xenorama Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I just think this is interesting, considering so many things are changed like Los Santos instead of Los Angeles, Vinewood instead of Hollywood, FIB instead of FBI... So many names are changed or parodied, yet there are a few things, especially here in GTA V, that are the same as they are in reality. These are the only ones I recognize so far, but I want to see if I have missed any: -Pacific Ocean -U.S. Army (when you fly over Fort Zancudo they say you are in U.S. Army airspace, IIRC) -United States, not only relates to the "U.S." above, but I think Trevor at some point refers to the United States (of America?) in the game dialogue. Perhaps someone even refers to America? Maybe Trevor actually refers to "The American Dream." I forget the specifics, I need help on this one. -Lazlow (granted, he is also a writer and producer who contributes to GTA games) When I thought of this thread this morning, I swore I had more examples... Please add anything I have missed! -xeno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theNGclan Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Michael Townley. That's the name of someone who is/was in the witness protection program. Hence, where Michael got his name from Edited January 24, 2014 by theNGclan xenorama and DeafMetal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec Skorpio Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Phil Collins Kenny Loggins Pam Grier Edited January 24, 2014 by liquidussnake119 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauntlet Hair Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I've thought about this as well. Not only names of places and people, but minor things too - many of the songs featured in the games include references to various consumables and vehicles and locations. Hollywood, Spyker cars, and Miami are some of the ones off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Michael De Santa. That's the name of someone who is/was in the witness protection program. Hence, where Michael got his name from You mean Michael Townley? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Townley OT: I keep thinking I've heard "Raton Canyon" in real life aswell outside of GTA 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillest Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Michael De Santa. That's the name of someone who is/was in the witness protection program. Hence, where Michael got his name from You mean Michael Townley?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Townley OT: I keep thinking I've heard "Raton Canyon" in real life aswell outside of GTA 5.There is no Raton Canyon in real life, but there is an Eaton Canyon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Canyon Edited January 24, 2014 by Ray Margarita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Michael De Santa. That's the name of someone who is/was in the witness protection program. Hence, where Michael got his name from You mean Michael Townley?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Townley OT: I keep thinking I've heard "Raton Canyon" in real life aswell outside of GTA 5. There is no Raton Canyon in real life, but there is an Eaton Canyon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Canyon I know there's no Raton Canyon in real life, but I keep thinking there IS somewhere named Raton canyon for some odd reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOW'S ANNIE? Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 You must be new to GTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenorama Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) Michael Townley. That's the name of someone who is/was in the witness protection program. Hence, where Michael got his name from Interesting, had to look him up (but then I noticed someone else already posted the link, oops) I just noticed that Michael De Santa in GTA was formerly Michael Townley, now I see why the name was familiar. Interesting how they did that. Thanks I know there's no Raton Canyon in real life, but I keep thinking there IS somewhere named Raton canyon for some odd reason Maybe you're thinking of Boca Raton, Florida? Edited January 24, 2014 by Matty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR7 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure what mission but I definitely heard a mistake when one of the characters mentioned Los Angeles instead of Los Santos, think it was a taxi mission. Edited January 24, 2014 by Gregers08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuskin38 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) United States of America, USA, America etc. has been said through out the various games, that isn't new. The game does take place in the USA. Canada is mentioned in game. Trevor is possibly from there, but that fact is ambigulous, he could have been lying. Edited January 24, 2014 by Tuskin38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwar854 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Mirror park = Echo park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killahmatic Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I always thought them not renaming the Pacific Ocean was kind of weird. I suppose its no more weird than keeping the name "United States". xenorama 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenorama Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 United States of America, USA, America etc. has been said through out the various games, that isn't new. The game does take place in the USA. Canada is mentioned in game. Trevor is possibly from there, but that fact is ambigulous, he could have been lying. Yeah, I wasn't certain about the older games, but I did think the US had been mentioned before. Thanks for clarifying. Also yes, Canada was the other thing I had in mind this morning, I knew I was missing something! I always thought them not renaming the Pacific Ocean was kind of weird. I suppose its no more weird than keeping the name "United States". The only weird part is that it appears as a location onscreen when you fly over it. I expect fake names to pop up down there, not one so familiar... So yeah that was actually the main reason I created this entire topic, because of the Pacific Ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matajuegos01 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Almost every name that is included in the game exists in spanish. Del Perro - Of/From the dog La puerta - The door Raton - Mouse Señora - Lady Paleto - Hillbilly etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detective Phelps Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Lamar Dais, USA, US Marines and Californian number plate (at Stab city). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_p1980 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 (edited) There really is a barbers called Herr Kutz. Apologies for the Daily Mail link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2541390/Church-organist-fuming-claiming-makers-violent-video-game-stole-BARBERS-SHOP-Herr-Kutz.html Hairdresser fuming after claiming makers of Grand Theft Auto V stole the name of his barber's shop Herr Kutz. Edited January 24, 2014 by tom_p1980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivarblaauw Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Lester revers to Moscow, which means that Los Santos is in fact in this world... :S didn't expected it so I repeated the cut scene one more time to be sure... but he really said it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Phil Collins Kenny Loggins Pam Grier All of the DJs use their real names. Signatures are dumb anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycek Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 If we're talking about real names Stanley is one of them. It's manufacturer of both Tractor and Fieldmaster, yet Stanley was manufacturer of steam powered vehicles back in early XX century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Motor_Carriage_Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakeney Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Mexico is mentioned a few times by Martin Madrazo and it's also written in a few mission descriptions for Online, which I found odd because I thought R*'s Mexico was Texico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveApk25 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Mentioned about Bangalore(City in India) During Mission Hang Ten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulkhogan1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 In the Tongva Valley off to the side of the road, there's one of those information signs that you would typically see near a hiking trail. If you get up close to the sign to read what it says, you will see that it actually says Topanga Valley, implying that this area of the map is based off of the real life Topanga Canyon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulleDK19 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Things aren't changed. Los Santos isn't Los Angeles. It's a fictitious town based on Los Angeles. Vinewood isn't Hollywood, it's based on Hollywood. So it's Hollywood, Vinewood and Pacific Ocean, not Vinewood and Pacific Ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Mirror park = Echo park Almost every name that is included in the game exists in spanish. Del Perro - Of/From the dog La puerta - The door Raton - Mouse Señora - Lady Paleto - Hillbilly etc. OP isn't talking about their parody names for stuff, which is used A LOT. Some more subtle than others. (i.e, it took me way too long to find out Dukes was obviously Queens in GTA IV. Sorry, not that familiar with NY). This thread is about R* somehow forgetting/ignoring parody, and using reallife names for the same reallife stuff. The most obvious one is the radio. Pretty much all songs and artists are unedited (although there are some songs in the past which were edited, e.g. LA was changed to LS, California changed to San Andreas). Rihanna get's quite a few mentions, so do other artists. Also, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Eastern-European and other countries are mentioned. I think R* just makes their cities/states a parody, but they are somehow related to the real world. If they'd to make parodies of Canada, Russia etc. it would turn out to be a complicated, hard-to-follow pile of crap. I'm actually having a hard time trying to come up with something that isn't already mentioned. I'm still not sure if the reallife cross-overs are entertaining or story-breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOOD Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) GTA's U.S.A is a Parody of the Real thing,except London which was a setting for GTA London 1969 back in 1999 was the only real setting in the Series but China (mention by Trevor) and Canada, Mexico,Eastern Europe etc also exist in the GTA Multiverse. Edited January 30, 2014 by Blood-Is-in-Diamond Mightymomo22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dope_0110 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 GTA games are set in United States of America, and for that they use the real name. Also in Vice City congressman Shrub (if I got the name spelling right) mentioned Vice City is in Florida. Which probably means at that time they didn't think they'll change the names of states like they did later when they made San Andreas. Also, sometimes other countries are mentioned and they seem to keep all their real life info. So the best explanation is that they have changed SOME things from USA, such as cities and in case of California also the name of the state, while everything else is simply real world. Think of it as real world where we just replace a few USA cities with GTA cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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