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Toni? Come to upset your mother again, huh? You spend all day playing the tough guy. You never come see me, or bring home any nice girls. But, who'd want you anyway? You look so pasty and thin! You're trying to kill me with the shame and the worry.
— Mrs. Cipriani to her son, Toni.

Mrs. Cipriani is an unseen character in the Grand Theft Auto series, featuring as a minor character in Grand Theft Auto III and a main character in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto Advance. She is the mother of Leone Crime Family member Toni Cipriani (who frequently addresses to her as Ma) and the owner of Momma's Restaurante in Saint Mark's, Liberty City.

The only time in the series when Mrs. Cipriani appears physically is during the mission Dead Meat in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, where she is seen sitting inside of a Leone Sentinel behind tinted glass. She uses a generic "Mrs. Menalot" pedestrian model during this appearance.

History[]

Background[]

Mrs. Cipriani married Mr. Cipriani and had a son with him. In 1968, she opened her restaurant in the Saint Mark's district of Liberty City. Her husband was later killed by the Triads, which left her to raise her son Toni alone. She is known to have beaten him both as a child, and even as an adult.

She continued to operate her restaurant whilst also raising her son. In 1994, she loses all contact with Toni after he kills a high-ranking member of the Mafia.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

When Toni reappears, he does not immediately go to see his mother, which angers her. When he does visit, Mrs. Cipriani lays into him for not calling whilst he was away. She then compares Toni to his father and mob men in Liberty City, including Giovanni Casa, saying that Toni doesn't match up to either of them. Toni then sets out to prove his mother wrong, by taking pictures of Giovanni Casa in a diaper chasing two prostitutes. However, this backfires with Mrs. Cipriani thinking less of Toni, with her saying that whether Casa wears a diaper or not that he's still a better man than Toni.

Mrs. Cipriani continues to berate her son Toni, and wants him to kill two groups of Triads, as she thinks that Toni lives in his apartment because he is afraid of the Triads. After that, Toni is forced to win a street race and kill Dan Sucho to prove his mother that he can drive, and apparently, get back at Sucho for being an ideal son to his momma.

Later on, Toni goes on killing Giovanni Casa for not paying protection money and for still being a better man to his momma than Toni himself is. However, Mrs. Cipriani still does not think of Toni as a man, and eventually calls a hit on him, which Toni survives. She eventually calls off the hit after Toni becomes a made man.

Mrs. Cipriani also phones into Chatterbox, a talk show on Liberty City Free Radio in 1998, complaining to Lazlow that Toni won't move back in with her. After being called Grandma, she threatens "Lazarus", saying that she just put a hit on his head. This is unlikely, since Lazlow was still hosting Chatterbox FM in October 2001.

Events of Grand Theft Auto III[]

By 2001, the setting of Grand Theft Auto III, Toni Cipriani had moved back in with his mother at her restaurant, and had noticeably gained weight. In GTA Liberty City Stories, she had complained about Toni not moving back in with her and about his weight. Mrs. Cipriani had not stopped complaining about Toni however, still comparing him to his father and saying that he was not a real man. In the same year, Toni phones Lazlow of Chatterbox FM, complaining about his mother berating him.

In Grand Theft Auto III, Salvatore Leone says to Toni in the mission Salvatore's Called a Meeting that his mother is "Strong, firenze." "Firenze" is the Italian name for "Florence."

Mission Appearances[]

Grand Theft Auto III[]

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Mrs. Cipriani is inspired by the character Olivia "Livia" Soprano from the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Like Livia, she is a manipulative mother for the main protagonist, she put a hit on her own son (or in Livia's case is responsible for a hit being put on her son) and still mourns her deceased mafioso husband.

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[ ve ]Characters in Grand Theft Auto III
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Main
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8-Ball | Catalina† | Marty Chonks† | Toni Cipriani | King Courtney | D-Ice | El Burro | Luigi Goterelli | Asuka Kasen† | Kenji Kasen† | Maria Latore | Joey Leone | Salvatore Leone† | Donald Love | Ray Machowski | Miguel
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characters
Leon McAffrey† | Ray Machowski's Partner† | Curly Bob† | Carl | Phil Cassidy | Chico | Lee Chong† | Mrs. Chonks† | Mrs. Cipriani | Mike Forelli† | Mickey Hamfists | Kanbu | Misty | Old Oriental Gentleman | Tanner† | Unnamed Accomplice† | SPANKed-up Madmen† | D-Ice's brother | Leone Bank Robbers
Radio DJsAndee | Andre the Accelerator | Stretch Armstrong | MC Codebreaker | Michael Hunt | Lazlow | Morgan Merryweather | Lord Sear | Toni | Horace Walsh
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Barbara | J. Phil Higginbottom | Hans | Hugo | Jim-Jim | Joey | Joey | Oily Johnnie | Johnny | Queen Lizzy | Pogo the Monkey | Glen Morley III | Sam | Gary Schaffer | Chuck Schwartz | Tommy | Mr. Wong | Daryl Zolotowski
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Deleted
characters
Butler | Curtly | Darkel | Novy | Toshiro
† denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice
Characters in GTA III | Category:Characters in GTA III | Grand Theft Auto III | Category:Characters
[ ve ]Characters in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
ProtagonistToni Cipriani
Main
characters
Salvatore Leone† | Donald Love | Massimo Torini† | Vincenzo Cilli† | Joseph Daniel "JD" O'Toole† | Leon McAffrey† | Toshiko Kasen† | Maria Latore | Mrs. Cipriani | Ned Burner† | Paulie Sindacco† | Jane Hopper | 8-Ball | Miles O'Donovan | Franco Forelli
Minor
characters
Mickey Hamfists | Ray Machowski | Avery Carrington† | Giovanni Casa† | Phil Cassidy | Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay† | Roger C. Hole† | Kazuki Kasen† | Uncle Leone | Miguel† | Cheryl | DB-P† | Black Lightman† | Mona Lott | Raven | Rudyard | Dan Sucho† | Faith W.† | The Wong Brothers | The Informant† | Leone Dealer† | Mayor's Assistant | John-O | TV Reporter | Forelli Wiseguy† | Gun Store Clerk
Mentioned
characters
Humphries | Mr. Cipriani† | Jimmy | Amber | Joey Leone | Maccer | Oily Johnnie | Rachel | Ray | Mr. Wong | Asuka Kasen† | Kenji Kasen† | Unnamed made man
Radio DJsAndee | Bill | Nurse Bob | Sergio Boccino | Melissa Chowder | DJ Clue | MC Codebreaker | Panjit Gavaskar | Michael Hunt | Cliff Lane | Lazlow | Boy Sanchez | Steve | Natalee Walsh Davis | Reni Wassulmaier
Radio guestsRichard Burns | Catherine | Chris | Chuck | Bernard "Crow" Gordon | Lenny | Morgan Merryweather | Nina Barry
Multiplayer
characters
Ed Banger | Randy Boner | Lou Bricant | Phil DeGirth | Bill Durzbum | Robin Emblind | Rico Garlik | The Gimp | M.T. Head | Hugh Jazz | Anne Job | G.I. Jones | Juan Kerr | Ophelia Lardaz | Lucy Lastic | Hung Lo | Arden Long | Mrs. Menalot | Owen Monie | Busta Moves | No. 1 | Rick O'Shea | Agent Ochre | Officer '69' | Papi Love | Sam | Lou Scannon | Ekant Sing | Fay Slift | Ann Thrax | Lance Urwell | Cruz Vormen | Nick Yakar | Yamazaki
Other
characters
Brian Baylor | Dorothy Bigbottom | Carey | Beverly Clamhopper | Frenchie Cockmaven | Marcel Crayon | Jeremy Fagin | Jimmy Fence | Frank Junior | Anul Garbaskar | Derrick Hale | Jacqueline | Jeremy | Lorraine | Gaylord Morrisen | Oscar Redondo | Jesus Sentenz
† denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice
Characters in GTA Liberty City Stories | Category:Characters in GTA Liberty City Stories | Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Category:Characters
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