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[[Image:Mitch BakerArtwork.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Big Mitch Baker from ''Vice City'']]
[[Image:Mitch BakerArtwork.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Big Mitch Baker from ''Vice City'']]


'''"Big" Mitch Baker''' is a Vietnam veteran turned biker in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], earning a Purple Heart for killing a village full of Viet Cong. [[Vice City|Vice City's]] cops mistreat veterans, which consequently led to innumerable clashes and 13 occasions of being jailed. He runs the local [[Vice City Bikers|biker gang]] at [[The Greasy Chopper]] bar and is extremely loyal to his "family." [[Tommy Vercetti]] has to earn Baker's respect before he can get the gang to provide security for a [[Love Fist]] concert, which is most likely a reference to the disastrous Rolling Stones concert where the Hells Angels were hired to work security.
'''"Big" Mitch Baker''' is a biker in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]; he is a Vietnam veteran, and apparently earned a Purple Heart for killing a village full of Viet Cong. He believes that [[Vice City|Vice City's]] police mistreat veterans (or at least, disaffected and violent ones such as himself), which has consequently led to innumerable clashes and 13 (presumably brief) stints in jail. He runs a local [[Vice City Bikers|biker gang]] from [[the Greasy Chopper]] bar and is extremely loyal to his "family". [[Tommy Vercetti]] has to earn Baker's respect before he can get the gang to provide security for a [[Love Fist]] concert -- this arrangement may be a parallel to the disastrous [[wp:Altamont_Free_Concert|real-life Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway]] in 1969.
Big Mitch calls into [[V-Rock]], Vice City's rock-and-roll radio station, complaining of the fact that they play too many hair bands and not enough hard rock. When one switches the first letters of his name, one gets "Bitch Maker."
Mitch calls into [[V-Rock]], Vice City's rock-and-roll radio station, complaining of the fact that they play too many hair bands and not enough hard rock. His name may be a [[wp:Spoonerism|Spoonerism]] of "bitch maker".


Mitch Baker has a tough, assertive and almost aggressive personality and attitude. After missions with Mitch Baker the player learns that Mitch Baker doesn't do a whole lot, except mess around in the Greasy Chopper, doing things such as, arm wrestling, playing pool and playing arcade games. Baker sounds physically active at some points, for example, when his bike is stolen by a local street gang, he says "Me and the boys were going to go down there and teach them a lesson, but then I got to thinking..."
Mitch Baker has a tough, assertive and occasionally aggressive personality and attitude; however, after a few missions for Mitch, the player learns that he has become somewhat sedentary, doing not much except "messing around" in the Greasy Chopper with his club mates, arm wrestling and playing pool and arcade games. That said, he's apparently prepared to spring into action if he deems it necessary -- when his bike is stolen by a local street gang, he says, "Me and the boys were going to go down there and teach them a lesson, but then I got to thinking..."


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Revision as of 11:47, 18 April 2009

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Big Mitch Baker
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Big Mitch Baker from Vice City

"Big" Mitch Baker is a biker in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City; he is a Vietnam veteran, and apparently earned a Purple Heart for killing a village full of Viet Cong. He believes that Vice City's police mistreat veterans (or at least, disaffected and violent ones such as himself), which has consequently led to innumerable clashes and 13 (presumably brief) stints in jail. He runs a local biker gang from the Greasy Chopper bar and is extremely loyal to his "family". Tommy Vercetti has to earn Baker's respect before he can get the gang to provide security for a Love Fist concert -- this arrangement may be a parallel to the disastrous real-life Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway in 1969. Mitch calls into V-Rock, Vice City's rock-and-roll radio station, complaining of the fact that they play too many hair bands and not enough hard rock. His name may be a Spoonerism of "bitch maker".

Mitch Baker has a tough, assertive and occasionally aggressive personality and attitude; however, after a few missions for Mitch, the player learns that he has become somewhat sedentary, doing not much except "messing around" in the Greasy Chopper with his club mates, arm wrestling and playing pool and arcade games. That said, he's apparently prepared to spring into action if he deems it necessary -- when his bike is stolen by a local street gang, he says, "Me and the boys were going to go down there and teach them a lesson, but then I got to thinking..."