20 Hidden Easter Eggs in GTA Games

A sign on the Gant Bridge in San Fierro says, "There are no Easter Eggs up here, go away."

Go to the parking lot across from Donald Love's condo on Staunton Island (the same spot from the "Kingdom Come" mission). Park a big car, like a Patriot or van, next to the dumpster in the back. Jump into your car, then the dumpster, then over the wall. Walk left and find a hidden developer message on a wall behind a ramp.

Between 11 PM and midnight, a female ghost shows up on Mount Gordo's eastern peak. The ghost does not move or react to gunfire. The ghost fades if the player gets too near. While the ghost is there, the word "JOCK" appears in blood on the rocks below it. This suggests it is the ghost of Jock Cranley's deceased wife.

GTA: Vice CityGTA: Vice City draws much from classic '80s films.ScarfaceThe game shows Miami settings and drug trade themes, but it includes specific references to Scarface.ScarfaceScarface references appear throughout the game.

In the "Hood Safari" mission, players see three people riding BMXs down Grove Street away from the cul-de-sac. They look like CJ, Sweet, and Big Smoke from GTA: San Andreas.GTA: San Andreas

A Sprunk billboard with "A Taste of Things to Come" appears in the Jefferson neighborhood of Los Santos. A car crashes through the billboard in the "Reuniting the Families" mission, tearing a hole in the sign. Afterward, the slogan reads "A Taste of ___ Come."

Head to the Malibu Club parking lot at 11 PM. You see a good view of window lights on the hotel. A jet of "water" sprays from the building top every 15 minutes.

In the Xbox One, PS4, and PC versions ofGTA VHidden peyote plants on the map can be consumed, letting the player wander the world as a random animal.

ThroughoutGTA VIn GTA V, you find clues that lead you to the Infinite 8 Killer's footsteps and eventually the victim's bodies.

At the movie studio, look at the sound stages. You will find proof of a great American conspiracy about the Moon landing.

Finish the game at 100% to unlock the "Frankie Outfit." It is a white t-shirt with the text "I completed Vice City and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." Changing into it removes up to a two-star wanted level.The Frankie Outfit is not entirely useless; changing into it removes up to a two-star wanted level.Changing into the outfit removes up to a two-star wanted level.

In the "Predator" mission, the player uses the thermal scope to see Bigfoot standing on the bottom right of the screen.

Under the train bridge in North Yankton, you see an alien in the ice beneath the frozen creek. This Easter egg appears in the "Prologue" and "Bury the Hatchet" missions.

The Statue of Happiness has several different Easter eggs to discuss.GTA IV's riff on the Statue of Liberty.This riff on the Statue of Liberty features a giant beating heart inside the statue. A helicopter takes you to the upper pedestal platform to reach the inside. A door on one side has a sign: "No Hidden Content This Way." Enter that door, and a ladder leads into the statue's body. The heart sits chained at the top.

She holds a steaming cup of coffee instead of a torch. This points to GTA: San Andreas's infamous "Hot Coffee" scandal.

On Liberty Campus, find a student with a yellow notepad. Kill him, then use a scoped weapon on the notebook he drops.

The Firefly Projects playground has a swing set with a special talent.

Watch the newspapers blowing in Liberty City. Sometimes, an interesting headline appears: "ZOMBIE ELVIS FOUND."

Go to the old, abandoned mansion in Westdyke. Check behind the garage and you will see a car hidden in the bushes. This is the Sultan RS, a rare car only found here.

In the Chiliad Mountain State Wilderness, you find a drug deal gone wrong. Down the slope, a wounded man warns you, "stay away from the case." Taking his briefcase earns you $25,000; the man says, "you are a dead man." This references the movie No Country for Old Men, where the main character finds a similar scene and grabs a briefcase full of drug money.

Inside the TW@ Internet Cafe, two computers on the first floor show screenshots of GTA I and GTA II.