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Think about this: he dealt with Catalina for all that time, yet at the end of GTA 3 when Maria is talking nonstop in admiration of Claude, he shoots her. She must've been next level annoying.
I've always said this. Claude is an absolute terrifying psychopath with no hint of emotion or empathy whatsoever. Trevor may seem crazier but he's emotional, has a code and loyalty, Claude has NONE of that. The fact that even CJ sensed this and chose not to engage with Claude says a lot.
No it was just cj being a little bitch, notices how he never said anything to his face and only after he got the garage. Cj didn't sense shit, just like how he was trying to act all tough with catalina and she sneak surprised him
Donald Love said it perfectly about Claude, to Claude when they first met: "Experience has taught me that a man like you can be very loyal for the right price"
Claude would still kill Trevor beacuse the moment he call's him any name's is the moment Claude put's a bullet in his head. No Gta character would be friend's with Trevor.
Catalina had probably already tipped him over the edge. Salvatore only turned on Claude because Maria lied about having an affair with him, and Salvatore was so paranoid after the Casino Heist back in Las Venturas he acted immediately without questioning anything, despite Maria's track record for causing trouble.
@@JustAnotherNamelessGuy Claude. Cash may be stealthy and take on groups of men with guns, but Claude has shown time and time again that he's basically a one-,man army.
And the faintest slight of gestures would mean a world of confusion Man's like not human, but a walking parameter You keep the gauge full and he'll wont do anything to you
It's funny how much Claude and the GTA Online protagonist have in common. But yet even the GTA Online protagonist shows that they do care about people and are loyal. If Claude was in the doomsday heist he would have sided with Avon Hertz and help him destroy the world just because he would have paid more.
@@shadowninja14th2 Yes and no. Although yes Claude does show up in the character creator as an option... it's non canonical as non of the main 3d universe characters make an appearance. they're just there for fun... if not then we got a serous problem with a time machine if John Marston, a man that lived and died in the wild west... traveled forward through time past his own death to magically be your father. I kid.... but it's wild that they are even options.
For the doomsday heist, probably not considering avon does plan to betray you from the start. Actually, if gtao protagonist weren't already a well established crime lord by the time, they might also follow avon if he's hiring them, they really are very similar. Though considering avon's personality, there's no chance he won't betray us or claude
@@EpicCyberGamerPunk same character, different universes just like El Burro (who appears in Gta 1 and 3) and the 3D Universe celebrities(Lazlow, Fernando,Chris Formage,etc) in HD and rockstar themselfs said in 2011 GTA 3 QeA that Claude's surname may or may not be Speed
@mr.andrew7820 no they're different characters completely Claude speed(in gta 2) looks like nothing like Claude(Gta 3) if you seen his in game artwork
I never thought about it but it makes perfect sense the garage was just a safehouse for him, and he almost certainly got it from a former employer, either as payment or after a falling out. In GTA3 he basically sleeps in a storage room with a mattress on the floor, and he doesn't seem the type to take out a business loan to buy a piece of prime real estate.
It's so interesting how despite all the money he takes and how often he's motivated by it, he never really spends much on himself. It's like an excuse if anything.
@@TheThing4444damn. I didnt even consider that until now. To think that he just uses it as an excuse while not actually even caring about money makes him even worse. Just way worse than before.
Claude is 100% BASED Also, Catalina actually loves CJ. Her interactions with men are screwed up because of the way her father treated her as a kid. But the fact that CJ doesn't just roll over to her, drives her crazy for him. Catalina doesn't actually respect Claude, especially because he doesn't care what she does or says. She actually likes criticism, especially from a man, because it shows that he cares. Her father clearly didn't care about her, which is why she grows up to "hate men", but really she just doesn't trust that any man will care about her. CJ doesn't really care about her, but he is a decent person who tries to give her advice to calm down, and at least plays along with the whole "Bonnie and Clyde" act Catalina was putting on. CJ really didn't have to sleep with Catalina at all, he didn't have to call her baby and suck up to her, he did it because he needed the money. Ceaser said nothing about his cousin looking for a lover. Yet CJ just kept up the act to satisfy Catalina, while at the same time giving her really good life advice. CJ was very nice to Catalina. (There is a line that Catalina says about how her father treated her, that clears up why she is the way she is)
@@misterpinkandyellow74 You clearly never interact with women bro. I am all for men's rights, I am a MGTOW man, but I really think you and all men like you need to get a girlfriend at least once in your life. Your brain is all jacked up because you have no practice. You need to ease up, and at least just talk to some women.
@@villarreal0706 He basically said being a detective would be miserable. He would have to be away from home for the most of his career. And if he got married, his wife would either leave him or cheat on him. Well, not hum specifically but he did discuss that there were cops who went through all that. Besides, all that deaths and violence and murders wouldn't help him either.
What’s scary about Claude is he only cares about money and is willing to do horrible things for it but he only spends money on things that help him with being a criminal there’s no end game for him he will continue to be a criminal for the rest of his life with other gta protagonists they stop when they have reached their goal
Another thing scary about Claude is how easy he can go into hiding and how hard it is for one to track him down. He can disappear more effectively than Niko and Dimitri or anyone in GTA. This is due to the fact that he has no loved ones, family, and friends. Claude also dosent have any henchman working for him and has no businesses or fronts.
@@ntrainr160thats a really good point. The guy has little to no presence anywhere at any time. Only the things he actually does cause any attention to get on him. Hes like a ghost though. He just appears and disappears for what he wants and you cant rely on him for anything. He has none of those typical weakness that almost anyone else has like you said. He just does it all for what? To keep being a criminal for fun? Thats what it seems like all things considered.
This “Claude is French that’s why he won’t talk” theory is actually not that far fetched. You counter it by saying that Claude understands everything he is told in English. But I can tell - speaking and understanding language is very different things. I say this as a person that actually has this problem. English is not my first language, but I read in English like it’s my native, watch shows and videos in English no problem, has no problem with writing (As you can see lol). But man I CAN’T talk. When I speak English it sounds like absolute gibberish no native speaker could understand. I guess Claude could have the same problem If he’s not American
This definitely could be the case. I have a hispanic friend who understands Spanish well but doesn't speak it at all like I never heard him speak a lick of spanish. He told me he sucks at speaking it. So this could definitely be the case with Claude. Plus I looked up his name on Google and it said it is a common French name
@@mr.andrew7820there's some people of French heritage in Louisiana. It's highly unlikely that Claude is from Quebec or France, but rather from the bayou. I had a teacher whose first name was Claude, though I don't know where he was from in the US.
Claude even kills maria in the end just because she annoyed him. He probably the most cold blooded protagonist that does the job and doest ask questions for the right money.
Probably also for the fact that she just doesn't know when to shut her mouth at times. It was her fault that Salvatore ended up trying to kill Claude, and I think the ending was his own way of making sure that mistake would never happen again.
I follow the theory he didn't, the noise was the noise of a shotgun and we see none of that in cutscene and yk cutscene logic doesn't work like game logic and if he did it to just get to Catalina I mean why bother giving her money when he can just go and shoot up the place with all weapons? because Maria would die, her dialogue also still plays afterwards in chatterbox but I won't take it as evidence really either, I think him and Maria are living happily together rn or either just did free her as a payback for helping him when Salvatore almost killed her, even tho she's the reason.
Dear professional, Catalina is a sociopath for she is emotional violent, highly sensitive and she has a low functioning personality traits and disorder. Claude on the other hand might be a psychopath after all if he isn’t a sociopath. That aside, wonderful and amazing video you’ve made as always. Good job 💪🏼
I'd definitely agree Catalina is closer to a sociopath than a psychopath. While she is incredibly cunning, sociopaths can form attachments unlike psychopaths and often are volatile with emotional outbursts. Still, Professional does a great job with these videos
The thing is why would she be with a psychopath, he won't "love" her so she can't really manipulate him. Also he can't manipulate her as she won't "love" either. Now a business partnership might make more sense.
Not every sociopath and psychopath is the same. A few sociopaths are intelligent and organized while a few psychopaths are wreckless and prone to outbursts. Both sociopaths and psychopaths can come from abusive households. It’s just that psychopaths lack a component in their brain that allows them to feel empathy. Psychopaths won’t love anybody even if they wanted to. Claude and Cataline don’t love anybody or each other. It was a “business partnership” as one guy put it.
Trevor also aligns more with sociopathy than psychopathy despite being mislabeled as the latter - as he cares for some people as shown in the video but struggles with controlling his emotional outbursts. And despite being called a sociopath, Gary from Bully arguably aligns more with psychopathy.
3:30 Seeing this cutscene in 2024 actually makes me laugh, because having a plot of land in a middle of San Francisco near the train station would basically assure your and your kids financial stability for the rest of your life.
I always thought Claude turned Kenji into fender meat because Donald Love mentioned an opportunity that could potentially weaken Catalina's organization, making it easier to get his revenge on her.
It truly horrifies me that Claude basically is Dimitri Rascalov. How similar they are in the sense that they do not care about anybody and would happily stab you in the back if it means getting something better or if you are no longer useful to them. You feel for Claude at first getting betrayed by Catalina. But then he himself starts betraying nearly everybody he comes into contact with, no hesitation. Or shows complete indifference to anybody else or what happens to them.
Only difference is Dimitri needs someone to do the dirty work for him and minipulate them for his aurge at same time. While Claude does the dirty work and then passively minipulate others for his benefits.
@@MrTheinfoman Another difference is that its much easier for Claude to disappear since he dosent have anybody working for him, dosent answer to anyone, and dosent have an empire. Someone like Claude can basically go under the radar more than Dimitri. Claude is a lot harder to track door unlike Dimitri or Catalina. Claude can last a really long time.
@@MrTheinfoman One more difference is Claude will really only betray you if it benefits him. Dimitri is worse cause he'll betray for his own benefit, and because he legit enjoys it. God forbid he tries to kill you and you get away. Dimitri will chase you down for the rest of your life just like he did Niko. To me, Dimitri is the 2nd most ruthless and sick character in all of GTA. Number one is Eddie Low, that guy is animal that needs to put down .
Omfg stfu. Claude is nothing like that scumbag, just because he is silent and kills people who could care less about him anyways (also very hypocritical when every gta protagonist has done it) somehow makes him equal to dimitri
My first GTA for me, maybe wasn’t as loved as VC or SA but it still holds a special place for me as far as gaming goes. I can always count on you for making solid and enjoyable content.
@@theprofessional155 I’m well man! I got rid of my PlayStation awhile ago so sorry I haven’t been able to stay in touch really besides on here. Would love to reach out to you some time though!
I think its hard to think of a lore reason for it as its so clearly just a choice during game design. Back then, it was more common for protagonists to be silent, they still want to imagine the player as the character and your actions in the world, less on the protagonist being a character as well like they did in all the next GTAs.
Maybe the gta verse lore explains that he was a truly silent kid. Maybe he didn’t speak English growing up. Maybe he was Quebecois and understood English but not quite spoken English. French would’ve made him speak. Maybe being shot by Catalina did killed his larynx that he’s doomed to being only the silent one. He was more or less raised in Vespuccia and started being a hitman and then earned his San fierro garage only to lose the ownership to CJ. As Catalina joined his life and decided to journey a life of crime with her as she needs a tool for her crime waves and Claude needed someone of money and power to cling to. It seems that Claude and Catalina spent 9 years for their crime sprees. For their robberies and decided that the drug trade was more worthy money and power. And soon this caused the divide of Catalina and Claude and seeing Catalina being so greedy and more wise, she lores Claude in one more bank job and turns on Claude. Maybe the ghost town of liberty city is more of less an area of the city that exists somewhere else. But still. He got shot in the chest and that affected his way of communication personally and permanently. Maybe the short distance sprint is the result of him being shot in the larynx and that gave him breathing problems as well. But yeah. He’s a criminal sociopath who devolves into a psychopath as the story progresses. He was only loyal to the Leones for their work opportunity. But betrayal by the Leone family boss turned him more distant about who he’s loyal to and from that point on, he’s not loyal to his wellbeing and personal revenge against Catalina when he sees him. Truly the favors by the long term paid off and Catalina spooks at Claude’s radar and kills the 🐕 forever. And Maria being so annoying costed her life. And the shot by the background is Claude being a psychopath at the end.
Lore wise I'm not sure but development wise, I saw that on Twitter or X (I still call it Twitter), a dev that was part of the team said that they "had to cut something out of the game" so it was probably just easier to develop with the script they were working with so they ran with it.
Claude is also an option to be the online characters father in the character creator. In my opinion he is the cannon father of the Gta online protagonist. They both are mute and don't stop doing crime no matter the amount of money they make. Like father like son/daughter lol
The major problem with that canon theory is that John Martson can also be a "canon" father. But how can Martson be a father concerning the events of Red Dead?
Not only that Claude doesn't talk or cannot talk, but most characters don't even acknowledge that he doesn't talk. Carl and Maria aside, most characters don't think to have a chat with him; everytime they meet, they give him a job. He doesn't express his ideas, well, nobody asks him for such. They don't even ask for his name, and we're only knowing it in San Andreas! I guess my theory for his muteness is that, he's not a usual character, but is a player-insert. Y'know, there are games where the protagonist is literally you; a written protagonist doesn't exist. Kind of like, Need for Speed Most Wanted. Also, considering the GTA games before III, there was hardly any story, especially GTA 2. The protagonist doesn't care what he is told to, he just does it for respect and nothing else. And from GTA III's ending to GTA San Andreas (I'm not talking chronological here), the character of Claude started to develop significantly. In The Exchange, he went according to his own instructions, and in his later appearance we have some of his past and his name is revealed. I think the developers kept him to be mute despite this evolution, because one can't change the past; he's already mute in III and it's well known among the players. It has become a characteristic of Claude. So if he speaks in San Andreas, that feature is like, torn apart or something.
I feel Michael knows Trevor have boundaries. He even attempted to reassure Jimmy he and Tracy are safe due to Trevor’s loyalty and love for the them as an uncle, something Jim cuts him off saying he is aware and more so worried for Michael’s safety and Trevor once again says he’s fine to an extent. Throughout the game michale isn’t so much afraid of his family or himself in harms way (if Trevor wanted to he’d be able to murder Michael) but Michale possibly knows Trevor wouldn’t personally kill M. Even in Trevor’s death, afterwards Michale mopes around saddened by Trevor’s death and even stops communicating with Franklin. TLDR: His monologue of Trevor with no boundaries is a personal mental cope he personified by speaking to Frank so he himself can rest as he did in his best friend.
It will be interesting to see how in GTA 6 with Lucia and Jason if they have morals where one of them cares about the money but the other still wants to do the right thing and not be screwed over. In the trailer they said "The only way we can get through this is by trusting each other". I have a feeling that is going to test their relationship is it more about getting the most money or is it about valuing surivial and watching out for each other?
Cloude is real evel if trever eats people the cloude is how he got the ingredients cloude is the cause and trever is the affect hes crazy but hes more a victom of Michaels betrayal but cloudes betrayal was more karma cloudes at heart worse in every way @@malletUsergaming
@Kdowg222 speak English you befoon. Also shit take, how is catalina betraying claude for absolutely no reason justifiable in any case?, atleast Michael had a better reason to get rid of trevor since trevor is an unhinged psycho. And trevor is still evil lol, claude is no where near that mommy issue, cannibal, manchild psycho lol.
@@Kdowg222I get what you're trying to say but you need to work on your English spelling man. If English isn't you're native language then nevermind, you're doing good, but again still work on your spelling mayn
Yeah he’s huge, he’s always looking down on characters unless he is on lower ground like on the steps of Luigi’s club) Tommy Vercetti is tall as hell too, he’s like 6’4
Trevor did betray people, what are you talking about? He betrayed The Lost and Aztecas in his first mission! You could say “He was just using them” but that’s still a betrayal especially since they were bussiness partners. If you’re working with someone that you’re just using to get ahead, that’s still betrayal. It’s still bad on Trevor’s part if he was always gonna betray them anyway, that is still betrayal! Trevor ate a person, stole a military weapon for the Chinese(which would’ve gotten the group on the most wanted list all over the world!) and didn’t give a damn to tell Micheal and Franklin, killed military for making fun of Canada, killed hipsters for being hipsters, killed Wade’s friends just so he can control him, and Manipulated Ron into leaving his family! Tell me where his limit is? Doesn’t betray his friends? He sure as hell betrayed Wade and Ron!
It's also worth noting that Claude never went after 8 ball despite him being the one to rig the car to try and kill Claude. Sure, he probably didn't know it was to kill Claude, i doubt he'd dumb enough to question the mafia and the leone certainly wouldn't tell him much aside from "rig this car". And if he smh knew, he didn't have a choice anyways, Sal would've killed him too if he refused. If Claude didn't Care for 8ball he would've killed him along with Sal. And ofc you have to remember that Claude chooses to help 8ball in the intro. You could argue that he did that to get his favors and because of his connections to the leone but there is zero proof that Claude knew that when he decided to save 8ball. Helping this man is one of the most selfless things Claude has ever done so I think this should not be swept aside
That, and Claude was with Catalina for 9 years. Prof says that it's just a relationship of convenience, and I believe that is the case on Catalina's side but there's absolutely no evidence that that's all it was for Claude.
@@nathanniesche6380 Catalina says it outloud when she betrays Claude so there's no doubt. For Claude, i'd Say it's up to interpretation. Altough I have to admit i've always liked the idea that Claude and Maria drove off into the sunset at the end of GTA III, left Liberty City with the money, getting away from all those ruined gangs that were After them, and that they settled down and lived a normal life as a couple, so to me Claude never loved Catalina and his one true love IS Maria. She was honestly pretty cute in III, I quite liked her when I played the game as a kid. It's really GTA SA and LCS that "retconned" her Sweet naïve, clumsy "innocent" idiot personality to something more crude and promiscuous...
@@laguet93are you sure? Because he dosen't even react to her, and if professional's theory is correct he was probably mad at her for ruining his chances at being a made man
@@jesurenbnb i'm not sure, it's just how 7yo me interpreted the ending. I agree that he was pissed at her for ruining his chances With the Leone but she also decided to save his life, at the cost of abandoning her luxurious gold digger lifestyle and becoming an ennemy of the Leone when she could've just left Claude to die and kept living off Sal's riches. She also hooked him up with Asuka. So she kinda made up for it.
You could call Claude a leach because he only respects the most powerful people but leaches are usually defenseless and Claude is a threat despite hoping from one power source to another.
He doesn't respect power? every thing the pro said is bullscrap. He is just twisting things up to fit his own narrative without any evidence ti back up his claim. Just because he greets people normally doesn't have any other significant meaning to anything, pro is just looking too deep and creating fake scenarios in his own head
This has nothing to do with the Claude lore video but Professional wearing his jacket and a US World War 2 helmet and standing on his chair with two cases of water to test the weight capacity is one of the many reasons I love him. The dedication is unmatched
I think Claude was meant to serve as the transitionary protagonist as GTA was undertaking the 3D era. If you think about it, him being a mute allows him to have somewhat of a blank slate for the player, but this video highlights that he does indeed also have his own personality underneath. By comparison, the previous 2D era of GTA had "characters" with absolutely no personality whatsoever, and were effectively complete blank slates for the player to cause arbitrary chaos. Claude parallels this, but still has more depth by having his own personality. It's an interesting in between of the 2D era protagonists versus a character like Tommy Vercetti from Vice City.
GTA 2 live action movie actually explains Claude character well. Also since it is believed this game took place in 2013, I think Claude eventually got finished off by the Zaibatsu for his treachery in the end.
I do think overall you can boil this down to Claude's character being the blankest slate for a person's go ham chaos playground in GTA. But I like to think a lot of his darker showcases are still a case of the devs knowing how to make the chaos of Claude feel nuanced to his character.
Claude probably wasn't a hired gun in 1992 there's really nothing suggesting that in SA and you got to remember that at this point he's just 21 so he's barely an adult. He's just a lost kid doing illegal races for a living R* did say that he was possibly a drifter from the west coast. So most likely this garage was both his safehouse and a place where he could fix and tune his car. He became an actual criminal during his 9 years with Catalina. He was defenetly the driver during the robberies : he's a skilled drifter and Catalina refuses/doesn't know how to drive because "that's what men are for" so that's why she picked him. Well that and also she wanted to make cj jaleous. Obviously since he was robbing banks he had to learn how to use a gun and kill, even if he was the driver. I guess it's possible he started doing other crimes on top of that (hired gunwork possibly, and drug dealing most defenetly since at one point they started working as associates with the Cartel, hence why they provided assitance during the Liberty City Bank heist)
I think Claude doesn’t speak simply because he doesn’t want to give any witness or recording a hint what he sounds like. His basic clothing and hairstyle can definitely make him hard to pinpoint when he’s in the public so mix that with his muteness he’s pretty much a phantom
Funny you mention the latter point. I was thinking how cool it would be if GTA VI had some record-breakingly long and difficult mission where you have to outwit Claude.
@matthewsmith3817 if Rockstar can change the pace from the typical on-rails story that would be a nice change of pace (not saying linear stories are bad, but it'd sure be different)
Another thing I want to add that virtually everyone seems to forget... we don't even know if his name is really "Claude". That name was never mentioned in GTA 3 anywhere. In the game files he's referred to as "Player". The idea of him being named Claude was born out of the final phone call in San Andreas, and then connected to the protagonist of GTA 2. Catalina liked to continue calling CJ through the story just to piss him off, and judging by her scarce loyalty and insane personality I wouldn't put pass her having sex with someone other than her "small time" crime partner, or even faking an intercourse during the call to annoy CJ.
People talk about Claude's loyalty, but at the end of the day, he was suddenly shot and left for dead by his girlfriend and partner in crime of 9 years. And she made it seem like nothing simply saying she was ambitious girl and he was small time. That would be enough to make anyone bitter and tip them over the edge. He then only killed Salvatore and cut ties with the Leone's because Salvatore tried to have him killed after Maria lied about an affair and Salvatore was so paranoid he didn't even question it. The only betrayal you could really pin on him was the Yakuza. That was the only time he could be seen as being the disloyal one.
Thank you. Claude only cared about one thing in the game and it was killing Catalina. Everything he did was just a means to an end to get closer to killing Catalina.
@@petermj1098was it really i couldve sworn he did missions for like donald love and ray and they have nothing to do with her or gaining power to take her down, i played this game when i was like 12 and back then i skipped all the cutscenes so i might have to replay it again just to see
These are the kind of videos that deserve a million or more views. Such amazing details and in depth of a powerful GTA character and his story. Love your cosplay of Claude as well by the way !
I am SO happy you did this video. Just clicked and I know I'm gonna love this video more than the Pegarino vid. I hope you do a video/character study on Aiden Pearce from Watch Dogs. Good character!
I'm just five minutes into the video and I have to say, Claude's Staunton Island safehouse isn't exactly "abandoned". It's given to him by Asuka upon arriving to the island after nearly getting lured into Salvatore's trap. Also, in Liberty City Stories there's further proof this place belongs to the Yakuza. His Shoreside Vale safehouse though, that is indeed a mystery how he got it.
Voice actor of Toni Cipriani said in an interview that he pronounced Cipriani wrong by mistake and nothing else. So, there is no meaning behind Claude reading his name wrong or anything
Great video and an interesting perspective for Claude, one of GTA's least talked about protagonists. I may not agree with every point you made about the character, but I can certainly understand your reasoning and it's rather sound. I'm interested in that Donald Love video you mention. I know Rockstar once said he realized he crossed too many lines and maybe went off to try and return to normal, I'd have to find that interview again.
I would think that killing Kenji while his mission strand was open was more or less an oversight on Rockstar's part. I remember also reading somewhere that the gunshot in the credits was kind of an error that the creators made. The same could be said that Claude's character was supposed to represent the player. Hell, he didn't have a name until it was revealed in San Andreas.
Claude is also very dangerous is that there is much less leverage one can use against him compared to the other protagonists. He has no business, friends, family, or image that he wants to show. Claude can also easily go into hiding if he really wanted too because of this. Niko and Trevor are badasses in their own right but they can be kept in line by their bosses since there are things you can use against them as leverage.
I watched it all, we can replay GTA 3 under a new light with this one. Can't wait for a lore video on the Old Oriental Gentlenan and what he exactly does that we're not told.
This was really nice lore video. There was also one GTA Protagonist from 3D universe that you forgot to mention Mike from GTA Advance, but unlike Claude he does has some humanity, and can care about other people like Asuka's niece Yuka Kasen. When it comes to Claude he might have been killed by a assassin from some powerful criminal organization just like it was the case with the original inspiration Claude Speed from GTA 2: The Movie live action trailer. Ps. You can do a lore video about the GTA 2: The Movie live action trailer that was filmed in New York.
Rockstar confirmed that he is alive in a special QeA in 2011 but where he is or what he is doing It's unkown,they also refused to elaborate the fates of Maria and Donald Love
It’s said that he was killed by Giovanni Forelli. Son of Sonny Forelli. From the formerly powerful Forelli mob family. Remnants of the forellis have taken advantage of the power vacuum of the Leone family left by Sal’s death. Giovanni really wanted Tommy Vercetti’s head. His long term end goal
The intro bank heist didn't happen in 2001. It more than likely happened during the times of LCS. Claude was convicted in a jury trial,which takes a few years to assemble.
The government wouldn't have left parts of the city unreachable due to the explosion for years ,if i remember right , the news on the radio after a certain point into the game say that after weeks the bridge is finally repaired and traffic flow can continue
Excellent video mate. I do agree Claude is 100% the silent monster of GTA. All this said I do like to believe he had some form of emotion with moments and can find a form of respect for people like 8-Ball, but he doesn't care too much and would kill him for the right price. A thing about psychopaths is that there are treatments out there for them to grow their empathy, but most never try cause they don't care or see anything wrong with them. I kinda like to listen to the songs of early GTA games and try and see if some relate to the protagonists, I feel like a lot of GTA 3's soundtrack relates to Claude's lonely, drifter, and ultimately monstrous side. Overall he's one of my all-time favorite protagonists, someone that you can look at every other protagonist in the series for how vicious they can be, and know that they can't be as terrifying as Claude, because unlike how every other character in the franchise has a moral compass, Claude is the stereotype of a ruthless criminal and one of the purest definitions of it.
I don't really think CJ backed off from Claude, I think it was more he just felt this situation wasn't really worth the trouble. I think CJ would win if they fought
Definitely. Some will say Trevor is more evil but he’s actually able to show emotion and he cares for his friends and family and will always be loyal to those he trusts. Claude however doesn’t show any empathy for the people he’s killed after working for them.
@ace.of.skulls well no shit, claude can't talk so you can't just say he doesn't plus its not like he just killed random innocent people, trevor has during meltdowns and doesn't give a fuck
You should rank the various factions and gangs in GTA games. Clownpuncher did so for the factions in the Arkham games, comparing their feats, anti feats, weapons, tactics, etc and it was really good.
9:39 Just realised Pro question also invites another question which also indirectly provides and insight into what type of man/psyche Claude has: _What type of life was he living to meet and connect with someone as unhinged as Catalina that quickly between the time she and CJ breakup?_
Claude walked so the GTA Online Protagonist could run (when you think about it, the GTA Online Protagonist is just Claude if he was given proper storylines lol)
i don’t think that claude betrayed kenji only because of money but because he saw an opportunity to weaken the cartel by going to war with the yakuza. the only thing that he really cared about in gta 3 is his revenge and saw that killing kenji for donald will help getting closer to his objective
Hey Professional, i love your vids and GTA related contents. But if you can, please manage the sound volume of each clips you're using? Everytime you speak i need to turn the volume up, but when you showed your gameplay the volume gets way too loud i need to turn down the volume. It's just a minor inconvenience on my end. Love your vids man.
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@@charlesnyandeni7916 yeah the intro was a nice addition as well
the real reason why Claude does not speak was due to rockstar not finding a voice actor for him.
Claude's friend is money
@@charlesnyandeni7916I just really hope rockstar doesn’t copyright this to-
@@charlesnyandeni7916 shouldn’t*
It's ironic that Claude's whole shtick is that he betrays everyone he works for, yet the plot of GTA 3 happened because he was betrayed by Catalina.
He was betrayed 3 times what the hell you want to expect him to do 😂😂😂
Dis is de circul of de devul.
It's the yakuza engie guy
@@mopettetm8220 He also turned on the Diablos
And turned on his girlfriend no pun intended
Dealing with Catalina for 9 years is an amazing feat in of itself 😂
The man must’ve had the patience of several saints 😂
@@BlitzWing-vk1zwfrom 3rd Street lol
Maybe that's why he became such a bastard.
I dont understand how claude stand her
Think about this: he dealt with Catalina for all that time, yet at the end of GTA 3 when Maria is talking nonstop in admiration of Claude, he shoots her. She must've been next level annoying.
I've always said this. Claude is an absolute terrifying psychopath with no hint of emotion or empathy whatsoever. Trevor may seem crazier but he's emotional, has a code and loyalty, Claude has NONE of that.
The fact that even CJ sensed this and chose not to engage with Claude says a lot.
Street smart dudes like CJ can see this from a mile away.
No it was just cj being a little bitch, notices how he never said anything to his face and only after he got the garage. Cj didn't sense shit, just like how he was trying to act all tough with catalina and she sneak surprised him
@@PimpSpeedbig smoke ?
@@CouldaWouldaShoulda my theory is CJ didn’t expect to be betrayed due to how close Smoke was to the Grove
@@CouldaWouldaShoulda big smoke is different they grew up together their whole lives
Donald Love said it perfectly about Claude, to Claude when they first met: "Experience has taught me that a man like you can be very loyal for the right price"
@user-fu7ym3he3b claude probably woul use michael and trevor to kill him or kill the three
@user-fu7ym3he3byeah but Claude wouldn’t know that he would kill Michael for the money then kill Weston when he finds out he got screwed over
@user-fu7ym3he3b I think professional misunderstood claudes character it is apparent in this video
@user-fu7ym3he3b Claude would have sided with Devin and killed him if he didn’t pay him
@@theprofessional155please make a video on the truth he is one of mysterious characters of GTA games
Toni and Trevor have killed more people, but both of them cross the line at betrayal and value loyalty.
Claude has no boundaries
Claude would still kill Trevor beacuse the moment he call's him any name's is the moment Claude put's a bullet in his head. No Gta character would be friend's with Trevor.
@@logancarter1622I would
@@logancarter1622 LOL, no, he wouldn't, i could see Niko killing Trevor, but Claude would never be able to kill a military trained sociopath.
@@gabrielmartines3510Claude literally destroyed all gangs of liberty city by himself. I think he stand a chance at killing such a overrated character
@@nikolasferreira3247 trevor took out the lost , that’s no small feat & then trevor is military trained , not a easy man to kill
I know Claude will be the most dangerous Protagonist, the reason ;
- No loyalty
- No heart
- No empathy
- No limits, and
- No morals
No your wrong
@@malletUsergamingthanks yoy
I theorize that Claude betrayed Kenji and Asuka because he learned to trust and follow nobody after being betrayed by Salvatore.
I wondered about that though considering how Catalina turned on him.
I mean, they were Yakuza. It was only a matter of time before they betrayed him too. That's the flaw with being bad guys. Can't trust anyone.
I'd say Catalina is the reason
Catalina had probably already tipped him over the edge. Salvatore only turned on Claude because Maria lied about having an affair with him, and Salvatore was so paranoid after the Casino Heist back in Las Venturas he acted immediately without questioning anything, despite Maria's track record for causing trouble.
Claude could never be a made man.. He's not Italian. The whole thing was a lie and a set up
Claude would definitely be a fitting character to a manhunt setting.
Except for the whole stealth thing
@@JustAnotherNamelessGuy Who's saying he play the role of Cash? Claude would be prime boss material for the player to take on.
@@TheThing4444 i see your point. Out of that topic the real question is who is more dangerous Claude or Cash.
He's unironically a more terrifying character than Leo Kasper when you think of it
@@JustAnotherNamelessGuy Claude. Cash may be stealthy and take on groups of men with guns, but Claude has shown time and time again that he's basically a one-,man army.
Him not talking is kinda what makes him dangerous
“Is the quiet ones you gotta watch out for…”
And the faintest slight of gestures would mean a world of confusion
Man's like not human, but a walking parameter
You keep the gauge full and he'll wont do anything to you
That's his stealth
It's funny how much Claude and the GTA Online protagonist have in common.
But yet even the GTA Online protagonist shows that they do care about people and are loyal.
If Claude was in the doomsday heist he would have sided with Avon Hertz and help him destroy the world just because he would have paid more.
The irony is that technically Claude and the online character are possibly related as Claude is a option
@@shadowninja14th2 Yes and no.
Although yes Claude does show up in the character creator as an option... it's non canonical as non of the main 3d universe characters make an appearance.
they're just there for fun... if not then we got a serous problem with a time machine if John Marston, a man that lived and died in the wild west... traveled forward through time past his own death to magically be your father.
I kid.... but it's wild that they are even options.
Even Claude wants to take control of nuclear weapons and use it to destroy the world. Of course he totally has no morals.
For the doomsday heist, probably not considering avon does plan to betray you from the start.
Actually, if gtao protagonist weren't already a well established crime lord by the time, they might also follow avon if he's hiring them, they really are very similar. Though considering avon's personality, there's no chance he won't betray us or claude
At least our protagonists have emotional expressions. Claude is just like: 😐
Fun fact Claude is the only 3d universe protagonist to physically appear in the HD Universe as a parent in gta online
And he is the only one to have a 2D Universe version in Gta 2
@@mr.andrew7820 that's Claude speed their separate characters
@@EpicCyberGamerPunk same character, different universes just like El Burro (who appears in Gta 1 and 3) and the 3D Universe celebrities(Lazlow, Fernando,Chris Formage,etc) in HD and rockstar themselfs said in 2011 GTA 3 QeA that Claude's surname may or may not be Speed
@mr.andrew7820 no they're different characters completely Claude speed(in gta 2) looks like nothing like Claude(Gta 3) if you seen his in game artwork
@@SupportGamin2024 I seen It,but GTA 3 Claude looks exactly like movie Claude Speed
Claude is dangerous right up until he meets a body of water.
If your ass is on dry land, you'd be dead
Where's my comment, I made an error
I never thought about it but it makes perfect sense the garage was just a safehouse for him, and he almost certainly got it from a former employer, either as payment or after a falling out. In GTA3 he basically sleeps in a storage room with a mattress on the floor, and he doesn't seem the type to take out a business loan to buy a piece of prime real estate.
Loved your Claude vid as well. What a cool crossover
It's so interesting how despite all the money he takes and how often he's motivated by it, he never really spends much on himself. It's like an excuse if anything.
More like he's frugal about how he uses his money.
@@TheThing4444 Grindset
@@TheThing4444damn. I didnt even consider that until now.
To think that he just uses it as an excuse while not actually even caring about money makes him even worse. Just way worse than before.
Claude is basically GTA Micheal Myers without the mask
Claude is more like boogeyman of GTA.
He even survived 2 headshots in the introduction and his gameplay he is the fastest gta protagonist.
Isnt tommy faster? @DovahBat
For real tho
i always said that, glad someone else thinks it
Claude is 100% BASED
Also, Catalina actually loves CJ. Her interactions with men are screwed up because of the way her father treated her as a kid. But the fact that CJ doesn't just roll over to her, drives her crazy for him. Catalina doesn't actually respect Claude, especially because he doesn't care what she does or says. She actually likes criticism, especially from a man, because it shows that he cares. Her father clearly didn't care about her, which is why she grows up to "hate men", but really she just doesn't trust that any man will care about her. CJ doesn't really care about her, but he is a decent person who tries to give her advice to calm down, and at least plays along with the whole "Bonnie and Clyde" act Catalina was putting on. CJ really didn't have to sleep with Catalina at all, he didn't have to call her baby and suck up to her, he did it because he needed the money. Ceaser said nothing about his cousin looking for a lover. Yet CJ just kept up the act to satisfy Catalina, while at the same time giving her really good life advice. CJ was very nice to Catalina.
(There is a line that Catalina says about how her father treated her, that clears up why she is the way she is)
Facts
Complete gibberish
@@misterpinkandyellow74 You clearly never interact with women bro. I am all for men's rights, I am a MGTOW man, but I really think you and all men like you need to get a girlfriend at least once in your life. Your brain is all jacked up because you have no practice. You need to ease up, and at least just talk to some women.
If she did ever come back after CJ and Sweet took back Grove Street, GSF would try to eliminate her probably because she’s not from their hood
This comment right here☝️
One scary fact: people like Catalina plus Claude exist in real life and are very dangerous.
Duh
Ever lived in California? The majority of people there are like Claude and Catalina...
It's almost as if characters in media are based off of people
Basically Bonnie and Clyde before GTA 6.
Breaking news: the world is actually NOT sunshine and rainbows
Here's CJ trying to calm down Catalina...
CJ-"You a f***in Psycho!!" 😂 Top tier editing right there lol
In cj 's defense she kinda was
If CJ calls you a psycho, you are a damn psycho. And CJ has killed more than Catalina
You could become a detective with how insightful your lore videos are in terms of character analysis and breakdowns.
He was studying to become one in college
I actually went to college for that lol . I have a bachelors in law enforcement.
@@theprofessional155any reason you didn’t get a master? You very smart I really enjoy your insight
@@villarreal0706 He basically said being a detective would be miserable. He would have to be away from home for the most of his career. And if he got married, his wife would either leave him or cheat on him. Well, not hum specifically but he did discuss that there were cops who went through all that. Besides, all that deaths and violence and murders wouldn't help him either.
@@blackgold754Well, at least, he got that degree to help analyze GTA and other games for us to listen to.
Let's agree claude is the most badass silent protagonist.
Fr
Soap?
@@alexdeghost2729not silent
AGREED
@@alexdeghost2729 spoke in mw2 and 3
You know GTA 3 is legendary when people still talk about it many years later
very enjoyable game from my childhood i remember every part of it lol , games used to be great
True
Every GTA except Gta 2 and Advance is remembered fondly
@@ShanAli-sq4rschinatown wars is forgetable too tbh
It is basically the foundation of the whole crime open world game genre, that game along with Driver changed everything.
Claude is the real definition of a criminal : no morals, no freinds, money hungry, and ruthless
What’s scary about Claude is he only cares about money and is willing to do horrible things for it but he only spends money on things that help him with being a criminal there’s no end game for him he will continue to be a criminal for the rest of his life with other gta protagonists they stop when they have reached their goal
Another thing scary about Claude is how easy he can go into hiding and how hard it is for one to track him down. He can disappear more effectively than Niko and Dimitri or anyone in GTA. This is due to the fact that he has no loved ones, family, and friends. Claude also dosent have any henchman working for him and has no businesses or fronts.
@@ntrainr160he's like a slasher villain that is not bound to rules like walking slow or only using melee weapons.
@@retrogamernr.8569um just no smh
@@ntrainr160thats a really good point. The guy has little to no presence anywhere at any time. Only the things he actually does cause any attention to get on him.
Hes like a ghost though. He just appears and disappears for what he wants and you cant rely on him for anything. He has none of those typical weakness that almost anyone else has like you said. He just does it all for what? To keep being a criminal for fun? Thats what it seems like all things considered.
This “Claude is French that’s why he won’t talk” theory is actually not that far fetched. You counter it by saying that Claude understands everything he is told in English. But I can tell - speaking and understanding language is very different things. I say this as a person that actually has this problem. English is not my first language, but I read in English like it’s my native, watch shows and videos in English no problem, has no problem with writing (As you can see lol). But man I CAN’T talk. When I speak English it sounds like absolute gibberish no native speaker could understand. I guess Claude could have the same problem If he’s not American
in Gta 2 Claude It's stated to be american so the french name = french person doesn't make much sense
@@mr.andrew7820 GTA 2 Claude aint the same character so how does that matter
@@svlim958 Yeah Bro,my point is someone can have a foreign name and not be a foreigner
This definitely could be the case. I have a hispanic friend who understands Spanish well but doesn't speak it at all like I never heard him speak a lick of spanish. He told me he sucks at speaking it. So this could definitely be the case with Claude. Plus I looked up his name on Google and it said it is a common French name
@@mr.andrew7820there's some people of French heritage in Louisiana. It's highly unlikely that Claude is from Quebec or France, but rather from the bayou. I had a teacher whose first name was Claude, though I don't know where he was from in the US.
Claude is basically like a GTA online protagonist.
No cause crazy enough our online character likes some people like Franklin lamar and Vincent etc
its the other way around
Lol cause every online characters are mute
Claude even kills maria in the end just because she annoyed him. He probably the most cold blooded protagonist that does the job and doest ask questions for the right money.
Probably also for the fact that she just doesn't know when to shut her mouth at times. It was her fault that Salvatore ended up trying to kill Claude, and I think the ending was his own way of making sure that mistake would never happen again.
@@Jackw00pw00p2 Yep, he just dealt with one problematic heaux in a helicopter, he wasn't going to take any chances with a yappy mafia doll lol
I hope Maria’s sister will find out who betrayed and killed her, and she will get revenge on him and send him to hell.
I follow the theory he didn't, the noise was the noise of a shotgun and we see none of that in cutscene and yk cutscene logic doesn't work like game logic and if he did it to just get to Catalina I mean why bother giving her money when he can just go and shoot up the place with all weapons? because Maria would die, her dialogue also still plays afterwards in chatterbox but I won't take it as evidence really either, I think him and Maria are living happily together rn or either just did free her as a payback for helping him when Salvatore almost killed her, even tho she's the reason.
Dear professional,
Catalina is a sociopath for she is emotional violent, highly sensitive and she has a low functioning personality traits and disorder. Claude on the other hand might be a psychopath after all if he isn’t a sociopath.
That aside, wonderful and amazing video you’ve made as always. Good job 💪🏼
I'd definitely agree Catalina is closer to a sociopath than a psychopath. While she is incredibly cunning, sociopaths can form attachments unlike psychopaths and often are volatile with emotional outbursts. Still, Professional does a great job with these videos
The thing is why would she be with a psychopath, he won't "love" her so she can't really manipulate him. Also he can't manipulate her as she won't "love" either. Now a business partnership might make more sense.
Not every sociopath and psychopath is the same. A few sociopaths are intelligent and organized while a few psychopaths are wreckless and prone to outbursts. Both sociopaths and psychopaths can come from abusive households. It’s just that psychopaths lack a component in their brain that allows them to feel empathy. Psychopaths won’t love anybody even if they wanted to. Claude and Cataline don’t love anybody or each other. It was a “business partnership” as one guy put it.
Trevor also aligns more with sociopathy than psychopathy despite being mislabeled as the latter - as he cares for some people as shown in the video but struggles with controlling his emotional outbursts.
And despite being called a sociopath, Gary from Bully arguably aligns more with psychopathy.
@@TriforceOfTheGods80 Yes yes but Catalina a sociopath and Claude is a psychopath.
3:30 Seeing this cutscene in 2024 actually makes me laugh, because having a plot of land in a middle of San Francisco near the train station would basically assure your and your kids financial stability for the rest of your life.
Even the starting apartment in GTA 4 would be considered a good deal by today's standards.
@@GTAVictor9128Lmao, for real.
2 hours on the most mysterious protagonist in GTA history.
Time well spended
I always thought Claude turned Kenji into fender meat because Donald Love mentioned an opportunity that could potentially weaken Catalina's organization, making it easier to get his revenge on her.
It truly horrifies me that Claude basically is Dimitri Rascalov. How similar they are in the sense that they do not care about anybody and would happily stab you in the back if it means getting something better or if you are no longer useful to them. You feel for Claude at first getting betrayed by Catalina. But then he himself starts betraying nearly everybody he comes into contact with, no hesitation. Or shows complete indifference to anybody else or what happens to them.
Only difference is Dimitri needs someone to do the dirty work for him and minipulate them for his aurge at same time. While Claude does the dirty work and then passively minipulate others for his benefits.
@@MrTheinfoman Another difference is that its much easier for Claude to disappear since he dosent have anybody working for him, dosent answer to anyone, and dosent have an empire. Someone like Claude can basically go under the radar more than Dimitri. Claude is a lot harder to track door unlike Dimitri or Catalina. Claude can last a really long time.
@@MrTheinfoman One more difference is Claude will really only betray you if it benefits him. Dimitri is worse cause he'll betray for his own benefit, and because he legit enjoys it. God forbid he tries to kill you and you get away. Dimitri will chase you down for the rest of your life just like he did Niko.
To me, Dimitri is the 2nd most ruthless and sick character in all of GTA. Number one is Eddie Low, that guy is animal that needs to put down
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Omfg stfu. Claude is nothing like that scumbag, just because he is silent and kills people who could care less about him anyways (also very hypocritical when every gta protagonist has done it) somehow makes him equal to dimitri
The only people Claude actually betrays are the Yakuza. The Italian Mob and Yardies stabbed him in the back, not the other way around
My first GTA for me, maybe wasn’t as loved as VC or SA but it still holds a special place for me as far as gaming goes. I can always count on you for making solid and enjoyable content.
Hi golden I remember you. I haven’t seen you in some time . How are you dude ?
@@theprofessional155 I’m well man! I got rid of my PlayStation awhile ago so sorry I haven’t been able to stay in touch really besides on here. Would love to reach out to you some time though!
Given how short a distance he sprints, I’d imagine he lost his larynx from cancer due to smoking a whole carton of cigarettes every 10 minutes
I think its hard to think of a lore reason for it as its so clearly just a choice during game design. Back then, it was more common for protagonists to be silent, they still want to imagine the player as the character and your actions in the world, less on the protagonist being a character as well like they did in all the next GTAs.
He was the quiet kid
Maybe the gta verse lore explains that he was a truly silent kid. Maybe he didn’t speak English growing up. Maybe he was Quebecois and understood English but not quite spoken English. French would’ve made him speak. Maybe being shot by Catalina did killed his larynx that he’s doomed to being only the silent one. He was more or less raised in Vespuccia and started being a hitman and then earned his San fierro garage only to lose the ownership to CJ. As Catalina joined his life and decided to journey a life of crime with her as she needs a tool for her crime waves and Claude needed someone of money and power to cling to. It seems that Claude and Catalina spent 9 years for their crime sprees. For their robberies and decided that the drug trade was more worthy money and power. And soon this caused the divide of Catalina and Claude and seeing Catalina being so greedy and more wise, she lores Claude in one more bank job and turns on Claude. Maybe the ghost town of liberty city is more of less an area of the city that exists somewhere else. But still. He got shot in the chest and that affected his way of communication personally and permanently. Maybe the short distance sprint is the result of him being shot in the larynx and that gave him breathing problems as well. But yeah. He’s a criminal sociopath who devolves into a psychopath as the story progresses. He was only loyal to the Leones for their work opportunity. But betrayal by the Leone family boss turned him more distant about who he’s loyal to and from that point on, he’s not loyal to his wellbeing and personal revenge against Catalina when he sees him. Truly the favors by the long term paid off and Catalina spooks at Claude’s radar and kills the 🐕 forever. And Maria being so annoying costed her life. And the shot by the background is Claude being a psychopath at the end.
😂
Lore wise I'm not sure but development wise, I saw that on Twitter or X (I still call it Twitter), a dev that was part of the team said that they "had to cut something out of the game" so it was probably just easier to develop with the script they were working with so they ran with it.
It’s ironic that we’re all just like Claude when playing…
We got a whole claude analysis before gta 6
GTA 6 jason and lucia character breakdown one day.
I don't think GTA 6 will release in 2025
I think they will delay it more
We don't want to see another Cyberpunk
I still wonder how Lucia and Jason will behave in GTA 6. One of them cares about Money, but the other one cares more about morals.
I’m wondering if the story will be as good as red dead redemption 2
@@ShanAli-sq4rs don't jinx it dude
You know it's a good day when The Professional drops a GTA lore video.
I would argue Niko is the or one of the most sympathetic one. Not a high barb but you are more likely to live if he's the one holding the gun.
compared to every protag ye either him or micheal(he only kills when he needs so he most likely will let you live)
@@TheJoker12323 All of whom who were men (except maybe Jason), arguably worse than Niko. Invalid argument.
I would say Victor Vance is the most sympathetic but Niko is right up there too
CJ is no psycho, he's "a God fearing, peace loving man of the people"!
Niko and Johnny and Luis are all sympathetic
The Professional is the best at lore videos.
Claude is also an option to be the online characters father in the character creator. In my opinion he is the cannon father of the Gta online protagonist. They both are mute and don't stop doing crime no matter the amount of money they make. Like father like son/daughter lol
Understandable. I kinda agree
It's a shame Tommy Vercetti isn't an option though.
@@GTAVictor9128Blame Ray Liotta for that
I wish someone else got that character
The major problem with that canon theory is that John Martson can also be a "canon" father. But how can Martson be a father concerning the events of Red Dead?
@@ShanAli-sq4rswhat? he did perfect in the game sure he was an asshole but he was a great actor calm down 😂
Not only that Claude doesn't talk or cannot talk, but most characters don't even acknowledge that he doesn't talk. Carl and Maria aside, most characters don't think to have a chat with him; everytime they meet, they give him a job. He doesn't express his ideas, well, nobody asks him for such. They don't even ask for his name, and we're only knowing it in San Andreas! I guess my theory for his muteness is that, he's not a usual character, but is a player-insert. Y'know, there are games where the protagonist is literally you; a written protagonist doesn't exist. Kind of like, Need for Speed Most Wanted. Also, considering the GTA games before III, there was hardly any story, especially GTA 2. The protagonist doesn't care what he is told to, he just does it for respect and nothing else.
And from GTA III's ending to GTA San Andreas (I'm not talking chronological here), the character of Claude started to develop significantly. In The Exchange, he went according to his own instructions, and in his later appearance we have some of his past and his name is revealed. I think the developers kept him to be mute despite this evolution, because one can't change the past; he's already mute in III and it's well known among the players. It has become a characteristic of Claude. So if he speaks in San Andreas, that feature is like, torn apart or something.
I feel Michael knows Trevor have boundaries. He even attempted to reassure Jimmy he and Tracy are safe due to Trevor’s loyalty and love for the them as an uncle, something Jim cuts him off saying he is aware and more so worried for Michael’s safety and Trevor once again says he’s fine to an extent. Throughout the game michale isn’t so much afraid of his family or himself in harms way (if Trevor wanted to he’d be able to murder Michael) but Michale possibly knows Trevor wouldn’t personally kill M. Even in Trevor’s death, afterwards Michale mopes around saddened by Trevor’s death and even stops communicating with Franklin.
TLDR: His monologue of Trevor with no boundaries is a personal mental cope he personified by speaking to Frank so he himself can rest as he did in his best friend.
It’s great to see such an analysis on a character like Claude. Keep up the great work Patrick, have a great day and a great week. Take care!
It will be interesting to see how in GTA 6 with Lucia and Jason if they have morals where one of them cares about the money but the other still wants to do the right thing and not be screwed over. In the trailer they said "The only way we can get through this is by trusting each other". I have a feeling that is going to test their relationship is it more about getting the most money or is it about valuing surivial and watching out for each other?
"There was a girl I knew she said she cared about me... She tried to make my world the way she thought it should be." Tom Petty
I feel like in a weird way Jason and Lucia are Claude and Catalina's spiritual successors.
Trevor would despise Claude lmao
Im sure he would, because trevor knows he himself is way worse then claude and anyone else
@@malletUsergamingtrevor would piss his pants if Claude ever got a hold of him. He only pretends to be tough around people who cant defend themselves
Cloude is real evel if trever eats people the cloude is how he got the ingredients cloude is the cause and trever is the affect hes crazy but hes more a victom of Michaels betrayal but cloudes betrayal was more karma cloudes at heart worse in every way @@malletUsergaming
@Kdowg222 speak English you befoon. Also shit take, how is catalina betraying claude for absolutely no reason justifiable in any case?, atleast Michael had a better reason to get rid of trevor since trevor is an unhinged psycho. And trevor is still evil lol, claude is no where near that mommy issue, cannibal, manchild psycho lol.
@@Kdowg222I get what you're trying to say but you need to work on your English spelling man. If English isn't you're native language then nevermind, you're doing good, but again still work on your spelling mayn
Not to mention Claude is like 6'5
Where is that said lmao? I really doubt
@@madhunter6420 It's in his rockstar gaming character profile. Idk if you are old enough to remember but the live interview was back in 2001
Yeah he’s huge, he’s always looking down on characters unless he is on lower ground like on the steps of Luigi’s club)
Tommy Vercetti is tall as hell too, he’s like 6’4
Trevor did betray people, what are you talking about? He betrayed The Lost and Aztecas in his first mission! You could say “He was just using them” but that’s still a betrayal especially since they were bussiness partners. If you’re working with someone that you’re just using to get ahead, that’s still betrayal. It’s still bad on Trevor’s part if he was always gonna betray them anyway, that is still betrayal!
Trevor ate a person, stole a military weapon for the Chinese(which would’ve gotten the group on the most wanted list all over the world!) and didn’t give a damn to tell Micheal and Franklin, killed military for making fun of Canada, killed hipsters for being hipsters, killed Wade’s friends just so he can control him, and Manipulated Ron into leaving his family! Tell me where his limit is? Doesn’t betray his friends? He sure as hell betrayed Wade and Ron!
Pro is just a fuckibg hypocrite and is too salty to admit that trevor and other protagonist are far worse
It's also worth noting that Claude never went after 8 ball despite him being the one to rig the car to try and kill Claude. Sure, he probably didn't know it was to kill Claude, i doubt he'd dumb enough to question the mafia and the leone certainly wouldn't tell him much aside from "rig this car". And if he smh knew, he didn't have a choice anyways, Sal would've killed him too if he refused. If Claude didn't Care for 8ball he would've killed him along with Sal. And ofc you have to remember that Claude chooses to help 8ball in the intro. You could argue that he did that to get his favors and because of his connections to the leone but there is zero proof that Claude knew that when he decided to save 8ball. Helping this man is one of the most selfless things Claude has ever done so I think this should not be swept aside
That, and Claude was with Catalina for 9 years. Prof says that it's just a relationship of convenience, and I believe that is the case on Catalina's side but there's absolutely no evidence that that's all it was for Claude.
@@nathanniesche6380 Catalina says it outloud when she betrays Claude so there's no doubt. For Claude, i'd Say it's up to interpretation.
Altough I have to admit i've always liked the idea that Claude and Maria drove off into the sunset at the end of GTA III, left Liberty City with the money, getting away from all those ruined gangs that were After them, and that they settled down and lived a normal life as a couple, so to me Claude never loved Catalina and his one true love IS Maria.
She was honestly pretty cute in III, I quite liked her when I played the game as a kid. It's really GTA SA and LCS that "retconned" her Sweet naïve, clumsy "innocent" idiot personality to something more crude and promiscuous...
@@nathanniesche6380i am pretty sure claude was only with her for two things MONEY AND POWER
@@laguet93are you sure? Because he dosen't even react to her, and if professional's theory is correct he was probably mad at her for ruining his chances at being a made man
@@jesurenbnb i'm not sure, it's just how 7yo me interpreted the ending.
I agree that he was pissed at her for ruining his chances With the Leone but she also decided to save his life, at the cost of abandoning her luxurious gold digger lifestyle and becoming an ennemy of the Leone when she could've just left Claude to die and kept living off Sal's riches. She also hooked him up with Asuka.
So she kinda made up for it.
I wonder if Claude had pretty rough childhood it would it would explain why he doesn't talk and why he's been committing crimes his entire life
Feels like Christmas when pro drops a lore vid!
Dude this is one of the best GTA lore videos on RUclips. Awesome work. Tommy is my fav protagonist but Claude was so cool to play as. Pure psycho.
You could call Claude a leach because he only respects the most powerful people but leaches are usually defenseless and Claude is a threat despite hoping from one power source to another.
He doesn't respect power? every thing the pro said is bullscrap. He is just twisting things up to fit his own narrative without any evidence ti back up his claim. Just because he greets people normally doesn't have any other significant meaning to anything, pro is just looking too deep and creating fake scenarios in his own head
This has nothing to do with the Claude lore video but Professional wearing his jacket and a US World War 2 helmet and standing on his chair with two cases of water to test the weight capacity is one of the many reasons I love him. The dedication is unmatched
Pro is basicly all the 7 heavenly virtues
Awesome 😂 that totally works 👍🏻
Claude always gave me the Michael Myers vibe.
Broo.... I been saying the SAME THING.
I think Claude was meant to serve as the transitionary protagonist as GTA was undertaking the 3D era. If you think about it, him being a mute allows him to have somewhat of a blank slate for the player, but this video highlights that he does indeed also have his own personality underneath. By comparison, the previous 2D era of GTA had "characters" with absolutely no personality whatsoever, and were effectively complete blank slates for the player to cause arbitrary chaos. Claude parallels this, but still has more depth by having his own personality. It's an interesting in between of the 2D era protagonists versus a character like Tommy Vercetti from Vice City.
GTA 2 live action movie actually explains Claude character well. Also since it is believed this game took place in 2013, I think Claude eventually got finished off by the Zaibatsu for his treachery in the end.
I do think overall you can boil this down to Claude's character being the blankest slate for a person's go ham chaos playground in GTA. But I like to think a lot of his darker showcases are still a case of the devs knowing how to make the chaos of Claude feel nuanced to his character.
@@norharafie5739it takes place 1999
@@norharafie5739 GTA 2 Claude and GTA 3 Claude are different peoples not the same
Claude probably wasn't a hired gun in 1992 there's really nothing suggesting that in SA and you got to remember that at this point he's just 21 so he's barely an adult. He's just a lost kid doing illegal races for a living
R* did say that he was possibly a drifter from the west coast. So most likely this garage was both his safehouse and a place where he could fix and tune his car. He became an actual criminal during his 9 years with Catalina. He was defenetly the driver during the robberies : he's a skilled drifter and Catalina refuses/doesn't know how to drive because "that's what men are for" so that's why she picked him. Well that and also she wanted to make cj jaleous. Obviously since he was robbing banks he had to learn how to use a gun and kill, even if he was the driver. I guess it's possible he started doing other crimes on top of that (hired gunwork possibly, and drug dealing most defenetly since at one point they started working as associates with the Cartel, hence why they provided assitance during the Liberty City Bank heist)
I think Claude doesn’t speak simply because he doesn’t want to give any witness or recording a hint what he sounds like. His basic clothing and hairstyle can definitely make him hard to pinpoint when he’s in the public so mix that with his muteness he’s pretty much a phantom
the standing on the chair is hilarious 😂😂
Fun fact: the guy who voiced Donald love played Hank Maclean in the Fallout show Lucy's Dad
Dude your lore videos are the best on RUclips and I think everyone agrees with this 🎉
Claude is 100% a killing machine, the perfect hitman. Id hope to see him in a actual HD sequel as some boogeyman you can do a job for or get hunted by
Funny you mention the latter point. I was thinking how cool it would be if GTA VI had some record-breakingly long and difficult mission where you have to outwit Claude.
@matthewsmith3817 if Rockstar can change the pace from the typical on-rails story that would be a nice change of pace (not saying linear stories are bad, but it'd sure be different)
Oh we eating GOOD today. A TWO HOUR Professional video on Claude?? HELL YEAH BRO.
Another thing I want to add that virtually everyone seems to forget... we don't even know if his name is really "Claude". That name was never mentioned in GTA 3 anywhere. In the game files he's referred to as "Player". The idea of him being named Claude was born out of the final phone call in San Andreas, and then connected to the protagonist of GTA 2. Catalina liked to continue calling CJ through the story just to piss him off, and judging by her scarce loyalty and insane personality I wouldn't put pass her having sex with someone other than her "small time" crime partner, or even faking an intercourse during the call to annoy CJ.
R* in the 10 year anniversary for GTA III interview I believe stated Claude is a drifter and from the East Coast, he loves cars and racing.
That's still not much too go on
@@Kdowg222 it’s not but it’s better than nothing. It’s one of the few things actually stated about the devs themselves on Claude which is rare
Great video, I really liked how you compared claude to other GTA characters. Most definitely looking foward to the next one.
People talk about Claude's loyalty, but at the end of the day, he was suddenly shot and left for dead by his girlfriend and partner in crime of 9 years. And she made it seem like nothing simply saying she was ambitious girl and he was small time. That would be enough to make anyone bitter and tip them over the edge. He then only killed Salvatore and cut ties with the Leone's because Salvatore tried to have him killed after Maria lied about an affair and Salvatore was so paranoid he didn't even question it. The only betrayal you could really pin on him was the Yakuza. That was the only time he could be seen as being the disloyal one.
Thank you. Claude only cared about one thing in the game and it was killing Catalina.
Everything he did was just a means to an end to get closer to killing Catalina.
@@petermj1098was it really i couldve sworn he did missions for like donald love and ray and they have nothing to do with her or gaining power to take her down, i played this game when i was like 12 and back then i skipped all the cutscenes so i might have to replay it again just to see
@@petermj1098would you consider Maria as collateral damage then when he silenced her in the end?
These are the kind of videos that deserve a million or more views. Such amazing details and in depth of a powerful GTA character and his story. Love your cosplay of Claude as well by the way !
This video did him justice. Great work as always with as much effort you put into these.
I am SO happy you did this video. Just clicked and I know I'm gonna love this video more than the Pegarino vid. I hope you do a video/character study on Aiden Pearce from Watch Dogs. Good character!
I'm just five minutes into the video and I have to say, Claude's Staunton Island safehouse isn't exactly "abandoned". It's given to him by Asuka upon arriving to the island after nearly getting lured into Salvatore's trap. Also, in Liberty City Stories there's further proof this place belongs to the Yakuza. His Shoreside Vale safehouse though, that is indeed a mystery how he got it.
i really didn't think there was any depth to him, thought he was only driven by money. this'll be a good watch :)
I was desperately waiting for this one
Voice actor of Toni Cipriani said in an interview that he pronounced Cipriani wrong by mistake and nothing else. So, there is no meaning behind Claude reading his name wrong or anything
damn, never been this early to hop on TheProfessional vid
I think cj made the right call to not be with her because she could have betray CJ AND made up some story on how he die
A 2 hour video? Well if it's from The Professional then i'd gladly watch it. No clickbaits or rage baits
Great video and an interesting perspective for Claude, one of GTA's least talked about protagonists. I may not agree with every point you made about the character, but I can certainly understand your reasoning and it's rather sound.
I'm interested in that Donald Love video you mention. I know Rockstar once said he realized he crossed too many lines and maybe went off to try and return to normal, I'd have to find that interview again.
Amazing work love the 2 hrs of lore on Claude. Can’t wait to see more in the future
I would think that killing Kenji while his mission strand was open was more or less an oversight on Rockstar's part. I remember also reading somewhere that the gunshot in the credits was kind of an error that the creators made. The same could be said that Claude's character was supposed to represent the player. Hell, he didn't have a name until it was revealed in San Andreas.
Claude is also very dangerous is that there is much less leverage one can use against him compared to the other protagonists. He has no business, friends, family, or image that he wants to show. Claude can also easily go into hiding if he really wanted too because of this. Niko and Trevor are badasses in their own right but they can be kept in line by their bosses since there are things you can use against them as leverage.
I watched it all, we can replay GTA 3 under a new light with this one. Can't wait for a lore video on the Old Oriental Gentlenan and what he exactly does that we're not told.
Excellent work, man. Your lore videos are always a treat to watch. Looking forward to more.
This was really nice lore video. There was also one GTA Protagonist from 3D universe that you forgot to mention Mike from GTA Advance, but unlike Claude he does has some humanity, and can care about other people like Asuka's niece Yuka Kasen. When it comes to Claude he might have been killed by a assassin from some powerful criminal organization just like it was the case with the original inspiration Claude Speed from GTA 2: The Movie live action trailer.
Ps. You can do a lore video about the GTA 2: The Movie live action trailer that was filmed in New York.
Rockstar confirmed that he is alive in a special QeA in 2011 but where he is or what he is doing It's unkown,they also refused to elaborate the fates of Maria and Donald Love
It’s said that he was killed by Giovanni Forelli. Son of Sonny Forelli. From the formerly powerful Forelli mob family. Remnants of the forellis have taken advantage of the power vacuum of the Leone family left by Sal’s death. Giovanni really wanted Tommy Vercetti’s head. His long term end goal
Also Mike from gta advance at least got out of the country and left the criminal life.
The intro bank heist didn't happen in 2001. It more than likely happened during the times of LCS. Claude was convicted in a jury trial,which takes a few years to assemble.
It clearly happened in 2001,don't make up theories
It makes sense there. Even the ghost town is an area of Staunton. Maybe it was blown up with the rest of fort Staunton
The government wouldn't have left parts of the city unreachable due to the explosion for years ,if i remember right , the news on the radio after a certain point into the game say that after weeks the bridge is finally repaired and traffic flow can continue
@@dimitris_lev.8947 Sure, on the other hand the US government in GTA is ridiculously incompetent and corrupt
Gotta love how he went from being "silent so that u can relate to him", to the most dangerous protag in the franchise.
Gta3 is the only game that you can 100% without killing any pedestrians or innocent people
Bro, I love your lore videos. You help me go through the day.
Excellent video mate. I do agree Claude is 100% the silent monster of GTA. All this said I do like to believe he had some form of emotion with moments and can find a form of respect for people like 8-Ball, but he doesn't care too much and would kill him for the right price.
A thing about psychopaths is that there are treatments out there for them to grow their empathy, but most never try cause they don't care or see anything wrong with them.
I kinda like to listen to the songs of early GTA games and try and see if some relate to the protagonists, I feel like a lot of GTA 3's soundtrack relates to Claude's lonely, drifter, and ultimately monstrous side.
Overall he's one of my all-time favorite protagonists, someone that you can look at every other protagonist in the series for how vicious they can be, and know that they can't be as terrifying as Claude, because unlike how every other character in the franchise has a moral compass, Claude is the stereotype of a ruthless criminal and one of the purest definitions of it.
Inflation must be crazy considering Niko disposed of a dead body for 5K, Claude did it for 1K lol
I don't really think CJ backed off from Claude, I think it was more he just felt this situation wasn't really worth the trouble. I think CJ would win if they fought
Especially since this was before GTA 3. Post GTA 3 Claude would probably destroy cj
@@Python-xs2ivNot easily though
@@b.a.m.mdoublem1196 True
Cj backed off cause Claude was unsettling and catalina as you said isnt worth it. Claude is one of the most dangerous protagonist in the series
@@theoutsiderjess1869 I agree to disagree, cj is just as dangerous. Bro was literally out here flying military jets for toreno lmao
Claude has always been one of my favorite GTA protagonists. He's a mystery I like the fact that we don't know much about him
It must be my birthday! A 2 hour GTA 3 lore video ❤
Claude is definitely the most evil gta protagonist
Also coldblooded
Definitely. Some will say Trevor is more evil but he’s actually able to show emotion and he cares for his friends and family and will always be loyal to those he trusts. Claude however doesn’t show any empathy for the people he’s killed after working for them.
@@ace.of.skulls Toni also is the same as Trevor
@ace.of.skulls well no shit, claude can't talk so you can't just say he doesn't plus its not like he just killed random innocent people, trevor has during meltdowns and doesn't give a fuck
There’s a video of gta characters ranked by how evil they are
Somehow Tommy got a higher rating
You should rank the various factions and gangs in GTA games. Clownpuncher did so for the factions in the Arkham games, comparing their feats, anti feats, weapons, tactics, etc and it was really good.
I thought I was the only one watch clownpuncher
Been waiting for this video since 2021. Thanks man
Can't wait to check it out later!
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Just realised Pro question also invites another question which also indirectly provides and insight into what type of man/psyche Claude has:
_What type of life was he living to meet and connect with someone as unhinged as Catalina that quickly between the time she and CJ breakup?_
Claude walked so the GTA Online Protagonist could run
(when you think about it, the GTA Online Protagonist is just Claude if he was given proper storylines lol)
i don’t think that claude betrayed kenji only because of money but because he saw an opportunity to weaken the cartel by going to war with the yakuza. the only thing that he really cared about in gta 3 is his revenge and saw that killing kenji for donald will help getting closer to his objective
Two hours well spent! Thank you.
Hey Professional, i love your vids and GTA related contents. But if you can, please manage the sound volume of each clips you're using? Everytime you speak i need to turn the volume up, but when you showed your gameplay the volume gets way too loud i need to turn down the volume. It's just a minor inconvenience on my end. Love your vids man.