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|image = TonyMcTony-GTAIV.JPG | |image = TonyMcTony-GTAIV.JPG | ||
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| | |game_1 = GTA IV | ||
|gender = M | |gender = M | ||
|status = Alive | |||
|dob = 1979 | |dob = 1979 | ||
|pob = [[Liberty City in GTA IV era|Liberty City]] | |pob = [[Liberty City in GTA IV era|Liberty City]] | ||
|home = [[Westdyke]]<br>[[Harborside Plaza 10]], [[Alderney City]]<br>[[Vinewood in GTA V Era|Vinewood]], [[Los Santos in GTA V|Los Santos]] | |home = [[Westdyke]]<br />[[Harborside Plaza 10]], [[Alderney City]]<br />[[Vinewood in GTA V Era|Vinewood]], [[Los Santos in GTA V|Los Santos]] | ||
|nationality = | |nationality = United Status | ||
|family = 6 unnamed sons<br>[[Pete McTony]] (son) | |family = 6 unnamed sons<br />[[Pete McTony]] <small>(son)</small> | ||
|vehicles = [[Infernus]]<br>[[Shamal]]<br>[[Super Diamond]] | |vehicles = [[Infernus]]<br />[[Shamal]]<br />[[Super Diamond]] | ||
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'''Tony McTony''' is a character in the GTA IV era, appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and a [[Trailers for The Ballad of Gay Tony|recent trailer]] of [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]. He is a young internet multi-millionaire (boasting $750 million in stock options) and runs several social networking and video sharing websites. Other sources say no one actually knows how he got rich, though this is likely an exaggeration. | |||
'''Tony McTony''' is a character in the GTA IV era, appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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==Possible real-life inspirations== | ==Possible real-life inspirations== | ||
Tony McTony is partially a parody of young internet moguls, primarily [ | Tony McTony is partially a parody of young internet moguls, primarily [[:wp:Mark Zuckerberg|Mark Zuckerburg]] of Facebook or the YouTube creators ([[:wp:Chad Hurley|Chad Hurley] and [[:wp:Steve Chen (YouTube)|Steve Chen]]), but made more in the likeness of rap stars like [[:wp:Sean Combs|Sean "Diddy" Combs]], [[:wp:Kanye West|Kanye West]], [[:wp:Jermaine Dupri|Jermaine Dupri]] and [[:wp:Pharrell Williams|Pharrell Williams]]. McTony's antics are inspired by certain famous incidents: | ||
*Zuckerburg handed out [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/28/8361945/index.htm business cards that read "I'm CEO... Bitch"] during the first year or so of Facebook's success in 2005. This likely inspired McTony's logo and "Bitches love initials" comment. | *Zuckerburg handed out [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/28/8361945/index.htm business cards that read "I'm CEO... Bitch"] during the first year or so of Facebook's success in 2005. This likely inspired McTony's logo and "Bitches love initials" comment. | ||
*Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are normally more modest, but once flaunted their success with a video on their own site after being bought by Google founders (fellow young billionaires and other possible influences). | *Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are normally more modest, but once flaunted their success with a video on their own site after being bought by Google founders (fellow young billionaires and other possible influences). | ||
*Diddy famously ordered contestants on his show [ | *Diddy famously ordered contestants on his show [[:wp:Making the Band#Making the Band 2: Da Band (2002-2004)|"Making The Band 2"]] to walk across Manhattan to bring him cheesecake (which may have inspired McTony's "salad" incident) | ||
*Kanye West is well known to be very easily offended, and has often interrupted and/or thrown tantrums at music awards shows (mirrored by McTony's intention to sue [[LC24]] magazine). | *Kanye West is well known to be very easily offended, and has often interrupted and/or thrown tantrums at music awards shows (mirrored by McTony's intention to sue [[LC24]] magazine). | ||
*His "nerd" background contradicts the supposed ideal rapper, but is influenced by Pharrell (who went to summer band camp as a child and would later dub one of his musical projects [ | *His "nerd" background contradicts the supposed ideal rapper, but is influenced by Pharrell (who went to summer band camp as a child and would later dub one of his musical projects [[:wp:N.E.R.D|"N.E.R.D."]]), [[:wp:Lupe Fiasco|Lupe Fiasco]] and Kanye again (all three collaborated on a project called [[:wp:Child Rebel Soldier|Child Rebel Soldier]) and [[:wp:Kid Cudi|Kid Cudi]], who is signed to Kanye's label. | ||
*Though [ | *Though [[:wp:Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] and his assault on girlfriend [[:wp:Rihanna|Rihanna]] would point to McTony's "history of domestic violence", the incident broke out a whole two months after GTA IV's release. | ||
==LCPD Database information== | ==LCPD Database information== | ||
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*[[2005]] - Assault | *[[2005]] - Assault | ||
*[[2007]] - Assault | *[[2007]] - Assault | ||
'''Notes''': | '''Notes''': | ||
*Internet entrepreneur and multi-millionaire. | *Internet entrepreneur and multi-millionaire. | ||
*History of domestic violence | *History of domestic violence | ||
*Believed to be an egomaniac with Napoleon complex. | *Believed to be an egomaniac with Napoleon complex. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||