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+ | |name = Jack Howitzer |
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− | ==Biography== |
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+ | |image = JackHowitzer-GTAV-Portrait.png |
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+ | |games = {{Games|VC=<small>(Voice)</small>|SA=<small>(Voice)</small>|VCS=<small>(Voice)</small>|V=y|O=y}} |
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+ | |mentioned = {{Games|LCS={{UN|unseen=1}}|IV={{UN|unseen=1}}|TLAD={{UN|unseen=1}}{{Fact}}|TBOGT={{UN|unseen=1}}{{Fact}}}} |
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+ | |gender = M |
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+ | |dob = May 17<ref>His birthday is May 17, as stated in his real life [[Lifeinvader]] page. The year, however, is never revealed.</ref> (Unknown year) |
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+ | |status = Alive |
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+ | |vehicles = '''HD Universe:'''<br>[[Ruiner]] |
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+ | |affiliations = '''3D Universe:'''<br>[[Ho Chi]] {{Status|U=y}} |
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+ | '''HD Universe:'''<br>[[Rufus Bellows]] (Agent)<br>[[Ho Chi Sock]] |
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+ | |home = '''3D Universe:'''<br>[[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]]<br>'''HD Universe:'''<br>[[The Motor Motel]], [[Route 68]], [[Harmony]], [[Blaine County]], [[State of San Andreas (HD Universe)|San Andreas]] |
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+ | |nationality = {{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]] |
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+ | |businesses = Film Actor<br>TV Show Host |
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+ | |voice = [[Randy Pearlstein]] |
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+ | |bleeter=[[File:Bleeter_GTAVpc_JackHowitzer.png|40px|right]] @JackHowitzer |
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+ | }} |
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+ | {{Quote|I'm back bitches... and there's nothing you can do about it.|Jack after his release from prison in 2013.}} |
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+ | '''Jack Howitzer''' is an [[Wave of Celebrity in the HD Universe|actor]] that appears in both the [[3D Universe]] and [[HD Universe]] of the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series. |
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+ | He is voiced by [[Randy Pearlstein]]. |
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⚫ | Jack Howitzer's earliest known |
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+ | ==History== |
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⚫ | By 1989 Howitzer's popularity had eventually declined and his career slowed down. He released '' |
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+ | ===Background=== |
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⚫ | Jack Howitzer's earliest known film, ''[[Loincloth]]'', was released in [[1984]]. He also appears on the radio that year in a commercial for [[Little Lacy Surprise]] and as an imaging voice on [[Emotion 98.3]]. In [[1986]], he appeared in the ''[[Evacuator]]'' sequel, titled ''[[Exploder: Evacuator Part II]]''. In the next three years, he appeared in films titled ''[[Annihilator (film)|Annihilator]]'', and ''[[Zero Seconds to Death]]''. Howitzer also frequently used {{WP|Anabolic Steroids|steroids}} during his film career, leading to many film critics and talk show hosts mocking the fact they had apparently shrunk his genitals. |
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⚫ | In |
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− | ==Real Life Inspirations== |
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⚫ | By [[1989]] Howitzer's popularity had eventually declined and his career slowed down. He released ''[[Special Needs Cop]]'' in [[1992]], a severely politically incorrect film in which he endangers the lives of special needs children and other innocents. He also became delusional, believing that his movies were real and the {{WP|Soviet Union}} could still attack (despite the fact they had collapsed in [[1991]]). In 1992, He was interviewed on [[West Coast Talk Radio|WCTR]]'s ''[[Entertaining America]]'' show where he accidentally and fatally shot host [[Billy Dexter]] (Jack thought that his gun wasn't loaded), also shooting at others on the scene. Jack was later put on trial for murder and faced the death penalty, although the outcome of the trial is not revealed. When interviewed by WCTR in a [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]] prison awaiting trial, he admits to killing the original [[Ho Chi]] from the Exploder movies, also demanding his cellmate act like him. |
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⚫ | *''' |
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+ | ===Events of ''Grand Theft Auto IV''=== |
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⚫ | *''' |
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⚫ | In ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]'', the [[Weazelnews.com|Weazel News website]] in ''[[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]'' reveals that Howitzer instead served [[1993|15 years]] in prison for shooting Dexter, was paroled by [[2008]], and was now set to have his own reality show. (Although main characters from [[3D Universe]] were confirmed not to appear in the [[HD Universe]], celebrities such as [[Lazlow Jones (HD Universe)|Lazlow Jones]], [[Fernando Martinez]], and [[Derek the Dodo]] are reused entirely in canon). |
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+ | Despite being paroled in 2008, sometime between 2008 and [[2013]], he had a car accident while under the influence of [[drugs]] and/or alcohol, and Howitzer was sent back to [[Bolingbroke Penitentiary|prison]]. |
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+ | ===Events of ''Grand Theft Auto V''=== |
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+ | By 2013, Howitzer was finally released from [[Bolingbroke Penitentiary]]. He is still clearly disturbed and uses "[[Ho Chi Sock]]", a sock puppet dressed as an Asian, to cope with his situation, as well as continuing to believe that the 1980s aren't over. According to him, the mid '80s to the early 1990s was the greatest time in the history of America. Howitzer is seen living in a room at [[The Motor Motel]] and is being filmed as part of a [[Jack Howitzer (TV series)|reality show]]. In the show, a talent agent named [[Rufus Bellows]] is trying to talk Jack down from doing anything impulsive and to pitch a comeback film about Jack Howitzer, though apparently no one wants to be a part of it or make it, presumably because of Howitzer's current unpopularity, his mental and emotional instabilities, and because the script is apparently too dated for the present day. |
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+ | As part of the show, Rufus gets Jack to set up a [[Lifeinvader]] and [[Bleeter]] account, and Jack is seen posting a response to [[Moe Chinpoko]] who is trolling his page. Jack is then seen burning down Moe's house in [[Mirror Park]]. |
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+ | ===Events of ''Grand Theft Auto Online''=== |
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+ | Throughout ''Grand Theft Auto Online'', reruns of his show continue to be played on TV. |
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+ | In [[2019]], as part of [[GTA Online: The Diamond Casino & Resort|The Diamond Casino & Resort]] update, the player can buy Howitzer's movie posters (''[[Evacuator]]'', ''[[Exploder: Evacuator Part II]]'' and ''[[Push-Up - The Movie]]'') and props used by him to decorate their [[Master Penthouse]]. |
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+ | <gallery widths="200px"> |
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+ | PenthouseDecorations-GTAO-WallPieces96-JackHowitzerPosters.png|Jack Howitzer Posters: Collectible set of vintage posters. |
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+ | PenthouseDecorations-GTAO-WallPieces135-PropsusedbyJackHowitzer.png|Props used by Jack Howitzer: From 'Exploder' |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Character== |
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+ | ===Influence=== |
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⚫ | *'''{{WP|Arnold Schwarzenegger}}''': Many of the films are Schwarzenegger movie parodies, such as ''{{WP|Commando (film)|Commando}}'' (''Evacuator Part II''; both are soldiers with their families kidnapped), ''{{WP|The Terminator|Terminator}}'' (''Annihilator'', possibly in name only) and ''{{WP|Kindergarten Cop}}'' (''Special Needs Cop''). |
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+ | *On Jack's [[Jack Howitzer (TV series)|TV show]] in ''GTA V'', much of his insanity is likely inspired by famous engineer {{WP|Howard Hughes}}. Jack lives in a motel and urinates in bottles, similar to what Hughes did in his older years. |
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+ | ===Filmography=== |
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+ | {| class="wikitable" |
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+ | !Year |
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+ | !Title |
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+ | !Poster/Image |
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+ | !Notes/Role |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[1984]] |
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+ | |''[[Loincloth]]'' |
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+ | |[[File:JackHowitzer-GTAV-LoinclothScreen.png|thumb|center|150px|Screengrab from the movie]] |
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+ | |Unknown |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |1984 |
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+ | |''[[Evacuator]]'' |
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+ | |[[File:Evacuator-GTAVCS-Logo.png|thumb|center|150px|Poster for ''Evacuator'']] |
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+ | |[[Tim]] |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |1984 |
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+ | |''[[Push-Up - The Movie]]'' |
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+ | |[[File:Pushup-Poster.png|thumb|center|150px|Poster for ''Push Up''.]] |
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+ | |Bruno |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[1986]] |
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+ | |''[[Exploder: Evacuator Part II]]'' |
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+ | |[[File:Exploder1.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Poster for ''Exploder: Evacuator Part II''.]] |
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+ | |Tim |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Pre-1992 |
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+ | |''[[Zero Seconds to Death]]'' |
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+ | |Unseen |
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+ | |Unknown |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |Pre-1992 |
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+ | |''[[Annihilator (film)|Annihilator]]'' |
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+ | |Unseen |
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+ | |Unknown |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[1992]] |
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+ | |''[[Special Needs Cop]]'' |
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+ | |[[File:SpecialNeedsCop-GTASA-Poster.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Poster for ''Special Needs Cop''.]] |
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+ | | |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |? |
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+ | |''[[Wasteland]]'' |
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+ | |[[File:Wasteland_poster_GTAVe_Jack_Howitzer.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Poster for ''Wasteland''.]] |
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+ | |Unknown |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |[[2013]] |
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+ | |''[[Jack Howitzer (TV series)|Jack Howitzer]]'' (TV) |
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+ | |[[File:Jack Howitzer Logo.png|thumb|center|150px]] |
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+ | |Himself |
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+ | |- |
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+ | |} |
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+ | |||
+ | ===Website=== |
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+ | He has his own website in ''GTA V'': '''JackHowitzer.com'''. |
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+ | <tabber> |
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+ | Home= |
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+ | <gallery position="center" widths="450px"> |
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+ | JackHowitzer.com-GTAV-Home.png |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | |-| |
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+ | Merchandise= |
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+ | <gallery position="center" widths="450px"> |
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+ | JackHowitzer.com-GTAV-Merchandise.png |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | |-| |
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+ | Jack's Back Bitches= |
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+ | <gallery position="center" widths="450px"> |
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+ | JackHowitzer.com-GTAV-JacksBackBitches.png |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | |-| |
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+ | Das Rih Jack Back Bitches== |
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+ | <gallery position="center" widths="450px"> |
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+ | JackHowitzer.com-GTAV-DasRihJackBackBitches.png |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | |-| |
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+ | </tabber> |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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+ | <gallery position="center" spacing="small" widths="270px"> |
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+ | Lifeinvader-GTAV-JackHowitzerRealLifePage.png|His real-life [[Lifeinvader]] profile. |
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+ | JackHowitzer-GTAV.jpg|'''Jack Howitzer''' and his puppet [[Ho Chi Sock]] on his real life Lifeinvader site. |
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+ | JackHowitzer-GTAV-LifeinvaderPostImage.jpg|A second image from his real life Lifeinvader page. |
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+ | WalkofFame-GTAVee-JackHowitzer.jpg|'''Jack Howitzer's''' star on the [[Vinewood Walk of Fame]]. |
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+ | JackHowizer-GTAV-Ad.jpg|A billboard for '''Howitzer's''' reality TV show. |
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+ | HowitzerTattoo-GTAO-Graphic.png|The graphic of the '''Howitzer Tattoo''' in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''. |
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+ | JackHowitzer-GTAV-LosSantosChase.png|Being chased in his old [[Ruiner]] through South Los Santos after his first prison release. |
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+ | JackHowitzer-GTAV-LosSantosArrest.png|Arrested for a crime he probably did commit. |
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+ | Lifeinvader-GTAV-JackHowitzerTVShowVersion.png|His in game (shown on TV only) Lifeinvader profile. |
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+ | JackHowitzer-GTAV-OnLifeinvader.png|'''Jack''' using a computer to post on Lifeinvader. |
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+ | Lifeinvader-GTAV-JackHowitzerTVShowVersionThreatComment.png|Threatening an internet troll on Lifeinvader. |
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+ | MoeChinpoko-GTAV-JackHowitzerThrowsMolotov.png|'''Jack''' burns down [[Moe Chinpoko]]'s house. |
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+ | JackHowitzer-GTAV-OrangeRuiner.png|Leaving the scene in his orange Ruiner. |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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+ | === General === |
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+ | *A {{WP|howitzer}} is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant. The reference is explained by Howitzer's career in war films. |
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+ | === ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' === |
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+ | *A [[San Fierro Police Department|SFPD]] officer mentions him. He will shout "I'm Jack Howitzer buddy!". |
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+ | **A female pedestrian may also be heard saying "Jack Howitzer sucks" sometimes. |
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+ | === ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' === |
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+ | *Toni Cipriani will mention him sometimes after killing someone, such as: "I'm a regular Jack Howitzer!" |
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+ | === ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' === |
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+ | *If the player startles a certain female [[Pedestrians|pedestrian]], she will say out loud "Jack Howitzer's ballsack!" |
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+ | === ''Grand Theft Auto V'' === |
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+ | *Jack's shooting of [[Billy Dexter]] is mentioned during a news segment in ''GTA V''. The reporter talks about Jack resurfacing after shooting a radio host in the early '90s, and then continues to talk about people's complaints with his new show. |
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+ | * His pants were added in the [[Independence Day Update]] in the chinos section. |
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+ | * Jack makes a reference to the television comedy, ''{{WP|M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H}}'', on his reality TV show. He is heard saying, "I never meant to kill that baby! I thought it was a chicken!", a nod to the emotional {{WP|Goodbye, Farewell and Amen|finale}} of ''M*A*S*H''. |
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+ | {{Clr}} |
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+ | ==References== |
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+ | {{Reflist}} |
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+ | ==Navigation== |
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+ | }} |
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+ | [[Category:Characters in GTA Online]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 16 April 2024
Jack Howitzer is an actor that appears in both the 3D Universe and HD Universe of the Grand Theft Auto series.
He is voiced by Randy Pearlstein.
History
Background
Howitzer claims to have appeared in over 40 films before his prison stint. Howitzer's most notable role was as Tim, a war hero from the Evacuator films.
Jack Howitzer's earliest known film, Loincloth, was released in 1984. He also appears on the radio that year in a commercial for Little Lacy Surprise and as an imaging voice on Emotion 98.3. In 1986, he appeared in the Evacuator sequel, titled Exploder: Evacuator Part II. In the next three years, he appeared in films titled Annihilator, and Zero Seconds to Death. Howitzer also frequently used steroids during his film career, leading to many film critics and talk show hosts mocking the fact they had apparently shrunk his genitals.
By 1989 Howitzer's popularity had eventually declined and his career slowed down. He released Special Needs Cop in 1992, a severely politically incorrect film in which he endangers the lives of special needs children and other innocents. He also became delusional, believing that his movies were real and the Soviet Union could still attack (despite the fact they had collapsed in 1991). In 1992, He was interviewed on WCTR's Entertaining America show where he accidentally and fatally shot host Billy Dexter (Jack thought that his gun wasn't loaded), also shooting at others on the scene. Jack was later put on trial for murder and faced the death penalty, although the outcome of the trial is not revealed. When interviewed by WCTR in a Los Santos prison awaiting trial, he admits to killing the original Ho Chi from the Exploder movies, also demanding his cellmate act like him.
Events of Grand Theft Auto IV
In GTA IV, the Weazel News website in The Ballad of Gay Tony reveals that Howitzer instead served 15 years in prison for shooting Dexter, was paroled by 2008, and was now set to have his own reality show. (Although main characters from 3D Universe were confirmed not to appear in the HD Universe, celebrities such as Lazlow Jones, Fernando Martinez, and Derek the Dodo are reused entirely in canon).
Despite being paroled in 2008, sometime between 2008 and 2013, he had a car accident while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol, and Howitzer was sent back to prison.
Events of Grand Theft Auto V
By 2013, Howitzer was finally released from Bolingbroke Penitentiary. He is still clearly disturbed and uses "Ho Chi Sock", a sock puppet dressed as an Asian, to cope with his situation, as well as continuing to believe that the 1980s aren't over. According to him, the mid '80s to the early 1990s was the greatest time in the history of America. Howitzer is seen living in a room at The Motor Motel and is being filmed as part of a reality show. In the show, a talent agent named Rufus Bellows is trying to talk Jack down from doing anything impulsive and to pitch a comeback film about Jack Howitzer, though apparently no one wants to be a part of it or make it, presumably because of Howitzer's current unpopularity, his mental and emotional instabilities, and because the script is apparently too dated for the present day.
As part of the show, Rufus gets Jack to set up a Lifeinvader and Bleeter account, and Jack is seen posting a response to Moe Chinpoko who is trolling his page. Jack is then seen burning down Moe's house in Mirror Park.
Events of Grand Theft Auto Online
Throughout Grand Theft Auto Online, reruns of his show continue to be played on TV.
In 2019, as part of The Diamond Casino & Resort update, the player can buy Howitzer's movie posters (Evacuator, Exploder: Evacuator Part II and Push-Up - The Movie) and props used by him to decorate their Master Penthouse.
Character
Influence
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: Many of the films are Schwarzenegger movie parodies, such as Commando (Evacuator Part II; both are soldiers with their families kidnapped), Terminator (Annihilator, possibly in name only) and Kindergarten Cop (Special Needs Cop).
- Sylvester Stallone: Stallone's films are also largely parodied, such as Rocky (Push-Up) and the Rambo saga (Evacuator saga). Howitzer also speaks in a normal, if not aggressive, American accent which is closer to Stallone's.
- On Jack's TV show in GTA V, much of his insanity is likely inspired by famous engineer Howard Hughes. Jack lives in a motel and urinates in bottles, similar to what Hughes did in his older years.
Filmography
Year | Title | Poster/Image | Notes/Role |
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1984 | Loincloth | Unknown | |
1984 | Evacuator | Tim | |
1984 | Push-Up - The Movie | Bruno | |
1986 | Exploder: Evacuator Part II | Tim | |
Pre-1992 | Zero Seconds to Death | Unseen | Unknown |
Pre-1992 | Annihilator | Unseen | Unknown |
1992 | Special Needs Cop | ||
? | Wasteland | Unknown | |
2013 | Jack Howitzer (TV) | Himself |
Website
He has his own website in GTA V: JackHowitzer.com.
Gallery
Trivia
General
- A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant. The reference is explained by Howitzer's career in war films.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- A SFPD officer mentions him. He will shout "I'm Jack Howitzer buddy!".
- A female pedestrian may also be heard saying "Jack Howitzer sucks" sometimes.
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- The host of Radio Del Mundo mentions Howitzer's name in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, set in 1998.
- Toni Cipriani will mention him sometimes after killing someone, such as: "I'm a regular Jack Howitzer!"
Grand Theft Auto IV
- A pedestrian standing near a news stand in Algonquin states that Howitzer is getting his own reality show. He then says that Howitzer can suck Ho Chi's balls.
- If the player startles a certain female pedestrian, she will say out loud "Jack Howitzer's ballsack!"
Grand Theft Auto V
- Jack's shooting of Billy Dexter is mentioned during a news segment in GTA V. The reporter talks about Jack resurfacing after shooting a radio host in the early '90s, and then continues to talk about people's complaints with his new show.
- His pants were added in the Independence Day Update in the chinos section.
- Jack makes a reference to the television comedy, M*A*S*H, on his reality TV show. He is heard saying, "I never meant to kill that baby! I thought it was a chicken!", a nod to the emotional finale of M*A*S*H.
References
- ↑ His birthday is May 17, as stated in his real life Lifeinvader page. The year, however, is never revealed.