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[[ | {{infobox character| | ||
'''8-Ball''' is a | |image =8-Ball-GTAIII.jpg | ||
|game_1 = GTA III | |||
|game_2 = GTA Advance | |||
|game_3 = GTA Liberty City Stories | |||
|name = 8-Ball | |||
|aka = | |||
|status = Alive | |||
|gender = M | |||
|dob = | |||
|dob-comment = | |||
|pob = | |||
|dod = | |||
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|home = [[Saint Mark's]], [[Portland]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] | |||
|nationality = United States | |||
|family = | |||
|affiliations = [[Donald Love]]<br />[[Toni Cipriani]]<br />[[Vinnie]]<br />[[Mike]]<br />[[Slick]]<br />[[Misty]]<br />[[Luigi Goterelli]]<br />[[Claude]] | |||
|vehicles = [[Rumpo]] | |||
|businesses = [[8-Ball Autos]] | |||
|voice = [[The Guru]] | |||
}} | |||
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'''8-Ball''' is a character in the [[3D Universe]] who appears as a supporting character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and a minor character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]. He is an explosives expert and firearms trader, owning [[8-Ball Autos|explosives garages]] in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] and [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]]. In GTA III and Liberty City Stories, he is voiced by the late [[The Guru|Keith "The Guru" Elam]]. | |||
[[ | ==Character history== | ||
===Life until 2000=== | |||
8-Ball was born and raised in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and by [[1984]] had started his [[8-Ball Autos|business]] across the [[United States of America|United States]], including in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] (initially in [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]] and later in [[Viceport]]), in [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]] (in [[El Corona]], [[Los Santos in GTA III Era|Los Santos]]) and in Liberty City (in [[Harwood]], [[Newport]] and [[Pike Creek]]). He established contacts with various people in Liberty City, including businessman [[Donald Love]], who sent [[Toni Cipriani]] to 8-Ball at his Pike Creek garage to [[No Money, Mo' Problems|fill a van full of explosives]] to be used to [[Bringing the House Down|destroy]] the [[Fort Staunton]] district of [[Staunton Island]]. | |||
===2000 to 2001=== | |||
In [[2000]] he helps old friend [[Vinnie]] by creating [[fake IDs]] that [[Mike]] collected. Mike returns to 8-Ball following the [[Getaway|death]] of Vinnie and agrees to work for him whilst 8-Ball investigates Vinnie's death, saying he has some ideas of who was responsible. 8-Ball first has Mike [[Twisted Metal|dispose of Vinnie's body]] at the [[Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard]], as "they don't ask questions". Following this, Mike helps to [[Ill Repute|pimp out]] three women (including [[Misty]]) to "high-rolling" clients, [[Droppin' Bombs|deliver a package]] to an angry customer, and extract [[Scorelli (mission)|revenge]] on [[Scorelli]] for 8-Ball. 8-Ball, with information from one of the prostitutes, sends Mike to [[Love Boat|meet]] a bar tender, [[Jonnie]]. 8-Ball later meets Mike again in a diner, but the two are [[Love of Money|ambushed]] by the [[Colombian Cartel]], who are looking to kill Mike following the [[Decoy Disaster|death]] of leader [[Cisco]]. 8-Ball burns his hands during the ambush and is unable to escape, telling Mike to do so before the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] arrive. | |||
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8-Ball is arrested and convicted on eighty-five counts of owning a firearm without a licence, although a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|article]], it is stated that 8-Ball was arrested at his home/garage in Harwood and that a police officer poured a pan of boiling fat onto his hands. After being convicted a decision is made to transfer him, along with bank robber [[Claude]] and a [[Old Oriental Gentleman|un-named elderly man]] to the police station in [[Portland View]]. The police convoy, however, is [[Introduction (GTA III)|attacked]] by the Colombian Cartel, who successfully kidnap the un-named elderly man. In the confusion, 8-Ball and Claude work together to escape and get far enough away to not be injured when a bomb, planted by the Cartel, destroys the [[Callahan Bridge]]. The two then escape to a [[Portland Hideout|hideout]] in the [[Red Light District]]. | |||
After changing out of their orange prison uniforms, 8-Ball has Claude drive him to [[Sex Club Seven]] and introduces him to [[Luigi Goterelli]], an old friend and member of the [[Leone Family]], who begins to employ him. [[Salvatore Leone]], the [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the Leone Family, later [[Bomb Da Base Act I|sends Claude]] to 8-Ball and the two later [[Bomb Da Base Act II|destroy]] a freighter at [[Portland Harbor]], which was being used by the Colombian Cartel to manufacture the drug [[SPANK]]. His friendship with Claude, however, is assumed to have come to an end when [[Salvatore Leone]] attempts to set Claude up, and he has to flee [[Portland]]. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*An authentic production artwork of 8-Ball has the name ''Mullan, A.K.A. 8-Ball'' written besides his image, suggesting his name may have been Mullan in development. This name was never used in any GTA game. | |||
*8-Ball Autos is also used in the missions [[Mike Lips Last Lunch]], [[Kanbu Bust-out]] (both in GTA III) and [[Shogun Showdown]] (in GTA Liberty City Stories). | |||
==Mission appearances== | |||
;GTA III | |||
*[[Introduction (GTA III)|Introduction]] | |||
*[[Give Me Liberty]] <small>(Boss)</small> | |||
*[[Luigi's Girls]] | |||
*[[Bomb Da Base Act II]] <small>(Boss)</small> | |||
;GTA Advance | |||
*[[Fake IDs]] | |||
*[[Getaway]] | |||
*[[Twisted Metal]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
*[[Ill Repute]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
*[[Droppin' Bombs]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
*[[Scorelli (mission)|Scorelli]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
*[[Love Boat]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
* [[Love of Money]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
;GTA Liberty City Stories | |||
*[[No Money, Mo' Problems]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
*[[Bringing the House Down]] <small>(Boss) </small> | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery width="auto" perrow="5" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="180"> | |||
File:8-BallMullan-GTAIII-conceptartwork.jpg|Early game art of 8-Ball in GTA III, with his alleged real name, "Mullan". | |||
File:8-Ball-GTAIII-artwork.jpg|Game art of 8-Ball in GTA III. | |||
File:8-Ball-GTAA.jpg|8-Ball as he appears in GTA Advance. His appearance here is merely a modification of the previous image. | |||
File:8-Ball-GTALCS.jpg|8-Ball in GTA Liberty City Stories. | |||
File:8-Ball-GTALCS-artwork.png|Artwork for GTA Liberty City Stories. | |||
File:AnotherPunchintheGutforOrganizedCrime-GTAIII.jpg|Image accompanying a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|article]]. | |||
File:Introduction-GTAIII16.jpg|8-Ball and Claude escaping from the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy. | |||
File:BombDaBaseActII-GTAIII9.jpg|8-Ball after detonating a bomb to [[Bomb Da Base Act II|destroy]] the SPANK factory on a [[Portland Harbor]] docked freighter. | |||
File:8-Ball-GTAIII-Xbox&iOS.png|8-Ball as he appears in the Xbox and iOS versions of GTA III. | |||
File:EightballsAutoyard-GTAIII-Harwood.jpg|"Eightballs Autoyard" in Harwood, Portland, Liberty City. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime]] - [[Liberty Tree]] article about 8-Balls conviction | |||
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