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El Burro from GTA III

El Burro is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series appearing in Grand Theft Auto III (set in 2001) and is mentioned by drug baron Ricardo Diaz in during the mission Supply & Demand in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986). He is the leader of the Diablos gang in Liberty City and is believed to be a former porn star. He is voiced by Chris Phillips, who also voiced Bitch'n' Dog Food Factory owner/manager Marty Chonks.

Character history

El Burro has been involved in the porn industry from at least 1986 in an unknown capacity, although most likely as actor, being mentioned by Ricardo Diaz during the mission Supply & Demand in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, shooting his VCR for 'eating' his favourite El Burro movie. He later leads the Diablos in their attempts to enter Liberty City, sding with the Sicilian Mafia and starting a turf war with the Leone, Forelli and Sindacco Families in the Red Light District and Hepburn Heights. He leads the gang into taking control of Hepburn Heights, although Toni Cipriani stopped them from taking the Red Light District. At some point he also enters into a gang war with the Uptown Yardies after their derogatory remarks about Queen Lizzy.

In 2001 he employs Claude to help his pornography business, including the sale of Donkey Does Dallas by collecting the volumes. He supplies magazines to XXX Mags in the Red Light District, which he may own. He also has Claude kill a number of Leone Family mobsters in Atlantic Quays with an ice cream truck and later has him kill a number of Triad gangsters using a flamethrower.

Mission appearances

GTA III

Turismo (Voice/Boss)
I Scream, You Scream (Voice/Boss)
Trial By Fire (Voice/Boss)
Big'n'Veiny (Voice/Boss)

Trivia

File:Corner.jpg

El Burro artwork on the wall

El Burro has a similar appearance to a character of the same name that appears in Grand Theft Auto 1, but this is not the same character, because the storylines in GTA and GTA III take places in a different fictional timelines in a different fictional universes created by the game developers from a scratch in each case. It's just one of many references in this game to the very first GTA.
A character called El Burro also appears in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars as a drug dealer.
As a noun, "El Burro" is Spanish for "The Donkey" and as a adjective, it means "Stupid" or "Rough".
An artwork of El Burro appears in Grand Theft Auto IV and was first seen during the games second trailer, Looking for that Special Someone.

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 [[Image:ElBurro-Artwork.jpg|right|thumb|250px|El Burro from GTA III]]
-'''El Burro''' is a gang leader and former porn star in the Grand Theft Auto saga. He is present in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and is also mentioned in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] by drug baron [[Ricardo Diaz]]. El Burro was, in GTA III, voiced by [[Chris Phillips]].
+'''El Burro''' is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]) and is mentioned by drug baron [[Ricardo Diaz]] in during the mission [[Supply & Demand]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (set in [[1986]]). He is the leader of the [[Diablos]] gang in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and is believed to be a former porn star. He is voiced by [[Chris Phillips]], who also voiced [[Bitch'n' Dog Food]] Factory owner/manager [[Marty Chonks]].
-==Biography==
+==Character history==
-El Burro is the head of the [[Diablos]] gang in GTA III, based in the Hepburn Heights area of [[Portland Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. El Burro is in a turf war with both the [[Leone Family]] and the [[Liberty City Triads|Triads]], having won the turf after a gang war between the Leone Family, [[Forelli Family]] and [[Sindacco Family]] in [[1998]]. The Diablos later enter into a gang war with the [[Uptown Yardies]] after making derogatory remarks about [[Queen Lizzy]]. El Burro gives missions to [[Claude]] in order to help his pornography business, which includes the selling of the ''[[Donkey Does Dallas]]'' volumes. El Burro supplies magazines to, and may own, the [[XXX Mags]] shop in the [[Red Light District]]. El Burro has been involved in the pornography business since at least [[1986]], as in GTA Vice City, [[Ricardo Diaz]] destroys his VCR for eating his El Burro movie in the mission [[Supply & Demand]]. However, the VCR turns out to have been unplugged.
+El Burro has been involved in the porn industry from at least [[1986]] in an unknown capacity, although most likely as actor, being mentioned by [[Ricardo Diaz]] during the mission [[Supply & Demand]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], shooting his VCR for 'eating' his favourite El Burro movie. He later leads the [[Diablos]] in their attempts to enter [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], sding with the [[Sicilian Mafia]] and starting a turf war with the [[Leone Family|Leone]], [[Forelli Family|Forelli]] and [[Sindacco Family|Sindacco]] Families in the [[Red Light District]] and [[Hepburn Heights]]. He leads the gang into taking control of Hepburn Heights, although [[Toni Cipriani]] stopped them from taking the Red Light District. At some point he also enters into a gang war with the [[Uptown Yardies]] after their derogatory remarks about [[Queen Lizzy]].
+In [[2001]] he employs [[Claude]] to help his pornography business, including the sale of [[Donkey Does Dallas]] by [[Big'n'Veiny|collecting the volumes]]. He supplies magazines to [[XXX Mags]] in the Red Light District, which he may own. He also has Claude [[I Scream, You Scream|kill]] a number of Leone Family mobsters in [[Atlantic Quays]] with an [[Mr. Whoopee|ice cream truck]] and later has him [[Trial By Fire|kill]] a number of [[Liberty City Triads|Triad]] gangsters using a [[Flamethrower|flamethrower]].
 ==Mission appearances==
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 *[[Trial By Fire]] <small>(Voice/Boss)</small>
 *[[Big'n'Veiny]] <small>(Voice/Boss)</small>
-==GTA IV Easter Egg==
-[[Image:Corner.jpg|right|thumb|200px|El Burro as an artwork on a wall.]]
-In the second trailer for [[GTA IV]], "[[Looking for that Special Someone]]", a homage to El Burro can be seen in the form of graffiti on a wall.
 ==Trivia==
+[[File:Corner.jpg|right|thumb|200px|El Burro artwork on the wall]]
 *El Burro has a similar appearance to a character of the [[El Burro (GTA 1)|same name]] that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto 1]], but this is not the same character, because the storylines in GTA and GTA III take places in a different fictional timelines in a different fictional universes created by the game developers from a scratch in each case. It's just one of many references in this game to the very first GTA.
 *A character called El Burro also appears in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]] as a drug dealer.
-*As a noun, "El Burro" is Spanish for "The Donkey" and as a adjective, it means "Stupid" or "Rough"
+*As a noun, "El Burro" is Spanish for "The Donkey" and as a adjective, it means "Stupid" or "Rough".
+*An artwork of El Burro appears in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and was first seen during the games second trailer, [[Looking for that Special Someone]].
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 *[[El Burro (GTA 1)|El Burro]], a character in [[Grand Theft Auto 1]]
 *[[El Burro (GTA CW)|El Burro]], a character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]