History VideoGame / GrandTheftAutoV

* SerialEscalation: The game's map will be larger than ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' '''''COMBINED'''''.
* SequelEscalation: Rockstar has described the map as being bigger than those of ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV GTA IV]]'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' put together, and then some to spare. On top of having a full-sized city, the game also features the surrounding countryside (much as was done with ''San Andreas'').

The first teaser trailer, released in November 2011, can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs here]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 second trailer]] was released a year later in 2012, with [[three new trailers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf38HiYPMiI]] released on April 30th, 2013. More info [[http://www.ign.com/wikis/grand-theft-auto-5/GTA_V_Week_on_IGN?objectid=20587 here.]]

The first teaser trailer, released in November 2011, can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs here]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 second trailer]] was released a year later in 2012, with three new trailers scheduled to come out April 30th, 2013. More info [[http://www.ign.com/wikis/grand-theft-auto-5/GTA_V_Week_on_IGN?objectid=20587 here.]]

* ChronicVillainy: It is implied that Michael is bored by civilian life and cannot come to terms with it, and therefore uses Amanda's spendthrift lifestyle as an excuse for him to to return to a life of crime. His psychologist outright tells him that he is "addicted to chaos" in the third trailer.

* ChronicVillainy: It is implied that Michael is bored by civilian life and cannot come to terms with it, and therefore uses Amanda's spendthrift lifestyle as an excuse for him to to return to a life of crime.

* Franklin, a twenty-something black guy who works as repo man for a luxury car dealership. He is described as "the young and capable one of the bunch."

The first teaser trailer, released in November 2011, can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs here]] and a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 second trailer]] was released a year later in 2012. More info [[http://www.ign.com/wikis/grand-theft-auto-5/GTA_V_Week_on_IGN?objectid=20587 here.]]

* ChurchOfHappyology: The Epsilon Program, making its return from ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-xuQNQ1SLI is seriously weird]]. Since the game is taking place in a LosAngeles {{Expy}}, it could be a TakeThat at The Church of Scientology itself.

* ChurchOfHappyology: The Epsilon Program [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-xuQNQ1SLI is seriously weird]]. Since the game is taking place in a LosAngeles {{Expy}}, it could be a TakeThat at The Church of Scientology itself.

* VillainProtagonist: Trevor is a completely straight example of this.

-> ''"You know I've been in this game for a lot of years. And I got out alive. If you want my advice, give this shit up."''

* Michael, a former {{bank robber|y}} in his 40s who {{retired|Outlaw}} and went into WitnessProtection, living in a mansion in the game's version of Beverly Hills with his wife Amanda and his kids Tracy and Jimmy. However, he is forced back into his old line of work after Amanda burns through all of his money.
* Trevor Phillips, a former military pilot turned friend/partner in crime of Michael's who is about his age, but never retired, and remained a drug-abusing career criminal living in a trailer out in the desert of Blaine County.

* BadAss: The three main characters--Michael, Franklin and Trevor--are this.

* [[BaldOfEvil Balding Of Evil]]: Trevor has the least amount of hair of the protagonists and is also the most violent and unstable.

* ChronicVillainy: It is implied that Michael is bored by civilian life and cannot come to terms with it, and therefore embellishes the financial troubles Amanda's spending causes him in order to more easily justify and excuse his wish to return to a life of crime.

** Michael is the traditional ''GTA'' protagonist after he's already won. Having "beaten the game," so to speak, he's decided to get out of the game, settle down and raise a family, but he finds "normal" life to be boring. It's implied that his wife burning through his cash is only part of the reason why he returned to a life of crime.

* DysfunctionalFamily: Michael's. His primary communication with his wife Amanda consists chiefly of expletives, his daughter Tracy doesn't respect him, and his son Jimmy spends most of his time in his room smoking weed and playing video games.

* GameWithinAGame: The Tennis and Golf games are supposedly more advanced than just simple minigames.

* HairTriggerTemper: Trevor. In fact, Trevor seems to be a military version of [[GoodFellas Tommy Devito]].
* HollerButton: Well, it is more like a "[[FlippingTheBird flip-the-bird]] button."

* HonestJohnsDealership: The car dealership that Franklin works for. The owner is a sleazy Armenian guy who pressures yuppies into buying expensive cars that they clearly can't afford, then sends Franklin to take the cars back when the payments stop coming in.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the DarkerAndEdgier path that followed the company in ''GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories'' and ''GrandTheftAutoIV'', this sequel has been designed with a conscious push in this opposition.
* LikeASonToMe: Michael calls Franklin "the son I always wanted."
** With a heavy dose of [[SarcasmMode sarcasm]].

* MonkeyMoralityPose: The three main characters does one in the second trailer, with Michael being "hear no evil", Trevor being "see no evil", and Franklin being "speak no evil."

* SequelEscalation: Rockstar has described the map as being bigger than those of ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]]'', ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV GTA IV]]'' and ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' put together, and then some to spare. On top of having a full-sized city, the game also features the surrounding countryside (much as was done with GTA: San Andreas).
* ShoutOut: No doubt more will be revealed once the game ships, but as early as the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 2nd trailer]], Rockstar seems to be teasing the inclusion of a car based off a [[Film/JamesBond very]] [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} familiar]] classic [[http://gta.wikia.com/Dewbauchee_Classic British grand tourer]].

* TheNewTens: May very well become an UnintentionalPeriodPiece for this current decade, as did ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' for the TurnOfTheMillennium. The game takes place during an economic downturn, where class divisions are stark. The mobile phone has been stated to have internet-browsing capabilities.

* YouBastard: WordOfGod states that Trevor is, essentially, the typical ''GTA'' player personified as a character -- [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential a vicious psychopath who runs around causing havoc, death, and destruction for his own amusement.]] Previews described him going out and setting a car on fire simply [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]] and the second trailer prominently portrays him as casually walking away from a house explosion caused by himself.
-->'''Trevor''': I'll swing by and sign the contracts, all right? ... Just ignore the bodies.

[[caption-width-right:276:The Almighty Dollar]]

[[caption-width-right:324:The Almighty Dollar]]

[[quoteright:324:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Grand-Theft-Auto-V_2208.jpg]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: Trevor appears to be this.

'''''Grand Theft Auto V''''' is a game due to be released for the PlayStation3 and {{Xbox 360}} in September 17, 2013. The latest entry in [[TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar Games]]' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, it is set in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles pastiche of Los Santos and its surrounding countryside based on Southern UsefulNotes/{{California}}. In a first for the series, the game will feature three playable protagonists as opposed to just one:

* TheNewTens: May very well become an UnintentionalPeriodPiece for this current decade, as did ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' for the TurnOfTheMillennium. The game takes place during an economic downturn, where class divisions are stark. The mobile phone has been stated to have internet-browsing capabilities, likely making it a smartphone.

* ShoutOut: No doubt more will be revealed once the game ships, but as early as the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzue74y7A84 2nd trailer]], Rockstar seems to be teasing the inclusion of a car based off a [[JamesBond very]] [[{{Goldfinger}} familiar]] classic [[http://gta.wikia.com/Dewbauchee_Classic British grand tourer]].

'''''Grand Theft Auto V''''' is a game due to be released for the PlayStation3 and {{Xbox 360}} in september 17 2013. The latest entry in [[TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar Games]]' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, it is set in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles pastiche of Los Santos and its surrounding countryside based on Southern UsefulNotes/{{California}}. In a first for the series, the game will feature three playable protagonists as opposed to just one:

* ThreateningShark: Among other animals, sharks have been [[http://www.gtav.net/screenshots/#576 confirmed]] to appear in the game.

'''''Grand Theft Auto V''''' is a game due to be released for the PlayStation3 and {{Xbox 360}} in Spring 2013. The latest entry in [[TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar Games]]' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, it is set in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles pastiche of Los Santos and its surrounding countryside based on Southern UsefulNotes/{{California}}. In a first for the series, the game will feature three playable protagonists as opposed to just one:

'''''Grand Theft Auto V''''' is a game due to be released for the PlayStation3 and {{Xbox 360}} in Spring 2013. The latest entry in [[TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar Games]]' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, it is set in the UsefulNotes/LosAngeles pastiche of Los Santos and its surrounding countryside based on Southern {{California}}. In a first for the series, the game will feature three playable protagonists as opposed to just one: