Characters in GTA Vice City: Difference between revisions

{{toc}}A number of recurring characters appear during various missions or cut scenes in the video game [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]. Prominent characters are listed here in rough order of appearance. (The order in which some of these characters appear in-game depends upon the sequence in which the player completes certain missions.)

*Introduced in: Introduction, airport cut scene

[[Tommy Vercetti]] is the [[protagonist]] and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

===Sonny Forelli===

*Introduced in: Introduction, first Marcos Bistro cut scene

*Introduced in: Introduction, airport cut scene

[[Ken Rosenberg]] is a shady, neurotic lawyer (a partner at the "Rosenberg & Associates" legal firm) who is closely affiliated with [[Tommy Vercetti]] and loosely connected to the [[Forelli family|Forelli]]s, often serving as comic relief. Rosenberg meets Vercetti at the Vice City airport and remains his ally throughout the game. He secures Tommy's release from prison whenever he is arrested, and his voice on a phone is sometimes briefly heard in these situations; ''"Tommy Vercetti is an innocent man!"'', ''"Officer, do you really think my client is capable of that?"'', and sometimes, (''My client wasn't even in town!'').

*Introduced in: Introduction, botched drug deal cut scene

*Killed in: '[[Keep Your Friends Close...]]'

[[Lance Vance]] is a drug dealer who soon becomes Tommy Vercetti's partner in crime. Lance worked in the narcotics trade with his brother, [[Victor Vance]] (who is featured as the main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]). Lance piloted the helicopter and Victor conducted the deals themselves. In Vice City, the two originally make up the "[[Vance Crime Family]]," with Victor as the head. In the game's opening cut scene, Lance flies Victor to a cocaine deal with [[Sonny Forelli]]'s men ([[Ken Rosenberg]], [[Tommy Vercetti]], and two minor Forelli goons named Harry and Lee). But before the goods could change hands, Victor, Harry and Lee are shot down in an ambush. Lance, still in the helicopter, flies away unscathed, while Vercetti jumps into the car with Rosenberg and narrowly escapes.

*Introduced in: '[[The Party]]'

Colonel [[Juan García Cortez]], a retired colonel from an unspecified Central American nation, is an acquaintance of [[Ken Rosenberg]]. He helped set up the failed exchange that brought [[Tommy Vercetti]] to Vice City. Tommy continuously asks Cortez when he is getting reimbursed for the money he lost at the setup, but Cortez tells Tommy that he is "not in Liberty City anymore", and encourages him to take charge, which Tommy does. Cortez more or less strings Tommy along with payments for jobs he wants done, using Tommy's debt with the mob to make him work for Cortez. Nonetheless, Cortez is not unappreciative and behaves as such. The Colonel also ties together nearly all areas of criminal activity, including narcotics, firearms, weapons, and military secrets. When the French begin to pursue Colonel Cortez for their stolen "missile technology," he asks Tommy to help him flee Vice City for safer harbor with his extravagant yacht.

*Introduced in: '[[The Party]]'

*Killed in: '[[Rub Out]]'

[[Ricardo Diaz]] is the extremely dangerous and volatile individual behind the ambush of Vercetti's drug deal. He is also the head of his own gang, and the initial leader of the drug trade in the city. Diaz later recruits Vercetti to run errands for him, but eventually Vercetti discovers Diaz' role and takes him out, seizing his estate in the process. Diaz bribed the INS for a green card in 1978, after entering the country from Colombia. His contacts there believe he is a major player in the illegal drug industry and anti-government activity.

*Introduced in: '[[The Party]]'

[[Kent Paul]] is a Cockney English youth who works in the music business but claims to be a criminal mastermind. "Kent Paul" is probably an assumed name; his real name is unknown, although an early voice clip featured him calling himself "Paul from Kent." He also goes by "KP", "Paulo" and "Kent". He tapped the local biker gang to provide security for the band he represents, but had a falling-out with Big Mitch Baker and was stripped and thrown out of their bar.  

*Introduced in: '[[The Party]]'

[[Avery Carrington]] is a successful Texan property magnate, real estate mogul and extreme capitalist. He enjoys quoting his father and using old-western euphemisms. He is willing to do anything to manipulate property prices and land value, including arson, rioting, bribery, intimidation, and murder. He always wears a cowboy hat and rides in a black limousine. Carrington has been suspected by the police to be wearing a wig, although this is only explicitly revealed in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. Donald Love: (As Avery's corpse is stolen by [[Toni Cipriani]]) "Avery. Oh, Avery! How you've aged since we last met. You used to feed me such pearls of wisdom. And soon I shall dine again! My God! He's wearing a wig!" ("Morgue Party Resurrection," Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.) The official [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] website appears to reference this trivia as well. MeTV News presenter: "Since they helped us win Vietnam, helicopters have been America's favorite way of dying in air accidents. But the helicopter traffic in Vice City has made it unsafe. Only last week, a popular local real estate entrepreneur had his wig blown off by a run away chopper." (Official Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories website; "Helicopter" segment.)

*Introduced in: "Stunt Boat Challenge"

[[Umberto Robina]] is a [[Cuban]] warlord (and leader of the [[Los Cabrones]]) who has been involved in a long-term Vice City turf war with [[Haitian]] criminals. He is an extremely macho man who wants to wage full scale war with the Haitian gang, however, he has never been personally implicated in a crime and his bravery has been questioned within Cuban circles. He is good friends with Tommy Vercetti and treats him as an equal. His quote on it: "Tommy, to us, you Cuban".

*Introduced in: "Juju Scramble"

[[Auntie Poulet]] is an elderly [[Haitian]] matriarch, leader of the Haitian gang (which she also uses as her own protection). She gives [[Tommy Vercetti]] mind-altering voodoo potions to get him to cooperate in the missions she wants him to undertake. This includes acting against the Cubans, with whom he has friendly relations. However, when the potion's effects wear off, Tommy shows no memory of what he has done for the Haitians. Ultimately, she cuts her ties with him and wishes that he not return to [[Little Haiti]], but when Tommy does do so, he receives a final phone call from Auntie Poulet (''"Why you coming here fee? Me tell you we don't want to see you around here no more."'') and makes permanent enemies of the Haitian gang. Following Poulet's final mission, Tommy is given the opportunity to destroy the Haitians' main drug operations plant.

*Introduced in: "The Party"  

[[Steve Scott]] is a porn film director at Interglobal Films. He has an uncanny resemblance to Steven Spielberg. [[Tommy Vercetti]] buys his studio and brings him stars, while funding a new film starring Candy Suxxx (who is also implied to have had sex with Steve in his trailer). Steve is obsessed with making a movie about a giant shark; a movie poster for the [[Candy Suxxx]] movie [[Bite]] appears later in the game and is clearly a homage to Steven Spielberg's film Jaws. Another poster depicts another Steve Scott film starring Candy Suxxx called [[Closer Encounters]], an obvious reference to the Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The last name could also be a reference to yet another director, Ridley Scott, director of 80's classic Blade Runner whilst the first name is probably that of Steven Spielberg.

*Introduced in: "Alloy Wheels of Steel," although he may be heard as a caller on the V-Rock radio station beforehand

"Big" [[Mitch Baker]] is a Vietnam veteran turned biker, earning a Purple Heart for killing a village full of Viet Cong. Vice City's cops tend to mistreat veterans, which has led Baker into many clashes with them and 13 occasions of being jailed. He runs the local biker gang at the Greasy Chopper bar and is extremely loyal to them. Tommy Vercetti has to earn Baker's respect before he can get the gang to provide security for a Love Fist concert. This is a reference to the disastrous Rolling Stones concert where the Hells Angels were hired to work security. Big Mitch also occasionally calls into [[V-Rock]] complaining of the fact that they play too many hair bands and not enough hard rock.

*Introduced in: "The Shootist"

[[Phil Cassidy]] is a firearms expert and dealer who first appeared in [[GTA III]], where he claimed to have lost an arm in Nicaragua. In contrast to his appearance in GTA III, the younger Phil is more energetic, but drinks to the point of drunkenness during one mission (qualities which become more common during his appearance in Vice City Stories). He also appears with both arms intact and participates in Tommy's "Job," a heist at a local bank. In Tommy's final mission for him, Phil loses an arm when his "[[boomshine]]", a homemade and hazardous explosive/alcoholic beverage named after ''moonshine'', explodes directly in front of him. After the explosion, Tommy must drive Phil to the hospital while suffering from blood loss and the intoxicating effects of the boomshine. On the way to the hospital, Phil has Vietnam flashbacks and post-traumatic stress disorder. After that point, he continues to sell Tommy rare and powerful weapons.

[[Victor Vance]] is [[Lance Vance]]'s brother and Vic's head of the two-member Vance Crime Family (alongside Lance), who is killed in the beginning of the game, along with Vercetti's escorts Harry and Lee, as he engages in a drug transaction with Vercetti.

Victor later is the [[protagonist]] of [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], set 2 years before the events of [[GTA Vice City]].

===Cam Jones===

*Introduced in: "No Escape?"

*Killed in: "The Job" (The possibility of this occurring depends on the player's actions: The player may choose to defend Cam, or have him killed by the police or the player him/herself.)

*Introduced in: "The Party", although he may be heard on KCHAT or commercials before the mission

[[BJ Smith]] is the former tight-end of the Vice City Mambas professional American football team, haunted by problems off the field. He is a frequent guest at [[Juan Cortez]]' parties, and has had a little trouble adjusting to life off of the gridiron. He created the exercise video "BJ's Fit for Football" and used to own BJ's Used Autos (which police suspect is a front for selling stolen cars; the showroom was later bought over by Tommy Vercetti), and is preparing for a comeback into football. BJ's approach in life is said to be heavy handed, citing football as an inspiration to his claims of resolving many of life's challenges with aggression and violence. BJ is also in debt with loan sharks and is doing anything for money.

===Candy Suxxx===

*Introduced in: "The Party"

[[Candy Suxxx]] (real name [[Candice Shand]]) is a large-breasted (the result of having silicone breast implants) and scantly clad woman (wearing little more than a bikini with a United States flag motif, and red high-heeled shoes) who is originally a prostitute residing in the Downtown area; is a regular of hers until she is hired by Tommy Vercetti to work at the [[InterGlobal Films]] pornography studio, after Tommy killed her pimp.

===Congressman Alex Shrub===

*Introduced in: "The Party," although he may be heard on the [[VCPR]] radio talk show before the mission

[[Alex Shrub]] is a right wing politician who became the youngest state congressman in Florida history because, according to [[Maurice Chavez]], "he has great hair and says things that make you nod your head." Shrub is a delusional congressman who knowingly tries to cover up and distract people from the fact that Vice City is going downhill under his term. He cares only about money and has allowed businesses to do as they please, such as the legalization of Giggle Cream, a hazardous dessert which has killed 23 people. Eventually, he is blackmailed by Vercetti and Scott after they acquire photographs of the politician engaged in crossdressing and extra-marital affairs.

*Introduced in: Purchase of Cherry Popper Ice Cream cut scene

[[Maude Hanson]] (dubbed "Maude the Ice Cream Lady" in the Vice City manual) is the owner of the [[Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory]] before Tommy Vercetti purchases her business. Featured in only one cut scene, she claims that her business serves as a front for selling "other, non-dairy products" (drugs). Maude also exhibits psychotic hatred towards children, and is believed to have once run a children's home.

*Introduced in: Purchase of Kaufman Cabs cut scene

[[Delores]] is a middle-aged dispatcher at the [[Kaufman Cabs]] taxi company. Appearing in one cut scene, she introduces the company and its dealings (competing aggressively against a rival taxi company). Delores may also be heard on the dispatch radio of Kaufman Cab taxis.