In the Grand Theft Auto series, missions are sometimes named to deliberately reference movies, songs, popular culture, or real life events. This page lists all known examples.
Missions [ ]
Grand Theft Auto III [ ]
Triads and Tribulations - Trials and Tribulations
Grand Theft Auto - Eponymous
Grand Theft Aero - Eponymous
Uzi Rider - Easy Rider
Uzi Money - Easy Money
Toyminator - Terminator
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City [ ]
Cop Land - Reference to a Ray Liotta movie of the same name .
No Escape? - Reference to a Ray Liotta film of the same name .
Keep Your Friends Close... - The line "Keeps your friends close, but your enemies closer" from The Godfather Part II .
Psycho Killer - Song by the Talking Heads
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas [ ]
Body Harvest - Game released by DMA Design (former name of Rockstar North)
Are You Going to San Fierro? - Reference to a Scott McKenzie song
Wear Flowers in Your Hair - Ditto
Cop Wheels - Hot Wheels
Vertical Bird - Reference on how Hydra is an VTOL aircraft
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories [ ]
Don in 60 Seconds - Gone in 60 Seconds
The Guns of Leone - The Guns of Navarone
The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Driving Mr. Leone - Driving Miss Daisy
L.C. Confidential - LA Confidential
The Passion of the Heist - Passion of the Christ
Mo' Money, Mo' Problems - Notorious B.I.G song of the same name
The Shoreside Redemption - The Shawshank Redemption
Sayonara Sindaccos - Sayonara Salvatore mission from GTA III
The Whole 9 Yardie - The Whole Nine Yards
Crazy '69 - Crazy 88 gang from Kill Bill
Night of the Livid Dreads - Night of the Living Dead
Big Rumble in Little China - Big Trouble in Little China
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories [ ]
Brawn of the Dead - Dawn of the Dead
Domo Arigato Domestoboto - The Styx song "Mr. Roboto."
Grand Theft Auto IV [ ]
Actions Speak Louder than Words - Idiom
I Need Your Clothes, Boots and Motorcycle - Quote from Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Weekend at Florian's - Weekend at Bernie's
To Live and Die in Alderney - To Live and Die in L.A.
Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley song
The Master and the Molotov - Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment
The Puerto Rican Connection - Parody of the film The French Connection
Holland Nights - Parody of the film Harlem Nights
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend - Common saying
A Dish Served Cold - The idiom "revenge is a dish best served cold"
Episodes From Liberty City [ ]
The Lost and Damned [ ]
Angels in America - Possible reference to a play by the same name.
Marta Full of Grace - Reference to the 2004 Colombian film, "Maria Full of Grace" .
Roman's Holiday - Reference to the Audrey Hepburn film Roman Holiday.
Diamonds in the Rough - Common Saying
Collector's Item - Common Phrase
Get Lost - Common Phrase
The Ballad of Gay Tony [ ]
Chinese Takeout - an obvious reference to Chinese Food.
For the Man Who has Everything - Superman comic.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars [ ]
Rat Race - Song by Bob Marley
Jackin' Chan - Jackie Chan
Dragon Haul Z - Dragon Ball Z
Whack the Racers - Wacky Races
Flatliner - Flatline from GTA IV
The Fandom Menace - Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Store Wars - Star Wars
The Tow Job - Blow Job, Adult Humor
Tricks of the Triad - Tricks of the Trade
Natural Burn Killer - Natural Born Killers
Carpe 'Dime - Carpe Diem, which is a Latin phrase meaning "seize the day"
Fut Tze and Dau Jonz - FTSE 100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, stock exchange indexes
Wan Kee - Wanker, British profanity
Hits from the Tong - Cypress Hill's track: "Hits From The Bong"
Grand Theft Auto V [ ]
Dead Man Walking - Movie from 1995.
Reuniting the Family - The mission Reuniting the Families from GTA San Andreas
I Fought the Law... - Name of a song by Bobby Fuller Four
The Ballad of Rocco - The Ballad of Gay Tony
Grand Theft Auto Online [ ]
The majority of missions are puns on real life movies of the same (or similar) names.
Mall or Nothing - All or Nothing
Death From Above - Term, when the victim is unsuspected of death, because attacker kills it from above
Hold Up - Marion Band$' song, also used as Franklin Clinton's theme song
It's a G Thing - Dr Dre - Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
Funeral Party - Name of an alternative rock band
Ballas to The Wall - Accept - Balls To The Wall
Point and Shoot - Either a reference to point-and-shoot cameras, or to a 2014 film with the same name.
Desperate Times Call For... - Phrase, Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures
San Andreas Soul - Ashford & Simpson - California Soul
Pier Pressure - Term, Peer Pressure
No Hay Bronca - Spanish for 'No problem'
Hit 'Em Up - 2Pac - Hit 'Em Up
Gassed Up - Nebu Kiniza - Gassed Up
Violent Duct - Term, Violent Conduct
War and Pieces - Novel, War and Peace
Chumash and Grab - Term, Smash and Grab
It Takes a Thief - A TV Show
Gentry Does It - Term, Gently Does It
Blow Up - Another term for exploding something
Romance Isn't Dead - Romance is Dead
Base Invaders - Space Invaders
Crystal Clear Out - Term, Crystal Clear
Diamonds Are For Trevor - Diamonds Are Forever
Master Data - Masturbator, Adult Humour.
Crime Scenester - Term, Crime Scene
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