History Main / TheMafia

* The ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' universe includes the Masuccis.

* ''Series/{{Tracker}}'' had 'A Made Guy', where the alien Zin uses the Earth Mafia to reach some of his goals, and Cole goes undercover as a mobster.

* A British comedy show (''Series/{{KYTV}}'') ran a parody of the cross-European general knowledge quiz ''Going for Gold'',[[note]]This concept ran for quite a few years in the 1980's as a straight quiz show[[/note]] where the premis was that English-speaking Europeans competed against each other, nominally for national pride, but mainly for points and prizes. The chauvinistic British compere (Angus Deayton) subjects contestants of various nationalities to patronising abuse and jokes based on ethnic stereotyping. Until he asks the Italian contestant questions about the Mafia. She obligingly reveals she knows a ''lot'' about the Mafia, largely gleaned from her uncle, who loves her very much and is sitting in the audience remembering what your face looks like. Unsurprisingly, she ends up winning the show.

Compare and contrast CriminalFoundFamily.

* Interestingly, given that it's set in Italy, ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' has never shown any ''genuine'' Mafiosi. Mostly, this is because almost all of the stories happen on the ''boot''. The Camorra do show up quite often and are either called by their proper name or ''The Naples/Napoli Mafia'' depending on whether exact accuracy or quick description is called for. The ''Five Republics'' separatists tend to act a bit like this trope (including having "cleaners"), but seem to make most of their money more-or-less legitimately. The five republics are actually based on the most radical and independentist elements of the Lega Nord party

* The Springfield Mafia from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is an Italian-American mob family based in [[WhereTheHellIsSpringfield Springfield]], and run by [[TheConsigliere Fat Tony]] and [[TheDon Vittorio DiMaggio]].

''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'': While they're never actually described as such, the Montague and Capulet families operate like mafia clans, to fit the setting update to 1990s California.

* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': Ann can occasionally run into mafiosi soldiers, throughout the Noctis City docks, that act as [=NPCs=].

*** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E13TheFourOfUsAreDying The Four of Us Are Dying]]", Arch Hammer imitates Virgil Sterig, a gangster who was murdered on the orders of the mob boss Penell.
*** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E39NervousManInAFourDollarRoom Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room]]", Jackie Rhoades is a gangster who typically performs comparatively minor jobs such as breaking and entering and the occasional mugging for his boss George. As the police are well aware that Jackie does not do the big jobs, George tells him to kill the old bartender in order to throw them off the scent.
*** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E83DeadMansShoes Dead Man's Shoes]]", Dane and Bernie Dagget were gangsters who were partners in the running of a nightclub. When Dagget offered to buy him out, Dane refused. Dagget was unwilling to accept this and had him murdered so that he could take over the club.
*** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E121InPraiseOfPip In Praise of Pip]]", Max Phillips has been working as a bookie for the gangster Moran for 20 years.

*** In "Healer", Jackie Thompson worked for a mob boss named Joseph Rubello in the 1970s. After he botched a delivery, two of Rubello's thugs beat Jackie so severely that he ended up in hospital.
*** In "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich", Arky Lochner owes $165,000 (at a daily interest of 750%) to Nino Lancaster, a mob boss who runs all of the criminal enterprises in the city and [[DirtyCop has many cops in his pocket]].

* In one of the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' ending songs for the anime series, there are about a dozen maskless [[EvilIsSexy arrancar]] dressed up in black-colored suits, ''reminiscent'' of the Mafia, maybe even a ShoutOut or parody, with three of the '''only''' female Arrancar introduced (Menoly, [[ClingyJealousGirl Loly]] and [[DarkActionGirl Cirucci]] [[ElegantGothicLolita Sanderwicci]]) are wearing Chinese-style or Western-inspired dresses, leaning seductively on the old, wrinkled and fat "Godfather", [[AGodAmI Baraggan]] Luisenbarn. The "mobsters" surrounding Baraggan are Gantenbainne [[PowerFist Mosqueda]], [[StupidSexyFlanders Ggio]] [[ViewerGenderConfusion Vega]], [[BoisterousBruiser Avirama]] [[WalkingShirtlessScene Redder]], [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Choe Neng Poww]], [[TheBrute Nirgge]] [[DumbMuscle Parduoc]], [[DragQueen Charlotte]] [[LargeHam Cuuhlhourne]], Findor [[GratuitousSpanish Carias]], and three unnamed background stand-ins.

While the Italian Mafia has [[UsefulNotes/TheMafia an obvious basis in fact]], it has remained a staple of entertainment even as the [[{{Yakuza}} Japanese Yakuza]], former [[TheMafiya Soviet-bloc Bratvas]], [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Hong Kong Triads]] and [[TheCartel Latin American drug cartels]] lapped it for sheer scare value in the real world (they may or may not share some of the Mafia's traditional features in fiction, such as the sharp suits or the loyalty to family). Note that this trope can also include similar Italian criminal organizations such as the Neapolitan Camorra or the Calabrian Ndrangheta which are also fairly prominent at home and overseas just like the Mafia. For the [[TheThemeParkVersion laughably inept, PG-rated version]], see TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily. If present as a global player, the Mafia may evolve into TheSyndicate. See also MafiaPrincess and TheDon. It is [[SarcasmMode obviously]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not connected]] with the LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub at all, as it is just a fine Italian restaurant that has two 300 pound {{bouncer}}s in front.

* The intimidating, [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub social club-dwelling]] recipients of a huge roulette wheel cake on ''Series/CakeBoss'' (filmed in New Jersey) are ''heavily'' implied to be the Mafia.

* A few [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub legitimate businessmen]] have appeared in episodes of ''Series/WhiteCollar''.

* Parodied in ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' with the Toy Mafia, who all wear colorful grinning teddy bear heads and use a SuckECheeses-style restaurant as [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub a thinly-disguised front]] for their operations.

** Invoked by Mr. House in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' when he made over a local tribe into the Omertas, who run the Gomorrah casino. He states that he did so due to nostalgia for Vegas and a shady criminal element made New Vegas more authentic. Aside from being the chief supplier of vices in the Strip, [[spoiler:they are collaborating with Caesar's Legion to bring down Vegas from within]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Robot]] Mafia, which is composed of [[TerribleTrio only three members]]. Passing mention is also made of "Sicily 8, the Mob Planet."

* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The Factio Pugni are the primary criminal element plaguing Noctis City and other nearby settlements, and they don't seem particularly choosy about who joins them. Like historical real-life mafioso, they claim to be a righteous group of protectors when most of the "justice" they met involves robberies, kidnappings, murder, and street fights with unfortunate citizens.