The Pick-Up

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Label	Field

Not to be confused with Pickups.

Type	MISSION
The Pick-Up
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto III
For	Toni Cipriani
Location	Momma's Restaurante, Saint Mark's, Portland
Mission Objectives
It's a trap! Waste them all!! Get the cash back to Toni's!!
Conditions of Mission Failure
Wasted Busted
Rewards
Rewards	$10,000
Unlock Requirements
Unlocked by	Taking Out the Laundry
Unlocks	Salvatore's Called a Meeting
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

“The laundry has agreed to pay - you did real good kid! Go collect the cash and bring it back here. Watch out for the Triads.”

—Toni Cipriani

The Pick-Up is a mission in Grand Theft Auto III given to protagonist Claude by Leone Crime Family Caporegime Toni Cipriani from his mother's restaurant in the Saint Mark's district of Portland, Liberty City.

Description

Claude goes to Momma's Restaurante and reads a note left by Toni, with Toni requesting that Claude pick up the protection money from Mr. Wong's Laundrette. Toni says that the money is in a briefcase being the laundromat in Chinatown, but warns that the Triads may attack. Claude drives to the alley behind the laundromat and collects the briefcase, before the Triads ambush him, with Claude managing to kill all the Triads and escape back to Momma's Restaurante with the money.

Reward

The reward for completing the mission is $10,000. The mission Salvatore's Called a Meeting is unlocked. The Triads are now hostile towards Claude (if they're not already due to the player completing El Burro's mission Trial By Fire).

Transcript

Transcript

Mrs. Cipriani (Voice only): Toni's off making people bleed, or trying to. He'll never be as tough as his Pop, but he left you a note on the table. Claude picks up the note and reads it. Toni Cipriani (Voice only): The laundry has agreed to pay - you did real good kid! Go collect the cash and bring it back here. Watch out for the Triads. They may be shoving a firecracker up your ass, but don't take no crap. Nobody I mean nobody, messes with TONI CIPRIANI! Claude goes to Chinatown. He is ambushed when picking up the briefcase. Claude kills the attackers and returns the briefcase to the restaurant.

Walkthrough

Claude arrives at Momma's Restaurante in Saint Mark's, but Toni is not there. Toni's mother tells Claude that Toni left him a note.

The note says that Claude blowing up laundry trucks made the laundry pay the protection fee. Toni orders Claude to go to the laundry and collect the money.

The letter also tells him to watch out for the triads and to not hesitate killing them if they challenge him.

Claude heading to Chinatown to collect the protection fee from the laundry.

Claude, about to pick up the money briefcase.

After Claude picks the briefcase up, several triad gangsters walk into the alleyway, trying to ambush him. Claude has to fight for his life.

Claude killing one of the triad gangsters that tried to ambush him.

Claude is to take the money back to Momma's Restaurante in Saint Mark's.

Claude heading back to Saint Mark's.

Claude, about to bring the money back to Toni.

Mission passed.

Gallery

Claude picking up the briefcase full of money.

First group of Triads.

Second group of Triads.

Third group of Triads.

Mission passed.

Trivia

• During the intro, Toni says his own name as "Toni Ki-priani" instead of the usual "Toni Si-priani". This appears to be an uncorrected mistake by the voice actor, Michael Madsen.
  • The same mistake happened with Toni Cipriani's audio file on the Grand Theft Auto III promotional website.

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