Antagonist
Antagonists, or simply enemies, are the main villains of the Grand Theft Auto games. The antagonist of a GTA game is usually a person that has betrayed or hurt the protagonist on a personal and socially level, and spends the game moving against the protagonist in multiple ways.
Description of Most Antagonists
In the GTA games, the main antagonist is introduced at the very beginning of the game, but as a ally or friend. Sometimes, the antagonist is the main reason that a protagonist visits the city/state. In most GTA games with antagonists, they usually fake a friendship or business relationship with the protagonist then suddenly, in one mission, reveal their hate for the main character and begin to open fire on them with a weapon. The main character always hunts down and eliminates the antagonist eventually.
Antagonists usually have a gang behind them for protection. The main character will battle the antagonist group and usually take them over.
List of Notable Antagonists
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GTA III
Catalina
Game: Grand Theft Auto III
Antagonist Group: Columbian Cartel
Killed in: The Exchange
Reason: Shot down by a Rocket Launcher by Claude.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Sonny Forelli
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Antagonist Group: Forelli Family
Killed in: Keep Your Friends Close
Reason: Shot dead by Tommy Vercetti
Lance Vance
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Antagonist Group: Forelli Family
Killed in: Keep Your Friends Close
Reason: Shot dead at the rooftop by Tommy Vercetti
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Frank Tenpenny
Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Antagonist Group: Tenpenny is/was a member of the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, otherwise abbreviated as C.R.A.S.H., who is working out of Los Santos, San Andreas. The Ballas may be very well considered as an antagonist group, as they are the rivals of the Grove Street Families, although Tenpenny is not a member.
Killed in: End of the Line
Reason: Crashed in the heart of Ganton and succumbs to his injuries.
Big Smoke
Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Antagonist Group: Ballas and Los Santos Vagos
Note: Big Smoke is the top lieutenant in GSF but he betrayed the gang and he worked with Tenpenny and Pulaski, along with the Ballas.
Killed in: End of the Line
Reason: Killed in a showdown by CJ.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Massimo Torini
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Antagonist Group: Sicilian Mafia
Killed in: The Sicilian Gambit
Reason: Shot Down by Toni.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Jerry Martinez
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Antagonist Group: Similar to Tenpenny, Martinez is a corrupt Sergeant for the United States Army and is not in any gang. He does however have control over some gangsters in Vice City that try to kill protagonist Vic Vance, but they are not an official gang. The Mendez Cartel, headed by the Mendez Brothers, is basically the Antagonist Group.
Killed in: Last Stand
Reason: Killed by Vic.
Armando Mendez and Diego Mendez
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Antagonist Group: Mendez Cartel
Notes: The Mendezes are the powerful drug cartels in Vice City. However, they want all businesses of Vic and knock Vic and Lance out but all their efforts fail to kill the Vance Brothers.
Killed in: Light My Pyre and Last Stand, respectively.
Reason: Killed by Vic.
Grand Theft Auto IV
Dimitri Rascalov
Game: Grand Theft Auto IV
Antagonist Group: Russian Mafia
Notes: Assuming the Player exacts revenge on Rascalov before the game's climax and kills him, the Antagonist group will become the Pegorino Family, headed by Jimmy Pegorino. Also, Rascalov is not the only antagonist of Grand Theft Auto IV. Darko Brevic is an antagonist as well.
Darko Brevic
Game: Grand Theft Auto IV
Antagonist Group: None
Notes: Niko Bellic has been wanting to kill Darko for a long time because Darko killed twelve members of their Serbian War unit. The only survivors were Niko, Bernie and Darko. Niko and Bernie have been searching for Brevic for so long, until the mission That Special Someone where the player faces a choice to kill Darko or to let him run away and live his life in shame.
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
Billy Grey
Game: The Lost and Damned
Antagonist Group: Grey was, for part of the game, head of The Lost Brotherhood but was later arrested and the role of president went to the protagonist Johnny Klebitz.
Killed in: Get Lost
Reason: Executed or killed by Johnny.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Wu Lee
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Antagonist Group: Lee Family
Killed in: Salt In The Wound
Reason: Killed by Huang.