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== Description ==
== Description ==
=== Bank heist ===
=== Bank heist ===
The introduction opens with a shot of the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] Bank, as a [[Banshee]] driven by [[Miguel]] zips by and stops in front of an adjoining alleyway to pick up a team of three bank robbers who have just robbed the bank: [[Catalina]], [[Claude]] and an unnamed associate with [[Colombian Cartel]] attire. After shooting a security camera, Claude attempts to rejoin the other two, but learns Catalina has double crossed Claude by gunning him and the third accomplice down. This leaves Catalina and Miguel to feast on the spoils of the heist while Claude, slumped on the ground on the alleyway, survives but is arrested by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|Liberty City Police Department]]. Catalina reveals her ambitions to rise up the ranks of the criminal world, but felt Claude was not up to par for her, hence the betrayal and decision to join Miguel's powerful [[Colombian Cartel]] gang instead. Claude's thirst for revenge on Catalina will become a part of the game's plot.
The introduction opens with a shot of the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] [[Liberty City Bank|Bank]], as a [[Banshee]] driven by [[Miguel]] zips by and stops in front of an adjoining alleyway to pick up a team of three bank robbers who have just robbed the bank: [[Catalina]], [[Claude]] and an unnamed associate with [[Colombian Cartel]] attire. After shooting a security camera, Claude attempts to rejoin the other two, but learns Catalina has double crossed Claude by gunning him and the third accomplice down. This leaves Catalina and Miguel to feast on the spoils of the heist while Claude, slumped on the ground on the alleyway, survives but is arrested by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|Liberty City Police Department]]. Catalina reveals her ambitions to rise up the ranks of the criminal world, but felt Claude was not up to par for her, hence the betrayal and decision to join Miguel's powerful [[Colombian Cartel]] gang instead. Claude's thirst for revenge on Catalina will become a part of the game's plot.


=== Custody and escape ===
=== Custody and escape ===
Claude, now in police custody, is intended to transfer from police headquarters in [[Staunton Island|Staunton]] to Liberty Penitentiary to serve out his 10-year jail sentence. Claude is to be taken there via a police convoy that is also transporting two other inmates: [[8-Ball]], following [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|an arrest which left both his hands fully bandaged]], and [[Oriental Gentleman|an oriental man of unknown origin]], [[Elderly Asian Man Held After Failing to Satisfy Immigration|arrested for possessing no legal documents]]. While crossing the [[Callahan Bridge]] from Staunton to [[Portland]], the convoy is ambushed by a well coordinated Colombian Cartel team, whose intention is to capture the oriental prisoner [[Liberator|as ransom]], seemingly caring little of the fate of the other prisoners. To ensure their escape, the team left a powerful bomb on the bridge, resulting in an explosion that damages the bridge and cuts Portland off from the rest of Liberty City.
Claude, now in police custody, is intended to transfer from police headquarters in [[Staunton Island|Staunton]] to Liberty Penitentiary to serve out his 10-year jail sentence. Claude is to be taken there via a police convoy that is also transporting two other inmates: [[8-Ball]], following [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|an arrest which left both his hands fully bandaged]], and [[Old Oriental Gentleman|an oriental man of unknown origin]], [[Elderly Asian Man Held After Failing to Satisfy Immigration|arrested for possessing no legal documents]]. While crossing the [[Callahan Bridge]] from Staunton to [[Portland]], the convoy is ambushed by a well coordinated Colombian Cartel team, whose intention is to capture the oriental prisoner [[Liberator|as ransom]], seemingly caring little of the fate of the other prisoners. To ensure their escape, the team left a powerful bomb on the bridge, resulting in an explosion that damages the bridge and cuts Portland off from the rest of Liberty City.


During the ambush and explosion, Claude and 8-Ball manage to break free, but find they have nowhere else to go but Portland, leading up to the first mission of the game, "[[Give Me Liberty]]".
During the ambush and explosion, Claude and 8-Ball manage to break free, but find they have nowhere else to go but Portland, leading up to the first mission of the game, "[[Give Me Liberty]]".
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* The vehicles involved during the police convoy ambush scene are driverless.
* The vehicles involved during the police convoy ambush scene are driverless.
* If the cheat code, destroy all cars, is inserted during the cutscene, all vehicles will explode and still continue to drive. This can also be done with other cutscene that includes cars.
* If the cheat code, destroy all cars, is inserted during the cutscene, all vehicles will explode and still continue to drive. This can also be done with other cutscene that includes cars.
*The Colombian Cartel members who kidnap the Old Oriental Gentleman in the introduction do not wear hawaiian shirts.
* Miguel drives a Banshee for a getaway car, which is strange as there are four people in the group and a Banshee has only two seats. This could be hinting Catalina's betrayal.
*The Colombian Cartel immediately become hostile after the cutscene (and at the beginning of the game).


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Introduction-GTAIII2.jpg|Catalina's betrays Claude before shooting him without regret. The third accomplice of the heist has also been shot down, presumably killed
File:Introduction-GTAIII2.jpg|[[Miguel]] driving a [[Banshee]] to the [[Liberty City Bank|banks]] front entrance.
File:Introduction-GTAIII3.jpg|Claude's arrest as reported on an issue of the ''[[Liberty Tree]]''.
File:Introduction-GTAIII3.jpg|[[Catalina]] and her un-named accomplice making their escape after robbing the [[Liberty City Bank|bank]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII4.jpg|Armed [[Colombian Cartel]] members free [[Oriental Gentleman|an elderly oriental prisoner]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII4.jpg|[[Claude]] making his escape after robbing the [[Liberty City Bank|bank]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII5.jpg|With the police incapacitated, Claude and 8-Ball escape.
File:Introduction-GTAIII5.jpg|[[Catalina]] about to shoot [[Claude]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII6.jpg|[[Catalina]] leaving [[Claude]] and her un-named accomplice for dead.
File:Introduction-GTAIII7.jpg|A [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper reporting on the arrest and sentencing of [[Claude]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII8.jpg|The [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy leaving for [[Portland]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII9.jpg|A [[Rumpo]] tailing the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy.
File:Introduction-GTAIII10.jpg|A [[Patriot]] tailing the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy.
File:Introduction-GTAIII11.jpg|The [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy crossing [[Callahan Bridge]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII12.jpg|A bomb that had been thrown out a moving vehicle by the [[Colombian Cartel]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII13.jpg|The [[Patriot]] blocking the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] [[Police Car|car]] leading the convoy.
File:Introduction-GTAIII14.jpg|Two [[Colombian Cartel]] gangsters approaching the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] [[Enforcer]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII15.jpg|The [[Colombian Cartel]] gangsters kidnapping the [[Old Oriental Gentleman]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII16.jpg|[[Claude]] and [[8-Ball]] shortly after escaping the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] [[Enforcer]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII17.jpg|The bomb shortly before exploding.
File:Introduction-GTAIII18.jpg|The destroyed [[Callahan Bridge]].
File:Introduction-GTAIII19.jpg|The destroyed [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy with [[Claude]] and [[8-Ball]] in the distance.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Video walkthrough==
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[[Category:Missions in GTA III]]
[[Category:Missions in GTA III]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Introductions]]
[[Category:Bank Robberies]]

Revision as of 06:15, 11 September 2013

Mission
Introduction (untitled)
Two Securicars outside the Liberty City Bank branch.
Two Securicars outside the Liberty City Bank branch.

Two Securicars outside the Liberty City Bank branch.
Game GTA III
For n/a
Location A non-functional location
Reward None.
Unlocks Give Me Liberty
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The introduction for Grand Theft Auto III is a series of introductory scenes played as a new game is started. Consisting of only non-interactive cutscenes, the player has only the option of skipping them and moving on to "Give Me Liberty", the first mission in the game.

Description

Bank heist

The introduction opens with a shot of the Liberty City Bank, as a Banshee driven by Miguel zips by and stops in front of an adjoining alleyway to pick up a team of three bank robbers who have just robbed the bank: Catalina, Claude and an unnamed associate with Colombian Cartel attire. After shooting a security camera, Claude attempts to rejoin the other two, but learns Catalina has double crossed Claude by gunning him and the third accomplice down. This leaves Catalina and Miguel to feast on the spoils of the heist while Claude, slumped on the ground on the alleyway, survives but is arrested by the Liberty City Police Department. Catalina reveals her ambitions to rise up the ranks of the criminal world, but felt Claude was not up to par for her, hence the betrayal and decision to join Miguel's powerful Colombian Cartel gang instead. Claude's thirst for revenge on Catalina will become a part of the game's plot.

Custody and escape

Claude, now in police custody, is intended to transfer from police headquarters in Staunton to Liberty Penitentiary to serve out his 10-year jail sentence. Claude is to be taken there via a police convoy that is also transporting two other inmates: 8-Ball, following an arrest which left both his hands fully bandaged, and an oriental man of unknown origin, arrested for possessing no legal documents. While crossing the Callahan Bridge from Staunton to Portland, the convoy is ambushed by a well coordinated Colombian Cartel team, whose intention is to capture the oriental prisoner as ransom, seemingly caring little of the fate of the other prisoners. To ensure their escape, the team left a powerful bomb on the bridge, resulting in an explosion that damages the bridge and cuts Portland off from the rest of Liberty City.

During the ambush and explosion, Claude and 8-Ball manage to break free, but find they have nowhere else to go but Portland, leading up to the first mission of the game, "Give Me Liberty".

Trivia

  • The bank scene takes place in a non-functional location originally confused as being within Liberty City itself. The set is situated far west from Shoreside Vale, and is only accessible by way of the Dodo under normal circumstances. The bank was supposedly located in Shoreside Vale, in the location of the airport (which the airport was located in Staunton Island before), as seen in beta pictures and drawings.
  • The vehicles involved during the police convoy ambush scene are driverless.
  • If the cheat code, destroy all cars, is inserted during the cutscene, all vehicles will explode and still continue to drive. This can also be done with other cutscene that includes cars.
  • The Colombian Cartel members who kidnap the Old Oriental Gentleman in the introduction do not wear hawaiian shirts.
  • Miguel drives a Banshee for a getaway car, which is strange as there are four people in the group and a Banshee has only two seats. This could be hinting Catalina's betrayal.
  • The Colombian Cartel immediately become hostile after the cutscene (and at the beginning of the game).

Gallery

Video walkthrough

PC Version - GTASeriesVideos iPad 2 Version - GTASeriesVideos



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