Roddy Piper is a character in Saints Row IV.
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- No one calls Roddy for help... He shows up where he's needed most.
- — Keith David, discussing Roddy Piper with The Protagonist.[1]
Overview
Roddy Piper is introduced in Saints Row IV as part of Keith David's nightmare simulation. Piper helps The Protagonist in beating up Keith in order to make him reveal where Kinzie has been taken.[1]
He is never rescued outside of The Simulation, and two of Roddy's conversations with other Homies indicate that he does not know if he is real or not.
Trivia
- Roddy wears his trademark Scottish kilt.
- Roddy also wears his signature shirt that reads "Hot Rod".
- Piper's traditional Scottish bagpipe entrance music for the WWE, is used during the scene when he is first encountered, as well as the Mission Complete Screen.[1]
- Roddy Piper is also the narrator at the end of Johnny Gat's nightmare simulation.[2]
- Roddy Piper and Keith David both appeared in the 1988 movie They Live in which a drifter played by Piper discovers that aliens have taken over the Earth.
- During the cinematic scene where Roddy Piper and Keith David fight, Roddy hits Keith with a clothesline, dropkick, inverted atomic drop, back-breaker, and finishes him off with a Sleeper Hold.
- The Sleeper Hold is Roddy Piper's finishing move in the WWE.
- Roddy is unarmed when called into the Simulation and uses takedown attacks in combat, much like Burt Reynolds did as a homie in Saints Row: The Third.
- Roddy Piper's Outfit is unlocked upon completing Keith David's "Supreme Justice" Side Quest.
Quotes
- Hey, I'm coming
- — Roddy Piper when called in as a Homie in Saints Row IV
- I'll be right there
- — Roddy Piper when called in as a Homie in Saints Row IV
- Wait a minute, if I'm just a figment of Keith David's imagination and the world's been destroyed, then that's means I'm dead. Well shit.
- — One of Roddy's idle comments.
- If I find that crew cut wearing asshole in here, I'm gonna kill for taking my lines
- — One of Roddy's idle comments, referring to Duke Nukem who commonly uses Piper's line from They Live, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and I'm all out of bubblegum".
- If I yelled hey rube, would anyone else know what the fuck I'm talking about?
- — One of Roddy's idle comments
- That bug eyed shit is in for a world of hurt
- — One of Roddy's idle comments
- Why aren't I moving, I've got stuff to do you know
- — One of Roddy's idle comments
- I should see if Planet Zin have any kilts in stock
- — One of Roddy's idle comments
- See you around
- — Roddy when being dismissed in Saints Row IV
- Later
- — Roddy when being dismissed in Saints Row IV
Homie Conversations
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mission: He Lives
- ↑ Mission: Welcome Back
- ↑ Dialogue: Homie conversation
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