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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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