Tritagonist

The  is the third most important character in a narrative, after the Protagonist and Deuteragonist.

Many tritagonists in the GTA series have a lot in common. In most games, tritagonists have never met the protagonist before and start to know them better through the missions that they give to them. Some tritagonists are closely associated with a deuteragonist such as Asuka Kasen and Little Jacob. Some tritagonists who have known the protagonist for a while are Ashley Butler, Hsin Jaoming, and all of the tritagonists in Grand Theft Auto V.

In several games, the protagonist, deuteragonist, and tritagonist are all seen together at least once. Exceptions to this are Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and The Lost and Damned where the three main characters are not all seen together at any point. Grand Theft Auto V is also the first game to have multiple tritagonists.