History VideoGame / GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony

* Luis and his friends, Armando and Henrique.

** BrickJoke: When Yusuf sees the helicopter that's transporting the Noose APC over the city, he says he must have it. Luis begs him to buy it legally to which Yusuf says he will consider it. In the mission to steal the subway car, Yusuf retrieves it with the same model of helicopter, having listened to Luis' advice.

'''''Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony''''', released on October 29, 2009, is the second of the two ''Episodes from Liberty City'' expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' (the first being ''[[GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned The Lost and Damned]]''), and is the finale of the ''GTA IV'' trilogy.

** {{Hypocrite}}: While she constantly berates Luis for choosing the lifestyle he currently leads, and keeps urging him to go back to school, she always accepts the heaping wads of cash Luis produces from his pockets every time he visits. Luis actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at one point.

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''The Ballad of Gay Tony'', released on October 29 of 2009, is the second of two expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' (the first being ''[[GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned The Lost and Damned]]''), and is the finale of the GTA IV Trilogy.

It also marks a return to the completely [[RefugeInAudacity over-the-top]] missions of [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII the]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity previous]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas games]], with the action growing steadily more insane with each mission (in competition with ''SaintsRow'' and ''JustCause''). It also marked the final chapter of the GTA IV story (although like ''The Lost and Damned'', it largely takes place at the same time as the main game); the last mission finally ties up what was one of ''IV'''s biggest loose ends.

!! Tropes:

* Cluster F-Bomb: The game has a higher rate of the usage of the word fuck than both GTA IV and Lost and the Damned, and the conversations between Luis, Armando, and Henrique are one giant Cluster F-Bomb.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Yusuf is voiced by British-Iranian stand up comedian Omid Djalili.

* ShoutOut: The mission "Corner Kids" chains a string of references to ''TheWire'' right in the opening scene.
** One mission has Bulgarin's right-hand man Timur accompanying Luis to keep an eye on him. On the way to the destination, Luis tries to strike up a conversation with the gangster, only to be threateningly turned down. Luis' response? '[[{{Fargo}} ... Total fucking silence...]]' Try to pan the journey out a bit for the sake of comedy.
** Early on, Tony gives Luis an Assault SMG, which Luis describes as "some sci-fi shit." The weapon is basically an AKA47 of a silenced FN P90, which players might recognize from Series/StargateSG1

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: After a conspicuous absence in the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV main game]] and the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned previous episode]], this episode marks the long-awaited return of [[StuffBlowingUp blowing stuff up]] in [[TankGoodness a tank]]. A SWAT tank, that is -- its cannon only fires rounds that have the strength of the Explosive Shotgun, but it's still [[IncrediblyLamePun a blast to use]].

* AxCrazy: Ray Bulgarin. He's extremely impulsive, violent, aggressive and paranoid, to the point of shooting his own sister unprovoked, possibly killing her. [[spoiler: Later, he beheads the cook who stole his diamonds and presents the disembodied head as a [[DecapitationPresentation death threat to Luis.]]

* AxCrazy: Ray Bulgarin. He's extremely impulsive, violent, aggressive and paranoid, even worse when suddenly brutally shoots his sister, possibly killing her. Also, do not leave behind when beheaded the cook who possessed the diamond and threatens to kill Luis completely upset, on the verge of a heart attack.

* AbortedArc: The [[TheMafia Ancelotti]] family's unresolved fate raises a big question. [[spoiler: Close to the end of the game, believing that Luis and Tony are to blame for allowing Gracie's kidnapping, they strike a deal with Bulgarin to deliver to him either Luis or Tony's corpse. They have Rocco inform Luis of the deal and goad him into betraying Tony; Luis responds by chasing Rocco off.]] Their vendetta against Luis and Tony is never brought up again.

* LaughablyEvil: Ray Bulgarin is a horrible human being to be sure, but at the same time that doesn't stop him from being enjoyable.

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: After a conspicuous absence in the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV main game]] and the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned previous episode]], this episode marks the long-awaited return of [[StuffBlowingUp blowing stuff up]] in [[TankGoodness a tank]].

** Poppy Mitchell, a perky TV and rom-com actress (described as "America's favorite daughter") whose personal life is a mess of [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll partying and sex]], is a pretty clear parody of Music/MileyCyrus and Creator/LindsayLohan.

** Cloe Parker and Jill Von Crastenburg pretty much ''are'' Creator/ParisHilton and Nicole Richie. Parker's name was even borrowed from the protagonist of ''The Truth About Diamonds'', Richie's semi-autobiographical novel.
** The Blue Brothers are a parody of Music/TheJonasBrothers, being a pop duo consisting of brothers with a squeaky-clean Christian public image (though in private, they're don't even try keeping their virginity pledges) and hordes of {{squee}}ing fans who literally chase the car they're in.

** [[spoiler: Averted in GTA V, you finally get to kill him]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Gay Tony, between his looks and his voice, bears more than a passing resemblance to Robert Downey, Jr.

''The Ballad of Gay Tony'', released on October 29 of 2009, is the second of two expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' (the first being ''[[GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned The Lost and Damned]]''), and is the finale of the GTA 4 Trilogy.

It also marks a return to the completely [[RefugeInAudacity over-the-top]] missions of [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII the]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity previous]] [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas games]], with the action growing steadily more insane with each mission (in competition with ''SaintsRow'' and ''JustCause''). It also marked the final chapter of the GTAIV story (although like ''The Lost and Damned'', it largely takes place at the same time as the main game); the last mission finally ties up what was one of ''IV'''s biggest loose ends.

''The Ballad of Gay Tony'', released on October 29 of 2009, is the second of two expansion packs for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' (the first being ''[[GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned The Lost and Damned]]'').

The protagonist is Luis Fernando Lopez, a part-time hoodlum from Northwood (Liberty City's version of Inwood) who works as a body guard for "Gay Tony" Prince, one of Liberty City's top club entrepreneurs. As opposed to the slums and poverty-stricken protagonists of ''IV'' and ''TheLostAndDamned'', ''The Ballad of Gay Tony'' focuses on Liberty City's upper-class nightclub culture.

** May count as DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome. One common complaint is that, despite Luis being the hero, he's a disappointingly flat character who does pretty much nothing apart from serve Tony, who receives much more character development.