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|name = Yusuf Amir | |name = Yusuf Amir | ||
|image = YusufAmir-TBOGT.jpg | |image = YusufAmir-TBOGT.jpg | ||
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|dob = 1977 (Age 31) | |dob = 1977 (Age 31) | ||
|pob = [[wikipedia:Dubai|Dubai]], [[wikipedia:United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | |pob = [[wikipedia:Dubai|Dubai]], [[wikipedia:United Arab Emirates|UAE]] | ||
|home = [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]] | |home = [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] | ||
|nationality = Emirati | |nationality = Emirati | ||
|family = [[Abdul Amir]] (Father) | |family = [[Abdul Amir]] (Father) | ||
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Yusuf Amir was born in 1977 (making him 31 in the game) in Dubai, UAE to [[Abdul Amir]], an extremely wealthy real estate developer. Throughout his life he seeks to impress his father, a highly conservative businessman who frowns upon Yusuf's life as "a reckless orgy of sex, drugs and spending". He was likely born wealthy, as he claims to have had a golden train set as a child. | Yusuf Amir was born in 1977 (making him 31 in the game) in Dubai, UAE to [[Abdul Amir]], an extremely wealthy real estate developer. Throughout his life he seeks to impress his father, a highly conservative businessman who frowns upon Yusuf's life as "a reckless orgy of sex, drugs and spending". He was likely born wealthy, as he claims to have had a golden train set as a child. | ||
In 2008, during ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', he moved from Dubai to [[Liberty City in GTA IV|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 a [[Niko Bellic|mercenary]] 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 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 a [[Niko Bellic|mercenary]] 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 '' | 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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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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>. | 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!". | 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!". | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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*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. | *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]]. | *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 | *A gold plated Hexer is found outside his apartment in TBoGT Multiplayer, it is assumed he owns it. | ||
*In a photo attached to a | *In a photo attached to a newspaper article about Yusuf, he is pictured beside a black Infernus with a black Maverick helicopter in the background. This picture is taken outside a house in Northern Alderney suggesting either that he also owns this house in addition to his penthouse apartment or that Rockstar had originally planned to have him live there. | ||
*Yusuf, in some way, is quite similar to [[Roman Bellic]]. Including his childish attitude | *Yusuf, in some way, is quite similar to [[Roman Bellic]]. Including his childish attitude | ||