* BannedInChina: The series was banned in Saudi Arabia, Thailand (except for one title via Steam, via LoopholeAbuse) and United Arab Emirates.
* DevelopmentHell: In 2009, Sony Pictures registered several domain names pertaining to a possible ''Grand Theft Auto'' movie. However, no new information was released after that.
* DuelingGames: With the ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' series initially, thanks to some not-so-friendly jabs that ''III'' took towards that series. In the ''IV'' era, the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series became its main rival, with ads for ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' mocking ''IV''[='=]s perceived stonefaced seriousness. After ''Saints Row'' had its tone shift towards superhero in ''Videogame/SaintsRowIV'', it dueled with the ''Videogame/WatchDogs'' series.
* FanWorkBan: On February 2021, a group of ''Grand Theft Auto'' modders released a reverse-engineered port of ''Grand Theft Auto III'' (and ''Vice City'') through Github that would allow the game to be playable natively on modern versions of Windows and other platforms while integrating community-made mods such as [=SilentPatch=] and [=SkyGfx=], among other fixes and improvement, but would still require the game's files in order to run. Less than a week later, Take-Two issued a DMCA takedown of the port and its many forks, resulting in those that had a copy prior to the takedown to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes back them up elsewhere]]. The DMCA takedown filed against these reverse-engineered ports was sorted out during late June 2021, with the original Github repository for the project was reinstated for a time. At the start of September 2021, Take-Two [[ScrewedByTheLawyers struck back]] even harder against the developers of the reversed-engineered port [[https://www.pcgamer.com/take-two-is-once-again-trying-to-kill-reverse-engineered-versions-of-gta-iii-and-vice-city/ by filing a lawsuit]] against them for claims of piracy and illegally distributing copyrighted code. This is likely prompted by the fact that Rockstar was working on their own remasters of the [=PlayStation=] 2 trilogy released in late 2021, but the state of these remasters were released in also created [[HypeBacklash its own]] [[PortingDisaster can of worms]].
* {{Feelies}}: The "tourist" maps. These were rendered somewhat obsolete in ''[=GTA3=]'', though the psx titles were borderline impossible without them. Even if one stuck to the general rules (remember the names of neighborhoods, use highways for fast travel), the destination markers would intentionally mislead you.
* GratuitousGerman: The Securicars are run by "Gruppe Sechs", whose name translates to "Group Six". However, the "Six" is meant to be homophonous with "Sex", meaning that the name is a reference to, well, [[DoubleEntendre group sex]].
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: With the announcement of the [=PS2=]-era trilogy remasters, the original version of ''III'', ''Vice City'', and ''San Andreas'' were promptly delisted from digital distribution platforms for consoles, PC, and mobile. Those with the original PC versions on Steam can redownload the games if they were purchased prior to the game's delisting, however, console players will have to track down a secondhand copy elsewhere. Secondhand copies of their original [=PlayStation=] 2, Xbox, and PC versions can be found for relatively affordable prices. After the controversy of the ''Definitive Edition''[='=]s abysmal reception and backlash, the original PC versions of ''III'', ''Vice City'', and ''San Andreas'' were reinstated but only for the Rockstar Games Launcher while giving owners of the PC version of the ''Definitive Edition'' (up until June 30, 2022) the original games as an apology.
* NoDubForYou: A rare Western example. None of the games have non-English voice tracks, and when they are released internationally, they are subtitled instead of dubbed. [[JustifiedTrope This is justified]], likely due to timing reasons (not to mention, there's already a lot of details that can take more time to develop, even further) and as well as having a very hard time to translate all of the voiceovers into other languages.
* SequelGap: ''Grand Theft Auto VI'' released in 2025, twelve years after the previous ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
* TakeThatTitForTat: The series had two games in a row (''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII 3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity Vice City]]'') where the player character has to kill someone named Tanner, as in the protagonist of the ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}'' series. In response, Reflections put a group of men in ''[=Driv3r=]'' named Timmy Vermicelli (a takeoff on ''Vice City's'' Tommy Vercetti) who wears a Hawaiian shirt and arm floaters (due to Tommy's inability to swim) and shoots at the player. Killing all Timmy's unlocks a bonus area. Rockstar fired back in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' by including a scene where a character points out actual flaws in ''[=Driv3r=]''.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda
** ''San Andreas'' had a ton of these. Perhaps the most prolific were the rumors that [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot (or a Sasquatch, or a Yeti)]] roamed the forests, and that there were "ghost cars" that drove around in the countryside. The former turned out to have been faked with judicious use of Photoshop, while the latter was a result of abandoned, wrecked cars spawning atop hills and then rolling down them (when cars spawn, they don't have their parking brake on). Other rumors included zombies (mostly the result of a building in San Fierro that housed a company called "Zombotech"), [=UFOs=], the Loch Ness Monster, Film/{{Jaws}}, and a [[SlasherMovie masked slasher]] who ran around the woods with a chainsaw.
** ''IV'' also had a few. There were rumors that Lola, a prostitute who appeared on some of the promo art, could be found in-game, that a creature called Ratman could be found lurking the subways, and that an abandoned factory is haunted.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** A full list of features, missions, characters, etc. that didn't make the final cut of their respective games can be found [[http://gta.wikia.com/Beta_Releases here.]]
** Around the time of production on ''III'' and ''Vice City'', Rockstar Games [[http://www.techradar.com/us/news/gaming/rockstar-came-close-to-making-grand-theft-auto-tokyo-1317622 reportedly]] considered setting a ''GTA'' game in UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}, going so far as to scout the city for ideas. The idea fell apart for two reasons: the road network was seen as too convoluted to make for a fun open-world driving game, and the culture gap would've meant completely changing so much of the series' style that the game would've been virtually unrecognizable as a ''GTA'' game.
** There was originally going to be a movie adaptation starring Music/{{Eminem}}.
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