Team Bucciarati

### Other Members

Fedel Agnello, Salata Mista, Mela Ghirgha, Bavaroise Fugo, Paolo Bucciarati, Ceci Mariposa

### Status

Active, Under New Management

> We used to be great allies, great friends! And then you threw us all under the bus just because you couldn't accept blame with us.
>
> Clara E. to Bavaroise Fugo, during their fight in Pompeii.

Team Bucciarati, also known as **Hitman Team #99**, refers to an execution and investigation squad found by Stracciatello and later led by Paolo Bucciarati. The team works for Passione and is based in Naples alongside The Hitman Team before defecting in order to take over the syndicate as revenge for the death of their leader and ultimately become the new leaders themselves. Initially also known as "The Hitman Team", "Number 99", and similar names, Team Bucciarati rebranded themselves under the current name once they declared themselves as defectors.

Its current leader and members are unknown, as Paolo was ultimately killed by Father Diavolo in Sardinia and Giorno Giovanna made arrangements to re-establish the team under new management. While Giorno joined this team in Vento Aureo, he joins Olio's squad under Ogio Engio's orders in Fate of Zephyr. Team Bucciarati serves as Giorno's initial enemies in the beginning of the story instead. The team decided to find Gigi Una themselves while The Hitman Team went to pursue Ogio's treasure, leading to the latter guarding over her, and began pursuing the team after Olio was promoted to Capo to replace Polpo after his presumed suicide.

As a result of an event in the past between the two teams and The Hitman Team's success in acquiring Trish later on, the two teams were enemies to each other prior to Giorno's arrival and serve as the driving force between the former's antagonism.

* Members
* History
* Trivia
 Members of Team Bucciarati consist of Stand Users with varying experiences in the criminal world. Stands are either achieved naturally or through Ogio Engio''s test; all are revealed to have received their Stand through the latter.

## List of Members

### Current Members

* Unknown leader (took over after team was reinstated by Giorno)
* Unknown members (recruited by unknown leader)

### Former Members

* Deceased Members
	+ Stracciatello (former leader before giving status to Olio prior to death)
	+ Paolo Bucciarati (former leader)
	+ Fedel Agnello
	+ Salata Mista
	+ Mela Ghirgha
	+ Bavaroise Fugo
	+ Ceci Mariposa

## Team Culture

### Induction process

Like many teams in Passione that involve physical confrontation, The team was found in under request from Diavolo and given leadership to Stracciatello.

## After Fate of Zephyr

As the new Don of Passione, Giorno reassigned new management to Team Bucciarati.

## Comparison with Team Bucciarati

* Team Bucciarati is a redesign of the original team, consisting of canonical characters redesigned to fit the AU or original characters added in to reference assumed backgrounds.
	+ The canonical characters are Mela Ghirga, Leone Abbacchio's police partner, Paolo Bucciarati, Pannacotta Fugo, and Guido Mista.
	+ The only original character is Ceci Mariposa.
	+ Unlike the original Team Bucciarati Gelato is not a part of The Hitman Team.
* The number 99 was chosen arbitrarily but is a known number in various cultures.
	+ As it is one less than 100, it is often used in pricing and is the highest two digit number in decimal that is also positive.
	+ The number 99 is commonly associated with the song "99 Luftballons" by Nena.