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* [[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]].

* [[All Natural Snake Oil]]: Waylon Mason, who appears on ''Intelligent Agenda'' on PLR in ''IV'' promotes his "home remedies" and attacks the other two guests as agents of big pharmaceutical companies. The show ends with him giving [[Your Head Asplode|involuntary trepanations]] to the other two guests in order to remove the "demons that are controlling them."

* [[All-Natural Snake Oil]]: Waylon Mason, who appears on ''Intelligent Agenda'' on PLR in ''IV'' promotes his "home remedies" and attacks the other two guests as agents of big pharmaceutical companies. The show ends with him giving [[Your Head Asplode|involuntary trepanations]] to the other two guests in order to remove the "demons that are controlling them."

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Averted. Even as ''IV'' jettisoned the established canon and started from scratch, ''GTA Radio'''s continuity went on, with Lazlow making a return and several gags and characters from previous games (Love Fist, the Epsilon Program, Marvin Trill) being referenced. The radio is arguably the only point of continuity between the ''III'' canon and the ''IV'' canon.

* [[As Himself]]: Bas Rutten, though its not much of an exaggeration.

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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]]''...

{{quote| '''Max Cavalera''': "[[Precision F Strike|Fuck you]], Jimmy [Gestapo], you left puke all over the studio last night!"}}

{{quote| '''Max Cavalera''': "[[Precision F-Strike|Fuck you]], Jimmy [Gestapo], you left puke all over the studio last night!"}}

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Axl Rose voices Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith in ''San Andreas's'' classic rock station K-DST, yet [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Guns N' Roses]] clearly exists in the game's continuity, since the song "Welcome to the Jungle" plays on modern rock station Radio X. Adding to the humor, Sage, the station's host whom Tommy publicly dislikes, claims to have slept with the entire band before ''Appetite for Destruction'' was released.

* [[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.

* [[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]].

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* [[Defictionalization]]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazlow Lazlow], radio scriptwriter for most GTA games from ''III'' onwards, has an actual XM radio show, in large part because of his resurgent popularity stemming from his involvement with the series, including, but not limited to, hosting a radio show in each game. He directly references it in IV, when he uses lines about remembering a time "when 16-year-olds could drink, smoke at bars, listen to heavy metal, and get into high-speed accidents" which was lifted directly from the opening to his show.

* [[Distracted By the Luxury]]: ''San Andreas's'' DeKoch Diamonds commercial claims that diamonds can "chill that bitch out".

* [[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 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 (Video Game)|IV]]'' sees this trope applied to the [[The Colonial Period|founding of America]] up to the [[The Great Depression|early 20th century]]. Though to be fair, [[Vice City|Liberty City]] hadn't progressed [[Dystopia|that much since then]].

** [[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.

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* [[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 The Death|duels]] and [[Blood Sport|gladiatorial combat]] between plaintiff and defendant as a means of settling disputes.

* [[Hates the Job Loves The Limelight]]

* [[Hates the Job, Loves The Limelight]]

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Voice]]: ''Tons''. The series has featured such people as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex Funkmaster Flex], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Juliette Lewis]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Yankee Daddy Yankee], [[Saturday Night Live|Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Campbell Luther Campbell (of 2 Live Crew fame)], [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Axl Rose]], [[George Clinton]], [[Public Enemy|Chuck D]], [[Wil Wheaton]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_Robbie Sly and Robbie], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Cee Mister Cee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier DJ Premier (of Gang Starr fame, whose song "B.Y.S." was featured on ''San Andreas'')], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruslana Ruslana (2004 Eurovision Song Contest winner)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_G Julio G] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Dick Andy Dick] playing DJs, talk show hosts, guests, and newscasters. There are also cameos by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick Kevin Mitnick], once the most wanted computer hacker in America (who even made a [[Shout Out]] to his former activity), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opie_and_Anthony Opie and Anthony] among others.

* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: ''Tons''. The series has featured such people as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex Funkmaster Flex], [[Iggy Pop]], [[Juliette Lewis]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Yankee Daddy Yankee], [[Saturday Night Live|Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Campbell Luther Campbell (of 2 Live Crew fame)], [[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Axl Rose]], [[George Clinton]], [[Public Enemy|Chuck D]], [[Wil Wheaton]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_Robbie Sly and Robbie], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Cee Mister Cee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier DJ Premier (of Gang Starr fame, whose song "B.Y.S." was featured on ''San Andreas'')], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruslana Ruslana (2004 Eurovision Song Contest winner)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_G Julio G] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Dick Andy Dick] playing DJs, talk show hosts, guests, and newscasters. There are also cameos by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Mitnick Kevin Mitnick], once the most wanted computer hacker in America (who even made a [[Shout Out]] to his former activity), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opie_and_Anthony Opie and Anthony] among others.

* [[Hipster]]: Parodied in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)|IV]]'''s Indie-[[Alternative Rock]] radio station, Radio Broker, complete with host [[Juliette Lewis]] letting off some [[Self Deprecation|self-aware barbs]].

* [[Hipster]]: Parodied in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)|IV]]'''s Indie-[[Alternative Rock]] radio station, Radio Broker, complete with host [[Juliette Lewis]] letting off some [[Self-Deprecation|self-aware barbs]].

* [[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 [[Sit Com]] ''Just the Five of Us'', which he calls "commercial dross." In an interview on K-Chat, he tries to steer the subject toward his interpretive dance show, ''In the Future, There Will be Robots'', and breaks down into a rant when [[The Ditz|Amy]] keeps trying to push the subject toward his show.

* [[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 [[Sit Com]] ''Just the Five of Us'', which he calls "commercial dross." In an interview on K-Chat, he tries to steer the subject toward his interpretive dance show, ''In the Future, There Will be Robots'', and breaks down into a rant when [[The Ditz|Amy]] keeps trying to push the subject toward his show.

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in The Face]]: In ''San Andreas'', [[The Ahnold|Jack Howitzer]] accidentally shoots interviewer Billy Dexter, first host of WCTR's ''Entertaining America'' segment (he was replaced by Lazlow after a long hiatus). It's implied that he was sentenced to death after doing this. ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV the Ballad of Gay Tony|The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'' reveals that he was eventually paroled.

* [[In Game TV]]: Starting with ''IV''. In past games, there were also ads for various TV shows, although you couldn't watch them.

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* [[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 ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' movies and especially [[Follow the Leader|their copycats]].

* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: The film ''Dragonbrain'' in ''IV'', a parody of 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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* [[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 ~~Stationattendant~~]]: Mary-Beth Maybell of ''San Andreas's'' [[Country Music]] station K-ROSE.

* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Mary-Beth Maybell of ''San Andreas's'' [[Country Music]] station K-ROSE.

{{quote| '''Mary-Beth''': "That's the difference. I don't have ex-husbands, [[Black Widow|I just have a lot of widowers]]. I own a LOT of black dresses. I LOVE funerals; I get shit-faced every time..."}}

* [[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 With the Accent]]: The lead actor in ''Dragonbrain''.

{{quote| "I'm just a humble blacksmith with a Californian accent! How am I supposed to save the world and [[Merchandise Driven|sell franchise rights to theme parks]]?"}}

{{quote| "I'm just a humble blacksmith with a Californian accent! How am I supposed to save the world and [[Merchandise-Driven|sell franchise rights to theme parks]]?"}}

* [[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.

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* [[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.

* [[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.

{{quote| "Have you noticed how popular synthesizers are getting? It's not the same as a lonely man with a pony tail, singing of his love on a guitar. At the door of a fair maid's hacienda. But it is not far short."}}

* [[Sex Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Jimmy Gestapo, DJ of ''IV's'' punk station Liberty City Hardcore, rants at length about the extremely hard-drinking, hard-partying lifestyle that he feels punk ''should'' be. Also, [[The Stooges|Iggy Pop]], DJ of ''IV's'' classic rock station Liberty Rock Radio, talks about how a lot of the best music was made on drugs, and bemoans the fact that fewer rockers nowadays use them.

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: Jimmy Gestapo, DJ of ''IV's'' punk station Liberty City Hardcore, rants at length about the extremely hard-drinking, hard-partying lifestyle that he feels punk ''should'' be. Also, [[The Stooges|Iggy Pop]], DJ of ''IV's'' classic rock station Liberty Rock Radio, talks about how a lot of the best music was made on drugs, and bemoans the fact that fewer rockers nowadays use them.

** 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".

{{quote| '''Station ID''': "If the police can't stop you... (*police siren and gunshots*) you must be on... The Dust."<br />

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{{quote| '''Sage''': "I smoke! I smoke cigarettes, I smoke cloves, I smoke anything that can go up in flames! I'm crazy! That was Danzig. Slept with the whole band."}}

* [[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''.

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Lazlow (the in-series character) has seemingly turned into this come ''IV''.

* [[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 (Video Game)|Bully]]'' and ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' are used in the TV shows in ''IV'' when they have to represent places outside of Liberty City.

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* [[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:

* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: After Jack Howitzer accidentally shoots Billy Dexter:

{{quote| '''Jack:''' Oh, there's only one thing to do -- I gotta defend freedom! No time to cry, only time to die! <three gunshots> '''[[Patriotic Fervor|WELCOME TO THE LAND OF FREEDOM, BITCHES!!!]] ''YAAAAAAHHHHH!!!''''' <starts firing his gun into the air; the station then goes static>}}

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Implied in the ''San Andreas'' commercial for "Herr Gruber's Spa."

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'''Molly:''' [[Lady Macbeth|Oh, I shall]]! }}

* [[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:

* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: A between-song banter by Tommy Smith:

{{quote| "For those of you just coming to consciousness next to an ugly chick in a strange bed with beer cans and underwear across the floor, run the hell out and get to the clinic."}}

** 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).

* [[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).

{{quote| '''Announcer:''' "''Bait and Switch'' -- Vice City's only radio show devoted to water sports, power boats, water skiing, free flounder fishing [[Bread Eggs Milk Squick|and dialectical materialism]]. Oh, wrong script. Who wrote this shit?!"<br />

{{quote| '''Announcer:''' "''Bait and Switch'' -- Vice City's only radio show devoted to water sports, power boats, water skiing, free flounder fishing [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|and dialectical materialism]]. Oh, wrong script. Who wrote this shit?!"<br />

'''Assistant:''' "Tits!"<br />

'''Announcer:''' "Yeah, that's more like it. And tits!" }}