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From Liberty City to Los Santos, few franchises have delivered moments quite like these. Join us as we count down our picks for the most iconic scenes across the Grand Theft Auto franchise! Which GTA moment left the biggest mark on you? Let us know in the comments below!
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most memorable Grand
00:05Theft Auto scenes from throughout the franchise's various games.
00:09Ain't my bad, homie. I picked C. Ain't that a bitch?
00:15Number 10. Rubout. Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
00:18In the events of Vice City, Tommy Versetti finds himself surrounded by a cast of sketchy
00:23characters that makes up the dark underbelly of the Neon City, including men like Ricardo Diaz,
00:29Vice City's most powerful drug lord.
00:32You do a good job. You work for me now.
00:36I work for money.
00:37After having a major drug deal ambushed upon arriving in town, Tommy and his business partner,
00:43Lance Vance, end up doing multiple jobs for Diaz, learning the ins and outs of the drug baron's
00:49enterprise, only to discover that Diaz was the one who orchestrated the ambush all along.
00:54In retaliation, Vance and Versetti decide to go after the crime lord and take to business
00:59for themselves.
01:00Shit, where'd you get all this stuff?
01:03I've been saving for a rainy day.
01:06You like?
01:08After storming the baron's mansion and wiping out his security, the player gets treated to
01:12a death scene that turns the tides of the whole game.
01:15As the dying drug lord makes his last cries, Rockstar delivers an iconic shot of the last
01:21thing Diaz would ever see.
01:22I would've had you made!
01:25Say goodnight, Mr. Diaz!
01:30Number 9.
01:32Give Me Liberty
01:33Grand Theft Auto 3
01:34In a series of unfortunate and ironically fortunate events, GTA 3 introduces us to Rockstar's first
01:41entry in the franchise's 3D universe.
01:44After a bank robbery goes wrong, our protagonist, Claude, is betrayed by his girlfriend when she
01:50decides she's better off without him.
01:53Sorry babe, I'm an ambitious girl.
01:56You're just small time.
01:58Surviving a point-blank gunshot, Claude is caught by the police and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
02:05While being transported to the penitentiary, he ends up in the middle of a jailbreak meant
02:09for someone else, escaping his sentence through a stroke of pure luck.
02:22This rollercoaster of events is a thrilling opening to the game and one that set the standard
02:27for subsequent games in the franchise.
02:30I know a place on the edge of the red light district where we can lay low, but my hands
02:33are all messed up, so you better drive, brother.
02:36Number 8, Museum Piece, Grand Theft Auto 4
02:39I need you to offload this ice for me.
02:42So what you're going to do for me?
02:44What do you mean what am I going to do for you?
02:46I look after you.
02:47After recovering a stack of smuggled diamonds hidden in trash bags for Italian mobster Ray
02:52Pacino, Nico Bellic is asked by the capo to do one more job, sell them.
02:58In exchange for Ray's help finding an old acquaintance, Nico agrees to meet up with Pacino's
03:03associate, Johnny Clevett of The Lost MC, who accompanies Nico to meet a buyer at the
03:08city's museum.
03:09The deal goes awry when Luis Lopez, the right-hand man of Liberty City Night owner Gay Tony, ambushes
03:16the exchange.
03:18Rest of you motherfuckers want to die?
03:20Do something stupid, okay?
03:22It marks the iconic moment where all three protagonists from the GTA 4 storyline cross paths during a
03:29massive museum shootout.
03:30The deal didn't go so good, Ray.
03:33Johnny's got the cash.
03:34I don't know who has the diamonds.
03:36Number 7, Mr. Phillips, Grand Theft Auto V.
03:40In GTA 5, we first meet Trevor in the present-day timeline where he happens to be, uh, watching TV.
03:47On the news, a bystander from a jewelry store heist mentions a corny phrase Trevor's supposedly
03:52dead best friend used to say all the time.
03:55Finding out that his dead friend is indeed alive, Trevor is already on the verge of snapping
04:01when a man confronts him about sleeping with his girlfriend.
04:04You been with my girl again?
04:06I'm speaking with you, asshole!
04:07Don't do it, Johnny!
04:08I told him, Trevor!
04:09I told him!
04:10Going into a blind rage, Trevor brutally kills him.
04:14That man was Johnny Clevets.
04:20Clevets was the former leader of the Alderney chapter of the infamous biker gang, The Lost.
04:26Playing as Johnny Clevets in GTA 4's The Lost and the Damn DLC made players feel like a badass.
04:32Johnny was a top dog in the game.
04:34Then, he met Trevor Phillips.
04:37This scene was a great introduction to the type of guy Trevor is.
04:41Get up!
04:42Get up!
04:42Number 6, Bomb to Base, Act 2, Grand Theft Auto 3.
04:47In the series' third numbered entry, the streets of Liberty City are infested with spank, the hottest drug on the
04:54market.
04:55The cartel has got bottomless funds from pushing that spank crap.
04:59The drug is pushed and produced by the Colombian cartel, and word on the street is that they are manufacturing
05:05it on a freighter docked at Portland Harbor.
05:08Salvatore Leone, don of the Leone crime family, doesn't like that.
05:12He sends Claude to local explosives expert, 8-Ball, to destroy the ship.
05:17I'll need $100,000 to cover expenses, but you know with me you get a lot of bang for your
05:21buck.
05:22With his hands still injured, 8-Ball hands Claude a sniper rifle to provide cover from a nearby rooftop, while
05:288-Ball boards the freighter alone to plant the explosives.
05:31We are then treated to an action-packed scene reminiscent of an old-school action film, as 8-Ball just
05:38barely escapes the ship before it explodes and sinks into the ocean.
05:54Number 5, Keep Your Friends Close
05:57Grand Theft Auto, Vice City
05:59Tommy Vercetti and Lance Vance were an iconic duo.
06:03They went from working under the biggest names in Vice City to running the streets themselves.
06:07Hey, hey, whoa. No need to go all long range on my ass.
06:12The way I see it, we two hombres in a strange town.
06:17We need to watch each other's back.
06:18Early on, the two find themselves caught in a dangerous power struggle between Tommy's old boss, Sonny Ferrelli, and local
06:25drug lord, Ricardo Diaz.
06:27Eventually, Vercetti and Vance eliminate Diaz, take over his empire, and cut ties with the Ferrelli family, a move that
06:35rubs Sonny the wrong way.
06:37When the Don finally shows up in Vice City to collect his cut, by force, players are treated to one
06:42of the most memorable betrayals in gaming history.
06:45But at least someone in your chicken shit organization knows how to do business.
06:49Isn't that right, Lance?
06:51I'm sorry, Tommy. This is Vice City. This is business.
06:55Feeling pushed aside and disrespected by Tommy's rise to power, Lance reveals that he secretly struck a deal with the
07:02Ferrellis to sell Tommy out and claim the business for himself.
07:06It remains a truly gut-wrenching moment.
07:09No one to cover your ass now, eh, Tommy?
07:12You're going down, you backstabbing prick?
07:14Number 4. Drive-Thru. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
07:18In the mission Drive-Thru in San Andreas, Big Smoke, Sweet, and Ryder are seen having a conversation about respect.
07:26When things start to get heated, Big Smoke changes the subject to food and how skinny CJ is.
07:33Carl, you look a little thin, man. You've got to be hungry, man.
07:36Not only is this some incredible foreshadowing of Smoke and Ryder's impending betrayal of the Johnson brothers,
07:42but it ultimately leads to one of the most iconic quotes in gaming history.
07:46After a quick drive to the local cluckin' bell, the crew pulls in the drive-thru and begins their orders.
07:52CJ and Ryder get a number 9, Sweet gets a number 6 with extra dip, and Smoke gets, well, just
07:59about everything.
08:00I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number
08:1145s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
08:16Unfortunately, CJ, Sweet, and Ryder never get to eat their food, as their excursion is ruined by a rival gang,
08:24though that doesn't stop Big Smoke from eating his during the shootout.
08:27If I ain't stuffing it, homie, I've been doing my meal.
08:31Hey, kill that asshole!
08:32Ha, shit, this is a great sandwich!
08:34Number 3, The Third Way, Grand Theft Auto V.
08:38At the end of GTA V, Franklin is given three options.
08:42Kill Trevor on behalf of the feds, kill Michael on behalf of Devin Weston,
08:47or spare them both and fight just about every major threat in the greater Los Santos area,
08:52which is a sure death wish.
08:54In The Third Way, the trio chooses to go down swinging, resulting in a very satisfying ending.
09:01Y'all hear that?
09:03Now if we're doing this shit, man, it's either now or never.
09:05After going through everything from coming close to killing each other,
09:08to taking out countless FIB agents, Meriwether soldiers, and every loose end that stood in their way,
09:15Trevor kidnaps Weston, and the crew meets up to give him a piece of their mind,
09:19before pushing him off a cliff in the trunk of his own car.
09:28It's a finale that alleviates the pressure from the main characters and the players alike.
09:33So now what?
09:35Now we keep a low profile and get on with our lives.
09:39Number 2, In The Beginning, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.
09:42After years of living on the East Coast in Liberty City and getting away from his past gang life,
09:49Carl C.J. Johnson is called back to Los Santos after learning of his mother's death.
09:54Shortly after getting off the plane, he gets into a taxi that is immediately halted by the police.
10:02Passenger, show us your hands!
10:03It's Officer Tenpenny, a dirty cop C.J. is all too familiar with, along with two of his lackeys.
10:10After putting C.J. in cuffs and ordering the driver to leave,
10:14the cops let C.J. know they own him by threatening to frame him for a cop's murder.
10:19When we want you, we'll find you.
10:21In the meantime, try not to gun down any more officers of the law.
10:26They then drop him off in rival gang territory, leaving C.J. right back where he started.
10:32Ah, shit. Here we go again. Worst place in the world.
10:37Number 1, GTA 2 The Movie, Grand Theft Auto 2.
10:41In 1999, Rockstar Games gave players something truly special.
10:46An 8-minute promotional short for GTA 2 that stands as the only official live-action short film in the
10:53franchise.
11:00The film is very GTA-coded, featuring protagonist Claude Speed as he goes through his crime-filled adventures throughout Anywhere
11:08City,
11:09filmed on location in New York City.
11:11The film features known GTA gangs like the Yakuza, Hare Krishna, and the Zabatsu Corporation,
11:17showing Claude take on various jobs for crime bosses while exploring the city's criminal underground.
11:29A shortened version of the movie plays at the beginning of GTA 2,
11:34and we believe this one-of-a-kind cutscene will remain one of the most iconic for years to come.
11:43GTA 2!
11:44What is your favorite GTA cutscene? Let us know in the comments.
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