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The following is a list of secrets, Easter eggs and hidden trivia references in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Easter Eggs

In the parking lot behind the Liberty Tree building in Bedford Point, there is a hidden sign, showing a handwritten message and Rockstar Leeds' signature smiley (as seen on the hidden signs in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and under the sea north of Bohan in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars). The PlayStation Portable version says: "Hello again!", while the PlayStation 2 version says "You just can't get enough of this alley, can you?". The sign can be found by jumping over the walls around the lot using a tall vehicle.
During the storyline, after some major characters are killed by Toni Cipriani, gravestones bearing their names appear in Liberty City Cemetery. Each tombstone (with the exception of Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay) has a unique message:
- Paulie Sindacco - Viva Las Venturas baby
- Giovanni Casa - Gone...
- Joseph Daniel O'Toole - Sleeping with angels
- Roger C. Hole - Running for office in heaven
- Dan Sucho - Dead and what not...
- Vincenzo Cilli - Not so lucky after all

References to previous games

East of Belleville Park, a billboard for the film Let Me Bounce can be seen. The film stars Candy Suxxx, a porn actress from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Advertisements for the film Sonny Forelli: A True Story can be seen throughout the city. Sonny Forelli was the primary antagonist of GTA Vice City.
Advertisements for the film The Liberty King can be seen throughout the city. The posters use the promotional artwork of Donald Love from Grand Theft Auto III.
In Bedford Point, an advertisement for Heat can be seen, which uses a screenshot of Carl Johnson, protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
An advertisement for Still Madd, an album by GTA San Andreas character Madd Dogg, can be seen outside the Portland safehouse.

Real-world references

Around Liberty City (mainly Portland), several graffiti tags of a gang known as "Bully Boys" can be seen. This could be a reference to Bully, another game made by Rockstar Games.
The Bickle'76, a modified Taxi unlocked via the Taxi Driver side-mission, is likely named after Travis Bickle, protagonist of the film Taxi Driver.
Throughout Liberty City, advertisements for a film called The Mainframe can be seen. Judging by the name and plot synopsis given in radio commercials, the film is an obvious parody of The Matrix. Interestingly, the characters on the poster are all pedestrians from GTA San Andreas.
In the mission Rough Justice, Salvatore Leone refers to Toni Cipriani as Lionel when he is dressed in the Lawyer Outfit. This could be a reference to Lionel Hutz, a lawyer in the cartoon series The Simpsons.
The Dragon Outfit is the same worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death and by Uma Thurman in wp:Kill Bill.

Adult humor

Advertisements for the play The Third Leg can be seen throughout the city. "Third leg is slang for a long penis, which the poster depicts.

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-The following is a list of secrets, Easter eggs and hidden trivia references in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].
+The following is a list of [[secrets]], Easter eggs and hidden trivia references in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]].
 ==Easter Eggs==
-[[Image:HiddenMessage-GTALCS.jpg|160px|thumb|A hidden message in GTA LCS (psp version).]]
+[[File:HiddenMessage-GTALCS.jpg|160px|thumb|The hidden message, as seen on the PSP.]]
-In the back parking lot of the offices of [[Liberty Tree]] in [[Bedford Point]], there is a hidden message.
+* In the parking lot behind the [[Liberty Tree]] building in [[Bedford Point]], there is a [[The Hidden Sign|hidden sign]], showing a handwritten message and [[Rockstar Leeds]]' signature smiley (as seen on the [[Secrets in GTA Vice City Stories#Hidden signs|hidden signs]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] and under the sea north of [[Bohan]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]). The [[PlayStation Portable]] version says: "''Hello again!''", while the [[PlayStation 2]] version says "''You just can't get enough of this alley, can you?''". The sign can be found by jumping over the walls around the lot using a tall vehicle.
+* During the storyline, after some major characters are killed by [[Toni Cipriani]], gravestones bearing their names appear in [[Liberty City Cemetery]]. Each tombstone (with the exception of [[Cedric Fotheringay|Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay]]) has a unique message:
-*In the PSP version says: "Hello again.
+**[[Paulie Sindacco]] - ''Viva [[Las Venturas]] baby''
+**[[Giovanni Casa]] - ''Gone...''
-*In the PS2 version says: "I really can not get more out of this dead, do you?"
+**[[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]] - ''Sleeping with angels''
+**[[Roger C. Hole]] - ''Running for office in heaven''
-To find it we must first enter the office entrance leading to the parking lot, jump the wall on the right side (once inside the parking lot) by a tall vehicle or using a trick, then go to one side and then the message .
+**[[Dan Sucho]] - ''Dead and what not...''
+**[[Vincenzo Cilli]] - ''Not so lucky after all''
-===Liberty City Cemetery===
-[[Image:PaulieSindacco-GTALCS-tomb.jpg|210px|thumb|right|Paul's Sindacco tomb.]]
-After some major characters are killed by [[Toni Cipriani]] in [[Liberty City Cemetery]] appear a tombstone of these, indicating different messages:
-*[[Paulie Sindacco]] - Viva Las Venturas Baby!. (Clearly referring to [[Las Venturas]], one of the cities of [[Grand Theft Auto San Andreas]])
-*[[Giovanni Casa]] - Gone ... (It was).
-*[[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]] - Sleeping with angels.
-*[[Roger C. Hole]] - Running for office in Heaven
-*[[Dan Sucho]] - Dead ... An 'What Not
-*[[Vincenzo Cilli]] - Not so lucky after all
 ==References to previous games==
-[[File:Let Me Bounce Poster.jpg|180px|thumb|right|Ad with the film Candy Suxxx.]]
+*East of [[Belleville Park]], a billboard for the film [[Let Me Bounce]] can be seen. The film stars [[Candy Suxxx]], a porn actress from [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]].
-===Candy Suxxx===
+*Advertisements for the film [[Sonny Forelli: A True Story]] can be seen throughout the city. [[Sonny Forelli]] was the primary [[antagonist]] of GTA Vice City.
-In east part of [[Belleville Park]], there is a sign announcing the new film [[Candy Suxxx]]. After 14 years of his [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|first appearance]] in the [[GTA III Era Timeline|chronology]] of the [[GTA III Era]], Candy Suxxx still in the adult film business as indicated in the lineup making his last reference key to this game.
+*Advertisements for the film [[The Liberty King]] can be seen throughout the city. The posters use the [[:File:DonaldLove-Artwork.jpg|promotional artwork]] of [[Donald Love]] from [[Grand Theft Auto III]].
+*In [[Bedford Point]], an advertisement for [[Heat]] can be seen, which uses a screenshot of [[Carl Johnson]], [[protagonist]] of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
-===Sonny Forelli - A True Story===
+*An advertisement for [[Still Madd]], an album by GTA San Andreas character [[Madd Dogg]], can be seen outside the [[Portland Safehouse|Portland safehouse]].
-[[Image:A-true-Story-GTALCS-announced.jpg|100px|thumb|left|Announced of the film.]]
-In [[Shoreside Vale]] is a sign on a movie called [[Sonny Forelli]] (the main villain of GTA Vice City), which probably shows all his life until his death at the hands of [[Tommy Vercetti]] in the 80's.
-===Donald Love===
-[[Donald Love]] is a character who also appears in GTA LCS, but the reference is in a sign can be seen near an apartment in [[Wichita Gardens]] (which would be the GTA III [[Shoreside Vale Safehouse (GTA III)|safehouse]] [[Claude]]) which refers to atwork Donald Love in GTA III, which says: The King of Liberty
-===Luigi's Sex Club 7===
-After Staunton Island is opened, "[[Paulie's Revue Bar]]" in Portland changes appearance. It now resembles [[Luigi's Sex Club 7]], which is curious because the club would be replaced by 2001 in GTA III and not in 1998.
-[[Image:Heat-GTALCS-advertisement.jpg|120px|thumb|right|basketball player in the announced of Heat.]]
-===CJ===
-In Bedford Point is a blue giant poster of a guy playing basketball, promotional clothing brand [[Heat]]. The point is that this picture is the same as a screenshot of San Andreas where [[CJ]] show clothing style Michael Jordan playing basketball, like this poster.
-[[Image:TW@-GTALCS-construction.jpg|130px|thumb|left|The TW@ in 1998.]]
-===TW@===
-The only reference that has the [[TW@]] to other games, in this case [[Grand Theft Auto III]] is ready to announce the inauguration of the cafe with the message: '''Cooming Soon'''. The funny thing is that the cafe is under construction in [[1998]] and until [[2001]] is already full, but as the small footprint, this was due to complete between [[1999]] and [[2000]], before 2001
-==References to other games==
-[[Image:Bully-GTALCS-graffiti.jpg|190px|thumb|right|One of the graffiti that refers to Bully.]]
-===Bully===
-Around Liberty City (mainly Portland) several graffiti of a gang known as '''Bully Boys'''. Could this be a reference to [[Bully]], another game made by [[Rockstar Games]]. The graffiti is located opposite [[Maria Latore's Apartment|Maria's apartment]] and in the Alley where Toni first meets [[Cedric Fotheringay|Wayne]] and his [[Liberty City Bikers|gang]] in [[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]].
 ==Real-world references==
-===Bickle'76===
+[[File:Bully-GTALCS-graffiti.jpg|190px|thumb|right|The graffiti tag of the Bully Boys.]]
-The [[Bickle'76]] is a variant of [[Taxi]], which is faster than the regular taxi and has a very unique design with a red exterior and engine as the [[Diablo Stallion]]. The reference of this taxi is that the name is a reference to Travis '''Bickle''' of the movie [[wp:Taxi Driver|Taxi Driver]].
+* Around [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] (mainly [[Portland]]), several graffiti tags of a gang known as "Bully Boys" can be seen. This could be a reference to [[Bully]], another game made by [[Rockstar Games]].
+* The [[Bickle'76]], a modified [[Taxi]] unlocked via the [[Taxi Driver]] side-mission, is likely named after Travis Bickle, protagonist of the film [[wp:Taxi Driver|Taxi Driver]].
+* Throughout Liberty City, advertisements for a film called [[The Mainframe]] can be seen. Judging by the name and plot synopsis given in radio commercials, the film is an obvious parody of [[wp:The Matrix|The Matrix]]. Interestingly, the characters on the poster are all pedestrians from GTA San Andreas.
+* In the mission [[Rough Justice]], [[Salvatore Leone]] refers to Toni Cipriani as Lionel when he is dressed in the [[Lawyer Outfit]]. This could be a reference to [[wp:Lionel Hutz|Lionel Hutz]], a lawyer in the cartoon series [[wp:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]].
+* The [[Dragon Outfit]] is the same worn by [[wp:Bruce Lee|Bruce Lee]] in [[wp:Game of Death|Game of Death]] and by [[wp:Uma Thurman|Uma Thurman]] in [[wp:Kill Bill]].
-[[Image:TheMainFrame-GTALCS.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A MainFrame advertisement.]]
-===The Main Frame===
-In several places in Liberty City is a sign on a movie called The MainFrame is some guys who after discovering LSD: The Truth, this is a reference to the movie Matrix.
-The characters that appear on the bill are very similar to [[GTA San Andreas]], such as:
-* [[Barbara Schternvart]] - (one of CJ's girlfriends) we can see to the bottom right side of the poster.
-* [[Alan Crawford]] - (ex-manager of Madd Dogg) to the left of the character of black shirt.
-* [[Sweet's Girl]] - to the bottom left side of the poster.
-* The other two characters resemble some of GTA San Andreas [[pedestrians]].
-===Lawyer Suit===
-After [[Salvatore Leone]] goes to jail, Toni Cipriani is to pose as his lawyer, using a [[Lawyer Outfit|lawyer suit]] calling Lionel, what could be a reference to [[wp:Lionel Hutz|Lionel Hutz]], a lawyer of the cartoon series [[wp:The Simpson|The Simpsons]]
-===Kill Bill===
-In GTA LCS there are several references to the movie [[wp: Kill Bill | Kill Bill]] one of them is the [[Dragon Outfit | Dragon Jumpsuit]] which is a similar outfit to the costume seen in the film . The other parody is the mission [[Crazy '69 ']], which is the same where you get the Dragon Jumpsuit.
-===STILL MADD===
-[[Image:StillMadd-GTALCS-announced.jpg|190px|thumb|left|The announced of Still Madd in Portland.]]
-Still Madd is the last [[Madd Dogg]] album, as indicated by the sign is located near the [[Portland Safehouse (GTA LCS)|Portland Safehouse]], which may be a reference to the song "Still Dre" by Snoop Dogg.
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 ==Adult humor==
-[[Image:TheThirdLeg-GTALCS-advertisement.png|200px|thumb|right|The third leg advertisement in FIA.]]
+* Advertisements for the play [[The Third Leg]] can be seen throughout the city. "''Third leg'' is slang for a long penis, which the poster depicts.
-===The Third Leg===
-The third leg is a play published in posters, located in various parts of the city as:
-* In [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]], in the part where there are many posters, you can see the poster.
-* At the entrance to the [[Callahan Bridge]] ([[Staunton Island]] to [[Portland]]) is another sign.
-The meaning of this poster shows three legs, of which the middle one is shaped like a penis.
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