9 Most Ridiculous Weapons In The Saints Row Games

The Saints Row franchise is known for its over-the-top storylines, hilarious characters, and of course, ridiculous weapons. The games have given fans some unbelievably comical weapons over the years, with some of them becoming iconic in the gaming community for their absurdity and practicality.

From knocking someone down with a blow-up doll to sending groups of people dancing to their graves, there’s no shortage of funny ways to use the ridiculous weapons in the games. It’s a lot more fun to fend off aliens or stop a zombie uprising with an amusing arsenal, after all.

9 Tentacle Bat (Saints Row IV)

Most of the weapons in the Saints Row games are exactly what they sound like, which is true for the Tentacle Bat. It’s a deceptively simple bat that could pass as a joke weapon in any Alien vs. Predator video game. It fittingly appears in Saints Row IV, where players have to defeat the aliens known as the Zin. It’s not clear whether Johnny Gat hacked off an alien’s arm and turned it into a weapon or not, but no matter what its origin story is, the Tentacle Bat is an excellent choice for close combat.

8 Fart In A Jar (Saints Row: The Third)

There are not a lot of video games that can get away with taking a fart and turning it into a formidable weapon, but Saints Row: The Third does exactly that. After upgrading the regular Flashbang to Level 4, the description changes to “Beware the stench,” an ominous warning for the potential victims.

Fart in a Jar works like a Flashbang, except that instead of emitting blinding light, the jar shatters upon impact and releases and stinky green mist that envelops the area. Anyone caught in the mist will find themselves stunned and unable to escape, with some even gagging or vomiting from the smell.

7 Plunger Gun (Saints Row IV)

While most of the franchise’s video game sequels didn’t live up to the original, Saints Row IV was arguably the series’ best shot at redemption when it was released in 2013. Instead of dialing it down, however, the developers decided to make it even more ridiculous compared to its prequels, which was most evident in its comical arsenal.

The Plunger Gun is, believe it or not, one of the more inoffensive weapons from the game. It looks like a plunger attached to a poorly constructed gun, which works by sticking to unsuspecting passersby and then exploding in “a noxious mess.” When fully upgraded to “Silent But Deadly,” the gas released from the plunger kills targets almost instantly upon contact.

6 The Inflato-Ray (Saints Row IV)

The Inflato-Ray is a laser shotgun that, according to its helpful two-word description, “inflates people.” It’s a rechargeable weapon that relies on its Charge Capacity to work, so players who use it too much and too quickly will find that it can get completely drained and useless.

The advantage of using the Inflato-Ray is that despite its slow recharge time, it has infinite ammo. Not to mention the fact that anyone it hits will inflate in a horrifying way until they get too bloated and explode, leaving their guts all over the floor.

5 Boom Chicka (Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell)

In Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, there is a collection of gear known as the 7 Deadly Weapons that correspond to the seven deadly sins. One that stands out as comical is the shotgun, Lust, which is better known for its nickname, Boom Chicka.

The bright pink and furry shotgun fires aphrodisiacs that infuse anyone they hit with an overwhelming feeling of lust. The victims lose control of their bodies and they writhe towards the player, who they’re now irrationally attracted to. The only thing left to do is to use another weapon to finish the job and kill them before they get too close.

4 Septic Avenger (Saints Row 2)

One of the silliest weapons that isn’t a gun in the Saints Row series is the Septic Avenger. While the weapon here is technically the septic sprays attached to the top and the back of the vehicle, they wouldn’t really work without the van itself.

Players can drive around in Saints Row 2 in the Septic Avenger and spray pedestrians with the city’s excrements, courtesy of the City Waste Services. It’s even more fun to use in co-op mode where up to three people can use the vehicle – one person takes the lead in the driver’s seat and the two players control the septic sprays on the top and the back of the van.

3 Mollusk Launcher (Saints Row: The Third)

One of the reasons the Saints Row reboot was the most anticipated game announced at Gamescom is that older fans of the franchise wanted to see a bit of the wackiness from the previous titles, including weapons like the Mollusk Launcher.

This weapon is up there with the Shark-O-Matic when players think about the most memorable ones from Saints Row: The Third. It’s part of the Special Class of weapons that works by firing “singing, exploding, cuddly, mind-controlling octopi” that attach to victims and allow players to control them for a short period of time. Something that’s easy to miss is that the octopi are actually sentient, and players who listen closely will hear them begging the protagonist not to fire the gun.

2 Shark-O-Matic (Saints Row: The Third)

Saints Row: The Third had all of the freaky creature weapons, including the unforgettable Shark-O-Matic. An important thing to note is that this weapon does not work on Special Homies and Brutes, but functions perfectly fine when used on everyone else.

There are two things that happen when players fire this shotgun. First, a disgusting mess of sea creature innards is sprayed on the victim. Secondly, as the target tries to clean up the mess, a shark comes out of nowhere and swallows them whole. It’s a ridiculously funny weapon that brings the most treacherous parts of the sea to the city for the players’ entertainment.

1 Dubstep Gun (Saints Row IV)

What Saints Row IV lacks in nightclubs, it makes up for with the Dubstep Gun. According to its in-game description, it’s “a party in a gun” that will “make the world dance.” Like the Inflato-Ray, the Dubstep Gun has infinite ammo that relies on its Charge Capacity to work. It sends out pulses of irresistible electronic music that crowds can’t help but dance to. There are a handful of catchy songs that play every time the gun is used, and targets will usually stop dancing and die right when the beat drops.

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