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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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