History Fanfic / GrandTheftAutoSanAndreasGroveStreet4Life

* ButtMonkey: Hilariously enough, CJ when it comes to his love life. Every single one of his romantic pursuits ends poorly in a comedic fashion for one reason or another: Denise because he's forced out of Los Santos, Catalina is batshit insane, Katie because she's turned on by death, Michelle because he's her direct competitor, Barbara because she has kids (leading to him fleeing in his underwear), Helena because she's a murderer, and Millie leaves the country with her cut of the heist.

* ButtMonkey: Hilariously enough, CJ when it comes to his love life. Every single one of his romantic pursuits ends poorly in a comedic fashion for one reason or another.

* AdaptationOriginConnection: In the game, it's never mentioned how CJ and Tenpenny met. Here, CJ states that they first meet when he was a kid.

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After Hernandez dies at Pulaski's hands, CJ goes out of his way to give him a proper burial.]]
* DrugsAreBad: A message repeatedly pounded out by CJ (marijuana doesn't count).

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Due to being in prison for most of the game, Sweet has no idea what his brother has been up to. He's therefor more than a little surprised when CJ (who sweet thought had been softened by life in Liberty City) swiftlky and efficiently guns down enemies without a second thought.

* LoserLeavesTown: A Las Venturas subplot has Carl getting involved in an escalating series of races with a SpoiledBrat named Brent. After their final race, Brent leaves the city a broken man.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Jerusalem portrays Pulaski as smarter than he was in the game, being able to intelligently explain to CJ [[spoiler:how he and Tenpenny knew what he was up to during the events of ''High Noon'']]. On the other hand...
* AdaptationalJerkass:
** Jerusalem noticeably plays up Pulaski's racism in his interactions with CJ.
** Despite also being an example of AdaptationalHeroism on a whole, CJ also gets a bit of this at the beginning, with him referring to some characters of other ethnicities and sexual orientations in his narration [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero using rather offensive labels]], which is one thing he didn't do in the game. During the chase after [[CampGay Freddy]], CJ notably reacts with disgust towards Freddy's constant double-entendres.

** When Toreno tells Carl to buy the airstrip, he specifically instructs him to offer the owner one dollar, and [[DisproportionateRetribution if he refuses, kill him.]] Not being willing to do that, he instead buys it for 80,000 dollars (which still was far less than the place was really worth), and to keep with Toreno's instructions, he tricks the owner into selling him the airstrip for one dollar on paper, while giving him the remaining 79,999 as a "incentive fee" to move out of there immediately.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The janitor who takes part in the Caligula heist is named Tito here.

** [[spoiler:The foreman survives the experience when he was trapped in the portable toilet by CJ. He later dates Katie... who starts hiding his heart medication from him]].

* TheCasanova: Subverted for CJ, who ends up having the [[HumiliationConga worst of luck]] around women, who all tend to be way too much for him, giving us some moments of funnies:
** While he and Denise had something developing, he's kicked out of Los Santos by Tenpenny before it can go any further, and when he hears her calling for him on Radio Los Santos many chapters later, he's surprised and decides it'd probably be too awkward to just show up after. A scene in the riots suggests she moved on pretty quick though.
** Catalina, well, [[AxCrazy speaks for herself.]] And her attempts to rouse Carl's jealousy by openly flirting with [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII Claude]] is all just a show for her to get the last word in.
** Katie boldface admits that she got horny over watching a man die a miserable lonely death in her ambulance right to CJ's face as if he'd be aroused by it too. Naturally, he's not and he decides to call it quits the next morning.
** Michelle was almost perfect, albeit with a temporary breakup while Carl was dealing with the Loco Syndicate, since it was dragging her into danger. They reconcile and go on a yachting trip...only for Carl to accidentally let slip that it's ''his'' garage that's nearly running Michelle's out of business. She's not happy about this at all.
** Barbara seems okay despite being a cop ([[DatingCatwoman CJ even finds that a bit of a turn-on.]]) and even her ex coming over doesn't really seem like an issue. Hearing that she has kids coming over with said ex as well causes Carl to run almost bare-assed for the hills.
** Helena is far too right-wing for Carl's tastes, and finding blatant evidence that she murdered her previous left-wing husband for his views is enough for him to steal her car, flip her off and drive off laughing.
** Millie was more of a business relationship and probably the least disastrous, even helping with the Caligula's heist with no strings attached. Though an alternate universe does have Carl go very nuclear on her for [[DisproportionateRetribution violating city fire safety laws]].

* RealMenCanCook: It runs in Cesar's blood. He even namedrops the trope:

** Jimmy Silverman, the executive at Blastin' Fools Records, is revealed to have been ripping off Madd Dogg under their prior contract after CJ faxes it to Rosenberg (who promises to get it re-written and sent back).

** Madd Dogg's former is revealed to have been ripping him off during their former

* CanonForeigner: Two original characters are introduced in Los Santos, who show the sobering realities of lower-class citizens.,

** Curtis Dowd, who CJ knew back in school as a popular model student, before he dropped out to become the man of the house after his father was killed in a drive-by. [[{{Foil}} Unlike CJ]], he's never involved with gangs, and while CJ tries to go straight before turning back to crime, Curtis stays a law-abiding citizen, working two jobs to support his unmarried sisters with their own children, [[BeingGoodSucks and is all the more miserable for it]].

* CanonForeigner:
** Cody, a 40 year-old single black man who's LovedByAll in Ganton, especially [[FriendToAllChildren children]] (and their single mothers). CJ briefly joins him as a volunteer firefighter (explaining the Fire Truck Missions) and confides in him about his life before returning to Los Santos and finding it unfair he can't make an honest living. Cody unfortunately drops this bombshell:

** Curtis Dowd, who CJ knew back in school and serves as another reminder of the realities of lower-class citizens. Curtis was a popular model student, but had to drop out to become the man of the house after his father was killed in a drive-by. [[{{Foil}} Unlike CJ]], he's never involved with gangs and while CJ tries to go straight before turning back to crime, Curtis stays a law-abiding citizen, working two jobs to support his unmarried sisters with their own children, and is all the more miserable for it.

** [[spoiler:This is also the case for Little Lion. In the original game, he was the helicopter pilot who initiated the attack on Da Nang Boy's freighter and killed by one of the gang members; however, in this version, he survives the storyline as his role is replaced by Guppy, [[DeathByAdaptation who eventually dies in the attack]].]]

** Curtis Dowd, who CJ knew back in school and serves as another reminder the realities of lower-class citizens. Curtis was a popular model student, but had to drop out to become the man of the house after his father was killed in a drive-by. [[{{Foil}} Unlike CJ]], he's never involved with gangs and while CJ tries to go straight before turning back to crime, Curtis stays a law-abiding citizen, and is all the more miserable for it.

** Curtis Dowd, who CJ knew back in school and serves as the {{Foil}}. Curtis was a popular model student, but had to drop out to become the man of the house after his father was killed in a drive-by. Unlike CJ, he's never involved with gangs and while CJ tries to go straight before turning back to crime, Curtis stays a law-abiding citizen, and is all the more miserable for it.

->''"...Five years I've been gone from Los Santos, doing my best to earn paper in Liberty City, working from one shitty job to the next and trying to stay righteous... and now death bringing me back.''

->''My name is Carl Johnson. I was born on Grove Street in Ganton, lived there most of my life till my brother Brian died and my Moms sent me out to Liberty City, get me out of the game, away from the gangs... Made sense to me to get out too, seeing Brian die convinced me that there be only one end on the gang road, and it an early grave... I don't want no part of that shit."''

''[[https://lparchive.org/Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas-(Screenshot)/ Grand Theft Auto San Andreas: Grove Street 4 Life]]'' is a LetsPlay slash FanFic hybrid of hit Rockstar video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' originally posted on Website/SomethingAwful by [[https://lparchive.org/author/Jerusalem Jerusalem]], who is also known for a similar project made for ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' called ''LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt''. By taking the already acclaimed storyline and flipping it to CJ's [[FirstPersonPerspective perspective]] (well, [[ADayInTheLimelight mostly]]), this story remains the same over the top adventure, this time with CJ's commentary on the craziness, as well as [[AdaptationExpansion fleshing out]] the surrounding world of San Andreas, and some behind the scenes commentary from the author in regards to the game.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Guppy is stated to be the pilot of the helicopter in "The Da Nang Thang", instead of [[SparedbyAdaptation Little Lion]]. After his death, his position as Woozie's bodyguard is replaced by an unnamed Triad member.]]

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After Hernandez dies at Pulaski's hands, CJ goes out of his way to give him a proper burial.]]

** Having had barely any sleep since his arrival in Los Santos and with everyone wanting favors from him, Carl slowly begins breaking down, the breaking point being OG Loc using him to get into Alan Crawford's good books, and Tenpenny using and abusing him. [[spoiler: Even when he attempts to take his own life along with the aforementioned Crawford's, Carl's survival instinct kicks in and he almost resigns himself to being Tenpenny's loyal, heartless slave... until he saves Denise from a burning building and FINALLY gets a good night's sleep]].

-->'''C.J.''': Where you learn to cook like this, Cesar?\\

* RefugeInAudacity: There's only one way Carl can keep things together during the riots, one way he can keep Grove Street safe while helping the people out and earning the people's faith in the [=GSF=]: [[spoiler: call in Woozie to have his boys airlift in a goddamn [[TankGoodness TANK]]]]. And it works. Even Toreno, watching events from far away, can only compliment Carl's ironclad balls (and resourcefulness) on this.

** [[spoiler: The foreman survives the experience when he was trapped in the portable toilet by CJ. He later dates Katie... who starts hiding his heart medication from him]].
** [[spoiler: This is also the case for Little Lion. In the original game, he was the helicopter pilot who initiated the attack on Da Nang Boy's freighter and killed by one of the gang members; however, in this version, he survives the storyline as his role is replaced by Guppy, [[DeathByAdaptation who eventually dies in the attack]].]]

-->'''C.J'''.: "I don't believe I never saw how [[SuddenlyShouting FUCKING STUPID YOU ARE!]] Are you fucking kidding me, Ryder? Math don't work like that! Horse racing don't work like that! The horses have long odds because they fucking suck, nigga! They pay out big because they're never fucking pay out! Holy shit! 240k? 240 fucking k? We won't have no 240k, we'll just have a new name, and it'll be Jack fucking Broke!"

** Millie, after getting her cut of the heist, [[EuropeansAreKinky moves to Germany]].

'''[[https://lparchive.org/Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas-(Screenshot)/ Grand Theft Auto San Andreas: Grove Street 4 Life]]''' is a LetsPlay slash FanFic hybrid of hit Rockstar video game ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' originally posted on Website/SomethingAwful by [[https://lparchive.org/author/Jerusalem Jerusalem]], who is also known for a similar project made for ''VideoGame/MedievalIITotalWar'' called ''LetsPlay/AScotsmanInEgypt''. By taking the already acclaimed storyline and flipping it to CJ's [[FirstPersonPerspective perspective]] (well, [[ADayInTheLimelight mostly]]), this story remains the same over the top adventure, this time with CJ's commentary on the craziness, as well as [[AdaptationExpansion fleshing out]] the surrounding world of San Andreas, and some behind the scenes commentary from the author in regards to the game.

* RunningGag: Take a shot every time CJ says "[[{{Catchphrase}} Well, shit]]."