Line #13 Characters/ThePunisherMAXTheItalianMafia


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4	The Italian criminal element of New York.
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6	'''WARNING: Unmarked spoilers abound.'''
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10	!The Cesare Family
11	One of the most powerful and influential families in all of New York. Lately they've [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen fallen on hard times]] thanks to a certain [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXThePunisher vigilante's]] increasingly vicious attacks directed against them.
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13	[[folder:Don Massimo Cesare]]
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15	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2561510_massimo_cesare.jpg]]
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17	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #1
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19	A hundred year old godfather and head honcho of the Cesare Family, respected by all the families. On his 100th birthday, every crime family in America sends a representative to the party to pay tribute. That is until the Punisher decides to crash the party.
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22	* TheAlcoholic: Implied. His capo, Jackie, noted that Massimo drank a bottle of scotch a day.
23	* AuthorityInNameOnly: Like PuppetKing down below points out, he's a Don in name only. These days he spends most of his time shitting himself and getting his diaper changed.
24	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Frank Castle]]
25	* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: He wears an oxygen mask.
26	* DiedOnTheirBirthday: [[spoiler: Frank Castle walks inside his lavish mansion when he is celebrating his 100th birthday with every family member and associate in attendance and shoots him [[BoomHeadshot between the eyes]], killing him]].
27	* DirtyOldMan: One of his capo says that he had sex with hookers every night when he was eighty five. Right now he is simply too old and downright senile.
28	* TheDon: Subverted; it's made clear early on that he is a "Don" in title only, with the other high ranking Lieutenants running things.
29	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He kicked Nicky Cavella out of town after the latter was shown to be too AxCrazy.
30	* EvilOldFolks: He was the don of a powerful crime family and was 100 years old by the time Frank killed him. ''Up is Down and Black is White'' revealed that around the time that Nicky was kicked out of New York, Massimo was eighty five years old and still active at the time.
31	* PosthumousCharacter: Despite dying two pages into the series, his influence is shown several times afterwards, though Massimo himself never appears on-panel again. For one, he's the reason why Nicky Cavella had to go into exile as shown in flashbacks because of Cavella's brutal and idiotic handling of dealing with a Chinese mob boss (he killed his youngest son and served him as food). His widow also appears during the "Kingpin" arc, and she makes it clear that her late husband would never have stood for the pathetic joke the mob has made of itself.
32	* PuppetKing: According to Frank, he's a "Don" in title only and spends most of his days shitting himself and having his diapers changed.
33	* SmallRoleBigImpact: After his death, he becomes the primary reason why TheMafia decides to seek revenge against the Punisher, prompting them to make a desperate attempt to contact the exiles in Boston to eliminate him—the same crew Massimo exiled for their brutality.
34	* WeHardlyKnewYe: The most extreme example in the entire series. He get's all of ''two panels'' before [[spoiler:getting his head blown the fuck off by the Punisher]].
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37	[[folder:Jennifer Cesare]]
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39	See the [[Characters/ThePunisherMAXAllies Allies]] page for details on her.
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42	!!Cavella's Crew
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44	[[folder:In General]]
45	A stable of extremely ruthless and sadistic mobsters, whose violent methods resulted in them getting exiled to Boston. Now, in an act of desperation, the Cesare Crime Family has brought them back. In the hopes that they will help them deal with Frank Castle.
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48	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: While the other Capos in the Cesare Family take a much more business-oriented approach to their villainy, Nicky and his boys are ''always'' evil. It's {{deconstructed\|Trope}} to some extent, as their extremely vicious way of going about their business leads to them getting kicked out of New York and having to relocate in Boston.
49	* AxCrazy: Every single one of them.
50	* BadassCrew: By far the most dangerous and badass crew in the Cesare Crime Family, and quite possibly in all of New York.
51	* BerserkButton: They all seem to have one, but the most obvious way to collectively piss them off is to impersonate a Boston accent.
52	* CardCarryingVillain: An entire crew of 'em.
53	* [[TheFriendNobodyLikes The Friends Nobody Likes]]: Thanks to their AxCrazy reputations, not a single one of the other crews wants anything to do with them. This is made especially apparent in ''Up Is Down, Black Is White. Where they all unanimously oppose the idea of Nicolas taking over as Don.
54	* TheMafia: More specifically one associated with the Cesare crime ramily, and by far the most ruthless of their crews.
55	* ReassignedToAntarctica: After Nicolas' "inventive" way of trying to intimidate the local Triad boss backfires on him and kickstarts a MobWar between the Cesare Family and the Triads, he and his crew are disgracefully exiled from New York and forced to relocate to Boston.
56	* TerribleTrio: The crew was originally made up of Nicky (the leader), Pittsy (the muscle), and Ink (the brains). After Pittsy and Ink are killed off in the first arc, Nicky decides to bring in Theresa Gazzera, who just so happens to be Pittsy's sister.
57	* WakeUpCallBoss: They're the first criminal group to pose a serious threat to the Punisher.
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60	[[folder:Nicky Cavella]]
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62	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nickycavella.jpg]]
63	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Please, just call me Nicky."'']]
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65	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #2
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67	--> ''"Fuck you, dad. An' fuck you, mom. Fuck you, Karen, you pointless bitch. Fuck you, Uncle Jimmy. Fuck you, Auntie Mo, you big fat fuckin' cunt. Fuck you, Kai, an' all your dead brats alongside you. Fuck you, Jackie. Fuck you, Don Massimo Cesare, you pussy-the Punisher did us all a favor when he blew your fuckin' old head off. Fuck you, Ink, an' fuck you, Pittsy. A lotta use you two pricks turned out to be. Fuck you, Castle. I ain't finished with you yet, not by a long way. And when I get to Heaven, I'll tell them fuck you too."''
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69	The leader of his crew and also the most psychotic and immoral out of all of them. Previously he had been exiled by his fellow Capo's for his unnecessarily cruel tactics. Just recently he has been brought back into New York, to help them kill the Punisher. And he's made sure to bring along his "friends".
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72	* AintTooProudToBeg: Definitely. For all his posturing and swagger, once The Punisher has him at his mercy he immediately resorts to pleading for his life.
73	* AntiClimaxBoss: He gets built up for two full arcs but when it finally comes down to a one on one showdown between him and Frank. All it takes is for Castle to give him a BreakingSpeech that proves so effective, he breaks down completely, allowing himself to be taken in without putting up any sort of resistance.
74	* ArchEnemy: Subverted. He clearly views The Punisher to be this towards him, however, the feeling [[WrongGenreSavvy isn't mutual.]] As Frank makes it crystal clear in their final encounter that to him, Cavella is little more than a [[DirtyCoward spineless]] worm no different than the riff raff he kills on a daily basis.
75	* ArmoredClosetGay: It's revealed in a very jarring way that he is this way with Rawlins.
76	* AssholeVictim: Quite possibly the most deserving victim in this series. No doubt he deserved every second of agony he had to endure before he died.
77	* AxCrazy: Although it's not readily apparent at first thanks to his FauxAffablyEvil act, the more we see of him, the more obvious it becomes that he's a psychotically sadistic capo prone to acts of extreme violence and grotesque debauchery.
78	* BadBoss: He treats his mooks like cannon-fodder, considering them to be expendable, and not caring for their livelihoods. Of course this comes back to bite him in the ass ''hard'' when his boys, deciding that their no longer gonna take his shit anymore, abandon him. Leaving him to face the Punisher by himself.
79	* BigBad: Of the volumes ''[[StarterVillain In the Beginning]]'' and ''Up is Down and Black is White''.
80	* BigBadWannabe: That said, in ''Up is Down and Black is White'', he's little more than a footnote in the Punisher's long list of victims, '''especially''' when compared to the much more dangerous and lethal Nikolai Zakharov and William Rawlins. What's more is that both Frank and Rawlins can easily see past his false bravado and see him for the coward that he really is.
81	-->'''Rawlins:'''[[spoiler:I killed my sister and fucked my auntie]], I'm such a badass! You talk in your sleep, you dumb little cunt.
82	* TheBusCameBack: After making a daring getaway at the end of the first arc, he doesn't reappear until three arcs later.
83	* ClusterFBomb / CountryMatters: He drops the mother of all these (quoted above) in his second appearance. Where he curses the name of everyone from his dead family, his old comrades, The Punisher, and even the angels in the sky.
84	* ComicBookFantasyCasting: According to WordOfGod, his physical appearance was based on Andy Garcia.
85	* CopKiller: As if to further drive home how evil he is. Near the end of ''In the Beginning'', he blows the head off of one cop and later kills his partner.
86	* TheCorruptible: His aunt more or less made him into a sociopath that would kill his entire family and anyone who gets in his way.
87	* ADayInTheLimelight: Issue #20 is entirely dedicated to his backstory. Made especially notable in that it is the only issue of the main series to not feature the Punisher.
88	* DependingOnTheArtist: When he first appeared, he was realistically drawn to resemble a man in his 40's. However when he reappeared a few arcs later, he looked noticeably younger and more boyish.
89	* DepravedBisexual: In his second appearance he is revealed, in a very disturbing way, to be one. Unlike most examples he's [[ArmoredClosetGay highly secretive about it]].
90	* DirtyCoward: Although not noticeable at first, the moment his plans begin falling apart this trope becomes glaringly obvious, as he's reduced to a sniveling little weasel willing to use a ''child'' as a human shield.
91	* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted. It's eventually revealed that as a young boy, his aunt would routinely sexually abuse him. This is treated as a ''very'' disturbing revelation and something that played a big role in making him the man he now is.
92	* TheDreaded: Zig-zagged; he certainly seems to ''think'' he's this, and Stu Westin later confirms he has a terrifying reputation with the police. However, the reason why the other Capo's don't want him around isn't because they think he's terrifying. They just find him and his tactics [[EvenEvilHasStandards revolting.]]
93	* EnfantTerrible: We learn in ''Up Is Down and Black is White'' that he murdered his whole family, including his kid sister, in order for his Aunt to [[KlingonPromotion gain control]] of the Cavella family. At the age of five.
94	* EyeScream: Its revealed in a later arc that when his body was finally discovered two weeks later that his eyes had been pecked out by a couple of birds.
95	* FaceDeathWithDespair: He spends his finally few moments alive crying, begging, shitting himself, and suffering an overall, very undignified death.
96	* FauxAffablyEvil: He may come across as suave and graceful, but it's all a smokescreen meant to hide the true monster that he is.
97	* {{Fingore}}: When attempting to execute Frank at point blank range. Frank simply leaps forward before he can pull the trigger and bites several of his fingers off.
98	* FirstNameBasis: He always insist that people call him by his first name, as par of his FauxAffablyEvil act.
99	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: No one but a few idiots in the Cesare family wants anything to do with him, they keep him in the family since his crew are good for dirty work but every experienced capo wants him out of New York.
100	* FreudianExcuse: Of the TykeBomb variety. Auntie Mo got her hooks into Nicky at a young age, turned him against his family, and coerced him into killing them so that she could take over their enterprises and become Nicky's legal guardian, which allowed her to exert further influence over Nicky. Mo had the preadolescent Nicky attend Mafia meetings, torture and kill people, etc. while she also had sex with him against his will, all to toughen him up and ensure that he grew up to be the ultimate Mafioso. While it is unknown if Nicky was bad even before Mo got ahold of him, it is clear that she screwed him up royally regardless, as she was shown to still haunt him even in the present day, going by Nicky's PTSD-like FreakOut response to being aggressively hit on by Theresa.
101	* HateSink: He was a nasty piece of work in his first appearance, but he displayed a semblance of charm and competence. But in his next and final appearance, he's deliberately designed to be the most smug, horrid, and despicable human being imaginable, making his ultimate demise all the more satisfying. Even his backstory of being groomed and molested by his aunt doesn't diminish this, as you need to be pretty screwed up to be willing to kill your own parents and younger sister, especially when said family runs on the EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily trope.
102	* HatesEveryoneEqually: He freely admits to hating everyone in the whole world, and believes that when he dies he'll be able to tell ''God'' how much he hates Him.
103	* HeManWomanHater: His aunt's abuse left him traumatized and while Theresa is as attractive as a car accident, Nicky's outburst at it shows that he really doesn't like any women touching him.
104	* HumiliationConga: So he urinates on the corpses of Frank's dead family, hoping that he'd be able to mess with Frank's head enough such that he and his men would be able to overcome him, during their eventual and inevitable confrontation. Instead, Frank slaughters ''hundreds'' of criminals on a nightly basis, promising to carve his way through the criminal underworld until the city would properly rebury his family. This leaves Cavella without backup outside of those already a part of his immediate crew. Eventually, ''they'' turn on him once they realize how much of a powerless coward he is, leaving him at the mercy of Frank. As if that isn't enough, Frank ''unintentionally'' gives Cavella [[spoiler: the ultimate kicker when Cavella realizes Frank isn't going to torture or mutilate him--rather he's just gonna shoot him in his guts and leave him for dead. Castle even states that what Cavella did merely amounts to him getting "a little more pain than most," meaning Nicky never even really had the satisfaction of ''truly'' hurting [[TheDreaded the Punisher]].]]
105	* ImAHumanitarian: The man earned his reputation as follows: during a sit-down in a Chinese restaurant with an overconfident Triad boss named Joseph Kai, Kai is eating a dish and arrogantly telling Cavella that he and his crew won't back down in the face of the Cesare Family, claiming he has three strong sons backing him up-- to which Cavella retorts with "two strong sons", and informs him that he and his two henchmen had arrived early and replaced the kitchen staff, and that the boss' youngest son, "never made it home from school". It's then revealed what happened to the boys body. Cue the horrified expression on the Triad boss' [[FamilialCannibalismSurprise face as he realizes what he just ate]].
106	* {{Jerkass}}: Despite his charming demeanor, his politeness is very superficial and condescending and it's plainly obvious that he has no regard for anyone but himself.
107	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:By the end of the "In The Beginning" arc, he manages to escape, avoiding any kind of deserved punishment. However, the reader will have to wait until "Up is Down and Black is White" to witness his well-deserved comeuppance.]]
108	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He inadvertently suffers one of the most psychologically tormenting deaths of the whole series; when the Punisher drags him out into an isolated forest with the intention of killing him, much like how he had done to his family as a boy, and he has a giant freak out. It's implied that the forest was the exact same one that he murdered his family in.]]
109	* KinslayingIsASpecialKindOfEvil: "Up is Down and Black Is White" starts with a flashback of him murdering his immediate family, in order to establish how twisted he is.
110	* LeftForDead: At the end of ''Up is Down and Black is White'', Frank drags him far out into the woods [[spoiler:and shoots him low down in the stomach, leaving him there to die over a couple of days.]] It's confirmed in the next story that [[spoiler:Nicky's corpse was found some time later [[EyeScream with his eyes missing.]]]]
111	* NoNonsenseNemesis: This is what made him so formidable during his initial appearance. Unlike the rest of his fellow capos, he expertly avoided the usual pitfalls that lead to the demise of so many other {{Mooks}}, and knew that [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim killing the Punisher on the]] spot was a smarter alternative than trying to take him in alive. Even Castle appears to be aware that Cavella is a cut above the usual street trash.
112	--> '''Frank''': Most wise guys are cannon-fodder. Even their bosses aren't much brighter. No imagination. No real threat. It's the one in a thousand who's got it together -- who thinks soldier ''means'' soldier -- who ''knows'' it's a life -- he's the one you have to watch.
113	* NonActionBigBad: He seldom confronts Frank in a face-to-face combat. Instead, he prefers to employ tactics to challenge and test him rather than confronting him directly. After all, he knows he's a former soldier, so he must think like him.
114	* ObliviousToLove: He's incredibly oblivious to Theresa's very obvious attraction towards him. Even Rawlins picks up on it before he does.
115	* OhCrap: The look on his face after his fellow capos decide to abandon him and leave him to face the Punisher all by himself.
116	* PetTheDog: He orders Ink to spare the life of a potential elderly witness. Saying that "the poor old prick probably fought in a war or sumthin'." There was no tactical reason for doing this and leaving the old man alive could only be detrimental, so it's quite possibly the only time we ever get to see Nicky do something genuinely altruistic. Well... as much as "don't kill that person" can be considered as such.
117	* PlotArmor: Arguably the only reason he survived his introductory arc, that and he had no shortage of [[WeHaveReserves mooks to hide behind.]]
118	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Averted. Although he is the leader of an extremely ruthless Mafia crew. Combat wise, he's no more imposing than your average mook.
119	* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Killed his parents and sister when he was a kid and framed his uncle so her aunt could take over the family.]]
120	* SharpDressedMan: For all his faults (see above), Nicky always made sure to dress finely.
121	* SmugSnake: He gets downgraded to this in his second appearance to coincided with his VillainDecay.
122	* SoleSurvivor: By the end of the first arc, his entire crew plus Barrucci have all been wiped out by the Punisher.
123	* TheSociopath: In case if it weren't obvious.
124	* StarterVillain: While he's not the first villain Frank Castle has faced throughout his entire career, he's the first BigBad Frank faces in the [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX MAX imprint]].
125	* StupidEvil: He seems to be under the assumption that the best way to make the other gangs fear them is to be the [[AxCrazy most violent]] and {{sadist}}ic capo possible. This backfires, as his methods result in him and his crew being exiled to Boston and also kicks off a gang war between the triads and Cesare Family.
126	* TookALevelInDumbass: Whatever savviness he previously possessed is all but gone in his second appearance. As he legitimately believed that trying to piss off the most dangerous man alive was a good idea.
127	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Was already a sociopath as a kid, and [[spoiler: murdered his entire family by the time he was 8, under the advice of his aunt. His aunt also sexually molested him, but it's unknown if this happened before the murders.]]
128	* VillainousBreakdown: After losing the respect of his men, and being cornered by the Punisher. He breaks down ''spectacularly'', reduced to a sniveling, pants-wetting whimpering coward begging for mercy.
129	** He has an even bigger one when Punisher drives him out into the woods to execute him, and Cavella realizes [[spoiler: it's the same woods where he murdered his father as a child]]. It's purely coincidence; the Punisher didn't know about Cavella's past and is somewhat surprised at his massive FreakOut, which is even worse than his fear of death.
130	* VillainousRescue: Ironically enough, his plan of breaking into the CIA's safehouse with the intent of killing Frank Castle results in him inadvertently saving Frank from being executed by the CIA themselves.
131	* VillainsWantMercy: He pathetically pleads for his life when the Punisher has him cornered. Needless to say, Frank doesn't listen.
132	* VorpalPillow: During one of his [[{{Squick}} lovemaking sessions with his aunt]], he smothers her to death with a pillow.
133	* WeHaveReserves: He ''tried'' to invoke this trope only to have it backfire ''spectacularly''.
134	* WouldHurtAChild: Once Kathryn and The Punisher have him surrounded, in an act of desperation, he grabs a nearby child and threatens to kill him on the spot unless the two don't back off. However, Frank tells him that he's done for either way, and that if he hurts that child then he dies ''painfully''.
135	* WrongGenreSavvy: Judging from the way he struts around like Marlon Brando, he clearly thinks he's the star of some sort of glamorous mobster film, destined to follow in the footsteps of [[Film/TheGodfather Michael Corleone]] and [[Film/Scarface1983 Tony Montana]]. He couldn't be any more wrong.
136	* XanatosSpeedChess: In the first arc he is shown as being the ''master'' of this trope; however, in the second arc, after suffering from some ''serious'' BadassDecay, he appears to have forgotten how to play this game.
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139	[[folder:Carmine "Pittsy" Gazzera]]
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141	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carmine_gazzera_earth_200111_in_punisher_vol_6_6.jpg]]
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143	-> ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #2
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145	--> ''"Let's fucking GO, you fuck!"''
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147	One of the two bodyguards that Nicky brings along with him to New York. A foul tempered thug who possesses an amazing level of strength and more combat prowess than his appearance would lead you to believe. One of the few characters in the series who can go toe-to-toe with Frank and hold his own.
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150	* AndShowItToYou: He boasts that he'll rip out Frank's heart and show it to him. What's more, later on his fight with Frank shows that he ''meant it.'' He was trying to grab a fistful of entrails from Frank's gaping wound.
151	* AxCrazy: He's easily the most psychotically unhinged member of his group, with a nasty habit of lashing out in random fits of violent rage. Had it not been for Cavella keeping him in check, he would've been thrown in prison a long time ago.
152	* BadassLongCoat: During the raid on the CIA's safehouse, he's seen wearing a brown trenchcoat. Subverted in that the coat is ill-fitting and rather ugly-looking.
153	* BaitTheDog: In his final showdown with Frank, he successfully goads him into dropping his machine gun to take him on in a good old-fashioned fistfight.
154	* BaldOfEvil: He has a very noticeable bald spot on his head.
155	* BerserkButton: Being born on the East Coast it should come as no surprise that he takes his clam chowder ''[[SeriousBusiness very seriously]]''. For example, when he orders New England clam chowder, he expects it to be made like it is in New fucking England! (White, not red)
156	* BoomHeadshot: What ''finally'' brought him down in the end. [[https://static0.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/4-Punisher-Blows-Off-Pittsys-Face.png And it's not pretty at all.]] (Seriously, major {{Gorn}}.)
157	** Earlier than that he delivered one of these to whatever CIA goon was unfortunate enough to open the door for him.
158	* TheBrute: The strongest of Cavella's crew, as well as the angriest.
159	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: One of the few people in the series who can not only match Frank in a fight but actually ''gain the upper hand'' on him, as well as being the ''only'' character to elicit an OhCrap response from Frank. Even dead he keeps walking for a while.
160	* CoDragons: With Ink, as they work hand in hand to aid their boss Nicolas Cavella.
161	* DefiantToTheEnd: Even with a metal fence jutting out of him, he continued cursing at Castle with his dying breath.
162	* {{Determinator}}: A rare villainous example. Perfectly demonstrated when after having been [[spoiler:''impaled on a fence.'']] He still continues to try and come after Frank.
163	* DramaticDislocation: When Frank dislocates his fingers he put them back in place and yells at him to BringIt; that's what convince the Punisher he is in for a tough fight.
164	* EyeScream: When Frank [[PutTheirHeadsTogether knocks Pittsy and Cavella's heads into each other]], Pittsy's eye ends up taking the majority of the impact. And the results aren't pretty.
165	* FatAndSkinny: The fat to Ink's skinny.
166	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Unlike his associates, he eschews guns, preferring to batter his opponents with his fists or slice them up with a blade.
167	* GroinAttack: The little guy appears to be fond of these.
168	* HairTriggerTemper: His foul temper combined with his violent tendencies make him a very dangerous individual.
169	* HeManWomanHater: He shows shades of this from time to time, most notably when he tried to batter a broad with a pool cue for no other reason than for the sin of being born the wrong gender.
170	* TheHeavy: To Nicky Cavella in the 'In The Beginning' arc, with Nicky being a NonActionBigBad for most of the story (unless you count a brief scene where Frank bites his finger), it's Pittsy who poses the biggest physical threat Frank faces throughout this arc, culminating in a savage showdown between him and Frank.
171	* HotBlooded: His blood isn't hot so much as it's ''searing'' with unbridled rage so fierce that his small frame can barely contain it.
172	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: During his climactic fight with the Punisher, Frank tosses him out of a window, where he lands several stories down on a spiked wrought iron fence, impaling him through the torso. Amazingly enough, all this does is ''[[{{Determinator}} slow him down]]'', as he continues to come at Frank (''with a piece of the fence still impaling him''). It takes a shotgun slug to the face to ''finally'' bring him down.
173	* LightningBruiser: Don't let his short frame fool you. He's ''far'' stronger and quicker than you would believe, able to floor the Punisher in a single blow and frighteningly quick on his feet as well.
174	* MadeOfIron: This guy is extremely tenacious you'd think he had legit SuperToughness. The man is beaten, stabbed, shot at, has his eyes gouged, his fingers broken and ends up getting [[spoiler:impaled on a steel fence. Through sheer hatred and incredible strength of will, he keeps on going. It's only after he gets his face blown off by a shotgun slug that he finally succumbs to his wounds.]] Although not before freaking Frank the hell out by taking a few more steps in his direction.
175	--> '''Frank:''' Next step's a reflex action. So's the next one. [Pittsy keeps on walking towards him.] ''Got to be.''
176	* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: Frank realizes his punches aren't fazing Pittsy who just waits for him to run out of breath.
177	* TheNapoleon: The most overly aggressive and moody of Nicky's crew. Not to mention the shortest.
178	* NoodleIncident: Nicky tells Larry it's best he doesn't know why they call him Pittsy-- actually it's better for Larry to know ''nothing'' about Pittsy.
179	* NoSell: During his second fight with The Punisher, Frank unloads on him with a flurry of punches to his face, all of which fail to faze him.
180	* NotHyperbole: If he says he'll rip your heart out or put your balls in a paper cup, he'll make sure to try it. As poor Roth found out.
181	* OldSoldier: Not ''that'' kind of army but he's definitely been fighting for a long time. The guy looks like he's in his sixties but he's easily the most badass member in Nicky's crew. In fact at one point he comes damn near close to actually choking the ''life'' outta Frank. Had it not been for Microchip intervening, then he very likely would have killed Frank. The next time the two meet he's got Frank reeling, prompting Frank to think fast or be beaten to death.
182	* PintSizedPowerhouse: He punches ''well'' beyond his weight, and is one of the few characters in the entire series to give Frank a run for his money, and comes damn near close to actually killing Frank on more than one occasion. Not only that but he is every bit as durable as he is strong.
183	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He can be heard constantly spouting homophobic slurs like it's going outta style. Also appears to have an irrational hatred towards woman.
184	* PreAsskickingOneLiner: ''"Lets fucking GO you FUCK!"''
185	* RasputinianDeath: After trading punches (and shivs) with the Punisher, Frank tosses him out of a window, where he lands several stories down onto a spiked wrought iron fence, impaling him through the torso. Frank then jumps from the window and lands on Pittsy's head. Later, Pittsy (fence still jutting through him), stumbles towards Frank, who blasts him in the face with a shotgun. Even then, Frank has to mentally reassure himself that the next steps he takes are just reflexive.
186	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Normally he's the kinda guy who'd prefer to beat his victims to death, stab them, or choke the life outta them. But on the rare occasions that he does use a firearm, he always makes sure that it's a shotgun.
187	* SirSwearsALot: Easily the most profane out of his crew, rivaling Fury when it comes to profanity.
188	* SleevesAreForWimps: The moment he ditches his tracksuit for a sleeveless tank top is the moment you know he's ready to start kicking some serious ass.
189	* WorthyOpponent: Begins to view Frank as this after their first fight together, and is just aching to get another shot at him, refusing to go to the hospital.
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:Ink]]
193
194	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ink_earth_200111_in_punisher_vol_6_2.jpg]]
195
196	-> ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #2
197
198	--> ''"Huh"''
199
200	Cavella's second bodyguard who is usually seen alongside Pittsy. A creepy [[FishEyes wall-eyed]] individual who rarely ever speaks, and much like his friend Pittsy, far more dangerous than he looks. Best demonstrated in the disturbing way he earned his nickname.
201
202	----
203	* AxCrazy: Downplayed. Although its not readily apparent due to his quiet nature, its implied that he's every bit as unhinged and psychotic as his associates. He is the one that cooked David Kai's son.
204	* BadassLongcoat: He wears a nifty looking raven black trenchcoat.
205	* BeardOfEvil: Sports a very sharp-looking goatee.
206	* CatchPhrase: ''"Huh"''.
207	* CoDragons: The role he and Pittsy play.
208	* CombatPragmatist: How does he deal with a Special Forces squad? By sneaking on top of the elevator that they are in and cutting the elevator cables, causing them to fall to their gruesome deaths. Also how he got his nickname; according to Nicki the other guy was twice his size strangling him.
209	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The guy may look like a wall-eyed dolt, but he is far more formidable than his eccentric appearance would have you believe.
210	* EyeScream: He earned his nickname by repeatedly stabbing a man in the eye with a pen with such viciousness that he eventually reached the brain.
211	* FatAndSkinny: The skinny to Pittsy's fat.
212	* FishEyes: As can be seen in the picture, he suffers from this.
213	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Sports a pair of Buddy Holly-style thick rim glasses, and lacks any form of compassion or morality.
214	* InformedAbility: According to Nicky he has a terrific sense of humor. Of course we the reader almost never get to see this, seeing as how he rarely says more than one word.
215	* LeanAndMean: He has a noticeably lanky figure and definitely falls on the "mean" side.
216	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is never revealed.
217	* ThePenIsMightier: He received his nickname by killing his first victim with a pen.
218	--> '''Larry:''' Stabbed him inna neck?\
219	'''Nicky:''' Stabbed him inna eye. Just kept going 'till he hit brain.
220	* SpikyHair: How he fashions his jet black hair.
221	* TakingYouWithMe: Is mortally wounded during the attack on the CIA hideout, and attempts to suicide bomb O'Brian with a grenade before dying.
222	* TheQuietOne: He rarely ever speaks, and when he does it's almost always a nonchalant "huh" which he says whenever he agrees with something.
223	* VorpalPillow: How he kills the last of Cesare's capos.
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder:Theresa Gazzera]]
227
228	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theresa_gazzera_earth_200111_in_punisher_vol_6_23.jpg]]
229
230	-> ''The Punisher'' Vol.7, #19
231
232	--> ''"You say that shit about my brother again and I'll glue ya' fuckin' dick shut!"''
233
234	Pittsy's sister, a vulgar and foul-tempered woman. Nicky's right-hand woman, and unbeknownst to him, his long-time admirer.
235
236	----
237	* AbhorrentAdmirer: While she isn't ''that'' bad looking, what really qualifies her for this trope is her attitude. Casually threatening to close peoples' penises shut, dropping {{Cluster F Bomb}}s at the drop of the hat, generally being a scary {{Jerkass}}. Like brother, like sister. Nicky is very in denial when Rawlins points out Theresa has a crush on him, to boot.
238	* AxCrazy: As expected of someone who hangs around Nicolas Cavella. She's every bit as violently unhinged as her brother was. Must be hereditary or something.
239	* BerserkButton: ''Do not'' speak ill of her [[spoiler:late brother.]] Not unless you want her to mutilate your genitals.
240	* BrawnHilda: A ''very'' disturbing example of this trope.
241	* DarkActionGirl: An ugly and vulgar one at that.
242	* SirSwearsALot: Much like her brother, she has a very foul mouth and a temper to match.
243	* PsychoSupporter: She serves her boss with an almost religious fervor.
244	* SlashedThroat: When Cavella gives her the order to kill off one of the capos who opposes him, she does so by following the capo into the restroom and slitting his throat while the guy was taking a leak.
245	* TooDumbToLive: After feeling jilted by Nicky's rejections, she goes into the Punisher's place without a gun in order to kill him in a blind rage. Even when she gets the drop on him, she stabs him non-fatally so she can rant about how no one wants to touch her. All of this started because she thought that the best time to screw her boss was during a stake-out of the wounded Castle.
246	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: She bears a rather disturbing resemblance to her brother. The resemblance is so great that Roth initially mistakes her for her Pittsy, causing him to flee in panic, even though Roth had a gun in his hand and she didn't.
247	--> '''Roth:''' I thought it was him in a wig. I thought he'd come back for my dick.
248	* VillainousBreakdown: After Cavella rejects her, she first goes into a TranquilFury state, but after he sends her after O'Brian and Punisher, she completely loses her shit, and mindlessly attacks the two in bed, screaming about how "no one will fuck her" (she's also furious over O'Brian sleeping with the guy who killed her brother).
249	* {{Yandere}}: To her "man" Nicolas Cavella, and a very butch and ugly one as well.
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Mo Cavella]]
253	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #20
254	Nicky's twisted aunt and mentor.
255	----
256	* TheCorrupter: The woman responsible for turning Nicky Cavella into the psychotic mobster we see today.
257	* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: Mo had her niece murdered and used her nephew Nicky as a pawn to achieve power while forcing him to have sex with her and encouraging him to torture and kill people.
258	* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: Mo is an overweight gangster moll who engineered the murders of her brothers, sister-in-law, and niece for selfish reasons and later raped her pre-teen nephew.
259	* PosthumousCharacter: Nicky killed her with a VorpalPillow [[OutWithABang during sex]] decades ago.
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	!Other Italian Mobsters
263
264	[[folder:Larry Barrucci]]
265	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laurence_barrucci_earth_200111_from_punisher_vol_7_2_001.jpg]]
266
267	-> '''Debut''': ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #2
268
269	A mid-level gangster who had the ''[[SarcasmMode ingenious]]'' idea of bringing Nicky back to New York, with the intention of helping out with the Punisher problem. Naturally this does not go down as well as he'd hope.
270
271	----
272	* BaldOfEvil: Sports a noticeable bald spot. Slightly subverted as he's actually one of the more level-headed and less psychotic capos in New York. ''Especially'' when compared to Cavella's crew.
273	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He might have had his boss killed but he can't stomach Nicky's ways.
274	* KlingonPromotion: The last capo alive, and OnlySaneMan left in the mafia, wants nothing to do with Cavella, so Larry has Ink kill him and he became the new leader.
275	* StressVomit: He throws up on the side of the road after seeing Pittsy cut off the testicles of another man. Not that anyone blames him.
276	* TooDumbToLive: Nicky points out that telling him his plan was a "bad idea" is something that even a kid would know is dumb. He is promptly forced at gunpoint to walk straight into the Punisher's line of fire as punishment for his insult.
277	* UglyGuyHotWife: He's more average than anything, but his wife Barbie is a bombshell.
278	* UnwittingPawn: Used and discarded by Cavella quite callously.
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Anthony Pizzo]]
282	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anthony_pizzo_earth_200111_from_punisher_vol_6_21_0001.jpg]]
283
284	-> '''Debut''': ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #19
285
286	A young and inexperienced gangster who becomes a Mafia captain due to the Punisher killing most of New York City's veteran mafiosi.
287
288	Like the other Mafiosi, the seriousness of the Punisher problem has led him and the others into contemplating the idea of handing over leadership to ''Nicky''.
289
290	----
291	* BrokenPedestal: Near the end of ''Up Is Down, Black Is White'', whatever admiration he originally had for Cavella is completely lost after he sees what a [[BadBoss lousy]] and [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] boss he turns out to be.
292	* EmbarrassingNickname: One of the capos calls him Tony Pissboy; Nicky thinks that he should starts using it too.
293	* FanBoy: After witnessing Cavella desecrating the remains of Frank Castle's family on the news, he immediately becomes one of Cavella's biggest supporters.
294	* MauveShirt: He miraculously manages to survive his introductory arc ([[AnyoneCanDie a rarity in this series]]), [[spoiler:only to be killed in his second appearance.]]
295	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gives one to Cavella, at the end of ''Up Is Down, Black Is White'', when it becomes clear how the latter's plan to kill the Punisher has completely backfired.
296	[[/folder]]
297
298	[[folder:Vincent Rosa]]
299	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vincent_rosa_earth_200111.jpg]]
300
301	-> '''Debut''': ''The Punisher: The Tyger''
302
303	The youngest son of local crime boss Albert Rosa.
304	----
305	* AssholeVictim: The sick little twerp made a habit of [[spoiler:raping local schoolgirls]]. Suffice to say, he gets what he's got coming to him near the end.
306	* TheCasanova: Averted; his father seems to believe that he is this, in reality he's actually a [[spoiler:repulsive rapist.]]
307	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Although it was ''justly deserved''. [[spoiler:His death at the hands of vengeful brother Sal was no doubt brutal and unnerving]]. To better elaborate, after falling for Sal's (the pissed off brother of one of his victims) trap, he [[spoiler:is dragged to a local cemetery, dumped into an empty grave, doused with gasoline, and promptly set on fire. All the while a young Frank Castle watches from a distance]].
308	* HateSink: Deliberately invoked so you don't feel the ''slightest hint'' of sympathy when he is [[spoiler:burned alive]].
309	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: His reputation as a [[spoiler:serial rapist]] is what separates him from the rest of the scum on this page. [[spoiler: And makes his death all the more gratifying]].
310	* TooDumbToLive: He ''really'' should've thought twice before [[spoiler:raping the sister]] of a [[SemperFi Marine]]
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	[[folder:Fat Mike]]
314	[[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fat_mike_2528earth_2001112529_from_punisher_vol_7_24_001.jpg]]
315
316	-> '''Debut''': ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #19
317	Another Cesare Capo who supports Nicky Cavella's ascendency to Don.
318	----
319	* FatBastard: As the name implies. Played with in that he actually is disgusted by Cavella's past and wants nothing to do with him at first, but after decades of living in fear of the Punisher and having peers slaughtered by him, feels enough dark satisfaction at the desecration of Frank's family to decide to give Nicky a chance after all.
320	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: By the end of the arc, like Pizzo and the other surviving Cesare's, he has realized that it was a mistake getting in bed with Nicky and tell him to go take a hike.
321	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike Tony Pizzo, he never appears after '' Up Is Down And Black Is White'' and it's likely he was among the many off-screen casualties of the various mob wars that followed (by the time of 'The Widowmaker' it's mentioned that the Cesare's have lost their subsequent five bosses to either rival gangsters or the Punisher), was arrested by the police or pulled a ScrewThisImOuttaHere.
322
323	[[/folder]]
324
325	[[folder:Joey Picardi]]
326	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #19
327	A new Cesare capo who opposes Nicky Cavella the second time Nicky tries to assert himself over the local mafia.
328	----
329	* AntiVillain: Joey's never actually shown doing anything in his capacity as a mobster besides showing contempt towards Nicky Cavella and refusing to submit to his authority.
330	* BoisterousBruiser: He isn't ever shown fighting, but Joey is one of the burlier capos and doesn't mince his words or submit to his fellows.
331	* HopeSpot: He gets two of the other capos to vote against Nicky with him, but this gets Joey murdered to allow Nicky's ascension.
332	* OnlySaneMan: Joey is adamant that Nicky can't be boss no matter how dire the situation with the Punisher because what he did to the Kai family was way over the line.
333	* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He insults the late Pittsy to his sister's face.
334	* TooDumbToLive: Goes alone in the bathroom right after telling Nicky that as long as he says no Pete and Max won't agree to Nick's demand, stalemating the vote. When he fails to comes back the the capos elect Nicky as the new boss without even trying to question what happened to Joey.
335	[[/folder]]
336
337	[[folder:Pete and Max]]
338	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #19
339	The remaining two Cesare capos during "Up is Down and Black is White."
340	----
341	* TheDividual: They frequently appear together in the background. Teresa and Nicky refer to them as "the other two." It isn't even clear which man is Pete and which man is Max.
342	* ExtremeDoormat: They don't want Nicky to be their boss but they don't oppose him without anyone to rally them.
343	* FatAndSkinny: One of them is bulky, while the other is somewhat slim.
344	* PermaStubble: One of them is visibly unshaven.
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder:Don Rigoletto]]
348	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/don_rigoletto_earth_200111_3.jpg]]
349
350	-> '''Debut:''' ''Punisher Max'' Vol. 1, #1
351
352	-> ''"Gentlemen, either the Punisher dies, or '''''we do'''''"''
353
354	A high-level mob boss who has decided to gather the other Dons who make up the heads of the major crime families in New York, and have them band together to devise a plan meant to kill the Punisher once and for all.
355	----
356	* AscendedExtra: His counterpart in mainline Marvel was a PosthumousCharacter whose only appearances were in brief flashbacks in a handful of Daredevil and Spider-Man stories.
357	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he is ultimately killed by Fisk.]]
358	* TheDon: One of the more powerful Don's in New York's criminal underworld.
359	* EyepatchOfPower: To complete his evil mafioso image.
360	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: His dialog is laden with all matter of racial slurs. He refers to the Irish as "micks", calls blacks "niggers", and overall shows not a care in the world for tolerance.
361	* SadisticChoice: Gives one of these to [[spoiler:Fisk]] after discovering his plot to overthrow him. See WouldHurtAChild below.
362	* WouldHurtAChild. Invoked in the most brutal way imaginable. [[spoiler:After discovering Fisk's plan to betray him, he and his henchmen find Fisk's family and hold them hostage-- Wilson's son at knife point and his wife handcuffed. When Fisk arrives Rigoletto threatens to slit the boy's throat unless Fisk drops his gun. This backfires ''horribly'' as Fisk, in a inhumanly cruel act, simply ignores Rigoletto's demand, choosing instead to kill him and his men, which in turn causes Rigoletto to kill Fisk's son as a final "screw you" to Fisk, before inevitably being killed himself.]]
363	[[/folder]]
364
365	[[folder:Big Jackie]]
366	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #3
367	A veteran Cesare capo who survived the massacre in the first issue.
368	----
369	* CoolShades: In his flashback scene sixteen years earlier, Big Jackie wears thick, impressive sunglasses.
370	* FalseReassurance: After Massimo Cesare exiles Nicky, Big Jackie implies that he agrees with Nicky's tactics and says that the exile will only last until the aging Massimo dies. Jackie tells Nicky to look up Jackie's cousin in Boston for work in the meantime. Massimo ends up living another fifteen years, and once he does die, Jackie opposes letting Nicky back into New York. This implies that Jackie was lying to Nicky during their previous meeting.
371	* SoleSurvivor: Jackie is the only capo to survive the birthday party massacre but is wounded and hospitalized.
372	[[/folder]]
373
374	[[folder:Lenny]]
375	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #2
376	A Cesare mobster hoping to fill the EvilPowerVacuum at the beginning of the series.
377	----
378	* BigBadWannabe: At Massimo Cesare's funeral, Lenny nominates himself as the family's new leader and proposes putting a hit on Frank. He is making some progress at persuading the other mobsters in attendance to go along with him before Frank blows them all up with a rocket launcher.
379	* SirSwearsALot: The first three sentences Lenny utters contain five cuss words.
380	[[/folder]]
381
382	!!The Five Wives
383
384	[[folder:In General]]
385
386	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2066246_punisher_v5_043_05.jpg]]
387	Four Mafiosi (and one gangbanger) wives all made widows by the Punisher and shut out from the rest of the mafia since women have no place in the organization other than being a wife of a member.
388
389	Left with little money compared to what they had when their husbands were alive and angered over their deaths, they have decided to take it upon themselves to do what a thousand other men have tried and failed to do-- ''kill the Punisher''.
390	----
391	* AmazonBrigade: Subverted. With the exception of Shauna, none of the other wives have ever seen any real action before. [[spoiler:It's doubtful that even Shauna had any experience in violence at all]].
392	* ChronicVillainy: As Jenny pointed out, they were rich, connected, and essentially free from the barbaric psychopaths they used to be married to and didn't really love. They could have lived until the end of their pampered little lives without a care in the world, but they decided to take vengeance for their husbands, a cause that ''nobody,'' not even the surviving gangsters, cared about anymore.
393	* DidNotThinkThisThrough: It's not so much that five women with no real fighting experience wanted to take on The Punisher a.k.a. the guy who can waste ten times their number in a single night, it's that for all their detailed schemes and schedules, their plan hinged on them ambushing Frank... and at no point do we see them train with weapons. Sure enough, when it comes time to shoot, only one of them fires off ''one'' shot. [[spoiler:Granted, they were ambushed unexpectedly by Jenny, but they still hesitated instead of shooting back.]]
394	** Later when they're interrogated by the police, they give a very detailed account of the events... only one very smart cop, Budiansky, asks the very uncomfortable question of why a bunch of wives of dead mob bosses would be together, in the dead of night, being shot at, with a cache of weapons found nearby.
395	** They later send an assassin to kill Budiansky, only they send Shauna's crackhead henchman/ex-lover, who accidentally hits Budiansky's wife instead. Oh, and Budiansky is a hero cop, so that opens up a whole new can of worms.
396	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Downplayed. None of the wives are saints but it's ambiguous as to whether their motive for revenge is genuine love for their husbands, resentment that their cash cow was taken from them, or just a matter of principle.
397	* MoralMyopia: The five of them can't seem to fathom why the vile, murderous criminals they married could deserve their deaths. At one point they even acknowledge that the Punisher targets monsters and psychos, approving of his treatment of the sex slavers and even thinking he went easy on them, but refer to his murder of their husbands in terms of innocent victims targeted for no reason by an amoral killer.
398	* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Subverted. Although they prove to be just ''slightly'' more intelligent than the average mobster, they're not exactly any more competent or formidable than the rest of the rank and file mooks that Frank routinely kills by the shipload.
399	[[/folder]]
400
401	[[folder:Annabella Gorrini]]
402
403	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5101359_punisherv504307_1.jpg]]
404
405	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #43
406
407	-> ''"We're gonna do somethin' a thousand men already failed at: We're gonna kill the Punisher. May he burn in hell forever, the motherless, godless fuck."''
408
409	The oldest of the five widowed wives and also the ''de facto'' leader of the group.
410	----
411	* AintTooProudToBeg: When Jenny has her dead to rights, she resorts to begging for her life.
412	* BigBadWannabe: She may be the leader of the wives, the granddaughter to a great Don, and able to orchestrate a big scheme to kill The Punisher, but at the end of the day, she doesn't have the experience or conviction to ''execute'' her plans properly.
413	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: More so than the others. Frank killed not only her husband but her father, her grandfather, and both of her sons.
414	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is utterly disgusted at the Slavers and the things they did to their victims. When talking about the vicious beating that Frank administered to Vera Konstantin before throwing her to her death, she states that she wouldn't have "stopped for an ''hour''."
415	* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite the above trope, she was perfectly fine with setting her sister Jennifer up with Tim Buccato despite knowing that he was a monstrous psychopath who had already [[DrivenToSuicide driven his first wife to suicide]], and only too eager to shut her eyes to the copious amounts of horrific abuse he meted out to Jennifer throughout their marriage.
416	* KarmicDeath: She tried to have her sister Jennifer killed by Shauna. Jenny beats her to death with a baseball bat for it.
417	* NeverMyFault: When Jennifer has her tied to a chair, she tearfully blames all her sins on the men in the mafia, and that wives and girlfriends have no say in decisions-- which would hold more water if she hadn't done all she did just to keep her mafia wife lifestyle.
418	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Despite being friendly with Shauna over course of business, Annabella slips and uses a racial slur against her at one point.
419	* SmugSnake: In ''way'' over her head. Her initial plan was actually very sound and would have succeeded if not for Jenny, but afterward, she has zero chance of success and fails to realize how bad her situation is.
420	* TaughtByExperience: Realizes that criminals [[BondVillainStupidity capturing Frank and putting him in deathtraps]] instead of [[JustShootHim just killing him as soon as they get the chance]] is why he keeps winning, and resolves not to make that mistake. [[SpannerInTheWorks And if it wasn't for Jennifer,]] it would've worked.
421	* TraumaCongaLine: She has the biggest bone to pick with Frank; his mafia massacre in the very first issue killed her grandfather, father, husband and two sons.
422	* VillainHasAPoint: When she points out that Castle kills those who had nothing to do with his family's death. It was a running theme throughout Ennis's run on ''Punisher MAX'' that as sympathetic as his reasons might be, he was not someone to be admired.
423	[[/folder]]
424
425	[[folder:Barbara "Barbi" Barrucci]]
426	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barbara_barrucci_earth_200111_from_punisher_vol_7_43_001.jpg]]
427	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #31
428
429	Wife of the late Larry Barrucci, one of the Cesare family capos who was slain in one of the earlier stories, and resident slut of the group.
430	----
431	* AlliterativeName: '''Bar'''bara '''Bar'''rucci.
432	* BerserkButton: She doesn't take too kindly to others pitying her and is quick to tell them off, regardless of whether or not they meant any harm by it.
433	* CallBack: Her late husband Larry appeared ''way'' back in the very first arc as a throw-away character.
434	* CharacterDeath: Shot in the stomach by Jenny.
435	* DontYouDarePityMe: When the rest of the wives learn of her illiteracy, they openly take pity on the poor girl. "Barbi", however is having ''none'' of their bullshit.
436	-->'''Lorraine''': Oh shit. Barbi, can you read?\
437	'''Bonnie''': Oh, you ''poor thing''...!\
438	'''Barbara''': Fuck you, Bonnie, I don't want your fucking pity! I'm dyslexic, not some goddamn ''cripple''!
439	* DumbBlonde: She's blonde, doesn't know how to read or write, and is an overall dim individual.
440	* TheLoad: Would have been this for the group because of her illiteracy, except that Shauna manages to figure out a way for her to be useful courtesy of ReallyGetsAround.
441	* NeverLearnedToRead: It's revealed during an information gathering session that she suffers from dyslexia, prompting the other wives to shower her with pity. [[DontYouDarePityMe She doesn't]] [[BerserkButton take this well]].
442	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Openly racist towards Shauna when they first meet. Subverted a bit when she actually gets over her racism to Shauna over time, only for Annabella to be revealed as the more bigoted of the two.
443	* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Jennifer finishes her off with a 9mm round to her cranium. Given the series' penchant for averting this trope, it's quite strange seeing this played straight.
444	* ReallyGetsAround: Quite promiscuous to the point she trades oral sex for cab rides (even though she has enough money to pay for the fare) and uses her body to help the group's plans.
445	* SexForServices: After her proven illiteracy threatens to make her a liability to the group, she finds ''other'' inventive ways to make herself useful.
446	* UglyGuyHotWife: Larry was pretty average, but Barbi is an absolute bombshell.
447	[[/folder]]
448
449	[[folder:Lorraine Zucca]]
450	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lorraine_zucca_earth_200111_from_punisher_vol_7_43_001.jpg]]
451	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #31
452
453	Wife of the late capo Paul Zucca. She's one of the better educated members of the group.
454	----
455	* CharacterDeath: Shot twice by Jenny, then finished off with a headshot.
456	* InformedAbility: She's stated to be one the more intellectual members of the crew but she never gets to demonstrate this.
457	* TheGenericGuy: She has close to zero characterization and no special traits that separate her from the pack.
458	* SmugSnake: Tends to think a ''lot'' of herself because of her education, which the others really rankle at.
459	[[/folder]]
460
461	[[folder:Bonnie De Angelo]]
462	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2066149_punisher_046_04.jpg]]
463
464	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #31
465
466	The most naive member of the group who speaks in a vewy distinct and wather ''cute'' speech pattern.
467	----
468	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She is disemboweled by Jenny, who rescues Frank before he is killed by the wives.
469	* DamselInDistress: Invoked by the widows who pretend she's a human trafficking victim to lure Frank into a trap. Barbie's so innocuous that despite being a horrible actor it almost works despite her story not adding up in any sense.
470	* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Her most distinct feature.
471	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of the others particularly like Bonnie, with her death going completely unmourned and Annabella even joking that she won't mind too much if Bonnie is collateral when they open fire on Frank.
472	* PuppyDogEyes: This ends up working against her as the other widows think this feature, combined with her cute speech pattern, makes her the perfect damsel in distress.
473	* TokenGoodTeammate: Subverted. She's as crooked as the others but is the only one who seemed to definitely love her husband.
474	* UglyGuyHotWife: Her 'Roly-Poly Pudding' Artie was big, fat and not very attractive while Bonnie is a super-gorgeous, slender redhead. Despite this, she genuinely adored him.
475	[[/folder]]
476
477	[[folder:Shauna Toomey]]
478	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1327068_st.jpg]]
479
480	-> '''Debut:''' ''The Punisher'' Vol. 7, #31
481
482	-> ''"My name is Shauna Toomey. My man was John James Toomey. Anyone got any more bullshit to say, they can suck my muthafuckin' dick."''
483
484	By far the most street savvy and lethal of all the widows.
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486	* BoomHeadshot: She takes a 9mm round to the face at point blank range. As you would imagine, the results aren't pretty.
487	* TheDragon: Has a prior history with Anabella Gorinni and is the one who orchestrates all of their actions.
488	* TheBrute: The muscle of the widows, and the most aggressive and violent, but subverted in that she's still something of a BoisterousWeakling who talks a lot of game but hesitates when it comes to shooting people herself or has some of her husband's gunmen do it for her while taking credit.
489	* ScaryBlackWoman: See above. Demonstrated when she threatens Barbara with a razor after the latter insulted her.
490	* StealthPun: She's a black widow.
491	* TokenMinority: The sole black member of the group.
492	[[/folder]]

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