualPaperDoll by default]]), [[ReallyGetsAround Shaundi]], [[MaskedLuchador Angel De LaMuerte]]]]
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-->'''Johnny Gat''':"Turns out Tanya's been fuckin' people in every sense of the word. Not only is she blowin' King's [[TheBrute bodyguard]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Big Tony]], but she's fuckin' [[TheDragon Warren Williams]], [[TheEvilGenius their numbers guy]], whenever Tony ain't lookin'. Between Tony and Warren, the only person she isn't leading around by their cock is [[BigBad King]]."

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-->'''Johnny Gat''':"Turns Gat''': "Turns out Tanya's been fuckin' people in every sense of the word. Not only is she blowin' King's [[TheBrute bodyguard]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Big Tony]], but she's fuckin' [[TheDragon Warren Williams]], [[TheEvilGenius their numbers guy]], whenever Tony ain't lookin'. Between Tony and Warren, the only person she isn't leading around by their cock is [[BigBad King]]."

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** In a more villainous case, [[GoldDigger Tanya]] [[ManipulativeBitch Winters]] used her, uh... [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "talent"]] to climb up the ranks of the Vice Kings [[spoiler: and eventually take it over in a coup]]. To quote Johnny Gat: "Turns out Tanya's been fuckin' people in every sense of the word. Not only is she blowin' King's [[TheBrute bodyguard]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Big Tony]], but she's fuckin' [[TheDragon Warren Williams]], [[TheEvilGenius their numbers guy]], whenever Tony ain't lookin'. Between Tony and Warren, the only person she isn't leading around by their cock is [[BigBad King]]."

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** In a more villainous case, [[GoldDigger Tanya]] [[ManipulativeBitch Winters]] used her, uh... [[IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow "talent"]] to climb up the ranks of the Vice Kings [[spoiler: and eventually take it over in a coup]]. To quote Johnny Gat: "Turns
-->'''Johnny Gat''':"Turns
out Tanya's been fuckin' people in every sense of the word. Not only is she blowin' King's [[TheBrute bodyguard]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Big Tony]], but she's fuckin' [[TheDragon Warren Williams]], [[TheEvilGenius their numbers guy]], whenever Tony ain't lookin'. Between Tony and Warren, the only person she isn't leading around by their cock is [[BigBad King]]."
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** TruthInTelevision on the first one. [[GangInitiationFightGang initiations frequently consist of getting the crap beat out of you by the other gang members until the leader calls for it to stop.]]

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** TruthInTelevision on the first one. [[GangInitiationFightGang [[GangInitiationFight initiations frequently consist of getting the crap beat out of you by the other gang members until the leader calls for it to stop.]]
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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' (2006): A UsefulNotes/Xbox360-exclusive, later ported to UsefulNotes/XboxOne.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' (2008): Released on Xbox 360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, later ported to PC and Xbox One.

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* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' (2006): A UsefulNotes/Xbox360-exclusive, later ported to UsefulNotes/XboxOne.
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* FacelessProtagonist: Your character's voice, gender and appearance is completely dependent on what the player chooses in the character creation screen. During the intro missions for ''The Third'' and ''IV'', you haven't had the chance to create your character yet, so you play as this during this one mission, by having the Boss wear an outfit that completely covers his body and either having him/her wear a voice changing mask (''Third''), or having the communicator malfunction (''IV'').


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* FeaturelessProtagonist: Your character's voice, gender and appearance is completely dependent on what the player chooses in the character creation screen. During the intro missions for ''The Third'' and ''IV'', you haven't had the chance to create your character yet, so you play as this during this one mission, by having the Boss wear an outfit that completely covers his body and either having him/her wear a voice changing mask (''Third''), or having the communicator malfunction (''IV'').
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* NoNameGiven: The PlayerCharacter is addressed as Playa by his homies, and pretty much nothing else - their name is never brought up, despite their eventual fame. Even in the newspaper clippings in the second game, they’re only referred to as "The leader of the Third Street Saints". Their FanNickname is "Boss". Carlos tends to call them that as well.

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* NoNameGiven: The PlayerCharacter is addressed as Playa by his homies, and pretty much nothing else - their name is never brought up, despite their eventual fame. Even in the newspaper clippings in the second game, they’re only referred to as "The leader of the Third Street Saints". Their FanNickname is "Boss". Carlos tends to call them that as well.Boss.
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** Ultor has a thing for [[black:black]] and [[orange:orange]] in the second game. See the Masako "special-ops" teams in particular.
** STAG in the third is primarily [[white:white]] with some splashes of [[orange:orange]] here and there.

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** Ultor has a thing for [[black:black]] black and [[orange:orange]] [[cinnamon:orange]] in the second game. See the Masako "special-ops" teams in particular.
** STAG in the third is primarily [[white:white]] with some splashes of [[orange:orange]] [[cinnamon:orange]] here and there.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Benjamin King is a little like one in the first one, but Ultor Corp. is this full stop in the second game, especially Dane Vogel.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Benjamin King is a little like one in the first one, but Ultor Corp. is this full stop in the second game, especially Dane Vogel.



** Not to mention you can sometimes hear him calling The Mix and requesting Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", calling it his theme song. This continues even after his demise!

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** Not to mention you can sometimes hear him calling The Mix FM and requesting Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", calling it his theme song. This continues even after his demise!



** This becomes even more clear during the Fuzz activity, where the Boss assumes the roll of a beat cop to get footage for a tv show. By the later levels of the activity, you're chasing down eco-terrorists setting pedestrians on fire, rogue [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APCs]] tearing through the streets, attack helicopters raining missiles down from the sky, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pirates and ninjas fighting in the streets]]. Bear in mind, all these crimes are taking place ''with no involvement from the player''.
* CrowdSong: Early in ''The Third'', Boss and Pierce sing Music/{{Sublime}}'s classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxWUIl8Crvo "What I Got".]] During the credits, five of the Playa's voices [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSc7yehDx9I&feature=related sing.]]
** In the fourth game, there is a duet with The Boss and Pierce of Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract", with The Boss doing the Paula Abdul portions. And again later, there is a second sing-a-long to Biz Markie's "Just a Friend". [[spoiler:Which Zinyak interrupts and "ruins" the song.]]
* CulturedBadass: Oleg in the third game, Pierce in the third and fourth, and especially Zinyak in the fourth are all fond of classic literature and poetry. One of the Boss's voices alludes to this in the third game and it graduates to a running gag in the fourth.
* DarkActionGirl: The female Boss in ''[=SR2=]'', ''[=SR3=]'', and ''[=SR4=]''.

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** This becomes even more clear during the Fuzz activity, where the Boss assumes the roll of a beat cop to get footage for a tv TV show. By the later levels of the activity, you're chasing down eco-terrorists setting pedestrians on fire, rogue [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APCs]] tearing through the streets, attack helicopters raining missiles down from the sky, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking pirates and ninjas fighting in the streets]]. Bear in mind, all these crimes are taking place ''with no involvement from the player''.
* CrowdSong: Early in ''The Third'', the Boss and Pierce sing Music/{{Sublime}}'s classic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxWUIl8Crvo "What I Got".]] During the credits, five of the Playa's voices [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSc7yehDx9I&feature=related sing.]]
** In the fourth game, there is a duet with The Boss and Pierce of Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract", with The Boss doing the Paula Abdul Abdul’s portions. And again later, there is a second sing-a-long to Biz Markie's "Just a Friend". [[spoiler:Which Zinyak interrupts and "ruins" the song.]]
* CulturedBadass: Oleg in the third game, The Third, Pierce in the third The Third and fourth, IV, and especially Zinyak in the fourth IV are all fond of classic literature and poetry. One of the Boss's voices alludes to this in the third game and it graduates to a running gag in the fourth.
* DarkActionGirl: The female Boss in ''[=SR2=]'', ''[=SR3=]'', ''[=SRTT=]'', and ''[=SR4=]''.''[=SRIV=]''.



* FromNobodyToNightmare: ''The player character''. Playa, at the start of the first game, is just some random pedestrian who gets caught in gangland crossfire and is adopted by the Saints. By the end of the second game, they’re a full blown psychopath who's just taken over Stilwater, [[SequelEscalation with eyes on the rest of the world]]. Goes a step further in ''Saints Row: The Third'', in one ending [[spoiler:the Boss takes Steelport and secedes from the US.]]

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* FromNobodyToNightmare: ''The player character''.PlayerCharacter''. Playa, at the start of the first game, is just some random pedestrian who gets caught in gangland crossfire and is adopted by the Saints. By the end of the second game, they’re a full blown psychopath who's just taken over Stilwater, [[SequelEscalation with eyes on the rest of the world]]. Goes a step further in ''Saints Row: The Third'', in one ending [[spoiler:the Boss takes Steelport and secedes from the US.]]



** After [[spoiler:being indirectly responsible for an important gang member's death? Generally, I don't blame Donnie, but the man's a jinx.]]

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** After [[spoiler:being indirectly responsible for an important gang member's death? Generally, I don't Can’t blame Donnie, but the man's a jinx.]]



* LighterAndSofter: After the second game, the series steadily progresses in this direction, but ''How The Saints Save Christmas'' in the fourth game is a completely heroic story about the Saints saving Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit, and learning the true meaning of the holiday season.

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* LighterAndSofter: After the second game, the series steadily progresses in this direction, but ''How The Saints Save Christmas'' in the fourth game IV is a completely heroic story about the Saints saving Santa Claus and the Christmas spirit, and learning the true meaning of the holiday season.



* LuredIntoATrap: A mission in the first game's West Side Rollerz chain features you being lured to a pool hall only to be attacked by Rollerz.

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* LuredIntoATrap: A mission in the first game's West Side Westside Rollerz chain features you being lured to a pool hall only to be attacked by Rollerz.



* MuggingTheMonster: At the beginning of ''2'', right after the Boss breaks out of prison after being in a five-year coma, they go to a bar and watches the news. A member of the Brotherhood has the TV turned off and when the Boss tells him that they were watching the TV he responds, "I guess you're not watching now, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch are you bitch!]] [[GrievousBottleyHarm He promptly gets his own beer bottle smashed into his face.]]

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* MuggingTheMonster: At the beginning of ''2'', right after the Boss breaks out of prison after being in a five-year coma, they go to a bar and watches the news. A member of the Brotherhood has the TV turned off and when the Boss tells him that they were watching the TV he responds, "I guess you're not watching now, anymore, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch are you you, bitch!]] [[GrievousBottleyHarm He promptly gets his own beer bottle smashed into his face.]]



** TruthInTelevision on the first one. Gang initiations frequently consist of getting the crap beat out of you by the other gang members until the leader calls for it to stop.

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** TruthInTelevision on the first one. Gang [[GangInitiationFightGang initiations frequently consist of getting the crap beat out of you by the other gang members until the leader calls for it to stop.]]



* NostalgiaLevel: Recruiting Benjamin King in the fourth game revisits the opening scene of the very first game and spends time revisiting characters and setting elements from the original. Shaundi's recruitment revisits parts of the second and third games.

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* NostalgiaLevel: Recruiting Benjamin King in the fourth game IV revisits the opening scene of the very first game and spends time revisiting characters and setting elements from the original. Shaundi's recruitment revisits parts of the second and third games.

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