If you happen to’ve performed Rockstar’s iconic PS2-era open-world crime simulator Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, you seemingly know concerning the infamously terrible practice mission. Hell, even should you haven’t performed the sport that mission has change into well-liked on-line as a meme. And now somebody has created a video exhibiting it play out from the practice’s perspective, and offered it (oddly sufficient) as an episode of Thomas & Pals, full with that present’s official narrator.
Launched in 2004, GTA: San Andreas was one of the crucial profitable PlayStation 2 video games of all time and continues to be well-liked right this moment. Developed by Rockstar North, San Andreas expanded the burgeoning GTA formulation to a fuller state and added extra autos, weapons, missions, and aspect actions than in any earlier installment. Many followers cite it as the only finest entry within the collection. It’s additionally a mature sport, with a lot of swearing, killing, and drug use. GTA isn’t the type of collection you’d anticipate to cross paths with Thomas & Pals, the long-running UK-made collection for teenagers. However that’s what occurred in a brand new, definitively not official parody of each the present and the favored sport.
The video was created by Hat-Loving Gamer and uploaded on March 21. In it, we see the practice’s perspective throughout the worst Grand Theft Auto mission ever created. It’s a brief however very well-made parody that appears to have flown below the radar. That’s a disgrace as a result of their creation isn’t simply humorous, but additionally actually top quality. If you happen to advised me this was some odd advertising and marketing factor between Rockstar and Thomas & Pals, I’d be confused, however I’d consider it. This parody is that good!
What actually helps promote this factor is the narration, which is dealt with by actor Mark Moraghan, who’s finest referred to as the final narrator of the Thomas & Pals present from 2013 till its cancellation in 2019. (Ringo Starr used to relate the present when it first aired in 1984.)
Between that genuine narration and the toy-like look of the trains and other people, this parody feels just like the weirdest episode of Thomas & Pals ever made.
How Hat-Loving Gamer obtained Moraghan concerned is unknown. Kotaku has reached out to the creator for more information on how this all got here collectively and the way they obtained the actor to reprise his well-known narrator position. Possibly Moraghan is only a massive GTA fan?
