Luca Brasi

Luca Brasi was a senior member of The Lost Episode Resistance who worked as The Shadow Reader's personal enforcer. He was credited as being the Resistance's biggest asset. Brasi had a dark reputation and was considered to be one of the most feared men in the British criminal underworld.

"One thing must be understood. I would never go against The Shadow Reader. For Shadow is a man I respect. I understand he must put Backyardigans before me in the pasta business."-Luca to Johnny Buggerton regarding his loyalty to The Shadow Reader.

## Luca Brasi

### Relatives

Signor Brasi (Father) deceasedSignora Brasi (Mother)

Dominic Brasi (Half Brother)

### Affiliation

Luca Brasi's GangCorleone Crime Family

Lost Episode Resistance

The Shadow Reader

Space Voyager

Dorium Madavor deceased

Vito Corleone deceased

Michael Corleone possibly + deceased

Luigi Battaglia formerly

## Overview

Luca Brasi was an incredibly dangerous and feared criminal who worked in the Resistance as Shadow's personal enforcer and go to guy. Shadow ordered Luca to find out more about Rabe Maniels' plans which ultimately led to his swift demise. Luca's death as well as the later shooting of Shadow is what causes great turmoil for the Resistance.

## Background

Luca was born in Rhode Island. He had an unhappy childhood due to an alcoholic father. Luca eventually had enough, and killed his father with a two by four. By the turn of the 1980's, Luca had gained a fearsome reputation and was wanted for several convictions of murder. He moved to London in the 1990's where he gained a reputation as a feared street enforcer. Luca formed his own gang of hoodlums most notably Luigi Battaglia. In 2001, Luca and his gang kidnapped Richard Tubasnout, and Luca forced Richard to throw his cooked pasta into the furnace. Richard reluctantly complied, and referred to Luca as an unholy demon that night.

## Life With The Corleone's

Terrified by the pasta incident, Battaglia ratted out Luca to the police. Luca attempted to commit suicide in his cell, but was unsuccessful. He was bailed out by Don Vito Corleone who employed Luca as his enforcer. Though Vito disliked and feared Luca, he knew that Luca's fearsome reputation would strike fear into all of the Corleone's enemies. For the next two decades, Luca earned a reputation as one of the most feared men in the British criminal underworld. At some point prior to 2020, Luca stopped serving the Corleone's for unknown reasons.

## Meeting The Shadow Reader

Formally an enforcer for the Corleone Family, Luca met The Shadow Reader at a McDonalds one day when Shadow offered to pay Brasi for his food. Brasi was so grateful and this is what earned Shadow his undying respect and loyalty. Luca joined up with the Resistance and became known as their biggest asset and would prove vital in their fight against Rabe Maniels and Johnny Buggerton.

## Legend

Though Brasi's time with the Resistance was very brief, he did establish himself as their biggest asset, and several stories exist of his brutality. In one earlier incident, Brasi brutally killed two of Maniels' couriers who were planning on giving a lost episode to one of Shadow's close friends. He hacked both men into pieces with a hacksaw. His loyalty to The Shadow Reader was unquestioned, and he was said to have even killed a member of the Resistance just for posting a negative comment on one of Shadow's videos.

## Secret Assignment

Shortly before Christmas, Brasi was ordered by The Shadow Reader to infiltrate The Rabe Maniels Crime Syndicate. Brasi hung around Maniels Media complaining out loud about being held down and underpaid in the Resistance which caught the attention of Rabe's right-hand man Johnny Buggerton. Buggerton offered Brasi a job in the Syndicate as an enforcer. Brasi accepted and he and Buggerton arranged a meeting for later one night. Before heading to the meeting, Brasi put on a bulletproof vest.

## Death

At the meeting, Luca met with Rabe Maniels and the pair discussed business with Maniels offering Luca a job with an incredibly promising starting salary of £1,000,000. Luca pretends to be swayed and accepts the offer. Maniels and Buggerton then turn on Luca and subdue him as Salvatore Manetti garrottes him from behind. With Luca dead, Maniels and Buggerton were free to attempt a hit on The Shadow Reader without the fear of Brasi hunting them down later.

## Aftermath

The word of Luca's death didn't reach the Resistance until two days after the fact when they received a box of fish and chips wrapped in Brasi's bulletproof vest. The message is made clear: "Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes." Luca's death as well as Shadow's near death experience are the catalysts that nearly destroy the Resistance. Later, Skyrunner SG-1 has Salvatore Manetti whacked avenging Luca's death. Luca's protégé Dorium Maldovar replaced Brasi as The Shadow Reader's personal enforcer/bodyguard, but he received little to no respect from Shadow and ultimately became an informant for Rabe Maniels.

## Personality

Luca had a dark reputation in the British criminal underworld as a savage killer, and many criminals like 18K Red Pole Four Finger Wu said to have looked up to Brasi as a role model. His talent it was said was that he could do a job of murder all by himself which made him a valued asset to the Resistance. Though brutish and very dangerous, Luca was not very intelligent as he often had to rehearse lines before speaking with someone. He also failed to maintain cover during his covert meeting with Rabe Maniels which resulted in his swift demise. Luca was later mentioned as being one of the only people that Shadow truly feared. It is also said that even Rabe Maniels is intimidated by him. Despite his short time with the Resistance only being with them for a couple months, Luca was noted to be incredibly loyal and would have been a very important asset to them had he not of been killed.

## Appears In

A Big Day For Pooh (My Friends Tigger & Pooh Lost Episode)

The Spyro 3 Copy From Hell

The Death Of Mr Potato (Peppa Pig Lost Episode)

Red Dead Redemption Cursed Copy (Killed)

Halloween On Funnypasta Street (Appears As A Zombie)

How Richard Fatchurd Stole Christmas Part Two: The Lesser Of Two Evils (Appears As A Ghost)

How Richard Fatchurd Stole Christmas Part Three: Glad Tidings We Bring (Appears As A Ghost)

## Trivia

* Despite being credited as appranately being The Lost Episode Resistance's biggest asset, Luca didn't really do anything to help with the war and was actually taken out very easily by Rabe Maniels before anything happened.
* Luca's death is canon in funnypastas set outside of the arc.
* Dorium Maldovar was apparently a protégé of Brasi prior to his death.
* Luca actually used to be involved in lost media and even appeared in some of Rabe Maniels' productions until The Shadow Reader helped put him on the right path.
* Had Brasi not have been killed, Space Voyager was planning on sending him after Rabe Maniels' lieutenants.
* Luca was known for implied evil in a lot of his actions shown when he forced Gordon Tubasnout to throw his onions into a furnace.
* Though loyal to the Resistance, it is mentioned that Luca didn't reside on the compounds like the rest of the gang, and instead lived and moved by himself. He only came in to help when he was called for or when he felt like he needed to take initiative. He also rarely communicated with other members of the Resistance, but does seem to be on good terms with Space Voyager and BC Network. Richard Fatchurd also thinks highly of Luca, and refuses to believe that he could have turned traitor or been taken by surprise.
* He appeared as a zombie in Halloween On Funnypasta Street confirming his death outside The Rabe Maniels Arc.
* Luca was listed as missing on the CLPD database for a long time; until Archie Colmyer now Commissioner and a corrupt ally of Maniels reported Brasi had been killed in a gang related incident. This is a contrast to Vlad Papkov who is still listed as missing even in the epilogue.
* Luca resided just a few blocks up the road from Maniels Media. In The Moss Draft, Luca resided on the other side of town, and had to use the tube to get to the store.