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* With UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 games coming onto the [=PS4=], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]

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* With UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 games coming onto the [=PS4=], [[Platform/PlayStation4 PS4]], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]
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* The director for the...uh...''movies'', is a bearded man by the name of "Steve," a reference to director Creator/StevenSpielberg. One of the movies is also a parody of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.
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* The mission "Publicity Tour", in which Tommy was to drive the Love Fist limo fast without stopping until the band manages to disarm a bomb inside it, is a WholePlotReference to the movie ''Film/{{Speed}}''.
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** Even better - Philip Michael Thomas voiced Lance Vance.



* With UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 games coming onto the [=PS4=], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]

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* With UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 games coming onto the [=PS4=], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]"]]
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* The dancers performing onstage at the Malibu are dressed as [[TheVillagePeople a cop, a construction worker, a soldier, and a biker]].

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* The dancers performing onstage at the Malibu are dressed as [[TheVillagePeople [[Music/VillagePeople a cop, a construction worker, a soldier, and a biker]].
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* One of the missions at the [[spoiler: Vercetti]] Estate involves Tommy and Lance [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising themselves as cops]] and infiltrating a mall placed on lockdown by the police. The title of the mission? ''Film/CopLand''. Doubles as ActorAllusion for Ray Liotta.

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* One of the missions at the [[spoiler: Vercetti]] Estate involves Tommy and Lance [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising themselves as cops]] and infiltrating a mall placed on lockdown by the police. The title of the mission? ''Film/CopLand''. Doubles as ActorAllusion for Ray Liotta.Creator/RayLiotta.
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* This is the only ''GTA'' game outside the original ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoII'' wherein the AK-47 is absent, with the Ruger Mini-14 serving as replacement. This may as well be a reference to ''Series/TheATeam'', wherein the Ruger was the team's signature weapon. It could also be seen as a nod to the Miami FBI bank heist shoot out, set in 1986 just like Vice City, wherein one of the two robbers used that rifle to kill two FBI agents. Then again, the AK-47 was unobtainable in the West prior to TheNineties [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar for obvious reasons]].

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* This is the only ''GTA'' game outside the original ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoII'' ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto2'' wherein the AK-47 is absent, with the Ruger Mini-14 serving as replacement. This may as well be a reference to ''Series/TheATeam'', wherein the Ruger was the team's signature weapon. It could also be seen as a nod to the Miami FBI bank heist shoot out, set in 1986 just like Vice City, wherein one of the two robbers used that rifle to kill two FBI agents. Then again, the AK-47 was unobtainable in the West prior to TheNineties [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar for obvious reasons]].
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* With PlayStation 2 games coming onto the [=PS4=], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]

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* With PlayStation 2 UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 games coming onto the [=PS4=], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]
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* With PlayStation 2 games coming onto the PS4, they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]

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* With PlayStation 2 games coming onto the PS4, [=PS4=], they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]
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* The mascot of the V-Rock radio station is a vulture. A "vrock" is a vulture-like demon in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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* The mascot of the V-Rock radio station is a vulture. A "vrock" is a vulture-like demon in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
* With PlayStation 2 games coming onto the PS4, they've added in Trophies for the game. The Trophy you get for finishing the last story mission is [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Mischief Managed."]]

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* The distribution side mission involves [[Film/NiceDreams dealing drugs under the cover of an ice-cream van]].

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* The distribution side mission involves [[Film/NiceDreams [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Ice_Cream_Wars dealing drugs under the cover of an ice-cream van]].
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* The distribution side mission involves [[NiceDreams dealing drugs under the cover of an ice-cream van]].

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* The distribution side mission involves [[NiceDreams [[Film/NiceDreams dealing drugs under the cover of an ice-cream van]].
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* When you get to a 5-star wanted level, one of the police units that comes after you is a Cheetah driven by two guys in flashy pastel suits. Yup -- [[Series/MiamiVice Crockett and Tubbs]]. And you thought '''''Vice''' City'' was just a name?

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* When you get to a 5-star 3-star wanted level, one of the police units that comes after you is a Cheetah driven by two guys in flashy pastel suits. Yup -- [[Series/MiamiVice Crockett and Tubbs]]. And you thought '''''Vice''' City'' was just a name?
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* This is the only ''GTA'' game outside the original ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoII'' wherein the AK-47 is absent, with the Ruger Mini-14 serving as replacement. This may as well be a reference to ''Series/TheATeam'', wherein the Ruger was the team's signature weapon. It could also be seen as a nod to the Miami FBI bank heist shoot out, set in 1986 just like Vice City, wherein one of the two robbers used that rifle to kill two FBI agents. Then again, the AK-47 was unobtainable in the West prior to TheNineties [[ColdWar for obvious reasons]].

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* This is the only ''GTA'' game outside the original ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoII'' wherein the AK-47 is absent, with the Ruger Mini-14 serving as replacement. This may as well be a reference to ''Series/TheATeam'', wherein the Ruger was the team's signature weapon. It could also be seen as a nod to the Miami FBI bank heist shoot out, set in 1986 just like Vice City, wherein one of the two robbers used that rifle to kill two FBI agents. Then again, the AK-47 was unobtainable in the West prior to TheNineties [[ColdWar [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar for obvious reasons]].
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* One of the missions at the [[spoiler: Vercetti]] Estate involves Tommy and Lance [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising themselves as cops]] and infiltrating a mall placed on lockdown by the police. The title of the mission? CopLand. Doubles as ActorAllusion for Ray Liotta.

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* One of the missions at the [[spoiler: Vercetti]] Estate involves Tommy and Lance [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising themselves as cops]] and infiltrating a mall placed on lockdown by the police. The title of the mission? CopLand.''Film/CopLand''. Doubles as ActorAllusion for Ray Liotta.



* While "Exploder" is nominally a ''{{Rambo}}'' parody, the "dying Ho Chi" scene is a nod to ''Film/StrikeCommando''.

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* While "Exploder" is nominally a ''{{Rambo}}'' ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' parody, the "dying Ho Chi" scene is a nod to ''Film/StrikeCommando''.
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* While "Exploder" is nominally a ''{{Rambo}}'' parody, the "dying Ho Chi" scene is a nod to ''StrikeCommando''.

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* While "Exploder" is nominally a ''{{Rambo}}'' parody, the "dying Ho Chi" scene is a nod to ''StrikeCommando''.''Film/StrikeCommando''.
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* The game's biggest reference to {{Scarface}} aside from {{Expy}} Tommy Vercetti has got to be the [[CoolHouse lavish Diaz Mansion]] / [[spoiler: Vercetti Estate]], mirroring Tony's mansion in the film. The final mission, a shootout that takes place in it is pretty much a reenactment of the film's finale, [[spoiler: except Tommy doesn't die]].
* There's a room labelled "Apartment 3C" where one can find a bloody bathroom and a chainsaw pickup, another Scarface reference.

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* The game's biggest reference to {{Scarface}} ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' aside from {{Expy}} Tommy Vercetti has got to be the [[CoolHouse lavish Diaz Mansion]] / [[spoiler: Vercetti Estate]], mirroring Tony's mansion in the film. The final mission, a shootout that takes place in it is pretty much a reenactment of the film's finale, [[spoiler: except Tommy doesn't die]].
* There's a room labelled "Apartment 3C" where one can find a bloody bathroom and a chainsaw pickup, another Scarface ''Scarface'' reference.
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* The dancers performing onstage at the Malibu are dressed as [[TheVillagePeople a cop, a construction worker, a solider, and a biker]].

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* The dancers performing onstage at the Malibu are dressed as [[TheVillagePeople a cop, a construction worker, a solider, soldier, and a biker]].
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* The game's biggest reference to {{Scarface}} aside from {{Expy}} Tommy Vercetti has got to be the [[CoolHouse lavish Diaz Mansion]] / [[spoiler: Vercetti Estate]], mirroring Tony's mansion in the film. The final mission, a shootout that takes place in it is pretty much a reenactment of the film's finale, [[spoiler: except Tommy doesn't die]].
* There's a room labelled "Apartment 3C" where one can find a bloody bathroom and a chainsaw pickup, another Scarface reference.
* In Tommy's hotel room at the start of the game, there is a poster of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIII'' protagonist Claude. When Tommy finally meets Candy Suxxx, teaser posters of her films are added to his room's wall, revealing them to be [[ParallelPornTitles porn ripoffs]] of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
--->"Who's ever seen a shark that big??!"
* Triggering a Vigilante Mission inside a [[DeathFromAbove Hunter]] [[CoolPlane attack helicopter]] changes the text prompt informing you that you've started a Vigilante Mission to an announcement saying [[Film/BlueThunder Brown Thunder]]!
* The missions wherein you have to impress Mitch Baker's biker gang to obtain their services as a security detail for a Love Fist concert may be a reference to the real-life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert Altamont Free Concert Incident]].
* This is the only ''GTA'' game outside the original ''VideoGame/{{Grand Theft Auto|Classic}}'' and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoII'' wherein the AK-47 is absent, with the Ruger Mini-14 serving as replacement. This may as well be a reference to ''Series/TheATeam'', wherein the Ruger was the team's signature weapon. It could also be seen as a nod to the Miami FBI bank heist shoot out, set in 1986 just like Vice City, wherein one of the two robbers used that rifle to kill two FBI agents. Then again, the AK-47 was unobtainable in the West prior to TheNineties [[ColdWar for obvious reasons]].
* The dancers performing onstage at the Malibu are dressed as [[TheVillagePeople a cop, a construction worker, a solider, and a biker]].
* One of the missions at the [[spoiler: Vercetti]] Estate involves Tommy and Lance [[DressingAsTheEnemy disguising themselves as cops]] and infiltrating a mall placed on lockdown by the police. The title of the mission? CopLand. Doubles as ActorAllusion for Ray Liotta.
* Another mission at the Club Malibu is named "No Escape," another Liotta flick.
* While "Exploder" is nominally a ''{{Rambo}}'' parody, the "dying Ho Chi" scene is a nod to ''StrikeCommando''.
* When you get to a 5-star wanted level, one of the police units that comes after you is a Cheetah driven by two guys in flashy pastel suits. Yup -- [[Series/MiamiVice Crockett and Tubbs]]. And you thought '''''Vice''' City'' was just a name?
* The distribution side mission involves [[NiceDreams dealing drugs under the cover of an ice-cream van]].
* The mascot of the V-Rock radio station is a vulture. A "vrock" is a vulture-like demon in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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