Johnny Klebitz

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Johnny Klebitz
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Appearances	[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IV The Lost and Damned]]
Full Name	Johnny Klebitz
Aliases	"Johnny The Jew"
Gender	Gender::Male
Date of Birth	1974
Place of Birth	Acter, Alderney
Age Now	50
Nationality	American
Home	Alderney
Family	Michael Klebitz (brother) Ashley Butler (girlfriend) Leila Sharpe (girlfriend)
Main Affiliations	The Lost Brotherhood Pegorino Family Elizabeta Torres Thomas Stubbs III Uptown Riders Dimitri Rascalov Niko Bellic
Businesses	Drug trade Vehicle highjacking Motorcycle racing
Voiced by	Scott Hill
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Johnny Klebitz is a character in Grand Theft Auto IV and protagonist of The Lost and Damned. He is, in 2008, the thirty-four year old acting leader of The Lost Brotherhood motorcycle gang, whilst the gangs leader, Billy Grey, is incarcerated.

Whilst leader, Klebitz has maintained a relative peace between The Lost Brotherhood and the gangs rival, The Angels of Death.

Klebitz first meets Niko Bellic through drug dealer Elizabeta Torres, who asks Niko and Playboy X (Trey Stewart) to accompany Klebitz on a heroin deal. The deal, however, was an undercover LCPD sting and, after a gunfight, Klebitz escaped, as have Niko and Playboy.

After a frantic text message from Ashley, she is being held hostage for her debts to Dimitri Rascalov by two of Rascalov's henchmen. In order to prevent harm to Ashley, the henchmen have Johnny kidnap a man named Roman Bellic for Rascalov. Johnny enlists the help of Malc to kidnap Bellic, as he can not do this alone, and he can't ask anyone in the Lost, due to them not believing in kidnapping. They take him from the gambling shack on Dillon Street in Schottler, and have him delivered to a warehouse in Bohan's industrial district.

Ray Boccino, a Capo of the Pegorino Family, has Klebitz accompany Niko to a diamond deal with the Jewish Mob and the gang's leader, Isaac Roth. Klebitz, however, turns on Niko and Ray after Luis Fernando Lopez ambushes the deal, with Klebitz stealing the money.

Ray learns of Klebitz' betrayal, and has Jim Fitzgerald captured. Jim is tortured by Boccino while he waits for Klebitz to arrive at Drusilla's after Boccino uses Fitzgerald's phone to lure Johnny into a trap. Boccino holds Johnny at gun-point, continuing the question the two bikers on the location of his money, but Jim breaks free by cutting the rope restraining him with a boxcutter. Jim kills one of Ray's goons, and the two escape. Boccino has hitmen sent after Johnny in Alderney, and with Terry and Clay's assistance, he manages to kill them all. After calling Ashley and meeting her at the clubhouse, Ashley tells him that Boccino had her convince Johnny to work with him in the first place so Ray can use them, while neglecting their pay. She also reveals that Jim has been killed by one of Boccino's hitmen, who, unknown to Klebitz, was Niko Bellic.

Upon this loss, Thomas Stubbs meets with Johnny at the Lost Clubhouse, and informs him of Billy Grey planning to rat out Johnny and Angus in order to be released from prison. Johnny gets everyone left in the Lost to attack the prison, and Klebitz personally kills Billy. After escaping the prison, the Lost clubhouse has been trashed. Angus reflects on the decision his brothers have made, and regrets the fact that his brothers had to become maniacs. Klebitz orders the clubhouse burned down, and the surviving members of the Lost watch the clubhouse burn.

Johnny Klebitz is voiced by Scott Hill.

Personality and Characteristics

Johnny is a hardened biker, wearing a large Lost MC black jacket, a button up black dress shirt, blue jeans, and black biker boots. Among these he has many different facial scars, most likely due to the many fights he got into as a biker. It is implied he has a bad eye, when talking to Clay Simons he says 'Oh, I should use my good eye.' He also has many tattoos. Some on his neck, on his left wrist, and chest.

He, unlike Billy Grey, cares about the future of the Lost and its members, but is quick to shut down anyone who is wrong or disobeys him. He starts to care more about his friends then The Lost, after Jim Fitzgerald is murdered. Johnny also has a bit more common sense than the other bikers. For example: When Ray Boccino was having Jim Fitzgerald tortured, Johnny wanted to kill Ray. After Jim's death, he was willing to risk everything to kill Boccino, but was convinced otherwise by Thomas Stubbs, who told Klebitz that Boccino would either be in jail or dead in a month.

Klebitz was also merciful, as shown when he constantly warns Brian to leave town, giving him one last chance, but if found on the streets of Alderney, Brian tries once again to have Klebitz killed, this time, he doesn't get a second chance.

Johnny has women troubles, as shown with Ashley Butler. The two used to date, but Klebitz ended the relationship with her due to her drug addictions. He still cares for her, but believes the drugs have her. He will still do anything to protect her, as shown when he kills her fellow drug addicts, and kidnaps Roman Bellic.

Murders Committed by Johnny Klebitz

• Arthur Stubbs- Killed on orders of Thomas Stubbs III and makes it look like a terrorist act
• Brian Jeremy- Killed for betraying Johnny
• Billy Grey- Killed for attempting to rat out The Lost Brotherhood

Trivia

• A pedestrian who looks like Klebitz, except for the scars on his face and tattoos, can be seen in Algonquin, although Rockstar Games have not confirmed whether this is Klebitz.

• If you move quickly, you can see Johnny fleeing down the staircase and out the back of the museum in the mission Museum Piece. If you kill him, however, you will fail the mission.

• Johnny's appearance from GTA IV to TLAD has been slightly changed. In the original GTA IV, he wore a beige vest with the Lost logo on the back, and had a large tattoo on his neck. Klebitz' change in appearance has not been explained by Rockstar, but it is likely they wanted to develop a more blended in outfit, instead of one that would clash with the rest of his appearance.

• Johnny Klebitz was first announced as the next protagonist when TLAD was announced. Since then, many theories have arrived on who will be the next protagonist of the second episode of DLC. A theory has come up that the next protagonist will be Luis Fernando Lopez. Reasons to believe this are he appeared three times in GTA IV, once in Three Leaf Clover, another time in Museum Piece, and another time in Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. In Museum Piece, he raided the deal between the Jewish Mob, and Ray Boccino's associates, Niko Bellic and Johnny Klebitz. Upon completing this mission, an achievement is unlocked named "Impossible Trinity." Fans believe this is a cryptic message that three characters have been brought together by near-impossible events, and the trinity being Niko, Johnny, and Luis.

• Johnny Klebitz carjacked Bryce Dawkin's Infernus on a job for Congressman Stubbs, and had surveillance equipment installed. Johnny was given a phone number to call in on the equipment, and thus would hear Bernie Crane talking on the phone, or singing to the radio. He even mention Luis Fernando Lopez, the suspected protagonist of the next DLC. Later phone calls would allow you to listen sirens going off, firearms being used, and Niko Bellic screaming at police, due to Bernie Crane gave the car to Niko. A interesting fact is all protagonists of GTA 4 had something to do with that Infernus. If Luis is the next protagonist, that is three characters that have been involved with that car.