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'''Sean Johnson''', better known as or '''Sweet''', is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (set in [[1992]]). Sweet is the [[Gang Leaders|leader]] of the [[Grove Street Families]] gang based in [[Ganton]], [[Los Santos]]. He is the eldest son of [[Beverly Johnson]] and the older brother of [[Carl Johnson|Carl]], [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] and [[Brian Johnson|Brian]]. Sweet is also shown to have an un-named girlfriend in two missions. He is voiced by [[Faizon Love]], who has also appeared in the television show ''The Parent 'Hood''. | '''Sean Johnson''', better known as or '''Sweet''', is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (set in [[1992]]). Sweet is the [[Gang Leaders|leader]] of the [[Grove Street Families]] gang based in [[Ganton]], [[Los Santos]]. He is the eldest son of [[Beverly Johnson]] and the older brother of [[Carl Johnson|Carl]], [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] and [[Brian Johnson|Brian]]. Sweet is also shown to have an un-named girlfriend in two missions. He is voiced by [[Faizon Love]], who has also appeared in the television show ''The Parent 'Hood'' and more recently the movie ''Couples Retreat'' with Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman. | ||
==Character history== | ==Character history== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Sweet was born to [[Beverly Johnson]] and an un-named father inside the [[Johnson House]] on [[Grove Street]] in [[Ganton]], [[Los Santos]]. He is later present at the births of his three siblings, [[Carl Johnson|Carl]], [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] and [[Brian Johnson|Brian]]. Sweet, at an unknown period of time, becomes involved with the [[Grove Street Families]] and becomes the gangs leader. In [[1987]] his younger brother Brian died in an accident, which Sweet blamed on his other brother Carl, resulting in Carl leaving for [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. Sweet then moved out into his own [[Sweet's House|house]] next door to his childhood home. Sweet, in the missions [[Beat Down on B Dup]] and [[Sweet's Girl]] is shown to have a girlfriend, who he may or may not have known prior to [[1992]]. | Sweet was born to [[Beverly Johnson]] and an un-named father inside the [[Johnson House]] on [[Grove Street]] in [[Ganton]], [[Los Santos]]. He is later present at the births of his three siblings, [[Carl Johnson|Carl]], [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] and [[Brian Johnson|Brian]]. Sweet, at an unknown period of time, becomes involved with the [[Grove Street Families]] and becomes the gangs leader. In [[1987]] his younger brother Brian died in an accident, which Sweet blamed on his other brother Carl, resulting in Carl leaving for [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. Sweet then moved out into his own [[Sweet's House|house]] next door to his childhood home. Sweet, in the missions [[Beat Down on B Dup]] and [[Sweet's Girl]] is shown to have a girlfriend, who he may or may not have known prior to [[1992]]. | ||
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At the funeral Sweet and his sister Kendl are reunited with their brother Carl, although Sweet angers Kendl by insulting her [[Cesar Vialpando|boyfriend]] and berates Carl for missing their [[Brian Johnson|brothers]] and mothers funerals. Sweet, for a short time, continues to not trust Carl but later realises his true intentions of staying and helping the Grove Street Families, resulting in a more brotherly relationship. | At the funeral Sweet and his sister Kendl are reunited with their brother Carl, although Sweet angers Kendl by insulting her [[Cesar Vialpando|boyfriend]] and berates Carl for missing their [[Brian Johnson|brothers]] and mothers funerals. Sweet, for a short time, continues to not trust Carl but later realises his true intentions of staying and helping the Grove Street Families, resulting in a more brotherly relationship. | ||
Sweet then decides to have Carl work for the gang, including to [[Tagging Up Turf|put | Sweet then decides to have Carl work for the gang, including to [[Tagging Up Turf|put up gang tags]] across [[Los Santos|Los Santos']] poorer districts, [[Cleaning the Hood|killing some Ballas drug dealers]], [[Drive Thru|killing some Ballas attempting a drive-by]], [[Nines and AKs|meeting]] an [[Emmet|old friend]] and [[Drive-By|killing Ballas]] gangsters in [[Jefferson, Los Santos|Jefferson]]. Sweet also has Carl [[Cesar Vialpando (mission)|meet]] Kendl's boyfriend [[Cesar Vialpando]], leader of the rival [[Varrios Los Aztecas]], with Carl reporting that he will be good to Kendl. | ||
Sweet's leadership and the gangs continued decline begins to lead to factions within the Grove Street Families to break away. This is shown during [[Sweet's Girl]], where Sweet phones his brother requesting help to escape from the Seville Boulevard Families, who | Sweet's leadership and the gangs continued decline begins to lead to factions within the Grove Street Families to break away. This is shown during [[Sweet's Girl]], where Sweet phones his brother requesting help to escape from the Seville Boulevard Families, who have cornered him and his girlfriend in [[Playa del Seville]]. Carl manages to rescue them and later Sweet organizes a [[Reuniting the Families|meeting]] for the various factions, including the Temple Drive Families, in the [[Jefferson Motel]], however the meeting is interrupted by the [[Los Santos Police Department|police]]. The gang, however, continues to do well despite the fractions with Carl [[Doberman|taking control]] of [[Glen Park]] and [[Los Sepulcros|killing]] [[Kane]], a high ranking member of the Ballas. | ||
Sweet is later involved in a shootout with various [[Ballas]] gangsters, who attack in waves after arriving in vans. He is shot during | Sweet is later involved in a shootout with various [[Ballas]] gangsters, who attack in waves after arriving in vans under the [[Mulholland Intersection]]. He is shot during, but is not killed due to the assistance of Carl and three other Grove Street Families gangsters, although Carl does inform Sweet of the betrayal of [[Big Smoke]] and [[Ryder]] and their alliance with [[Frank Tenpenny]] and [[Eddie Pulaski]] of [[C.R.A.S.H.]]. The [[Los Santos Police Department|police]] again turn up and arrest both Sweet and Carl. Sweet is later taken to prison but Carl is taken to [[Whetstone]] by Tenpenny, Pulaski and [[Jimmy Hernandez]] and begins his life in the rest of the [[State of San Andreas|state of San Andreas]]. | ||
===Life while imprisoned=== | ===Life while imprisoned=== | ||
[[File:Interdiction-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Mike Toreno]] telling [[Carl Johnson]] about Sweet's life in prison, during [[Interdiction]].]] | [[File:Interdiction-GTASA.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Mike Toreno]] telling [[Carl Johnson]] about Sweet's life in prison, during [[Interdiction]].]] | ||
Carl continues to work his way up the criminal underworld in [[San Fierro]] and becomes aware of the [[Loco Syndicate]], led by [[Jizzy B.]], [[T-Bone Mendez]] and [[Mike Toreno]], who are selling drugs to members of the [[Los Santos Vagos]], who are in alliance with Big Smoke, the Ballas and the [[Russian Mafia]]. Carl begins working for them, allowing his new [[San Fierro Triads|Triad]] allies to find out more about their dealings. Carl later kills [[Ice Cold Killa|Jizzy]], [[Pier 69 (mission)|T-Bone Mendez]] and, or so he thought to be [[Toreno's Last Flight|Mike Toreno]], along with now enemy Ryder. He later receives a phone call from an unknown man who reveals himself to be Mike Toreno, who had sent another man as a decoy during [[Toreno's Last Flight]]. Carl begins to work for the government agent and his work is rewarded, as Toreno helps secure the release of Sweet, who is paroled during [[Home Coming]]. | Carl continues to work his way up the criminal underworld in [[San Fierro]] and becomes aware of the [[Loco Syndicate]], led by [[Jizzy B.]], [[T-Bone Mendez]] and [[Mike Toreno]], who are selling drugs to members of the [[Los Santos Vagos]], who are in alliance with Big Smoke, the Ballas and the [[Russian Mafia]]. Carl begins working for them, allowing his new [[San Fierro Triads|Triad]] allies to find out more about their dealings. Carl later kills [[Ice Cold Killa|Jizzy]], [[Pier 69 (mission)|T-Bone Mendez]] and, or so he thought to be [[Toreno's Last Flight|Mike Toreno]], along with now enemy Ryder. He later receives a phone call from an unknown man who reveals himself to be Mike Toreno, who had sent another man as a decoy during [[Toreno's Last Flight]]. Carl begins to work for the government agent ''(much like [[Niko Bellic]] and [[United Liberty Paper]])'' and his work is rewarded, as Toreno helps secure the release of Sweet, who is paroled during [[Home Coming]]. | ||
===Release from prison=== | ===Release from prison=== | ||
[[File:HomeComing-GTASA2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sweet meeting [[Carl Johnson]] in [[Pershing Square]] after being released from prison, during [[Home Coming]].]] | [[File:HomeComing-GTASA2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sweet meeting [[Carl Johnson]] in [[Pershing Square]] after being released from prison, during [[Home Coming]].]] | ||
Carl tells Sweet of his and Kendl's new life in [[San Fierro]] and [[Las Venturas]], trying to convince him to move away from Los Santos. Sweet, however, insists on returning to [[Ganton]] and, upon | Carl tells Sweet of his and Kendl's new life in [[San Fierro]] and [[Las Venturas]], trying to convince him to move away from Los Santos. Sweet, however, insists on returning to [[Ganton]] and, upon their return, they re-take control of the area. Sweet then accompanies Carl as the two [[Beat Down on B Dup|re-take]] [[Glen Park]] and rescue [[Big Bear]] from the clutches of drug dealer [[B Dup]], with Sweet taking him to rehab. Carl is then instructed to [[Grove 4 Life|take control]] of [[Idlewood]], one of the districts neighboring Ganton. | ||
During this time [[Frank Tenpenny]] had been arrested and put on trial. He, however, was found not guilty and released from prison, resulting in [[Riot (GTA SA)|riots]] across Los Santos' poorer districts. Sweet, who had joined Carl, Kendl, Cesar, [[The Truth]], [[Maccer]] and [[Madd Dogg]] at Madd Dogg's [[Madd Dogg's Crib|mansion]], is then driven home by Carl. Sweet then begins to think about ending the war between the Grove Street Families and the Ballas, but allows Carl to help Cesar and the [[Varrios Los Aztecas]] [[Los Desperados|re-take]] the [[El Corona]] district, in order to re-pay his debt to Cesar. | During this time [[Frank Tenpenny]] had been arrested and put on trial. He, however, was found not guilty and released from prison, resulting in [[Riot (GTA SA)|riots]] across Los Santos' poorer districts. Sweet, who had joined Carl, Kendl, Cesar, [[The Truth]], [[Maccer]] and [[Madd Dogg]] at Madd Dogg's [[Madd Dogg's Crib|mansion]], is then driven home by Carl. Sweet then begins to think about ending the war between the Grove Street Families and the Ballas, but allows Carl to help Cesar and the [[Varrios Los Aztecas]] [[Los Desperados|re-take]] the [[El Corona]] district, in order to re-pay his debt to Cesar. | ||