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With Devin Weston, he wanted no part in Weston's plans to highjack several high-end vehicles, that is, until Weston promised to arrange a meeting with Michael's idol, Solomon Richards.

After this, he makes the choice of keeping Devin in a positive mood in order to make sure that none of his business ventures are ruined, even if that means making Franklin work for Devin continuously without payment. Despite all the negatives, Michael does possess a good side to his personality.

He is a very considerate individual, as he paid Franklin for doing what he was forced to do and drive through the front of his boss' business, even though the latter broke into Michael's mansion. Despite all the problems he has in his family, he dearly loves them but is frequently angered with Tracey's social life, Jimmy being jobless, lazy and a video game addict and Amanda spending most of his money and cheating on him. However, after reuniting with his family, Michael's family issues slowly started to dissolve.

It should also be noted that it's very clear that Michael cares for his friends more than he shows. If Franklin chooses to kill Trevor in the end, Michael will stop hanging out with Franklin for a while because he is devastated by Trevor's death.

However, he will later apologize to Franklin and reassure him that they are still friends. If you choose to kill Michael, his extremely aggressive behavior towards Franklin shows that he loved him as a friend and can't believe Franklin didn't feel the same.

Being the opposite of Trevor, Michael is thorough and rational when it comes to crime. This makes others leave him to the planning and leading of robberies and missions, as he is usually the one to come up with a plan for a heist alongside Lester. He also shows consideration for people caught up in robberies.

An example is that, if you choose to pose as guards for the Union Depository heist , Michael will give the guard he blackmailed a bar of gold for helping them get past security. Michael will also always put his family's safety above anything else, going as far as to make a moral compromise with the FIB to ensure his family was not in danger. When Trevor first came back to find Michael in his house, Michael immediately put himself in front of Jimmy, not knowing what Trevor was going to do.

When Devin Weston sent Merryweather to Michael's house to kill his family, Michael instantly abandoned his movie premiere to engage the hostile forces, rescue his family and subsequently move them to a new location. Michael's care about his family is finally reciprocated by Amanda towards the end of the game, at which time she makes him promise not to get killed. Towards the end of the game, Michael has started to accept his borderline-sociopath personality, with him stating in the final cutscene of the Deathwish ending that he still hates himself, but at least he knows the words for it.

Michael has also started to work on his anger issues when his family comes back and can be seen showing a great amount of regret due to the decisions he's made, becoming more truthful and open. This is evident when he hangs out with Franklin; he expressed great distaste for his decision to betray Trevor with the help of Dave to secure a future for himself, seeing as the decision itself was hollow and only created more problems as well as causing much more hatred for not only for himself but the people around him as well.

While living in North Yankton, Michael had a stronger bond with his loved ones and they were able to get along with each other. But after relocating to Los Santos, Michael's obsession with living the Vinewood Dream along with his depression about having to abandon his criminal lifestyle made him neglect and alienate his family, while he himself became egocentric, selfish and conceited.

Early within the storyline, Michael will be seen constantly fussing, bickering and arguing with his family up until the mission Did Somebody Say Yoga? After Michael reunites with his family in the mission Reuniting the Family, Michael will be seen bonding with them much more often than before, as they all promise to fix up their relationship with each other before things become disastrous.

While hanging out with Amanda, Michael admits that he thought he lost his family for good once they left him and that made him eager to change his ways. Amanda De Santa - Amanda's relationship with Michael began in a strip club where she was a stripper. The two fell in love with one another, had two children and eventually married. Amanda had so much devotion to Michael that she even left everything she had in North Yankton to move to Los Santos, along with their children, to begin their lives away from Michael's past crimes.

During the events of the game, Amanda can barely tolerate him any more due to his arrogant and hypocritical personality and verbally abusive behavior towards her. After catching Michael in bed with another stripper, Amanda began to have affairs with multiple men, including her tennis coach, which further strains their marriage, with Michael implied to be reciprocating this infidelity by calling up hookers at motels and allows her to have affairs on the condition of not having sex with other men in his home.

Amanda finally hits her breaking point when Fabien does a sexual pose on her, which angers Michael, who then attempts to punch Fabien. Fabien reacts by sidestepping and makes Michael land in the swimming pool. Amanda then berates Michael for his attempted action, calling him "a pathetic psychopath" and leaves him with Tracey while Jimmy moves out on his own according to him. Michael later suffers from depression after his wife and kids leave him.

However, Jimmy reveals to Franklin that Amanda very much misses Michael, frequently asking about him and even telling Franklin at one point to let her know if he's doing well.

It turns out that Amanda as well as their kids were even more miserable living with Fabien than with Michael. After Jimmy revealed that Fabien is starting to bore Amanda and is only interested in the sexual aspect of the relationship as well as being a mooch, he tells Michael the couple's hangout spot.

Amanda was then seen hanging out with Fabien at a local Bean Machine coffee shop, getting berated by Fabien and later being told to pay for a custom-made unitard. Michael steps in angrily in defense of Amanda, and she allows Michael to hit him in the face with a laptop.

Michael then agrees to arrange a therapy session with Dr. Friedlander, bringing Jimmy and Tracey along. During the session, Michael and Amanda had a screaming match in front of their kids during which he threatens to kill Amanda if she ever has him put in jail , in hopes of clearing up the situations that would ultimately keep their marriage in ruins.

Amanda and the kids move back in with Michael afterward, and their feelings are rekindled by the end of the story, brought closer together by various events. Certain random switch ups with Michael involving Amanda will also be altered: For example, whereas in the past, when dropping Amanda off at a mall or something of the sort they would be rude to each other, they now kindly bid each other goodbye.

Another example would be Michael getting out of bed after a sexual night with Amanda, to which she'll even smack him on his buttocks as he leaves the room. He also expresses generosity afterwards, whereas before he was stingy with his money.

Jimmy De Santa - Jimmy's relationship with his father is rocky as well and even though Michael is far from perfect, he loves his son but does not know how to display it. His son is not very moral either as he often takes drugs and attempted to sell his father's boat without him knowing, ending with the boat being stolen.

They have a confused and strained relationship with each other. Michael tries to improve their relationship by spending time with his son to no avail as his son lacks any form of respect for his father. At one point, he even drugs Michael, takes money from his bank account, and steals his car. However, Jimmy soon regrets his actions and visits his father, saying he does love him and promises to get a job and not be a lazy, pot-smoking, video game addict, which can be seen in-game.

The relationship with his father seems to improve after the mission Reuniting the Family, clearly shown in the cutscenes when switching characters to Michael. Examples of this are both of them arriving home from a bicycle ride or both playing video games at Jimmy's room, with Michael always losing.

Tracey De Santa - Michael's relationship with his daughter is also said to be frail. Despite this, Michael does love Tracey but is often angry at her loose behavior and social life such as her hanging out with drug dealers and porn stars, and embarrasses her by interrupting her audition for " Fame or Shame " by chasing Lazlow out of the building for performing a sexual pose on her.

Once Tracey leaves her father, she gives him a phone call, claiming that he needs help. Like Jimmy however, she continues to grow tiresome of Fabien over the course of the storyline. She'll even email Michael at one point to explain that she misses him. After Michael's family returns home, Tracey seems to develop a better relationship with her father, which started improving once Michael humiliates Lazlow in the tattoo parlor and demands that Lazlow puts Tracey on "Fame or Shame" by doing whatever she wants in the show.

Michael even helps Tracey deal with a creepy, old man who's been stalking her. However, Tracey still continues trying to be a celebrity, but somewhere after the story ended, she bleeted that people need to stop sending her sex toys, because she doesn't do that on camera. Michael has had a rather difficult time with making friends. The friends that he surrounded himself with in his previous life were, in his words, not the type to associate with since they either ended up missing or dead.

Even after becoming semi-retired he still doesn't have many friends. This is mostly caused by his antisocial personality that keeps him wrapped up inside his head. Trevor Philips - Trevor's relationship with Michael started in , twenty years prior to the events of the game, where he and Trevor were escorting cargo across the border. Trevor claims that Michael's victim came after him, so Trevor shot a flare into the other man's head, and dumped the body using his plane which Trevor claimed "Never smelled the same again.

Michael convinced Trevor to join him to commit further robberies, seeing as they worked well as a team. Thus, they started a long partnership. While Trevor viewed Michael as a friend and possibly a spiritual brother who could understand him and his psychotic ways, Michael viewed Trevor as an insane liability with special uses. Their alleged friendship was okay until Michael met his future wife Amanda, causing their friendship to strain since Trevor and Amanda didn't see eye to eye. After the botched heist took place, Michael and Trevor both assumed that one another was dead.

After Michael's relapse into crime, Trevor discovers that he is alive and comes to the conclusion that he faked his death. Trevor, while still viewing Michael as a friend, starts to treat him with derision as he feels betrayed by Michael but both still get on well enough.

Their friendship is even further strained when Trevor begins to piece together the truth about Michael's survival and Brad's death, leading to a standoff between the two.

From this point on, Trevor vowed to kill Michael, but still needed the man alive so they could team up again to pull off one big job. Michael sees in Trevor everything he despises on himself, so he'd try to pin everything into him or think in betraying him once again. This is highlighted during the mission The Big Score, as Michael and his crew are escaping from the cops, he'd be saying things like "If we are caught, it's all Trevor's idea".

In Something Sensible , Trevor won't become friends with Michael again, as he caused him to crash while he was being chased by Franklin.

He will state, I thought I was with one Judas! I'm surrounded by them. If Franklin doesn't kill Trevor, then Michael will shoot him instead. He will tell Franklin weeks later that he regrets his actions, and doesn't want to know him anymore. It seems that Trevor wanted to forgive Michael, but didn't have a chance to apologize. He will call Franklin a Judas , a backstabber and a traitor.

In The Third Way , Michael and Trevor have one last standoff before Franklin explains that both men have two options: kill each other right now, or work together to kill Devin Weston, Steve Haines and the rest of their enemies. Trevor ends up picking the second choice, with the outcome being successful. As the incident comes to an end, it seems that Michael and Trevor have finally managed to rekindle their friendship, with Trevor considering Michael as a friend, albeit one that he hates, which Michael manages to accept.

After this, while hanging out with each other, Michael will offer Trevor a part of his share from the big score which Trevor rejects , and apologizes once again, this time Trevor accepting the apology. The next time they hang out, Trevor will apologize to Michael and admits that he shouldn't have reacted the way he did. Franklin Clinton - Franklin meets Michael after stealing a car from the latter's house.

Michael then has Franklin take him to whomever tasked Franklin with stealing his son's car. Right from the start, Franklin was impressed with Michael's professional criminality and after his firing from Premium Deluxe Motorsport , he sought out Michael for possible work.

After Franklin manages to save Jimmy, Michael sees much potential in the young man. After Franklin's help with the jewelry store heist, Michael refers to Franklin as a true friend and the "son I always wanted". Franklin in turn seems to have respect for Michael and is grateful for improving his life and is loyal to him for it. He even helps Michael out with his government issue.

After meeting Trevor, Franklin starts to see many arguments between the two, but rather than siding with one of them, Franklin tries to calm the two of them down in hopes that it won't escalate into something more violent and unnecessary.

Franklin also notices Michael's personality and will confront him about it at times. If the player chooses to kill Michael , Franklin can be shown to deeply regret his decision, not being able to face his family or Trevor. If the player chooses to kill Trevor , they still remain friends, although their friendship is shown to be greatly strained. If the player chooses the Deathwish ending , if Michael and Franklin are hanging out, they'll talk about how they can't believe they pulled it off, and that Franklin is extremely grateful to Michael for the experience.

Also, in an e-mail, Michael will tell Franklin that "he's a friend for life". However, unbeknownst to Franklin, Michael was also the source of Franklin's problems as the former's actions led to the latter being fired, being involved with federal crimes and being hung out to dry after he kills Michael under pressure. Lester Crest - Lester first meets Michael at an unknown period of time and seems to be a mastermind in Michael's robberies many years prior.

It was stated by Michael that he wasn't much of a friend towards Lester and after they've encountered one another during the events of the game, Michael decides to make up for that. He can often be seen sticking up for Lester when he can't defend himself from much stronger people, such as Trevor.

However, that won't stop Michael from bullying Lester if he criticizes the former for his hypocrisy. Dave Norton - Years prior to the events of the game, Michael arranged a deal for him to hand over Trevor and Brad to the FIB by faking his death so that Dave would gain fame and respect for supposedly "killing" Michael during the North Yankton heist.

After the event took place, Dave managed to keep his promise by having Michael and his family move to a luxurious mansion in Rockford Hills, Los Santos. Michael would also pay Dave hush money once a month, to keep their business deal a secret.

Their relationship was fine, up until Michael performed a heist at the Vangelico Jewelry Store. Michael would then perform several jobs for Dave and his boss, Steve Haines.

Dave will admit that even though he was a bank robber, he always did "like" Michael. They would occasionally defend each other in hostile situations, like what was shown in the mission The Wrap Up, when he threatened Steve with a gun to prevent him from arresting Michael.

In the Deathwish ending, Dave will call Michael and tell him that he replaced Haines in his TV show, and then thanks Michael for doing jobs for him, before saying farewell, with the two parting on good terms. However, if Michael aids Franklin in killing Trevor, Dave is no longer able to maintain ties with Michael as he is kept under strict surveillance and eventual dishonorable discharge by Haines. Michael is a big fan of the film producer and views him as his idol, even doubting at first that Devin could arrange for their meeting.

The two get along well. Solomon often recites a quote from one of his movies and Michael easily names which one. He accepts Michael's assistance in the production of the film Meltdown and goes on to name him associate producer. This offers more meaning and joy into Michael's life and if he was to call Solomon after the mission Meltdown, he'll declare that working with the film producer was ultimately the best thing to ever happen to him.

K from the IAA headquarters. He forces him, Trevor and Franklin into his operations and to torture Mr. K into retrieving information onto assassinating an unspecified target. He also gets the protagonists into performing several heists for him. However, more and more suspicion from the Bureau falls on Haines, causing him to become extremely paranoid.

He, along with Agent Sanchez, confronts Michael and Agent Norton as he attempts to have them framed and arrested for ruining his career. Fortunately, he decides to spare him and Franklin.

However, he wants Trevor dead and tasks Franklin to kill Trevor. If Franklin kills Trevor, Haines will congratulate him and breaks all ties with him obeying one final wish, that Weston backs off from wanting Michael dead. Franklin will do the same with Weston about Haines wanting Trevor dead if he kills Michael.

He first offers the former a deal of producing a film after a heist, and Michael is annoyed by Devin's intentionally rude and condescending demeanor during this meeting at Devin's mansion.

Devin soon refuses to pay Michael, along with Trevor and Franklin for their jobs, and after Michael refuses to terminate the Meltdown film's production and accidentally gets Devin's lawyer killed, Devin sends a platoon of Merryweather men to kill Michael's family. However, Michael manages to save his family, and he furiously tells Lester over the phone that he wants to come up with plan to murder Devin and get back at Merryweather, effectively starting a personal war between the two men.

This incident leads Devin to hire Franklin to murder Michael. If "Deathwish" is chosen, Michael happily accepts Franklin's offer to help him and Trevor. Trevor kills Devin's Merryweather guards, kidnaps Devin from his mansion and shoves him inside the trunk of one of his own cars. The three protagonists meet up to taunt a beaten and bloodied Devin for their victory, before pushing him with him inside the car trunk off the cliff into the ocean, killing him.

Michael's Special Ability is called "Area Kill. By enhancing this skill, you increase its maximum storage capacity, which directly affects its duration. Just like Franklin and Trevor, Michael has received a very positive response from critics and fans of the series, as he was the first protagonist in the Grand Theft Auto series to have a family.

Who is he? I know who he is, I'm just trying to He's the person who is trying to ignore some rather large mistakes that they have made. The person who's trying to forget about certain practical but still selfish decisions that they took. He's a man, also, obsessed by images and by appearances and who, when the world doesn't live up to those images and appearances, doesn't know what to do. He just retreats into his head. What he also is, when we started out What he kind of evolved into as we began thinking about him and developing him He was the first character we came up with.

He began as the idea of, what happens to a regular GTA protagonist after they retire? Then you think, what would make him retire? He's a man with a big ego and plenty of good values and plenty of bad values.

He's theoretically won, but the spoils of victory aren't necessarily what he imagined. For us that's a very interesting character, unlike what we've done in the past or what we've seen in much entertainment in general, let alone any video games.

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Register Don't have an account? You fuck! A few weeks ago, I was happily retired, sulking by my swimming pool, and my psychotic best friend shows up out of nowhere to torture me over mistakes I made, honest mistakes I made over a decade ago! We, our little posse, are flat fucking broke, but hey, let's go out and spend two million dollars on a tandem rotor fucking chopper, so I can go steal nerve gas from fucking terrorists!

Forgive me, you ignorant fuck, but sarcasm is all I've fucking got! Sarcasm, and a room full of you cunts! Jimmy De Santa : Like, the other day, he posted a picture of his newborn, and I'm all like, "damn, son, that's one ugly-ass motherfucker of a baby.

My balls is prettier than that baby," and I sent him a picture of my balls. Then I said, "I've seen roadkiller prettier than that baby. The hell is wrong with your baby? Franklin : Man, that was your best fucking friend! Michael De Santa : [walks away] Fuck you. You know what, tough guy? But that guy? That piece of shit! No boundaries. No sense of when to back off. No nothing!

Twenty four seven insanity! Day in and day out! All the time! Never regretted nothing. Never cared for nothing. Well, fuck him. I mean You know? A point where even assholes like us say enough is e-fucking-nough. Human stew I know that now. Franklin : I guess that's that then. But the way I see it, there's two great evils that bedevil American capitalism of the kind you practice: Number one is outsourcing.

You paid a private company to do your dirty work, and then you under paid that company because you thought you were big enough and bad enough that you didn't have to play by the rules. Oh, number two: off-shoring your profits. Trevor Philips : Off-shore? Michael De Santa : Oh, it's horrible. You wouldn't want to be sent off-shore just to save a little money, would you, T?

Trevor Philips : Oh, no, I wouldn't. Michael De Santa : Franklin? Franklin : Oh, nah. I ain't goin' nowhere. Michael De Santa : But we know your opinions on the matter, Devin. Keep your problems the fuck out of America, huh? Trevor Philips : In this instance, when he puts it like that, it makes sense. Michael De Santa : Of course it does. Hey, Devin, goodbye, my old friend. Thanks for all the advice. Franklin : Buh-bye. Michael De Santa : [being hit by another driver] I don't like this car!

Michael De Santa : Come back, we'll order pizza. Fuck your pizza. Fuck everything it stands for! If you want my advice - give the shit up. Trevor Philips : You're like every other asshole.

You made a bit of money, and you became a turd. Michael De Santa : I've got news for you, I was always a turd. Trevor Philips : No! You weren't, man, you were something, but now, man, yeah, you're like this place, you're shell. Michael De Santa : Go fuck yourself. Are you some kind of pure, morally justifiable asshole? What, because you're You're totally psychotic, somehow it's okay?

Trevor Philips : I'm honest, alright? You're the hypocrite. Michael De Santa : Oh, yeah, you're a fucking hero. So far above it all. Trevor Philips : Oh, yeah? Well I'm not above ripping open your fucking chest to see what's replaced your heart!

Michael De Santa : Rip it open, see what's there, baby, 'cause I'm ready! Jimmy De Santa : [Michael is sitting on the couch watching a movie while Jimmy is upstairs playing Righteous Slaughter 7] Dude, do you even have a penis?

Or are you one of those hermaphro-dudes born without genitals? Jimmy De Santa : You suck cock for fun, only secretly, and then you feel bad about it. God dammit. The fuck you doin'? Jimmy De Santa : Nothing.

Michael De Santa : Really? Because I keep hearing "hermaphrodite" this and "suck cock" that Jimmy De Santa : Go away. Michael De Santa : What? Jimmy De Santa : Go watch your linear entertainment. Go watch porn. Just go away. Michael De Santa : Fuck, you lazy shit. Michael De Santa : Fuck you! Jimmy De Santa : What the fuck? Michael De Santa : Disrespectful little asshole!

Franklin : [they just killed Devin Weston, along with all their other enemies] Now what? Michael De Santa : Now to keep a low profile and get on with our lives. Trevor Philips : As friends. Michael De Santa : What, do I have a choice? Trevor Philips : No, not really. Michael De Santa : Alright, then. As flawed, awful, totally uncomfortable, poorly matched friends.

Trevor Philips : Well that's perfect, then we can get back to the kind of capitalism we practice. Franklin : Shit, I don't know how much more better that is than Devin's kind.

Michael De Santa : Ooh, hypocrisy, Franklin. Civilization's greatest virtue. Trevor Philips : Jesus, your therapist has a lot to answer for. Michael De Santa : I know. I still hate myself. But at least I know the words for it now. Trevor Philips : Yeah, but I hate you and I know the words for it.

Does that mean I don't have to go to therapy? Amanda De Santa : Get a center, Michael. You have no center. Michael De Santa : How about you suck my cock? Michael De Santa : Arrgh! Franklin : Hey, what's the problem, dog? Michael De Santa : Steve fucking Haines! Franklin : Of course it's Steve fucking Haines. It's always Steve Haines. Lester Crest : That is not strictly true.

It's either Steve Haines or it's Trevor, or it's his family. It's always one of them. Michael De Santa : Yeah, that's true. It is always one of them. I'm a fat old fuck with a horrible family and even worse friends. I told you, Franklin, I ain't a good role model. Franklin : Yeah, whatever, dog. It's either this or dealing dimebags. The bullets come crackin' at yo ass either way. Dave Norton : You feel that? The water getting warmer. Michael De Santa : Did you wet your pants, Davey? Steve Haines : This is a cooling tunnel.

Of course it's getting warmer. No one urinated. Michael De Santa : Uh, I know for a fact that ain't true. Michael De Santa : Back from the dead, motherfucker! Michael De Santa : Oh, hey, Trevor's got his wife. Franklin : Trevor's got a wife? Michael De Santa : No, no, the Mexican's wife. Franklin : What? Shit, I don't know what to say about that one. Michael De Santa : Nothing. Nothing to say about that. Lester Crest : Oh, just enjoying a little labor dispute. See, we're about to do something really, really bad, and so I need to present myself as a proper textile magnate.

Michael De Santa : So you stopped making anything? Lester Crest : Nothing looks more suspicious in America than someone who's actually prepared to make something. Franklin : What the fuck is wrong with the west coast? Lester Crest : Oh, nothing. Razin claimed in the interview to know of several forces behind the assassination and to have intercepted a telegram with the words 'tell our friend the Swedish palm will be felled'.

The reason for this action was supposedly Sweden's involvement in the Iran-Iraq war. After returning to the US, Novo Sampol sent Townley a stock of paper used to print pamphlets in the name of Grupo Rojo Red Group , an imaginary Argentine Marxist terrorist organisation which was to claim credit for the kidnapping.

However the SIDE agents procrastinated too much and the kidnapping was finally canceled. Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Raaen, Jr. Project maintenance. Register Don't have an account? Michael Townley. Edit source History Talk 0. Main article: Leighton case. Main article: Letelier case.