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Antonio Cipriani
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Appearances	[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto III; Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
Full Name	Antonio Cipriani
Aliases	Toni; Toni Cipriani; Anthony
Status	Alive (as of 2001) [[Status::Alive (as of 2001)\| ]]
Gender	Gender::Male
Place of Birth	Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City
Nationality	American
Home	Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City
Family	Ma Cipriani (mother)
Main Affiliations	Leone Family; Salvatore Leone (until 2001); Luigi Goterelli; Joey Leone; Mickey Hamfists; Maria Latore (until 2001); Vincenzo Cilli (until 1998); Giovanni Casa (until 1998); Joseph Daniel O'Toole (until 1998); Toshiko Kasen; Donald Love (1998); Leon McAffrey (1998); Mr. Wong (2001); Claude (2001); Uptown Yardies (1998); Southside Hoods (1998)
Vehicles	Kuruma; Leone Sentinel
Businesses	Momma's Restaurante (owned by Ma Cipriani)
Voiced by	Michael Madsen (GTA III); Daniel Mastrogiorgio (GTA Liberty City Stories)
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Antonio "Toni" Cipriani, also referred to as Anthony Cipriani, is a recurring character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto III (set in 2001) and as the protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (set in 1998). He is a made man in the Leone Family, the main Mafia family in Liberty City and also helps run his mothers restaurant in Saint Mark's, Portland, Liberty City. Cipriani is voiced by Michael Madsen in GTA III and by Daniel Mastrogiorgio in GTA Liberty City Stories.

Character history

Life until 1998

Antonio "Toni" Cipriani was born to Ma Cipriani and an unnamed father, a member of one of the city's Mafia families, in Portland, Liberty City. He lived his parents in their home and restaurant located in the Saint Mark's neighbourhood. Cipriani grew up in a Mafia controlled neighbourhood and later became involved in the criminal underworld before joining the Leone Family. In 1994 Toni killed a made man on orders from Salvatore Leone, Don of the Leone Family, and left Liberty City for an unknown destination.

Return to Liberty City

Toni returned to Liberty City on a coach in 1998 and immediately met a grateful Salvatore who immediately places him under the leadership of made man Vincenzo Cilli who rose through the family's hierarchy during Toni's abscene.

Toni initially finds himself performing menial tasks for Cilli, including taking a drug dealer to his turf but is later asked to do more troublesome tasks, including assisting robbers escape from the AMCo. Petroleum Company petrol station. Toni, however, is later set up by Vincenzo when collecting a car loaded with drugs being watched by the police. Toni, angry and ashamed at working for Vincenzo, is entrusted with working for Joseph Daniel O'Toole, a member of the rival Sindacco Family who wants to join the Leones. While working for O'Toole, Toni manages to impress Salvatore by driving him away from Paulie's Revue Bar, which was being raided by the police, by preventing the destruction of a Leone controlled casino and then, in retaliation, destroying the Sindacco run Dolls House casino/bordello.

Toni later worked for Salvatore, doing various tasks to attempt to convince union leader Jane Hopper and her fellow union leaders to grant them access to the harbor during planned strikes, which had been funded by Salvatore. During this time he also begins to work for Salvatore's wife, Maria Latore, constantly rescuing her from danger when shop lifting, being kidnapped, illegal street racing, an aggressive love interest named Wayne, who he later kills, and from overdosing on drugs. Maria, during this time, begins to fall in love with Toni but, realising he has no money, reaffirms her interest in Salvatore's money.

Toni also confronts his mother for the first time in four years following his hasty departure. His mother, disappointed in his lack of phone calls while in hiding, continually makes negative remarks about his character and appearance, claiming he is too thin. Toni, in attempts to impress his mother, takes photographs of Giovanni Casa in his underwear and chasing two prostitutes (including Mona Lott) and later killing him when he stopped paying protection money, wins an illegal street race and kills Dan Sucho, as well as killing many Triads. His attempts, however, fall short of her high expectations following her husbands example and she places a hit on Toni, asking him to die 'like a real man'.

Being made

Toni Cipriani, about to become a made man, talking to the Don of the Leone Family, Salvatore Leone, as Mickey Hamfists looks on.

Toni, after escaping from hitmen and the interests of Maria, returns to Salvatore and is sent to collect some drugs from Miguel of the Colombian Cartel. Their deal is ambushed by the police but Toni manages to retrieve the drugs and kill Miguel before returning to Salvatore. A short while later he receives a phone call from O'Toole who informs him that Salvatore has been kidnapped by some Sindaccos although their attempts are thwarted when Toni rescues him and later helps Salvatore exact his revenge on the Sindaccos. Salvatore later has Toni follow Massimo Torini of the Sicilian Mafia, from which they learn of his treacherous alliances with the Triads and Diablos, before joining Mickey Hamfists in driving O'Toole to be 'made'.

O'Toole, however, is killed by Hamfists and Toni disposes of the body in the sea before receiving a phone call from Vincenzo, wanting to make peace at Salvatore's request. Toni, upon entering a freighter, is attacked by various men with weapons but survives, managing to kill Vincenzo in the process. Toni later helps to repel the Diablos from Hepburn Heights and the Red Light District and retrieves some money from a warehouse in Callahan Point, which had been destroyed by the Triads. The Mayor Roger C. Hole, alligned with the Forelli Family, puts out an arrest warrant for Salvatore who, along with Toni, is forced to flee to a safehouse in Newport, Staunton Island.

This occurs, however, only after an argument over comments Toni had supposedly made about Salvatore and his intelligence. The argument involves Salvatore pointing a gun at Toni before realising his loyalty and admitting to becoming increasingly paranoid. Salvatore, in retaliation at the Mayors actions, has Toni kill the Mayor on his jog in Belleville Park, retrieveing his phone in the process. For this, his work for the Leone Family and twice rescuing Salvatore he is made despite his concerns following O'Toole's 'ceremony'.

Made Man

Toni, after being made, receives a phone call from his mother informing him that she had called off the hit but complains that she should not have had to go to sucuh lengths to force his upward movement in the family hierarchy. Toni then comes under the employment of Donald Love, a rich businessman and Salvatore's preferred candidate to become Mayor. After collecting a corpse for a party Toni begins to campaign for Love and kill some of his rivals campaigners. Toni later also destroys a Forelli owned printing company that had been printing ballot papers, protects Love while he campaigns and, with the vote too close to call, steals a number of the ballot papers to replace with votes for Love. Their efforts, however, fall through as Love's connections with the Leone Family persuade voters to elect Miles O'Donovan. Love, now bankrupt, disppears.

Toni, during this time, had also helped Salvatore confirm Hole's allegiance to the Forelli Family and rescue Salvatore when he found himself in the middle of a hit during an attempt to spy of the Forellis. A peace deal between the Forelli and Sindacco families is also ruined by Toni, who also kills a wiseguy who was heading to Forelli Don Franco Forelli to inform him of Massimo Torini's plans to take control of the city.

The Sindacco Family were also targetted at this time when Toni began to work for corrupt police officer Leon McAffrey, which included killing a number of Sindacco mobsters, helping the Uptown Yardies acquire and then maintain control of Newport. McAffrey also told Toni of the Forelli Family's plans to move their weapons to another location, which Toni stopped by destroying them.

Working close with Salvatore

A free Salvatore Leone talking to Toni Cipriani after being released from police custody.

During this time Salvatore Leone is arrested and placed in prison on Shoreside Vale. While awaiting trial he visited by Toni, disguised as a lawyer named Lionel, and is told to attack the Forelli and Sindacco families for his incarceration. Toni assists the Southside Hoods in taking control of Wichita Gardens, a Forelli neighbourhood, and then kills Sindacco Don Paulie Sindacco, before attacking a Yakuza weapons storage and destroying their tank.

He later meets Toshiko Kasen, the bitter wife of Yakuza leader Kazuki Kasen, who hires Toni to slowly destroy her husband, including destroying his money and [[A Date With Death|going to the opera with Toshiko, before killing Kazuki on the roof of his casino. He also meets Donald Love in a Shoreside Vale flophouse during this time and helps him lill his old mentor Avery Carrington to acquire his plans to regenerate the city and kill Liberty Tree reporter Ned Burner who had taken photographs of Avery's murder.

Toni, had previously worked for Burner when he pretended to be the vicar at the city cathedral and knew him to be the chief reporter for the Liberty Tree newspaper. He later chases him down and collects the photographs before killing Burner after he tried to escape and after he published stories about Toni's criminal activities under his instructions. The corpses of Avery and Ned are later collected for another morgue party. Love has Toni meet explosives expert 8-Ball who provides him with a van laiden with explosives, which he plants in old subway tunnels under Fort Staunton, a Forelli turf, before detonating them causing the area to be completely destroyed, allowing Love to rebuild the area. Toni also later helps Love escape the attention of the Colombian Cartel, Avery's partners, and he flees on his private aeroplane.

Shortly after Salvatore is escorted to his arraignment by Toni who kills a number of Sicilian Mafia mobsters attempting to murder Salvatore before helping him end the Sicilians plans of taking over the city by killing their caporegime Massimo Torini and 'persuading' the Mayor, Miles O'Donovan, to work for the Leone Family.

Life between 1998 and 2001

Toni continued to work for Salvatore Leone and the Leone Family but became less active in the actual criminal activity. During this time he also moved back in with his mother and her restaurant, which he also became more active in running. He put weight on during this time and began to have a shorter temper, likely due to his mothers constant disapproval of him, and is known to have punched a man for claiming the ziti at the restaurant was over-baked. He also comes under investigation by the police for his links to Salvatore Leone, although Toni maintains that he only purchases tomato sauce from him. He also manages, throughout the period, to establish himself as the right hand man of Salvatore, being placed above Salvatore's own son Joey.

Life in 2001

Joey Leone introducing Claude to Toni Cipriani during the mission Cipriani's Chauffeur.

In 2001 Toni continues to work for Salvatore Leone and help his mother run her restaurant. He is introduced to Claude, a man capable of completing tasks similar to Toni three years previously, and he hires him after using him as a driver when attempting to collect his protection money from Mr. Wong's Laundromat. Toni later has Claude retrieve the protection money, which is ambushed by the Portland Triads, destroy three Triad vans, kill three Triad warlords and then destroy the Belly-Up Fish & Seafood Processing Plant. He also introduces Claude to Salvatore, who is shown to hold a high opinion of him. Toni also phones in to Chatterbox FM and complains to the shows host Lazlow about his mother, her unrealistic expectations and continual negativity towards him and his character.

Personality

Toni's behaviour changes somewhat throughout his appearance in the series. He is initially shown to be reserved when dealing with people such as Maria Latore and quickly annoyed, although his annoyance remains controlled. In GTA III, however, he is shown to have a short temper likely caused by living with his mother and her high expectations. Toni is also shown to be very loyal to those he trusts, in particular towards Salvatore Leone, saving his life on at least one occasion, and towards his mother, killing Giovanni Casa after he angered her. He also believes in showing proper respect to parents as seen through his disgust at Vincenzo Cilli while he received a blow job from Cheryl while talking on the phone to his mother. Toni, despite his temper, is also shown to be remorseful and makes a confession at the Cathedral in Bedford Point.

Trivia


Toni Cipriani in GTA III.		Toni Cipriani in GTA Liberty City Stories.

Toni Cipriani ages significantly in the three years between Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto III and also puts on weight after being called thin by his mother, Maria Latore and Salvatore Leone.
Toni Cipriani is likely homage of Tony Soprano, the main character from The Sopranos. Aside from their names, both characters also share ongoing problems with their mothers, who also ordered hits on them (which occur to Toni in GTA: Liberty City Stories).
It is possible that Toni is a reference to Robert De Niro's character in Goodfellas.
An Easter egg in Grand Theft Auto IV suggests that Toni Cipriani died after 2001. However, this is not been considered canon with the GTA III Era.
Toni is the only protagonist to give another protagonist (Claude) missions.
The surname 'Cipriani' is a possible reference to the Itailian dish occupying the same name.

Gallery

Game artwork of Toni Cipriani in GTA III.

Game artwork of Toni Cipriani in GTA III.
Toni Cipriani shortly after returning to Liberty City in the introductory cutscene in GTA LCS.

Mission appearances

GTA III

GTA Liberty City Stories

As the protagonist, he appears in every mission.

Murders committed

Dan Sucho (killed in an attempt to impress Ma Cipriani)
Giovanni Casa (killed after he stopped paying protection money)
Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay (killed for beating up Maria Latore)
Vincenzo Cilli (killed for mistreating and later attempting to kill Toni)
Roger C. Hole (killed under orders of Salvatore Leone due to his paranoia)
DB-P (killed for refusing to give an interview to the Liberty City Free Radio)
Black Lightman (killed for refusing to give an interview to the Liberty City Free Radio)
Faith W. (killed for refusing to give an interview to the Liberty City Free Radio)
Avery Carrington (killed to get his plans to re-develop Fort Staunton)
Ned Burner (killed after witnessing Avery's murder)
Kazuki Kasen (killed on Toshiko Kasen's orders for neglecting her)
Paulie Sindacco (killed for his possible involvement in Salvatore Leone's arrest)
Massimo Torini (killed while he was attempting to kill Toni and Salvatore Leone)

Leone Family

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 ===Return to Liberty City===
-When Toni returns to Liberty City on a [[coach|bus]] in [[1998]], Salvatore is grateful to him but places him under the supervision of [[Vincenzo Cilli]]. Despite being much younger, Vincenzo has become a [[Caporegime|made man]] while Toni has not. They resent each other, which accumulates into Vincenzo [[Hot Wheels (GTA LCS)|setting Toni up]] to be [[LCPD in GTA III Era|arrested by police]].
+Toni returned to Liberty City on a [[coach]] in [[1998]] and immediately [[Introduction (GTA LCS)|met a grateful]] Salvatore who immediately places him under the leadership of [[Caporegime|made man]] [[Vincenzo Cilli]] who rose through the family's hierarchy during Toni's abscene.
-During this time, Toni speaks to his [[Ma Cipriani|mother]] for the first time since going into hiding four years ago, and goes to great lengths to try to earn her acceptance. However, he always falls short of her expectations and she eventually [[No Son of Mine|places a hit on Toni]], flatly telling him "It's for the best, son. At least try to die like a real man. Try to stop shaming me."
+Toni initially finds himself performing menial tasks for Cilli, including [[Slacker|taking a drug dealer to his turf]] but is later asked to do more troublesome tasks, including assisting [[Smash and Grab|robbers escape]] from the [[AMCo. Petroleum Company]] petrol station. Toni, however, is later [[Hot Wheels (GTA LCS)|set up]] by Vincenzo when collecting a [[Banshee|car]] loaded with drugs being watched by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]]. Toni, angry and ashamed at working for Vincenzo, is entrusted with working for [[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]], a member of the rival [[Sindacco Family]] who wants to join the Leones. While working for O'Toole, Toni manages to impress Salvatore by driving him away from [[Paulie's Revue Bar]], which was being raided by the police, by preventing the destruction of a [[Leone Casino|Leone controlled casino]] and then, in retaliation, destroying the Sindacco run [[The Dolls House|Dolls House]] casino/bordello.
-Salvatore switches Toni to work with [[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]], owner of [[Paulie's Revue Bar]] who works for the [[Sindacco Family]] but wants to work with the Leones instead. Toni eventually [[Don in 60 Seconds|rescues Salvatore from the police]] and is promoted to working with Sal directly. Together they fought union boss [[Jane Hopper]], a former ally of Sal's, for control of [[Portland Harbor|harbor]]. Toni is also asked by Sal to entertain his trophy wife, [[Maria Latore]] - she is having an affair with a biker named [[Wayne]] and also makes advances on Toni, who rebukes her out of loyalty to Sal. Toni again saves Sal, this time from [[Salvatore's Salvation|a Sindacco kidnapping]]. JD is eventually [[The Made Man|killed]], after which point the Revue Bar is replaced with [[Sex Club 7]], run by fully-fledged Leone member [[Luigi Gotorelli]].
+Toni later worked for Salvatore, doing various tasks to [[The Offer|attempt]] to [[Ho Selecta!|convince]] union leader [[Jane Hopper]] and [[Frighteners|her fellow union leaders]] to [[Rollercoaster Ride|grant them access]] to the [[Portland Harbor|harbor]] during planned strikes, which had been funded by Salvatore. During this time he also begins to work for Salvatore's wife, [[Maria Latore]], constantly rescuing her from danger when [[Shop 'Til You Strop|shop lifting]], [[Taken For A Ride|being kidnapped]], [[Booby Prize|illegal street racing]], [[Biker Heat|an aggressive love interest]] named [[Cedric Fotheringay|Wayne]], who he later kills, and from [[Overdose of Trouble|overdosing on drugs]]. Maria, during this time, begins to fall in love with Toni but, realising he has no money, reaffirms her interest in Salvatore's money.
+Toni also confronts his [[Ma Cipriani|mother]] for the first time in four years following his hasty departure. His mother, disappointed in his lack of phone calls while in hiding, continually makes negative remarks about his character and appearance, claiming he is too thin. Toni, in attempts to impress his mother, takes [[Camera|photographs]] of [[Giovanni Casa]] in his underwear and chasing two prostitutes (including [[Mona Lott]]) and later [[Dead Meat|killing him]] when he stopped paying protection money, wins an [[Grease Sucho|illegal street race]] and kills [[Dan Sucho]], as well as killing many [[Portland Triads|Triads]]. His attempts, however, fall short of her high expectations following her husbands example and she places a [[No Son of Mine|hit on Toni]], asking him to die 'like a real man'.
 ===Being made===
 [[File:MakingToni-GTALCS5.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Toni Cipriani, about to become a [[Caporegime|made man]], talking to the [[Don]] of the [[Leone Family]], [[Salvatore Leone]], as [[Mickey Hamfists]] looks on.]]
+Toni, after escaping from [[hitmen]] and the interests of Maria, returns to Salvatore and is sent to collect some drugs from [[Miguel]] of the [[Colombian Cartel]]. Their deal is ambushed by the police but Toni manages to retrieve the drugs and kill Miguel before returning to Salvatore. A short while later he receives a [[Phone|phone call]] from O'Toole who informs him that Salvatore has been kidnapped by some [[Sindacco Family|Sindaccos]] although their attempts are thwarted when Toni rescues him and later helps Salvatore [[The Guns of Leone|exact his revenge on the Sindaccos]]. Salvatore later has Toni follow [[Massimo Torini]] of the [[Sicilian Mafia]], from which they learn of his [[Calm Before the Storm|treacherous alliances]] with the [[Portland Triads|Triads]] and [[Diablos]], before joining [[Mickey Hamfists]] in driving O'Toole to be 'made'.
-Salvatore Leone faced two major adversaries. First was [[Massimo Torini]], Sicily's most powerful mafia boss who [[Calm Before The Storm|turns]] the [[Triads]], [[Diablos]], Forelli and Sindacco families against Sal. Second is mayor [[Roger C. Hole]], who is bribed by the Forelli family and blames all the city's crime on Salvatore Leone. Though they initially tried to fight them off, Salvatore and Toni retreated to a [[Staunton Island Safehouse (GTA LCS)|safehouse]] in [[Newport]], [[Staunton Island]]. Salvatore's first act in exile was to have Toni [[A Walk in the Park|kill mayor Hole]], after which Toni finally [[Making Toni|became a made man]]. His mother was finally proud of him, and called off the hit.
+O'Toole, however, is killed by Hamfists and Toni disposes of the body in the sea before receiving a phone call from Vincenzo, wanting to make peace at Salvatore's request. Toni, upon entering a freighter, [[The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade|is attacked by various men with weapons but survives, managing to kill Vincenzo in the process]]. Toni later [[Sindacco Sabotage|helps to repel]] the [[Diablos]] from [[Hepburn Heights]] and the [[Red Light District]] and [[The Trouble With Triads|retrieves some money]] from a warehouse in [[Callahan Point]], which had been destroyed by the Triads. The [[Mayoralty of Liberty City in GTA III Era|Mayor]] [[Roger C. Hole]], alligned with the [[Forelli Family]], puts out an arrest warrant for Salvatore who, along with Toni, is forced to flee to a [[Staunton Island Safehouse (GTA LCS)|safehouse]] in [[Newport]], [[Staunton Island]].
+This occurs, however, only after an argument over comments Toni had supposedly made about Salvatore and his intelligence. The argument involves Salvatore pointing a gun at Toni before realising his loyalty and admitting to becoming increasingly paranoid. Salvatore, in retaliation at the Mayors actions, has Toni [[A Walk in the Park|kill the Mayor on his jog]] in [[Belleville Park]], retrieveing his phone in the process. For this, his work for the Leone Family and twice rescuing Salvatore he is [[Making Toni|made]] despite his concerns following O'Toole's 'ceremony'.
 ===Made Man===
-[[File:TheShoresideRedemption-GTALCS11.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A free [[Salvatore Leone]] talking to Toni Cipriani after being released from [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] custody.]]
+Toni, after being made, receives a [[Phone|phone call]] from his [[Ma Cipriani|mother]] informing him that she had called off the hit but complains that she should not have had to go to sucuh lengths to force his upward movement in the family hierarchy. Toni then comes under the employment of [[Donald Love]], a rich businessman and Salvatore's preferred candidate to become Mayor. After [[The Morgue Party Candidate|collecting a corpse for a party]] Toni begins to [[Steering the Vote|campaign for Love]] and [[Cam-Pain|kill]] some of his [[Miles O'Donovan|rivals]] campaigners. Toni later also [[Friggin' the Riggin'|destroys a Forelli owned printing company]] that had been printing ballot papers, [[Love & Bullets|protects Love]] while he campaigns and, with the vote too close to call, [[Counterfeit Count|steals a number of the ballot papers]] to replace with votes for Love. [[Love on the Rocks|Their efforts, however, fall through]] as Love's connections with the Leone Family persuade voters to elect [[Miles O'Donovan]]. Love, now bankrupt, disppears.
-Salvatore then sent Toni to aid in the mayoral campaign of [[Donald Love]], a rich businessman who agreed to pull strings for Salvatore. Love's opponent [[Miles O'Donovan]] was in the Forelli family's pocket. Around the same time, Toni helped Salvatore continue fighting the Forelli and Sindacco families, and sabotaged a [[Taking the Peace|peace meeting]] that they had planned. They had the help of corrupt cop [[Leon McAffrey]]. Donald Love [[Love on the Rocks|barely lost the election]] to O'Donovan, blames the loss on Toni, and went bankrupt.
-To make matters worse, Salvatore was soon after arrested and awaited trial in prison. Toni, disguised as a lawyer named Lionel, visits Sal in prison. On Sal's orders, he continues fighting the Forelli and Sindacco families, and destroys a [[Yakuza]] weapons cache. Toni meets [[Toshiko Kasen]], wife of [[Yakuza]] leader [[Kazuki Kasen]] who betrays him to Toni. With her help, Toni [[Cash in Kazuki's Chips|kills Kazuki]] before returning to Toshiko and witnessing her commit suicide.
+Toni, during this time, had also helped Salvatore [[Caught in the Act|confirm Hole's allegiance]] to the [[Forelli Family]] and rescue Salvatore when he [[Search and Rescue|found himself in the middle of a hit during an attempt to spy of the Forellis]]. A peace deal between the Forelli and [[Sindacco Family|Sindacco]] families is also [[Taking the Peace|ruined]] by Toni, who also [[Shoot the Messenger|kills a wiseguy]] who was heading to Forelli [[Don]] [[Franco Forelli]] to inform him of [[Massimo Torini|Massimo Torini's]] plans to take control of the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|city]].
-Toni meets a down-and-out Donald Love in a [[Pike Creek]] flophouse, makes amends and agrees to be part of a real estate scheme to become wealthy again. They begin by silencing Love's old mentor [[Avery Carrington]], and [[Liberty Tree]] reporter Ned Burner - Toni was previously fooled by Ned, disguised as a pastor, into wreaking havoc around town to benefit his journalism career.
+The Sindacco Family were also targetted at this time when Toni began to work for corrupt [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police officer]] [[Leon McAffrey]], which included [[Sayonara Sindaccos|killing a]] [[Crazy '69'|number of]] Sindacco mobsters, helping the [[Uptown Yardies]] [[The Whole 9 Yardies|acquire]] and then [[Night of the Livid Dreads|maintain control]] of [[Newport]]. McAffrey also told Toni of the Forelli Family's plans to move their weapons to another location, which Toni stopped by destroying them.
-Ultimately, Donald directed Toni to plant explosives, supplied by [[8-Ball]], throughout old subway tunnels under the Forelli turf of [[Fort Staunton]]. [[Bringing The House Down|Catastrophic explosions completely obliterated Fort Staunton]], and presumably thousands of innocents died in one of the worst disasters in human history. The public presumed that it was an accident and caused by ignited Forelli weapons caches. Donald Love rebuilt his wealth by investing in the area's real estate, and was later shaken down by the [[Colombian Cartel]] for profits and fled Liberty City on his private jet.
+===Working close with Salvatore===
+[[File:TheShoresideRedemption-GTALCS11.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A free [[Salvatore Leone]] talking to Toni Cipriani after being released from [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] custody.]]
-Salvatore is found not guilty, returns to his mansion in [[Portland]] and vows revenge on [[Massimo Torini]] and [[Miles O'Donovan]]. In the [[The Sicilian Gambit|last mission of the game]], Toni and Sal kill Torini as he tries to kidnap O'Donovan. They bring O'Donovan back to their mansion and bully him into pulling strings for the Leones. Salvatore makes peace with [[Uncle Leone|his uncle]], a fellow mafia boss back in Sicily whom he does not trust, gives Toni $500,000 (even though he promised $2,000,000) and they continue business.
+During this time Salvatore Leone is arrested and placed in prison on [[Shoreside Vale]]. While awaiting trial he visited by Toni, disguised as a lawyer named Lionel, and is told to attack the Forelli and Sindacco families for his incarceration. Toni assists the [[Southside Hoods]] in [[Rough Justice|taking control]] of [[Wichita Gardens]], a Forelli neighbourhood, and then kills Sindacco [[Don]] [[Paulie Sindacco]], before attacking a [[Yakuza]] weapons storage and destroying their [[Rhino|tank]].
-===1998 to 2001===
+He later meets [[Toshiko Kasen]], the bitter wife of [[Yakuza]] leader [[Kazuki Kasen]], who hires Toni to [[More Deadly Than the Male|slowly]] destroy her husband, including destroying his [[Cash Clash|money]] and [[A Date With Death|going to the opera with Toshiko, before killing Kazuki on the roof of his [[The Big Shot Casino|casino]]. He also meets [[Donald Love]] in a Shoreside Vale flophouse during this time and helps him [[Panlantic Land Grab|lill his old mentor]] [[Avery Carrington]] to acquire his plans to regenerate the city and kill [[Liberty Tree]] reporter [[Ned Burner]] who had taken [[Camera|photographs]] of Avery's murder.
-Toni survived the bombing of his [[Portland Safehouse (GTA LCS)|Little Italy apartment]] and moved back in with his mother above the restaurant (older men living with their mothers is much more common in Italy than the United States). During this time, he put on more weight like his mother wanted and helped run the restaurant. He once punched a man for claiming the ziti at the restaurant was over-baked. He was further investigated for his ties to Salvatore Leone - Salvatore's public charade was that he sold tomato sauce, and Toni claimed to simply be a major customer of Leone's on behalf of the restaurant.
-Toni becomes Salvatore's right hand man, even above his son [[Joey Leone]]. In [[The Offer]], Salvatore previously told Toni "After [[Don in 60 Seconds|what you did]], you're like a son to me. Better than my son, better than any son".
+Toni, [[L.C. Confidential|had]] [[The Passion of the Heist|previously]] [[Karmageddon|worked]] [[False Idols|for]] Burner when he pretended to be the vicar at the [[Liberty City Cathedral|city cathedral]] and knew him to be the chief reporter for the [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper. He later chases him down and collects the photographs before killing Burner after he tried to escape and after he published stories about Toni's criminal activities under his instructions. The corpses of Avery and Ned are later collected for another [[Morgue Party Resurrection|morgue party]]. Love has Toni meet explosives expert [[8-Ball]] who provides him with a van laiden with explosives, which he plants in old [[Subway in GTA III|subway]] tunnels under [[Fort Staunton]], a Forelli turf, before [[Bringing the House Down|detonating them causing the area to be completely destroyed]], allowing Love to rebuild the area. Toni also later helps [[Love on the Run|Love escape the attention]] of the [[Colombian Cartel]], Avery's partners, and he flees on his private aeroplane.
-At the start of [[Grand Theft Auto III]], Toni is still running the restaurant when he meets [[Claude Speed]]. Claude helps him shake down the [[Triads]] for protection money. Eventually, Salvatore decides to have Claude killed - first he sends him on a [[Bomb Da Base Act II|presumed suicide mission]] against the [[Colombian Cartel]], then [[Last Requests|deliberately sets his own trap]] for Claude, which Maria warns him against and helps him escape Salvatore's wrath. Claude is taken in by [[Asuka Kasen]], who directs Claude to kill Salvatore.
+Shortly after Salvatore is [[The Shoreside Redemption|escorted to his arraignment]] by Toni who kills a number of [[Sicilian Mafia]] mobsters attempting to murder Salvatore before helping him [[The Sicilian Gambit|end the Sicilians plans of taking over]] the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|city]] by killing their [[Caporegime|caporegime]] [[Massimo Torini]] and 'persuading' the [[Mayoralty of Liberty City in GTA III Era|Mayor]], [[Miles O'Donovan]], to work for the [[Leone Family]].
-Either Toni Cipriani, [[Joey Leone]] or their co-leadership becomes the new Leone family don. After this point, the family becomes much more powerful and armed to the teeth with [[M4]] assault rifles, ready to kill Claude if he ventures into their turf in Little Italy.
+===Life between 1998 and 2001===
+Toni continued to work for [[Salvatore Leone]] and the [[Leone Family]] but became less active in the actual criminal activity. During this time he also moved back in with his [[Ma Cipriani|mother]] and her [[Momma's Restaurante|restaurant]], which he also became more active in running. He put weight on during this time and began to have a shorter temper, likely due to his mothers constant disapproval of him, and is known to have punched a man for claiming the ziti at the restaurant was over-baked. He also comes under investigation by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] for his links to [[Salvatore Leone]], although Toni maintains that he only purchases tomato sauce from him. He also manages, throughout the period, to establish himself as the right hand man of Salvatore, being placed above Salvatore's own son [[Joey Leone|Joey]].
 ===Life in 2001===
 [[File:Cipriani'sChauffeur-GTAIII.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Joey Leone]] introducing [[Claude]] to Toni Cipriani during the mission [[Cipriani's Chauffeur]].]]
+In [[2001]] Toni continues to work for [[Salvatore Leone]] and help his [[Ma Cipriani|mother]] run her [[Momma's Restaurante|restaurant]]. He is [[Cipriani's Chauffeur|introduced]] to [[Claude]], a man capable of completing tasks similar to Toni three years previously, and he hires him after using him as a driver when attempting to collect his protection money from [[Mr. Wong|Mr. Wong's]] [[Mr. Wong's Laundromat|Laundromat]]. Toni later has Claude [[The Pick-Up|retrieve the protection money]], which is ambushed by the [[Portland Triads]], [[Taking Out the Laundry|destroy three Triad vans]], [[Triads and Tribulations|kill three Triad warlords]] and then [[Blow Fish|destroy]] the [[Belly-Up|Belly-Up Fish & Seafood Processing Plant]]. He also [[Salvatore's Called a Meeting|introduces Claude to Salvatore]], who is shown to hold a high opinion of him. Toni also phones in to [[Chatterbox FM]] and complains to the shows host [[Lazlow Jones|Lazlow]] about his mother, her unrealistic expectations and continual negativity towards him and his character.
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 ==Trivia==
+{{double image|right|ToniCipriani-GTAIII.jpg|180|ToniCipriani-GTALCS.png|150|Toni Cipriani in [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]].|Toni Cipriani in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]].|}}
 *Toni Cipriani ages significantly in the three years between [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and also puts on weight after being called thin by his [[Ma Cipriani|mother]], [[Maria Latore]] and [[Salvatore Leone]].
 *Toni Cipriani is likely homage of Tony Soprano, the main character from The Sopranos. Aside from their names, both characters also share ongoing problems with their mothers, who also ordered hits on them (which occur to Toni in GTA: Liberty City Stories).