Yusuf Amir: Difference between revisions

In 2008, during ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', he moved from Dubai to [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] to further develop luxury properties. His first project's construction site was locked down by [[Messina Family|Messina crime family]] construction unions, until [[Playboy X]] hired [[Niko Bellic]] to kill them all hoping to gain favor with Yusuf. He would not meet with Playboy, instead temporarily shutting down the site and building a memorial for the workers.

In ''The Ballad of Gay Tony'', Yusuf finally becomes a major supporting character. He wants to franchise [[Gay Tony]]'s nightclub [[Maisonette 9]], and hires Prince's bodyguard [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] as a mercenary. He takes a very fast shining to Luis in particular, seeking to impress him with his possessions and sometimes white lies (for example, in [[High Dive]] he claims that 1 week ago he was exhausted from test driving "sexy cars" and for 2 weeks, flew to [[Vice City in GTA IV Era|Vice City]] with prostitutes). After only meeting Luis twice in [[Sexy Time]], he is quick to say that they are like "brothers". Towards the end of the game, he gives Luis his gold-plated [[Super Drop Diamond]] and brings his [[Buzzard|machine gun helicopter]] to aid Luis in a large [[Departure Time|gunfight]], very rare and profound of his otherwise selfish nature.

Yusuf is used as a plot device to symbolize extreme wealth, materialism and the temptation for Tony and Luis to sell out their beliefs (especially towards the [[Departure Time|ending]]). Unlike [[Ray Bulgarin]], whose character shares some of these themes, Yusuf is a good guy in that he is clearly out to help Tony and Luis, as well as a more lighthearted comic relief almost like [[Roman Bellic]].

Despite his born-rich billionaire status and bad boy lifestyle, Yusuf does not seem to be famous outside of his notoreity in the real estate business. His developments in the [[wp:Persian Gulf|Persian Gulf]] include the "Hanging Gardens of Amir", an apartment complex suspended by balloons, and an underwater Liberty City themed hotel and casino (which Luis must [[For the Man Who Has Everything|steal a subway car]] to use as an underwater tram for viewing the coral reef). In Liberty City he plans to build sixty skyscrapers (all luxury condos), and also discusses with Luis building a zoo with "sabre-toothed dodos and shit, women in gold cages, you name it!". The first of these is the "Imperial Amir Towers", which will include many gold fixtures and an in-house plastic surgeon (the site is in [[Castle Gardens]], where the union workers were killed). It is meant to be taller than [[Rotterdam Tower]], and local groups criticized that it will "ruin the skyline of Castle Gardens"<ref name="Weazel Leslie Mitchell">"A-mir $5 Million for a Penthouse View of Hell" by [[Leslie Mitchell]], Weazel News ([[Weazelnews.com|www.weazelnews.com]]) (In game website.)</ref>.

Yusuf's own residence is an ultra-luxury two story penthouse in [[Middle Park East]], filled with his collection of gold-plated items (a cell phone, [[Gold SMG|an Uzi]] and a scale model of Liberty City, among others), [[QUB3D|arcade]] [[Degenatron|machines]] and a big screen television (showing the end credits of GTA IV), and a unique flame painted [[Lycan]] (inaccessible to the player). He refers to a billion dollars as "chump change" when talking to a real estate businessman, also telling Luis in [[Caught with your Pants Down]] "If only [my father] gave me a few billion I could really call my own, then maybe I would grow up". In a conversation with his father during [[High Dive]], he refers to $10 million as "maybe a little bit too much to spend in a month, but it was necessary!".

*[[Leslie Mitchell]], a [[Weazel News]] reporter, claims Yusuf Amir is a personal friend of his, and as a result, does not restraint himself in defending Yusuf's construction project in Castle Gardens, calling groups who are not in favor of Yusuf's project as "leftist loonies" who are arresting property development in the city.<ref name="Weazel Leslie Mitchell"/>

*Yusuf likes the song "[[wikipedia:Arab Money|Arab Money]]," and is seen in cutscenes playing the song and dancing to it. He also sings the song in the end cutscene of [[For the Man Who Has Everything]].

*Yusuf is an experienced helicopter pilot, as seen in [[Departure Time]].

*In his pre-release trailer, during scenes from the mission [[Departure Time]], he's seen flying in a black [[Buzzard]]. In the final version of the game his flies a Gold version.

*It is assumed he takes cocaine as seen in cutscenes from the missions [[Sexy Time]] and [[Caught with your Pants Down]].

*A gold plated Hexer is found outside his apartment in TBoGT Multiplayer, it is assumed he owns it.

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SuperDropDiamond-TBOGT-front.jpg|Yusuf's golden [[Super Drop Diamond]] (<small>[[:Image:SuperDropDiamond-TBOGT-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view, top off]]</small>).

Buzzardgold2.png|Yusuf's golden [[Buzzard]] in action