Characters / Grand Theft Auto V - Antagonists

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Main Villains

Devin Weston

"Because, frankly, I'm rich enough to do whatever the fuck I want, and you're poor enough not to ask me any goddamn stupid questions."

Voiced by: Jonathan Walker

A corrupt and influential billionaire venture capitalist, corporate raider and investor who owns various businesses, including his own holding company. He has a private army in the form of the Merryweather Security Consulting firm, and he blames Michael for interfering with his businesses.

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• Asshole Victim: In Ending C, Trevor has him Bound and Gagged in the trunk of his own car, then it gets thrown over into the sea and explodes, but not before being taunted by the main trio for thinking he can get away with screwing with them. Additionally, nobody seemed to think too much of him, the trio get away scot-free with killing him because he was merely listed as missing, and even his closest ally, Don Percival, seems glad to see him go.
• Arch-Enemy: He becomes one to all three protagonists, as he ends up forcing Trevor and Franklin to do some dirty work for him without ever trying to compensate them, and later sends Merryweather after Michael's family after the latter accidentally gets Molly killed.
• The Bad Guy Wins: He gets everything he wants in the "Kill Michael" ending. Subverted as in ending C where he dies in the canon ending, he ultimately lost.
• Beware the Silly Ones: He comes across as an eccentric goofball of a billionaire, but don't let that fool you. He's more than willing to sic his private army on your loved ones if you get on his bad side.
• Bigger Is Better in Bed: He has a 9-inch-long penis. According to his website, anyway.
• Big Bad Ensemble: With Steve Haines, Weston is one of the two closest things this game has to one as main antagonist. He's also the final antagonist that the group faces in the "Deathwish" ending.
• Bound and Gagged: In the C Option ending, Weston gets tied up by Trevor after kidnapping him and driving him to the meetup point.
• Bullying a Dragon: Weston thought that because he's so rich and powerful, he could screw Franklin and Trevor out of payment for a job and then put out a hit on Michael without retaliation. In Ending C, he was wrong.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Devin has absolutely no loyalty to anybody. He refuses to pay Franklin, Trevor, and Lamar for stealing the high-end cars. He tries to screw both Michael and Solomon Richards by shutting down their movie before it finishes. He even admits that he consider Steve Haines to be a "clown". In Ending C, this is Deconstructed since Franklin, Michael, and Trevor decide that enough is enough and end up putting him down. Additionally, his lack of genuine loyalty to anyone means that all his remaining connections just let the protagonists get away with killing him, since even they were sick of him.
• Clasp Your Hands If You Deceive: His profile photo on his LifeInvader and Bleeter has him doing the "namaste" greeting pose. It makes him look more sinister and megalomaniacal than anything else.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: We don't see any of it, but his introduction in the mission "By the Book" makes it pretty clear that he's just had a go at torturing FIB captive "Mr. K", for shits and giggles.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: For most of the previous antagonists of the series, who were mostly small-time thugs and old school mobsters. In many ways, Devin Weston is a Foil or even an inverted Shadow Archetype to them, a reflection of the frustrations of antagonists like Jimmy Pegorino and the personification of what every antagonistic mobster would wish to be: legal, powerful, billionaire, feared, and hedonistic. However, despite his influence and power, he is a complete coward and absolutely lacks any intimidating aspect.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Why let little things like morality and legality get in the way of a quick buck?
• Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the Corrupt Corporate Executive. What kind of person would glibly deceive the public and cheat his employees? An incredibly awful and immature asshole whose wealth and power make him feel he's above any moral obligation. In the good ending, the protagonists get sick of his shitty behavior and kill him. Despite his proclamations of power, none of his associates care when he bites it.
• Dirty Coward: Most obvious when Trevor kidnaps him in the "Deathwish" ending. At first he tries to bargain with Trevor, offering him money and employment in exchange for his life. He grows exceedingly desperate when it begins to dawn on him Trevor isn't the type to spare someone he hates.
• Dirty Old Man: He's old enough to have gray hair and claims to have a "20 and under" rule with women.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Even though Molly's death was an accident, and something Michael wasn't even directly responsible for, Devin is spiteful enough to send Merryweather, a private army to try to kill Michael's family on the premiere night of his movie in response.
• Dying Declaration of Hate: At the denouement of Ending C, Bound and Gagged and mere minutes away from being thrown to his death off the cliffs of Paleto Bay, Devin can only mutter out a muffled, impotent, and rage-filled fuck-you to Franklin as the latter taunts him over not only having defied his orders to have Michael killed, but even teaming up with both Michael and Trevor to completely screw him over.
• Eccentric Millionaire: A rather dark version.
• Establishing Character Moment: He's first seen having just happily tortured an FIB captive for fun.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Subverted. While he genuinely is pissed at Michael for Molly's death, he didn't actually care about her, and is only upset at losing a valuable asset.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Or more like jet black cannot comprehend dark gray. He thought he could goad Franklin into killing Michael in exchange for taking all the heat off his ass, just as Haines tried to browbeat him into killing Trevor. If you pick Option C, Franklin can prove him and Haines spectacularly wrong by not only reconciling with Michael and Trevor, and the trio then proceed to destroy their enemies.
• Fatal Flaw:
  • His ego. Devin believes himself to be completely invincible to the point where he screws over many of his connections in favor of keeping/making more money. Also, he gloats about it to the point of being really annoying. So when he tries screwing over the player characters he is just asking to be thrown off a cliff. Michael even lampshades this in a "The Reason You Suck" Speech in Ending C.
    Michael: You paid a private company to do your dirty work for you. And then you underpaid that company because you thought you were big enough and bad enough that you didn't have to play by the rules.
  • Logic. Devin is always thinking things through, covering every angle, and knows everyone's weak points. He's simply too useful for any one of his many enemies to get rid of. Trevor points out how this is a huge weakness of his since it means he has nothing to protect him from an inherently illogical person, like Trevor himself, who doesn't care how useful Devin could potentially be and just wants to kill him. He also believes he can use his logic to get Franklin to turn on Michael, thinking Franklin would choose pragmatism over saving his mentors.
• Faux Affably Evil: He is flamboyant, eccentric, funny, and has a great ability to make others trust him. However, he's an utter prick in every single way.
• Fiction 500: The list of his significant holdings on his website includes virtually every major brand in the GTA 'verse, plus "the country of Greece".
• Final Boss: While he is a Non-Action Big Bad, he is still the final major antagonist dealt with in the "Deathwish" ending.
• For the Evulz: He's a billionaire, so the profits from running a hot car ring (even a high-end one) are a drop in the bucket compared to the money he already has, but it's fun, so why not? Many of his actions come across as this, since he could just buy his way out of many problems (including just paying for services rendered) but doesn't, mostly because he feels like being a dick.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears glasses, but only in the scene where he tells Michael he sent his goons after Amanda and Tracey.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Apparently, even Donald Percival, head of Merryweather, doesn't think too highly of him, if Franklin is right in his statement that Devin overestimates his role in Merryweather so much he underpays any agent unlucky enough to work for him. In fact, in one post-credits scene following Ending C, Donald even texts Michael, expressing some gratitude for getting rid of Devin and offering to bury the hatchet. Molly Schultz seems to like Devin, in more ways than one, and Steve Haines calls him "a good friend", but that's about it.
• Hate Sink: Like Steve Haines, he's one of the most despicable characters of the GTA series. Sure, there's a lot of jerkasses around, but he's so narcissistic and obnoxious that he manages to attract a certain level of hatred, both in-universe and out. He is also a Dirty Coward who betrays just about everyone and has pulled a lot of jerk moves on Franklin and Michael. He only gets worse when he sends Merryweather to Michael's family. And when he's killed off for good in Ending C, nobody even gave a damn about him as the protagonists face no consequences for their involvement in his murder, the FIB simply labels him as "missing" when his body doesn't turn up, and most of his former allies seem to be glad that he's gone.
• Humiliation Conga: In Ending C, he is kidnapped by Trevor and then stuffed into the trunk of one of his own luxury cars. When he wakes up, he tries to bribe Trevor to let him go, but he isn't having none of it. Trevor later meets up with Michael and Franklin at a cliff to mock him for the last time, including a "The Reason You Suck" Speech by Michael. After mocking Devin, the trio pushes his car off the cliff, causing the car to explode, killing him immediately. Later, he is simply listed as missing by the FIB, and even his former allies, including Don Percival, see his disappearance as a good news.
• Hypocrite:
  • When Lester discovers that Weston owns 11% of Merryweather Security, he will comment on how amusing it is that a "pseudo-liberal" like Weston would be a major shareholder in a Private Military Corporation.
  • He tries to persuade Franklin to turn on and kill Michael by implying that Michael will betray him eventually, even after Devin stiffed Franklin on the car job.
  • He argues to Trevor after being kidnapped that Michael "caused him problems" so he had to go despite the fact that he's done nothing but con everyone out of their deals and tried to have Michael's family killed just because his lawyer got killed in an accident.
• It's All About Me: As Devin himself says in a Bleet, "Before you ask, I follow no one. Humility is for the humble". Steve Haines calls him a friend, but late in the game, Devin blows him off as a "clown" he wouldn't even employ in one of his shopping malls. Devin does get really angry when Molly is killed, but it's clear that he only cared about her because she was a good lawyer, and the main reason he's pissed is because Michael "made a fool of him" (as he says if you call him right after "Legal Trouble").
• It's Personal: When he asks Franklin to kill Michael due to the latter ruining one of his business ventures and inadvertently causing the death of his Number Two.
  I'd like to say that it isn't personal, but it is personal.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Oh boy, is he ever a jerk. After the first couple of meetings with him you'll be itching for one of the protagonists to kill him. Also, when Molly Schultz dies, he's absolutely furious, which may lead the player to believe he does have a heart, black though it might be. But as he later admits, he didn't really care for Molly as a person, he was just upset at losing her legal expertise.
• Karma Houdini: He gets off with no negative consequences in the "Kill Trevor" and "Kill Michael" endings (aside from Merryweather losing its licence to operate in San Andreas in the "Kill Trevor" ending). However, as of 2019, both endings have been rendered non-canon.
• Karmic Death: In the canon "Deathwish" ending, he dies within the trunk of one of his many luxury cars and at the hands of people he either screwed over in the past or tried to kill.
• Kick the Dog: Has a lot of these moments.
• Laughably Evil: He's fairly entertaining despite ultimately being a really repulsive man.
• Large Ham: He's always very energetic and larger-than-life, even when he's angry. Perhaps the best example is when he shows up at Franklin's house and presents the Sadistic Choice, introducing himself with "Hey Slick, it's me!" in a really hammy fashion, and presenting Franklin's options as if he were a game show host.
• Lonely at the Top: Besides his Hopeless Suitor and Dragon Molly Schultz and his equally deplorable "good friend" Steve Haines, nobody appears to care for Weston very much, though he's such a self-absorbed narcissist that he either doesn't seem to realize it or he does, but just doesn't give a shit. After his death in the "Deathwish" ending, the protagonists face no consequences for their involvement in his murder, the FIB simply labels him as "missing" when his body doesn't turn up, and most of his former allies seem to be glad that he's gone.
• Man of Wealth and Taste: Weston shows up in one mission wearing a tuxedo before boarding a private jet. He is also an enthusiast for very rare exotic cars. Considering that previous GTA villains have been either crime lords or corrupt law enforcement officials, Weston's status as a well-connected billionaire businessman with his own private army makes him seem more like a James Bond villain than a Grand Theft Auto villain.
• Millionaire Playboy: He loves to brag about his sexual conquests, both on his website and his LifeInvader page.
• Money Is Not Power: He acts like it is all the time, and granted he does have his own small army of mercs in the Merryweather company. Then Trevor goes One-Man Army on his estate, kills his guards, then kidnaps him. Suddenly all the money in the world can't save him from the wrath of the three protagonists...
• Narcissist: Loves to show off his wealth to the protagonists and brags that he's very smart with how he runs his businesses along with how he manages his money, even thinking that he can do whatever he wants because he's rich and owns a small fraction of Merryweather.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Having Michael meet Solomon Richards starts a chain of events that leads to his downfall.
• The Nicknamer: He addresses almost everybody as "Slick", usually to make them feel like his friends or to belittle them. During ending C, Trevor has loads of fun calling him "Slick" in return during the trunk ride just to drive the point of how fucked he is.
• Non-Action Big Bad: The closest the player gets to actually fighting him is when Trevor attacks his property and kills his Merryweather guards, in the C ending.
• Not-So-Harmless Villain: All his humorous quirks go out the window when he sics a squad of Merryweather hitmen after Michael's family, borderlining on O.O.C. Is Serious Business.
• Pretty Fly for a White Guy: He definitely comes off as this in his interactions towards Franklin and Lamar, to the point of being condescending and borderline racist.
• Private Military Contractors: Owns significant shares in Merryweather which entitles him to employ contingents of them as his own personal army.
• Psychopathic Manchild: Very immature, usually coming across less like a respectable businessman and more like a spoiled teenage boy who just happens to have loads of wealth and power. It's even evident on his website, which boasts about how big his dick is. And then there's his tendency to basically throw a temper tantrum when he doesn't get his way.
• Punk in the Trunk: Gets tossed into his own truck in the C Ending, courtesy of Trevor Philips.
• Revenge by Proxy: Following the ruination of one of his schemes and the death of his dragon, Weston sends Merryweather goons to kill Michael's family.
• Sadistic Choice: The final mission is triggered by Devin showing up at Franklin's house and essentially giving him three options: A, kill Trevor for Steve Haines; B, kill Michael for him; or C, "try and be really stupid and save those two idiot mentors of yours, and have everybody in the goddamn state crawlin' up your ass". (Needless to say, Devin presents option B as the way to go.) Depending on Franklin's choice, Devin either doesn't get what he wanted but still gets away with everything, gets exactly what he wanted, or pays dearly for ever messing with Franklin, Michael and Trevor in the first place.
  • Franklin secretly alludes the option C by insulting Devin Weston angrily, when Devin is going out for a triathlon.
    Franklin: Man, you know what? *opens door* Man, fuck you.
    Devin: Genius answer, pal. Total genius, but time is running. You think about it. Me? I got a triathlon coming up, and I am in deep training. Buh-bye!
    Franklin: Man, fuck you!
• Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: See his character quote. That being said, he seems to rely more on his other defining aspect (see directly below), as despite his wealth, actually paying the protagonists off never seems to occur to him.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Claims the President lets him finger his wife. In fact, this is why he's confident Franklin will be intimidated by him instead of the FIB. This is also how he initially got Michael to work for him in the first place, by introducing Michael to one of his Vinewood idols.
  • However, as is implied by the "Deathwish" ending, it seems that Devin doesn't have as many connections as he thought, since none of the protagonists ever face repercussions for their role in his death, the police and FIB simply label him as disappeared when his body doesn't turn up and don't carry out any further investigations and his closest ally, Don Percival of Merryweather, is glad to see him gone so he can buy out his shares at a low price.
  • Of course, that tends to happen when you make your connections via money, coercion and blackmail, as opposed to inspiring loyalty. Once you can no longer pay people, or keep them under your thumb, they have little reason to remain "loyal".
• Shadow Archetype: To Michael, representing what he could become if he lets his treacherous tendencies overwhelm his good sense and redeeming qualities.
• Small Name, Big Ego: A downplayed example. While not a small name by any means he vastly overestimates his influence and ability to manipulate and control others, believing it makes him invincible. He's proven very wrong in Ending C. After being unceremoniously killed by the protagonists nobody seems to particularly care that he's gone and there are no reprecussions involved.
• Smug Snake: He's an obnoxious ass who treats everyone like dirt and believes that all of his problems can be solved through either his money or his connections. Once he's faced with people who can't be bought or intimidated by these things, like Trevor for example, he goes down easy. He also greatly overestimates his own abilities and the abilities of his company. He only sends a single squad to kill the de Santas, and even subtly warns Michael he did it, forgetting that Michael was doing wet-work for the FIB against the IAA. He also only has a single squad protecting him at his house, which isn't even a speed bump for Trevor, who once fought a military base and won. And when he finally does get shoved in the trunk of a car and pushed off a cliff, nobody cares. The only mention that it happened is a message from Don Percival thanking them for it and promising Merryweather will leave them alone from now on.
• The Sociopath: Not as obvious as Steve Haines, but he does have quite a few antisocial tendencies: superficial charm, scamming employees without a hint of remorse, and uncontrollable rage when things don't go his way. He also lacks any meaningful relationship with anyone: He isn't in mourning when Molly dies, he refers to Steve as a clown he can have fired at random, and his ostensible business partner Don Percival isn't at all upset when Devin bites it.
• Spoiled Brat: It's very, very obvious that it's been a long time since he hasn't had everything he wanted handed to him on a silver platter. It doesn't even occur to him that anyone (even badasses like the protagonists) would actually stand up to him and, when they do, he responds with temper tantrums.
• Tempting Fate: When requesting that an incredulous Franklin kill Michael, Weston sarcastically suggests that his only other option would be to pick "Option C" where they provoke the ire of everyone. Which is exactly what Franklin canonically does, resulting in Weston's death.
• Too Dumb to Live: Unlike Steve Haines and the FIB, Weston could have possibly escaped the protagonists' rampage in Ending C had he not grabbed the Villain Ball as hard as he did. Despite not liking him Franklin, Trevor and Lamar had no problems working for him until he cheated them out of their promised pay. For good measure he later sends Merryweather mercenaries to kill Michael's family for something Michael wasn't even responsible for. All while knowing that these were four violent, mass murdering criminals.
• Trrrilling Rrrs: Does this when he meets Trevor at the beginning of "I Fought the Law". "Ah, you must be the crrrreepy one!"
• Trumplica: Devin Weston has a lot in common with American politician, media personality, businessman, and former U.S. President Donald Trump before 2016. Like Trump, Weston is an eccentric billionaire, playboy, and business tycoon with a coarse and abrasive personality, is quite a controversial figure even among his associates, and constantly brags about his wealth, his accomplishments, and how awesome he is. Similarly, Devin Weston's political position as a "pseudo-liberal" (according to Lester) and criminal connections largely parallel Trump's Democratic past and the numerous allegations he has faced over the years pointing to white-collar crimes and organized crime connections. This makes sense with the timeline of the game, considering that GTA V takes place in 2013, three years before the rise of Trump in the GOP and the ballistic political climate that would linger into the early 2020s.
• Undignified Death: Very much in ending C. He's kidnapped by Trevor, specifically by being Bound and Gagged and forced into the trunk of his car. Trevor drives the captive Weston to a cliff where he meets with Franklin and Michael, who open the trunk just to mock the terrified man for thinking he could get away with all the shit he pulled. Following this, his car is pushed off the cliff, Weston still in the trunk, which explodes upon contacting with rocks below, finishing him off.
• Ungrateful Bastard: After Franklin puts in the time and effort to steal all of the cars Weston had asked for, instead of paying him, Weston puts all of the payment in an account which only Weston has access to.
• Villain Ball: He screws Franklin, Trevor, and Lamar out of their cuts from the hot car deal for no particular reason other than that he can (and because it gives them a reason to dislike him). To top it off, Michael initially supports Weston's decision and tells Franklin that he and co. will get their money eventually, and then Weston promptly tries to screw Michael and Solomon Richards over. Then he tries to get Franklin - the person he already screwed over - to kill Michael, just in case he hadn't pushed Franklin, Michael and Trevor far enough to finally take him out.
• Villain Has a Point: It's hard to argue with his claim that the fallout from being an associate of Michael and Trevor will be trouble for Franklin.
• Villain with Good Publicity: It's implied that he has a strong public image, despite being a flat out asshole.
• Villainous Breakdown: Slips into this as he realizes that he can't negotiate with Trevor. After being stuffed in the trunk of his car, he tries to offer Trevor money, power and a high position in his company. Trevor's response? Insult Devin for thinking that "rational" offers can placate an "Irrational" guy like him who just really wants to kill the bastard. He briefly shows defiant anger at this, but by the time the trunk opens and he sees all three of the protagonists staring down at him bound and gagged, it fully dawns on him how utterly fucked he truly is as he audibly panics behind his gag.
• Villainous Friendship: With Steve Haines. They're very chummy with each other in their only appearance on-screen together at the beginning of "By the Book", and it's strongly implied that a big reason Devin is so untouchable is because of his relationship with Steve and the FIB. However, while Steve seems to genuinely like Devin, Devin later blows Steve off to Franklin as a "clown" he wouldn't employ in one of his shopping malls, further driving home his whole attitude.
• Villains Want Mercy: After being stuffed in the trunk of his car, he tries to reason with Trevor, but Trevor simply ignores him. Trevor drives the captive Weston to a cliff where he meets with Franklin and Michael, who open the trunk just to mock the terrified man for thinking he could get away with all the shit he pulled. Following this, his car is pushed off the cliff, Weston still in the trunk, which explodes upon contacting with rocks below, finishing him off.
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Directed at Devin, that is. He only ever appears with one or two bodyguards (who aren't Merryweather PMCs, but plainclothes security guards), sometimes not even that. The only reason Franklin and especially Trevor don't plug him is because of his connections and the promise of paydays. Come the Ending C postgame, it turns out they probably would have gotten away with it at any point.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: He openly lampshades his belief that his money, power and connections make him untouchable and invincible. This would have been true had he been dealing with normal people. Three career criminals and murderers are much less impressed. Trevor even calls him out on this, saying that Devin's attempts to bribe and negotiate with him are rational whereas Trevor is an irrational person who just wants to kill Devin either way.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Downplayed. Post-Ending B Devin tells Franklin that he's no longer useful but he doesn't have Franklin killed, instead he leaves Franklin with a parting insult and cuts off all contact with him.

Steve Haines

"You're my boy now, amigo. My career depends on this, and that's very important to me. So seeing as we're all boys now, that makes it important to you."

Voiced by: Robert Bogue

A FIB agent who works as Dave Norton's handler. He is also the host of CNT's reality TV show "The Underbelly of Paradise".

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• Amusing Injuries: During the Mexican Standoff in "The Wrap Up", he gets shot in the leg... the exact same leg he shot himself in to let Michael and Dave escape in the earlier mission "Monkey Business". He even cries out "Same Goddamn leg!", as if to say "What are the odds?"
• Arch-Enemy:
  • To Michael De Santa. As Steve forces Michael to do more of his dirty work, Michael's resentment of the man grows more and more. Meanwhile, Steve considers him to be a useful tool at best, making no secret that his hatred of Michael's is mutual. He even attempts to kill Michael later in the game, only backing off because Dave Norton insists that Trevor would be the only one actually considered to be a threat.
  • To a lesser extent, he's also this to Trevor Phillips. When the two are forced to work together to torture a man for information, Trevor is utterly disgusted with Steve's selfishness, while Steve considers Trevor to be a freak and yet another one of his tools that he wants to discard once he's no longer useful. It's telling that Trevor immediately takes off to kill Steve himself once Lester reveals his location.
• Asshole Victim: Trevor shoots him in the head with a sniper rifle in the "Deathwish" Golden Ending.
• Ax-Crazy: He's extremely homicidal when things aren't going his way: this is notable in his first in-game appearance, where he grabs Michael's neck just for not taking him seriously.
• Basement-Dweller: According to a Los Santos Meteor report, he still lives with his mother. Well, lived, considering that the announcement revealing this fact is the same one that reports his death in the Golden Ending.
• Berserk Button: Anything having to do with the IAA is guaranteed to set Steve off.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Along with Weston, he's the antagonist that drives most of the story by blackmailing the protagonists into committing crimes for him.
• Boom, Headshot!: How he meets his end at the hands of Trevor in the C ending. Although, headshotting him is technically optional, but it's one of the things necessary for getting a gold medal in that mission.
• Buffy Speak: After Devin Weston is introduced in the mission "By The Book", Steve tells Trevor to show Devin some respect, because "that guy gets more tail than a... than a Tail Catcher!"
  Trevor: I'll have to fuckin' remember that line...
• Cold-Blooded Torture: He's got no problem using any means necessary to get people to talk.
• Dirty Cop: He frequently blackmails the protagonists into committing crimes so he can get the edge over his IAA rivals. Norton tries to assure Michael that despite appearances, he and Haines are relatively less corrupt than most other FIB divisions.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: After serving as one of the game's main antagonists, Haines is killed instantly when Trevor shoots him from long range. There's no final confrontation between him and the protagonists.
• Establishing Character Moment: His introduction in the opening cutscene of the mission "Three's Company" firmly establishes him as an egotistical asshole who clearly has little respect for others, even grabbing Michael in a chokehold just for making some wisecracks. If that doesn't get across that he's not exactly a pleasant guy, the mission "By The Book" (where he has an unfortunate man savagely tortured by Trevor, even though said man is both innocent and willing to cooperate) certainly does.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Subverted. He certainly took issue with the IAA's plan to unleash a dangerous nerve toxin on a populated metropolitan area, killing tons of people to stage a terrorist attack and increase their funding. However, his primary concern was more towards the IAA getting increased funding over the FIB, rather than the safety of citizens.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: He thought he could goad Franklin into killing Trevor in exchange for taking all the heat off his ass, just as Devin tried to browbeat him into killing Michael. If you pick Option C, you can prove him and Devin Weston spectacularly wrong.
• Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: In his first appearance, he almost chokes Michael to death for making a few jokes at his expense, and is shown to have a very low tolerance for mirth in general. It also extends to his own attempts at wisecracks - due to his snide, arrogant personality, most of them fall flat.
• Evil Redhead: He's a red-haired, evil person.
• Faux Affably Evil: He always has a cheery disposition and acts chummy with the protagonists, but underneath the facade is a total sociopath who has no qualms ordering innocents to be tortured or rival agents put to death just to further his own career in the FIB. And his affable demeanor fades when he's pissed off - just ask Michael, who got throttled just for making some smartass remarks.
• For the Evulz: Mr. K was perfectly cooperative from the moment he was strapped into the chair, and considering how Steve deliberately interrupts him when he spills the beans in favour of more torture shows that this was less about the information and just him venting his absolute sadism behind closed doors.
• Foil: To Trevor. Both are unstable, sadistic eccentrics that happen to play for opposite teams, Haines for the FIB and Trevor working as a career criminal. However, while Trevor is shown to genuinely care about the people close to him, Haines cares for nobody but himself.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Instantly snaps at anyone who he thinks isn't showing the proper amount of respect.
• Hate Sink: His most notable action when you first meet him is that he almost throttles Michael because he stood up to him. He becomes more and more of a dick as the game goes on.
• Icy Blue Eyes: Which make his outbursts all the more intimidating.
• Inter-Service Rivalry: Really, really doesn't like the IAA.
• It's All About Me: His entire motivation revolves around how he can better his career and image.
• Jerkass: If you want an accurate picture of his personality, imagine a sadistic gym teacher who pretends he's an FBI agent. He's such a dick that it's the reason why Trevor leaps at the chance to be the one to personally kill him in the "Deathwish" ending.
  Trevor: SHOTGUN! Woo! I wanted to ice that fucker since the moment I met him!
• Karma Houdini: He lives in the "Kill Michael" ending, but it's most apparent in the "Kill Trevor" ending where he gets exactly what he wants. Both the "Kill Trevor" and "Kill Michael" endings have been since rendered non-canon.
• Karmic Death: For the final mission he orders Franklin to kill Trevor. If you pick Ending C, which is the canon ending, he meets his end at the hands of Trevor. To add extra layer of karma, he sends Michael to snipe an Azerbaijani-American citizen who is wrongly believed to have alleged ties with terrorists. Haines is assassinated by a sniper's bullet, courtesy of Trevor.
• Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: He skips straight to ripping out teeth, jumper cable electrocution, wrench, and waterboarding, when Mr. K, by all appearances, is totally cooperative and frightened from the moment he was bound to a chair.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Near the end of the game, Steve pressures Franklin to kill Trevor Phillips on his behalf, due to him being a loose end that he needs cleaning up, but doesn't want to physically confront the man and get his hands dirty to do so. If Ending C is chosen, he ends up killed by the very man he wanted dead, without ever being aware that his life was in danger.
• Limited Wardrobe: He dresses almost exclusively in polo shirts and slacks, like a model from a low-end fashion catalog. Michael, unwisely, mocks him for it.
• Nice Character, Mean Actor: On his show The Underbelly of Paradise, he comes off as a pleasant, charming guy. But as soon as the cameras stop rolling, his true colors shine through.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Haines repeatedly claims to be a patriot and that he would do anything for his country, but its evident that he is a self-serving scumbag who's only concerned about advancing his own power and career, just see Even Evil Has Standards.
• Psychopathic Manchild: Like Devin Weston, he's just an overgrown teenage bully with too much power. He's very impulsive and overconfident with an overly inflated opinion of himself, he only cares about what he wants, and is generally just a very sadistic asshole who snaps at anyone who doesn't show him the respect he thinks he deserves.
• Sadist: Just look at how happy he is during the Cold-Blooded Torture scene.
• Sinister Shades: He's a sadistic and callous Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist who wears shades in his profile picture seen online and on the characters' contact lists, and in the setup scene for "Blitz Play".
• Small Name, Big Ego: He introduces himself to Michael like he's a household name and flips out when Michael snarkily makes it clear that he's never heard of him.
• The Sociopath: From the get-go, he comes off as an eccentric sociopath with a shallow charm. He also lacks any kind of empathy, remorse or conscience, as evidenced when he has an innocent immigrant suspect of terrorism brutally tortured. After he finishes that session of Cold-Blooded Torture, he happily skips off to go play racquetball.
• Stupid Evil: During "By the Book", Haines repeatedly cuts Mr. K off whenever he provides details about the man they're after and never asks him any direct questions that would make getting answers easier. Haines just skips to torture that makes it harder for the poor guy to talk or even remember specifics, and that has a good chance of killing him. On the other hand... he may have known exactly what he was doing.
• Totally Radical: A somewhat mild example. If you play as Steve Haines in Director Mode, some of his dialogue includes phrases like "Bummer!", "Drag!", and "Major Drag!".
• Ungrateful Bastard:
  • He verbally abuses Norton, Michael, Franklin, and the rest of his underlings no matter how much they risk to help him (with no reward). Eventually culminates in trying to kill Norton and Michael and frame them for the crimes he masterminded.
  • If Franklin sides with him in the ending, he will offer no reward except getting Weston to stop chasing after the protagonists. When Franklin tries politely to press the issue, Haines tells him under no uncertain terms to get lost and expect no more favor from him.
• Unreliable Narrator: Late in the game, Haines tells the protagonists that the IAA was creating a Nerve Agent in Humane Labs and planning to use it on a metropolitan area while blaming it on terrorists in order to secure funding. In Grand Theft Auto Online however when the player character works with members of the IAA in order to raid Humane Labs to steal the Nerve Agent themselves which canonically happens before the one in V, they state that Merryweather are the ones that actually created it. While the IAA at first appear to be lying and are still a corrupt organization, the agents that work with the protagonist are shown to be more trustworthy than Steve Haines is with the protagonists of V, implying that he was making the IAA appear worse than he was.
• Villain Has a Point: Los Santos really is overrun with gangs and needs some drastic reforming... but he's at least as bad as the criminals he's fighting and the world is probably better off without him.
• Villainous Friendship: With Devin Weston. We only see them on screen together once (at the beginning of "By the Book"), but they're clearly quite chummy with each other, and Devin is clearly one of the few people Steve shows any sort of respect towards.
• Villain with Good Publicity: He tries to project this image, judging by hosting a CNT show which claims to show the dark side of Los Santos. Though not everybody buys into his good-guy facade, as one Balla gangster caught on camera makes it clear to him.
  Steve: Hey guys, stay out of trouble now.
  Ballas gangster: Suck my dick, Steve fucking Haines!
• You Can't Thwart Stage One: Instead of letting players get Non-Standard Game Overs to take out their frustrations, pointing a gun at him just makes him say, "Get that thing out of my face!"
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Tells Trevor to kill Mr. K immediately after torturing him. Trevor takes him to the airport instead. Later on in the game, he wants to have both Michael and Trevor killed to cover up all his loose ends. However, Norton is able to convince Haines that Trevor is the only one they need to kill.

Wei Cheng

"Your operation causes problem for me. I want to expand into Blaine County, but your business and your temperament prevent me from making inroads."

Voiced by: George Cheung

The leader of the Los Santos Triads who is trying to expand his drug dealing operations into Blaine County. He eventually comes into conflict with Trevor when he decides to ditch Trevor's "business" and partner with another criminal enterprise. After Trevor causes him significant difficulties, he eventually decides enough is enough and plans to deal with Trevor personally.

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• Affably Evil: It's not much, but he's very professional with Trevor, even while threatening to kill Michael (who he believes to be Trevor's lover). He only ever refers to him as "Mr. Phillips".
• Arch-Enemy: To Trevor Phillips. As a rival business dealer, Wei Cheng becomes a fierce enemy to the man after he reneges on a business deal with him, only for Trevor to kill his new partners in retribution. From then on, Cheng attempts to kill Trevor in any way he can, including abducting Michael and threatening to kill him over the phone. Ironically, to avoid Trevor getting fingered as a known associate, Franklin is the one to ultimately do him in (though the fact that Cheng attempted to kill Michael makes it personal for Franklin in some regards).
• Big Bad Ensemble: Downplayed on his part. He's a tertiary antagonist compared to Devin Weston and Steve Haines, but he's still a recurrent and prominent enough threat to Trevor to warrant neutralization in the Golden Ending.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Is mentioned early on as a Chinese connection interested in expanding his business into Trevor's territory. Trevor earns his ire when he ruins Cheng's dealings with the O'Neil brothers and Cheng appears late in the game intent on revenge.
• Cutting Off the Branches: The Diamond Casino & Resort confirms that "Deathwish" was canon. His son Tao shows up, always reports to his uncle instead of his father, and mentions that he was almost killed by the Pacific Bluffs Country Club a long time ago.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He loves his son, and they can both die in the "Deathwish" ending, although Tao Cheng's appearance in the Diamond Casino DLC, including a line where he mentions "almost having died once" at the place Wei Cheng is killed implies the latter survived the attack on his father.
• Evil Wears Black: He's a drug dealer who sports black.
• I Have Your Wife: Later on in the game he takes Trevor's "lover" hostage in the hopes of intimidating Trevor into giving up his businesses. The hostage in question is Michael, whom he's Mistaken for Gay. Since at the time Trevor just found out that Michael sold out him and Brad, directly leading to Brad's death, the threat doesn't have the impact Cheng anticipated.
• Karma Houdini: Only in the "Kill Michael" and "Kill Trevor" endings; however, the Diamond Casino and Resort update in 2019 renders these endings non-canonical.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Wei Cheng kidnaps Michael in an attempt to set up a confrontation with Trevor, only to be blown off due to the latter's hatred of Michael at the time. This results in Franklin not only performing a Roaring Rampage of Rescue to save his mentor, but also killing the man himself in the Deathwish ending.
• Stupid Evil: The only possible way he can still believe Michael and Trevor are lovers, despite the mounds of evidence to suggest otherwise.
• The Triads and the Tongs: He's the leader of the Los Santos Triads.
• Unknown Rival: He's killed by Franklin Clinton near the end of the game, a man who Wei Cheng had little to no knowledge of.

Harold "Stretch" Joseph

Voiced by: Hassan Iniko Johnson

A high-ranking member of the Chamberlain Gangsters Families who, while being considered a friend by Lamar, constantly endangers both Lamar and Franklin by sending them on jobs that tend to go horribly wrong. He and Franklin have a strong dislike for each other.

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• Arch-Enemy: Serves as the most personal foe for Franklin and Lamar, due to him constantly sending them on missions that are intended to get them killed. Ironically, to avoid Franklin getting fingered as a known associate, Michael is the one to ultimately do him in.
• Asshole Victim: Nobody's going to miss him after he's iced by Michael.
• Big Bad Ensemble: Downplayed on his part. On the scale of villain vileness in the game, he's in a very distant fourth behind Devin Weston, Steve Haines, and even Wei Cheng, but he's still a recurrent and prominent enough thorn in Franklin's side to warrant neutralization in the Golden Ending.
• Death by Irony: In all of Stretch's appearances, he attempts to betray Franklin and Lamar for his own benefit. At the end of the game, Stretch is done in by Michael, a man who also betrayed his friends to benefit himself.
• Devil in Plain Sight: Everyone in Franklin's neighborhood knows that Stretch is setting Lamar up to die. Even Tanisha knows that and she doesn't even live there anymore. The only one completely oblivious is Lamar.
• False Friend: To Lamar. He acts like he has Lamar's best interests at heart, but in reality he looks down on him and wants him dead.
• Foil: To Franklin:
  • Franklin might want to leave the gangster lifestyle behind, but he's still loyal to his friends from the hood. Stretch remains a gangster, but he secretly defected to the Families' archenemy, The Ballas, in prison.
  • Franklin and Lamar are True Companions, no matter how many times they argue. Stretch is feigning his friendship with Lamar and wants him dead.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Downplayed for two reasons. One, from the start the only person that seems to consider him a friend is Lamar, with Franklin clearly only trusting Stretch as far as he can throw him, and the rest of those that know him either sharing this distrust at best or deriding him at worst. The second reason is that it becomes apparent that Lamar's adoration for Stretch only goes as far as looking up to him as an "OG" gangster, and that pedestal quickly starts to erode as the game goes on and it becomes apparent that Stretch is setting him and Franklin up, though Lamar does his damndest to deny it. By the end of the game this trope is played straight no matter which option you choose: if you took Option A or B, Lamar calls Franklin and admits that Franklin was right about Stretch, before saying he has to go into hiding due to Stretch now actively trying to kill him. If you choose Option C, Lamar sides with Franklin and helps take Stretch out by giving them his location for Michael, demonstrating that he's finally realized that Stretch is no ally of his.
• Gangbangers: Like Lamar he's a member of the Families.
• Hated by All: Absolutely no one in Franklin's neighborhood likes the man. And for a lot of good reasons.
• Hate Sink: He has no characterization outside of being a pathetic Smug Snake who thinks his big-shot status in the families means he controls Franklin and Lamar's lives.
• I Warned You: He did warn both Franklin and Lamar that to prevent a war between the Families and the Ballas, he may well have to offer Franklin and Lamar up as sacrificial lambs. He expects them to go along with it without question; Franklin, of course, will have none of it, and Lamar, ever the optimist, simply dismissed the possibility of it coming to that and refused to take the threat seriously.
• In the End, You Are on Your Own: If Michael takes his time in killing Stretch, Stretch's allies will abandon him, saying they don't want any part in his death.
• Jerkass: He believes that his veteran status in the gang and prison time gives him the right to boss Franklin and Lamar around and treat them like crap.
• Karma Houdini: In both the "Kill Michael" and "Kill Trevor" endings he never gets his comeuppance. Both endings have been since rendered non-canon.
• Laser-Guided Karma: He's killed at Michael's hands in the "Deathwish" ending. As of the Diamond Casino and Resort update, this is Stretch's canon fate.
• Light Is Not Good: A scumbag who wears a white shirt.
• Manipulative Bastard: He never once physically attempts to kill Franklin or Lamar, preferring instead to trick them into getting killed by the Ballas.
• Mugging the Monster: Stretch ends up severely pissing off Trevor by attempting to trick Lamar and Franklin into buying a fake brick of cocaine in a deal that Trevor invites himself to, resulting in him listing him as a man that needs eliminating at the end of the game.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: An optional objective in "The Third Way" is to have Michael kill Stretch with a melee attack.
• Non-Action Big Bad: He doesn't try to kill Lamar and Franklin directly, instead leading them into ambushes. He's only seen in action twice: in his introductory mission against the Ballas and in the "The Third Way" when Michael goes to kill him. The only times Franklin confronts him about what he does throughout the story is in optional phone calls he can make after certain missions are completed.
• Older Than He Looks: It is possible that Stretch is in his 40's, as suggested by Franklin's sarcastic remark about "spending his time with another middle-aged fool trying to recapture his youth."
• Only Known By His Nickname: Is only called "Stretch" in all of his appearances and mentions in the story except for "The Third Way", where Franklin gives Lester his real name so he could track him down.^note His full name can also be discovered if you visit Franklin's Lifeinvader account.
• Outside-Context Problem: Encounters one (albeit not in person) in the form of Trevor Phillips. During "Hood Safari", Trevor spontaneously decides to tag along with Lamar and Franklin on a mission Stretch sent them on, which results in him figuring out that the brick of cocaine being sold to them is fake, and that the deal is a trap. Later on, Trevor lists him as a loose end that needs cleaning up due to that experience, which results in Michael (who's also an example, given he's completely uninvolved with Franklin's gangbanging activities) going out to kill him.
• Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Compared to the other antagonists, Stretch's effect on the plot is almost non-existent. He does three things throughout the game; luring Franklin and Lamar into a trap, luring Franklin, Lamar and Trevor into a trap, and luring Lamar alone into a trap, none of which have long term consequences. Despite not having the kind of clout or number of appearances the other villains do he's still killed alongside Steve, Devin and Wei Chang in the Option C ending. His irrelevance is lampshaded by Franklin, who's surprised when Trevor lists Stretch as one of the loose ends that needs cleaning up (although, granted, killing Stretch saves Franklin the trouble of saving Lamar's ass again and again).
• Punny Name: "Stretch" is introduced after doing a "stretch" in the penitentiary.
• Prison Rape: Mentions them when arguing with Franklin during his (re)-introduction in "The Long Stretch":
  Franklin: Shit, I'm doing just fine.
  Stretch: That's what I hear. But I know some 'sweet boys' up in the pen that got bigger balls than you!
  Franklin: Oh, you been doing your time looking at sweet boy balls?
  Lamar: Umm...
  Franklin: It's good to have confirmation.
• Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: In Ending C, when Michael comes to kill him, the Ballas he's talking with run away instead of trying to help him.
• The Sociopath: He's manipulative, self-centered, and shows no compassion or remorse for his actions.
• Stupid Crooks: In his first post on Lifeinvader, Stretch brags that he "broke a chump's face for dry snitching". In his second post on Lifeinvader, Stretch admits that he got sent to "the hole" and openly wonders if discussing his activities online was a bad idea.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Franklin. While they may work together, they definitely do not get along with each other. When Stretch betrays Lamar to the Ballas and displays no remorse for it, Franklin has enough of him and straight up tells him that he better pray he'll never have to see his face, heavily implying that Franklin will kill him. In the end, Michael ultimately takes care of him and Franklin couldn't be any more happier.
• Unknown Rival: Stretch ends up being confronted by and subsequently killed by Michael at the end of the game, despite the latter not being at all involved with any of Franklin's gangster activities (deliberately so on Michael's part so that Franklin wouldn't be suspected for Stretch's death). To a lesser extent, he's also this for Trevor, as while the two never meet in the game, Trevor's the one who suggests killing Stretch due to still being sore on the events of the Hood Safari mission.
• Uriah Gambit: Franklin suspects the cocaine deal that went south was intended by Stretch to leave both Franklin and Lamar dead. Later on, Stretch confirms this by tricking Lamar into falling into the Ballas' clutches.

Supporting Villains

"D"

Voiced by: Jackie Long

A Ballas OG who Franklin and Lamar attempt to kidnap for ransom only to end up letting him go because Lamar called in the ransom on his cellphone, letting the Ballas and the Feds alike identify them. Later, he arranges an ambush to take down the duo, only to get his head blown off by Stretch.

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• Boom, Headshot!: Gets shot twice in the face by Stretch.
• Cool Bike: Uses it to try escaping Franklin and Lamar and ends up getting it side-swiped by a bus.
• Only Known By His Nickname: Crossed with One-Letter Name, he's never referred to by his real name.
• Too Dumb to Live: Tells Stretch, Lamar, and Franklin, three career criminals, to their faces that he's set them up to be killed while alone in a room with them. He's promptly killed.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Only gets two missions before getting capped by Stretch.

Martin Madrazo

Voiced by: Alfredo Huereca

A "legitimate businessman wrongfully accused of leading a Mexican narcotics gang", Michael finds himself owing Madrazo tons of money after he made a hasty mistake. After Michael repays him, Madrazo contacts Michael again to do a "favor" for him.

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• Affably Evil: When he's not being unstable, he comes off as surprisingly friendly. He's polite to Franklin at the end of "Marriage Counseling" despite being obviously (and understandably) furious at the time. Towards the Online Protagonist, he's downright chummy.
• Alliterative Name: Martin Madrazo.
• An Offer You Can't Refuse: Threatens Michael's life to get Michael to pay Madrazo back for a house of his that Michael destroyed. He does the same sort of thing to the Online Protagonist, asking him/her to do work for him, or else.
• Ax-Crazy: Michael calls him "psychotic". Judging by his serious anger problems, this is probably true.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Martin Madrazo is, in many ways, the traditional GTA gangster that defines the Big Bad throughout the games. The big difference is, Martin Madrazo is what you get when two of your playable protagonists are a short-tempered former bank-robber who tears down million-dollar houses belonging to your mistresses just to get at a guy that was sleeping with his wife, and the other a homicidal maniac who falls madly in love with your wife after he kidnaps her (and tears out your ear when he sees how you've been mistreating her). With his resources, he was pretty close to having been the Big Bad of the whole story. Sadly, he simply can't catch enough of a break to be a proper antagonist.
• Blood Sport: In GTA Online, every single NPC-generated Adversary Mode job invite lists him as the sender, and the jobs themselves are competitive Player Versus Player game modes with varying degrees of chaos and unstableness. There's no in-game justification for why he sends them, so one can only assume he's either really into blood sports or just one really, really bored drug lord.
• Break the Haughty: After Madrazo refuses to pay Michael and Trevor for a job, Trevor gives Madrazo a lesson in humility by cutting off his ear.
• Bullying a Dragon: Madrazo had no idea just how dangerous of an individual he was messing with when he refused to pay Trevor for services rendered. He learns quickly after Trevor rips out one of his ears.
• The Don: He's the absolute kingpin of Los Santos, to the point that when he expels Michael and Trevor from Los Santos, they cannot return until they are on good terms with him again.
• The Dreaded: Martin Madrazo is clearly highly feared, in that Franklin, who is usually the calmest of the three protagonists, shows visible unease and fear when Michael repeats Martin Madrazo while mocking Natalia. When introducing Martin's backstory to Michael, Franklin is visibly nervous when in Madrazo's presence. This comes back to bite him later when Trevor turns out to be his Dreaded, after the latter cuts off one of his ears and will come back for the other one if he ever mistreats his wife again...
• Ear Ache: When Trevor brings Patricia home to Martin, he is missing one ear, and he is warned that if he abuses Patricia again Trevor will come back for the other one.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He finds the Lost's treatment of prostitutes disgusting and will send the Online Protagonist to rescue one from a brothel they've set up in a run down motel.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: He's on the receiving end of this threat by Trevor when he returns Patricia. With how his first punishment for mistreating her was having one ear mutilated, he is very quick to comply with Trevor.
• Jerkass to One: He seems to be one to his wife, whom he constantly belittles, even in front of his guests. It's implied he started treating her better after Trevor chops off his ear as retribution.
• Karma Houdini: Downplayed. While he's sufficiently intimidated by Trevor to stop antagonizing the protagonists, he's still with his wife and in charge of his criminal empire. Though he is now sans one ear, and in mortal terror of Trevor Philips for the rest of his life, So maybe he didn't get COMPLETELY off the hook.
• Minor Major Character: Madrazo is the head of a major criminal empire but only appears three times in the game. His main purpose was to get Michael back in the game, and tip off Trevor that Michael was still alive.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Surprisingly for a representative of a major drug cartel. When he confronts Michael about his mistress' house he destroyed, he just roughs him up and tells him to repay him rather than kill him (since dead men can't repay their debts).
• Reasonable Authority Figure: He had every reason to want Michael dead for tearing down a house worth 2.5 million dollars. However, when he confonts Michael over the incident, he remains polite (if still obviously furious), and gives Michael a chance to explain himself instead of just killing him outright. When Michael explains that it was a mistake, Martin becomes more understanding and just lets him know that he's on the hook for the repair bill. Upon payment, he compliments Michael for staying true to his word and if anything, the two would've had a professional, if not cordial, relationship had Trevor not kidnapped his wife over a stiffed paycheck. He's very prompt in paying the Online Protagonist though, and only becomes irate with him/her if you ignore the tasks he sends you.
• Smug Snake: At least until Trevor cuts off his ear and kidnaps his wife. Then he becomes very polite and accommodating.
• Starter Villain: Introduced as a major figure in The Cartel who Michael needs to repay for the destruction of one of Madrazo's houses, then later on as a criminal Michael flees town to avoid following Trevor kidnapping his wife. He's not the main threat of the game though, and he ultimately ends up so afraid of Trevor that he never bothers the protagonists again.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Kind of. After Trevor takes one of his ears, Martin is understandably terrified of him and his associates and decides to stop antagonizing them. He even seems to treat Patricia with a bit more respect. Again, probably because of Trevor.
• The Unfought: Despite his backstory of being an influential mobster, and even kicking Michael's ass in one scene, he is never actually fought in the game. Trevor tortured him off screen before kidnapping his wife. He ends up so scared of Trevor that he refuses to retaliate or even contact the protagonists again.
• Ungrateful Bastard: He decides to refuse paying Trevor for doing a job for him. Martin pays for this decision dearly when Trevor savagely mutilates him.
• Wicked Cultured: Martin clearly has a love of the Aztecs, possessing several imitations of Aztec art in his home. When Michael and Trevor steal an actual Aztec artifact from Merryweather, Michael uses it to end the feud with Martin.

The O'Neil Brothers

Voiced by: Matt Carlson (Elwood)

A family of redneck brothers who produce meth in Blaine County. They are Trevor's chief rivals in the drug trade.

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• Impoverished Patrician: You wouldn't think so, but given that one of the roads near their farm is named "O'Neil Way", their meth lab is in the basement of what was once a Big Fancy House, and they reside on an expansive patch of land, it can be inferred that they're actually the remnant of what was once a prominent local family that has long since descended into crime and drug addiction (and even then, they almost make a business deal with wealthy Chinese gangsters, so they still have some prestige).
• It's Personal: Later in the game Elwood and his two remaining brothers try to kill Trevor in revenge for Trevor killing all of their other siblings and buring their farm to the ground.
• The Leader: Elwood seems to be the one in charge of the operation and the one whom his brothers defer to.
• Nothing Personal: Elwood tries to reason with Trevor that it wasn't anything personal when the O'Neils went into business with Wei Cheng. Trevor, being Trevor, does not see it this way.
• Rural Gangsters: The O'Niels are one of Blaine County's more organised and well-armed redneck factions, a large family of meth dealers from rural Grapeseed whose base of operations is the family ranch and whose operation is in competition with Trevor Philips Industries. They come very close to striking an alliance with Wei Chang and the Los Santos Triads to help him expand his operation into the area, in exchange for buying their drugs.
• Siblings in Crime: The brothers Elwood, Walton, Wynn, Ernie, Earl, Dale, Doyle, Daryl, Dalton, and Don all work together in their drug distribution and meth production business.
• Sibling Team: Of Drug Dealers.
• We Will Meet Again: Elwood says this after his remaining brothers are killed by the protagonists. Either Franklin and Chop or Michael kill him pretty much immediately afterwards.

Ortega

Voiced by: Hector Ramos

The head of the Aztecas, a gun smuggling gang connected to various Mexican cartels. He is Trevor's chief rival in the arms trade.

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• Gangbangers: Is the leader of the Varrios Los Aztecas in Blaine County.
• Ungrateful Bastard: If you spare him in "Mr. Philips", he just comes back to try to kill Trevor.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Trevor has the option of killing him in "Mr. Philips" - and if he isn't killed there, he leads a suicidal charge against Trevor and Chef in the next mission, and then gets killed.

Andreas Sanchez

Voiced by: Abdel Gonzalez

An FIB agent who acts as Steve Haines' right-hand man.

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• Boom, Headshot!: How he's killed by Haines for his betrayal.
• The Dragon: Really, he's this to Steve Haines moreso than the decent Dave, but look below.
• Dragon with an Agenda: May have tried to become a Dragon Ascendant when he exposes Steve to an FIB division, but he gets shot in the face for his troubles.
• Eye Scream: Close ups of his corpse reveal that Haines shot through his eye.
• Foil: To Franklin, in some ways. Both act as accomplices to two older professionals, one of them fairly level-headed (Michael, Dave Norton), the other very antisocial (Trevor, Steve Haines). He also foreshadows Franklin's possible betrayal of Trevor or Michael when he betrays Haines (and by extension, Norton) for his own benefit.
• The Mole: He's been ratting out Haines and Norton's dirty secrets to a rival FIB team.
• Punny Name: His name, read last-to-first, is a play on San Andreas.
• Satellite Character: He almost never appears without Haines, and has little characterization outside of being Haines' subordinate. Even when he's revealed to be The Mole for a rival FIB team, we have no clue what his motives were.
• Your Head A-Splode: Part of Sanchez' brain is blown out after Haines kills him.

Molly Schultz

Voiced by: Elizabeth Mason

The Senior Vice President and General Counsel to Devin Weston's businesses who acts as the corrupt billionaire's right-hand woman.

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• Alas, Poor Villain: Despite trying to ruin their movie, both Michael and Solomon are upset that she died horribly.
• Ambiguously Jewish: She has the last name "Schultz", is a brunette, has a hooked nose, and works as a lawyer.
• Amoral Attorney: Pretty unavoidable, considering her client is Devin Weston.
• Bespectacled Cutie: As cold and calculating as Molly is, her glasses do give her a decent amount of sex appeal.
• Brainy Brunette: Her knowledge of the law and her boss' business gives her the edge to exploit them to Devin's satisfaction.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Getting sucked into a jet turbine and being reduced to nothing but a severed hand and a bunch of gore splattered on the floor is a really nasty way to go, especially for someone who wasn't really all that villainous. She even died for no reason whatsoever, Michael only wanted the reel back and both of them were so frantic in that situation that they forgot that the movie is digital and Soloman was just tricking them.
  Michael: Aw, that was nasty! And needless...
• Consummate Professional: When presenting herself in front of the protagonists, Molly is coolly professional towards all of them. She also is insistent on following Devin Weston's orders to the letter, and gets irritated when someone questions him.
• The Dragon: For Devin Weston. She always appears by his side when he appears, and gives out instructions on his behalf for the protagonists to follow, even if Weston himself isn't actually there.
• Drives Like Crazy: Holy shit, does she drive like a maniac trying get away from Michael at the airport. She weaves around active airplanes (including one that's landing at the airstrip) to shake him off, which gets most of her police escorts killed and she drives so fast that Michael can barely keep up with her. It gets so bad that the police go from escorting her to trying to arrest her just so she can just stop driving. She makes Trevor, who has the lowest starting driving stat, and by extension, the player, look like professional drivers.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Her glasses add to her demeanor as a cold lackey to a corrupt businessman.
• Girl Friday: Pretty much dotes on Devin without question.
• Hello, Attorney!: Quite easy on the eyes.
• Hopeless Suitor: Franklin point-blank tells her that Devin will never fall in love with her, looking at what kind of person he is and his reaction to her death being concern over losing a valuable asset, Franklin is spot-on with the remark.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: She's much more logical and down-to-earth than her quirky boss.
• Hysterical Woman: Has a gigantic Freak Out when she sees Michael is chasing after her, probably for good reason... And runs right in front of a running plane turbine trying to get away from him.
• Icy Blue Eyes: She has blue eyes and is incredibly amoral.
• Ignored Enamored Underling: Franklin also believes that her boss will never return her affection, which is also shown to be true if Michael calls Devin right after her death. He apathetically states that "Legal counsels come and go." and is more annoyed that Michael actually stood up to him and ruined his plans for the studio.
• Jerkass: While not as bad as Weston, she has little problem helping Weston stiff the crew of their promised pay and tearing down Solomon Richards' last movie.
• Ms. Fanservice: Molly is always seen wearing a tight pair of pants which emphasize her nice round ass in many scenes. Given her hidden crush for her boss, one wonders if she's doing it on purpose to get her to notice him.
• Not So Stoic:
  • Molly's cold-but-professional exterior cracks a bit when meeting up with Franklin after he performs the last repo job. Specifically, Franklin mocking her by claiming that Devin Weston is never going to fuck her no matter what she does causes her to angrily retort at him and promptly leave the scene in a hurry.
  • Later, when Molly learns that Michael is chasing her when she's leaving Solomon Richards' studio with the master reel, she becomes completely erratic, driving all over the LSS airstrip even while jumbo jets are landing on it. She further shrieks in terror that Michael is going to kill her while frantically running away, which eventually culminates in her horrific death.
• Satellite Character: She has very little characterization outside of being Devin Weston's Girl Friday, other than being an efficient lawyer who seems to be in love with her boss. Her profile page on Devin's website even says outright that she has no hobbies outside of working for Devin.
• Sexy Secretary: She fulfills the same narrative role despite being Devin's lawyer.
• Smug Snake: Albeit not as bad as her boss. She acts calm, collected and condescending in most of her appearances, but as soon as she's faced with actual danger she flips her shit.
• Subordinate Excuse: Franklin believes she's in love with Weston and the reason she works so hard is to impress him. The evasive way she responds lends some credence to this, as do the comments she leaves on his LifeInvader wall.
• Too Dumb to Live: It's probably not a good idea to run in front of an active plane turbine. It's also a wonder she got that far, what with her driving extremely fast and recklessly around moving jumbo jets, getting at least a few members of her police escort killed. It's no surprise that said cops went from trying to escort her to trying to arrest her. Additionally, the only reason she died in the first place was she was trying to escape from Michael under the assumption that he was coming to kill her instead of just taking back the film reel she stole.
• Turbine Blender: Her fate when running away from Michael. There is no Gory Discretion Shot by the way. What is left of her could be cleaned up with a mop.
• White-Collar Crime: While being chased by Michael, she'll yell at the police to apprehend him, stating that she only does white collar crime while he's a "real" criminal.

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