Grand Theft Auto III (NCU Potential Project)

Grand Theft Auto III is a Japanese potential project.
==Summary==
Betrayed by his girlfriend in Liberty City, a petty crook named Claude seeks revenge.
==Characters==
Japanese Voice	English Voice 	Character 	Description
? 	Hunter Platin 	Claude 	A criminal who has just arrived in Liberty City with his girlfriend Catalina, the two having met in San Andreas in 1992. Catalina turns on Claude after the pair rob a bank, as she joins the Colombian Cartel. Whilst being transported to Portland by the police, the convoy is attacked and Claude escapes with 8-Ball. The two escape and Claude begins to work for the Leone Crime Family, before working for various other people and criminal organizations.
? 	Cynthia Farrell 	Catalina 	Claude's girlfriend who arrives in Liberty City in 2001. The pair rob a bank, although after the robbery is complete she shoots him and leaves him for dead. She then joins the Colombian Cartel and begins to run the manufacturing of SPANK in the city alongside Miguel, her new partner in crime. She is eventually killed by Claude.
? 	Jamie Hector 	Miguel 	A high-ranking member of the Colombian Cartel and Catalina's new partner in crime. He helps Catalina escape after robbing a bank and is frequently seen with Catalina. Miguel is later shot by Catalina after he gives Claude a package wanted by Donald Love. Catalina flees without him, leaving him with Asuka Kasen, who tortures information out of him. Miguel's information allows Claude to hinder Cartel activities. Catalina eventually returns and kills Miguel and Asuka.
? 	? 	8-Ball 	An explosives expert who owns three bomb shops throughout Liberty City. He and Claude are being transported by the police to Portland, when they escape after the Colombian Cartel attack the convoy. He had been convicted on eighty-five charges of owning a firearm without a licence. 8-Ball helps Claude get work with the Leone Crime Family and later to destroy a ship docked in Portland Harbor, which was being used by the Cartel as a SPANK factory.
? 	Joe Pantoliano 	Luigi Goterelli	A businessman who owns Luigi's Sex Club 7, a bar in the Red Light District, Portland, Liberty City. He is a high-ranking member of the Leone Crime Family and a friend of 8-Ball, allowing 8-Ball to get Claude work with Luigi. Luigi also acts as a pimp for various prostitutes in Portland.
? 	Michael Rapaport 	Joey Leone 	The son of Leone Crime Family Don Salvatore Leone who runs a garage in the Trenton district of Portland in Liberty City. Claude is introduced to Joey when Luigi Goterelli has him drive Misty to his garage. Joey employs Claude to do various jobs, including killing Mike Forelli and Lee Chong, and introduces him to Toni Cipriani.
? 	Danny Mastrogiorgio	Toni Capriani 	A caporegime of the Leone Crime Family and helps to run his mother'srestaurant located in the Saint Mark's district of Portland, where he also lives. He is introduced to Claude by Joey Leone and has Claude attack the Triads, including the murder of three Triad war lords and the destruction of a Triad-owned factory. Toni also phones in to Chatterbox FM, discussing his mothers criticisms of him with Lazlow.
? 	? 	Salvatore Leone	The Don of the Leone Crime Family, father of Joey Leone, husband of Maria Latore and the owner of Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club in the Saint Mark's district of Portland, which also acts as his home. He meets Claude when he calls a meeting and has him do a number of jobs, including killing Curly Bob and destroying a ship docked in Portland Harbor, which was being used as a SPANK factory. Salvatore's paranoia gets the better of him and he turns on Claude, who along with Maria Latore join forces with Asuka Kasen and the Yakuza. Asuka has Claude kill Salvatore to prove his links with the Leone Family are over.
? 	Fiona Gallagher 	Maria Latore 	The wife of Leone Crime Family Don Salvatore Leone. Her husband has Claude "look after her for the evening", ending in Claude driving her to safety from pursuing LCPD officers. She later tells her husband that she is dating Claude, leading to Salvatore attempting to kill him. Maria and Claude escape and join forces with Asuka Kasen. She is later kidnapped by Catalina, only to be rescued by Claude. She also phones in to Chatterbox FM, complaining to Lazlow about how Claude does not talk and that he is always 'hanging out with the guys'.
? 	? 	Asuka Kamen 	The co-leader of the Yakuza, alongside her brother Kenji. She has a condo in Newport on Staunton Island. She helps Claude and Maria Latore escape from Portland. She later employs Claude to do various jobs, including killing Salvatore Leone and Tanner. She introduces Claude to her brother, and corrupt LCPD officer and Yakuza informant, Ray Machowski. After the near death of her brother she has Claude, who had killed him in a Cartel Cruiser, attack the Cartel, gaining information from Miguel, who she tortures. Catalina later kills Asuka and Miguel.
? 	Les Mau 	Kenji Kamen 	The co-leader of the Yakuza, alongside his sister Asuka. He is introduced to Claude by his sister and has him do various jobs, including busting Kanbu out of jail and taking him to a safehouse. He is killed by Claude, on orders from Donald Love, who runs over Kenji in a Cartel Cruiser in order to start a war between the Yakuza and Cartel.
? 	Peter Appel 	Ray Machowski 	A corrupt LCPD police officer and an informant to the Yakuza. He is introduced to Claude by Asuka Kasen. Ray employs Claude to do various jobs, including the murder of his former partner Leon McAffrey, who was going to give evidence against Machowski. Machowski also introduces Claude to Donald Love. He later has Claude help him flee the city, by driving to Francis International Airport, where he flies to Miami, Florida.
? 	Will Janowitz 	Donald Love 	A businessman, media mogul and real estate developer. He owns Love Media, which owns "900 radio stations, 300 television stations, 4 networks, 3 satellites, (and) 10 senators", which includes Flashback 95.6, Chatterbox FM, Head Radio and Double Clef FM. The group also owns the Liberty Tree newspaper and may own the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory. Donald Love lives in an apartment in south Bedford Point on Staunton Island and is introduced to Claude by Ray Machowski. Love has Claude to various jobs, including rescuing the Oriental Gentleman and allow Love to retrieve a package, with Claude acting as a decoy. He later disappears, leaving only an open box on his apartments roof.
==Plot Elements==
*Small-time criminal Claude is betrayed and shot by his girlfriend Catalina during a bank heist outside Liberty City.
*Claude is arrested but escapes during his transfer to prison when members of the Colombian Cartel ambush his transport to abduct another prisoner.
*During his escape, Claude befriends explosives expert and fellow convict 8-Ball, who shelters Claude and introduces him to the Leone Mafia family for work.
*Claude assists the Mafia with various operations, including winning a gang war against a local group of Triads, earning him the respect of Don Salvatore Leone.
*After learning that the Cartel are creating and selling a new street drug called SPANK to fund their expansion into Liberty City, Salvatore orders Claude to destroy their floating drug lab. Claude accomplishes this with 8-Ball's help.
*Salvatore later instructs Claude to deal with a minor problem, but his trophy wife Maria, who took a liking to Claude, reveals it to be a set-up.
*Maria claims that she lied to Salvatore about having an affair with Claude to make him jealous, and now Salvatore wants to murder him.
*Claude escapes to Staunton Island with Maria and her friend Asuka Kasen.
*After assassinating Salvatore to cut ties with the Mafia, Claude begins working for the yakuza, led by Asuka and her brother Kenji. During this time, he also provides assistance to corrupt police inspector Ray Machowski, whom he eventually helps flee the city, and influential businessman Donald Love.
*Donald hires Claude to assassinate Kenji under the guise of a Cartel attack to start a gang war that will allow Donald to obtain construction sites for his businesses. After the job's success, Claude carries out another task for Donald that leads him to encounter Catalina, now the leader of the Cartel, at a construction site. However, Catalina escapes after betraying and shooting her partner, Miguel.
*Asuka blames the Cartel for Kenji's death and seizes the construction site.
*The yakuza capture the wounded Miguel and torture him for information on Cartel operations in the city, allowing Claude to strike against them and hinder the Cartel.
*Enraged, Catalina murders both Asuka and Miguel and kidnaps Maria, demanding $500,000 for her release. Claude meets with her to pay the ransom, but Catalina deceives him again and traps him.
*Claude escapes, rescues Maria, and destroys the helicopter Catalina attempts to flee in, killing her.
*As Claude and Maria leave the scene, the latter begins to complain about the kidnapping, but is silenced by a gunshot.
==Notes==
*Unofficially set within the Nintendo Cinematic Universe. 
**It will only become part of the NCU when its franchise is represented in Super Smash Bros. as characters.
*Based on Grand Theft Auto III.
Category:Nintendo Cinematic Universe
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