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I know our people don't usually get along, but things have gotta change if we're all gonna survive.
— Rudy D'Avanzo to Huang Lee

Rudy D'Avanzo is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, appearing as a main character and the quaternary antagonist in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Prior to his physical debut, he was briefly mentioned in Grand Theft Auto IV.

History[]

Background[]

According to the Liberty City Police Database in Grand Theft Auto IV, Rudy developed a hatred towards the Triads after his father was killed in a fish factory explosion - suspected to have been caused by the Triads. He is also seen loitering around the back of lingerie boutiques, possibly to satisfy his fetish for lady's undergarments and cross-dressing.

He has an extensive criminal record having been arrested a total of eight times. In 1972 he was arrested for pandering, in 1976 and 1983 for grand theft auto, 1993 for racketeering and manslaughter, 2001 for hijacking and arson and for fraud in 2003.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

By 2009, Rudy contacts Huang Lee saying that he knows who is the FIB rat that is giving trouble to the Triads, he asks Huang to meet him in a cemetery in Dukes so they can talk about it. At the cemetary, D'Avanzo reveals that the rat is a Messina made-man called Jimmy Capra, who started to give Triad information to the feds after the Triads began to work with the mob. He offers his help to aid Huang in getting evidence that Capra is the rat. They are soon attacked by several of Capra's men, but they manage to escape alive, the attack makes Huang believe that Capra must indeed be the rat.

Later, Rudy sends Huang to recover a recording that he planted inside Capra's car and to kill several of Capra's men mentioned in said recording.

Finally, after this attack, Capra asks D'Avanzo to meet him so they can have a "peace-talks". Rudy asks Huang to come to the meeting with him so they can use this oportunity to kill Capra, but it turns out it was all an ambush by Capra to kill Rudy. Rudy manages to escape alive thanks to Huang covering him from a nearby rooftop with an Sniper Rifle. Soon after this, Hsin Jaoming contacts Huang and say that thanks to Huang's actions and failed attempt at killing Capra, the relationship between the Triads and the mob is "in the toilet". Hsin asks for any proof that Capra was the rat and when Huang says that he has none, he finally realizes that Jimmy Capra never was the rat. In fact, realizing Huang's capabilities, Rudy was just taking advantage of Huang's desperation to find the traitor, to deal with a 'trouble' he had with Jimmy Capra. Huang then decides to go after Rudy to have his revenge.

Huang goes looking at all the places he previously meet D'Avanzo to locate him. When he finally finds D'Avanzo, he discovers that Rudy is a cross-dresser. Rudy grows angry when Huang stares at him, claiming that he gave him the same judgmental look as his father. Rudy flees the building with Huang in hot pursuit. Huang eventually chases him down and kills him.

Character[]

LCPD Database Record[]

LCPDDB-GTAIV-Header
A - E
F - J
K - O
P - U
V - Z
SURNAME
D'Avanzo
MugshotNoData-GTAIV
FIRST NAME
Rudy
AGE
54
PLACE OF BIRTH
Liberty City
AFFILIATIONS
N/A
CRIMINAL RECORD
1972 - Pandering

1976 - Grand Theft Auto
1983 - Grand Theft Auto
1993 - Racketeering
1993 - Manslaughter
2001 - Highjacking
2001 - Arson

2003 - Fraud
NOTES
- Hates the Triads after his father was killed in a fish factory explosion - suspected to have been caused by the Triads.
- Believed to have a fetish for lady's undergarments. Sometimes seen loitering around the back of lingerie boutiques.

Personal Information[]

Mission Appearances[]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • At the beginning of all Rudy's missions, with the exception of "Grave Situation", he will always be inside a female clothing store, such as Glamor, Miss T and Cindy's. This all foreshadows the reveal of D'Avanzo's big secret later in the game.
    • Given his backstory, it can be possible that he met with Huang at the cemetery because his father died supposedly due the Triads' fault and was possibly buried there.
  • When the player kills Rudy, he will make a generic female sound instead of a male sound, like Bernie Crane in Grand Theft Auto IV.
  • Rudy is one of few characters in GTA Chinatown Wars that drops a blue money symbol, the others are Chan Jaoming and the target in "One Shot, One Kill".
  • Rudy bears some resemblance to the Mexican journalist and critic Daniel Bisogno. He also bears some similarity to Tony Sirico, who played Paulie Gualtieri in The Sopranos.
  • Rudy is the only character that is never mentioned, nor introduced by any other character prior to his missions.
    • Additionally, like Lester Leroc, he never gets mentioned again after the last mission in which he appears.
  • The fish factory explosion that killed D'Avanzo's father may be an Easter egg referring to the Turtle Head Fishing Company Factory explosion that happened in the 3D Universe timeline, although the factory was owned by the Triads and destroyed by Claude. The Triads, however, destroyed a Leone drugs warehouse in the same area three years prior.
    • Regardless, none of these events are related to the factory explosion that killed D'Avanzo's father, which only happened in the HD Universe canon.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Contacts-GTACW-RudyDAvanzo

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