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* Aside from [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the obvious answer]], why is there so much pre-UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor swearing on Liberty City's radio and television stations in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''? Why haven't they all been fined to hell and back by whatever FCC {{Expy}} Liberty City has? It would just be more appropriate in [[TheEnglishman my]] mind that Rockstar's exaggeratedly conservative {{Eagleland}} would put every TV station on a seven second delay for [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy for showing a rerun of the D*ck van D*ke Show]].

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* Aside from [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the obvious answer]], why is there so much pre-UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor pre-MediaNotes/SafeHarbor swearing on Liberty City's radio and television stations in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''? Why haven't they all been fined to hell and back by whatever FCC {{Expy}} Liberty City has? It would just be more appropriate in [[TheEnglishman my]] mind that Rockstar's exaggeratedly conservative {{Eagleland}} would put every TV station on a seven second delay for [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy for showing a rerun of the D*ck van D*ke Show]].
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*** Not entirely. GTA V, which exclicitly takes place in the same canon as IV, makes references to the events of San Andraes. Would appear BroadStrokesCanon is in full effect.

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*** Not entirely. GTA V, which exclicitly explicitly takes place in the same canon as IV, makes references to the events of San Andraes. Would appear BroadStrokesCanon BroadStrokes is in full effect.
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* Why is it so hard when trying to drive according to the traffic rules? OK, that may sound like CompletelyMissingThePoint of the game, but sometimes it can be quite annoying when you accidentally catch the attention of the cops even before you have reached the location of your next mission.

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* Why is it so hard when trying to drive according to the traffic rules? OK, that may sound like CompletelyMissingThePoint missing the point of the game, but sometimes it can be quite annoying when you accidentally catch the attention of the cops even before you have reached the location of your next mission.
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*** [[spoiler: Just for the record, Uncle Vince (the guy Luis shot) wasn't a made man. Rocco was, which is why they let him live.]]
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** It's not explicitly stated but judging from in-game dialogue, Sonny saw Tommy as a threat and felt that he was gaining too much power. He possibly feared that if Tommy gained too much influence then there wasn't much keeping Tommy in line. Considering that Tommy became a kingpin in his own right completely independent from the Forelli gang then perhaps Sonny was justified in his paranoia. Tommy is also a lunatic, he has killed countless people just for fun throughout the game.
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* Aside from [[CrowningMomentOfFunny the obvious answer]], why is there so much pre-UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor swearing on Liberty City's radio and television stations in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''? Why haven't they all been fined to hell and back by whatever FCC {{Expy}} Liberty City has? It would just be more appropriate in [[TheEnglishman my]] mind that Rockstar's exaggeratedly conservative {{Eagleland}} would put every TV station on a seven second delay for [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy for showing a rerun of the D*ck van D*ke Show]].

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* Aside from [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the obvious answer]], why is there so much pre-UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor swearing on Liberty City's radio and television stations in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''? Why haven't they all been fined to hell and back by whatever FCC {{Expy}} Liberty City has? It would just be more appropriate in [[TheEnglishman my]] mind that Rockstar's exaggeratedly conservative {{Eagleland}} would put every TV station on a seven second delay for [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy for showing a rerun of the D*ck van D*ke Show]].

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* Why do only criminals and the government have guns if the verses Walmarts ("Same place I buy my pants") still sell guns?

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* Why do only criminals and the government have guns if the verses verse's Walmarts ("Same place I buy my pants") still sell guns?



* Later in Grand Theft Aero he has both Catalina AND Miguel dead to rights and yet he has to wait for no reason instead of just shooting them when he has the damn gun on them and is less than 10 feet away! Catalina literally shoots Miguel in the back and runs down the hallway off the edge of the building and ''he just watches her run away'' without even tossing a grenade or Molotov down after her just in case!

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* Later in Grand Theft Aero Auto he has both Catalina AND Miguel dead to rights and yet he has to wait for no reason instead of just shooting them when he has the damn gun on them and is less than 10 feet away! Catalina literally shoots Miguel in the back and runs down the hallway off the edge of the building and ''he just watches her run away'' without even tossing a grenade or Molotov down after her just in case!


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** Because a lot of people prefer real, professionally made counterparts ripped from other games to originally designed, self-made models that, in newer games like ''V'', might as well be added in later updates. Which is easier, adding a detailed, pre-made Ford Crown Victoria from Forza, or making a weird Honda Civic expy that Rockstar might add in Online? Plus, some people still make in-universe fictional cars anyways. They exist, but they're just somewhat rare.
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* [[spoiler: if Sonny Forelli set up Tommy 15 years prior to the events of Vice City, what did Tommy do to deserve such betrayal?]]
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* In the original ''Grand Theft Auto'', why does the player stop working for Uncle Fu's Triads? Every other time, you have a good reason for bailing on a gang (El Burro gets too creepy, the Rastas trick you into killing Deever's wife, et cetera), but in his cutscene Uncle Fu congratulates you for your hard work and refers to his growing empire! Clearly the player is valuable to Uncle Fu, so how come next time we see him he's working for Fu's sworn enemy, El Burro?
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** Uh, the people ''are'' all incredibly stupid. Almost every single line in every game right from the first one on the PS1 emphasises that the residents of the GTA-verse are morons.

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** Uh, the people ''are'' all incredibly stupid. Almost every single line in every game right from the first one on the PS1 [=PS1=] emphasises that the residents of the GTA-verse are morons.
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* Why are all the vehicle mods real-life vehicles? I know some people want real cars, but hey, aren't there people who would prefer a, say, Invetero BD1 to a Corvette ZR1? Why are there trillions of mods with real cars, while there are only a few, if any, with fictional ones? And I don't mean modifications of in-game cars, I mean all-new fictional cars.

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