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| “ | What's up my n***a! | „ |
| ~ Yusuf's infamous quote during the events of GTA IV. |
Yusuf Amir is the tritagonist of the 2009 DLC expansion Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony and a major character in the 2013 multiplayer game Grand Theft Auto Online.
He is an associate and friend of Luis Lopez and Tony Prince. Yusuf works alongside Tony in the nightclub business.
He is voiced by Omid Djalili, who also voiced Anthony Trumper in Shaun the Sheep Movie and The Sandman in In Your Dreams
Biography[]
Background[]
Yusuf Amir was born in 1977 in Dubai, UAE to Abdul Amir, an extremely wealthy real estate developer. Throughout his life he seeks to impress his father, a highly conservative businessman who frowns upon Yusuf's life as "a reckless orgy of sex, drugs and spending". He was born wealthy, as he claims to have had a golden train set as a child. He is also a trained helicopter pilot.
At some point he moved from Dubai to Liberty City to further develop luxury properties. His first project's construction site was locked down by Messina Family construction unions, until Playboy X hired Niko Bellic to kill them all hoping to gain favor with Yusuf. He would not meet with Playboy, instead temporarily shutting down the site and building a memorial for the workers.
Events of The Ballad of Gay Tony[]
In The Ballad of Gay Tony, Yusuf finally becomes a major supporting character. He wants to franchise Gay Tony's nightclub Maisonette 9, and hires Prince's bodyguard Luis Lopez as a mercenary. He takes a very fast shining to Luis in particular, seeking to impress him with his possessions and sometimes white lies (for example, in High Dive he claims that one week ago he was exhausted from test driving "sexy cars" and for two weeks, flew to Vice City with prostitutes). After only meeting Luis twice in Sexy Time, he is quick to say that they are like "brothers". Towards the end of the game, he gives Luis his gold-plated Super Drop Diamond (with a powerful gun in the glove compartment) and brings his Buzzard to aid Luis in a large gunfight, somewhat rare and profound of his otherwise selfish nature.
Yusuf is used as a plot device to symbolize extreme wealth, materialism and the temptation for Tony and Luis to sell out their beliefs (especially towards the ending). Unlike Ray Bulgarin, whose character shares some of these themes, Yusuf is a good guy in that he is clearly out to help Tony and Luis, as well as a more light-hearted comic relief.
Grand Theft Auto Online[]
Yusuf arrives in Los Santos, where he tasks the player with stealing high-profile cars for his collection or for scrap. Players engage in contract-style missions involving the player's cousin, Jamal, to steal various vehicles, which can either be delivered to Yusuf for his luxurious collection or dismantled and sold for parts at the player's The Chop Shop property.
Personality[]
Yusuf is a very relaxed and carefree man. He very rarely worries about the problems in his life and is instead very cheerful and hyperactive. Yusuf likes to use American slang expressions, like "let's bounce" and "fuckin' A", although he doesn't always use them in an appropriate context. He also regularly uses the n-word though not in an insulting way, despite Luis advising him not to.
Victims[]
- Frickie Van Hardenburg - Indirectly; blown up by Luis Lopez on orders by Yusuf.
- 11 of Frickie Van Hardenburg's Unnamed Henchmen - Indirectly; blown up by Luis Lopez on orders by Yusuf.
- 8 Unnamed Bulgarin Crime Syndicate Henchmen - Blown up by Yusuf.
Quotes[]
| “ | I love this song, you know this song? | „ |
| ~ Yusuf to Luis whilst listening to Arab Money. |
| “ | I love you man, I love you. I love you too, I love everyone. Let's get out of here. | „ |
| ~ Yusuf to Luis and Tony before the trio walk off together. |
Trivia[]
- Yusuf likes the song, "Arab Money", by Busta Rhymes, and is seen in cutscenes playing the song and dancing to it. This song can be heard on The Beat 102.7. It was also added to the soundtrack with The Lost and Damned before The Ballad of Gay Tony was released. In Grand Theft Auto Online, it is heard again in the introduction cutscene after buying any Salvage Yard property.
- Yusuf Amir is presumably based on a real life billionaire Middle Eastern-American businessman named Phil Ruffin.
External links[]
- Yusuf Amir on the Heroes Wiki
- Yusuf Amir on the Grand Theft Auto Wiki
