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* KingmakerScenario: Thanks to his influence and resources, getting his endorsement can be the deciding factor in who wins a close race.

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* KingmakerScenario: Thanks to his influence and resources, getting his endorsement can be the deciding factor in who wins a close race. When Royce aggravates Watkins into storming away, an alarmed Parker immediately points out that they need Watkins and chases after the State delegate, trying to plead with him to come back into the fold. When Carcetti later wins Watkins's support, it becomes one of a group of factors that helps put Carcetti over the top.



* EtTuBrute: Feels deeply betrayed when it becomes evident that Carcetti is running his own plattform. Gray was under the assumption that Carcetti would be his NumberTwo.

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* EtTuBrute: Feels deeply betrayed when it becomes evident that Carcetti is running his own plattform.platform. Gray was under the assumption that Carcetti would be his NumberTwo.



->''That's what it is. You're sitting eating shit all day long.Day after day, year after year''

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->''That's what it is. You're sitting eating shit all day long. Day after day, year after year''
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He immediately sees through Carcetti's tactic for him to siphon votes off Royce when Norman leaks the transfer of detectives off the dead witness case to Gray's campaign, but Gray does not dispute Norman's BrutalHonesty that he cannot win. However, he can still profit from his inevitable defeat by losing with a larger percentage of the votes, which he could leverage into a future Congressional run, so he agrees to do his part anyway.



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A State Delegate and a longtime major Baltimore political figure and and a member of the influential State Appropriations Committee. He's something of a moral voice of authority within the circles of Baltimore politicians as he has full support of the religious leaders, looks to address the concerns of the citizens in a decent way and is critical of political corruption.

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A State Delegate and a longtime delegate, major Baltimore political figure figure, and and a member of the influential State Appropriations Committee. He's something of a moral voice of authority within the circles of Baltimore politicians politics as he has the full support of the religious leaders, looks to address the concerns of the citizens in a decent way and is critical of political corruption.

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* WhiteCollarCrimeWhiteCollarCrime: Probably the best one in the show by never doing anything outrightly illegal, and if he does, he has enough [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections clout]] and [[ImplausibleDeniability finesse]] to escape justice.

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* {{Foil}}: To Carcetti, but it shows up mostly with the benefit of hindsight. Like Carcetti, he was a young, promising politician who became mayor during a tough time for the city and found his career hit by multiple crises that were not of his own making. The difference is that the headaches of it all convinced Tony to give things his best shot for one term and then he left politics to work as a regular lawyer and spend more time with his family. Carcetti, on the other hand, is completely addicted to the political game and especially being in the spotlight, so when various crises hit Carcetti, he tries to deal with it in a way that doesn't sink his political career, does a lot of fast talking and political spin, and manages to ascend to the governor's office instead of being chased out of politics or his career stalling out. Unfortunately Carcetti has to completely sell out everything that was decent about his agenda for the city and seems to be growing more distant from his family as becomes consumed by his ambition and narcissism. Even the shortened versions of their first names that they prefer to go by, Tony and Tommy, are similar but come from very different roots.

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* {{Foil}}: To Carcetti, but it shows up mostly with the benefit of hindsight. Like Carcetti, he was a young, promising politician who became mayor during a tough time for the city and found his career hit by multiple crises that were not of his own making. The difference is that the headaches of it all convinced Tony to give things his best shot for one term and then he left politics to work as a regular lawyer and spend more time with his family. Carcetti, on the other hand, is much more ambitious and completely addicted to the political game and game, especially being having a place in the spotlight, so spotlight. So when various crises hit Carcetti, he tries to deal with it in a way that doesn't sink his political career, does a lot of fast talking and political spin, and manages to ascend to the governor's office instead of being chased out of politics or letting his career stalling stall out. Unfortunately Carcetti has to completely sell out everything that was decent about his agenda for the city and seems to be growing more distant from his family as becomes consumed by his ambition and narcissism. Even the shortened versions of their first names that they prefer to go by, Tony and Tommy, are similar but come from very different roots. (And the real life counterpart of Young Tony ''was'' actually named Thomas.)


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Is a fictional counterpart to Thomas D'Alesandro III, who was the actual mayor of Baltimore in that time span. Much like "Young Tony" and Tommy Carcetti, D'Alesandro came into office with a lot of promise, but faced constant issues with civil unrest and budget problems and left the mayor's office after a single term.[[note]]There are also more cynical reasons why Carcetti would want to kiss up to a counterpart of D'Alesandro: D'Alesandro's sister Nancy Pelosi had become the head of the Democratic Party in the House during the show's run, making one wonder if his fictional counterpart Tony has any prominent family members that an ambitious Carcetti might want to network with.[[/note]]
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[[center: [- [[Characters/TheWire Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheWireBaltimorePoliceDepartment Baltimore Police Department]] | [[Characters/TheWireMajorCrimesUnit Major Crimes Unit]] | [[Characters/TheWireHomicideUnit Homicide Unit]] | [[Characters/TheWirePoliceCommanders Police Commanders]] | [[Characters/TheWireWesternDistrict Western District]] | [[Characters/TheWireBaltimoreUnderworld Baltimore Underworld]] | [[Characters/TheWireBarksdaleOrganization The Barksdale Organization]] | [[Characters/TheWireOmarAndAssociates Omar and Associates]] | [[Characters/TheWireTheGreeks The Greeks]] | [[Characters/TheWireTheStanfieldGang The Stanfield Gang]] | [[Characters/TheWireNewDayCoOp New Day Co-Op]] | [[Characters/TheWireCourthouse Courthouse]] | '''City Hall''' | [[Characters/TheWireBaltimoreSun The Baltimore Sun]] | [[Characters/TheWireOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/TheWireHomelessPeopleAndAddicts Homeless People and Addicts]] | [[Characters/TheWireBaltimoreDocks Baltimore Docks]] | [[Characters/TheWireTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]]]-]



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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the end of the third episode in which he appears Carcetti committs adultery with an unnamed woman he meets at a political event, staring at himself in the mirror as he does so. Though it seems at the time to be a throwaway scene, it actually serves to highlight Carcetti's narcissism and willingness to break promises for personal gain, both character traits which play a role in his later tenure as mayor. The scene actually receives a CallBack in season five, when Carcetti watches news coverage of himself making a grandstanding political speech with a similarly rapturous expression on his face.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the end of the third episode in which he appears Carcetti committs adultery with an unnamed woman he meets at a political event, staring at himself in the mirror as he does so. Though it seems at the time to be a throwaway scene, it actually serves to highlight Carcetti's narcissism and willingness to break promises for personal gain, both character traits which play a role in his later tenure as mayor. The scene actually receives a CallBack in season five, when Carcetti watches news coverage of himself making a grandstanding political speech with a similarly rapturous expression on his face.



* PetTheDog:
** One of the very few times during his stint as mayor when he isn't being a blatantly corrupt and self-serving politician is when he tries to make Hamsterdam work. When Royce sees the difference it makes in the crime rate, he's frantic to find some way to make use of it without admitting that it's essentially drug legalization, and he does so despite warnings from advisors that it will get him and the city in trouble with the federal government.
** After a ridiculously dirty and ugly campaign race against Carcetti, [[NothingPersonal as soon as Royce loses he's nothing but gracious and welcoming to Carcetti]].



* SleazyPolitician: Not nearly as bad as [[CorruptPolitician Clay Davis]], but still pretty unethical.

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* SleazyPolitician: Not nearly as bad as [[CorruptPolitician Clay Davis]], but still that's not saying much. By any reasonable standard, Royce is pretty unethical.





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* PassedOverPromotion[=/=]PassedOverInheritance: She is not happy about Carcetti's rising, as it was assumed she would be Royce's heir apparent.

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* PassedOverPromotion[=/=]PassedOverInheritance: PassedOverPromotion: She is not happy about Carcetti's rising, as it was assumed she would be Royce's heir apparent.apparent. Carcetti points out that it is ''extremely'' arrogant of her to assume that all of City Hall would be privy to a backroom handshake deal she made with Royce. She's still going to torpedo his plans to improve the city out of spite.
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** She becomes the contrarian to Cedric Daniels. She argues that if he doesn't come into the fold, she will sling as much mud as she can to him; the mud, she obtained from Burrell as it turns out. Not for long, though. He refuses to remain Commissioner because with Campbell holding his leash there's nothing Daniels can go to improve the BPD anyway.

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** She becomes the contrarian to Cedric Daniels. She argues that if he doesn't come into the fold, she will sling as much mud as she can to him; the mud, she obtained from Burrell as it turns out. Not for long, though. He refuses to remain Commissioner because with Campbell holding his leash there's nothing Daniels can go do to improve the BPD anyway.

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* TheCasanova: Subverted, his early scenes paint him as a Kennedy-esque skirt-chaser and he was a "gash hound" in the past, but he's not shown being unfaithful to his wife during the rest of his story arc, even turning down attempts to seduce him. It turns out that pride and vanity are his cardinal sins rather than lust.

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* TheCasanova: Subverted, Initially his early scenes paint him as a Kennedy-esque skirt-chaser and he was a "gash hound" in the past, but later subverted as he's not shown being unfaithful to his wife during the rest of his story arc, even turning down attempts to seduce him. It turns out that pride and vanity are his cardinal sins rather than lust.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He eventually becomes a downplayed one himself.

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* HandsomeLech: He has his boyish good looks and was initially TheCasanova in the past, but he doesn't cheat on his wife once he's in power.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He eventually becomes a downplayed one monster himself.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I wish I was still at the newspaper so I could write on this bullshit."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I wish I was still at the newspaper so I could write on this bullshit.mess."'']]

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* {{Foil}}: To Carcetti, but it shows up mostly with the benefit of hindsight. Like Carcetti, he was a young, promising politician who became mayor during a tough time for the city and found his career hit by multiple crises that were not of his own making. The difference is that the headaches of it all convinced Tony to give things his best shot for one term and then he left politics to work as a regular lawyer and spend more time with his family. Carcetti, on the other hand, is completely addicted to the political game and especially being in the spotlight, so when various crises hit Carcetti, he tries to deal with it in a way that doesn't sink his political career, does a lot of fast talking and political spin, and manages to ascend to the governor's office instead of being chased out of politics or his career stalling out. Unfortunately Carcetti has to completely sell out everything that was decent about his agenda for the city and seems to be growing more distant from his family as becomes consumed by his ambition and narcissism. Even the shortened versions of their first names that they prefer to go by, Tony and Tommy, are similar but come from very different roots.



* OneShotCharacter: Has only two scenes, enough to be remembered for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjzqO6UOPFQ The parable of the bowl of shits]]

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* OneShotCharacter: Has only two scenes, although that's enough to be remembered for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjzqO6UOPFQ The parable of his parable]] about the bowl bowls of shits]]shit.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Finally becomes so infuriated with the Royce administration and Royce's double dealing that he starts to go into one of these, but he's so furious and frustrated that halfway through it he can't even go on naming all of Royce's faults and settles for a PrecisionFStrike.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Finally becomes so infuriated with the Royce administration and Royce's double dealing that he starts to go into one of these, but he's so furious and frustrated that halfway through it he can't even go on naming all of Royce's faults and settles for a PrecisionFStrike. Royce's dismissive, smug reaction to Odell's speech was the final straw, convincing Odell that tough love wouldn't do anything.
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* PlayingBothSides: What's better than soliciting bribes from a political candidate? Soliciting bribes from two.
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-->He rainmade you. A guy says if you pay him, he can make it rain. You pay him. If and when it rains, he takes the credit. If and when it doesn’t, he finds reasons for you to pay him more.

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-->He -->'''Levy:''' He rainmade you. A guy says if you pay him, he can make it rain. You pay him. If and when it rains, he takes the credit. If and when it doesn’t, he finds reasons for you to pay him more.
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-->He rainmade you. A guy says if you pay him, he can make it rain. You pay him. If and when it rains, he takes the credit. If and when it doesn’t, he finds reasons for you to pay him more.

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* KingmakerScenario: Thanks to his influence and resources, any candidate who gets his endorsement receives more than a big boost in a close race.

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* GoodIsImpotent: Despite his best attempts, there is precious little he can do to actually keep the Royce administration working for the people of Baltimore. Eventually he gets fed up enough to switch to Carcetti, only to helplessly watch as Carcetti's ambition, the problems left over from the Royce administration, and the system itself corrupt Carcetti and make his tenure little better than Royce's.
* KingmakerScenario: Thanks to his influence and resources, any candidate who gets getting his endorsement receives more than a big boost can be the deciding factor in who wins a close race.



* TwoferTokenMinority: Being black doesn't count as the show is majority black, but if it does, Watkins is also a wheelchair user.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Being black doesn't count as the show is majority black, but if it does, Watkins is also a wheelchair user.Black and handicapped.



* CynicismCatalyst: The riot of 1968 made him not pursue re-election.

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* CynicismCatalyst: The riot of 1968 made him decide to not pursue re-election.re-election.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: While he doesn't regret his career ending where it did, Carcetti seems to think he had the potential to do more, but Tony was caught up in and screwed by larger social events outside his control.



* TheMentor: Carcetti goes to him for advice.

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* TheMentor: Carcetti admires him and goes to him for advice.
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* SleazyPolitician: Eventually turns into one, though not without his hand being forced by the [[UpToEleven considerably sleazier]] Nerese Campbell and the king of sleaze himself, Clay Davis.

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* SleazyPolitician: Eventually turns into one, though not without his hand being forced by the [[UpToEleven considerably sleazier]] sleazier Nerese Campbell and the king of sleaze himself, Clay Davis.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Mildly and realistically so. He doesn't so much go from IdealHero to utter villain as go from an [[CorruptTheCutie idealistic crusader]] to just another self-interested politician.

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* FaceHeelTurn: Mildly and realistically so. He doesn't so much go from IdealHero to utter villain as go from an [[CorruptTheCutie idealistic crusader]] flawed and ambitious but well meaning reformer to just another mostly self-interested politician.politician]].
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->'''Played by:''' Neal Huff

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Not only is Carcetti not an Italian last name, but the way it is pronounced in the show (with two "hard C" sounds that sound similar to a K) breaks a rule of Italian pronunciation. Whenever the letter C is followed by an e or an i in Italian, it should be a "soft C". (More like how you pronounce the C in cello.)



* CorruptTheCutie: Starts out as something of an idealist, but is fast sucked into the dirty world of politics.

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* CorruptTheCutie: Starts While highly ambitious and imperfect, he still starts out as something with a degree of an idealist, idealism and a seemingly genuine belief in turning Baltimore around, but is fast sucked into the dirty world of politics.



* NaiveNewcomer: Though he's not politically unexperienced, he discovers that being a Councilman and governing are two different beasts. He learns what a minefield City Hall is and that implementing a policy is like turning an Ocean liner, even if there's the chance to do it, it takes a lot of time to change course.

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* NaiveNewcomer: Though he's not politically unexperienced, he discovers that being a Councilman and governing as the mayor are two different beasts. He learns what a minefield City Hall is and that implementing a policy is like turning an Ocean liner, even if there's the chance to do it, it takes a lot of time to change course.



* PetTheDog: On an epic scale during his Baltimore cleaning spree.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At first.

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* PetTheDog: On an epic scale during his Baltimore cleaning spree.
spree. During his first days in office he tricks or cajoles multiple city departments that had been content to let the city go to the dumps while doing the bare minimum needed to get paid (if that) into going on a full scale city cleanup.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: At first.He's one at first after becoming mayor, but numerous factors and people rise up to cause him tremendous problems until his focus turns solely to his own political survival.
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** Alternatively his mispronounciation of the two names might be deliberate posing, in order to make him more relatable to his largely un- or undereducated voter base.

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** Alternatively his mispronounciation of the two names might be [[ObfuscatingStupidity deliberate posing, posing]], in order to make him more relatable to his largely un- or undereducated voter base.



* PlayingTheVictimCard: In the stairs of the courtroom and then inside of it. He portrays himself as a man of the people who is the victim of a greek tragedy.

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* PlayingTheVictimCard: In the stairs of the courtroom and then inside of it. He portrays himself as a man of the people who is the like Prometheus, a victim of the vengeful gods in a greek tragedy.Greek tragedy. Gus Haynes at the Baltimore Sun even lampshades this by saying Davis played "not just the race card but the whole deck."
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** Alternatively his mispronounciation of the two names might be deliberate posing, in order to make him more relatable to his largely un- or undereducated voter base.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Carcetti suggests building a casino in Baltimore, she joins Bond in arguing forcefully against it.
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[[folder:Anthony "Young Tony"]]
->'''Played by:''' Sam Coppola

->''That's what it is. You're sitting eating shit all day long.Day after day, year after year''

Former mayor of Baltimore from January 1, 1967 to January 1, 1971.


* CynicismCatalyst: The riot of 1968 made him not pursue re-election.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Quit politics to stop eating shit.
--> I decided being a downtown lawyer and seeing my family every night made for a fine life.
* TheMentor: Carcetti goes to him for advice.
* OneShotCharacter: Has only two scenes, enough to be remembered for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjzqO6UOPFQ The parable of the bowl of shits]]
* TheThreeFacesOfAdam: "The prophet" to Tommy's "hunter". He offers his wisdom to mayoral candidate Carcetti.

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-->''"Money launderin'!? They gonna come talk to me about Money launderin'!? In West Baltimore?! Sheeeeit, where do you think I'm gonna raise cash for the whole damn ticket!? From laundromats and shit!? From some tiny-ass Korean groceries?! You think I got time to ask a man why he given me money or where he gets his money from?! I'll take any motherfucker's money if he's givin' it away!"''

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launderin'!? They gonna come talk to me about Money launderin'!? In West Baltimore?! Sheeeeit, where do you think I'm gonna raise cash for the whole damn ticket!? From laundromats and shit!? From some tiny-ass Korean groceries?! You think I got time to ask a man why he given me money or where he gets his money from?! I'll take any motherfucker's money if he's givin' it away!"''

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