Film name
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Release year
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Game
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Reference
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External link(s)
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187
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1997
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GTA San Andreas
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The character of Cesar Vialpando is similar in appearance to Cesar Sanchez. Both are also voiced by Clifton Collins, Jr..
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42nd Street
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1933
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GTA III
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The film is spoofed with a poster for a play called 69th Street.
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Alien Nation
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1988
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GTA Vice City
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The film features a human and an alien working together as police officers, which is used as the plotline for the in-game television series Yuppie and the Alien.
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All the Right Moves
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1983
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GTA Vice City
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The movie is spoofed on removal vans for Haul, with the slogan "The Right Moves".
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Annie
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1982
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GTA III
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The film and the musical are spoofed with a poster for a play called Fannie.
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
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1997
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GTA London 1969 GTA London 1961
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The Jug Swinger is based on the Jaguar E-Type used by Austin Powers, including the Union Jack paint work.
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The Avengers
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1998
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GTA London 1969 GTA London 1961
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The Jugular E is similar in appearance to the Jaguar E-Type seen in the film, and is also available in the same colour.
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Basic Instinct
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1992
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GTA San Andreas
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A pedestrian has the same appearance as Catherine Tramell (played by Sharon Stone) in the interview scene.
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The Big Lebowski
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1998
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GTA San Andreas
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Carl Johnson asks "Does the pope shit in the woods?" during the game, which is a reference to the same question asked by Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, played by Jeff Bridges
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Boyz n the Hood
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1991
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GTA III
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The film is spoofed through the Toyz van, which features the a logo reading Toyz'N The'Hood.
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Boyz n the Hood
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1991
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GTA San Andreas
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- A pedestrian in Los Santos, used for as the character model for Alan Crawford, has a similar appearance to Tré Styles (Cuba Gooding, Jr.).
- The film features someone hoping to stay out of the gang problems (Ricky, played by Morris Chestnut, and Tré Styles, played by Cuba Gooding, Jr.) but is provoked after an attack from a rival gang, much like Carl Johnson was hoping to stay out of the gang problems but was then ambushed by the Ballas, causing him to become involved.
- The film also involves Doughboy (Ice Cube) and Monster (Baldwin C. Sykes) driving into the rival gang area and performing a drive-by shooting, just as Carl Johnson, Sweet and Ryder in Drive-By, shortly after an ambush by the Ballas.
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Carlito's Way
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1993
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GTA Vice City
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The character of Ken Rosenberg is based on the character David Kleinfeld from the film, played by Sean Penn. As well as physical similarities, they are both cocaine addicts and have similar looking offices.
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Casablanca
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1942
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GTA Vice City
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The last line of the film, "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship", is used in the final mission Keep Your Friends Close.... Tommy Vercetti tells Ken Rosenberg, "You know, Ken. This could be the beginning of a beautiful business relationship".
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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1977
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GTA Vice City
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The film is paradied with an in-game poster for the film Closer Encounters.
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The Color of Money
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1986
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GTA San Andreas
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While playing pool, Carl Johnson's opponent can be heard asking to be shown "the color of your money"
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Commando
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1985
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GTA Vice City
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The movie is parodied with Exploder: Evacuator Part II, both featuring soldiers whose families are kidnapped.
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Con Air
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1997
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GTA San Andreas
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The scene in Reuniting the Families where two motor officers drop donuts to join in the pursuit is a reference to the same scene in the film.
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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1989
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GTA III
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The movie is parodied with the missions given by Marty Chonks (The Crook, The Thieves, The Wife and Her Lover).
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Demolition Man
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1993
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GTA Vice City
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The film name is used for a mission from Avery Carrington.
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Donnie Brasco
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1997
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GTA Vice City
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The film features "Sonny Black", having lost the money of "Sonny Red" in a sting in Florida, stating that when they find the man responsible they'll "cut his prick off". This is similar to Tommy Vercetti, having lost Sonny Forelli's money in an ambush, promising to "mail you the dicks of those responsible"
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Donnie Darko
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2001
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GTA San Andreas
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The "Fear It, Do It" motivational technique of Darius Fontaine resembles the technique suggested by Jim Cunningham (played by Patrick Swayze) in the film.
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Do the Right Thing
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1989
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GTA San Andreas
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The film features three African-Americans, Radio Raheem, Smiley and Buggin' Out (played by Bill Nunn, Roger Guenveur Smith and Giancarlo Esposito respectively) entering a pizza parlour to demand something, which eventually ends up on the street. This is similar to the mission Ryder where Carl Johnson and Ryder enter the local pizza parlour demanding money before running out and on to the street.
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Dracula
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1931
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GTA Vice City
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A poster inside Funeraria Romero is taken from the film, featuring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, with graffiti added in pen.
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The Driver
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1978
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GTA Vice City
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- The film name is used as the mission name The Driver.
- The films plotline of recruiting a getaway driver is also used the mission with Tommy Vercetti recruiting Hilary King.
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Easy Rider
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1969
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GTA Vice City
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The Angel, with its patriotic paint work, is similar to the motorcycle owned by Peter Fonda in the film.
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Easy Rider
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1969
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GTA San Andreas
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The Truth, voiced by Peter Fonda, is a parody of Wyatt, played by Fonda, from the film.
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Farewell My Lovely
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1975
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GTA San Andreas
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The films name is used for the name of a mission, Farewell, My Love....
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A Few Good Men
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1992
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GTA San Andreas
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An in-game movie theatre is shown to playing the film "A Few Good Hens".
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First Blood
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1982
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GTA San Andreas
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Angel Pine is similar to the town of Hope, Washington (filmed in Hope, British Columbia) that John Rambo escapes from.
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Friday
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1995
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GTA San Andreas
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An elderly African-American pedestrian can be heard saying lines from the films Willie Jones (John Witherspoon).
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Friday After Next
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2002
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GTA San Andreas
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An elderly African-American pedestrian can be heard saying lines from the films Willie Jones (John Witherspoon).
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Friday the 13th Part III
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1982
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GTA Vice City
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In the film serial killer Jason Voorhees first acquires his infamous hockey mask, which appears as part of the outfit used during The Job.
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The Godfather
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1972
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GTA III
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The names of Leone Family, Salvatore Leone and Joey Leone are references to the Corleone Family, Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone.
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The Godfather
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1972
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GTA Vice City
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In the mission Supply & Demand, Tommy Vercetti shouts that he hopes the people in a rival boat "Sleep with the fish", a reference to the film where Luca Brasi is 'sleeping with the fishes' after being murdered.
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The Godfather Part II
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1974
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GTA Vice City
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The mission Keep Your Friends Close... is a reference to the line "He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." from Michael Corleone.
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GoldenEye
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1995
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GTA San Andreas
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Carl Johnson jumps from the Sherman Dam, in Dam and Blast, in the same fashion as James Bond jumps from the dam in the film.
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Goldfinger
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1964
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GTA London 1969 GTA London 1961
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The James Bomb is a reference to James Bond and is similar to the Aston Martin DB5.
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Goodfellas
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1990
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GTA III
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The film is spoofed through an in-game poster for the film Badfellas. The poster also features an image of Salvatore Leone, voiced by Frank Vincent who appeared in the film.
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Goodfellas
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1990
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GTA San Andreas
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A poster for Badfellas, a spoof of the real life film, can be seen during The Introduction while Carl Johnson is in Liberty City.
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Grand Theft Auto
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1977
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GTA Vice City
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A mansion with a Porsche appears in the film while a mansion with a similar appearance appears on Starfish Island with a parked Comet, which is based on the Porsche 911.
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Guys and Dolls
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1955
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GTA III
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Along with the musical, the film is spoofed with a poster for a play called Guys and Dogs.
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Heat
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1995
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GTA Vice City
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The film features a bank robbery performed by a small crew who are ambushed as they leave by the police. The crews getaway driver Donald Breedan (played by Dennis Haysbert) is also killed in a gun fight outside the bank. This is similar to the mission The Job, where a small crew (Tommy Vercetti, Phil Cassidy, Cam Jones and Hilary King) rob a bank. The police later arrive and kill the getaway driver, King.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
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1990
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GTA III
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The closing cutscene of GTA III, after The Exchange, features Claude and Maria Latore walking into the Cochrane Dam before the screen goes black and a gun shot is heard. The possibility of Claude killing Maria is similar to Henry (played by Michael Rooker) in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, who kills his girlfriend at the end of the film.
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Jaws
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1975
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GTA Vice City
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- Steve Scott talks about having a giant shark coming into one of the films to eat the cast of his latest pornographic film.
- The film Bite is a parody of Jaws.
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The Last of the Mohicans
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1992
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GTA San Andreas
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An in-game movie theatre is shown to playing the film "The Last of the Mullets".
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Menace II Society
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1993
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GTA San Andreas
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- A Grove Street Families gangster has a similar appearance to Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson (played by Larenz Tate.
- During the mission Ryder the pizza parlour clerk says to Ryder "I feel sorry for your dad", similar to how the Korean liquor store clerk says to O-Dog at the beginning of the film.
- In the film Caine (played by Tyrin Turner) and Sharif (played by Vonte Sweet) are left in a rival gang territory by the police, much like Carl Johnson is left in Ballas gang territory by Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski and Jimmy Hernandez.
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Mommie Dearest
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1981
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GTA Vice City
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The anger shown by Maude Hanson towards children is a reference to the films depiction of Joan Crawford's (played by Faye Dunaway) anger towards her adopted daughter Christina.
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Moonraker
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1979
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GTA San Andreas
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The parachute in the game is identical to the one used by James Bond (played by Sir Roger Moore.
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My Fair Lady
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1964
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GTA III
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Along with the musical, the film is spoofed with a poster for a play called My Fair Ladyboy.
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Next Friday
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2000
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GTA San Andreas
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An elderly African-American pedestrian can be heard saying lines from the films Willie Jones (John Witherspoon).
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Nice Dreams
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1981
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GTA Vice City
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The film features Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong selling drugs while posing as ice cream vendors. In the game Maude Hanson and later Tommy Vercetti use The Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory as a front to distribute drugs.
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No Escape
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1994
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GTA Vice City
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A mission of the same name appears in the game. Both also feature Ray Liotta (who voices Tommy Vercetti).
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Payback
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1999
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GTA III
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The plot line of the film involves a criminal (Porter, played by Mel Gibson) being left for dead after being shot during an armed robbery by his partners in crime. The films main gang also sends out a hit squad to kill Porter and the film ends with Porter and call girl Rosie leaving for their new life after the death of the gangs leaders. This is similar to how Claude is shot and left for dead by Catalina and Miguel, before killing Catalina and leaving with Maria Latore. Claude is also attacked by a Colombian Cartel death squad.
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Play Misty for Me
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1971
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GTA III
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The mission Drive Misty For Me is named after the film.
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The Pirates of Penzance
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1983
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GTA III
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Along with the musical, the film is spoofed with a poster for a play called Pirates in Mens Pants.
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Psycho
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1960
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GTA San Andreas
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A caller to the Lonely Hearts show on West Coast Talk Radio says tells host Christy MacIntyre "I'm watching you Marion in the shower", a reference to the death of Marion Crane in the film.
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Pulp Fiction
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1994
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GTA San Andreas
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The "I don't know you! I don't know you! Prank caller! Prank caller!" in a phone call after Farewell, My Love... is a reference to a similar line ("I don't know you. Who is this? Don't come here, I'm hanging up the phone! Prank caller, prank caller!") from Lance (played by Eric Stoltz).
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Rambo: First Blood Part II
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1985
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GTA Vice City
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- The movie is parodied with Exploder: Evacuator Part II.
- A product released for Exploder: Evacuator Part II is the Exploder Survival Knife, a knife similar to that used in the film by John Rambo (played by Sylvester Stallone.
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Red Dawn
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1984
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GTA Vice City
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A radio advertisement for Ammu-Nation refers to the film, involving a fictional Soviet invasion of the United States, as being a documentary.
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Red Dawn
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1984
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GTA San Andreas
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A radio advertisement for Ammu-Nation refers to the film, involving a fictional Soviet invasion of the United States, as being a documentary.
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Reservoir Dogs
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1992
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GTA Vice City
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The game features a phone contact Mr. Black and a hitman named Mr. Teal, much like criminals in the film use colours as code names to avoid arrest from the police.
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Reservoir Dogs
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1992
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GTA San Andreas
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An in-game movie theatre is shown to playing the film "Reservoir Dregs".
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Scarface
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1983
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GTA III
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Most of the songs from the film are played on Flashback FM.
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Scarface
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1983
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GTA Vice City
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- The film features ex-convict protagonist Tony Montana leaving Cuba for Miami, much like ex-convict Tommy Vercetti leaves Liberty City and goes to Vice City.
- At the beginning of the film Tony Montana is seen wearing a Hawaiian shirt much like Tommy Vercetti with the Street outfit.
- Tony Montana rises through the criminal underworld and kills his former boss Frank Lopez (played by Robert Loggia), much like Tommy Vercetti who kills former employer Ricardo Diaz.
- The mansion owned by Ricardo Diaz and later Tommy Vercetti has a similar appearance to the mansion owned by Tony Montana. In particular is the lobby (with the exception of the sweeping staircase and "The World is Yours" fountain) and the main offices.
- Apartment 3C, featuring a bloody bathroom and a Chainsaw, is a reference to a scene in the film.
- The Babylon and the Little Havana Club are cloned in the game as the Malibu Club and The Pole Position Club.
- A large mural in the Malibu Club featuring palm trees tinted red by the setting sun is the same as the mural in the Lopez Motors office.
- The end of the film involving a shoot out inside Tony Montana's mansion is used in Keep Your Friends Close..., although Vercetti survives the shoot out unlike Montana.
- The Mr. Vercetti Outfit is similar to a suit worn by Tony Montana in the film.
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Scarface
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1983
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GTA San Andreas
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Tony, the parrot inside Caligula's Palace, says "I never fucked anyone over in my life who didn't have it coming to 'em" in Intensive Care, much like Tony Montana.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow
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1988
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GTA Vice City
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Haitian gangsters in the game can be heard saying "I want to hear you scream!", a line from the movie, which is set in Haiti.
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Smokey and the Bandit
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1977
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GTA Vice City
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Burt Reynolds voices Avery Carrington who has a similar appearance and acts in a similar way to Bandit, Reynolds character in the film.
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South Central
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1992
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GTA San Andreas
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Big Bear has a similar appearance to a drug addict who is friends with Bobby (played by Glenn Plummer).
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Speed
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1994
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GTA 1
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A side mission in the game features the protagonist having to drive a bus at high speed to avoid the vehicle from exploding.
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Speed
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1994
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GTA Vice City
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The films storyline, of having to drive a vehicle above a certain speed to avoid detonating a bomb placed inside a vehicle, is used in the mission Publicity Tour.
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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
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1977
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GTA San Andreas
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The line "Great kid! Don't get cocky!" from Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) is used by Zero in the mission Air Raid.
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Taxi Driver
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1976
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GTA 1
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Travis, one of the protagonist options, has a similar appearance to Travis Bickle, the films main character, both sporting mohawks.
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Terminator 2: Judgement Day
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1991
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GTA San Andreas
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The chase scene involving John Connor (Edward Furlong) fleeing from the T1000 Terminator (Robert Patrick) is similar to the one in Just Business involving Carl Johnson and Big Smoke attempting to lose the Russian Mafia. This includes both the protagonists being on a motorcycle and a lorry being driven into a storm drain from a higher level street.
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This is Spinal Tap
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1984
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GTA III
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An advertisement for the Dormatron mentions setting 'it to 11', a reference to the phrase 'up to eleven' popularised in the film This is Spinal Tap.
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This is Spinal Tap
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1984
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GTA Vice City
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The band Love Fist are a parody of Spinal Tap.
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Thunderbirds Are Go
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1966
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GTA London 1969 GTA London 1961
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- Along with the television series, spoofed with the Fab in Grand Theft Auto: London 1961, which is similar in appearance to Lady Penelope's car called the FAB1.
- The term 'FAB' is also used as a radio acknowledgement, meaning Fully Acknowledged and Briefed.
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To Live and Die in L.A.
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1985
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GTA San Andreas
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The car chase from the mission Just Business, involving Big Smoke and Carl Johnson attempt to escape the attention of the Russian Mafia is taken from the film.
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Top Gun
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1986
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GTA Vice City
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The movie is spoofed with the Top Fun vehicle.
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Top Gun
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1986
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GTA San Andreas
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- Many of the flight rankings gained through flying are references to the call signs of characters from the film.
- Maverick (LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, played by Tom Cruise)
- Goose (LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, played by Anthony Edwards)
- Jester (LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly, played by Michael Ironside
- Iceman (LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, played by Val Kilmer)
- Viper (CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf, played by Tom Skerritt
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The Transporter
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2002
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GTA San Andreas
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Carl Johnson rescues a number of Asian refugees being illegally smuggled into the United States to be sold for slavery during The Da Nang Thang, much as Frank Martin (played by Jason Statham does during the film.
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Wall Street
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1987
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GTA Vice City
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A pedestian in Vice City, who has a similar appearance to the films main character Gordon Gekko, states "Greed is good".
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Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen
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1980
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GTA Vice City
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The UFO seen at the InterGlobal Studios is similar in appearance to the one featured in the film.
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The Wizard of Oz
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1939
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GTA San Andreas
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An in-game movie theatre is shown to playing the film "The Wizard of Ass".
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