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* AmbiguousDisorder:
** Rose Marie's "madness" is never giving a particular diagnosis.
** Cross and the people around him speculate that he may have a mental disorder after noticing similarities between him and Bethany, Athena Aquitane's autistic daughter.
** Rose Marie's "madness" is never giving a particular diagnosis.
** Cross and the people around him speculate that he may have a mental disorder after noticing similarities between him and Bethany, Athena Aquitane's autistic daughter.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Rose Marie Clericuzio and Jimmy Santadio are the most decent members of their respective families and are very much in love, unfortunately, these are mafia families that are in an open war between themselves. However, they both believe that their love -and a pregnancy- can end the war and unite both families, so they decide to marry in a great ceremony... and everything ends tragically for both of them.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Jim Losey is a California detective who is considered by journalists to be a fearless defender of law and order, almost a "super detective", and there are plans to make a movie based on some of his cases. But he is actually a corrupt policeman who works for the Clericuzio, as well as being horribly racist.
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'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo, author of ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and its film adaptations, as well as ''Literature/TheSicilian''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, ''The Godfather'' and ''The Last Don'' are very different novels.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: "Who were Romeo and Juliet? Certainly not Italians." Actually, they were. The film adaptation changes this line to "Sicilians." This may have been ComicallyMissingThePoint however.
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* NiceHat: Dante's various Italian Renaissance hats.
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* To ass to that, in ''The Last Don II'' she finally finds friendship and the prospect of a new start with [[HotPriest Father Luca]], but he is sent away and [[spoiler:dies in a rebellion in Ireland.]]
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'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo, author of ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and its film adaptations, as well as ''Literature/TheSicilian''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the ''The Godfather'' and ''The Last Don'' are very different novels.
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'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo, author of ''Literature/TheGodfather'' and its film adaptations, as well as ''Literature/TheSicilian''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the ''The Godfather'' and ''The Last Don'' are very different novels.
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* To ass to that, in ''The Last Don II'' she finally finds friendship and the prospect of a new start with [[HotPriest Father Luca]], but he is sent away and [[spoiler:dies in a rebellion in Ireland.]]
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/DarylHannah is replaced by Mo Kelso in the sequel.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/DarylHannah is replaced by Mo Kelso in the sequel.sequel, whilst Alison Pill replaces Chloe Clifford.
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** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night as vengeance for the murder of their brother Silvio. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.
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** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night as vengeance for the murder of their brother Silvio. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.necessary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: "Who were Romeo and Juliet? Certainly not Italians." Actually, they were. The film adaptation changes this line to "Sicilians."
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* CriticalResearchFailure: "Who were Romeo and Juliet? Certainly not Italians." Actually, they were. The film adaptation changes this line to "Sicilians." This may have been ComicallyMissingThePoint however.
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** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.
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** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night.night as vengeance for the murder of their brother Silvio. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.
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* AlliterativeName: '''A'''thena '''A'''quitane, '''B'''obby '''B'''antz and '''F'''alene '''F'''ante, although Athena and Falene, being actresses, both likely use fake last names.
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* AlliterativeName: '''A'''thena '''A'''quitane, '''B'''obby '''B'''antz '''B'''antz, '''S'''teve '''S'''tallings and '''F'''alene '''F'''ante, although Athena and Falene, being actresses, both likely use fake with the actors, their last names might just be stage names.
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!!The saga provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationDistillation: Much of the detailed subplots are dropped in the miniseries.
* AdaptationDistillation: Much of the detailed subplots are dropped in the miniseries.
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!!The saga ''The Last Don'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdaptationDistillation: Much of the novel's detailed subplots are dropped in the miniseries.
* AdaptationDistillation: Much of the novel's detailed subplots are dropped in the miniseries.
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* AffectionateNickname: ''Pippi'' De Lena. His real name is Joseph.
* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly in the sequel.
* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly in the sequel.
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* AffectionateNickname: ''Pippi'' AffectionateNickname:
** Joseph "Pippi" DeLena. His real name Lena.
** Croccifixio "Cross" De Lena.
** Rose Marie Clericuzio isJoseph.
sometimes called "Ro".
** Athena Aquitane was called "Thena" in her youth.
* AlliterativeName: '''A'''thena '''A'''quitane, '''B'''obby '''B'''antz and '''F'''alene '''F'''ante, although Athena and Falene, being actresses, both likely use fake last names.
* AmbiguousDisorder:
**Rose Marie's "madness" is never giving a particular diagnosis.
**Cross and the people around him speculate that he may have a mental disorder after noticing similarities between him and Bethany, Athena Aquitane's autistic daughter.
* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly in thesequel.''The Last Don II''.
** Joseph "Pippi" De
** Croccifixio "Cross" De Lena.
** Rose Marie Clericuzio is
** Athena Aquitane was called "Thena" in her youth.
* AlliterativeName: '''A'''thena '''A'''quitane, '''B'''obby '''B'''antz and '''F'''alene '''F'''ante, although Athena and Falene, being actresses, both likely use fake last names.
* AmbiguousDisorder:
**Rose Marie's "madness" is never giving a particular diagnosis.
**Cross and the people around him speculate that he may have a mental disorder after noticing similarities between him and Bethany, Athena Aquitane's autistic daughter.
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* BreakTheCutie: Poor Rose Marie...
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* BreakTheCutie: Poor [[InnocenceLost Rose Marie...Marie]]...
** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.
** Then Cross [[spoiler:murders her son Dante, and Don Clericuzio allows the body to never be found]].
** Her cousin Pippi and her brothers [[spoiler:murder her new husband right in front of her on her wedding night. Right after Pippi promises to make peace between the families. She also realizes that they were considering offing her too, in order to LeaveNoWitnesses. Her father, of course, ordered the whole thing, including giving them permission to kill her if necesary.]] Rose Marie's mind completely breaks after this and she frequently has violent fits, a contrast to her usually sweet and gentle nature.
** Then Cross [[spoiler:murders her son Dante, and Don Clericuzio allows the body to never be found]].
* TheChessmaster: Don Clericuzio. Especially considering the revelation that [[spoiler: he had known that Dante needed to be killed to allow the family to transition away from crime and manipulated events so that Cross would have to kill Dante, allowing Don Clericuzio not to have to kill his own grandson.]]
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dante Clericuzio is a sadistic bastard who enjoys torture, murder and rape, but he really loves his mother Rose Marie, and it is his love for her that leads him to [[spoiler: murder his uncles and take over the empire of the Clericuzio.]]
* FeudingFamilies: The Clericuzios and the Santadios.
* KissingCousins: Pippi and Rose Marie were this in their youth.
* FeudingFamilies: The Clericuzios and the Santadios.
* KissingCousins: Pippi and Rose Marie were this in their youth.
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* DomesticAbuse: Boz Skannet to his wife Athena Aquitane.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dante Clericuzio is a sadistic bastard who enjoys torture,murder rape and rape, murder, but he really loves his mother Rose Marie, and it is his love for her that leads him to [[spoiler: murder his uncles Pippi and try to take over the empire of the Clericuzio.]]
* FamilyExtermination: What the [[spoiler:Clericuzios]] do to the [[spoiler:Santadios]].
* FeudingFamilies: The Clericuzios and theSantadios.
Santadios, eventually breaking out into a bloody MobWar.
*KissingCousins: Pippi FreakOut: What happens to Rose Marie after [[spoiler:her family murders her husband on their wedding night.]]
* HollywoodAutism: Bethany Aquitane.
* HorribleHollywood: A large section of the novel is dedicated to this.
* InTheBlood: Don Clericuzio ultimately accepts that Dante was doomed from the start because of his [[spoiler:Santadio]] and Clericuzio blood.
* KissingCousins:
**Pippi and Rose Marie were this in theiryouth.youth, though it was never serious.
**Dante and Cross also flirt with their cousins at family gatherings.
* LaughingMad: Rose Marie sometimes does this when having an episode.
* ManipulativeBastard: Don Clericuzio, especially according to Rose Marie.
* NiceHat: Dante's various Italian Renaissance hats.
* NomDeMom: Dante Clericuzio goes by his mother's name.
* PsychopathicManchild: Dante.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dante Clericuzio is a sadistic bastard who enjoys torture,
* FamilyExtermination: What the [[spoiler:Clericuzios]] do to the [[spoiler:Santadios]].
* FeudingFamilies: The Clericuzios and the
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* HollywoodAutism: Bethany Aquitane.
* HorribleHollywood: A large section of the novel is dedicated to this.
* InTheBlood: Don Clericuzio ultimately accepts that Dante was doomed from the start because of his [[spoiler:Santadio]] and Clericuzio blood.
* KissingCousins:
**Pippi and Rose Marie were this in their
**Dante and Cross also flirt with their cousins at family gatherings.
* LaughingMad: Rose Marie sometimes does this when having an episode.
* ManipulativeBastard: Don Clericuzio, especially according to Rose Marie.
* NiceHat: Dante's various Italian Renaissance hats.
* NomDeMom: Dante Clericuzio goes by his mother's name.
* PsychopathicManchild: Dante.
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* WhiteSheep: Claudia De Lena, though she is more accepting of her status as a Clericuzio by the end.
* WritersSuck: The opinion of everyone in Hollywood towards writers, except for the writers, of course.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Dante's]] motivation for killing [[spoiler:Pippi.]]
* WritersSuck: The opinion of everyone in Hollywood towards writers, except for the writers, of course.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Dante's]] motivation for killing [[spoiler:Pippi.]]
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dante Clericuzio is a sadistic bastard who enjoys torture, murder and rape, but he really loves his mother Rose Marie, and it is his love for her that leads him to [[spoiler: murder his uncles and take over the empire of the Clericuzio.]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:What is past is past. Never go back. Not for excuses, not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.]]
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-->''"Power isn't everything. It's the only thing."''
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->''"Power isn't everything. It's the only thing."''
'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of ''Film/TheGodfather''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the two works are very different.
''The Last Don'' received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, ''The Last Don II''.
'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of ''Film/TheGodfather''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the two works are very different.
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[[caption-width-right:200:What is past is past. Never go back. Not for excuses, not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are, the world is what it is.]]
-->''"Power isn't everything. It's the only thing."''
'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel
The story follows aging Sicilian-American Mafia [[TheDon Don Domenico Clericuzio]] and his family, and their quest to stay in power at all costs.
''The Last Don'' received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, ''The Last Don
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* {{Badass}}: Pippi De Lena
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* CriticalResearchFailure: "Who were Romeo and Juliet? Certainly not Italians." Actually, they were. The film adaptation changes this line to "Sicilians."
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* AmericanDream: Don Domenico was sent to America to escape Mussolini's Mafia purges and to embrace this trope.
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'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of ''Film/TheGodfather''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia, LasVegas UsefulNotes/LasVegas and HorribleHollywood, the two works are very different.
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'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of Film/TheGodfather . Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia , LasVegas and HorribleHollywood , the two works are very different.
It received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, entitled '''The Last Don II'''.
It received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, entitled '''The Last Don II'''.
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'''''The Last Don''''' is a 1997 novel written by Mario Puzo, author of Film/TheGodfather . ''Film/TheGodfather''. Despite this, and despite the fact that it prominently features TheMafia , TheMafia, LasVegas and HorribleHollywood , HorribleHollywood, the two works are very different.
It ''The Last Don'' received a TV miniseries based on it the year it was written, which itself received a sequel, entitled '''The ''The Last Don II'''.
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* {{Badass}}: Pippi De Lena
* BigBrotherInstinct: All the Clericuzio brothers dote on Rose Marie.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Rose Marie...
* CallingTheOldManOut: After the Santadio war, Rose Marie frequently does this to her father.
* {{Confessional}}: Where Rose Marie meets Father Luca.
* BigBrotherInstinct: All the Clericuzio brothers dote on Rose Marie.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Rose Marie...
* CallingTheOldManOut: After the Santadio war, Rose Marie frequently does this to her father.
* {{Confessional}}: Where Rose Marie meets Father Luca.
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* TimeshiftedActor: Young Rose Marie is played by Emily Hampshire while her older self is played by Creator/KirstieAlley.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Much of the detailed subplots are dropped in the miniseries.
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* AffectionateNickname: ''Pippi'' De Lena. His real name is Joseph.
* AmericanDream: Don Domenico was sent to America to escape Mussolini's Mafia purges and to embrace this trope.
* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly in the sequel.
* DemotedToExtra: Athena, Vincent and Petie in the sequel.
* KissingCousins: Pippi and Rose Marie were this in their youth.
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/DarylHannah is replaced by Mo Kelso in the sequel.
* AmericanDream: Don Domenico was sent to America to escape Mussolini's Mafia purges and to embrace this trope.
* AnyoneCanDie: Particularly in the sequel.
* DemotedToExtra: Athena, Vincent and Petie in the sequel.
* KissingCousins: Pippi and Rose Marie were this in their youth.
* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/DarylHannah is replaced by Mo Kelso in the sequel.