Fat Tony

Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico (voiced by Joe Mantegna) is the fictional local Mafia Don in the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Joe Mantegna - Fictional - Mafia - Don - Animated - Television series - The Simpsons

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His real name was said to be William 'Fat Tony' Williams (probably a reference to William Carlos Williams) in an episode where Bart was working part time for the Mafia at the "Legitimate Businessman's Social Club". In another episode, Frankie "The Squealer" reveals Fat Tony's real name to be Marion (possibly a reference to John Wayne's real first name). One might assume that, as a known and wanted mob boss, Fat Tony has numerous aliases.

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William Carlos Williams - John Wayne

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Fat Tony is a pastiche of characters from endless Mafia movie and TV dramas, although the "Fat Tony" part of his name is possibly from the real-life mobster Anthony 'Fat Tony' Salerno. His fellow mobsters include Joey, Legs, Louie, and, occasionally, Johnny Tightlips. Tony's schemes have ranged from selling rat milk to schoolchildren to the illegal fireworks racket, which were stored in a cave in the woods that Bart and Milhouse accidentally discovered. He once went to war with the local Yakuza over conflicts in the pretzel business.

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Anthony 'Fat Tony' Salerno - Yakuza

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The Simpson family has come into contact with him on several occasions. In a thinly-disguised parody of Goodfellas, Bart gets a job serving drinks in the Mafia's local bar (complete with card table with every chair facing the wall). On another occasion, Homer gets mistaken for Krusty the Klown, who owes Fat Tony gambling debts. In "Insane Clown Poppy", Krusty bets his daughter's violin in a poker game, which Homer is sitting in on; Homer is later shot in the arm for helping to sneak into Tony's compound to get it back, and for mouthing off to the hoods afterwards. In still another run-in, Tony put out a contract on Homer after his private security business interfered with the mob's interests. Homer would have been executed gangland-style if not for Maggie coming to the rescue with her Rifle.

Related Topics:
Goodfellas - Bart - Homer - Krusty the Klown - Insane Clown Poppy

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Fat Tony imitates Marlon Brando in one episode, performing the orange-in-the-mouth bit from The Godfather to amuse his cohorts. Interestingly, Mantegna appeared in the third installment of the movie, which Tony complains, in the same episode, wasn't as good as the first two.

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It is implied at one point that Fat Tony's favorite movie is Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

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