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Jock Cranley
Voiced by: Alex Anthony
A former Vinewood stuntman and actor, now running for governor of San Andreas under the Republicans. He appears as a guest on "Bless Your Heart", the cooking and right-wing politics segment of Blaine County Talk Radio (BCTR) 96.5.
- At Least I Admit It: His political campaign amounts to, "Yes, I'm a dick. But would you rather vote for an unabashed Jerkass or a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing?"
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: His political platform is simply a promise to punch anyone the public (or he himself) doesn't like.
- Covert Pervert: He makes a point of swimming with his teenage daughter's friends when they come over for barbecues, so he can complement them on the fine breasts which exemplify their blossoming womanhood. And, uh... preach the values of sexual abstinence, of course.
- Especially Zoidberg: "I hate immigrants, gays, and cripples. God, do I hate the crippled."
- Flipping the Bird: He gives a great big one near the end of his campaign ad.
- Hookers and Blow: Flat out says that when he was at the peak of his celebrity, he enjoyed these vices frequently. But now, he's all about family values.
- Insane Troll Logic:
- One of his radio ads has him declare...
"My opponent is a know-it-all shrew who thinks helping people is the best way to help people."- Also, one Sue Murry ad accuses him of attempting to abolish taxes by selling off surplus parkland and cutting funding for public schools to 2%, because he needs children at home.
- Jock is convinced that, since the post-WWII boom was a prosperous time for the country, and it's all gone downhill since the U.S. began fighting in Asia and the Middle East, the only thing that will make America truly great again is going to war with Europe. (Specifically, France, because they both hate America AND won't put up a fight.)
- Jerk Jock: It's in his name.
- Jerkass: Unapologetically.
- Lack of Empathy: He doesn't care about anyone, and thinks it's ridiculous that other people would."We cared for people for far too long. I'm not extending a helping hand; I'm giving you all the finger! Vote for me, Jock Cranley, and help yourselves!"
- No Celebrities Were Harmed:
- A former action star turned politician? Sounds a lot like Arnold Schwarzenegger, with some shades of Ronald Reagan, himself an (adopted) son of Los Angeles, as well as Sonny Bono (all three are Republicans who reached high positions in California, the former two as governors, and the latter as congressman representing the 44th District [South Central Los Angeles]). It's mentioned he has a reality show where he's a cop, likely a reference to Steven Seagal.
- As his similar name, personality and appearance should make obvious, he is something of an expy for Mitt Romney. Romney's 1983 incident of driving with a dog on his roof was something the media will never forget to mention, and Cranley's killing his wife is something the media is obsessed with in GTA V.
- Patriotic Fervor: "This is not a socialist country... it's not! This is America - we're nationalists! National Socialists, if you will, because our society is our nation!"
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Jock has a troubled history of using racial slurs, detests affirmative action, and worriedly asks if Bobbi June's producer is "a Lebanon" on-air.note It's okay, though - some of his best friends are Lebanons.
- Strawman Political: Rich, elitist, and self-absorbed. He's about as stereotypical a Republican as you can get.
- Til Murder Do Us Part: Implied to have thrown his wife, Jolene Evans, off the cliffside of Mount Gordo when she objected to them moving to Los Santos so Jock could be a stuntman.
- Vinewood Action Hero: He used to portray one, but his political campaign promises to do it for real.
- The Voice: Never seen (except on adverts), but heard in a radio commercial and on the conservative-minded Bless Your Heart show.
Jolene Cranely Evans
Voiced by: N/A
Jock's deceased wife. She appears for an in-game hour every night on a cliff at Mount Gordo.- Couldn't Find a Pen: Leaves a message in blood on a rock naming Jock as her murderer.
- Easter Egg: The only mention of her besides seeing her in person is a picture of a newspaper clipping on the in-game site 'Who Killed Leonora Johnson'.
- Ghostly Gape: Combined with Glowing Eyelights of Undeath.
- Hell Is That Noise: Between an hour before her appearance and until she vanishes you can hear whispering as well as Jolene begging for her life and screaming.
- Posthumous Character: She died under mysterious circumstances in 1978. Was thrown off Mount Gordo by Jock.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Her appearance in-game.
- Til Murder Do Us Part: Blames Jock for her death.
Antonia Bottino
- Buried Alive: When you first encounter her, you must save her from two disgruntled hicks who want to murder her this way.
- Daddy's Girl: Describes herself as such. Being the daughter of a crime lord who genuinely cares for her certainly justifies this.
- Damsel in Distress: You first encounter Antonia tied up and about to be Buried Alive by a pair of rednecks hired by one of her dad's enemies. After saving her, you must safely drive her to Vinewood Hills where a man named Beppe whom she contacted will come pick her up.
- Dark and Troubled Past: As shown by her backstory, which she tells you after rescuing her, her dad's criminal activities caused Antonia and her family to go into hiding on "rat-hole hick towns" after a murder charge was pinned on Sammy in 2007. After Sammy became a snitch in 2011 as part of a plea bargain when he was arrested, Antonia's life took a turn for the worse because her father made a lot of enemies this way, many of whom target her to get back at her dad.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: For all his flaws, Antonia makes it clear her father loves her dearly and will surely unleash hell itself on anybody who wants to threaten her, including every person who has talked to the two hicks who were about to bury her. That being said, she doesn't seem to have a high opinion of her dad, as she appears to disapprove of his criminal activities and makes it clear she's tired of dealing with people who want to take out their frustation with Sammy on her instead.
- Mafia Princess: She's the daughter of a notorious gangster and makes sure her dad rewards the player's heroism with a good chunk of cash.
- Misplaced Retribution: Finds herself on the receiving end of this trope. Many of Sammy's enemies want to get back at him by targetting the more vulnerable Antonia.
- Video Game Cruelty Potential-Video Game Caring Potential: You can either leave Antonia to her fate, or kill her after dealing with the two hicks threatening her and still get paid. If you're playing as Trevor, you can deliver her to the Altruist Cult, arguably dooming her to another horrible fate. On the other hand, safely delivering her to Beppe will give you a reward of $60,000, complete with Antonia implying you earned her dad's gratitude and respect.
Sue Murry
Recently-divorced elementary schoolteacher and Cranley's Democratic opponent for governor of San Andreas. She appears as guest on "The Fernando Show", Fernando Martinez's political talk show on West Coast Talk Radio (WCTR) 95.6.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She denies this, but see Suspiciously Specific Denial below.
- Covert Pervert: If her reaction during her Suspiciously Specific Denial below is any indication.
- Dean Bitterman: She believes that the attitude she had as a teacher (that people are essentially children and must be talked down to and told who is in charge) is the best way to run a government.
- Gold Digger: She was born middle class, married a rich man, took him for 80% of his wealth, and complains that she deserved more.
- Hypocrite: She believes that the way to fix poverty is to tax the crap out of the rich.Jo: "So, what you're saying Sue, is...you've made a lot of money, and going forward, nobody else will be able to?"
Sue: "Exactly!" - I Am the Noun: She claims that putting her in office is like putting ALL women in office.
- Moral Guardians: Flat out says that no one is allowed to find fun in anything, because otherwise, they aren't being taught any values.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: In real-life, many female Californian politicians used to be teachers. Sue seems to get inspiration from Diane Watson
and Maxine Waters, both Los Angeles grade-school teachers turned Democratic congresswomen representing the 33rd (Beverly Hills) and 43rd (Inglewood) Districts, respectively. Her appearance also seems to invoke Hillary Rodham Clinton, perhaps one of the most powerful Democrats today. - Sarcasm-Blind: See the quote under Hypocrite.
- Straw Feminist: Believes she's better suited to be governor due to her gender, and anyone who is against her is a misogynist, including other women. Especially other women.
- Strawman Political: Bossy, gold-digging, and plays any minority card in the deck. She's about as stereotypical a Democrat as you can get.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: When a former Marine she criticized says that he's going to come and punish her, Fernando ask her if she really wanted a strong, aggressive man to sit her on his lap and spank her, and hold her close so she can feel his stubble on the nape of her neck. The way she stammers afterwards makes it clear that the mental image was at least slightly turning her on.
- The Voice: Like Cranley, she makes an appearance in the game, but solely in an interview on the liberal-minded West Cost Talk Radio.
Fabien LaRouche
Voiced By: Michael Giese
A "master private yoga instructor".
- Asshole Victim: While he doesn't die per se, it's really satisfying to see that Jerkass get a laptop to his face and a curbstomping by Jimmy. Really, he shouldn't have insulted Michael, repeatedly.
- Bilingual Bonus: The kanji on his shirt means "peaceful or harmonious".
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems pretty mellow and polite in his first few appearances, but his last scene makes it clear that beneath it all, he's an impatient and arrogant jerk who treats Amanda significantly worse than Michael ever did.
- Bullying a Dragon: Repeatedly insults Michael to his face and shows disrespect to his family all in the same scene. Considering the kind of man Michael is, he's lucky that all he gets is a laptop to the face.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: When Michael is invited to do yoga with him and Amanda, some of his advice is pretty damn weird. Jimmy also mentions in passing that he has an "anal fixation".
- Comic Sutra:
- A lot of his "yoga positions" are thinly-disguised sex moves, and it's strongly implied that he's using his job to get laid.
- He's a walking exaggeration of the common belief that yoga instructors are perverts.
- Gold Digger: A rare male-towards-female variation with Amanda.
- Gratuitous Hindi: Going by his page on the official website, he doesn't seem to know what "namaste" means.note
- Hypocrite: For all of his insistence on trying help others reach enlightenment and help them overall through yoga, Fabien himself is a smarmy, self-serving asshole who quickly begins using Amanda to pay for all his expenses, and constantly derides her when they aren't fucking.
- Jerkass: When Michael catches up to him, he insults a woman sitting behind him, insults Michael and Jimmy, and then disrespects Amanda, all in the space of a minute. When an already pissed off Michael tries to politely get Fabien to apologize, he insults Michael again. Michael smacks him in the face with a laptop, and Jimmy curbstomps him for good measure.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: It's heavily implied that Fabien doesn't actually know anything about what he's preaching in regards to yoga, and is only using his profession to get into the pants of women he finds attractive. Jimmy himself lampshades that his moves overly focus on the anus a little too much than is appropriate.
- New-Age Retro Hippie: As appropriate for a yogi.
- Too Dumb to Live: Lesson learned, never insult Michael (who is a former criminal by the way) or his family, especially if the former is already in a bad mood. He is very lucky to only receive a laptop to his face and a curbstomping by Jimmy for his troubles.
Jay Norris
Voiced by: David Cope
The young creator and CEO of Lifeinvader, a blatant Facebook parody.
- Asshole Victim: Jay's (unwitting) Final Speech to the public shows that he is gleefully unashamed about how much of an asshole he is. He brags about outsourcing all the work to child slave labor (describing their average work age of 14.4 years as "revolutionary"), stealing industrial secrets from rival company Fruit Computers, selling the personal information of every LifeInvader user to the open market, and generally milking his followers for money in any way he could think of. And the idiots still cheer for him.
- Conspicuously Public Assassination: He is killed on live television during the keynote address revealing Lifeinvader's new smartphone. However, the method of his death, the rigged smartphone, was triggered remotely.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He's inordinately proud of his unethical and at times outright illegal business practices.
- A God Am I: Rickie says that Jay really started Jumping Off the Slippery Slope when people started calling him this before pointing out how the claim didn't help him when Michael rigs his prototype LifeInvader mobile device to explode on stage.
- Insistent Terminology: When advertising his LifeInvader mobile device, he keeps using the phrase "dock" for communicating with it, and seems to be a thinly-veiled innuendo for sexual intercourse."Sounds like someone is trying to dock with me. Hello—"
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Like LifeInvader is to Facebook, he is a parody of the latter's creator, Mark Zuckerberg. He also seems to be at least partly based on Steve Jobs, although his speech in "Friend Request" shows that he has stolen industrial secrets from Fruit computers, which is the GTA-verse equivalent of Apple, Steve Jobs' company.
- Shout-Out: The method of his death is a reference to Law Abiding Citizen, where the protagonist assassinates one of his targets with a rigged cell phone bomb.
- Your Head Asplode: Half his face is blown away after answering a call from Michael while his phone is rigged with Lester's bomb.
Ursula
- Abusive Parents: Her mother was horribly psychologically abusive. Among other things, she burnt Ursula's security blanket in front of her, and tried to force her daughter to change into a son named Johnny. It's no wonder that it's implied that Ursula eventually offed her.
- Ax-Crazy: Let's put it this way; if you pick her up as Trevor before he can meet Mary-Ann, then it is clear that he is lying through his teeth when calling Mary-Ann "the craziest woman he's ever met".
- Cloudcuckoolander: She comes across this way at first with her nonsensical babbling, but it becomes pretty damn clear that all of this girl's screws are loose.
- Cute But Psycho: She is very attractive, and completely out of her goddamn mind.
- Eat Dirt, Cheap: Often used as the rationale for why she isn't available for a Booty Call, having become distracted by eating soil.
- Fetish: Has a weird thing for feet and shoes that look like feet. Apparently she hasn't heard of Toe Shoes...because she hasn't invented them yet.
- Horrifying the Horror: She's so disturbing that even Trevor of all people is unsettled by her.
- Interplay of Sex and Violence: The dialogue heard during her Booty Call devolves into this, as she orders the character who took her home to "lick her scars" before ordering them to "get the clamps"...
- Karmic Death: If you're playing as Trevor, and don't especially value the Booty Call, you can drop her off at the Altruist camp and thus allow a young female serial killer to be killed and eaten by a group of old male serial killers.
- Karma Houdini: Dropping her off at the lighthouse as requested and gaining her as a Booty Call means that she'll never be punished for the multiple murders she's implied to have committed (if you take her ramblings at face value, anyway). At least Trevor or Franklin will get something out of it.
- Matricide: It's implied she killed her own mother.
- Ms. Fanservice: While she doesn't dress in anything particularly revealing, she'll still send sexy pictures of herself after booty calls.
- Psychopathic Womanchild: Makes incredibly childish comments, while at the same time sounding morbid.
- Serial Killer: It's strongly suggested that she is one. She flatly admits to poisoning birds to make the sound of their singing in her head stop; it's strongly suggested that her gardener "got sick" and "fell" off a cliff, that her mother "got sick" and died recently, and that the last person to give her a ride choked to death on his own hand, with the strong implication that she killed all three. Her manner of revealing this is reminiscent of Grady in The Shining using the phrase "corrected" to ambiguously imply murder. Also of note — the first time you take her home as a Booty Call, she'll take a photograph of the back of the car of whoever drove her, implying she plans on stalking them.
Donald "Don" Percival
The founder and CEO of Merryweather Security Consulting. Following the death of Devin Weston in the option C ending, he buys out most of Weston's shares in the company, becoming the biggest shareholder in addition to being the CEO.
- Elites Are More Glamorous: Before he founded Merryweather Security he was a United States Navy SEAL.
- The Ghost: He is mentioned by Devin Weston in one cutscene and he will send the player a "thank you" email following the option C ending. But he is never seen nor do we ever even hear his voice.
- Graceful Loser: If you complete Ending C, Merryweather will lose their contract with the federal government and be forced to cease all domestic operations due to the damage dealt by the protagonists. Despite massive losses of mercenaries and millions of dollars' worth of equipment and contracts, Percival mails the trio, offering to leave them in peace if they promise to stop attacking Merryweather interests. He also thanks them for killing Devin, who, if Michael is to be believed, he never liked either way, which allowed him to buy out his shares and become the most powerful man in the company.
- Greater-Scope Villain: To Weston's Big Bad, being the CEO and provider of the latter's private army.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: He is based on Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater (the real-life inspiration for Merryweather), sharing both his Navy SEAL background and his personal right-wing politics.
- War for Fun and Profit: Merryweather's website states that he's attempting to lobby the U.S. Government to start another war to end the current recession just like how World War II ended The Great Depression and advertises the Insurgent armored vehicle as having luxurious interior options.
Debra
Voiced by: Claire Byrnes
Floyd's condescending and borderline abusive fiancée who frequently goes on "business trips" with a man named Bob. She threatened Trevor at gunpoint in order to force him out of her apartment and was promptly killed off-screen by the latter (alongside Floyd) for agitating him.
- Asshole Victim: Considering how she's been treating Floyd and her possible affair, players won't shedding any tears for her when Trevor kills her.
- Atomic F-Bomb: She drops the f-bomb twice just before she is killed by Trevor.Debra: (to Trevor) I... could give a FUCK what your fucking name is!!!
- Bullying a Dragon: She tries to force Trevor out of her condo, and then gets her gun to presumably kill Floyd. This does not end well for her.
- Chewing the Scenery: "(whilst flailing her arms) GET OUT OF MY CONDO!!!"
- Cute, but Cacophonic: She has a rather shrill voice.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Debra abhors swearing, which may be the reason why Floyd does too. That is until she is provoked sufficiently.Debra: Who the f is that, Floyd?
- Jerkass: What we hear and see of her does not put her in a very pleasant light.
- Jerkass Has a Point: She is well within her rights to force Trevor out of her home. Her only mistake was severely underestimating how dangerous he really is.
- Manipulative Bitch: Uses Floyd just to clean her house and do all the housework for her while cheating on him. Then when Trevor busts in the house, she shows her true colors and taunts Floyd about Bob when she pulls a gun on him and Trevor (Who kills her in retaliation).
- Narcissist: Has dozens of pictures of herself in her condo, including a big one in the living room. She also thinks more of her work life and images than Floyd or anything else, using Floyd to do the housework while cheating on him,.
- No Indoor Voice: Her only on-screen appearance is spent screaming at Floyd and Trevor.
- Too Dumb to Live: Maybe threatening TREVOR of all people wasn't her smartest idea...
Ferdinand Kerimov ("Mr. K")
Voiced by: Armin Amiri
Ferdinand Kerimov, aka Mr. K, is a home theatre technician, who vanishes weeks before the events of the game, a pawn in the battle between the IAA and the FIB.- Anything but That!: When Trevor brings out a torture device, he'll usually spout something along the lines of "Not that!".
- Butt-Monkey: Played for Drama,
Tears, and Horror. - Broken Bird: Physically and emotionally wrecked during the events of the game.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: In one of the most infamous moments in the franchise's history, he is electrocuted, smashed on the arms and groin with a wrench, waterboarded, and one of his teeth gets ripped out.
- Death Faked for You: Rather than killing him like Steve told him to do, Trevor decides to bring him to an airport and say he's dead.
- Hope Spot: For him, being airlifted out of the IAA building. He's overjoyed to be rescued, then the crew shove him into the trunk...
- Misplaced Retribution: Despite working for a suspected terrorist, he absolutely did not deserve to be treated the way he was by the IAA or the FIB. His torture by Trevor was done to feed into Haines' sadism.
- Non-Standard Game Over: During the interrogation scene, Mr. K may enter a cardiac arrest requiring Trevor to apply a adrenaline syringe to reanimate him. If he takes too long or runs out of syringes, Mr. K will die and a cutscene will play where Haines scolds Trevor and promises to punish him later before the game over screen shows up.
- Nice Guy: Is one of the only characters in this game who isn't a sociopath or a self-absorbed Jerkass, instead just being a normal hard-working man with a family, meaning you will gain absolutely no catharsis from torturing him.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He installed home theater equipment into the home of Tahir Javan, but its clear he had no knowledge his employer was a terrorist.
- Shirtless Scene: Though considering he's tortured in it, it ain't all that fanservicey.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Instead of executing him on Haines' orders, Trevor brings him to the airport, giving him a chance to escape. How far he can get in his condition is anyone's guess, however.
Tao Cheng
Voiced by: Richard Hsu
The son of Cheng Triad boss Wei Cheng. Unlike his father, Tao seems more interested in partying than running a criminal organization. Tao is sent to Blaine County to negotiate a contract with Trevor Philips Industries; however, after Trevor's operation is attacked by the Aztecas, Tao's translator convinces him to negotiate with the O'Neil Brothers, much to Trevor's anger.
In 2019, Tao is the owner of Diamond Casino and Resort. The Diamond Casino and Resort all but confirmed that the "Deathwish" ending is the canon ending of the single player game, meaning Tao had survived Franklin's hit on Wei Cheng.
- Ax-Crazy: After Brucie gets him off his addiction to crank and onto Bull Shark Testosterone, he's very willing to draw a gun on Avery Duggan during a meeting and overall acts very aggressive.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: In the shootout at the vineyard where he meets with the Duggans, he manages to hold his own in a gunfight.
- Establishing Character Moment: His first appearance in a cutscene has him waving his arms around and doing a dumb little dance while entering the bar his translator and Trevor are in, speaking in slurred Chinese.
- Expy: Of Leslie Chow, in that he's a Chinese criminal who acts like a kid who refused to grow up, although it is VERY downplayed on Tao's part due to being constantly high, and therefore harmless. But when Brucie convinces him to take his fitness program during the Diamond Casino missions, and gets him addicted to Bull Shark Testosterone, he becomes a LOT more hostile when "negotiating" with Avery Duggan, to the point of pulling out a gun at their face-to-face meeting, and joining the Online Protagonist(s) in the subsequent firefight when Avery sics his security team on them.
- Evil Uncle: Tao has one in China (specifically Kowloon) who wants to ensure the Diamond Casino runs smoothly, and threatens to slaughter the staff if they can't keep it afloat.
- Harmless Villain: Tao is more interested in partying and getting high than taking over his father's criminal empire. However, he eventually becomes a Not-So-Harmless Villain during the Diamond Casino and Resort story arc when Brucie introduces him to Bull Shark Testosterone.
- Keet: In his appearances, he is excitable, usually because he is high.
- Language Barrier: Tao has to rely on a translator when negotiating a contract with Trevor. He does get slightly better over the course of the Diamond Casino missions, thanks to Brucie getting him off his addiction to crank... and onto an addiction of Bull Shark Testosterone.
- Necktie Headband: Wears one in the cutscene at the beginning of "Crystal Maze".
- Took a Level in Badass: Goes from a Cloud Cuckoo Lander Manchild to a true criminal capable of participating in a gunfight after Brucie's training regime.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: He was a harmless Nice Guy in the story. Until after the aforementioned regime in the Diamond Casino and Resort story arc, when he also becomes more hostile when negotiating with Avery Duggan to the point of pulling a gun out at their face-to-face meeting.
- Unexplained Recovery: Possibly, as getting the Gold medal for assassinating Wei Cheng is to blow up all three cars that are being used by his men, which would have almost certainly caught Tao in the blast. However, Tao is alive, but mentions that he "almost died once already" at the country club where Franklin kills Wei Cheng. This implies he survived the canonical Ending C, but the details are vague enough that it's ambiguous if he's specifically referring to Franklin's assassination of Wei Cheng.
- Upper-Class Twit: Being the son of a powerful Triad leader practically gives Tao a license to be an idiot.
Tao's translator
Voiced by: Phil Nee
Tao Cheng's translator. He acts as the English-speaking liaison between Tao and whomever the Cheng Triads are dealing with at the moment.
- Affably Evil: Despite working for the Triads, he is for the most part polite and professional.
- Butt-Monkey: It's a given, due to him constantly trying in vain to get Tao to behave.
- No Name Given: He is simply referred to as "The Translator".
- Only Sane Man: It's more or less his job to keep Tao's behaviour in check.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He's not evil himself; he just works for a criminal organization.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Downplayed. During the events of the attempted Duggan takeover of the casino, Tao begins to speak English, essentially making the Translator's (main) job unnecessary. Also, Agatha has some proficiency in Chinese, and even corrects the Translator at one point.
Beast (Spoilers Unmarked)
An mysterious beast roaming around Los Santos. While normally playable in the Hunt the Beast event in GTA Online, he can also be found in the story mode given specific circumstances...
- Captain Ersatz: Is a blatant copy of the titular Teen Wolf.
- Fisticuffs Boss: Is fought one-on-one with just fists.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Unlike many of the antagonists in GTA, there is no context behind him. He's just found via a Peyote-induced hallucination.
- Lightning Bruiser: He's significantly more stronger than your average NPC, and is capable of taking a massive beating.
- True Final Boss: Trying to face him requires 100% Completion, then eating all 27 Peyotes, then eating all 7 golden Peyotes in a certain order to face him while hallucinating as a Sasquatch. Defeating him unlocks him for Director Mode.
DJs
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- Adam Westing: Applies to virtually all of the DJs who are fictionalized (and sometimes self-spoofing) versions of the actors and performers doing their voices.
- "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Some of the music artists would have one song on their radio station they sang and/or produced.
Cara
Voiced by: Cara Delevingne
The DJ for Non Stop Pop FM. An English fashion model and actress, she branched out to DJing for a chance to experience sunny Los Santos. And to get the latest Righteous Slaughter before the rest of Europe.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Are they ever! She's self-described as the "girl with the eyebrows". A Google Image search of real life photos of the actress will show she's not exaggerating.
- Casting Gag: Her real life job as a fashion model is invoked in one line:Cara Delevingne: There's nothing wrong with advertising. Trust me, I know.
- Captain Ersatz: She invokes mannerisms of now-retired British Youtube celebrity RandyTaylor69.
- Foreign Cuss Word: By way of Separated by a Common Language, she delights in the fact she can say "wanker" on U.S. radio because it's not rude there.
- Gamer Chick: Often spends Weasel News breaks playing the ultra-violent game Righteous Slaughter.
- The Heart: Cara is one of the only characters in the entire game who has a positive outlook on life and just wants people to be nice to each other.
- I Am Very British: Compared with her movie appearances, she played up her British accent significantly.
Loggins
Voiced by: Kenny Loggins
The host of Los Santos Rock Radio. A former rock legend living in the twilight end of his '70s and '80s boom. Seems to think his radio station is a boat cruising over the ocean, and he's the captain.
- Deadpan Snarker: Very much so. Holds an extremely cynical view of Los Santos altogether.
- The '80s: His station is utterly filled to the brim with 80s records. Even Don Johnson's short-lived music career is present on display.
- Nostalgia Filter: Has this on tightly, looking back in the past and reminiscing about it while looking down on present day Los Santos.
DJ Pooh
Voiced by: DJ Pooh
DJ for West Cost Classics, the home of the original gangster rap from the '90s.
- Arch-Enemy: Online updates have added audio of DJ Pooh taking shots at rival station Radio Los Santos and modern hip-hop in general. He's also not one of Lazlow's biggest fans, calling him "Lasshole" and telling him to fuck off.
- Creator Cameo: He co-wrote San Andreas and some of Online on top of being a consultant for V.
- Expy: Of Julio G from San Andreas: Both Only Sane Men who play themselves, encourage pacifism among the gangs of Los Santos and are the DJ of the Gangsta Rap station.
- Gangsta Rap: The real shit, cuz.
- The '90s: The rap station for original hip hop, it's filled to the brim from vintage 90's Snoop to NWA and Dre.
- Only Sane Employee: Seems to be the only guy in the entire game grounded in reality. He even calls out Lamar on his foolishness.
Big Boy
Voiced by: Kurt "Big Boy" Alexander
Radio Los Santos, the other rap station, if you prefer more modern hip hop. DJ'd by radio host Big Boy, who's not as big as you think (anymore).
- The Big Guy: Big Boy used to weigh over 300 pounds before he underwent surgery in 2003.
- Gangsta Rap: Though not as overt as West Coast Classics, which borders closer to...
Pam Grier
Voiced by: Pam Grier
The host of The Lowdown 91.1, the home of all things soul, jazz, and funk. Former Action Girl extraordinaire, "Mama G" settled for a more chill southern west-coast vibe to bring us children some real soul.
- Cool Old Lady: The coolest.
- Sassy Black Woman: She tells you how screwed up Los Santos and the downtown is in the best way she can.
Jesco White
Voiced by: Jesco White
Rebel Radio's host, the home of "non-conformist" (read: really redneck) country music.
- The Cameo: Sort of. You can find a Expy of him up at Blaine County doing his famous dance.
- Half-Witted Hillbilly: Plays up the stereotype for all it's worth, claiming to be constantly drunk and high and loves a good country party.
- Hipster: No, really. He gives shit to any country musician who "sells out", and frequently looks down on Los Santos. Like Trevor, Jesco himself could be considered something of a "proto-hipster".
Flying Lotus
"Wow, psssh. What the hell, man."
Voiced by: Flying Lotus
FlyLo FM, hosted by FlyLo himself playing mostly his own music. That's pretty much all that needs to be said, right? Apparently though, his radio station isn't officially sanctioned by Los Santos and is instead broadcast through a pirate signal coming somewhere from Vespucci Beach. Various other characters appear on the station as well, such as Hannibal Buress, Tyler, The Creator and David Firth.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: The one and only Hannibal Buress."Ey, wasup this is the Hannibal. I'm out in front of the Up N' Atom Burger, looking at my phone I got bleets from Sprunk. Why is Sprunk bleetin' me? Who cares what a soda has to say on Bleeter? 'Hey, we got new sodas?' I'm not following you, you a soda, leave me alone. Back to you FlyLo."
- Instrumental Hip Hop: This is the best way to actually describe this one.
- Man Behind the Man: Almost every track on this station was either written or produced by FlyLo himself. Extends to other stations as well, as his name is on a few Worldwide tracks as well.
- N-Word Privileges "You're a niggaaaaa."
- This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Courtesy of Young Nigga, Tyler, The Creator's alter ego.''"Yo yo nigga, you on FlyLo FM, it's the best radio station in the whole everywhere. I don't give a fuck nigga, if you ain't listenin' to FlyLo FM, not only is you a bitch, but you a bitch ass niggaaa."'
- Word Salad Title: Lampshaded in one of the radio bumpers."What the hell is a Flying Lotus?"
Keith Morris
Voiced by: Keith Morris
The founder and former front-man for Black Flag, he now hosts Channel X, the home of true and tried punk. Seems to be a lot less angry than he used to be, but is still certifiably cynical.
- Ambiguously Gay: The whole "paddy wagon" incident raises a few eyebrows.
- The Cynic: Very cynical about San Andreas as a whole and life in general.
- Deadpan Snarker: Everything he says that sounds positive is really sarcasm.
Instituto Mexicano del Sonido
Voiced by: Don Cheto and Camilo Lara
The hosts for East Los FM, a love letter to Vagos and cholos everywhere. The guys themselves are... weird and excitable to say the least, but the station plays legit traditional Latino music, Mexican hip hop and electronica.
- Big Eater: They sometimes talk and sing about food in their interludes.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: They'll regularly song-along (poorly) as they play their jams.
- Hot-Blooded: These guys love their jobs a bit too much.
- The Hedonist: Unlike every other radio host in the game, they unironically embrace the excess and chaos in Los Santos, encouraging more people to be plastic sellouts and crime lords.
Bootsy Collins
Voiced by: William "Bootsy" Collins
A famous funk bassist and former member of P-Funk, Bootsy Collins hosts Space 103.2, bringing the classic sounds of funk to your life.
Gilles Peterson
Voiced by: Gilles Peterson
The DJ king of Europe, and host of BBC Radio 6 series WorldWide, he's now brought his show exclusively to Los Santos (and even Blaine County) for a little bit of European sensibility to a much-too plastic San Andreas.
- Department of Redundancy Department: "Electronic sound, electronic song."
- Hipster: While Gilles himself is far from a hipster, folks who find Radio Mirror Park too mainstream usually switch to this station. It doesn't help the fact that Gilles is acclaimed worldwide as a music taste-maker.
- Verbal Tic: Tends to pause often in-between his sentences.
George Lewis Jr.
Voiced by: George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow
See all those other stations and their hosts above? Well, you are so over them now. Radio Mirror Park is where it's at and is everything all the cool people listen to, that is until you tell your friends about it, they start listening to it, and suddenly it's become too mainstream for you. Indie musician George (aka Twin Shadow) has it all post-ironically covered.
- Hipster: Dear lord. One wonders how Trevor doesn't break the game if you listen to this station more than a minute. Maybe he likes the music?
- Jerkass: Part of being a super-dedicated hipster. It's as if he's got a stick up his ass 24/7.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: His mustache is not ironic!
- Theme Song: GTA V's Credit Songs ("Don't Come Close", "Sleepwalking", and "The Setup") are all here. Played even more straight in Online, whose theme song is an instrumental version of "Change of Coast", also from this station.
Soulwax
Voiced by: Uncredited
David and Stephen Dewaele, Belgian house musicians, lead Soulwax FM, Los Santos' main electronic station, apparently from the top of Mt. Chiliad. However, neither of the two actually speak, instead using sampled voices to communicate to the listeners.
- Mind Screw: Soulwax FM's radio bumps are seriously weird.
Nate & Steve
Voiced by: Nate Williams and Stephen Pope of Wavves
Nate and Steve, members of surf-rock/grunge band Wavves, are the two hosts of Vinewood Boulevard Radio, keeping rock and roll alive for those of you who have had reality kicked into your dreams and don't have the effort to do anything productive.
- Band Allusion: Of sorts - an instrumental of the Wavves song "Dog" plays when Trevor's kidnapped Devin Weston and is waiting by the cliff for Michael and Franklin in Ending C.
- Faux Yay: From here to there.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When "Answer To Yourself" by The Soft Pack plays, Steve will gloat about stealing the band's drummer.
- Noodle Incident: The supposed "nasty crime" when Nate discusses the Epsilon Program
- The Stoner: They don't try to hide it.
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Voiced by: Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry, an influential reggae and dub producer, is the host of The Blue Ark FM. Bringing both the classic and new sounds of Jamaica to Los Santos.
- Actor Allusion: His station is named after Black Ark Studios, the recording studio he ran in the '70s.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: His ramblings actually make sense if you can make them out, but his way with words is pretty far out there.
- Rhymes on a Dime: Has a tendency to rhyme during his monologues.
- The Unintelligible: His very thick Jamaican accent gives even Little Jacob a run for his money in the "Really needs subtitles" contest.
Gangrene
"The Lab: Getting supernatural with science. Like a spaced-out woman walking around with big-ass crystals around her neck and shit. You are live! You are like made of elements like planktum and helium and gold teeth and shit! If you could travel at the speed of light, trust me it could very difficult to read traffic signals. So just close your eyes, and give in to the science of this music."
Voiced by: The Alchemist & Oh No
Rappers & record producers The Alchemist and Oh No - under the pseudonyms Dr No and the Chemical Bro - host The Lab, a radio station consisting of music coming out on an album entitled "Welcome to Los Santos". They believe that their station is a hub for anything and everything science-related, and that they're scientists, when, in actuality, they're really not.
- Badass Longcoat: They wear white lab coats over their normal street clothes (For Science!). Like Copernicus!
- Celebrity Paradox: One of the songs on the playlist is called "California". The game is set in a California Expy called "San Andreas".
- For Science!: Supposedly... If they knew a damn thing about science. But hey, points for the enthusiasm right?
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: One of their callers gets them to drop everything to hear him rap. He's awful, and the hosts eventually just cut him off."Yo, that shit is garbage!"
- Insane Troll Logic: Pretty much everything they say falls into this, especially when trying to defend their supposed scientific expertise. It's probably due to them being high as kites though.
- Know-Nothing Know-It-All: They believe they are knowledgeable about science, but they constantly screw up the subjects they bring up. For example, when "diagnosing" a caller who made some less-than-acceptable remarks about their station with stupidity, they claim that Isaac Newton walked out and flew a kite for an experiment regarding electricity when it's actually Benjamin Franklin who conducted the experiment. It's all probably an act, though, judging by one of their radio bumpers:
Combustion... plate tectonics... relativity... SHIT THESE GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND!
- Stoners Are Funny: Admit to utilizing "copious amounts of reefer" in their pursuit of science, and are definitely hilarious.
- The Unintelligible: Eddie-man, a Jamaican caller, calls up the show to request a Popcaan track. The boys can't understand a damn thing he's saying, thinking that he's flying through a black hole. He proceeds to get really pissed off and even more unintelligible before they finally play his request.
Cliff Lane & Andee
Voiced by: Ed McMann (Cliff Lane) & Shelley Miller (Andee)
The former hosts of Lips 106 who now host Self Radio, the radio station tailored to your music tastes. They seem to be a lot less enthusiastic than they were 15 years ago (which is saying something), with them making sarcastic comments regarding the players and their tastes in music, the events transpiring in Los Santos, Los Santos and San Andreas in general, and, well... everything, really.
It should be noted that both hosts appear if the player sets Self Radio to the "Radio" option.
- The Alcoholic: Cliff Lane became one sometime after his stint as co-host of Lips 106, always hitting the "booze room" whenever they check the "news room".
- The Bus Came Back: Their last appearance was almost 10 years prior in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- Deadpan Snarker: Both of them, really.
- Dumbass DJ: Cliff, compared to Andee.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Cliff whenever he and Andee present a news story from Weazel News.
- Jerkass: Cliff Lane.
- Take That, Audience!: They're not shy about giving their opinions on the players and their music, and it's not just them making and delivering the jabs. Even the bumpers and station IDs will mock the player, treating them as selfish, egotistical, and narcissistic asshats who care only for themselves.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: They gained one in between their time hosting Lips 106 and their time hosting Self Radio.
Frank Ocean
Voiced by: Frank Ocean
American musician and host of blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Casually talks about robbery and murder as if they are everyday things.
LSUR Host
Voiced by: Donna Frank
Unnamed woman who provides continuity announcements for Los Santos Underground Radio.
Danny Brown
Voiced by: Danny Brown
American rapper and host of iFruit Radio.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Of sorts. He voices a caller on The Lab years before he gets his own radio show.
Joy Orbison
Voiced by: Joy Orbison
English electronic musician and host of Still Slipping Los Santos.
Julian Casablancas
Voiced by: Julian Casablancas
American musician and (alleged) host of Kult FM.
- Advertised Extra: Advertised as the host of Kult FM, but in reality only provides a few continuity announcements while leaving most of the actual host duties to his producer Zachary.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: From what we see of him, he's more than a bit out there.
- Genre Roulette: Most other stations have a particular genre, style, or time period. Kult FM is completely random, switching between rock, rap, country, and more. The oldest song is from 1960, and the newest debuted with the update the station was added in.
Zachary
Voiced by: David Cross
Kult FM's producer who acts as host during Julian Casablancas' frequent absences.
- Actor Allusion: Had to go up to San Fierro to get radio equipment for the station from a "total zero" who made him do "annoying shit", referencing Cross's previous performance as Zero in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Basement-Dweller: A variant, as he mentions that he works out of Julian's basement.
