Frankie Carbone (Gotham)
Manipulation Mass murder
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Organized crime
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| “ | Hostile? You got that right. You ain't no golden goose, you're a yellow rat snitch, and you got Maroni all twisted. | „ |
| ~ Carbone to Penguin. |
Frankie Carbone is a minor antagonist in Season 1 ofGotham. He is the second-in-command and best friend ofSalvatore Maroni and got murdered byOswald Cobblepot.
He was portrayed byDanny Mastrogiorgio, who also playedToni Cipriani inGrand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories andEarl Gilmore inLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Biography[]
Frankie Carbone is the loyal friend and right-hand-man ofSalvatore Maroni. When Don Maroni's restaurant is robbed, Frankie arrives with some guys to investigate. Although they believe the takings have been stolen, they find dishwasherOswald Cobblepot hiding with the bag of money. Frankie informs Maroni, who later promotes Cobblepot to restaurant manager after the previous one was killed in the robbery. Unknown to them however, Cobblepot himself instigated the robbery in order to get close to Maroni.
Frankie begins to despise Cobblepot and his rise in Maroni's favor. When they go along to killCarmine Falcone's gang member Nikolai, Frankie later turns on Cobblepot and plans to kill him. However Cobblepot thought ahead and paid off Frankie's two henchmen to now work for him. As the henchmen held Frankie, he was repeatedly stabbed to death, and Cobblepot finished off by kissing the dying Frankie on the forehead. He passed away from his injuries, and Cobblepot told Maroni he was killed in the shootout.
Maroni would later come to the conclusion behind the truth of Frankie's death, especially after being tipped off byFish Mooney that Cobblepot was working for Falcone as a snitch. In a plan to get back at Cobblepot, Maroni revealed to his mother Gertrud how her son had murdered his friend, thus shattering her illusions that he was just a night club owner and respected businessman.
Trivia[]
- In the comics Frankie appeared inBatman: The Long Halloween as a minor antagonist.
- In the mobster filmThe Goodfellas, there was a gangster named Frankie Carbone.
