Characters in Multiple 3D Universe Games

There are many characters who have multiple appearances in 3D Universe games. They can either have minor or major roles or appearances in the story. They show a well thought out story with their intertwining, and help with the consistency between the games, as well as providing certain backstories. There are forty characters with two or more appearances in 3D Era games. They are in at least two games of either GTA VCS; GTA VC, GTA SA, GTA LCS, or GTA III. Many of them are radio station hosts. The only character to be in all 3D Era console games is Lazlow, talk show host of the talk radio stations. The most common combination is GTA III and GTA LCS.

Name	Information	Related To
8-Ball	8-Ball is an explosives and firearms expert who owns bomb shops in Liberty City, Vice City, and San Andreas. His surname may be Mullan.	III LCS
Andee	Andee is the co-host of Lips 106 in 1998, alongside Cliff Lane, who she dislikes, and is the stations sole host by 2001.	III LCS
Andre the Accelerator	Andre the Accelerator is the host of Rise FM in 2001.	III LC
Richard Burns	Richard Burns was a news reporter for West Coast Talk Radio in 1992 but was fired after the 1992 Los Santos Riots. At the time, he was dating Lianne Forget. By 1998, Burns moved to Liberty City and runs a website about the history of the internet.	SA LCS
Michaela Carapadis	Michaela Carapadis is a feminist who is interviewed by MeTV News in 1984 and on K-Chat in 1986.	VC VCS
Avery Carrington	Avery Carrington is a real estate magnate who resides in Vice City. He employs Tommy Vercetti to help him with rivals. Carrington is killed in 1998 by Toni Cipriani on orders from Donald Love. Carrington may be involved with the Avery Construction company.	VC LCS
Phil Cassidy	Phil Cassidy is a bitter war veteran and arms dealer originally based in Vice City and later Liberty City. He lost one arm in a boomshine explosion. He is the brother of Mary-Jo Cassidy and Louise Cassidy-Williams, and uncle of Mary-Beth Williams.	III VC LCS VCS
Catalina	Catalina is a notorious bank robber and cousin of Cesar Vialpando. She is unstable and homicidal, and in 2001 leads the Colombian Cartel gang. She is killed by former boyfriend Claude. She had previously dated Carl Johnson.	III SA
Maurice Chavez	Maurice Chavez is the host of Pressing Issues on VCPR. A former clown, he once dated Michelle Montanius and got her pregnant. It is unknown whether they kept the child, although Chavez mentions having an ex-wife, which may have been Montanius.	VC VCS
Toni Cipriani	Antonio "Toni" Cipriani is the Capo from the Leone Family and son of Ma Cipriani. He was the protagonist in GTA Liberty City Stories and employs Claude in 2001 to fight against the Triads. He lives in Saint Mark's, Liberty City.	III LCS
Ma Cipriani	Ma Cipriani is the mother of Toni Cipriani and runs Momma's Restaurant in Saint Marks, Portland Island. She constantly berates her son for not being a man and in 1998 puts a hit on Toni.	III LCS
Claude	Claude is the silent protagonist of GTA III and former boyfriend of Catalina. Claude and Catalina had robbed several banks across the United States after leaving San Andreas in 1992. He was betrayed by Catalina and works for various criminal gangs, before killing her. May be Claude Speed from GTA 2.	III SA
MC Codebreaker	MC Codebreaker is the co-host of MSX 98 in 1998 and the renamed MSX FM in 2001, both times with DJ Timecode.	III LCS
King Courtney	King Courtney is the leader of the Uptown Yardies gang and resides in Liberty City. He is involved in a war with El Burro and the Diablos but allies himself with Colombian Cartel. He employs both Mike and Claude.	III A
Fernando Martinez	Fernando Martinez is a self-proclaimed expert on love. In 1984 he was a reporter for Emotion 98.3 and by 1986 was the stations host. By 1992 he had been run out of Vice City and hosted an episode of the Lonely Hearts show on WCTR. In 2001 he begins Fernando's New Beginnings.	III VC SA VCS
Ricardo Diaz	Ricardo Diaz is the drug baron of Vice City during the mid-1980s and the leader of Diaz's Gang. Having entered the United States in 1978 after bribing the INS, in 1984 he established himself as the drug baron of Vice City with help from Victor and Lance Vance. In 1986, however, he is killed by Lance and Tommy Vercetti for ambushing a drug deal between the Vance Crime Family and the Forelli Family.	VC VCS
Dwaine	Dwaine is a mechanic who in 1986 resided in Vice City and hanged out with Jethro at the Boatyard in Viceport. By 1992 he had moved to San Fierro and was running a hot dog van, before become a mechanic for Carl Johnson.	VC SA
Cousin Ed	Cousin Ed was the host of the V-Rock radio station in Vice City between 1984 and 1986, when he was replaced by Lazlow Jones.	VC VCS
Adam First	Adam First is the co-host of The Wave 103 in 1984 and, by 1986, the stations sole host. He dislikes music videos and enjoys hand gliding. In 1992 he phones in to the WCTR show Area 53 saying that he saw a man at a trailer compound performing strange rituals with a Domestobot.	VC SA VCS
Giorgio Forelli	Giorgio Forelli, also spelt Georgio Forelli, is a high-ranking member of the Forelli Family who in 1984 was a loan shark. By 1986, however, he was on trial for fraud and was being represented by Ken Rosenberg. The charges were later dropped after Tommy Vercetti 'persuaded' the jurors. Giorgio is the cousin of Sonny Forelli.	VC VCS
Jonathan Freeloader	Jonathan Freeloader is co-host of VCPR, along with Michelle Montanius, from at least 1984. He has a disliking of Maurice Chavez.	VC VCS
Mickey Hamfists	Mickey Hamfists is a made man of the Leone Family. In 1998 he kills Joseph Daniel O'Toole and by 2001 he co-manages Luigi's Sex Club 7 with Luigi Goterelli. He also works as Luigi's bodyguard. .	III LCS
Jack Howitzer	Jack Howitzer is an actor who starred in the Evacuator films and the film Special Needs Cop. In 1992 he accidentally kills Billy Dexter, host of Entertaining America on WCTR, and is later put on trial. He also admits to killing Ho Chi, although it is unknown whether this is true.	VC SA
Michael Hunt	Michael Hunt is the host of Head Radio from 1998. Until 1992 he lived with his mother in San Fierro, the city he was born in.	III LCS
Jethro	Jethro is a mechanic who can normally be found with Dwaine. In 1986 he lived in Vice City and hanged out at the Boatyard but by 1992 had moved to San Fierro, where he worked as a mechanic for Xoomer. He later begins to work for Carl Johnson at his garage.	VC SA
Jimmy	Jimmy is one of the stars of Just the Five of Us in 1986. He is a forty year old who looks like a child. In 1992 he is in the state of San Andreas and is interviewed by Richard Burns.	VC SA
Asuka Kasen	Asuka Kasen is the co-leader of the Yakuza from 2000 to 2001, along with her brother Kenji, and then sole leader between Kenji's death and her own. She hires Mike in 2000 but has her trust betrayed. She is a friend of Maria, who introduces her to Claude, who she then hires. Asuka is killed by Catalina for attempting to exact revenge for her brothers death. She is also the sister of Kazuki and sister-in-law of Toshiko.	III A
Maria Latore	Maria Latore is the wife, later widow, of Salvatore Leone. She once dated Wayne, wanted to date Toni Cipriani and wants, in 2001, to date Claude. She has a problem with drugs and in 2001 is kidnapped by Catalina. She once lived in Las Venturas.	III SA LCS
Lazlow	Lazlow is the intern of the V-Rock radio station in 1984 and host of the station in 1986. By 1992 he hosts the Entertaining America show on WCTR and by 1998 hosts the Chatterbox show on LCFR, which he also hosts when it becomes Chatterbox FM in 2001. He has resided in Vice City, Los Santos, and Liberty City.	III VC SA LCS VCS
Salvatore Leone	Salvatore Leone is the Don of the Leone Family from the mid-1980s, the father of Joey and husband of Maria Latore. His home is in Liberty City but in 1992 he briefly lived in Las Venturas, owning a third of Caligula's Palace. In 1992 he employs Carl Johnson to weaken the Forelli and Sindacco Families. In 1998, he hires Toni Cipriani for the same task and in 2001 Claude to weaken the Triads and Colombian Cartel. Claude kills Salvatore to prove his loyalty to Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen.	III SA LCS
Donald Love	Donald Love is a media mogul and real estate magnate who owns Love Media. His had lived in Vice City with his mentor, Avery Carrington. By 1998 he had become a successful businessman but when running for Mayor of Liberty City he went bankrupt. He regained his fortune by developing the destroyed Fort Staunton. He hires Toni Cipriani in 1998 and Claude in 2001. Love is also a cannibal and at least planned to eat the corpses of Avery and Liberty Tree reporter Ned Burner.	III VC LCS
Ray Machowski	Ray Machowski is a LCPD police officer. He was originally against his corrupt partner Leon McAffrey but later became corrupt himself, employing Claude to kill McAffrey in 2001. He later flees Liberty City after Internal Affairs investigate him and his links to the Yakuza.	III LCS
Fernando Martinez	Fernando Martinez is a self-proclaimed expert on love. In 1984 he was a reporter for Emotion 98.3 and by 1986 was the stations host. By 1992 he had been run out of Vice City and hosted an episode of the Lonely Hearts show on WCTR. In 2001 he begins Fernando's New Beginnings.	III VC SA VCS
Leon McAffrey	Leon McAffrey is a corrupt LCPD police officer who, in 1998, employs Toni Cipriani, in order to make money himself. His partner is Ray Machowski, who in 2001 employs Claude to kill McAffrey for turning states evidence against him.	III LCS
Morgan Merryweather	Morgan Merryweather is the host of Double Clef FM and a reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper in 2001.	III       LCS
Miguel	Miguel is a leading figure in the Colombian Cartel from 1998. He was seemingly killed by Toni Cipriani in 1998 but survived. He was seemingly killed by Claude in 2001 but may have survived.	III LCS
Miles O'Donovan	Miles O'Donovan is a businessman who resides in Liberty City. In 1998 he becomes Mayor of Liberty City but quickly comes under the control of Salvatore Leone. He later shows signs of corruption, for example, his relations with the Donovan Hardware company.	III LCS
Kent Paul	Kent Paul (born 1965 in Kent, England) is an Englishman who is involved with various criminals in both Vice City (in 1986) and San Andreas (in 1992). He later takes charge of Maccer's career.	VC SA
Jeremy Robard	Jeremy Robard is a criminal who in 1984 advertises a drug-running scam and by 1986 has a line of seedy self-help tapes. He exaggerates his success, living in a very small apartment overlooking the gas works.	VC VCS
Alberto Robina	Alberto Robina is the father of Umberto and the owner of Café Robina. He has a weak heart and in 1984 is ambushed by the Cholos, being saved by Victor Vance.	VC VCS
Umberto Robina	Umberto Robina is the leader of Los Cabrones and the son of Alberto. Umberto employs both Victor Vance and Tommy Vercetti to work against his enemies, the Cholos (in 1984) and the Haitians (in 1986).	VC VCS
Ken Rosenberg	Ken Rosenberg is a former ambulance-chasing lawyer who in 1992, after leaving rehab, ran Caligula's Palace for the Leone, Forelli and Sindacco Families. He had worked for the Forelli's in 1986, representing Giorgio Forelli and assisting Tommy Vercetti, whilst in 1992, having he assists Carl Johnson.	SA    VC VCS
Toni	Toni is, in 1984, the co-host of Vice City's Flash FM and by 1986 is the stations sole DJ. In 2001 she is the DJ for Flashback FM.	III VC VCS
Jezz Torrent	Jezz Torrent is the lead singer of the band Love Fist.	VC SA
Lance Vance	Lance Vance is the son of Janet Vance, the brother of Victor and Pete Vance, and possibly the nephew of Aunt Enid. He arrived in Vice City in 1984 and became heavily involved with the narcotics trade, alongside Victor. He leaves the city in 1984 but returns in 1986, sees his brother die and then begins to work with Tommy Vercetti. He is later killed by Vercetti, after turning against him and joining Sonny Forelli.	VC VCS
Victor Vance	Victor Vance is the son of Janet Vance, the brother of Lance and Pete Vance, and possibly the nephew of Aunt Enid. He was in the army but later dismissed, before doing various missions for criminals in Vice City. He leaves the city in 1984 but returns in 1986 for one last drug deal but is killed when the deal is ambushed.	VC VCS
Reni Wassulmaier	Reni Wassulmaier is a transsexual avant-garde film director from Germany. Reni has had at least four sex changes, the last known being in 1984. She later became the DJ for Flashback FM in 1998 in Liberty City.	LCS VCS
Mr. Wong	Mr. Wong is a resident of Liberty City and a member of the Triads who runs Mr. Wong's Laundrette, which appears in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories. He may have two brothers.	III LCS