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''[[GTA Radio]]'' is an extensive [[Show Within a Show]] within the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' universe. Although an [[Early
The stations cover a huge variety, ranging from talk, rock, techno, rap, country, and others. The DJs are just as colorful.
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In ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', this even expanded to full TV shows and the Internet.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: See [[Celebrity Paradox]] below. Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith, host of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas's]]'' classic rock station K-DST, complains about the plaid-wearing grunge rockers featured on the modern rock station Radio X, which his own voice actor -- [[
* [[The Ahnold]]: Jack Howitzer, from the GTAIII saga.
* [[All Anime Is Naughty Tentacles]]: The ''Princess Robot Bubblegum'' cartoon on ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|IV's]]'' CNT channel, which parodies many [[Japanese Media Tropes]]. There's also a trailer for a separate [[Humongous Mecha]] show with an equally [[Word Salad Title]].
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* [[California Doubling]]: Of a sort. [[Stock Footage]] from ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' (then still in development) is used in a Weazel News segment to stand in for [[Qurac|the Middle East]].
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: In ''[[The Lost and Damned]]''...
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* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Axl Rose voices Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith in ''San Andreas's'' classic rock station K-DST, yet [[
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Jimmy Gestapo, DJ of ''IV's'' LCHC (Liberty City Hardcore). Luke (voiced by the man of the same name from 2 Live Crew) on ''Vice City Stories''' Fresh 105 FM is this as well, as is Iggy Pop of ''IV's'' Liberty Rock Radio.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Marvin Trill, host of the ''Area 53'' segment of West Coast Talk Radio (WCTR) in ''San Andreas'', a parody of ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''.
** "John Smith" in ''IV's'' episodes, a parody of right-wing/libertarian [[Conspiracy Theorist|Conspiracy Theorists]].
* [[Contractual Purity]]: [[In
* [[Deadly Game]]: ''Liberty City Survivor'', advertised in ''III''. The ad, complemented with fan footage from ''IV'', can be listened to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwRera2ig9k here.]
** Arguably the basis for ''[[Manhunt]]''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: The female station announcer of ''San Andreas's'' WCTR seems to be this, particularly in ''WCTR News'' intros.
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''(WCTR News #03):'' "Next up, we've got the news. This time, some of it's true! Who are we kidding?"
''(WCTR News #04):'' "Next up, it's sensationalist propaganda. I mean, the news."
''(WCTR News #06):'' "Is the world ending? We hope so -- we need the ratings. The news is next!" }}
* [[Defictionalization]]: [
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: [[Rich Bitch|Alex Chilton]], one of the [[Dating Sim|girlfriends]] you can pick up in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV
* [[Distracted
* [[The Ditz]]: Amy Sheckenhausen from ''Vice City's'' K-Chat fits this trope perfectly, flirting with her famous or attractive guests and, until the end of an interview, being completely oblivious to the fact that one of her guests was promoting {{spoiler|[[But You Screw One Goat!|bestiality]]}}.
* [[The Dung Ages]]: The in-game TV documentary "A History of Liberty City" in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV
** [[Anachronism Stew]]: While this doesn't apply to the game itself, the [[Mockumentary|"documentary"]] makes mention of porno magazines, subways, roller coasters and convenience stores as being part of [[Hollywood History|"American History"]] anywhere from 20 to hundreds of years before they became prolific.
* [[Dumbass DJ]]: Most of 'em DJs count.
* [[Fake Band]]: A staple in early ''GTA'' games, it was mostly dropped by the time ''III'' came around with all but two music stations (Head Radio and Lips 106) playing licensed music. In ''Vice City'', [[Hair Metal]] parody band Love Fist had two original songs -- "Dangerous Bastard" and "Fist Fury" -- on V-Rock (the game's rock station), and Unaesta and Alpha Banditos had three on the Espantoso station, (Yo te mire by "Tres Apenas como eso" and "La vida es la un lenteja" by Unaesta and "The Bull Is Wrong" by Alpha Banditos). ''Liberty City Stories'' was the last game in the series to have original music.
* [[Fictional Video Game]]: ''Vice City'' has commercials on its radio stations for the Degenetron game system, which features such titles as ''Defender of the Faith'' ("Destroy the blue dots with your powerful red square!"). In ''San Andreas'', they appear on retro arcade machines. You can't play them, but you can play the "emulator" on the [[Defictionalization|defictionalised]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130826133106/http://www.rockstargames.com/degenatron/ Degenatron "fansite."]
** ''III'' also has ads for ''Pogo the Monkey'', which is later referenced by a ''Pogo the Monkey'' arcade in the cab firm from ''Vice City''.
* [[Frivolous Lawsuit]]: In ''San Andreas'', there is a news story of a man suing the Renaissance Fair because a replica catapult he purchased didn't have a label warning him not to fire it at his insurance agent's house, accidentally setting the entire neighborhood on fire.
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* [[Genki Girl]]: [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]] by Jenny, a guest on VCPR in ''Vice City''. She's all happy, upbeat and genki because she was prescribed heavy anti-depressants ever since her family was gruesomely murdered.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Pepe of GTAVC's Radio Espantoso.
* [[Hanging Judge]]: Judge Grady, host of the court show parody "Just or Unjust" segment of right-wing radio station ''We Know the Truth (WKTT)'' in ''IV''. The show's introduction has him fining a man a million dollars for "wasting the court's time," and he uses [[Duel to
* [[Hates the Job, Loves
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: ''Tons''. The series has featured such people as [
* [[Hipster]]: Parodied in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV
* [[Hummer Dinger]]: Parodied with the Maibatsu Monstrosity.
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: ''Vice City's'' Claude Maginot, a [[Classically-Trained Extra|classically-trained actor]] who is incredibly peeved about how he is best known as the star of the [[
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in
* [[In
* [[Kent Brockman News]]: Particularly in ''San Andreas''. Also, ''GTA IV'''s Weazel News
* [[The Last DJ]]: Cousin Ed, host of ''Vice City Stories''' V-Rock. Later on, Lazlow starts to believe himself to be this.
* [[Latin Lover]]: Fernando Martinez, {{spoiler|who turns out to not really be Latin, "but I provide real Latin love!"}}.
* [[Medical Drama]]: Parodied in ''IV'' with the ads for ''Medicate Me''.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: The film ''Dragonbrain'' in ''IV'', a parody of the ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' movies and especially [[Follow the Leader|their copycats]].
* [[Mummies At the Dinner Table]]: Pet Stuffers... "for when you just can't let go."
** "And coming soon, [[Refuge in Audacity|Grandparents Forever]]!"
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** Or it's just a different show on the same station. The game only has enough memory for one playlist per station, and electronic music is fairly popular in Eastern Europe.
* [[New Media Are Evil]]: Parodied in a segment of ''Vice City'''s 80's-era radio where a mother expresses concern about how her son runs around looking for gold coins to steal.
** Also, according to ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|WCTR News]]'', these new shiny compact-discs are turning your kids into killers!
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Mary-Beth Maybell of ''San Andreas's'' [[Country Music]] station K-ROSE.
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* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: The host of Heartland Values with Nurse Bob on LCFR in ''Liberty City Stories'' is a pretty clear parody of [[Dr. Phil]].
* [[Not Even Bothering
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* [[Nothing but Hits]]: In ''Vice City'', ''San Andreas'' and ''Vice City Stories''.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: VCPR's Maurice Chavez in ''Vice City'' and ''Vice City Stories'''. Mostly.
** Lazlow also serves as this in ''III''.
* [[Parental Incest]]: Played for laughs with Nurse Bob.
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* [[Police Procedural]]: Parodied in ''IV'' with ''The Science of Crime'' ("It's forensically boring!"), complete with an obvious [[CSI: Miami|Horatio Caine]] parody dropping [[Quip to Black|bad one-liners]] and noting how "my acting sucks ass", as well as the [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of the [[Big Yes]] in [[The Who]]'s ''Won't Get Fooled Again''. It has fifteen spinoffs, including ones in [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]], [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|Las Venturas]], Ohio, Djibouti, Fairbanks, Panama City and Santiago.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: The TV show ''The Men's Room'' in ''IV'', featuring [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|MMA fighter Bas Rutten (as himself) and his metrosexual co-host, Jeremy St. Ives]].
* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]: Some of the ads and shows.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: You would ''think'' Lazlow would make himself into a Canon Stu, being the producer of the radio shows in the series in [[Real Life]], but even in ''III'', when he had the most virtual air time, the best he could do was snark about his situation. By ''IV'', he has turned his character into a deluded, [[Small Name, Big Ego|egotistical]] [[Jerkass]] who believes himself to be [[The Last DJ]], and is genuinely surprised and offended when people call him out on it. Plus, he gave some of his [[Real Life]] buddies roles on the shows.
* [[Sequel Escalation]]: ''[[Grand Theft Auto Classic|GTA 1's]]'' tiny handful of radio stations had around 3 songs each. By the time ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|IV]]'' was out, it had expanded to several hours worth of licensed music, dedicated chat shows, celebrity DJs, adverts, websites and TV channels.
** This also extends to how the radio itself is implemented - while a radio station in previous games was simply one long audio file, ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas]]'' stored the audio and DJ chatter separately, allowing the game to randomise what you heard. ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|IV]]'' takes this even further, with a dynamic radio system that changes shows, adverts, DJ chatter and news [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|depending on the weather, time of day or how far along the storyline you are]].
* [[Serenade Your Lover]]: Fernando references this.
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* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock
** Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith of ''San Andreas's'' classic rock station K-DST is fond of this trope as well. Hell, the station's identifications are all narcotic plays on its nickname of "The Dust".
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'''Station ID''': "When all your drinking friends have gone to rehab, we encourage you to stay on... The Dust." }}
** Sage of the modern rock station Radio X very much counts as well.
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* [[Show Within a Show]]: One of the most elaborate ever made, stretching across every game in the series.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Lazlow (the in-series character) has seemingly turned into this come ''IV''.
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: "Fizz!", the celebrity gossip show from WKTT, the [[Political Stereotype|right-wing]] talk radio station in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|IV]]'' is hosted by Jane '''Labrador''', who mentions field correspondent Susan '''Retriever''' by name. <ref> To [[Don't Explain the Joke|explain]], both their names spell out "Labrador Retriever", a breed of dog, and considering [[Bitch Alert|they are both females...]]</ref>
* [[Stock Footage]]: Shots from ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas]]'', ''[[Bully (
* [[Strawman News Media]]: Portrayed as Types 3 and 4.
* [[Strawman Political]]: Many times, directed against both sides.
** Peyton (liberal) and Mary (conservative) Phillips, husband-and-wife hosts of the "I Say, You Say" segment of ''San Andreas's'' WCTR, are a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of James Carville and Mary Matalin, political consultants for [[Bill Clinton]] and [[
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** [[Corrupt Church|Pastor]] [[Religious Stereotype|Richards]] and [[Sleazy Politician|Alex Shrub]] from ''Vice City''.
** ''IV'' gives us Richard Bastion, a [[Patriotic Fervor|jingoistic]], mean-spirited conservative talk radio host (any similarities to [[Rush Limbaugh]] and Sean Hannity [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|are purely coincidental]]), and Brandon Roberts, a left-wing actor whose progressive activism is strongly implied to be more about improving his public image than anything else (any similarities to [[George Clooney]] and Sean Penn [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|are purely coincidental]]). There's also John Hunter and Michael Graves, two gubernatorial candidates who spend more time [[Attack of the Political Ad|attacking each other]] than explaining their policies, to the point where it's tough to tell who is meant to represent which end of the political spectrum... [[Fridge Brilliance|which makes sense]] [[Not So Different|when you think about it]].
** In ''Episodes from Liberty City'' there's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi9DuHmJYKw "John Smith"], a parody of [[Alex Jones]] and right-wing [[Conspiracy Theorist|conspiracy theorists]] in general. He entertains (and often voices) every single crazy conspiracy theory and bit of general paranoia and racism that his listeners phone in with, and only hangs up on an obvious neo-Nazi because he doesn't want to receive another fine. He also interviews Abigail Grayson, a [[Crazy Survivalist]] soccer mom with [[Cloudcuckoolander|extra emphasis on the "Crazy"]].
▲* [[Ted Baxter]]: Sage and Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith on their respective radio stations in ''San Andreas''.
▲* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: [[Rich Bitch|Alex Chilton]], one of the [[Dating Sim|girlfriends]] you can pick up in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)|IV]]'''s in-game Internet runs a blog. Whenever you take her out on a date, she blogs about what you did afterwards, including your "sexcapades".
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: After Jack Howitzer accidentally shoots Billy Dexter:
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* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Implied in the ''San Andreas'' commercial for "Herr Gruber's Spa."
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'''Herr Gruber''': "Haf you not read ze book? Strength good, veakness bad, ''badbadbad!'' }}
* [[Trash Can Band]]/[[Everything Is an Instrument]]: ''IV'''s Banging Trash Can Lids For an Hour.
* [[Values Resonance]]: Invoked [[In
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'''Molly:''' Yes!
'''Moorehead:''' That's right, Molly -- [[A Real Man Is a Killer|means he's a sissy]]. I imagine when he hears his daughter is dead he'll cry.<br />
'''Molly:''' [[Men Don't Cry|What kind of a man cries]], Gordon?!<br />
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* [[Vapor Wear]]: Sage, host of ''San Andreas's'' Radio X, notes she has freed herself from the tyranny of society by not wearing underwear.
* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: A between-song banter by Tommy Smith:
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** And one of the promos on Bounce FM.
* [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]: A "Dragon Stance" cannot turn a desk into "two half-desks".
* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: Parodied in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories|Vice City Stories']]'' "Bait and Switch" segment of Vice City Public Radio (VCPR).
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'''Assistant:''' "Tits!"<br />
'''Announcer:''' "Yeah, that's more like it. And tits!" }}
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