History Characters / TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamilyAssociates

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* BigBadWannabe: [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] in Season 3. Despite aspiring to usurp leadership of the [=DiMeo=] crime family from Tony Soprano, it becomes obvious early on that he lacks the cunning and charisma to be little more than a small-time thug. However, even as Jackie shows utter contempt for his authority, Tony cuts him considerable slack due to his close friendship with his father and even lets him date his daughter, Meadow. Ultimately, Tony's permissiveness towards Jackie [[DestructiveRomance threatens to ensnare Meadow in the mob life he's always shielded her from]] and emboldens the delinquent to rob Christopher Moltisanti's card game. Recognizing Jackie as a [[NotSoHarmlessVillain growing threat he cannot afford to tolerate]], Tony has him promptly whacked in the season finale.

* OneShotCharacter: The Naples episode. She only appears again in person for a cameo during one of Tony's dreams, although Tony occasionally confers with her to arrange business (such as in Season 6, when he has her send over a pair of hitmen to murder [[spoiler:Rusty Millio.]]

* OneShotCharacter: The Naples episode. She only appears again in a cameo during one of Tony's dream.

* OneShotCharacterEpisode: The Naples episode. She only appears again in a cameo during one of Tony's dream.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Slowly breaks off his relationship with Tony as the latter continues to indulge in his gambling addiction and refuses to pay back his debt to him until the very last minute. By that point, his girlfriend's death leaves him aloof to Tony's insincere condolences.

* AffablyEvil

* TheMafiya

* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him and finally leaves him paraplegic.
* CarFu: Richie's method of choice consists in running over him with a car.

* TooDumbToLive: One of the prime examples on the show. He cheated on Meadow in front of Tony, got Furio, a made man, injured while trying to rob a poker game organized by the mobsters he was working for and continued to go outside his safehouse even when a hit was put out on him. Lampshaded by Junior, who comments post-mortem about how Jackie as a child almost drowned in three inches of water at a penguin exhibit.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Besides the skunk stripe, he looks pretty young for somebody who's 42 by the time he appears on the show.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Has little to no redeeming qualities whatsoever; he's brash, arrogant, cheats on his girlfriend, and ''very'' stupid.

[[Characters/TheSopranosTheSopranoFamily The Soprano Family]] ([[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Tony Soprano]], [[Characters/TheSopranosChristopherMoltisanti Christopher Moltisanti]]) | [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily DiMeo Crime Family]] ([[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamilyCapos Capos]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamilySoldiers Soldiers]]| '''Associates''') [[Characters/TheSopranosTheLupertazzisAndOtherCriminals The Lupertazzis and Other Criminals]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosMobWivesAndGoomahs Mob Wives, Sweethearts and Goomahs]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosLawEnforcementAndCivilians Law Enforcement and Civilians]]-]]]]]

[[Characters/TheSopranosTheSopranoFamily The Soprano Family]] ([[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Tony Soprano]], [[Characters/TheSopranosChristopherMoltisanti Christopher Moltisanti]]) | [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily DiMeo Crime Family]] ([[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamilyCapos Capos]], | '''Associates''')[[Characters/TheSopranosTheLupertazzisAndOtherCriminals The Lupertazzis and Other Criminals]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosMobWivesAndGoomahs Mob Wives, Sweethearts and Goomahs]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosLawEnforcementAndCivilians Law Enforcement and Civilians]]-]]]]]

[[Characters/TheSopranosTheSopranoFamily The Soprano Family]] ([[Characters/TheSopranosTonySoprano Tony Soprano]], [[Characters/TheSopranosChristopherMoltisanti Christopher Moltisanti]]) | [[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamily DiMeo Crime Family]] ([[Characters/TheSopranosDiMeoCrimeFamilyCapos Capos]], '''Associates''') | [[Characters/TheSopranosTheLupertazzisAndOtherCriminals The Lupertazzis and Other Criminals]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosMobWivesAndGoomahs Mob Wives, Sweethearts and Goomahs]] | [[Characters/TheSopranosLawEnforcementAndCivilians Law Enforcement and Civilians]]-]]]]]

An old Jewish business criminal associate of the Soprano family, and good friend of Tony.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Chasing It." [[spoiler:Though it's Hesh's final episode, ADeathInTheLimelight is thankfully averted.]]

* BerserkButton: While Hesh agrees that Native Americans were slaughtered unjustly, when a Cuban friend asserts that Columbus was as bad as Hitler, Hesh bristles and accuses him of trivializing the Holocaust, causing the two men to nearly come to blows.

* KosherNostra: Jewish, criminal and affiliated with the mob.

* NeverLendToAFriend: Hesh and Tony's friendship disintegrates over a debt. Hesh nags Tony for points payment on a debt, which Tony majorly resents. Tony then repeatedly disrespects Hesh with not so subtle [[StealthInsult insults]] about stinginess in front of everyone.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: It doesn't come up as often as other members of the crime family, but Hesh does hold some prejudices of his own. His work with up-and-coming black artists during the old days has lead to some controversy in the music industry with newer musicians accusing him of scamming them. When Massive Genius comes to collect royalties for a friend's family, Hesh snaps back at him:

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sort of. He also helps himeself out forst, but Tony goes to him to help settle disputes or receive helpful advice.

-->'''Paulie:''' "He killed 16 Czechoslovakians.[[note]]Meant to say "Chechens".[[/note]] Guy was an interior decorator![[note]]Misheard Tony telling he Valery worked for the Russian Interior Ministry[[/note]]"

* ShellShockedVeteran: It's apparent that him being a full blown alcoholic is at least partly because he suffers Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following years of military service in the troubled former Soviet bloc.

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* EvilOldFolks: Aside Chris they are all decrepit elders that according to Junior can still perform hits.

* KarmaHoudini: As the hit is called off they just keep the up front money and goes on with their life.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: A shrewd businesswoman who has a quirky superstition; she burns her nail clippings and cut hair to prevent them from falling into her enemies hands and being used to curse her.
* MsFanservice: Paired with a healthy dosis of MaleGaze.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Gets arguably the least [[spoiler:dramatic death of any major character in the series.]]

* DumbassTeenageSon: To Jackie Sr. Jackie doesn't want him getting involved in the life of crime, because he's not cut out for it. When he takes up the mantle, he's bad at it, extremely rude, spiteful, and generally incompetent, in addition to flunking out of Rutgers.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems like a charming and intelligent young man at first glance, but it soon becomes apparent to both Tony and the audience that there's almost no genuine affability, class or decency in him at all.

* {{Foil}}: To Christopher. Both are young and impulsive criminals who do well with grunt work, but are ambitious beyond their ability and hunger for infamy and respect. They both cruise by on their name and close link to the dreaded family boss, but with both Jackie Sr. and Richie dead, Jackie is unprotected from the consequences of his fuck ups. In one telling scene, Jackie sneers at Christopher's ascension and claims his rise was purely down to nepotism... [[{{Hypocrite}} while invoking his father's name every time he needs a clout boost or excuse]].
* HairTriggerTemper: Gets angry easily. One of his first scenes has him nearly assault a civilian for accidentally bumping into him. However since he's the epitome of DirtyCoward he never expresses this short temper at Tony or anyone remotely more powerful than him.

* ItsAllAboutMe: He is incredibly selfish and entitled, not caring about or showing respect to anyone while expecting everyone to bend over backwards for his sake.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Rutgers, a university considered part of the "Public Ivy". He flunks out, but keeps pretending he is attending college.

* {{Jerkass}}: Jackie has no likeable qualities at all. On top of his [[ItsAllAboutMe extreme selfishness]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo arrogance]], he habitually betrays all of his allies and "patrons", cheats on Meadow without a shred of remorse and [[DirtyCoward abandons several of his friends to die with no hesitation.]]

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Jackie Sr. was a well-respected mob figure who rose all the way to being a family boss. Jackie Jr, on the other hand, receives no respect, is completely out of his depth in the mob lifestyle and is unceremoniously killed off once he tries to get his start.

* {{Narcissist}}: An [[TheCasanova "amorous"]] and [[http://www1.appstate.edu/~hillrw/Narcissism/stylesunprincipled.html "unprincipled"]] example. Aside from his uncle and father, who were both arrogant and ruthless individuals, he shows [[LackOfEmpathy hardly any respect or loyalty towards anyone other than himself]]. Ultimately, his [[JerkAss sheer obnoxiousness]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo bloated sense of entitlement]] reaches a point that Tony Soprano, his [[VillainousFriendship father's best friend and former right-hand man]], finally gets sick of him [[spoiler:and has him killed.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: Partly because of his dad's reputation (whose name he never fails to invoke), Jackie envisions himself as a wise and influential leader, when he is far from it. One of the most laughable yet cringeworthy examples of this was when he received Matush, listened to his problem, gave his blessing, and ensured he would use his "influence" to fix his problem, all the while mimicking Marlon Brando's posture from ''Film/TheGodfather''. He fails to convince Christopher to allow Matush to deal drugs at the Bada Bing and neglects to tell Matush to save face, which leads to Matush suffering a beating. After Jackie visits him in the hospital, Matush bluntly tells him that he doesn't think they like Jackie.
* TooDumbToLive: One of the prime examples on the show. He cheated on Meadow in front of Tony, got Furio, a made man, injured while trying to rob a poker game organized by the mobsters he was working for, and continued to go outside his safehouse even when a hit was put out on him. Lampshaded by Junior, who comments post-mortem about how Jackie as a child almost drowned in three inches of water at a penguin exhibit.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: His father wanted him to have a honest life and Tony tries to keep him straight, but the [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster underworld is just too attractive]] to Jackie. Ralph gives him the final push encouraging Jackie to follow in his father's footsteps. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] however, as his father led a very successful life as a gangster, while Jackie [[spoiler:fails spectacularly in his aspirations and dies almost immediately.]]

* ButtMonkey: Besides Georgie the bartender, he is one of the most abused characters on the show. He gets hit with a bottle on 2 separate occasions and eventually thrown out of window.

* TheDeterminator: Keeps looking for [[spoiler:Phil]] even while having to wear a neck brace and crutches.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Besides the stripe skunk, he looks pretty young for somebody who's 42 by the time he appears on the show.

* AssholeVictim: He's a total {{Jerkass}} who mocks Jackie Aprile's cancer and creepily hits on underage Hunter. It's hard to be mad at Junior for having him killed, epecially as Brendan robbed the truck after Jackie generously gave him a pass the first time.

* DeadlyBath: He's in his bathtub, having a smoke, when Mikey Palmice visits him to deliver a Moe Greene Special on Junior's orders.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] (As with most deceased characters in the series.) Christopher mentions him by name when [[spoiler: he kills Mikey Palmice.]] Though Chris does seem more preoccupied and outraged that Brendan is called an “soldier/associate” on the news.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: As unlikeable as Matt was, his pointlessly cruel and drawn out death is hard to watch. Tony, who orchestrated the whole thing, is even shown to be haunted by it later on.]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Matt tells Christopher that him and Sean would love to do errands for Tony. The two ideas he specifically mentions are assassinations and picking up his shirts from the dry cleaners.

* BringMyBrownPants: Pisses his pants before he's [[spoiler:shot to death.]]

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Along with Sean, Matthew is never is taken seriously by any member of the [=Dimeo=] crime family -- not even low-ranking ones -- and it's made clear he'll probably never rise up in the ranks for a long time.

* GeniusDitz: Both him and Sean have business degrees, which is how they got involved in the stock broking scam in the first place. That they kept going with the mob despite their relentless bad treatment when they could have just gone into regular trading only highlights how dumb they ultimately were.

* IWantMyMommy: [[spoiler: His last words are calling out his mother.]]

* KickTheDog: Puts an employee of the Webistics scam in the hospital for giving a potential mark some alternatives to the bad stock he was supposed to promote. At first it seems like that's just the standard response if an employee steps out of line, but it turns out it was just Matt being needlessly cruel when Tony gets angry at him for putting a worker of theirs in the hospital. Matt gets the favor karmically returned with his own [[spoiler:cruel and drawn out death.]]

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Tony and Big Pussy empty their pistols into him.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Gets killed instantly with a clean shot through the head.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, [[spoiler:Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.]]

* UndignifiedDeath: Shot through the head by the guy he had just gunned down because he didn't think to unbuckle his seat-belt 'before' carrying out the hit.

Former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant.

* AssholeVictim: To ensure that we don't feel ''too'' bad about Tony killing him, he's seen peddling drugs to teenagers. He also shows no hesitation or scruples when he attempts to snipe Tony in front of his daughter, only cancelling the shot because of the sudden appearence of other motel guest and wanting no witnesses or complications.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He tries to argue that he falls under this to Tony while desperately pleading for his life, telling him that he had the drop on him but didn't shoot while he had the chance, because realized he was with his daughter. The audience, however, knows that Fabian is lying when he says this; he perfectly well saw Meadow, but he didn't hesitate for a second when it came to taking aim at Tony, and would have shot him right there and then, even if it meant killing him in front of his daughter. He only failed to go through with it, because he didn't want any witnesses. And Tony himself doesn't buy it for a second either.
* MoodWhiplash: A quiet moment with a [[{{Bambification}} deer]] is followed by Tony appearing out of the blue and ferociously murdering him. Finally a band of birds/ducks crosses the sky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.

* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: How Tony and the rest of the Jersey mob feels about his fate.

* TerribleArtist: {{Downplayed| Trope}}. Fabian actually isn't half bad at wood carving, but he never really got hang of how to carve lips, a running joke in the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family being the bust he once made of Music/FrankSinatra with really bad lips as a gift for Jackie (Christopher mentions that he thought said bust was supposed to be Creator/ShaquilleONeal). It comes back around when Tony scopes out a local business owned by "Frederick Peters", and spots a home-made bust of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan with really weird-looking lips, confirming to him that he has indeed found Fabian Petrulio.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.

* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.

* HiddenDepths: Takes care of his mother who is suffering from Lupus, and wistfully suggests that he could have had an honest career as a medical worker or caregiver, and might in another life. He also dances with Rosalie Aprile at the wedding of Johnny Sack's daughter when a song for married couples plays, because Rosalie is a widow.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Almost becomes this when he tells Paulie about Adriana and Tony's car crash while Paulie is only half listening over the phone while getting his nails done, saying that Adriana suffered a 'severe blow to the head'. Paulie thinks he heard 'blowjob' and passes the word on to the rest of the family, the gossip growing and spiraling, leading to Christopher finding out about it, beating Adriana and trying to kill Tony in a drunken rage, and Tony in turn almost executing Christopher.

Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is suddenly best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away when possible.

A bodybuilder brought in as Tony's driver and bodyguard after recovering getting shot by Junior.

A first-generation Italian heroin junkie, friend, and associate of Christopher. His fluency in the Italian language means he is generally the bottom level go-between with [[RuthlessForeignGangsters friends from the other side]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: In the penultimate episode, Corky acts as a go-between with the Italian assassins in the hit on Phil. [[spoiler:After the hitmen mistakenly murder Phil's goomah's father instead, they briefly mention to Corky that she referred to the target as "Daddy" in Ukrainian. Corky, in a porn store at the time, thinks nothing of this. His mistake results in Bobby's death and Silvio's coma.]]

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* UncertainDoom: His second episode ends with his fate unknown, but given that the Russian mob never retaliates, we can only assume that Valery never got to tell them about his ordeal.

* {{Gayngster}}: Possibly implied. Furio thinks he and Sean are due to finding them at their appartment in their underwear hanging out getting high.

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: He and Sean enjoy hip-hop music and occasionally pepper in slang terms in their speeches, with the older members disliking how they sound like "mulignans."

* {{Gayngster}}: Possibly implied. Furio thinks that he and Matt suck each other's dicks.
* GeniusDitz

* {{Gayngster}}: Furio thinks he and Sean are due to finding them at their appartment in their underwear hanging out getting high.

* {{Gayngster}}: Furio thinks that he and Matt suck eachother's dicks.

* UncertainDoom: His only episode ends with his fate unknown, but given that the Russian mob never retaliates, we can only assume that Valery never got to tell them about his ordeal.