Big Bear

"CJ, man, c'mon, put me back on the team. Gimme twenty bucks, and I'm all yours, man. Blast from the paste."

- Big Bear to Carl

Barry "Big Bear" Thorne is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a minor character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Big Bear was voiced by Kurt Alexander, who is credited as Big Boy.

Big Bear is a member of the Grove Street Families and is one of the longest active members of the gang. Between 1987 and 1992 he had began to use drugs. Eventually, Big Bear becomes B Dup's servant and does various chores, including cleaning the toilet. Big Bear had lost much respect and had turned on the Grove Street Families in order to get more drugs. Sweet and Carl help Big Bear with taking him to drug rehab.

Mission appearances

 * GTA San Andreas
 * Cleaning the Hood
 * Beat Down on B Dup

Deleted missions

 * GTA San Andreas
 * Looking for Big Smoke

Trivia

 * In the game's files is unused fat Big Bear ped. In that ped Big Bear wears the same clothes, but he is much fatter. It is unknown why this ped was never used in the game. Probably Big Bear is so skinny that he uses drugs.

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