Beta Characters

Beta characters are characters that were cut or rechanged during the development of a GTA game. Only two types of characters that were Deleted, Beta Name or Remodeled. Their files still appear inside the disc but some were deleted and can never be found in the files. Others were renamed or rechanged due to several reasons. These characters whether host a major, minor or just a pedestrian in a GTA game.

Deleted Characters
These are characters that were removed during development.

Grand Theft Auto III

 * Darkel - A character cut during development.
 * Curtly - A character cut during development.
 * Butler - Donald Love's butler.
 * Toshiro - Originally the Yakuza leader. Replaced with Kenji, who was already a planned character in the game.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

 * Mr. Moffat - Scheduled to give Tommy Vercetti a mission but he was cut prior in development. He also knows Tommy in the past. Appears to be replaced by Cam Jones.

Grand Theft Auto Advance

 * Mr. Mawson - Scheduled to appear in some cut missions from Joey Leone, but he was cut in development. Name mentioned in text files only. He appears in one of the pre-release screenshots from Crawfish Interactive.
 * Jonnie S - Jonnie S was a minor character and drug dealer but he was cut in the final game. Appears to be Freddy's original name.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

 * Officer Carver - LSPD officer and was cut during development, along with Poncho and Larry. He was supposedly going to be killed during the beta Doberman.
 * Poncho - He was going to be appearing in the game but was cut. He was supposedly had a run-in with Officer Carver where CJ must rescue him. Replaced by Little Weasel and reused voice lines.
 * Larry - LVPD officer, He was also a cut character in the game though his dialogue exists but he was meant to appear in Cop Wheels.

Grand Theft Auto IV

 * Raymond Alberga - Alberga appears to be a mobster, either cut during the development in GTA IV, or possibly Ray Boccino's beta name.

The Ballad of Gay Tony

 * Aleks Thornton - Aleks is an agent Director of the CIA who was cut from the game for unknown reason.

Grand Theft Auto V

 * Dale - A Stranger and Freak encounter that had two encounters with Franklin.
 * Estate Agent - A minor character supposed to appear during the cut heist mission The Sharmoota Job.
 * Lara
 * Laura
 * Mel
 * Mrs. A and Mrs. B
 * Naomi G.
 * Linda J.
 * Zimbor - An Epsilon Program member only mentioned in the credits.
 * Magenta Andrews - A minor character in the final game who originally was meant to appear as Stranger and Freak encounter that had two encounters with Michael.

Grand Theft Auto Online

 * Harold "Stretch" Joseph - Returning character from Grand Theft Auto V. Supposedly a contact from Bolingbroke Penitentiary, as only his phone contact image (reused from GTA V) remains in the files.
 * Joseph "Casanova" Whites - A cut character from the Heists update, originally meant to appear during a cut Pacific Standard prep mission.
 * Melvin Andrews - A cut character from the Heists update. Replaced with Avi Schwartzman.

Remodeled Characters
These are characters that were remodeled during development ranging from protagonists to pedestrians.

GTA III
 * Claude's appearance went through many different designs. Sketches and screenshots show many types of body of Claude that should appear in the game.
 * The Liberty City Triads originally had a black outfit.
 * Police Officers originally had mustaches, as seen in the game's manual.
 * Salvatore Leone's model had a black suit instead of a brown one (It is seen in his Artwork and the Badfellas poster).

GTA Vice City
 * Tommy Vercetti was older, fatter and wore a darker Hawaiian shirt and lighter jeans.
 * Haitian gangsters who wore blue shirts used to have a picture on the shirt instead of the word "Relax".

GTA San Andreas
 * Both Sweet and Big Smoke had their appearances changed. Sweet was originally dressed in black and wore a black beanie; Big Smoke wore a white jersey and did not wear a hat, exposing his shaved head.
 * Carl Johnson originally start the game with a blue hoodie and Chino pants.
 * Big Bear's model was fatter.
 * Kendl Johnson's facial model and clothing were altered.
 * Gang members looked different and wore different clothing.
 * Each city had its own motorcycle cop model; whereas in the final release the same model is used for all cities (they use the LSPD model, the SFPD and LVPD models can still be found on the game's files).

GTA Liberty City Stories
 * Joseph Daniel O'Toole's glasses were originally purple.
 * Toni Cipriani originally looked older.
 * Toni's casual clothes were a purple shirt with a green vest.

GTA Vice City Stories
 * Bryan Forbes originally had a mustache.
 * The Casual clothes were originally yellow and blue.
 * The Wetsuit was originally light blue.

GTA IV
 * Little Jacob originally did not wear glasses, and also looked older.
 * Michelle had a different looking face.
 * Playboy X used to have a plain maroon hoodie.
 * United Liberty Paper had a different voice.
 * Real Badman didn't wear a hat.
 * The first removed haircut design for Niko was a cut that seemed to resemble helmet-hair.
 * The second removed haircut design for Niko was a buzz cut.
 * As seen in the first trailer for TLAD, Jim Fitzgerald did not wear a bandana.

GTA V
 * Michael De Santa as seen in trailer 1 and 2, he seemed to have green eyes, and an older look. As seen in his trailer, he has brown eyes and a younger look.
 * Franklin Clinton looked different in the beta as seen in Trailer 1, where his skin was much lighter, making him look more Hispanic than African American.
 * Denise Clinton sported a more gangster look with a green hoodie and big sunglasses.
 * According to the Social Club image for the mission Reuniting the Family, Fabien LaRouche's haircut at one point wasn't a bun.

Unknown
GTA Liberty City Stories GTA V
 * GXT lists a character named Father Kenny. It possibly was an undercover name of Ned Burner.
 * GXT lists another character named Franco Forelli. He was possibly killed in series of Fort Staunton explosions in Bringing Down the House, but not seen.
 * Enabling all phone contacts with a save editor reveals a character named Corey Parker. It is unknown what his role in the game was.
 * There is also another character listed only as Captain. His role in the game is also unknown.

Beta Names
These are characters that their names have been changed for different reasons.

GTA III

GTA Vice City

GTA San Andreas

GTA Liberty City Stories

GTA IV

GTA V