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==Murders commited by Tommy==
==Murders commited by Tommy==
*[[Leo Teal]] (killed to get a lead in the streets)
*'''[[Leo Teal]]:''' Tommy kills him for being part of the guys who wrecked his deal.
*[[Gonzales]] (killed for betraying [[Juan Cortez]])
*'''[[Gonzales]]:''' Tommy kills him for indirectly wrecking hi deal by betraying Cortez.
*[[Pierre La Ponce]] (killed for fleeing the mall)
*'''[[Pierre La Ponce]]:''' Tommy kills him for trying to escape a deal Cortez had set-up.
*[[Carl Pearson]] (killed on [[Mr. Black|Mr. Black's]] orders)
*'''[[Carl Pearson]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Mrs. Dawson]] (killed on [[Mr. Black]]'s orders)
*'''[[Mrs. Dawson]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill her.
*[[Mike Griffin]] (killed on Mr. Black's orders)
*'''[[Mike Griffin]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Dick Tanner]] (killed on Mr. Black's orders)
*'''[[Dick Tanner]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Franco Carter]] (killed on Mr. Black's orders)
*'''[[Franco Carter]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Marcus Hammond]] (killed on Mr. Black's orders)
*'''[[Marcus Hammond]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Nick Kong]] (killed on Mr. Black's order)
*'''[[Nick Kong]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Charlie Dilson]] (killed on Mr. Black's orders)
*'''[[Charlie Dilson]]:''' Tommy gets hired by [[Mr. Black]] to kill him.
*[[Ricardo Diaz]] (shot by Tommy and Lance for revenge of an ambushed drug deal)
*'''[[Ricardo Diaz]]:''' Tommy and Lance kill him for ambushing their deal.
*[[Cam Jones]] (can be killed)
*'''[[Pedro Garcia]]:''' Tommy kills him to help [[Phil Cassidy]]'s business. 
*[[Pedro Garcia]] (killed on Phil Cassidy's orders)
*'''[[Lance Vance]]:''' Tommy kills him for betraying him.
*[[Lance Vance]] (killed for betraying Tommy)
*'''[[Sonny Forelli]]:''' Tommy kills him for setting him up in 1971 and having him sent to prison for 15 years.
*[[Sonny Forelli]] (killed for setting him up in 1971)


==Relation to Tony Montana==
==Relation to Tony Montana==

Revision as of 20:19, 31 August 2008

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Tommy Vercetti

Tommy Vercetti is the protagonist and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He was voiced by Ray Liotta.

Background

Vercetti's father worked all his life in a printing shop, and years later Tommy still has fond childhood memories of helping his father clean the rollers. He had wanted to follow his father in the family business, but he had lived a different life and instead became a criminal in the employment of the Forelli Family of the Liberty City Mafia.

Vercetti was sent to prison in Liberty City in 1971 for multiple counts of homicide (which Sonny claimed totaled at eleven deaths), earning him the nickname of "The Harwood Butcher" (because Sonny Forelli called in favors and pulled strings, Tommy never received the death penalty or a life sentence in prison without parole). Tommy was released 15 years later, in 1986 and was quickly sent by mob boss Sonny Forelli to the Miami-like Vice City. There, Vercetti met up with various underworld figures and began his own vast criminal empire dealing with drugs, stolen vehicles, guns, and any other odd job (mostly illegal ones) that could provide a little extra cash. And with that he formed the Vercetti Gang, (A gang which remains in the top of the Vice City underworld for an undetermined period of time, although it's known that it was still at the top in 1992).

It is eventually revealed that the incident which resulted in Vercetti's imprisonment was an ambush that was orchestrated by Sonny Forelli. Vercetti is said to have had his suspicions, but the truth is not unambiguously revealed until the final confrontation between both men. After the death of Sonny Forelli, it is believed that the Vercetti Crime Family continued to grow to become the main underworld faction in Vice City.

When Ken Rosenberg was released from drug rehabilitation, Tommy severed all connections with Ken. In 1991, Ken tried contacting Vercetti, but was unsuccessful.


Tommy Vercetti was voiced by Ray Liotta and motion-captured by Jonathan Sale.

Character Personality

Throughout the game, Tommy Vercetti is shown as being a temperamental man, getting angry with people very easily and he is constantly shown to be very violent (ex: Tommy brutally beating Leo Teal to death for ambushing his drug deal and Tommy roughing up and beating Kent Paul whenever he needs to confirm a rumor).

However, Tommy also shows several signs of being a caring man. One example is his friendship with Earnest Kelly. Earnest was an old man who worked the Vice City Print Works, Tommy met him after buying the Print Works and Tommy quickly takes Earnest as a father figure, since Tommy's dad also used to work in a printing press when Tommy was a child, and Tommy still had fond memories of helping his dad clean the rollers of his printing machines.

Despite that, Tommy is shown as a ruthless killer, an example being his work for Mr. Black since Black ordered Tommy to kill many people in contract killings and Tommy just complied because he was being paid to do it. The only ocation in which Tommy shows regret for killing someone was when he killed his former associate Lance Vance when Lance sided with Sonny Forelli to kill Tommy at Vercetti Estate.

Vercetti's Dealings

Other than Tommy's main activity of getting back Sonny's money, Tommy pulled off several other jobs with other people to gain popularity with other gangs and also to boost his assets when he starts buying property. Among those dealings are:

Avery Carrington

In order to start up on real estate, Tommy worked with Avery Carrington to learn more about real estate. Tommy pulled off jobs for Avery which involved helping Avery obtain more property around Vice City, like:

  • Killing Avery's main rival in Vice City real estate.
  • Blowing up a building in construction so Avery can buy out the lot in which it's being built.
  • Starting a gang war between the Cubans and the Haitians to reduce real estate prices.

Umberto Robina

To boost his popularity with other gangs, Tommy worked for the Cuban leader, Umberto Robina. Pulling off jobs to weaken Umberto's rival gang, The Haitians, jobs like:

  • Raiding a Haitian drug storage.
  • Busting a Haitian drug deal with the Sharks.
  • Blowing up the Haitian's drug plant.

Mr. Black

To earn extra cash, Tommy worked as a payphone hitman for Mr. Black, assassinating people like:

Phil Cassidy

In order to get extreme firepower, Tommy works for Phil Cassidy by:

  • Killing Phil's rival at gun running, a Mexican called Pedro Garcia and stealing his weapon shipment.
  • Saving Phil's life when he accidentally blows off his own arm by standing too close to a homemade Boomshine bomb.

Murders commited by Tommy

Relation to Tony Montana

Tommy Vercetti, in several ways, exhibits characteristics of fictional drug lord Tony Montana from the 1983 film Scarface. This coincides with the heavy themes and appearance of the movie that has been implemented into Vice City. Among these characteristics, his exile from his old home (Liberty City), his rise to power (acquiring property and wealth in the city, and a mansion which also sports an interior similar to that of Montana’s mansion), and his rather short-tempered behavior. Tommy is also a hired assassin, has killed his own collaborators (Lance Vance), took over his temporary boss’s business (Ricardo Diaz) and rebelled against his former leader (Sonny Forelli), as Tony Montana had. The only notable differences are that Montana consumed his own narcotics to the point of severe addiction, a fatal flaw that Vercetti is not depicted to have. However, in GTA San Andreas, when Ken Rosenberg phones him from a rehab clinic on the outskirts of Las Venturas. Rosenberg tries to get in touch with his old boss in The Introduction prequel machinima film in order to find work, only to be turned away several times by one of Vercetti’s associates, as Vercetti has apparently terminated his “employment” due to his cocaine addiction and propensity for liability. Another notable difference is that the final gunfight in Montana’s mansion sees Montana eventually killed, whereas Tommy manages to single-handedly take down his captors and survive.

Trivia

See also