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\n* GrumpyOldMan: A fairly obvious example. In an early episode Tony jokes about giving him his DVD player so he watch ''GrumpyOldMen''. This just annoys him further.
* NerdGlasses: Dominic Chianese has said the trademark oversized glasses '''are''' the character and he would even wear them in all the rehearsals.



* AxCrazy



* TheNapoleon: -->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.



* TheBigGuy

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* TheBigGuyTheBigGuy: The tallest and easily the fittest of Tony's crew.



* PutOnABus

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* PutOnABus
PutOnABus: Or rather a plane, back to Italy, when his and Carmela's feelings for each other become too strong to ignore (and before Tony finds out)



* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Asks his middle-aged son Carmine Jr. if he's put his sun block on, in front of Johnny Sack.
* JabbaTableManners: Doesn't quite exemplify this trope but there's a couple of moments where the way he eats isn't exactly refined. Also he ends up [[spoiler:having a stroke with a mouth full of egg salad, although to be fair he couldn't really help it]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Although empathy is probably something that needs to ditched if you're going to rise the top of a New York mafia family, he doesn't seem to show any at all when he refuses his underboss Johnny Sack's request to sanction a hit on Ralph Cifaretto because of his "90 pound mole" crack about his obese wife.
* TheDon



* TheDon

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* TheDonTheDon: Acting Boss after Johnny Sack is arrested, official Boss after Johnny [[spoiler:pleads guilty and subsequently dies of cancer]]

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Orders Vito Spatafore killed for being gay.
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* MoralityPet: One of the few people who Tony seems to be genuinely concerned as to the well being of.
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* SadClown: He even refers to himself in this manner.
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* PlotMagnet: So much of the plot revolves around Chris that a new viewer might almost believe the show is about him. [[spoiler: His best friend is shot in the eye. He is shot in the spleen. He one of only two people show being made during the series. His heroin addiction. His girlfriend flips and is murdered. He's even eventually murdered at the hand of Tony himself.]] Also, throughout the entire series there is an overlying plot involving him wanting to get into showbiz. This even takes up a good chunk of season 6 when he produces Cleaver.

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* TheGamblingAddict: Gets progressively worse towards the end of the series. At one point he tries to get Carmela to use the profits off a house sale to bet on the Jets.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Seemed to have improved after being [[spoiler: shot by Junior]], however he eventually sinks back into Jerkass mode by the end of the series.
* LargeAndInCharge



* ConspiracyTheorist: AJ had a phase towards the end where he was obsessed with the government's involvement in Iraq, among other things.




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* LazyBum





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\n* DeadpanSnarker




* ChekhovsGunman: Tony B's return [[spoiler: and murder of Joey Peeps]] would end up being the snowball that caused the avalanche of the New York - New Jersey war.



* CombatPragmatist: Wasn't above spraying Tony in the eyes while [[spoiler:fighting (and eventually losing) for his life]].



* MinorMajorCharacter: Despite having relatively few lines in the entire series, it's implied that him [[spoiler: turning government witness]] may end being the thing that will eventually bury Tony. [[spoiler: If Tony's still alive, of course.]]



* ConflictKiller: Tony had more than a few disagreements with Johnny Sack, but that was nothing compared to when Phil took over.



* LivingEmotionalCrutch




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* MsFanservice
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Artie Bucco


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* AuthorityInNameOnly: Junior is made de facto boss of the DiMeo family, and actually keeps the title for a few seasons despite the obvious fact that Tony is in charge.
* BadBoss: Junior starts abusing his new power as boss almost immediately, taxing Tony's friend Hesh at the suggestion of Livia



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* BruiserWithASoftCenter


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* AssholeVictim
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* TheApprentice
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* BadassLongHair
* BewareTheQuietOnes


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!!Artie Bucco (John Ventimiglia)

* ButtMonkey
* HenpeckedHusband
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* ImprobableParkingSkills: Subverted
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* KickTheDog: A more literal example. Chris manages to kill Adriana's small dog when he sits on it while high on heroin.
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* Malaproper
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** --->'''Tony''': The guy you're looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed! ... He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy's like a Russian green beret.
--->'''Paulie''': [to Christopher] You're not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.
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--->'''Tony''': The guy you're looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed! ... He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy's like a Russian green beret.

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--->'''Tony''': **--->'''Tony''': The guy you're looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed! ... He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy's like a Russian green beret.
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* Malaproper
--->'''Tony''': The guy you're looking for is an ex-commando! He killed sixteen Chechen rebels single-handed! ... He was with the Interior Ministry. Guy's like a Russian green beret.
--->'''Paulie''': [to Christopher] You're not gonna believe this. He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Paulie Walnuts




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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Christopher
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*FollowInMyFootsteps: Averted. Tony is more than aware that AJ is not mentally able to do what he does for a living.
*ItRunsInTheFamily: Panic Attacks and Depression
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* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being on of the biggest teddy bears in the family to marrying Tony's sister and skyrocketing up to #3 in the pecking order by the end.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being on one of the biggest teddy bears in the family to marrying Tony's sister and skyrocketing up to #3 in the pecking order by the end.
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* ButtMonkey: Early on, Bobby was the butt of many of Tony's jokes. Tony nearly falls over laughing at Bobby when he showed up in full hunting gear to help him rescue Christopher and Paulie.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being on of the biggest teddy bears in the family to marrying Tony's sister and skyrocketing up to #3 in the pecking order by the end.
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* PapaWolf: Tony pistol whips and curbstomps New York mobster Coco after he finds out that he made some drunken vile sexual insults towards his daughter.
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!!Special Agent Dwight Harris (Matt Servitto)

* EnemyMine: His final scene in the series is him celebrating the death of [[spoiler: Phil Leotardo]].
* GoKartingWithBowser: Agent Harris isn't above enjoying a sandwich and a chat with Tony at Satriale's from time to time.

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* PosthumousCharacter




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* HiddenDepths: In season 6 he's shown to have a lot of anxiety about taking over the family from Tony if he ever needed to and mentions in season 1 that he once saw a therapist.



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* VillainOutShopping: Has a toy train hobby whenever he's not doing things for the family.
* YourCheatingHeart: Notably averted, other than Johnny Sack, Bobby is the only mobster on the show to not take a mistress.


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* TheBigGuy
* HiddenDepths: His feelings for Carmela.
* PutOnABus


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* HiddenDepths
* JerkAss
* KilledOffForReal
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: To a certain degree. He starts to become a better person when his son is injured but is killed by Tony before it can really go anywhere.


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* ArmoredClosetGay: Shows signs of this a couple times.
* Ascended Extra
* BuryYourGays
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted, after going on the run once he's discovered to be gay the camera focuses on him and his gun many times but he never kills himself.
* HoYay: With "Johnny Cakes" in season 6 and the security guard in season 5
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* AscendedExtra
* ADeathInTheLimelight
* DespairEventHorizon: His realization in "Member's Only" that he'll never be able to leave the mob and move with his family down to Florida.
* DrivenToSuicide
* KilledOffForReal
* TheMole
* OutOfFocus: Listed in the main cast of season 3 but mostly amounts to being a background character until the premiere of season 6 and then he dies.


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* BigBad: During the final season.
* JerkAss


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* AscendedExtra: Quite literally, in the very first episode she appears for a few seconds as a hostess at Artie's restaurant before getting a name in episode 2 and finally getting storylines in the seasons after that.
* KilledOffForReal
* TheMole
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* EvilMatriarch


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* MeaningfulName: Not for nothing does she share a name with a Roman ancestor.
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* HugglepuffHouse: The most inconsequential member of the Soprano family. After season 2 she tends to only show up at funerals.

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* HugglepuffHouse: HufflepuffHouse: The most inconsequential member of the Soprano family. After season 2 she tends to only show up at funerals.
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* TragicHero: Tries to do right by his friends and family but his sociopathic tendencies put a damper on this.

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** VillainProtagonist

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** VillainProtagonist
* VillainProtagonist: Increasingly so as he becomes less sympathetic with each passing season.
* WouldHitAGirl



!!Livia Soprano (Nancy Marchand)

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* MyBelovedSmother
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[spoiler: Nancy Marchand's death]] caused the writers to have to [[spoiler: kill off Livia]] and restructure the third season and many of David Chase's plans for future seasons considerably.



* HugglepuffHouse: The most inconsequential member of the Soprano family. After season 2 she tends to only show up at funerals.



* AntiVillain
* TheBigGuy
* HeroicBSOD: At the end of "D Girl" at AJ's Communion party.



* AscendedExtra
* AntiVillain: The most sympathetic and most innocent mobster in the series by a wide margin.
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* [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe]]


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* DayInTheLimelight: "Employee of the Month"
* OutOfFocus: Starts off as a vital part of the series but gradually becomes less important in the scheme of things despite appearing in every season.


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!!Hesh Rabkin (Jerry Adler)
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Character Sheet for ''TheSopranos''. Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters in the category please only list regular cast members whose names appear in the main credits in the "Soprano Crime Family Members" category.

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Character Sheet for ''TheSopranos''. Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters in the category please only list regular cast members whose names appear in the main credits in the "Soprano Crime Family Members" category.
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Character Sheet for ''TheSopranos''. Due to the LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters in the category please only list regular cast members whose names appear in the main credits in the "Soprano Crime Family Members" category.



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[[folder:Main Characters]][[folder:The Soprano Family]]



* PetTheDog: A number of moments with his children as well as his love of animals.



** KavorkaMan : Has plenty of mistresses and one-night stands in spite of the fact that he's not exactly catwalk material.

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** KavorkaMan : Has plenty of mistresses and one-night stands in spite of the fact that he's not exactly catwalk material.
material.
** VillainProtagonist



!!Jennifer Melfi
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[[folder:Mafia Characters]]

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!!Jennifer Melfi
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[[folder:Mafia Characters]]
!!Meadow Soprano (Jamie-Lynn Sigler)

!!Anthony "AJ" Soprano Jr. (Robert Iler)

!!Corrado "Junior" Soprano (Dominic Chianese)

!!Janice Soprano [[spoiler: Baccalieri]] (Aida Turturro)

!!Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli)

* VillainProtagonist

!!Anthony "Tony" Blundetto (SteveBuscemi)

!!John "Johnny Boy" Soprano (Joseph Siravo)

!!Barbara Soprano Giglione



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[[folder:Civilian Characters]]
[[folder:Soprano Crime Family Members]]

!!Silvio Dante (Steve Van Zandt)

* TheDragon: To Tony.

!!Paulie Gualtieri (Tony Sirico)

!!Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero (Vincent Pastore)

* [[spoiler: TheMole]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]

!!Bobby Baccalieri (Steve Schirripa)

!!Richie Aprile (David Proval)

* BigBad: For season 2.
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]

!!Furio Giunta (Federico Castelluccio)

!!Ralph Cifaretto (Joe Pantoliano)

!!Vito Spatafore (Joseph R. Gannascoli)

!!Eugene Pontecorvo (Robert Funero)

!!Carlo Gervasi (Arthur J. Nascarella)

!!Benny Fazzio (Max Casella)

!!Little Paulie Germani (Carl Capotorto)



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[[folder:Minor Characters]]
[[folder: Lupertazzi Crime Family Members]]

!!CarmineLupertazzi (Tony Lip)

!!John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni (Vincent Curatola)

!!Phil Leotardo (Frank Vincent)

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[[folder: FBI]]

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[[folder:Civilian Characters]]

!!Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco)

!!Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo)

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* FatBastard: Gets fatter as the series goes on, in fact.
* ReallyGetsAround
** KavorkaMan : Has plenty of mistresses and one-night stands in spite of the fact that he's not exactly catwalk material.

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