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* [[The Danza]] Tera Patrick voiced by Tera Patrick. |
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* [[Dye Hard]]: Donnie Wong. |
* [[Dye Hard]]: Donnie Wong. |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: There is a ''lot'' of prominent Hollywood actor voice talent. |
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: There is a ''lot'' of prominent Hollywood actor voice talent. |
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** Hi [[Gargoyles|Goliath]], err, [[The Thing (film)|Childs]], err, [[Mass Effect|Anderson]], err, [[Halo|Arbiter]], err, [[Coraline (animation)|The Cat]], err, [[The Princess and the Frog|Dr. Facilier]], err, Julius. [[Keith David]]: One of the best VAs ever. |
** Hi [[Gargoyles|Goliath]], err, [[The Thing (film)|Childs]], err, [[Mass Effect|Anderson]], err, [[Halo|Arbiter]], err, [[Coraline (animation)|The Cat]], err, [[The Princess and the Frog|Dr. Facilier]], err, Julius. [[Keith David]]: One of the best VAs ever. |
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** From the sequel, to name a few, there's [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Faith]], [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Worf]], [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]]/[[How I Met Your Mother|Barney Stinson]] ([[Neil Patrick Harris]]), [[My Name Is Earl|Joy]], [[Mass Effect|Garrus Vakarian and Captain David Anderson]], [[Futurama|Hermes]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]], [[Billy |
** From the sequel, to name a few, there's [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Faith]], [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Worf]], [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible]]/[[How I Met Your Mother|Barney Stinson]] ([[Neil Patrick Harris]]), [[My Name Is Earl|Joy]], [[Mass Effect|Garrus Vakarian and Captain David Anderson]], [[Futurama|Hermes]], [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon]], [[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy|Grim]], Jay Mohr, and many, ''many'' more... |
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** In the first one you had Michael Clark Duncan, Keith David, [[Mila Kunis]], Daniel Dae Kim, etc. |
** In the first one you had Michael Clark Duncan, Keith David, [[Mila Kunis]], Daniel Dae Kim, etc. |
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*** Hey it's those three guys. [[Keith David]] played a FBI agent, Michael Clark Duncan reprized his role as Kingpin and [[Neil Patrick Harris]] was the web crawler himself in the 2003 [[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]. |
*** Hey it's those three guys. [[Keith David]] played a FBI agent, Michael Clark Duncan reprized his role as Kingpin and [[Neil Patrick Harris]] was the web crawler himself in the 2003 [[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]. |
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** 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. |
** 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. |
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** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Zuko]] is ''EVERYWHERE'' in the first game. Random Saints, pedestrians, and even Vice Kings sound like they're about to start Firebending any minute. |
** [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Zuko]] is ''EVERYWHERE'' in the first game. Random Saints, pedestrians, and even Vice Kings sound like they're about to start Firebending any minute. |
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** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', [[Troy Baker]] provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to [[Nolan North]]. |
** In ''Saints Row: The Third'', [[Troy Baker]] provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to [[Nolan North]]. |
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** [[Laura Bailey]] provides the generic female voice. [[ |
** [[Laura Bailey]] provides the generic female voice. [[BloodRayne|Suddenly the vampire references make sense.]] |
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** [[Steve Blum]] does the zombie voice. |
** [[Steve Blum]] does the zombie voice. |
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** [[Hulk Hogan]] comes in to voice Angel De LaMuerte, and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola DeWynter. |
** [[Hulk Hogan]] comes in to voice Angel De LaMuerte, and Sasha Grey (famous for her...other works) voices Viola DeWynter. |
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** The Cockney voice option in The Third is provided by [[Robin Atkin Downes]]. |
** The Cockney voice option in The Third is provided by [[Robin Atkin Downes]]. |
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** [[Yuri Lowenthal]] puts on a [[Fake Brit]] 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 [[Tara Platt]] acts as the protagonist's [[Fake Russian]] female voice. |
** [[Yuri Lowenthal]] puts on a [[Fake Brit]] 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 [[Tara Platt]] acts as the protagonist's [[Fake Russian]] female voice. |
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*** Natalie Lander ([[God of War (series)|Pandora]]) does the voice of Kinzie |
*** Natalie Lander ([[God of War (series)|Pandora]]) does the voice of Kinzie |
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*** In addition, [[Adult Swim]] [http://www.adultswim.com/promos/201110_saintsrow/index.html has its own radio station in the game], with [[Delocated|Jon]] deejaying. |
*** In addition, [[Adult Swim]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20111110221827/http://www.adultswim.com/promos/201110_saintsrow/index.html has its own radio station in the game], with [[Delocated|Jon]] deejaying. |
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*** [[Rob Van Dam]] voices one of the announcers in the Professor Genki activity and Rick Wasserman ([[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Thor]] voices Killbane |
*** [[Rob Van Dam]] voices one of the announcers in the Professor Genki activity and Rick Wasserman ([[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Thor]] voices Killbane |
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*** Tim Thomerson voices Cyrus Temple. |
*** Tim Thomerson voices Cyrus Temple. |
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** Burt fucking Reynolds plays... [[Shaped Like Itself|Burt fucking Reynolds.]] |
** Burt fucking Reynolds plays... [[Shaped Like Itself|Burt fucking Reynolds.]] |
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** Jane Valderama is [[Family Guy|Asian correspondent, Trisha Takenawa.]] |
** Jane Valderama is [[Family Guy|Asian correspondent, Trisha Takenawa.]] |
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** [[Michelle Ruff]] ([[Street Fighter IV|Crimson Viper]], [[Drakengard|Arioch]], and |
** [[Michelle Ruff]] ([[Street Fighter IV|Crimson Viper]], [[Drakengard|Arioch]], and [[Lupin III|Fujiko]] is Jenny Jaros. |
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* 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 ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''[[Battle Royale]]''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime [[VAs]]: [[Yuri Lowenthal]] and [[Steve Blum]], 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, possibly ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from ''[[Battle Royale]]''. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime [[VAs]]: [[Yuri Lowenthal]] and [[Steve Blum]], respectively. |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: |
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** {{spoiler|Trailers and advertisements for the game showed Phillipe Loren as a much younger man and painted him up to be the final boss of the game as well as the mastermind behind the entire syndicate. In the actual game he is an old man who, while fairly badass in the short time he appears in, gets killed off early in the game and replaced with Killbane. He doesn't even get a proper boss battle.}} |
** {{spoiler|Trailers and advertisements for the game showed Phillipe Loren as a much younger man and painted him up to be the final boss of the game as well as the mastermind behind the entire syndicate. In the actual game he is an old man who, while fairly badass in the short time he appears in, gets killed off early in the game and replaced with Killbane. He doesn't even get a proper boss battle.}} |
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** An early concept portrayed Kiki and Viola as Japanese twins named Natsuko and Yukako (nicknamed Suki and Yuki) who ran an all-female gang to counter the original all-male Morning Star concept. The two gangs were merged to streamline the story, but the twins were changed from Asian to Caucasian to avoid the whole "badass Asian chicks that are subservient to an older man" stereotype. |
** An early concept portrayed Kiki and Viola as Japanese twins named Natsuko and Yukako (nicknamed Suki and Yuki) who ran an all-female gang to counter the original all-male Morning Star concept. The two gangs were merged to streamline the story, but the twins were changed from Asian to Caucasian to avoid the whole "badass Asian chicks that are subservient to an older man" stereotype. |
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*** {{spoiler|It was originally planed that both sisters would join the Saints}} |
*** {{spoiler|It was originally planed that both sisters would join the Saints}} |
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 24 January 2022
- The Danza Tera Patrick voiced by Tera Patrick.
- Dye Hard: Donnie Wong.
- Hey, It's That Voice!: There is a lot of prominent Hollywood actor voice talent.
- Hi Goliath, err, Childs, err, Anderson, err, Arbiter, err, The Cat, err, Dr. Facilier, err, Julius. Keith David: One of the best VAs ever.
- From the sequel, to name a few, there's Faith, Worf, Dr. Horrible/Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), Joy, Garrus Vakarian and Captain David Anderson, Hermes, Simon, Grim, Jay Mohr, and many, many more...
- In the first one you had Michael Clark Duncan, Keith David, Mila Kunis, Daniel Dae Kim, etc.
- Hey it's those three guys. Keith David played a FBI agent, Michael Clark Duncan reprized his role as Kingpin and Neil Patrick Harris was the web crawler himself in the 2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series.
- Smug Snake William Sharp was voiced by the late David Carradine.
- Oh my god...did Mr. Sheffield just drop the F-bomb?
- Don't know why Jin felt so bad about hurting people when he worked for Sun's father. He seems to love doing it now.
- Zuko is EVERYWHERE in the first game. Random Saints, pedestrians, and even Vice Kings sound like they're about to start Firebending any minute.
- In Saints Row: The Third, Troy Baker provides a generic Caucasian voice for the Playa, sounding very similar to Nolan North.
- Laura Bailey provides the generic female voice. Suddenly the vampire references make sense.
- Steve Blum does the zombie voice.
- Hulk Hogan 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 Robin Atkin Downes.
- Yuri Lowenthal puts on a Fake Brit 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 Tara Platt acts as the protagonist's Fake Russian female voice.
- Natalie Lander (Pandora) does the voice of Kinzie
- In addition, Adult Swim has its own radio station in the game, with Jon deejaying.
- Rob Van Dam voices one of the announcers in the Professor Genki activity and Rick Wasserman (Thor voices Killbane
- Tim Thomerson voices Cyrus Temple.
- Burt fucking Reynolds plays... Burt fucking Reynolds.
- Jane Valderama is Asian correspondent, Trisha Takenawa.
- Michelle Ruff (Crimson Viper, Arioch, and 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 Akira, the former, possibly Rurouni Kenshin. Shogo Akuji and his father Kazuo are named after Shogo Kawada and Kazuo Kiriyama from Battle Royale. Finally, both Shogo and Kazuo are voiced by well-known anime VAs: Yuri Lowenthal and Steve Blum, respectively.
- What Could Have Been:
- Trailers and advertisements for the game showed Phillipe Loren as a much younger man and painted him up to be the final boss of the game as well as the mastermind behind the entire syndicate. In the actual game he is an old man who, while fairly badass in the short time he appears in, gets killed off early in the game and replaced with Killbane. He doesn't even get a proper boss battle.
- An early concept portrayed Kiki and Viola as Japanese twins named Natsuko and Yukako (nicknamed Suki and Yuki) who ran an all-female gang to counter the original all-male Morning Star concept. The two gangs were merged to streamline the story, but the twins were changed from Asian to Caucasian to avoid the whole "badass Asian chicks that are subservient to an older man" stereotype.
- It was originally planed that both sisters would join the Saints
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