I was shocked to find out how many
people believe the hostage in the
prologue of GTA 5 is actually Michael's
wife Amanda it turns out this claim was
spread by mr. boss Hernando and NORs in
videos that have millions of views the
hostage that Michael Brad and Trevor
used in their very first heist of the
game that we get to see is actually
Amanda now what if I told you that this
isn't just some ordinary person but it
is actually Amanda we're in prologue and
just to let you guys know this is Amanda
there you have it so now let us look at
the evidence they use to support this
claim the female in the prologue
actually looks like Amanda quite a bit
they've kind of got the same facial
structure they have similar hair lengths
this is the hostage on the floor and
this is Amanda and you can tell these
are definitely the same people allow me
to state the obvious just because two
people look the same this doesn't mean
they are the same person
but if you compare the hostage to old
photos around Michael's home there are
certain similarities between the hostage
and what a man that looked like when she
was younger we can also see that Amanda
did have brown eyes back then so modern
Amanda must wear blue contact lenses
this is important because it means the
difference in eye color between the
hostage and Amanda doesn't mean they are
not the same person so I see four
possible explanations for why the
hostage looks similar to Amanda the
first this model just coincidentally
looks like Amanda the second a developer
needed a model for generic character and
so took the unused young Amanda
character model the third this was
originally intended to be Amanda but
changed to the story mint this isn't her
and lastly it is as mr. boss Hernando
and noir claim the developers meant for
this to be an easter egg so it is
official that this was actually Amanda
nine years ago but it is never stated
explicitly the similar appearance of the
hostage and Amanda is not the only
evidence given by these three so let's
continue
and if you guys are a fan of gta5 and
you read the GTA wiki you may have
noticed that Amanda does actually have
appearances in prologue however no one
knows where her appearance is first I
can say as a speedrunner that i have
found the wiki to be factually
inaccurate at least a dozen times but in
this case the wiki is likely just
referring to the woman in the funeral it
would make sense that even though Amanda
knows Michael is still alive
she would still go to his funeral to
keep up the appearance that he is
actually dead that Amanda can be later
seen wearing the same sunglasses is
further evidence that this is her this
however doesn't mean that the hostage
isn't Amanda as Amanda could have been
the hostage and then later attended the
funeral so let's continue to hear the
evidence but something I'm going to show
you right now is the most concrete part
of evidence to show that this is an
easter egg and it's actually a smooth
line of dialogue which you will hear
when you shoot the hostage on the floor
yes you heard right so you're not
getting naan from that egg stripper and
Brad who's supposed to be holding down
the hostage will in fact state a line if
you kill the hostage so you're not
getting none from that ex stripper
another interesting thing is if you went
ahead and killed Amanda Brad will tell
you so you're not getting none from that
ex tripper so open-and-shut case right
amanda is an ex-stripper whom Michael is
having sex with what else could Brad
possibly be saying with this line other
than that the hostage is Amanda the
extra power well for me at least there
is a much more likely explanation that
will tell you something you likely don't
know about Brad but before I get to this
revelation it is important that we first
listen to all the other lines of
dialogue that Brad gives here come on
this wasn't meant to get messy to assess
whether these lines make sense for Brad
to say if the hostage is Amanda we first
need to think about what Brad knows it
seems sensible to believe that Brad
knows Michael is married to Amanda with
two kids
Jimmy who is 11 and Tracy who is 13
there is some evidence for this for
they did do jobs together for at least a
while even if it wasn't for as long as
with Trevor a long long time ago in a
faraway place there were three guys
Michael
Trevor and Lester and Brad I yeah sure
Brad was there sometimes as well
another reason to believe Brad knew of
Michael's family life was due to Brad's
friendship with Trevor Trevor was
considered an uncle by Michaels kids so
even if Brad didn't have direct contact
he'd likely at least know about them
through Trevor too dad lastly Brad
knowing that Amanda was once a stripper
suggests he is familiar with Martin and
Amanda's history as well as current
circumstances now let's listen to Brad's
dialogue again do these lines sound like
yo why did you just kill your wife of
two kids this wasn't meant to get messy
obviously these lines don't make sense
if the hostage is Amanda but what about
the ex triple line let us listen to
Brad's remaining dialogue for clues hey
prick behave yourself
so you're not getting done from that ex
dripper if you listened carefully you
would have noticed a sexual under turn
to these statements the last piece of
this puzzle can be found in a later
cutscene
is the glass to see for those unaware
stallion is slang for a sexually
talented male michaelis sarcastically
calling brad this to mock him because of
how brad treats women and how he likely
gains pleasure from harming women so
when Michael kills a hostage brad
questions whether Michael is being
sexually fulfilled by his ex triple wife
at home believing that Michael may have
killed the hostage due to his sexual
frustrations so you're not getting done
from that ex tripper Brett admits that
he would actually like to be the one
killing the hostages brad can't kill
them because he has to behave himself
and he gets angry that Michael doesn't
do the same I hope this additional
context has convinced you that this line
isn't referring to the hostage as Amanda
but simply the relationship that Michael
and Amanda share while there is no more
evidence presented by mr. boss an endo
and NORs there is a bit more evidence I
have uncovered that impacts the question
of whether or not Amanda was the hostage
in the mission bury the hatchet
Michael rushes to north yankton to
confront trevor if you stop the mission
as Michael you have to drive there and
you can listen to Michael reminisce
about what went on before everything
went down in prologue I mean I don't
have a choice we're going to move to Los
Santos
to start over I made a deal a slate
would be totally wiped clean so depo out
of town you don't need to know the state
nothing is gonna go wrong this dialogue
confirms that Michael didn't want Amanda
to be involved in the heist so he didn't
tell her where it was going down it also
confirms that the event took place out
of town and a security cash storage
facility somewhere
Amanda would have no reason to go so it
isn't like she accidentally got involved
further evidence that the hostage is
just the generic npc can be found in the
vehicles driving around north yankton
again during bury the hatchet
many of these vehicles contain the
hostage player model she has not aged a
day in the last nine years and she
doesn't even sound like Amanda
idiots in one day sometime today
please I'm waiting for him to turn this
into one of his episodes so having now
seen all the evidence which do you think
is the answer as to why the hostage
looks so much like Amanda in these old
photos and looks similar to modern-day
Amanda I think she looks too similar for
it to be a coincidence but she is
certainly not meant to be Amanda as far
as the story is concerned so for me this
either means her unused young character
model was turned into a generic NPC
either by accident or because they
didn't think anyone would notice or she
was put there intentionally but the
story was changed so she was made into a
generic NBC let me know what you think
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