History ShoutOut / GrandTheftAutoV

*** ''Defender of the Faith'' is basically ''VideoGame/{{Defender}}'' with UsefulNotes/Atari2600-like graphics.

* The Arena War update:

* In order to get 100% on the mission “Derailed”, you must land on top of a train using the first jump. Said requirement is called "Better Than CJ", in reference to the infamous “[[MemeticMutation All we had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!]]” line from the "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" mission in [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas San Andreas]].

* One of the objectives in the mission "Did Somebody Say Yoga?" is "[[VideoGame/DarkSouls Praise The Sun.]]"

*** ''The Wizard's Ruin'' takes after ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' and/or ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsChroniclesOfMystara''. Also, powering up Thog is depicted as him getting more and more muscular, taking after a similar mechanic in ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' (although, in true Rockstar parody fashion, Thog's final level has him [[TopHeavyGuy comically muscular from the waist up]]).

** The Deluxo is back! And it's still based on the [=DeLorean=]. But this time, it has hover and flight capabilities, just like [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown's time machine.]] Just swap out the time travel system for a small arsenal.

** The Brigham's "Ghosts Exposed" livery is based on the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}''[='=]s Ecto-1.

** The Brigham's "Ghosts Exposed" livery is based on the ''Franchise/Ghostbusters''[='=]s Ecto-1.

** The Karin Boor has the liveries "Star-Spangled Patriot" and "Rusty Patriot" to resemble the Joy's Subaru BRAT from the sitcom ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''.

* There are [[Series/BrassEye Good Aids]] Pharmacy trucks driving along the city streets.

*** The Vapid Imperator bears a striking resemblance to the Ford Falcon, and also has a number of different modifications that make it look similar to either the [=Interceptor/Pursuit=] Special, or a modified [[Videogame/MadMax Magnum Opus fitted with the Wild Hunt body]].

*** Subtle route: The target? Gold. The means of acquisition? Armored cars and control of traffic patterns. The getaway vehicles? A customized fleet of distinctive automobiles, albeit [[BlandNameProduct Bravado Gauntlets]] rather than Mini Coopers. Also the cars are modified to handle the load. Yup, it's ''Film/TheItalianJob1969. And since you can customise your cars, you can make them the appropriate colours for a bit of an extra reference (red, white and blue!)

** Devon Weston looks like Michael Cheritto from ''Film/{{Heat}}''. Hell, he even calls Franklin "Slick" throughout the game.

*** a yellow Hustler replicating the Ford 5-window coupe from ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'';

** In Halloween 2022 event they featured a random event involving you to steal a Exotic Export car in a specific location only to get chased by a driverless Apocalypse Cerberus, making reference to the 1972 film ''Duel''.

** The ''Breaking Bad'' references in the Journey gets amplified with the introduction of its clean variant, the Journey II, with the "Cooking Time" livery driving the reference further.

** Lamar's Youga Custom in the Short Trip mission "OG Kush" is an in-universe counterpart of the weed van from the 1978 stoner flick ''Film/UpInSmoke'', down to his claim that the van's panels are made out of marijuana "bioplastic". The climax of the mission also references the film's ending, [[spoiler:where EverybodyMustGetStoned due to fire burning up the van's panels.]]

** As for Halloween 2021 events, has a random event involving a Declasse Tornado Custom with red paint job with red lights and flaming in the front which is a clear reference to ''Christine''.

** Six of the vanilla GTA V cars had expanded customization with liveries. The livery "STD" from the Übermacht Sentinel XS (and this time being based in BMW M3 E92 which is the successor of the E46) is a reference to the famous BMW M3 GTR (E46) from the ''Need For Speed'' series just like the Obey 8F Drafter and Übermacht Cypher.
** In Halloween 2022 event they featured a random event involving you to steal a Exotic Export car in a specific location only to get chased by a MightyGlacier rusty truck Apocalypse Cerberus making reference to the 1972 film ''Duel''.

** The Karin Boor has the liveries "Star-Spangled Patriot" and "Rusty Patriot" to resemble the Joy's Subaru BRAT from the sitcom "My Name Is Earl".

** Among the new weapons introduced is the Ceramic Pistol, and it's description claims it "won't set off a metal detector". This references both the [[CriticalResearchFailure infamously inaccurate]] description of Glock pistols in ''Film/DieHard2'' and the initial paranoia surrounding polymer-framed pistols in the US.

** Among the new weapons introduced is the Ceramic Pistol, and it's description claims it "won't set off a metal detector". This references both the [[CriticalResearchFailure infamously inaccurate]] description of [[CoolGuns/{{Handguns}} Glock pistols]] in ''Film/DieHard2'' and the initial paranoia surrounding polymer-framed pistols in the US.

** And the keynote he's giving up the point where he's assassinated bears far more than a passing resembling to the "Stevenotes" that Creator/SteveJobs [[https://youtu.be/EHWRkuDlNOE was famous for]], except with the smugness and condescending superiority turned UpToEleven