Sweet & Kendl

Type	MISSION
Sweet & Kendl
Appears in	SA
For	Sweet Johnson
Location	Vinewood Cemetery, Vinewood
Protagonist(s)	Carl Johnson
Target	Escape the Ballas
Mission Objectives
Template:BPGet on the bike. Template:BPFollow Sweet.Template:BPYou're too far away. Stay with Sweet. [?]Template:BPFollow Ryder.
Conditions of mission failure
Wasted Busted Sweet, Big Smoke or Ryder dies BMX trashed [?]
Rewards
Rewards	Respect Johnson House
Missions
Unlocks	Ryder
Unlocked by	Big Smoke
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

“

That's another funeral you ran away from, fool. Just like Brian's.

”

— Sweet Johnson meeting his brother for the first time in 5 years

Sweet & Kendl is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by Big Smoke. The mission Sweet & Kendl triggers automatically after Big Smoke.

Mission

Carl and Big Smoke arrive at the cemetery in Vinewood. They are greeted by Carl's sister Kendl, while fellow gang member Ryder looks on. Carl expresses his sorrow towards his brother Sweet, but Sweet gets annoyed at Carl, stating that Carl ran away from her funeral just like their younger brother Brian's five years prior. Kendl goes to leave, saying that she's going to see her boyfriend, Cesar, who is apart of a rival gang. Sweet and Kendl argue, which leads to Kendl storming off while Sweet notifies Carl of the deaths of other former Grove Street members, Tony, Big Devil and Little Devil.

As Carl, Sweet, Smoke and Ryder are leaving the cemetery, some Ballas attempt a drive-by shooting, destroying Smoke's Perennial while doing so. The four Grove Street members steal four BMX bikes and try to evade the Ballas car. After riding their bikes through Los Santos, they stop in a car park under the freeway. Sweet splits up from Carl, Smoke and Ryder while being chased by the Ballas car. Carl follows Smoke and Ryder through the car park and onto the streets, where the Ballas car eventually catches up to them. The three Grove members escape back to Grove Street and are soon joined by Sweet.

After meeting up again, Sweet asks Carl when he's leaving again, to which Carl tells him that he's staying around this time. Smoke tells him to drop in whenever, while Ryder belittles Carl for his haircut and choice of clothing. Sweet, Smoke and Ryder leave while Carl heads back into the Johnson House.

Mission Objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• Get on the bike.
• Follow Sweet.
• You're too far away. Stay with Sweet. (if CJ falls too far behind.)
• Follow Ryder.

Tips

• Keep Carl's speed up by tapping the accelerate button. If the player slows down after the gang split up, the Voodoo the Ballas are driving may attack Carl.
• The Ballas members in the Voodoo may be attacked by any gang members nearby if the former fired their weapons on the street, and the gangsters may occasionally destroy the Voodoo and kill the two Ballas members. This is even true for other Ballas gangsters, as stated below.
• The Ballas' car will always shoot Carl from the left, so it is recommended for players to pedal their bike on the left side of the road where the attackers' car will likely hit obstacles like trees, walls, and fences along it, thus slowing them down and giving Carl more time to outrun the chase.

Reward

The rewards for completing this mission include:

• An increase in respect and the next mission, Ryder, is unlocked.
• Johnson House in Grove Street is now available as a Safehouse.
• Opens access to the BMX odd jobs (except in PS2, where they can be accessed in the very beginning of the game).

After the Mission

As Carl discovers, a lot has changed around San Andreas during the past five years:

• A devastating earthquake has struck San Andreas, with travel disruption across the state until the road bridges were repaired.
• Gang warfare and heavy drug dealing is on the rise in San Andreas. Carl receives a phone call from Sweet, who explains that Grove Street has lost its power and while the Seville Boulevard Families and the Temple Drive Families - who were once allied with the Grove Street Families - are "beefing" and ended up splitting into their own gangs, the Ballas and Vagos are taking over Los Santos.

Transcript

Transcript

Camera pans across Vinewood Cemetery. Big Smoke and Carl Johnson walk up to Carl's siblings and Ryder, who have just finished the funeral. Big Smoke: I've missed you these past 5 years man, they're gonna be real happy to see you. Hey, what's up, y'all? Look who I found hanging around. Kendl: Carl, hey, good to see you. Kendl hugs CJ. CJ: I can't believe she's gone, man. Sweet: That's another funeral you ran away from, fool, just like Brian's. CJ: Hey, she was my Momma too. Sweet: Not for the past 5 years she wasn't, ni**a! Kendl starts walking away. Sweet: And where the fuck you think you're going? Kendl: What? Get out my face, I'm going to see Cesar. Sweet: The hell you are, girl! You ain't messin' with them eses, you know we we beefing - they ain't nothin' but low lives. Kendl: Look, I love him, what the fuck are you?! Sweet: At least I got principles. Kendl: Oh, and I guess that makes you an upstanding American. Carl, tell him! Sweet: Carl won't tell me shit, bitch. CJ: As long as he treat her right. Disrespect you, and he's dead. Sweet: How the hell you gonna say that?! Like it's any business of yours! Kendl: Fuck you Sweet. CJ: Aw, shit. Here we go again. Sweet: This shit's real fucked up! Everything! CJ: What 'chu mean? Sweet: What, apart from your mother being dead? Things are going real bad. Here, let me show you, running man. Tony's buried over there, Little Devil over there, and Big Devil over there! Man, it's just crazy: everybody just blast on fools first, then ask questions second. CJ, Sweet, Big Smoke and Ryder walk towards Big Smoke's Perennial. Suddenly, some Ballas speed around the corner in a pink Voodoo. Ryder: Ballas! Drive-by, incoming! Ballas perform a Drive-By Shooting as Ryder and CJ dive out of harm's way while Sweet and Big Smoke return fire at the Ballas. Big Smoke's Perennial is blown up by the Ballas before they drive away. Big Smoke: Awww, motherfucker, my car!! CJ, Sweet, Smoke and Ryder jump onto some bikes parked across the street from the cemetery. Sweet: We gotta get back to the hood, things are too crazy around here. Grab a bike and pedal, even you ain't forgotten that! Follow my lead. CJ, Sweet, Big Smoke and Ryder ride their bikes back to Grove Street whilst being chased by the Ballas in the Voodoo. Sweet: Takes you back some, huh, CJ? Yeah! CJ: Things has changed around here! Sweet: CJ, watch your back 'round here, man. CJ: How'd it get so bad? I thought this was Families' turf? Sweet: Yeah, it's Temple Drive Families - we don't roll with them no more. CJ, Sweet, Big Smoke and Ryder get to the parking lot under the Mulholland Intersection. Sweet: Shit! A Ballas car is onto us! Split up! Sweet separates from the group with the Ballas car chasing after him. Ryder: Keep up, motherfucker! CJ, Ryder and Big Smoke continue their way to Grove Street. Ryder: You're just a liability, CJ! Why'd you bother coming back? Big Smoke: Straight back into the game, right dog? Was it this bad before you left? East Coast got you all thinned out, holmes. CJ, Ryder and Big Smoke return to Groove Street, where Sweet joins them. Ryder: I got with them motherfuckers though - showed them ni**az who's gangsta. Ryder, ni**a! Sweet: So when you leaving, Carl? CJ: I ain't sure. Thought I might stay. Things is fucked up. Sweet: Well, the last thing we need is your help. CJ: Aw man, I won't let you down, I swear. Sweet: Hey, we're gonna call up some hood rats and chill the hell out. You want some? CJ: Nah, I got a whole lot going on, I'm tired, I'll catch you later. Big Smoke: Hey yo, just drop in, we all hanging out. Ryder: Yeah, and get yourself some colors, fool. And a haircut - it's embarrassing to be seen with you! Sweet, Big Smoke and Ryder ride away and CJ enters the Johnson House.

Gallery

Walkthrough

As CJ and Smoke approach Carl's family in the Vinewood Cemetery, Smoke tries to calm CJ down.

The funeral has gone by; the only remaining people at CJ's mother's grave are Carl's brother Sweet, his sister Kendl and their childhood friend Ryder.

Smoke greets the trio and tells them to look at who he had met in Grove Street.

Kendl tells CJ it's good to see him and hugs him.

After a moment of silence, CJ says he can't believe their mother is gone.

Sweet is cold to CJ, as he doesn't know CJ missed his mother's funeral because of C.R.A.S.H. taking them hostage and comments how it's now the second funeral of an important person in his life he was too scared to attend.

CJ assures Sweet that he didn't miss the funeral because he didn't love his mother and reminds him that she was also CJ's mom. Sweet quickly replies, saying that it doesn't feel like she was CJ's mother, since he abandoned her and his family for five years.

Kendl immediately gets annoyed by Sweet's coldness and walks off. Sweet asks her where she's going.

Kendl tells Sweet that she's going to see someone named Cesar.

Sweet tells Kendl that he forbids her to go see this man, as he's a part of a Mexican gang that is currently beefing with Grove Street Families.

Kendl tells Sweet that she doesn't care whether or not the Families and the eses are beefing or not, as she loves Cesar and asks Sweet what he's planning to do to stop her.

Sweet tells Kendl that at least he has some principles and Kendl laughs at his statement and asks CJ to back her up in this argument.

Sweet says that he doesn't care if CJ backs Kendl up or not, while CJ says that Kendl can see her boyfriend all she wants.

He then adds that if this Cesar disrespects or hurts Kendl, there'll be hell to pay for him.

Sweet is continuing to act cold towards CJ and asks him how he can just say something like that and pretend like he cares for his family after he abandoned them for five years.

This annoys Kendl even more, leading to her telling Sweet off and walking out of cemetery.

Sweet remarks how bad things are going for them right now and CJ asks him what he means by that.

Sweet starts by reminding Carl that his mother was killed.

Sweet then proceeds to show Carl where some of their old friends, Tony, Little Devil and Big Devil are buried.

Sweet tells Carl that Grove Street members are getting killed faster than anyone can notice.

Some time later, CJ, Sweet, Ryder and Smoke are walking out of the cemetery.

As the quartet approaches Smoke's car, they see a purple Voodoo driven by Kilo Tray Ballas approaching and Ryder alerts the other three they're about to have a drive-by performed on them.

As the Ballas begin the drive-by, they destroy Smoke's car, leaving the gang in a very dangerous spot.

Fortunately, there are exactly four bikes left in a building just across the street. Sweet tells everyone to get on them and pedal as fast as they can back to Grove Street.

CJ getting onto the last bike.

CJ, Sweet, Ryder and Smoke escaping the Ballas assassins.

As the gang drives away, CJ asks why the Ballas keep chasing them in Vinewood, if it's the Families turf.

Sweet explains, that the Families have now split into several sets and they're in Temple Drive Families territory, where their deaths would make no difference.

The quartet's attempt to escape leads them to a large parking lot underneath the freeway in Downtown.

Sweet decides that it'd be best if the group splits up and rides in a different direction to let CJ, Ryder and Smoke escape.

Ryder tells CJ to keep up.

CJ must now follow Ryder's lead.

CJ, Ryder and Smoke heading back to Grove Street.

As CJ, Ryder and Smoke approach Idlewood, the Ballas Voodoo gets back on their tail.

As CJ, Ryder and Smoke reunite with Sweet and near Grove Street, the Voodoo opts to not follow the quartet into deep Grove Street territory and leaves them alone.

The gang arriving back at the cul-de-sac in Grove Street.

As the quartet takes a moment to breathe after the intense chase, Ryder circles them and monologues about how good his performance was.

Sweet asks Carl when he'll leave again.

Carl responds saying that after seeing how bad things are back home, he may just stay and help the crew get back up on their feet.

Sweet then makes a sarcastic comment about how Carl's help is the last thing they need. After a moment Sweet tells him that they'll call up some girls and chill out and invites Carl to join them.

CJ tells Sweet that he's got a lot of things on his mind and that he'd rather think things over.

Smoke tells CJ to drop by whenever he feels like helping out, as they're always eager to welcome him.

Ryder then tells CJ to get some clothing that would better suit his gang, before all of them go their separate ways.

Mission passed.

Video Walkthroughs

GTA San Andreas - Intro & Mission 1 - Big Smoke, Sweet & Kendl (HD)

Original Version

GTA San Andreas - iPad Walkthrough - Intro & Mission 1 - Big Smoke, Sweet & Kendl (HD)

Mobile Version

GTA San Andreas Remastered - Intro & Mission 1 - Big Smoke, Sweet & Kendl (Xbox 360 PS3)

Remastered Version

​Trivia

• If the player destroys the Ballas' Voodoo (or kills both Ballas in it) before the cutscene under the Mulholland Intersection, Sweet won't split from the rest of the gang and the Voodoo won't reappear in Idlewood, and the relevant cut-scene will omit the part that Sweet escapes. However their vehicle will appear in a later mission regardless.
• If the player steals a car instead of taking the BMX bike, during the ending cutscene in Ganton, Carl won't be sitting on the bike talking with Sweet, Smoke and Ryder, but will be standing and talking with them instead, and the vehicle he used will be parked nearby, or, on certain occasions, vanish.
  • During the final cutscene, Ryder can be seen riding his bike around the cul-de-sac and doing wheelies while Big Smoke and Sweet talk to Carl. If the player used a car during the chase and left it sitting in the middle of the Grove Street cul-de-sac, Ryder will crash through the vehicle quite violently and it will get pushed away very easily, as if it was very light. A video of this can be seen here.
• If the player destroys the Ballas' Voodoo without killing the Ballas in it, they might steal another car to continue chasing the quartet.
• Strangely, if the Ballas inside the Voodoo start shooting around normal Ballas' territory they will become hostile towards the Ballas not in the Voodoo, even though they are in the same gang. A video of this can be seen here.
• Ryder, Sweet, and Big Smoke cannot be knocked off their bikes. But they can be killed by any weapons if the player has had before this mission or during the progress, however this will lead to the failure of this mission. If one of them is killed, he will sometimes drop money.
• If the player saves and reloads their game after this mission, their save file will read that Big Smoke was the last completed mission. This is most likely a glitch.
• GTA V's mission "Hood Safari" makes a subtle reference to this mission, where the player can see three men riding away from Grove Street on bicycles. These men resemble Carl, Big Smoke and Ryder.
• No matter where the player goes during this mission, even into locked areas, the Ballas will still follow Carl, continuously respawning behind him and chasing him. A video of this can be seen here.
• Not counting the player, in the whole chase, Ryder will always be on the first position, Sweet on second and Big Smoke on last position.
• The Kilo Tray Ballas are likely the set seen in this mission, as the Voodoo with the same color is seen again in Drive-Thru.

• If Carl kills the gunner of the car, he will not fall out off the car despite most occasions the door will open after the occupant is killed even if the door is locked. The driver will get out instead.
  • If the driver dies before the gunner does, the driver side door will remain open, granting Carl a opportunity to obtain this unique-colored vehicle.
  • If the mission is failed when the chasing car is still in sight, they will strangely turn away instead of attacking Carl.

• If Carl doesn't get on the bike and instead goes somewhere else, the others will wait for him in a location.
• If the player notices well, the Voodoo only tries to attack Carl and Sweet (if Carl's close enough to him), and completely avoids Smoke and Ryder, foreshadowing their betrayal.

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