Johnny Gat

Johnny Gat is one of the more prominent members of the 3rd Street Saints since Playa joined the gang back in Stilwater in Saints Row. This fearsome fighter with a lack of wits makes up for it with his love for fighting.

Johnny Gat is a man of Asian descent, sporting a slick black haircut and brown eyes.[13] He wears a pair of glasses with square lenses.

Gat wears a two-tone grey and purple jacket with a fleur-de-lis in the left stomach area, alongside a white shirt that is partially unbuttoned on top. His glasses are white with opaque blue lenses, and he wears silver bracelets on his left wrist and silver rings on his fingers in addition to his original golden necklaces. He wears dark blue denim jeans and purple sneakers.

Johnny Gat is an inhabitant of the Saint's Row District of Stilwater. Realizing that the district was being torn apart by gang wars, he joined the 3rd Street Saints, a gang aiming to end these wars. Gat is assigned to plot the downfall of the Vice Kings, one of the warring gangs in Stilwater[22].

Gat's 'head on' strategies typically involve massive amounts of bloodshed and extensive property damage. After introducing Playa to Gat's girlfriend Aisha, the three plot out a way to strike at the Vice Kings[23]. They load up a car full of C4 then take it to the gang's recording studio, where the explosion levels it to the ground[24]. Despite all this, Gat admitted to having an admiration for Benjamin King, the Vice King's leader[Reference needed]. Despite having been almost crippled after being shot in the leg by Anthony Green[25], Johnny manages to move on with Playa when they successfully destroy the Vice Kings.[26] During the Battlefield Promotion cutscene Johnny gives Aisha a bouquet of flowers, reconciling their relationship which had become strained during the takedown of the Vice Kings.

Following the destruction of all three gangs and the assassination of Marshall Winslow[27], Johnny Gat takes part in an assassination attempt against Chief Monroe of the Stilwater Police Department, which results in the police chief's death.[28] Afterwards, Johnny begins to spend more time with Aisha.[29]

When Playa falls into a coma, Gat attempts to kill Troy Bradshaw for betraying the Saints.[30] This attempt fails however, resulting in his incarceration for 2 years and 31 days. He was sentenced to execution for 387 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. At the beginning of the game, Playa bursts into his appeal proceedings, kills the guards, and rescues Gat.[14] Gat takes his place as Playa's second-in-command as they resurrect the Saints, locating a new Saints Hideout[31] before canonizing new members into the gang.[32]

Once the Saints' are resurrected, Gat helps to take down the Ronin, one of several new gangs that took over during their absence. After dismissing Pierce' plan in favor of a direct assault, he and Playa raid Poseidon's palace[33] before kidnapping a Ronin who trespasses on the Saints turf; he takes his prisoner to Aisha's house where he is summarily interrogated then executed[34]. This proves to be a fatal mistake as Ronin lieutenant Jyunichi witnessed Johnny dispose of the body.[35]

After Gat leaves the house, Jyunichi takes a crew of Ronin to break in and capture Aisha. When Gat returns with Playa, the former notices something is amiss when he sees that the door ajar. The Ronin prepare an ambush, but their plan is thwarted when Aisha shouts a warning. Jyunichi retaliates by decapitating Aisha, enraging Gat; he is provoked into a sword fight with Jyunichi whilst Playa kills the other Ronin in a large shootout. After disposing of all the Ronin Gat prepares to shoot Jyunichi. Before pulling the trigger he is inadvertently distracted by Playa - Jyunichi uses this momentary lapse in concentration to run Gat through with his sword, impaling him to the hilt. An ambulance is called but won't arrive in time, so Playa takes matters into their own hands, driving him to hospital with the help of another Saint.[36]

Gat spends time recuperating, with Playa holding off Aisha's funeral until he recovers. This time is cut short when the Ronin infiltrate the hospital in an attempt to finish him off for good, though Playa evacuates him by air.[15] Aisha's funeral service is interrupted when the Ronin leader Shogo Akuji attempts to kill them as revenge for humiliating him and decimating his gang. Gat initially refuses to fight, but when Shogo insists, he and Playa slaughter all Ronin forces. Blaming Shogo for ordering Aisha's death, Gat brutally beats him before burying him alive.[16] He and Playa return to the Saints Hideout to defend an incoming Ronin invasion,[17] before creating a diversion at the Chinese Heritage Festival, holding back the Ronin to allow Playa enough time to kill Kazuo Akuji.[37]

After the Ronin are finally defeated, Gat becomes available as a homie.

Once the gangs have been obliterated the Saints, along with Gat, move on to take down the corrupt company of Ultor in defense and retaliation against the new Masako strike team threat. During an assassination attempt against Dane Vogel, Gat uses a McManus 2010 sniper rifle to take out the surrounding guards to allow Playa to focus on Vogel's assassination. This plan fails as Gat is spotted by a security guard. Vogel uses this opportunity to escape into his office atop the enormous Ultor tower; Gat stays below at the entrance, buying Playa time. After Vogel is killed Johnny Gat does what he says he loves to do: shooting at oncoming waves of cops

In Saints Row: The Third, Shaundi, Playa, Josh Birk and Gat attempt to rob a bank as a publicity stunt. They encounter heavy resistance from unknown men and women dressed in red which prompts the gang to question who owns the bank. During the assault Birk sets off the silent alarm before fleeing the area, alerting the authorities who send SWAT teams to storm the bank. The Saints are eventually arrested after a large-scale shootout.[39] When Playa is brought to Shaundi and Gat's cell, the latter expresses disappointment over what the Saints have become, lamenting that there's much more to the Saints name than "body spray and ass-tasting energy drinks".

Two high-ranking members of an organization called The Syndicate, Viola and Kiki, take the Saints aboard a plane owned by the Syndicate to meet with Phillipe Loren. After a heated discussion, Gat breaks free and proceeds to bash Loren's head into a plane window, causing explosive decompression; he promises to hold back the gang members and commandeer the plane, allowing Playa and Shaundi to make their escape. Before Playa and Shaundi jump out of the plane they speak to Gat via the intercom. His last words to them are "Right on, I'll see you in Stil-", before he's cut off by the sound of automatic gunfire.

Johnny Gat is a brash, sarcastic, hot-headed, self-righteous, trigger-happy man. He is of Eastern Asian heritage and has a torrid, on/off relationship with local R&B diva, Aisha. Johnny has been seen as a stereotypical gung-ho like gangster and has absolutely no sympathy toward those he kills. Although Johnny is quite harsh and disrespectful to Aisha, Gat does have a soft and caring side as he goes berserk with rage upon the Ronin in his house after Aisha's death and informing Playa that Pierce and Shaundi are in danger. He also has a habit of cheating death as he survived being shot in the knee by a shotgun[55] and stabbed in the stomach with a sword[56], and has taken out many gang members and cops by himself. Gat is incredibly strong, able to punch Shogo's head through a grave stone[57] and able to free himself from a chair bolted to the ground that he was also tied to.[58] In Saints Row, Gat has black hair with white dyed tips, but in the next game, it is all black.

Johnny Gat's preferred firearm is a K6 Krukov. Gat is a slang term for a handgun or a machine pistol, originally derived from "gatling gun", which can also refer to firearms more generally. A Gat, 갓, is a traditional Korean hat. Gat, 吉 is Cantonese for good luck. Gat and Jane Valderamma are the only characters who are in every main game in the series with the same voice actor. Johnny's sunglasses are -5 prescription