Canonized

"Canonized" is the first mission in Saints Row.
==Overview==
Playa follows up on Julius Little's request for him to join his gang, and heads to the Saints Row Church. Upon arrival, a group of 3rd Street Saints meet in the graveyard outside the church. Julius Little emerges from behind one of the pillars and gives a speech on cleaning up the Row. When Johnny Gat, a lieutenant of the 3rd Street Saints, notices Playa standing amongst them, Julius explains that he and Troy found and recruited him. Gat argues that if Playa wants to run with the Saints, he'll need to be canonized, with Troy claiming "he's right, Julius. Everyone had to do it".
It transpires that "being canonized" is when new recruits are attacked by other members of the 3rd Street Saints, and whether or not they win the fight, Playa is officially welcomed into the 3rd Street Saints by Dex, Troy, Johnny Gat and Julius Little. Julius then gives another speech on respect, and the mission ends.
===Story===
==Gameplay==
After starting a new game, completing Player Creation, and watching the "The Streets of Stilwater" cutscene, this mission is available at the Saints Row Church in Mission Beach in the Saint's Row District.
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Playa is in the parking lot of Brown Baggers in Mission Beach at 9am.
After a tutorial popup regarding Save Points, the objective "Go meet the Saints" is displayed, and is listed in the "Objectives" section of the Pause Menu. This mission is not active at this point, as pressing down on the D-Pad does not prompt to exit the mission.
It is possible to fully explore the city, and use Stores, but there are no Activities available except CD Collection
If the mission is not started, the message "The need your help!" is periodically displayed, first after 2 minutes, and then one additional minute later each time. This message is not shown when loading a saved game.
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After starting the mission and watching the cutscene, this is the only objective. The mission starts from here when replaying at a Theater.
This mission is essentially a tutorial mission, introducing hand to hand combat; the right and left triggers swing Playa's right and left fists respectively, the left bumper kicks, and holding both the left and right triggers at the same time blocks.
Playa faces a minimum of five opponents over three waves; the first wave consists of one opponent and the second and third waves both consist of two opponents. All opponents have a large red arrow above their head; if any spectators are attacked, they also join the fray.
Julius, Johnny Gat, Troy, and Dex are invincible, and if any of them are attacked, they all attack together. Attacking them is the fastest way to complete the mission.
Being the first in the game, the mission is generally easy, and players shouldn't even need to defend. Simply go on the offensive, pulling both triggers separately to constantly pummel opponents. If an opponent defends by raising their fists in front of their heads, pressing the left bumper to kick them breaks their defense, allowing the player to continue to hit them normally again.
Health regenerates after not receiving damage for 10 seconds. Opponents may drop Food when killed, which can also be eaten to restore health.
;Completion
The mission can be completed by killing the five opponents, or letting Playa's health drop to 25%.
This mission has two endings depending on the outcome of the fight, but the cutscenes vary only slightly. Only the cutscene which is played is available at Theaters afterward. The subtitles for Julius' "Let's get down to business." speech contain minor differences.
* "Welcome to the 3rd Street Saints" features Playa standing staunchly in the graveyard, as Troy and Dex congratulate him on his skill. Johnny claims it took him half the time, and Julius welcomes Playa officially before going onto his speech on respect and clearing up the Row.
* "Blood In, Blood Out" features Playa on his knees as members of the 3rd Street Saints kick him to the ground. Troy consoles Playa that everyone went through it, and the rest of the cutscene follows the same as "Welcome to the 3rd Street Saints".
;Failure
The mission can be failed by getting Smoked, entering a vehicle, or by leaving the graveyard.
==Rewards==
==Trivia==
* in real life is an act by a Christian church of declaring a deceased person to be a saint, mirroring the canonization in the games, in which recruits have to fight gang members to become a Saint.
** Canonization also takes place in the mission "Three Kings" in Saints Row 2 - Johnny Gat beats up some initiates at the Saints Hideout after Playa recruits Carlos, Pierce, and Shaundi, although those three are not canonized on-screen.
** In Saints Row: The Third Kinzie, Oleg, Zimos, Josh Birk, Angel De LaMuerte and Viola are not canonized on-screen.
* While the time is set to 9am following The Streets of Stilwater, the time is not set when starting this mission, so it may take place at any time of day or night.
* This is the only mission in the entire series with a variable Cash reward, although Three Way has two endings, one of which does not have a mission end screen, and thus has no rewards at all.
* All weapons are removed from the inventory during the mission, but are restored afterward.
* Lin is the only 3rd Street Saint lieutenant not present in this mission.
* When loading a save game, or replaying this mission at the theater, the pre-mission "Go meet the Saints" objective does not appear, and is not listed as an Objective in the Pause Menu.
* Benjamin King later states in the mission "The King and I" that he wrote the "I don't care what flags they're flyin'" speech that Julius gives in the opening cutscene to this mission.
* The Brady Saints Row game guide incorrectly lists one of the objectives of this mission as "Beat up the Saints".
* "Rallying Cry" is also the opening cutscene for the Saints Row 2 mission, "The Siege".
*There is a disabled line in the Canonized mission script to unlock Mission Beach upon completion.
*The cutscenes show only male saints, but in gameplay there are both male and female saints.
==Transcript==
==="Rallying Cry" cutscene===
===Gameplay===
==="Blood In, Blood Out" cutscene===
==="Welcome to the 3rd Street Saints" cutscene===
==Gallery==
 
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