History VideoGame / SaintsRow1

* AllThereInTheManual: There is a (somewhat vague) hint in the manual in that the "undercover officer" states that this meeting might blow his cover. He lights a cigarette and [[spoiler: Troy's never seen without a cigarette within reach]].

* ShoutOut: Joseph Price, the leader of the Westside Rollerz looks just like a character Creator/VinDiesel played in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''. The achivement for actually wiping out the Rollerz is another ShoutOut: [[Series/MadMax Road Warrior]].

* DescriptionPorn: The store clerk working at Friendly Fire gives a very detailed description of the McManus sniper rifle that the Saints buy during a Carnales storyline cutscene.

* FiveBadBand: Los Carnales
** ArcVillain: Hector Lopez (even though he dies early on)
** TheDragon: Angelo Lopez
** EvilGenius: Manuel Orejuela
** TheBrute: Victor Rodriguez
** TheDarkChick: Luz Avalos

** It's even lampshaded all the way to ''SaintsRowIV'' when you [[spoiler: Revisit Stillwater in Ben King's simulation rescue]].

** [[Franchise/RedFaction Ultor]] didn't make the jump from this to genuine CanonWelding until the next game.

** This game was also exclusive to Xbox 360. PC and PS3 ports were planned, but Volition instead chose to focus on developing ''Saints Row 2'', which went multiplatform.

** This game was also exclusive to Xbox 360. A PS3 port was planned, but Volition instead chose to focus on developing ''Saints Row 2'', which went multiplatform.

* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler:The Vice Kings still loyal to King vs the Vice Kings who sided with Tanya.]]

** EvilGenius: Manuel Orijuela

** In theory Playa is one in retrospective if you chose a female character in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' and ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird The Third]]''.

** A particularly ''long'' Brick Joke is when Gat has his knee shot by Warren Williams. In ''Saints Row IV'', having Gat and Benjamin King together will prompt King to ask Gat about his leg.

* FreudianTrio: The Westide Rollerz

* KlingonPromotion: Warren Williams tries to do this to seize control of the Vice Kings away from Benjamin King. [[spoiler: While he briefly gains control of the gang, he fails to kill [[{{Badass}} King]], who turns to the Saints to help him get revenge. His girlfriend, [[RichBitch Tanya]], however, is considerably more successful in killing ''him'' to gain control.]]

** It's absolutely worth it to be persistent (or use a guide) to unlock at least one of these weapons, simply because each of them easily qualifies as a DiscOneNuke. They outperform every other weapon in their respective category with larger magazine sizes, larger overall ammo capaity, and - most importantly - sheer damage output. Best of all, however, is that ammo for all these weapons can be refilled for free at the player's cribs, meaning no more scavenging ammo from killed enemies, or wasting literally tens of thousands of hard-earned dollars at weapon shops.

* StrawmanPolitical: PlayedForLaughs in the {{NPR}}-like KBOOM

->"That's the great thing about this city; its yours for the taking if you've got what it takes."

->"This city is yours for the taking if you've got what it takes."
->--Boss, Saints Row 1 Trailer.

-->"This city is yours for the taking if you've got what it takes."
-->--Boss, Saints Row 1 Trailer.

** Given how much effort is put into the voice options in later games (6 for the second and 7 available for the third and fourth and each have their own little personalities and different quotes during missions), it's jarring that for the most part in the first game your character in mute. As well as the fact you can only strictly be a male in this game (for the later games in which you can be either male or female, WordOfGod states that if you play as a female, then your character was female during the events of the first game).