For the protagonist in Grand Theft Auto V, see Franklin Clinton.
“Every sane man must be armed. Every insane man must be armed. It's the only thing that ensures your safety. I'm motherfucking safe.”
— Clinton
Clinton is a character appearing as a soapboxer in Grand Theft Auto V.
History[]
Background[]
Clinton is a war veteran (parodying stereotypical Vietnam War veterans, but he was more likely involved in a later conflict[1]) living in Sandy Shores, Blaine County.
Events of Grand Theft Auto V[]
Clinton is found on the corner of Marina Drive and Armadillo Avenue in Sandy Shores. Here, the player will be able to talk to him.
He clearly suffers from post-traumatic issues and rants about his experiences in the front lines. He claims that he once put a knife in his teeth and killed a massive number of enemy combatants with it, a clear reference to Rambo.
Gallery[]
Clinton in the original version of Grand Theft Auto V.
References[]
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Full transcripts of his dialogue:
“Living in this plastic paradise with all you fools. When you're in the bush and you're scared out of your motherfucking mind, be grateful that the defense cuts left you with bullshit instead of bullets. Pow pow. You're dead. Bro, gook just got you in the head. Well, that's what happened to Smithy.”— Clinton“What would you do in the bush? Well? I'd stick a knife in my teeth. I'd crawl through the razor grass until I found me a load of enemy combatants, then, I'd slit their fucking throats! For freedom! Pull the filling out of their fucking moths! Well this is war, brother, and it's everywhere.”— Clinton“War is beauty, war is truth, war made me this way. So fuck all of you. Fuck you all. I did it for you. I did it for you and you don't give a fuck about me!”— Clinton“War crimes? War crimes? What's a fucking war crime? Losing. That's the only crime. That's the only crime. That... and not dying. We should have carpet bombed the entire fucking world, and turned it into a parking lot! Then we'd be safe.”— Clinton“Pow, pow, pow. Got you. You gotta take cover. Take cover. They're everywhere.”— Clinton“War is hell, but here ain't much better. This is hell. So is this war? Is this war?”— Clinton“Let me tell all you motherfuckers, I wouldn't be in a fox hole with none of you assholes. Not no fucking chance. Because when Charlie comes, you gonna need more than a wheatgrass enema and a sunny outlook. You gonna need a fucking big fucking gun.”— Clinton“This country used to be for men - I cradled men breathing their last breath up a fucking unknown hill and none of you give a fuck. Well, fuck you.”— Clinton“When you deep in the bush, you better learn how to dig deep and fast. Motherfuckers, when Charlie comes, it ain't pretty. It ain't pretty.”— Clinton“I killed for you assholes. Killed for you, and look at me. Look what it did to me.”— Clinton“Charlie's coming back motherfuckers. He never even left. He never even left. He's everywhere. And he's coming back.”— Clinton“And you know how they spend your precious tax dollars? On keeping the officers looking good - not on weapons, not on bullets, not on field dressings - they left us up on that ridge without any bullets - we was killed like rats.”— Clinton“Well at least you ain't killed no one. But you was happy to have motherfuckers like me do it in your name, so you'd have enough oil to keep your motherfucking hot tub heated.”— Clinton“We were on a ridge. Brother, we were surrounded. Things started heating up. I called in an air strike. I called in the air strike. The planes came, man. Listen, all of you. The planes came, and no one was there. No one. Just planes. Boom, boom.”— Clinton“They'll kill you with kindness or with bullets. They'll kill you any way you can. That's why you must have a weapon. You must be armed. Every sane man must be armed. Every insane man must be armed. It's the only thing that ensures your safety. I'm motherfucking safe.”— Clinton