| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''Series/TheSopranos'' '''[[Characters/{{TheSopranos}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[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]]-]]]]] |
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| 4 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[folder:Herman "Hesh" Rabkin]] |
| 7 | !!Herman "Hesh" Rabkin |
| 8 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hesh_rabkin.jpg]] |
| 9 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JerryAdler |
| 10 | |
| 11 | ->''"You're way out of line, kid. Let's get some cold fucking fizzy water on your head."'' |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | An old Jewish business criminal associate of the Soprano family, and a good friend of Tony. |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | * AffablyEvil: He's charming and amicable despite being involved in some unsavory criminal activities. |
| 17 | * BerserkButton: Hesh agrees that Native Americans were slaughtered unjustly and is initially supportive of the anti-Columbus protests. But when a Cuban friend says 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. |
| 18 | * CoolOldGuy: In an AffablyEvil sort of way. |
| 19 | * ADayInTheLimelight: "Chasing It.", where the problems of NeverLendToAFriend are shown. [[spoiler: Though it's Hesh's final episode, ADeathInTheLimelight is thankfully averted but only partially, as it hits his girlfriend Renata]] |
| 20 | * DeadpanSnarker: Makes several of these throughout the series. |
| 21 | * GreedyJew: He's a crooked businessman who bilked Black musicians of the bulk of their royalties and cheated "Johnny Boy" Soprano's mistress out of the money she was supposed to get. The mistress would have kept losing her money if Tony didn't call him out on it decades later. |
| 22 | * HasAType: Hesh is often seen enjoying the company of tall and buxom Black women, which is notable considering his attitudes demonstrated under PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. |
| 23 | * KosherNostra: Jewish, criminal, and affiliated with the mob. |
| 24 | * TheMentor: Serves as this to Tony and is implied to have been this for Johnny Boy. |
| 25 | * 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. |
| 26 | -->'''Bobby''': "Come on, sit down!" |
| 27 | -->'''Tony''': "Yeah, don't be shy, [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice Shylock!]] |
| 28 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Allegedly based on real-world mob-linked music industry figure Morris "Mo" Levy. Some of his traits came from connected mobster Gaetano "Corky" Vastola. |
| 29 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: It doesn't come up as often as other members of the crime family, but Hesh does hold some prejudices of his own. He absolutely scams the predominantly-Black artists he works with on his record label and always has. Also, when Massive Genius comes to collect royalties for a friend's family, Hesh snaps back at him: |
| 30 | -->You're talking to the wrong white man, my friend. My people were the white man's nigger when yours were still painting their faces and chasing zebras. |
| 31 | * ProperlyParanoid: He lives in a perfectly reasonable fear for his life once his friendship with Tony begins to unravel over a [[NeverLendToAFriend grudgingly-repaid loan]], even if it's not clear if Tony ever considers seriously murdering him. [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Bobby suggests it]], and they both show up at Hesh's home to take him to a "boat show", which he wisely declines. At the same time, Tony is offended by what he perceives to be a "pissy attitude" emanating from Hesh, despite being less than friendly with him. |
| 32 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sort of. He also helps himself out first, but Tony goes to him to help settle disputes or receive helpful advice. |
| 33 | * StealthPun: A HESH (High Explosive Squash Head) is a type of military explosive, alluding to the similarly acronymed High Explosive Air Burst round, pronounced not unlike a certain ethnic slur. |
| 34 | * VillainousFriendship: He used to be friends with "Johnny Boy" Soprano and his son Tony after Johnny passes, at least until his friendship with Tony unravels over a debt. Hesh also seemed to have been friends with Phil Leotardo, since Johnny, Phil, and himself went into a 3-way partnership on the horse track. However, with Johnny in the ground and Phil in the can, Hesh is understandably a bit miffed that he's been left to manage it by himself. |
| 35 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Slowly breaks off his relationship with Tony as he 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 distant to Tony's insincere condolences. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Slava Malevsky]] |
| 39 | !!Slava Malevsky |
| 40 | !!!'''Played by:''' Frank Ciornei |
| 41 | |
| 42 | A Russian mobster and business partner of Tony. |
| 43 | ---- |
| 44 | * AffablyEvil: He's very personable and friendly with Tony, quick to open his heart to lament the sorry state of his dear friend Valery. |
| 45 | * TheDon: Of the Russian mob. |
| 46 | * TheMafiya: Head of the Russian mob. |
| 47 | * RedOniBlueOni: The calm and friendly Blue to Valery's brash and alcoholic Red. |
| 48 | * SwissBankAccount: Tony's money launderer and banker. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Valery]] |
| 52 | !!Valery |
| 53 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/valerypinebarrens_6622.jpg]] |
| 54 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You American pieces of shit!"'']] |
| 55 | |
| 56 | !!!'''Played by:''' Vitali Baganov |
| 57 | |
| 58 | ->''"Cocksuckers, I'll kill you both!"'' |
| 59 | |
| 60 | A memorable Russian mook who proves to be too much for Christopher and Paulie in "Pine Barrens". |
| 61 | ---- |
| 62 | * TheAlcoholic: He routinely abuses drugs and [[VodkaDrunkenski alcohol]]. |
| 63 | * BullyingADragon: He only had to pay Paulie Silvio's money, but Paulie escalates the conflict to a point of no return. |
| 64 | * TheDragon: Served as Slava's closest comrade during the Chechen War, saving his life multiple times. |
| 65 | * DrowningMySorrows: The implied reason for his rampant alcoholism and drug abuse according to Slava. |
| 66 | * HuskyRusskie: He's a badass ex-soldier and an elite veteran of the Chechen War. Paulie and Chris get their asses handed to them. |
| 67 | -->'''Paulie:''' "He killed 16 Czechoslovakians.[[note]]Meant to say "Chechens".[[/note]] Guy was an interior decorator![[note]]Misheard Tony telling him Valery worked for the Russian Interior Ministry[[/note]]" |
| 68 | * MadeOfIron: The first clue we get is that by himself he gives Chris and Paulie all they can barely handle, even after Paulie starts things with an attempt at GrievousBottleyHarm. And it later turns out that even what was supposed to be the BoomHeadshot hasn't brought him down. |
| 69 | %%* TheMafiya |
| 70 | * MeaningfulName: Valery means "healthy" or "strong" in Russian. |
| 71 | * MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: He's a Russian ex-Spetnaz who seemingly gets his throat crushed and his head shot, yet still manages to escape into the pine barrens, never to be seen again. |
| 72 | -->You think the cold bothers me? This is warm, I wash my balls with ice water! |
| 73 | * NotQuiteDead: Chris and Paulie assume more than once that he has finally bitten it, only for him at every turn to either fight back against them or elude them. It practically becomes a RunningGag over the course of the episode, and the only thing that stops it from becoming a through and through RasputinianDeath is that we never see any final confirmation of Valery's fate one way or the other. |
| 74 | * RedOniBlueOni: The brash Red to Slava's friendlier Blue, though he's ''much'' calmer when not pissed off and even offers Tony a drink in his first appearance. |
| 75 | * RussianGuySuffersMost: He really did not have a good day...and in an episode where Chris and Paulie get run through the wringers, that's saying a lot. |
| 76 | * ShellShockedVeteran: It's apparent that him being a full-blown alcoholic is at least partly because he suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following years of military service in the troubled former Soviet bloc. |
| 77 | * UncertainDoom: "Pine Barrens" 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. |
| 78 | * VillainousFriendship: Slava's best comrade, the two are like brothers. |
| 79 | %%* WorthyAdversary |
| 80 | [[/folder]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | [[folder:Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys]] |
| 83 | !!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys |
| 84 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dimaggio.png]] |
| 85 | !!!'''Played by:''' John Castellana (Lou), Creator/RichardBright (Frank). |
| 86 | |
| 87 | An old crew of brutal hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | |
| 90 | * ActorAllusion: They decapitated a guy named Tommy Neri with a hacksaw. Frank is played by Richard Bright, who famously portrayed Al Neri in ''Film/TheGodfather''. |
| 91 | * AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. One of them beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with a baseball bat, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive. |
| 92 | * BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug running, something he is fundamentally opposed to. |
| 93 | * CloudCuckooLander: A DarkerAndEdgier variation. The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly and enthusiastic. Upon meeting Christopher Moltisanti, he remarks that his name is also Chris. Seeing a picture of Johnny Sack at his birthday, he remarks that it's his birthday as well. |
| 94 | * CreepyBlueEyes: Lou certainly has these as a result of developing cataracts, or [[{{Malaproper}} "chromosomes"]] as their apparent caretaker puts it. Doesn't make them any less creepy. |
| 95 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers. Their boss told them to not touch heroin even as everyone was getting rich off of it only for their boss to be selling dope but keeping profits to himself. |
| 96 | * EvilCripple: Lou and Frank are clearly in no condition to leave their own home, with the implication that a visiting priest may need to administer the last rites in a not-so-distant future, and that, by extension, Junior is out-of-touch with reality for recommending them. |
| 97 | * EvilOldFolks: Aside from Chris they are all decrepit elders that according to Junior can still perform hits. |
| 98 | * ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Chris, Silvio, and the audience assume that Johnny Sack would be whacked by some old-school assassins, not by decrepit geezers who seem like they're taken out of a HillbillyHorrors film |
| 99 | * InformedAbility: With one of them blind and the other needing an oxygen tank, it's hard to believe they are still capable of the brutality they describe. Presumably, they would assign the deed to Chris Galina and the younger generation, but Silvio and Christopher would rather leave their home than question it. |
| 100 | * KarmaHoudini: As the hit is called off they just keep the upfront money and go on with their life. |
| 101 | * LivingLegend: Junior recommends them to whack Johnny Sack because they are notoriously iconic killers. |
| 102 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The whole scene involving them is genuinely disturbing. |
| 103 | * PsychoForHire: Tony outsources the Johnny Sack job to them for the modicum amount of 20 grand, with half paid upfront. [[DumbassHasAPoint Chris]] tells Silvio beforehand he would rather keep it as an in-house job. |
| 104 | * WackyWaysideTribe: They collectively serve as sinister {{one shot character}}s, part of an errand conducted by Silvio and Chris, ultimately just amounting to an unsettling narrative detour. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:Annalisa Zucca]] |
| 108 | !!Annalisa Zucca |
| 109 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/annalisapng_2.jpg]] |
| 110 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SofiaMilos |
| 111 | |
| 112 | The exuberant and de facto boss of the Neapolitan Camorra. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * 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. |
| 115 | * BrainyBrunette: She has a good grasp of English and can manage an actual Italian crime family with ease. |
| 116 | * GratuitousItalian: Falls into this when she gets angry. |
| 117 | * MsFanservice: Paired with a healthy dose of MaleGaze. |
| 118 | * 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.]]) |
| 119 | * SexForServices: Immune to flirtation at first, she later tries to soften Tony up with sex during a negotiation, but he sees right through it and refuses. |
| 120 | -->'''Tony:''' I do want... but I don't shit where I eat. |
| 121 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Her father is the official boss of the Camorra, but he's decrepit and senile. |
| 122 | -->'''Paulie:''' Ton, you give this guy a golf club, he'll probably try to fuck it. |
| 123 | * YouRemindMeOfX: A dark-haired, independent, professional, and analytic Italian woman that reminds Tony of Melfi. |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[/folder]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | [[folder:Peter "Beansie" Gaeta]] |
| 128 | !!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta |
| 129 | [[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_sopranos_cast_paul_herman_beansie_gaeta_two.jpg]] |
| 130 | !!!'''Played by:''' Paul Herman |
| 131 | |
| 132 | A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * BittersweetEnding: Gets paraplegic thanks to Richie Aprile, but is able to leave the mob behind. In the end, he secures a comfortable position in Florida and has a decent relationship with his wife. |
| 135 | * CareerEndingInjury: Is allowed to retire after Richie Aprile prevents him from ever walking again, a rarity for anyone involved in the life. |
| 136 | * NiceGuy: Aside from a brief BadBoss moment (probably due to nerves, as he was being threatened by Richie Aprile), Beansie is a fairly genial guy who gets along well enough with Tony to earn his favoritism. |
| 137 | * PetTheDog: Tony, Silvio, and Paulie do genuinely attempt to help him after he becomes a paraplegic as a result of Richie running him over, even going as far as letting him leave the business. And evidently, he remains on good enough terms with them that they visit him whenever they're in Miami. |
| 138 | * PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Jackie Aprile Jr.]] |
| 142 | !!Jackie Aprile Jr. |
| 143 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jackie_jr_modifiedd.jpg]] |
| 144 | [[caption-width-right:300:''[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections "You know who my father was?"]]'']] |
| 145 | !!!'''Played by:''' Jason Cerbone |
| 146 | |
| 147 | ->''"When you and him did the same thing, you got forgiven..."'' |
| 148 | |
| 149 | Son of Jackie Aprile, the late boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family. In pursuit of his ambition to follow in his father's footsteps, he increasingly becomes a nuisance for Tony Soprano after he forms his own gang and sets out to make a name for himself. |
| 150 | ---- |
| 151 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: Rings Tony to beg him for forgiveness after the card game bloodbath. Tony shows him none.]] |
| 152 | * AmbitionIsEvil: His desire to rise to the top of the [=DiMeo=] crime family while running roughshod over its rules and hierarchy. |
| 153 | * TheApprentice: To Richie in Season 2, and to Ralphie in Season 3. |
| 154 | * AscendedExtra: Briefly seen towards the end of Season 2, as a sidekick to his Uncle Richie. There's no obvious indication at this point that he would become a key character in Season 3. |
| 155 | * BaitTheDog: Looks like he might be bonding with the young girl living in his safe house, who wants to teach him chess, but he quickly gives up on this endeavor and goes outside, where he is immediately killed. |
| 156 | * BigBad: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in Season 3. Once [[DiscOneFinalBoss Ralph Cifaretto is brought to heel]], Jackie Jr. becomes the closest thing to an overarching antagonist for the season. However, his lack of influence within the North Jersey underworld and [[ChaoticStupid utter stupidity]] keep him from mounting a direct challenge to Tony's leadership. Nonetheless, he ''does'' eventually endanger Tony's daughter, Meadow, by [[DestructiveRomance threatening to ensnare her in the mob life]] [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids her parents always sought to protect her from]]. This and Jackie Jr.'s robbery of Chris Moltisanti's card game compel Tony to have him whacked upon recognizing him as [[NotSoHarmlessVillain a growing liability he cannot afford to tolerate]]. |
| 157 | * BigBadWannabe: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] 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. Nevertheless, even though Jackie Jr. 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, when this permissiveness towards Jackie puts Meadow's chances of a healthy life at risk and emboldens the delinquent to rob Christopher Moltisanti's card game, Tony promptly has him killed. |
| 158 | * BrainlessBeauty: For a male character on The Sopranos, he has good looks. Several characters, especially among the women, cannot help but comment on how handsome he is. Meadow for a time clung to the fantasy that he would be the one for her. But many characters won't even mince words on just how stupid he is. Uncle Junior describes him as a dumb fuck who almost drowned in three inches of water. Caitlin the basketcase of all people outright says it: "I mean he was cute, but he was really boring." |
| 159 | * BringMyBrownPants: Has to pee while waiting as Christopher and Dino's getaway driver in a robbery, and apparently couldn't hold it in. |
| 160 | * BullyingADragon: Wanting to repeat Tony's breakthrough hit, he robs a card game organized by the [=DiMeo=] family. It gets messy and deadly. |
| 161 | * ButtMonkey: Virtually nothing goes right for him. |
| 162 | * CasanovaWannabe: A HandsomeLech who's trying to be a player is an especially poor idea, given that he's dating Meadow. |
| 163 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He's one of the most disloyal characters in the show, on several levels. He bounces from one "patron" to another with alarming speed, souring on them for petty reasons (such as Ralph telling him to clean the dishes), and cheats on Meadow frequently; he is also a chronic liar in general. After his [[EpicFail crowning moment of idiocy]], he had burned so many bridges that Chris, Tony, ''and'' Ralph sign off on his death, all for different reasons. He even backstabs his best friend and partner-in-crime Dino, [[DirtyCoward leaving him to die to hasten his own escape]]. |
| 164 | * DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Jackie clearly idolizes the gangster life, but his attempts to emulate their lifestyle and get involved gradually ruin his life before leading to his death. |
| 165 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: A notable inversion during his romance with Meadow. At first, Tony is relieved with a ''paisan'' and everybody else is delighted by the prospects of a Soprano-Aprile marriage. This enthusiasm goes away when Jackie's horrid personality becomes clear. |
| 166 | * DeliberatelyBadExample: Serves as this to Christopher. Jackie's complete incompetence at being a criminal reminds the viewers that, for all of Christopher's screw ups and breaks he's gotten because of nepotism, he does at least have genuine skills that make him an effective soldier for the family and has avoided any blunders as devastating as Jackie. |
| 167 | * DidNotThinkThisThrough: His plan to ingratiate himself with the mob by robbing one of their card games. Even if it hadn't gone as badly as it did, he seems to believe he'd have been welcomed as one of them rather than torn a new asshole over it. |
| 168 | * DirtyCoward: Leaves his friends to die with barely a second's hesitation when their attempted hold-up goes wrong and later begs Tony to spare him when the consequences of his actions catch up to him. |
| 169 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: Gets arguably the least [[spoiler: dramatic death of any major character in the series.]] |
| 170 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Feels entitled to respect due to his father, but earns and receives none. His final human interaction is a little girl laughing at him. |
| 171 | -->'''Tony:''' Those who want respect, give respect. |
| 172 | * 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. |
| 173 | * DumbJock: A former high school football stud who is a fuck-up in just about every other area of life. |
| 174 | * EntitledBastard: He believes his father's name means he is owed everything he wants and he can act with no thought as to consequences. |
| 175 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: While merely a part of his entourage, Jackie tries to act as his uncle Richie's right-hand man, but gets completely ignored and dismissed as he tries to invoke the name of his father in the argument and to participate in negotiations with other members of the crew. |
| 176 | * EvilCounterpart: To AJ. Both are the sons of powerful mob bosses who share their first name and are regularly shown as spoiled, selfish and lazy. But while AJ knows full well he isn't suited to the life and never tries to act otherwise nor does he try to use Tony's name for clout, Jackie struts around like he's a made man based solely on his father's name and his attempts to be a tough guy are laughable before they become tragic. And while AJ never does anything especially bad, save some of his actions with the two Jasons in the final season, Jackie's wannabe gangster act and attempted robbery ends up getting Sunshine and his own friends killed before resulting in his own death. AJ also does show positive traits, such as being a sincerely loving romantic partner to Blanca, while Jackie remains a jerk who cheats on Meadow. |
| 177 | * FatalFlaw: Impatience and entitlement. He believes everything has to be handed to him and expects others to respect him based on his name alone. When this is challenged he responds by burning bridges and trying to find quicker means to accomplish his goals, only for the quick fixes to backfire and estrange him further. Best exemplified in his chess game [[spoiler: shortly before his death]], where upon being told he's off to a bad start and his opponent has the advantage he immediately throws the game in irritation rather than figure out how to salvage his position. |
| 178 | * 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. |
| 179 | * TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: According to Creator/JamieLynnSigler, it's Meadow's childhood friend Jackie who stands out as her most significant paramour. She's shattered by his death, and her moral rectitude takes a massive hit too -- her hasty exoneration of the gangsters' role in Jackie's murder marks a descent into wilful blindness concerning her family's criminal heritage that will culminate in her becoming a mob lawyer. |
| 180 | * {{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]]. Chris also had at least some skill and self-preservation, even becoming a made man, while Jackie is hopelessly unsuited to the mafia life. |
| 181 | * TheFunInFuneral: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2C6MhNMMv8 His funeral]] mixes [[{{Bathos}} solemnity and comedy]], with Junior operatic singing bringing the family to tears, while an intoxicated Meadow hurls food at him, to the amusement of the younger family members. |
| 182 | * 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. |
| 183 | * HandsomeLech: He's a [[BrainlessBeauty good-looking lad]] who constantly thinks with his dick. After Tony catches him at the strip club, his main reason for cheating on Meadow is that she's sick and won't have sex with him. |
| 184 | * HiddenDepths: When he's giving AJ advice about anticipating reading cues from the quarterback, he actually sounds pretty intelligent. Too bad it's the one thing he's good at. While defending his flunking out of college to Meadow he also betrays an unexpected interest in men's fashion. Both indicate that he probably could have done well for himself were he not so focused on his fantasies of being a gangster. |
| 185 | * HumiliationConga: Over the course of Season 3, he flunks out of a decent college, loses his relationship with Meadow, falls out with his dad's best friend, gets disrespected, is beaten up, loses all his friends, and is finally driven to hiding out in a slum, where he is quickly shot and left dead on a snowbank. Even though it's all his fault, it's still fairly depressing. |
| 186 | -->'''Tony:''' You bottomed out. ''(promptly knees him in the groin)'' |
| 187 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He hates Christopher, seeing him as having gotten an easy ride due to his connections to Tony who overlooks his mistakes. This is despite the fact that Jackie is only tolerated out of respect for his father and is a much bigger fuck-up than Chris. |
| 188 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: It's heavily implied that his massive ego and attitude are a cover for deep insecurities and he's mostly acting the big shot to cover for his shame at having honestly tried to make it at Rutgers and failing, seeing the mob life as his only real alternative. |
| 189 | * ItsAllAboutMe: He is incredibly selfish and entitled, not caring about or showing respect to anyone while expecting everyone to bend over backward for his sake. |
| 190 | * IvyLeagueForEveryone: Rutgers, a university considered part of the "Public Ivy". He flunks out but keeps pretending he is attending college. |
| 191 | * JacobMarleyWarning: Jackie's actions show Tony how AJ could end up if the latter were to try to get involved with gangster life. Following Jackie's death, Tony doubles down on his efforts to keep AJ away from it. |
| 192 | * {{Jerkass}}: Jackie has few likable qualities. On top of his [[ItsAllAboutMe extreme selfishness]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo arrogance]], he's rude to his mother, 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.]] |
| 193 | * KissingCousins: At one point he's seen checking out Adriana, even though she's his ''first cousin'' (his father and her mother being siblings). |
| 194 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Jackie Sr. was a well-respected mob figure who rose all the way to being a family boss and survived decades in the mafia, only dying of cancer. 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. |
| 195 | * ManChild: Of the [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rotten]] JerkAss variety. |
| 196 | * {{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]] reach 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.]] |
| 197 | * NeverMyFault: When he is dropped out of Rutgers due to his laziness and lack of intelligence, he blames Tony for not putting pressure on the university administration. Ralph mocks his attitude by saying Tony should clearly have broken the dean's legs. |
| 198 | * PetTheDog: Effectively coaching A.J., who looks up to him. He's also pretty sweet to the little girl he plays chess with while in hiding. |
| 199 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He constantly invokes his father to try to get whatever it is he wants. It doesn't occur to him that, as powerful and respected as his father was, it doesn't mean anything now that he's dead. |
| 200 | * 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 cringe-worthy 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. |
| 201 | * StupidEvil: He might just be the dumbest character on the entire series, constantly letting his impulsiveness, entitlement, bad temper and laughably misplaced sense of confidence lead him to make stupid mistakes that [[spoiler: end up getting him killed]]. He practically makes Chris and AJ, the former at least having had some skill at crime and sense of self-preservation and the latter being self-aware enough to know he had no chance of surviving the mafia life and trying to make an honest living, look like geniuses by comparison. |
| 202 | * 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 used to work 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. |
| 203 | * TurnOutLikeHisFather: His father wanted him to have an 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.]] |
| 204 | * UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler: Clipped without a word in the back of the head by Vito and left face down in a snowdrift.]] |
| 205 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: As shown briefly during a flashback in the Christmas episode, he was a much more polite and respectful person when his father was still alive. |
| 206 | * WellDoneSonGuy: His father's death leaves an immense chip on his shoulder. |
| 207 | * WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to think he's a hotshot young gangster in the vein of [[Film/{{Goodfellas}} Henry Hill]] who invokes respect and will rise to the same ranks as his father easily. Suffice it to say, things don't work out that way for him. |
| 208 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: He and Chris have a mutual hatred due to both (not inaccurately) seeing the other as a colossal fuck-up who only got where they did through luck and Tony's good graces shielding them from any serious consequences. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[folder:Paul "Little Paulie" Germani]] |
| 212 | !!"Little Paulie" Germani |
| 213 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0be7edeef8e79187131904b2c20be95bc.jpg]] |
| 214 | !!!'''Played by:''' Carl Capotorto |
| 215 | |
| 216 | Nephew of Paulie Gualtieri. |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Manages to dole out a few funny zingers. |
| 219 | * 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 a window. |
| 220 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Was actually pretty scary in a scene where he had to intimidate and beat up J.T. Dolan. |
| 221 | * TheDeterminator: Keeps looking for [[spoiler: Phil]] even while having to wear a neck brace and crutches. |
| 222 | * DumbMuscle: He's basically a dumber version of Chris or Benny. His sense of humor is ''profoundly'' simple. |
| 223 | * NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: In a subtle scene, he cheats during a pool game against his uncle (who got distracted by a phone call) by putting a few balls in his pockets. |
| 224 | [[/folder]] |
| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Brendan Filone]] |
| 227 | !!Brendan Filone |
| 228 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brendan_filone.jpg]] |
| 229 | [[caption-width-right:275:''"Kids. You think you can protect em. But you can't. "'']] |
| 230 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AnthonyDeSando |
| 231 | |
| 232 | ->''"Hey coach... suck my dick."'' |
| 233 | |
| 234 | A young associate, friend, and partner in crime of Christopher Moltisanti. |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | * AddledAddict: He likes to portray himself as a FunctionalAddict, but even Brendan admits that his meth addiction affects his thinking skills. |
| 237 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Asks forgiveness from Tony for repeated errors. |
| 238 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Attempts to climb in the ranks too quickly. |
| 239 | * 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, especially as Brendan robbed the truck after Jackie generously gave him a pass the first time. |
| 240 | * BoomHeadShot: Gets shot through the head by Mikey Palmice. |
| 241 | * ButtMonkey: Tossed out and told to be quiet for repeated infractions. |
| 242 | * DeadlyBath: He's in his bathtub, having a smoke when Mikey Palmice visits him to deliver a Moe Greene Special on Junior's orders. |
| 243 | -->'''Mikey:''' Hijack. Bye-jack. |
| 244 | * GoryDiscretionShot: PlayedStraight during his death scene where we only get to see his foot moving as Mikey shoots him in the eye, but [[AvertedTrope averted]] when Chris and Adriana find his body later. |
| 245 | * ItsPersonal: Jacking trucks protected by Junior sealed his fate. |
| 246 | * 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 a “soldier/associate” on the news. |
| 247 | * FunctionalAddict: Downplayed, he attempts numerous tasks while taking crystal meth but most of them don't really end well. |
| 248 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: His rank in the crime family is posthumously exaggerated by the news, much to [[DudeWheresMyRespect Christopher's]] annoyance. |
| 249 | * JailbaitTaboo: Brendan openly flirts with both Meadow and Hunter, who are high school seniors at the time, which Christopher and Adriana strangely don’t seem to have a problem with. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Carmela, who makes it clear she finds this scummy and inappropriate. |
| 250 | * LethallyStupid: While the accident that killed the driver wasn't his fault, Brendan's impulsive actions, bravado, and stupid decisions make him a danger to himself and all who associate with him. |
| 251 | * MoeGreeneSpecial: Shot clean through the eye while in his bathtub by Mikey Palmice, and Pussy even invokes the trope namer when referring to his death. |
| 252 | * PetTheDog: He's a remorseless criminal and creep who hits on underage girls, but he defends Chris and makes it clear to Tony he had nothing to do with the second Comley highjacking. |
| 253 | * SacrificialLamb: Though he is built for the first three episodes and is regularly mentioned after his death in the early seasons, his purpose is the illustrate that major characters can die in any episode. |
| 254 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for his freelance crime spree. |
| 255 | * TooDumbToLive: Repeatedly disrespects and rips off the business of an influential mob boss as an unmade guy, while also disrespecting the memory of Jackie Aprile to the man's best friend. It earns him a Moe Greene Special. |
| 256 | * WalkingSpoiler: Basically all of Brendan’s actions in the story and the fact that he dies early on means he’s hard to talk about. |
| 257 | [[/folder]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | [[folder:Matthew Bevilaqua]] |
| 260 | !!Matthew Bevilaqua |
| 261 | [[quoteright:285:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mattbevilaqua.jpg]] |
| 262 | [[caption-width-right:285:''"Great, now we look like jerkoffs!"'']] |
| 263 | !!!'''Played by:''' Lillo Brancato Jr. |
| 264 | |
| 265 | ->''"I'm not saying anything against him, he's my homie."'' |
| 266 | |
| 267 | A young associate of Chris Moltisanti. |
| 268 | ---- |
| 269 | * AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler:When Tony gives Matt a PreMortemOneLiner, he cries out for his mother before begging Tony not to shoot him.]] |
| 270 | * 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.]] |
| 271 | * AmbiguouslyGay: While Furio's remark was probably a joke, getting high with your roommate/friend in your underwear while having your clothes laying around does raise questions. |
| 272 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Matt tells Christopher that he 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. |
| 273 | * ButtMonkey: Along with Sean is treated with total contempt by everyone in the family, despite their desperate will to please. |
| 274 | * BringMyBrownPants: Pisses his pants before he's [[spoiler: shot to death.]] |
| 275 | * CastingGag: His actor previously played the main character Calogero "C" Anello in ''Film/ABronxTale'', a film about an Italian-American teenager who is tempted by mob life despite lacking the skillset for it. Unlike that film, where C ultimately gets a happy ending after rejecting a criminal lifestyle in favor of an honest life, Matthew insists on making a name for himself as a criminal and it ends very badly for him. |
| 276 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: He has a business degree and is a qualified stockbroker but tries to make it in the mafia instead. It ends ''very'' badly for him. |
| 277 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Along with Sean, Matthew is never 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. |
| 278 | * DumbMuscle: He's a little smarter than Sean, although that's not saying much. |
| 279 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Subverted. His last name means 'Drink Water' and he uses it as a middle name whenever introducing himself hoping it will catch on like 'Walnuts' or 'Pussy' but it never does. |
| 280 | * GeniusDitz: Both he 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. |
| 281 | * HarmlessVillain: He and Sean are not even taken seriously by Richie. Eventually leads to them [[NotSoHarmlessVillain trying to kill Christopher]] in order to gain points with Richie. |
| 282 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Sean Gismonte are practically inseparable. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio. |
| 283 | * HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him. |
| 284 | * InsistentTerminology: Always introduces himself as "Matt 'Drinkwater' Bevilaqua,"[[note]]The literal English translation of his last name[[/note]] even though nobody else refers to him as such. |
| 285 | * ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate at Tony's hands. |
| 286 | * IWantMyMommy: [[spoiler: His last words include him calling out to his mother.]] |
| 287 | * {{Jerkass}}: Matt has little in the way of likable qualities. He's dim, self-absorbed, treacherous, and impulsively violent. |
| 288 | * 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.]] |
| 289 | * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: He and Sean enjoy hip-hop music and occasionally pepper in ghetto slang terms in their speeches, with the older members disliking how they sound like "mulignans." |
| 290 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He and Sean do anything to suck up to anyone whose above them, trying to get ahead in the mob. [[spoiler: Their lack of subtlety and patience is ultimately what gets them killed.]] |
| 291 | * RedOniBlueOni: The more reserved Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red. Even then, both have hot tempers. |
| 292 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Dies in one shot, but Tony and Big Pussy empty their pistols into him to make sure he's really dead. But really, they just fucking hated this prick.]] |
| 293 | * TooDumbToLive: He and Sean attempted to murder Christopher in broad daylight to score brownie points with Richie, which even Richie himself notes is a crazy idea as the attempted murder could easily link back to him. |
| 294 | * UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:Even his death is humiliating. Matt pisses himself in fear and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.]] |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Sean Gismonte]] |
| 298 | !!Sean Gismonte |
| 299 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seangismonte.jpg]] |
| 300 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Does Tony ever... talk about us? "'']] |
| 301 | !!!'''Played by:''' Chris Tardio |
| 302 | |
| 303 | ->''"You always do that! You get all quiet and you leave me in the motherfucking cocksucking wind!"'' |
| 304 | |
| 305 | Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua. |
| 306 | ---- |
| 307 | * AmbiguouslyGay: While Furio's remark was probably a joke, getting high with your roommate/friend in your underwear while having your clothes laying around does raise questions. |
| 308 | * BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Gets killed instantly with a clean shot through the head.]] |
| 309 | * BrainlessBeauty: One of the better looking male characters in the series, but certainly not one of the more intelligent. |
| 310 | * BringMyBrownPants: Can often be found shitting on the floor due to nerves during safe-cracking, while Chris and Matt do the work. |
| 311 | * ButtMonkey: Like Matt, he's constantly looked down upon and mistreated by other mobsters. |
| 312 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Is constantly belittled and basically shit on by everyone else. |
| 313 | * DumbMuscle: The stupider of the duo, [[spoiler:which is cemented by him dying because he had his seatbelt on during a '''drive-by shooting'''.]] |
| 314 | * EmbarrassingNickname: "Gis," pronounced like "jizz." |
| 315 | * {{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: [[JammedSeatbelts Sean's seatbelt gets stuck]] and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.]] |
| 316 | --> '''Sean:''' Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt! |
| 317 | * GeniusDitz: Has a business degree just like Matt and could have settled with being a regular stockbroker, but decided to be a total screw-up in the mob instead. |
| 318 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: The best friend of Matthew Bevilaqua. |
| 319 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: Sean is taken seriously by nobody, but he still manages to put two bullets into Christopher despite his utter stupidity. |
| 320 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He and Matt do anything to suck up to anyone whose above them, trying to get ahead in the mob. [[spoiler: Their lack of subtlety and patience is ultimate what gets them killed.]] |
| 321 | * RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue. |
| 322 | * TooDumbToLive: Tries to kill Christopher ''in broad daylight'' alongside Matthew, also double points for forgetting to take off his seatbelt, which predictably ends with his death. |
| 323 | * UndignifiedDeath: Shot through the head by the guy he had just gunned down because he didn't think to unbuckle his seatbelt ''before'' carrying out the hit. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder:Fabian "Febby" Petrulio]] |
| 327 | !!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio |
| 328 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/febby_pbrighter.jpg]] |
| 329 | !!!'''Played by:''' Tony Ray Rossi |
| 330 | |
| 331 | ->''"Please Ton, I'm beggin' you."'' |
| 332 | |
| 333 | A former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant. |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Even as he's being garrotted by Tony. |
| 336 | * 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 canceling the shot because of the sudden appearance of other motel guests and wanting no witnesses or complications. |
| 337 | * BlatantLies: Lies through his teeth in a vain attempt to save his life, saying he left Tony and Meadow alone due to his conscience and not the presence of witnesses. |
| 338 | * DirtyCoward: In addition to having become an informant to save his own skin, he tries to shoot Tony from behind, even with Meadow present, and later tries desperately to beg for his life when Tony finally gets him. |
| 339 | * 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. |
| 340 | * 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. |
| 341 | * ProperlyParanoid: Carries a [[GunsOfFiction/HandgunsMtoZ Ruger Mark II]] and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked but misses his chance to kill Tony. |
| 342 | * ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay. |
| 343 | * RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: How Tony and the rest of the Jersey mob feel about his fate. |
| 344 | * TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members. |
| 345 | * 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 homemade bust of UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan with really weird-looking lips, confirming to him that he has indeed found Fabian Petrulio. |
| 346 | * VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family. |
| 347 | * WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters. |
| 348 | * WouldHurtAChild: Appears to be about to gun down Tony and Meadow but is stopped by the fact that there are witnesses. |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray]] |
| 352 | !!William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray |
| 353 | !!!'''Played by:''' John Eddins (William), Touche (Rasheen) |
| 354 | |
| 355 | Two small-time criminals commissioned by Junior Soprano to kill Tony in the first season. |
| 356 | ---- |
| 357 | * BoomHeadshot: Petite Clayborn's death, in slow motion. |
| 358 | * CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this. |
| 359 | * GangBangers: A couple of black street gangsters. |
| 360 | * IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head while aiming for Tony in a moving car. |
| 361 | * InformedAbility: Mikey describes them as "very good" quality assassins to Uncle Junior. But what we see of them in action doesn't live up to the praise Mikey has for them. Clayborn takes his first shot at Tony at a distance AND while moving his feet instead of actually aiming, so it isn't really a surprise that he misses. Then both of them bring their guns within Tony's reach, and it all goes downhill from there for the duo. |
| 362 | * MuggingTheMonster: Attempted to kill Tony Soprano before he had a real reputation, although Tony was by then a reputed mob captain in the [=DiMeo=] crime family. |
| 363 | * ScaryBlackMan: They fit this trope to a T. |
| 364 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen disappears after the failed hit on Tony, and isn't seen again in the series. It is unknown whether he survived the EnemyCivilWar, as others in his crew (including Donnie and Clayborn) were killed as a result of the hit. |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder:Jasons Gervasi and Parisi]] |
| 368 | !!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi |
| 369 | !!!'''Played by:''' Joseph Perrino (Gervasi), Creator/MichaelDrayer (Parisi) |
| 370 | |
| 371 | Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason. |
| 372 | ---- |
| 373 | * BaitTheDog: Introduced as happier counterparts to A.J. Seeing their apparently functional lives, Tony pushes A.J. to befriend them. They genuinely bond with him and things seem to take a turn for the better, but then they start roping him into their violent activities. |
| 374 | * DirtyCoward: Act as a pair of hotshots and violent pricks whenever their similarly thuggish frat guy friends are watching their back and generally like to prey on those who are weaker than them. These traits make it quite obvious that the two of them are nothing more than pathetic, wannabe gangsters as their fathers are more than capable of holding their own. |
| 375 | * EvilMentor: To A.J. |
| 376 | * {{Foil}}: Seem to be A.J's generation's versions of Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte as idiotic, violent, wannabe gangsters. |
| 377 | * HateSink: A duo of irresponsible, selfish, lazy, sadistic {{jerkass}}es. One of their cruelest acts was in "Walk Like a Man", where they used A.J.'s SUV to take a gambler into the woods and torture him by pouring sulfuric acid on his toes. |
| 378 | * HeterosexualLifePartners |
| 379 | * KarmaHoudini: Neither of them get any onscreen comeuppance for their actions which includes torturing a gambler with sulfuric acid or Jason G getting arrested for dealing drugs considering his father is about to testify in order to get him off the hook, further adding to their already unlikeable nature. |
| 380 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son. |
| 381 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Both Jasons share the same name with each other and with numerous others on the show. |
| 382 | * PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health. |
| 383 | * 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. |
| 384 | * RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities. |
| 385 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen together in their appearances. |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[folder:Patrick Parisi]] |
| 389 | !!Patrick Parisi |
| 390 | !!!'''Played by:''' Daniel Sauli |
| 391 | |
| 392 | Son of Patsy Parisi, and boyfriend of Meadow. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: When Coco harasses Meadow, Patrick stands up to her and has the balls to get ready to have a go with a much larger and stronger Coco in her defense. |
| 395 | * AmoralAttorney: A mob lawyer in the making. |
| 396 | * CharacterDevelopment: Offscreen. Meadow reconnects with him and tells her parents that he has changed. |
| 397 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: Meadow's parents are clearly not amused that Meadow is going to marry a wiseguy associate. |
| 398 | * DestructiveRomance: He is the definitive influence that finally steers Meadow into leaving the medicine, civilian path and becoming another mob lawyer. |
| 399 | * EvilMentor: Defending unjustly prosecuted Italian-Americans (aka mob criminals) is the logical conclusion to the fight against prejudice and injustice that Meadow is so atracted to. |
| 400 | * FirstGuyWins: In the pilot episode, Meadow sneaks out of the house to see a "Patrick", who is implied to be him. |
| 401 | * InformedAbility: We don't get to see his eloquence and skill in argumentation that Meadow relates. |
| 402 | * SecretRelationship: Meadow hides the identity of his "mistery date" for a while. |
| 403 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: He only plays a role in the final episodes, but is the one who sets Meadow's career and life towards the Mafia. |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Ronald Zellman]] |
| 408 | !!Ronald Zellman |
| 409 | [[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zellman.jpg]] |
| 410 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterRiegert |
| 411 | |
| 412 | New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * AscendedExtra: Appears briefly in Season 3 before gaining prominence in Season 4. |
| 415 | * CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major [[TheCon real estate scam]]. |
| 416 | * FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating of Irina and gives his blessing, but eventually Zellman gets viciously beaten up for having a relationship with the former comare of Tony. |
| 417 | * GracefulLoser: Notably, Zellman seems to accept his belting at the hands of Tony over Irina in stride, not fighting back or resisting much. |
| 418 | * LackOfEmpathy: Is apathetic towards the fate he gives a cop that gave Tony a bad time. |
| 419 | * LastRequest: Tony gets Zellman to help release A.J. after being caught [[spoiler: trying to kill Junior]]. |
| 420 | * TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony humiliates him in front of Irina. |
| 421 | * TheGhost: Becomes this after Tony humiliates him profoundly. Although he's never seen after Tony belts him in his house, Zellman is still on the mob's payroll as he helps Tony with additional political favors years after the incident. |
| 422 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Zellman is well-regarded in the community. He's popular enough to get elected to the State Senate. |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Richard "Dick" Barone]] |
| 426 | !!Richard "Dick" Barone |
| 427 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/JoeLisi |
| 428 | |
| 429 | Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative. |
| 432 | * FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]]. |
| 433 | * RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s. |
| 434 | * SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | [[folder:Neil Mink]] |
| 438 | !!Neil Mink |
| 439 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidMargulies |
| 440 | |
| 441 | Tony's attorney. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer. |
| 444 | * ConsummateProfessional: Manages to constantly be on-call for Tony whenever he needs him. Neil even gets him off of a gun charge and gives him some motivational words despite confirming that [[spoiler: Carlo turned witness]]. |
| 445 | * DirtyOldMan: Can't help but stare at the topless Bing dancers on camera while giving Tony some legal news. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Harold "Mel" Melvoin]] |
| 449 | !!Harold "Mel" Melvoin |
| 450 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardPortnow |
| 451 | |
| 452 | Junior's attorney. |
| 453 | ---- |
| 454 | * AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer. |
| 455 | * SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterward by Junior. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Dante "Buddha" Greco]] |
| 459 | !!Dante "Buddha" Greco |
| 460 | [[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dante_greco.jpg]] |
| 461 | !!!'''Played by:''' Anthony Ribustello |
| 462 | |
| 463 | An associate of the family and one of Tony's bodyguards and drivers after being shot by Junior and during the war with New York. |
| 464 | ---- |
| 465 | * AffablyEvil: A friendly, subdued, introspective man who loves and takes care of his mother, despite his criminal occupation. |
| 466 | * BadassBiker: Was introduced as one before he grew closer to the family and started working for Tony directly. |
| 467 | * EvilLaugh: Seems to have one from Christopher's drunken point of view, when everyone appears to be laughing mockingly at him at a party. |
| 468 | * 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. |
| 469 | * PetTheDog: Despite being married already he takes Rosalie Aprile by the hand and dances with her at a wedding, for a song for couples, because she would have been left out otherwise as a widow. |
| 470 | * QuickDraw: Has perhaps the most impressive example of this in the series, when Walden walks through the front door of the safehouse during the war with New York after going out to fetch the newspaper. |
| 471 | * TheQuietOne: Doesn't have much dialogue compared to the rest of the crew. |
| 472 | * 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. |
| 473 | |
| 474 | [[/folder]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | [[folder:James "Murmur" Zancone]] |
| 477 | !!James "Murmur" Zancone |
| 478 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/murmur.png]] |
| 479 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 480 | !!!'''Played by:''' Lenny Venito |
| 481 | |
| 482 | Friend, AA sponsor, and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti. |
| 483 | ---- |
| 484 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Has a pig joke that manages to make Tony laugh. Tony even uses it himself in a following episode. |
| 485 | * TheConsigliere: To Chris when it comes to sobriety. |
| 486 | * EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him having a heart murmur as a kid. |
| 487 | * EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents. |
| 488 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: Despite Tony's reservations, Murmur is surprisingly adept at the mob life. He gives Christopher good advice, helps with the Vesuvio credit card scam, and never falls back into drugs like most of the other addicts in the show. He even sticks around the Bing in the penultimate episode, showing that the mob still tolerates him [[spoiler: after Chrissy's death]]. |
| 489 | * ManChild: The only scene of his home life features him enjoying a video game. |
| 490 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is suddenly best buds with Chris. On the other hand, Tony resents the excessive familiarity with the new guy and shoos him away when possible. |
| 491 | * TheSponsor: Christopher's. |
| 492 | [[/folder]] |
| 493 | |
| 494 | [[folder:Perry "Muscles Marinara" Annunziata]] |
| 495 | !!Perry "Muscles Marinara" Annunziata |
| 496 | !!!'''Played by:''' Louis Gross |
| 497 | |
| 498 | A bodybuilder brought in as Tony's driver and bodyguard after recovering from getting shot by Junior. |
| 499 | ---- |
| 500 | * DumbMuscle: He's not quite bright. |
| 501 | * GentleGiant: When he's not angered, he's actually quite respectful and gentle. |
| 502 | * HairTriggerTemper: He's noted as being quick to anger and respond with violence. |
| 503 | * ManChild: Despite his age and size he confides in his parents like a kid trying to fit in at school. |
| 504 | --> '''Perry:''' My mom says I should count 10 but I never remember |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[/folder]] |
| 507 | |
| 508 | [[folder:Corky Caporale]] |
| 509 | !!Corky Caporale |
| 510 | !!!'''Played by:''' Edoardo Ballerini |
| 511 | |
| 512 | 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]]. |
| 513 | ---- |
| 514 | * CovertPervert: Hides out in a porn store while the Italians do the Leotardo hit. |
| 515 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Briefly mentions that he was born in Italy, and is shown to be wary of native Italian mobsters, for unspecified reasons. |
| 516 | * FunctionalAddict: Though something of a bottom-feeder. |
| 517 | * 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.]] |
| 518 | * TheStoner |
| 519 | [[/folder]] |
| 520 | |
| 521 | [[folder:Ahmed and Muhammad]] |
| 522 | !!Ahmed and Muhammad |
| 523 | !!!'''Played by:''' Taleb Adlah (Ahmed), Creator/DonnieKeshawarz (Muhammed) |
| 524 | |
| 525 | Muslim associates of Christopher. |
| 526 | ---- |
| 527 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's never confirmed whether they're allied with terrorists, but doing financial scams for the mob and asking Chris for Tec-9s doesn't help their case. |
| 528 | * ConflictKiller: Islamic terrorism becomes an important part of the equation in the [[EnemyMine complex relationship]] between the FBI/Tony/Phil. |
| 529 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Become this amongst the Bing in the last season. |
| 530 | [[/folder]] |
| 531 | |
| 532 | [[folder: Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga]] |
| 533 | !!Gennaro "Little Pussy" Malanga |
| 534 | !!!'''Played by:''' uncredited actor |
| 535 | |
| 536 | Junior's former associate from the pilot. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | * TheGhost: Is never seen outside of brief five second news footage in first episode, where he is played by an uncredited actor. |
| 539 | * SignificantNameOverlap: Hesh initially assumes that Junior is going to whack Pussy Bonpensiero. |
| 540 | -->'''Tony:''' You think he's gonna fuck with big pussy? My pussy? |
| 541 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite his lack of proper screentime, his conflict with Junior is quite relevant twice: |
| 542 | ** First of all, Junior's attempt to kill him forced Tony to burn down the original Vesuvio in order to protect Artie's business, which nearly destroyed their friendship. |
| 543 | ** Then, in Season 6, [[spoiler: severely senile Junior confuses Tony for Little Pussy and shoots him, which causes Corrado's falling out with pretty much everyone and a severe SuccessionCrisis in the mafia.]] |
| 544 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Downplayed - Tony mentions him being dead for several years in Season 6 premiere, which implies that Junior still killed him at some point, although Little Pussy could've died for different reasons. |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[folder: Debbie]] |
| 548 | !!Debbie |
| 549 | !!!'''Played by:''' Karen Sillas |
| 550 | |
| 551 | The madame of a high-end brothel used by the [=DiMeo=] family and other corrupt Jersey figures. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | * HighClassCallGirl: Much more well-kept and professional than others in that line of work. |
| 554 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She was the romantic confidante of Vin Makazian who gave him emotional support. It's implied that she had genuine feelings for him. |
| 555 | * SexGod: Not surprising given her profession. |
| 556 | -->"She rides better than Willie Shoemaker." |
| 557 | [[/folder]] |
| 558 |
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