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|image =EarnestKelly-GTAVC.jpg | |image = EarnestKelly-GTAVC.jpg | ||
|games = [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] | |games = [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] | ||
|name = Earnest Kelly | |name = Earnest Kelly | ||
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|status = Alive | |status = Alive | ||
|gender = M | |gender = M | ||
|home = Vice City | |dob = | ||
|nationality = American | |pob = | ||
|dod = | |||
|home = [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] | |||
|nationality = [[United States of America|American]] | |||
|family = | |||
|affiliations = [[Tommy Vercetti]] | |affiliations = [[Tommy Vercetti]] | ||
|businesses = | |vehicles = | ||
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|voice = [[George DiCenzo]] | |voice = [[George DiCenzo]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Earnest Kelly''', credited as '''Old Man Kelly''', is a | '''Earnest Kelly''', credited as '''Old Man Kelly''', is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as a supporting character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]. He is an employee of the [[Print Works|print works]] in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]. He is voiced by [[George DiCenzo]], who appeared in over thirty feature films.<ref name="George DiCenzo IMDb">{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314123/fullcredits#cast | title = Grand Theft Auto: Vice City full credits list| work = Internet Movie Database | accessdate = | accessyear = }}</ref> | ||
Earnest Kelly was | ==Character history== | ||
Earnest Kelly, at an unknown point in time, began working at the [[Print Works|print works]] in [[Little Haiti]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]. In [[1986]] the company was purchased by [[Tommy Vercetti]] and the two form a plan to print money, with Kelly having fancied printing money on a small scale for years.<ref name="Illegal printing">'''Earnest Kelly''': "Oh, crap, sonny, low grade crap. I've always fancied printing money. It ain't too hard. You know, I've been doing it on a small scale for years.." (from the [[Spilling the Beans]] mission)</ref> Vercetti later [[Spilling the Beans|discovers]] a [[Counterfeit Syndicate|counterfeiting syndicate]] from the [[Vice City Triads]] and [[Hit the Courier|acquires]] high quality printing plates to produce better counterfeit money.<ref name="Plates">'''Tommy Vercetti''': "Alright, the courier's moving the plates from the docks today. I'm gonna go intercept them, grab the plates, lose any heat, and make my way back here." (from the [[Hit the Courier]] mission)</ref> Kelly then begins to print the counterfeit money but is [[Cap the Collector|attacked and injured]] by some [[Forelli Family]] mobsters looking to collect payments for [[Sonny Forelli]].<ref name="Injured Kelly">'''Tommy Vercetti''': "Ok, what's the emergency?"<br>'''Earnest Kelly''': "Tommy...some mob thugs ...said they'd come to take their cut... ...said it was a Mr. Forello's money...I feel like crap".<br>'''Tommy Vercetti''': "Forelli? SONNY Forelli?"<br>'''Earnest Kelly''': "Yeah, that's the guy...I think...they were very insistent..."<br>'''Tommy Vercetti''': "I'm not angry with you. Get him to the hospital."<br>'''Earnest Kelly''': "Tommy...rip that guy a new asshole for me..."<br>'''Tommy Vercetti''': "I'm gonna rip him two!" (from the [[Cap the Collector]] mission)</ref> Vercetti, after insisting Kelly be taken to [[West Haven Community Healthcare Centre|hospital]], kills the mobsters and [[Keep Your Friends Close...|later]] Sonny Forelli. Vercetti later receives a [[Cell Phone|phone call]] from Kelly explaining he was recovering and would be returning to work shortly.<ref name="Kelly recovering">'''Earnest Kelly''': "Tommy, for a raging lunatic you sure are naive... I'll be back at work soon. Teach ya a thing or two about life you hear?" ([[Cell Phone|phone call]] after the [[Keep Your Friends Close...]] mission)</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Earnest Kelly becomes somewhat of a surrogate father to Tommy Vercetti, while Vercetti appears to look up to Kelly as his own father had managed a print works.<ref name="Vercetti's father">'''Earnest Kelly''': "Mr. Vercetti? Hey. You bought the old print works?"<br>'''Tommy Vercetti''': "Yeah, my old man used to work on these. I used to spend the evenings with him, cleaning the rollers... I was going to follow him in his trade, but...I lived a different life." (from the [[Spilling the Beans]] mission)</ref> When Kelly is [[Cap the Collector|attacked and injured]], Vercetti also shows great concern for his wellbeing.<ref name="Vercetti's concern">'''Tommy Vercetti''': "Don't you worry pop, I'm not angry with you. Get him to the hospital." (from the [[Cap the Collector]] mission)</ref> | |||
==Mission appearances== | ==Mission appearances== | ||
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*[[Hit The Courier]] <small>(Boss)</small> | *[[Hit The Courier]] <small>(Boss)</small> | ||
*[[Cap the Collector]] <small>(Boss)</small> | *[[Cap the Collector]] <small>(Boss)</small> | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:EarnestKelly-GTAVC-artwork.jpg|Promotional artwork of Earnest Kelly. | |||
File:CaptheCollector-GTAVC.jpg|An injured Earnest Kelly talking to [[Tommy Vercetti]] in [[Cap the Collector]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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