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The Springfield Mafia is an Italian Organized Crime Group based in Springfield. The premier family among the Springfield Mafia is the D'Amico Crime Family.

Members

Bosses

• Don - Don Vittorio Di Maggio (as seen in Homie the Clown, is the true don with Fat tony being the underboss)

• Underboss - Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico

• • Acting bosses while Fat Tony is in hospital - Bart Simpson/Homer Simpson/Michael D'Amico ("The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer")

Soldiers and Associates

• Legs
• Louie
• Johnny Tightlips
• Michael D'Amico
• Frankie the Squealer
• Jimmy the Snitch (seen in "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky")

Bios

Fat Tony

Main Article: Fat Tony

Marion Anthony "Fat Tony" D'Amico, voiced by Joe Mantegna, is the local Mafia underboss and leader of The Springfield Mafia.

Fat Tony is a pastiche of Mafia characters from movies and dramas. His fellow mobsters include Joey, Legs, Louie, and occasionally Johnny Tightlips.

Legs and Louie

Main Article: Legs and Louie

'Legs, voiced by Karl Wiedergott (formerly voiced by Hank Azaria), and Louie, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, are the two Springfield Mafia hitmen who accompany Fat Tony at all times.

Johnny Tightlips

Main Article: Johnny Tightlips

Johnny Tightlips, voiced by Hank Azaria, is a member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. He says very little, which spares him from accusations of being a "squealer," but his reticence tends to be unhelpful to himself or others.

In "Insane Clown Poppy", there is a shoot-out in Fat Tony's mansion and Tightlips is shot by accident. When asked where he's injured, he says " I ain't sayin' nuthin'!", and when asked what to tell the doctor he says, "Tell 'im to go suck a lemon."

Frankie the Squealer

Main Article: Frankie the Squealer

Frankie the Squealer, is another member of the Mafia and associate of Fat Tony. However, he does not appear to be very useful to his colleagues in criminal activity due to his uncontrollable habit of squealing (he claims that "it makes me feel big"). On several occasions, the mob has attempted to kill him for his squealing, though they have repeatedly been unsuccessful.

Business dealings

In Springfield Mafia's first appearance, Bart the Murderer, the D'Amico Family hired Bart Simpson as a bartender/errand boy in the local mob hangout, "The Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club".

This episode shows the hangout as a gambling place. This Family activity is the plot center of another episode, "Homie the Clown", where Homer becomes a licensed Krusty the Klown imitator (D'Amico family subsequently mistakes him for the genuine clown in an effort to collect on assumably massive gambling debts, later revealed to be forty-eight dollars).

In "Insane Clown Poppy", Krusty loses his daughter's violin to Tony in a poker game, and later sneaks into the mafioso's compound (with Homer's help) to steal it back.

Through the seasons, the family schemes will appear numerous, ranged from supplying rat's milk to the school cafeteria to dabbling in the illegal fireworks racket.

The gang also attempts to monopolize various legitimate business, once waging war with the local Yakuza over the pretzel business. They are also responsible for maintaining Krusty Burger by keeping McDonald's] and Burger King out of Springfield.

In "Bart the Murderer", we also discover the Mafia involvement in tobacco traffic. When Springfield re-enacts Prohibition, naturally Fat Tony and crew pay off the cops to allow them to sneak in alcohol.

Headquarters

Their headquarters are located at the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club.

They are also known to frequently congregate at Luigi Risotto's Italian restaurant in Little Italy, and outside the Simpson's house.

Other mafia families facing the D'Amico Crime family

Calabresi Crime Family

The Calabrese family plays a critical role in the episode "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", but they have not previously played a role in The Simpsons , and the episode seems to end with the family's demise.

Boss : Dante Calabresi, Sr. (deceased)

Soldiers: Dante Calabresi, Jr. (deceased) Big Alberto (deceased)

Castellaneta Crime Family

The Castellaneta family featured in "Moe Baby Blues". Their name is an obvious reference to Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on The Simpsons.