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* FamilyValuesVillain: Like most of the mobsters in the show, Pussy has old school family values. His main cause of stress- and [[spoiler: motivation for turning rat]]- is providing for his kids. He takes his role as AJ's confirmation sponsor very, very seriously. Also, [[spoiler: despite willingly becoming an FBI informant, he is disgusted by the idea of wearing a wire to AJ's confirmation party, as it is a sacred and happy event]].


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* It'sPersonal: [[spoiler: Puts in work to help Tony find Bevilaqua and goes along to whack the kid. He refuses to wear a wire or report any of it to Skip. While he was an accomice who would want to avoid incriminating himself in the violence, he could have easily informed Skip of the coming murder and found an excuse to stay behind, but he didn't. At the end of the day, he did truly care for Chris and Tony on some level]].

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[[caption-width-right:275: ''"Lyin piece of shit! You better not come around here no more!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:275: ''"Lyin piece of shit! You better not come around here no more!"'']]''"Kill me after if you want, but he's a fucking dead man!"'']]



[[caption-width-right:350: ''"The party's over."'']]

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->''"If you can fly, I won't shoot you down deal?"''

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->''"If you can fly, I won't shoot you down deal?"''
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* ProfessionalButtKisser: His relationship with Junior amounts to little more than sycophant.

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* ProfessionalButtKisser: His relationship with Junior amounts to little more than being his most fervent sycophant.



-->'''Mikey''': Listen to me, I'm gonna give you a break! I'm gonna give you break... when I toss you over!



* UndyingLoyalty: To Junior, although he does attempt to pin his murder of Brendan on him [[DirtyCoward to save his own skin]] when he's about to be whacked.

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* UndyingLoyalty: To Junior, Serves as Junior Soprano's most unwavering supporter, although he does attempt to pin his murder of Brendan on him [[DirtyCoward to save his own skin]] when he's about to be whacked.
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->''"If you can fly, I won't shoot you down deal?"''

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->''"I could care less, basically."''

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->''"I could care less, basically.->''"Here's some standard operating procedure; stay the fuck away from Tony Soprano."''



* TheGenericGuy: Appears in many scenes but has very little characterization, although he gets fleshed out a bit in the later seasons.

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* TheGenericGuy: Appears in many scenes but has very little characterization, characterization beyond being the family's accountant, although he gets fleshed out a bit in the later seasons.



* TheStoic: He's a lot more reserved and quiet than his boisterous compatriots.

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* TheStoic: He's a lot more reserved and quiet than his boisterous compatriots.compatriots, and even keeps his calm tone of voice when threatening [[spoiler:Gloria]].



->''"Listen, you'll be fucking amazed!"''



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Junior's right-hand man.

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Junior's right-hand man.man at the start of the series.


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* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: He has a sort of platonic affair with Carmela, and has to go back to Italy before Tony finds out.

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* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: He has a sort of platonic affair with Carmela, and has to go back to Italy before Tony finds out.out about it.



->''"Junior, I want to do it... eight years sitting on my ass, it'll feel good being useful for a change!"''



* IncurableCoughOfDeath: A pretty nasty one.

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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: A pretty nasty one.one that requires him to bring around an inhaler. He occasionally coughs up blood too.
->'''Junior''': Oh fuck... is that blood? Jesus Christ! Call a fucking doctor!



* LivingLegend: Not for long.

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* LivingLegend: The so-called "Terminator" of the [=DiMeo=] family, feared as an effective hitman during his youth. Not for long.long, though.



* YourDaysAreNumbered: He's dying of lung cancer and knows he only has a few months left at most.

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* YourDaysAreNumbered: He's dying of lung cancer and knows he only has a few months left at most. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he dies choking on his own blood shortly after his final hit.]]
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** He is very much aware that his twin brother, Philly, was whacked on Tony's orders, and at one point he goes as far as walking into Tony's garden with a loaded gun and the intent to kill him, though he just barely manages to suppress his anger enough to not go through with it at the last second, with Tony none the wiser. He eventually buries the hatchet, [[spoiler:although one interpretation of the finale would argue he hasn't]].

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** He Though Tony denies it, Patsy is very much aware that his twin brother, Philly, was whacked killed on Tony's his orders, and at one point he goes as far as walking into Tony's garden with a loaded gun and the intent to kill him, though he just barely manages to suppress his anger enough to not go through with it at the last second, with Tony none the wiser. He eventually buries the hatchet, [[spoiler:although one interpretation of the finale would argue he hasn't]].
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* LooseLips: While Tony's motivation for ordering the hit on Philly was mainly political in nature, as he was one of the likely candidates to ascend to boss after Junior's incarceration, it is implied that it was also at least partially because Tony also resented Philly's gossipy nature on [[ItsPersonal a personal level]], blaming him for starting the rumor that he attempted to strangle his mother.

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* LooseLips: While Tony's motivation for ordering the hit on Philly was mainly political in nature, as he was one of the likely candidates to ascend to boss after Junior's incarceration, it is implied that it was also at least partially because Tony also resented Philly's gossipy nature on [[ItsPersonal a personal level]], blaming him for starting the (factual) rumor that he attempted to strangle his mother.

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* PosthumousCharacter: One of the many characters to appear in Season 5's "The Test Dream."

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* PosthumousCharacter: One of the many dead characters to appear in Season 5's "The Test Dream."



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->''"I could care less, basically."''



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Intimidating Gloria Trillo.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Intimidating Patsy is far from a moral paragon, but it's rather satisfying seeing him intimidate Gloria Trillo.Trillo after she goes full psycho and tries to get Tony to kill her.



* MookPromotion: The fact that his son is courting Meadow ingratiates him with Tony.

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* MookPromotion: The fact that his son is courting Meadow ingratiates him with Tony.Tony, and he ends up being on track to being promoted to Caporegime after the decimation of the [=DiMeo=] Family's numbers in Season 6.
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->''"When they're good to me, they get treats. And when they're not, well I got this severence thing I do, it's a complete break actually."''

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->''"You know, there are worse things that can happen to a person than cancer."''



* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and cultured in addition to being a violent thug.

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* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and cultured in addition to being a violent thug.thug who has no qualms with beating women.



* TheBrute: In spite of being a cultured Neapolitan, his role is almost exclusively limited to busting heads. He serves as the strongest enforcer of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.

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* TheBrute: In spite of being a cultured Neapolitan, his role is almost exclusively limited to busting heads. He serves as the strongest enforcer of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.family,



* HiddenDepths: His feelings for Carmela.
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: He has a sort of platonic affair with Carmela.

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* HiddenDepths: His While he initially appears to be little more than a violent thug, he's shown to have a more caring and classy side that shows at times. In fact, he comes across as a lot more cultured than his brutish Italian-American colleagues. He also has feelings for Carmela.
Carmela, and is rather pissed when Tony shows how little he cares about her.
* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl: He has a sort of platonic affair with Carmela.Carmela, and has to go back to Italy before Tony finds out.



* MurderTheHypotenuse: Almost kills Tony by pushing him towards a helicopter's rotating blades after becoming fed up with how he treats Carmela, only stopping at the last minute.



->''"The only thing I ever found in the street was my first wife."''



* AmbiguouslyGay: Implied on several occasions by other characters.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Implied on several occasions by other characters.characters, [[spoiler:including the secretly homosexual Vito.]]

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** [[spoiler: The above pun foreshadows his ultimate fate, as his dead body is thrown into the ocean.]]

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** [[spoiler: The Ultimately, the above pun foreshadows his ultimate fate, as his dead body is thrown into the ocean.ocean after the Tony, Sil and Paulie whack him.]]



* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler: Revealed to be one in Season 2 after being implied of this in Season 1.]]

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* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler: Revealed to be one have become an FBI informant following his arrest in Season 2 after being it was previously implied of this that he was one in Season 1.]]



** He's a loving father, after all. [[spoiler: It's also his weak point, and what gets him to flip.]]

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** He's a loving father, father to four children, after all. [[spoiler: It's also his weak point, and what gets him to flip.]]



* KickTheDog: When he can't take the pressure anymore, his wife gets the brunt of it.

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* KickTheDog: When he can't take the pressure of the mob life anymore, his wife Angie gets the brunt of it.



* TheMole: [[spoiler: Serves as this for the FBI, supplying them with information on the inner workings of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.]]

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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Serves Served as this for the FBI, FBI before his death, supplying them with information on the inner workings of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.]]



* TheBrute: In spite of being a cultured Neapolitan, his role is almost exclusively limited to busting heads. He serves as the strongest muscle in the [=DiMeo=] crime family

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* TheBrute: In spite of being a cultured Neapolitan, his role is almost exclusively limited to busting heads. He serves as the strongest muscle in enforcer of the [=DiMeo=] crime family family.
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Tony's best friend and member of the Soprano crew.

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Tony's best friend and a long-time member of the Soprano crew.



** [[spoiler: His last moments by the end of Season 2. Alone on a boat with his closest friends, they soon turn on him and unceremoniously gun him down after they confront him about his status as an informant for the FBI.]]

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** [[spoiler: His last moments by the end of Season 2. Alone on a boat with his closest friends, they soon turn on him and unceremoniously gun him down after they confront him about his status as an informant for the FBI.FBI. He initially tries to face his inevitable murder with some dignity, but is unceremoniously gunned down while begging for his life after realizing that there was no way out for him.]]
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* AscendedExtra: Has a single apperance in Season 5 "In Camelot", becoming [[BitCharacter a background character]] and more important in the final season.
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:His one important storyline happens near the very end of the series, in which he is murdered for treason.]]
* RankUp: Burt and Gerry Torciano become a "made man" for their respective families at the same time, and have a shared celebration afterwards.

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->''"Remind me to never get sick again huh? Remind me please to never have a serious illness because with you, Silvio, Paulie, and all you pricks weakness likes to spread around!"''




** [[spoiler: His last moments by the end of Season 2.]]

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** [[spoiler: His last moments by the end of Season 2. Alone on a boat with his closest friends, they soon turn on him and unceremoniously gun him down after they confront him about his status as an informant for the FBI.]]



* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler: Agent Skip Lipari says Pussy must have a severe case as he went from reluctantly wearing a wire to avoid jail to despising Tony and wanting to help the [=FBI=] take him down.]]

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* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler: Agent Skip Lipari says Pussy must have a severe case as he went from reluctantly wearing a wire to avoid jail to despising Tony and wanting to help the [=FBI=] take him down. He even deludes himself into thinking he can become an FBI agent one day.]]



[[caption-width-right:275: "I 'ate the north."]]

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[[caption-width-right:275: "I ''"I 'ate the north."]]"'']]



* TheBrute: In spite of being a cultured Neapolitan, his role is almost exclusively limited to busting heads.

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* TheBrute: In spite of being a cultured Neapolitan, his role is almost exclusively limited to busting heads. He serves as the strongest muscle in the [=DiMeo=] crime family



* GratuitousItalian: Slips into this whenever he gets pissed off.

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* GratuitousItalian: Slips into this whenever he gets pissed off.off or hurt.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sounds like "Fury-o".

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sounds The ruthless Italian mobster has a name that sounds like "Fury-o".

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->'''Played by:''' Carlo Giuliano (Italo), Peter Allas (Salvatore)

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* AnimalMotifs: The second season finale makes fish a prominent one for him:
** Tony's fever dreams start after eating a lot of seafood with Pussy at Vesuvio;
** He appears in Tony's dream as a talking fish, joking at one point that [[StealthPun the other fish next to him are sleeping]];
** [[spoiler: The above pun foreshadows his ultimate fate, as his dead body is thrown into the ocean.]]
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* GutturalGrowler: Due to his terminal lung cancer.
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* EvilVirtues: Loyalty -- he backs Junior against all of his rivals even when Tony's faction holds the stronger position. Cast off at the very end, where he futilely tries to put Brendan's murder on Junior rather than himself (a lie).

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* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Patsy share this dynamic when they're making collections in "Johnny Cakes".



* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Patsy share this dynamic when they're making collections in "Johnny Cakes".

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* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler: His only episode focused heavily on him and the conflict over whether he should be the one to kill Mustang Sally, considering his health. He passes away during the course of the episode.]]


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* NoRespectGuy: Despite being one of the family's most intelligent and reliable members, Tony doesn't think very highly of him and puts several others in positions where he would be the best choice for the role.
* NonActionGuy: He serves a valuable role as the Soprano crew's accountant but he doesn't have much of a knack for fighting. When he and Silvio are ambushed in the final season, he misses all of the shots he takes and only barely manages to escape with his life.

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* NoRespectGuy: Despite being one of the family's most intelligent and reliable members, Tony doesn't think very highly of him and puts several others in positions where he would be the best choice for the role.
* NonActionGuy: He serves a valuable role as the Soprano crew's accountant but he doesn't have much of a knack for fighting. When he and Silvio are ambushed in the final season, he misses all of the shots he takes and only barely manages to escape with his life.life.
* NoRespectGuy: Despite being one of the family's most intelligent and reliable members, Tony doesn't think very highly of him and puts several others in positions where he would be the best choice for the role.

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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He's one of the more restrained and sensible members of the Soprano crew.


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* MookPromotion: Is made between Season 5 and 6, partly as compensation for being beaten by Leotardo.



* MookPromotion: Is made between Season 5 and 6, partly as compensation for being beaten by Leotardo.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sounds like "Fury-o."

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sounds like "Fury-o.""Fury-o".



* WouldHurtAChild: Furio slaps the piss out of a kid who couldn't be more than fifteen for a small prank intended to get him noticed by the Camorristi. (His reaction suggests that both the prank and the slap are kind of just a part of life in Napoli; an old man on the sidewalk jokingly calls the whole scenario "the University of Napoli".)

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* WouldHurtAChild: Furio slaps the piss out of a kid who couldn't be more than fifteen for a small prank intended to get him noticed by the Camorristi. Camorristi (His reaction suggests that both the prank and the slap are kind of just a part of life in Napoli; an old man on the sidewalk jokingly calls the whole scenario "the University of Napoli".) Napoli").



* AlasPoorVillain: He's a stone-cold killer and a violent thug. [[spoiler: And yet, there's something tragic about his suicide.]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: Implied on several occasions by other characters.



* AmbiguouslyGay: Implied on several occasions by other characters.
* AlasPoorVillain: He's a stone-cold killer and a violent thug. [[spoiler: And yet, there's something tragic about his suicide.]]

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* TheDragon: For Tony.



* TheDragon: For Tony

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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: He's a major character who dies in season two]].


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