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Wiseguy
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This page is about the show. If you were redirected here from a link referring to a member of the mob, see The Mafia.An American crime drama series that ran on CBS for four seasons (1987–90), starring Ken Wahl as Vincent "Vinnie" Terranova, an undercover agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau), a fictional division of the FBI. A major theme was the constant ethical dilemmas faced by the protagonist, who had to befriend criminals with the eventual intention of betraying them.Created by veteran hit producer Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo (yes, the same pair responsible for The A-Team), Wiseguy veered from the traditional "bad guy of the week" police procedural by breaking the drama into multi-episode Story Arcs that followed an infiltration — and its charismatic criminal target — to its logical conclusion, no matter the cost to criminal, innocent civilian, or cop (though there were standalone Breather Episodes in later seasons, mostly dealing with the personal lives of the characters). The show influenced writers like Chris Carter, Joss Whedon, and David Simon to build on the trope of showing both sides of the morality play in humanizing detail. | |
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Dropped link to TheMafia: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other | |
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Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Winston Newquay has a monologue expressing how much he really did love Claudia (all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding) in "Living and Dying in 4/4 Time." | |
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The Gambling Addict | |
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The Gambling Addict: Isaac Twine. | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Prescott Wilson is based on Howard Hughes. | |
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Man of Wealth and Taste | |
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Man of Wealth and Taste: Winston Newquay, Charlie Boden, and Amado Guzman. | |
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Dragon-in-Chief | |
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Dragon-in-Chief: Calvin Hollis. | |
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Madness Mantra | |
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Madness Mantra: Mel Profitt's "Only the toes, knows". | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: Vinnie considers resigning after his first target (Atlantic City mob boss Sonny Steelgrave) commits suicide rather than face prison; when the suicide of another target reminds him of this event he suffers a complete breakdown and flees the OCB. The protagonist of the Garment Trade Arc, retired agent John Henry Raglin, suffers PTSD from an earlier case where two whistleblowers were murdered. | |
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Ripped from the Headlines | |
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Ripped from the Headlines: The Mel Profitt arc (and the pilot episode where Sonny Steelgrave gets into a hotel gunfight with a weapons dealer) draws from the non-fiction Doorstopper The Underground Empire by James Mills. | |
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Visionary Villain | |
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Visionary Villain/Well-Intentioned Extremist: Mark Volchek. | |
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The Sociopath | |
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The Sociopath: Rick Pinzolo and Jack Bishop. | |
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Wicked Cultured | |
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Wicked Cultured: Winston Newquay, Mel Profitt, and Albert Cerrico. | |
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Lady Macbeth | |
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Lady Macbeth: Gina Grosset. | |
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Heterosexual Life-Partners | |
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Vinnie and McPike really don't like each other at the start of the series. They develop into Heterosexual Life-Partners through the course of the show(with a lot of Vitriolic Best Buds added in). | |
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I Own This Town | |
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I Own This Town: Mark Volchek, through his ownership of Volchek Mining and Volchek Lumber, controls the town of Lynchboro, Washington with an iron fist. Prescott Wilson literally does own an entire town in Utah. | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money! | |
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Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Prescott Wilson rolls like that. And it works, too: he muscles his way into a closed-door session of the Senate, tells everyone off without even bothering to be sworn in to testify, and walks right back out. No one bothers to stop him. | |
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Dragon Their Feet | |
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Dragon Their Feet: Carlo Spoletta. | |
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Fire-Forged Friends | |
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Fire-Forged Friends: Vinnie and McPike. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man: Mike McPike. | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Roger Lococco calls pretty much everyone "Buckwheat" at one point or another, including a black man. Sid Royce ends just about every sentence with an inquisitive "yes?". | |
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Hollywood Heart Attack | |
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Hollywood Heart Attack: Isaac Twine suffers two of them in "Living and Dying in 4/4 Time." | |
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Frame-Up | |
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Frameup: The Counterfeit Yen arc is this for Vinnie and Kay Gallagher. | |
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Psycho for Hire | |
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Psycho for Hire: Cruz Machado. | |
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Scary Black Man | |
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Hilariously subverted when music mogul Newquay is locked up in a cell with a Scary Black Man who's twice as big as he is. Newquay clearly fears the worst, only to have his fellow inmate join him in an enthusiastic duet of "Soul Man". | |
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Beard of Sorrow | |
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Beard of Sorrow: Vinnie grows one during both of his Heroic BSODs. | |
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Insufferable Genius | |
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Insufferable Genius: Mel Profitt and Johnny Medley. | |
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Initiation Ceremony | |
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Initiation Ceremony: Played for humor when Vinnie becomes a made man — Sonny thinks it's no longer relevant in this day and age, while none of the old-time mobsters can agree on what the correct procedure is. | |
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Kick the Son of a Bitch | |
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Kick the Son of a Bitch: Rick Pinzolo really deserves what Raglin does to him. | |
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Immigrant Parents | |
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Immigrant Parents: Both Terranova and Santana. | |
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HammerSpace | |
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Hammerspace: In the first episode The Mafia is surprised to see an Arms Dealer bring a woman to their meeting. As things go badly we see her casually unbuttoning her skirt (how she does this without attracting attention is not explained), then she somehow produces an Ingram MAC-10 and starts blazing away. Now admittedly the MAC-10 is quite small for an SMG, but it's still a large chunk of metal to be hiding between your legs while wearing a tight skirt. It's worth noting that this was based on a scene in The Underground Empire where the narrator noticed two women at an arms deal were concealing firearms between their legs just from the way they sat down. | |
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Out with a Bang | |
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Out with a Bang: Eddie Tempest and Claudia Newquay. | |
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Villainous Incest | |
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Villainous Incest: Mel and Susan Profitt are shown as strongly as possible (given late-'80s standards and practices) to have an incestuous relationship. | |
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Empty Cop Threat | |
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Empty Cop Threat: During the Sonny Steelgrave arc, McPike is the recipient of an implied one from a rival law enforcement agency also investigating Steelgrave. McPike responds with a real threat as hilarity ensues. | |
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Engineered Public Confession | |
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Engineered Public Confession: Winston Newquay falls prey to this old chestnut. Unfortunately as a result he's able to argue entrapment and the case gets thrown out. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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Properly Paranoid: In his intro episode, Mel Profitt causes a gang war by insisting that an associate's fiancee is a Deep Cover Agent for the federal government. Despite the fact that his only "evidence" is that her family is from Virginia, he turns out to be right. Sonny Steelgrave becomes suspicious of Vinnie when he's told that among a number of driving licenses Vinnie has, is one from Quantico (also in Virginia). | |
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Killer Cop | |
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Killer Cop: Detective Jack Phillips, Sheriff Stem, and Assistant Commissioner Charlie Boden. | |
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Make It Look Like an Accident | |
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Make It Look Like an Accident: Daryl Jenkins is dealt with this way in "Dead Right." | |
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Secret Test of Character | |
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Secret Test of Character: Amado Guzman pulls this on both Santana and Dagoberto Machado. Santana passes, but Machado fails. | |
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Hello, Attorney! | |
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Hello, Attorney!: Hillary Stein. | |
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Cold-Blooded Torture | |
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Cold-Blooded Torture: Harriet Weiss and Charlie Boden make a recalcitrant goon talk by breaking his toes with a bowling pin. | |
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Dropped a Bridge on Him | |
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Dropped a Bridge on Him: Vinnie is abducted and apparently killed offscreen at the beginning of Season 4. He got better in time for the reunion movie. | |
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Becoming the Mask | |
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Becoming the Mask: Vinnie's OCB handler Frank McPike often has to remind him that his job is to lock up the bad guys, not be their friend. It doesn't help that Vinnie is regarded as a trusted associate by the criminals, and a scumbag lowlife by the police. | |
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Big Brother Is Employing You | |
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Big Brother Is Employing You: McPike has a tendency to bug any place Vinnie is likely to be. Played for laughs when Vinnie is in bed with his Love Interest Amber Twine. | |
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Big Fancy House | |
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Big Fancy House: Mark Volchek's estate, Gorslava. | |
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Audit Threat | |
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Audit Threat: In the Eli Sternberg arc, McPike is trying to get some information from a company that does business with the group that they are investigating. They refuse, until McPike says "If you don't let me in, I will call my friends at the IRS. They eat guys like you for breakfast". The company lets him in immediately. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: The Rag Trade arc. Eli Sternberg is bankrupted, David and Carole Sternberg are killed, and Raglin flips out, murders Pinzolo, and resigns from the FBI. | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much | |
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During the Pilgrims of Promise arc, the NYPD thinks Vinnie killed an off-duty cop and they beat nine kinds of hell out of him before McPike and Elias manage to spring him. When the real killer is arrested, he's last seen antagonizing these same cops...and is later reported to have hanged himself in his cell. | |
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Smug Snake | |
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Smug Snake: Rick Pinzolo, Winston Newquay, and Amado Guzman. | |
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The Barnum | |
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The Barnum: Knox Pooley. | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul" | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul": Winston Newquay was born Samuel Fishbein, and the easiest way to get under his skin is to call him "Sammy." | |
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| Wiseguy / int_51300dbf | type |
Fat Bastard | |
| Wiseguy / int_51300dbf | comment |
Fat Bastard: "No Money" Mahoney. | |
| Wiseguy / int_51300dbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_51300dbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_51300dbf | |
| Wiseguy / int_51589353 | type |
The Cartel | |
| Wiseguy / int_51589353 | comment |
Amado Guzman, whose empire of airlines, jewelry stores, and banks conceals a money laundering operation for The Cartel. | |
| Wiseguy / int_51589353 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_51589353 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_51589353 | |
| Wiseguy / int_51640e80 | type |
Bond One-Liner | |
| Wiseguy / int_51640e80 | comment |
Bond One-Liner: After killing Harriet Weiss with a golf club: | |
| Wiseguy / int_51640e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_51640e80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_51640e80 | |
| Wiseguy / int_51c70be6 | type |
Obliviously Evil | |
| Wiseguy / int_51c70be6 | comment |
Obliviously Evil: Mark Volchek. It's clear that he has zero malice whatsoever and genuinely believes he is helping the town. Even Lococco points out that while Volchek is clearly a few fries short of a Happy Meal, he's not a criminal. | |
| Wiseguy / int_51c70be6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_51c70be6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_51c70be6 | |
| Wiseguy / int_52aa0c4a | type |
The Caligula | |
| Wiseguy / int_52aa0c4a | comment |
The Caligula: Mel Profitt. | |
| Wiseguy / int_52aa0c4a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_52aa0c4a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_52aa0c4a | |
| Wiseguy / int_530350d5 | type |
Trouble Entendre | |
| Wiseguy / int_530350d5 | comment |
Trouble Entendre: Mark Volchek orders Vinnie to "get rid" of a teenager who tried to shoot him, and is shocked when Vinnie returns with a jar supposedly containing the boy's ashes. Volchek is surprisingly horrified, as he only meant for the boy to be sent out of his sight, not harmed in any way. He does however praise his initiative and they decide on a codeword to avoid future "misunderstandings". In the Mafia Wars arc, Don Aiuppo tells Vinnie that Cericco is planning to have him killed, so Vinnie is to follow him and see who he meets. "They will be the assassins." Vinnie reports this to Frank McPike. | |
| Wiseguy / int_530350d5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_530350d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_530350d5 | |
| Wiseguy / int_537dd8fe | type |
Affably Evil | |
| Wiseguy / int_537dd8fe | comment |
Affably Evil: Sonny Steelgrave, Susan Profitt, Knox Pooley, Albert Cerrico, and Don Aiuppo. | |
| Wiseguy / int_537dd8fe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_537dd8fe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_537dd8fe | |
| Wiseguy / int_53f5119f | type |
The Dragon | |
| Wiseguy / int_53f5119f | comment |
The Dragon: Roger Loccoco, to Mel Proffit and Herb Ketcher. Herb Ketcher, to Admiral Strichen. Calvin Hollis, to Knox Pooley. Richard Bickel, to Winston Newquay. Carlo Spoletta, to Joey Grosset. Admiral Strichen, to General Masters. Sheriff Stem, to Mark Volchek. Charlie Boden, to Harriet Weiss. Dagoberto Machado, to Amado Guzman. Axel Whitman, to Jack Bishop. | |
| Wiseguy / int_53f5119f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_53f5119f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_53f5119f | |
| Wiseguy / int_590eb583 | type |
Domestic Abuse | |
| Wiseguy / int_590eb583 | comment |
Domestic Abuse: Winston Newquay verbally abuses his wife Claudia, and she physically abuses him right back. | |
| Wiseguy / int_590eb583 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_590eb583 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_590eb583 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5a4aa505 | type |
Government Conspiracy | |
| Wiseguy / int_5a4aa505 | comment |
Government Conspiracy: A secret group within the Washington D.C. hierarchy plans to use Mel Profitt to finance a coup against a communist regime in the Caribbean. When Vinnie causes this plan to fail they frame him as the mastermind behind another conspiracy to destabilise the Japanese economy with counterfeit yen. | |
| Wiseguy / int_5a4aa505 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5a4aa505 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_5a4aa505 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5d6db368 | type |
Four Eyes, Zero Soul | |
| Wiseguy / int_5d6db368 | comment |
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Sid Royce. | |
| Wiseguy / int_5d6db368 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5d6db368 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_5d6db368 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f146203 | type |
Dissonant Serenity | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f146203 | comment |
Dissonant Serenity: Susan Profitt, after she completely loses her mind. | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f146203 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f146203 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_5f146203 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f52cfcf | type |
Intrepid Reporter | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f52cfcf | comment |
Intrepid Reporter: Mark Rogosheke. | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f52cfcf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_5f52cfcf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_5f52cfcf | |
| Wiseguy / int_62434fe2 | type |
Sanity Slippage | |
| Wiseguy / int_62434fe2 | comment |
Sanity Slippage: Mel Profitt wasn't exactly a paragon of rationality to begin with, but he starts to come completely unglued in the second half of his story arc. His sister Susan loses her mind after his death. Winston Newquay has a complete mental breakdown and ends up institutionalized. | |
| Wiseguy / int_62434fe2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_62434fe2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_62434fe2 | |
| Wiseguy / int_63b02752 | type |
Hair-Trigger Temper | |
| Wiseguy / int_63b02752 | comment |
Hair-Trigger Temper: Sonny Steelgrave, Mel Profitt, Calvin Hollis, Joey Grosset, and Albert Cerrico all suffer from this. | |
| Wiseguy / int_63b02752 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_63b02752 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_63b02752 | |
| Wiseguy / int_63c1170b | type |
Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story | |
| Wiseguy / int_63c1170b | comment |
Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story: Averted as Vinnie uses his own identity, including an eighteen-month prison sentence to establish his credentials as a criminal. Unfortunately this alienates him from his own mother, who doesn't know he's a federal agent. | |
| Wiseguy / int_63c1170b | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_63c1170b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_63c1170b | |
| Wiseguy / int_66ef1fa1 | type |
Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee | |
| Wiseguy / int_66ef1fa1 | comment |
Hauled Before a Senate Subcommittee: Happens twice to Vinnie regarding the above conspiracies; first as a witness, then as a suspect. | |
| Wiseguy / int_66ef1fa1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_66ef1fa1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_66ef1fa1 | |
| Wiseguy / int_6861146e | type |
Epiphany Therapy | |
| Wiseguy / int_6861146e | comment |
Epiphany Therapy: McPike and Loccoco use this on Mark Volchek. | |
| Wiseguy / int_6861146e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_6861146e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_6861146e | |
| Wiseguy / int_694da243 | type |
At the Opera Tonight | |
| Wiseguy / int_694da243 | comment |
At the Opera Tonight: In "Battle of the Barge." | |
| Wiseguy / int_694da243 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_694da243 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_694da243 | |
| Wiseguy / int_697b5232 | type |
Those Wacky Nazis | |
| Wiseguy / int_697b5232 | comment |
Knox Pooley and his follower Calvin Hollis, leaders of the white supremacist group Pilgrims of Promise. Pooley turns out to be a Con Man just in it for the money, while Hollis suffers a Villainous Breakdown after Pooley rejects him. | |
| Wiseguy / int_697b5232 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_697b5232 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_697b5232 | |
| Wiseguy / int_69c32c9e | type |
Subordinate Excuse | |
| Wiseguy / int_69c32c9e | comment |
Subordinate Excuse: Admiral Strichen is having an affair with his aide-de-camp. | |
| Wiseguy / int_69c32c9e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_69c32c9e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_69c32c9e | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bc499da | type |
Diplomatic Impunity | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bc499da | comment |
Diplomatic Impunity: After the fecal matter hits the windmill on his criminal dealings, Amado Guzman takes refuge in the El Salvadoran consulate, where the FBI can't touch him, and then arranges to be smuggled out of the country. | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bc499da | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bc499da | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_6bc499da | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bd7b49a | type |
Spicy Latina | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bd7b49a | comment |
Spicy Latina: Dahlia Mendez. | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bd7b49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_6bd7b49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_6bd7b49a | |
| Wiseguy / int_6d332aea | type |
Driven to Suicide | |
| Wiseguy / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Sonny Steelgrave, Mel Profitt (although he gets someone else to do the deed), Herb Ketcher, Johnny Coke Bottles, and Kay Gallagher (although she fails). | |
| Wiseguy / int_6d332aea | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_6d332aea | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_6d332aea | |
| Wiseguy / int_6eef5fc6 | type |
Temporary Substitute | |
| Wiseguy / int_6eef5fc6 | comment |
Temporary Substitute: During the second season Garment Industry story arc, when Vinnie got roughed up by a loan shark and was replaced by retired agent John Henry Raglin. In reality, actor Ken Wahl broke his ankle doing a stunt on the show and needed time to recover. | |
| Wiseguy / int_6eef5fc6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_6eef5fc6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_6eef5fc6 | |
| Wiseguy / int_70165a72 | type |
Orderlies are Creeps | |
| Wiseguy / int_70165a72 | comment |
Orderlies are Creeps: The head orderly in "White Noise" certainly is. | |
| Wiseguy / int_70165a72 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_70165a72 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_70165a72 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7130202a | type |
Jewish Mother | |
| Wiseguy / int_7130202a | comment |
Jewish Mother: Hillary Stein's mother, Rachel. | |
| Wiseguy / int_7130202a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7130202a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_7130202a | |
| Wiseguy / int_727a65e0 | type |
Gaslighting | |
| Wiseguy / int_727a65e0 | comment |
Gaslighting: Roger Loccoco does this to Susan Profitt after Mel's death. | |
| Wiseguy / int_727a65e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_727a65e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_727a65e0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_729c69f3 | type |
Politically Incorrect Villain | |
| Wiseguy / int_729c69f3 | comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: Knox Pooley and his follower Calvin Hollis, leaders of the white supremacist group Pilgrims of Promise. Pooley turns out to be a Con Man just in it for the money, while Hollis suffers a Villainous Breakdown after Pooley rejects him. Mel Profitt has a tendency to hurl ethnic slurs at Vinnie when he's upset with him. In "Sins of the Father", a sting is blown because Carlo Spoletta refuses to do business with black people. The corrupt CIA agent White has a few choice things to say about "Latin males." | |
| Wiseguy / int_729c69f3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_729c69f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_729c69f3 | |
| Wiseguy / int_72b0dfd2 | type |
Being Good Sucks | |
| Wiseguy / int_72b0dfd2 | comment |
Being Good Sucks: A hallmark of the series. | |
| Wiseguy / int_72b0dfd2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_72b0dfd2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_72b0dfd2 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7301ae04 | type |
Serial Killer | |
| Wiseguy / int_7301ae04 | comment |
Serial Killer: The Stun Gun Killer in the Lynchboro arc. | |
| Wiseguy / int_7301ae04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7301ae04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_7301ae04 | |
| Wiseguy / int_744e3311 | type |
Police Brutality | |
| Wiseguy / int_744e3311 | comment |
Police Brutality: During the Pilgrims of Promise arc, the NYPD thinks Vinnie killed an off-duty cop and they beat nine kinds of hell out of him before McPike and Elias manage to spring him. When the real killer is arrested, he's last seen antagonizing these same cops...and is later reported to have hanged himself in his cell. During the Rag Trade arc, Raglin pistol whips Pinzolo and breaks his jaw. At the end of the arc, he guns Pinzolo down in cold blood to protect Vinnie's cover. | |
| Wiseguy / int_744e3311 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_744e3311 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_744e3311 | |
| Wiseguy / int_74b85afd | type |
If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten! | |
| Wiseguy / int_74b85afd | comment |
If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten!: In the first episode Sonny Steelgrave, already partly suspicious of Vinnie, declares the only way he can prove himself is to shoot a prosecutor who's been hounding him. Roger Loccoco has Vinnie join him on a hit (arson) before bringing him into the Proffits' business. Humorously subverted in the Lynchboro arc: Vinnie thinks Volchek is testing him this way when he tells him to "get rid of somebody," but Volchek is really just telling Vinnie to throw him off the property. When Vinnie shows up with an urn ostensibly containing the troublemaker's remains, Volchek is shocked. | |
| Wiseguy / int_74b85afd | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Wiseguy / int_74b85afd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_74b85afd | |
| Wiseguy / int_75d6bf40 | type |
Belligerent Sexual Tension | |
| Wiseguy / int_75d6bf40 | comment |
Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Santana and Hillary Stein. | |
| Wiseguy / int_75d6bf40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_75d6bf40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_75d6bf40 | |
| Wiseguy / int_76c0e85d | type |
High-Voltage Death | |
| Wiseguy / int_76c0e85d | comment |
High-Voltage Death: Sonny kills himself this way, rather than face prison. | |
| Wiseguy / int_76c0e85d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_76c0e85d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_76c0e85d | |
| Wiseguy / int_77063cd7 | type |
Hooker with a Heart of Gold | |
| Wiseguy / int_77063cd7 | comment |
Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Lacey Versailles, madam of the Corvette Club brothel in the Lynchboro arc. | |
| Wiseguy / int_77063cd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_77063cd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_77063cd7 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7aeb0635 | type |
Arms Dealer | |
| Wiseguy / int_7aeb0635 | comment |
Arms Dealer: Renaldo Sikes in the pilot episode. Mel Profitt, although his drug business gets more attention. | |
| Wiseguy / int_7aeb0635 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7aeb0635 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_7aeb0635 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7c862b8a | type |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder | |
| Wiseguy / int_7c862b8a | comment |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Amado Guzman. As he puts it, he is "the archangel of betrayal." | |
| Wiseguy / int_7c862b8a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7c862b8a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_7c862b8a | |
| Wiseguy / int_7eebe99c | type |
The Alcoholic | |
| Wiseguy / int_7eebe99c | comment |
The Alcoholic: Jenny McPike. | |
| Wiseguy / int_7eebe99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7eebe99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_7eebe99c | |
| Wiseguy / int_7fbe9a30 | type |
Freak Out | |
| Wiseguy / int_7fbe9a30 | comment |
Freak Out: Sid Royce has a doozy of one when his wife leaves him in "To Die in Bettendorf." | |
| Wiseguy / int_7fbe9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_7fbe9a30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_7fbe9a30 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8288929a | type |
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves | |
| Wiseguy / int_8288929a | comment |
Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: "Pat the Cat" Patrice plans to have Vinnie killed after Vinnie helps him assassinate Sonny Steelgrave, because "I despise a betrayer." | |
| Wiseguy / int_8288929a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8288929a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_8288929a | |
| Wiseguy / int_878d235d | type |
Couldn't Find a Lighter | |
| Wiseguy / int_878d235d | comment |
Couldn't Find a Lighter: In the second episode, Angelo lights a cigarette off of the burner of a gas stove before heading out to assassinate the special prosecutor. | |
| Wiseguy / int_878d235d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_878d235d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_878d235d | |
| Wiseguy / int_87bb6874 | type |
Villain with Good Publicity | |
| Wiseguy / int_87bb6874 | comment |
Villain with Good Publicity: General Masters and Amado Guzman. | |
| Wiseguy / int_87bb6874 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_87bb6874 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_87bb6874 | |
| Wiseguy / int_890d4ef2 | type |
Humiliation Conga | |
| Wiseguy / int_890d4ef2 | comment |
Humiliation Conga: Winston Newquay experiences an epic one. He does not handle it well. | |
| Wiseguy / int_890d4ef2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_890d4ef2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_890d4ef2 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb1a369 | type |
Took a Level in Jerkass | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb1a369 | comment |
Took a Level in Jerkass: Daryl Elias, in the episode "White Noise." | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb1a369 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb1a369 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_8cb1a369 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb844c6 | type |
Mr. Exposition | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb844c6 | comment |
Mr. Exposition: This seems to be Mark Sirmac's role in the OCB. | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb844c6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8cb844c6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_8cb844c6 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8dd4a996 | type |
Identical Grandson | |
| Wiseguy / int_8dd4a996 | comment |
Identical Grandson: Vinnie Terranova's dad (in an episode based around his father's diary). But they gave him a moustache. | |
| Wiseguy / int_8dd4a996 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8dd4a996 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_8dd4a996 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8e04fdd7 | type |
Dragon with an Agenda | |
| Wiseguy / int_8e04fdd7 | comment |
Dragon with an Agenda: Roger Loccoco. | |
| Wiseguy / int_8e04fdd7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8e04fdd7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_8e04fdd7 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8ec0abf | type |
The Voiceless | |
| Wiseguy / int_8ec0abf | comment |
The Voiceless: Cruz Machado, who had his tongue cut out in prison. | |
| Wiseguy / int_8ec0abf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_8ec0abf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_8ec0abf | |
| Wiseguy / int_9080e641 | type |
Diabolical Mastermind | |
| Wiseguy / int_9080e641 | comment |
Diabolical Mastermind: Mel Profitt. According to story editor Eric Blakeney, he was conceived as "a James Bond villain." | |
| Wiseguy / int_9080e641 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_9080e641 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_9080e641 | |
| Wiseguy / int_90d44f44 | type |
Karmic Death | |
| Wiseguy / int_90d44f44 | comment |
Karmic Death: Amado Guzman, the self-proclaimed "archangel of betrayal," is murdered with the aid of his manservant, who was secretly loyal to the death squad Guzman ratted out. | |
| Wiseguy / int_90d44f44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_90d44f44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_90d44f44 | |
| Wiseguy / int_930e1bd4 | type |
Absurdly High-Stakes Game | |
| Wiseguy / int_930e1bd4 | comment |
Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Isaac Twine bets his record company against $10 million of Winston Newquay's money in a single hand of poker. He loses, and later discovers that the game was rigged. | |
| Wiseguy / int_930e1bd4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_930e1bd4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy | hasFeature |
Wiseguy / int_930e1bd4 | |
| Wiseguy / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
| Wiseguy / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Happens at least once per story arc, usually in epic, scenery-chewing fashion. | |
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Faux Affably Evil | |
| Wiseguy / int_95b7c400 | comment |
Faux Affably Evil: "Pat the Cat" Patrice, Rick Pinzolo, Admiral Strichen, and Amado Guzman. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_973d220f | type |
Never My Fault | |
| Wiseguy / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: General Masters is pathological about this, even to the extent of claiming that the disturbing dreams he's had were actually Admiral Strichen's. | |
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1.0 | |
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As You Know | |
| Wiseguy / int_9843be73 | comment |
As You Know: Starting in Season 2, Vinnie, McPike, and the OCB honchos have a habit of gathering every few episodes to tell each other the broad strokes of their current investigation and the identities of the major players (of which they are all already well aware) for the benefit of those in the audience who came in late. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_99298c71 | type |
Better to Die than Be Killed | |
| Wiseguy / int_99298c71 | comment |
Better to Die than Be Killed: Sonny's demise, when confronted by the prospect of a humiliating death by lethal injection. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_9b06e314 | type |
Greater-Scope Villain | |
| Wiseguy / int_9b06e314 | comment |
Greater-Scope Villain: Martinez-Gacha, head of The Cartel, in the Miami arc. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_9f970427 | type |
Secret-Keeper | |
| Wiseguy / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret-Keeper: For most of Season one, Vinnie's brother Pete, a priest, is the only person outside of law enforcement who knows Vinnie is undercover. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_a0cf200f | type |
Digital Piracy Is Evil | |
| Wiseguy / int_a0cf200f | comment |
Digital Piracy Is Evil: In the Dead Dog Records arc, the OCB treats record bootlegging the same way they previously treated drug smuggling, weapons trafficking, stock fraud, and extortion. (Ironically, this is the arc most subject to piracy since the show's original run, since disputes over the music rights have prevented it from being rebroadcast or released on DVD.) And speaking of music rights, this song by Diana Price/Debbie Harry. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_a1154544 | type |
Grumpy Old Man | |
| Wiseguy / int_a1154544 | comment |
Grumpy Old Man: Mike McPike. He makes his son Frank look absolutely cheerful. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_a4be7043 | type |
Da Chief | |
| Wiseguy / int_a4be7043 | comment |
Da Chief: McPike is this to Vinnie in the first season. Once McPike and Vinnie start to actually like each other, Paul Beckstead is brought in to fill this role for both of them. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| Wiseguy / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: Knox Pooley avoids prosecution, gets to keep most of the money he made, and is last seen selling condos in Florida. Charlie Boden is never even suspected of wrongdoing, let alone charged with anything. Subverted with Winston Newquay, who wriggles out of criminal charges but nevertheless sees his entire life utterly destroyed. | |
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-0.3 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_a8de2a46 | type |
Eccentric Millionaire | |
| Wiseguy / int_a8de2a46 | comment |
Eccentric Millionaire: Prescott Wilson, although he's actually a billionaire. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_aa245ded | type |
Mob War | |
| Wiseguy / int_aa245ded | comment |
Mob War: The Mafia War arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Wiseguy / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: McPike, all the way. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_b02f996a | type |
Town with a Dark Secret | |
| Wiseguy / int_b02f996a | comment |
Town with a Dark Secret: Lynchboro, Seattle; run as the personal fiefdom of Mark Volchek and unknown to him, harbouring a Serial Killer. It turns out that Volchek is actually an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain. He suffers from a phobia of death, so intends to build a cyrogenic storage hospital for the entire town so no-one will ever die. Frank McPike and Roger Loccoco snap him out of it though. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_b11ac9f5 | type |
Abusive Parents | |
| Wiseguy / int_b11ac9f5 | comment |
Abusive Parents: Eli Sternberg is emotionally abusive to his son David. | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_b11ac9f5 | |
| Wiseguy / int_b24ce4b2 | type |
Rearrange the Song | |
| Wiseguy / int_b24ce4b2 | comment |
Rearrange the Song: The Mike Post theme was given a Latin upgrade in Season 4. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_b4dcdf5b | type |
Antagonist in Mourning | |
| Wiseguy / int_b4dcdf5b | comment |
Antagonist in Mourning: Winston Newquay is crushed by Isaac Twine's death. He still dances on his grave, as per their pact with each other to do so once the first one dies. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_b5b3599d | type |
Amoral Attorney | |
| Wiseguy / int_b5b3599d | comment |
Amoral Attorney: Roger Totland, Peter Alatorre, and Winston Chambers III. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_b5b4bd37 | type |
The Don | |
| Wiseguy / int_b5b4bd37 | comment |
The Don: Don Baglia and Don Aiuppo. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_bebf0356 | type |
Mission Control | |
| Wiseguy / int_bebf0356 | comment |
Mission Control: Daniel Burroughs, AKA "Lifeguard", a disabled agent who communicates mostly via telephone (posing as Vinnie's "Uncle Mike"). Vinnie calls him daily to pass on and receive information; he also has codewords for when he's in trouble. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_bf1c906 | type |
Trophy Wife | |
| Wiseguy / int_bf1c906 | comment |
Trophy Wife: Claudia Newquay. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c132c0c5 | type |
I Have No Son! | |
| Wiseguy / int_c132c0c5 | comment |
I Have No Son!: Said by Carlotta Terranova after her son goes to prison. He eventually tells her about his double life, and all is forgiven. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c2299d6e | type |
Cutting the Knot | |
| Wiseguy / int_c2299d6e | comment |
Cutting the Knot: Rather than spend years working his way up the ranks of Sonny Steelgrave's organisation, Vinnie provokes a fight with Sonny, knowing he's Golden Gloves boxer who won't turn down a challenge. Naturally everyone thinks Vinnie will flee when he finds out he's antagonized a Mafia boss; when Vinnie turns up for the fight anyway, Sonny is impressed. Vinnie makes sure to lose the fight of course, but it's enough to get him recruited as a prospective member. | |
| Wiseguy / int_c2299d6e | featureApplicability |
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| Wiseguy / int_c287be68 | type |
Family-Values Villain | |
| Wiseguy / int_c287be68 | comment |
Family-Values Villain: Albert Cerrico. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c2cedc1c | type |
Big "NO!" | |
| Wiseguy / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Martinez-Gacha has one after being convicted. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c313d43a | type |
True Companions | |
| Wiseguy / int_c313d43a | comment |
True Companions: Vinnie, Frank and Lifeguard, especially Season Two on. Non-Arc breather episodes developed their outside of work friendship quite a bit. | |
| Wiseguy / int_c313d43a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c3648b87 | type |
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork | |
| Wiseguy / int_c3648b87 | comment |
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Vinnie and McPike really don't like each other at the start of the series. They develop into Heterosexual Life-Partners through the course of the show(with a lot of Vitriolic Best Buds added in). Santana and McPike despise Winston Chambers (and vice versa). | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c601fc37 | type |
Professional Killer | |
| Wiseguy / int_c601fc37 | comment |
Professional Killer: Roger Loccoco who turns out to be a Deep Cover Agent for the CIA. | |
| Wiseguy / int_c601fc37 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_c601fc37 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_c601fc37 | |
| Wiseguy / int_c6b2fdd1 | type |
Fixing the Game | |
| Wiseguy / int_c6b2fdd1 | comment |
Fixing the Game: Winston Newquay rigs his Absurdly High-Stakes Game with Isaac Twine. | |
| Wiseguy / int_c6b2fdd1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_c6b2fdd1 | |
| Wiseguy / int_c82e751f | type |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee | |
| Wiseguy / int_c82e751f | comment |
Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Exploited by Santana in "Dead Right." | |
| Wiseguy / int_c82e751f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c914e68d | type |
Cigar Chomper | |
| Wiseguy / int_c914e68d | comment |
Cigar Chomper: Vinnie plays one during the Lynchboro arc. Jack Bishop, which helps to bring him down. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_c91dcba1 | type |
Perma-Stubble | |
| Wiseguy / int_c91dcba1 | comment |
Perma-Stubble: Vinnie sports one whenever he's not working a case. | |
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1.0 | |
| Wiseguy / int_c91dcba1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_c91dcba1 | |
| Wiseguy / int_cb9aeb6a | type |
Vigilante Man | |
| Wiseguy / int_cb9aeb6a | comment |
Vigilante Man: After white supremicists murder his brother Pete (a Catholic priest) Vinnie considers killing the man responsible. Vinnie eventually decides to bring him to justice only for the villain to be killed in custody by local police for his role in the death of a black officer. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_cbe687ab | type |
Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
| Wiseguy / int_cbe687ab | comment |
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Winston Newquay and Isaac Twine, record company owners who make bootlegs of their own artists' albums, sell them under the table, and pocket the cash. (Newquay also has his artists invest their money with a firm that he secretly controls, allowing him to embezzle from them.) Amado Guzman, whose empire of airlines, jewelry stores, and banks conceals a money laundering operation for The Cartel. Harriet Weiss, owner of a carting company that illegally disposes of medical waste. Jack Bishop, a defense contractor who makes bogus airplane parts and has a whistleblower killed. The new generation of mafiosi style themselves like this, particularly Rick Pinzolo, who uses his garment industry connections to work a massive stock scam. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_ce6555f0 | type |
Lighter and Softer | |
| Wiseguy / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: The Dead Dog Records arc is this to the rest of the show. The crimes under investigation are copyright evasion, embezzlement, and tax fraud; violence is almost nonexistent and on one occasion Played for Laughs; and the only deaths are two accidents and a heart attack. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_d03fc3f1 | type |
Good Shepherd | |
| Wiseguy / int_d03fc3f1 | comment |
Good Shepherd: Father Pete Tarranova and Father Pat. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_d03fc3f1 | |
| Wiseguy / int_d5b3df2d | type |
Dark Action Girl | |
| Wiseguy / int_d5b3df2d | comment |
Dark Action Girl: Renaldo Sikes's "secretary" Raya Montenegro, who turns out to wield a mean machine gun. | |
| Wiseguy / int_d5b3df2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_d5b3df2d | |
| Wiseguy / int_d61c920b | type |
Confess in Confidence | |
| Wiseguy / int_d61c920b | comment |
Confess in Confidence: Vinnie's brother Pete, a Catholic priest, is the only one with whom he can break his cover because of the seal of the confessional. Later Vinnie is able to bring his mother in as well. The priest-hears-of-an-impending-murder plot also gets used. | |
| Wiseguy / int_d61c920b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_d8573ef9 | type |
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections! | |
| Wiseguy / int_d8573ef9 | comment |
Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Winston Newquay has heavy political pull and isn't afraid to throw it around. Amado Guzman's drug and money laundering operations have been bulletproof for decades because of his involvement in CIA covert ops in Latin America. | |
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Wiseguy / int_d8573ef9 | |
| Wiseguy / int_daa33a93 | type |
Wealthy Yacht Owner | |
| Wiseguy / int_daa33a93 | comment |
Wealthy Yacht Owner: Mel Profitt lives on a mega-yacht with its own helipad. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_dbab18ef | type |
Morally Bankrupt Banker | |
| Wiseguy / int_dbab18ef | comment |
Morally Bankrupt Banker: Amado Guzman. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_dc3b74bc | type |
Pointy-Haired Boss | |
| Wiseguy / int_dc3b74bc | comment |
Pointy-Haired Boss: Dewitt Clipton and Winston Chambers. | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_e0dc6390 | type |
Go Among Mad People | |
| Wiseguy / int_e0dc6390 | comment |
Go Among Mad People: In "White Noise," Vinnie checks into a hospital for a physical and, due to the machinations of Daryl Elias, ends up committed to the psychiatric ward, where he is kept physically restrained and drugged at all times. | |
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| Wiseguy / int_e4bb68b8 | type |
The Charmer | |
| Wiseguy / int_e4bb68b8 | comment |
The Charmer: Isaac Twine. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_e4ce314 | type |
The Triads and the Tongs | |
| Wiseguy / int_e4ce314 | comment |
The Triads and the Tongs: They show up in the Mafia Wars arc, where they are portrayed as Ruthless Foreign Gangsters who supply bombs to terrorists. | |
| Wiseguy / int_e4ce314 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_e4ce314 | |
| Wiseguy / int_e96faeb5 | type |
Houseboat Hero | |
| Wiseguy / int_e96faeb5 | comment |
Houseboat Hero: Michael Santana lives on a broken-down houseboat after he gets disbarred. | |
| Wiseguy / int_e96faeb5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_e96faeb5 | |
| Wiseguy / int_ea3891de | type |
Pop-Cultured Badass | |
| Wiseguy / int_ea3891de | comment |
Pop-Cultured Badass: Dagoberto Machado. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_ea3891de | |
| Wiseguy / int_ea85d6ea | type |
All Just a Dream | |
| Wiseguy / int_ea85d6ea | comment |
All Just a Dream: "Romp." | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Wiseguy / int_eb584221 | type |
Why Are You Not My Son? | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb584221 | comment |
Why Are You Not My Son?: Amado Guzman starts to feel this way about Santana, even to the point of referring to him as "son" after a while. | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb584221 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_eb584221 | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb81c601 | type |
Big Damn Heroes | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: Prescott Wilson does this at the end of the Counterfeit Yen arc. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_eb81c601 | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb9afb9d | type |
Evil Old Folks | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb9afb9d | comment |
Evil Old Folks: Don Baglia, "No Money" Mahoney, Don Aiuppo, General Masters, Harriet Weiss, Charlie Boden, and Amado Guzman. | |
| Wiseguy / int_eb9afb9d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Wiseguy / int_eb9afb9d | |
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Deep Cover Agent | |
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In his intro episode, Mel Profitt causes a gang war by insisting that an associate's fiancee is a Deep Cover Agent for the federal government. Despite the fact that his only "evidence" is that her family is from Virginia, he turns out to be right. | |
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The Starscream | |
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The Starscream: John Kousakis, to Harriet Weiss. Dagoberto Machado, to Amado Guzman. | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Mark Volchek likes to indulge in this. | |
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Evil Brit | |
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Evil Brit: Winston Newquay played so well by Tim Curry. | |
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Suspiciously Similar Substitute | |
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Suspiciously Similar Substitute: After a dispute with the producers, Ken Wahl was replaced by actor Steven Bauer, playing disbarred Cuban-American prosecutor Michael Santana. Vinnie had ostensibly been killed (offscreen) by a death squad while investigating the smuggling of Salvadorean refugees. | |
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Overlord Jr. | |
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Overlord Jr.: Aldo Baglia tries mightily to be this, but fails. Rick Pinzolo does a better job of it. | |
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Superdickery | |
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Superdickery: The promos for "The One That Got Away" showed Vinnie threatening to shoot Bobby Travis and Winston Newquay, neither of which happened in the actual episode. | |
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Faking the Dead | |
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Mark Volchek orders Vinnie to "get rid" of a teenager who tried to shoot him, and is shocked when Vinnie returns with a jar supposedly containing the boy's ashes. Volchek is surprisingly horrified, as he only meant for the boy to be sent out of his sight, not harmed in any way. He does however praise his initiative and they decide on a codeword to avoid future "misunderstandings". | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: People love to make fun of Rick Pinzolo's juicer. When David Sternberg finally loses it, he takes great pleasure in destroying the contraption in front of Pinzolo. | |
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Pet the Dog | |
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Pet the Dog: Most villains have these moments at one time or another, leading to Wangst on the part of the hero. It's Vinnie's own mother who points out that Adolf Hitler and Attila the Hun had moments of genuine compassion too, but that didn't offset the evil that they did. | |
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Evil Duo | |
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Evil Duo: International Arms Dealer Mel Profitt and his sister Susan. As teens they killed their foster brother (by hanging him upside down until he passed out, then throwing him in the swimming pool) when he found out about their incestuous relationship. Together they form a "psychotic critical mass", as McPike describes it. | |
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Cut Short | |
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Cut Short: Only one episode of the last story arc was filmed before the show was canceled. | |
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