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|caption=[[Niko Bellic]], [[Patrick McReary]], and [[Gracie Ancelotti]] (foreground) meeting [[Anthony Prince|Gay Tony]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] (background) at the exchange of the [[diamonds]] for Gracie. | |caption=[[Niko Bellic]], [[Patrick McReary]], and [[Gracie Ancelotti]] (foreground) meeting [[Anthony Prince|Gay Tony]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] (background) at the exchange of the [[diamonds]] for Gracie. | ||
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==Mission== | ==Mission== | ||
Niko and Packie offer to give the [[Ancelottis]] back [[Giovanni Ancelotti]]'s daughter, [[Gracie Ancelotti|Gracie]], in exchange for diamonds [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] stole ''back'' in [[ | Niko and Packie offer to give the [[Ancelottis]] back [[Giovanni Ancelotti]]'s daughter, [[Gracie Ancelotti|Gracie]], in exchange for diamonds [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]] stole ''back'' in [[Not So Fast|an earlier incident]]. While Gracie is successfully returned to her family, the deal is interrupted (for Niko and Patrick only) by [[Ray Bulgarin]], whose men temporarily steal the diamonds. Niko and Packie engage them in a prolonged gunfight both at ground level and in the catwalks above (this is one of the biggest gunfights Niko will encounter in the game -- make sure start this mission with full ammo, health and armor, though an armor pick-up can be found on the catwalk. Once Niko and Packie climb to the upper level, a 2-star wanted level is triggered, so shooting the gang members without hitting cops (and increasing the wanted level) becomes difficult. Eventually, Niko and Packie corner the thug with the diamonds, but the man with the diamonds throws them into a passing [[Biff|dump truck]] out of spite, trusting neither Bulgarin nor Niko and Packie to let him live. Packie does indeed kill him, and the pair are left with neither their hostage nor their ransom. To complete the mission, Niko must safely escort Packie back to a vehicle (not easy since the area will be swarming with cops by this point) and drive him home. | ||
Niko comments in Serbian: "Fucked Up. As Usual." | |||
After the mission, Gracie becomes a [[random character]]. Encountering her is required for 100% completion but is easily missed because, unlike other random encounters, the "pegman" icon does not appear on the radar. Instead, look for a white [[Cognoscenti]] to appear in front of Gracie's home in [[Alderney]] (which was featured in [[I'll Take Her]]). Niko has to walk up to the car to trigger the encounter, which consists of a brief gun battle with Gracie's bodyguards. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
On the radio and in [[The Liberty Tree]] an article mentions a [[Jerry Kapowitz|poor man]] living in the garbage finding a bag of diamonds, and becomes rich. The man said he was going to Vice City to open a weapons business. However this is ret-conned in The Ballad of Gay Tony where in an updated version of the story states that he found them in the trash in Meadows Park (as seen in the closing cutscene of the mission [[Departure Time]]) in Luis' side of the story. | On the radio and in [[The Liberty Tree]] an article mentions a [[Jerry Kapowitz|poor man]] living in the garbage finding a bag of diamonds, and becomes rich. The man said he was going to Vice City to open a weapons business. However this is ret-conned in The Ballad of Gay Tony where in an updated version of the story states that he found them in the trash in Meadows Park (as seen in the closing cutscene of the mission [[Departure Time]]) in Luis' side of the story. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Walkthrough|Mission walkthrough]] | *[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Walkthrough|Mission walkthrough]] | ||
*[[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Script|Mission script]] | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* The mission's name is a likely reference to [[wikipedia:Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend|the song of the same name]] by [[wikipedia:Carol Channing|Carol Channing]], which was later popularised by [[wikipedia:Marylin Monroe|Marylin Monroe]]. | |||
* This mission is played through [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis's]] point of view in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'s mission [[Ladies Half Price]]. | * This mission is played through [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis's]] point of view in [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'s mission [[Ladies Half Price]]. | ||
* Prince's glasses change between this mission and Ladies Half Price; they are blacked out sunglasses in this mission and become his normal black and purple glasses in Ladies Half Price. | * Prince's glasses change between this mission and Ladies Half Price; they are blacked out sunglasses in this mission and become his normal black and purple glasses in Ladies Half Price. | ||
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* After the diamonds are thrown into a [[Biff]], you can see the Biff driving down the freeway overpass, albeit without the diamonds. | * After the diamonds are thrown into a [[Biff]], you can see the Biff driving down the freeway overpass, albeit without the diamonds. | ||
* Dimitri Rascalov will call soon after this mission to frame Niko for stealing off Bulgarin a second time. It appears Dimitri knew about the deal and informed Bulgarin which is what led him there, and thus Dimitri is the reason why the deal went sour. Dimitri also says he went to where the deal took place, only to find Niko's body not with the others, to his grand disappointment. | * Dimitri Rascalov will call soon after this mission to frame Niko for stealing off Bulgarin a second time. It appears Dimitri knew about the deal and informed Bulgarin which is what led him there, and thus Dimitri is the reason why the deal went sour. Dimitri also says he went to where the deal took place, only to find Niko's body not with the others, to his grand disappointment. | ||
* After the mission is completed, a Weazel News report will state that [[Elizabeta Torres]] was arrested and given a 300-year sentence. This means her trial ended after Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, following her initial arrest after Have a Heart. | |||
* After the diamonds are dropped into the Biff, every car on the streets of Liberty City is a Biff (they can spawn in any variant) until the mission ends. This is likely intended to discourage the player from attempting to locate the truck with the diamonds, which is not part of the mission. | |||
* This is the only time two important [[NPC]] from their respective story lines will interact with each other in this case [[Gay Tony]] and [[Patrick McReary]]. | |||
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