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This article is about the mafia member. For others name Louie, see Louie (disambiguation).

Louie Artwork of Louie from The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Status: Alive Hair: Black Occupation: Mafia member Relatives: Mother: Unnamed First appearance: "Bart the Murderer" Voiced by: Dan Castellaneta Harry Shearer [1] v • d • e • h

Louie is a member of the Springfield Mafia. He is most often seen accompanying his boss Fat Tony along with fellow 'muscles' Legs and occasionally Johnny Tightlips.

History

As seen in Springfield Up and The Blunder Years, he and Legs have been friends with Fat Tony since childhood, and they have been the playground bullies of their generation.

Louie has always been eager to please Fat Tony, doing whatever he's told and trying to make himself useful at all times, such as offering him a spare ketchup packet at a restaurant.^[2] He isn't afraid to kill or wound anyone who gets in his way. However, Louie has often shown fear of possibly angering his boss,^[3] or misunderstanding Fat Tony's words, even exclaiming at one point, "You know how it is with us! Everything means 'kill!'." ^[4] He has also confided in Legs that he doesn't know what Fat Tony exactly means when he gives an order to 'take care' of someone, and that he is afraid to ask for clarification because Louie himself might get 'taken care of' too.^[5]

Trivia

• He says that tear gas is "[his] one weakness," though this is likely an embellishment.^[6]

• Along with Fat Tony and Legs, Louie has been seen attending the monthly pancake dinner at the Springfield Catholic Church.^[7]

• He owns a 'Folk Diva Mix' CD that includes Janis Ian's "At Seventeen." ^[8]

• Louie confesses that he brings his own candy to movie theaters, much to Fat Tony's disappointment.^[9]

Non-canon

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

The Simpsons: Hit and Run

All Levels: Louie is a character you can talk to and have an optional street race for money. Entry fee: 20 coins. Payout: 80 coins.

Level 5: When Apu asks him where the Buzz Cola trucks are coming from, Louie replies that they are related to the museum. He then threatens Apu not to tell anybody else about it, or else the mafia will come after his family.

The Simpsons Game

He is a character seen walking around Springfield, and can be recruited by Marge.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

This section is transcluded from The Simpsons: Tapped Out characters/Wise Guys. To edit it, please edit the transcluded page.

He appears in The Simpsons: Tapped Out on Level 28 along with Legs, with the Fat Tony's Compound Building.

Louie Image Cost Unlock method Unlocks with Unlock message 49,000 Level 28 The Cleaner Pt. 4 (with Legs) Fat Tony's Compound Technical Information ID Groups Internal Name 67 Regular Characters, Regular Male, Criminal, Adult, Normal Springfielders, Wise Guys Louie Permanent Tasks Task Time Reward Requires Quest with the task Animated? Go Skating 10m 17, 5 Simpsons' Skating Rink Interrogate a Squealer 60m 210, 50 River Legs Frankie the Squealer Taking Care Of Business Interrogate a Rat 60m 70, 17 Businessman's Social Club Conduct Private Business in Public 3h 200, 55 Asia de Cuba Take a Break in the Slammer 4h 175, 45 Springfield Penitentiary Puff Justice Springfield Confidential Pt. 6 Pilfer Shoplifting Section 4h 260, 70 Fortune Megastore Overpay for Sex on the Beach 4h 260, 70 Smooches on the Beach Stay at the Swelldorado 4h 260, 70 Swelldorado Try to Win at Blackjack 4h 175, 45 $ Casino Drink and Babysit 4h 175, 45 The Boiled Potato Attend Parenting Seminars 4h 260, 70 Universal Panacea Shop for Cider 4h 260, 70 Mt. Swartzwelder Historic Cider Mill Get Treatment for "Illnesses" 6h 225, 55 Springfield Medical Center Perform a Hit 8h 275, 70 Brown House Gangster Paradise Springfield Confidential Pt. 1 Dance the Señor Burns 8h 420, 105 Chez Guevara Eat at a Neutral Location 8h 420, 105 Cora's Diner Collect Tribute 12h 420, 100 Shop Business As Usual Springfield Confidential Pt. 3 Enjoy a Night at the Theater 12h 420, 100 Springfield Playhouse Complain About Electric Buzzing 12h 420, 100 The Buzzing Sign Diner Run Smuggling Operation 16h 500, 125 Burns State Prison Play Poker 24h 600, 150 Businessman's Social Club Buy Groceries at a Kindling Store 24h 600, 150 Kevin's Kindling

Behind the Laughter

According to Dan Castellaneta, he modeled Louie's voice after the Italian American actor, Joe Pesci, who had a role in Goodfellas. A reference to him is also in Futurama as Clamps in the Robot Mafia.

Lawsuit

On October 22, 2014, it was reported that Goodfellas actor Frank Sivero was suing Fox Television Studios and Matt Groening for $250 million, claiming 'misappropriation of likeness and ideas as well as unjust enrichment' over the show's use of Louie.^[10] Sivero maintains that Louie's appearance and mannerisms are strongly evocative of his character Frankie Carbone in the movie, and he is claiming the money on the grounds that the Simpsons producers appropriated his "confidential idea" for the movie character, as well as for "loss of likeness", resulting him to be subsequently typecast.^[11]

Appearances

References

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