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5	!Philadelphia Gangsters
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7	[[folder:Manny Horvitz]]
8	!! Munya "Manny" Horvitz
9	->'''Played by''': Creator/WilliamForsythe.
10	[[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manny-horvitz_5955.jpg]]
11	[[caption-width-right:248:''"We got a deal. But just so we're clear, my icebox is filled with pieces of fellas who tried to fuck me over."'']]
12	A part time kosher butcher, part time capo of Philadelphia's Jewish quarter who has a personal feud with local gangster Waxey Gordon. He becomes Jimmy's partner in crime after Mickey Doyle introduces them to each other in season 2.
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14	!!Tropes:
15	* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Skirts the border between them. He's friendly, professional, even fatherly. He loves his wife. Push him too far, and you and ''your'' wife will regret it--briefly.
16	* AllThereInTheManual: According to William Forsythe, he suffers from migraines and dementia.
17	* AnyoneCanDie: In the season 3 premiere, he opens the door to Richard Harrow, who promptly fires a single shotgun blast into his face. Making it the fourth consecutive episode ending with a major character death, a cycle that had started with Angela, by Manny's own hand, and the reason for Harrow's visit here.
18	* BaitTheDog: He initially comes across as a likable AlterKocker who loves jokes and is an "old school" man of honor, and then he begins to talk about stuffing the pieces of the guys that cross him in his fridge...
19	%%%* BloodKnight
20	* BoomHeadshot: His fate at the hands of Richard Harrow.
21	* TheButcher: Both literally and figuratively.
22	* {{Determinator}}: In "Battle of the Century" he grabs his attacker ''through a crystal window'' during an assassination attempt, overpowers him and sinks a meat cleaver on his head, all after taking a bullet to the shoulder!
23	* DisproportionateRetribution: Do ''not'' betray him. EVER.
24	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: While far from anticlimactic, the abruptness with which Richard Harrow shoots him in the Season 3 premiere.
25	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's pretty deferential to his wife, as we see in "Resolution", and is shown to be very gentle with her.
26	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Manny is a ''kosher'' butcher. He won't kill an already-injured man in the same freezer as his meats. ''Injuring'' that man himself and then telling a non-believer to kill him is fair game, though.
27	** Also [[ShownTheirWork in line with Kashrut standards]], when he sees the Commodore's hunting trophies he shows immense disapproval of killing animals purely for sport/status. In the same speech, he implies to Jimmy that he finds his attempted assassination of Nucky to be dishonorable, both because he did not pull the trigger himself and also because he did so purely to show his partners that he was tough.
28	* {{Expy}}: His gangster-butcher persona is reminiscent of Bill Cutting in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''.
29	* FacialHorror: Courtesy of Richard Harrow and a load of buckshot. The resulting hole in his face is comparable to Richard's own.
30	* GreedyJew: Subverted: While he quite reasonably wants Jimmy to pay him what Jimmy owes him at first--and it is worth knowing that Jimmy has the money, [[ForTheEvulz he just doesn't want to pay him back]]--Jimmy's increasingly insulting and finally homicidal responses pushes Manny to the point where, as he tells Angela, it's beyond money.
31	* HolierThanThou: "What? We all have to live by (some) rules..."
32	%%%* HotBlooded
33	* KickTheDog: After an attempt on his life okayed by Jimmy, he shows up at Jimmy's house to murder him and instead finds Angela and her lesbian lover... and kills the both of them; the lover right after coming out of the bathroom - thinking it was Jimmy - and in Angela's case after she pleaded IHaveAFamily which places this firmly into KickTheDog territory.
34	* MoeGreeneSpecial: Richard Harrow shoots him in the eye with a shotgun from close range.
35	* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Played seriously. Jimmy tries to restrain him at one point, telling him that "You can't kill everyone."
36	* NeverMyFault: When he [[RevengeByProxy shoots Angela as payback for her husband attempting to kill him]], he tells her that her husband did it to her.
37	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Possibly inspired by Max "Boo Hoo" Hoff, the "King of the Bootleggers" in Philadelphia during the early 20th century.
38	%%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
39	* PetTheDog: He has a genuinely sweet relationship with his wife. And seconds after we see this, he's killed.
40	* TheRival: To Waxey Gordon.
41	* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: In an evil version of this, after an attempt is made on his life, he considers no amount of blood money sufficient to stop him from retaliation.
42	* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Extracts a confession from Herman, before [[DeliberateValuesDissonance having Jimmy finish him off.]]
43	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Considers [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Mickey Doyle]] to be a good friend. The same Mickey he later brutally beats and chokes for information. Mickey later takes credit for his murder after his death, practically bragging how he killed him after arguing with him one too many times.
44	* WouldHitAGirl: He murders Angela (and accidentally, her lover Louise), in cold blood. However, he seems somewhat shaken up about it afterwards.
45	* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: You better believe it, boychik.
46	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: He is forced to leave Philadelphia at the end of the second season, since it has been swallowed whole by Gordon, and seek refuge to Nucky in Atlantic City. It doesn't serve him much in the end.
47	* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: While he dislikes killing for sport he is even more offended when someone claims the kill of another man. He believes that the only way for Jimmy to really take over Atlantic City is for Jimmy to personally kill Nucky. He also seems impressed by the fact that Nucky personally killed Jimmy rather than having Owen or Eli do it.
48	** Ironically, Mickey Doyle ends up trying to take the credit for Manny's death.
49	[[/folder]]
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51	[[folder:Waxey Gordon]]
52	!!Waxey Gordon
53	->'''Played by''': Creator/NickSandow.
54	[[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/waxey_gordon_infobox_9591.jpg]]
55	[[caption-width-right:315:''"I don't go looking for a fight."'']]
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57	A crime boss of Philadelphia and ally of Arnold Rothstein.
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59	!!Tropes:
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61	%%* TheDon
62	* TeamSwitzerland: In Season 2, he deals with no problem with both Nucky (who is endorsed by his ally, Rothstein) and Jimmy.
63	** CavalryRefusal: In Season 3 he refuses to come to Nucky's side in his war against Gyp Rosetti, claiming that he has no beef with either him or his boss, Joe Masseria. This despite the long distance between his base and Joe's, making retaliation unlikely.
64	* HistoricalDomainCharacter
65	* IOwnThisTown: Once he clears Philadelphia of the competition in Season 2. By Season 3 he also has the local prohis in his pocket, and by Season 4 the District Attorney.
66	* TheRival: To Manny Horvitz.
67	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Lampshaded by Jimmy, who asks him if "Waxey" is a nickname or a diminutive. Waxey declines to respond.[[labelnote:In real life...]]"Waxey" was a nickname. His birth name was Irving Wexler.[[/labelnote]]
68	[[/folder]]
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70	[[folder:The D'Alessio Brothers]]
71	!!The D'Alessio Brothers
72
73	->'''Ignatius''': ''"Our father loves our mother very much."''
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75	A violent gang [[SiblingsInCrime formed by six out of nine brothers]] from Philadelphia (not counting sisters). They are brought to Atlantic City as associates of Mickey Doyle's bootlegging business and lead to conflict with Nucky after Doyle is arrested and Nucky gives his business to Chalky.
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77	* BigBad: Of Season 1. The gang's efforts to seize control of Atlantic City ultimately prove to be the greatest threat to Nucky and his associates in the series' opening story arc.
78	%%* BigScrewedUpFamily
79	* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:After killing them in the first season finale, Nucky pins the Woods Massacre and by extension Hans Schroeder's death on them.]]
80	* FamilyThemeNaming: They're all named after Popes.
81	* GenericEthnicCrimeGang: The entire gang is comprised entirely of siblings from a family with Sicilian roots.
82	* ListofTransgressions: Their criminal rapsheet is said to include burglary, armed robbery, gambling and loansharking.
83	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The brothers are loosely based on the Lanzetta Brothers, a gang of bootleggers that operated in Philadelphia in the 1920s.
84	* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Ruthless Out-of-State Gangsters]]
85	%%* SiblingsInCrime
86	* [[StarterVillain Starter Villains]]
87	* WhiteSheep: There is apparently one adult brother in Philly, Adrian, that did not pursue a criminal career, and instead became a dentist.
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89	!!Leo D'Alessio
90	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alessio__19.jpg]]
91	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Nothin' a bullet to the eye won't fix."'']]
92	->'''Played by''': Creator/MaxCasella
93	!!Tropes:
94	* BigBad: Of the gang and by extension the BigBad of Season 1.
95	* BigBadWannabe: While he wants to take control of Atlantic City, he and his brothers are really just nuisances in the beginning. It's only after Arnold Rothstein decides to back them that they truly become a threat, and even that ends once Rothstein and Nucky come to a truce at the end of the season. Afterwards, the D'Alessios are sold out and Nucky's men kill Leo and his brothers with barely any effort.
96	* DangerouslyCloseShave: Is killed when Jimmy slits his throat at a barbershop.
97	* TheFace: Plays this role when dealing with Rothstein on behalf of his brothers.
98	* TheLeader: Of his brothers.
99	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His character is loosely based on Leo Lanzetta, a member of the criminal gang of siblings known as the Lanzetta Brothers.
100	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: While his gang is initially considered to be little more than a nuisance by the powers governing Atlantic City, he and his brothers ultimately pose a genuine danger to Nucky's grip on power after obtaining the backing of Arnold Rothstein, one of the most powerful underworld kingpins in New York City.
101	* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: The way he is killed in the first season finale.]]
102	* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite leading a gang consisting solely of his brothers, he is confident enough in his own abilities to launch a half-baked scheme [[BullyingADragon to wrest control of Atlantic City from a massive, well-organized political machine]].
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105	!!Ignatius D'Alessio
106	->'''Played by''': Edoardo Ballerini
107	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000px-ignatius_6571.jpg]]
108	!!Tropes:
109	* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.
110	* TheDragon: To Leo.
111	* GratuitousItalian: Knowing that Mickey Doyle does not speak his native tongue, he tells Luciano in this language that the only thing keeping him from slitting Mickey Doyle's throat is the prospect of getting repaid.
112	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is loosely based on Ignatius Lanzetta, a member of the Lanzetta Brothers Gang.
113	* {{Outlaw}}: Prior to the events of the series, he is forced to leave Philadelphia to escape 15 outstanding arrest warrants.
114	* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Ruthless Out-of-State Gangster]]
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117	!!Sixtus D'Alessio
118	->'''Played by''': Eric Schneider
119	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sixtus_41811_5592.png]]
120	!!Tropes
121	* BoomHeadShot: [[spoiler: Shot in the head by Al Capone while returning to his house with groceries]].
122	* ChekhovsGunman: A literal example of one in that he barely registers in significance until he nearly assassinates Nucky.
123	* TheQuietOne: He has [[TheVoiceless no lines whatsoever]].
124	%% * [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Ruthless Out-of-State Gangster]]
125	* RobbingTheDead: Al Capone eats an apple from his grocery bag, after killing him.
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127
128	!!Matteo D'Alessio
129	->'''Played by''': Al Linea
130	->''"You don't like God or somethin'?"''
131	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alessio_2104.jpg]]
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133	!!Tropes:
134	* BigGuy: The most physically formidable and foremost enforcer of the brothers.
135	%%* TheBrute
136	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: He attempts to do this, but finds it hard to remain dignified while Chalky White is strangling him.]]
137	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He calls Meyer Lansky and Chalky White ethnic slurs.
138	* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Ruthless Out-of-State Gangster]]
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141	!!Lucien D'Alessio
142	->'''Played by''': Louis Vanaria
143	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lucien_6696.png]]
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145	!!Tropes:
146	* BoomHeadShot: [[spoiler: Shot in the head by Jimmy for mouthing off.]]
147	* DefiantToTheEnd: He hurls insults at Jimmy and his captors while being held at gunpoint. [[spoiler:They were going to spare them, but Lucien [[DidntThinkThisThrough convinced them otherwise for his part.]]]]
148	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His character is loosely based on Lucien Lanzetta, a member of the Lanzetta Brothers gang.
149	* RedRightHand: He has some kind of birthmark on his face which Nucky describes as resembling a "shit-stain".
150	* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Ruthless Out-of-State Gangster]]
151	* TooDumbToLive: See description in DefiantToTheEnd above. [[spoiler: He ultimately gets shot for the trouble.]]
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154	!!Pius D'Alessio
155	->'''Played by''': Nicholas Martino
156	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pius_80801_6637.png]]
157	!!Tropes
158	* BoomHeadShot: [[spoiler: Executed by Richard Harrow with a shotgun blast to the head, alongside Matteo]]
159	* DirtyCoward: He acts tough when he has his brothers backing him up. However, when forced to fend for himself, he is quick to plead for mercy
160	* TheDriver: Despite [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior being 14 at most]].
161	* EnfantTerrible: The fact he has a police file as big as any of his big brothers leaves little doubt about it.
162	* [[RuthlessForeignGangsters Ruthless Out-of-State Gangster]]
163	* TagAlongKid: To his brothers.
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165	!!Adrian D'Alessio
166
167	A dentist.
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169	* TheGhost: He never appears on screen.
170	* WhiteSheep: The only one of the brothers who is not a criminal.
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	!Other Gangsters
174	[[folder:Rowland Smith]]
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176	[[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bw-rowland-smith_2076.jpg]]
177	[[caption-width-right:219:''"Mr. Thompson, you gotta admit that I'm pretty good at this."'']]
178	A teenage wheelman from rural Pennsylvania that steals liquor from other bootleggers to sell it for a profit. Played by Creator/NickRobinson.
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180	!!Tropes:
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182	* BaitAndSwitch: Nucky and co. first take him as an adult and resolve to kill him to make an example. They find that he is a scared 15-year old who regrets, but understands, what they did to his partner, Nate. Then they find that he is actually an adult (and a liar) and Nucky kills him. Up to that point, the episode looked like a tailor-made introduction for Rowland as a new recurring character.
183	* BoomHeadshot: Shot in the back of the head by Nucky to remind Owen of who is in charge.
184	* ConMan: When he thinks that he has Nucky already in the pocket he reveals that he is actually 19 years-old and a smoker. Nucky then kills him.
185	%%* DeadpanSnarker
186	%%* TheDriver
187	%%* OneShotCharacter
188	* RefugeInAudacity: Tries to manipulate Nucky into giving him a job after ripping him off, playing into his tendency to [[WouldntHurtAChild not hurt kids]]. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
189	%%* SesquipedalianSmith
190	* StaringDownCthulhu: When Nucky comes to kill him he sweet-talks him into giving him a job. It fails.
191	* StreetUrchin: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He probably was one once, but he is over 18 already.
192	* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. He initially comes as a OlderThanTheyLook 15-year old, but is actually a YoungerThanTheyLook 19-year old. The actor was 17 when he shot his episode.
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195
196	[[folder:George Remus]]
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198	[[quoteright:282:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BE-George-Remus_8786.png]]
199	[[caption-width-right:282:''"[[ThirdPersonPerson Remus]] owns the distilleries and the pharmacies they are allowed to sell to. Even better, Remus owns the trucks that hijack his own liquor."]]''
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201	[[ThirdPersonPerson George Remus]] is a prominent Cincinnati lawyer and major supplier of "legal" alcohol, as Remus exploits a loophole in the Volstead Act that permits its trade for medicinal purposes. George Remus is played by Creator/GlennFleshler.
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203	!!Tropes:
204	* AmoralAttorney: Remus is an attorney so amoral that Remus has decided to cast off the attorney job altogether and become a bootlegger instead - while using Remus' knowledge of law to find the correct loopholes, of course.
205	* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: Invoked when Nucky reminds Remus that it was he who put Remus and Daugherty in contact, even though both are based in Ohio.
206	* DeadpanSnarker Remus is known to snark regularly about other gangsters, usually in a way they find insulting.
207	* {{Doublespeak}}: Remus is a master of it.
208	* EvilGenius: Remus is very intelligent, if not quite to the level Remus imagines Remus is.
209	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real gangster and also the inspiration for [[Literature/TheGreatGatsby Jay Gatsby.]] And in case you're wondering, he really did refer to himself in the third person regularly.
210	* TheInformant: [[spoiler:Remus becomes a federal informant after being arrested, to avoid full prosecution]]. Remus' new friends barely tolerate his antics.
211	* LastNameBasis: Remus is almost exclusively referred to by his last name, including by Remus himself.
212	* LoopholeAbuse: Remus sells alcohol for medicinal purposes only. Now, if somebody "steals" that alcohol while en route, it's not Remus's concern - after all, that somebody is either Remus himself, or someone that has paid Remus beforehand.
213	* PunchClockVillain: Remus enters bootlegging with the express purpose of making a pile of money and makes plenty of deals with mobsters, but Remus is neither violent nor apparently capable of hurting someone himself.
214	* RulesLawyer[=/=]LoopholeAbuse: Remus has studied all the Prohibition laws and is a master in exploiting the loopholes.
215	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Remus has powerful political connections and is thus unafraid of prosecution. Remus is rightly shocked when the authorities come knocking on the door.
216	-->Remus has paid! Remus has kept receipts!
217	* StraightEdgeEvil: In Remus' own words, "Remus shuns gambling". While Remus isn't above enjoying the company of remunerated ladies, Remus is rarely seen drinking, if ever. The historical Remus was a teetotaler despite owing his empire to breaking the Volstead Act.
218	* SmallNameBigEgo: While Remus is deservedly influential, Remus is incredibly smug and his ThirdPersonPerson shtick makes Remus rather insufferable. As a result, Remus' verbal tics get increasingly mocked by everyone who deals with George Remus (generally behind Remus' back, although at least once to Remus' face).
219	-->'''Remus:''' Remus finds you petty and resentful.
220	-->'''Nucky:''' Well, Remus can go fuck himself!
221	** Or:
222	-->'''Remus:''' A landlord? Now Remus has heard everything.
223	-->'''Rothstein:''' You can tell Remus that it happens to be true.
224	* ThirdPersonPerson: In case you didn't notice, [[OverlyLongGag Remus]] has a habit of referring to himself in the third person, constantly, one shared with his real life counterpart. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brt3oHZlJlE It takes a man with the tenacity of Hoover]] to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness snap him out of the habit for the first time]].
225	* VerbalTic: Take a guess as to what Remus' is.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder:Vincenzo Petrucelli]]
229
230	An influential linchpin based in Florida. From the old country, like his cousin Joe Masseria. Played by Creator/VincenzoAmato.
231
232	!!Tropes:
233
234	* AffablyEvil: Polite, personable and easy to work with.
235	* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Upon [[OhCrap meeting him]] down in Florida, Luciano seriously considers killing Petrucelli because he's telling Masseria that Luciano went behind Joe's back. Meyer tells Luciano that Petrucelli is off-limits.
236	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: There was originally a casting call for Santo Trafficante, Sr., a real Sicilian gangster stationed in Florida that had a long time alliance with Joe Masseria (although Trafficante wasn't Masseria's cousin, his son and heir, Santo Jr., was sent to New York to learn under him). Since Petrucelli was not in the casting calls and Trafficante never turned up in the show, it seems obvious that Petrucelli is standing in for Trafficante.
237	* VillainousFriendship: Cousin and business partner of Joe Masseria, the two keep a very friendly relationship despite the geographical distance between them.
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239	[[/folder]]
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