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Line 2: [[File:fujioka-segatasanshiro.jpg\|frame\|You'd better run, boy.<ref>Unless you have a [[Sega Saturn]] and still play it.</ref>]] '''''Segata Sanshiro''''' (pictured) was a fictional character created by [[Sega]] in the 1990s to be the Japanese spokesman for the [[Sega Saturn]] console. [[Hiroshi Fujioka]] played the titular character in TV commercials. In the ~~1990s~~ads, ~~[[Hiroshi Fujioka]] played the titular~~ '''Segata Sanshiro ~~(pictured), the Japanese spokesman for Sega~~'~~s [[Sega Saturn\|Saturn]] console~~'' -was a crazed martial artist who [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?\|beat the living crap out of kids for not playing Sega Saturn]] (and again singing his own theme song {well, part of it} later released as a single that sold over 100,000 copies). It can be argued that his presence in Sega's Japanese commercials was singlehandedly responsible for the continued existence of Sega in the console market (at least up to the [[Sega Dreamcast]]). His [[Grand Finale\|last commercial]] consisted of him [[Heroic Sacrifice\|bravely sacrificing himself]] to ensure the Dreamcast's release, and his exploits were immortalized in Sega's last first-party Saturn game ''Segata Sanshiro Shinkenyugi''. A collection of the commercials can be found [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AA843C15703B603F&search_query=segata+sanshiro here.] ~~----~~ ~~===~~ {{tropelist\|The Segata Sanshiro commercials provide examples of~~: ===~~}} * [[Awesomeness Is Volatile]]: When Segata judo-tosses someone, they ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V65dtKOk2Y explode.]'' '''Twice.''' * [[Badass]]: What else could you expect? * [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]] * [[Bragging Theme Tune]]: The solitary man who devoted his soul to the way of games. {{quote\| ''Today, he comes again''~~<br />~~ ''He will punish those who do not play seriously''~~<br />~~ ''Their battered bodies will never forget!'' }} * [[Catch Phrase]]: "Sega Saturn Shiro!" Line 23 ⟶ 24: He also kicks a baseball instead of hitting it with a bat. And goes ice skating...without skates. Or any kind of footwear, for that matter. * [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Kamen Rider (TV series)\|HENSHIN!]] * [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: When Sega cancelled the Saturn and launched the Dreamcast, they gave Segata [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrLrBT2hp0 an honorable sendoff.] The Dreamcast logo appears just once, at about :13. * [[Large Ham]]: Oh, come on! Line 34 ⟶ 35: * [[Rated "M" for Manly]] * [[Serious Business]]: Sega Saturn. '''Serious Business.'' * [[Training ~~From~~from Hell]]: Segata's daily routine involves carrying a giant [[Sega Saturn]] up a hill, attempting to judo flip a tree with a Saturn attached to it, and [[Button Mashing]] a Saturn controller. * [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: A judo master beating people up whilst a bombastic and over-the-top chorus of men chant "SEGATA SANSHIRO! SEGATA SANSHIRO! SEGA SATAAAAN...SHIRO!!!"? Of course it's awesome! * [[Would Hit a Girl]]: In the ''[[Shining Force III]]'' ad, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obLniZJF1H0 here.] ---- {{quote\| '''Troper''': ''Oh yeah. Now what trope do I have to see... -someone taps his shoulder- Look, I'm kinda bus-- '''[[Oh Crap\|S-SEGATA SANSHIRO!?]]'''''~~<br />~~ '''Segata''': ''[[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life\|-Beats Troper to a pulp for contributing to tropes rather than playing Sega Saturn-]]''~~<br />~~ '''Troper''': ''S... Segata Sanshiro...''~~<br />~~ '''Segata''': ''Sega Saturn, shiro!'' }} }} {{reflist}} [[Category:Notable Campaigns]] [[Category:Advertising Tropes]] [[Category:Segata Sanshiro]]▼ [[Category:Advertising]] ▲[[Category:~~Segata Sanshiro~~{{PAGENAME}}]]