History Fridge / TheSopranos

* [[spoiler:By burning down his original restaurant, Vesuvio]], Tony reassured that Artie's reputation wouldn't be compromised.
** And even if he justifiably [[spoiler:kills Tony because of his place being burned, Artie will be automatically whacked by Tony's vengeful crime family.]]

** Also, remembering it was Livia who told him about Tony's involvement, he also got the idea that she manipulated him into Artie confronting Tony with the rifle to try committing the second and possibly successful assassination attempt on her son.

* [[spoiler:The fate of Tony's family after the show ends. Whenever Carmella pesters Tony about what the family will do for money if he dies, Tony tells her that the information will be made available to her when "the time comes." However, by the end of the show, Tony's consigliere is in a coma, and his two most trusted right-hand men (Bobby and Christopher) are dead. This means that, if Tony did indeed die in the show's finale, that his family's finacial well-being is left in the hands of the resentful Patsy Parisi and the ever-unreliable Paulie. Given that both of them have been shown to dislike Carmella (with Paulie showing he was willing to screw her out of money before Tony was even dead), and that neither knew the extent of Tony's banking relationships, it is unlikely Carmella and her children will be left with much of anything. Without his father's influence, it is equally unlikely that AJ will keep his job, and Meadow will lack the means to pay for her law school.]]

* When Artie confronts Tony with the rifle and accuses him of burning down his restaurant, he beautifully invokes GenreSavvy at its finest.

* When Artie confronts Tony with the rifle and accuses him of burning down his restaurant, he beautifully invokes GenreSavvy at it's finest.
-->'''Tony''': Why the fuck would i blow up your restaurant?

* [[spoiler: y burning down his original restaurant, Vesuvio]], Tony reassured that Artie's reputation wouldn't be compromised.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:The fate of Tony's family after the show ends. Whenever Carmella pesters Tony about what the family will do for money if he dies, Tony tells her that the information will be made available to her when "the time comes." However, by the end of the show, Tony's consigliere is in a coma, and his two most trusted right-hand men (Bobby and Christopher) are dead. This means that, if Tony did indeed die in the show's finale, that his family's finacial well-being is left in the hands of the resentful Patsy Parisi and the ever-unreliable Paulie. Given that both of them have been shown to dislike Carmella (with Paulie showing he was willing to screw her out of money before Tony was even dead), and that neither knew the extent of Tony's banking relationships, it is unlikely Carmella and her children will be left with much of anything. Without his father's influence, it is equally unlikely that AJ will keep his job, and Meadow will lack the means to pay for her law school.]]

* One of Gloria Trillo's favorite songs is Affection by Steve Van Zandt. Sure, this doubles as a ShoutOut to Van Zandt playing Silvio Dante and a clear sign that Gloria wants more affection from Tony, but one of the lines in the song is [[spoiler: "I'm the spirit that haunts your dreams." In "The Test Dream," she literally haunts Tony's dream.]]
* [[spoiler: By burning down his original restaurant, Vesuvio]], Tony reassured that Artie's reputation wouldn't be compromised.
** And even if he justifiably [[spoiler: kill Tony because of his place being burned, Artie will be automatically whacked by Tony's vengeful crime family.]]

* [[SpeakIllOfTheDead Carmela's scathing eulogy of Livia]] saved an drunk Artie from telling everyone that Tony burned down the original Vesuvio.
** After hearing Carmela's verbal rampage about Livia that was supported by her father, Artie realizes that while he saw Livia as an harmless old woman, she was seen by everyone else as an mentally dysfunctional woman who was full of negative energies. He knew saying it then would be pointless let alone justify Carmela's rant even more
** Also, remembering it was Livia, who told him about Tony's involvement, he also got the idea that she manipulated him into Artie confronting Tony with the rifle in chances of committing the second and possibly successful assassination attempt on her son.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The fate of Tony's family after the show ends. Whenever Carmella pesters Tony about what the family will do for money if he dies, Tony tells her that the information will be made available to her when "the time comes." However, by the end of the show Tony's consigliere is in a coma, and his two most trusted right-hand men (Bobby and Christopher) are dead. This means that, if Tony did indeed die in the show's finale, that his family's finacial well-being is left in the hands of the resentful Patsy Parisi and the ever-unreliable Paulie. Given that both of them have been shown to dislike Carmella (with Paulie showing he was willing to screw her out of money before Tony was even dead), and that neither knew the extent of Tony's banking relationships, it is unlikely Carmella and her children will be left with much of anything. Without his father's influence, it is equally unlikely that AJ will keep his job, and Meadow will lack the means to pay for her law school.]]

** Have not watched the show in quite a while but I was always under the impression that the money would be delievered by the Russian money launderers/mobsters with whom Tony had originally placed it. Also the relationship between Tony and the Russian always seemed more than merely professional to me. I never really thought that Tony would rely on his crew alone to provide for his family in case of a tragedy. While one might raise the possibility of the Russians cheating Tony and keeping the mone instead of giving it to Carmela (be it as a lump sum or in installments), I would argue that this life insurance deal for mobsters is probably a significant portion of their operation which requires their customers to have an enormous amount of trust, making it unlikely for the Russians to be willing to cheat Carmela out of the money.

** Plus Meadow is dating Patsy Parisi's son, so even though the match may not have the dynastic advantage for Patsy it once did, wouldn't he be looked down on by other mobsters if he failed to provide for his future daughter-in-law?

** After hearing Carmela's verbal rampage about Livia that was supported by her father, Artie realizes that while he saw Livia as an harmless old woman, she was seen by everyone else as an mentally dysfunctional woman who was full of negative energies. He knew sayi

** Also, remembering it was Livia, who told him about Tony's involement, he also got the idea that she manipulated him into Artie confronting Tony with the rifle in chances of committing the second and possibly successful assassination attempt on her son.
* ChekhovsGun: The baby journals Livia never filled out. It bothered Carmella, as she was the one who brought them in the first placeand served as one of the main factors in her "rememberance" of her spiteful mother-in-law.

* [[SpeakIllOfTheDead Carmela's scathing eulogy of Livia]] saved Artie from telling everyone that Tony burned down the original Vesuvio.
** After hearing Carmela's verbal rampage about Livia that was supported by her father, Artie realizes that while he saw Livia as an harmless old woman, she was seen by everyone else as an mentally dysfunctional woman who was full of negative energies.
** And with that piece of information, he gets the idea that the only reason Livia, who told him about Tony's involement, would

* [[SpeakIllOfTheDead Carmela's scathing eulogy of Livia]] saved Artie's life.
** Remeber, it was Livia who told

-->'''Artie''': To help me! You fuckin' bent psycho. You hear your uncle's gonna hurt my business by stagin' a hit in my place, and that's your solution? To burn it down for the insurance money! What kind of stupid, sick, twisted logic?

* When Artie confronts Tony with the rifle and accuses him of burning down his restaurant, he beautifully invokes GenreSavy at it's finest.

** And even if he justifiably [[spoiler kill Tony because of his place being burned, Artie will be automatically whacked by Tony's vengeful crime family.]]

* ''Series/TheSopranos'' opening titles. [[OnceAnEpisode Every week]], Tony drives the [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey Turnpike]]. Every time, he takes a ticket and pays his toll in cash. Why not get an [=EZPass=]? Because that's an RFID transponder and he's paranoid about being tracked, by law enforcement or otherwise. -Tropers/{{Nlpnt}}

** But I thought it was made pretty clear that A) Tony made sure a lot of his money was kept where only his mob lawyer Neil Mink could get a hold of it and B) Carmela has already squirreled some of Tony's money away herself into various accounts of $99,999 in preparation for such things?

* Gloria Trillo's Leitmotif is Affection by Steve Van Zandt. Sure, this doubles as a ShoutOut to Van Zandt playing Silvio Dante and a clear sign that Gloria wants more affection from Tony, but one of the lines in the song is [[spoiler: "I'm the spirit that haunts your dreams." In "The Test Dream," she literally haunts Tony's dream.]]

** But I thought it was made pretty clear that A) Tony made sure a lot his money was kept where only his mob lawyer Neil Mink could get a hold of it and B) Carmela has already squirreled some of Tony's money away herself into various accounts of $99,999 in preparation for such things?

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The fate of Tony's family after the show ends. Whenever Carmella pesters Tony about what the family will do for money if he dies, Tony tells her that the information will be made available to her when "the time comes." However, by the end of the show Tony's consigliere is in a coma, and his two most trusted right-hand men (Bobby and Christopher) are dead. This means that, if Tony did indeed die in the show's finale, that his family's finacial well-being is left in the hands of the resentful Patsy Parisi and the ever-unreliable Paulie. Given that both of them have been shown to dislike Carmella (with Paulie showing he was willing to screw her out of money before Tony was even dead), and that neither knew the extent of Tony's banking relationships, it is unlikely Carmella and her children will be left with much of anything. Without his father's influence, it is equally unlikely that AJ will keep his job, and Meadow will lack the means to pay for her law school.]]

* ''TheSopranos'' opening titles. [[OnceAnEpisode Every week]], Tony drives the [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey Turnpike]]. Every time, he takes a ticket and pays his toll in cash. Why not get an [=EZPass=]? Because that's an RFID transponder and he's paranoid about being tracked, by law enforcement or otherwise. -{{Tropers/Nlpnt}}

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The fate of Tony's family after the show ends. Whenever Carmella pesters Tony about what the family will do for money if he dies, Tony tells her that the information will be made available to her when "the time comes." However, by the end of the show Tony's consigliere is in a coma, and his two most trusted right-hand men (Bobby and Christopher) are dead. This means that, if Tony did indeed die in the show's finale, that his family's finacial well-being is left in the hands of the resentful Patsy Parisi and the ever-unreliable Paulie. Given that both of them have been shown to dislike Carmella (with Paulie showing he was willing to screw her out of money before Tony was even dead), and that neither knew the extent of Tony's banking relationships, it is unlikely Carmella and her children will be left with much of anything. Without his father's influence, it is equally unlikely that AJ will keep his job, and Meadow will lack the means to pay for her law school.]]
** [[spoiler: YMMV on whether that is FridgeHorror or Fridge Comeuppance, as all three of them had been perfectly willing to live off of Tony's blood money for years beforehand. For that matter, Tony's gambling problems and the decline of his earners were major themes of the final season, so it's entirely possible that there wasn't much money left to begin with.]]