Wade Hebert

Background

Wade Hebert is Trevor Philips's simple-minded young sidekick in Grand Theft Auto V. A fan of horrorcore music with tattoos on his face, he arrived in Sandy Shores in 2012 with a group of friends heading to a music gathering. The friends went off with a local dealer named Trevor Philips and never came back. Wade believes they simply abandoned him; in reality they are implied to have been killed. Trevor then took the lonely young man under his wing, and Wade has followed him around ever since.

Events of Grand Theft Auto V

Wade appears alongside Ron Jakowski in Mr. Philips, when Johnny Klebitz arrives at Trevor's trailer furious about Trevor's affair with his girlfriend. He tags along as Trevor launches his war on the Lost MC.

Trevor later orders Wade to find out where Michael is hiding in Los Santos. After several failed attempts and plenty of threats, Wade tracks down Michael De Santa. In Friends Reunited the two drive to the city, and Trevor moves into the Vespucci Beach apartment of Wade's cousin Floyd, much to Floyd's distress. Wade and Floyd join Trevor in Scouting the Port and The Merryweather Heist.

His search for Michael is a comedy of errors: Wade first reports two men named Michael Townley in Los Santos, one aged 83 and the other in kindergarten, before finally finding a Michael De Santa with a wife named Amanda. In Friends Reunited he also hands Trevor the weapons for the attack on Stab City.

After the events at Floyd's apartment in Hang Ten, in which Floyd and his girlfriend Debra die, Trevor tells Wade that they have simply disappeared. He then takes Wade to the Vanilla Unicorn strip club, which Trevor takes over, and leaves him in the care of the dancers. Wade stays around the club for the rest of the story.

Personality

Wade is childlike, gullible and eager to please. He does not understand most of what goes on around him and believes almost anything Trevor tells him. He is fiercely loyal and mostly harmless, which makes the way he is treated both funny and sad.

Relationships

• Trevor Philips: his boss and protector, who manipulates him freely.
• Floyd Hebert: his cousin, whose apartment becomes Trevor's base in Los Santos.
• Ron Jakowski: a fellow member of Trevor's crew in Sandy Shores.

Trivia

• Wade's cousin Dax appears in GTA Online as the leader of a crew called the Fooliganz.
• Wade can be found at the Vanilla Unicorn after Hang Ten.
• Trevor leaves Wade at the Vanilla Unicorn with two dancers instructed to look after him.