Secrets in GTA Vice City

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The following is a list of secrets, easter eggs, and hidden trivia references in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Easter Eggs

  • In Downtown Vice City near the Vice City News building there is a window where the player can jump through and the player will find the "Easter Egg Room" which is basically an actual brown easter egg on top of a pedestal.
  • While the player flies through Starfish Island the player may see a pool that is shaped like the Rockstar Games logo.
  • Inside the Apartment 3c when the player enters the bathroom the player may see a tremendous amount of blood and a chainsaw available for the character. This is a possible reference to the famous movie Scarface.
  • Get a boat, and go near the bridge heading to Starfish Island. Look under the water and you'll see a fat man wearing cement shoes at the bottom of the sea.
  • The chocolate easter egg.

    The chocolate easter egg.

  • The man bound with concrete shoes, a traditional way of dumping bodies used by the mafia.

    The man bound with concrete shoes, a traditional way of dumping bodies used by the mafia.

  • The bathroom of Apartment 3C resembling the torture scene of the movie Scarface.

    The bathroom of Apartment 3C resembling the torture scene of the movie Scarface.

References to previous games

Locations
Characters
Gangs
  • The Forelli Family appear during the game, including the family Don Sonny Forelli during the opening cutscene, An Old Friend and Keep Your Friends Close. Forelli mobsters also appear during the mission Cap the Collector. The Forelli Family also appear during the missions Dead Skunk in the Trunk in GTA III, and Mike Forelli, a high ranking Forelli mobster, appears during Mike Lips Last Lunch.
  • A Forelli Family mobsters refers to the "other families", which is a reference to the Sindacco Family and the Leone Family. The Leone Family appeared as a prominent gang in GTA III and were the first gang to employ the GTA III protagonist Claude.
Other
  • Avery Carrington's instructions to Tommy Vercetti during the mission Two Bit Hit is almost exactly the same as those given by Donald Love to Claude during the mission Waka-Gashira Wipeout in Grand Theft Auto III. Carrington instructs Love to write down what he is saying to Tommy: "Now, nothing brings down real estate prices quicker than a good old-fashioned gang war - 'cept maybe a disaster, like a biblical plague or something, but, that may be going too far in this case". Love, in GTA III, states "Nothing drives down real estate prices like a good old fashioned gang war, apart from the outbreak of a plague, but that might going too far in this case".

References to other games

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Tommy fighting off Forelli members during the game's climax. Seen here it is similar to the ending sequence of Scarface.
Similar viewpoint from the Scarface video game.

Real-world references

Characters
  • Tommy Vercetti is likely based off Tony Montana from the film Scarface. The two both end up in exile, both rise to power in Miami using great amounts of violence, both build an empire from a large estate and mansion, both have short tempers and are prone to violence, both work as contract killers, and both killed their collaborators and took their ex-bosses' empires.
  • The appearance of Tommy Vercetti is likely based off Mr. Blond from the film Reservoir Dogs. The two characters also share the fact that they both spent time in prison for their bosses in common.
  • Sonny Forelli's temper is similar to that of Santino "Sonny" Corleone from The Godfather trilogy. Corleone has the idea of becoming involved in the heroin trade, whilst Forelli has the idea of becoming involved in the drugs trade in Vice City.
  • Ken Rosenberg is likely based off David Kleinfeld from the film Carlito's Way. The two characters have a similar appearance and both are rendered increasingly paranoid and incoherent due to their cocaine addictions. The offices of both characters are also almost identical.
  • Ricardo Diaz may be a reference to Miami Vice character Ricardo Tubs. Tubs was played by Philip Michael Thomas, the voice actor of Lance Vance.
  • Gonzalez may be based on Nick the Pig from Scarface.
  • Mr. Black and Leo Teal are likely references to Reservoir Dogs, as both mans names are colours, as are the code names of each of the robbers in the film.
  • Jimmy, an actor appearing in Just the Five of Us, may be based off Gary Coleman and Emmanuel Lewis, both of whom look much younger than their actual age.
  • Dick, one of the four Love Fist band members, states that he is a fan of Duran Duran.
  • Hilary King may be based on Neil McCauley from the film Heat, as both are involved in the criminal underworld and both live a solitary existence that forbids attachment and stresses mobility.
  • Kent Paul is a reference to Kent in the United Kingdom, as stated by Paul himself.
  • Umberto Robina's appearance may be based off his voice artist, Danny Trejo.
  • Steve Scott is a parody of wp:Steven Spielberg, as are the films he directs at the InterGlobal Films studio.
  • Alex Shrub may be based off former American president George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush. A shrub and bush are both plants, whilst the nickname shrub was given to George W. Bush by author Molly Ivins. Shrub's voice is also similar to that of George W. Bush.
  • Laura Shrub's name may be a reference to former American First Lady Laura Bush. Laura Bush's husband, former President George W. Bush, was given the nickname shrub by author Molly Ivins.
  • BJ Smith's name is similar to that of OJ Simpson, whilst they are both also former football players.
Missions
Other

Adult humor

  • At night in a building, near the Malibu Club you can see lights shaped like a penis.
  • The Golf Island Leaf Links looks like a penis.
  • During night, a pattern of lights can be seen on the Vice Point Langer building. When viewed from certain perspectives the pattern resembles a penis.
  • Located on Starfish Island, a pool can be seen in the shape of a female body.


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