Elwood O'Neil

Type	CHARACTER
Elwood O'Neil
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto V
Mentioned in	Grand Theft Auto Online [UN]
Voiced by	Matt Carlson
Appearance
Gender	Male
Biography
Full name	Elwood O'Neil
Nationality	American
Date of birth	Not given
Place of birth	Grapeseed, Blaine County, San Andreas
Fate
Status	Deceased
Date of death	2013
Home	O'Neil Ranch, Grapeseed, Blaine County, San Andreas
Family	Brothers
Main affiliations	O'Neil Brothers Los Santos Triads Trevor Philips Enterprises (Formerly)
Property
Vehicles	Grey Dubsta (Destroyed)
Weapons	Rocket Launcher
Businesses	Drug Dealing
Contacts and Social Media
Phone Number	3285550126

“It's business, fella. You wanna discuss it. We're at the farm.”

— Elwood O'Neil

Elwood O'Neil is a supporting character appearing and a minor antagonist in Grand Theft Auto V.

History

Background

Elwood O'Neil is a member and leader of the O'Neil Brothers, a family of inbred, redneck meth dealers who are rivals with Trevor Philips, one of the main protagonists in Grand Theft Auto V.

His brothers include Walton, Wynn, Ernie, Earl, Dale, Doyle, Daryl and Dan. The family was raised in a ranch in Grapeseed, Blaine County, San Andreas, which they still use as a home and meth lab. The brothers are involved in selling drugs and cooking meth, with Elwood serving as a leader to his brothers.

Elwood and his brothers are familiar with Trevor Philips, a fellow drug dealer and the owner of Trevor Philips Enterprises, whom the brothers are rivals with.

Events of Grand Theft Auto V

Rivalry with Trevor

“I just spoke to that maniac Trevor. He's coming. Get down to the meth lab to protect it.”

— Elwood informs his brother of Trevor's arrival.

The Los Santos Triads, who seek to expand their business in Blaine County, choose to partner with the O'Neil brothers instead of Trevor due to the latter's violent and reckless behaviour, beating Trevor to the agreement. After forcing Tao Cheng's translator to reveal that they're now working with the O'Neils, an enraged Trevor decides to destroy the O'Neil Ranch as retribution for stealing his potential clients and ruining his dream of becoming an "international drug dealer and weapons trader". On the way to the farm, Elwood calls Trevor, who tells him it was business and Trevor can come to discuss the partnership at the farm, where all of the O'Neils are at the moment.

Elwood calls Trevor.

But Trevor violently dismisses the offer and tells Elwood of his intentions to attack the farm.

Elwood informs his brothers of Trevor's upcoming attack.

Fearing of Trevor's attack, Elwood informs his brothers of the psychotic drug dealer's arrival and tells his family to protect the meth lab from Trevor at all costs, after which he drives away with his brothers Walton and Wynn to meet up with the Cheng family.

However, despite their best efforts, all of the brothers (except for Elwood, Walton and Wynn) are slaughtered by Trevor, who finishes his rampage against them by pouring gasoline in-and-outside the lab before blowing up the farm, destroying their home and meth lab.

Quest for vengeance

Elwood and his two brothers eventually returned to the farm, only to discover it has been destroyed and their brothers dead. An enraged Elwood phoned Trevor, who is in Los Santos and threatened to kill him. Trevor, however brushed away the threat and gave away his location, while taunting Elwood and daring him and his brothers to come to Los Santos and kill him. Elwood, Walton and Wynn then traveled with Elwood's Dubsta to Los Santos. After discovering where Trevor is being holed up, the O'Neils were going to fire anti-tank rockets at Trevor's safehouse only to learn from one of Trevor's roommates that Trevor has returned to Sandy Shores.

Death

“If he's back in Sandy Shores, why didn't I hear about it? Goddamnit!”

— Elwood shocked about Trevor's return to Blaine County.

Still determined to kill Trevor and avenge their fallen brothers, Elwood, Walton and Wynn travel back to Sandy Shores to find Trevor, all while not knowing that they were being tailed by Trevor's associate Franklin Clinton on Trevor's request, who wishes to take out the remaining O'Neils, so that Trevor could exact his full revenge at the O'Neils for stealing his earlier business contract with Wei Cheng as well as putting an end to their seeks for vengeance. The O'Neils discover that Franklin is tailing them and attempt to escape from him, but an elk on the road leads to their crash and subsequent escape into a forest, located somewhere in the Raton Canyon. Unable to find the O'Neils in the forest by himself, Franklin calls Trevor for air support. Trevor and his other associate Michael De Santa come with a helicopter to help Franklin with the O'Neils.

Using a rifle, fitted with a thermal scope, Michael shoots Walton and Wynn dead, but can't get a clear image of Elwood, who is hiding behind a rock and suddenly starts firing anti-tank rockets at the helicopter. With the help of Chop, Franklin locates Elwood and shoots him while he tries to escape, killing him.

Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto V

• Crystal Maze
• The Merryweather Heist (Post-mission phone call)
• Predator (Killed)

Gallery

Elwood, Walton and Wynn during Crystal Maze.

Elwood, Walton and Wynn being chased by Franklin.

From left to right: randomized appearance of Elwood, Wynn and Walton during Predator.

From left to right: randomized appearance of Elwood, Wynn and Walton during Predator (note that Wynn's rear seat is also random).

Elwood (left) and Walton (right) leaving the Dubsta after a car crash during Predator.

Elwood located by Franklin and Chop.

Elwood's death.

Trivia

• Elwood can be killed either by Franklin or Michael. When Franklin is chasing Elwood, the player can switch back to Michael and snipe Elwood from the helicopter.
• In Grand Theft Auto Online, Franklin will mention Elwood O'Neil's death to the GTA Online Protagonist about Chop, saying that "Chop don't fuck around. He got bodies. Hey, just ask Elwood O'Neil".

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