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[[Image:Borgnine-GTA3-front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Borgnine in GTA III (<small>[[:Image:Borgnine-GTA3-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).]] | [[Image:Borgnine-GTA3-front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Borgnine in GTA III (<small>[[:Image:Borgnine-GTA3-rear.jpg|Rear quarter view]]</small>).]] | ||
The '''Borgnine''' is a bonus taxi available in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. | The '''Borgnine''' is a bonus taxi available in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. It is available to the player only after a mandatory requirement of 100 nonconsecutive completed taxi fares in GTA III, or 50 in GTA Advance. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The Borgnine in GTA III is a modified [[Cabbie]] with a red body and bloody spikes on the front and rear bumpers, while the GTA Advance rendition retains some of the qualities of the GTA III rendition, lacking the spike bumpers and serving as the only other taxi other than the game's [[Taxi]]. The Borgnine's handling is far superior to that of the car it's based on. | |||
The Borgnine's name is a homage to [[wp:Ernest Borgnine|Ernest Borgnine]], who starred in the 1981 movie [[wp:Escape from New York|Escape from New York]] as a cab driver named "Cabbie" in a prison-converted Manhattan; in the movie, Cabbie also drives a [[wp:Checker Marathon|Checker Marathon]] from which the Cabbie taxi and Borgnine are based on. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison. | The Borgnine's name is a homage to [[wp:Ernest Borgnine|Ernest Borgnine]], who starred in the 1981 movie [[wp:Escape from New York|Escape from New York]] as a cab driver named "Cabbie" in a prison-converted Manhattan; in the movie, Cabbie also drives a [[wp:Checker Marathon|Checker Marathon]] from which the Cabbie taxi and Borgnine are based on. The Borgnine's bumpers are perhaps a nod to Cabbie's hazardous profession in the crime-infested prison. | ||
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== Locations == | == Locations == | ||
'''Grand Theft Auto III''' | '''Grand Theft Auto III''' | ||
* [[Harwood]], [[Portland]] - At the [[Borgnine Taxis]] company, upon completing 100 taxi fares. | * [[Harwood]], [[Portland]] - At the [[Borgnine Taxis]] company, upon completing 100 nonconsecutive taxi fares. | ||
'''Grand Theft Auto Advance''' | '''Grand Theft Auto Advance''' | ||
* [[Red Light District]], [[Portland]] - At the [[Hideout]], upon completing 50 taxi fares. | * [[Red Light District]], [[Portland]] - At the [[Hideout]], upon completing 50 nonconsecutive taxi fares. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||