Michael De Santa
Doppiato da Ned Luke
Michael De Santa compare in 60 delle 77 missioni della storia, per la prima volta in Prologue e per l'ultima in The Third Way.
Uno dei tre tra cui passi. La storia è la loro.
- Ruolo
- Protagonisti
- Doppiatore
- Ned Luke
- Stato
- Alive
- Occupazione
- Retired bank robber
- Affiliazioni
- Non indicato
Note del giocatore
Nel 2004, Michael Townley si unisce a Trevor Philips e Brad Snider per rapinare un deposito di contanti fuori Ludendorff, North Yankton. L'agente FIB Dave Norton ha organizzato l'imboscata in base a un accordo privato con Michael: Michael deve sparire, Trevor deve morire e Brad deve essere arrestato. Il piano crolla quando Brad riceve il proiettile destinato a Trevor. Michael inscena la propria morte dopo che Norton gli spara, mentre Trevor fugge. Nove anni dopo, Michael vive come Michael De Santa a Rockford Hills, Los Santos, con Amanda, Jimmy e Tracey, ma il suo denaro, il suo matrimonio e la sua vita familiare sono tutti peggiorati.
Franklin Clinton incontra Michael mentre recupera l'SUV di Jimmy per Simeon Yetarian. Michael costringe Franklin a entrare nella casa dei De Santa e in seguito lo recluta dopo aver inseguito per Los Santos lo yacht rubato di Jimmy. Quando Michael trova Amanda con l'istruttore di tennis Kyle Chavis, lui e Franklin distruggono la casa sbagliata, facendo infuriare il proprietario, Martin Madrazo. Per ripagare Madrazo, Michael si rivolge a Lester Crest e pianifica una rapina alla Vangelico Fine Jewelry. Franklin si unisce alla banda e il colpo restituisce a Michael la voglia di rapine, rimettendogli anche dei soldi in mano.
Michael cerca di gestire i figli, mentre Jimmy resta invischiato con degli spacciatori e Tracey insegue un posto a Fame or Shame. Trevor vede Tracey nel programma e sente la voce di Michael quando questi affronta il produttore Lazlow Jones. Capendo che Michael è sopravvissuto a North Yankton, Trevor arriva a Los Santos e si reintroduce con la forza nella vita di Michael. Nel frattempo, Dave Norton e l'agente FIB Steve Haines costringono Michael a recuperare un informatore FIB e ad aiutarli a catturare un bersaglio da un grattacielo, trascinando Franklin e Trevor nell'operazione.
Sotto la pressione di Haines, Michael tortura Ferdinand Kerimov per ottenere informazioni e si unisce a Trevor e Franklin nel furto di un'arma da Merryweather. Dopo aver restituito il dispositivo, poiché il suo furto è diventato troppo pericoloso, i tre partecipano al piano di Haines per rapinare un furgone blindato a Los Santos. Michael lavora anche con Solomon Richards, un produttore di Vinewood di cui ammira i film, salvando l'attore Milton McIlroy e dando la caccia al finanziere Rocco Pelosi. Haines spinge poi la banda verso un altro colpo, questa volta ai danni della Paleto Bay Bank.
Michael, Trevor, Franklin e i loro uomini armati rapinano la Paleto Bay Bank, fuggendo attraverso la città contro il Blaine County Sheriff's Office e l'esercito. Il loro lavoro per l'FIB prosegue con il furto di un'arma chimica da Humane Labs. Trevor scopre che Brad è morto fin dalla rapina di North Yankton e riporta Michael a Ludendorff per mostrargli la tomba contrassegnata per Michael. Michael ammette il suo accordo con Dave. Trevor lo abbandona ai Triads, e Franklin salva Michael dagli uomini di Wei Cheng al Raven Slaughterhouse.
Di ritorno a Los Santos, Michael e Trevor accettano di lavorare insieme abbastanza a lungo da sopravvivere al conflitto che li circonda. Michael aiuta Solomon a completare Meltdown dopo che Devin Weston minaccia la produzione, mentre l'FIB costringe la banda a preparare un'incursione al Federal Investigation Bureau. L'operazione elimina la leva di Haines, ma espone Michael a ulteriori pressioni da parte di Devin e degli agenti governativi. Amanda, Jimmy e Tracey tornano dopo aver lasciato la casa dei De Santa, e Michael si riunisce a loro nella sua villa di Rockford Hills. In seguito aiuta Franklin a recuperare Lamar Davis dai Ballas e dai Los Santos Vagos.
Devin pretende che Franklin uccida Michael, mentre Haines e Stretch vogliono morti Trevor e Franklin. Franklin riunisce invece Michael e Trevor alla fonderia di El Burro Heights. Eliminano la squadra FIB di Haines, uccidono Stretch e Wei Cheng, poi prelevano Devin dalla sua villa. Prima di quella resa dei conti, Michael partecipa alla rapina alla Union Depository con Franklin, Trevor e la banda di Lester, fuggendo da Los Santos con l'oro. I tre portano Devin su una scogliera che domina Paleto Bay e spingono la sua auto nel Pacific Ocean.
Curiosità
- ◆Michael's appearance in the game may be based on Tom Sizemore's character Michael Cheritto in the 1995 film Heat, as both characters are professional bank robbers who enjoy the action, both are overweight, both bear an Italian surname, both have family and kids.
- ◆A clear reference to the movie Heat is seen in the mission Blitz Play, where Michael, Trevor, and Franklin attempt to rob an armored truck by ramming into it with a large tow truck. In the movie, Sizemore's character and his crew attempt to steal the armored van under the same circumstances, but a crew member, Waingro, on whom Trevor is based, messes it up by killing the security guards.
- ◆The way Trevor discovers Michael's survival and whereabouts because of his repeated usage of his trademark quote "You forget a thousand things every day, make sure this is one of them" is similar to the way the police identify Cheritto, who likes to call everyone "Slick."
- ◆Michael may also be partially based on Robert De Niro's character Neil McCauley from the 1995 film Heat, as both are veteran professional criminals who attempt to leave their criminal lives behind and retire in comfort after years of successful robberies. However, both are eventually drawn back into major heists by circumstances beyond their control.
- ◆Several missions in Grand Theft Auto V, most notably Blitz Play, contain clear references to Heat, further reinforcing the connection between De Santa and McCauley.
- ◆Michael's conflict with Trevor Philips may also resemble Neil McCauley's rivalry with Waingro in Heat. Both Trevor and Waingro are volatile and unpredictable criminals whom De Santa and McCauley respectively view as dangerous liabilities. As a result, both protagonists eventually attempt to have them killed in order to protect themselves and secure their futures.
- ◆Michael may also be partially based on Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) from the 1999 film Analyze This, as both are middle-aged criminals struggling with psychological issues and personal dissatisfaction while attempting to balance their criminal past with family life. Both characters seek professional help to cope with their emotional problems and experience frequent conflicts with their families.
- ◆The similarities are further reflected in Michael's sessions with Dr. Isiah Friedlander, which parallel Vitti's therapy sessions with Dr. Ben Sobel throughout Analyze This.
- ◆Michael's special ability may have been inspired by the ability from Remedy Entertainment's Max Payne series and/or the ability from Rockstar San Diego's series.
- ◆There are a lot of similarities between Michael and Tony Soprano from the TV show, The Sopranos:
- ◆Both Tony and Michael smoke cigars.
- ◆They both go to a shrink, even though none believes in therapy.
- ◆Both of them have two children, a boy and a girl, with whom they have a lot of fights, especially about their job: Tony being a mob boss and Michael being a robber.
- ◆Both of them have trouble with their wives and shaky relationships. However, Tony's wife Carmela doesn't officially cheat on him, whereas Amanda cheats on Michael.
- ◆They both live in a big house with a pool.
- ◆Their language and way of speaking are similar.
- ◆Michael occasionally exclaims " " in a similar manner to Tony and many characters from the show.
- ◆Both of them are huge movie fans, and they both prefer classic movies of Hollywood (GTA world, Vinewood), to "new age" movies.
- ◆Both are known for their similar hypocrisy.
- ◆Both ran criminal operations out of a strip club (Vanilla Unicorn for Michael, Bada Bing! for Tony).
- ◆Both played football during their childhood.
- ◆Michael also shares many similarities with from the Max Payne franchise:
- ◆Both have/had a wife and child(ren).
- ◆Both have a drinking problem.
- ◆Both men have similar physical appearances.
- ◆Both are around the same age if Michael was born in 1965.
- ◆Both have very similar abilities.
- ◆Both are/were fugitives of the law.
- ◆Both were used in scandals.
- ◆Both can share the same hairstyles and clothing.
- ◆Michael's false surname "De Santa" is similar to 's real surname from Rockstar San Diego's Red Dead series. However, these characters and games are not related.
- ◆Michael Townley is a real person under federal witness protection. He was a former CIA operative who was involved in the 1976 assassination of Orlando Letelier, a Chilean ambassador.
- ◆In the Rush Casting Call from 2010, Michael was called Albert De Silva.
- ◆Michael was the first protagonist that came to Rockstar's mind when they began the development of GTA V.
- ◆His favorite radio stations are Los Santos Rock Radio, Vinewood Boulevard Radio, and Radio Mirror Park. He also seems to have a taste for funk, as the radio inside his mansion is tuned to The Lowdown 91.1, and he will bob his head in appreciation to both it and Space 103.2 while in a vehicle. Additionally, he will listen to Rebel Radio between Did Somebody Say Yoga? and Monkey Business.
- ◆Furthermore, he calls Trevor's music taste "weird" in Paleto Score Setup, suggesting he may not be fond of Channel X, Trevor's favourite.
- ◆After firing a pistol and starting to run or walk, Michael will be holding it in both hands, unlike Franklin and Trevor.
- ◆Michael's great shooting accuracy makes him one of the most challenging opponents while playing darts.
- ◆The quote that Michael uses in Prologue and The Jewel Store Job, "You forget a thousand things every day, make sure this is one of them.", is from the Solomon Richards movie Arthur Penny's Sanitorium, although slightly modified. The original line is "We forget a thousand things every day, can't we just make this one of them?".
- ◆Throughout the game, Michael displays a contempt for yoga instructors. Coincidentally, his voice and motion capture performer, Ned Luke, is married to a yoga instructor.
- ◆Opposite to Trevor, who hates Los Santos, Michael declares many times that he hates the Grand Senora Desert and implies in Monkey Business that he wants to never return there.
- ◆It is possible that Michael dreamed of becoming a cop growing up, as suggested by Trevor in I Fought the Law....
- ◆Michael was called "snowbird" by Devin Weston and Gianni. "Snowbird" means someone from the U.S. Northeast, U.S. Midwest, Pacific Northwest, or Canada who spends a large portion of winter in warmer locales such as southern California, southern Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Texas, Georgia, the Carolinas, or elsewhere along the Sun Belt of the southern and southwest United States, Mexico, and areas of the Caribbean. The way that snowbird was used by Devin and Gianni towards Michael was a reference to how he moved to Los Santos from Ludendorff.
- ◆Michael may be of Irish descent, as a number of his possible tattoos are Irish-themed, he has green eyes, and his favorite drink is whisky, all of these being common Irish traits.
- ◆Upon returning to his house, one possible line of dialogue for Michael to shout is "Daddy's back, bitches!", which is a reference to the first line of dialogue in GTA IV.
- ◆Michael has unique, terrified reactions when he hits a family member with a car.
- ◆Michael is the only protagonist to only have one safehouse in the game, however Trevor's trailer was temporary due to being exile from Martin Madrazo's henchmen.
- ◆If Michael accesses the in-game website PsychicShoutout and speaks with Ms. Tammy, she will reveal that Amanda has already had sex with the yoga instructor (Fabien LaRouche), the tennis coach (Kyle Chavis) and also a fireman, a plumber, a beach lifeguard, a truck driver, a dustman, a gardener, as well as a hipster. Michael angrily replies that they have an open relationship. This is later backed up by Tracey De Santa in the mission Reuniting the Family when Michael drives himself, Tracey, and Jimmy De Santa to Dr. Friedlander's office.
- ◆When walking, Michael is slightly slower than Franklin or Trevor; this might be due to him being retired and not as active as he used to be. Ned Luke even put on 25 pounds to replicate this.
- ◆When someone talks to Michael on his right side, he shifts his body toward that person. This is because in real life, Ned Luke is deaf in his right ear.
- ◆A person comments under the synopsis of Rum Runner on the Classic Vinewood in-game website, under the pseudonym 'michaelds', saying "I wanted to be Eddie Olson when I was a kid. Just without the handicap fetish.". "michaelds" is most likely a pseudonym for Michael De Santa.
- ◆There is a second comment from 'michaelds' under the synopsis of The Many Wives of Alfredo Smith. In this one, he comments, "This is how movies should be. A plot so tangled that you still don't know what's going on even after watching it five times. Not the dumbed down sickly sweet trash Vinewood pumps out these days.".
- ◆After Friedlander's optional death in Abandonment Issues (non-canon), it is stated on the radio that Michael's name was "Marky De Santos," a fake name made by Friedlander. Ahron Ward and the police dispatcher also call Michael "Mr. De Santo" and "Michael De Santo" respectively.
- ◆On the Overview page on the Social Club, Michael's business card strangely says "Michael Townley" instead of "Michael De Santa". It also says "entrepreneur" just like Franklin's.
- ◆Michael sleeps for the shortest time of the three protagonists. When saving the game with Michael, the game skips ahead six hours. Franklin sleeps for eight hours, while Trevor sleeps for twelve. While he lives alone after his family moves out, one of his switch scenes shows him waking up screaming and pointing a gun around. He may suffer from nightmares, which could explain his short sleeping time compared to Trevor and Franklin.
- ◆According to a phone call with Friedlander, Michael tried taking behavior medication before the events of the game, but stopped because the dosage was incorrect, causing him to "cry and piss all over himself".
- ◆While wearing the Epsilon Robes, other characters, such as Bob Mulét and other barbers, may say Kifflom to him in greeting.
- ◆Michael, unlike Trevor, dislikes killing people for no reason. He mentions this in a number of missions, including not killing the tennis coach or Lazlow. He only kills people when he feels like he has to, such as killing Stretch for betraying Franklin and Lamar or as an act of self-defense.
- ◆Michael's relationship with Amanda bears similarities to John Marston's relationship with his wife, Abigail, in *Red Dead Redemption* and its prequel, *Red Dead Redemption 2*, as both couples separate over the course of their stories and later reconcile.
Missioni della storia
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Ultima verifica il 14 settembre 2026