The following is a list of secrets, easter eggs, and hidden trivia references in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
General[]
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3ds Max Screenshot Inside on one of the guard booths (the one that is near the spawn location of Leviathan and Raindance) in the Easter Bay Airport, there is a computer running 3ds Max (Autodesk tool used by Rockstar North to create the models for the RenderWare-based titles) screenshot of the interior props found in the Las Venturas City Planning Department. | |
Catalina's Past Near Catalina's cabin, there are three graves and a shovel, suggesting she may have murdered and buried past lovers prior to meeting Carl Johnson. | |
Gant Bridge Facts In the visitor center below Katie Zhan's House, there is a list of facts about the Gant Bridge, one of which reads "It takes up a staggering 1.27mb!" In the Definitive Edition, the sign is updated to reflect the size of the new version of the bridge, reading that it "takes up a staggering 38.9mb of disk space." | |
Hidden Sign On top of the Gant Bridge, there is a sign that reads "There are no easter eggs up here. Go away." | |
Mass Grave Near Area 69, there is a hole that is filled with six body bags. | |
Scott Wilson's Grave In the Palomino Creek graveyard, there is a grave which reads "R.I.P Scott Wilson", referring to the Rockstar North level designer who worked in the countryside areas of the game. |
Rockstar Games Logo[]
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Caligula's Palace Model On the top floor of the Las Venturas City Planning Department, a model of Caligula's Palace can be found with a Rockstar logo on it. | |
Clothing Some of the clothing that the player wears, as well the suitcase at the start of the game that CJ holds while in the airport, and more items have the Rockstar Games logo on them. | |
Parachute The parachute has a small Rockstar North logo on the back. | |
San Fierro Tower If viewing the San Fierro Tower at night from the south, the player can see the Rockstar Games logo being shown as the lighting of the building. | |
Stars At night, if the player looks up in the sky there are stars that form the letter R in reference to the Rockstar Games logo, with a larger star representing the star from the logo. | |
Zero RC The kites and sail boat inside Zero RC have the Rockstar logo on them. |
Gaming References[]
Rockstar[]
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Carcer Gas Carcer Gas cylinders are from Carcer City, the setting of Manhunt. | |
Doormat Inside Big Smoke's Crack Palace, there is a doormat that reads "Not Welcome Rockstar North" with the Rockstar North logo in the center. | |
Hydra Part of the text on the side of the Hydra features the letters "DMA"; this is likely a reference to Rockstar North since the company was formerly known as DMA Design. DMA is also a play on United States Marine Corps squadrons that use the AV-8B Harrier II (VMA). | |
Manhunt Blueprint In Las Venturas City Planning Department on the top floor, the blueprints of Starkweather's Estate from Manhunt can be seen on the wall. | |
Mugshots Inside Las Venturas Police Headquarters, there are pictures of James Earl Cash and members of The Hoods from Rockstar North's Manhunt. | |
Northstar Rock Northstar Rock is a reference to Rockstar North. | |
State of Emergency The cheat code "Chaos Mode" could reference Rockstar and VIS Entertainment's 2001 game, State of Emergency. Chaos Mode was one of the playable game modes in this game. | |
Window Pane The Gasso gas station in Dillimore has a sign on its window reading "Max Pane- Bulletproof Glass". This is a reference to Remedy's Max Payne franchise, published by Rockstar Games. | |
Zero RC Inside Zero RC, there are figures of not just Grand Theft Auto: Vice City characters, but also characters from Rockstar's 2003 game, Manhunt. The characters for it include James Earl Cash and Piggsy. |
Previous GTA Games[]
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Carl's surfboard Carl's wardrobe contains a surfboard with an image of Vice City on it. | |
Denise's poster In Denise Robinson's house, there is a poster of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's box art on her bedroom wall. | |
Jethro & Dwaine In the mission "Wear Flowers in Your Hair", The Truth says that his guys (Jethro and Dwaine) "used to work on marine engines, 'til the mob bought their business over in Vice." This may refer to Tommy Vercetti and his gang taking over the shipyard in the events of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. | |
Ryder's poster In Ryder's house, there is a Grand Theft Auto: Vice City poster near the TV. | |
Films inside the sex shop Inside the enterable branch of Sex Shop XXX in Las Venturas, on the counter in the back, there are multiple stacks of films called "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City", clearly referencing the previous game in the series. | |
V-Rock hotel The V-Rock Hotel in Las Venturas is a reference to the V-Rock radio station in GTA Vice City. | |
Vice City map Across the street from the Angel Pine Cluckin' Bell, in several trash cans, there is an early map of Vice City. This is a double meaning Easter egg - scrapped maps literally scrapped in-game. |
Other Games[]
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Driver During the mission "Madd Dogg's Rhymes", a guard remarks: "Man, how could Refractions mess up so bad? Tanner, you suck!" while he is playing a video game. This is a reference to Tanner, the protagonist of the Driver video game series, developed by Reflections. | |
Half-Life In the mission "Black Project", the player can spot a crowbar on a table in a lab. This is a reference to Valve's 1998 game Half-Life. | |
Opposition Memorial The Opposition Memorial in Hashbury, San Fierro, all of the tombstones read "RIP Opposition 1997-2004". This is a reference to rivals of the Grand Theft Auto series, which came out with its first game in 1997. The phrase "RIP Opposition" is referencing Rockstar's rivalry with other game companies, and how all of Rockstar's opposition has not been able to come out with a better video game. The opposition may also refer to the game Driver 3, which was a long-time rival of Rockstar and that came out in the same year and got negative votes from critics. | |
Postal In the mission "Black Project", after the player enters the base and the alarm is raised, one of the voice announcements says "Personnel reminded that running in corridors whilst holding scissors is not permitted". This is a possible reference to the video game company Running with Scissors, best known for its Postal games, which are considered by some to be "GTA Clones". | |
Resident Evil The Zombotech Corporation is most likely a reference to the Umbrella Corporation from the Resident Evil series. Also, based on a diagram on the wall, there appears to be a large underground facility reminiscent of the Hive from the Resident Evil Film. | |
True Crime There are multiple billboards around the state referencing a company named True Grime Street Cleaners. This is a reference to the True Crime series, another open world game of similar gameplay to the GTA series. |
Media References[]
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Apocalypse Now Zero's quote from the mission "Supply Lines...", "The smell, you know that ozone smell, smells like...victory!" is a reference to the movie Apocalypse Now, specifically to Lieutenant Colonel William "Bill" Kilgore's well-known quote "The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."[1]. | |
Back to the Future The Trip Skip icon features the side profile of the Deluxo, a car mostly inspired by the DeLorean DMC-12 that is otherwise absent from the game. This is a reference to the Back to the Future franchise, which features a DeLorean-based time machine. | |
James Bond The finance company named J. Bond Bail Bonds is a reference to James Bond. | |
"Learning to Fly" The mission "Learning to Fly" is named after the Pink Floyd song of the same name. | |
Menace II Society "The Green Sabre" is a possible reference to the green 1968 Pontiac Executive used in the final drive-by scene in the film Menace II Society. Both vehicles were used in drive-by shootings that resulted in the deaths of innocent bystanders, were similar styles of 60s era muscle cars, and were green. | |
Pedestrians There is a female pedestrian in the game that resembles the character Catherine Tramell from Basic Instinct, as well as a male pedestrian who resembles Bishop from Juice. | |
Reservoir Dogs Advertisements for the movie Reservoir Dregs can be seen at the movie theater in Commerce, Los Santos. This is a spoof of the real-life movie Reservoir Dogs, directed by Quentin Tarantino, which was released in 1992. | |
Star Wars At the end of the mission "Air Raid", Zero says "Great kid, don't get cocky" which is a reference to Han Solo's line from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. | |
Terminator The scene in the mission "Just Business" featuring a Packer jumping off a surface road in slow motion into a storm drain channel, which Big Smoke and CJ are using to escape, is a nod to a similar scene in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, where a large tow-truck executes a similar stunt as it is in pursuit of John Connor. | |
The Big Lebowski When Cesar asks CJ if he'd like to make some money, CJ responds "Does the pope shit in the woods?", a malapropism coined by The Dude in The Big Lebowski. | |
The Karate Kid The Cobra Marital Arts gym is probably a reference to the Cobra Martial Arts gym in the movie The Karate Kid. | |
The Wizard of Oz An advertisement for the movie The Wizard of Ass can be seen at the Queens Theater. The title of the movie is a spoof of The Wizard Of Oz. |
Characters[]
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Lance Vance Lance Vance appears as an action figure in the Zero RC shop. | |
Tommy Vercetti Tommy Vercetti, the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, is mentioned by Ken Rosenberg during the mission "The Meat Business" where he mistakenly calls Carl Tommy. There is also a Tommy Vercetti action figure in Zero RC. | |
Video Poker Several Artworks of characters from GTA III and GTA Vice City appear as the pictures on jacks, queens and kings in the Video Poker arcade game in casinos such as the Four Dragons Casino. This includes Salvatore Leone, 8-Ball, Misty, Asuka Kasen, Donald Love, a Mafia member, Sonny Forelli, Ricardo Diaz, Lance Vance, Candy Suxxx, Steve Scott and one of The Twins. |
Adult Humor[]
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69 There are multiple references to the 69 sex position. | |
Beat the Cock! Beat the Cock!, a triathlon event, is a slang term for masturbation. | |
Cock Rock In Bone County, there is a rock formation known as Cock Rock. | |
Hanky Panky Point Hanky Panky Point is named after illicit sexual activity. | |
Lewd Statues Inside the Atrium, there are five statues - one of them seems to be masturbating while the other four look away. | |
Mr. Whoopee The decorations on top of the Mr Whoopee van clearly resemble a large male penis and "Whoopee" is also a slang term for sexual intercourse, another reference to the van's sexual nature. | |
Sprunk Billboard After destroying the Sprunk billboard in the mission "Reuniting the Families", the slogan "A taste of things to come" will now read "A taste of come." | |
Taste The Cock Inside Cluckin' Bell, "TASTE THE COCK" is written on the back of the employee's uniforms. |
Real World References[]
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Blackfield Chapel The Blackfield Chapel, a church located in Las Venturas, is based on the Guardian Angel Cathedral in Template:Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
Bridges The Gant Bridge is modeled after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The Kincaid Bridge and Garver Bridge are based on the Forth Road Bridge outside Edinburgh, Scotland. | |
Elvis Presley Several pedestrians resembling Elvis Presley can be found in Las Venturas. | |
Juguetes Regalos The signage of the store Juguetes Regalos features various characters from both Pokémon and the Disney universe. |