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3	''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce9J-J30B3o The Ballad of Mike Haggar]]'' is a video game compilation video telling the awesome story of ''VideoGame/FinalFight''[='s=] Mayor of Metro City (not related to [[WesternAnimation/MegaMind another Metro City]]), the eponymous Mike Haggar, as he tries and cleans his beloved city of the criminal scum that has taken it over. It displays [[CompellingVoice an awesome voiceover]], as well as a great video editing. Plus, the ending is '''AWESOME'''.
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5	!!Contains examples of:
6	* AGodIAmNot: Haggar refuses to [[spoiler:lead the [[Myth/NorseMythology Einherjar]] at Ragnarök]], choosing instead to [[spoiler:return to Earth]] and save Metro City.
7	--> "The path before Haggar was clear, / His duty was to end the Gear, / And thus he [[spoiler:shunned this godly war]], / Mayor was he, and nothing more.
8	* {{Ambadassador}}: Clearly, Haggar decided to resort to a ''different'' sort of diplomacy when negotiations failed.
9	* AndTheAdventureContinues: After all of that build up, you find out that [[spoiler:Haggar has only finished Round '''3''' of ''Final Fight''. He still has to plow through the Industrial Area, Bay Area, and Up Town]].
10	--> "And so, pursuing evil's scent, / Haggar strode forth, his wrath unspent, / And I, your faithful balladeer, / Cry out in zealous joy, [[spoiler:'Round Clear!']]"
11	* BadassNormal: Note that this doesn't stop him from [[spoiler:''piledriving a god'']].
12	* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler:Edi. E]] [[GenreSavvy takes advantage]] of his status as a FlunkyBoss by [[spoiler:''shooting'' Haggar while he's dealing with some {{Mooks}}]].
13	* ContractualImmortality: [[invoked]] He's the main character, and, as such, can't stay dead. [[spoiler:Even if it means piledriving '''[[Myth/NorseMythology ODIN]]''' out of Valhalla. ''From space.'']]
14	* {{Crossover}}: [[spoiler:After his death, Haggar winds up at the ''VideoGame/ValkyrieProfile'' version of Asgard in the Hall of Valhalla and meets that series' incarnation of Odin. [[HotGod Freya]] is briefly seen by his side in the throne room and then [[Franchise/HarryPotter apparates]] [[FlashStep away]] as Haggar walks in. Presumably, she isn't too happy about Haggar piledriving [[GodCouple her hubby]] all the way back down to Midgard, seemingly killing Odin in the process.]]
15	%%* CurbStompBattle: What did you expect? It pretty much turns into a MookHorrorShow for the Mad Gear Gang.
16	* DemotedToExtra: [[TheHero Cody]] and [[TheLancer Guy]] (key players in the actual game, Cody being the one who ''punches'' [[BigBad Belger]] [[DestinationDefenestration out of the window of his complex]] in the finale) [[TakeThat get a small, demeaning mention]] toward the tale's end. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools In this case, not a sour note for this ballad.]] This IS Haggar's story, after all.
17	--> "This is not the ballad of [[{{Ninja}} Guy]] or [[JackOfAllStats Cody]], / Saviours weak and frail and bony, / If you'll think back, and not too far, / Recall that I speak of Mike Haggar!"
18	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Haggar piledrives Odin, the TopGod of the Norse pantheon, after he tries to force him to fight at his side at Ragnarök.]]
19	%%* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:Edi. E. His reasons? [[{{Greed}} "Money."]]]]
20	%%* EveryManHasHisPrice: Except for Haggar, obviously.
21	* {{Gotterdammerung}}: [[spoiler:Odin]] tries to recruit Haggar into his service in preparation for this event, speaking volumes about [[VillainRespect their respect for the mayor]].
22	* [[spoiler:HeroKiller: Edi. E. [[DisneyDeath It doesn't last for long.]]]]
23	* LateArrivalSpoiler: The narration spares no time in getting you up to speed with the events of the first ''Final Fight''. Even [[spoiler:Edi. E's FaceHeelTurn]] (played here as a [[TheReveal shocking twist]]) shouldn't be a surprise to those who have played the game before.
24	* LemonyNarrator: While nuanced and reserved for most of the epic, the narration grows increasingly bombastic after [[spoiler:Mike returns from Valhalla]], all building up in time with the music to the final proclamation of "[[spoiler:Round Clear!]]"
25	%%* MemeticBadass: Haggar, in-universe ''and'' out.
26	%%* MeteorMove: Type B, quite literally.
27	* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[spoiler:{{Respawn\|OnTheSpot}}ing after losing a life]] has never been so awe-inspiring.
28	%%* OneManArmy: Ladies and gentlemen, Mike Haggar.
29	* [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Our Mayor Is Different]]: This one is [[ActionPolitician a bit more straightforward]] in how he goes about reducing the monthly crime rate.
30	* PapaWolf: Haggar will not idly stand by while his city is under attack. [[BerserkButton Doubly so]] [[IHaveYourWife if you kidnap]] [[RelativeButton his daughter Jessica]].
31	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He's the town's Mayor, and if he has to give a knuckle sandwich to every single criminal in the city himself, by damn, ''he will''.
32	%%* RhymesOnADime: The {{Narrator}} is quite fond of this.
33	* SlouchOfVillainy: [[spoiler:Odin reclines in this fashion when Haggar first encounters him.]]
34	* Website/SomethingAwful: Created as part of a contest for the Something Awful forums to document [[spoiler:Stage 3 of]] ''Final Fight'' in an artistic manner.
35	* ViceCity: Metro City ''was'' this... until Haggar proceeded to kick everyone's ass. [[spoiler:[[AndTheAdventureContinues He still has three more areas of Metro City to "clean up,"]] but considering what he's had to overcome up to that point, it's pretty obvious he'll succeed.]]
36	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: That MeteorMove noted above? [[spoiler:Upon re-entry, it results in an {{nuke\|Em}}tastic explosion that wipes out several Mad Gear members and Edi. E.]] The move itself also counts.
37	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. [[ProWrestlingIsReal Haggar is a former]] [[ProfessionalWrestling pro wrestler]] (as detailed in ''VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters'') and uses the skills he cultivated to clean up crime. ''Mercilessly.''

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