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{{infobox character | |||
|name = BJ Smith | |||
|image = BJSmith-GTAVC.jpg | |||
|caption = BJ Smith in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] | |||
|game_1 = VC | |||
|aka = | |||
|gender = M | |||
|home = [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] | |||
|nationality = American | |||
|affiliations = [[Vice City Mambas]]<br />[[Tommy Vercetti]]<br />[[Sunshine Autos]] | |||
|vehicles = | |||
|businesses = [[Sunshine Autos]] | |||
|voice = [[Lawrence Taylor]] | |||
}} | |||
'''BJ Smith''' is a character from the [[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto series]] who appears in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] as a minor character. He is a retired football player and businessman. [[Lawrence Taylor|Lawrence "LT" Taylor]], a real life football player, voiced Smith. Smith shares several traits with former NFL star and suspected murderer [[wp:O. J. Simpson|O.J. Simpson]] (BJ also hints robbing a store during a [[K-CHAT]] interview, although it remains to be seen if this is simply a figure of speech or an actual event). | '''BJ Smith''' is a character from the [[Grand Theft Auto|Grand Theft Auto series]] who appears in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] as a minor character. He is a retired football player and businessman. [[Lawrence Taylor|Lawrence "LT" Taylor]], a real life football player, voiced Smith. Smith shares several traits with former NFL star and suspected murderer [[wp:O. J. Simpson|O.J. Simpson]] (BJ also hints robbing a store during a [[K-CHAT]] interview, although it remains to be seen if this is simply a figure of speech or an actual event). | ||
BJ Smith is a former tight-end for the [[Vice City Mambas]], a professional American football team, and has decided to concentrate on business. He has since purchased [[Sunshine Autos]] and renamed it to BJ's Used Autos and has released his own fitness video called BJ's Fit for Football. He has struggled to come to terms with life after his football career, although he is known to frequent [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Cortez']] yacht party. The police are also investigating Smith for his used car business, which they suspect is a front for selling stolen cars. Smith is in debt and is doing anything for money, including training for a return to pro football, but upcoming crime lord [[Tommy Vercetti]] bought his dealership from him as a front to his stolen business. He continued the underground chop shop business, " | BJ Smith is a former tight-end for the [[Vice City Mambas]], a professional American football team, and has decided to concentrate on business. He has since purchased [[Sunshine Autos]] and renamed it to BJ's Used Autos and has released his own fitness video called BJ's Fit for Football. He has struggled to come to terms with life after his football career, although he is known to frequent [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Cortez']] yacht party. The police are also investigating Smith for his used car business, which they suspect is a front for selling stolen cars. Smith is in debt and is doing anything for money, including training for a return to pro football, but upcoming crime lord [[Tommy Vercetti]] bought his dealership from him as a front to his stolen car business. He continued the underground chop shop business, "donating" stolen cars and also participating in illegal street races. BJ announced to Tommy that he was coming out of retirement and preparing his future comeback. | ||
BJ Smith's approach in life is said to be heavy handed, citing football as an inspiration to his claims of resolving many of life's challenges with aggression and violence. The [[ | BJ Smith's approach in life is said to be heavy handed, citing football as an inspiration to his claims of resolving many of life's challenges with aggression and violence. The [[VCPD in GTA III Era|Vice City Police Department's]] file on Smith also says that he is known for violently tackling his opponents. | ||
His name, ''BJ'', is a common abbreviation of the term ''blow job'', an act of oral sex upon a man. Brian, a member of | His name, ''BJ'', is a common abbreviation of the term ''blow job'', an act of oral sex upon a man. [[Brian Jeremy]], a member of [[The Lost Brotherhood]] in [[The Lost and Damned]] episode of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], shares these initials. | ||
Kent Paul called him BJ Jones on his website | Kent Paul called him BJ Jones on his website.<ref name = "full">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/kentpaul/famousFaces.html | title = Famous Faces | work = [[Kent Paul]] }} official Kent Paul website</ref> It is probably a typographical mistake. | ||
==Mission appearances== | == Mission appearances == | ||
;GTA Vice City | ;GTA Vice City | ||
*[[The Party]] | *[[The Party]] | ||
*[[Sunshine Autos|Purchase of Sunshine Autos]] | *[[Sunshine Autos|Purchase of Sunshine Autos]] | ||
{{ | == VCBI record == | ||
The [[Vice City Bureau of Investigation]] has a file on Smith<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/ | title = Vice City Crime Tree | work = [[Rockstar Games]] }} official GTA Vice City website</ref>: | |||
* Former star Tight End for [[Vice City Mambas]]. | |||
* Very successful career in pro football, but haunted by problems off the field. | |||
* Famous for hurting opponents. Now runs a celebrity endorsed used car lot, which we believe may be a front. | |||
* Thought to sell stolen vehicles. | |||
* Believed to be heavily in debt with loan sharks and is now doing anything for money. | |||
== Trivia == | |||
* The [[B.J. Smith Recreation Center and Park]] in [[Chamberlain Hills]], [[Los Santos in GTA V|Los Santos]], in [[Grand Theft Auto V|GTA V]] is named after him. | |||
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