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{{infobox character
|name = Frank Tenpenny
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|name = Frank Tenpenny
|image = FrankTenpenny-GTASA.jpg
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|games = [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]
 
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|status = [[End of the Line|Deceased]]
 
 
|games = ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
|gender = M
 
 
|aka = Frankie<br>Officer Tenpenny
|voice = [[Samuel L. Jackson]]
 
 
|gender = M
|nationality = American
 
 
|status = [[End of the Line|Deceased]]
|family = Unnamed Wife
 
 
|dod = [[1992]]
|affiliations = [[C.R.A.S.H.]] <br> [[Eddie Pulaski]] <br> [[Jimmy Hernandez]] <br> [[Big Smoke]] <br> [[Ryder]] <br> [[Carl Johnson]] <br> [[The Truth]] <br> [[Ballas in 3D Universe|Ballas]]
 
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|home = [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]]
|businesses = Police|vehicles = [[LSPD]] Police Car
 
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|nationality = {{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]]
Ladder [[Fire Truck]]
 
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|family = <!---Tenpenny has no wife, he said that as a joke during the mission "Catalyst"--->
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|affiliations = [[Los Santos Police Department (3D Universe)|LSPD]]<br>[[C.R.A.S.H.]]<br>[[Eddie Pulaski]] {{Status|D1=y}}
|dod = [[1992]]
 
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[[Jimmy Hernandez]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}
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[[C.R.A.S.H. Rookies]] {{Status|D1=y}}
|aka = Frank<br>Officer Tenpenny}}
 
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[[Ralph Pendelbury]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}
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[[Big Smoke]] {{Status|D1=y}}
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[[Ryder]] {{Status|D1=y}}
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[[The Truth]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]]
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|businesses = LSPD<br>C.R.A.S.H.
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|vehicles = [[Los Santos Police Department (3D Universe)|LSPD]] [[Police Car]]<br>[[Fire Truck (ladder)|Fire Truck]] <small>(ladder variant, [[End of the Line|stolen]])</small>
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|weapons = [[Pistol]]<br>[[Shovel]]<br>[[Combat Shotgun]] <small>(cutscene only)</small><br>[[Pump Shotgun]]
 
|voice = [[Samuel L. Jackson]]}}
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{{Quote|Now you get this straight. We own you. You're ours. We can shit on you from such a height, you'll think God himself has crapped on you. You understand?|Frank Tenpenny intimidating [[Carl Johnson]] during [[Burning Desire]].|sound=FrankTenpenny-GTASA-Quote2.ogg}}
 
'''Frank Tenpenny''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series, appearing as a central character and the main [[antagonist]] of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''.
   
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==Description==
{{Template:Quote|"Come on, [[Grove Street Families|a]][[Varrios Los Aztecas|s]][[Carl Johnson|sh]][[Sweet|ol]][[The Truth|e]][[Cesar Vialpando|s]]! I'll take you all down! (Hey, officer down!) You never understood what I did! 50 of me, and this town would be okay! I took the trash out! Me! And I'd do it all again!"|Tenpenny's last words}}
 
 
{{Quote|Intimidate those who intimidate others Carl. It's my job.|Frank Tenpenny to CJ in [[The Green Sabre]]}}An [[Police (law enforcement)|officer]] of the [[Los Santos Police Department (3D Universe)|Los Santos Police Department]] (LSPD), Tenpenny - along with [[Jimmy Hernandez]] and [[Eddie Pulaski]] - make up the individual [[C.R.A.S.H.]] (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit.
   
 
Although both Tenpenny and the C.R.A.S.H. unit claim and appear to be ordinary police officers, Tenpenny and the others that make up the unit are extremely corrupt individuals who use their knowledge of the gangs they are hired to stop to coerce them into surrendering some of their profits and supplies to them, and regularly commit acts of police brutality, making them almost like a gang themselves but with the power of law enforcement behind them.
'''Officer''' '''Frank Tenpenny''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series, appearing as a central character and the main [[antagonist]] of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Adreas|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''.
 
   
 
Tenpenny is voiced by actor Samuel L. Jackson.
An officer of the [[LSPD]] (Los Santos Police Department), Tenpenny -- along with [[Jimmy Hernandez]] and [[Eddie Pulaski]] (as well as with [[Ralph Pendelbury]] temporarily) -- make up the individual [[C.R.A.S.H.]] (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit.
 
 
Although both Tenpenny and the CRASH unit claim and appear to be normal law enforcment officers, Tenpenny and the officers that make up the unit are extremely corrupt police officers who use their knowledge of the gangs they are hired to stop to coerce them into surrendering some of their profits and supplies to them, and regularly commit police brutality, making them almost like a gang themself but with the support of law enforcement behind them.
 
 
Tenpenny is voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, whom he bears something of a resemblance to.
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
===Events of ''GTA San Andreas''===
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===Events of ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''===
Tenpenny rides with [[Eddie Pulaski]] and a third C.R.A.S.H. member. Prior to the game's storyline, the third member is [[Ralph Pendelbury]], whom Tenpenny has killed in [[The Introduction]] for cooperating with internal affairs. Just prior to Pendlebury's murder, Tenpenny and Pulaski brief their newest recruit, [[Jimmy Hernandez]], in a scene reminiscent of the film ''Training Day''. They both order Hernandez to pull the trigger on Pendelbury, thereby initiating Hernandez into their distorted view of things.
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Tenpenny rode with [[Eddie Pulaski]] before [[Jimmy Hernandez]] joined C.R.A.S.H. Prior to the game's storyline, Tenpenny orders Hernandez to silence [[Ralph Pendelbury]], an LSPD [[Internal Affairs]] officer who uncovered and attempted to expose Tenpenny and Pulaski's corruption within the department. Just prior to Pendelbury's murder, Tenpenny and Pulaski brief their newest recruit, Hernandez, in a scene reminiscent of the film ''Training Day''. They both order Hernandez to pull the trigger on Pendelbury, thereby initiating Hernandez into their distorted view of things.
   
 
====Relationship with CJ====
 
====Relationship with CJ====
Tenpenny has known [[protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]] at least since [[Brian Johnson|Brian Johnson's]] death, and CJ recognizes Tenpenny and calls him by name from the very beginning of the game. Tenpenny likes to "step on" CJ on a regular basis to remind him who's in charge. Tenpenny is obviously seen to be a powerful influence on [[Los Santos]]' criminals, even warning CJ that "we could shit on you from such a height, you'll think God himself has crapped on you." He sees CJ as another tool in his dirty dealings. He and Pulaski extort several [[Grove Street Families]] members, including [[Big Smoke]] and [[Ryder]], but Tenpenny appears to take pleasure in exercising control over CJ specifically.&nbsp;He officially threatens CJ to do his work or he'll frame him for Officer Pendelbury's murder, whom Tenpenny had killed ten minutes before CJ returned to Los Santos.
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Tenpenny has known [[protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]] at least since [[Brian Johnson]]'s death, and CJ recognizes Tenpenny and calls him by name from the very beginning of the game. Tenpenny likes to "step on" CJ on a regular basis to remind him of who's in charge. Tenpenny is obviously seen to be a powerful influence on the criminals of [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]], even warning CJ that "we can shit on you from such a height, you'll think God himself has crapped on you." He sees CJ as another tool in his dirty dealings. He and Pulaski extort several [[Grove Street Families]] members, including [[Big Smoke]] and [[Ryder]], but Tenpenny appears to take pleasure in exercising control over CJ specifically. He officially threatens CJ to do his work or he'll frame him for Officer Pendelbury's murder, whom Tenpenny had Hernandez kill merely ten minutes before Carl's return to Los Santos.
   
 
====Gang Association====
 
====Gang Association====
While Tenpenny claims he is pitting the gangs against each other to wipe them all out, he is actually allied with the [[Ballas]], who (unlike the GSF) have no reservations against dealing crack cocaine. C.R.A.S.H. lets the Ballas flood the city with drugs, which turns many GSF members into addicts, effectively crushing their gang. Tenpenny also convinces Smoke to betray his gang in return for heading up the drug operation; in turn, Smoke convinces Ryder to defect also. Tenpenny and Pulaski personally oversee the Balla slaying of Carl and [[Sean Johnson|Sweet Johnson's]] mother [[Beverly Johnson]]. Tenpenny anticipates that her death will bring CJ back to Los Santos, and accosts him less than a block from his home in [[Ganton]] and forces the taxi which CJ was in off with CJ's bag and all still in the trunk which is the main reason why CJ has only one pair of clothes at the start of the game having to buy more clothes for himself. The C.R.A.S.H. team also plants evidence on him linking him to Pendelbury's death (allowing Tenpenny to force CJ into doing whatever he sees fit). He warns CJ not to leave town and dumps him out of the squad car in Balla territory.
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While Tenpenny claims he is pitting the gangs against each other to wipe them all out, he is actually allied with the [[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]], who (unlike the GSF) have no reservations against dealing crack cocaine. C.R.A.S.H. lets the Ballas flood the city with drugs, which turns many GSF members into addicts, effectively crushing their gang. Tenpenny also convinces Smoke to betray his gang in return for heading up the drug operation; in turn, Smoke convinces Ryder to defect also. Tenpenny and Pulaski personally oversee the Ballas murder of Carl and [[Sweet Johnson]]'s mother [[Beverly Johnson|Beverly]] (this is revealed during ''The Green Sabre''). Tenpenny anticipates that her death will bring CJ back to Los Santos, and accosts him less than a block from his home in [[Ganton]] and forces the taxi which CJ was passenger in, off with his suitcase and which is probably the main reason why CJ has only one pair of clothes at the start of the game. The C.R.A.S.H. team also plants evidence on him linking him to Pendelbury's death (allowing Tenpenny to exploit CJ into doing whatever he sees fit). He warns CJ not to leave town and dumps him out of the patrol car in [[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]] territory.
   
 
Later, Tenpenny and Pulaski kidnap CJ following a [[The Green Sabre|large gang assault]] beneath the Mulholland Intersection (which ended with Sweet being shot and incarcerated in a prison hospital upstate, and Carl being kidnapped. Clearly, Tenpenny personally ensured that CJ would escape the law). They drive CJ miles away to rural Whetstone and dump him in the woods with orders to [[Badlands|kill an FBI witness]]. He also tells CJ, who now knows of Big Smoke's involvement with C.R.A.S.H., not to kill Big Smoke, or the imprisoned Sweet will be put on a Ballas cell block. Tenpenny and Pulaski surface every so often to lean on CJ and usually order him to plant evidence on or kill someone who threatens to expose the true colours of C.R.A.S.H.
[[File:FrankTenpenny-Artwork.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Artwork of Frank Tenpenny from GTA San Andreas. This artwork is also on the PC Version's disc cover and loadup screen.]]
 
   
 
With Big Smoke ruling Los Santos as its crack kingpin under C.R.A.S.H.'s control, Tenpenny's reach is expanding. Despite this, the FBI is becoming interested in the wave of drugs crippling the city. CJ finally outlives his usefulness to Tenpenny and Pulaski, who are becoming edgy and less tolerant of loose ends by the time CJ reaches [[Las Venturas (3D Universe)|Las Venturas]]. There they have him [[misappropriation|acquire an FBI dossier]]. After this he drives CJ out to the desert, where Tenpenny attacks Hernandez for cooperating with Internal Affairs and orders Carl to dig his own grave. He then leaves CJ and Hernandez for Pulaski to watch so he can "get drunk and get laid", so he is not present to see [[High Noon |CJ murder Pulaski]].
Later, Tenpenny and Pulaski kidnap CJ following a large gang assault beneath the Mulholland Intersection (this ended with [[Sweet]] being shot and Carl and Sweet being arrested. Clearly, Tenpenny personally ensured that CJ would escape the law). They drive CJ miles away to Whetstone and dump him in the woods with orders to kill an FBI witness. He also tells CJ, who now knows of Big Smoke's involvement with C.R.A.S.H., not to kill Big Smoke, or the imprisoned Sweet will be put on a Balla cell block. Tenpenny and Pulaski surface every so often to lean on CJ and usually order him to plant evidence on or kill someone who threatens to expose the true nature of C.R.A.S.H.
 
   
 
Upon [[A Home in the Hills|taking back Madd Dogg's mansion]], CJ learns that Tenpenny has been charged with racketeering, corruption, possession and use of narcotics and numerous sexual assaults. However, as all the prosecution's witnesses have either been killed by CJ or otherwise gone missing, Tenpenny is acquitted, which ignites a [[Los Santos Riots|riot]] in Los Santos reminiscent of the {{WP|1992 Los Angeles riots}}.
With Big Smoke ruling Los Santos as its crack kingpin under C.R.A.S.H.'s control, Tenpenny's reach is expanding. Despite this, the FBI is becoming interested in the wave of drugs crippling the city. CJ finally outlives his usefulness to Tenpenny and Pulaski, who are becoming edgy and less tolerant of loose ends by the time CJ reaches [[Las Venturas]]. There they have him [[misappropriation|acquire an FBI dossier]]. After this he drives CJ out to the desert, where Tenpenny attacks Hernandez for cooperating with Internal Affairs and orders Carl to dig his own grave. He then leaves CJ and Hernandez for Pulaski to watch so he can "get drunk and get laid", so he is not present to see [[High Noon |CJ murder Pulaski]].
 
 
Upon [[A Home in the Hills|taking back Madd Dogg's mansion]], CJ learns that Tenpenny has been charged with racketeering, corruption, possession and use of narcotics and numerous sexual assaults. However, as all the prosecution's witnesses have either been killed by CJ or otherwise gone missing, Tenpenny is acquitted, which ignites a [[Los Santos Riots|riot]] in Los Santos reminiscent of the [[Wikipedia:1992 Los Angeles riots|1992 Los Angeles riots]].
 
   
 
====Death====
 
====Death====
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{{Quote|Come on, assholes. I'll take you all. You're mine! Mine! I run this town! Hey, over here! Hey! Officer down! Come on! HEY! Assholes! You never understood what I did! Fifty of me and this town would be okay. I took the trash out! I DID! And I'd do it all again...|Tenpenny's last words, in [[End of the Line]].}}[[File:FrankTenpenny-GTASA-Quote.ogg|center|noicon]]
Tenpenny seeks to escape Los Santos and the riot by plane (supposedly fleeing [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]) with a suitcase full of drug money. Tenpenny emerges just as CJ has killed Big Smoke and tells him he has new recruits in the force who are ready for him to "open their eyes" to his way of thinking. Tenpenny starts a fire in Big Smoke's Crack Palace downstairs, hoping to kill CJ in the blast, then flees in a fire truck. Carl's brother, Sweet, however, hangs on to the firetruck's ladder; CJ catches him in his car and continues the chase.
 
   
 
Tenpenny seeks to escape Los Santos and the ongoing riot by plane (supposedly fleeing [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]]) with a suitcase full of drug money. Tenpenny emerges just as CJ has [[End of the Line|killed Big Smoke]] and tells him he has [[C.R.A.S.H. Rookies|new recruits]] in the force who are ready for him to "open their eyes" to his way of thinking. Tenpenny starts a fire in Big Smoke's Crack Palace downstairs, hoping to kill CJ in the blast, then flees in a [[Fire Truck (ladder)|fire engine]]. Carl's brother, Sweet, however, hangs on to the fire engine's ladder; CJ catches him in his open-roofed car and continues the chase.
At the last cutscene of the "End of the Line" mission, Tenpenny's fire engine runs off an overpass, where it lands in a wreck right in the heart of [[Grove Street]]. A bloodied and broken Tenpenny crawls out calling for backup. Realizing no one is coming, he curses the police force, claiming that with "fifty of me", Los Santos would be saved, before dying from his injuries. CJ and the rest of his crew examine the body to make sure he's finished, but Sweet makes sure no one touches him so officials will blame a traffic accident for his death. Before they walk away from the body, [[The Truth]] tells CJ that he "beat the system" after Truth had been trying for 30 years. CJ then leans over, points his fingers at Tenpenny's body and smugly says, "See you around, ''officer''." Tenpenny's corpse is reported on the radio to have been mutilated and stripped by the homeless, before officials found it once the riots had ended.
 
   
 
During the final cutscene of the "End of the Line" mission, Tenpenny's fire engine runs off an overpass, where it lands right in the heart of [[Grove Street (3D Universe)|Grove Street]]. A badly injured Tenpenny crawls out calling for backup. Upon realising nobody is coming, he curses the police force, claiming that with "fifty of me", Los Santos would be saved, before dying from either his injuries or an implied heart attack. CJ and the rest of his crew examine the body to make sure he's finished, but Sweet makes sure no one touches him so officials will blame a traffic accident for his death.
==Mission appearances==
 
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Before they walk away from the corpse, [[The Truth]] tells CJ that he "beat the system" after he personally had been trying for 30 years. CJ then leans over, points his fingers at Tenpenny's lifeless body and smugly says, "See you around, ''officer''." Tenpenny's corpse is reported on [[WCTR News]] to have been mutilated and stripped by the homeless, before officials found it once the riots had ended.
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==Personality==
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Frank Tenpenny is a corrupt police officer and is depicted as a very violent, sadistic, callous, manipulative, and impulsive man. Tenpenny is also quite arrogant and ruthless and can be easily angered if things do not go his way. Tenpenny is a sociopath and appears to have a few qualms about abusing people verbally or physically and seems to be fond of practicing brutality on others.
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Tenpenny's notable trait is his egocentric superiority complex, in which he expresses enjoyment in manipulating others and being "in charge" of those around him. Such as the case in which he insisted his right-hand man [[Eddie Pulaski]] call him by his title (Officer Tenpenny) instead of his first name. Tenpenny seems to, in particular, enjoy controlling Carl, as he often uses Carl as his "dog" to do dirty jobs for him and to protect himself from various attempts by several people to expose his own crimes, all while blackmailing Carl and threatening him with harsh retribution that "(he) will think God himself has crapped on (him)." His treatment of Carl as his favorite "dog" has reached the point that he only wanted to kill him long after he has no use for Carl, as Pulaski said that Tenpenny will find an excuse to keep Carl alive despite Pulaski's wish to kill him sooner.
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While Tenpenny claims that he supported every gang in the town to "took the trash out" by having them kill each other, he actually sided with the drug-dealing Vagos and Ballas to weaken both Aztecas and GSF (who oppose the drug business) in order to gain more power and respect from them instead of preventing them from committing more crimes and gain the drug money for his own use.
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==Mission Appearances==
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===''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''===
 
*[[The Introduction]]
 
*[[The Introduction]]
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*[[In the Beginning]]
*[[First Mission (GTA SA)|First Mission]]
 
 
*[[Running Dog]]
 
*[[Running Dog]]
 
*[[Wrong Side of the Tracks]]
 
*[[Wrong Side of the Tracks]]
 
*[[Catalyst]]
 
*[[Catalyst]]
*[[Madd Dogg's Rhymes ]]<small>(Post-mission phone call)</small>
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*[[Madd Dogg's Rhymes]] <small>(Post-mission phone call)</small>
 
*[[Burning Desire]] <small>(Boss)</small>
 
*[[Burning Desire]] <small>(Boss)</small>
 
*[[Gray Imports]] <small>(Boss)</small>
 
*[[Gray Imports]] <small>(Boss)</small>
 
*[[The Green Sabre]]
 
*[[The Green Sabre]]
*[[Badlands]] <small>(Boss)</small>
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*[[Badlands]] <small>(Boss/Unseen)</small>
 
*[[Body Harvest]]
 
*[[Body Harvest]]
 
*[[555 We Tip]] <small>(Voice/Boss)</small>
 
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*[[Misappropriation]] <small>(Boss)</small>
 
*[[Misappropriation]] <small>(Boss)</small>
 
*[[Freefall]] <small>(Post-mission phone call, if Misappropriation is completed)</small>
 
*[[Freefall]] <small>(Post-mission phone call, if Misappropriation is completed)</small>
*[[High Noon]] <small>(Boss)</small>
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*[[High Noon]] <small>(Boss/Betrayal)</small>
 
*[[End of the Line]] <small>(Death)</small>
 
*[[End of the Line]] <small>(Death)</small>
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==Gallery==
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<gallery position="center" spacing="small">
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FrankTenpenny-GTASA.jpg|Tenpenny in game.
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FrankTenpenny-GTASAde-Portrait.png|Tenpenny in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition|Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - the Definitive Edition]]''.
 
FrankTenpenny-Artwork.jpg|[[Artworks in GTA San Andreas|Artwork]] of Frank Tenpenny from ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''. This artwork is also on the PC version's disc cover and loadup screen.
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Artwork-FrankTenpenny-Beta.jpg|An old artwork of Tenpenny.
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*In an [http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;338891934;pp;1 article] on PC World, Tenpenny was voted as #35 of the top 47 "most diabolical video game villains of all time." In Game Informer, Tenpenny was voted #2 Best Villain.
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*In an [http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;338891934;pp;1 article] on {{WP|PC World}}, Tenpenny was voted as #35 of the top 47 "most diabolical video game villains of all time." In {{WP|Game Informer}}, Tenpenny was voted #2 Best Villain.
 
*Tenpenny appears to be based on a real corrupt {{WP|Los Angeles Police|LAPD}} Officer, {{WP|Rafael Perez (police officer)|Rafael Perez}}, who was the center of attention in the {{WP|Rampart scandal}}. He also looks similar to {{WP|David Mack (police officer)|David Mack}}, another ringleader in the scandal.
*Tenpenny, or at least his so-called philosophy may be based on Denzel Washington's character Alonzo Harris in the 2001 movie [[wp:Training Day|Training Day]]. Both cops are corrupt, take innocent cops under their wing, ally themselves with gangs and front a philosophy of overlooking and ignoring small crimes to obtain a bigger reward.
 
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*Tenpenny shares the same first name with Lieutenant {{WP|Frank Drebin}}, the clumsy protagonist of the 1982 TV series ''{{WP|Police Squad!}}'' and ''{{WP|The Naked Gun}}'' film series that succeeded it. His junior officer is also named Ed, which shares first names with Drebin's boss Captain Ed Hocken.
*In [[Catalyst]], Tenpenny states his wife "loves this stuff" talking about the PCP [[Ryder]] was cooking. Samuel L. Jackson's wife also was a drug addict in the movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menace_to_society Menace II Society].
 
 
*Tenpenny's [[Artworks in GTA San Andreas|artwork]] and his actual character model slightly differ. In the artwork he appears slightly younger than in his in-game appearance, and he also had numerous tattoos on both of his arms. These tattoos do not appear in-game. He also appears much less muscular in the game. One tattoo partially visible on Tenpenny's left arm in the artwork appears to be the {{WP|United States Marine Corps}} {{WP|Eagle, Globe, and Anchor}} emblem. Corrupt {{WP|Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD}} {{WP|Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums|C.R.A.S.H.}} Officer Rafael Perez, on whom Tenpenny was likely based, was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps prior to joining the LAPD. This also could be Tenpenny's [[Beta Releases in GTA San Andreas|beta]] appearance.
*In the 2008 movie Lakeview Terrace, Jackson also plays a corrupt police officer named Abel Turner. It's possible this character was loosely inspired by Tenpenny, who was voiced by Jackson.
 
 
*Most cutscenes with Tenpenny usually have the same [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Lrjtz-u84 theme song] playing.
*In the aftermath of [[The Green Sabre]], Tenpenny tells Carl that his job is to "Intimidate those who intimidate others". This is the motto that the LAPD Rampart district used.
 
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*Frank Tenpenny is similar to [[Steve Haines]], the secondary antagonist of ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''. Both are corrupt law enforcement officials who use the protagonist(s) to commit crimes on their behalf to advance their careers, and end up betraying them. The main difference is the fact that Haines can get away with his crimes if the player chooses to [[The Time's Come|kill]] [[Michael De Santa]] or [[Something Sensible|kill]] [[Trevor Philips]] instead of choosing to [[The Third Way|kill]] Steve and [[Stretch (character)|the]] [[Wei Cheng|other]] [[Devin Weston|three]] antagonists.
*According to the mission [[Catalyst]], Tenpenny has a wife who is a drug addict.
 
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*Oddly, CJ responds with confusion when Tenpenny calls him after the "[[Madd Dogg's Rhymes]]" mission (before the first C.R.A.S.H mission strand is opened), and asks how did Tenpenny get his phone number, yet CJ was contacted via a phone call by [[Jimmy Hernandez]] earlier on, after the mission "[[Tagging Up Turf]]".
*Tenpenny could be based on a real corrupt [[wp:Los Angeles Police|LAPD]] Officer [[wp:Rafael Perez (police officer)|Rafael Perez]] who was the center of attention of the Rampart CRASH scandal. Another member of the rampart scandal, [[wp:David Mack (police officer)|David Mack]], looks similar to Tenpenny.
 
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*One of the [[Inside Track]] horses in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]'' is named Tenpenny (10/1 odds).
*Frank Tenpenny is the only African-American main antagonist in the GTA series.
 
*He is the main antagonist who makes the most appearances in the GTA III Era, with thirteen mission appearances.
 
*The only two missions where Tenpenny is seen without his partner, [[Eddie Pulaski]], are [[Body Harvest]] and [[End of the Line|End Of The Line]].
 
*Tenpenny and [[Jerry Martinez]] are the only two main antagonists in the series that are corrupt law enforcers. Tenpenny being a corrupt police officer, while Martinez is a corrupt soldier.
 
*He is one of two antagonists, along with [[Jimmy Pegorino]] (Deal, only), not to be killed by the [[Protagonist|protagonist]], as he dies in a traffic accident.
 
*Tenpenny's artwork and his actual character model slightly differ. In the artwork he appears slightly younger than in his in-game appearance, and he also had numerous tattoos on both of his arms. These tattoos do not appear in-game. He also appears much less muscular in the game. One tattoo partially visible on Tenpenny's left arm in the artwork appears to be the United States [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps United States Marine Corps] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor Eagle, Globe, and Anchor] emblem. Corrupt LAPD C.R.A.S.H. Officer Rafael Perez, on whom Tenpenny was likely based, was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps prior to joining the LAPD.
 
*He is the only primary antagonist in the GTA series to be a member of the police.
 
*His name is an obvious pun on "Ten Penny''"''.
 
*Most cutscenes with Tenpenny usually have the same [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Lrjtz-u84 Theme Song playing].
 
   
 
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Now you get this straight. We own you. You're ours. We can shit on you from such a height, you'll think God himself has crapped on you. You understand?
— Frank Tenpenny intimidating Carl Johnson during Burning Desire.

Frank Tenpenny is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, appearing as a central character and the main antagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Description

Intimidate those who intimidate others Carl. It's my job.
— Frank Tenpenny to CJ in The Green Sabre

An officer of the Los Santos Police Department (LSPD), Tenpenny - along with Jimmy Hernandez and Eddie Pulaski - make up the individual C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit.

Although both Tenpenny and the C.R.A.S.H. unit claim and appear to be ordinary police officers, Tenpenny and the others that make up the unit are extremely corrupt individuals who use their knowledge of the gangs they are hired to stop to coerce them into surrendering some of their profits and supplies to them, and regularly commit acts of police brutality, making them almost like a gang themselves but with the power of law enforcement behind them.

Tenpenny is voiced by actor Samuel L. Jackson.

History

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Tenpenny rode with Eddie Pulaski before Jimmy Hernandez joined C.R.A.S.H. Prior to the game's storyline, Tenpenny orders Hernandez to silence Ralph Pendelbury, an LSPD Internal Affairs officer who uncovered and attempted to expose Tenpenny and Pulaski's corruption within the department. Just prior to Pendelbury's murder, Tenpenny and Pulaski brief their newest recruit, Hernandez, in a scene reminiscent of the film Training Day. They both order Hernandez to pull the trigger on Pendelbury, thereby initiating Hernandez into their distorted view of things.

Relationship with CJ

Tenpenny has known protagonist Carl Johnson at least since Brian Johnson's death, and CJ recognizes Tenpenny and calls him by name from the very beginning of the game. Tenpenny likes to "step on" CJ on a regular basis to remind him of who's in charge. Tenpenny is obviously seen to be a powerful influence on the criminals of Los Santos, even warning CJ that "we can shit on you from such a height, you'll think God himself has crapped on you." He sees CJ as another tool in his dirty dealings. He and Pulaski extort several Grove Street Families members, including Big Smoke and Ryder, but Tenpenny appears to take pleasure in exercising control over CJ specifically. He officially threatens CJ to do his work or he'll frame him for Officer Pendelbury's murder, whom Tenpenny had Hernandez kill merely ten minutes before Carl's return to Los Santos.

Gang Association

While Tenpenny claims he is pitting the gangs against each other to wipe them all out, he is actually allied with the Ballas, who (unlike the GSF) have no reservations against dealing crack cocaine. C.R.A.S.H. lets the Ballas flood the city with drugs, which turns many GSF members into addicts, effectively crushing their gang. Tenpenny also convinces Smoke to betray his gang in return for heading up the drug operation; in turn, Smoke convinces Ryder to defect also. Tenpenny and Pulaski personally oversee the Ballas murder of Carl and Sweet Johnson's mother Beverly (this is revealed during The Green Sabre). Tenpenny anticipates that her death will bring CJ back to Los Santos, and accosts him less than a block from his home in Ganton and forces the taxi which CJ was passenger in, off with his suitcase and which is probably the main reason why CJ has only one pair of clothes at the start of the game. The C.R.A.S.H. team also plants evidence on him linking him to Pendelbury's death (allowing Tenpenny to exploit CJ into doing whatever he sees fit). He warns CJ not to leave town and dumps him out of the patrol car in Ballas territory.

Later, Tenpenny and Pulaski kidnap CJ following a large gang assault beneath the Mulholland Intersection (which ended with Sweet being shot and incarcerated in a prison hospital upstate, and Carl being kidnapped. Clearly, Tenpenny personally ensured that CJ would escape the law). They drive CJ miles away to rural Whetstone and dump him in the woods with orders to kill an FBI witness. He also tells CJ, who now knows of Big Smoke's involvement with C.R.A.S.H., not to kill Big Smoke, or the imprisoned Sweet will be put on a Ballas cell block. Tenpenny and Pulaski surface every so often to lean on CJ and usually order him to plant evidence on or kill someone who threatens to expose the true colours of C.R.A.S.H.

With Big Smoke ruling Los Santos as its crack kingpin under C.R.A.S.H.'s control, Tenpenny's reach is expanding. Despite this, the FBI is becoming interested in the wave of drugs crippling the city. CJ finally outlives his usefulness to Tenpenny and Pulaski, who are becoming edgy and less tolerant of loose ends by the time CJ reaches Las Venturas. There they have him acquire an FBI dossier. After this he drives CJ out to the desert, where Tenpenny attacks Hernandez for cooperating with Internal Affairs and orders Carl to dig his own grave. He then leaves CJ and Hernandez for Pulaski to watch so he can "get drunk and get laid", so he is not present to see CJ murder Pulaski.

Upon taking back Madd Dogg's mansion, CJ learns that Tenpenny has been charged with racketeering, corruption, possession and use of narcotics and numerous sexual assaults. However, as all the prosecution's witnesses have either been killed by CJ or otherwise gone missing, Tenpenny is acquitted, which ignites a riot in Los Santos reminiscent of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

Death

Come on, assholes. I'll take you all. You're mine! Mine! I run this town! Hey, over here! Hey! Officer down! Come on! HEY! Assholes! You never understood what I did! Fifty of me and this town would be okay. I took the trash out! I DID! And I'd do it all again...
— Tenpenny's last words, in End of the Line.

Tenpenny seeks to escape Los Santos and the ongoing riot by plane (supposedly fleeing San Andreas) with a suitcase full of drug money. Tenpenny emerges just as CJ has killed Big Smoke and tells him he has new recruits in the force who are ready for him to "open their eyes" to his way of thinking. Tenpenny starts a fire in Big Smoke's Crack Palace downstairs, hoping to kill CJ in the blast, then flees in a fire engine. Carl's brother, Sweet, however, hangs on to the fire engine's ladder; CJ catches him in his open-roofed car and continues the chase.

During the final cutscene of the "End of the Line" mission, Tenpenny's fire engine runs off an overpass, where it lands right in the heart of Grove Street. A badly injured Tenpenny crawls out calling for backup. Upon realising nobody is coming, he curses the police force, claiming that with "fifty of me", Los Santos would be saved, before dying from either his injuries or an implied heart attack. CJ and the rest of his crew examine the body to make sure he's finished, but Sweet makes sure no one touches him so officials will blame a traffic accident for his death.

Before they walk away from the corpse, The Truth tells CJ that he "beat the system" after he personally had been trying for 30 years. CJ then leans over, points his fingers at Tenpenny's lifeless body and smugly says, "See you around, officer." Tenpenny's corpse is reported on WCTR News to have been mutilated and stripped by the homeless, before officials found it once the riots had ended.

Personality

Frank Tenpenny is a corrupt police officer and is depicted as a very violent, sadistic, callous, manipulative, and impulsive man. Tenpenny is also quite arrogant and ruthless and can be easily angered if things do not go his way. Tenpenny is a sociopath and appears to have a few qualms about abusing people verbally or physically and seems to be fond of practicing brutality on others.

Tenpenny's notable trait is his egocentric superiority complex, in which he expresses enjoyment in manipulating others and being "in charge" of those around him. Such as the case in which he insisted his right-hand man Eddie Pulaski call him by his title (Officer Tenpenny) instead of his first name. Tenpenny seems to, in particular, enjoy controlling Carl, as he often uses Carl as his "dog" to do dirty jobs for him and to protect himself from various attempts by several people to expose his own crimes, all while blackmailing Carl and threatening him with harsh retribution that "(he) will think God himself has crapped on (him)." His treatment of Carl as his favorite "dog" has reached the point that he only wanted to kill him long after he has no use for Carl, as Pulaski said that Tenpenny will find an excuse to keep Carl alive despite Pulaski's wish to kill him sooner.

While Tenpenny claims that he supported every gang in the town to "took the trash out" by having them kill each other, he actually sided with the drug-dealing Vagos and Ballas to weaken both Aztecas and GSF (who oppose the drug business) in order to gain more power and respect from them instead of preventing them from committing more crimes and gain the drug money for his own use.

Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Trivia

  • In an article on PC World, Tenpenny was voted as #35 of the top 47 "most diabolical video game villains of all time." In Game Informer, Tenpenny was voted #2 Best Villain.
  • Tenpenny appears to be based on a real corrupt LAPD Officer, Rafael Perez, who was the center of attention in the Rampart scandal. He also looks similar to David Mack, another ringleader in the scandal.
  • Tenpenny shares the same first name with Lieutenant Frank Drebin, the clumsy protagonist of the 1982 TV series Police Squad! and The Naked Gun film series that succeeded it. His junior officer is also named Ed, which shares first names with Drebin's boss Captain Ed Hocken.
  • Tenpenny's artwork and his actual character model slightly differ. In the artwork he appears slightly younger than in his in-game appearance, and he also had numerous tattoos on both of his arms. These tattoos do not appear in-game. He also appears much less muscular in the game. One tattoo partially visible on Tenpenny's left arm in the artwork appears to be the United States Marine Corps Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem. Corrupt LAPD C.R.A.S.H. Officer Rafael Perez, on whom Tenpenny was likely based, was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps prior to joining the LAPD. This also could be Tenpenny's beta appearance.
  • Most cutscenes with Tenpenny usually have the same theme song playing.
  • Frank Tenpenny is similar to Steve Haines, the secondary antagonist of Grand Theft Auto V. Both are corrupt law enforcement officials who use the protagonist(s) to commit crimes on their behalf to advance their careers, and end up betraying them. The main difference is the fact that Haines can get away with his crimes if the player chooses to kill Michael De Santa or kill Trevor Philips instead of choosing to kill Steve and the other three antagonists.
  • Oddly, CJ responds with confusion when Tenpenny calls him after the "Madd Dogg's Rhymes" mission (before the first C.R.A.S.H mission strand is opened), and asks how did Tenpenny get his phone number, yet CJ was contacted via a phone call by Jimmy Hernandez earlier on, after the mission "Tagging Up Turf".
  • One of the Inside Track horses in Grand Theft Auto Online is named Tenpenny (10/1 odds).

Navigation

Navigation
[ ve ]Characters in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
ProtagonistCarl Johnson
Main
characters
Sean "Sweet" Johnson | Kendl Johnson | Frank Tenpenny† | Big Smoke (Melvin Harris)† | Wu Zi Mu | The Truth | Cesar Vialpando | Catalina† | Salvatore Leone† | Madd Dogg | Kent Paul | Eddie Pulaski† | Ken Rosenberg | Mike Toreno | Ryder (Lance Wilson)† | Jizzy B.† | OG Loc (Jeffrey Cross) | T-Bone Mendez† | Guppy | Zero | Maccer
Minor
characters
Andre† |Benny† | Bettina | Berkley | Big Poppa† | Bogman | Claude | Construction Foreman† | Alan Crawford† | Derek | District Attorney | Dope | Dwaine | Emmet | Freddy† | Colonel Fuhrberger | Gal | Hazer | Janitor | Jimmy Hernandez† | Jethro | Jose | Kane† | Maria Latore | Ran Fa Li | Little Bill | Little Lion† | Little Weasel† | Mike | Su Xi Mu | Ralph Pendelbury† | Marco Forelli† | Mickey† | Old Reece | Jimmy Silverman | Johnny Sindacco† | The Snakehead† | The Triad Leader | Sunny | Big Bear (Barry Thorne) | Tony | Vagos gang members (Running Dog)† | B Dup (Mark Wayne) | Mr. Whittaker | Pizza Clerk | Preacher Bishop† | Rival Pimp† | Sweet's Girlfriend | The Dossier Carrier† | The Informant† | The Journalist† | The Reporter† | Unnamed Burger Shot Employee | Unnamed Crack Whore | Gasso Employee | Alan Crawford's Female Associate† | Mafia Goon 1 | Forelli Crime Family's pilot† | C.R.A.S.H. Rookies† | Cesar's Informant | Salvatore Leone's Bodyguard | Tim† | Tammy† | Loco Low Co. Mechanic | Driving School Tutor | Ammu-Nation Clerk
GirlfriendsDenise Robinson | Millie Perkins | Helena Wankstein | Katie Zhan | Michelle Cannes | Barbara Schternvart
Radio station characters
Radio DJsForth Right MC | The Funktipus | Julio G | Johnny Lawton | Mary-Beth Maybell | Phillip Michaels | Hans Oberlander | Johnny Parkinson | James Pedeaston | Marshall Peters | Mary Phillips | Peyton Phillips | Sage | Tommy Smith
Talk show hostsMarvin Trill | Christy MacIntyre | Maurice | James Pedeaston | Mary Phillips | Peyton Phillips | Derrick Thackery | Billy Dexter† | Lazlow
Talk show guestsAdam First | The Truth | Truck Driver | Emanuel | Julie | Hector | Rick | Vivian | Mill | Mike | 632369439 | Stewart | Kevin | Montag | Zero | Jizzy B.† | Jack Howitzer | OG Loc | Cris Formage | Darius Fontaine
News broadcastingRichard Burns | Lianne Forget | Madd Dogg | Big Smoke
Radio guestsThe Truth | OG Loc (Jeffrey Cross) | Big Wayne | Darius Fontaine | Jenna Forbes | Cris Formage | Jack Howitzer | Michael Hunt | Jimmy | Fernando Martinez | Tim | Reed Tucker
Mentioned
characters
Mary Alexander | Mike Andrews | Big Devil† | Bobby | CM Pink | Joey Leone | Tommy Vercetti | James Earl Cash | Mary Ellen | Herbie | Ho Chi | Beverly Johnson† | Brian Johnson† | Carl Johnson's Father | Ah Ah Kung | LB | Little Devil† | General Mills | Tony† | Jezz Torrent | Avrindar
Other
characters
Fraser Ashley | Morgan August | G.M. Berlotti | Big Smilky | Dr. Diablo | Gern Blanston | Henry Bolt† | D. Claremont | John Craig | Mary Fortune | Frank Gold | Hammerfist | Philip K. Jones | Ed Karson | Turk Martin | Cluck Norris | Jane Pole | Brontosaurus Rex | Rochell'le | Jeremy Smith | Brian Van Ginsberg | Scott Wilson
Deleted
characters
Officer Carver | Larry | Poncho | Psycho
† denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice
Characters in GTA San Andreas | Category:Characters in GTA San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Category:Characters
[ ve ]Grove Street Families (3D Universe)
LeaderSean "Sweet" Johnson
MembersCarl Johnson (underboss) | Big Smoke(lieutenant, formerly) | Ryder(lieutenant; formerly) | OG Loc | B Dup (formerly) | Big Bear | Emmet | Little Weasel(formerly) | Big Devil † | Little Devil † | Tony † | Dope
AssociatesPeople: Beverly Johnson † | Kendl Johnson | Cesar Vialpando | Denise Robinson | LB | Ran Fa Li | Wu Zi Mu
Gangs: San Fierro Triads | Varrios Los Aztecas
EnemiesPeople: Big Smoke † | Eddie Pulaski † | Frank Tenpenny † | Ryder † | Little Weasel
Gangs: Ballas | C.R.A.S.H. | Los Santos Vagos | Russian Mafia | San Fierro Rifa | Loco Syndicate
FrontsEmmet's | Johnson House | Sweet Johnson's House
TurfOwn Turf: Ganton | Playa del Seville | Santa Maria Beach | Temple
Acquirable Turf: East Beach | East Los Santos | Glen Park | Idlewood | Jefferson | Las Colinas | Los Flores | Verona Beach | Vinewood | Willowfield
SetsSeville Boulevard Families | Temple Drive Families
[ ve ]Ballas (3D Universe)
MembersKane · Little Weasel
AssociatesPeople: Mark "B Dup" Wayne · Frank Tenpenny · Eddie Pulaski · Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris · Lance "Ryder" Wilson
Gangs: Los Santos Vagos · Russian Mafia · C.R.A.S.H. (formerly) · Loco Syndicate (supplier; formerly) · San Fierro Rifa
EnemiesPeople: Sean "Sweet" Johnson · Carl "CJ" Johnson · Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris (formerly) · Lance "Ryder" Wilson (formerly)
Gangs: Grove Street Families · Los Santos Vagos · Varrios Los Aztecas
FrontsBig Smoke's Crack Palace · Crack Den
TurfIdlewood (formerly) · Glen Park (formerly) · Ganton (briefly; formerly) · Temple · Santa Maria Beach · East Los Santos · Jefferson · Playa del Seville · Verona Beach · Willowfield
SetsFront Yard Ballas · Rollin' Heights Ballas · Kilo Tray Ballas · Temple Drive Ballas