You Don’t Understand GTA 5’s Story - I Spent 10000 Hours Discovering Everyone's Untold Lore
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- In this deep dive into the world of Grand Theft Auto V, I explore the untold stories and hidden layers behind the game's most intriguing characters, focusing on the enigmatic Lester. With over 10,000 hours dedicated to unraveling GTA V's complex narrative, I bring to light the details of Lester's involvement that go beyond the familiar tales of Michael, Trevor, and Franklin. Discover the fascinating backstory of Lester's role in the heists, his connections with the rest of the cast, and the secrets that lie within the game's lore. This video reveals the intricate details and unseen aspects of Lester's life, providing insights that you won't find anywhere else. Join me as we delve into the mysteries and conspiracies of GTA V, uncovering the hidden truths that shape the lives of its characters.
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0:00 Intro
0:28 What was Lester's involvement with helping Michael in the past?
2:11 What was Lester's role in the Prologue Heist?
2:47 Did Lester know Michael was going to betray Trevor and Brad?
3:10 What did Lester do during the 9 years after the failed heist in North Yankton?
7:39 How does Lester not know where Trevor is before he returns and confronts Michael?
9:50 Does Lester know what happened to Brad?
11:08 How did Lester even learn Michael was still alive, let alone where he lived and his phone number?
12:41 After not seeing him for 9 years, how did Michael know Lester was in town?
13:41 How did Steve learn about the deal Michael and Dave had?
15:42 What is going on with the FIB vs IAA subplot?
22:20 On the Wrap Up, Steve says the FIB thinks he was involved in 'the incident'. What incident?
23:18 If the FIB were onto Steve, why didn't hey get fired? Especially after everything went down on the Wrap Up?
24:04 Was the vial we stole on Monkey Business actually Nerve Toxin or was it just Perfume Formula?
27:09 Why do they kill Steve Haines in Ending C: Deathwish?
28:21 Why didn't they kill Dave during Ending C: Deathwish?
29:14 What was in the envelope that Michael brought to Devin at the end of Blitz Play?
30:12 How did Steve have leverage over Trevor and Franklin, did he have a file on them too?
34:10 Why didn't Devin Weston pay the money he owed everyone?
35:59 Does not killing Devin Weston effect the story in any way?
40:14 Was Jimmy Brad's son?
41:54 Doesn't Amanda's list of prior relationships show she cheated on Michael first?
43:17 Why does Amanda so quickly agree to go back with Michael after one therapy session, especially when he threatened to kill her?
46:18 What are the canon approaches for each heist and what ending is canon?
47:45 If ending c is canon, how does Tao Cheng survive?
48:33 How would the story change if they beat the train in prologue?
48:52 Why did Rockstar put so much gameplay towards storylines that didn't go anywhere?
50:55 What was stopping Michael. Franklin, and Dave from killing Trevor straight away when he first came to Los Santos?
53:52: Isn't doing the Paleto Heist to buy a cargobob pointless when you could just steal one?
54:15 How did Trevor meet Wade?
55:16 Where does Lamar go in the middle of Ending C: DeathWish?
56:53 Why didn't the tennis coach tell Michael it wasn't his house BEFORE they pulled it down?
57:27 On Packman, how did the cops know the cars were stolen?
58:44 Why was Stretch in prison?
59:34 How did Trevor meet Ron?
1:00:40 Why didn't Michael kill Lazlow for messing with his family?
1:04:41 Why did they take out Stretch and not Simeon?
1:06:01 Why is Trevor's house clean at the start of the game?
1:06:38 What did they steal in the mission Derailed and why did they steal it?
1:07:43 Why is Martin using two different homes in the story?
1:09:28 Outro - Ігри
Darkviper 2060: after 75000 hours on GTA 5 we found Michael was actually in witness protection
Witnes protection for what!? Nobody whas convicted of anything!
@@pekonimies8288 Convict this.
It's witness protectioning time
@@dalejeremiah08*Witness protections all over the place, all over Los Santos*
After 100k hours he will have unlocked the rare golden cougar that DOES spawn during missions
He finally graced us with the *LORE* 10 years later _💀_
_☠️_
Well, better late than never
THE BENEVOLENCE
_😮_
That's how long Michael was in witness protection!
Lester is honestly one of the most badass underrated characters of GTA.
If you ignore him being a creep then maybe
He's not badass at all, but he is underrated
I like him more than pavel
definitely not badass, but certainly underrated. i loved how creepy and unsettling he is. nothing says "oh dear god please help me" like when he says that the moonshine is real hillbilly shit that'll get him and franklin committing incest in seconds
@@Lol-og9mePavel is Russian lester😂
"Brad ended up in a prison" - FOOTAGE NOT FOUND. 😅🤣
hahahah
well yeah footage not found because he's dead
edit: dudes i know it's funny stop exploding my phone with notification's i'm sick of this
@@Correct_Hamsterno way 😲😱🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
@@avavavaa 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Beautiful moment
I love these videos not only because it reveals the countless hours of dialogue I half paid attention to, it also shows cut dialogue that I had no idea existed. That's the DarkViperAU way
But that's just a therapy
@@gamingrobloxmoree4578I love game therapy 💺👩🏫
This. I've played the campaign through 4 or 5 times and I've gotten more information about the story through these videos than playing the game.
While otherwise this kind of storytelling could be genius, giving small snippets and hints about character all the time, this style does not really lend itself well on this type of game. The information given is almost always insignificant to the immediate action and there's always so much to distract the focus from listening the conversations that it is almost impossible to pay attention to them. This kind of storytelling works much better in movies or cinematic interactive games like Heavy Rain or Detroit but not really in action heavy open world game where you can't even drive a car without something more important happening around you.
@@gamingrobloxmoree4578 a family therapy, thanks for listening
Michael: "Besides where can he even run to?"
Franklin: "He cant even run!"
Franklin fr bullying the disabled
That was unusually mean of Franklin
as any good friend does 😌
As someone's father is disabled, he approves the bullying of disabled people.
Hehehe...
proot. :3
@@devangnivatkar2649 true, that was probably the meanest thing he said on the game lol
I know that during the diamond casino heist if you go the bugstars route, Lester says something like “I pulled something similar back in the day with a jewel store”.
Exterminator approach canon CONFIRMED
Also, at the contract DLC mission, you break into the FIB building the same way you do on the rooftoop approach of Bureau Raid. And to be fair, I think it would be very stupid for the headquarters of a security agency (which is supposed to be one of the most well secured places in the world) to let it be invaded the same way twice without them improving security at the rooftop from the first attack. Which leads me to believe that Fire Crew is the canon option.
So beginning of online is before story and after import/export update is when online surpasses story.
Lamar's surprise disappearance could be an oversight related to his actor's unavailability to record and perform. Maybe they scripted something but never recorded or subtitled it and it just slipped everyone's minds until the game was what it was.
That was my first thought as well. Wasn’t Lamar meant to be a playable character after the end of the game?
@@gwaunch1967originally franklin was meant to die and lamar become the 3rd playable character in place of him but that was scrapped iirc
@@Skylark3087 Seems like Slink ran into his legal troubles before his part at the end of the story and beyond was recorded. It’s a shame because IMO Lamar is the best character in the game besides the three protagonists.
@@gwaunch1967Lamar is funny af lmao
Yeah, I think that's why they made him more important in GTA online, he was probably always meant to be important, but they couldn't add more of him until they could update the game
7:18 bro got rizzed so hard he came out of retirement
If Lester can find love maybe there's a chance for me too lmao probably not though haha
@@flagondragon1854remember that lester is gold rich
@@rahularora301and also not real
@@Leon.Staniccan you shut up
@@blueguy2128 no u
This video was very usefull for my understanding of GTA 5 lore, now i understand that Chop was in witness protection
real
NO ONE GOT CONVICTED OF ANYTHING!
Tao Cheng is not the only one who could be optionally killed and then appears in Online, there's also the agent ULP that could be killed during the Wrap Up mission. Interestingly, he appears in Online even dispite his original voice actor passing away
Dr Friedlander aswell
"We got you! Anti-American activity!"
32:42 the actors laughing so hard is hilarious lmao
I wish we got that cutscene instead because there’s so much more emotion in the three actors.
Same, I love how pissed Dave gets
Isn't there a video with the complete audio?
Bro Lester saying “every job that I’ve done was impossible, until I did it.” Is actually so cold
id say merryweather heist stands to remind all the main dudes that they actually need a lester to keep the shit together. Which kinda by extension helps justify him in game because the player could vaguely understand that resetting the status quo would take quite a bit of work
also despite his personality trevor was able to get into the airforce for a bit wich means the government saw him as capible
@@RipperTipswas there any doubt that Trevor is capable enough to do military work?
@@_mark_3814 it would make sense that there would be some interest for dave to keep tabs on trevor
I’ve never said this before to anyone else. But whoever makes the thumbnails is doing a good job. They’re fantastic. Same with all the editing. The clips that are thrown in are very entertaining
Agreed. It's great. But judging by the subreddit you'd think they're terrible lol
@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep I know it. Im not on Reddit but I’ve seen the rambles and imo people are over analyzing
Lester dancing on the gold made my day.
u done slobbering?
@@Jacob2smooothhey, complimenting something that’s worthy is never wrong
Matto: “With just a *”Few words”* Im going to shatter your mind”
Video: *”1h 10m Long”*
He’s talking about “GTA 5 has more characters than just the protagonists 🤯”
1:05:33 Canonically... *Cough Cough*... BY THE ONLINE CANON! He lives and apparently in After Hours Business Battle (which is after Gunrunning, meaning post-story mode), he is hiding in his office while getting raided. After Arena Wars, he gives you some jobs to do (Repo Jobs). And finally, in Criminal Enterprises he reopens his Motorship and gives discounted cars every week.
So yes, he lives.
It's strange, but how did Lester not know about Trevor, provided that Trevor had a correspondence with Brad on the phone?
Not exactly. Brad wrote letters to Trevor. As stated by Dave that the trainees write them. I think the emails we see exchanged between him and Trevor are more to just make it convenient for the player. Instead of actually writing a letter and posting it to the prison, here send an email.
Dave was sending the emails, after beating the game option c Dave will text Trevor and say “ok, we’re clear I was the one sending them emails from Brad let’s just get past it and never contact me again”
I think he simply didn't care. Once he knew he wasn't in danger, he stopped keeping track of Trevor.
they never corresponded on the phone they only wrote emails to each other and it probably means that lester just didn’t know that any of them were alive after that debacle in North Yankton
@@qweebey Yeah, my bad
1:54 Bro this has me cryin at 5 am 😭 These guys are so f'd up
well, they ARE psychopaths
Oh sure, that’s the most messed up thing they’ve done
lol the lester dancing in the money clip is the best.Also love the way you made clips like franklin being busted by the fib
24:35 Michael's driving looks absolutely ridiculous from this 2nd person perspective, lmao.
Incredibly well-researched video as always.
That is still a 3rd person perspective, the camera is just inside the car.
You (and assumedly many others) do not know what 2nd-person perspective actually is but you're not wrong about Michael's driving. It's honestly impressive to think that this is what our characters usually look like but we just don't notice because we aren't really looking
@@gownerjones1450 Fair enough, thanks for the correction.
@@FartingSpider12 Okay, could you kindly explain what 2nd-person perspective would be? Also, agreed.
@@ak-jxrdy-7 There is a wonderful video on second person perspective games by Nick Robinson, you should totally watch it!
9:45 I think Lester knew some whereabouts of Trevor which is hinted on the drive back from the paleto score setup, where he says, "he bought some glassware a year ago and I think it's for a meth lab". Maybe that's why he says "not as far as I know" when Michael asks him where they buried Trevor during the casing the jewel store.
32:49 First time I'm hearing this audio, and I wonder why it wasn't used in the final. Kinda like it more. It's startling knowing how calm Dave usually sounds for the rest of the game.
Also the fact that Michael and Franklin are straight-up partying, getting drunk & high, to celebrate the heist instead of just casually sharing a drink is so much funnier
"They are two...COMPLETELY UNRELATED events!" *breaks into laughter*
Isn't there a video with the full diologue?
43:04 Little logistical problem with this, Jimmy would've been in the 3rd grade in North Yankton. While it is possible that the teacher also moved to Los Santos, and then Amanda slept with him, I think a more likely explanation is that she cheated back in North Yankton, and Michael just didn't know about it, and by the time of Reuniting The Family, Michael was just too tired to get upset with her over it. It is a bit unusual for her to mention someone from 12 years ago, but it's entirely possible she felt it was the time to come clean about all of her cheating
So she was the unfaithful one after all, bet she keep this a secret for years to get a levarage at Michael in discutions
@@calangoraivoso9921 They're both shitty people. I guarantee that Michael would have done the same if he knew about it. As he said, they're trailer trash
it could be possible they had some sort of online relationship to be fair, cheating doesnt necessarily mean sleep with.
@@dialga236 We are talking about a family made up of an ex stripper and a violent bank robber. I don't think they care about things as relatively trivial as an online relationship
I don’t think she was coming clean. Michael could have known about all of those relationships already. I think them listing all of them in that moment was just for the sake of comedy.
UA-cam didn't recommend me this, I am very unhappy.
Another banger. Honestly, I love these videos. You can really tell that a lot of research and effort went into these. From big things like finding cut content to little things like the recordings of car conversations and radio broadcasts. You could have easily just overlaid audio over a background, but you went through the effort of capturing footage of those things specifically. It goes a long way, and as a viewer, I appreciate it.
Love these lore videos man. Literally no one else can do them better.
Him and theprofessional
13:27 omg the blimp!
is the blimp rare to see now or something?
@@d0-.-0b nah. It's a reference to one of his chaos videos where matto saw blimps everywhere and was like "a blimp!" When there was one floating in the sky.
oh! thx >.
THE blimp?! Ain’t no way
I kept looking up gta v lore vids and all I kept finding was the character videos you made, I’m so glad there’s finally a video explaining everyone else, much love dark viper
Yes finally, a proper narration. Bet gta 6 story explanation video would be done faster rather than being on clickbait videos for years
Crazy how much detail nobody noticed there is in this game we all played. Really interesting video.
32:56 Dave’s VA is amazing in this, I wish this was in vanilla
???
It is tho.
You mean canon.
32:20 this was perfect this should’ve been the actual cutscene 😭 from michael’s slurred speech (+the reaction) to dave’s furious outburst it’s pure comedy
This is one of my favorite series on your channel. I was just finishing re-watching the Trevor video when you uploaded this. Even if views are down for you lately, you're still producing some of the best content on youtube. I'm sure once GTA VI drops and a larger amount of people start being interested in GTA content again you'll shoot right up, so don't give up.
one the most immersive videos made so far! Editing was so good I barely noticed how good it was until I paused and went to get a drink
51:01what a fantastic edit lol absolutely hilarious
That's why I love your videos, you really went above and beyond to show all of these characters lore, other youtubers wouldn't have gone to such effort. Also, props to Rockstar's attention to detail, they went to such effort to even create a cover up story for one of the heists. Really clever
I like to think that Lester figured out Michael was still alive by tracking Amanda, Tracey and Jimmy. He knew they were still alive, and since he split the score from the Big Score Heist to include them in Option B it's fair to assume he respects Michael's family.
Also, as to which ending is canon: in GTA Online, Tao Cheng explicitly says he was nearly killed at the place where Franklin shoots his father in Option C. This does only imply it happens (what's to say he had a different near-death experience?), but it's the only evidence implying one particular ending happened rather than saying different endings _didn't_ happen.
I know the gtav story very well but for some reason i love watching these videos even if i dont learn anything new. This happens to me only for your videos idk why. Love your channel and i've been watching for a while!
This is a great video, informative.
no way you watched the whole thing?!?!!!!!
@@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt You get access to videos early as a member 💀
@@JeplarAU real!!!!!
He's jeplar, of course he did.@@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt
@@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt
Yeah. He is also a mod for darkviper.
26:00 It's "perfume" Matto
What are you saying
@@bearbro10 it's *perfume*
All this juicy lore I didn't realize I needed to know. Thanks Matto! Well done video, sir.
Lester gets 20% of the crew cut, not the take.
He aint knee deep into GTA lore, Hes submerged into the lore.
bro that...that line, "Your third grade teacher will always be your third grade teacher." lmaoo
Great video , great work , I just recommend putting subtitles in such videos that depend on the dialogues
a really long Matto video, oh boy what a treat, love your stuff keep it up
The main reason Lester came out of retirement was cuz he liked Ms. Chen. He had everything, except love. I think at the end of the heist they stay together too so.
Steve's actions can be explaind by him being ginger.
The root of all evil.
finally a video about dave (my beloved)
Careful, that burning hunk of love is all Michael's
Dere's a snek in muh doot!
I really enjoyed this video. The Lore series is way more interesting than you'd think at a glance.
6:50 Can be used in a sigma edit compilation
Matt is so dedicated that he grew his beard back just to share with us gta v lore that we cannot get anywhere else
Thanks man i ve been waiting for this video since 2019.
I've been waiting since 2013
This video was awesome! This is definitely lesser known and discussed lore. I love that all the characters in this game have such a rich story behind them!
My theory for the Humane labs thing is that’s the perfume story is obviously a cover up and possible the “animal activist attack” is a cover for you robbing it in GTA Online. Even if that wasn’t planned it’s kinda my head cannon now
Thank you very much for posting, you entertain me so much
The prologue alone holds so much lore already.
Love the stuff you do Matt keep up the good work. You got this, don’t let others control what you love!
I feel like now we need a video breaking down the entire story, like telling it like an actual story instead of explaining little details about the story.
Theres a game about it
So Michael was in witness protection
Such a good video keep it up matto we want more long videos❤❤❤
really good video, this game has a lot less plotholes than you’d expect. good job matt :)
Heads up, you're missing chapters for "Isn't doing the Paleto Heist to buy a cargobob pointless when you could just steal one?" (53:52), "How did Trevor meet Wade?" (54:15), and "Where does Lamar go in the middle of Ending C: DeathWish?" (55:16)
Thanks mate!
28:15 Steve also wanted Trevor dead
these videos are insanely well done, bravo mate
Great video! Really well put together.
Haven't finished the vid yet, but I just wanted to say my favorite unsung character in the game is Floyd. His entire arc is both tragic and absolutely hilarious. Deb's apartment slowly degrading over time as Trevor settles in. Trevor convincing Floyd his life is terrible when, on paper, it was pretty damn good and ordinary. The climax of Trevor leaving the apartment covered in blood xD its too good
Trevor never convinced Floyd of anything, Floyd was just a spineless pushover that let Trevor do whatever he wanted
8:06 fun fact: this is actually a Chef's store xD
“Fun fuct” 💀💀💀
@@itsyahomiescott3742 lol i was writing in hurry and i didn't saw this
@@MrTimPL All good man just thought it it was pretty damn funny!🤣👍
Super super informative! Thanks for this matto! ❤
yo truly are just not a speedrunner, but a really good youtuber, you absolutely are underrated matto
28:56 this dialogue also plays if Michael call Davey after beating Simeon on mission Complications.
Nah, that phone call is a bit different, and Dave also mentions getting a "New Boss" (Steve).
@@SalBadman I see. Thanks
Good video. Might watch it again.
God that video was a++. Watched in one sitting. Thank you Matto :3
Its crazy how much Matt knows abaout gta v. This whole lore video is amazing!! I never thought i'd be watching lore videos on gta v but here we are. Its a very good story fair play to rockstar for creating it and fair play to Matt for figuering out the lore and hidden details. Theres so much i didnt know which i now do. Fascinating :)
47:31 Not knowing this specific Dialogue from Franklin since I have yet to play “the contract” I always thought what if GTA Online takes place in ending B. Like what if the final online DLC ends with us seeing Michael’s ACTUAL grave or something along the lines of that.
32:27 made my day 💀
42:50 Are you implying that Amanda slept with Jimmy's 3rd grade teacher from before they moved to Los Santos after the time skip. Because if so surely that would mess up the whole faking the death and moving away and changing your names thing
No, he is implying the opposite.
@@venosaur121212If he's implying that Amanda slept with the 3rd grade teacher before the time skip, that would prove that Amanda cheated first which is the myth Matt is trying to prove is false
This video was amazing. Would love another one
I love your videos they are so fire! 🔥 the lore you just told me about grand theft auto v just blown my mind thanks for telling me
25:20 I don't know, perfume business is a strong competitor.
"Available only at Macy's" isn't just a slogan.
It's a call to war.
Voice actor for Trevor is exceptional
Sad that he no longer wants to be associated with trevor and we will probably never see trevor again (unless rockstar coughs up enough money to 'change' Steven Ogg's mind but thats very unlikely for the greedy pigs at rockstar)
@@SaulBadman-wb5kt doesn't he do clips on fiver (or whatever site it is) of him saying stuff for money? pretty sure he would do it for the fans and also rockstar probably pays him good already
I was really hoping you’d make another one of these
Perfect edit man looking forward to seeing more
Can't wait for chop's hidden lore💀
Damn you can see from minute one, how much work went into this video with all the custom clips and scenes
Great Video Matto!
I love these types of videos pls keep them coming
Thanks, for clearing up some bits of the lore I didn't understand with full confidence I can say Brad was in Witness Protection.
I've read the title as "I don't understand GTA 5's story" and was very confused how that was possible Mato. 😅
1:53
M : Besides, where he's gonna run to?
F : **chuckles** He can't even run (referencing to Lester)
xDDDDDD
WILD😭
Franklin's line is so needlessly stupid it's no wonder they cut the whole conversation.
@@D0Sampok lester
@@D0Samp you're having problems
This is really good. Always wondered how the story worked but didn't want to take the time to find out.
Always pumping out content Matty ❤
57:31 I think this is also said directly by the cops. Something along the lines of "we have been on you since you picked up the cars"
Wake up honey, new GTA V lore just dropped
Another awesome and well made video. Bravo keep it up
i love those videos where matt speaks, i truly love them.
Day 1015 of asking DarkviperAU to play GTA Chinatown Wars.
You're not even lying. I saw ur comment history on this mans video. DO IT!!!!
Babe wake up
New DarkviperAU video just dropped !!!!
And it’s an hour longgggg
I've been meaning to compliment on your thumbnails, Matto. The hidden lore videos really reminded me of that.
Keep it up, you're an artist.
Doggy
YEAHHHHHH BABY!!!! this video’s gonna be my favorite thing for months to come