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|game_1 = GTA III
| game_1 = GTA III
|game_2 = GTA Vice City
| game_2 = GTA Vice City
|game_3 = GTA Liberty City Stories
| game_3 = GTA Liberty City Stories
|name = Donald Love
| name = Donald Love
|aka = DL<br />Don
| aka = DL<br />Don
|status = Alive
| status = Alive
|gender = M
| gender = M
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|pob =  
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|dod =  
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|home = [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]<br />[[Bedford Point]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
| home = [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]<br />[[Bedford Point]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
|nationality = United States
| nationality = United States
|family =  
| family =  
|affiliations = [[Avery Carrington]]<br />[[Salvatore Leone]]<br />[[Toni Cipriani]]<br />[[Humphries]]<br />[[8-Ball]]<br />[[Colombian Cartel]]<br />[[Love Media]]<br />[[Panlantic Construction Company]]<br />[[Old Oriental Gentleman]]<br />[[Claude]]
| affiliations = [[Avery Carrington]]<br />[[Salvatore Leone]]<br />[[Toni Cipriani]]<br />[[Humphries]]<br />[[8-Ball]]<br />[[Colombian Cartel]]<br />[[Love Media]]<br />[[Panlantic Construction Company]]<br />[[Old Oriental Gentleman]]<br />[[Claude]]
|vehicles = White [[Stretch]]
| vehicles = White [[Stretch]]
|businesses = Construction<br />Real estate<br />[[Panlantic Construction Company]] <small>(former)</small><br />[[Love Media]]<br />[[Liberty Tree]]<br />[[Chatterbox FM]]<br />[[Double Clef FM]]<br />[[Flashback 95.6]]<br />[[Head Radio]]<br />[[Bitch'n' Dog Food]]
| businesses = Construction<br />Real estate<br />[[Panlantic Construction Company]] <small>(former)</small><br />[[Love Media]]<br />[[Liberty Tree]]<br />[[Chatterbox FM]]<br />[[Double Clef FM]]<br />[[Flashback 95.6]]<br />[[Head Radio]]<br />[[Bitch'n' Dog Food]]
|voice = [[Kyle MacLachlan]] <small>(GTA III)</small><br />Unknown <small>(GTA Vice City)</small><br />[[Will Janowitz]] <small>(GTA Liberty City Stories)</small>
| voice = [[Kyle MacLachlan]] <small>(GTA III)</small><br />Unknown <small>(GTA Vice City)</small><br />[[Will Janowitz]] <small>(GTA Liberty City Stories)</small>
}}
}}
'''Donald Love''' is a character in the [[3D Universe]] who appears as a supporting character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]), a minor character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (set in [[1986]]) and a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (set in [[1998]]). He is the multi-billionaire owner of the [[Love Media]] conglomerate and is also involved in construction and real estate industries. In GTA III he is voiced by [[Kyle MacLachlan]], who has also appeared in ''Desperate Housewives'', and in GTA Liberty City Stories by [[Will Janowitz]], who has also appeared in ''The Sopranos''. The voice actor for Donald Love's appearance in GTA Vice City is not credited.


==Character history==
'''Donald Love''' is a character in the [[3D Universe]] who appears as a supporting character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]), a minor character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (set in [[1986]]), and a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (set in [[1998]]). He is the multi-billionaire owner of the [[Love Media]] conglomerate and is also involved in construction and real estate industries. In GTA III he is voiced by [[Kyle MacLachlan]], who has also appeared in ''Desperate Housewives'', and in GTA Liberty City Stories by [[Will Janowitz]], who has also appeared in ''The Sopranos''. The voice actor for Donald Love's appearance in GTA Vice City is not credited.
===Life until 1998===
He became the protegé of real estate expert [[Avery Carrington]], often following him with a note pad and pen, including to one of [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Cortez']] [[The Party|parties]] and once met [[Tommy Vercetti]], who Avery was hiring to [[Two Bit Hit|start a gang war]] between the [[Cubans]] and the [[Haitians]]. Avery's willingness to use any method to bring down property prices would leave an impression on Love. At some point between [[1986]] and [[1998]] he moved to [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and established himself as a successful businessman, starting the [[Love Media]] company, purchasing a building in [[Bedford Point]] and opening an [[Car-azy Car Give Away|import garage]].


===1998===
== Character history ==
Donald Love enters the [[Mayoralty of Liberty City in GTA III Era|race to become the mayor]] of Liberty City, following the [[A Walk in the Park|murder]] of incumbent [[Roger C. Hole]], running against [[Miles O'Donovan]]. He begins to work for [[Leone Family]] [[Gang Leaders|Don]] [[Salvatore Leone]] and uses [[Toni Cipriani]], who killed Mayor Hole, and uses his wealth to his advantage. Love hires Cipriani to first [[The Morgue Party Candidate|steal]] a corpse for Love to eat, before having him [[Steering the Vote|campaign]] for him and [[Cam-Pain|kill]] some of O'Donovan's campaigners. Love then discovers that the [[Forelli Family]], a rival to the Leone Family who had controlled Mayor Hole, own a stake in the company printing the ballot papers, sending Toni to [[Friggin' the Riggin'|destroy]] the printing factory. Love, realising the voting is close, decides to campaign himself but is almost killed by the Forelli Family in an [[Love & Bullets|ambush]], but is rescued by Cipriani, who later [[Counterfeit Count|attempts to rig]] the election.
=== Life until 1998 ===
He became the protegé of real estate expert [[Avery Carrington]], often following him with a note pad and pen, including to one of [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Cortez']] [[The Party|parties]] and once met [[Tommy Vercetti]], who Avery was hiring to [[Two Bit Hit|start a gang war]] between the [[Cubans]] and the [[Haitians]] while [[Havana|disguised as a Cuban]]. Avery's willingness to use any method to bring down property prices would leave an impression on Love. At some point between [[1986]] and [[1998]] he moved to [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and established himself as a successful businessman, starting the [[Love Media]] company, purchasing a building in [[Bedford Point]] and opening an [[Car-azy Car Give Away|import garage]].
 
=== 1998 ===
Donald Love enters the [[Mayoralty of Liberty City in GTA III Era|race to become the mayor]] of Liberty City, following the [[A Walk in the Park|murder]] of incumbent [[Roger C. Hole]], running against [[Miles O'Donovan]]. He begins to work for [[Leone Family]] [[Gang Leaders|Don]] [[Salvatore Leone]] and uses [[Toni Cipriani]], who killed Mayor Hole, and uses his wealth to his advantage. Love hires Cipriani to first [[The Morgue Party Candidate|steal]] a corpse for Love to eat, before having him [[Steering the Vote|campaign]] for him and [[Cam-Pain|kill]] some of O'Donovan's campaigners. Love then discovers that the [[Forelli Family]], a rival to the Leone Family who had controlled Mayor Hole, own a stake in the company printing the ballot papers, sending Toni to [[Friggin' the Riggin'|destroy]] the printing factory. Love, realizing the voting is close, decides to campaign himself but is almost killed by the Forelli Family in an [[Love & Bullets|ambush]], but is rescued by Cipriani, who later [[Counterfeit Count|attempts to rig]] the election.


Love later discovers that O'Donovan has evidence linking him with the Leone Family and sends Toni to [[Love on the Rocks|destroy]] the evidence. The links between Love and the Leone Family, however, are too obvious and the election is won by O'Donovan. Love, having spent all his money on his campaign, is forced to move to a flophouse in [[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]]. Love, however, does not give up and later employs Cipriani to [[Panlantic Land Grab|kill]] former mentor Avery Carrington to steal his re-development plans for [[Fort Staunton]], killing many [[Colombian Cartel]] escorts as well, before [[Stop the Press|killing]] [[Liberty Tree]] reporter [[Ned Burner]], who had witnessed the murder. Cipriani later [[Morgue Party Resurrection|collects the corpses]] of both Carrington and Burner for Love to eat.
Love later discovers that O'Donovan has evidence linking him with the Leone Family and sends Toni to [[Love on the Rocks|destroy]] the evidence. The links between Love and the Leone Family, however, are too obvious and the election is won by O'Donovan. Love, having spent all his money on his campaign, is forced to move to a flophouse in [[Pike Creek]], [[Shoreside Vale]]. Love, however, does not give up and later employs Cipriani to [[Panlantic Land Grab|kill]] former mentor Avery Carrington to steal his re-development plans for [[Fort Staunton]], killing many [[Colombian Cartel]] escorts as well, before [[Stop the Press|killing]] [[Liberty Tree]] reporter [[Ned Burner]], who had witnessed the murder. Cipriani later [[Morgue Party Resurrection|collects the corpses]] of both Carrington and Burner for Love to eat.
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Donald Love also hires Cipriani to destroy the Fort Staunton district of Staunton Island, a Forelli strong hold, which he [[Bringing the House Down|does]], using explosives provided by [[8-Ball]]. Love, confident of his future success, purchases a [[Cartel Mansion|mansion]] in [[Cedar Grove]] and locks himself away, fearing a reprisal from the Colombian Cartel, who [[Love on the Run|attempt to kill]] him but they are thwarted by Cipriani, who takes him to his private jet at [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]], where the bodies of Carrington and Burner are in storage. By 2001, the same mansion is taken over by the Cartel, while Donald Love seeks to live in the Love Media tower to avoid certain taxes.
Donald Love also hires Cipriani to destroy the Fort Staunton district of Staunton Island, a Forelli strong hold, which he [[Bringing the House Down|does]], using explosives provided by [[8-Ball]]. Love, confident of his future success, purchases a [[Cartel Mansion|mansion]] in [[Cedar Grove]] and locks himself away, fearing a reprisal from the Colombian Cartel, who [[Love on the Run|attempt to kill]] him but they are thwarted by Cipriani, who takes him to his private jet at [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]], where the bodies of Carrington and Burner are in storage. By 2001, the same mansion is taken over by the Cartel, while Donald Love seeks to live in the Love Media tower to avoid certain taxes.


===Life until October 2001===
=== Life until October 2001 ===
Donald Love flies to an unconfirmed location in the United States and continues to expand his business, also living on a yacht in the Caribbean. He is known to have changed laws, been involved in slum clearance and opened casinos across the United States, in the process becoming a "legend" according to a Liberty Tree report. He returns to the city in March 2001, following the return of fellow businessman and rival [[Barry Harcross]], and begins to expand his business empire in the city. He re-establishes [[Love Media]] and purchases over nine hundred radio stations (including [[Chatterbox FM]], [[Double Clef FM]], [[Flashback 95.6]] and [[Head Radio]]), three hundred television stations, four networks, three satellites, ten senators, the [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper, the [[Bitch'n' Dog Food]] company and the thirty-story [[Love Media Building]] in Bedford Point. He also hires an [[Old Oriental Gentleman]] to teach him Tai Chi, sending a private plane to bring him to the city, although the man is arrested by the immigration chief [[Ray Mathers]]. At some point between 1998 and 2001, Love begins to implant his plans redevelop Fort Staunton with the Colombian Cartel and their front company, [[Panlantic Construction Company|Panlantic Construction]], suggesting he had paid the Cartel off.
Donald Love flies to an unconfirmed location in the United States and continues to expand his business, also living on a yacht in the Caribbean. He is known to have changed laws, been involved in slum clearance and opened casinos across the United States, in the process becoming a "legend" according to a Liberty Tree report. He returns to the city in March 2001, following the return of fellow businessman and rival [[Barry Harcross]], and begins to expand his business empire in the city. He re-establishes [[Love Media]] and purchases over nine hundred radio stations (including [[Chatterbox FM]], [[Double Clef FM]], [[Flashback 95.6]], and [[Head Radio]]), three hundred television stations, four networks, three satellites, ten senators, the [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper, the [[Bitch'n' Dog Food]] company, and the thirty-story [[Love Media Building]] in Bedford Point. He also hires an [[Old Oriental Gentleman]] to teach him Tai Chi, sending a private plane to bring him to the city, although the man is arrested by the immigration chief [[Ray Mathers]]. At some point between 1998 and 2001, Love begins to implant his plans redevelop Fort Staunton with the Colombian Cartel and their front company, [[Panlantic Construction Company|Panlantic Construction]], suggesting he had paid the Cartel off.


===October 2001===
=== October 2001 ===
Donald Love continues to oversee the development of Fort Staunton and run his media conglomerate from his home in Bedford Point, although his old oriental gentleman is [[Introduction (GTA III)|kidnapped]] by the Cartel whilst he was being transferred to a police station in [[Portland View]], [[Portland]]. He later hires [[Claude]], who also escaped in the ambushed convoy, to [[Liberator|rescue]] the old oriental gentleman from a Cartel hide out in [[Aspatria]], before having him [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout|kill]] [[Yakuza]] co-leader [[Kenji Kasen]], whilst disguised as a Cartel gangster, in order to provoke a gang war between the two to drive down property prices. Claude is then sent to [[A Drop in the Ocean|collect decoy packages]] before [[Grand Theft Aero|being sent to collect the real package]], eventually going to a construction site in Fort Staunton where he finds ex-girlfriend and Cartel leader [[Catalina]], with [[Miguel]] and the package. He retrieves the package for Love and works for him one last time, acting as a [[Decoy|decoy]] to allow the old oriental gentleman to escape with the package. Love later [[Love's Disappearance|disappears]] with the old oriental gentleman, with [[Rockstar Games]] stating themselves that Love's fate is ambiguous.
Donald Love continues to oversee the development of Fort Staunton and run his media conglomerate from his home in Bedford Point, although his old oriental gentleman is [[Introduction (GTA III)|kidnapped]] by the Cartel whilst he was being transferred to a police station in [[Portland View]], [[Portland]]. He later hires [[Claude]], who also escaped in the ambushed convoy, to [[Liberator|rescue]] the old oriental gentleman from a Cartel hide out in [[Aspatria]], before having him [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout|kill]] [[Yakuza]] co-leader [[Kenji Kasen]], whilst disguised as a Cartel gangster, in order to provoke a gang war between the two to drive down property prices. Claude is then sent to [[A Drop in the Ocean|collect decoy packages]] before [[Grand Theft Aero|being sent to collect the real package]], eventually going to a construction site in Fort Staunton where he finds ex-girlfriend and Cartel leader [[Catalina]], with [[Miguel]] and the package. He retrieves the package for Love and works for him one last time, acting as a [[decoy]] to allow the old oriental gentleman to escape with the package. Love later [[Love's Disappearance|disappears]] with the old oriental gentleman, with [[Rockstar Games]] stating themselves that Love's fate is ambiguous.


==Personality==
== Personality ==
Donald Love is a cannibal, as seen during the mission [[Cam Pain]], where he eats human ribs and describes human flesh as being "like chicken" but "more sentient". He is also known to throw morgue parties, as revealed in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, even having [[Toni Cipriani]] steal the corpses of [[Avery Carrington]] and [[Ned Burner]] to eat.
Donald Love is a cannibal, as seen during the mission [[Cam Pain]], where he eats human ribs and describes human flesh as being "like chicken" but "more sentient". He is also known to throw morgue parties, as revealed in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, even having [[Toni Cipriani]] steal the corpses of [[Avery Carrington]] and [[Ned Burner]] to eat.


In GTA Liberty City Stories, he is much more flamboyant, and still looks to be very young. Only 3 years later, in GTA III, he has a much deeper, more mature voice, puts on some weight and appears to be more towards his forties.
In GTA Liberty City Stories, he is much more flamboyant, and still looks to be very young. Only 3 years later, in GTA III, he has a much deeper, more mature voice, puts on some weight and appears to be more towards his forties.


==Trivia==
== Trivia ==
*One of Donald Love's lines in GTA III is almost exactly replicated in GTA Vice City by his mentor Avery Carrington, although the events occur the other way around in the game universe. Love states, during the mission [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]], that "Nothing drives down real estate prices like a good old fashioned gang war, apart from the outbreak of a plague, but that might going too far in this case". While during the mission [[Two Bit Hit]] in GTA Vice City, Avery Carrington states "Now, nothing brings down real estate prices quicker than a good old-fashioned gang war - 'cept maybe a disaster, like a biblical plague or something, but, that may be going too far in this case".
* One of Donald Love's lines in GTA III is almost exactly replicated in GTA Vice City by his mentor Avery Carrington, although the events occur the other way around in the game universe. Love states, during the mission [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]], that "Nothing drives down real estate prices like a good old fashioned gang war, apart from the outbreak of a plague, but that might going too far in this case". While during the mission [[Two Bit Hit]] in GTA Vice City, Avery Carrington states "Now, nothing brings down real estate prices quicker than a good old-fashioned gang war - 'cept maybe a disaster, like a biblical plague or something, but, that may be going too far in this case".
*Donald's character may have crossed over from the third to fourth eras, some newspapers in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] carry images of Donald Love stating he has a ''hate relationship with taxes''. There is also a movie/book that can be found in [[Playboy X]]'s mansion, it is titled '''The Liberty King''', and features Donald Love's artwork on the cover with the skyline of Liberty City behind him.
* Donald's character may have crossed over from the third to fourth eras, some newspapers in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] carry images of Donald Love stating he has a ''hate relationship with taxes''. There is also a movie/book that can be found in [[Playboy X]]'s mansion, it is titled '''The Liberty King''', and features Donald Love's artwork on the cover with the skyline of Liberty City behind him.
*He may be partially based on [[:wp:Michael_Bloomberg|Michael Bloomberg]], who was one of the ten wealthiest men in the world with $5 billion in 2001. Both men also invested in becoming the mayors of their cities.
* He may be partially based on [[:wp:Michael Bloomberg|Michael Bloomberg]], who was one of the ten wealthiest men in the world with $5 billion in 2001. Both men also invested in becoming the mayors of their cities.
*Love was rumored have been killed in [[Love Hurts]], a mission where Claude would steal a [[Dodo]] to crash it into the Love Media Building and kill Love. This mission was supposedly-deleted following the similar 9/11 attacks on New York City. However, in 2012, Rockstar revealed that this mission did not ever exist.
* Love was rumored have been killed in [[Love Hurts]], a mission where Claude would steal a [[Dodo]] to crash it into the Love Media Building and kill Love. This mission was supposedly deleted following the similar 9/11 attacks on New York City. However, in 2012, Rockstar revealed that this mission did not ever exist.
*Love along with [[Alex Shrub]], and [[Thomas Stubbs]] were nominated for [http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/46051/cast-your-ballot-rockstars-sleaziest-politicians.html Rockstar's Sleaziest Politicians].
* Love, along with [[Alex Shrub]] and [[Thomas Stubbs]], were nominated for [http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/46051/cast-your-ballot-rockstars-sleaziest-politicians.html Rockstar's Sleaziest Politicians].
*Despite Love's past rivalry with Mayor O'Donovan, he was noted to have met him on at least one occasion in September 2001, and even commented positively about O'Donovan in the Liberty Tree newspaper.
* Despite Love's past rivalry with Mayor O'Donovan, he was noted to have met him on at least one occasion in September 2001, and even commented positively about O'Donovan in the Liberty Tree newspaper.
*Donald Love has a star in the [[Vinewood Walk of Fame]].
* Donald Love has a star in the [[Vinewood Walk of Fame]].


== Mission appearances ==
== Mission appearances ==
;GTA III
; GTA III
*[[Liberator]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Liberator]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[A Drop in the Ocean]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[A Drop in the Ocean]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Grand Theft Aero]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Grand Theft Aero]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Escort Service]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Escort Service]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Decoy]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Decoy]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Love's Disappearance]] <small>(Boss/Disappearance)</small>
* [[Love's Disappearance]] <small>(Boss/Disappearance)</small>


;GTA Vice City
; GTA Vice City
*[[The Party]]
* [[The Party]]
*[[Two Bit Hit]]
* [[Two Bit Hit]]


;GTA Liberty City Stories
; GTA Liberty City Stories
*[[The Morgue Party Candidate]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[The Morgue Party Candidate]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Steering the Vote]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Steering the Vote]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Cam-Pain]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Cam-Pain]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Friggin' the Riggin']] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Friggin' the Riggin']] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Love and Bullets]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Love and Bullets]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Counterfeit Count]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Counterfeit Count]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Love on the Rocks]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Love on the Rocks]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Panlantic Land Grab]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Panlantic Land Grab]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Stop the Press]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Stop the Press]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Morgue Party Resurrection]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Morgue Party Resurrection]] <small>(Boss)</small>
*[[Bringing the House Down]]
* [[Bringing the House Down]]
*[[Love on the Run]] <small>(Boss)</small>
* [[Love on the Run]] <small>(Boss)</small>


==Gallery==
== Gallery ==
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File:DonaldLove-GTAIII-artwork.jpg|Concept artwork of Donald Love.  
File:DonaldLove-GTAIII-artwork.jpg|Concept artwork of Donald Love.  
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