History Characters / GrandTheftAutoVAntagonists

* DrivesLikeCrazy: ''Holy shit'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFxTJXSq0Is 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.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: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. Come the ending C postgame, it turns out they probably would have gotten away with it at any point.]]

* AwesomeEgo: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] He desperately ''wants'' to seem like this applies to him, but he's genuinely just a tool with more money than brainpower.

* VillainBall: He [[spoiler: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.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler: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 [[HiddenDisdainReveal he consider Steve Haines to be a "clown"]]. In Ending C, this is [[DeconstructedTrope 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 lets the protagonists get away with killing him since even they were sick of him.]]

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He's first seen having just happily tortured an FIB captive [[ForTheEvulz for fun.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: [[spoiler: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, [[SubordinateExcuse in more ways than one]], and Steve Haines calls him "a good friend", but that's about it.

* HateSink: Like Steve Haines, he's one of the most despicable characters of the GTA series. Sure, there's a lot of {{jerkass}}es 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 DirtyCoward who [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betrays just about everyone]] and has pulled a lot of jerk moves on Franklin and Michael. [[spoiler: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 [[KarmaHoudini 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]].
* {{Hypocrite}}:

--> I'd like to say that [[NothingPersonal it isn't personal]], [[ByNoIMeanYes but]] ''[[ByNoIMeanYes it is]]'' [[ByNoIMeanYes personal.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: 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, [[spoiler: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]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Only in the "Deathwish" ending where he's locked in the trunk of his car and pushed off a cliff. This is the canon ending of ''GTA V'']].

* LonelyAtTheTop: Besides his HopelessSuitor and [[TheDragon Dragon]] Molly Schultz and his equally deplorable "good friend" Steve Haines, nobody appears to care for Weston very much. After [[spoiler: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]].

* TheNicknamer: He addresses almost everybody as "Slick", usually to make them feel like his friends or to belittle them. [[spoiler:During ending C, Trevor has loads of fun [[IronicEcho calling him "Slick" in return]] during the trunk ride just to drive the point of how fucked he is]].
* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:The closest the player gets to actually fighting him is when Trevor attacks his property and kills his Merryweather guards, in the ''C'' ending]].

* TheSociopath: Not as obvious as Steve Haines, but he does have quite a few antisocial behavior: 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: [[spoiler: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]].

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Slips into this as he realizes that he can't negotiate with [[AxCrazy 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? [[ShutUpHannibal Insult Devin for thinking that "rational" offers can placate an "Irrational" guy like him]] who just ''really'' wants to kill the bastard]].

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:After being stuffed in the trunk of his car, [[VillainousBreakdown he tries to reason with Trevor]], but [[ShutUpHannibal 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]].

An [[UsefulNotes/{{FBI}} FIB agent]] who works as Dave Norton's handler. He is also the host of CNT's reality TV show "The Underbelly of Paradise".[[labelnote:Click here to see spoilers]]Later in the story, he asks Franklin to kill Trevor.[[/labelnote]]

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Along with Weston, he's the antagonist that drives most of the story by blackmailing the protagonists into committing crimes for him]].

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:After serving as one of the game's main antagonists, Haines is killed instantly when Trevor shoots him from long range. There is no final confrontation between him and the protagonists]].

* StupidEvil: During "By the Book", [[spoiler: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 [[{{Sadist}} exactly what he was doing]].

* UngratefulBastard: 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 [[spoiler:kill Norton and Michael and frame them for the crimes he masterminded]].

-->'''Steve:''' "[[SarcasmBlind Hey guys, stay out of trouble now.]]"\\
'''Ballas gangster:''' "[[YouMonster Suck my dick, Steve fucking Haines!]]"

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.

'''Franklin:''' Oh, [[InsultBackfire you been doing your time looking at sweet boy balls?]]\\

'''Franklin:''' [[DeadpanSnarker It’s good to have confirmation.]]

A [[BlatantLies "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.[[labelnote:Click here to see spoilers]]The relationship turns sour again when Madrazo refuses to pay Trevor for his services, and Trevor kidnaps his wife in retribution, forcing Michael and Trevor to hide out for a while.[[/labelnote]]

* SatelliteCharacter: He almost never appears without Haines, and has little characterization outside of being Haines's subordinate. [[spoiler:Even when he's revealed to be TheMole for a rival [=FIB=] team, we have no clue what his motives were.]]

* BrainyBrunette: Her knowledge of the law and her boss's business gives her the edge to exploit them to Devin's satisfaction.

* BlandNameProduct: Of IBM's Watson, with some elements of AI assistants like Amazon Alexa.

* FunctionalAddict: Both he and his henchmen are confirmed by dialogue from both the PA system and Pavel that they’re not above sampling their own products, but as the Online Protagonist finds out, it doesn’t make them any less of an obstacle to deal with while ransacking Cayo Perico.

* VillainousBreakdown: After the player grabs what they came for the first time, he drops his usual FauxAffablyEvil self and angrily demands that their guards find and kill them. When the Online Protagonist eventually escapes, Pavel reveals that Strickler had a drug-fuelled mental breakdown afterwards in his panic room, complete with randomly shooting any suspected traitors or feeding them to the panther. By the time the player comes back to rob him a few more times, he’s become downright deranged, his announcements consisting mostly of paranoid ramblings and graphic death threats to his men and the player alike.

--->[[spoiler:'''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. [[spoiler: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 [[spoiler:he can use his logic to get Franklin to turn on Michael, thinking Franklin would choose pragmatism over saving his mentors]].

* Fiction500: The list of his significant holdings on his website includes virtually every major brand in the GTA 'verse, plus "the country of Greece."

* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses, but only in the scene [[spoiler:where he tells Michael he sent his goons after Amanda and Tracey]].

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* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:In the ''C Option'' ending, Weston gets tied up by Trevor after kidnapping him and driving him to the meetup point]].
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler: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]].
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler: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 [[HiddenDisdainReveal he consider Steve Haines to be a "clown."]] In Ending C, this is [[DeconstructedTrope 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 lets the protagonists get away with killing him since even they were sick of him.]]

* DirtyCoward: Most obvious when [[spoiler: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]].

* {{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 [[spoiler:it's the reason why Trevor leaps at the chance to be the one to personally kill him in the "Deathwish" ending]].

* KarmicDeath: For the final mission [[spoiler:he orders Franklin to kill Trevor. If you pick [[GoldenEnding Ending C]], which is the canon ending, he meets his end at the hands of ''Trevor'']].

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: [[spoiler: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]].

* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler:Just look at how happy he is during the ColdBloodedTorture scene]].

* StupidEvil: During "By the Book," [[spoiler: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 [[{{Sadist}} exactly what he was doing.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Tells Trevor to kill Mr. K immediately after torturing him. [[PetTheDog Trevor takes him to the airport instead.]]]] Later on in the game, [[spoiler: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]].

* AffablyEvil: 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."

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves his son, [[spoiler: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]].

* IHaveYourWife: Later on in the game he takes Trevor's "lover" hostage in the hopes of intimidating Trevor into giving up his businesses. [[spoiler:The hostage in question is Michael, whom he's MistakenForGay.]] Since at the time Trevor [[spoiler: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]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Only in the "Kill Michael" and "Kill Trevor" endings; however, the ''Diamond Casino and Resort'' update in 2019 renders these endings non-canonical]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:At the hands of Franklin in the "Deathwish" ending. The ''Diamond Casino and Resort'' update confirms that the "Deathwish" ending is canon]].

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Is only called "Stretch" in all of his appearances and mentions in the story [[spoiler: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.[[/note]]
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: 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 [[spoiler: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 [[RunningGag saving Lamar's ass again and again]])]].

-->'''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!\\

'''Lamar:''' ''Umm…''\\

* BigBadWannabe: Martin Madrazo is, in many ways, the traditional GTA gangster that defines the BigBad 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 [[spoiler: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 [[AxCrazy homicidal maniac]] who [[spoiler: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 BigBad of the whole story. Sadly, he simply ''can't catch enough of a break'' to be a proper antagonist.

* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:After Madrazo refuses to pay Michael and Trevor for a job, Trevor gives Madrazo a lesson in humility that he won't soon forget]].
* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:Madrazo had no idea just how dangerous of an individual he was messing with when he refused to pay Trevor for services rendered]].

* TheDon: He's the absolute kingpin of Los Santos, to the point that when [[spoiler:he expels Michael and Trevor from Los Santos, they cannot return until they are on good terms with him again]].

* EarAche: [[spoiler:When Trevor brings Patricia home Martin is minus one ear, and he is warned that if he abuses Patricia again Trevor will come back for the other one]].

* GenreSavvy: Given [[SarcasmMode how spectacularly it tends to end for an antagonist who tries to kill a GTA protagonist,]] backing down from Trevor was most likely the smartest decision he could have made.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: [[spoiler:Is on the receiving end of this by Trevor when he returns Patricia]]. See EarAche above for more details.

* MinorMajorCharacter: Madrazo 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..

* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:At least until Trevor cuts off his ear and kidnaps his wife. Then he becomes very polite and accommodating]].
* StarterVillain: Introduced as a major figure in TheCartel who Michael needs to repay for the destruction of one of Madrazo's houses, then later on [[spoiler:as a criminal Michael flees town to avoid following Trevor kidnapping his wife]]. He's not the main threat of the game though, and [[spoiler:he ultimately ends up so afraid of Trevor that he never bothers the protagonists again]].

* TheUnfought: 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. [[spoiler: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]].

* ImpoverishedPatrician: 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 BigFancyHouse, 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).
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: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]].

* SiblingsInCrime: The brothers Elwood, Walton, Wynn, Ernie, Earl, Dale, Doyle, Daryl, Dalton and Don all work together in their drug distribution and meth production business.

* WeWillMeetAgain: Elwood says this after [[spoiler:his remaining brothers are killed by the protagonists. Either Franklin and Chop or Michael kill him pretty much immediately afterwards]].

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Close ups of his corpse reveal that Haines shot through his eye]].

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: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 Micheal [[WrongAssumption under the assumption that he was coming to kill her]] instead of just taking back the film reel she stole]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He’s blown to pieces by the same team of criminals he double-crossed, using some of his own jetpacks to pursue him and deal the killing blow.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Once Cliffford makes it clear that he wants to kill Avon himself, one would think he'd realize that his A.I project was a mistake. Instead he has a VillainousBreakdown over Cliffford's "death" and spends the last few minutes of his life insulting the protagonists for doing the deed and trying to flee to ensure Cliffford can be restored from backup data.

A self-aware AI program created by Avon. He's the secondary vilain of ''The Doomsday Heist''.

* OutsideContextProblem: Stands out in the world of GTA by being a sentient AI. Previous games had elements of sci-fi in them, but they were not part of the main plot like Cliffford is nor were they this explicit.

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!!This is a partial character sheet for the VideoGame ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Visit [[Characters/GrandTheftAutoV here]] for the main character index. Subjective tropes and audience reactions should go on the [[YMMV/GrandTheftAutoV YMMV page]].

* NiceHat: As a Texan, he wears a cowboy hat.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: 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 BigFancyHouse, 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 meth addiction (and even then, they almost make a business deal with wealthy Chinese gangsters, so they still have some prestige).

* WeWillMeetAgain: Elwood says this after [[spoiler:his remaining brothers are killed by the protagonists. Franklin and Chop kill him pretty much immediately afterwards]].

* AxCrazy: He's extremely homicidal when things aren't going his way: this is notable in his first in-game appearance, where he nearly Michael's neck for not taking him seriously.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler: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 [[HiddenDisdainReveal he consider Steve Haines to be a "clown"]] and in Ending B he gets Steve fired from the FIB. In Ending C, this is [[DeconstructedTrope 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 lets the protagonists get away with killing him since even they were sick of him.]]

* AxCrazy: He's extremely homicidal when things aren't going his way: this is notable in his first in-game appearance, where he nearly strangles Michael to death just for not taking him seriously.

* StupidEvil: During "By the Book," [[spoiler: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 [[{{Sadist}} exactly what he was doing.]]
* TotallyRadical: A somewhat mild example. If you play as Steve Haines in GTA 5's Director Mode, some of his dialogue includes phrases like "Bummer!", "Drag!", and "Major Drag!".

* TheDreaded: 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...

* BigBad: Of the Contract arc.

* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:In the ''C Option'' ending]].