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* FictionalSocialNetwork: Multiple shots in the second half of the trailer are styled as clips on a Website/TikTok-like video platform.

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* FictionalSocialNetwork: Multiple shots in the second half of the trailer are styled as clips on a Website/TikTok-like Website/{{Instagram}}-like video platform.
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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return after nearly two decades to Vice City - now expanded to the greater region of [[OnlyInFlorida Leonida]] - as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason trying to make it big in the criminal underworld.

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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return after nearly two decades to Vice City - now expanded to the greater region of [[OnlyInFlorida Leonida]] - for the first time in nearly two decades, as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason trying to make it big in the criminal underworld.
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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return to Vice City - now expanded to the greater region of [[OnlyInFlorida Leonida]] - as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason trying to make it big in the criminal underworld.

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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return after nearly two decades to Vice City - now expanded to the greater region of [[OnlyInFlorida Leonida]] - as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason trying to make it big in the criminal underworld.
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[[caption-width-right:686:''[[Music/TomPetty ♫ Lo~ove… is a long, long road… ♫]]'']]

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* FunWithAcronyms: As seen briefly in a clip from the trailer of an animal control officer fishing a gator out of someone's pool, Leonida's animal conservation agency bears the name '''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.

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* FunWithAcronyms: As seen A profile pic briefly glimpsed in a clip from one of the trailer of an animal control officer fishing a gator out of someone's pool, trailer's in-universe social media videos reveals that [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Leonida's animal conservation agency wildlife agency]] bears the name '''P'''rotection P.O.A.C.H. ('''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and & '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.'''H'''unting).



* {{Retcon}}: The state of Florida was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' as the location of a theme park run by the Angels of Death, but this game is set in the fictional Leonida instead.

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* {{Retcon}}: The state of Florida was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' as the location of a theme park run by the Angels of Death, but the trailer reveals this game is set in the fictional state of Leonida instead.
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%%* FunWithAcronyms: Leonida's animal conservation agency bears the name '''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.

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%%* * FunWithAcronyms: As seen briefly in a clip from the trailer of an animal control officer fishing a gator out of someone's pool, Leonida's animal conservation agency bears the name '''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.



%%No citation* {{Retcon}}: Florida itself was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', but this game is set in the fictional Leonida instead.

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%%No citation* * {{Retcon}}: The state of Florida itself was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' as the location of a theme park run by the Angels of Death, but this game is set in the fictional Leonida instead.
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"Florida Man" in this case is a descriptor of the antics, not the people performing them. I may seem counter-intuitive and is something of a grammatical grey area because it's slang, but it reads and sounds significantly better this way


* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Men -- or rather, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Leonida]] Men -- antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].

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* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Men Man -- or rather, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Leonida]] Men Man -- antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].
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* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Man -- or rather, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Leonida]] Man -- antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].

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* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Man Men -- or rather, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Leonida]] Man Men -- antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].

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* ShoutOut:ShoutOut: Many shots in the trailer are [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/18b9630/irl_references_people_found_so_far_from_the/ references]] to real-life "Florida Man" news stories.



** Many shots in the trailer are [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/18b9630/irl_references_people_found_so_far_from_the/ references]] to real-life "Florida Man" news stories.
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Getting rid of Word Cruft. Also commented out examples with no sources.


* DarkActionGirl: Lucia is a VillainProtagonist example, one half of an OutlawCouple who the trailer shows to be an ex-convict fresh out of prison who's the equal of her boyfriend Jason when it comes to causing crime.

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* DarkActionGirl: Lucia is a VillainProtagonist example, one half of an OutlawCouple who the trailer shows to be an ex-convict fresh out of prison who's the equal of her boyfriend Jason when it comes to causing crime.



* FunWithAcronyms: Leonida's animal conservation agency bears the name '''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.

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* %%* FunWithAcronyms: Leonida's animal conservation agency bears the name '''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.



* {{Retcon}}: Florida itself was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', but this game is set in the fictional Leonida instead.

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* %%No citation* {{Retcon}}: Florida itself was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', but this game is set in the fictional Leonida instead.



** The main premise of the game, revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals, is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde.]]

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** %%No citation** The main premise of the game, revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals, is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde.]]
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* MythologyGag: One shot in the trailer showing Vice Beach has a yellow-and-white classic '50s sedan parked in front of an "Ocean View Hotel", a reference to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' where Tommy's first safehouse was that hotel with that car (called the Oceanic in that game) parked in front.
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! Spoilers for the HD Universe continuity of the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series preceding this one may be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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* FunWithAcronyms: Leonida's animal conservation agency bears the name '''P'''rotection '''O'''f '''A'''nimals and '''C'''ontrolled '''H'''unting.
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[[caption-width-right:686:''[[Music/TomPetty Loooove… is a long, long road…]]'']]

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* ShoutOut: The main premise of the game, revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals, is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde.]]

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The main premise of the game, revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals, is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde.]]]]
** Many shots in the trailer are [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/18b9630/irl_references_people_found_so_far_from_the/ references]] to real-life "Florida Man" news stories.
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* FictionalProvince: In addition to Vice City as a fictionalized version of Miami, the trailer shows that the game takes place in the state of Leonida, the ''GTA'' universe's version of Florida, as seen on the license plates.

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* FictionalProvince: In addition to Vice City as a fictionalized version of Miami, the trailer shows that the game takes place in the state of Leonida, the ''GTA'' universe's version of Florida, as seen on the license plates.plates and some of the news reports and social media videos.
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* FictionalProvince: In addition to Vice City as a fictionalized version of Miami, the trailer implies that the game takes place in the state of Leonida, the ''GTA'' universe's version of Florida.

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* FictionalProvince: In addition to Vice City as a fictionalized version of Miami, the trailer implies shows that the game takes place in the state of Leonida, the ''GTA'' universe's version of Florida.Florida, as seen on the license plates.

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* HeistEpisode: In classic ''GTA'' tradition, the trailer includes scenes of a low-stakes version of this where Jason and Lucia stick up a convenience store.



* ShoutOut: The main premise of the game revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde]].

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* SelfieFiend: One shot in the trailer has a woman in a bikini self-consciously posing for a picture on a rooftop balcony. Tellingly, this is where the trailer segues into showing clips from an unnamed FictionalSocialNetwork.
* ShoutOut: The main premise of the game game, revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals criminals, is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde]].Clyde.]]

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* PimpedOutCar: The trailer shows off a bunch of heavily-customized classic cars, including lowriders and donks.



* PimpedOutCar: The trailer shows off a bunch of heavily-customized classic cars, including lowriders and donks.

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* CoveredInMud: The trailer shows a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_bogging mudding]] event held by a "Thrillbilly Mud Club", with a mud-soaked woman in a FlagBikini taunting the camera while trucks power through a mud pit behind her and her friends.



* DeepSouth: Vice City may be a world unto itself, but the trailer demonstrates that the rest of Leonida is still a Southern state, with dusty rural towns, crazed rednecks, lifted trucks, airboats running through the swamp, and a party held in a mud pit.



* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Man antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].

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* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Man -- or rather, [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Leonida]] Man -- antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].


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* ViceCity: The return of the trope namer itself, with the trailer showing a nonstop spree of debauchery by the city's residents in between Jason and Lucia's crime spree.
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* HookersAndBlow: It's ''Grand Theft Auto'', so yeah. The first trailer shows a Vice City that is just plain overflowing with sleazy, lustful, drugged-up behavior, from people stripping and dancing sexily on top of moving cars to people happily getting wasted in broad daylight.
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* LOL69: Wouldn't be a ''Grand Theft Auto'' game without it. In the trailer, the plane pulling a banner over the beach is advertising something called [=Nine1Nine=], with the slogan "why sixtynine when you can nine 1 nine".

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* LOL69: Wouldn't be a ''Grand Theft Auto'' game without it. In the trailer, the plane pulling a banner over the beach is advertising something a business called [=Nine1Nine=], with the slogan "why sixtynine when you can nine 1 nine".
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* ShoutOut: The main premise of the game revolving around an OutlawCouple making their way as criminals is one to the real-world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde Bonnie and Clyde]].
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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return to Vice City, now expanded to the greater region of Leonida, as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason as they try to make it big in the criminal underworld.

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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return to Vice City, City - now expanded to the greater region of Leonida, [[OnlyInFlorida Leonida]] - as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason as they try trying to make it big in the criminal underworld.
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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. It is set to release sometime in 2025.

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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. It Announced in December of 2023, ''VI'' marks the franchise's return to Vice City, now expanded to the greater region of Leonida, as it follows the story of OutlawCouple Lucia and Jason as they try to make it big in the criminal underworld.

The game
is set to release sometime in 2025.
2025 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS.
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* {{Retcon}}: Florida itself was mentioned in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'', but this game is set in the fictional Leonida instead.

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* FictionalProvince: In addition to Vice City as a fictionalized version of Miami, the trailer implies that the game takes place in the state of Leonida, the ''GTA'' universe's version of Florida.



* LOL69: Wouldn't be a ''Grand Theft Auto'' game without it. In the trailer, the plane pulling a banner over the beach is advertising something called [=Nine1Nine=], with the slogan "why sixtynine when you can nine 1 nine".




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* SceneryPorn: The trailer features many loving shots of not only Vice City's most glamorous locales (and its [[WretchedHive not-so-glamorous]]), but also the game's versions of the Florida Keys and the Everglades.
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* DarkActionGirl: Lucia is a VillainProtagonist example, one half of an OutlawCouple who the trailer shows to be an ex-convict fresh out of prison who's the equal of her boyfriend when it comes to causing crime.

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* DarkActionGirl: Lucia is a VillainProtagonist example, one half of an OutlawCouple who the trailer shows to be an ex-convict fresh out of prison who's the equal of her boyfriend Jason when it comes to causing crime.
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Previews: [[https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?feature=shared Trailer 1]]

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Previews: [[https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?feature=shared Trailer 1]]1]]

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!!This game contains examples of the following tropes:

* DarkActionGirl: Lucia is a VillainProtagonist example, one half of an OutlawCouple who the trailer shows to be an ex-convict fresh out of prison who's the equal of her boyfriend when it comes to causing crime.
* FictionalSocialNetwork: Multiple shots in the second half of the trailer are styled as clips on a Website/TikTok-like video platform.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: One scene in the trailer is of a naked fat guy running from the police in front of a gas station.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The trailer has multiple scenes of alligator antics, one a video on a FictionalSocialNetwork of an animal control officer pulling a gator out of a pool and another a security camera video of a very large gator entering a convenience store.
* OnlyInFlorida: The game returns to Vice City, and the trailer shows off a whole slew of Florida Man antics, from a woman twerking on the roof of a moving car to a [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked man]] running from the cops to multiple incidents involving [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile alligators]].
* OnlyInMiami: At the same time, the trailer also shows off the photogenic glamour of its Miami-inspired setting.
* OutlawCouple: As seen in the trailer, the protagonists Jason and Lucia are a pair of lovers and criminals.
-->'''Lucia:''' The only way we're gonna get through this is by sticking together. Being a team. Trust?\\
'''Jason:''' Trust.
* PimpedOutCar: The trailer shows off a bunch of heavily-customized classic cars, including lowriders and donks.

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''Grand Theft Auto VI'' is the upcoming fifth NumberedSequel and 13th overall installment in Creator/RockstarGames’ ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series, and the long-awaited sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. It is set to release sometime in 2025.

Previews: [[https://youtu.be/QdBZY2fkU-0?feature=shared Trailer 1]]

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