The Hidden Signs 'Big Smoke' BETRAYS CJ in GTA San Andreas

Did you notice these 12 early signs Big Smoke would betray CJ in GTA San Andreas that Rockstar Games put hidden early? There are a lot of secret hidden clues and hints that Big Smoke would end up becoming bad in Grand Theft Auto San Andreas compared to other GTA Games, some of these include the famous Big Smokes Order and CRASH always being at Smoke's house.

[@ToryVic08]

Why did you sound like Redbandit channel?

[@DrModGTA]

It's me :) this is my 2nd channel! Thanks for stopping by! You're the first person who recognised me I think

[@williamshaikespire69]

​@@DrModGTAafter 98 videos someones recognizes your voice lol

[@ToryVic08]

@@DrModGTA Oh then I subscribing to this channel too!

[@DrModGTA]

Mostly shorts

[@jacksonteller3973]

@@DrModGTA there were actually some cut voice lines from Smoke that make it even more obvious that he's a traitor but Rockstar cut them because they made it a bit too obvious and wanted his betrayal to come as more of a shock to players.

[@Alberto.Deluna]

When I first saw that his home was in ballar territory, I kinda found it werid.

[@Cybernaut76]

Me too. No honorable grove streeter would feel at home there. They would have to watch their backs all the time which is stressful.

[@MeSS1516]

At the 4:00, Ryder shoots at Ballas Car, Big Smoke does not, because Ryder was not planned as a traitor in the beginning. They changed it last minute.

[@massmanpro]

Yes, I believe Rider's voice actor MC Eiht quit during production and the writers had to improvise

[@DrModGTA]

I'm thinking about making a video on this soon! 😁

[@gaboislost]

Can't wait!​@@DrModGTA

[@feign9513]

It would've been better if Ryder was also a part of San Fierro Garage family.

[@guillermosalcido9139]

​@@feign9513I bet his missions would have been hilarious

[@massmanpro]

Big Smoke's map icon is "BS"

[@BionicPig95]

It stands for “Big Smoke”

[@Kyubeyisbestboy]

It stands for big shot

[@RafaMASTER-ro3wm]

Bull Sh*t

[@TheMetaLRoacH]

It stands for Bull shitter

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

It stands for Bull Shit.

[@aSkyclad]

For point 6, once again, Big Smoke's infamous order was really just him ordering for the whole car as he repeats everyone's order and add his own stuff. Hence the "I'll take a number 9, fat boy", CJ was talking to Smoke and why Smoke asked him what he wanted in the first place.

[@mst7322]

Then why they turn around when he order his food

[@MartyKay]

​@@mst7322They turn around when he starts ordering a lot of food for himself (after the other orders).

[@aSkyclad]

@@MartyKay yup. Ryder and CJ both get a number 9, and Sweet gets a number 6 with extra dip. In bold I'll put their order. "I'll have *Two number nines*, a number 9 large, *a number 6 with extra dip*, a number 7 (they start to turn around as he still ain't done), two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda. And lastly, you just have to have gone to a drive thru to know that one person (usually the driver but in this case, smoke) orders for the whole car as the microphone ain't gonna pick up everybody in the car

[@greycatofnobodys2007]

@aSkyclad that... Actually makes sense now that I think about

[@key0777]

It always bothered me when nobody noticed this

[@jrotten0802]

Ryder wasnt originally supposed to turn on Grove Street. Its evident throughout the game. I think anyway.

[@jrotten0802]

I feel like he was supposed to be a character like Trevor. A smart ass but still loyal.

[@HeavySandvichGuy1]

@@jrotten0802 I think Lamar fits more

[@Joshkiddy15.]

He wasn’t but his VA and rockstar fall out and they just shoehorned his betrayal the very last minute. You noticed cj said big smoke name and never mentioned Ryder at all even though he’s there too.

[@visionarybrushstroker7694]

@@jrotten0802facts. Real friends talk shit face to face with e/o

[@princessmarlena1359]

They were better off letting Ryder get eliminated in the last mission before Sweet is taken into police custody at that freeway war zone.

[@andrewmatlala6130]

Another sign, when you in the car with big smoke, the ballas don't shoot.

[@user_747]

In which mission?

[@andrewmatlala6130]

@@user_747 any mission. Remember big smoke resides in the ballas territory so when you drive past them they don't shoot so long as he's there. But pass the territory without him, you will hear guns blazing

[@user_747]

@@andrewmatlala6130 woah man after all these years of playing gta sa I have never noticed that , nice observation bro

[@Steve-yn3cs]

Jeez..... I never thought about it.

[@konradkurcz2999]

Recently played, and it's random

[@prettyboyonline]

Notice how when CJ spots Ryder and Smoke with the Ballers, he only mentions Smoke in the dialogue. That’s the proof that Ryder wasn’t initially supposed to betray Grove.

[@97_Fredo]

Notice in mission 7: Drive By that during the car talk scene, Big Smoke is totally silent. Everyone says something except Smoke and that's because he is nervous about something.

[@Loyal_homie100]

@@97_Fredoyeah i don’t understand why he was there if he was planning to betray grove street why would he kill ballas if he was going to join them? Rockstar should’ve taken him out of that mission

[@jacelockwood7005]

His voice actor quit so I think that's why they made it a thing

[@Loyal_homie100]

@@jacelockwood7005 how do you know he quit?

[@DuragDul]

@@Loyal_homie100why would he not? He gotta make it look like he rocking wit da grove

[@pratyaksh17]

Big smokes "We are groves" line to CJ is the most ironic line in the game.

[@Cuburt_.]

I thought it was smokes order in Drive-thru

[@WouterStudioHD]

@@Cuburt_.all you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!

[@mr.korkiakoski4177]

The damn train laughs at the station

[@smackedgv]

“Ah shut, here we go again…”

[@fearmyinstincts]

@@WouterStudioHD😂😂😂

[@kumo7099]

2:02 always look where you're going

[@purpleflaminggoatsnakes9864]

Lololololol

[@ItsHappyHourArchived]

Most genius and hilarious part about that drive by mission with big smokes order. Is that at the end of the mission , Ryder gets pissed off cuz Smoke ate all ryders fries. Confirming that not only did he eat HIS WHOLE ORDER! But he also was eating Ryders too😭😭. So its the perfect alibi to not shoot back because he legitimately did wanna eat. But he also needed an excuse to not shoot😂

[@theprofessional155]

Ryder was in on it since the start. The San Andres introduction confirms he was a traitor early on when big smoke tells him about betraying sweet .

[@DrModGTA]

I want to make a video about this ultimately discussing it and how it was just not written very clearly to show this and the beta Missions cut audio files

[@holymoly2422]

Ryder wasn’t meant to betray them if I remember correctly the actor who voices Ryder had a disagreement with the producers of GTA and he was cut

[@et34t34fdf]

@@holymoly2422 I liked the story for the most part, but it really was a downside how they handled Ryder.

[@holymoly2422]

@@et34t34fdf it is a shame the last few Ryder missions were weird but SanAndreas for me is the best ps2 game

[@terpekiseo8748]

​​@@holymoly2422 man they could've just killed off Ryder and not made him into a traitor, that would've became a really good motivator for cj.

[@Lawsefrom334]

In hindsight all of Big Smokes missions are him eliminating drug dealing competition. Running Man - you kill the errand boy Wrong side of the tracks - you kill ese’s going to get drugs in San Fierro Just Business - you kill the Russians who were trying to take some of Smokes turf Also the betrayal came from Sweet not wanting GS to sell crack

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Don’t forget that one mission where big smoke kills those two Mexican guys who called out his mom when he asked them for drugs using his poor Spanish.

[@angrym0nkeysh0w]

Big Smoke's initials are literally "BS"

[@Steve-yn3cs]

I'm confused. I keep seeing this. What is the initial BS supposed to mean?

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

@@Steve-yn3csbullshit is what people normally refer to as bs. However, big smoke is just a nickname and not his real name.

[@Steve-yn3cs]

@@SYDAirlineEnthusiast I know, but how does this relate to a clue that smoke will betray CJ and Grove Street Families?

[@kaizoku8087]

@@Steve-yn3csBig Smoke was bs’ing CJ the entire time,which is why CJ was tricked,hoodwinked,bamboozled,and some would even say,betrayed.

[@Steve-yn3cs]

@@kaizoku8087 Oh. Bullshit. I get it now.

[@just_mal33]

man when big smoke said " everybody here is my cousin " was the best information that Big Smoke was gonna betray him

[@sallobo777]

Reason 13; he is voice acted by Clifton Powell. If you are outside the black community; and you don't see a lot of street movies. Clifton Powell is always the bad guy in movies, he never plays a friendly character to the hero. Clifton Powell is like Christopher Lee; if you see Christopher Lee in a movie 90%; you know by instinct he is going to be the main bad guy or someone hostile to the hero.

[@ninab.4540]

But Dr Lee is always a good guy funny enough

[@stephordless8876]

Facts Menace 2 society, Dead Presidents etc. he definitely is lol

[@KillmanPit]

One big thing that jumped at me was how during the ordeal with russian mafia Big Smoke was constantly like "Come on CJ YOU SHOW THEM" and "That's my homie CJ" as if he wanted the russian mafia to know that it was CJ who killed so many of them

[@Abrar.41148]

Imagine a videogame being so fucking awesome that fans make theories and character analysis out of it, even after 20 fucking years. Awesome.

[@JasperJames0912]

wait a hot got damn minuet.....its 20 fucking years old?!?!

[@Abrar.41148]

@@JasperJames0912 yeah

[@ninab.4540]

​@davinci.41148 Off one year but yeah

[@MageCursedTy99]

@@JasperJames0912you must’ve just discovered this game dude

[@AllWithinReach91]

He had already betrayed them BEFORE CJ’s return

[@SlashandStab]

Did you know! Smokes order comes to $187 dollars. 1-8-7 is the police code for murder.

[@themarcinfromgtagames9431]

And how exactly did you confirm this? 😅

[@SlashandStab]

@@themarcinfromgtagames9431 , Logic and conspiracy

[@MillenZaLPhA]

Yea, & you dont stop… 🎶 🎤

[@user-ed1ye7hi2y]

187bux back then was enough to order the whole menu twice

[@siljorfag]

I know The Introduction is canon and is meant to be taken as such - but Ryder's betrayal was so badly implemented in-game. Pre-The Green Sabre there's basically no reason at all to suspect Ryder of being a traitor, but then all of a sudden he's put into The Green Sabre cutscene but is not even mentioned during or after the mission, all the way until a minor mention during Photo Opportunity, and then to his death in Pier 69. During Yay-ka boom boom, the ONLY canon mention of Ryder being a traitor was made by CJ and Cesar during the cutscene - and then after that, it was like Ryder never existed - he banishes from the game never to be mentioned again. Even the mission in where he's killed, Pier 69, seems to me created in DYOM but with voice-over - there's no elaborated cutscene or dialogue.

[@flaimthrowerzatwes19]

Of course the introduction is canon. That's because it was made after the game was already released.

[@SgvSth]

The assumption is that the original script had Ryder either going to die sooner or be exiled, but it is never confirmed which way it was planned to be before the rewrite.

[@PSNragglefraggle1]

Apparently, Ryder's VA quit during production wich is why his character is abruptly cut out.

[@PSNragglefraggle1]

Apparently, Ryder's VA quit during production wich is why his character is abruptly cut out.

[@PSNragglefraggle1]

Apparently, Ryder's VA quit during production wich is why his character is abruptly cut out.

[@fierceslagga2084]

The biggest sign was the entire Wrong Side of the Tracks mission

[@nawazeeshali4340]

GTA SA is my most fav GTA ever. But one thing I never understand, Smoke supports the Ballas and never attacks them but we see him kill Vagos members in Running Dog and Wrong Side of the Track, we see he doesn't like Vagos much but then why do Vagos aid him in the final mission along side the Ballas. Ikr Vagos are the 2nd biggest rivals to GSF after Ballas (while main rivals of Aztecas) but Smoke wasn't in friendly terms with them and their main leader Big Poppa got killed in a home in the hills when we take over Madd Dog's mansion....

[@The_unknown_legend1409]

in my mind , smoke became so powerful after exiling cj from los santos and making sweet to be in jail. he was so powerful that vagos could not resist allying with him even though they have a rift between each other . but to be honest , this may happen in real life too ,right? we wont like some people . but they end up being our ally or boss because they are more powerful and influential .

[@nawazeeshali4340]

@@The_unknown_legend1409 That explains a lot, that could indeed be case, also given his main Drug factory was in San Fierro he also made alliance with the Rifa gang there.

[@mannagarwal5390]

​@@nawazeeshali4340 San Fierro Rifa, Russian Mafia, Los Santos Vagos and The Ballas all operate under Big Smoke the Kingpin of Crack Cocaine epidemic in San Andreas.

[@johannes7259]

In this big smoke line "People got to open their eyes and hearts Cj" and this line is what made me knew that he will possibly going to betray them.

[@TrainMaster5097]

For me, it was this and also when Sweet wanted to eliminate drug dealing within Grove Street, Big Smoke replied with “You can’t knock another man’s hustle” or something along those lines.

[@luciannn_sss]

@@TrainMaster5097yea I remember that

[@scagerjunsan3368]

The most iconic early sign from Big Smoke betrayal was asking CJ that all he had to do was follow the damn train XD

[@MoriahTreadwellRiah1125]

😂😂😂

[@reloadpsi]

I was far more bothered that OG Loc had to be spared.

[@swido16]

I just discovered your channel last night and have been bingeing your videos. Great stuff man, really thought out and concise stuff.

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

Big smoke was ordering for the car, thats why his order was so long. He ordered everything everyone else wanted then added a few things for him self. The two number 9's were for Carl and Ryder then a number 6 with xtra dip for sweet. Big smoke got a number 9 large, number 7, and the two 45's. Granted that doesnt affect wether or not he ordered the 3 extra meals to buy time for a drive by.

[@bustasmoke]

that's true, I always thought that it was ridiculous for Smoke ordering the exact same number that CJ, Sweet and Ryder ordered, 90% of GTA SA fanbase misunderstood this unfortunately

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

@@bustasmoke I always thought it was weird everyone got confused considering CJ said "Get me a number 9, FATBOY" directed at smoke.

[@Feras_Ahmed661]

Party pooper

[@dorinmelnic6001]

lol, each of them said ''I'll have....'', Big Smoke just had a big order for himself that included the other guys's numbers

[@Thoroughly_Wet]

@@dorinmelnic6001 yeah they were telling big smoke what they wanted him to order for them. Again Cj said "I'll have a number 9, Fatboy" in reference to smoke. They even all look at smoke and smoke is the one who pays and receives the entire order for the car. Big smoke ordered for the vehicle.

[@filips7158]

What about his initials - BS

[@user-td2ge1um4s]

Średnio umiem pisać po angielsku więc spróbuj użyć Google Translate W 1 punkcie filmu było powiedziane że Big Smoke pojawił się w domu CJ ale prawda jest taka że CJ podczas gdy został aresztowany przez Tenpenniego spóźniał się na pogrzeb. Zniecierpliwione rodzeństwo CJ'a oraz Ryder postanowili nie czekać dłużej i pojechali na pogrzeb zostawiając Big Smoke'a w domu żeby na niego poczekał. Tym samym nie można tego określić jako "przedwczesną zdradę".

[@marko-gj1uj]

So, basically. Big Smoke waited for CJ to come so they could both go into the funeral.

[@malteeaser101]

'Use Google translate' Spoken in the language needed to be translated lol

[@Killer_KT]

but why greet the guy you're waiting for with a baseball bat? are they going to play ball after the funeral or smth too?

[@openminded_skeptic]

The reason why Big Smoke's order was big was because he ordered for everyone and himself.

[@TaviousOliver-bg1wn]

And also to give time for the Ballas to wipe out the CJ, Sweet, and Ryder so that he could take over Grove Street and destroy the hood by flooding it with crack, Smoke tried endlessly to convince Sweet into selling but Sweet refused since he was abiding by his principles

[@solitudeguard1932]

​@TaviousOliver-bg1wn The Ballas were not even trying to kill them. You lose the mission if they arrive at Grove Street and kill two Grove members standing in front of Sweet's house.

[@Jarda98]

this might be a stretch but the acronym for Big Smoke is BS and Smokes whole character is that he's a BullShitter :D

[@realselmen55]

I know that the video has 12 hidden early signs but the first one made me questioning my life But still a good video keep it like that 🔥

[@Esmeralda505]

The lore of GTA San Andreas never gets boring, and I always love it when its covered as it is one of my favorite games of all time. I know you mentioned Big Smoke jumps in the conversations when Sweet and CJ attempt to talk about the speculations behind their mother's death, but I am curious to know your thoughts if you think the reason he tried to shut it down during the mission drive thru is because he had a guilty conscious? Or because he was just paranoid they would eventually find out. CJ seemed pretty naive for the most part towards Smoke's intentions, but I am wondering if he was more worried about Sweet finding out. Subscribed! Thank you for making these types of videos! :)

[@bubbles2215]

I knew I couldn’t trust him when he was yelling at me about following the damn train, when the real reason we kept failing is because he couldn’t aim worth a shit

[@MoriahTreadwellRiah1125]

😂😂😂😂

[@SUPER_PROPER]

Another detail in "Reuniting the families" is Big Smoke saying that he is "a little bit exposed" in the beginning because he clearly knew that police would arrive soon.

[@_____________44v______________]

He Acutally wasnt waiting for sweet and its been disproved because sweet could have just shot smoke when he would see him and if he was gonna kill sweet he would kill cj as well.

[@gftyhify]

Big Smoke being overly friendly to CJ is any other sign of his betrayal. I’ve seen plenty of stories where a character was overly friendly and nice and it turned out they were the villian

[@greeny987]

yea like Gary in Bully

[@gftyhify]

@@greeny987 I’ve never seen that. When I think of characters that were way too friendly and it turned out they were the antagonists I think of someone like Lotso from Toy Story 3, Big Smoke of course or Vicki Robinson from the original Parent Trap (1961)

[@greeny987]

@@gftyhifyyou should play Bully then, its from the same creator, Rockstar

[@Krapoutchniek]

Then Sam is the true Lord of the Ring ? :o

[@icaptureditforyou]

This just goes to show how great this game really is.

[@unholyXromance]

Ryder was never meant to be betray you in the game, but the voice actor had a falling out with Rockstar, so they changed the game. It's also why there's a lot of dialog after the betrayal happens that mentions Smoke, but doesn't say a word about Ryder

[@jacksonteller3973]

not really true, there wasn't a fallout, he was just too busy with his rap career.

[@unholyXromance]

@@jacksonteller3973 he wasn't an antagonist in the beta version of the game

[@jacksonteller3973]

@@unholyXromance right should've watched the entire video before commenting LOL

[@unholyXromance]

I don't know what that means. What video didn't I watch all of before commenting..? You've totally lost me

[@jacksonteller3973]

I was talking about myself, I posted my previous comment before watching the entire video.@@unholyXromance

[@DookieSh0es]

"All you had to do was follow the damn clues, CJ!"

[@priyanthisandarath1365]

Makes sense if he said it right before his dead

[@Gaumost]

Great video, but I think you may have forgotten that Ryder wasn’t originally meant to betray Grove Street.

[@DrModGTA]

Hey, I want to make a separate video on this soon:)

[@lynk3067]

its funny on the drive thru mission chasing the ballas car sometimes some random ballas will shoot at them i remember laughing at it and saying you guys on the same team

[@user-bh9oi5ms7o]

There was the comment when sweet says "no drugs ever made a gang tight" and big smoke says "i don't know man"

[@Justa_Busta68]

In the Green Sabre mission you can see two ballas members. They was the two who killed CJ's mom

[@bobbyjenkins7946]

I'm still trying to figure out the connection between big smoke and the russians 🤔

[@TaviousOliver-bg1wn]

I think it was because ever since the fall of the wall aka that being the Berlin Wall around the Soviet Union collapsed the Russian Mafia had access and stoled guns from the Russian government he was trying to make deals with them into selling the weapons in exchange for money I believe, it’s a reason why they appear in the last mission when CJ has to clear multiple floors to get to Big Smoke

[@Philipp3022]

Big Smokes missions are all about his drug dealing buisness (as said in the video none of the missions are in favor for the gang and just in favor for Big Smoke). The Russians tried to do a drug deal and Big Smoke wanted to crash it because its bad for his own buisness. In the first Grove Street part of the story you have several different parts giving you the hints that the drugs harm the gang more than the benefits it brings for the gang. The most obvious story line is the Big Bear story line who is shadow of his past because he became a crack junkie. Another is Sweets attempts to clean his streets and the gang from drugs and reunite the Grove families and so on. This ties into his connections to Tenpenny who corrupts/blackmail gang members for his own agenda. He uses the gang wars and drugs to keep the gangs down and busy with each other while keeping the crime rates high which would result in additonal police authority, funding and so on. Big Smoke in this occasation is a usefull idiot for the cops - as hinted through their presence at Big Smokes home (Tenpenny is also like the final boss you kill after you already killed Big Smoke). They feeding him with resources, informations or whatever to keep his buisness running for this goal. So the possible connection between the Russians and Big Smoke could simply be that Tenpenny gave him the info in order to escalate another gang war between Grove Street and the Russians. (Rockstar likely was inspired by stuff like the CIA running drug networks in black neighborhoods in the 90's, corrupt cops who push for high constant crime rates to fortify their power and the overall topic of the thin line between people controlling the drugs turning into the drugs controlling the people, since Rockstar likes to do this kind of political references in their ingame world)

[@bobbyjenkins7946]

@Philipp3022 oh wow thanks

[@shahnawazsooba7904]

What Smoke did in the drive thru mission itself is a major sign.

[@valnovanoth]

Were I Smoke, I would have shot with purposefully bad aim to not give away that I was a traitor... not giving a damn was indeed highly sus

[@user-vb1bs8le3g]

BS tried to whack CJ in every mission every mission was an enemy meetup

[@arthurmorgan8529]

The first one yes. In wrong side of the tracks and the Russian mafia bike getaway mission the enemies try to kill smoke as well as CJ

[@user-vb1bs8le3g]

@@arthurmorgan8529 on smokes orders they miss smoke on purpose to whack cj

[@TaviousOliver-bg1wn]

@@arthurmorgan8529I think it was because they lost to many guys and Smoke failing to realize how dangerous and capable CJ was, also in the mission Reuniting the Families when Smoke and Ryder drove off once the Swat unit came at the Jefferson motel, CJ was fighting through numerous of them and he came back and picked up Sweet and CJ because he was panicking wondering if CJ can help Sweet get out the situation

[@normanski7041]

Good job :) never saw that so many years ago

[@gmont28]

He lived on ballas turf that hinted it too

[@lukewood2662]

I just realized that he says "got some money from my aunt" to moving out of Grove Street. BUT... There's a mission where he takes CJ to pick up "his cousin Mary", only that Mary is a drug. Mary doesn't make him the big money tho, Mary is only the daughter. Who is Mary's mother then? Maybe the one that's behind the hood addiction? The one that got Smoke his house, that's closer to his business partners? Honestly, if I was a KZbinr talking about SA, I'd make a video based on this.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

What’s funny is that he doesn’t get any Mary cause those two Mexican guys instead insult his mom after big smoke uses his poor Spanish at them and he has to kill them.

[@solitudeguard1932]

Ryder was involved in the assassination as shown in the Introduction.

[@UNLUCKYBOY69]

In gta sa catalina will go to liberty city with cluade from gta lll

[@Poetic_Justice92]

Just a fun little tidbit unrelated to the Big Smoke/Ryder betrayal; the reuniting the families mission has an interesting effect on the overworld. During that mission, once you arrive at the motel, the overworld becomes a ghost town. There's no npcs on the road nor are there any vehicles on the road besides the ones that are parked around the map. You also cannot build up a wanted level which means that, if you were so inclined, you could go to San Fierro or Las Venturas early and not get the 4* wanted level you'd normally get. This can be used to collect all the other collectibles well before you'd reach those areas or use it to help build up weapon skills since no matter how much you shoot you'll never attain a wanted level. It's benefits are miniscule but it's interesting nonetheless.

[@scrimbim6056]

Forever a timeless masterpiece. This game has to be literally top 5 games of all time

[@mascarpone-1337]

There is one more reference regarding his hat. In western movies usually the character who wears the black hat is usually the villain. This is a reccuring theme as we all know in RDR2 Micah is the villain but there they switched the hats as arthur was wearing the black one. It could've been considered too obvious as for why they switched the hats.

[@Sans274]

Another sign, 0:50 he wasn’t anticipating Carl’s sorrow towards his mum

[@foxus-a113]

I've heard that Ryder's voice actor had some trouble during the development of Gta sa and that's why he had to quit voice acting the character. That's why his betrayal wasn't planned from the start, but more of an improvisation.

[@thomaswillard6267]

Ok, but you could also google it and see that the only actual evidence indicates it was just a combo of lazy writing and MC Eiht releasing 3 albums during the production of GTA San Andreas

[@MeIoTheYellow]

@@thomaswillard6267 Also MC Eiht when finally asked said Rockstar just never contacted him for more voice work.

[@Mario-se5ci]

What mod do you use for those subtitles and for no subtitle background

[@zzzlulzzz5080]

In the Mission called "House party" all the Grove street families are there except big smoke and suddenly Ballas attack their home turf

[@thejanitor9902]

Everyone mistakes Big Smokes order for him ordering a lot, no, he orders for the entire car, hence why he orders what everyone asks and why he asks what everyone wants prior. I don't understand how so many people mistake it for him only ordering for himself

[@tyroglo]

Big smoke did stay on the opps shit which always through me off as a kid 😂

[@gamnirthe3rd]

I wonder what's in those boxes in Big Smoke's garage!🤔

[@tinotendamakani5168]

I love your videos man...keep up with the flames 🔥🔥🔥

[@DrModGTA]

Appreciate it!!

[@CloutGod_504]

Ryder originally wasn’t supposed to betray CJ. The voice actor had a falling out with the developers during the making of the game so they decided to kill his character (Ryder)

[@MadPaperMario]

The dogs coming in at the end perfects the video

[@iiGingiey]

He's also ordering for the car, so he says Ryder, Cj, and sweets order as well. So, out of all, he orders only 3 of the items, and the large soda are for him

[@josefonseca6772]

I know this is going to sound weird but I need this background music😭 its so catchy

[@mrfalzar9]

Ryder could NOT be selling his homies because R* never actually planned to make from him a villain, maybe he could die early in game if not Voice Actor leaving from studio but he was most probably not suppose to be our enemy, probably all those lines with sub context with betraying CJ were suppose to be leading to something else, like he knew about Big Smoke being with Ballas but he got paid or he knew about it but Big Smoke warned him about killing his best friends so he was quiet whole time.

[@justinnamuco9096]

He was also quite mean to CJ

[@archishjagetia]

In og locs house party mission when ballas attack ryder goes away by saying he is calling smoke but he ram away😅😅

[@greenamogus]

Alternative title: Big Smoke's red flags 🚩

[@squidward1901]

Ryder wasn't a betrayer to CJ because after the green sabre mission CJ doesn't mention of name ryder

[@messii648]

It would blow up if San Andreas did a remake

[@Whiteboykun]

Since the definitive edition was so terrible that fans had to fix it for Rockstar I really hope they don't even bother

[@CrissAN160]

2:18 why was that house on the right open? You can get in that house on the right? It had yellow thing?

[@piyushaware5155]

The Evil Always Ends..❤

[@Caelumization]

This game have a special place in me, good old years

[@amayocan]

Numbor 13 He was in the green car that killed carls mom

[@aiden2357]

cool to see non DE videos of the games, i like DE but i wish it had the og feel

[@castawayonthemoon]

I want to play this game again but I can’t get past thru Robbing Uncle Sam mission. I’m playing on iOS with Netflix Definitive Edition. It’s really hard for me.

[@altsrule2_vids]

love these videos!

[@DrModGTA]

Thank you!!

[@yngstunna101]

I think reuniting the families is when ryder flips. Big smoke probably took him off and told him the plan and showed him the value.

[@mobilegaming298]

another clue was why couldnt cj leave town early in the game did crash wanna stop cj from going to places and finding the truth?

[@Voskos]

that was mostly a gameplay mechanic explaination I don't think it goes that deep.

[@ErminDedicNT]

I guess after so much time, we're going to accept the fact that the Ryder storyline was scrapped. If they were going to shun him, maybe the best solution would have been to kill him off under the intersection, and not make such a terrible villain arc

[@warpax497]

wow this video made the first act of gta san Andreas make a lot of sense

[@mohammedal-musalhi182]

This make sense so much why we all hate the train mission 😂. I thought I was driving the motorcycle badly but actually smoke wasn’t actually trying to do his job

[@jonasfischer9510]

Okay two things dont make sense here. Smoke wasnt hiding in the house to kill Sweet. Why would he try to do that with a baseball bat, and why even do it at the house at all, when he was apparently involved in the drive by at the funeral. Also, if he was planning to kill anybody at that house, he may as well have killed CJ with the bat right there, if he was planning on getting rid of him anyway. So there might be another reason for Smoke loitering around the house, maybe he tried to get rid off evidence for his involvement. Second thing is the Cluckin Bell drive by. I dont think Smoke knew about it or tried to lure the gang into this. Why the hell would he plan a drive by on a car he's sitting in himself. It also looks like a random encounter in the sequence. He does refuse shooting though to spare his secret friends.

[@harisjones]

What's the name of this background music ?

[@fardinhasan1543]

I niticed that too and thought why Bigsmoke lived outside of the grove into ballas teritory.

[@SlamminRDixon]

You forgot to mention that when ryder said "somebody said they saw a green saber doing the work"(how cjs mom was killed), that very same green saber was revealed when big smoke opened up the garage for the two police officers.

[@zerodollarbird]

That's the reveal, not a hint.

[@SlamminRDixon]

@zerodollarbird yea you got it good job buddy 👍

[@Harkness197]

This is a great video!

[@csho6512]

The guy was always talking to cops.... The frame, can always be fixed, but constantly talking to cops seemed pretty fishy lol.

[@wackywolven6192]

I knew he was a baddie even in my first play through. Smoke was always disingenuous and two faced.

[@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad]

For me, it was when he ordered *TWO* numba 45s

[@WhatIsMatter101]

Big Smoke's initials are a dead giveaway: B.S.

[@buccX]

I feel like the first point wasn't a sign. If he was there to assassinate Sweet, he would have used a gun instead of a bat.

[@Jodie652]

if ryder really wasn't supposed to be a traitor becuz the VA quit, why they just don't make him go in a better way? like got assasinated by someone or else

[@CaLLMeKarma22]

ryder never betrayed CJ and sweet its just something rockstar added last minute theres no way he did

[@kurumilover880]

it would only be logical to assume big smoke is ordering for everyone, notice how the first half of the order matches everyone else and the second half is for himself which is where they look back at him with disbelief and disappointment

[@foreignnz7562]

I think this guy loves GTA

[@slayerd357]

The man ordered a Number Nine Large.