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...not the Soprano family. Johnny Sack, and later Phil Leotardo, became bosses of the Lupertazzi family, which remains the "Lupertazzi" family. The DiMeo family is named for it's living and imprisoned boss - not after Jackie Aprile, or later, Junior or Tony. It is referred in the show as the "DiMeo family" as well. Jericho735 (talk) 02:35, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
http://www.utopiaplanitia.info/sopranos/index.html - My Sopranos family tree
However with all the discussion, im not sure if it is 100% accurate. Can you check it out. -Jimeee.
I notice Donny K. was updated to "semi-retired due to nerve damage"...I don't recall ever hearing that he came out of the coma. Anyone know?
Larry Barese--what's the deal? Is he really breaking his house arrest every time we see him or was he let off house arrest while he's awaiting his retrial?
[With Curto dead, isn't it why Christopher has been promoted to Capo? Why Paulie isn't Capo of his crew anymore? What's the difference between Underboss and Consigliere?]
Chris was moved up to Capo in between Seasons 5 and 6. Paulie is underboss, which (I believe) is kind of like the Captain of the Captains. Consigliere is the Boss's advisor. The Boss runs the entire family and everyone kicks up and answers to him.
before paulie was promoted who was the underboss?
There wasn't one.
Silvio pretty much preformed the function of Underboss, but was never given the official title.
Already established as Consigliere, it was understood that Silvio was #2 behind Tony, so like I said before, he was Underboss without the title.
Also, as had been established in season 4 with Tony telling Christopher that he would be giving orders through him, Tony is looking for buffers between him and the rest of the crew to avoid racketeering charges.
So, by making Paulie the official Underboss, it provides another layer of insulation between Tony and the rest of the crew.
The 6/3/07 makes it abundantly clear once again that Paulie is not the underboss in any way shape or form. Stop this speculative bullshit. Apeshade 02:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/character/tony_soprano.shtml MrBlondNYC 05:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Mrblondnyc, your tone is disrespectful and uncalled for. I feel that Apeshade has a valid argument as it's never been explicitly stated on the show. In fact, your only "proof" is a link to an HBO website (written by a copywriter most likely and debatedly non-canonical) that contradicts itself on Paulie's page (http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/character/paulie_walnuts.shtml) where it refers to him explicitly as a capo. NotACmputr 18:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's how I see it. Upon returning from Italy in episode 2.05 Tony says to Paulie, "It's me, then you and Sil together. That's the new pecking order." Sil is clearly established as the Consigliere, we know that, but from what Tony said it appears Paulie is 3rd person of the 3 man leadership of the family. This is further evident at Chris' and Eugene's making ceremony in episode 3.03 where Tony is flanked both Sil and Paulie and both make statements prior the finger pricking. While it's true that Paulie does hold the rank of Captain it appears that he, like was Tony to Jackie Aprile Sr, as the most trusted/most favored captain of the family he constitutes part of the leadership, even if unofficially. I don't recall anyone other than Johnny Sack being referred to directly as an "Underboss" at any point in the series. I also don't believe that Bobby was ever referred to as an Underboss either. In beginning of season 6 part II, while fishing on the lake, Tony proposes to Bobby that he eventually be the man trusted blood family member through whom Tony will give orders. This position was originally given to Chris but after the many falling outs between he and Tony, it appears Bobby takes Chris' place in this role even before Chris is murdered. It also said by Butch in The Blue Comet that Bobby "is #3 over there now" whether that means he is an official underboss or simply the 3rd man in Tony's inner circle cannot be known. Feel free to disagree with me as this is simply conjecture on my part. Dkarp82 (talk) 20:22, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
As far as I know, Christopher was made Acting Capo of (Paulie) Gaultieri's crew in Season 5, and Tony was considering making Christopher his Underboss. Uncle Junior is not the Underboss, but infact the Official Acting Boss of the Family. Tony is the Street Boss/ Underboss officially, even though we know he is the de facto boss. In season 6 it is likely Paulie will become Tony's Underboss and Uncle Junior is largely inactive due to his illness, and Christopher will become the Official Capo of Paulie's crew. Raymond Curto's death has nothing to do with the promotion of christopher to acting Capo. Christopher is a member of the Gaultieri (ex-soprano) crew, not the Curto crew. Paulie is not Capo of his crew, because he was promoted to underboss, im guessing, in season 6. The underboss does not have a crew usually, but is the bridge between the boss and his Capo's. RE: Underboss - There was infact an Underboss, it officially was Tony, even though he had the actual control. Silvio didnt perform the duties of the underboss, he was the Consigliere (advisor) for Tony, which is why he always is asked by Tony for guidance. Consigliere is usually considered the No.3 in the family (behind the boss and underboss).
As to why Bobby was hit instead of Paulie, it's possible that will be explained in "Made in America". But Tony made it clear that he would prefer Bobby to take his place when they were on the boat in "Soprano Home Movies". Bobby really earned Tony's respect after that when he beat Tony up and killed his first guy. Bobby really settled into his role as Tony's protege. But he was still the Capo of his own crew and not officially Underboss yet. Phil's Family assumed Bobby was Underboss because he was at all the meetings ("We think Bobby Bacala"). This could be the reason for the friction between Paulie and Bobby and why Tony contemplated killing Paulie. MrBlondNYC 04:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
It is mentioned that in 2002, when Junior Soprano is arrested on RICO charges, Bobby 'Bacala' is made 'Deputy Capo' of Junior Soprano's crew. But when Junior is arrested he is Acting boss, therefore does not have a crew. Philly 'spoons' Parisi takes over Junior's crew. When is it mentioned Bacala is Deputy Capo?
Booby never made Acting Boss, he barely got bumped up to Capo after being Acting Capo for most of the show, albeit the way things were going he was on the path to be Acting Boss but that was literally shot down excuse my pun. By 2007 Tony has been Boss for sometime with Junior moved over as emeritus, Sil has been Consigliere for awhile, and the writing is on the wall as far as Pauly being Underboss when his seat for Capo was filled until the end of the show he was reassigned to Capo again.Morpheus 7 (talk) 18:13, 5 July 2009 (UTC)Morpheus 7
I remember them referring to DiMeo as the "old man", but I really don't think this is a nickname. I'm taking out the reference to "Old Man" DiMeo, since it makes it sound like a nickname. Ned Wilbury 18:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Should some of the "unseen members" of the Family belong in the chart? Examples would be "Little Pussy" Malenga (Junior's crew?) or "Little" Augie Aprile (probably in the Aprile crew).
I have no idea why the following characters are included in this article:
Augustus "Little Auggie" Aprile - Soldier (Only mentioned a couple of times as a alleged mobster, but it never declares that he was in the DiMeo family)
Melfi insinuated in her therapy that she was treating someone in the Mafia and her doctor assumed it was Auggie.
Jerry Anastasia - Soldier (When was he mentioned?) In season 5, "Two Tonys" Tony mentions Jerry Anastasia and Richie Aprile as two guys he had to pay dinners for when he was the "low man" like Christopher.
Rocco DiMeo - Soldier (Deceased) (He was mentioned by Ritchie Aprile in season two as 'the toughest guy in essex county' but it never said he was a mobster or deceased)
"Little Pussy" Malanga - Soldier (Deceased) (it is never said, as far as i know that he was in the DiMeo family)
--Opark 77 23:55, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
In favour of Benny being a soldier 1. He was an associate in season 5. It is mentioned by Silvio in the episode "Luxury Lounge" that the books haven't been opened in years, meaning Benny couldn't have been made in between seasons 5 and 6.
2. Artie could not have beat the hell out of Benny without any punishment, even if he's Tony's friend. You don't touch a made man, especially if you're a civilian.
3. They have never said on the show that Benny is made.
Against Benny being a soldier:
Updated the reasons why? according to the recent episode Luxury Lounge read below.( and keep in mind this is just a logical observation)
1- the boss wouldnt have a sit down with an associate.the capo Chrissy( when he got back) or sil would have talked to benny instead the Boss only directly talks to made men especially talking about whacking someone!Tony is a fraid of rats and distances himself from saying anything in front of an associate.
2- becuase he talked to tony about clipping artie(an associate would never say that to the boss especially a friend of the boss)
and an associate would never dare talk openly about clipping a friend of the boss.so hes must be made becuase benny was told the rules of being a made guy(that he can mess with any civilian and no civilian can mess with HIM)
3- benny - being a made guy shouldnt have asked TONY for persmission to whack artie a connected guy wouldnt do that. he would go through his made guy/capo friend and that made guy friend would in turn ask the boss.there is a chain of command
4-if benny was an associate he wouldnt dare have burned arties hand after artie made the martina comment around bennys family - only a made guy could have gotten away with that after him being told to stay away from artie if benny was just an associate he would be walking on eggshells -apologizing to artie
5- benny could have been clipped if he was an associate for messing with vesuvios in the first place vesuvios could close down
6 -artie is tonys longest living friend. tony is the boss. the family and friends of a mob boss are UNTOUCHABLE even ralphie knew not to mess with artie 2 seasons ago by refusing to loan him money can that made guy whack carmela??i dont think so.and shes not made.
7. hes dressing alot nicer. like a made guy similar to the way chrissy was dressing when he first got made
8. they never once said he WASNT a soldier either.
9. with the capo gone, who else is going to step up but benny-do associates step up for a capo?
10, artie could have beaten up benny even if it was a made guy. benny was wrong for ruining tonys best friends restaurant. and besides tony said artie was going to apologize
11. Sil said" its been a while since we opened the books'. Benny could have been made in that episode and they just didnt say it.and benny could be made and it was just a plot hole. but everything else i said made me come to the conclusion that hes made.
benny could have been made between seasons 5 and 6 . no way to know and the seasons are 2 years apart0tony stated a few episodes back its 2006 regarding vito being gay and all- o keeping on continuity with the last season it has to be 2 years since tony B got whacked)
12. Benny was chrissys connected guy friend most of the series after chrissy became made. Now that Chrissy is a capo, its logical that he would propose Benny for membership.-
13. I just dont see how Benny could possibly have been made in those episodes, look at the way the made guys are treated by the associates in the episode where tony beat up Perry, benny was still clearly just an associate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Myron Mumbles (talk • contribs) 07:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
According to the website "http://people.howstuffworks.com/mafia2.htm","An associate is simply someone who works with the mob, including anyone from a burglar or drug dealer to a lawyer, investment banker, police officer or politician."
So I'm wondering, should Assemblyman Zellman, Hal Melvoin (Junior's lawyer), Vin Makazian, Neil Mink (Tony's lawyer), and others who have worked for Tony Soprano be included in the "Unofficial Associates" section?
Hillel is Shlomo Teittleman's son as mentioned in episode 1.3. See http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/music/episode72.shtml (which also provided the name of the motel).
Former Junior Soprano soldiers Gigi Cestone and Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi defected over to the Soprano crew.
Gigi Cestone was never in the Junior Soprano crew,although he was seen with Junior on one occasion. He was in what was the Aprile crew, and was capo, preceeding Ralph Cifaretto. Gigi regularly associated with Silvio, Tony and christopher etc, but was never part of their crew.
Due to the Family severing all ties to Junior due to Tony's shooting, I think we can assume that the crew's name has been changed to the Baccalieri crew.
In Moe N' Joe, Janice complains that Bobby isn't a Capo...what is she talking about?
Have they ever mentioned the name "DiMeo Crime Family" on the show?
I don't support the name change cuz officially it isn't accurate..yea soprano family is the nick name but i dunno..call me old school. The title caption should be moved back.—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:(({1))}|(({1))}]] ([[User talk:(({1))}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/(({1))}|contribs]])
Despite being Carlo's cousin once Burt is a made man he amkes collections in the North Ward with Patsy, I think this probably puts him in Patsy's crew. See discussion here.--Opark 77 09:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
An IP editor recently deleted the associates from the Soprano crew. I'm not sure why as no edit summary was given and I've reinstated them. Also we assume associate rank until soldier is proven, see discussion here.--Opark 77 09:27, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
The elderly man Tommy who takes care of (and loses) Junior in Where's Johnny? is clearly not Tommy Di Palma. His last name is never mentioned. Back in early season 1, when Jackie is dying of cancer, Mikey Palmice says that Tommy Di Palma also has cancer, but "way worse than you". Whoever this Di Palma guy is, if he had cancer worse than Jackie, he would certainly be dead in 2004, four years later.
--Ant1238
Back when the Family Tree was on HBO's Sopranos web site, it said that Hesh was Jackie's Consigliere. Anyone know anything about this?
--Ant1238
It is listed that Jimmy was Johnny Sack's Consigliere for his short tenure as free Boss. Anyone know why that is assumed? In All Due Respect, Neil Mink says that the whole "Petrille crew" was taken down, indicating that he's still the Capo of his crew. Also, at John's house, John tells Tony that Phil will likely want to become Consigliere, further hinting that Johnny did not yet choose one, and Jimmy was still only a Capo. Where did the Petrille Consigliere theory come from?
--Ant1238
Under the section periods of unrest it says that Ralph and Tony co-own the racehorse. This is not the case, Ralph solely owns the horse and kicks some of his winnings up to Tony because A) Tony is the Boss and B) Tony gives a suggestion to the trainer on how to run the horse. I am removing this part from this section. Ragefather 20:46, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
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In Made in America, Tony says "the Cifaretto crew. It's like a Chinese fire drill." Since that what Tony calls maybe that was the official name of the crew. I wondered why it wasn't the "Spatafore crew" but maybe they don't even wanna say his name. Anyway, I think it should be added that it is was formerly called the Cifaretto and the Aprile crew and obviously will be the Gualtieri crew. MrBlondNYC 21:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
"The Barese crew is known for its large crew of made men," it says in the article. What source is this taken from? Why do we never see any of them? cun 00:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Richie Aprile mentions this in the season 2 episode "The Knight in White Satin Armor," while discussing killing Tony with Uncle Junior. He wants to gain the favor of Larry Boy and Ally Boy Barese to have their crew go along with assassinating Tony.192.94.109.1 (talk) 19:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)The Nasty
The Nasty is correct - in the discussion with Junior while referring to the Barese crew, Richie says, "the biggest crew in the family" (1 June 2010 Dkarp82) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dkarp82 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
Could Tony Blundetto also be listed as an Associate of Little Carmine's crew on the Lupertazzi crime family page since he did a hit on behalf of Little Carmine and Angelo Garepe? This was before he rejoined the Soprano family. MrBlondNYC 19:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
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To add a list of bosses to this article which Shormi continually does, can be seen as damaging for the article for several reasons:
And furthermore, some edits by Shormi has been of a experimenting nature, for instance trying to insert a crime family tree with no luck. This indicates no real far-sighted plan from his/her side.
Does anyone have a say in this? -cun 22:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello, What are you, a lawyer??? I've stopped fucking changing it. read what I've written... -Shormi
chris ha d to pay the hospital bill of little paulie that prove that yis made and most of the people that deal directlie whit tony are made or esle they woul not evan talk to him and remenber that in e cerw is suposse to have soldier not a caPO and 12 associante so i think you shouh change a lot of associate to made man and they were hidding whit tony in made in america is there were only associate they would not have been ther protec the boss is the soldiers job ~You can tell those guys are NOT made just by watching how they are treated on the show. Do you think That eugene Pontecorvo Would have smashed a glass bottle over Little Paulies head and beaten the crap out of him if he was made? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Myron Mumbles (talk • contribs) 07:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC) the ting you talk about happen in season 5 in that episode little paulie was not a made men that true but you juste prouve my point because if little paulie was not a made men in saison 6 part 2 then why did chris who is a capo has to paid and get shit for beating him
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It says there are 5 crews in the family, but there's actually 6.
--Ted87 (talk) 19:03, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
You can even see Carlo as a Captain in the episode For All Debts Public and Private. If no one has any objections I'm going to change it. --Ted87 (talk) 22:50, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
This may be obvious to fans of the genre but I thought the term should be explained. Capo is short for a caporegime, a name given to a top ranking person of a family who deals in criminal activity, that is, the Mafia. A capo basically refers to the leader of a team of soldiers. The capo works as the intermediate between the Mafioso Boss and his crew. This helps prevent security breaches in the organisation as no activity can be traced back to the Boss. Initially, caporegime meant the chief of a family, mostly used in Sicily. The meaning however, has since changed and today denotes a member of high rank, as in a Captain. -Anon 98.92.188.62 (talk) 06:50, 19 November 2011 (UTC)