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{{quote|''"I'm the only man in the history of this town with the hottest gay and straight clubs at the same time, and I'm about to lose everything!"''}}
''The Ballad of Gay Tony'', released on October 29 of 2009, is the second of two expansion packs for ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' (the first being ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV:
The protagonist is Luis Fernando Lopez, a part-time hoodlum from Northwood (Liberty City's version of Inwood) who works as a body guard for "Gay Tony" Prince, one of Liberty City's top club entrepreneurs. As opposed to the slums and poverty-stricken protagonists of ''IV'' and ''[[The Lost and Damned]]'', ''The Ballad of Gay Tony'' focuses on Liberty City's upper-class nightclub culture.
It also marks a return to the completely [[Refuge in Audacity|over-the-top]] missions of [[Grand Theft Auto III|the]] [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|previous]] [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|games]], with the action growing steadily more insane with each mission. It also marked the final chapter of the GTAIV story (although like ''The Lost and Damned'', it largely takes place at the same time as the main game); the last mission finally ties up what one of ''IV'''s biggest loose ends.
As with ''The Lost and Damned'', you can get it either online through Xbox Live or PSN, or at retail in the ''Episodes from Liberty City'' two-pack that includes ''TLAD''.
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* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: {{spoiler|The final mission}} begins at Funland.
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: Subverted. While Armando and Henrique can be idiots and wander in front of you while you're shooting during a Drug War, they know how to take cover and use weapons most of the time. The game is also not so cruel as to punish you if they both get themselves [[Death Is Cheap|killed]] during a Drug War mission.
* [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]]: After a conspicuous absence in the [[Grand Theft Auto IV|main game]] and the [[Grand Theft Auto IV:
* [[Ballad of X]]
* [[Big Applesauce]]
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* [[Expansion Pack]]
* [[Fight Clubbing]]: Luis can bet on or fight in underground fighting tournament pretty early in the game.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: In ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV:
* [[Freudian Trio]]: Luis is the super ego, Armando is the id, and Henrique is the ego.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Mori Kibbutz considers himself one, with his Israeli military training and Ivy League 4.0.
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - Yusuf is voiced by British-Iranian stand up comedian Omid Djalili.
* [[High Altitude Interrogation]]: One mission requires the player has to intimidate a [[Shallow Parody]] of Perez Hilton into not printing anything about Tony, anymore. Part of this involves throwing him out of a helicopter and catching him before he hits the ground, {{spoiler|effectively making him crap his pants in terror.}}
* [[Hollywood Skydiving]]: Averted for the most part. ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|San Andreas's]]'' parachuting mechanic makes its long-awaited return, and thanks to the [[Ragdoll Physics|new physics engine]], behaves much more dynamically, requiring a greater sense of timing and direction when deploying the chute. They haven't averted [[Soft Water]], allowing you to just freefall into the sea without deploying, though this is carried over from the [[Grand Theft Auto IV|main game.]]
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Luis also serves as this to Gay Tony.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Yusuf complaining that his friends are tacky.
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