For the character in Grand Theft Auto III, see El Burro (GTA III).
For the character in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, see El Burro (GTA Chinatown Wars).
El Burro ("The Donkey" in Spanish) is a main character in Grand Theft Auto.
This character is not the same one from Grand Theft Auto III nor the one in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars since both GTA III and GTA IV are reboots of the series' continuity.
He is voiced by Gary Penn.
History[]
Background[]
Unlike the other four bosses, El Burro is not described on the game's website. Because of this, most info regarding him comes from the dialogue during the missions.
He is a bisexual Mexican gang boss living in the southwest Atlantic Heights area of San Andreas and is in a long feud with Uncle Fu.[2] It seems that he and Uncle Fu have been in a ceasefire since both do not attack each other's gang during their respective missions. He also frequents a bar in Aye Valley named "Red Clam", where he meet some of his men for drinking and fun.
Events of Grand Theft Auto[]
El Burro is first mentioned in the Mandarin Mayhem chapter, during the mission Mandarin Mayhem - Phone 3: Mission 2, when the followers of Uncle Fu's rebel nephew, No Chin, rig El Burro's Love Wagon to blow along with three other vehicles in order to break the ceasefire. Uncle Fu's henchmen manage to delay El Burro from reaching his house so the protagonist can take the car to Hang Yu in order to disarm the bomb.
An unknown time after finishing the work for Uncle Fu, the protagonist remained in San Andreas and is contacted by El Burro during Tequila Slammer, who offers more work. At first, the main character must talk to El Burro on north Telephone Hill, and the first missions for him include destroying some buses, paying his informants, eliminating a police officer, using a gang war between Alve and Paco to eliminate the latter, kill eight policemen for a bet, and stealing a truck full of chemicals and later eliminate the men who analyzed it, since the chemicals made them mad.
After finishing the Telephone Hill missions, the protagonist is told to go over northeast Sailor's Wharf for more jobs. The second set of missions include meeting Mike Tallon and later killing him for his betrayal, avenging the murder of a friend of El Burro's, destroying some Yakuza Limousines and stealing one, killing one of El Burro's disloyal men and retrieving a briefcase of stolen money, destroying a drug lab, and finally, stealing some cars as "props" so El Burro can take part on a movie a friend of his is making.
During the course of the Tequila Slammer chapter, El Burro will send many random messages to the player via pager:
I'LL BE AT THE RED CLAM BAR ALL NIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME? BURRO XXX.I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU... BURRO.WHY DON'T YOU COME ROUND TO MY PLACE TONIGHT... BURRO.HEY THERE, PRETTY BOY, I'M MISSING YOU... BURRO.I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE... CALL ME... BURRO.
When the player gets enough points, he is told to meet El Burro in person at his favorite bar, the aforementioned Red Clam. Upon entering the location, the ending cutscene strongly suggests that El Burro had a sexual relation with the protagonist.
El Burro makes a physical appearance during the Bent Cop Blues chapter. In a mission for Samuel Deever (Bent Cop Blues - Phone 15), El Burro is murdered by the protagonist due to him drug dealing with the Rastas at the Vice Shores Park. This mission is harder than most of Bent Cop Blues, so the death of El Burro is one of the very few moments Samuel Deever will praise the protagonist, claiming that they "could be a cop".
Characters killed under El Burro's orders[]
Missions given by El Burro ask the player to kill the following characters:
- An unnamed police officer, during Tequila Slammer - Phone 1: Mission 2
- Alve (optionally)
- Paco
- Eight police officers, during Tequila Slammer - Phone 3: Mission 1
- Pepe
- Jorge
- Jose
- Pedro
- Alfonso
- Rodrigo
- Chico (after Rodrigo)
- Mike Tallon's eleven hitmen, during Tequila Slammer - Phone 5: Mission 1
- Mike Tallon
- An unespecified number of rival gang members, during Tequila Slammer - Phone 6: Mission 1
- Six armed men, during Tequila Slammer - Phone 7: Mission 1
- An unespecified number of rival gang members, during Tequila Slammer - Phone 7: Mission 2
Mission Appearances[]
Grand Theft Auto[]
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 1: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 1: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 2: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 2: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 3: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 3: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 4: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 4: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 5: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 5: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 6: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 6: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 7: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 7: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 8: Mission 1 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Phone 8: Mission 2 (Boss; Phone call)
- Tequila Slammer - Ending (Boss)
- Bent Cop Blues - Phone 15 (Killed)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The ending cutscene for Tequila Slammer strongly suggests that El Burro had a sexual relationship with the protagonist, no matter the gender. Furthermore, the Pager dialogue (for example Skye's messages) from the Liberty City levels implies that the protagonist also had relations with women. This could suggest that the protagonists of Grand Theft Auto are all bisexual.
- El Burro uses the same character sprite as the Hare Krishna members during the mission in which he appears in person.
See Also[]
- El Burro, a character in Grand Theft Auto III
- El Burro, a drug dealer in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
References[]
- ↑ As revealed by the game's music composer Colin Anderson on February 17th, 2023, via YouTube, Gary Penn voiced all cutscene characters in the original Grand Theft Auto, except Uncle Fu (Brian Lawson) and Brother Marcus (Johnny Wilson).
- ↑ [1] - The description for San Andreas claim that "conflicts between Mexican and Chinese communities are common in the area"
