I Ranked Every GTA Protagonist by How EVIL They Are

From Claude in GTA 3 all the way to Trevor Philips in GTA V, I ranked every GTA protagonist by how EVIL they are!
Huge thanks to ‪@DrakePlatinum‬ letting me use his gameplay footage in this video. The video is a mix of his footage and of my own.
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In this video, I studied every GTA character such as Claude from GTA 3, Niko from GTA IV, and Franklin from GTA V, and based on every action they made in each GTA game, I ranked them from pure evil or just straight a good character.
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[@torfaro9075]

Franklin's biggest crime: his yee yee ass haircut

[@Fikoj]

and franklins smallest crimes: robbing a Jewlery store, grand theft auto [eh? eh?], robbing banks, armed robberies, 1st degree murder x300 or smth, killing a police officer x200 or smth, assault a police officer x alot, vehicle manslaughter, destruction of property, destruction of government property, and last but not least, having a ass fit

[@FROGKING_TM]

this needs more likes, boys get to work

[@user-mu2bj7cf8h]

"N👨🏿‍🦱eR"

[@Nikstanski]

truly worse than 1945 Chancellor of Germany

[@keithmorgan1960]

Diabolical work😂😂

[@Bootus1]

I love how he talked about CJ as the worst most evil gangster in San Andreas and then he puts him into Very Bad XD

[@rredberry]

Hey man he’s got a chill vibe still 😂

[@BuffyFreak09]

​@@rredberry YES

[@Lucax69420]

@@rredberry I would have put CJ in evil just for burying the man in cement. For example, Trevor will kill civilians for fun, has openly admitted that he kills hitch hikers, he is a cannibal. I would put CJ in evil and then Trevor in Pure Evil because CJ kills people to do what he needs to do he doesn't really care about others lives but if you piss Trevor off he would make sure that your dead.

[@Phenomenal_KazVr]

@@Bootus1 he has nothing better do fat sloppy as pray for hem

[@ahmedronaldokahn2352]

Perhaps he's aracist

[@B1ngu5]

Loved how you wore the characters clothes when you spoke about them 😂😂😂

[@rredberry]

Happy to know at least one person noticed it 😂

[@Jimmybeast-pz4fy]

​@@rredberry I noticed that as well it's a pretty cool concept

[@nocando9357]

​@@rredberry many probably noticed it but probably don't comment

[@henriettahall3299]

@@nocando9357 yep!

[@johnshedIetsky]

how did i not notice this lol

[@raptors416]

The scale needs to be different. Instead of good to bad, it should be honorable to bad to psychotic cuz every gta character is still a thief and a murderer

[@aidenisundead]

Trevor is both honorable and psychotic so where does he land? Lol

[@aaronamour6101]

I'd say "reasonable" to "psychotic" because that's where the differences really seem to be.

[@godzillazfriction]

i gotta love the (pre-)modernism abstractions/concepts of 'Good & Evil' etc. it's all BS.

[@nxcrobutcher]

​@@aidenisundeadTrevor literally eats people, he might be loyal but he is not honourable

[@aidenisundead]

@nxcrobutcher but people are delicious! it just means he has good taste!

[@KaiIzuki]

I wanna go to bat for Niko. Niko grew up in a warzone. He had to kill to survive. And once the war was over, Niko was probably thrown back to society with little to nothing in terms of opportunities. So he did what he knew how to do. Which is hurt people. Once he gets to Liberty City a lot of Niko's story, while violent is just him trying to make a life. And life keeps pulling him back in. A lot of the time Niko acts he doesn't have a choice. It's clear from the get go that while looking for Darko, Niko also just want to be at peace. And then there's the mention of Redemption. Niko does seek redemption. He seeks to find a way to be at peace with himself. And he does. GTAV has hints that Niko is just living a life now. With no crime at all. He works with Roman's cab business which hints that the Revenge ending is the canon one. He still hangs out with little Jacob, and Brucie. But Niko is just... Niko. He cut off "Friends" that would keep trying to drag him back into the life, Packie being the perfect example. Packie in V is just a two bit, fallen from grace robber. But Niko turned his life around. And I think that should count for something.

[@mathiasstrom7790]

@@KaiIzuki I think Niko fit the Anti-hero thing quite perfectly. Its quite evident in the story that he is a man who actually cares about people and values their humanity despite his callous and ruthless behavior. Its quite a paradox really since how could you care about people while being a cold-blooded murderer Michelle said that even though he was a killer that he was alot better and kinder than the other dudes she had dated. He also sympathizes with Faustins wife and listens to her because he knows that Faustin is an abusive narcissistic asshole. He also felt horrible when he found out that she lost everything after he killed Faustin and the absolute monster that is Dimitri Rascalov had betrayed them. Sidenote Dimitri is arguably the most evil antagonist in any GTA ever. He is a manipulative, cold, exploitative, parasitic, brutal, ruthless, selfish and spineless coward Niko clearly suffered from PTSD, depression and was a self-loathing mess after the war. He isnt a good person by any extent of imagination, but he isnt in my opinion a bad person either atleast in heart. He does alot of evil shit and if I go by the thing I usually judge people with i.e their actions then he is a terrible and dangerous individual.

[@ahadkirk1928]

niko did not commit a war crime

[@ĦœșÆińtŠhïť]

But Niko was paid to kill in liberty city

[@samuelhaverghast2442]

@@mathiasstrom7790 he wasn't exactly a cold blooded killer, but the war changed him, the Serbian/Bosnian wars was one of the most brutal conflicts in human history, that is going to mess someone up if they went through it fighting on either side

[@greend3483]

Doesn't make him bad tho he was put into alot of terrible situations and yea he smuggled people but think of how bad his situation would have bin to have to do that and plus he feels guilty about those things the only reasons that he did the crimes that he did is only cause of revenge I garentee he didn't enjoy any of them

[@randaru1527]

Showing "Paleto Score" footage as an example of "innocent cops" does disservice to your argument, the entire plot of that heist was stealing dirty money from the rural county cops, that's why the police response on some backwater bank being hit was blown out of proportion so much.

[@waspywasp451]

Also Franklin actually doesn't really kill anyone bar seriously injuring cops by driving through their cars (a decent thing compared to most other protagonists lol) in that score as well. He's the getaway, away from the action for 99% of it

[@MrCoolkid777]

Also when he talked about Michael shooting down a plane full of people, that was actually a private jet and only had the 2 (probably innocent) pilots and 1 guy on it

[@halleyreusluz]

You make me more relaxed with that, npw i remeber that they are corrupt, maybe thats the reasom thats the only score they kill cops in the principal plan (and maybe the only one they kill any cop, actually, the max they do is kill some fib agents when the building is om fire in fib heist)

[@rock-n-rollmusicandmore6560]

One thing you forgot about Trevor is the fact that he goes on rampages when anyone calls him a Canadian or mentions anything about his mother. He can also kidnap people who ask him for transport and literally sell them to a cult. His first meeting with Michael involved shooting a guy with a flare gun in his eye and literally cooking him alive. It's also implied that he kidnaps random people and executes them in the most heinous ways possible. He broke into a military base to steal a helicopter, he wiped out an entire private milicia, he smuggled weapons and took out rival gangs by literally bombing them from a plane, he takes out multiple gangs almost singlehandedly. It's also implied that he regularly molests people and as ge says: "It's not molesting if they are lonely, it's patriotism". Oh, and he also tortured a guy.

[@rexosaurus3610]

Don’t forget it’s heavily implied he’s a cannibal throughout the story

[@willhornsby206]

Yeah there's a reason our online characters are afraid of him during Series A Funding. Not because he burst into the apartment but because e know how psychotic he is before Story mode even starts. (Heists happen before Storymode.)

[@tonygbeulie8462]

« One thing you forgot » 😂

[@TheFearlessAnbu]

He also k*lled floyd’s cousin and wife in their own home and imprisoned floyd at a strip club. Imo Trevor should be at the top of the list

[@kooc1]

Where did you get the "Trevor meeting Michael" part from ? From your dreams ?

[@nachoverde]

One thing that I might correct though, is that Niko was not Trafficking people. He was SMUGGLING people. Those are two very different activities. He did mention that he sold people, but when Dimitri betrayed him, Dimitri said that Niko was SMUGGLING people to Italy. I really doubt that Niko could be the man who would TRAFFICK people. I mean look at him. He's respectful with women and all...

[@TheKiddingStar]

well... Remember grace?

[@nachoverde]

@@TheKiddingStar That was different... He was accomplishing a task he was given with. He is respectful with mallorie and Kate and there are some side missions on streets where you find a girl who is addict, you can also find Dwayne's ex, and whatsoever.

[@starlaixystar]

​@@nachoverdeHe's respectfull with Mallorie and Kate only because they are women he likes. He has no respects towards women being strippers. He only respects women who wants to be house wifes with children like Mallorie and Kate.

[@nachoverde]

@@starlaixystar You remember the blond haired girl he saved when she was junkie and basically living on the streets? Remember Mikhail Faustin's wife? Remember Dwayne's ex-girlfriend(If you decide spare her)? He's a fine man. I mean he's not but compared to other GTA protagonists like Trevor, Michael, Toni, Tommy, Claude, or even CJ, he's the most calm and rational...

[@starlaixystar]

@@nachoverde Ha ha ha ha. Are you kidding me? I already said that he only respects house wifes like Mallorie and Kate. This blonde girl he saved ended as Epsilon cultist. Thanks to Niko. Mikhail's wife is a house wife! Dwayne ex girlfriend is this girl who will end up as house wife and mother with children. Niko has no respect towards women who wants to live as strippers or models. He only respects tomboys and house wifes. If I would be wrong then he would never felt in love with toxic house wife like Kate.

[@laciyanx]

Micheal De Santa:😁 Micheal Townley:💀

[@skullcrusher783]

😂

[@Fox0814]

Just recently learned that Toni is also the only protagonist besides the 2D ones that has rampages targeting innocent civilians

[@DirtyDev]

You forgot about Trevor

[@Fox0814]

Only the hipsters could qualify, but didn't they provoke him?

[@redvice6210]

@@Fox0814the first hipster Trevor grabs a shotgun and kills him cause he found him annoying, causing the rest to attack and shoot at him

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

​​@@Fox0814Trevor got provoked by the t shirt the hipster was wearing, but he started it since the first thing he did was grab and throw the phone the hipster was talking on.

[@santydoesreviews767]

@@redvice6210technically he was defending himself since the other hipsters should’ve just called the police

[@FlossycapYT]

Are we forgetting that Luis bombed a train full of innocent people?

[@chrisloco9]

thats true and also the construction tower right before which would killed hundreds around

[@FlossycapYT]

@@chrisloco9 I think it only really killed a few of them, but you could also consider the jet he explodes after

[@Samsonig]

@@FlossycapYT jet was above the ocean and it was a private one so it didnt hurt anyone

[@FlossycapYT]

@@Samsonig no it wasn't you're thinking of departure time

[@Samsonig]

@@FlossycapYT I don't remember any other jet mission

[@ocksie]

Niko in "very bad", above people like Johnny, Michael, and Franklin is insane Niko is arguably one of the most morally right protags in the entire series and never even wanted to be dragged into the criminal underworld in the first place

[@Evolith]

Agreed. He deliberately put Niko there to farm comments, especially when considering his "comment your opinion" advert right after the placement.

[@prodcenzovc]

@@Evolithnail on the head

[@NoNameUnknown654]

Claude is a pure evil you don’t know the lore videos

[@Manhunt811]

Nah, hes solid evil or lower, the only way for him to be pure evil is if hes the same person as gta 2, if not then claude is just simply what an average criminal is

[@OverLorD768]

Even without the lore videos, Claude is like a Michael Myers of GTA universe. A silent killer with no loyalty to anyone but himself, who would kill anyone as long as he gets paid. Just ask Kenji.

[@knziejay]

​​@@Manhunt811 Let's not talk about the Hot Dog mission. 😬

[@Manhunt811]

@@knziejay like i said, thats gta 2 and we dont know if its the same person, claude gta 3 is just simply evil or bad, if its the same person then hes pure evil, the hot dog mission we wont say a word

[@Manhunt811]

@@OverLorD768 actually he did stay loyal to the mafias untill leone betrayed him because of his wife, plus his gf betraying him makes not trust scumbags like asuka (who betrayed mike in gta advance) so he simply just doesnt trust any gang members and wants to get out by taking the money, the maria kill thing was never confirmed

[@danteeightsix9069]

Chinatown Wars' story is so underrated. I loved Huang Lee's sarcasm throughout the game.

[@keenanpetit8864]

Why isnt he in the video but hes on the list lol?

[@kratos3200]

@@keenanpetit8864because this dude thinks that because of how the gameplay looks its bad

[@denji2552]

I know right, I love Huang 💀 Huang is my boy

[@TankLCDx]

Hell yea, he was one of my favorite protagonists in the series and the gameplay was surprisingly on par with all the other 3d games! ill even go as far as saying the drug system was the most intense design element in any GTA game ever made, knowing you HAD to get home with all your shit made everything much more intense.

[@JustChill-zd4ib]

@@kratos3200 is he wrong? I could not even play game how bad it is

[@Craizey1]

You forgot to mention that Trevor has the option to sell innocent people to a group of cannibals

[@jocoolshow]

You know GTA protagonists are horrible people when the guy who becomes a power hungry mob boss that traffics drugs and murders opps is considered a good person

[@curiousconsultant7922]

Yeah, he went too easy on Vic. The man started with noble intentions, but by the end he would make Pablo Escobar look like a snake oil merchant.

[@treemanthegreat8108]

everyone knows the most pure evil character in the gta universe is the online protagonist

[@thescoobmaster]

not mine, bros a saint

[@knightofsolice1304]

Meh. Online protag either starts as a former crime boss or is some kid fresh off a plane. Most of the Online missions have you doing the same sorts of stuff Franklin and Michael do during GTA 5. The online protag just performs a series of heists escalating in intensity from small-time to working with the government to take down some very bad people - alongside running some businesses like the Motorcycle Club, Corporation, Smuggler Hangar, Gunrunning business, and Nightclub, where the Protag is mostly stealing a variety of both illegal and legal goods (often from criminals or organizations like Merryweather), producing their own narcotics, and selling to various buyers around Southern San Andreas. Online protag also runs a variety of semi-legal businesses like the Celebrity Protection business and Auto Shop, and runs some legal businesses like the Bail Office. The Online Protagonist is just a bit of a sociopath but they never do anything overtly egregious as far as I know - but I also haven't played a fair bit of the newer content

[@reecechappelow2389]

Bro Trever stole a nuke I think he’s a little more crazy

[@robertstan298]

Crazy is not the same thing as evil now, is it...

[@mikeywazowski7577]

​@robertstan298 if you don't get yo corny ass 💀💀💀

[@MartinSeda]

@@robertstan298 Lol, Trevor is pure evil...I love the character, but nothing can justify him xD

[@matrixfull]

Trevor is the most evil if you ask me. He is the most psychopathic unpredictable, sometimes even random. His reasons for killing can be so mundane that you can't really think of them as reasons. It's more like he is killing for his own ego boost than anything else.

[@rahulroyverma6061]

Trevor Phillips is literally a reincarnation of devil himself in GTA universe

[@mrmoviemanic1]

And Toni is worst.

[@DailyMemeProviderFr]

@@mrmoviemanic1 still but trevor is worse he can literally do anything he want

[@peacfl9610]

​@@DailyMemeProviderFr toni literally went al qaeda. Blew up a bomb, killed tons of innocent civilians. Trevor maybe the devil but Toni is a terrorist

[@yungxxilax9194]

@@DailyMemeProviderFr true, i would classify trevor as pure evil too, he r, aped multiple people and also killed so many innocent, hes truly an menace

[@Alexander.alhaidairy]

No he isn’t

[@NVNTHE11]

21:15 yeehee ass haircut never gets old💀

[@Crusader316]

30:02 full tierlist for everyone who knows why they belong there

[@JesseJames-xc7tr]

I don’t think Luis should be put in the “good” spot… bro literally says “I like to kill people for money” 😂

[@treytat1]

You forgot GTA Online protagonist, but I think it goes without saying that he/she is just pure evil.😂

[@rredberry]

😂😂😂

[@thegamingvillager2392]

But that's also your own character, if you don't want your character to be evil...then just play the game without commiting crimes, it just will be a boring experience.

[@OakCash]

Yes and no. They lean more toward to an antihero, especially now. They saved the world (mostly because of the money.) They helped a security guard save their job and helped the same person to take down a cartel. (Again, most likely due to the earnings) They also became bounty hunters to bring people to justice.

[@RackerTheRascalMashup]

They saved the world

[@spinningwheel7635]

Notice how there’s only male and female, 2 genders

[@savantslacker9117]

I don't think Claude killed the girl at the end, he seems the kind of guy that likes high maintenance women. Think the gunshot was just the rockstar gta opening sound effect to signal that was the end.

[@davisbowe8668]

Yeah, you gotta remember, this guy dealt with Catalina for 10 years. Dude would've had way more composure than to just kill Maria over a little complaining.

[@RaulitoTheAssassin]

​​@@davisbowe8668 not the same😂 he was scare of catalina that why he tolorade her well at first he was scare of her and he was summisied it was after catalina shot him that he let his balls drop and become a psycopath plus catalina

[@RaulitoTheAssassin]

​@@davisbowe8668 plus you cant compared catalina and maria Maria is dumb! She almost got killed ,kidnnaped in lcs. Catalina is a murderessed psycopath you think she would let her guard down against claude! Yeah claude kill her but afters a lot of attempts!

[@TheFunnyDictator]

It was a glitch or something. Rockstar confirmed it.

[@oboroth51]

Absolute cope

[@yannmauricemassembenoun2787]

Bro, Toni Cipriani was just very evil. Like Redberry just cited the worst crimes Toni Cipriani did, but he did not even mention 25% of what Toni did. We're talking about someone who butchered someone to death and who sold the meat to his own customers..... Like dudes that one only should tell you how evil Toni Cipriani is man💀

[@thelonewolf70x7]

The one bit he blows a part of a neighbourhood to get 5.000 is nuts too.

[@yannmauricemassembenoun2787]

@@thelonewolf70x7 for real man. I never understood that move

[@yannmauricemassembenoun2787]

@@thelonewolf70x7 man i never understood that move, just to fight Forellis. The amount of people who died from that is just too much

[@allduckslikewater8017]

You forgot how Ron mentioned in gta online how Trevor might get inappropriate with children

[@Nonesuch03]

I missed this detail 😐😬

[@allduckslikewater8017]

@@Nonesuch03 Yea, he vaguely suggests it during one of series A starting cutscenes

[@Ida608]

@@allduckslikewater8017what does he say exactly? 🤔

[@allduckslikewater8017]

@@Ida608 "He loves his mother and he loves children" Trevor has oedipus syndrome so yeah, interpret it as you want, but you know my interpretation

[@Bigburger5174Swiger-j2o]

​@@allduckslikewater8017I'm 99 percent sure that just means that's who he has a soft spot for

[@johnsamuel6096]

Niko and CJ being in the same tier is tge biggest joke

[@ParodyAccount_]

Claude not being the worst is a joke too. All the others have ppl they care about & wouldn't betray. Not Claude lol.

[@thelonewolf70x7]

​@@ParodyAccount_Claude, Toni and Trevor are the worst of them all.

[@ParodyAccount_]

@@thelonewolf70x7 I understand that Toni has killed more than Claude & that we see some of the others do some arguably worse things, but Claude is just potentially the most dangerous, most likely to betray you & the last one I'd wanna hangout with. & he'd probably feel the same given his GTA3 ending lol.

[@captainhuffs9539]

u did huang lee dirty. calling him just another goon. he was the son of a big triad boss

[@tenchimuyo69]

To be fair, Claude may not have shot Maria for literally "talking too much". She's lucky he didn't do it sooner seeing as her talking got him marked by the Mafia.

[@TheFunnyDictator]

Then why did he save her?!

[@tenchimuyo69]

@@TheFunnyDictator I thought he was just taking revenge [on Catalina] lol.

[@TheFunnyDictator]

@@tenchimuyo69 But why did he save her?

[@santiagonosotti408]

tommy literally causes as much chaos and destruction as possible, by commutting mass murders, exploding vehicles, etc, just to get into a motorcycle club he has a slight interest in. He should definitely be higher.

[@Linogiven-O]

Shutup, sit down and relax. he is just bad. think again

[@gunswordfist]

@@Linogiven-O you relax

[@rayres1074]

Hmmmm. Nice point.

[@Linogiven]

​@@gunswordfist you Kinda idiot, linogiven is right😂

[@Linogiven]

​@@rayres1074Not nice point

[@denji2552]

I'm so glad Victor Vance ended up on the list. He's a remarkable character, and VCS is definitely my childhood game as well

[@NoRestEffect]

I love how you made Michael look like Max Payne 😂

[@Fritz_A.]

Isn't his special ability based off of Payne?

[@BardiXOfficial]

The way Ma disowns Toni, calls a hit on him, and repeatedly chastises and insults him only for her to go “oh I never doubted you” when Toni gets made just bothers me a lot

[@tredausmaxima]

Worse it still continues years later (in GTA 3 that is)😂

[@BRNardy]

24:34 The character showcased in the background is not Toni, it's Ray Machowski. They do look similar in GTA 3 tho!

[@rredberry]

Oh wow nice catch

[@gamerguy247365]

6:52 y'all, this dude just said "escape goat"

[@EddiMoFetti]

And?

[@justinburns2576]

Cause it's scapegoat

[@djzero5893]

I haven't looked through all the comments but you and I might be the only ones to have noticed that.

[@EddiMoFetti]

@@gamerguy247365 yeah you really helped him out

[@gamerguy247365]

@@EddiMoFetti it's scapegoat not escapegoat you goon

[@din0expert649]

That Johnny Klebitz part with the far cry 3 music was beautiful

[@juiceDpunk983]

Bruh, the Chinatown wars disrespect

[@Kalafiorek]

Kinda to be expected, seeing he skipped other top-down GTA games. Kids these days...

[@hussien04]

No one gives af about that game

[@KyeCreates]

Many people do, why assume no one does just because you don't? ​@@hussien04

[@astralandromeda5020]

Ikr? Like he didn't even give it a minute to explain why, all bc "iT Lo0kS wEiRd"

[@Antbrat4.0]

Bro forgot claude speed from gta 2 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ermangenc6275]

Hot dog mission …

[@GraveUypo]

he left all top-down GTAs out. he's too zoomer for them, i guess.

[@tapeadeadworm]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@GraveUypoThey aren’t fleshed out enough to compete with the the others tbh. It’s not theirs or Rockstar’s fault either just simply the result of limitations during the 2D era.

[@MrLolx2u]

The riot isn't directly CJ's cause tho. It was because Tenpenny got acquitted from C.R.A.S.H's role in severe police corruption and brutality which was a total mimicking of the 1992 LA Riots. CJ didn't kill reporters for that to happen. It already happened, automatically. Niko ALSO did not leave the Russian Bratva but was forced to. Roman owed Vlad alot of money and in the process, Niko has to work for Vlad in order to cover for Roman's gambling debt and the whole time this was happening, Niko had no idea that Faustin or at least at that point, Dimitri was in connection with Bulgarin. So he kept on working till he found out about how Vlad was basically sexually abusing Valerie as a promise that he wouldn't kill or at least attempt to injure Roman despite the debt. This got Niko to kill Vlad once and for all as he's pushing both Roman and himself towards the wall. Once Vlad was gone, Faustin and Dimitri came into the picture and started to force Niko to work for them due to him killing Vlad, their sworn-in lieutenant. After couple of works and twist and turns, Faustin got more and more deranged and unstable thus Dimitri took this chance, sold a fever dream to Niko and asked him to kill Faustin on the pretext that another Russian mob boss, Petrovic, had issue a pardon to Niko for the murder he did on the calls of Faustin if he did Faustin in himself which, Niko did. HOWEVER, turns out Faustin's warnings to Niko about Dimitri being greedy and might be a double headed snake turned out to be correct as he instantly flipped Niko out to not only Bulgarin but also label him public enemy no.1 across the whole of Hove Beach territory that's held by the Faustin Bratva. So in a way, Niko didn't leave but was betrayed and excommunicated out of the organization by Dimitri Rascalov. And why the hell is Trevor in very bad and Toni in "evil"? Trevor did way more things that's way more fucked up than Toni. Like you said, the only mark that Toni had was that weird game on the ship with the chainsaw and his work was all down to what a normal mobster would do. Murdering the mayor was to save his boss, Salvatore Leone and to bomb Fort Staten isn't just because Donald Love wants that plot of land for cheap but also it was them that ruined the Leone Family by snitching on Salvatore to the feds which caused him to be locked up and also to the press about Donald's connections with the Leone thus it's a double motive on why both sides wanted the Forellis gone and what better way was to just "remove" their HQ. That two point was Toni's worst stain. HOWEVER, Trevor got more.. WAY more. He consistently does drugs, terrorizes enemies and even civilians all the time, psychorages and murders tons of people (That skull stranger and freaks side mission you do when controlling Trevor), suspected cannibalism, practical kidnapping, inducing emotional trauma and hostage, armed robbery, sexual abuse etc etc etc. Soo many dark spots and you chose to put Toni up higher than Trevor. No... Just... No.

[@xX_Gravity_Xx]

Meh. End of the day Toni was still out for money and self. Niko on the other hand, he was a survivor, and ultimately set himself up to cut out his life of harm and did so successfully. Honestly, Franklin and CJ's material circumstances not taken into account, the only person that should be anywhere near "good" is Niko. CJ gets a minor pass when you consider that he probably started banging in his youth as a means of survival. That said, everything he does post Las Venturas is unnecessary and ultimately shows that his quest for vengeance overcame him to some degree, and his quest for money and power did as well. Franklin is in a unique boat as well, however much of his activity stems from a genuine desire to do those things, made perfectly evident in GTA online when he yearns to return to his old way. Literally everyone else started a cold blooded murderer and ended a cold blooded murderer, for the sole pursuits of money and power. Claude, by far being the epitome of an uncaring sociopath.

[@wesbesttreacts4515]

“Vic doesn’t really do much, his worst crime is that he becomes a power hungry mob boss and starts running his own crime family” Gotta love gta lmao

[@curiousconsultant7922]

Yeah Vic, Tommy, and CJ all eventually became bosses, meaning their crimes stretched far beyond what they did themselves but also everything else they conspired to do through their gangsters

[@ianrandolph6436]

CJ's cement port-o-potty incident fucked me up. CJ is pure evil. Not a notch under Claude.

[@DarkenedX08]

CJ has some sense of morality, even if it's twisted and doesn't make a lot of sense.

[@elitemaxtheman2217]

Actually the foreman survived He was mention on radio

[@DirtyDev]

Surprisingly that guy survived

[@jafetpc9738]

k

[@jafetpc9738]

k

[@tryfan987]

Why do I feel like you take shit like 'treason' and theft of gevernment property more seriously than murder lmao

[@rredberry]

Because they all committed it so it’s a neutral crime lool

[@sheogorath1374]

Agreed. It's a weird take since the video is about morality and the anti government stuff has nothing to do with morality.

[@chrisloco9]

yeah fr who cares about stealing from the gov. cj killed hundreds of army men but stealing a jet pack is what makes him evil lol

[@saturna1576]

It's weird because the video comes off as less of a true morality sense of tiering, that includes things such as duty, honor. But more so cold & apathetic legality, order and pretty capitalist ranking which I personally find conceited, as a result the comments have made it a lot apparent that it's pretty inconsistent

[@Resident_Legal]

Claude nodding while using a phone is hilarious LOL In my opinion Niko and CJ are the most redeemable antagonists/protagonists :) Victor Vance was truly the only good GTA protagonist (for as long as the player doesn't make him bad via gameplay LOL).

[@robertstan298]

Kinda agree. Also *protagonists

[@Resident_Legal]

@@robertstan298 Well protagonists are usually heroes, Niko and CJ are kinda antagonistic in terms of morality LOL

[@FranP25]

@@Resident_Legal They are protagonists in the game, they are the ones you play as

[@Resident_Legal]

@@FranP25 Yeah, but they are still not the good guys :)

[@FranP25]

@@Resident_Legal A protagonist doesn't have to be good per se

[@Trillium-Tylor]

I don't think any GTA protagonist since GTA 3 is pure evil. They all have redeeming qualities, and somehow understandable backstories. And none of them is good or morally grey either, they're all mass murderers and have no problem wrecking havoc after all. But if I have to rank, it would be Evil : Tommy, CJ, Toni and Trevor Very Bad : Claude Bad : Niko, Johnny and Michael Pretty Bad : Victor, Luis and Franklin Claude is not the most evil just because he has no emotion, hesitation nor showed much warmness as others, other 4 protagonists who I put on evil tier did much worse things, killed much more innocents and did several evil things by their own ideas despite they showed loyalty and also have done more good things. But I think Claude was also trying to be loyal to some people who betrayed him such as Catalina and Salvatore or treated him poorly such as Kenji, and everything he did were pretty much following others. He only wants money and revenge unlike Tommy and CJ for examples not only want money and revenge but also power in the end.

[@StarwayBunny]

Exactly, I don't really see the need to make every single character "morally grey." Have people ever just considered that some things are without a doubt bad?

[@malletUsergaming]

That's what makes it totally unfair tho, claude not speaking often just assume that he is emotionless because of that which is unfair to even compare him at all

[@Zygothdarkknight]

Totally agree

[@boredape1986]

Tommy is not evil

[@mikep9312]

I've been watching a lot of analysis videos on GTA 5, and hear a lot of people saying that Michael is more evil than previously thought because of the extreme lengths he goes to to justify his actions, like as evil as Trevor, but ashamed to admit it.

[@treybowers154]

I think by today's standard Claude should be tied with Tony for who would be the most evil. Dude's a straight up psychopath. One minute, he's nodding emotionlessly at you as you explain your problems, the next he's burning you alive with a flamethrower because some homeless guy told him to. Absolutely unpredictable and holds zero regard for human life whatsoever. Plus, he contributed to a huge amount of people unknowingly committing cannibalism, probably causing many people to suffer the terrible symptoms of CJD. And the worst part? *He's still out there somewhere*

[@TheFunnyDictator]

What's CJD?

[@treybowers154]

@@TheFunnyDictator Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. It's basically the human equivalent of Mad Cow Disease in cattle or Chronic Wasting Disease in deer. Prion disease. Basically makes proteins in your brain fold incorrectly, forcing other prions to misfold in the same way. The only people who really suffer from it are cannibals, it's commonly said to be caused by eating the brain matter of another human, but it could be caused by eating human flesh in general.

[@treybowers154]

@@TheFunnyDictator Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. It's a Prion disease linked to cannibalism. It causes proteins in your brain to fold incorrectly. Commonly thought to be caused specifically by eating the brain of another human. It causes a plethora of mental and physical problems. Intense burning headaches, anxiety, amnesia, confusion, dementia, muscle spasms, and eventually, coma and death. It's a really nasty disease.

[@treybowers154]

@@TheFunnyDictator I'm tryna respond brother be patient, KZbin loves to delete comments as they post lol

[@treybowers154]

@@TheFunnyDictator @TheFunnyDictator Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. It's a Prion disease linked to cannibalism. It causes proteins in your brain to fold incorrectly. Commonly thought to be caused specifically by consuming the brain of another human. It causes a plethora of mental and physical problems. Intense burning headaches, anxiety, amnesia, confusion, dementia, muscle spasms, and eventually, coma and death. It's a really nasty disease.

[@lonewolffang]

"CJ broke into Area 69 just to steal a jetpack." CJ: Just hear me out on that. That jetpack was worth it.

[@PCcedric]

You've left the fact that Michael agreed to go kill Trevor with Franklin while Trevor didn't agree.

[@BlueThunderGaming]

This is one of the coolest GTA videos I've seen. you earned a sub 🥳

[@rredberry]

Thanks king!

[@Mrx-k7o]

No way they said Trevor was kind in the thumbnail😂

[@kratos3200]

19:07 you are crazy Chinatown wars is one of the best GTA ever

[@KyoMobius]

Love the breaking in car mechanics. Well some ppl just want a CoD exp. but in an open world I guess (trevor inspiration)

[@michaelag28]

tf r u saying

[@bzilla-d4i]

Great game. Was a bit of a throwback for us who started with GTA 1, London and 2.

[@AidsLordSupreme]

Loved that game, I became so so so rich from drug dealing in that game lol

[@kratos3200]

@@AidsLordSupreme same

[@lukrosi_326]

The Npc's in TBOGT say that Luis is a grower not a show-er. And being one myself, that entails a grower is the sleeper build of man parts lol.

[@R33fth3b33f]

Cant get over how he pronounces claude. Like has bro not heard his name before?

[@Marka301]

nice touch how you changed outfits man it was cool to realise

[@tsepangmalephane5427]

No one ever talks about Toni Sipriadi from Liberty city stories

[@C.O-EDITS]

I disagree with most of your rankings but it’s your opinion. And that’s the beauty of this game we all have different opinions and perceptions of different characters

[@thunderpokemon2456]

Could please give your ranking?

[@Linogiven-O]

Well rank then

[@mr.mcnerdo]

Claude's a lot worse than you think. Just watch The Professional's video on him. He is the only protagonist in the series that can be considered a true psychopath. He is easily worse than any other protagonist in the series.

[@ManoharRajanlalala]

Trevor? Kind? What are you smoking?

[@sarimjatt7400]

CJ- shows remorse after killing Ryder and Big Smoke. Niko-never hits a woman (unless controlled by player)

[@uliveulearnandregret]

You got the Claude fit at 2:00

[@severingruhlke6216]

Thank you😘

[@thenosyman8442]

You forgot to mention how Toni gutted an innocent man because his mother said he "didn't have his guts" and then delivered them to her.

[@what_4836s]

23:11 Micheal got the Max Payne 3 outfit

[@The_hunter220]

My man, u dont know character names, niko is just revenging his dead brothers, also you didnt play the gta's games, some information is fake, so please, play atleast some, not all (Dayoum 23 likes, thats new)

[@arshkhanlm3086]

"Frankler isn't real he can't hurt you" Frankler:

[@Bruh-hc3yh]

I disagree that Luis should be in the good tier, there is the missions for Yusuf amir where you literally need to be terrorists like blowing up a construction crane, stealing a train while killing cops, stealing police "tank" while also killing them killing people that didn't liked Yusuf by throwing them of a building. There are whole side missions to sell dugs with his friends.

[@dominiquedoeslife]

I actually like CJ. He’s being forced into the bad actions he takes by Tenpenny, and he gets even with Tenpenny in the end, and gives back to the hood.

[@jcs7206]

No, he did a lot of evil stuff on his own.😭

[@Blade_Music2049]

It's awesome of you to make this video. I like how you change your own clothes to represent the characters. Good shit dude

[@DIGAVON]

Playing morale police with GTA characters is insane. Some of these were kinda a stretch too. You don't just fight in GTA. Everything is over the top and murder and we love it 😂😂😂.

[@nostrodelaantares8416]

13:28 he smuggled people to Italy, as in like a Coyote in the US-Mexican border, not as solding people into slavery. During the 90's lots of people migrated to Italy from the Balkans illegally and Nico was one of such people who would sail them through the Mediterranean.

[@Panzermeiller]

Don't he litteraly mention he sold people ?

[@xdfaceondabeat]

The thumbnail looks disgusting 💀

[@Dimsky-t8k]

I think the most evil main protagonist of GTA is Claude

[@dragonyt4046]

Dude Tommy was trying to give drugs to children from the ice cream business yes he is very nice ofc

[@TheeKingRayzor]

No way.

[@WashiKabir]

ITS SMALL CRIME COMPIAR TO TONI AND CLADE

[@pipponepatone7659]

What? When? He sells the drug to adults only

[@unknown-ii9gg]

At least Trevor cared a little about his mother

[@PlorkStar]

Micheal is in evil😂if you got Niko in really bad then Micheal is deep in evil gang like what bruh

[@gravemind6536]

He is pretty fucked up the only that seperates him from the other evil people is he actually shows remorse but it still isn't enough to stop him going round killing people. He is probably about CJ level of evil imo.

[@carsoncrews]

Bro summarized all their stories in one video better than most videos that are dedicated to their individual stories.

[@Claude57678]

Claude = ruthless brutal silent killer 💀

[@bio-weaponn5576]

Man it's almost dang impossible just to be an anti-hero in the GTA universe.

[@isaiasdacosta-om5uc]

3:23 'with a body count of 400💀💀💀💀💀

[@Onio_362]

Ain't no way Franklin's evil

[@MyNameIsElijah]

I actually like how you are clearly into making the video; good green screens and dressing like them

[@SPLShortStories]

This is a God-Tier video - both concept and delivery. But I'd expect nothing less from you GOAT. Nicely done, brother!

[@AvrahamDiallo]

Claude is worse than everybody here

[@ParodyAccount_]

Yup. No connections, no loyalty, no empathy.

[@AvrahamDiallo]

@@ParodyAccount_ Yeah I mean a guy like Trevor is just overblown in terms of bad. He's always high in these lists but like, he has more codes than a lot of these guys. He's insane and a criminal but when you compare, it's better than a lot of them.

[@Raidersfandc4]

I just gotta say Toni wasn’t a monster he was just trying to make his mom happy

[@KingMessiah-lg8er]

Because every time I see that version of the map, I see no one who has done that at least to my knowledge. Now maybe I'm overlooking it or something but to me I don't see that.

[@user-fo9li5ld8w]

Claude’s pure evil…it’s always the quiet ones

[@TankLCDx]

the chinatown wars disrespect is fuckin nuts

[@kqzo]

entire time he was going on about trevor i was thinking "theres no way trevor is worse when toni literally did the gta universe's equivalent of 9/11"

[@KingMessiah-lg8er]

I don't know if anybody else has done this, but are we like not gonna talk about the fact that when he showed the entire map, he didn't show the island of Cairo prio from GTA online

[@what_4836s]

That map is extremely inaccurate, mount chiliad is further south and north yankton is not an island, also cayo perico is not in America, it's in Colombia

[@KingMessiah-lg8er]

@@what_4836s Oh, thanks for informing me

[@isaiahadams1208]

I came here because of the thumbnail of this video. Glad to know that Franklin’s not on the pure evil or evil part of the tier list.

[@jaydenbeasty]

You should do a part 2 with all other rockstar games protagonists because the non gta protagonists like arthur john and max are much better and interesting characters so it would be cool to see where you put them in this tier list

[@Hornet049]

Wtf is that thumbnail is that Franklin, Michael and Trevor combined? 💀

[@thunderpokemon2456]

Niko should be in good fr 😭

[@jayceegenocide4402]

Trevor was Actually Good. Michael was an EVIL Snitch. Franklin was Neutral.

[@ZewdituKergo]

nope

[@BRNardy]

I would move Luis up to "not bad" (and maybe Michael to "very bad"), but apart from that, the list is perfect in my opinion!

[@FlossycapYT]

luis has a mission where he bombs a train full of innocent people

[@ronzerker390]

The "good" and "not bad" tiers should probably be changed, but the winner kinda took me by surprised. I totally agree with it because the dude blew up half a city, just to bring the property value down. Thats outrageous

[@klaud7311]

Trevor is so misunderstood. There is sometimes a different reason then being born evil.

[@KolchaksGhost]

He’s a rapist

[@guts1952]

Still doesn’t make him a decent person you could definitely put him in pure evil just because you came up bad doesn’t justify murder every innocent person in the area just because someone called you a Canadian or eating people I didn’t have the best upbringing myself but if I went around killing people just because people wouldn’t call me „misunderstood“ they would call me a sociopath lmao

[@djlacombe3102]

GTA Chinatown Wars was severely underrated. Such a fun game

[@DrakePlatinum]

Hey man thanks for the credit. Sick video btw I dig your editing style and dressing like the characters was a neat touch. Good job on the recaps. I somewhat agree with your ranking mostly but for me I would not put Trevor that high he is chaotic and commits quite a few heinous acts (iirc the stew was confirmed to be expired game and not truly human remains since he just likes to fuck with people which ties back to he appears really bad but hes really not that terrible at least when compared to some of the other gta tags) but he's not truly evil he's just mentally cooked. Guys like Claude, Tommy and Toni are legitimately evil and seem to be a lot more stable and more aware of their actions. So id put Toni, claude and Tommy at the top with pretty much everyone else where you put them. Victor I agree should be in a "good" category. Luis is one of my fav tags but I would bump him up a bit since he doesnt really have too much remorse. I will do a baby nit pick tho Staunton Island is a parody of Manhattan. The name however was most likely taken from Staten Island. I believe Shoreside Vale takes from Staten Island, North Jersey, The Bronx & Upstate NY. Nonetheless fantastic video!

[@rredberry]

Dude I really appreciate you letting me use your gameplay! And yeah I definitely could have dug a little deeper and been a bit more nuanced with the ratings hahaha

[@DrakePlatinum]

​@rredberry no problem bro. Keep up the good work. Very entertaining video.

[@CYAN_TOP_HAT]

I swear why do you people always ignore the 2D era?!

[@yleetsyeH]

what the fuck is this thumbnail

[@Mohammed_Rca]

Now, I feel so much less disturbed because of choosing to kill Trevor at the end of GTA 5... Thank you !