GTA 6 Easter Eggs
GTA VI easter eggs spotted in the trailers, screenshots and Rockstar's site, each checked against the official material. Fan theories are labelled as theories.
- TheoryTheory: Trailer 1's social clips recreate specific viral Florida videosTrailer 1 · Trailer 1, 0:41-0:58 (social clips montage)The phone-video montage in Trailer 1, with a gator walking into a store, a gator at a pool party and a man in a thong watering his lawn, looks like it was lifted from real viral Florida clips. How exact the matches are is debated.
- TheoryTheory: Nine1Nine could nod to Miami's E11EVENTrailer 1 · Trailer 1, 0:15-0:16 (banner plane); Trailer 2, about 1:40 (club sign)A seaplane towing a purple Nine1Nine banner appears in Trailer 1, and the club appears again in Trailer 2. Its name and banner invite a comparison to Miami's E11EVEN, but Rockstar has not confirmed that as the inspiration.
- TheoryTheory: Cal's bird line is a Birds Aren't Real jokeRockstar site · Official site: Cal Hampton character profileOne of Cal Hampton's official quotes complains about "way too many birds flying around in perfect formation", which reads a lot like the satirical Birds Aren't Real movement.
- TheoryTheory: Leonida Keys bridge may echo Florida's Seven Mile BridgeTrailer 1 · Trailer 1, 0:36Trailer 1 shows a modern highway bridge beside an older span in the Leonida Keys. The paired layout resembles Florida's Seven Mile Bridge and Old Seven Mile Bridge, though Rockstar has not confirmed a direct copy.
- TheoryTheory: The Ammu-Nation pitchman in Trailer 2 is Phil CassidyTrailer 2 · Trailer 2, 2:09-2:13Some fans think the shouting gun salesman in Trailer 2's Ammu-Nation commercial is Phil Cassidy, the one-armed arms dealer from the 3D-era games. The footage argues against it.
- TheoryTheory: "Love Is a Long Road" was picked as a joke about the waitTrailer 1 · Trailer 1, music (full length)Trailer 1 is set to Tom Petty's "Love Is a Long Road". Many fans read the choice as a double meaning: a song about Jason and Lucia, and a nod to the decade-long wait for GTA VI.
- TheoryTheory: Raul Bautista's cover art outfit echoes Lance VanceRockstar site · Official cover art: Raul Bautista panelOn GTA VI's official cover art, bank robber Raul Bautista wears a white blazer over a purple shirt. Fans see Lance Vance, Tommy's partner-turned-traitor in Vice City.
- TheoryTheory: The face on Uncle Jack's door is Red Dead's Everett MorganTrailer 1 · Trailer 1, 1:17Fans matched the moustached face sticker on the liquor store door in Trailer 1 to the wanted poster of Everett Morgan, a Red Dead Online bounty. The resemblance is real, but nothing confirms it.
- TheoryTheory: A gecko in Trailer 2 is wearing Tommy Vercetti's shirtTrailer 2 · Trailer 2, 0:32-0:33More than a year after Trailer 2, a Reddit user pointed out a decorative gecko on a shop wall whose body looks like Tommy Vercetti's patterned shirt. It's on screen for under a second.
- TheoryTheory: One-Eyed Willie's mod shop is named after The GooniesMarketing · Official site: Ultimate Edition, One-Eyed Willie's Mod ShopThe Ultimate Edition's off-road mod shop, One-Eyed Willie's, shares its name, almost, with the pirate whose treasure drives The Goonies.
- TheoryTheory: The Vintage Vice City Pack may echo ScarfaceMarketing · Vintage Vice City Pack outfit descriptionRockstar's copy for Lucia's Vintage Vice City outfit uses wording associated with Scarface's blimp scene. It may be an allusion, but Rockstar has not confirmed the reference.
- TheoryTheory: Trailer 2's Keys bar is based on Key Largo's Caribbean ClubTrailer 2 · Trailer 2, about 1:30Jason and Lucia's dockside bar in Trailer 2 has a weathered "Hurricane Roxy" sign, and some fans link the bar to Key Largo's Caribbean Club, known for its tie to the 1948 hurricane film Key Largo.