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'''Catalina''' (? - [[2001]]) is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] and [[Grand Theft Auto III]] of Dominican and Colombian descent and was voiced by [[Cynthia Farrell]]. Her last name is unknown.
'''Catalina''' (? - [[2001]]) is a character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] of Dominican and Colombian descent and was voiced by [[Cynthia Farrell]]. Her last name is unknown.


==GTA San Andreas==
==Overview==
'''Catalina''' is [[Cesar Vialpando]]'s cousin who lived in a secluded shack in the rural Fern Ridge area, exhibiting a strong sense of hatred against men, with the occasional exception of boyfriends.  After [[Carl "CJ" Johnson]] is displaced by [[C.R.A.S.H.]] to the Badlands, Cesar suggests he find Catalina for work. It is hinted that Catalina treats Cesar well when Carl says to Cesar, "I can't wait to get my hands on that mute and your bitch ass cousin."  Cesar replies, "My cousin? You're gonna dis my familia?"
[[Image:Catalina & miguel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Catalina and Miguel]]
Catalina makes her first appearance in ''GTA III'', in which she is a notorious bank robber and Claude's girlfriend. At the start of the game, she betrays Claude during a bank heist and shoots him, leaving him to be captured by the police.


==Carl Johnson==
When Claude catches up with Catalina later, she has ascended to a high position in the local [[Colombian Cartel]] and is in a romantic relationship with it's leader, [[Miguel]]. With the help of the Cartel, Catalina operates the [[SPANK]] drug manufacturing and distribution business. As Claude made his way back up working for local crime bosses, he increasingly interfered with the Cartel's interests hoping to get a chance to exact revenge for Catalina's betrayal. He allied himself with the Colombian's rivals - the [[Yakuza]] and, at the suggestion of [[Donald Love]], took advantage of the tensions between the two gangs to orchestrate an open gang war between the two, hoping to weaken the Cartel. While on a mission for Love, Claude searched the Cartel occupied construction site for a mysterious package only to run into Catalina and Miguel, who took the package. A standoff ensued, which ended in Catalina shooting Miguel in the back and escaping.
After meeting each other, CJ and Catalina go on a crime spree in the countryside, robbing several businesses, including the theft of a tanker trailer loaded with fuel from a gas station; at the beginning of the third heist, Catalina puts CJ through an extreme form of BDSM (though not explicitly shown), in the process, an unlikely love relationship developed between the two (though CJ was probably only looking to earn some quick cash to get back on his feet), but was met with much turbulence. She eventually breaks up with CJ and finds herself a new boyfriend, [[Claude]], the silent protagonist from [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], before leaving the state of [[San Andreas]] for [[Liberty City]].


==Psyche==
Claude continued to attack Cartel interests until Catalina killed the Yakuza leader, [[Asuka Kasen]], and took [[Maria]] hostage, demanding a $1,000,000 ransom to be brought to the Cartel HQ in Cedar Grove. Claude went there and presented the ransom money, but Catalina again went back on her word and ordered her men to kill him. Instead, he overpowered the guard and acquired a weapon as Catalina escaped in a helicopter. Claude pursued her to the nearby [[Cochrane Dam]], where he shot the helicopter down with a rocket launcher, killing Catalina.
Much of her psyche is brought to light during her conversations with CJ: she's homicidal and possibly suffers from a persecution complex that might date back to cruelty from her father. "...They had to die faster than a stupid older brother stuffing his face with candy while his father gives his stepdaughter nothing but a stale slice of bread."


==Jealousy==
In [[GTA San Andreas]], it is revealed '''Catalina''' is [[Cesar Vialpando]]'s cousin. After [[Carl "CJ" Johnson]] was displaced by [[C.R.A.S.H.]] to the Badlands, Cesar introduced him to Catalina.
[[Image:Catalina & Claude.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Catalina and Claude]]
After Catalina and Claude's departure, Catalina attempts but fails to win CJ back with her phone calls to him, only to receive his last response while trying to make him jealous through having sex with Claude: "Catalina! You sick! Get help!" She then retorts saying, "You, Carl Johnson, are jealous!"


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CJ and Catalina struck up a reluctant partnership and went on a crime spree in the countryside, committing several robberies, including the robbery of the bank in [[Palomino Creek]] and the theft of a tanker trailer loaded with fuel from a gas station. Before the third heist, Catalina puts CJ through an extreme form of BDSM (though not explicitly shown), in the process, an unlikely love relationship developed between the two (though CJ was probably only looking to earn some quick cash to get back on his feet). The relationship was a short and turbulent one, and she eventually broke up with CJ and found herself a new boyfriend, [[Claude]], the silent protagonist from [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], before leaving the state of [[San Andreas]] for [[Liberty City]].
 
==GTA III==
[[Image:Catalina & miguel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Catalina and Miguel]]
In ''GTA III'' she is a notorious bank robber and Claude's former girlfriend, who betrayed him during a bank heist at the beginning of the game, shooting him and leaving him for the police while she ran free with the profits. Catalina would later be seen running a [[SPANK]] drug manufacturing and distribution business with a new partner in crime, [[Miguel]].  She would also betray Miguel, after Claude discovered them in a construction site; when Miguel attempted to get Claude to lower his gun, Catalina shot Miguel and jumped out of the building into a [[Wikipedia:Skip (container)|skip]] several stories below.  Catalina was killed at the end of the game, as the helicopter she was riding in was shot down by a rocket propelled grenade launched by Claude.


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===Personality===
[[Image:Catalina & Claude.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Catalina and Claude]]
Catalina is portrayed as a reckless and extremely aggressive psychotic who turns on even close partners if they cease to be useful to her. In ''San Andreas'', evidence of recent murders, such as a number of recently dug graves, can be found around her cabin on Fern Ridge. Much more of Catalina's psyche is brought to light during her conversations with CJ: She frequently shoots bystanders unprovoked during heists, she makes frequent references to cannibalism and she suffers from a persecution complex, possibly due to cruel treatment by her stepfather as a child.


==Travel==
{{quote|...They had to die faster than a stupid older brother stuffing his face with candy while his father gives his stepdaughter nothing but a stale slice of bread. --Catalina}}
Between [[GTA San Andreas]] and [[GTA III]], Catalina is known to have been on the move, committing robberies in multiple states. It is suggested that both Claude and Catalina had only temporarily resided in [[Liberty City]] after their 1992 journey from [[San Andreas]], before leaving the city to commit more robberies in other states. In 2001, the FBI discovered that both Catalina and Claude may have returned to Liberty City.


==Murders commited by Catalina==
After Catalina and Claude's departure, Catalina attempts to win CJ back by harrassing him over the phone trying to make him jealous of Claude, but fails.
*[[Asuka Kasen]]-Killed during the Cartel-Yakuza War.
*[[Miguel]]-Killed for giving out Cartel information to the Yakuza.


Between [[GTA San Andreas]] and [[GTA III]], Catalina is known to have been on the move, committing robberies in multiple states. It is suggested that both Claude and Catalina had only temporarily resided in [[Liberty City]] after their 1992 journey from [[San Andreas]], before leaving the city to commit more robberies in other states.  In 2001, the FBI discovered that both Catalina and Claude may have returned to Liberty City.


==GTA San Andreas Mission Appearances==
==GTA San Andreas Mission Appearances==

Revision as of 07:02, 24 November 2008

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Catalina

Catalina (? - 2001) is a character in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas of Dominican and Colombian descent and was voiced by Cynthia Farrell. Her last name is unknown.

Overview

File:Catalina & miguel.jpg
Catalina and Miguel

Catalina makes her first appearance in GTA III, in which she is a notorious bank robber and Claude's girlfriend. At the start of the game, she betrays Claude during a bank heist and shoots him, leaving him to be captured by the police.

When Claude catches up with Catalina later, she has ascended to a high position in the local Colombian Cartel and is in a romantic relationship with it's leader, Miguel. With the help of the Cartel, Catalina operates the SPANK drug manufacturing and distribution business. As Claude made his way back up working for local crime bosses, he increasingly interfered with the Cartel's interests hoping to get a chance to exact revenge for Catalina's betrayal. He allied himself with the Colombian's rivals - the Yakuza and, at the suggestion of Donald Love, took advantage of the tensions between the two gangs to orchestrate an open gang war between the two, hoping to weaken the Cartel. While on a mission for Love, Claude searched the Cartel occupied construction site for a mysterious package only to run into Catalina and Miguel, who took the package. A standoff ensued, which ended in Catalina shooting Miguel in the back and escaping.

Claude continued to attack Cartel interests until Catalina killed the Yakuza leader, Asuka Kasen, and took Maria hostage, demanding a $1,000,000 ransom to be brought to the Cartel HQ in Cedar Grove. Claude went there and presented the ransom money, but Catalina again went back on her word and ordered her men to kill him. Instead, he overpowered the guard and acquired a weapon as Catalina escaped in a helicopter. Claude pursued her to the nearby Cochrane Dam, where he shot the helicopter down with a rocket launcher, killing Catalina.

In GTA San Andreas, it is revealed Catalina is Cesar Vialpando's cousin. After Carl "CJ" Johnson was displaced by C.R.A.S.H. to the Badlands, Cesar introduced him to Catalina.

CJ and Catalina struck up a reluctant partnership and went on a crime spree in the countryside, committing several robberies, including the robbery of the bank in Palomino Creek and the theft of a tanker trailer loaded with fuel from a gas station. Before the third heist, Catalina puts CJ through an extreme form of BDSM (though not explicitly shown), in the process, an unlikely love relationship developed between the two (though CJ was probably only looking to earn some quick cash to get back on his feet). The relationship was a short and turbulent one, and she eventually broke up with CJ and found herself a new boyfriend, Claude, the silent protagonist from GTA III, before leaving the state of San Andreas for Liberty City.

Personality

File:Catalina & Claude.jpg
Catalina and Claude

Catalina is portrayed as a reckless and extremely aggressive psychotic who turns on even close partners if they cease to be useful to her. In San Andreas, evidence of recent murders, such as a number of recently dug graves, can be found around her cabin on Fern Ridge. Much more of Catalina's psyche is brought to light during her conversations with CJ: She frequently shoots bystanders unprovoked during heists, she makes frequent references to cannibalism and she suffers from a persecution complex, possibly due to cruel treatment by her stepfather as a child.

...They had to die faster than a stupid older brother stuffing his face with candy while his father gives his stepdaughter nothing but a stale slice of bread. --Catalina


After Catalina and Claude's departure, Catalina attempts to win CJ back by harrassing him over the phone trying to make him jealous of Claude, but fails.

Between GTA San Andreas and GTA III, Catalina is known to have been on the move, committing robberies in multiple states. It is suggested that both Claude and Catalina had only temporarily resided in Liberty City after their 1992 journey from San Andreas, before leaving the city to commit more robberies in other states. In 2001, the FBI discovered that both Catalina and Claude may have returned to Liberty City.

GTA San Andreas Mission Appearances

GTA III Mission Appearances