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Sonny Forelli
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Appearances	GTA Vice City
Full Name	Sonny Forelli
Status	Deceased
Gender	Gender::Male
Place of Birth	Liberty City
Date of Death	1986
Nationality	American
Home	Liberty City
Family	Giorgio Forelli (cousin); Franco Forelli; Mike Forelli
Main Affiliations	Forelli Family; Tommy Vercetti; Harry; Lee; Ken Rosenberg; Lance Vance
Vehicles	White Stretch
Voiced by	Tom Sizemore
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Where's the goddamn money!? Where's the goddamn stuff!? And where's my cut of your new action!? You are making an idiot out of me, Tommy, and I'm not laughing yet.
Sonny to Tommy Vercetti.

Sonny Forelli is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series and the main antagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986). He is also mentioned in The Introduction, a prequel from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (set in 1992) and appears in a poster in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (set in 1998). He is Don of the Forelli Family, with Vice City Police Department criminal files stating that he came to power young. He is voiced by Tom Sizemore.

Character history

Sonny Forelli was born in Liberty City. He became the Don of the Forelli Family at a young age according to the Vice City Police Department criminal files. By 1971 Sonny had at least a prominent role in the Forelli Family, leading Tommy Vercetti in an ambush in Harwood (located in Liberty City), telling Tommy he was to assassinate a key mobster. Tommy survived the ambush but was arrested by the Liberty City Police Department and imprisoned. Sonny continued in his various illegal activities, which by 1986 are believed to be rackeetering, gambling, unions, corruption and prostitution, making the Forelli family the most richest and powerful Mafia family at that time.

Sonny also begins to make connections to people in other cities around the world, including Vice City based lawyer Ken Rosenberg, who he uses to set up a narcotics deal between his representatives and the Vance Crime Family, wanting his family to enter the very profitable drugs trade in Vice City. Sonny decides to send Tommy Vercetti, as he is too well known in Liberty City, and pulls strings to free him from prison. Tommy, who is suspicious of Sonny's actions, decides to go along with his plans.

Sonny, in sending Tommy to Vice City, hopes that he will establish a drugs trading business in the city, which he and the Forelli Family could later take over. Sonny sends Harry and Lee with Tommy to do the deal in Viceport, which is ambushed by Ricardo Diaz' men, resulting in Tommy losing Sonny's money, the drugs and the deaths of Harry and Lee, as well as Victor Vance. Tommy later informs Sonny of the ambush, with Sonny reacting angrily, seemingly holding Tommy responsible for the recovery of the money regardless of whose fault it was.

Ken Rosenberg later begins to employ Tommy Vercetti and helps him establish himself in the city, introducing him to a number of the city's key people, including Colonel Juan Cortez, who helped Rosenberg set up the deal, and real estate mogul Avery Carrington. Rosenberg, fearing Sonny, stays in his office for a number of days, but does send Tommy to intimidate two jurors prosecuting Sonny's cousin Giorgio.

Tommy begins to establish a business empire in the city, which Forelli hopes will go towards repaying his debt. Tommy, however, continues to expand his business empire, without paying Sonny, and manages to extract revenge for the ambushed drug deal, killing Gonzalez and the cities drug baron, Ricardo Diaz. Sonny, tired of waiting for his debt to be repayed, sends some of his men to collect money from Tommy's numerous businesses.

Tommy, expecting Sonny to arrive after his collectors were killed, prepares to give Sonny counterfeit money printed at his print works. Sonny, however, reveals that Lance Vance, Tommy's friend, has joined forces with him and informed him of Tommy and Ken Rosenberg's plan. Being forwarned about Tommy's deception, Sonny came to the Vercetti estate prepared with a large number of gunmen to take over the business for the Forelli Family.

A huge gun fight erupts, during which Sonny finally confirms the Tommy's suspicions that he was set up in 1971. The shootout concludes with the deaths of Lance and Sonny, alongside countless Forelli Family mobsters.

Legacy

Salvatore Leone, the Don of the Leone Family, in 1992 informs Johnny Sindacco of the Sindacco Family that the death of Sonny Forelli dealt a severe blow to the Forelli Family, allowing the Sindacco Family to move into Liberty City from Las Venturas. Salvatore states "Ever since Sonny Forelli got himself pasted all over Florida, you think you run things in this town". A film about Sonny's life, entitled "Sonny Forelli: A True Story" is advertised in Liberty City in 1998.

Development

Sonny Forelli is voiced by Tom Sizemore. His name is similar to Miami Vice character Sonny Crockett, whilst he temper is similar to Santino Corleone (known as Sonny) from The Godfather novel and film series. Sonny Corleone also voices opinions about becoming involved in the heroin trade, as Sonny does, although Sonny Forelli wishes to deal in drugs in general, not just heroin.

VCBI record

The Vice City Bureau of Investigation has a file on Forelli^[1]:

Head of Forelli Crime Family.
Major crime family in Liberty City.
Believed to have major influence in racketeering, gambling, union trouble, corruption and prostitution.
Came to power young.
Thought to have ordered several mob killings, including Harewood [sic] incident.
Only minor charges have ever stuck. Thought to be interested in entering narcotics trade, traditionally a no go area for Liberty City mob.
Phone records reveal calls to home address of Ken Rosenberg.
Notoriously poor taste in clothes.

Trivia

The player can play as Sonny in GTA Vice City by inputting cheats.

PS2:

PC: idonthavethemoneysonny

Xbox:

Sonny Forelli, the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, is one of only two antagonists to appear in only two missions. He does, however, appear more than Massimo Torini, the main antagonist of GTA Liberty City Stories, due to his phone conversations with Tommy Vercetti and his appearance at the beginning of GTA Vice City.

Mission appearances

GTA Vice City

Gallery

Concept Artwork of Sonny Forelli.
Sonny Forelli inside Marco's Bistro during An Old Friend.
Sonny Forelli about to get killed by Tommy Vercetti.

Reference

↑ Vice City Crime Tree. Rockstar Games. official GTA Vice City website

[1] Vice City Crime Tree. Rockstar Games. official GTA Vice City website

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-[[Image:GTAVC_SonnyForelli.jpg|thumb|Sonny Forelli]]
+{{infobox character
-'''Sonny Forelli''' (? - 1986) is the suspected Don of the [[Forelli Family]] circa 1986 - the richest and most powerful family in [[Liberty City]] in the 1980s. Sonny ordered several important mob killings around the time of [[Tommy Vercetti|Tommy Vercetti's]] imprisonment that resulted in the great success of the Forelli Family. At the time of [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], Sonny is believed to have major influences in racketeering, gambling, unions, corruption and prostitution, with growing interest in the narcotics trade (which the other families have tried to avoid).
+|name = Sonny Forelli
-Current status:Deceased Cause of death:Shot by [[Tommy Vercetti|Vercetti]]
+|image = SonnyForelli-GTAVC.jpg
+|game_1 = GTA Vice City
+|status = Deceased
+|status-link = Keep Your Friends Close...
+|gender = M
+|pob = [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
+|dod = 1986
+|home = Liberty City
+|nationality = United States
+|family = [[Giorgio Forelli]] (cousin)<br />[[Franco Forelli]]<br />[[Mike Forelli]]
+|affiliations = [[Forelli Family]]<br />[[Tommy Vercetti]]<br />[[Harry]]<br />[[Lee]]<br />[[Ken Rosenberg]]<br />[[Lance Vance]]
+|vehicles = White [[Stretch]]
+|voice = [[Tom Sizemore]]
+}}
+{{quote|Where's the goddamn money!? Where's the goddamn stuff!? And where's my cut of your new action!? You are making an idiot out of me, Tommy, and I'm not laughing yet.|Sonny to Tommy Vercetti.}}
+'''Sonny Forelli''' is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series and the main [[antagonist]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (set in [[1986]]). He is also mentioned in [[The Introduction]], a prequel from [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (set in [[1992]]) and appears in a poster in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (set in [[1998]]). He is [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the [[Forelli Family]], with [[VCPD in GTA III Era|Vice City Police Department]] criminal files stating that he came to power young. He is voiced by [[Tom Sizemore]].
-Tommy Vercetti had worked for Sonny Forelli and been loyal to the Forelli Family. Then, in 1971, Tommy was sent by Sonny to the [[Harwood]] district of [[Portland Island]] to assassinate a key mobster. Tommy was apparently ambushed, and ended up killing eleven rival mobsters in a massacre earning him the title of the "Harwood Butcher". Tommy always believed that Sonny set him up, although his motives were unknown.
+==Character history==
+Sonny Forelli was born in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. He became the [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the [[Forelli Family]] at a young age according to the [[VCPD in GTA III Era|Vice City Police Department]] criminal files. By [[1971]] Sonny had at least a prominent role in the Forelli Family, leading [[Tommy Vercetti]] in an ambush in [[Harwood]] (located in Liberty City), telling Tommy he was to assassinate a key mobster. Tommy survived the ambush but was arrested by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|Liberty City Police Department]] and imprisoned. Sonny continued in his various illegal activities, which by [[1986]] are believed to be rackeetering, gambling, unions, corruption and prostitution, making the Forelli family the most richest and powerful Mafia family at that time.
-By 1986 Sonny Forelli is wary of the possibility of other gangs, including the rival families, cutting into [[Vice City|Vice City's]] hugely profitable and vastly expanding drug business, and wants to stake a claim for the Forelli Family first. At the same time, Tommy Vercetti is back in town, just fresh from prison. Because Tommy kept quiet when he did his time, Sonny feels obliged to give him a job; however, Sonny believes Tommy is still too well-known as the "Harwood Butcher" and feels this will prove harmful to business in Liberty City. He then sends Tommy to Vice City as a formal Forelli Family representative to set up a drug outpost there. His intention was for Vercetti to start a large drug cartel in Vice City operating on behalf of the Forelli Family. When it is learned that Vercetti emerges without the millions in cash or the drugs he was sent to buy as a result of the ambush during a drug deal, Sonny is enraged and promises to kill Tommy if he doesn't get both the money and the merchandise back.
+Sonny also begins to make connections to people in other cities around the world, including [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] based lawyer [[Ken Rosenberg]], who he uses to set up a narcotics deal between his representatives and the [[Vance Crime Family]], wanting his family to enter the very profitable drugs trade in Vice City. Sonny decides to send Tommy Vercetti, as he is too well known in Liberty City, and pulls strings to free him from prison. Tommy, who is suspicious of Sonny's actions, decides to go along with his plans.
-As Tommy Vercetti grows powerful and builds his extensive empire, Sonny calls in periodically to pressure Tommy into giving him his cut. Once it is clear that Tommy has gone solo, he sends enforcers to Vice City to rough up Tommy's men and tax his multiple businesses. When Tommy slaughters all of them, Forelli approaches (or was approached by) one of Tommy's partners, [[Lance Vance]], and the two conspire against Tommy.
+Sonny, in sending Tommy to Vice City, hopes that he will establish a drugs trading business in the city, which he and the Forelli Family could later take over. Sonny sends [[Harry]] and [[Lee]] with Tommy to do the deal in [[Viceport]], which is ambushed by [[Ricardo Diaz|Ricardo Diaz']] [[Diaz's Gang|men]], resulting in Tommy losing Sonny's money, the drugs and the deaths of Harry and Lee, as well as [[Victor Vance]]. Tommy later [[An Old Friend|informs]] Sonny of the ambush, with Sonny reacting angrily, seemingly holding Tommy responsible for the recovery of the money regardless of whose fault it was.
-Tommy was expecting Sonny and his men when they arrived at his [[Vercetti Estate|mansion's]] doors, ready with suitcases full of counterfeit money to pay the Forelli Family off once and for all. When Lance Vance tells Sonny the real money is in Tommy's office safe and Sonny reveals that Tommy's imprisonment was actually organised by Sonny, Tommy realizes the time for diplomacy is over and a huge gunfight ensues. Tommy slaughters countless Forelli Family members and the traitor Lance, within the mansion, ending with a showdown between Sonny and himself in the mansion's entrance hall, where Tommy kills Sonny.
+Ken Rosenberg later begins to employ Tommy Vercetti and helps him establish himself in the city, introducing him to a number of the city's key people, including [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Juan Cortez]], who helped Rosenberg set up the deal, and real estate mogul [[Avery Carrington]]. Rosenberg, fearing Sonny, stays in his office for a number of days, but does send Tommy to [[Jury Fury|intimidate]] two jurors prosecuting Sonny's cousin [[Giorgio Forelli|Giorgio]].
-[[The Introduction]], [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas's]] prequel film, implied that the death of Sonny Forelli struck a severe blow to the Forelli Family and resulted in the incursion of the [[Sindacco Family]] into Liberty City from [[Las Venturas]]. [[Leone Family]] Don, [[Salvatore Leone]], has referenced Sonny's name when responding in anger to [[Johnny Sindacco]], (Ever since Tommy Vercetti plastered Sonny Forelli all over Florida, me and my family run this town, so I'll be calling the shots here).
+Tommy begins to establish a business empire in the city, which Forelli hopes will go towards repaying his debt. Tommy, however, continues to expand his business empire, without paying Sonny, and manages to extract revenge for the ambushed drug deal, [[Treacherous Swine|killing]] [[Gonzalez]] and the [[Rub Out|cities drug baron]], [[Ricardo Diaz]]. Sonny, tired of waiting for his debt to be repayed, sends some of his [[Cap the Collector|men to collect money]] from Tommy's numerous businesses.
-Sonny Forelli was voiced by [[Tom Sizemore]]. Of minor note is that Sonny's name is also similar to that of Miami Vice character, Sonny Crockett. Sonny Forelli's violent temper is similar to that of Santino "Sonny" Corleone, a fictional character and son of Don Vito Corleone, in The Godfather novel and film. Sonny Corleone also speaks out against his father, voicing an opinion to become involved in the heroin trade.
+Tommy, expecting Sonny to arrive after his collectors were killed, prepares to give Sonny counterfeit money printed at his [[Vice City Print Works|print works]]. Sonny, however, reveals that [[Lance Vance]], Tommy's friend, has joined forces with him and informed him of Tommy and Ken Rosenberg's plan. Being forwarned about Tommy's deception, Sonny came to the Vercetti estate prepared with a large number of gunmen to take over the business for the Forelli Family.
-==GTA Vice City Mission Appearences==
+A [[Keep Your Friends Close...|huge gun fight erupts]], during which Sonny finally confirms the Tommy's suspicions that he was set up in 1971. The shootout concludes with the deaths of Lance and Sonny, alongside countless Forelli Family mobsters.
-*[[An Old Friend]]
-*[[Jury Fury]] (Voice)
-*[[Phnom Penh '86]] (Voice)
-*[[Rub Out]] (Voice)
-*[[Shakedown]] (Voice)
-*[[Cop Land]] (Voice)
-*[[Keep Your Friends Close...]] (Killed)
-{{GTA Vice City Characters}}
+==Legacy==
+[[Salvatore Leone]], the [[Don]] of the [[Leone Family]], in [[1992]] informs [[Johnny Sindacco]] of the [[Sindacco Family]] that the death of Sonny Forelli dealt a severe blow to the Forelli Family, allowing the Sindacco Family to move into Liberty City from [[Las Venturas]]. Salvatore states "Ever since Sonny Forelli got himself pasted all over Florida, you think you run things in this town". A film about Sonny's life, entitled "''[[Sonny Forelli: A True Story]]''" is advertised in Liberty City in [[1998]].
+==Development==
+Sonny Forelli is voiced by [[Tom Sizemore]]. His name is similar to [[:wp:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]] character Sonny Crockett, whilst he temper is similar to Santino Corleone (known as Sonny) from The Godfather novel and film series. Sonny Corleone also voices opinions about becoming involved in the heroin trade, as Sonny does, although Sonny Forelli wishes to deal in drugs in general, not just heroin.
+== VCBI record ==
+The [[Vice City Bureau of Investigation]] has a file on Forelli<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/vicecity/ | title = Vice City Crime Tree | work = [[Rockstar Games]] }} official GTA Vice City website</ref>:
+* Head of Forelli Crime Family.
+* Major crime family in Liberty City.
+* Believed to have major influence in racketeering, gambling, union trouble, corruption and prostitution.
+* Came to power young.
+* Thought to have ordered several mob killings, including Harewood [''sic''] incident.
+* Only minor charges have ever stuck. Thought to be interested in entering narcotics trade, traditionally a no go area for Liberty City mob.
+* Phone records reveal calls to home address of Ken Rosenberg.
+* Notoriously poor taste in clothes.
+==Trivia==
+* The player can play as Sonny in GTA Vice City by inputting cheats.
+: PS2: {{key|circle}}{{key|l1}}{{key|circle}}{{key|l2}}{{key|p_left}}{{key|cross}}{{key|r1}}{{key|l1}}{{key|cross}}{{key|cross}}
+: PC: idonthavethemoneysonny
+: Xbox: {{key|b}}{{key|lt}}{{key|b}}{{key|white}}{{key|x_left}}{{key|a}}{{key|rt}}{{key|lt}}{{key|a}}{{key|a}}
+* Sonny Forelli, the main antagonist of [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]], is one of only two antagonists to appear in only two missions. He does, however, appear more than [[Massimo Torini]], the main antagonist of GTA Liberty City Stories, due to his phone conversations with Tommy Vercetti and his appearance at the [[In The Beginning (GTA VC)|beginning]] of GTA Vice City.
+==Mission appearances==
+;GTA Vice City
+*[[In The Beginning (GTA VC)|In The Beginning]]
+*[[An Old Friend]] <small>(Boss)</small>
+*[[Jury Fury]] <small>(Voice)</small>
+*[[Rub Out]] <small>(Voice)</small>
+*[[Recruitment Drive]] <small>(Voice)</small>
+*[[Keep Your Friends Close...]] <small>(Killed)</small>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery style="text-align:center">
+File:SonnyForelli-GTAVC-artwork.png|Concept Artwork of Sonny Forelli.
+File:AnOldFriend-GTAVC4.jpg|Sonny Forelli inside [[Marco's Bistro]] during [[An Old Friend]].
+File:KeepYourFriendsClose...-GTAVC10.jpg|[[Sonny Forelli]] about to get [[Keep Your Friends Close...|killed]] by [[Tommy Vercetti]].
+</gallery>
+== Reference ==
+<references />
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+|title= Navigation
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+[[Category:Characters in 3D Universe|Forelli, Sonny]]
+[[Category:Antagonists|Forelli, Sonny]]
+[[Category:Bosses|Forelli, Sonny]]
+[[Category:Deceased Characters in 3D Universe|Forelli, Sonny]]
+[[Category:Gang Leaders|Forelli, Sonny]]
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