Professor Genki

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Genki
Promotional artwork of Professor Genki.
Appears in	Saints Row: The Third Genkibowl VII
Gender	Male
Home	Steelport
Voiced by	Yuri Lowenthal

Professor Genki is a character in Saints Row: The Third.

1 Description
2 Live Action Trailer
3 Quotes
4 Trivia
5 Gallery
6 References

DescriptionEdit

Genki is the host of Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax and Genkibowl VII. He wears a white lab coat, a blue bow-tie, a white shirt with pink buttons, green pants, and a giant pink cat head. His alternate appearance sports a more athletic, physical style with green stars and a golden trim as well as a cape.

His namesake brands the Super Ballistic Manapult and Professor Genki's Octopuss Cannon, a vehicle and weapon respectively, originally available to the player if they preordered Saints Row: The Third (as part of the Professor Genki's Hyper Ordinary Pre-Order Pack) and now available to anyone who purchases the Funtime! Pack.

Despite his cute and cuddly appearance, Professor Genki is very sadistic and cruel at times, as he gains pleasure from the death and sacrifice of others and at one point during Genkibowl VII, Tammy states that he is known to ship people off to North Korean prison camps if they look him in the eye.

In the second mission for Genkibowl VII, the Protagonist escorts Genki around Steelport, causing murder and mayhem, before taking Genki to meet his fans.

Live Action Trailer Edit

A canonical live action trailer, created by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (best known for their Adult Swim show "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!") was released which depicted Professor Genki's show. Professor Genki does not talk, instead communicating by his "pleasure bar" which is adjusted by tapping or waving his staff. The show features a cult-like audience and a bizarre atmosphere.^[1]

It is revealed that Professor Genki was a renowned professor of science at the Science University College of Science. Genki taught along side Todd who just so happened to be his pet cat whom he loved. Genki, fearing his own morality, set to work on creating a magical device that would fuse the two together so that they may live forever in harmony as a half-man half-cat being. The experiment was a success. People were in awe of Professor Genki's new form, as his head had morphed into that of a cat's. He then became the international spiritual leader, replacing the Pope. The experiment wasn't without side-effects, as Genki's enlarged brain gave him powers far beyond any mortal and an insatiable appetite for wet cat food and human brains. He became all powerful, supreme and a worshiped leader. The nature of Genki was irreversible.^[1]

QuotesEdit

When you compliment or taunt Professor Genki or a homie dressed as him, he may say the following lines:

Complimented

"You really have fine tastes."
"Perhaps Genki wears the purple?"
"We both know murder!"

Taunted

"You're no match for Super Murder Cat!"
"Would you like a reality climax?"
"Is it your fun time?"

General Quotes

"That almost got my fur!"
"You like Professor Genki?"
"Yay, fun time!"
"Don't hit super murder cat."
"Murder time fun time."
"Professor Genki loves me!"
"Professor Genki says put your pants on" (while streaking)
"Remember Kids its fun to kill."
"Hit it like You mean it."
"You challenge Professor Genki."
"It's only a flesh wound."
"School is now in session."
"And now, You die."
"More Professor Genki."
"Professor Genki kill."
"Murder Cat comes for You."
"I've been in worst situations than this."
"Try harder if You wan't Me to give up."
"You expect Me to stand here and take that shit?"
"I'm not finished with You yet."
"Fear the Super Murder Cat."
"Murder Murder murder."
"Don't hit Professor Genki."
"This was not suppose to happen [or happen yet?]- So F*** Off already."
"Pain for You."

Trivia Edit

"Genki" translated from Japanese to English is equivalent to "energetic", a notable trait of his.
Professor Genki has his own troupe of scantily-clad assistants known as the Genki Girls.
The wide grin on Professor Genki's face and the fact that he is a cat is likely an homage to the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.
Professor Genki has become the unofficial mascot for Saints Row: The Third.
Professor Genki's speech draws heavily from Japanese stereotypes and Engrish.
Despite the fact Professor Genki is heard with a deep, stereotypical Japanese-English voice in the Genki trailer, in commercials promoting his game show in Saints Row the Third, he is heard with a higher pitched, nearly cartoonish voice. He is also heard with a slightly less high pitched voice in the "Genkiworld" commercial.
- Because of his high pitched voice and the fact that he refers to himself in the third person, as seen in the quotes above, Professor Genki's voice seems to be a parody of Elmo from Sesame Street.
In a Saints Row: The Third livestream, V-Singular (Volition, Inc.'s community manager) revealed that there is a 1 in 100 chance that Professor Genki will spawn in the world. If the player kills him they will get "big prizes".^[2] As of now, this prize varies from $100,000 through $300,000 up to a maximum of $1,000,000 if the player has the Bloodsucker DLC 4x Scavenger VIP. The player will also level up upon killing him. Genki spawns with weapons (typically the Annihilator or Stun Gun, and sometimes nothing at all) and a large amount of health, so he will fight back. He can make you involuntarily breakdance (Similar to the Mollusk Launcher) and can stun you by hitting you in the balls, and will appear on the radar as an enemy. The best weapon to use against him is the Woodsman.
When he spawns he acts in a similar way to Zombie Gat as he starts to attack everyone around him until everyone but the player is dead.
Running into any owned store will despawn Professor Genki. (Did not happen when tested on PC while Genki was fighting police)
Genki is very strong, without any weapons one hit can deal a great amount of damage. But should the player have the Apoca-fists, it will greatly reduce the time of battle. As it will always make Genki go rag-doll and constantly hit him while in rag-doll due to his oversized head. Another way to kill him easily is to park your car on him. Yet another easy way is to use the testicular assault that stuns him for a short time opening him for attack, then repeat.
In Genkibowl VII he has his own fleet of gang vehicles. The vehicles are the same types as from the Deckers' motorpool (Criminal, Kayak, Solar) only they feature a pink and black color scheme with either the Genkibowl VII logo or Genki's face decaled onto the vehicle.
Genki can spawn multiple times.
Genki is shown in Shaundi's Ex's apartment in a loading screen.^[3]
Rarely you may catch a glimspe of Genki without his glass if you see him spawn; revealing stereotypically squnity eyes.
Occasionally two Genkis will spawn down the street from each other.
When genki says "Its only a flesh wound" it is a reference to monty python and the holy graile.