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* {{Jerkass}}: Did you just insult her? Punch to the the face. Did you just act nice towards her? She'll be rude and treat you like dirt. Even Playa takes a little while to earn any respect from her. [[spoiler: On the other hand, one of her cut Audio Logs in ''Saints Row IV'' have her admit that hearing Donnie call her "his girl" was a pleasant surprise.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Did you just insult her? Punch to the the face. Did you just act nice towards her? She'll be rude and treat you like dirt. Even Playa takes a little while to earn any respect from her. [[spoiler: On the other hand, one of her cut Audio Logs in ''Saints Row IV'' have her admit that hearing Donnie call her "his girl" was a pleasant surprise.]]
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* ChivalrousPervert: He's always willing to help you out, but he's equally obsessed with sex, despite (or because of) his lack of a body. [[spoiler:Being trapped in the simulation for countless years with no sexual companionship and no way of [[ADateWithRosiePalms taking care of things himself]] might have something to do with it as well.]]

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* ChivalrousPervert: He's always willing to help you out, but he's equally obsessed with sex, despite (or because of) his lack of a body. [[spoiler:Being trapped in the simulation for countless years with no sexual companionship and no way of [[ADateWithRosiePalms taking care of things himself]] himself might have something to do with it as well.]]

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* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit consists of a black midriff-baring zip-up top and sweatpants.



* BareYourMidriff: The majority of her outfits invoke this.



* HotterAndSexier: She was by no means unattractive in the second game, but in the third game, she gets a FormFittingWardrobe (which even comes with a BareYourMidriff) and her breasts seem to have increased in size.

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* HotterAndSexier: She was by no means unattractive in the second game, but in the third game, she gets a FormFittingWardrobe (which even comes with a BareYourMidriff) an exposed midriff) and her breasts seem to have increased in size.



* BareYourMidriff: When dressed up as Aisha in "The Trouble With Clones".
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* MeaningfulName: Troy was the namesake of and city that fell during UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar, due to the use of the TrojanHose according to legend. [[spoiler:This is another hint at his being TheMole for the cops in the Saints.]]

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* MeaningfulName: Troy was the namesake of and city that fell during UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar, due to the use of the TrojanHose TrojanHorse according to legend. [[spoiler:This is another hint at his being TheMole for the cops in the Saints. The newspaper article in the game manual interviewing Troy even calls the use of undercover cops a Trojan Horse.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Troy was the namesake of and city that fell during UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar, due to the use of the TrojanHose according to legend. [[spoiler:This is another hint at his being TheMole for the cops in the Saints.]]
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*** And if you choose to sleep wit Asha, The Boss mentions that ''"[They're] looking for casual sex, and Kinzie scares the shit out of [them]."''
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Kirlov surname exists in real life, but is exceedingly rare. If [=forebears.io=] is to be believed, only eighteen people in the entire world bear it, fourteen of which are in Russia, while exactly one is in the US.
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Characters that are part of the 3rd Street Saints from the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series.

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Characters The characters that are part of the 3rd Street Saints from the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In the third game. She tears into the Boss when they control of the helicopter they're sniping from, causing her to miss killing Killbane (who Shaundi ''really'' wants dead after his attack when the Saints were arranging Gat's funeral). She also begins a WhatTheHellHero when the Saints start turning into the Syndicate, rather than KillEmAll.

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In the third game. She tears into the Boss when they control of the helicopter they're sniping from, causing her to miss killing Killbane (who Shaundi ''really'' wants dead after his attack when the Saints were arranging Gat's funeral). She also begins a WhatTheHellHero when the Saints start turning into the Syndicate, rather than KillEmAll.resorting to murder.
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* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: Actually ''knows'' the Boss' name. All the Boss can do is tell her to keep it to herself.

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* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: SheKnowsTooMuch: Actually ''knows'' the Boss' name. All the Boss can do is tell her to keep it to herself.



* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Politically-Incorrect Antihero]]: He doesn't use the most respectful terms for prostitutes whenever he's speaking about them to the Boss, but ultimately he's a more considerate caretaker for them than the Syndicate.

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* [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Politically-Incorrect Antihero]]: PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He doesn't use the most respectful terms for prostitutes whenever he's speaking about them to the Boss, but ultimately he's a more considerate caretaker for them than the Syndicate.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The last we see of him is in a DLC mission during the second game where he flees the city with the Boss swearing to hunt him down. In the third game, he isn't even mentioned and it's never explained if the Boss is even still looking for him. In "Saints Row IV", his disappearance and general irrelevance to the plot is mocked in the Zin simulation world by the Boss' virtual wife. "Someone named Dex stopped by earlier. I didn't recognize him, so I just sent him away!"]]
** [[spoiler: The spin-off "Saints Row: Money Shot" reveals that he was tracked down and assassinated by the Ultor Corporation. But since that game was cancelled, this explanation isn't considered canon. The most we know is that he probably got blown up with the Earth in the fourth game.]]
** [[spoiler: And, he's in Hell... and you get to kill him as many times as you want. So, there's SORTA closure... but "Gat out of Hell" sadly lacks story missions...]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:The last we see of him is in a DLC mission during the second game where he flees the city with the Boss swearing to hunt him down. In the third game, he isn't even mentioned and it's never explained if the Boss is even still looking for him. In "Saints ''Saints Row IV", IV'', his disappearance and general irrelevance to the plot is mocked in the Zin simulation world by the Boss' virtual wife. "Someone named Dex stopped by earlier. I didn't recognize him, so I just sent him away!"]]
** [[spoiler: The spin-off "Saints ''Saints Row: Money Shot" Shot'' reveals that he was tracked down and assassinated by the Ultor Corporation. But since that game was cancelled, this explanation isn't considered canon. The most we know is that he probably got blown up with the Earth in the fourth game.]]
** [[spoiler: And, he's in Hell... and you get to kill him as many times as you want. So, there's SORTA closure... but "Gat ''Gat out of Hell" Hell'' sadly lacks story missions...]]
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* DarkSkinnedRedhead: She had tanned skin in ''The Third''. In ''IV'', her skin was lightened.
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** A player may notice that on the homie section on the player’s phone, it shows Pierce, Shaundie, and Gat, but not Carlos. [[spoiler:You don’t end up having him as a homie due to his death, or at least him as a non-zombie homie.]]

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** A player may notice that on the homie section on the player’s phone, it shows Pierce, Shaundie, Shaundi, and Gat, but not Carlos. [[spoiler:You don’t end up having him as a homie due to his death, or at least him as a non-zombie homie.]]

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* BritishStuffiness: She's Anglo-Indian, and just as snarky as the Boss, if they happen to be English as well.



* MeanBrit: She's Anglo-Indian, and just as snarky as the Boss, if they happen to be English as well.
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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: In ''2'', while she's being used as a homie she will occassionally mention that she's really turned on in response to the Boss killing someone.
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* AmbiguouslyBi [=/=] AmbiguouslyGay: In ''The Third'', he collects inflatable sex dolls for some reason (much to Russian Boss' [[ClingyJealousGirl jealousy]]). In ''IV'', if the Boss romances him, he says "I normally don't swing that way, but fuck it, I'm down!" He will say this whether the Boss is a man or a woman. For more about this, see IfItsYouItsOkay. In ''2'', he competes with Shaundi for the Boss' attention regardless of gender, insists on having stripper poles installed in the Saints' new hideout, and briefly gets distracted by a stripper's NiceShoes.

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* AmbiguouslyBi [=/=] AmbiguouslyGay: In ''The Third'', he collects inflatable sex dolls for some reason (much to Russian Boss' [[ClingyJealousGirl jealousy]]). In ''IV'', if the Boss romances him, he says "I normally don't swing that way, but fuck it, I'm down!" He will say this whether the Boss is a man or a woman. For more about this, see IfItsYouItsOkay. In ''2'', he competes with Shaundi for the Boss' attention regardless of gender, insists on having stripper poles installed in the Saints' new hideout, and briefly gets distracted by a stripper's NiceShoes.shoes.



* DistractedByTheSexy. Subverted during a cutscene in ''Saints Row 2'', when he passes by a stripper, he comments on her NiceShoes.

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* DistractedByTheSexy. Subverted during a cutscene in ''Saints Row 2'', when he passes by a stripper, he comments on her NiceShoes.shoes.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Posters of her can be seen in the first two games that invoke this look.


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* NavelDeepNeckline: Posters of her can be seen in the first two games that invoke this look via an open jacket and [[VaporNear nothing underneath]].
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* MoralityChain: In Gat Out Of Hell [[spoiler: God isn't scared of Johnny Gat, because Aisha is on his side and Gat wouldn't ever try to hurt her.]]

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* MoralityChain: In Gat ''Gat Out Of Hell Hell'', [[spoiler: God isn't scared of Johnny Gat, because Aisha is on his His side and Gat wouldn't ever try to hurt her.]]
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An A.I. the Boss runs into while exploring Zinyak's virtual version of Steelport. He was a dissenter of Zinyak's empire, and while his physical body was killed, he managed to upload his mind into cyberspace. He agrees to help the Saints in exchange for a robot body to upload his consciousness into [[spoiler:and later a date with one of the female crew members. Background chatter from the announcers in Prof. Genki's Mind Over Murder show heavily implies that he used to be the king of a planet that was conquered by the Zin, who tried to challenge Zinyak directly for his people's freedom. After beating every challenge Zinyak threw at him, Zinyak separated his mind from his body and trapped it permanently within the simulation.]]

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An A.I. the Boss runs into while exploring Zinyak's virtual version of Steelport. He was a dissenter of Zinyak's empire, and while his physical body was killed, he managed to upload his mind into cyberspace. He agrees to help the Saints in exchange for a robot body to upload his consciousness into [[spoiler:and and later a date with one of the female crew members. Background chatter from the announcers in Prof. Genki's Mind Over Murder show heavily implies that he used to be the king of a planet that was conquered by the Zin, who tried to challenge Zinyak directly for his people's freedom. After beating every challenge Zinyak threw at him, Zinyak separated his mind from his body and trapped it permanently within the simulation.]]
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* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: If the (male) Boss romances her with the excuse that "I'm looking for rough sex and Kinzie scares the shit out of me", Asha's terms are "I stay on top and you don't get to talk." [[ZigZaggedTrope That said]], her terms remain the same whether the Boss is male or female. Also, we don't get any details as to her sex life with Matt.

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** Well, about as much as a pimp can be. He definitely treats his girls better than the Morning Star.

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** Well, about as much as a pimp can be. He definitely treats his girls better than the Morning Star.[=MorningStar=]. Justified, considering he was beheld to humiliating sexual torture for ''years'' before the Boss saves him, so he knows what it's like to be mistreated.



* DirtyOldMan: He's Steelport's oldest pimp. The sign outside his crib says that he's been in business since 1975. The game allegedly takes place in the mid-2010s (circa 2014 or so). At one point, the Boss can walk in on him relaxing with a bunch of sleeping prostitutes.

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* DirtyOldMan: He's Steelport's oldest pimp. The sign outside his crib says that he's been in business since 1975. The game allegedly takes place in the mid-2010s (circa 2014 or so). At one point, In his first mission after hi rescue, the Boss can walk walks in on him relaxing with a bunch of sleeping prostitutes.


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*ArmourPiercingQuestion: A slight pun considering the context; during the intro to the mission "The Saints Flow", he takes The Boss to task about how he treats Pierce despite his loyalty to the Saints. The Boss, of course, brushes him off, leading to [[ArmorPiercingResponse a response]];
-->'''CID:''' I've been researching your friend Pierce, are you sure you wish to retrieve him?
-->'''Boss:''' What kind of a question is that?
-->'''CID:''' An honest one. Historically you spend nearly half of your time ridiculing him.
-->'''Boss:''' Yeah, but it's all in good fun.
-->'''CID:''' Making a man who risks his life for you and what you stand for the butt of your comedy routine is "all in good fun"?
-->'''Boss:''' Yes?
-->'''CID:''' ...You're a terrible person.

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* NiceHat: He wears a nice black do-rag in the first game, and a grey one in the second game.



* NiceHat: A purple visor. He even wears it in Hell, even though his body is that of a generic husk.

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* NiceHat: NeverBareheaded: A purple visor. He even wears it in Hell, even though his body is that of a generic husk.



* NiceHat: A small purple beanie.



* NiceHat: A purple and white baseball cap in ''2'', a brown, leather flat cap in ''The Third'' and a black and purple fedora in ''IV'', with his superpowered self gaining a [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kunq Lao]] inspired appearance.



* NiceHat: Boss can get one just like it...if the player is willing to drop a few dollars on a DLC pack, that is.

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* InterfaceSpoiler: If you choose to play the Brotherhood missions last, it quickly becomes noticeable that unlike Shaundi or Pierce, Carlos doesn't show up in any cutscenes for Ronin or Sons of Samedi missions. [[spoiler: Because, of course, unlike them he's killed off in the Brotherhood arc and couldn't be around if the missions were played in a different order.]]

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If you choose to play the Brotherhood missions last, it quickly becomes noticeable that unlike Shaundi or Pierce, Carlos doesn't show up in any cutscenes for Ronin or Sons of Samedi missions. [[spoiler: Because, of course, unlike them he's killed off in the Brotherhood arc and couldn't be around if the missions were played in a different order.]]
** A player may notice that on the homie section on the player’s phone, it shows Pierce, Shaundie, and Gat, but not Carlos. [[spoiler:You don’t end up having him as a homie due to his death, or at least him as a non-zombie homie.
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* ForWantOfANail: The events of ''The Third'', and by extension, ''Saints Row IV'' were all caused by him pulling the alarm in the bank.
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[[folder:Dex]]

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[[folder:Dex]][[folder:Dexter Jackson]]

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[[folder:Julius]][[folder:Julius Little]]



* {{Hypocrite}}: Makes a deal with the Colombian drug cartels for the Saints to be their sole distributors when the Vice Kings refuse to touch the stuff.
** [[spoiler:He calls out The Boss for betraying and shooting him at the end of Saints Row 2, only for The Boss to point out that he's the one who betrayed them in the first place by blowing up the boat they were on.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
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Makes a deal with the Colombian drug cartels for the Saints to be their sole distributors when the Vice Kings refuse to touch the stuff.
** [[spoiler:He calls out The Boss for betraying and shooting him at the end of Saints ''Saints Row 2, 2'', only for The Boss to point out that he's the one who betrayed them in the first place by blowing up the boat they were on.]]



* NiceHat: He wears a nice black beret in the first game, and a grey one in the second game.

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* NiceHat: He wears a nice black beret do-rag in the first game, and a grey one in the second game.



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[[folder:Johnny]][[folder:Johnny Gat]]



%%ZCE* BadassInDistress: [[DistressedDude Gat]] tends to [[VideoGame/SaintsRow2 get rescued by]] [[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV the Boss often.]]

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%%ZCE* * BadassInDistress: [[DistressedDude Gat]] Gat tends to [[VideoGame/SaintsRow2 get rescued by]] [[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV by the Boss often.]]often.
** In the first game, Tony subdues him in a failed raid on a Vice Kings hideout, forcing the Playa to kill Tony to rescue him.
** In ''2'', the Boss has to get him to the hospital after [[spoiler:Jyunichi nearly eviscerates him]]. They later have to shoot their way out after the Ronin try assassinating him there.
** In ''IV'', he's later discovered to be [[spoiler:trapped in one of Zinyak's emulations, forcing the Boss and him to fight their way out of it]].



* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Shogo shows up to [[spoiler:Aisha's]] funeral looking for a fight, Johnny says he'll gladly kill him another time, but not during a time of bereavement. [[BullyingADragon Pushing his luck bites Shogo in the ass ''badly'']].

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
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When Shogo shows up to [[spoiler:Aisha's]] funeral looking for a fight, Johnny says he'll gladly kill him another time, but not during a time of bereavement. [[BullyingADragon Pushing his luck bites Shogo in the ass ''badly'']].



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* BecomingTheMask: Even as chief of police he is still one of the Boss homies,

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* BecomingTheMask: Even as chief of police he is still one of the Boss homies,homies.



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[[folder:Benjamin]][[folder:Benjamin King]]



[[folder:Carlos]]

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[[folder:Carlos]][[folder:Carlos Mendoza]]



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[[folder:Pierce]][[folder:Pierce Washington]]



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[[folder:Josh]][[folder:Josh Birk]]



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[[folder:Oleg]][[folder:Oleg Kirlov]]



[[folder:Kinzie]]

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[[folder:Kinzie]][[folder:Kinzie Kensington]]



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[[folder:Angel]][[folder:Angel De La Muerte]]



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[[folder:Keith]][[folder:Keith David]]



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* BashBrothers: With The Boss. It gets to the point where, [[spoiler: [[SnarkToSnarkCombat a hysterical shit-talking contest between the two ensues]] as they [[IgnoredEnemy nonchalantly battle their way through hordes of Genki mascots...]] [[CasualDangerDialog which they decided was a good activity for catching up on old times.]]]]

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* BashBrothers: With The Boss. It gets to the point where, [[spoiler: [[SnarkToSnarkCombat a hysterical shit-talking contest between the two ensues]] as they [[IgnoredEnemy nonchalantly battle their way through hordes of Genki mascots...]] mascots... [[CasualDangerDialog which they decided was a good activity for catching up on old times.]]]]



* DeadpanSnarker: Most noticeable in the first game with Aisha.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Most noticeable in the first game [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple with Aisha.]]



* DisneyDeath: He gets killed in the second mission of the third game by Philipe Loren. [[spoiler: Or at least, that's what everyone was lead to believe. Turns out, he wasn't but instead was [[HesJustHiding abducted by Zinyak and trapped in a simulation reenactment of Aisha's death forever]]... at least til the Boss came for him.]]
* DumbMuscle: How Dex sees him, referring to going in gun blazing with no plan as pulling a "Johnny". Given that he never once tried to step up and take the Boss' place, he certainly prefers to keep the "muscle" part of this true.

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* DisneyDeath: He gets killed in the second mission of the third game by Philipe Loren. [[spoiler: Or at least, that's what everyone was lead so we’re left to believe. Turns out, he wasn't but instead was [[HesJustHiding abducted by Zinyak and trapped in a simulation reenactment of Aisha's death forever]]... at least til the Boss came for him.]]
* DumbMuscle: How Dex sees him, referring to going in gun blazing with no plan as [[PersonAsVerb pulling a "Johnny"."Johnny"]]. Given that he never once tried to step up and take the Boss' place, he certainly prefers to keep the "muscle" part of this true.
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* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: As far as he's concerned, it doesn't matter that [[spoiler:the Earth is destroyed]]. If the Boss dies, he still becomes President, dammit. [[spoiler:Which might be foreshadowing how Zinyak managed to tempt him into making a FaceHeelTurn]].

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* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: As far as he's concerned, it doesn't matter that [[spoiler:the Earth is destroyed]]. If the Boss dies, he still becomes President, dammit.President. [[spoiler:Which might be foreshadowing how Zinyak managed to tempt him into making a FaceHeelTurn]].
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* BadassInDistress: [[DistressedDude Gat]] tends to [[VideoGame/SaintsRow2 get rescued by]] [[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV the Boss often.]]
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--->'''Aisha''': [[spoiler:Johnny, it's a tr--]]

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--->'''Johnny''': (smashes a Ronin mook’s head through a glass coffee table.)
--->'''Aisha''': Johnny! [[SkewedPriorities I just bought that table!]]

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