For GTA 5's 100% completion route, play all 24 Strangers and Freaks missions assigned to Franklin. They belong to eight chains: Tonya, Hao, Barry, Beverly, Dom, Mary-Ann, Omega, and Peter Dreyfuss. Michael and Trevor have their own side stories, but those do not move the standard 100% requirement.
The confusing part is the Stats screen. It reports this category as 20/20 even though the full Franklin route contains 24 missions. Four entries unlock or close required chains without adding a separate visible tick, so following all 24 is the cleanest way to avoid finishing at 19/20 with no obvious marker.
For every other campaign requirement, use the GTA 5 100% completion checklist.
GTA 5 Strangers and Freaks 100% Checklist
- Required protagonist: Franklin
- Safe completion route: 24 missions
- Required chains: eight
- Counter shown under Stats: 20/20
- Gold medals required for 100%: none
Pulling Favors is the only Strangers and Freaks mission required to move the main story forward. The other Franklin chains matter for the 100% route, while the side missions owned by Michael and Trevor remain optional for that percentage.
Where Every Required Franklin Chain Starts
Use Franklin when looking for these markers. The first meeting for each required chain appears only after its story gate is cleared, and later steps may arrive by text or phone instead of another question mark. These are the eight starting areas to check before treating a save as stuck.
- Tonya — Strawberry: look across the street from Franklin’s original house for Pulling Favors after Repossession.
- Hao — Power Street, Strawberry: Shift Work becomes available after Pulling Favors. Visit between 20:00 and 05:00 on the in-game clock; the mission is not available during the day.
- Barry — Sinner Street, Textile City: Grass Roots — Franklin becomes available after Three’s Company.
- Beverly — Eclipse Boulevard, West Vinewood: Paparazzo appears after Pulling Favors.
- Dom — near Galileo Observatory, Vinewood Hills: Risk Assessment appears after Minor Turbulence.
- Mary-Ann — the southern beach in Paleto Bay: Exercising Demons — Franklin appears after Predator.
- Omega — east of Sandy Shores: Far Out appears after Fame or Shame and begins the Spaceship Parts route.
- Peter Dreyfuss — Vinewood Hills: A Starlet in Vinewood appears only after all 50 Letter Scraps have been collected.
All 24 Franklin Missions Required for 100%
Tonya — 5 towing missions
Pulling Favors unlocks after Repossession and is the one side mission in this list that blocks campaign progress. Later towing jobs may not place a new question mark immediately; if Tonya has gone quiet, call her as Franklin.
- Pulling Favors
- Pulling Another Favor
- Pulling Favors Again
- Still Pulling Favors
- Pulling One Last Favor
Hao — 1 mission
Shift Work is Hao's only Strangers and Freaks entry. It introduces Franklin to street racing, but the races that follow are tracked under Hobbies and Pastimes rather than this mission category.
- Shift Work
Barry — 4 Franklin missions
Barry also meets Michael and Trevor, but those encounters are not part of Franklin's completion route. Stay with Franklin through the two collection jobs and the closing Smoke-In mission.
- Grass Roots — Franklin
- Grass Roots — The Pickup
- Grass Roots — The Drag
- Grass Roots — The Smoke-In
Beverly — 6 Paparazzo missions
Beverly's follow-ups do not always appear the moment the previous job ends. Keep Franklin active, read new messages, and let some in-game time pass before assuming the chain is stuck.
- Paparazzo
- Paparazzo — The Sex Tape
- Paparazzo — The Partnership
- Paparazzo — The Meltdown
- Paparazzo — The Highness
- Paparazzo — Reality Check
Dom — 4 extreme-sports missions
Risk Assessment unlocks Franklin's 13 parachute jumps. Uncalculated Risk will not appear until all 13 are complete, even if the first three Dom missions are already finished.
- Risk Assessment
- Liquidity Risk
- Targeted Risk
- Uncalculated Risk
Mary-Ann — 1 mission
Only Franklin's encounter with Mary-Ann belongs on this checklist. Her separate races with Michael and Trevor are optional for 100%.
- Exercising Demons — Franklin
Omega — 2 missions
Far Out starts the Spaceship Parts search. The Final Frontier appears only after all 50 Spaceship Parts have been collected, so the chain cannot be closed with a partial set.
- Far Out
- The Final Frontier
Peter Dreyfuss — 1 mission
A Starlet in Vinewood unlocks after all 50 Letter Scraps are found. The collection itself and the concluding mission both belong in a complete Franklin route.
- A Starlet in Vinewood
Which Strangers and Freaks Missions Are Optional?
Michael's optional chains include Abigail's submarine-piece search, Barry, Mary-Ann, and the Epsilon Program. They offer stories, rewards, and trophy progress, but they do not fill Franklin's 20/20 Strangers and Freaks counter.
Trevor's optional work includes Barry, Cletus, the Civil Border Patrol, Josh, Maude, Mary-Ann, Mrs. Philips, Nigel and Mrs. Thornhill, and the Rampages. Complete them if you want the character stories or their specific rewards, not because the basic 100% percentage requires them.
Ending C keeps Michael and Trevor available and is the simplest choice for cleaning up every optional chain after the story. If you plan to choose another ending, keep a separate manual save first.
Why Does GTA 5 Show 20/20 Instead of 24?
The pause-menu checklist counts 20 visible Strangers and Freaks entries, but Franklin's eight required chains contain 24 named missions from their introductions through their finales. Some opening or linking entries do not award their own visible percentage tick even though they are needed to unlock a later mission that does.
Treat 20/20 as the counter and 24 as the route. If the counter is short, compare your save with the eight chains above instead of completing random Michael or Trevor missions and hoping one registers.
How to Fix a Missing Question-Mark Mission
Try playing as each protagonist, spend time on other activities, and move away from the mission area while waiting for a phone call. Check the specific character, time, and collection requirements below before assuming the save is broken.
- Switch back to Franklin. Question marks are character-specific.
- Read unread texts, keep the phone available, and answer pending calls.
- Leave the expected location and spend some in-game time on another activity.
- Call Tonya directly if the towing chain stopped after an earlier favor.
- For Hao, return as Franklin between 20:00 and 05:00 in game. A daytime visit will not trigger Shift Work.
- For Dom, finish all 13 parachute jumps before looking for Uncalculated Risk.
- For Omega and Dreyfuss, confirm all 50 collectibles in the relevant set.
- Make a Quick Save in a new slot, reload it, and check the map again.
- Take a taxi and skip the ride to force a loading screen.
If none of those steps works, test an earlier manual save. A genuinely corrupted save cannot be repaired, so keep your older save slots while troubleshooting instead of overwriting your only fallback.
The Two Collectible Gates
Omega's finale needs every Spaceship Part, while Dreyfuss appears only after every Letter Scrap. Use the GTA 5 collectibles map route to clear both sets without mixing them with optional Submarine Pieces or Nuclear Waste.
The parts and scraps can be gathered before their final missions appear, but the Franklin encounters still have to be started and closed. A collection notification is not the same as completing the related Strangers and Freaks chain.
Do Gold Medals Count Toward 100%?
No. Finishing the required missions is enough for the 100% percentage. Gold objectives matter separately for the Solid Gold, Baby! trophy or achievement, which asks for 70 gold medals across story missions and Strangers and Freaks. Replay only the missions whose objectives fit that second target.
What Unlocks After 100%?
Reaching 100% unlocks The Last One for Franklin. That mission is a reward for completing the checklist, not another task needed to reach it. If it does not appear immediately, keep Franklin active and allow time for the new question mark to populate.
More GTA 5 Story Mode Guides
Return to the GTA 5 Complete Guide for the full Story Mode route, or use the Story Mode Beginner Guide for character switching, saving, early money, and map access. The GTA 5 heist payouts guide covers the campaign jobs that sit outside this side-mission checklist.
