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− | |dob = [[1953]] (age 33) <small> (GTA VC)</small><br>(age 39) <small> (GTA SA)</small> |
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+ | KenRosenberg-GTASA.jpg|1992 |
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− | |pob = [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] |
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+ | KenRosenberg-GTAVC.jpg|1986 |
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− | |home = [[Washington Beach]], Vice City (1980s)<br>[[Caligula's Casino]], [[Las Venturas]] (1992) |
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− | |nationality = Jewish-[[United States|American]] |
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+ | |games = {{Games|VC=y|SA=y}} |
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+ | |mentioned = {{Games|VCS={{UN|unseen=1}}}} |
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− | |affiliations = [[VNN|Vice News Network]]<br>[[Forelli Family]]<br>[[Tommy Vercetti]]<br>[[Juan Cortez|Colonel Juan Cortez]]<br>[[Avery Carrington]]<br>[[Kent Paul]]<br>[[Carl Johnson]]<br>[[Maccer]]<br>[[Leone Family]]<br>[[Sindacco Family]]<br>[[Tony]]<br>[[Madd Dogg]] |
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− | |businesses = [[K. Rosenberg & Co.]] |
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+ | |status = Alive |
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− | |voice = [[William Fichtner]]<br>(also credited as Bill Fichtner)|status = Alive}} |
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+ | |dob = [[1953]] <ref>[[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-BradysgameManualEntry.png|thumb|left|300px|Ken is said to be 33 years old in the BradyGames guide officially endorsed by Rockstar Games.]]{{clr}}</ref> |
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+ | |home = [[Washington Beach (3D Universe)|Washington Beach]], [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]], [[State of Florida|Florida]] <small>(1980s)</small><br>[[Caligula's Casino]], [[Las Venturas (3D Universe)|Las Venturas]] <small>(1992)</small> |
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− | {{Quote|I poke my head out of the gutter for one freakin' second, and fate shovels shit in my face!|Ken Rosenberg}} |
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+ | |nationality = {{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]] |
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+ | |affiliations = [[Leone Crime Family|Leone Family]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Salvatore Leone]]{{Status|D1=y}}[[Forelli Crime Family|Forelli Family]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Tommy Vercetti]] </small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Lance Vance]]{{Status|D1=y}}[[Vercetti Gang]] (Formerly)<br>[[Juan Cortez|Colonel Juan Cortez]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Avery Carrington]] <small>(Formerly)</small>{{Status|D1=y}}[[Kent Paul]]<br>[[Carl Johnson]]<br>[[Maccer]]<br>[[Johnny Sindacco]] {{Status|D1=y}}[[Sindacco Crime Family|Sindacco Family]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Tony]]<br>[[Madd Dogg]] |
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− | '''Ken Rosenberg''' is a character in the [[Grand Theft Auto]] series who appears as the deuteragonist in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] (set in [[1986]]) and a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (set in [[1992]]). He is also mentioned in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] (set in [[1984]]). In [[1986]] he has an appearance resembling David Klenfield from the 1993 flim [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlito's_Way Carlito's Way] with a haircut resembling that of Sonny Corleone from the classic gangster film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather The Godfather] and a purple [[Soiree Suits|soiree suit]]. In [[1992]] his hair is shorter with a small ponytail on the back. His outfit consists of a black t-shirt and three-button suit coat, beige pants and shoes. |
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+ | |businesses = [[K. Rosenberg & Co.]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>Accountant for [[Madd Dogg]] |
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− | Ken is voiced in both of his appearances by [[William Fichtner]] (also credited as Bill Fitchner), who has starred in, amongst other things, the film ''Empire Falls''. |
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+ | |voice = [[William Fichtner]] |
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+ | }} |
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+ | {{Quote|Do I look like I can intimidate a jury? I couldn't intimidate a child - and believe me, I've tried.|Ken Rosenberg to [[Tommy Vercetti]] in [[Jury Fury]].|sound=KenRosenberg-GTAVC-Quote.ogg}} |
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+ | '''Ken Rosenberg''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series who appears as the [[Deuteragonist|deuteragonist]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' (set in [[1986]]) and a main character in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' (set in [[1992]]). He is also mentioned in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' (set in [[1984]]). |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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+ | Ken Rosenberg successfully graduated as a lawyer, although he is suspected of cheating on his exams, and established his own business, [[K. Rosenberg & Co.]], setting up the firm in [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]], with the company's office being inside the [[Hotel Harrison]] in [[Washington Beach (3D Universe)|Washington Beach]]. He started working for the [[Forelli Crime Family]] at some point in [[1978]], aged 25. <ref>[[:File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-BradysgameManualEntry.png|According to the official ''GTA Vice City'' strategy guide by BradyGames, endorsed by Rockstar Games.]]</ref> By 1984 his company has begun to represent the [[VNN|Vice News Network]] legally, with the company advising people, through a VNN news report, to quote the second amendment of the [[United States|American]] constitution if they are prosecuted for illegally using a firearm, after open gun fights in the [[Downtown Vice City|Downtown]] district (seen during the mission [[Nice Package]]). By [[1986]] he has also established ties with the [[Liberty City (3D Universe)|Liberty City]] based [[Forelli Crime Family]], an Italian-American mob, and has begun to represent them legally. |
+ | ===Events of ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''=== |
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− | + | In 1986 he helps [[Sonny Forelli]], the suspected [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the Family, in establishing his family in Vice City by setting up a drug deal between the [[Vance Crime Family|Vance Crime Family's]] [[Victor Vance|Victor]] and [[Lance Vance]] and Forelli Family representatives [[Tommy Vercetti]], [[Harry]] and [[Lee]]. The deal was ambushed but Rosenberg and Vercetti escaped, with Rosenberg hiding in his office, even missing [[Juan Cortez|Colonel Juan Cortez]] [[The Party|yacht party]], instead sending Vercetti to meet the man who set up the deal and later to [[Back Alley Brawl|find out]] who ambushed the deal. Rosenberg had, before the ambushed drug deal, been representing [[Giorgio Forelli]], who was facing charges of fraud, and sent Vercetti to [[Jury Fury|intimidate]] two jurors. He had also begun representing real estate mogul [[Avery Carrington]], who Vercetti later began to work for after causing a [[Riot (GTA Vice City)|riot]] at the [[Spand Express]] depot. |
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− | Vercetti eventually stops working for Rosenberg, who begins to represent him and bailing him from the [[Vice City Police Department]] police stations across the city, with Rosenberg later attempting to give Vercetti advice about earning more money and about a planned [[The Job|bank heist]]. He later sides with Vercetti when Sonny Forelli arrives in Vice City and, along with Lance Vance, a former ally of Vercetti, [[Keep Your Friends Close...|attempt to take over Vercetti's business empire]]. The two become close friends, although Rosenberg's cocaine addiction later drives a wedge between the two. |
+ | Vercetti eventually stops working for Rosenberg, who begins to represent him and bailing him from the [[Vice City Police Department (3D Universe)|Vice City Police Department]] police stations across the city, with Rosenberg later attempting to give Vercetti advice about earning more money and about a planned [[The Job|bank heist]]. He later sides with Vercetti when Sonny Forelli arrives in Vice City and, along with Lance Vance, a former ally of Vercetti, [[Keep Your Friends Close...|attempt to take over Vercetti's business empire]]. The two become close friends, although Rosenberg's [[cocaine]] addiction later drives a wedge between the two. |
+ | ===Events of ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''=== |
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− | ===1990-1992=== |
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⚫ | Tommy Vercetti and Ken Rosenberg continue to drift apart in the early 1990s, with Rosenberg eventually entering rehabilitation at the [[Fort Carson Medical Center]] in [[Fort Carson]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]]. His rehabilitation was successful, but his friendship with Vercetti is irreparably damaged, and he is also disbarred as a lawyer. Rosenberg, however, immediately falls into the clutches to Liberty City's three mafia families, the [[Forelli Crime Family]], [[Leone Crime Family]] and the [[Sindacco Crime Family]], who have him run [[Caligula's Casino]], a mafia run casino in [[Las Venturas (3D Universe)|Las Venturas]], with all three families having a stake in the casino. |
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⚫ | Rosenberg is informed by [[Salvatore Leone]], Don of the Leone Family, that he wants his money back quickly, whilst he expectantly waits for one family to kill him and blame one of the other families. Rosenberg begins to hide in his office once again, with only [[Tony]], a talking parrot, for company. [[Kent Paul]] and his client [[Maccer]] later [[Don Peyote|find]] Rosenberg and introduce him to [[Carl Johnson]], who begins to help Rosenberg out of his situation, including [[Intensive Care|saving]] [[Johnny Sindacco]] on his way to the [[Las Venturas Hospital|hospital]], though Johnny later [[The Meat Business|dies]] of a heart attack after he remembers his [[Fender Ketchup|previous encounter]] with Carl. |
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⚫ | Tommy Vercetti and Ken Rosenberg continue to drift apart in the early 1990s, with Rosenberg eventually |
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⚫ | Carl later works for both Rosenberg and Salvatore Leone to kill more Sindacco and Forelli Family mobsters, both in [[Freefall|San Andreas]] and [[Saint Mark's Bistro|Liberty City]]. Eventually Carl helps Rosenberg, as well as the by now trapped Kent Paul and Maccer, to escape from Salvatore Leone, telling them to lie low. Rosenberg, who began to use cocaine, also seemingly has flashbacks, once stating "Just like old times, hey Tommy?', in reference to Tommy Vercetti. |
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⚫ | Rosenberg is informed by [[Salvatore Leone]], Don of the Leone Family, that he wants his money back quickly, whilst he expectantly waits for one family to kill him and blame one of the other families. Rosenberg begins to hide in his office once again, with only [[Tony]], a talking parrot, for company. [[Kent Paul]] and his client [[Maccer]] later [[Don Peyote|find]] Rosenberg and introduce him to [[Carl Johnson]], who begins to help Rosenberg out of his situation, including [[Intensive Care|saving]] [[Johnny Sindacco]] on his way to the [[Las Venturas Hospital|hospital]] |
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+ | {{DialogueNew|p1=Carl Johnson|d1=I've got a need for an accountant and a sound engineer and I thought of you and Paul.|p2=Ken Rosenberg|d2=Fucking amazing! Paul's great with figures and I'd make a fucking amazing producer! This is (sniff) this is fucking great! It's amazing!|p3=Carl Johnson|d3=Yeah, yeah, whatever you say man, but look. See you soon.|quotedetail=Carl Johnson to Ken Rosenberg in a phone call after [[A Home in the Hills]].}} |
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⚫ | Carl later works for both Rosenberg and Salvatore Leone to kill more |
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+ | Rosenberg and Kent Paul later begin to work for [[Madd Dogg]], a rapper who is being managed by Carl Johnson. He, Kent Paul, Maccer and Madd Dogg later [[End of the Line|appear]] in the [[Johnson House]] in [[Grove Street (3D Universe)|Grove Street]], [[Ganton]], [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]], to announce their first gold record. |
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+ | =="Busted!" quotes== |
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− | Nothing after the events of GTA San Andreas can be confirmed, although some fans believe that in GTA Liberty City Stories he calls into [[The Electron Zone]] on [[Liberty City Free Radio]], from [[Carcer City]], complaining about being arrested by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] for looking up pictures on the Internet (the pictures are implied to be child pornography). The caller is named Ken, although no surname is given, and the caller sounds nothing like Ken Rosenberg. |
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+ | In ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'', during the blank screen after being [[Busted|busted]] before the player respawns outside the police station, the player can occasionally hear Ken Rosenberg talking over the phone with the police in an attempt to get [[Tommy Vercetti]] released, using a variety of conjecture, insults and even threats to get his way. There are 28 lines in total. |
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− | ==Development== |
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+ | *''"Tommy Vercetti is an innocent man!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_01.ogg|noicon]] |
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− | [[File:Kleinfeld.jpg|right|thumb|David Kleinfeld, the inspiration for Rosenberg.]] |
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+ | *''"Officer, do you really think my client was capable of that?"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_02.ogg|noicon]] |
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− | Ken Rosenberg is voiced by [[William Fichtner]] (also credited as Bill Fitchner) and is based on David Kleinfeld, played by Sean Penn, from the 1993 film ''Carlito's Way''. The two characters are defense attorneys, have a similar appearance and both are rendered increasingly paranoid and incoherent due to their cocaine addictions. The offices of both characters are also almost identical. |
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+ | *''"Tommy Vercetti walks right here or we sue for defamation."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_03.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"My client wasn't even in town today and you know it!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_04.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Of course he looks like the suspect, that don't make him guilty. You look like an idiot, that doesn't mean you are one."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_05.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Vercetti walks right now or there's gonna be hell to pay."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_06.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Tommy Vercetti is a kind man, a generous man, a civic-minded man, but he does not appreciate being called a killer, officer."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_07.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Come on, officer! Tommy Vercetti wasn't even in Vice City on the day in question."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_08.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Tommy Vercetti doesn't even own a gun! How could he do that? How could he? Now let him go!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_09.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"You know and I know Tommy Vercetti never did that."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_10.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Vercetti walks or you can kiss your promotion goodbye, pal."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_11.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Well, sure he was there, but that hardly means he did it."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_12.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Vercetti walks right now, bail or I sue."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_13.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"You wouldn't know the truth if you found it banging your wife, now shut up and release my client! And your wife is not that great."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_14.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Oh really? 'Cause you saw it, it must have happened. Ho ho ho, what a load of crap and you know it!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_15.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Come on, officer... Officer!... Come on, what are you, drinking on the job?"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_16.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Get Sergeant Pulaski down here, that fat chump owes me a favor!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_17.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"My client is a very important man and he won't respond kindly to these revolting accusations."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_18.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"All your evidence is circumstantial bullshit and you know it!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_19.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"We're trying to prepare a legal case, officer, not sling accusations around like a priapic dildo."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_20.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Do you think your opinion is important here? We are talking about a man's freedom!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_21.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Don't make me get irritated with you, officer. You cannot substantiate your claims in any way, any way, shape, or form. Vercetti walks!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_22.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"These charges, they ain't worth the paper they're written on, and you know it."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_23.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"You have no grounds for refusing bail right now!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_24.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"My client is innocent!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_25.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"You think that is gonna stand up in court?"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_26.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"Come on, he's an innocent man, officer!"'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_27.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | *''"If I have to make a claim against the police department for this outrage, I will."'' [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC-bust_28.ogg|noicon]] |
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+ | ==VCBI Crime Tree Record== |
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− | *He is one of two characters to appear in two final missions in two GTA games (The other being [[Lance Vance]]). |
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+ | * "Blue chip" clients include {{H:title|Website misspell|Georgio}} Forelli. Cousin of Liberty City crime boss, Sonny. |
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+ | ===''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''=== |
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− | *[[Introduction (GTA VC)]] |
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+ | *[[In The Beginning...]] |
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*[[The Party]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
*[[The Party]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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*[[Back Alley Brawl]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
*[[Back Alley Brawl]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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*[[Jury Fury]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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− | *[[Riot (GTA |
+ | *[[Riot (GTA Vice City)|Riot]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
− | *[[Shakedown (GTA |
+ | *[[Shakedown (GTA Vice City)|Shakedown]] |
*[[No Escape?]] |
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*[[The Shootist]] |
*[[The Shootist]] |
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*[[The Driver]] |
*[[The Driver]] |
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*[[The Job]] |
*[[The Job]] |
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+ | *[[Hit the Courier]] <small>(Post-mission phone call)</small> |
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+ | *[[Cap the Collector]] <small>(Pre-mission phone call)</small> |
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*[[Keep Your Friends Close...]] |
*[[Keep Your Friends Close...]] |
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*[[The Introduction]] |
*[[The Introduction]] |
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*[[Don Peyote]] |
*[[Don Peyote]] |
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*[[Intensive Care]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
*[[Intensive Care]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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*[[The Meat Business]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
*[[The Meat Business]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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+ | *[[Fish in a Barrel]] <small>(Post-mission phone call)</small> |
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*[[Freefall]] |
*[[Freefall]] |
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− | *[[High Noon]] <small>( |
+ | *[[Green Goo]], [[Madd Dogg (mission)|Madd Dogg]] or [[High Noon]] <small>(Post-mission phone call)</small> |
*[[Saint Mark's Bistro]] |
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+ | *[[A Home in the Hills]] <small>(Post-mission phone call)</small> |
*[[End of the Line]] |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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− | KenRosenburg-GTAVC.jpg |
+ | KenRosenburg-GTAVC.jpg|'''Ken''' in his office in ''GTA Vice City''. |
+ | KenRosenberg-Artwork.jpg|An [[Artworks in GTA Vice City|artwork]] of '''Ken Rosenberg''' in ''GTA Vice City''. |
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+ | KenRosenberg-GTAVC-10thAnniversaryArtwork.jpg|'''Ken Rosenberg's''' 10th anniversary artwork. |
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+ | *During the mission [[The Meat Business]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', he will sometimes yell out "This is so exciting, Tommy! It's just like old times!", apparently still missing his days working alongside Tommy Vercetti in Vice City. |
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+ | *According to artwork, Ken Rosenberg originally wore the same soiree suit as he does in the game, but wore a yellow shirt underneath. |
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+ | *Rosenberg is undoubtedly heavily influenced by {{WP|Sean Penn}}'s character Dave Kleinfeld from the [[1993]] movie {{WP|Carlito's Way}}. Both worked as lawyers, helped the protagonists of their respective franchises, and were heavily addicted to cocaine and both did something that made the protagonist sever their ties with them (in Kleinfeld's case, he was going to testify against Carlito and Tommy severed his ties with Rosenberg because of his drug addiction). The interior of Rosenberg's office in Vice City is also remarkably similar to Dave Klenfield's office. |
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+ | *In ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]],'' Ken is not seen outside of full-motion cutscenes, except for the mission "[[In The Beginning...]]". |
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+ | *Ken's name is misspelled as "Rosenburg" on the official [http://www.stephenbliss.com/ website] of Rockstar Games' artist [[Stephen Bliss]]. Whether this is his beta name or just a typo is unknown. |
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Latest revision as of 20:38, 16 April 2024
Ken Rosenberg is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as the deuteragonist in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (set in 1986) and a main character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (set in 1992). He is also mentioned in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (set in 1984).
Biography
Background
Ken Rosenberg successfully graduated as a lawyer, although he is suspected of cheating on his exams, and established his own business, K. Rosenberg & Co., setting up the firm in Vice City, with the company's office being inside the Hotel Harrison in Washington Beach. He started working for the Forelli Crime Family at some point in 1978, aged 25. [2] By 1984 his company has begun to represent the Vice News Network legally, with the company advising people, through a VNN news report, to quote the second amendment of the American constitution if they are prosecuted for illegally using a firearm, after open gun fights in the Downtown district (seen during the mission Nice Package). By 1986 he has also established ties with the Liberty City based Forelli Crime Family, an Italian-American mob, and has begun to represent them legally.
Events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
In 1986 he helps Sonny Forelli, the suspected Don of the Family, in establishing his family in Vice City by setting up a drug deal between the Vance Crime Family's Victor and Lance Vance and Forelli Family representatives Tommy Vercetti, Harry and Lee. The deal was ambushed but Rosenberg and Vercetti escaped, with Rosenberg hiding in his office, even missing Colonel Juan Cortez yacht party, instead sending Vercetti to meet the man who set up the deal and later to find out who ambushed the deal. Rosenberg had, before the ambushed drug deal, been representing Giorgio Forelli, who was facing charges of fraud, and sent Vercetti to intimidate two jurors. He had also begun representing real estate mogul Avery Carrington, who Vercetti later began to work for after causing a riot at the Spand Express depot.
Vercetti eventually stops working for Rosenberg, who begins to represent him and bailing him from the Vice City Police Department police stations across the city, with Rosenberg later attempting to give Vercetti advice about earning more money and about a planned bank heist. He later sides with Vercetti when Sonny Forelli arrives in Vice City and, along with Lance Vance, a former ally of Vercetti, attempt to take over Vercetti's business empire. The two become close friends, although Rosenberg's cocaine addiction later drives a wedge between the two.
Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Tommy Vercetti and Ken Rosenberg continue to drift apart in the early 1990s, with Rosenberg eventually entering rehabilitation at the Fort Carson Medical Center in Fort Carson, San Andreas. His rehabilitation was successful, but his friendship with Vercetti is irreparably damaged, and he is also disbarred as a lawyer. Rosenberg, however, immediately falls into the clutches to Liberty City's three mafia families, the Forelli Crime Family, Leone Crime Family and the Sindacco Crime Family, who have him run Caligula's Casino, a mafia run casino in Las Venturas, with all three families having a stake in the casino.
Rosenberg is informed by Salvatore Leone, Don of the Leone Family, that he wants his money back quickly, whilst he expectantly waits for one family to kill him and blame one of the other families. Rosenberg begins to hide in his office once again, with only Tony, a talking parrot, for company. Kent Paul and his client Maccer later find Rosenberg and introduce him to Carl Johnson, who begins to help Rosenberg out of his situation, including saving Johnny Sindacco on his way to the hospital, though Johnny later dies of a heart attack after he remembers his previous encounter with Carl.
Carl later works for both Rosenberg and Salvatore Leone to kill more Sindacco and Forelli Family mobsters, both in San Andreas and Liberty City. Eventually Carl helps Rosenberg, as well as the by now trapped Kent Paul and Maccer, to escape from Salvatore Leone, telling them to lie low. Rosenberg, who began to use cocaine, also seemingly has flashbacks, once stating "Just like old times, hey Tommy?', in reference to Tommy Vercetti.
Carl Johnson: “I've got a need for an accountant and a sound engineer and I thought of you and Paul.”
Ken Rosenberg: “Fucking amazing! Paul's great with figures and I'd make a fucking amazing producer! This is (sniff) this is fucking great! It's amazing!”
Carl Johnson: “Yeah, yeah, whatever you say man, but look. See you soon.”
— Carl Johnson to Ken Rosenberg in a phone call after A Home in the Hills.
Rosenberg and Kent Paul later begin to work for Madd Dogg, a rapper who is being managed by Carl Johnson. He, Kent Paul, Maccer and Madd Dogg later appear in the Johnson House in Grove Street, Ganton, Los Santos, to announce their first gold record.
"Busted!" quotes
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, during the blank screen after being busted before the player respawns outside the police station, the player can occasionally hear Ken Rosenberg talking over the phone with the police in an attempt to get Tommy Vercetti released, using a variety of conjecture, insults and even threats to get his way. There are 28 lines in total.
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VCBI Crime Tree Record
- KEN ROSENBERG
- KEN ROSENBERG
- Partner at Rosenberg & Associates, legal firm.
- Suspected problem with narcotics and egomania.
- Believed to be developing contracts with Liberty City mob.
- Suspected of cheating in law school exams.
- Believed to have employed heavies on numerous occasions to intimidate and corrupt juries.
- Very poor success rate in trials.
- "Blue chip" clients include Georgio Forelli. Cousin of Liberty City crime boss, Sonny.
- Always desperate for money.
Mission Appearances
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- In The Beginning...
- The Party (Boss)
- Back Alley Brawl (Boss)
- Jury Fury (Boss)
- Riot (Boss)
- Shakedown
- No Escape?
- The Shootist
- The Driver
- The Job
- Hit the Courier (Post-mission phone call)
- Cap the Collector (Pre-mission phone call)
- Keep Your Friends Close...
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- The Introduction
- Don Peyote
- Intensive Care (Boss)
- The Meat Business (Boss)
- Fish in a Barrel (Post-mission phone call)
- Freefall
- Green Goo, Madd Dogg or High Noon (Post-mission phone call)
- Saint Mark's Bistro
- A Home in the Hills (Post-mission phone call)
- End of the Line
Gallery
Trivia
- During the mission The Meat Business in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, he will sometimes yell out "This is so exciting, Tommy! It's just like old times!", apparently still missing his days working alongside Tommy Vercetti in Vice City.
- According to artwork, Ken Rosenberg originally wore the same soiree suit as he does in the game, but wore a yellow shirt underneath.
- Rosenberg is undoubtedly heavily influenced by Sean Penn's character Dave Kleinfeld from the 1993 movie Carlito's Way. Both worked as lawyers, helped the protagonists of their respective franchises, and were heavily addicted to cocaine and both did something that made the protagonist sever their ties with them (in Kleinfeld's case, he was going to testify against Carlito and Tommy severed his ties with Rosenberg because of his drug addiction). The interior of Rosenberg's office in Vice City is also remarkably similar to Dave Klenfield's office.
- In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Ken is not seen outside of full-motion cutscenes, except for the mission "In The Beginning...".
- Ken's name is misspelled as "Rosenburg" on the official website of Rockstar Games' artist Stephen Bliss. Whether this is his beta name or just a typo is unknown.