47. Lance Vance (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
Lance Vance is cool. The style, the smooth Philip Michael Thomas voice, the helicopter flying. Vance is the epitome of 80s cool.
A drug dealer who started his business with brother Victor Vance, he survived the botched deal that took his brother's life and decided to enact revenge by teaming up with mobster Tommy Vercetti, who was also at the trade-off.
He ends up befriending Tommy, but once their partnership pays off, Lance begins to become paranoid, believing Tommy will betray him. So he does the only reasonable thing and delivers a painful betrayal first, allying with Tommy's former boss, Sonny Forelli.
Now granted, betrayal is all too common in Rockstar's universe(as in it happens in literally every game), but Lance was the first time you almost did feel betrayed. He was a nice guy looking to make up for losing his brother and in the end he tries to kill you for the money.
Lance is a quintessential drug dealer. Stylish and friendly at first, but in the end reveals his greed and opportunism. Isn't that just like the 80s.
Best moment: The reveal that his last name is Vance and his assertion that he "got enough of that at school."
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