History Characters / TheSopranosTheLupertazzisAndOtherCriminals

* MoralMyopia: He's butchered more people in horrible ways than you'd care to count. This doesn't give him any perspective when Tony Blundetto kills his brother Billy in the middle of the [[MobWar Lupertazzi war]] after the brothers assassinate Angelo Garepe.

[[caption-width-right:375:''"A don doesn't wear shorts".'']]

[[caption-width-right:360: ''"A pint of blood costs more than a gallon of gold".'']]

[[caption-width-right:285:''"No more, Butchie... No more of this".'']]

* Expy: Of real-life Gambino crime family boss John Gotti. In addition to sharing a name, both were New York mob bosses known for their stylish sense of dress and love of designer suits. Both ended up being given long prison sentences after spending a relatively short time as boss, and both [[spoiler: died of cancer in the same Missouri prison hospital.]]

* TheBrute: Dom participates in the sadistic murder of [[spoiler: Vito Spatafore.]] He also is big and strong enough that [[spoiler: it requires Sil and Carlo working together to overpower and kill him even with the element of surprise.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Participates in the murder of Vito]], then is murdered himself shortly thereafter for making jokes about his death.

* KickTheDog: Participates in the unnecessarily brutal hate crime murder of [[spoiler: Vito Spatafore.]]

* {{Gayngster}}: WordOfGay has stated that he was an ArmoredClosetGay, which is why he was so angry when spoiler: Vito]] was found out to be gay.
* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: Just as the back wheel of a van starts to roll onto Phil's head, we cut to a shot of his grandchildren in the backseat of the vehicle, accompanied by the SickeningCrunch of his skull.]]

* FromBadToWorse: Things start to get out of hand after he dies, with each boss being worse than the former. Carmine is by far the most pragmatic Lupertazzi Don. Johnny Sack balances between pragmatism and ego, while Phil is completely unhinged.

* PragmaticVillainy: According to Johnny Sack, he once refused to sanction a hit on a high-earning "made man" within his Family requested by another mobster whose honor had been violated. However, when the earning capacity of the aforementioned "made man" became diminished, Carmine had him murdered.

* SharpDressedMan: Scolds Tony for using casual wear.

* SuccessionCrisis: His death ultimately starts a civil war within the Lupertazzi Crime family due to a widespread lack of confidence in his sole heir, "Little" Carmine.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Carmine is seen as a foolish coward for simply giving up in his war with Johnny Sack over the leadership of the family. However, his position is sympathetic to the normal viewer, most of whom would presumably rather retire wealthy than risk their lives in a protracted mob war.

* {{Foil}}: to Tony, in a strange way. Broadly, both of them have similar experiences, and even similar surreal dreams in which they receive guidance from long-dead family members. The difference is, Carmine interprets his dreams as signs he's deeply unhappy, [[spoiler: then listens to his wife and gets out of the game.]] Tony - and indeed, many other mobsters - does not. Their meeting where Carmine discusses his dream highlights the differences between the two - Carmine is eating healthy and far removed from the power struggle, while Tony is embroiled in the power struggle and eating a (very unhealthy) Philly Cheesesteak, signifying Tony's active refusal to change.

* VillainousFriendship: With Lorraine Calluzo. He's very angered when Phil Leotardo kills her.
* TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: Despite being the legitimate heir of Carmine Sr., a sizable faction of the Lupertazzi Family led by Johnny Sack contests his succession, not least because he lacks his father's cunning and ruthless decisiveness. Carmine ultimately decides that he doesn't want to fight for the top spot anyway and relinquishes his claim.

* BigBad: In Season 5. Upon learning that Tony Soprano's cousin has joined forces against him with Little Carmine, he and his brutal [[TheDragon right-hand man]], Phil Leotardo, effectively [[DisproportionateRetribution declare war on the entire Soprano Crime Family]].

* CoolCar: As he gets closer to becoming Boss in Season 5, he splashes out on a new Maserati (which later ends up being sold to Christopher Moltisanti after he goes to prison).

* DragonAscendant: A brief stint as TheDon after Carmine's death and a mob war.
* EtTuBrute: Part of the reason why he blows up over the Ginny joke is because he genuinely considered Ralph a dear friend and went to great lengths to settle his dispute with Tony. Compare his treatment of Ralph to how John treats Paulie; while both men float the idea of switching families after expressing their disatisfaction with Tony, he directly tells Ralph that Carmine doesn't know him, but lies to Paulie so he can milk him for information.

* GreaterScopeVillain: For Seasons 1-3 as the [[MouthOfSauron foremost representative of the massive Lupertazzi Crime Family]].

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As underboss. As Boss, not so much.

** Also, with Joey Peeps, who is, apparently, his younger protege. John is genuinely angry at Little Carmine when Joey is killed by Tony Blundetto, sincerely tries to comfort his mother at the funeral, and orders a hit on Angelo Garepe in revenge. Considering that prior to this both sides of the civil war only targeted associates, taking out Garepe, who was the family's longtime consigliere and one of the main supporters of Little Carmine, escalated things and only Carmine's surrender prevented further bloodshed. It shows just how much Johnny was pissed off by the murder of Joey Peeps, that after his death, Sacrimoni was determined to take out Carmine's faction.

* ArmoredClosetGay: Creator/DavidChase confirmed on the ''Talking Sopranos'' podcast that Phil was a closeted gay, likely during his time in prison. Hence why he was so angry when his cousin in law, Vito turned out to be gay.

* BadBoss: While Tony is no slouch in this department, and is hardly AFatherToHisMen, Phil is even worse than him at it. When Phil declares a MobWar, he immediately goes into hiding, [[DirtyCoward vanishing from everyone]] including his own soldiers, while sending them out to do his bidding from afar, leaving it all for them to do, risking all their lives for him. [[FrontlineGeneral Tony]] on the other hand goes to the mattresses alongside his soldiers, taking the same risks as them, and arming up while proactively looking for ways to hunt down and kill Phil. Also, it is this tendency that convinces Butchie to turn against Phil, become TheStarscream, and end the war with Tony, after a lack of results in killing Tony leads [[UngratefulBastard Phil]] to issue an ImpliedDeathThreat against him for the [[YouHaveFailedMe failure]].

* BigBad: Of the final season. With all the resources of the Lupertazzi Crime Family at his disposal and a vicious streak comparable to that of Richie Aprile, he is by far the most dangerous adversary Tony encounters throughout the entire series.

* DirtyCoward: For all of Phil's bravado, when it comes time for violence he always only does or threatens it when he has a numerical advantage and/or is against weaker victims who can't fight back for one reason or another. Whenever it comes time to test his actual mettle in a confrontation he tends to reveal his true colors pretty quickly. Such as fleeing from Tony when Tony comes to collect the debt Phil owes him. And most glaringly in the last scene together with Tony before Phil declares the MobWar, Phil doesn't even meet with Tony and Little Carmine despite inviting them over for a sit-down, instead having Butchie turn them away at the door. While the two are leaving [[EvilIsPetty Phil childishly]] shouts down at them and curses them out from the safety of his upstairs window, [[PsychopathicManchild like a kid]] hiding up in his tree house, refusing to come out and meet with them to negotiate peace, much to Little Carmine and Tony's exasperation. He seems to have gone through the effort of inviting them over [[IShallTauntYou just to yell at Tony from his house]].
* TheDon: Acting Boss after Johnny Sack is arrested, official Boss after Johnny [[spoiler: pleads guilty and subsequently dies of cancer.]]

* {{Gayngster}}: WordOfGay said he was an ArmoredClosetGay, which is why he was so angry with Vito.

* PetTheDog: Downplayed since he is the one responsible for Vito's death but he makes the funeral arrangements in order to spare Marie the stress.
* PlotArmor: Tony B attepmts to kill both the Leotardo brothers in retaliation for their murder of Angelo Garepe, but the hit is a botched job; he ambushes them, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDUTxEnKN3U shoots up Billy]] and then leaves the scene with Phil barely wounded.

* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from jail during the show. He's first mentioned in Season 5 after he finishes his 20 years in the can stint.
* TheResenter: Pretty much the epitome of the trope in the series. He still resents Tony Blundetto killing his brother Billy even after Tony B is killed.

* VillainHasAPoint: Pops up now and again despite how much of an abrasive, petty, bitter jerkass he is, but especially his rant about giving up twenty years of his life for the likes of [[MisterBig Rusty Millio]] and [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating Doc Santaro]], not uttering a peep, with nothing to show for it in the end. He is also entitled to kill Tony B after he murdered his brother and tried to kill him, as unlike Blundetto, Phil is a made man, and the only reason this is not an act of war is that Tony B acted alone. And he ends up being proven entirely right about Johnny Sack potentially betraying Omertà after seeing him cry at his daughter's wedding over the Feds, despite how much of an asshole he is about it.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Subverted. He is NOT a kid, being a 47 year old man. However, many characters tend to reffer him using 'kid' or 'boy' as if he's a young new mafioso. Even ''Christopher'' who is at least a decade younger than him called him a kid at one point.
* TheBrute: He's noticably bulky and serves as John's enforcer alongside Joey Peeps. This is best scene when he manages to takedown Lorraine Calluzo's musclebound boyfriend, Jason and beat up Angelo before Phil killed him.

* AffablyEvil: Aside from beating intimidating Lorraine and murdering Jason, he's a very genial guy.

* MinorMajorCharacter: Despite being Johnny's consigliere, he has minimal weight in the story until he rats John and disappears from the narrative.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Despite having enough pull to become boss, a good chunk of the Lupertazzi's captains can't stand him. Once he becomes boss, he gets whacked very quickly by Butch and other members of the family by Phil's orders. He also makes himself incredibly unpopular with the Luppertazzi's Jersey partners by using Silvio to lure Gerry into a trap.

* SketchySuccessor: He basically comes out of nowhere and beelines for the Boss position when Phil makes clear his intention to withdraw as Acting Boss after suffering a heart attack. Unlike Tony in season 1, Doc does not have the backing of most of the other captains in his family, and Doc's murder of his main rival Gerry is the final straw for Phil.

* WeHardlyKnewYe

** Subverted with Vito, their apparent closeness fall apart the moment Vito's secret is revealed.

* TheDitz: Whatever respect and success he's earned have been purely through nepotism. He's ultimately a soft, cowardly, and not particularly bright Mafiosi who's led a sheltered existence. Tony has a habit of calling him "Brainless the Second".

* DisposingOfABody: He can't be dispatched butchery-style inside Satriale's anymore because of DNA forensics, so they bury him at a construction site.

* TooDumbToLive: He's rewarded with a knife to the belly after he repeatedly insults Carlo Gervasi.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shows up at the the Bing and proceeds to make sarcastic remarks about [[spoiler:Vito's demise]], which he then quickly escalates and extends to insult Carlo, fatally.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Makes sarcastic remarks about [[spoiler:Vito]]. This results in Carlo gutting him like the pig he is. Subverted in that this was only really because he was implying that Carlo is gay, degraded the crew over it and practically bragged about the Lupertazzi family [[spoiler: murdering one of their captains]], as [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Silvio and Carlo]] certainly had no love for [[spoiler: Vito himself]].

* BlueOniRedOni: He's a tempered, measured boss, unlike Johhny, Tony and most others.

* BlueOniRedOni: He's a tempered, meassured boss, unlike Johhny, Tony and most others.

* EvilGenius: He apparently invented [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_shaving point shaving]]

* NoNonseNemesis: Calm and collected, Carmine is all focused on the business and lacks the pettiness of the the younger generation of mobsters, often derailed by their personal and emotional feuds.

* TheDon: A classic one; disregards the [=DiMeo=] family as a glorified crew.

* MoralMyopia: He's butchered more people in horrible ways than you'd care to count. This doesn't give him any perspective when Tony Blundetto kills his brother.

* ThePeterPrinciple: He proves to be invaluable Carmine's right hand man, but once he becomes boss, his ego begins to take hold over him and he becomes more violent and ruthless in order to attain his power. [[spoiler: Then he gets arrested and dies from lung cancer in prison.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe

* SmugSnake: Acts high and mighty around Carlo and Silvio as he all but brags about [[spoiler: murdering a captain in their crew]] and jokes about them both being gay, seemingly thinking he's untouchable due to his status as a Jersey mobster. The duo's temper proves him wrong and he's killed because of it.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Makes sarcastic remarks about [[spoiler:Vito]]. This results in Carlo gutting him like the pig he is.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially acts friendly when greeting Silvio and pretending that Vito's murder was a tragedy, when he was one of the people responsible for it. He then mocks the Jersey crew over it under the pretense of just "breaking balls" in the same upbeat manner.

* SmugSnake: Acts high and mighty around Carlo and Silvio as he all but brags about murdering a captain in their crew and jokes about them both being gay, seemingly thinking he's untouchable due to his status as a Jersey mobster. The duo's temper proves him wrong and he's killed because of it.