Celebrities I want parodied in GTA

[killdrivetheftvehicle]

Who do you want parodied in gta? You know r* can't include anyone's likeness without permission, but they can parody a type of a person, who is famous, and have someone else's likeness to represent them.

 

I want a parody of these famous celebrities:

 

Tom Cruise

Kim Kardashian

Kanye West

John Travolta

Madonna

Cameron Diaz

[LoganAins]

donald trump lol

[Femme Fatale]

It's not a celebrity, but I'd love to see Bait Bus get parodied. If the next setting is VC, it would be perfect since Miami is where Bait Bus is located.

[[...]]

The guy on my avatar. He's actually living in the United States, so...

[Voit Turyv]

The guy on my avatar. He's actually living in the United States, so...

That'd make sense if next GTA took place in Carpentersville, IL.

wait, you have already said that before

[Official General]

Who do you want parodied in gta? You know r* can't include anyone's likeness without permission, but they can parody a type of a person, who is famous, and have someone else's likeness to represent them.

 

I want a parody of these famous celebrities:

 

Tom Cruise

Kim Kardashian

Kanye West

John Travolta

Madonna

Cameron Diaz

 

No more focus on f*cking parodies - it's what kinda ruined aspects of GTA V in the first place to be honest, no more. Especially not of easily distinguishable Hollywood celebrities and stars, that's as corny and dry as f*ck. If anything they should just stick to their own original characters to parody, but like I said there needs to be less focus on parody and satire, Rockstar need to remind themselves that GTA is supposed to be a hardcore crime action game, not some digitally interactive comedy show.

 

Terrible idea or suggestion.

Edited February 10, 2017 by Official General

[AnimalFather]

Trumps and Kardashians

[Mister Pink]

I don't really need Trump in my real life and I don't want Kardashians in real life either, why would I want them in my videogame?.. urgh.. It's almost as bad a the Bieber brigade. People constantly bring him up. Just let him disappear. I wouldn't have heard of him if it wasn't for people purporting to dislike him, constantly harp on about him.

 

I don't mind Rockstar making satire, it's funny when it's actual good, satire by definition. But if it's just parodying, then I'd rather watch SNL (not). I think the satire needs to go a little more obscure again. The easter eggs are there.. The "Down with this sort of thing" sign from Father Ted and the Good Aids truck (I bet is from Brasseye a satire show, video below).

 

But mocking "the system," or the government or the anti-police sentiments in V got boring. It's a bit obvious and it's low-hanging fruit. Speaking of low-handing fruit, Kardashians and Trump certainly are. What you want Rockstar to mock overly mocked celebs? Come on that's lame.

 

What about parodying/mocking more "obscure" things. That way when people get the joke it feels more meaningful and special. Every crappy comedy outlet is going to go after Trump why not do something more original? If it's another modern day GTA go after podcasters like Marc Maron or Joe Rogan. I like those people but could laugh at seeing them ridiculed too. Radio and TV is dying and Podcasts and YouTube channels are winning. Why not satirize that situation. Make a satarize the old or stupid person that still sits through 5 minutes of ads to wait to see 2 minutes of TV show because they haven't bothered getting the internet. Satirize YouTube/internet personalities like Alex Jones.

 

The example of the Good Aids truck is interesting if you believe it's from Brasseye which I definitely think it is.

 

 

 

[killdrivetheftvehicle]

The only problem with going for the fruits that are hard to get, is that the jokes are also going to be hard to get, because not enough people know the people being ridiculed. But yeah, I would like that too.

[Mister Pink]

The only problem with going for the fruits that are hard to get, is that the jokes are also going to be hard to get, because not enough people know the people being ridiculed. But yeah, I would like that too.

 

I understand that but when you have the amount of players GTA has there will always be people to get the jokes. If there's enough jokes there's something for everyone. Not every joke has to be obscure either. But overall, I dislike the easy targets. Targeting celeb culture is a bit passe. It's a bit too easy.

 

Also, you never offered us any reason behind why you want to see those celebs being parodied. Are you a fan and want to see their likeness in GTA? Do you dislike them and want to see them as the butt of a joke in GTA? Is it the settings, the location? I mean why list celebs we want to see parodied? I can make a list but I'm not sure how it will contribute to any discussion. Or maybe you just like to read lists of celebs?

Edited February 11, 2017 by Mister Pink

[universetwisters]

I want them to parody the guy from Police Academy that makes all the crazy noises.

[killdrivetheftvehicle]

 

The only problem with going for the fruits that are hard to get, is that the jokes are also going to be hard to get, because not enough people know the people being ridiculed. But yeah, I would like that too.

 

I understand that but when you have the amount of players GTA has there will always be people to get the jokes. If there's enough jokes there's something for everyone. Not every joke has to be obscure either. But overall, I dislike the easy targets. Targeting celeb culture is a bit passe. It's a bit too easy.

 

Also, you never offered us any reason behind why you want to see those celebs being parodied. Are you a fan and want to see their likeness in GTA? Do you dislike them and want to see them as the butt of a joke in GTA? Is it the settings, the location? I mean why list celebs we want to see parodied? I can make a list but I'm not sure how it will contribute to any discussion. Or maybe you just like to read lists of celebs?

 

I'm just wanting to hear and see more parodies about why these people are celebrities in the first place, because I find them boring.

Edited February 12, 2017 by killdrivetheftvehicle

[VictorVance1239]

Ray Liota and Phillip Michael Thomas. Especially if the next one is in Vice City it would be like having Lance and Tommy back.

[Moonstone Lazarus]

JB

[Shyabang Shyabang]

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq5932Vv5Pc

Edited August 9, 2017 by Shyabang Shyabang

[The Time Ranger]

Parody is ok in small doses, if overdone if becomes tiresome pretty quickly imo. The last thing you want is the storyline to consist of characters which are a parody of real people and stereotypes, then nothing really has any weight to it, it's just a long overdone joke. I think less is more in this regard.

[Edward Nashton]

No more focus on f*cking parodies - it's what kinda ruined aspects of GTA V in the first place to be honest, no more. Especially not of easily distinguishable Hollywood celebrities and stars, that's as corny and dry as f*ck. If anything they should just stick to their own original characters to parody, but like I said there needs to be less focus on parody and satire, Rockstar need to remind themselves that GTA is supposed to be a hardcore crime action game, not some digitally interactive comedy show.

 

Terrible idea or suggestion.

Not to sh*t on your opinion, but there has never been a single GTA title that was a straight, humorless, hardcore, action game, all of them have always had comedic elements, parody and satire throughout. GTA IV, the one that constantly get's singled for being too gritty and serious, actually had far more satire and parody than the ones before - it really got the ball rolling when it came to satirizing and parodying everything you could think of within the game world e.g. Nasdaq is Bawsaq and the Statue of Liberty is Hillary Clinton holding a cup of coffee (a reference to the hot coffee controversy) and an absurd amount of pop culture, celebrity, political, internet parodies/satire and innuendos. And IV is the "serious" one, the rest are considered lighter and more comedic in tone. What GTA title do you remember being hardcore and serious if you consider that to be the way the games are supposed to be?

Edited August 9, 2017 by Edward Nashton

[Richie Makyura]

I Want a parody of el Chapo Guzman

[Good Hombre]

Kim Jong-un, Nicolas Maduro, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Not celebrities but known people that It'd be pretty funny to see them parodied in the next GTA.

Edited August 9, 2017 by Good Hombre

[Official General]

 

No more focus on f*cking parodies - it's what kinda ruined aspects of GTA V in the first place to be honest, no more. Especially not of easily distinguishable Hollywood celebrities and stars, that's as corny and dry as f*ck. If anything they should just stick to their own original characters to parody, but like I said there needs to be less focus on parody and satire, Rockstar need to remind themselves that GTA is supposed to be a hardcore crime action game, not some digitally interactive comedy show.

 

Terrible idea or suggestion.

Not to sh*t on your opinion, but there has never been a single GTA title that was a straight, humorless, hardcore, action game, all of them have always had comedic elements, parody and satire throughout. GTA IV, the one that constantly get's singled for being too gritty and serious, actually had far more satire and parody than the ones before - it really got the ball rolling when it came to satirizing and parodying everything you could think of within the game world e.g. Nasdaq is Bawsaq and the Statue of Liberty is Hillary Clinton holding a cup of coffee (a reference to the hot coffee controversy) and an absurd amount of pop culture, celebrity, political, internet parodies/satire and innuendos. And IV is the "serious" one, the rest are considered lighter and more comedic in tone. What GTA title do you remember being hardcore and serious if you consider that to be the way the games are supposed to be?

 

 

I'm fully aware GTA has generally had some element of parody, satire and other comical aspects within it's themes, but my point is the past GTA games were not overdosed with it like V was. For most part the focus was the serious business of crime and the stories behind it. The comical stuff was always a sideshow as relief from the serious stuff, unlike V which tries way too hard throw it in our faces at every opportunity.

Parody is ok in small doses, if overdone if becomes tiresome pretty quickly imo. The last thing you want is the storyline to consist of characters which are a parody of real people and stereotypes, then nothing really has any weight to it, it's just a long overdone joke. I think less is more in this regard.

 

This guy clearly gets it, guess you missed my point.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Official General

[Johnny Spaz]

Satires of a certain specific celebrity is boring and rarely funny, parodies of celebrities as a whole is ok (I.e. they're snobs, arrogant, entitled, etc) but of one single person? Nah

[Edward Nashton]

 

 

No more focus on f*cking parodies - it's what kinda ruined aspects of GTA V in the first place to be honest, no more. Especially not of easily distinguishable Hollywood celebrities and stars, that's as corny and dry as f*ck. If anything they should just stick to their own original characters to parody, but like I said there needs to be less focus on parody and satire, Rockstar need to remind themselves that GTA is supposed to be a hardcore crime action game, not some digitally interactive comedy show.

 

Terrible idea or suggestion.

Not to sh*t on your opinion, but there has never been a single GTA title that was a straight, humorless, hardcore, action game, all of them have always had comedic elements, parody and satire throughout. GTA IV, the one that constantly get's singled for being too gritty and serious, actually had far more satire and parody than the ones before - it really got the ball rolling when it came to satirizing and parodying everything you could think of within the game world e.g. Nasdaq is Bawsaq and the Statue of Liberty is Hillary Clinton holding a cup of coffee (a reference to the hot coffee controversy) and an absurd amount of pop culture, celebrity, political, internet parodies/satire and innuendos. And IV is the "serious" one, the rest are considered lighter and more comedic in tone. What GTA title do you remember being hardcore and serious if you consider that to be the way the games are supposed to be?

 

 

I'm fully aware GTA has generally had some element of parody, satire and other comical aspects within it's themes, but my point is the past GTA games were not overdosed with it like V was. For most part the focus was the serious business of crime and the stories behind it. The comical stuff was always a sideshow as relief from the serious stuff, unlike V which tries to hard throw it in our faces at every opportunity.

Parody is ok in small doses, if overdone if becomes tiresome pretty quickly imo. The last thing you want is the storyline to consist of characters which are a parody of real people and stereotypes, then nothing really has any weight to it, it's just a long overdone joke. I think less is more in this regard.

 

This guy clearly gets it, guess you missed my point.

Okay, but the OP never implied that he wanted the parodies tied directly into the story. You didn't say that either in your original post, it sounded like you wanted no parodies at all or at minimum generic archetype parodies because that's the way GTA has always been - like I said before, R* has never ever been shy about directly referencing real world celebrities or pop culture properties. But if we're talking about characters that are actually involved with the story, then no, I don't want that. I don't know why you interpreted the OP's post that way to begin with, though.

Edited August 10, 2017 by Edward Nashton

[Official General]

Okay, but the OP never implied that he wanted the parodies tied directly into the story. You didn't say that either in your original post, it sounded like you wanted no parodies at all or at minimum generic archetype parodies because that's the way GTA has always been - like I said before, R* has never ever been shy about directly referencing real world celebrities or pop culture properties. But if we're talking about characters that are actually involved with the story, then no, I don't want that. I don't know why you interpreted the OP's post that way to begin with, though.

 

@ Edward Nashton

 

This is exactly what I had said earlier in clear, plain English :

 

 

No more focus on f*cking parodies - it's what kinda ruined aspects of GTA V in the first place to be honest, no more. Especially not of easily distinguishable Hollywood celebrities and stars, that's as corny and dry as f*ck. If anything they should just stick to their own original characters to parody, but like I said there needs to be less focus on parody and satire.

 

You do realise the difference between no focus on parodies/satire and no parodies/satire at all right ? You do realise that wanting less focus on one aspect in a game, does not mean you do not want that aspect to be included in the game at all right ? I'd like to be believe you are intelligent enough to distinguish the difference here, because that is EXACTLY what I stated. I don't see how you read it wrongly, because I wrote it in clear plain and concise English.

 

I did not say anything about the OP tying parody/satire directly to the story, again I don't why you've read something that is not there. My point is, enough focus on the parody/satire in GTA in general, I don't care in which way it manifests itself. I'd rather them just put much more focus on the more serious stuff in all aspects of the game first, like the traditional themes of organized crime, corruption, shady dealings, gang/mob-related violence, illegal activities for money etc - and just use the comical stuff like parody and satire as a sideshow.

 

I can't elaborate on my point any further.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Official General

[killdrivetheftvehicle]

^Sure you can. You always post lots of text. That means you are very articulate person. You can do it! I believe in you.

 

OT: FOCUS is not on parodies, but there ARE a lot of parodies, because that's gta for you.

 

You are saying that gta should only parody thier own caracters. I think that would be much dryer and would get boring really quickly. If that should not be what you're saying, please elaborate. You can do it! I beleive in you.

[Official General]

^Sure you can. You always post lots of text. That means you are very articulate person. You can do it! I believe in you.

 

OT: FOCUS is not on parodies, but there ARE a lot of parodies, because that's gta for you.

 

You are saying that gta should only parody thier own caracters. I think that would be much dryer and would get boring really quickly. If that should not be what you're saying, please elaborate. You can do it! I beleive in you.

 

By characters, not the ones already in the game, I just meant parodying or satire of generic American stereotypes of someone in general, one that does not need to be a celebrity or be famous.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Official General

[.Ryan.]

Yeah. I definitely want to get a break from the "parodies". If there's a rip off of Trump with a ridiculous toupee I'll smash my head into a wall.

[Edward Nashton]

You do realise the difference between no focus on parodies/satire and no parodies/satire at all right ? You do realise that wanting less focus on one aspect in a game, does not mean you do not want that aspect to be included in the game at all right ? I'd like to be believe you are intelligent enough to distinguish the difference here, because that is EXACTLY what I stated. I don't see how you read it wrongly, because I wrote it in clear plain and concise English.

 

I did not say anything about the OP tying parody/satire directly to the story, again I don't why you've read something that is not there. My point is, enough focus on the parody/satire in GTA in general, I don't care in which way it manifests itself. I'd rather them just put much more focus on the more serious stuff in all aspects of the game first, like the traditional themes of organized crime, corruption, shady dealings, gang/mob-related violence, illegal activities for money etc - and just use the comical stuff like parody and satire as a sideshow.

 

I can't elaborate on my point any further.

Well, that escalated quickly. You quoted a guy specifically saying he doesn't want the storyline consisting of parodies of real people or stereotypes and you said he clearly get's your point. That's a good way of obscuring what you're trying to say. If it's the "parody is OK in small doses" thing you wanted to get across, you could have just said that.

 

We could get into the semantics of "less focus", "no focus" etc. (I did mention the minimal generic archetype parodies btw) but that's not even the point of my original question to you; you seem to have this attitude that GTA has always been this dignified, serious, hardcore, crime action series (with some funny stuff on the side) that focused on themes like organized crime, corruption, yaddah, yaddah, yah - but then stupid ole' GTA V came along and ruined it with it's focus on parody and comedic elements (The heists and government corruption themes are parodies apparently).That's where we disagree.

 

I don't like GTA V, I think it's the worst installment to the series yet, but it isn't the parodies or it's comedic tone that kill the game - GTA V isn't any more parody overdosed than Vice City. Parody, satire, crude humor etc. is embedded in GTA's DNA, it isn't a minor element to this overall operatic, Scorsese-esque video game series. I mean, do you want me to point out all of the direct parodies that figured prominently in the previous games, like of the Sopranos (Toni Cipriani), Godfather (corLeone Family), Motley Crue, Eazy-E, Scarface, - Phil Collins was an actual character in VC Stories! Or what about the fact that the first two games had a button dedicated to burping and farting, or that mission where you project an image of a giant pair of tits on the side of a building, or the one where you steal a jetpack from Area 69, how about the one where you supply a cannibal with dead bodies - those weren't sideshow stuff and there's more... oh, remember the big purple dildo weapon? Saints Row didn't do that first - or Maccer, the habitual masturbator, he's an important enough a character that he was included in the final cutscene of SA, announcing that he's getting breast implants. But we're talking parodies, right? The overused parodies in GTA V were... what? The Fame or Shame mission, the paparazzi side quest, Jimmy? - Now that's crossing the line! -- Seriously, everything else about V's humor was no different than in the previous games.

 

No, when you're talking about returning to the serious traditional themes of organized crime, corruption etc. with the satire and parody on the side, I think you mean returning to GTA IV or at least the gritty image GTA IV portrayed of itself - as I said before, it actually has a ton of parody, it's just segregated and pushed to the background. I love GTA IV, it's my favorite of them all, but I'm not going to lie to myself and say it is representative to the series as a whole, it is in fact the outlier of the series in terms of it's storytelling and tone - and R* ain't ever gong back to that. GTA V is a return to the original tone of the previous games, whether it was executed well or not is a different discussion entirely. The parodying in V is no different than listening to not-Tony Soprano argue with his disapproving mother in III or driving drunken, Scottish Motley Crue around in VC. If you don't like the parodies and satire, just say that, don't act like GTA V is the first and only GTA to have an abundance of parodies, and that the series needs to return to it's roots or remind itself of what it used to be.

You act befuddled as if it's difficult to get your point across and respond in these defensive condescending posts, but you have in fact given three versions of your "point". Don't bother giving a fourth, I get it. That's not what bothers me, It's that holier than thou attitude you have: someone dared question the opinion the arbiter of all GTA fandom, and instead of bowing their head to his response, they yet again dare point out a fallacy within the logic behind the arbiter's opinion. This must not stand.

 

Jesus, this is what GTA V fans must think of us.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Edward Nashton

[Official General]

 

You do realise the difference between no focus on parodies/satire and no parodies/satire at all right ? You do realise that wanting less focus on one aspect in a game, does not mean you do not want that aspect to be included in the game at all right ? I'd like to be believe you are intelligent enough to distinguish the difference here, because that is EXACTLY what I stated. I don't see how you read it wrongly, because I wrote it in clear plain and concise English.

 

I did not say anything about the OP tying parody/satire directly to the story, again I don't why you've read something that is not there. My point is, enough focus on the parody/satire in GTA in general, I don't care in which way it manifests itself. I'd rather them just put much more focus on the more serious stuff in all aspects of the game first, like the traditional themes of organized crime, corruption, shady dealings, gang/mob-related violence, illegal activities for money etc - and just use the comical stuff like parody and satire as a sideshow.

 

I can't elaborate on my point any further.

Well, that escalated quickly. You quoted a guy specifically saying he doesn't want the storyline consisting of parodies of real people or stereotypes and you said he clearly get's your point. That's a good way of obscuring what you're trying to say. If it's the "parody is OK in small doses" thing you wanted to get across, you could have just said that.

 

We could get into the semantics of "less focus", "no focus" etc. (I did mention the minimal generic archetype parodies btw) but that's not even the point of my original question to you; you seem to have this attitude that GTA has always been this dignified, serious, hardcore, crime action series (with some funny stuff on the side) that focused on themes like organized crime, corruption, yaddah, yaddah, yah - but then stupid ole' GTA V came along and ruined it with it's focus on parody and comedic elements (The heists and government corruption themes are parodies apparently).That's where we disagree.

 

I don't like GTA V, I think it's the worst installment to the series yet, but it isn't the parodies or it's comedic tone that kill the game - GTA V isn't any more parody overdosed than Vice City. Parody, satire, crude humor etc. is embedded in GTA's DNA, it isn't a minor element to this overall operatic, Scorsese-esque video game series. I mean, do you want me to point out all of the direct parodies that figured prominently in the previous games, like of the Sopranos (Toni Cipriani), Godfather (corLeone Family), Motley Crue, Eazy-E, Scarface, - Phil Collins was an actual character in VC Stories! Or what about the fact that the first two games had a button dedicated to burping and farting, or that mission where you project an image of a giant pair of tits on the side of a building, or the one where you steal a jetpack from Area 69, how about the one where you supply a cannibal with dead bodies - those weren't sideshow stuff and there's more... oh, remember the big purple dildo weapon? Saints Row didn't do that first - or Maccer, the habitual masturbator, he's an important enough a character that he was included in the final cutscene of SA, announcing that he's getting breast implants. But we're talking parodies, right? The overused parodies in GTA V were... what? The Fame or Shame mission, the paparazzi side quest, Jimmy? - Now that's crossing the line! -- Seriously, everything else about V's humor was no different than in the previous games.

 

No, when you're talking about returning to the serious traditional themes of organized crime, corruption etc. with the satire and parody on the side, I think you mean returning to GTA IV or at least the gritty image GTA IV portrayed of itself - as I said before, it actually has a ton of parody, it's just segregated and pushed to the background. I love GTA IV, it's my favorite of them all, but I'm not going to lie to myself and say it is representative to the series as a whole, it is in fact the outlier of the series in terms of it's storytelling and tone - and R* ain't ever gong back to that. GTA V is a return to the original tone of the previous games, whether it was executed well or not is a different discussion entirely. The parodying in V is no different than listening to not-Tony Soprano argue with his disapproving mother in III or driving drunken, Scottish Motley Crue around in VC. If you don't like the parodies and satire, just say that, don't act like GTA V is the first and only GTA to have an abundance of parodies, and that the series needs to return to it's roots or remind itself of what it used to be.

You act befuddled as if it's difficult to get your point across and respond in these defensive condescending posts, but you have in fact given three versions of your "point". Don't bother giving a fourth, I get it. That's not what bothers me, It's that holier than thou attitude you have: someone dared question the opinion the arbiter of all GTA fandom, and instead of bowing their head to his response, they yet again dare point out a fallacy within the arbiter's logic behind his opinion. This must not stand.

 

Jesus, this is what GTA V fans must think of us.

 

 

I explained myself clearly from the start and I've done it again, I can do no more than that. I stand by my view and I respectfully disagree with yours. If you disagree with mine, that's fine bro, I'm not gonna cause a storm over it.

Edited August 11, 2017 by Official General

[MojoGamer]

Trumps and Kardashians

donald trump lol

Hell No! All of the Kards are fake and Poppy Michel already parody them. Trump looks like North Korea's dic, so Gta is already great and Trump is a dumb.

I rather see Playboy or Sports Illustrated models!

Also Will Smith as president or see Officer Tenpenny as president!

Edited August 11, 2017 by MojoGamer

[[...]]

I wouldn't mind a parody of Donald Trump, as long as it's a subtle parody. It'd be okay to mention who is the current president of America, but don't sh*t with that here and there.

 

Also Will Smith as president or see Officer Tenpenny as president!

I highly doubt that Rockstar would use a big celebrity like Will Smith in the role of someone in the government. Your idea would work in a Saints Row video game (Volition made Burt Reynolds the Mayor of Steelport in SR3 after all), but not in GTA. For Frank Tenpenny, he won't return to the 3D universe, as he wasn't related to media. Even then, Frank died in 1992. Edited August 11, 2017 by (Ambient)