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[[folder:Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys]]
!!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys
An old crew of brutal hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior.
* AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. One of them beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with a baseball bat, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive.
* BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug running, something he is fundamentally opposed to.
* CloudCuckooLander: A DarkerAndEdgier variation. The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly and enthusiastic. Upon meeting Christopher Moltisanti, he remarks that his name is also Chris. Seeing a picture of Johnny Sack at his birthday, he remarks that it's his birthday as well.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Lou certainly has these, although most likely a side-effect of his blindness. Doesn't make them any less creepy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers.
* KarmaHoudini
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
!!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys
An old crew of brutal hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior.
* AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. One of them beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with a baseball bat, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive.
* BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug running, something he is fundamentally opposed to.
* CloudCuckooLander: A DarkerAndEdgier variation. The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly and enthusiastic. Upon meeting Christopher Moltisanti, he remarks that his name is also Chris. Seeing a picture of Johnny Sack at his birthday, he remarks that it's his birthday as well.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Lou certainly has these, although most likely a side-effect of his blindness. Doesn't make them any less creepy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers.
* KarmaHoudini
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
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!!Annalisa Zucca
'''Played by:''' Sofia Milos
The exuberant and de facto boss of the
!!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and
* BunnyEarsLawyer: A shrewd businesswoman who has a quirky superstition; she burns her nail clippings to prevent some kind of curse.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Her father is the
An old crew
* AxCrazy: They are effective
-->'''Paulie:''' Ton, you give this guy a golf club, he'll probably try to
*
* SexForServices: Immune to flirtation at first, she later tries to soften Tony up with sex during a negotiation, but he
* CloudCuckooLander: A DarkerAndEdgier variation. The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly
* CreepyBlueEyes: Lou certainly has these, although most likely a side-effect of his blindness. Doesn't make them any less creepy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers.
* KarmaHoudini
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
-->'''Tony:''' I do want... but I don't shit where I eat.
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[[folder:Peter "Beansie" Gaeta]]
!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations.
* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him and finally leaves him paraplegic.
* CarFu: Richie's method of choice consists in running over him with a car.
* PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6.
!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations.
* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him and finally leaves him paraplegic.
* CarFu: Richie's method of choice consists in running over him with a car.
* PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6.
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!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations.
* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him
!!Italo and Salvatore
Two seasoned hitmen from Naples.
*
* GeniusBruiser: For both their hits, they use tactics to put their targets off their guard and get their hands away from their guns
* MistakenIdentity: They kill the father of
* ProfessionalKillers: Hired to kill Rusty Millio and Phil Leotardo, with
* PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6.
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[[folder:Brendan Filone]]
!!Brendan Filone
A young associate, friend, and partner in crime of Christopher Moltisanti.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Asks forgiveness from Tony for repeated errors.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Attempts to climb in the ranks too quickly.
* ItsPersonal: Jacking trucks protected by Junior sealed his fate.
* ButtMonkey: Tossed out and told to be quiet for repeated infractions.
* FunctionalAddict: Attempts numerous tasks while taking crystal meth.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for his freelance crime spree.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Christopher Moltisanti
* BoomHeadShot
* DeadlyBath: In his bathtub when Mikey Palmice visits him to deliver a Moe Greene Special on Junior's orders.
* MoeGreeneSpecial: Shot clean through the eye while in his bathtub by Mikey Palmice.
!!Brendan Filone
A young associate, friend, and partner in crime of Christopher Moltisanti.
* AintTooProudToBeg: Asks forgiveness from Tony for repeated errors.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Attempts to climb in the ranks too quickly.
* ItsPersonal: Jacking trucks protected by Junior sealed his fate.
* ButtMonkey: Tossed out and told to be quiet for repeated infractions.
* FunctionalAddict: Attempts numerous tasks while taking crystal meth.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for his freelance crime spree.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Christopher Moltisanti
* BoomHeadShot
* DeadlyBath: In his bathtub when Mikey Palmice visits him to deliver a Moe Greene Special on Junior's orders.
* MoeGreeneSpecial: Shot clean through the eye while in his bathtub by Mikey Palmice.
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!!Brendan Filone
[[folder:Slava Malevsky]]
!!Slava Malevsky
A
*
*
*
*
* SwissBankAccount: Tony's money launderer and
* FunctionalAddict: Attempts numerous tasks while taking crystal meth.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for his freelance crime spree.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Christopher Moltisanti
* BoomHeadShot
* DeadlyBath: In his bathtub when Mikey Palmice visits him to deliver a Moe Greene Special on Junior's orders.
* MoeGreeneSpecial: Shot clean through the eye while in his bathtub by Mikey Palmice.
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[[folder:Matthew Bevilaqua]]
!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of Chris Moltisanti.
* AintTooProudToBeg
* ButtMonkey
* BringMyBrownPants
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of Chris Moltisanti.
* AintTooProudToBeg
* ButtMonkey
* BringMyBrownPants
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
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!!Matthew Bevilaqua
!!Valery
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ValeryPineBarrens_6622.jpg]]
-->''"Cocksuckers, I'll kill you both!"''
A
*
*
*
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HarmlessVillain:
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable,
*
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of
-->'''Paulie:''' "He killed 16 Czechoslovakians.[[note]]Meant to say "Chechens".[[/note]] Guy was an interior decorator!"
* MadeOfIron: He's not the type who gets affected by trivial things like a throat crushed or [[BoomHeadshot headshots]].
* TheMafiya
* MeaningfulName: Valery means "healthy" or "strong" in Russian.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: And how! He feels at home in a frozen forest.
-->You think the cold bothers me? This is warm, I wash my balls with ice water!
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: He only had to pay Silvio's money, but Paulie escalates the conflict to a point of no return.
* RasputinianDeath: Maybe, WhatHappenedToTheMouse ... NeverFoundTheBody.
* RedOniBlueOni:
*
*
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
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[[folder:Sean Gismonte]]
!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
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!!Sean Gismonte
Associate
!!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys
An old crew of brutal hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior.
* AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. One of them beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with a baseball bat, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive.
* BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris
* CloudCuckooLander: A DarkerAndEdgier variation. The youngest member of
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
*
*
*
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
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[[folder:Fabian "Febby" Petrulio]]
!!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
Former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant.
* MoodWhiplash: A quiet moment with a [[{{Bambification}} deer]] is followed by Tony appearing out of the blue and ferociously murdering him. Finally a band of birds/ducks crosses the sky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay.
* TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members.
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family.
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.
!!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
Former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant.
* MoodWhiplash: A quiet moment with a [[{{Bambification}} deer]] is followed by Tony appearing out of the blue and ferociously murdering him. Finally a band of birds/ducks crosses the sky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay.
* TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members.
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family.
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.
to:
!!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
Former soldier
!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in
*
* CarFu: Richie's method of
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to
*
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.
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[[folder:William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray]]
!!William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray
Two small-time criminals commissioned by Junior Soprano to kill Tony in the first season.
* BoomHeadshot: Petite Clayborn's death, in slow motion.
* CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this.
* GangBangers: A couple of black street gangsters.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head while aiming for Tony in a moving car.
* MuggingTheMonster: Attempted to kill Tony Soprano before he had a real reputation.
* ScaryBlackMan
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen Ray apparently survives the shootout, and is never heard from again.
to:
!!Brendan Filone
A young associate, friend, and
!!William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray
Two small-time criminals commissioned
* AintTooProudToBeg: Asks forgiveness from Tony for repeated errors.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Attempts to climb in the ranks too quickly.
* ItsPersonal: Jacking trucks protected by Junior
* ButtMonkey: Tossed out and told to
*
* CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this.
* GangBangers: A couple of black street gangsters.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for
*
* BoomHeadShot
* DeadlyBath: In his bathtub when Mikey Palmice visits him to
*
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen Ray apparently survives
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[[folder:Jasons Gervasi and Parisi]]
!!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi
Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason.
* BaitTheDog: Introduced as happier counterparts to A.J. Seeing their apparently functional lives, Tony pushes A.J. to befriend them. They genuinely bond with him and things seem to take a turn for the better, but then they start roping him into their violent activities.
* BoxedCrook: Jason Gervasi gets caught dealing drugs, a charge used to box his mafioso father.
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to be this. His brother Patrick is a successful attorney dating Meadow Soprano, while Jason is a budding criminal.
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son.
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities.
!!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi
Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason.
* BaitTheDog: Introduced as happier counterparts to A.J. Seeing their apparently functional lives, Tony pushes A.J. to befriend them. They genuinely bond with him and things seem to take a turn for the better, but then they start roping him into their violent activities.
* BoxedCrook: Jason Gervasi gets caught dealing drugs, a charge used to box his mafioso father.
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to be this. His brother Patrick is a successful attorney dating Meadow Soprano, while Jason is a budding criminal.
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son.
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities.
to:
!!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi
Best friends and sons
!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of
*
* ButtMonkey
* BringMyBrownPants
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony
*
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to be this.
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni:
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is
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[[folder:Ronald Zellman]]
!!Ronald Zellman
New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.
* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating of Irina and gives his blessing, but eventually Zellman gets viciously beaten up for having a relationship with the former comare of Tony.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony humiliates him in front of Irina.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
!!Ronald Zellman
New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.
* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating of Irina and gives his blessing, but eventually Zellman gets viciously beaten up for having a relationship with the former comare of Tony.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony humiliates him in front of Irina.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
to:
!!Ronald Zellman
New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.
* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating
!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of
*
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
*
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
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[[folder:Richard "Dick" Barone]]
!!Richard "Dick" Barone
Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.
* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s.
* SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own.
!!Richard "Dick" Barone
Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.
* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s.
* SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own.
to:
!!Richard "Dick" Barone
Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.
* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani
!!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
Former soldier in the
*
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay.
* TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members.
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family.
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.
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[[folder:Neil Mink]]
!!Neil Mink
Tony's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer.
!!Neil Mink
Tony's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer.
to:
!!Neil Mink
Tony's attorney.
!!William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray
Two small-time criminals commissioned by Junior Soprano to kill Tony in the first season.
*
* CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this.
* GangBangers: A
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head while aiming for Tony in a moving car.
* MuggingTheMonster: Attempted to kill Tony Soprano before he had a real reputation.
* ScaryBlackMan
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen Ray apparently survives the shootout, and is never heard from again.
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[[folder:Harold "Mel" Melvoin]]
!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin
Junior's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer.
* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.
!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin
Junior's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer.
* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.
to:
!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin
Junior's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional
!!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi
Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason.
*
* BoxedCrook: Jason Gervasi gets caught dealing drugs, a charge used to box his
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son.
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities.
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[[folder:James "Murmur" Zancone]]
!!James "Murmur" Zancone
Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.
* EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him having a heart murmur as a kid.
* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's
!!James "Murmur" Zancone
Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.
* EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him having a heart murmur as a kid.
* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's
to:
!!James "Murmur" Zancone
Friend, AA sponsor
!!Ronald Zellman
New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.
* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating of Irina and
* EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him
* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony
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!!Richard "Dick" Barone
Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.
* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s.
* SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own.
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!!Neil Mink
Tony's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer.
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[[folder:Harold "Mel" Melvoin]]
!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin
Junior's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer.
* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.
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[[folder:James "Murmur" Zancone]]
!!James "Murmur" Zancone
Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.
* EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him having a heart murmur as a kid.
* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's
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!!Corky Caporale
'''Played by:'''Edoardo Ballerini
A first-generation Italian heroin junkie, friend, and associate of Christopher. His fluency in the Italian language means he is generally the bottom level go-between with [[RuthlessForeignGangsters friends from the other side]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Briefly mentions that he was born in Italy, and is shown to be wary of native Italian mobsters, for unspecified reasons.
* FunctionalAddict: Though something of a bottom-feeder.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In the penultimate episode, Corky acts as a go-between with the Italian assassins in the hit on Phil. [[spoiler:After the hitmen mistakenly murder Phil's goomah's father instead, they briefly mention to Corky that she referred to the target as "Daddy" in Ukrainian. Corky, in a porn store at the time, thinks nothing of this. His mistake results in Bobby's death and Silvio's coma.]]
* TheStoner
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!!Ahmed and Muhammad
Muslim associates of Christopher.
* ConflictKiller: Islamic terrorism becomes an important part of the equation in the [[EnemyMine complex relationship]] between the FBI/Tony/Phil.
* TheWarOnTerror: Christopher considers them not to be terrorists at first, but some sudden behavior may indicate otherwise. Due to post-9/11 changes of policy, the FBI take a keen interest in them and an investigation ensues.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Subverted. While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
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* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
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* HateSink: Most of the mobsters hate for some of his most despicable actions. His most notable action of this trope is when [[spoiler: he kills a pregnant stripper with his bare fists.]]
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* HateSink: Most of the mobsters characters hate him for some of his most despicable actions. His most notable action of this trope is when [[spoiler: he kills a pregnant stripper with his bare fists.]]
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* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: By the end of the series, most of Tony's key guys are either dead or otherwise incapacitated, making the future of the Soprano crime family pretty bad.The last scene of the series implies Tony might have been killed in front of his family... or not. ''Everybody loses''. Paulie may be the dark horse winner, [[KarmaHoudini make of it what you will.]] ]]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: By the end of the series, most of Tony's key guys are either dead or otherwise incapacitated, making the future of the Soprano crime family Di Meo Crime Family pretty bad.bad. The last scene of the series implies Tony might have been killed in front of his family... or not. ''Everybody loses''. Paulie may be the dark horse winner, [[KarmaHoudini make of it what you will.]] ]]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Most By the end of the series, most of Tony's key guys are either dead or otherwise incapacitated, making the future of the Soprano crime family pretty bad.The last scene of the series implies Tony might have been killed in front of his family... or not. ''Everybody loses''. Paulie may be the dark horse winner, [[KarmaHoudini make of it what you will.]] ]]
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* TheDon: Tony Soprano, and Uncle Junior before him, and Jackie Aprile, Sr. before him. Technically, all three were Acting Boss for Dominic Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo, who was convicted and sent to federal prison in Missouri in 1995.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: With the exception of very few examples, almost all of them ended up being killed or imprisoned by the end of the series.]]
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: With the exception of very few examples, almost all of them ended up being killed or imprisoned by the end of the series.]]
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* TheDon: Tony Soprano, and Uncle Junior before him, and Jackie Aprile, Sr. before him. Technically, all three were Acting Boss for Dominic Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo, Di Meo, who was convicted and sent to federal prison in Missouri in 1995.
* EvilIsPetty: The mobsters all do horrible things at various points but still find time to be complete dicks too.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:With Most of Tony's key guys are either dead or otherwise incapacitated, making the exception future of very few examples, almost all the Soprano crime family pretty bad.The last scene of them ended up being the series implies Tony might have been killed in front of his family... or imprisoned by not. ''Everybody loses''. Paulie may be the end dark horse winner, [[KarmaHoudini make of the series.it what you will.]] ]]
* EvilIsPetty: The mobsters all do horrible things at various points but still find time to be complete dicks too.
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* TheDon: Tony Soprano, and Uncle Junior before him, and Jackie Aprile, Sr. before him. Technically, all three were Acting Boss for Dominic Di Meo, Jackie Aprile Sr. Ercole "Eckley" DiMeo, who was convicted and Tony Soprano.sent to federal prison in Missouri in 1995.
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!!Di Meo Crime Family
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Most of them are well-dressed professional criminals.
* CoolCar: Most of them drive luxury cars.
* TheDon: Dominic Di Meo, Jackie Aprile Sr. and Tony Soprano.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: With the exception of very few examples, almost all of them ended up being killed or imprisoned by the end of the series.]]
* TheMafia: An Italian-American mob family from New Jersey.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters / VillainWithGoodPublicity: Generally averted, since the predatory nature of the mob is not hidden and the local business suffer regularly, but the Jersey mobsters throw a traditional Santa Claus party and occasionally organize activities for the community. Deconstructed examples:
** Junior liquidates a drug dealer for selling drugs to children. This is viewed as old-fashioned and the other capos resent him, as it was a bad business decision.
** Paulie is appointed manager of an amusement fair. He is such a cheapskate that he cuts corners and security budget to the point one ride becomes hazardous and an accident ensues.
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!!Di Meo Crime Family
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Most of them are well-dressed professional criminals.
* CoolCar: Most of them drive luxury cars.
* TheDon: Dominic Di Meo, Jackie Aprile Sr. and Tony Soprano.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: With the exception of very few examples, almost all of them ended up being killed or imprisoned by the end of the series.]]
* TheMafia: An Italian-American mob family from New Jersey.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters / VillainWithGoodPublicity: Generally averted, since the predatory nature of the mob is not hidden and the local business suffer regularly, but the Jersey mobsters throw a traditional Santa Claus party and occasionally organize activities for the community. Deconstructed examples:
** Junior liquidates a drug dealer for selling drugs to children. This is viewed as old-fashioned and the other capos resent him, as it was a bad business decision.
** Paulie is appointed manager of an amusement fair. He is such a cheapskate that he cuts corners and security budget to the point one ride becomes hazardous and an accident ensues.
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* AintTooProudToBeg
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* ItsPersonal
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* AintTooProudToBeg
AintTooProudToBeg: Asks forgiveness from Tony for repeated errors.
*DudeWheresMyRespect
DudeWheresMyRespect: Attempts to climb in the ranks too quickly.
*ItsPersonalItsPersonal: Jacking trucks protected by Junior sealed his fate.
* ButtMonkey: Tossed out and told to be quiet for repeated infractions.
* FunctionalAddict: Attempts numerous tasks while taking crystal meth.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for his freelance crime spree.
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* ButtMonkey: Tossed out and told to be quiet for repeated infractions.
* FunctionalAddict: Attempts numerous tasks while taking crystal meth.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Uses friendship with Christopher to act like a loose cannon and since he's not "made," he gets executed for his freelance crime spree.
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!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of Chris Moltisanti.
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* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
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* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
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* [[Moe Greene Special]]: Shot clean through the eye while in his bathtub by Mikey Palmice.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
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!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
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Associate
!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of Chris
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: WithMatthew Bevilaqua.
Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni:Red Blue to Matthew's Blue.
Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: WithMatt.Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni:
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!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
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!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
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!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval
->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"What's mine is not yours to give me."'']]
A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler:However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* BondageIsBad: Holds a gun to Janice's head during sex, and he's clearly one of the most villainous gangsters.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time, he's content with Tony's financial treatment, but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FaceOfAThug: This Yoga-loving mobster talks a good game, but he's not really rehabilitated. According to Proval, he originally auditioned for Tony but was turned down for looking "too real, too moblike", which he understands.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison, one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancé Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]]; he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* HateSink: He's one of the most despised characters on the show for his malicious personality and for having zero redeeming qualities.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these, to the point that Tony dubs his eyes "Manson Lamps."
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy; he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
%%* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
%%* TheStarscream
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval
->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"What's mine is not yours to give me."'']]
A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler:However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* BondageIsBad: Holds a gun to Janice's head during sex, and he's clearly one of the most villainous gangsters.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time, he's content with Tony's financial treatment, but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FaceOfAThug: This Yoga-loving mobster talks a good game, but he's not really rehabilitated. According to Proval, he originally auditioned for Tony but was turned down for looking "too real, too moblike", which he understands.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison, one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancé Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]]; he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* HateSink: He's one of the most despised characters on the show for his malicious personality and for having zero redeeming qualities.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these, to the point that Tony dubs his eyes "Manson Lamps."
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy; he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
%%* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
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%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval
->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''
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A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler:However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* BondageIsBad: Holds a gun to Janice's head during sex, and he's clearly one of the most villainous gangsters.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time, he's content with Tony's financial treatment, but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FaceOfAThug: This Yoga-loving mobster talks a good game, but he's not really rehabilitated. According to Proval, he originally auditioned for Tony but was turned down for looking "too real, too moblike", which he understands.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison, one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancé Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]]; he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* HateSink: He's one of the most despised characters on the show for his malicious personality and for having zero redeeming qualities.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these, to the point that Tony dubs his eyes "Manson Lamps."
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy; he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
%%* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
%%* TheStarscream
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval
->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''
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A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler:However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* BondageIsBad: Holds a gun to Janice's head during sex, and he's clearly one of the most villainous gangsters.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time, he's content with Tony's financial treatment, but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FaceOfAThug: This Yoga-loving mobster talks a good game, but he's not really rehabilitated. According to Proval, he originally auditioned for Tony but was turned down for looking "too real, too moblike", which he understands.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison, one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancé Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]]; he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* HateSink: He's one of the most despised characters on the show for his malicious personality and for having zero redeeming qualities.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these, to the point that Tony dubs his eyes "Manson Lamps."
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy; he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
%%* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
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%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
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* AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. One of them Beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with a baseball bat, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive.
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* BerserkButton: Gambling - specifically, when lady luck [[SoreLoser turns against him]].
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!!Silvio Dante
->'''Played by:''' Steve Van Zandt
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[[caption-width-right:275:''"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"'']]
-->''"I genuinely don't think there's anything to gain by keeping him around."''
Tony's most trusted advisor and right-hand man.
%%* TheAce
* BlueOni: To Tony's red moments, but Silvio also shows his temper ocassionally.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He can't bear them during a brief stint at the helm.
%%* TheConsigliere
* TheCreon: Has reached the top levels of his ambition, and is severely stressed out by the possibility he might have to take over for Tony.
* CulturalPosturing: His Italian heritage is SeriousBusiness for him, and collides with Tony for it.
* TheDragon: To Tony.
%%* EvenEvilHasStandards
* FaceOfAThug: Does that face say anything to you besides "mobster?"
* 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.
%%* HonestAdvisor
%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste
%%* PunchClockVillain
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's usually the most sensible mobster in the show.
* SelfMadeMan: He's the owner of the Bada Bing, strip club and [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Jersey Mafia headquarters]], but all in all, a serious business.
* SharpDressedMan: The sharpest of the Jersey crew.
* SoreLoser: Normally one of the more even-tempered mobsters...unless a card game's not going his way.
* VillainousFriendship: With Tony. They go back a long way.
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[[folder:Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri]]
!!Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri
->'''Played by:''' Tony Sirico
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[[caption-width-right:288: ''"All the shit we been through, you really think I'd kill ya?"'']]
-->''"I'm here to tell you one thing. You ever go whining to the big man again about shit between you and me, we'll have a problem, my friend."''
A long-time soldier of the Soprano crew and later caporegime in the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family.
* AxCrazy: Downplayed. However, Paulie is highly impulsive and homicidal. And, just check out some of his psychotic expressions.
* BadassGrandpa: While he's unmarried and never had children, he beats the crap out of some Colombian drug dealers who could be his grandchildren, among other examples.
* BreakoutCharacter: He is arguably the most famed character in the series.
%%* CloudCuckooLander
* CulturalPosturing: Laments that the "mulignan" have taken over traditional Italian things such as the capuccino, pizza, calzone, buffalo, mozzarella, and olive oil.
* CommutingOnABus: He's incarcerated during season 4, as the actor needed some time for a back surgery.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DontExplainTheJoke: Repeating or explaining his jokes is one of his quirks, funnier on its own.
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Greed}}: A ridiculously rapacious and cheap bastard. Comically absurd like many of his shenanigans.
%%* HairTriggerTemper
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: After learning that his actual mother was knocked up by an unidentified sailor, Paulie realizes that in all likelihood he is not full Italian. It doesn't sit well.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Zig-Zagged. In the first half of the series, this trope is played straight with regards to his character due to the fact that most of his victims are either [[AssholeVictim criminals like himself or otherwise incredibly obnoxious and cruel]]. However, while his odd quirks continue to be a source of humor, this trope is gradually subverted as his crimes become increasingly heinous in later episodes.
%%* IAmNotYourFather: Nucci.
* InSeriesNickname: "Walnuts"
* {{Jerkass}}: He's petty, stubborn, vindictive, hot-headed, self-centered, and superstitious.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His relationship with his mother. Deconstructed in that it leads to more crime in order to provide for her. A straightforward example in ''From Where To Eternity'', which shows him comforting his goomah's children after they are awakened by his night terror.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Paulie has committed many murders, but he never really gets any kind of comeuppance. Especially when you consider how many of his mob friends have been killed or jailed, or have suffered other terrible fates.]]
%%* LaughablyEvil: Of course.
* {{Malaproper}}: The prince of mangled words.
* MarriedToTheJob: Literally, he doesn't have a life. An early episode showed him waking up in his girlfriend's bed, but this character was dropped after only one appearance.
%%* TheMentor: For Christopher.
* TheMole: Feeds Johnny Sack with information for a while. Tony gets suspicious and contemplates killing him for it, but Paulie is wise enough to deny it.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Deconstructed, this guy is such a cheapskate that any activity organized by him may go dangerously awry.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:With the use of his car and in the prescence of Kelli, he left her and Christopher's garden in ruins after his nephew, Little Paulie, was beaten by the latter and thrown out a second-story window.]]
* ProfessionalButtKisser: A servile brown-noser who shows his real "allegiance" the minute Tony gets indisposed.
-->I live but to serve you, my liege.
* PsychopathicManchild: He's a [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas mama's boy]], and he has not one iota of concern for human life.
* RaisedCatholic: A criminal with a peculiar view on the afterlife and purgatory.
-->You add up all your mortal sins and multiply that number by 50. Then you add up all your venial sins and multiply that by 25. You add that together and that's your sentence. I figure I'm gonna have to do 6,000 years before I get accepted into heaven and 6,000 years is nothin' in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It's like a couple of days here.
* SkunkStripe: One of his signature traits.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He tries hard to emulate Tony's WickedCultured nature, but fails, hard.
* ThatCameOutWrong: In the sixth season, he calls "Beansie" Gaeta, who is in a wheelchair, a "stand-up guy" before hastily apologizing.
* TheSociopath: PlayedForLaughs in the first half of the series but then played straight in later seasons.
** Subverted by the fact that he has shown empathy towards certain people, especially towards his mother.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The job of a top enforcer is examined through Paulie, first in tandem with Pussy and later with Christopher.
* {{Turncoat}}: Tries to defect to New York, but his scheme ends in EpicFail when he discovers that Carmine Sr. doesn't even know him. Paulie was just cajoled and exploited by Johnny Sack.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: On multiple occasions, due to Paulie's combination of a big mouth and poor common sense about where he opens it. For example, he causes a major spat between Tony and Christopher over Adriana's injuries in a car accident, as he mishears "blow to [Adriana's] head" as "Adriana blowing Tony".
* VerbalTic: His "Heh-Heh" laugh.
* VillainousFriendship: A flimsy one with Tony, Paulie was more like a {{mentor}} back in the day, and a friend of Tony's father.
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%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Christopher.
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!!Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
->'''Played by:''' Vincent Pastore
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Tony's best friend and member of the Soprano crew.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
%%* TheBrute
%%* BoxedCrook
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's a loving father, after all.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Tries to do this, asking that the shooters leave his face alone, but he visibly starts to panic in the moments before he is shot.
* FatBastard: Mainly in Season 2.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite being a hardened criminal, he's a benevolent mentor to the hotheaded Christopher Moltisanti, whose easygoing personality belies his unwaveringly loyalty to Tony Soprano. [[spoiler:This is largely subverted in Season 2 when his likable persona is revealed as a facade masking his bitterness towards Tony and his crew, for whom he harbors few loyalties. Though a loving father, he's a ruthless and [[DomesticAbuser at times even abusive husband]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: At the end of "D Girl" at AJ's Communion party.
* HiddenDepths: Again, near the end of "D Girl".
* KickTheDog: When he can't take the pressure anymore, his wife gets the brunt of it.
** And then there's that time he crushes an Elvis impersonator's skull with a hammer. Don't ask.
* {{Mentor}}: To Chris and in a lesser way to his godson AJ.
* ManipulativeBastard: The primary reason why he's been able to stay under his fellow mobsters' radar for years while working as an FBI informant.
* MistakenIdentity: For a while, Tony thinks the authorities confused Pussy and Jimmy Altieri, since the two fat crooks look alike.
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* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: A great Santa Claus during the christmas parties organized by the mob.
* PassedOverPromotion: Says so to Tony during one of [[DreamingTheTruth Sopranos's dreams.]]
* PetTheDog: He has a heart-to-heart with AJ at his communion party. Notably occurs at the end of "D Girl", the same episode as his aforementioned KickTheDog.
* SanitySlippage: Played for laughs. After being alienated from his friends and family, Pussy actually seems to think that he can join the FBI.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Paulie or Christopher in the first season.
* VillainousFriendship: With Tony and Christopher.
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[[folder:Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri]]
!!Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri
->'''Played by:''' Steve Schirripa
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A rising member of the Soprano crew, who later on marries Janice Soprano.
* AffablyEvil: Bobby is nice and friendly most of the time, and he's not very aggressive compared to his friends. But he's still a Mafia goon.
%%* AscendedExtra
* AntiVillain: The most sympathetic and most innocent mobster in the series by a wide margin.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Honestly, Bobby was probably the nicest guy you could ever meet, and only did non-violent work for the most part. You constantly push his buttons, though, and it's not pleasant, as Tony can attest.
* ButtMonkey:
** Early on, Bobby is the butt of many of Tony's jokes. Tony nearly falls over laughing at Bobby when he shows up in full hunting gear to help him rescue Christopher and Paulie.
** More so to Junior, who never stops disrespecting him and abusing him.
* TheCaretaker: He's assigned to take care of old Uncle Junior.
* GentleGiant: With shades of ExtremeDoormat
* GoodParents: He's very close to his kids.
* HappilyMarried: With Karen. With Janice, not so much.
* ManChild: He plays with toy trains.
* MookPromotion: From Junior's flunky to the #3 of the family.
* {{Nepotism}}: Being the brother-in-law of the boss is a great boost for his career.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Bobby becomes one after Tony orders him to kill a French-Canadian criminal. He's shocked by it at first, but soon he accepts his new role.
* RailEnthusiast: He has a big interest in trains, and can be seen building and playing with model trains in his garage, sometimes while dressed like a conductor, which gives him some mockery from his peers.
** He is also seen buying a model train at a hobby shop [[spoiler:in his last scene, before the Lupertazzi hitmen kill him]].
* TokenGoodTeammate: At first. He gradually grows more ruthless as the series progresses.
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being 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. Can be seen as a deconstruction. His "#3" pecking order [[spoiler:is what gets him targeted and killed by Phil Leotardo's crew. Paulie Gualtieri was considered before him.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: As he committed his first murder and ascended to Tony's inner circle in the final nine episodes, he adopted a solidly Darwinist mentality, looking out only for himself and his boss.
* TraumaCongaLine: His father and his wife die within months, and then Janice takes an interest in him, leading to a verbally abusive relationship. Then a ride breaks down with Janice and his kids on it. Then he suffers a near-death experience in which some street kids shoot him in the face, temporarily blinding him in one eye. Then he gets into a drunken brawl with Tony and beats him, causing him to fear for his life. Tony deliberately intimidates Bobby after this, then arranges for Bobby to make his first kill, which is a messy and brutal one.
* VillainsOutShopping: 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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[[folder:Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.]]
!!Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.
The boss of the [=DiMeo=] family at the start of the series.
* AffablyEvil: Despite being a ruthless mob boss, he is depicted as being very friendly and diplomatic in his dealings with others, even while suffering from terminal cancer. Additionally, even after being confined to the hospital, Tony and the other capos within the [=DiMeo=] crime family speak fondly of his fair and charismatic leadership.
* TheDon: Boss of the Jersey crew at the start of the series
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Wanted to keep his son away from the criminal life. Tony goes out of his way to try to honor this desire.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His demise leads to an early SuccessionCrisis and a MobWar.
* SiblingYinYang: Affable and easygoing, unlike Richie, his ruthless and sociopathic brother.
* VillainousFriendship: A very close friend of Tony.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies of cancer in the fourth episode.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ralph Cifaretto]]
!!Ralph Cifaretto
->'''Played by:''' Joe Pantoliano
-->''"Tomorrow I can be on time, but you'll be stupid forever."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: "Why was I born handsome instead of rich?"]]
The Soprano crew's loose cannon, who returns from an extended stay in Florida in Season 3.
* AlasPoorVillain: A peculiar example of the grayness of the show. Despite being a despicable excuse for a human being most of the time, the tragic circumstances that surround his demise are meant to evoke some sympathy, what with his son being in a coma and his HeelFaceDoorSlam (see below).
* AllThereInTheManual: Joe Pantoliano says that Ralph was sexually abused as a child. Some manner of childhood abuse was implied in "Mergers and Acquisitons", but never made explicit within the show.
* AnyoneCanDie: His status as a big earner makes him less expendable than most in-story. When his demise comes, the when and the why are completely out of the blue.
* AssholeVictim: Virtually every single person Ralphie knows mentions at one point or another that they'd kind of looking forward to the day he dies.
-->'''Albert Barese:''' This is bad, my friend. I mean, don't get me wrong. ''I wouldn't piss on this Ralph if he was on fire''. But to whack the guy over a horse? How fucked up is that? If it can happen to him, it can happen to any of us.
* AxCrazy: He's very unstable, even by the standards of the mob.
* BadLiar: His lies are so transparent that it's ambiguous if CryingWolf is in play when Tony confronts him.
* BaldOfEvil: Hence the toupee.
* BigBad: Subverted. After the departure of Richie Aprile and Pussy Bonspenserio, a scheming, psychotic mobster played by a well-known character actor is introduced at the beginning of Season 3, and starts to butt heads with Tony. [[spoiler:Ralph and Tony bury the hatchet before the season finale, at which point it appears Ralph will be kicking around for a while. He continues acting as a series regular until about 2/3 of the way through Season 4, at which point all the resentment between the men comes bubbling up in an argument over a horse, and Tony beats him to death.]]
* BondageIsBad: Subverted in that he's a sub. His kinks include roleplaying as a whore being pimped out by his "mommy" while she holds a vibrator in his ass, having his penis and testicles abused, and [[NoodleIncident something involving a leather mask.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his obnoxiusness, he's the biggest earner in the Soprano family.
* BrutalHonesty: Punctual. Tony gives him some credit for not being a YesMan.
* CombatPragmatist: Uses a can of Raid as a weapon during a fist fight.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Rosalie Aprile. He [[YourCheatingHeart cheats on her]] with Janice before long.
* DeadpanSnarker: His big mouth often gets him in trouble, so much so that Johnny Sack tries to have him killed for insulting his wife.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In Season 3. From the moment he first appears, he creates turmoil among the Soprano Crime Family's ranks by encroaching on other gangsters' territory, engaging in random bursts of violence, and [[TheCorrupter spurring Jackie Aprile Jr. to further acts of delinquency]]. However, after making him a ''capo'' in "He Is Risen", Tony brings his recalcitrant behavior to heel and he is largely neutralized as a direct threat to the well-being of Tony's business and family.
* DodgyToupee: Tony is unsurprised when Christopher rips off the toupee by accident (he was attempting to grab Ralph's cadaver by the hair). The wig was ordered and designed by Pantoliano himself, who based it on Creator/ChristopherNolan. "I always loved Chris Nolan's hair."
* DrugsAreBad: He blames his coke addiction for his bad behavior.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The episode with Tracee becomes his entire defining element, both for the cast and the audience.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts in a very friendly and cheerful way when he's in a good mood. However, his psychotic nature is the opposite.
* FamousLastWords: An inversion. Just before Ralphie dies, Tony shouts to him "she was a beautiful, innocent creature! What'd she ever do to you? You fucking killed her!"
* FanBoy: Of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. EyeScream ensues for Georgie.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He is introduced in a scene in which Tony yells at him for unnecessarily setting trucks on fire. A later fire contributes to his death.
** During an argument with him on the phone, Johnny Sack says "I should have let Tony cut your head off a year ago"; guess what eventually happens.
* FreudianExcuse: Hinted at. Considering the show's adherence to FreudWasRight, it's hard to imagine a character like Ralph ''not'' having mommy issues.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Begins to show genuine remorse and something resembling human compassion...and then he is written out of the show 20 minutes later thanks to a never-extinguished feud.
* HiddenDepths: Intellectually, Ralph dwarfs most of his criminal associates. However, his obnoxious and unstable personality consistently work to frustrate his ascent within the underworld despite his wide range of talents.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Wanted to be an architect, but the death of his mother truncated his dream, as he had to [[PromotedToParent raise his large family]]. Additionally, he regrets not being part of the big hit against Feech [=LaManna=], the breakthrough for Tony and his pals.
* {{Jerkass}}: In a show full of people with anti-social behavior, he's one of the most triumphant examples, which is saying something.
* LiteralistSnarking: When Tony orders him [[PragmaticVillainy to put an end to his arsons]], he makes a call back to the line "no more fires" while his crew is beating the crap out of some guys, but in a less flashy way.
* ManipulativeBastard: As evidenced in his interactions with Jackie Aprile Jr. in Season 3. While Jackie has hardly any respect for him, Ralph nonetheless turns him into an unwitting pawn for his own agenda by insidiously playing on the young man's [[SmallNameBigEgo oversized ego and ambitions]].
* {{Mentor}}: For Jackie Jr.
* ParentsAsPeople: His son, Justin, was inadvertently shot in the chest by an arrow while playing an unsupervised game of mock The Lord of the Rings with a bow and arrows, leaving Ralph guilt- and grief-stricken.
* PassedOverPromotion: By Gigi, as Tony deems Ralph is too voluble for a captaincy.
* PetTheDog: His treatment to Justin, his son.
* PosthumousCharacter: Appears in several dreams after his demise. Melfi interprets a Kafkaesque one as a confirmation of RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* PyroManiac: Arsonist, which falls in line with his freudian sexual oddities.
* 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.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He is based in Miami during the first two seasons.
* SmugSnake[=/=]SmugSmiler: Ralphie is usually too pleased with himself and [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RalphCifaretto_8040.jpg smirking]] for some reason or another.
* TheSociopath: Given his sadistic brutality, manipulation, and extreme lack of remorse and empathy, is likely to be one.
* StealingFromTheTill: Raises suspicions about him pocketing money from the esplanade project, as he seems to be living beyond his supposed means.
%%* TragicVillain
* UncertainDoom: In-universe, Tony uses his disappearance as an implicit MotivationalLie for his crew against Johnny Sack.
* WickedCultured: Implied. He seems to have an interst in the days of the Roman Empire.
-> Ralph: "They didn't have flat tops in Ancient Rome!"
* WouldHitAGirl: He would beat her to death, [[KickTheDog in fact]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richie Aprile]]
!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval
->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"What's mine is not yours to give me."'']]
A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler:However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* BondageIsBad: Holds a gun to Janice's head during sex, and he's clearly one of the most villainous gangsters.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time, he's content with Tony's financial treatment, but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FaceOfAThug: This Yoga-loving mobster talks a good game, but he's not really rehabilitated. According to Proval, he originally auditioned for Tony but was turned down for looking "too real, too moblike", which he understands.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison, one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancé Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]]; he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these, to the point that Tony dubs his eyes "Manson Lamps."
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy; he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
%%* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
%%* TheStarscream
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jackie Aprile Jr.]]
!!Jackie Aprile Jr.
->'''Played by:''' Jason Cerbone
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[[caption-width-right:308:[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections "You know who my father was?"]]]]
Son of the late boss.
* AscendedExtra: Briefly seen before the Season 2 finale, he's later a major character in Season 3.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His efforts to make a name for himself are the driving source of conflict in the third season.
* BaitTheDog: Looks like he might be bonding with the young girl living in his safehouse, who wants to teach him chess, but he quickly gives up on this endeavor and goes outside, where he is immediately killed.
* BigBadWannabe: In Season 3. While he creates tension within the ranks of the [=DiMeo=] crime family throughout the story arc, he never musters the resources to directly threaten Tony's leadership and is unceremoniously whacked the moment he shows signs of doing so.
* BullyingADragon: Wanting to [[FollowTheLeader repeat Tony's breakthrough hit]], he robs a card game organized by the [=DiMeo=] family. It gets messy and deadly.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: A notable inversion during his romance with Meadow. At first, Tony is relieved with a ''paisan'' and everybody else is delighted by the prospects of a Soprano-Aprile marriage.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Gets arguably the least dramatic death of any major character in the series.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Feels entitled to respect due to his heritage, but earns and receives none. His final human interaction is a little girl laughing at him.
-->'''Tony''': Those who want respect, give respect.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Rutgers, a university considered part of the "Public Ivy". He flunks out, but keeps pretending he is attending college.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* ManChild: Of the [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rotten]] JerkAss variety.
* {{Narcissist}}: An [[TheCasanova "amorous"]] and [[http://www1.appstate.edu/~hillrw/Narcissism/stylesunprincipled.html "unprincipled"]] example. Aside from his uncle and father, who were both arrogant and ruthless individuals, he shows [[LackOfEmpathy hardly any respect or loyalty towards anyone other than himself]]. Ultimately, his [[JerkAss sheer obnoxiousness]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo bloated sense of entitlement]] reaches a point that Tony Soprano, his [[VillainousFriendship father's best friend and former right-hand man]], finally gets sick of him [[spoiler:and has him killed.]]
* PetTheDog: Affectively coaching A.J., who looks up to him.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: His father wanted him to have a honest life and Tony tries to keep him straight, but the [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster underworld is just too attractive]] to Jackie. Ralph gives him the final push encouraging Jackie to follow in his father's footsteps.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As shown briefly during a flashback in the Christmas episode.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His father's death leaves an immense chip on his shoulder.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Meadow, gets caught red-handed, and becomes an ex-boyfriend.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Furio Giunta]]
!!Furio Giunta
->'''Played by:''' Federico Castelluccio
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An enforcer from Italy who joins the [=DiMeo=] family in Season 2, brought in as part of a "men-for-cars" deal with the Neapolitan [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camorra Camorra]].[[note]]Fun fact: in Napoli, the Camorra ''are'' the waste-management business. Seriously; their handling of the city's municipal waste has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_waste_management_issue caused serious environmental issues.]][[/note]]
* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and cultured in addition to being a violent thug.
%%* BewareTheQuietOnes
* TheBigGuy: The tallest and easily the fittest of Tony's crew.
%%* BruiserWithASoftCenter
%%* TheDriver
%%* TheDragon: For Tony
* HiddenDepths: His feelings for Carmela.
%%* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* PunchClockVillain: He can go from laid back to vicious as the job demands.
* 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).
* RealMenWearPink: His "Euro-trashy" wardrobe. Also, he's officially brought in for visa purposes as a "master cheese maker" for Artie, and seems to at least be competent at it.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Pure-blooded Italian, hired straight from Napoli, and presented as fiercer than the average enforcer.
%%* WickedCultured
* WouldHitAGirl: In Italy, there's really no gender discrimination. Suggested to be part of why Tony brought him back to the States.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vito Spatafore]]
!!Vito Spatafore
->'''Played by:''' Joseph R. Gannascoli
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VitoSpatafore_2367.jpg]]
A rising member from the Cifaretto crew. Closet gay.
* AmbitionIsEvil: An interesting TheStarscream variation; he begins to postulate himself slowly as big boss candidate, in a particularly greedy way during a delicate moment when Tony is indisposed.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Shows signs of this a couple times.
%%* AscendedExtra
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Tony regards him as this. His "quirk" is somehow forgivable because like Ralph before him, he's a big earner, unlike Gervasi:
-->'''Tony (to Gervasi):''' Maybe you should start sucking cock instead of watching TV Land 'cause Vito brought in three times what you do on construction! Yeah! And I didn't have this fuckin' problem!
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:He's murdered by the Luppertazzi family (on Phil Leotardo's orders) because of his homosexuality.]]
* CivilianVillain: Has a shot at a civilian life, but decides that crime pays better.
* TheDragon: To Ralph Ciffareto.
* 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.
* FormerlyFat: He's imbued with new ambition and drive after a massive loss of weight.
* {{Gayngster}}: Vito is a capo and an "ass muncher". A straight deconstruction of the trope, as this is not a tolerable mix in the underworld, and he learns it the hard way; being gay and a mobster is very incompatible [[spoiler:with being alive]].
* InterruptedIntimacy: Finn witnesses his interest in men, and is called to "testify" later by the mobsters.
* LeatherMan: The visible reason why he's outed.
* MeetCute: Finds a handsome barman/fireman boyfriend in New England.
* MookPromotion: Starts as a regular made man in the Aprile crew and becomes a prominent [=DiMeo=] capo in a few years due to the HighTurnoverRate of the position.
* SecretIdentity: Flees from Jersey and starts a new life in New England, at first [[ItsForABook posing as a writer]].
* YouLookFamiliar: Joe Gannascoli appears in season 1 as the random client of a bakery while Christopher waits in the line.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eugene Pontecorvo]]
!!Eugene Pontecorvo
->'''Played by:''' Robert Funaro
An enforcer in the Cifaretto crew.
* AscendedExtra: Until he gets his own episode in series 6, his biggest scene is when he smashes a bottle on Little Paulie's face. Though for some reason Robert Funaro is often billed in the opening credits before series 6, despite having smaller roles than other characters (maybe he had a good agent).
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:Finally gets some screentime where he looks like he might be the new mole threat to Tony. Kills himself about five minutes after we find this out.]]
* 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: [[spoiler:He hangs himself in the basement.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Turns out to be an FBI informant.]]
* MookPromotion: Shares his made man initiation with Christopher.
* 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.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: He's reminded verbatim by Silvio of this when he tries to quit the Jersey crew.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Feech [=LaManna=]]]
!!Feech [=LaManna=]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertLoggia
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FeechLaManna_6517.jpg]]
An old Mustache Pete released from prison in Season 5.
* AxCrazy: When he's in a bad mood, his HairTriggerTemper and violent nature are genuinely terrifying.
* BadassGrandpa: Can still deliver a nasty beat down.
* BigBadWannabe: In Season 5. Tony sees him from a mile away before he can do anything seriously damaging.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While he comes across as charismatic and grandfatherly in his early appearances, it quickly becomes apparent that he's a violent sociopath who resents Tony's rapid ascent, much like Richie Aprile before him.
* GrumpyOldMan: He's an old school mobster who certainly seems to live in the past.
* HairTriggerTemper: And ''how''. He beats up ''a gardener'' for daring to ''mow lawns'' in Feech's old neighborhood.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy: Yes, as usual in ruthless mobsters.
* LivingLegend: Famed mobster.
%%* TheMunchausen
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show, but he is one of the few [[TheGhost aversions]] because he's mentioned in season 3 as the man whose poker game was robbed by Tony and his pals.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Part of his backstory is that he was an original gangster who was made in Italy, before immigrating to New Jersey in the 1950s.
%%* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: Tony perceives some hints about his disloyalty and gets rid of him before he can do any harm.
* TraitorShot: Gets several from Tony's point of view, in slow motion. He's the only minion who doesn't suck up to Tony's jokes.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Tony schemes his return to prison after four episodes.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Loves to go down memory lane time and again and struggles to acknowledge that Tony is not a kid anymore.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carlo Gervasi]]
!!Carlo Gervasi
->'''Played by:''' Arthur J. Nascarella
A captain in the family as of Season 4.
* TheButcher: Invoked in the imagery when he kills Fat Dom Gamiello.
* {{Irony}}: He's all for killing Vito, but ends up unknowingly helping to avenge him when he kills Fat Dom.
* ThePeterPrinciple: Presumably a good soldier, he gets to be a captain thanks to seniority, but his managerial skills suck:
-->'''Tony:''' Maybe you should start sucking cock instead of watching TV Land, 'cause Vito brought in three times what you do on construction! Yeah! And I didn't have this fuckin' problem!
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite having relatively few lines in the entire series, it's implied that him [[spoiler:turning government witness]] may end up being the thing that will eventually bury Tony. [[spoiler:If Tony's still alive, of course.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with in "Chasing It"; he compares Tony's luck with an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. Tony, never a big fan of sci-fi, immediately chides him for it, but when Tony goes to Las Vegas on a [[MushroomSamba weird trip]], Carlo's comparison gets vindicated.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ray Curto]]
!!Ray Curto
A long-running captain in the family.
* ADayInTheLimelight: An important scene of the Season 5 finale takes place at his birthday dinner, but Tony quickly arrives and steals the spotlight.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* KilledMidSentence: Has an aneurysm while imparting some information to the FBI.
* TheMole: The longest-lasting confirmed mole of the series.
* OutOfFocus: He seems to prefer it this way.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gigi Cestone]]
!!Gigi Cestone
->'''Played by:''' John Fiore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GigiCestone_2174.jpg]]
An enforcer introduced in Season 2.
%%* AffablyEvil
* TheChainsOfCommanding: After he is made captain, the stress of containing Ralphie adds a new toll to his health.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Bites it halfway through Season 3 in a pretty undignified way.
-->'''Tony (in the series finale)''': Gigi died takin' a shit!
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ralph constantly breaks his balls.
%%* MauveShirt
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After shooting Philly Parisi, Gigi must regularly interact with Philly's identical twin brother Patsy. This is another contributing factor to his mounting stress.
* UndignifiedDeath: Suffers a heart attack while constipated on the toilet of the Bada Bing, and surrounded by porn magazines, though Tony does his best to paint it in a more dignified light by comparing him to Elvis.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Benny Fazio]]
!!Benny Fazio
->'''Played by:''' Max Casella
A young enforcer and friend of Chris Moltisanti.
%%* TheAce
* AffablyEvil: One of the nicest guys in the Soprano crew, but he's brutal when he needs to be.
%%* TheDriver
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Little Paulie Germani]]
!!Little Paulie Germani
->'''Played by:''' Carl Capotorto
Nephew of Paulie Gualtieri.
* ButtMonkey: Besides Georgie the bartender, he is one of the most abused characters on the show. He gets hit with a bottle on 2 separate occasions and eventually gets pushed out of a window.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Was actually pretty scary in a scene where he had to intimidate and beat up JT Dolan.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: In a subtle scene, he cheats during a pool game against his uncle (who got distracted by a phone call) by putting a few balls in his pockets.
* SkunkStripe: Develops a little one, less prominent than his uncle's.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Peter "Bissell" [=LaRosa=]]]
!!Peter "Bissell" [=LaRosa=]
A would-be soldier in Paulie's crew.
* TheApprentice: A rising hitman who makes his bones during the show and doubles as doorman.
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[[folder:Mikey Palmice]]
!!Mikey Palmice
Junior's right hand man.
* ButtMonkey: For Tony, who dislikes and abuses Mikey with impunity.
* TheConsigliere: After Junior becomes boss, the FBI have him as this on their wall chart. Although he's half Junior's age and is more of a sychophant than a real advisor.
* TheDragon: Doubles as Junior's main enforcer.
* TheDriver: Initially for Junior.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Junior is getting fitted for a new suit, Mikey is with him. They have a discussion about how the young mobsters don't wear suits anymore, instead opting for athletic clothes like tracksuits. Junior says "I swear these bums would get buried in sweat-suits if they could"; [[spoiler:when Mikey is finally killed, he's wearing jogging clothes.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Rude and unpleasant to almost everyone apart from Junior, whom he may only be nice to because he's Mikey's immediate superior.
* JoggersFindDeath: He's killed by Paulie and Chris in the middle of his outdoors routine.
* MasochismTango: His relationship with his wife has this in spades. They're almost always shown arguing or insulting each other. Ironically, she's the only person shown to be sad when he disappears.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: His relationship with Junior amounts to little more than sycophant.
* PsychoForHire: Clearly relishes his job as Junior's hitman and enforcer.
* SmugSnake: Arrogant and overconfident despite his rather limited competence.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jimmy Altieri]]
!!Jimmy Altieri
->'''Played by:''' Joe Badalucco
A captain in Season 1.
* BoxedCrook: Implied to have turned state's witness after being arrested during an FBI raid on a pool hall he owns.
* DeathBySex: Lured to his death by Christopher's promises to get him "acquainted" with a beautiful Russian woman.
* DueToTheDead: To drive the point home about snitching, he's also punished post-mortem; a rat is stuffed into his mouth and Christopher calls in a bomb threat to his wake.
* FatBastard: His weight is pointed out by several characters and Tony theorizes that it's the reason Makazian mistook him for Pussy. [[spoiler:Of course, Makazian was probably right in his initial identification, and Jimmy only turned informant later on.]]
* TheMole: The first FBI informant discovered. Like all the subsequent moles in a strict sense, he's an inversion, as the villain protagonist point of view reverses some concepts.
* OhCrap: His reaction once he realizes he's been exposed and Christopher takes away his emergency sidearm.
* TooDumbToLive: Gives away his nature as an informant through his shifty behavior after he's released and seals his fate by calling a meeting solely to get the other members of the family to incriminate themselves.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi]]
!!Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi
->'''Played by:''' Dan Grimaldi
An enforcer introduced in Season 2.
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* AlliterativeName
* AngstySurvivingTwin: He's devastated after his talkative [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twin]] gets killed on Tony's order.
* AwfulWeddedLife: He and his wife have one scene together, and it is clear they don't care for each other's company.
* CannotTellAJoke: His wife, again.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: When Vito is outed as a homosexual, Patsy is the only mobster to explicitly state he doesn't give a fuck. (As noted above, Tony gives a fuck, but it's a much smaller one than the fuck he gives about Vito being a big earner.)
* TheGenericGuy: The accountant of the organization. Appears in the background in many scenes but has very little characterization.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Intimidating Gloria Trillo.
* PassedOverPromotion: By Christopher when Paulie is sent to jail.
* TheResenter: Towards Tony over the death of his twin brother. He eventually buries the hatchet, [[spoiler:although one interpretation of the finale would argue he hasn't.]]
%%* StoicSpectacles
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr.]]
!!Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr.
An aging but brutal Di Meo hitman and father of Bobby Baccala.
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* BadassGrandpa
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: On the way home from a brutal murder of two goons, he succumbs to a coughing fit and crashes into a billboard, accompanied by "Sister Golden Hair" by America. One of the few deaths that averts SoundtrackDissonance -- the panning shot of the aftermath of his crash to the song's guitar solo is quite cinematic.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Implied. Baccala Sr. is one of the most vicious and efficient killers in the syndicate, but his middle-aged son has never killed anyone.
%%* GutturalGrowler
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: A pretty nasty one.
* TheLastDance: He is more than eager to carry out one final hit, despite -- or possibly because of -- his deteriorating health.
* LivingLegend: Not for long.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Walden Belfiore]]
!!Walden Belfiore
->'''Played by:''' Frank John Hughes
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A Soprano hitman notable for committing the final murder of the series.
%%* TheAce
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* RememberTheNewGuy
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Introduced midway through the second half of Season 6, is in the background of a few scenes, has maybe half a dozen lines, and carries out the spectacular final hit [[spoiler:of Phil Leotardo]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese]]
!!Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese
One of the original five captains at the start of the series.
%%* AffablyEvil
* CommutingOnABus[=/=]DemotedToExtra: After he is sent to jail in the season 1 finale, he only appears from time to time, but mantains his captaincy throughout the series.
* TheStoolPigeon: Discussed as the source behind the unburial of Tony's first murder, with the suggestion that he gave false information not to incriminate Tony and Paulie. [[spoiler:It later turns out he gives them false information, blaming the murder on Jackie Aprile, Sr.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Albert "Ally Boy" Barese]]
!!Albert "Ally Boy" Barese
Acting capo of the Barese crew
* VerbalTic: Tends to repeat whatever you just said.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ercole "Eckley" [=DiMeo=]]]
!!Ercole "Eckley" [=DiMeo=]
Longtime head of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.
* ArtifactTitle: In-universe: the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family, of which the Soprano crew is a major part, still bears Ercole [=DiMeo=]'s name, even though he's been in prison for decades, and no one named "[=DiMeo=]" has any part in running the family.
* TheDon: Founder and hierarchical boss of the [=DiMeo=] family.
* TheGhost: Never seen, he's a "guest of the government" for life in Springfield, Missouri. After Junior becomes the official boss of the family, he's completely forgotten about and never even mentioned again.
* InSeriesNickName: The Old Man.
* {{Mentor}}: For the old Mustache Petes.
[[/folder]]
!Soprano Crime Family Associates
[[folder:Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys]]
!!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys
An old crew of AxCrazy hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior.
* AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. Beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with baseball bats, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive.
* BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug running, something he is fundamentally opposed to.
* CloudCuckooLander: The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly and enthusiastic. Upon meeting Christopher Moltisanti, he remarks that his name is also Chris. Seeing a picture of Johnny Sack at his birthday, he remarks that it's his birthday as well.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Lou certainly has these, although most likely a side-effect of his blindness. Doesn't make them any less creepy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers.
* KarmaHoudini
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Peter "Beansie" Gaeta]]
!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations.
* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him and finally leaves him paraplegic.
* CarFu: Richie's method of choice consists in running over him with a car.
* PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Matthew Bevilaqua]]
!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of Chris Moltisanti.
* AintTooProudToBeg
* ButtMonkey
* BringMyBrownPants
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sean Gismonte]]
!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fabian "Febby" Petrulio]]
!!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
Former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant.
* MoodWhiplash: A quiet moment with a [[{{Bambification}} deer]] is followed by Tony appearing out of the blue and ferociously murdering him. Finally a band of birds/ducks crosses the sky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay.
* TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members.
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family.
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray]]
!!William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray
Two small-time criminals commissioned by Junior Soprano to kill Tony in the first season.
* BoomHeadshot: Petite Clayborn's death, in slow motion.
* CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this.
* GangBangers: A couple of black street gangsters.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head while aiming for Tony in a moving car.
* MuggingTheMonster: Attempted to kill Tony Soprano before he had a real reputation.
* ScaryBlackMan
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen Ray apparently survives the shootout, and is never heard from again.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jasons Gervasi and Parisi]]
!!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi
Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason.
* BaitTheDog: Introduced as happier counterparts to A.J. Seeing their apparently functional lives, Tony pushes A.J. to befriend them. They genuinely bond with him and things seem to take a turn for the better, but then they start roping him into their violent activities.
* BoxedCrook: Jason Gervasi gets caught dealing drugs, a charge used to box his mafioso father.
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to be this. His brother Patrick is a successful attorney dating Meadow Soprano, while Jason is a budding criminal.
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son.
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ronald Zellman]]
!!Ronald Zellman
New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.
* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating of Irina and gives his blessing, but eventually Zellman gets viciously beaten up for having a relationship with the former comare of Tony.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony humiliates him in front of Irina.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richard "Dick" Barone]]
!!Richard "Dick" Barone
Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.
* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s.
* SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Neil Mink]]
!!Neil Mink
Tony's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Harold "Mel" Melvoin]]
!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin
Junior's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer.
* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:James "Murmur" Zancone]]
!!James "Murmur" Zancone
Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.
* EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him having a heart murmur as a kid.
* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's
[[/folder]]
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!Soprano Crime Family Members
[[folder:Silvio Dante]]
!!Silvio Dante
->'''Played by:''' Steve Van Zandt
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[[caption-width-right:275:''"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!"'']]
-->''"I genuinely don't think there's anything to gain by keeping him around."''
Tony's most trusted advisor and right-hand man.
%%* TheAce
* BlueOni: To Tony's red moments, but Silvio also shows his temper ocassionally.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He can't bear them during a brief stint at the helm.
%%* TheConsigliere
* TheCreon: Has reached the top levels of his ambition, and is severely stressed out by the possibility he might have to take over for Tony.
* CulturalPosturing: His Italian heritage is SeriousBusiness for him, and collides with Tony for it.
* TheDragon: To Tony.
%%* EvenEvilHasStandards
* FaceOfAThug: Does that face say anything to you besides "mobster?"
* 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.
%%* HonestAdvisor
%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste
%%* PunchClockVillain
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's usually the most sensible mobster in the show.
* SelfMadeMan: He's the owner of the Bada Bing, strip club and [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub Jersey Mafia headquarters]], but all in all, a serious business.
* SharpDressedMan: The sharpest of the Jersey crew.
* SoreLoser: Normally one of the more even-tempered mobsters...unless a card game's not going his way.
* VillainousFriendship: With Tony. They go back a long way.
%%* VillainProtagonist
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri]]
!!Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri
->'''Played by:''' Tony Sirico
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[[caption-width-right:288: ''"All the shit we been through, you really think I'd kill ya?"'']]
-->''"I'm here to tell you one thing. You ever go whining to the big man again about shit between you and me, we'll have a problem, my friend."''
A long-time soldier of the Soprano crew and later caporegime in the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family.
* AxCrazy: Downplayed. However, Paulie is highly impulsive and homicidal. And, just check out some of his psychotic expressions.
* BadassGrandpa: While he's unmarried and never had children, he beats the crap out of some Colombian drug dealers who could be his grandchildren, among other examples.
* BreakoutCharacter: He is arguably the most famed character in the series.
%%* CloudCuckooLander
* CulturalPosturing: Laments that the "mulignan" have taken over traditional Italian things such as the capuccino, pizza, calzone, buffalo, mozzarella, and olive oil.
* CommutingOnABus: He's incarcerated during season 4, as the actor needed some time for a back surgery.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DontExplainTheJoke: Repeating or explaining his jokes is one of his quirks, funnier on its own.
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Greed}}: A ridiculously rapacious and cheap bastard. Comically absurd like many of his shenanigans.
%%* HairTriggerTemper
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: After learning that his actual mother was knocked up by an unidentified sailor, Paulie realizes that in all likelihood he is not full Italian. It doesn't sit well.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: Zig-Zagged. In the first half of the series, this trope is played straight with regards to his character due to the fact that most of his victims are either [[AssholeVictim criminals like himself or otherwise incredibly obnoxious and cruel]]. However, while his odd quirks continue to be a source of humor, this trope is gradually subverted as his crimes become increasingly heinous in later episodes.
%%* IAmNotYourFather: Nucci.
* InSeriesNickname: "Walnuts"
* {{Jerkass}}: He's petty, stubborn, vindictive, hot-headed, self-centered, and superstitious.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His relationship with his mother. Deconstructed in that it leads to more crime in order to provide for her. A straightforward example in ''From Where To Eternity'', which shows him comforting his goomah's children after they are awakened by his night terror.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Paulie has committed many murders, but he never really gets any kind of comeuppance. Especially when you consider how many of his mob friends have been killed or jailed, or have suffered other terrible fates.]]
%%* LaughablyEvil: Of course.
* {{Malaproper}}: The prince of mangled words.
* MarriedToTheJob: Literally, he doesn't have a life. An early episode showed him waking up in his girlfriend's bed, but this character was dropped after only one appearance.
%%* TheMentor: For Christopher.
* TheMole: Feeds Johnny Sack with information for a while. Tony gets suspicious and contemplates killing him for it, but Paulie is wise enough to deny it.
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Deconstructed, this guy is such a cheapskate that any activity organized by him may go dangerously awry.
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:With the use of his car and in the prescence of Kelli, he left her and Christopher's garden in ruins after his nephew, Little Paulie, was beaten by the latter and thrown out a second-story window.]]
* ProfessionalButtKisser: A servile brown-noser who shows his real "allegiance" the minute Tony gets indisposed.
-->I live but to serve you, my liege.
* PsychopathicManchild: He's a [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas mama's boy]], and he has not one iota of concern for human life.
* RaisedCatholic: A criminal with a peculiar view on the afterlife and purgatory.
-->You add up all your mortal sins and multiply that number by 50. Then you add up all your venial sins and multiply that by 25. You add that together and that's your sentence. I figure I'm gonna have to do 6,000 years before I get accepted into heaven and 6,000 years is nothin' in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It's like a couple of days here.
* SkunkStripe: One of his signature traits.
* SophisticatedAsHell: He tries hard to emulate Tony's WickedCultured nature, but fails, hard.
* ThatCameOutWrong: In the sixth season, he calls "Beansie" Gaeta, who is in a wheelchair, a "stand-up guy" before hastily apologizing.
* TheSociopath: PlayedForLaughs in the first half of the series but then played straight in later seasons.
** Subverted by the fact that he has shown empathy towards certain people, especially towards his mother.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The job of a top enforcer is examined through Paulie, first in tandem with Pussy and later with Christopher.
* {{Turncoat}}: Tries to defect to New York, but his scheme ends in EpicFail when he discovers that Carmine Sr. doesn't even know him. Paulie was just cajoled and exploited by Johnny Sack.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: On multiple occasions, due to Paulie's combination of a big mouth and poor common sense about where he opens it. For example, he causes a major spat between Tony and Christopher over Adriana's injuries in a car accident, as he mishears "blow to [Adriana's] head" as "Adriana blowing Tony".
* VerbalTic: His "Heh-Heh" laugh.
* VillainousFriendship: A flimsy one with Tony, Paulie was more like a {{mentor}} back in the day, and a friend of Tony's father.
%%* VillainProtagonist
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Christopher.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero]]
!!Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
->'''Played by:''' Vincent Pastore
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Tony's best friend and member of the Soprano crew.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
%%* TheBrute
%%* BoxedCrook
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's a loving father, after all.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Tries to do this, asking that the shooters leave his face alone, but he visibly starts to panic in the moments before he is shot.
* FatBastard: Mainly in Season 2.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite being a hardened criminal, he's a benevolent mentor to the hotheaded Christopher Moltisanti, whose easygoing personality belies his unwaveringly loyalty to Tony Soprano. [[spoiler:This is largely subverted in Season 2 when his likable persona is revealed as a facade masking his bitterness towards Tony and his crew, for whom he harbors few loyalties. Though a loving father, he's a ruthless and [[DomesticAbuser at times even abusive husband]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: At the end of "D Girl" at AJ's Communion party.
* HiddenDepths: Again, near the end of "D Girl".
* KickTheDog: When he can't take the pressure anymore, his wife gets the brunt of it.
** And then there's that time he crushes an Elvis impersonator's skull with a hammer. Don't ask.
* {{Mentor}}: To Chris and in a lesser way to his godson AJ.
* ManipulativeBastard: The primary reason why he's been able to stay under his fellow mobsters' radar for years while working as an FBI informant.
* MistakenIdentity: For a while, Tony thinks the authorities confused Pussy and Jimmy Altieri, since the two fat crooks look alike.
%%* TheMole
* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: A great Santa Claus during the christmas parties organized by the mob.
* PassedOverPromotion: Says so to Tony during one of [[DreamingTheTruth Sopranos's dreams.]]
* PetTheDog: He has a heart-to-heart with AJ at his communion party. Notably occurs at the end of "D Girl", the same episode as his aforementioned KickTheDog.
* SanitySlippage: Played for laughs. After being alienated from his friends and family, Pussy actually seems to think that he can join the FBI.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Paulie or Christopher in the first season.
* VillainousFriendship: With Tony and Christopher.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri]]
!!Bobby "Baccala" Baccalieri
->'''Played by:''' Steve Schirripa
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A rising member of the Soprano crew, who later on marries Janice Soprano.
* AffablyEvil: Bobby is nice and friendly most of the time, and he's not very aggressive compared to his friends. But he's still a Mafia goon.
%%* AscendedExtra
* AntiVillain: The most sympathetic and most innocent mobster in the series by a wide margin.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Honestly, Bobby was probably the nicest guy you could ever meet, and only did non-violent work for the most part. You constantly push his buttons, though, and it's not pleasant, as Tony can attest.
* ButtMonkey:
** Early on, Bobby is the butt of many of Tony's jokes. Tony nearly falls over laughing at Bobby when he shows up in full hunting gear to help him rescue Christopher and Paulie.
** More so to Junior, who never stops disrespecting him and abusing him.
* TheCaretaker: He's assigned to take care of old Uncle Junior.
* GentleGiant: With shades of ExtremeDoormat
* GoodParents: He's very close to his kids.
* HappilyMarried: With Karen. With Janice, not so much.
* ManChild: He plays with toy trains.
* MookPromotion: From Junior's flunky to the #3 of the family.
* {{Nepotism}}: Being the brother-in-law of the boss is a great boost for his career.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Bobby becomes one after Tony orders him to kill a French-Canadian criminal. He's shocked by it at first, but soon he accepts his new role.
* RailEnthusiast: He has a big interest in trains, and can be seen building and playing with model trains in his garage, sometimes while dressed like a conductor, which gives him some mockery from his peers.
** He is also seen buying a model train at a hobby shop [[spoiler:in his last scene, before the Lupertazzi hitmen kill him]].
* TokenGoodTeammate: At first. He gradually grows more ruthless as the series progresses.
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being 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. Can be seen as a deconstruction. His "#3" pecking order [[spoiler:is what gets him targeted and killed by Phil Leotardo's crew. Paulie Gualtieri was considered before him.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: As he committed his first murder and ascended to Tony's inner circle in the final nine episodes, he adopted a solidly Darwinist mentality, looking out only for himself and his boss.
* TraumaCongaLine: His father and his wife die within months, and then Janice takes an interest in him, leading to a verbally abusive relationship. Then a ride breaks down with Janice and his kids on it. Then he suffers a near-death experience in which some street kids shoot him in the face, temporarily blinding him in one eye. Then he gets into a drunken brawl with Tony and beats him, causing him to fear for his life. Tony deliberately intimidates Bobby after this, then arranges for Bobby to make his first kill, which is a messy and brutal one.
* VillainsOutShopping: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.]]
!!Giacome "Jackie" Aprile, Sr.
The boss of the [=DiMeo=] family at the start of the series.
* AffablyEvil: Despite being a ruthless mob boss, he is depicted as being very friendly and diplomatic in his dealings with others, even while suffering from terminal cancer. Additionally, even after being confined to the hospital, Tony and the other capos within the [=DiMeo=] crime family speak fondly of his fair and charismatic leadership.
* TheDon: Boss of the Jersey crew at the start of the series
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Wanted to keep his son away from the criminal life. Tony goes out of his way to try to honor this desire.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His demise leads to an early SuccessionCrisis and a MobWar.
* SiblingYinYang: Affable and easygoing, unlike Richie, his ruthless and sociopathic brother.
* VillainousFriendship: A very close friend of Tony.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies of cancer in the fourth episode.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ralph Cifaretto]]
!!Ralph Cifaretto
->'''Played by:''' Joe Pantoliano
-->''"Tomorrow I can be on time, but you'll be stupid forever."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: "Why was I born handsome instead of rich?"]]
The Soprano crew's loose cannon, who returns from an extended stay in Florida in Season 3.
* AlasPoorVillain: A peculiar example of the grayness of the show. Despite being a despicable excuse for a human being most of the time, the tragic circumstances that surround his demise are meant to evoke some sympathy, what with his son being in a coma and his HeelFaceDoorSlam (see below).
* AllThereInTheManual: Joe Pantoliano says that Ralph was sexually abused as a child. Some manner of childhood abuse was implied in "Mergers and Acquisitons", but never made explicit within the show.
* AnyoneCanDie: His status as a big earner makes him less expendable than most in-story. When his demise comes, the when and the why are completely out of the blue.
* AssholeVictim: Virtually every single person Ralphie knows mentions at one point or another that they'd kind of looking forward to the day he dies.
-->'''Albert Barese:''' This is bad, my friend. I mean, don't get me wrong. ''I wouldn't piss on this Ralph if he was on fire''. But to whack the guy over a horse? How fucked up is that? If it can happen to him, it can happen to any of us.
* AxCrazy: He's very unstable, even by the standards of the mob.
* BadLiar: His lies are so transparent that it's ambiguous if CryingWolf is in play when Tony confronts him.
* BaldOfEvil: Hence the toupee.
* BigBad: Subverted. After the departure of Richie Aprile and Pussy Bonspenserio, a scheming, psychotic mobster played by a well-known character actor is introduced at the beginning of Season 3, and starts to butt heads with Tony. [[spoiler:Ralph and Tony bury the hatchet before the season finale, at which point it appears Ralph will be kicking around for a while. He continues acting as a series regular until about 2/3 of the way through Season 4, at which point all the resentment between the men comes bubbling up in an argument over a horse, and Tony beats him to death.]]
* BondageIsBad: Subverted in that he's a sub. His kinks include roleplaying as a whore being pimped out by his "mommy" while she holds a vibrator in his ass, having his penis and testicles abused, and [[NoodleIncident something involving a leather mask.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his obnoxiusness, he's the biggest earner in the Soprano family.
* BrutalHonesty: Punctual. Tony gives him some credit for not being a YesMan.
* CombatPragmatist: Uses a can of Raid as a weapon during a fist fight.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Rosalie Aprile. He [[YourCheatingHeart cheats on her]] with Janice before long.
* DeadpanSnarker: His big mouth often gets him in trouble, so much so that Johnny Sack tries to have him killed for insulting his wife.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In Season 3. From the moment he first appears, he creates turmoil among the Soprano Crime Family's ranks by encroaching on other gangsters' territory, engaging in random bursts of violence, and [[TheCorrupter spurring Jackie Aprile Jr. to further acts of delinquency]]. However, after making him a ''capo'' in "He Is Risen", Tony brings his recalcitrant behavior to heel and he is largely neutralized as a direct threat to the well-being of Tony's business and family.
* DodgyToupee: Tony is unsurprised when Christopher rips off the toupee by accident (he was attempting to grab Ralph's cadaver by the hair). The wig was ordered and designed by Pantoliano himself, who based it on Creator/ChristopherNolan. "I always loved Chris Nolan's hair."
* DrugsAreBad: He blames his coke addiction for his bad behavior.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The episode with Tracee becomes his entire defining element, both for the cast and the audience.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts in a very friendly and cheerful way when he's in a good mood. However, his psychotic nature is the opposite.
* FamousLastWords: An inversion. Just before Ralphie dies, Tony shouts to him "she was a beautiful, innocent creature! What'd she ever do to you? You fucking killed her!"
* FanBoy: Of ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. EyeScream ensues for Georgie.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He is introduced in a scene in which Tony yells at him for unnecessarily setting trucks on fire. A later fire contributes to his death.
** During an argument with him on the phone, Johnny Sack says "I should have let Tony cut your head off a year ago"; guess what eventually happens.
* FreudianExcuse: Hinted at. Considering the show's adherence to FreudWasRight, it's hard to imagine a character like Ralph ''not'' having mommy issues.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Begins to show genuine remorse and something resembling human compassion...and then he is written out of the show 20 minutes later thanks to a never-extinguished feud.
* HiddenDepths: Intellectually, Ralph dwarfs most of his criminal associates. However, his obnoxious and unstable personality consistently work to frustrate his ascent within the underworld despite his wide range of talents.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Wanted to be an architect, but the death of his mother truncated his dream, as he had to [[PromotedToParent raise his large family]]. Additionally, he regrets not being part of the big hit against Feech [=LaManna=], the breakthrough for Tony and his pals.
* {{Jerkass}}: In a show full of people with anti-social behavior, he's one of the most triumphant examples, which is saying something.
* LiteralistSnarking: When Tony orders him [[PragmaticVillainy to put an end to his arsons]], he makes a call back to the line "no more fires" while his crew is beating the crap out of some guys, but in a less flashy way.
* ManipulativeBastard: As evidenced in his interactions with Jackie Aprile Jr. in Season 3. While Jackie has hardly any respect for him, Ralph nonetheless turns him into an unwitting pawn for his own agenda by insidiously playing on the young man's [[SmallNameBigEgo oversized ego and ambitions]].
* {{Mentor}}: For Jackie Jr.
* ParentsAsPeople: His son, Justin, was inadvertently shot in the chest by an arrow while playing an unsupervised game of mock The Lord of the Rings with a bow and arrows, leaving Ralph guilt- and grief-stricken.
* PassedOverPromotion: By Gigi, as Tony deems Ralph is too voluble for a captaincy.
* PetTheDog: His treatment to Justin, his son.
* PosthumousCharacter: Appears in several dreams after his demise. Melfi interprets a Kafkaesque one as a confirmation of RedemptionEqualsDeath.
* PyroManiac: Arsonist, which falls in line with his freudian sexual oddities.
* 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.
* RememberTheNewGuy: He is based in Miami during the first two seasons.
* SmugSnake[=/=]SmugSmiler: Ralphie is usually too pleased with himself and [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RalphCifaretto_8040.jpg smirking]] for some reason or another.
* TheSociopath: Given his sadistic brutality, manipulation, and extreme lack of remorse and empathy, is likely to be one.
* StealingFromTheTill: Raises suspicions about him pocketing money from the esplanade project, as he seems to be living beyond his supposed means.
%%* TragicVillain
* UncertainDoom: In-universe, Tony uses his disappearance as an implicit MotivationalLie for his crew against Johnny Sack.
* WickedCultured: Implied. He seems to have an interst in the days of the Roman Empire.
-> Ralph: "They didn't have flat tops in Ancient Rome!"
* WouldHitAGirl: He would beat her to death, [[KickTheDog in fact]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Richie Aprile]]
!!Richie Aprile
->'''Played by:''' David Proval
->''"Threatenin'? I got a hard-on for you already. C'mon, gimme a reason...."''
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"What's mine is not yours to give me."'']]
A [=DiMeo=] crime family member released from prison at the start of Season 2.
%%* AnyoneCanDie
* AxCrazy: He was so mentally volatile that he [[spoiler:paralyzed a man with a car (just for perceiving disrespect) '''with a big smile.''']]
* BaitAndSwitch: It looks like his growing conflict with Tony will come to a head by the end of Season 2. Instead, he is abruptly taken out of the picture when his wife, Tony's sister Janice, shoots him dead after a domestic argument.
* BigBad: Of Season 2. Upon being released from prison, Richie actively undermines Tony's authority as boss of the [=DiMeo=] crime family and ultimately moves to have him killed towards the end of the story arc. [[spoiler:However, he is killed by Janice in the season's penultimate episode before his plans come to fruition. Three seasons later, Tony notes that his experience with Richie has taught him to always nip this kind of thing in the bud, leading him to arrange Feech's return to prison.]]
* BondageIsBad: Holds a gun to Janice's head during sex, and he's clearly one of the most villainous gangsters.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: After doing his jail time, he's content with Tony's financial treatment, but then Janice meddles in and informs Richie that the amount of money he is given was only fair several decades ago.
* FaceOfAThug: This Yoga-loving mobster talks a good game, but he's not really rehabilitated. According to Proval, he originally auditioned for Tony but was turned down for looking "too real, too moblike", which he understands.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After his release from prison, one of the first things Richie does is threaten Chris Moltisanti for hitting his girlfriend Adriana, who is Richie's niece. Richie specifically tells him to wait until they're married to put his hands on her. Richie eventually [[spoiler:punches his fiancé Janice in the mouth]], which causes her to [[spoiler:lose her temper and shoot him]]; he probably should have listened to his own advice.
* {{Jerkass}}: Possibly the biggest example in the series. He is extremely rude and unpleasant to anyone who interacts with him.
* KubrickStare: He is notorious for subjecting others to these, to the point that Tony dubs his eyes "Manson Lamps."
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* LiteralistSnarking: He's ordered to back off a guy; he does "and then [[CarFu puts it on drive]]".
%%* LoanShark
* TheNapoleon: Despite being more or less average in height, he is nevertheless one of the shorter members of the Soprano Crime Family (particularly when compared to the hulking Tony Soprano). However, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer aggressiveness and brutality.
-->'''Junior:''' He's got tremendous moxie for a guy his size.
* OldFlame: Resumes an old relation with Janice.
* PapaWolf: While meeting with Tony after being released from prison, he angrily dresses down Christopher for abusing his niece, Adriana. However, this is [[PragmaticVillainy largely revealed to be a calculated ploy to reaffirm his credentials as an "old-school" wiseguy in order to curry Tony's favor]] when he callously admits to having no concern for what Chris does to Adriana "after he puts a ring on her finger".
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show.
* SiblingYinYang: Richie is covetous and bloodthirsty, while Jackie is benevolent and easygoing.
* TheSociopath: He has many traits of a true and real sociopath. Unreliability, superficial charm, narcissism, manipulation, no remorse, and his extreme lack of empathy.
%%* TheStarscream
%%* WeHardlyKnewYe
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jackie Aprile Jr.]]
!!Jackie Aprile Jr.
->'''Played by:''' Jason Cerbone
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[[caption-width-right:308:[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections "You know who my father was?"]]]]
Son of the late boss.
* AscendedExtra: Briefly seen before the Season 2 finale, he's later a major character in Season 3.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His efforts to make a name for himself are the driving source of conflict in the third season.
* BaitTheDog: Looks like he might be bonding with the young girl living in his safehouse, who wants to teach him chess, but he quickly gives up on this endeavor and goes outside, where he is immediately killed.
* BigBadWannabe: In Season 3. While he creates tension within the ranks of the [=DiMeo=] crime family throughout the story arc, he never musters the resources to directly threaten Tony's leadership and is unceremoniously whacked the moment he shows signs of doing so.
* BullyingADragon: Wanting to [[FollowTheLeader repeat Tony's breakthrough hit]], he robs a card game organized by the [=DiMeo=] family. It gets messy and deadly.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: A notable inversion during his romance with Meadow. At first, Tony is relieved with a ''paisan'' and everybody else is delighted by the prospects of a Soprano-Aprile marriage.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Gets arguably the least dramatic death of any major character in the series.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Feels entitled to respect due to his heritage, but earns and receives none. His final human interaction is a little girl laughing at him.
-->'''Tony''': Those who want respect, give respect.
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Rutgers, a university considered part of the "Public Ivy". He flunks out, but keeps pretending he is attending college.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* ManChild: Of the [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rotten]] JerkAss variety.
* {{Narcissist}}: An [[TheCasanova "amorous"]] and [[http://www1.appstate.edu/~hillrw/Narcissism/stylesunprincipled.html "unprincipled"]] example. Aside from his uncle and father, who were both arrogant and ruthless individuals, he shows [[LackOfEmpathy hardly any respect or loyalty towards anyone other than himself]]. Ultimately, his [[JerkAss sheer obnoxiousness]] and [[SmallNameBigEgo bloated sense of entitlement]] reaches a point that Tony Soprano, his [[VillainousFriendship father's best friend and former right-hand man]], finally gets sick of him [[spoiler:and has him killed.]]
* PetTheDog: Affectively coaching A.J., who looks up to him.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: His father wanted him to have a honest life and Tony tries to keep him straight, but the [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster underworld is just too attractive]] to Jackie. Ralph gives him the final push encouraging Jackie to follow in his father's footsteps.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As shown briefly during a flashback in the Christmas episode.
* WellDoneSonGuy: His father's death leaves an immense chip on his shoulder.
* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Meadow, gets caught red-handed, and becomes an ex-boyfriend.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Furio Giunta]]
!!Furio Giunta
->'''Played by:''' Federico Castelluccio
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An enforcer from Italy who joins the [=DiMeo=] family in Season 2, brought in as part of a "men-for-cars" deal with the Neapolitan [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camorra Camorra]].[[note]]Fun fact: in Napoli, the Camorra ''are'' the waste-management business. Seriously; their handling of the city's municipal waste has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_waste_management_issue caused serious environmental issues.]][[/note]]
* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and cultured in addition to being a violent thug.
%%* BewareTheQuietOnes
* TheBigGuy: The tallest and easily the fittest of Tony's crew.
%%* BruiserWithASoftCenter
%%* TheDriver
%%* TheDragon: For Tony
* HiddenDepths: His feelings for Carmela.
%%* InLoveWithTheGangstersGirl
%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* PunchClockVillain: He can go from laid back to vicious as the job demands.
* 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).
* RealMenWearPink: His "Euro-trashy" wardrobe. Also, he's officially brought in for visa purposes as a "master cheese maker" for Artie, and seems to at least be competent at it.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Pure-blooded Italian, hired straight from Napoli, and presented as fiercer than the average enforcer.
%%* WickedCultured
* WouldHitAGirl: In Italy, there's really no gender discrimination. Suggested to be part of why Tony brought him back to the States.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vito Spatafore]]
!!Vito Spatafore
->'''Played by:''' Joseph R. Gannascoli
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VitoSpatafore_2367.jpg]]
A rising member from the Cifaretto crew. Closet gay.
* AmbitionIsEvil: An interesting TheStarscream variation; he begins to postulate himself slowly as big boss candidate, in a particularly greedy way during a delicate moment when Tony is indisposed.
* ArmoredClosetGay: Shows signs of this a couple times.
%%* AscendedExtra
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Tony regards him as this. His "quirk" is somehow forgivable because like Ralph before him, he's a big earner, unlike Gervasi:
-->'''Tony (to Gervasi):''' Maybe you should start sucking cock instead of watching TV Land 'cause Vito brought in three times what you do on construction! Yeah! And I didn't have this fuckin' problem!
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:He's murdered by the Luppertazzi family (on Phil Leotardo's orders) because of his homosexuality.]]
* CivilianVillain: Has a shot at a civilian life, but decides that crime pays better.
* TheDragon: To Ralph Ciffareto.
* 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.
* FormerlyFat: He's imbued with new ambition and drive after a massive loss of weight.
* {{Gayngster}}: Vito is a capo and an "ass muncher". A straight deconstruction of the trope, as this is not a tolerable mix in the underworld, and he learns it the hard way; being gay and a mobster is very incompatible [[spoiler:with being alive]].
* InterruptedIntimacy: Finn witnesses his interest in men, and is called to "testify" later by the mobsters.
* LeatherMan: The visible reason why he's outed.
* MeetCute: Finds a handsome barman/fireman boyfriend in New England.
* MookPromotion: Starts as a regular made man in the Aprile crew and becomes a prominent [=DiMeo=] capo in a few years due to the HighTurnoverRate of the position.
* SecretIdentity: Flees from Jersey and starts a new life in New England, at first [[ItsForABook posing as a writer]].
* YouLookFamiliar: Joe Gannascoli appears in season 1 as the random client of a bakery while Christopher waits in the line.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eugene Pontecorvo]]
!!Eugene Pontecorvo
->'''Played by:''' Robert Funaro
An enforcer in the Cifaretto crew.
* AscendedExtra: Until he gets his own episode in series 6, his biggest scene is when he smashes a bottle on Little Paulie's face. Though for some reason Robert Funaro is often billed in the opening credits before series 6, despite having smaller roles than other characters (maybe he had a good agent).
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:Finally gets some screentime where he looks like he might be the new mole threat to Tony. Kills himself about five minutes after we find this out.]]
* 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: [[spoiler:He hangs himself in the basement.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Turns out to be an FBI informant.]]
* MookPromotion: Shares his made man initiation with Christopher.
* 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.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: He's reminded verbatim by Silvio of this when he tries to quit the Jersey crew.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Feech [=LaManna=]]]
!!Feech [=LaManna=]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertLoggia
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FeechLaManna_6517.jpg]]
An old Mustache Pete released from prison in Season 5.
* AxCrazy: When he's in a bad mood, his HairTriggerTemper and violent nature are genuinely terrifying.
* BadassGrandpa: Can still deliver a nasty beat down.
* BigBadWannabe: In Season 5. Tony sees him from a mile away before he can do anything seriously damaging.
* FauxAffablyEvil: While he comes across as charismatic and grandfatherly in his early appearances, it quickly becomes apparent that he's a violent sociopath who resents Tony's rapid ascent, much like Richie Aprile before him.
* GrumpyOldMan: He's an old school mobster who certainly seems to live in the past.
* HairTriggerTemper: And ''how''. He beats up ''a gardener'' for daring to ''mow lawns'' in Feech's old neighborhood.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* LackOfEmpathy: Yes, as usual in ruthless mobsters.
* LivingLegend: Famed mobster.
%%* TheMunchausen
* RememberTheNewGuy: One of the several convicts released from the can during the show, but he is one of the few [[TheGhost aversions]] because he's mentioned in season 3 as the man whose poker game was robbed by Tony and his pals.
* RuthlessForeignGangsters: Part of his backstory is that he was an original gangster who was made in Italy, before immigrating to New Jersey in the 1950s.
%%* TheSociopath
* TheStarscream: Tony perceives some hints about his disloyalty and gets rid of him before he can do any harm.
* TraitorShot: Gets several from Tony's point of view, in slow motion. He's the only minion who doesn't suck up to Tony's jokes.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Tony schemes his return to prison after four episodes.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Loves to go down memory lane time and again and struggles to acknowledge that Tony is not a kid anymore.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Carlo Gervasi]]
!!Carlo Gervasi
->'''Played by:''' Arthur J. Nascarella
A captain in the family as of Season 4.
* TheButcher: Invoked in the imagery when he kills Fat Dom Gamiello.
* {{Irony}}: He's all for killing Vito, but ends up unknowingly helping to avenge him when he kills Fat Dom.
* ThePeterPrinciple: Presumably a good soldier, he gets to be a captain thanks to seniority, but his managerial skills suck:
-->'''Tony:''' Maybe you should start sucking cock instead of watching TV Land, 'cause Vito brought in three times what you do on construction! Yeah! And I didn't have this fuckin' problem!
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite having relatively few lines in the entire series, it's implied that him [[spoiler:turning government witness]] may end up being the thing that will eventually bury Tony. [[spoiler:If Tony's still alive, of course.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Played with in "Chasing It"; he compares Tony's luck with an episode of ''Series/TheTwilightZone''. Tony, never a big fan of sci-fi, immediately chides him for it, but when Tony goes to Las Vegas on a [[MushroomSamba weird trip]], Carlo's comparison gets vindicated.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ray Curto]]
!!Ray Curto
A long-running captain in the family.
* ADayInTheLimelight: An important scene of the Season 5 finale takes place at his birthday dinner, but Tony quickly arrives and steals the spotlight.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* KilledMidSentence: Has an aneurysm while imparting some information to the FBI.
* TheMole: The longest-lasting confirmed mole of the series.
* OutOfFocus: He seems to prefer it this way.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gigi Cestone]]
!!Gigi Cestone
->'''Played by:''' John Fiore
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GigiCestone_2174.jpg]]
An enforcer introduced in Season 2.
%%* AffablyEvil
* TheChainsOfCommanding: After he is made captain, the stress of containing Ralphie adds a new toll to his health.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Bites it halfway through Season 3 in a pretty undignified way.
-->'''Tony (in the series finale)''': Gigi died takin' a shit!
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Ralph constantly breaks his balls.
%%* MauveShirt
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After shooting Philly Parisi, Gigi must regularly interact with Philly's identical twin brother Patsy. This is another contributing factor to his mounting stress.
* UndignifiedDeath: Suffers a heart attack while constipated on the toilet of the Bada Bing, and surrounded by porn magazines, though Tony does his best to paint it in a more dignified light by comparing him to Elvis.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Benny Fazio]]
!!Benny Fazio
->'''Played by:''' Max Casella
A young enforcer and friend of Chris Moltisanti.
%%* TheAce
* AffablyEvil: One of the nicest guys in the Soprano crew, but he's brutal when he needs to be.
%%* TheDriver
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Little Paulie Germani]]
!!Little Paulie Germani
->'''Played by:''' Carl Capotorto
Nephew of Paulie Gualtieri.
* ButtMonkey: Besides Georgie the bartender, he is one of the most abused characters on the show. He gets hit with a bottle on 2 separate occasions and eventually gets pushed out of a window.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Was actually pretty scary in a scene where he had to intimidate and beat up JT Dolan.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: In a subtle scene, he cheats during a pool game against his uncle (who got distracted by a phone call) by putting a few balls in his pockets.
* SkunkStripe: Develops a little one, less prominent than his uncle's.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Peter "Bissell" [=LaRosa=]]]
!!Peter "Bissell" [=LaRosa=]
A would-be soldier in Paulie's crew.
* TheApprentice: A rising hitman who makes his bones during the show and doubles as doorman.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mikey Palmice]]
!!Mikey Palmice
Junior's right hand man.
* ButtMonkey: For Tony, who dislikes and abuses Mikey with impunity.
* TheConsigliere: After Junior becomes boss, the FBI have him as this on their wall chart. Although he's half Junior's age and is more of a sychophant than a real advisor.
* TheDragon: Doubles as Junior's main enforcer.
* TheDriver: Initially for Junior.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Junior is getting fitted for a new suit, Mikey is with him. They have a discussion about how the young mobsters don't wear suits anymore, instead opting for athletic clothes like tracksuits. Junior says "I swear these bums would get buried in sweat-suits if they could"; [[spoiler:when Mikey is finally killed, he's wearing jogging clothes.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Rude and unpleasant to almost everyone apart from Junior, whom he may only be nice to because he's Mikey's immediate superior.
* JoggersFindDeath: He's killed by Paulie and Chris in the middle of his outdoors routine.
* MasochismTango: His relationship with his wife has this in spades. They're almost always shown arguing or insulting each other. Ironically, she's the only person shown to be sad when he disappears.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: His relationship with Junior amounts to little more than sycophant.
* PsychoForHire: Clearly relishes his job as Junior's hitman and enforcer.
* SmugSnake: Arrogant and overconfident despite his rather limited competence.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jimmy Altieri]]
!!Jimmy Altieri
->'''Played by:''' Joe Badalucco
A captain in Season 1.
* BoxedCrook: Implied to have turned state's witness after being arrested during an FBI raid on a pool hall he owns.
* DeathBySex: Lured to his death by Christopher's promises to get him "acquainted" with a beautiful Russian woman.
* DueToTheDead: To drive the point home about snitching, he's also punished post-mortem; a rat is stuffed into his mouth and Christopher calls in a bomb threat to his wake.
* FatBastard: His weight is pointed out by several characters and Tony theorizes that it's the reason Makazian mistook him for Pussy. [[spoiler:Of course, Makazian was probably right in his initial identification, and Jimmy only turned informant later on.]]
* TheMole: The first FBI informant discovered. Like all the subsequent moles in a strict sense, he's an inversion, as the villain protagonist point of view reverses some concepts.
* OhCrap: His reaction once he realizes he's been exposed and Christopher takes away his emergency sidearm.
* TooDumbToLive: Gives away his nature as an informant through his shifty behavior after he's released and seals his fate by calling a meeting solely to get the other members of the family to incriminate themselves.
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[[folder:Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi]]
!!Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi
->'''Played by:''' Dan Grimaldi
An enforcer introduced in Season 2.
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* AlliterativeName
* AngstySurvivingTwin: He's devastated after his talkative [[AlwaysIdenticalTwins twin]] gets killed on Tony's order.
* AwfulWeddedLife: He and his wife have one scene together, and it is clear they don't care for each other's company.
* CannotTellAJoke: His wife, again.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: When Vito is outed as a homosexual, Patsy is the only mobster to explicitly state he doesn't give a fuck. (As noted above, Tony gives a fuck, but it's a much smaller one than the fuck he gives about Vito being a big earner.)
* TheGenericGuy: The accountant of the organization. Appears in the background in many scenes but has very little characterization.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Intimidating Gloria Trillo.
* PassedOverPromotion: By Christopher when Paulie is sent to jail.
* TheResenter: Towards Tony over the death of his twin brother. He eventually buries the hatchet, [[spoiler:although one interpretation of the finale would argue he hasn't.]]
%%* StoicSpectacles
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[[folder:Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr.]]
!!Robert "Baccala" Baccalieri, Sr.
An aging but brutal Di Meo hitman and father of Bobby Baccala.
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* BadassGrandpa
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: On the way home from a brutal murder of two goons, he succumbs to a coughing fit and crashes into a billboard, accompanied by "Sister Golden Hair" by America. One of the few deaths that averts SoundtrackDissonance -- the panning shot of the aftermath of his crash to the song's guitar solo is quite cinematic.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Implied. Baccala Sr. is one of the most vicious and efficient killers in the syndicate, but his middle-aged son has never killed anyone.
%%* GutturalGrowler
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: A pretty nasty one.
* TheLastDance: He is more than eager to carry out one final hit, despite -- or possibly because of -- his deteriorating health.
* LivingLegend: Not for long.
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[[folder:Walden Belfiore]]
!!Walden Belfiore
->'''Played by:''' Frank John Hughes
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A Soprano hitman notable for committing the final murder of the series.
%%* TheAce
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* RememberTheNewGuy
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Introduced midway through the second half of Season 6, is in the background of a few scenes, has maybe half a dozen lines, and carries out the spectacular final hit [[spoiler:of Phil Leotardo]].
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[[folder:Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese]]
!!Lorenzo "Larry Boy" Barese
One of the original five captains at the start of the series.
%%* AffablyEvil
* CommutingOnABus[=/=]DemotedToExtra: After he is sent to jail in the season 1 finale, he only appears from time to time, but mantains his captaincy throughout the series.
* TheStoolPigeon: Discussed as the source behind the unburial of Tony's first murder, with the suggestion that he gave false information not to incriminate Tony and Paulie. [[spoiler:It later turns out he gives them false information, blaming the murder on Jackie Aprile, Sr.]]
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[[folder:Albert "Ally Boy" Barese]]
!!Albert "Ally Boy" Barese
Acting capo of the Barese crew
* VerbalTic: Tends to repeat whatever you just said.
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[[folder:Ercole "Eckley" [=DiMeo=]]]
!!Ercole "Eckley" [=DiMeo=]
Longtime head of the [=DiMeo=] crime family.
* ArtifactTitle: In-universe: the [=DiMeo=] Crime Family, of which the Soprano crew is a major part, still bears Ercole [=DiMeo=]'s name, even though he's been in prison for decades, and no one named "[=DiMeo=]" has any part in running the family.
* TheDon: Founder and hierarchical boss of the [=DiMeo=] family.
* TheGhost: Never seen, he's a "guest of the government" for life in Springfield, Missouri. After Junior becomes the official boss of the family, he's completely forgotten about and never even mentioned again.
* InSeriesNickName: The Old Man.
* {{Mentor}}: For the old Mustache Petes.
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!Soprano Crime Family Associates
[[folder:Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys]]
!!Lou [=DiMaggio=] and the Atwell Avenue Boys
An old crew of AxCrazy hitmen recommended to Tony for a whacking by Junior.
* AxCrazy: They are effective but sadistic, completely terrifying mercenaries. Beat one treacherous mobster and his wife to death with baseball bats, earning Lou's nickname "[=DiMaggio=]". They also decapitated a man with a hacksaw while he was still alive.
* BlindSeer: Invoked by Lou, who is blind, when he asks Chris if he's into drugs. Lou was actually just asking if the Soprano family was involved in drug running, something he is fundamentally opposed to.
* CloudCuckooLander: The youngest member of their crew is unnervingly friendly and enthusiastic. Upon meeting Christopher Moltisanti, he remarks that his name is also Chris. Seeing a picture of Johnny Sack at his birthday, he remarks that it's his birthday as well.
* CreepyBlueEyes: Lou certainly has these, although most likely a side-effect of his blindness. Doesn't make them any less creepy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They hate drug dealers.
* KarmaHoudini
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant
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[[folder:Peter "Beansie" Gaeta]]
!!Peter "Beansie" Gaeta
A former associate of Richie Aprile involved in his drug operations.
* ButtMonkey: Richie beats him and finally leaves him paraplegic.
* CarFu: Richie's method of choice consists in running over him with a car.
* PutOnABus: Moves to Miami. [[TheBusCameBack Reappears briefly]] again in seasons 4 and 6.
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[[folder:Matthew Bevilaqua]]
!!Matthew Bevilaqua
A young associate of Chris Moltisanti.
* AintTooProudToBeg
* ButtMonkey
* BringMyBrownPants
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* HarmlessVillain: The guy is not even taken seriously by Richie.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sean Gismonte. The "heterosexual" part is debatable, according to Furio.
* HopeSpot: Deliberately used by Tony Soprano as a form of sadistic psychological torture before killing him.
* ItsPersonal: His shooting of Chris Moltisanti, Tony Soprano's nephew, pretty much sealed his horrible fate.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Sean Gismonte's Red.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Shot over 50 times by Tony and Big Pussy.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Sean Gismonte.
* UndignifiedDeath: Pisses himself and cries "Mommy" just before he is killed.
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[[folder:Sean Gismonte]]
!!Sean Gismonte
Associate of Chris Moltisanti and best friend of Matt Bevilaqua.
* BoomHeadshot
* DudeWheresMyRespect
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "D-Girl", Livia tells A.J. about a group of teenagers who crashed their car and burned alive because they couldn't escape their seatbelts. One episode later, after committing a drive-by shooting on Christopher, Sean's seatbelt gets stuck and Chris shoots him in the head as he struggles with it.
--> '''Sean:''' [[FamousLastWords Seatbelt! Fuckin' seatbelt!]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Matthew Bevilaqua.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Matthew's Blue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Matt.
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[[folder:Fabian "Febby" Petrulio]]
!!Fabian "Febby" Petrulio
Former soldier in the [=DiMeo=] family who turned federal informant.
* MoodWhiplash: A quiet moment with a [[{{Bambification}} deer]] is followed by Tony appearing out of the blue and ferociously murdering him. Finally a band of birds/ducks crosses the sky.
* ProperlyParanoid: Carries a HandCannon and is smart enough to recognize he's being stalked, but misses his chance to kill Tony.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: It catches up to him with a 10 years delay.
* TheStoolPigeon: Became an informant, leading to a lot of convictions of [=DiMeo=] crime family members.
* VillainsOutShopping: Found by Tony when the mobster and Meadow are touring Maine examining colleges. The character serves to show early on, in first person, the murderous, almost casual nature of what Tony does for a living and how good he is at lying to his family.
* WitnessProtection: Eventually kicked out of the program. He later [[SecretIdentity went by the name]] of Frederick 'Fred' Peters.
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[[folder:William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray]]
!!William "Petite" Clayborn and Rasheen Ray
Two small-time criminals commissioned by Junior Soprano to kill Tony in the first season.
* BoomHeadshot: Petite Clayborn's death, in slow motion.
* CarFu: Their altercation with Tony is comprised mostly of this.
* GangBangers: A couple of black street gangsters.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: Rasheen accidentally shoots Petite in the head while aiming for Tony in a moving car.
* MuggingTheMonster: Attempted to kill Tony Soprano before he had a real reputation.
* ScaryBlackMan
* ThoseTwoBadGuys
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rasheen Ray apparently survives the shootout, and is never heard from again.
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[[folder:Jasons Gervasi and Parisi]]
!!Jasons Gervasi and Parisi
Best friends and sons of Carlo Gervasi and Patsy Parisi, both named Jason.
* BaitTheDog: Introduced as happier counterparts to A.J. Seeing their apparently functional lives, Tony pushes A.J. to befriend them. They genuinely bond with him and things seem to take a turn for the better, but then they start roping him into their violent activities.
* BoxedCrook: Jason Gervasi gets caught dealing drugs, a charge used to box his mafioso father.
* BlackSheep: Jason Parisi appears to be this. His brother Patrick is a successful attorney dating Meadow Soprano, while Jason is a budding criminal.
* EvilMentor: To A.J.
* HeterosexualLifePartners
* LikeFatherLikeSon: They are both exactly what Tony wants to avoid with his own son.
* OneSteveLimit
* PetTheDog: They genuinely seem to care about A.J.'s mental health.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: After knocking over a Somalian cyclist with a car door, Jason G calls him a nigger, then a terrorist. Notably Jason P does not partake in this racism, though he does not hesitate to join in on the beating they give the man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Gervasi is red, Parisi is blue. Definitely consistent with their respective fathers' personalities.
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[[folder:Ronald Zellman]]
!!Ronald Zellman
New Jersey assemblyman in bed with the mob.
* CorruptPolitician: Tony's equal partner in a major RealEstateScam.
* FoeCooties: Played with; initially Tony appears unaffected by his dating of Irina and gives his blessing, but eventually Zellman gets viciously beaten up for having a relationship with the former comare of Tony.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: He's unable to perform in bed after Tony humiliates him in front of Irina.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
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[[folder:Richard "Dick" Barone]]
!!Richard "Dick" Barone
Owner of Barone sanitation, a front business for the Soprano crew.
* DueToTheDead: His funeral congregates a high number of mafiosos, despite not being a made man or a relative.
* FamilyBusiness: Inherited by his son, who is not interested in playing ball with the mob until Paulie [[{{Kneecapping}} renews the arrangement]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: "Waste management consultant for Barone Sanitations" is Tony's official job.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Partly based on [[http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/25/nyregion/garbage-hauling-is-tied-to-mafia-in-suburbs.html Thomas Milo]], a garbage hauler cracked down by Giuliani in the 90s.
* SelfMadeMan: Garbage hauling is a legitimate and profitable business on its own.
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[[folder:Neil Mink]]
!!Neil Mink
Tony's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional mob lawyer.
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[[folder:Harold "Mel" Melvoin]]
!!Harold "Mel" Melvoin
Junior's attorney.
* AmoralAttorney: A traditional and very expensive mob lawyer.
* SpeechImpediment: Suffers a stroke that affects his ability to speak. Gets fired afterwards by Junior.
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[[folder:James "Murmur" Zancone]]
!!James "Murmur" Zancone
Friend, AA sponsor and criminal associate of Christopher Moltisanti.
* EmbarrassingNickname: The nickname "Murmur" comes from him having a heart murmur as a kid.
* EvilGenius: An expert at forging documents
* RememberTheNewGuy: Introduced in Season 6, at which point he is best buds with Chris. On the other hand Tony resents the excessive familiarity about the new guy and shoos him away.
* TheSponsor: Christopher's
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