The Truth

Background

The Truth is an elderly hippie and conspiracy theorist living in Flint County, where he runs a large cannabis farm. He believes the government is hiding aliens, mind-control programs and much more, and he talks about it at length. Despite his paranoia he has useful contacts everywhere, including mechanics Dwaine and Jethro and electronics expert Zero.

He owns a van called the Mothership and claims to travel by astral goat. He seems to know a remarkable number of people, from mechanics in San Fierro to C.R.A.S.H. officers who buy his weed.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

CJ meets The Truth while he is exiled from Los Santos. In Body Harvest The Truth has CJ steal a combine harvester from a farm run by armed survivalists, and in Are You Going to San Fierro? the police are about to raid his weed farm, so CJ helps him burn the crop and drive the stash to San Fierro in the van called the Mothership. There he introduces CJ to Zero and to the mechanics who will help run the Doherty garage.

After CJ buys the Verdant Meadows airfield, The Truth returns with two daring jobs. In Black Project CJ breaks into the secret military base in Bone County and steals a jetpack. In Green Goo he uses the jetpack to steal a canister of mysterious green liquid from a heavily guarded train. Later, in Don Peyote, The Truth asks CJ to find the members of the Gurning Chimps who went missing during a desert drug trip. After Tenpenny's death he appears to congratulate CJ for beating the system.

In Black Project The Truth scolds CJ for having willingly worked for a government agent before sending him into Area 69. He is also part of the group in Wear Flowers in Your Hair, insisting that CJ make strange stops around San Fierro to watch suspicious vans. At the end of the game he joins the others at Madd Dogg's mansion to watch the news of Tenpenny's trial.

Personality

The Truth is relaxed, rambling and kind-hearted, but deeply suspicious of authority. He mixes outlandish theories with surprisingly sharp observations, and even CJ sometimes admits he has a point.

Relationships

He is a friend and occasional employer of CJ, and he looks out for Dwaine, Jethro and Zero. He warns CJ repeatedly not to trust Mike Toreno.

The Truth is also connected to Tenpenny, who buys weed from him and uses him as leverage over CJ during the exile.

Trivia

• The Truth is voiced by Peter Fonda.
• He calls the Area 53 talk show on WCTR to discuss his theories.
• He first meets CJ in a motel room in Angel Pine where Tenpenny is also present.