Tommy Angelo

Tommy Angelo is one of the three protagonists (alongside Vito Scaletta and Lincoln Clay) of the Mafia video-game series. 
He is featured as the main protagonist of the 2002 crime videogame and the 2020 game Remake , and main antagonist of spin-off mobile video-game Mafia II Mobile, and minor antagonist in the 2010 sequel .
He was voiced by in Mafia, and by Andrew Bongiorno in the remake.
==Biography==
===Working with the Salieri Crime Family===
Tommy was originally a taxi driver. His parents died some time before the story's beginning, but he often speaks of the lessons they left him. He said being a taxi driver was no picnic, as the Great Depression was hitting America hard and he said he had to work long hours to break even. Even so, Tommy was happy to be employed, as he had compatriots who were worse off than him. One night his taxi was in a high crime neighborhood in the city of Lost Heaven. Paulie Lombardo and Sam Trapani had been wounded in a gun battle with some men from the Morello Crime Family. It looked like the end for both of them until one of them noticed Tommy's taxi. They pointed a gun at him and demanded he drive. Although intimidated, Tommy did what was asked, coolly escaping Morello's pursuing gunmen. After losing them, Tommy took them to Salieiri's Bar. Sam briefly went inside, then returned with his hand in his jacket. While it looked like a gun; in actuality it was envelope with money. Sam said that it should be enough for damages as well as Tommy's fee and a generous tip. Sam further remarks that Don Salieri is always looking for brave, resourceful men like him. Sam then adds that since Tommy did Don Salieri a favor; he can return any time to seek the Don's help, as Salieri never forgets those who aided him.
During his time in the mob Tommy quickly proves himself to be reliable and a fast learner, and quickly gets acquainted with people working within the family, as well as other contacts around Lost Heaven. He also gets romantically involved with Sarah Angelo, the daughter of Salieri barman Luigi Marino and marries her. He becomes good friends with Paulie and Sam and works alongside them on many jobs during his eight years with the family.
Tommy assists the family in taking down the Morello crime family, run by Salieri's former friend turned enemy Don Morello. Despite Tommy being able to wipe out rival mobsters, he draws the line at those he thinks are innocent or he grows fond or sympathetic towards. First, he refuses to kill a target because she is friends with his wife, and instead orders her to leave Lost Heaven. When tasked with killing the family's advisor (and Salieri's friend) Frank, who has ratted out the family after agents kidnapped his family, Tommy instead allows Frank and his family to leave the country and tells the family he buried his body after killing him. Unknown to Tommy at the time, his mercy behaviour would be one of the catalysts for his downfall.
Tommy, Paulie and Sam manage to eradicate most of the Morello crime family, and finally assassinate Don Morello before he can flee Lost Heaven. This leads to the Salieri crime family becoming the most powerful crime family in the city.
Don Salieri tasks the trio to steal crates of cigars from the docks. Tommy is skeptical about the job, feeling it is too beneath Salieri and why he would be interested. He goes along with it anyway, and Tommy disguises himself as a delivery driver and begins to steal the crates. He meets up with Paulie and Sam and they fend of pursuing enemies. While Sam goes away to pick up Don Salieri, Tommy and Sam drive to a warehouse, where they discover that the crates actually contain diamonds and not cigars. They don't disclose their knowledge to Saleri, whom they realise knew about the diamonds all along but lied to them.
Tommy and Paulie secretly plot to rob a bank to make extra cash on the side and not have to pay anything towards Salieri. After checking out the bank and loading up on weapons and getting a car, they managed to successfully rob it and make a lot of money.
===Escaping the mob===
Unfortunately, Don Salieri finds out about what they have done, and has Paulie assassinated. Tommy comes across Paulie's body, and sees the cash is missing. He is contacted by Sam, who reveals that Salieri is onto him, and urges Tommy to meet them at the city art gallery to plan a way out of it. But upon arriving at the art gallery, Tommy is swarmed by mobsters working for Sam, and Sam reveals himself to be a traitor. He reveals he was being behind Paulie's death, and criticises Tommy for constantly breaking the rules. Tommy manages to dispatch the gangsters and catches up with Sam, and fatally wounds him with a gunshot wound to the leg. Sam attempts to escape but Tommy lands another shot. Bleeding out, Sam tells Tommy that he won't be able to escape, and that the mob had managed to catch up with Frank an kill him despite being in hiding. Tommy finishes off Sam with several more shots, before then gathering his family and leaving Lost Heaven.
Tommy returned to the United States and began to help the authorities build a case against the Salieri crime family, as he knew he wouldn't be able to get away from them long. Tommy testified to the family in court, which resulted in Salieri and his men being sent to prison for life, with some even given execution by electric chair.
===Death===
Tommy spends several years in prison with protection. He is eventually released and he and his wife and daughter are given new identities and moved to Empire Bay to start a new life. While an older Tommy is watering his garden, two men approach him and call out his name. Tommy accidentally replies "Yes?" and one of the men replies "Mr. Salieri sends his regards" and Tommy is shot down in the garden. As he lies bleeding, the two men get into their vehicle and drive away, and Tommy's final moments has him recollecting.
==Changes to remake==
Tommy's role in the remake is expanded upon, as well as slightly changing his course of action from the original. The premise remains the same, he was a taxi driver conscripted into the Mafia by events beyond his power. Changes include:
* Paulie and Sam are given second names, now being known as Paul Lombardo and Samuel Trapani, but still being called "Sam" and "Paulie" by Tommy most of the time.
* Tommy's decision to spare Michelle is seen with more background, where he is about to be killed by goons at the end of the mission, only Tommy to be rescued by Sam, who flanks Tommy's attackers. Sam thanks Tommy for defying Salieri's orders and sparing Michelle as he has had a sexual relationship with her.
* Lucas Bertone is only seen in game during the Fairplay mission where he sabotages the race car same as the original. The original had subquests where Tommy did missions for Bertone in exchange for powerful cars, whereas the remake does not present them at the end of a mission. The subquests are still available in the remake, but must be sought out by seeking Bertone in game, which makes it less obvious.
* The mission where Tommy attempted to stalk Sergio Morello was considered the most difficult in the original, even moreso than the final mission. Although still tough in the remake, it is toned down to some degree.
* The mission where Tommy's sees he has been deceived changes the content. At the beginning, Tommy asks why there is such heavy security over cigars, to which Don Salieri remarks it is really diamonds and "I can't pull the wool over your eyes!". Salieri's remark is made jokingly, which Tommy then sees it more plausible as to it being a tough mission. At the end, he sees the crate actually contains heroin, which inspires himself and Paulie to do the bank job as they see Salieri is in the drug trade, whereas they themselves were unable to do that being held to the old mafia code of "you deal, you die".
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
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Older Tommy Angelo.png|An older Tommy before his death.
Mafia_definitive_edition.jpg|Cover art of Tommy in the remake.
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==Trivia==
*Tommy Angelo is approximately 6ft (183cm).
*He is the only main protagonist in the Mafia series to not carry out military service.
*He is the only main protagonist to canonically die, as Vito Scaletta and Lincoln Clay's fates depend on the player's actions in Mafia III.
==External Links==
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==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Tommy Angelo" article on the Mafia Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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