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The Hater in Grand Theft Auto IV

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The Hater Image credit: http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hater?file=TheHater.png
The Hater
Image credit http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hater?file=TheHater.png

The Hater is homophobic character in Grand Theft Auto IV who harasses and attacks gay men in Middle Park. In the mission “Hating the Haters,” the player-character Niko is tasked with protecting Bernie Crane from the Hater, and ultimately kills him. A text version of the script for this mission is available here and a video of it is here.

LGBTQ references in this game series:

Grand Theft Auto (1997): El Burro

Grand Theft Auto II (1999): Tetsuo

Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 (1999): Pretty Charlie

Grand Theft Auto III (2001): Gay Pedestrian; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002): The Psycho; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004): LGBTQ References; LGB Characters; Queens; OG Loc Mission

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005): Kazuki Kasen; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006): Reni Wassulmaier; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto IV (2008): Brucie Kibbutz; Tom “French Tom” Rivas; Bernie Crane/Florian Cravic; Bryce Dawkins; LGB Love-meet.net users; Elizabeta Torres; Talbot Daniels; Marcus; The Hater; Eddie Low;  Unnamed Homosexual NPCs; LGBT NPCs in LCPD Database; LGBT Media Personalities; LGBTQ References 

Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned (2009): Trans Man

Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2010): Anthony “Gay Tony” Prince; Clay “Pain Giver” Jackson; Jacob; The Celebinator; Evan Moss; LGBTQ References

Grand Theft Auto V (2013): Trevor Philips; Peter Dreyfuss; Transgender Sex Workers; Locations; LGBTQ References

Citations

  1. GTA Series Videos. (2009, February 1). GTA 4- Mission #66- Hating the Haters. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi6FF-TQFKg
  2. Hating the Haters. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Hating_the_Haters
  3. Hating the Haters Script. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/Hating_the_Haters/Script
  4. Hating the Haters Walkthrough. (n.d.). Retrived from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Hating_the_Haters/Walkthrough
  5. The Hater. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hater

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