Carl Johnson: Difference between revisions

|pob = [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]]

|home = [[Johnson House]], [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]] <small>(?-1987, 1992-?)</small><br />[[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] <small>(1987-1992)</small>

Carl "CJ" Johnson, was born in [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]], to mother [[Beverly Johnson]]. It is estimated he is somewhere from his late adolescence to his early twenties during the events of GTA San Andreas, as in [[1987]] he was still a young boy. He is Beverly's second child, the first being [[Sweet|Sean (aka Sweet)]], then Carl, followed very soon after by [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] and finally [[Brian Johnson|Brian]]. It is recalled that CJ has never left Los Santos during his childhood or early adult hood to explore the other two cities in the [[State of San Andreas]]. Sweet recalls that CJ was born in the [[Johnson House]], the family's childhood and current home. [[Old Reece]], a family friend, recalls memories of CJ's father (though Reece's sanity is in question), though CJ tells [[Joey Leone]] that he never knew his father, and Sweet was man of the house. Another one of CJ's memories is swimming off the coast of the [[Santa Maria Beach|Santa Maria]], having a condom get stuck to his face, and has since then been reasonably afraid to swim. The Johnson siblings, along with [[Big Smoke|Melvin (aka Big Smoke)]] and [[Ryder|Lance (aka Ryder)]], grew up on the same cul-de-sac and were childhood friends. CJ recalls Ryder dealing drugs since he was ten. Sweet became the leader of the [[Grove Street Families]], which introduced him, CJ and even Brian into gang life. During this time frame, Grove Street Families were at the height of their power when they first became pressured by [[Frank Tenpenny]], the corrupt police officer of [[C.R.A.S.H.]] It's likely that officer [[Eddie Pulaski]] was also serving with Tenpenny at this time. In 1987, the gang was shaken by the death of young [[Brian Johnson|Brian]]. Sweet laments that Carl "let Brian die" and did not call for help, causing Carl to leave for [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in that same year. He was no longer considered a member of Grove Street, and would later have to earn his way back into the gang. Big Smoke says to CJ that "the east coast got you all thinned out" implying he was either fatter or more muscular back then.

At the very end of the game, CJ is a young multi-millionaire. His assets and business interests include [[Grove Street Families|Grove Street gang]] and [[Madd Dogg|Madd Dogg's]] contract in [[Los Santos in GTA San Andreas|Los Santos]], a [[Doherty Garage|car garage]] and several other properties in [[San Fierro]], and shares in [[The Four Dragons Casino|Four Dragons]] casino in [[Las Venturas]]. He even still has the government's [[Black Project|$60 million]] [[jetpack]]. An [[Easter Egg]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] suggests that CJ possibly died after [[1992]]. However a reference of his death is never directly made. Another possibility is that he returned to Liberty City (in the GTA IV rendition) and expanded his business there, as a billboard outside the Algonquin safehouse depicts Carl in a suit and tie drinking wine with the word "Fruntalot" beside it, which is presumably the product that is being advertised. Either way, this is not considered canon for the [[GTA III Era]].