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In General
A brutal, powerful Italian-American mob family from Liberty City that operates most of the city's illegal businesses. They are led by Don Salvatore Leone.
- Arch-Enemy: The Forellis and the Sindaccos, all the way.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Members of the Leone Crime Family can usually be seen in black suits, befitting their more successful and refined nature when compared to the Forellis and the Sindaccos.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Their main role in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a huge contrast to the Grove Street Families from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Unlike them, they have no problem with things such as drug trafficking, torture and supporting sociopaths like Donald Love.
- Cool Car: The Mafia Sentinel, the Leones' favorite car, is a luxury car and resembles a BMW.
- Dark Is Evil: They wear a black suit and their favorite colour is black.
- The Don: Salvatore Leone.
- Evil Is Petty: They are among the most ruthless gangs in the GTA series. Unlike other gangs, they are more than willing to betray and kill anyone for greed, power, revenge or convenience.
- Evil Versus Evil: The Leones vs... whomever they face. They are no better than their enemies.
- Expy: The Leones were based on the Corleones from The Godfather.
- Kick the Dog: In one of the missions from GTA III, one of the mobsters shoots a woman inside the bank they assault.
- The Mafia: An Italian-American mob family.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: At the end of GTA III, the Leones' final fate is completely unknown.
Bosses
Salvatore Leone
Voiced by: Frank Vincent
The current patriarch of the Leone Crime Family, one of the most influential and respected gangs to roam Liberty City. His operates out of Portland, particularly the St. Mark's district.
- Affably Evil: Zig-Zagged for the most part. In San Andreas, he is incredibly polite and civil to his more loyal henchmen like CJ. However, after CJ's betrayal, much of his polite demeanor is downplayed in Liberty City Stories, becoming progressively more violent, aggressive and paranoid, but still civil towards Toni. In GTA III, however, he is definitely Faux Affably Evil to Claude.
- Ax-Crazy: In San Andreas, it is shown that he is a rather hotheaded, aggressive man, constantly arguing with Johnny Sindacco for unprovoked reasons. He even tortures Maccer and Kent Paul for no apparent reason. Also, in Liberty City Stories, he goes on a murderous rampage against the Sindaccos, invading their strip club with his minions. After that, he tried to kill Toni (his own loyal right-hand man) out of mere paranoia. There's something really wrong with this guy.
- Big Bad Wannabe: He's reduced to this in Grand Theft Auto III. Despite the fact that he's the most prominent don in Liberty City, he's barely a footnote to Claude, with his assassination being incredibly early in the game. Furthermore, Catalina (the real Big Bad of the game) and her large drug cartel has resources that even Salvatore can only dream of.
- Character Death: In GTA III. It comes at the hands of Claude.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: To Maccer and Kent Paul in San Andreas.
- Cynicism Catalyst: CJ doublecrossing him in San Andreas ends up turning him into the ultra-paranoid wacko he becomes in III.
- Deuteragonist: In Liberty City Stories, his storyline is even more important than Toni's.
- Diabolical Mastermind: He shows shades of this even in his San Andreas appearance. Look at the picture.
- Disc-One Final Boss: Eliminating him is your first mission upon reaching Staunton Island.
- The Don: Of the Leone Crime Family.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite his ruthless, violent personality, Salvatore is quite loyal towards Toni, and a caring father for Joey as well.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Despite his vindictive, aggressive personality, what he values most is loyalty.
- Expy: Salvatore Leone's appearance is based on Marlon Brando in his famous role, Don Vito Corleone from the 1972 crime drama movie, The Godfather. In fact, it can be reasoned the the Leone family is heavily based on the Corleone family and the Godfather movies. And his GTA III outfit is most similar to Don Vito's clothes. Salvatore is also a known importer of tomato sauce, similar to how Michael was an importer of olive oil.
- Face–Heel Turn: In III, where he betrays Claude in a fit of paranoia.
- Jerkass: When he's in a really, really bad mood, Salvatore can be a terrible person to hang out with.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Each plot and betrayal Salvatore commits only comes back to bite him in the end. In San Andreas, he betrayed both the Sindaccos and Forellis by hiring CJ to remove them from their shared ownership of Caligula's Palace. In doing this Salvatore had inadvertently weakened the Casino's security, thus he made it an irresistible target for CJ and his crew to successfully rob. In Liberty City Stories, he starts a proxy mob war with the Sicilians that flings the city into near total anarchy. This results in both Salvatore almost being imprisoned and the near extermination of the Leone Family. Finally, in III, he betrays Claude under false pretenses and his growing paranoia, leading to his assassination at Claude's hands.
- More Dakka: He's the first enemy to use the powerful M16 rifle, making it very unwise to confront him head-on.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Many aspects of Salvatore's character and back story are based on that of John Gotti
. Both men became boss after a power struggle in the mid 80s, both have escaped conviction several times. Both of their lawyers also claimed in court that their client was not part of the mafia, with Gotti's lawyer even going as far as to say "there is no mafia". - Properly Paranoid: The only person he does not seem to distrust is Toni Cipriani, and he even holds him at gunpoint once.
- Sanity Slippage: Once his paranoia grows.
- Suicide Mission: Salvatore promises to have Claude made if he destroys the Cartel boat. This is done in unseemly haste by mob standardsnote , and as Joey points out to Toni in "Cipriani's Chauffeur", Claude isn't Italian.note This is a major sign that Salvatore doesn't intend to let Claude live.
- Took a Level in Badass: In Liberty City Stories, he is very capable in a gunfight.
- Trash Talk: Quite often, especially with Maria in LCS and members of rival gangs.
- Villainous Breakdown: It's clear that he's having a mental breakdown while cursing Carl for his hand at the casino heist in San Andreas.
- You Have Out Lived Your Usefulness: Does this to Claude after he blows up the SPANK factory. Becomes a Genocide Backfire since Claude hadn't yet shown any sign of trying to betray him.
Underbosses
Joey Leone
Voiced by: Michael Rapaport
Salvatore Leone's son and Underboss of the Leone Crime Family. He's not very involved in the family business, preferring to work on his garage business. He's Misty's boyfriend (or at least her most recurring customer, given her line of work), but Joey does give Claude some work by having him collect some debts that the Forelli Brothers owe to the Leone Family.
- Badass Driver: Implied to be involved in street racing and supes up some excellent sports cars.
- Grease Monkey: He owns an auto shop, and he loves working with (and stealing) cars.
- Inadequate Inheritor: How Salvatore sees him.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: He is not very involved in Mafia business beyond car thefts and the occasional robbery or debt collection, and as such, it is implied in Liberty City Stories that Salvatore trusts Toni Cipriani more than him.
Capos
Toni Cipriani
Voiced by: Michael Madsen (III), Danny Mastrogiorgio (Liberty City Stories)
First appeared in GTA III as a Capo for Liberty City's dominant Leone Mafia family. Later used as the protagonist of the prequel title Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, where he has returned from a long absence to help organize said family's success. Has an unsupportive, domineering mother who embarrasses him at every turn.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Before he put on some weight he wasn't half bad with the ladies. He caught the eye of Maria (to his dismay), and gained the affection of Toshiko.
- Ax-Crazy: A ruthless mob hitman, Toni is easily one of the most brutal and vicious protagonists in the GTA series. Even if you set aside the brutal murder of Giovanni Casa carried out with a literal axe and fueled by sheer anger, he also commits other brutal and multiple murders throughout the course of the story. Namely, the killing of twenty members of the Forelli with a katana. And unlike Trevor, he doesn't use drugs and his brutality is much more calculated, making him even more dangerous.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: His starting outfit is a brown jacket over a black shirt with pants and workboots but the prologue mission has him change into a suit more befitting of The Mafia and he is depicted in artwork as such. He is a made man, after all.
- Basement-Dweller: At some point between LCS and III, Toni moved back with his Ma, despite having three houses of his own.
- Captain Ersatz: Pretty obviously one for Tony Soprano.
- Both have abusive, sociopathic mothers they have a hopeless loyalty and desire to please to. They've also had hits put out on them by said mothers.
- Both go from slightly pudgy to severely overweight over the course of a few years.
- Both are known for their volatile tempers, with a tendency for Tranquil Fury.
- To top it all off, Toni's "Wiseguy" outfit is very clearly inspired by Tony's iconic red knit polo outfit from Season 1.
- The Comically Serious: His constant sarcasm is always hilarious.
- Confessional: Goes to one only to be manipulated by Immoral Journalist Ned Burner who's only interest is generating big stories to cover.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments.
- The Dog Bites Back: Situations eventually change to the degree that Toni is able to whack Vincenzo, getting revenge for treating him so shittily.
- The Dragon: He is Salvatore's right-hand man and the only one he trusts.
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: When they're not bickering, that is.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Toni will gladly chop you up if you piss him off, but he draws the line at not showing your parents proper respect.
- As much as he's annoyed by Maria, he's clearly angry when he discovers that her boyfriend Wayne beat her up.
- Formerly Fit: He gained plenty of weight between 1998 and 2001.
- Freudian Excuse: Seeing what an overbearing, unpleasable and downright sociopathic asshole his mother is, it's easy to see how Toni ended up a brutal mob hitman with a short fuse. Some of his more extreme moments come from trying to prove himself worthy of her respect.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Living with his Ma will do that to you.
- Inexplicably Awesome: Toni Cipriani is a high-ranking member of the Leone family with an absolutely uncanny ability to assassinate multiple targets and survive extremely dangerous missions. He's completely lethal when under pressure, which is quite remarkable for someone who doesn't even have military training, unlike protagonists such as Vic, Niko, or Trevor.
- Informed Flaw: People in Liberty City Stories constantly note how skinny Toni has become, despite being more pudgy than skinny.
- Karma Houdini: He is never punished for everything he has done, including destroying the Fort Staunton district which killed many innocent people.
- Momma's Boy: In Liberty City Stories, he is desperate to get his mother's approval, even after she placed a hit on him.
- Only Sane Man:
- Perma-Stubble: In Liberty City Stories Toni has a permanent five o'clock shadow.
- Professional Killer: The most lethal professional assassin the Leones have ever had. He will commit any commissioned murder, whether individual or multiple, to secure payment, which is quite uncanny coming from someone without military training.
- Promoted to Playable: He appears as a mission-giver in III, but then becomes the protagonist in the prequel, Liberty City Stories.
- Rapid Aging: He doesn't even look like the same man in GTA III. The stresses of organized crime (not to mention a sociopathic mother) will do that to you.
- The Reliable One: Despite his demotion at the beginning of Liberty City Stories, Salvatore comes to recognize him as the only person he can rely on.
- Retired Badass: By the time of GTAIII he's no longer working the streets, but just three years earlier he was busting heads with the best of them.
- Super Drowning Skills: Back in Liberty and the water is still as good for you as a heart attack.
- Tranquil Fury: Again specifically in the mission "Dead Meat". He's disturbingly quiet and terse in speech as he meets up with Giovanni Casa, drives him to the meat processing plant and proceeds to hack him apart with an axe.
- Undying Loyalty: To Salvatore Leone. In fact, out of all the GTA protagonists who have worked with Leone, he's notable for being the only one to not betray him.
- Unknown Rival: Despite Massimo Torini being the main antagonist of Liberty City Stories, neither he nor Toni have any kind of personal rivalry. The two cross paths twice in the whole game, and never exchange words. Being an influential underboss for the Sicilian mob, Torini never appears to regard Toni himself, with Torini focused on Salvatore. Despite this, Toni spends a good chunk of the game keeping the Leone's afloat and dismantling the Sicilian's invasion of Liberty City. The only meaningful interaction the two have is at the game's climax, in which Toni kills Torini.
- Villain Protagonist: He's the main protagonist of Liberty City Stories.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: To his mother. She never never ceases to nag at and insult him, but while this annoys him, Toni admits on Chatterbox that he does want her respect.
- Younger Than They Look: Believe it or not, Toni is in his 30s or 40s in GTA III, despite looking like a sixty-year old. His artwork, however, averts this by making him look younger.
Vincenzo Cilli
Voiced by: Joe Lo Truglio
A member of the Leone Family and Salvatore Leone's current capo at the beginning of the game.- Disc-One Final Boss: Despite being set up as a major antagonist complete with appearing in the introduction and having more beef with Toni himself than any other antagonist in the game who at best see Toni as an obstacle between them and Salvatore, he is killed near the end of the Portland missions (not even halfway through the game) and ultimately does not play a part in the ongoing war between the Mafia families.
- Dirty Coward: Instead of fighting Toni himself, he sends a bunch of enforcers to do that dirty work for him.
- Foil: Vincenzo is educated and clean-cut, two things Toni definitely is not.
- Hate Sink: He is heavily implied to be Green-Eyed Monster. At first, it's ambiguous whether he really set Toni up to be arrested by police or not, causing Toni to be pissed off at him and crush his car. Then, because of this, he tries to kill Toni. He fails.
- Incest Subtext: In one scene, he receives oral sex from a prostitute while talking on the phone to his mother. When Toni calls him disgusting for this, Vincenzo tries to justify himself by claiming it's just "multitasking".
- Jerkass: He is a total asshole towards Toni, constantly sending him on suicide missions.
- The Resenter: He resents Toni for gaining a lot of trust from Salvatore.
- Smug Snake: He thinks his high-ranking status in the mob means he controls Toni's life, but in reality is just a pathetic prick whose role is nothing compared with other antagonists in the storyline.
- The Sociopath: He is manipulative, ruthless, superficially charming, and shows zero remorse for his actions.
- Why Won't You Die?: Said to Toni after he survives Vincenzo's onslaught of chainsaw-wielding madmen.
Enforcers
Luigi Goterelli
Voiced by: Joe Pantoliano
A member of the Leones and owner of the Sex Club 7.- Affably Evil: He's very polite for a hardened mobster.
- Pimp Duds: He insists that he is the owner of a strip club, not a pimp. However, his missions involve prostitutes, with one of them having Claude kill several rival pimps.
Mickey Hamfists
Voiced by: Unknown actor (III), Chris Tardio (Liberty City Stories)
An average soldier of the Leones.- The Brute: Possibly. He's very aggressive and muscular, after all.
- Undying Loyalty: One of the most loyal members of the family.
Mike
A Leone member who is Ken Rosenberg's bodyguard in the Caligula's Palace. He appeared in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- Bouncer: He guards the doors to the room where Rosenberg lives.
Associates
Maria Latore
Voiced by: Debi Mazar (III & San Andreas), Fiona Gallagher (Liberty City Stories)
Salvatore Leone's much-suffering wife. His neglectful and uncaring attitude causes her to constantly cheat on him and spend his money out of spite. Later becomes involved with Claude, for whom her feelings are more genuine.- All There in the Script: Her surname.
- Abhorrent Admirer: To both Toni and Claude. Toni doesn't return her affections, both because she's the wife of his boss, and because of her reckless behavior and substance abuse. Claude doesn't seem to mind her advances, but given that he never talks, or acknowledges her hitting on him, their "relationship" seems fairly one-sided.
- Ambiguously Bi: She gets it on with a lot of men, but it would also appear that her friendship with Asuka comes with benefits.
- Beware the Nice Ones: In III Maria is shown to be fairly decent by the standards you can get in the world of GTA. That said she joins Asuka in torturing Miguel for information, never breaking her streak all the while, all because she was bored and wanted to keep Asuka company. Asuka describes her as a natural at this.
- Brainless Beauty: She's not very bright, to the point of nearly getting Claude killed several times. She's even dumber in Liberty City Stories.
- Damsel in Distress: Is abducted by Catalina late in III, prompting Claude to come to her rescue, as well as finally take his revenge on Catalina.
- Defector from Decadence: Following Salvatore's betrayal, she leaves the Mafia with Claude, claiming her reasons is she's seen to much of that life. Of course she ends up defecting to the Yakuza.
- Domestic Abuse: It's shown that Maria and Salvatore are not on the best terms of their marriage with them constantly arguing and Maria being spiteful towards him. She also has an affair with a biker who beats her, and when she tells Salvatore that she and Claude are together, Salvatore attempts to have Claude killed, seemingly to spite her.
- Flanderization: In III, Maria's only seen taking drugs once, and while her cheating on Salvatore is a plot point, she just simply leaves him and is shown to be more friendly and down to earth. In the prequel LCS, Maria is not just a Mafia Princess, but takes it to borderline Bratty Teenage Daughter extremes; she openly cheats on Salvatore and flirts with Toni, and is shown to be a heavy drug user who needs to be saved from an overdose, and has her idiocy played up. One could say she got her act together over time, if only slightly.
- Gold Digger: Is only with Salvatore Leone because of his money. She pursues Toni under the belief that he's loaded as well, but when she realizes he is virtually penniless she snaps at him and warns him to "never to hit on her again". Claude appears to be the only romantic interest of hers that she doesn't go after on the grounds of wealth.
- Implied Love Interest: To Claude. Maria claims that she and him are an item to piss of Salvatore, but also shows genuine feelings for him with affectionate names and the like. Naturally, Claude's feelings for her are rather vague. Rescuing her is one of his priorities during the final mission though, after which they walk off into the sunset together.
- The Load: The source of endless amounts of trouble for both Toni and Claude. Though she does warn Claude about Salvatore's betrayal and sets him up with Asuka.
- Mafia Princess: Comes with being wife of The Don. LCS sees her in the middle of the life, and III sees her at the tail-end of it. According to Maria herself, she wants out.
- May–December Romance: She's married to the much older Salvatore. Justified because she's obviously married him for his money.
- Morality Pet: Quite possibly the closest thing Claude has to one. Him helping rescue her in addition to taking his revenge on Catalina implies that he might have some compassion for her. That is unless he killed her himself.
- Never My Fault: In LCS, Maria eventually warns Toni from flirting with her all because he doesn't have enough money, even though she was the one flirting with him. Averted in III, where she explains her part in Salvatore turning against Claude and apologizes to him.
- The Not-Love Interest: To Toni. She constantly hits on him despite Toni frustratedly insisting there is nothing between them.
- Operation: Jealousy: In order to piss Salvatore off, she claims she's having an affair with Claude. This nearly gets him killed in a jealous rage and permanently cuts his blossoming ties with the Leone family.
- Pet the Dog: Say what you will about Maria, she does save Claude from Salvatore's betrayal and apologizes about getting him in trouble. It's implied she might have real affection for Claude, unlike her other suitors, as she doesn't appear to be after his money or using him in any way.
- Psychotic Love Triangle: Maria has a tendency to start this, although the "love" bit can be rather vague depending on who she's with. In LCS, she has an affair with a biker and claims to have been "dating" Toni, prompting said biker to beat her and Toni to kill him. In III, she tells Salvatore that she and Claude are having an affair, prompting Salvatore to call on a hit for Claude, and in turn, Claude killing Salvatore.
- Rescue Romance: How she see's her relationship with Claude. She rescued Claude from Salvatore's death trap, and Claude makes it a priority to rescue her from Catalina during his final rampage against the Cartel.
- Spoiled Brat: Is depicted as this in LCS, using her status as Mafia Princess to support a drug habit, using her "boyfriends" to get her way and generally tries to spite Salvatore in the same manner a spoled teenage daughter would spite their father.
- Too Dumb to Live:
- Subverted that it's not really her who will lose life. But by telling Salvatore that she has entered a relationship with Claude, this causes Salvatore to betray and try to kill Claude.
- In Liberty City Stories she informs a guy she was dating, the leader of a Biker gang, that she was "dating" Toni, which said biker did not appreciate.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Even Word of God never confirms her fate for sure.
Donald Love
Voiced by: Kyle Maclachlan (III) Will Janowitz (Liberty City Stories)
Liberty City's resident media mogul; first introduced in Grand Theft Auto III seeking Claude's services for a "rescue" operation. After having a cameo in Vice City he comes back as a supporting character - and more neurotic than ever - in Liberty City Stories as the Leone family's preferred candidate for mayor.- All Elections Are Serious Business: Entering the mob-controlled mayoral race in Liberty City (hint: not as a democrat).
- Ax-Crazy: He never acts psychotically violent, but it is clear his highly depraved tastes make him one.
- Bastard Understudy: Has Toni Cipriani assassinate his mentor Avery Carrington, then has Toni bring him his corpse for an in-flight meal
- Beard of Sorrow: Sprouts one after losing both the election and his empire in Liberty City Stories.
- Characterization Marches On: Love is much more composed and calculating in III, showing no signs of emotion or weakness. Liberty City Stories later reveals that he used to be more neurotic and flamboyant and is also an unstable cannibal.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Love will stoop to mass murder if it benefits him, as evidenced by the missions he assigns Cipriani in Liberty City Stories (killing rival political activists, blowing up an entire neighborhood populated by thousands of innocent people) and his conspiracy in III to instigate a gang war between the Colombian Cartel and the Yakuza for the sake of lowering property values.
- Evil Is Petty: For the sake of lowering property values, he arranges a gang war between the Yakuza and the Colombian Cartel.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's impeccably polite and professional in every dealing that he has with others; he is also an unfettered mass murderer whose depravity knows absolutely no bounds.
- Flanderization: He is a lot more depraved and over-the-top in Liberty City Stories.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Revealed in Liberty City Stories as clarification of what he did at the "morgue parties" referenced in GTA 3.
- I Love the Dead: It is hinted at that Love is interested in corpses in... other ways than just eating them.
- Karma Houdini: Unlike most Grand Theft Auto villains who crossed the line, Love completely vanishes from Liberty City towards the end of III, his fate unknown.
- Riches to Rags: After blowing all his money on his mayoral campaign, he loses everything and has to move to a filthy flophouse. With Toni's help he goes right back to being rich.
- The Sociopath: Donald Love has the typical characteristics of a sociopath: he is impeccably charming and a great conversationalist; however, he is also an incredibly depraved man who is absolutely devoid of any kind of remorse, conscience or morals. He is also incredibly self-centered and narcissistic, and would commit any kind of atrocity to line his pockets or glorify his ego.
- The Stoic: His characterization in III, a far cry from what he used to be three years before.
- Strawman Political: He is a ruthless business mogul, completely obsessed with money and owning things, makes disparaging remarks about liberals and left-wingers, he's about as typical a Republican you can find.
- That Mysterious Thing: His final missions in GTA III involve a mysterious package. Whatever it is, the FBI and the police want it badly.
- Trumplica: He's a parody of Trump during the 80s, right down to having the same first name.
- Villainous Breakdown: He has one after his connections to Toni and the Leone family are made public, and his chance to become mayor is lost because of said connections.
- The Voiceless: Due to Kyle MacLachlan's absence in Vice City. He starts to introduce himself to Tommy, but Avery keeps cutting him off and telling him to shut up.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He simply disappears after all his missions are completed in III. Word of God told us that he tries to go back to normality after realising he crossed a few lines.
8-Ball
Voiced by: Keith "Guru" Elam
A demolitions expert in Liberty City (even though car bomb shops everywhere in the III continuity use his name). He was on the prison bus with Claude at the start of the game, and joined up with him to escape when the convoy was attacked. He struck up a friendship with him - well, as much of a friendship as one can have with a Heroic Mime - and helped him find work with the Leone family.- Arms Dealer: Sells small arms to Claude after the duo escape from police custody.
- Demolitions Expert: Specializes in creating and using explosives. He runs 8-Ball Autos, a vehicle shop that allows players to rig a vehicle with an explosive, turning it to a VBIED.
- Exposition Fairy: He spends much of the first mission explaining the game's mechanics, as well as acting as a mouthpiece for Claude when necessary. He's dropped from the story fairly quickly, of course.
- Face–Heel Turn: Along with the entire Leone family, if he knew what that last car bomb was meant for.
- I Owe You My Life: He feels indebted to Claude, as he helped him escape the prison convoy.
- Master Forger: Amongst his many other connections and skills, 8-ball is known to be a skilled Forger. His forging skills are called upon in Grand Theft Auto Advance when Mike seeks him out in order to obtain bogus IDs.
- Noodle Incident: How his hands got injured. All he says on the matter is that they were burned in a police raid. An article on the promotional Liberty Tree website clarifies that a police officer spilled hot fat on them.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Possibly. He puts a bomb on Claude's car after the latter saves his life, twice. It's uncertain because he may not have known the bomb was meant for Claude when he was rigging the car. His shops also continue to modify the cars Claude brings them after that incident, whereas the rest of the Leone family mooks try to kill him on sight.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: 8-ball's not seen again after he teams up with Claude to take out a SPANK shipment being conducted by the Colombian cartel.
Mrs. Cipriani
Voiced by: Sondra James
Toni Cipriani's overbearing and condescending mother. She is never physically seen, and instead bosses Claude and Toni around from inside her restaurant.- Abusive Parents: She berates her son for just about everything she can think of. She even places a hit on Toni for "not being man enough".
- Captain Ersatz: Just like Toni is one for Tony Soprano, she is one for Tony's mother, Livia Soprano.
- Evil Matriarch: She's Toni's mother, and a horribly unpleasant person even to him.
- Evil Old Folks: An old lady who's aligned with the Leones and puts a hit on Toni to get him to "die like a real man".
- Hate Sink: Mrs. Cipriani is a massive Jerkass who unfavorably compares Toni to her late husband, is never satisfied no matter what he does, and even puts a hit on him until he becomes a made man. This continues when he moves back in her restaurant in III.
- I Have No Son!: Regularly uses this to get Toni to do whatever she wants him to do on that day.
- Jerkass: She is a jerk to just about anybody she talks to.
- My Beloved Smother: Nothing Toni does is ever good enough to satisfy her. Yet she refuses to let him out from under her thumb, constantly denigrates him, and even puts a hit on him, all to make her son live up to her idea of "a real man".
- Politically Incorrect Villain: She states at one point that Toni is not her son, a daughter maybe, after he fails to meet her expectations.
- So Proud of You: When Toni becomes a made man, his mother becomes very happy over his success and says she never doubted him, even though she always did doubt him previously. At the very least, Toni becoming a made man convinces her to call off the hit on him.
- The Voice: She is never seen physically and only communicates with the protagonists from inside her home.
Misty
Voiced by: Kim Gurney
A prostitute who works for Luigi at his club. Joey is one of her regular clients.- Advertised Extra: Despite being featured prominently in advertising, she only appears in a few missions in Portland with no real bearing to the plot whatsoever.
- Covers Always Lie: Advertising artwork makes her seem like she's just as violent as the rest of the characters. In-game, however, she comes more across as a Hooker with a Heart of Gold who's friendly enough with the other characters and is ecstatic to see Joey.
