Michael De Santa: Difference between revisions

|affiliations = [[Trevor Philips]] <small>(accomplice and friend until [[2004]], and [[2013]])</small><br />[[Bradley Snider]] <small>(accomplice until [[2004]])</small><br />[[Lester Crest]] <small>(friend until [[2004]], and [[2013]])</small><br />[[Dave Norton]] <small>(friend from [[2004]])</small><br />[[Isiah Friedlander]] <small>(psychologist, [[2013]])</small><br />[[Hayden Dubose]] <small>(neighbour)</small><br />[[Melinda Dubose]] <small>(neighbour)</small><br />[[Franklin Clinton]] <small>(friend, [[2013]])</small><br />[[Solomon Richards]] <small>(friend, [[2013]])</small>

Michael De Santa, born Michael Townley in [[1965]], was born into a tough life, telling [[Isiah Friedlander]] that crime was his only opportunity in life after his early promise as a high school footballer ended, the reason for which is unknown. He performed his first robbery in [[1988]] and took [[Money|$]]10,000 from a small franchise in [[Carcer City]]. He continued in this vain throughout the 1990s eventually teaming up with the likes of [[Trevor Philips]] and [[Bradley Snider]] along the [[United States of America|American]]-[[Canada|Canadian]] border. The three eventually team up to perform a bank robbery in [[Ludendorff]], [[North Yankton]]. Michael, however, decides to turn states evidence after discovering that the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation#HD Universe|FIB]] discover their plans.

The two, alongside a driver, gunman and hacker of the players choosing, [[The Jewel Store Job|pull off]] a robbery at [[Vangelico's Fine Jewelry]]. While leaving, however, Michael uses a phrase he had used nine years prior, which is recognised by [[Trevor Philips]] in his [[Trevor Philips' Trailer|trailer]] in [[Sandy Shores]], [[Blaine County]], just north of Los Santos. Agent Norton visits Michael to warn him against getting back into the criminal underworld. Michael and his family are later watched by [[Wade Hebert]], who joins Trevor in his trip to Los Santos to confront Michael. Trevor later visits Michael at his home and [[Fame or Shame (mission)|the two rescue]] his Michael's daughter [[Tracey De Santa|Tracey]] from humiliating herself on reality television show [[Fame or Shame]].

Agent Norton and fellow corrupt agents [[Steve Haines]] and [[Andreas Sanchez]] then force Michael into [[Dead Man Walking|infiltrating a morgue]] to retrieve the body of [[Ferdinand Kerimov]] and later, along with Franklin and Trevor, to [[Three's Company|kidnap]] Kerimov from the [[Central Intelligence Agency#Grand Theft Auto V|IAA]] building in the middle of interrogation. Kerimov is later [[By the Book|tortured]] by Trevor while Michael, using the information, kills terror suspect [[Jahir Tavan]]. Despite his return to criminal activity, much to the disgust of his wife, he attempts to repair their relationship by [[Did Somebody Say Yoga|taking part]] in a [[yoga]] lesson with [[Fabien LaRouche]] and later takes Jimmy to a fast food restaurant. Jimmy adds drugs to his drink and convinces his father to drink some causing his driving to become erratic. Amanda, upon learning this, leaves Michael and moves in with Fabien with Jimmy and Tracey.

 

Without his family and house staff, Michael's house becomes increasingly unkept while he [[The Merryweather Heist|steals a piece of military technology]], [[Blitz Play|steals IAA bonds]] and [[I Fought the Law|steals two exotic cars]] with Trevor and Franklin while posing as a police officer. Devin, as he promised Michael, results in Michael meeting his idol [[Solomon Richards]], a film director. He then [[Caida Libre|destroys]] a private plane owned by [[Javier Madrazo]] on orders from his uncle Martin. While killing Javier Madrazo, Trevor returns to the [[Madrazo House|Madrazo house]] and kidnaps Martin's wife [[Patricia Madrazo|Patricia]]. The two, along with Patricia, are then forced into hiding at [[Trevor Philips' Trailer|Trevor's trailer]] in [[Sandy Shores]]. The [[Los Santos Triads|Triads]], looking for Trevor, locate the two while they are in hiding.

 

Michael, Trevor and Franklin, with help from [[Lester Crest]], [[The Paleto Score|perform a heist]] at the [[Blaine County Savings Bank]] in [[Paleto Bay]] and acquire funds for a planned terrorist attack on the [[FIB Building|FIB building]], which FIB agents Haines, Norton and Sanchez wish them to perform to acquire more funding. Their feud with [[Merryweather Consulting Services]], who had been guarding a piece of military equipment they had [[The Merryweather Heist|stolen]], continued when Michael and Trevor steal numerous pieces of art being guarded by Merryweather mercenaries while being transported. Agents Haines and Norton then return to demand Michael's help to infiltrate the [[Humane Labs and Research]] factory where they are supposedly manufacturing a powerful neurotoxin.

 

Trevor, during his time with Michael, had slowly begun to piece together the events of [[2004|nine years ago]], and flies back to [[Ludendorff]], [[North Yankton]] to dig up Michael's official grave. Michael follows him to try and prevent him discovering the truth but fails with Trevor discovering [[Bradley Snider]]'s corpse. He flees the area, promising to kill Michael at a later date, and the Triads move in. Michael is eventually kidnapped and returned to Los Santos, with Triad boss [[Wei Cheng]] threatening to kill Michael if Trevor does not give up his business, not realising they were now feuding. Franklin [[Fresh Meat|manages to rescue]] Michael before he is killed and, along with Franklin and two accomplices, [[The Bureau Raid|Michael successfully commits the terrorist attack on the FIB building]].

 

Shortly before the he performs the terrorist attack he helps Solomon complete [[Meltdown (film)|his latest film]] by [[The Ballad of Rocco|convincing]] the lead actors to return to the set and [[Legal Trouble|retrieving an analogue film reel copy]] being taken to a remote offshore location by [[Molly Schultz]] to make an insurance claim. He then meets up with Agents Haines, Norton and Sanchez who had planned on killing him until Agent Sanchez reveals he is undercover and gathering evidence against the two corrupt agents. Michael, with help from Trevor Philips, helps Agent Norton escape while Agent Haines escapes on his own despite being shot in the leg.

 

He then helps  Franklin and Trevor [[Lamar Down|to rescue]] [[Lamar Davis]], despite his on going feud with Trevor, and then [[Reuniting the Family|reunites his family]]. He and Jimmy attend Meltdowns premiere. While in attendance Devin Weston, who had taken a disliking to Michael, warns him that Merryweather mercenaries had been sent to his house to kill his wife and daughter. Michael and Jimmy return [[De Santa House|home]] with Michael killing the Merryweather mercenaries and his family. He is then knocked over and teabagged by Jimmy, believing him to a Merryweather mercenary. Michael sends his family into hiding and performs [[The Big Score (GTA V)|one last job]] by robbing the [[Union Depository]]. Michael receives a substantial cut and his family returns home.

The player can then [[Endings in GTA V|decide on how to finish the game]] by either: [[Something Sensible|killing Trevor]], [[The Time's Come|killing Michael]] or [[The Third Way|saving both]]. If the player decides to kill Trevor, Michael helps Franklin by ramming Trevor's [[Bodhi|vehicle]] into an oil tanker allowing Franklin to set it and Trevor on fire. If the player kills Michael, then Franklin chases him to a factory and half way up one of the chimney stacks, pushing him over a small barrier with an angry Trevor telling Franklin he is dead to him now. If the player decides to save Michael and Trevor, the three systematically take out each of their enemies: Steve Haines, [[Stretch (GTA V)|Stretch]], Wei Cheng, Devin Weston, Merryweather mercenaries and a number of FIB agents. Michael is sent to kill Stretch and later meets Franklin and Trevor, pushing Devin's car, with Devin in the boot, off a small cliff and into the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The three then agree to remain friends but end their professional relationship.

==Murders commited==

*[[Walton O'Neil]] <small>(killed for attempting to [[Crystal Maze|exact revenge]] on Trevor Philips)</small>

 

 

 

==Trivia==

*There is a real person called [[:wp:Michael Townley|Michael Townley]] in the witness protection scheme in the United States.

*Michael is a fan of older [[Vinewood]] films and paraphrases a quote from [[Arthur Penny's Sanitorium]] while performing a [[Prologue (GTA V)|robbery]] in Ludendorff and [[The Jewel Store Job|again]] while robbing a [[Vangelico's Fine Jewelry|jewellers]] in Los Santos.

*Michael's special ability is similar to one in Max Payne called "Bullet time" and one from Red Dead Redemption called "Dead-eye".

 

 

 

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