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The protagonists between [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] share similar qualities. Most protagonists are new to town, either returning after a long time gone (such as [[Carl Johnson]] and [[Toni Cipriani]]) or have never been to the city before (such as [[Claude]], [[Tommy Vercetti]], [[Victor Vance]] and [[Niko Bellic]]). The protagonists usually start with nothing, with minimal influence and reputation, having to do odd jobs around for various small-timers, gaining friends and allies (like [[Asuka Kasen]], [[Avery Carrington]], [[Wu Zi Mu]], and [[Little Jacob]]) before moving up the social and economical ladder, attempting to rise through the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. They eventually start establishing a name for themselves in the town, doing real jobs, making bigger and more powerful friends and business partners, and cutting real deals as their prominence, respect, money, and reputation begins to grow, until they end the game on top of the city, or at least with some powerful business and/or friends. Abnormal protagonists would be [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] and [[Johnny Klebitz]] who have always lived in Liberty City or Alderney and have already established their name, powerful friends, and high social and economical standing at the start of the game and must defend it from competitors. Most protagonists have a consistent distaste of drugs, and while deal and work with them, never use them.

The main antagonists of the Grand Theft Auto games are usually introduced very early in the story, usually as the protagonist's friend or acquaintance until a major, personal betrayal (like [[Catalina]], [[Sonny Forelli]], [[Frank Tenpenny]], [[Jerry Martinez]] and [[Dimitri Rascalov]]) and are usually seen, heard, or mentioned throughout the game, moving against the protagonists' plans or goals, until they are finally confronted in some large-scale showdown by the protagonist at the end of the game. An abnormal antagonist is [[Massimo Torini]]; he makes the least amount of appearances than all the other [[antagonist]]s in the other [[Grand Theft Auto|games]] (only 2).

* From [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]] onwards, every protagonist (aside from [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez]]) begins the game either new to the specific location, or has returned after a long time away, usually relative to the player.

* Niko, Claude, and Mike are so far the only protagonists of any GTA game to work freelance (not a member of any particular organization). However at some points Luis Lopez, (after leaving North Dominican Drug Dealers) and Vic Vance (before starting the Vance Crime Family) worked freelance aswell.

*In the original Grand Theft Auto, GTA: London 1969 and GTA: London 1961, the player can choose the protagonist, and GTA 1 was the only game in the series to feature female protagonists.