Saints Row - 30 Easter Eggs, Secrets & References!

The Saints Row games have always had tons of Easter eggs, and Saints Row 2022 is no different. In todays video we will be taking a look at 30 Easter Eggs, Secrets & References in Saints Row.

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[CaptainEggcellent]

Take a shot every time I say ‘If you head to this location on the map, you can find this…’

[zionford]

Idk if anyone has caught this one yet but once you buy the venture/clothing store “Planet Saints” you can go inside the actual building. Once you go inside check out the walls closer toward the ceiling. There are little cherubs painted on that are modeled after Johnny, Shaundi, Pierce and Zimos. Some other characters are there too but they’re less recognizable.

[JMStheONE]

I love that in the dustmoot mission, even tho they’re not dead your character still takes everyone’s money

[grabtharshammer]

The mimic chest is not just a Dark Souls reference, but a reference to Dungeons and Dragons role playing games which have been using mimic chest for twenty years before Dark Souls was ever a thing.

[The_Rising_Ape]

The first flying saucer you showed looks alot like Cryptosporidium's ship in Destroy all Humans. The Turdis in both games has another reference attached to it... literally. The broken antenna atop the Turdis is a reference to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as it is an exact copy of the antenna atop their time-travelling phone booth.
Great stuff as always Cap, thanks.

[Shizuo]

there was an easter egg that I found during Dustmoot (but I assume that it can be triggered anywhere albeit RARE) but if you shoot an enemy in the legs with the Pistol, shotgun or Rifle that you get during the Dustmoot missions there's a chance they'll actually do the Ace Ventura knee thing

[deadpoolnerd]

From what I've seen from another easter egg video, the Riddle at the end are directions to get to the 2nd space craft easter egg. You may possibly need to buy a pair of alien earrings at the shop nearby that's 20 bucks like it says to maybe trigger something else.

[papagravy]

Another INCREDIBLY minor thing about that Mimic in the Dustbowl mission- The mimic ALSO makes "monster" noises if you hit it!

[chadwilbur]

There's a gun cosmetic option to make your pistols look and act like Starlord's from Guardians of the Galaxy. Interestingly, there's also an unlockable car that also looks like Starlord's gun. Another cosmetic for the pistol is the Lawgiver from Judge Dredd. The gold monolith thing is called The Zohar, it's from the Xenogears game all the way back to the PS1 era. It was one of the first RPGs I ever played.

[YoungLyrix]

Here's a couple reference easter eggs that i found that nobody seems to talk about yet:

in the north part of Smelterville West there is a car wash that is a very clear reference to the A1A car wash from Breaking Bad.

When you build the laundromat venture there is a store in the strip mall called "Rapid Go Groceries" with a sign that says "I ASSURE YOU WE ARE OPEN!" a reference to the store "Quick Stop Groceries" in the Clerks movies.

[EastPort]

I was watching the mimic part of the video and thought “Oh, that’s a very nice D&D reference”
Then you said “Is a nod to dark souls” and a large portion of me died inside.

[BiggHefty]

Did you know that the Tardis Easter Egg is a two for one? It also references the Bill and Ted Trilogy. Look at the antenna on the roof. Its the same one from Bill and Ted's phone booth.

[TheKite]

The second mission for marshal where you ride with Jimrob is a mad max: fury road reference

[rachelhober]

I think the anvil on the blow up doll is a reference to Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner since that was a common gag in those cartoons. Another reference to that can be found in West Provedencia just north of Jim Robs. If you follow a small trail up to a rock, you can see a small painted tunnel on the rock that also appeared frequently in those cartoons.

[nerdiboy]

Technically, Mimics have been around for as long as DND and other role-playing activities have been around; they were only really 'popularized (and I use that term very egregiously when describing the feeling of any player upon opening a "chest" and discovering not loot, only warm, salivating gullets and daggerlike fangs piercing their stomach and lower back, attempting to vore them; the PTSD is real, unlike the treasure, which is just air and sadness)' by FromSoft, who are hardcore fans of fantasy and horror.

[koalajoe]

I thought that the red guys killing the other one was a reference to the murder of julius Caesar, but I might be looking into it too much 😂

[voldrik]

I think the first reference to another game is actually in the character creation at the start. One of the emotes is called "dab the sun" and is the praise the sun gesture from Dark Souls with a dab thrown in.

[nuggetdoesstuff]

Another video game Easter egg, once you purchase the eurekubator as a business, one of the testing missions you unlock has you test the “Quantum Aperture”. While testing this the following dialogue occurs:
“And the aperture?”
“Huge success”
“I’m making a note here”
The mission rounds out with your character saying “This was a triumph”. These are the lines from the beginning of the song glados sings at the end of portal.

[Spencerinio]

You could see the way JR is dressed around the time you get JimRobs as being Minion like. Also, there's a saints row 2 reference. During one of the laundromat missions, you have to take a car with a body in to a monster truck and run the car over with it. There's a few other cars to run over there, and the one at the end is red, like the one Maero ran over not knowing his girlfriend was inside.

[nismx_sr]

@10:08 i dont know if that train sound is in-game or added, but if it is in-game, thats a reference to the final race where Brian and Dom race at some train tracks. the ejector seat is more than likely a reference to a scene in “2 Fast 2 Furious” where Roman ejects someone from his car and says “ejecto seato, cuz!!”