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Several characters appear during the missions or cutscenes in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. The main characters are listed here. Some are unique to GTA Advance and some have recurred from previous games in the [[Grand Theft Auto series]].
This is a list of '''Characters in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]''' and lists the characters in order of appearance/mention within the game.


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==Protagonist==
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!First/Last Mission Appearance
!Information
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|[[File:Mike-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Mike]]'''
|[[Jump Start]]
|Mike and [[Vinnie]] are partners in crime who are looking to earn a little more money so they can leave [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. After Vinnie was killed when his car exploded, Mike begins to work for various criminals around the city to find the person responsible. Mike later discovers that Vinnie is still alive and planning to leave with all the money. He kills Vinnie and escapes the city on an aeroplane owned by [[Cisco]].
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==Major characters==
==Major Characters==
===Mike===
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Mike is ''Grand Theft Auto Advance'''s protagonist and playable character. He and his partner Vinnie had both earned enough money to leave [[Liberty City|Liberty City]] for good, but Mike was coaxed by Vinnie to do a few more jobs for the Mafia before leaving. After Vinnie was thought by Mike to be killed by a car bomb, he attempted to trace the killer, while attracting negative attention from all of the gangs in the city. After learning that Vinnie was still alive, was responsible for killing several of his bosses, and was intending to leave with Mike's share of the money they both earned, he killed Vinnie. Mike eventually escaped the city with a private aircraft owned by [[#Cisco|Cisco]], Mike's deceased ally and leader of the [[Colombian Cartel|Colombian Cartel]].
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!First/Last Mission Appearance
!Information
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|[[File:Vinnie-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Vinnie]]'''
|[[Jump Start]]<br />[[Truth Revealed]]
|Vinnie is Mike's partner in crime and is almost ready to leave [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], but has Mike do more work for the Mafia (likely the [[Leone Family]]). Vinnie is then seemingly killed when his car explodes, however, he was alive and planning to leave the city himself with all the money. When Mike begins to look into his death, Vinnie is forced to kill some of the people involved. Mike later discovers that Vinnie is alive but kills him for his betrayal.
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|[[File:8-Ball-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[8-Ball]]'''
|[[Fake IDs]]<br />[[Love of Money]]
|8-Ball is an explosives expert who runs his own business in [[Harwood]] (incorrectly called [[Portland Beach]]). After Vinnie's death, 8-Ball begins to investigate and points Mike into the direction [[Jonnie]], a bar tender. Mike and 8-Ball continue to keep contact and later meet. They are ambushed by the [[Colombian Cartel]], who use [[flamethrower]]s, which severely burn 8-Balls hands. He is arrested by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]] and later convicted.
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|[[File:Jonnie-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Jonnie]]'''
|[[Love Boat]]<br />[[Show the Money]]
|Jonnie is a bar tender in the [[Red Light District]]. He had worked with Vinnie, lending him money and, after learning about Vinnie's death, tells Mike that he can pay Vinnie's debts. Mike begins to work for Jonnie, to repay Vinnie's debts, until he finds Jonnie dead. Jonnie had owed money to [[King Courtney]], leader of the [[Uptown Yardies]].
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|[[File:KingCourtney-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[King Courtney]]'''
|[[Race to Run]]<br />[[Assault Joint]]
|King Courtney is the leader of the [[Uptown Yardies]] gang on [[Staunton Island]]. Mike finds Courtney after the death of Jonnie, who had owed him money, although Courtney claims that Jonnie was dead when his men arrived. Mike then begins to work for Courtney, who is involved in street races and a war against the [[Colombian Cartel]]. He sends Mike to kill [[Cisco]], the Cartel leader, claiming that Cisco had set up Vinnie and killed Jonnie. However, Mike begins to work with Cisco and against King Courtney. King Courtney then begins to target Mike until Mike wins a shootout, with Courtney giving up his attempts to kill Mike.
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|[[File:Cisco-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Cisco]]'''
|[[Fine Dining]]<br />[[Decoy Disaster]]
|Cisco is the leader of the [[Colombian Cartel]] who Mike befriends whilst on orders to kill him. Cisco begins to help Mike in finding out who killed Vinnie but later moves from [[Wichita Gardens]] to [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]], allowing him to quickly escape the city if need be. Cisco has Mike do various tasks, including kidnapping [[Yuka]]. Cisco is killed by Vinnie, whilst Mike was distracting another gang. Cisco had owned an aeroplane at the airport, which Mike uses to escape from the city.
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|[[File:AsukaKasen-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Asuka Kasen]]'''
|[[Kid's A Hero]]<br />[[Assault Joint]]
|Asuka Kasen is the co-leader of the [[Yakuza]], alongside her brother [[Kenji Kasen|Kenji]], who contacts Mike, knowing that they both dislike King Courtney. She has Mike rescue her niece, Yuka, from the Colombian Cartel, unaware that Mike had kidnapped her in the first place. Mike and Asuka fall for each other but decide to go their separate ways.
|}


===Vinnie===
==Minor Characters==
Vinnie was the partner and boss of Mike, who insisted Mike in doing a few more jobs before leaving the city. He was allegedly killed in car bomb, with "his" remains found in the car. He was later killed by Mike, as his true nature and motives were revealed.
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|'''[[Federico]]'''
|[[Dirty Laundry]]
|Federico is a drug pushed in [[Trenton]], [[Portland]] who is killed by Mike on orders from [[Vinnie]].
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|[[File:Misty-GTAA.png|110px]]<br />'''[[Misty]]'''
|[[Ill Repute]]<br />[[Bad Pimpin']]
|Misty is a prostitute working for [[Luigi Goterelli]] and [[Mickey Hamfists]] at [[Luigi's Sex Club 7]]. She has contact with [[8-Ball]], who uses Misty to find out more information about Vinnie's death. She later moves to [[Staunton Island]] and begins to work for [[Asuka Kasen]].
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|'''[[Scorelli]]'''
|[[Scorelli (mission)|Scorelli]]
|Scorelli is a criminal based on [[Portland]] and is an enemy of 8-Ball, who has Mike kill some of his goons and steal his car.
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|'''[[Billy (GTA A)|Billy]]'''
|[[Sober Driver]]
|Billy is the boyfriend of an unnamed woman who also dates [[Jonnie]].
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|'''[[Freddy (GTA A)|Freddy]]'''
|[[Show the Money]]
|Freddy is an associate of [[Jonnie]] who owes him money, which is collected by [[Mike]], as Jonnie needs to re-pay [[King Courtney]]. Freddy can be killed by the player.
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|[[File:Pat-GTAA.jpg]]<br />'''[[Pat]]'''
|[[Flying High]]
|Pat is a business woman who refuses to accept some shoes made by Cisco and is killed by Mike as a result.
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|[[File:Yuka-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Yuka]]'''
|[[School's Out]]<br />[[Kid's A Hero]]
|Yuka is the niece of Asuka Kasen who is kidnapped by Mike on orders from Cisco. Mike later rescues her, whilst working for Asuka.
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|[[File:BiffRock-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Biff Rock]]'''
|[[Scorned Lover]]
|Biff Rock is a movie star who spurned Asuka Kasen's advances, who sends Mike to kill him. He plays the character [[Jonnie (GTA A)|Jonnie]] in a film, which is in development in Liberty City.
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|[[File:BiffRock-GTAA.jpg|100px]]<br />'''[[Jonnie (GTA A)|Jonnie]]'''
|[[Scorned Lover]]
|Jonnie, not to be confused with the main character [[Jonnie]], is a fictional character in a film being shot in Liberty City. Jonnie is played by [[Biff Rock]] and is, in the film, romantically involved with Mary.
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|[[File:Mary-GTAA.jpg|75px]]<br />'''[[Mary (GTA A)|Mary]]'''
|[[Scorned Lover]]
|Mary is a fictional character in a film being shot in Liberty City and starring Biff Rock.
|}


===8-Ball===
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8-Ball was Mike's second boss after Vinnie was thought to be killed. He nitially supplied Mike with several missions while aiding him in tracking Vinnie's murderer. 8-Ball was then on the run as he was chased by Vinnie's assassins.
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A mission near the end of the game featured Mike ambushed by the Colombian Cartel while meeting 8-Ball at a diner. During this attack, the Cartel members used flamethrowers as their primary weapons; 8-Ball was caught in the crossfire. Upon completion of the mission, 8-Ball revealed that he had been severely burned, and tells Mike to escape as police arrive on the scene. He was evetually arrested by the police, connecting to the start of ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'''s storyline (in which he would later escape, with his "messed up" hands wrapped in bandages, from police custosy along with another protagonist, [[Characters in GTA III#Claude|Claude]]).
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:''See also: [[Characters in GTA III#8-Ball|GTA III rendition]] & [[List of characters in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA: Liberty City Stories rendition]]
 
===Jonnie===
Jonnie was a bartender in the Red Light District, Portland Island. He served as Mike's third boss, before he was assassinated. Mike's discovery of Jonnie's death was followed by a pursuit of Yardies members that led to [[#King Courtney|King Courtney]], the head of the [[List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series#Uptown Yardies|Yardies]].
 
===King Courtney===
King Courtney is the leader of the [[List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series#Uptown Yardies|Uptown Yardies]] and was Mike's forth boss. Involved in a turf war with the Colombian Cartel, Courtney is also involved in illegal racing around Staunton Island. He and his gang served as another primary antagonist alongside Vinnie near the end of the storyline.
 
:''See also: [[Characters in GTA III#King Courtney|GTA III rendition]]
 
===Cisco===
Cisco was the leader of the [[List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series#Colombian Cartel|Colombian Cartel]] and Mike's fifth boss. He was killed by Vinnie and was succeeded by Paul.
 
===Yuka===
Yuka is Asuka Kasen's young niece. Yuka served in only one major plotline, in which Mike was ordered by Cisco to kidnap Yuka as Cartel blackmail to the Yakuza, before she would eventually be rescued by Mike and returned to Asuka. It is speculated that Asuka finds out about this and leads to her double-crossing Mike.
 
===Asuka Kasen===
Asuka Kasen was the leader of the Yakuza and is Mike's sixth boss. Asuka is revealed to have bizarre fetishes and sexual preferences. This is further explored in various cutscenes during [[Grand Theft Auto III]]
 
:''See also: [[Characters in GTA III#Asuka Kasen|GTA III rendition]]
 
==Notes==
Characters on this page who have died in any game in the GTA series are used in the first line in the past tense. Characters still thought to be alive (or have not been shown or said to be dead) in any game in the GTA series are used in the first line in the present tense.

Latest revision as of 23:53, 2 October 2013

This is a list of Characters in Grand Theft Auto Advance and lists the characters in order of appearance/mention within the game.

Protagonist

Image/Name First/Last Mission Appearance Information

Mike
Jump Start Mike and Vinnie are partners in crime who are looking to earn a little more money so they can leave Liberty City. After Vinnie was killed when his car exploded, Mike begins to work for various criminals around the city to find the person responsible. Mike later discovers that Vinnie is still alive and planning to leave with all the money. He kills Vinnie and escapes the city on an aeroplane owned by Cisco.

Major Characters

Image/Name First/Last Mission Appearance Information

Vinnie
Jump Start
Truth Revealed
Vinnie is Mike's partner in crime and is almost ready to leave Liberty City, but has Mike do more work for the Mafia (likely the Leone Family). Vinnie is then seemingly killed when his car explodes, however, he was alive and planning to leave the city himself with all the money. When Mike begins to look into his death, Vinnie is forced to kill some of the people involved. Mike later discovers that Vinnie is alive but kills him for his betrayal.

8-Ball
Fake IDs
Love of Money
8-Ball is an explosives expert who runs his own business in Harwood (incorrectly called Portland Beach). After Vinnie's death, 8-Ball begins to investigate and points Mike into the direction Jonnie, a bar tender. Mike and 8-Ball continue to keep contact and later meet. They are ambushed by the Colombian Cartel, who use flamethrowers, which severely burn 8-Balls hands. He is arrested by the LCPD and later convicted.

Jonnie
Love Boat
Show the Money
Jonnie is a bar tender in the Red Light District. He had worked with Vinnie, lending him money and, after learning about Vinnie's death, tells Mike that he can pay Vinnie's debts. Mike begins to work for Jonnie, to repay Vinnie's debts, until he finds Jonnie dead. Jonnie had owed money to King Courtney, leader of the Uptown Yardies.

King Courtney
Race to Run
Assault Joint
King Courtney is the leader of the Uptown Yardies gang on Staunton Island. Mike finds Courtney after the death of Jonnie, who had owed him money, although Courtney claims that Jonnie was dead when his men arrived. Mike then begins to work for Courtney, who is involved in street races and a war against the Colombian Cartel. He sends Mike to kill Cisco, the Cartel leader, claiming that Cisco had set up Vinnie and killed Jonnie. However, Mike begins to work with Cisco and against King Courtney. King Courtney then begins to target Mike until Mike wins a shootout, with Courtney giving up his attempts to kill Mike.

Cisco
Fine Dining
Decoy Disaster
Cisco is the leader of the Colombian Cartel who Mike befriends whilst on orders to kill him. Cisco begins to help Mike in finding out who killed Vinnie but later moves from Wichita Gardens to Francis International Airport, allowing him to quickly escape the city if need be. Cisco has Mike do various tasks, including kidnapping Yuka. Cisco is killed by Vinnie, whilst Mike was distracting another gang. Cisco had owned an aeroplane at the airport, which Mike uses to escape from the city.

Asuka Kasen
Kid's A Hero
Assault Joint
Asuka Kasen is the co-leader of the Yakuza, alongside her brother Kenji, who contacts Mike, knowing that they both dislike King Courtney. She has Mike rescue her niece, Yuka, from the Colombian Cartel, unaware that Mike had kidnapped her in the first place. Mike and Asuka fall for each other but decide to go their separate ways.

Minor Characters

Image/Name First/Last Mission Appearance Information
Federico Dirty Laundry Federico is a drug pushed in Trenton, Portland who is killed by Mike on orders from Vinnie.

Misty
Ill Repute
Bad Pimpin'
Misty is a prostitute working for Luigi Goterelli and Mickey Hamfists at Luigi's Sex Club 7. She has contact with 8-Ball, who uses Misty to find out more information about Vinnie's death. She later moves to Staunton Island and begins to work for Asuka Kasen.
Scorelli Scorelli Scorelli is a criminal based on Portland and is an enemy of 8-Ball, who has Mike kill some of his goons and steal his car.
Billy Sober Driver Billy is the boyfriend of an unnamed woman who also dates Jonnie.
Freddy Show the Money Freddy is an associate of Jonnie who owes him money, which is collected by Mike, as Jonnie needs to re-pay King Courtney. Freddy can be killed by the player.

Pat
Flying High Pat is a business woman who refuses to accept some shoes made by Cisco and is killed by Mike as a result.

Yuka
School's Out
Kid's A Hero
Yuka is the niece of Asuka Kasen who is kidnapped by Mike on orders from Cisco. Mike later rescues her, whilst working for Asuka.

Biff Rock
Scorned Lover Biff Rock is a movie star who spurned Asuka Kasen's advances, who sends Mike to kill him. He plays the character Jonnie in a film, which is in development in Liberty City.

Jonnie
Scorned Lover Jonnie, not to be confused with the main character Jonnie, is a fictional character in a film being shot in Liberty City. Jonnie is played by Biff Rock and is, in the film, romantically involved with Mary.

Mary
Scorned Lover Mary is a fictional character in a film being shot in Liberty City and starring Biff Rock.