Sumo Wordman

The Sumo Wordman is a pager in Grand Theft Auto III that Claude uses to receive certain missions and messages. The name "Sumo Wordman" itself was most likely based on devices, although / do not produce pagers.

Appearances

 * During the game storyline, the Sumo Wordman will advertise to Claude about the Import/Export garage.
 * The Sumo Wordman tells Claude when the Phone-missions for the minority gangs are available.
 * During the mission Last Requests, Maria sends Claude a message telling about Salvatore's trap and meeting her at the Callahan Point.
 * After Claude drops Ray in the airport during the mission Marked Man, Ray sends Claude a message, giving him a lot of ammo and a bullet-proof Patriot in a garage in Newport.
 * The Sumo Wordman will leave a message every time about weapons being delivered to the safehouse when the player collects 10 Hidden Packages.
 * After completing 100 fares in the Taxi Driver side-mission, Borgnine Taxis will message Claude for the availability of its taxi.
 * After extinguishing 60 fires in the Firefighter side-mission, the Sumo Wordman will leave a message about a Flamethrower being delivered to the safehouse.
 * After rescuing 43 patients in the Paramedic side-mission the Sumo Wordman will leave a message about a Health pickup being delivered to the safehouse.
 * After rescuing 78 patients in the Paramedic side-mission the Sumo Wordman will leave a message about an Adrenaline pickup being delivered to the safehouse.
 * The Sumo Wordman will leave a message every time when the player kills 10 criminals in the Vigilante side mission about a Police Bribe being delivered to the safehouse.

Trivia
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 * The Sumo Wordman is colored red in the original version of GTA III, while in the 10th Anniversary Edition and The Definitive Edition, the pager is colored black.
 * When the Sumo Wordman pops up with a message, it plays a ringtone based on the song "Grand Theft Auto".
 * The Sumo Wordman was meant to appear in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, but cut during development. This is evidenced in the audio files and it is probably replaced by the Mobile Phone, probably a leftover from GTA III.