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{{infobox character|
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|image =8-Ball-GTAIII.jpg
|image =8-Ball-GTAIII.jpg
|games = [[Grand Theft Auto III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
|game_1 = GTA III
|game_2 = GTA Advance
|game_3 = GTA Liberty City Stories
|name = 8-Ball
|name = 8-Ball
|aka =  
|aka =  
|status = Alive
|gender = M
|gender = M
|dob =  
|dob =  
|pob = [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
|dob-comment =
|pob =  
|dod =  
|dod =  
|home = [[Saint Marks]], [[Portland Island]], Liberty City
|dod-comment =
|nationality = [[United States|American]]
|home = [[Saint Mark's]], [[Portland]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
|nationality = United States                                                                                                                                                
|family =  
|family =  
|affiliations = [[Donald Love]]<br>[[Toni Cipriani]]<br>[[Vinnie]]<br>[[Mike]]<br>[[Slick]]<br>[[Misty]]<br>[[Luigi Goterelli]]<br>[[Claude]]
|affiliations = [[Donald Love]]<br />[[Toni Cipriani]]<br />[[Vinnie]]<br />[[Mike]]<br />[[Slick]]<br />[[Misty]]<br />[[Luigi Goterelli]]<br />[[Claude]]
|vehicles = [[Rumpo]]
|vehicles = [[Rumpo]]
|businesses = [[8-Ball Autos]]
|businesses = [[8-Ball Autos]]
|voice = [[The Guru]]
|voice = [[The Guru]]
}}
}}
 
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'''8-Ball''' is a recurring character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]), [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] (set in [[2000]] and [[2001]]) and in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (set in [[1998]]). 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 [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]. He is voiced in all of his appearances by [[The Guru|Keith "The Guru" Elam]], an American rapper.
'''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==
==Character history==
===Life until 2000===
===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]], including in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] (initially in [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]] and later in [[Viceport]]), in [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] (in [[El Corona]], [[Los Santos]]) and in Liberty City (in [[Saint Mark's]], [[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]].
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===
===2000 to 2001===
In [[2000]] he helps old friend [[Vinnie]] by creating [[Fake IDs|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.
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.


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 Saint Mark's 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 Island Safehouse (GTA III)|hideout]] in the [[Red Light District]].
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 [[Luigi's Sex Club 7]] and introduces him to [[Luigi Goterelli]], an old friend and member of the [[Leone Family]], who begins to employ him. [[Salvatore Leone]], the [[Boss|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 ended when, under orders from Salvatore Leone, he plants a bomb in a car [[Last Requests|designed to kill Claude]], who only survived due to the Don's wife, [[Maria Latore]].
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==
==Trivia==
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*[[Fake IDs]]
*[[Fake IDs]]
*[[Getaway]]
*[[Getaway]]
*[[Twisted Metal]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Twisted Metal]] <small>(Boss) </small>
*[[Ill Repute]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Ill Repute]] <small>(Boss) </small>
*[[Droppin' Bombs]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Droppin' Bombs]] <small>(Boss) </small>
*[[Scorelli (mission)|Scorelli]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Scorelli (mission)|Scorelli]] <small>(Boss) </small>
*[[Love Boat]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Love Boat]] <small>(Boss) </small>
* [[Love of Money]] <small> (Boss) </small>
* [[Love of Money]] <small>(Boss) </small>


;GTA Liberty City Stories
;GTA Liberty City Stories
*[[No Money, Mo' Problems]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[No Money, Mo' Problems]] <small>(Boss) </small>
*[[Bringing the House Down]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Bringing the House Down]] <small>(Boss) </small>


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery width="auto" perrow="5" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left;" widths="180">
8-Ball_Mullan.jpg|Early game art of 8-Ball in GTA III, with his alleged real name, "Mullan".
File:8-BallMullan-GTAIII-conceptartwork.jpg|Early game art of 8-Ball in GTA III, with his alleged real name, "Mullan".
8Ball-Artwork.jpg|Game art of 8-Ball in GTA III.
File:8-Ball-GTAIII-artwork.jpg|Game art of 8-Ball in GTA III.
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-GTAA.jpg|8-Ball as he appears in GTA Advance. His appearance here is merely a modification of the previous image.
8-Ball-GTALCS.jpg|8-Ball in GTA Liberty City Stories.
File:8-Ball-GTALCS.jpg|8-Ball in GTA Liberty City Stories.
Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime.jpg|Image accompanying a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|article]]
File:8-Ball-GTALCS-artwork.png|Artwork for GTA Liberty City Stories.
Introduction-GTAIII5.jpg|8-Ball and Claude escaping from a [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy
File:AnotherPunchintheGutforOrganizedCrime-GTAIII.jpg|Image accompanying a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|article]].
BombDaBaseActII-GTAIII.jpg|8-Ball after detonating a bomb to destroy the SPANK factory on a [[Portland Harbor]] docked freighter in [[Bomb Da Base Act II]]
File:Introduction-GTAIII16.jpg|8-Ball and Claude escaping from the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy.
8ball.jpg|8-Ball Autos in Saint Mark's, Portland Island, Liberty City
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>
</gallery>


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*[[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime]] - [[Liberty Tree]] article about 8-Balls conviction
*[[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime]] - [[Liberty Tree]] article about 8-Balls conviction


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Latest revision as of 21:51, 9 July 2014

Character
8-Ball
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Appearances GTA III
GTA Advance
GTA Liberty City Stories
Full Name 8-Ball
Status

Alive

Gender Gender::Male
Nationality American
Home Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City
Main Affiliations Donald Love
Toni Cipriani
Vinnie
Mike
Slick
Misty
Luigi Goterelli
Claude
Vehicles Rumpo
Businesses 8-Ball Autos
Voiced by 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 explosives garages in Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas. In GTA III and Liberty City Stories, he is voiced by the late Keith "The Guru" Elam.

Character history

Life until 2000

8-Ball was born and raised in Liberty City and by 1984 had started his business across the United States, including in Vice City (initially in Downtown and later in Viceport), in San Andreas (in El Corona, 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 fill a van full of explosives to be used to 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 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 dispose of Vinnie's body at the Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard, as "they don't ask questions". Following this, Mike helps to pimp out three women (including Misty) to "high-rolling" clients, deliver a package to an angry customer, and extract revenge on Scorelli for 8-Ball. 8-Ball, with information from one of the prostitutes, sends Mike to meet a bar tender, Jonnie. 8-Ball later meets Mike again in a diner, but the two are ambushed by the Colombian Cartel, who are looking to kill Mike following the death of leader Cisco. 8-Ball burns his hands during the ambush and is unable to escape, telling Mike to do so before the police arrive.

8-Ball is arrested and convicted on eighty-five counts of owning a firearm without a licence, although a Liberty Tree 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 un-named elderly man to the police station in Portland View. The police convoy, however, is 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 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 Don of the Leone Family, later sends Claude to 8-Ball and the two later 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
GTA Advance
GTA Liberty City Stories

Gallery

See also