Jim Fitzgerald
James Fitzgerald | |
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Appearances |
GTA IV The Lost and Damned |
Full Name | James Fitzgerald |
Aliases |
Jim Jimmy The Fitz |
Gender | Gender::Male |
Date of Birth | 1963 |
Place of Birth | Acter, Alderney |
Date of Death | 2008 |
Age at Death | 45 |
Nationality | American |
Home | Alderney |
Family |
Jackie Fitzgerald (wife) Unnamed child |
Main Affiliations |
The Lost Brotherhood Malc DeSean Ray Boccino |
Vehicles | Black Zombie with red rims |
Businesses |
Bikes Theft Weapons Deal Treasurer |
Voiced by |
Chris McKinney (TLAD) Dennis Predovic (GTA IV) |
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James "Jim" Fitzgerald is a character in the HD Universe, appearing in Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned. He is a former U.S. Marine, who later became the Treasurer of The Lost Brotherhood, Alderney Chapter. .
Spoiler Warning: Plot and/or ending details are in the text which follows. |
Description
- Childhood and adolescence
Jim Fitzgerald was born in 1963 and raised in Acter, Alderney, as were most other members of The Lost. According to Clay Simons, Jim was once a US Marine as early as 1981 (when he would have been 18) but was kicked out, a claim that Jim did not comment on. Jim also married a woman named Jackie at an unspecified time.
- The Lost MC and later life
Jim's criminal record dates back to 1987, when he was arrested for assault at age 24. He was likely a member of The Lost by this time. As he worked his way up from a prospect to a senior member of the gang, two theft charges followed in the next six years. He later met Billy Grey and Johnny Klebitz, who were childhood friends of each other and both began very aggressive criminal lifestyles at only 16. Jim became very close friends with Johnny, who was 12 years younger and likely saw him as a role model. He viewed Billy, however, as very foolish and never became as well connected to him. Despite their young ages, Billy and Johnny worked their way up to become president and vice president, respectively, of the chapter. Jim was perfectly content and not jealous, and became their treasurer as well as an unofficial advisor to Johnny. Both he and Johnny were opposed to the war with the Angels of Death biker gang, which dated back to 1982 and was reignited under Billy's leadership, but complied out of loyalty. He was arrested in 1999 and 2005 for cooking meth and larceny, respectively, and his wife Jackie had a baby around the same time.
- 2008
In 2008, Billy was arrested for heroin and was sent to rehab, during which Johnny became the gang's acting president. Billy had been excessively violent towards the AOD, including one incident in which he put Joe Jon's nephew in a coma, which directed Johnny to give Billy's Revenant motorcycle to the AOD as a peace offering. That same year, Billy returned from rehab and became president again, and Jim/Johnny did not like the way Billy was taking the gang. As tensions and arguments over leadership between Billy and Johnny escalated, Billy was eventually arrested in a failed heroin deal. Billy blamed Johnny for snitching on him to the police, although it is later revealed that Billy conspired with the heroin buyers to kill Johnny. Brian Jeremy, Billy's most loyal and sycophantic follower, wages a civil war against Jim and Johnny's faction with a noticeably larger faction of other Billy loyalists. Jim had befriended Pegorino Family Ray Boccino, who assisted Johnny in killing Brian.
In The Lost and Damned, Jim is one of Johnny's good friends you can hang out with and Johnny can make a call to Jim to arrange for a loaded weapon to be left in a corner in the second floor of Lost MC Clubhouse
- Death
Sometime after the civil war, Boccino recruited Johnny to protect a diamond deal between his party and the Jewish Mob. After surviving an ambush at the deal, Johnny returned with Boccino's stolen money and entrusted it to Jim. Boccino captures and tortures Jim back at his restaurant, before Johnny rescues him. Jim parted ways with Johnny to meet with an unnamed Lost biker in an alleyway, when Niko Bellic pursues the two after a bike chase through the subway. If Niko doesn't shoot Jim before a certain point, he will accidentally have a head-on encounter with a subway train, his motorcycle explodes instantly. Ironically, Niko assisted Johnny during the diamond deal, a prior heroin deal, and anonymously killed their fellow Lost biker Jason Michaels.
After his killing his picture is hung on the Lost clubhouse's memorial wall. Johnny later said of Jim that he was the greatest thing that has happened to the gang and "the man we all wanted to be". Johnny states that he will send money to Jim's wife and kid, he owes them that much.
Mission appearances
- GTA IV
- No Way on the Subway (Killed)
- The Lost and Damned
- Clean and Serene
- Angels in America
- It's War
- Action/Reaction
- Liberty City Choppers (Boss)
- Bad Cop Drop (Boss)
- This Shit's Cursed
- Hit the Pipe (Boss)
- End of Chapter (Boss)
- Bad Standing
- Diamonds in the Rough (Voice)
- Collector's Item
- Was It Worth It?
LCPD Database record
Surname: Fitzgerald
First Name: Jim
Age: 45
Place of Birth: Acter, Alderney
Affiliations: Member of the Alderney Chapter of the Lost
Criminal Record:
- 1987 - Assault
- 1989 - Hijacking
- 1993 - Grand Larceny
- 1999 - Unlawful Manufacture Methamphetamine
- 2005- Grand Larceny
Notes:
- Senior member of the Alderney Chapter of the Lost.
- Believed to be loyal to Johnny Klebitz, the acting leader while Billy Grey was incarcerated.
- One of the oldest bikers in the Lost.
- Believed to have been against the war with the Angels of Death.
Murders committed
- Ed McCornish (if not killed by Johnny during shootout)
- Jimmy Matthews (if not killed by Johnny)
- Ray's Goon
- Several members of the Angels of Death
- Several members of the Hillside Posse
- Several members of the Liberty City Commission
- Several members of the Pegorinos
- Several members of the Liberty City based Russian Mafia
- Several members of the Albanians
- Several members of Brian's Faction of the The Lost Motorcycle Club
- Several members of the LCPD
Trivia
- During the mission "No Way on the Subway" in GTA IV and "Collector's Item" in TLAD, there is a second character that is implied to have the same name as Fitzgerald. He appears as a fat, bald, and much more paler biker. In GTA IV, this Fitzgerald is the only one that speaks and he is properly credited with a different voice actor. He doesn't speak in TLAD.
- Jim is called "The Fitz", possibly a variant of "The Fonz" of Happy Days fame. Johnny sometimes calls him "James", but usually Jim. Although he is introduced by the opening credits as "Jimmy", no one calls him Jimmy in the game.
- Jim's e-mail address is [email protected]
- Jim's colors are very unique to the other Lost members, he does not wear either a denim vest or a leather jacket. He also wears sports camo pants and brown hinterland boots.
- Jim's voice actor Chris McKinney also provides the voice of Ramirez, the Wardogs leader in another Rockstar Games game Manhunt.
- Jim has the name Consuela tattoed on his neck, this could possibly be his daughter, (daughter assuming by the name) or an old lady from his past.
Gallery
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Jim Fitzgerald as credited in TLAD is on the right, and Jim Fitzgerald as credited in GTA IV is on the left, during "No Way on the Subway" in GTA IV.
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Jim Fitzgerald in GTA IV.
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Jim being tortured in "Was it Worth it?".
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Concept artwork of Jim Fitzgerald.