Louie (mafia)

“You got it, boss.”

― Louie's catchphrase

“Whoa! Where did that come from?! Whoa!”

―Louie, when Johnny Tightlips called him a "Hybrid; Half idiot, half moron"

“You're all talk, Hamill. You never even finished Jedi school.”

― Louie insulting Mark Hamill^[src]

Louis "Louie" Walters is a member of the Springfield Mafia. He accompanies his old boss, Fat Tony, his current boss, Fit-Fat Tony, Legs, and, at times, Johnny Tightlips. He, along with Legs and Johnny, is the muscle. Fat Tony is his boss, and then later, Fit-Fat Tony became his new boss, and he always listens to both of them, doing whatever told. Despite being usually timid and a bit of a klutz, he isn't afraid to kill or wound anyone who gets in his way.

Profile

Louie, as stated before, is a mobster working for Fat Tony. He is most of the time seen as the funny, most vocal and sometimes klutzy member in the mafia.

Appearance

Louie has short curly black hair like an afro. He wears a dark blue suit and pants with a white shirt and blue necktie. In Seasons 3-13, his business suit and pants were black at first, and then, in some episodes in Seasons 10-13, they changed to dark blue, and then officially starting in Season 14, they stayed dark blue. He also sometimes carries a switchblade with him to fidget or attack with. ^[1]

Personality

Louie is depicted as being your average cartoon mafia goon; Usually being naïve, and comically incompetent at his job just like the rest of the mafia goons.

He often confuses certain mafia slang terms for something real and serious regarding the mafia's way of killing people and things, such as when he mistakenly thought Fat Tony wanted him to destroy his Electronic Palm Pilot by shooting it, claiming it needs to be "Hot-synced," when the said device failed to remind Fat Tony of the sit-down with the Calabresis, their rival mobsters. ^[2]

Louie and the other mobsters have shown fear of angering Fat Tony.^[3]^[4]^[5] He's also at times, scared to ask for clarification; For fear of getting "Taken care" of.^[6]

History

Louie first appeared in Bart the Murderer, when he and Legs brought Bart Simpson to the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club to Fat Tony, where he became their bartender. Eventually, he, Bart, and the other mafia members got arrested for the suspected murder of Seymour Skinner. They all play against Bart, until Skinner barged into the courtroom, revealing to be alive the whole time, ending the trial and releasing Bart and the mafia from prison.

Even in Moe Baby Blues, when Fat Tony plans on "Taking out the Castellaneta Family," Louie became hesitant due to "[His] passion for whacking [now] waning," resulting Fat Tony to reboost his confidence by entertaining him, Legs, and Johnny with Don Corleone's orange peel in the mouth technique from The Godfather. When that worked, Louie then says while laughing at it that "[He] could whack [his] own mother now." But then when Fat Tony says that he's glad he brought it up, Louie immediately got worried on what he just said about his mother, admitting that she makes good pasta sauce, (Obviously revealing that he loves his mother very much) but then rebukes his worries when Johnny tells him the sauce comes from a can, making him reply that "She's a corpse.", indicating that either his mother might've already passed away, or if he considered killing her upon learning about what Johnny just said about her sauce.

Then later in that same episode, when Moe Szyslak saves Maggie Simpson from an "Italian-American-Mexican Standoff" at Luigi's, Louie, among Fat Tony's gang, the Castellaneta Family, and President of the Italian-American Anti-Defamation League, broke down crying upon being touched by Maggie's innocence when Moe, while saving her, pointed out how it changed his life before.

In The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer, Johnny also described Louie as a "Hybrid; Half idiot, half moron," when Louie asked if he, Legs, and Johnny can stop at the Lexus dealership to try out a new car hybrid after they visit the recuperating Fat Tony at the hospital with Fat Tony's son, Michael D'Amico.

In Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh, he, along with Fat Tony, Legs, and Johnny, is completely the most terrified of Batman, due to the fact that the aforementioned superhero would beat a villain up for a confession.

In The Fat Blue Line, Louie, at first, tried to get a mafia lawyer for Fit-Fat Tony to help his boss in his trial for the wallet pickpocketing that Fit-Fat Tony was framed for. Then later, after Fit-Fat Tony was wrongfully found guilty for that aforementioned crime, Louie and the other members of the mafia originally had Johnny as his boss, revealing that the latter temporally betrayed Fit-Fat Tony by framing him for the wallet pickpocketing, but after Fit-Fat Tony cleared his name and exposed Johnny as the real pickpocket with the police's help, Louie then reaccepted Fit-Fat Tony as his boss again along with the other members of the mafia.

In his cameo appearance in Diary Queen, Louie asked Fit-Fat Tony if he, Legs, and Johnny can kill Bart and Milhouse Van Houten upon spotting them seeing them dump Frankie the Squealer's body into the river, Fit-Fat Tony told them no because they don't kill nosy children unless they are 18 years old or over.

Sexuality

Louie and Legs were hinted to be pansexual in Uncut Femmes, when they both were attracted to a gender-fluid person.

Behind the Laughter

According to Dan Castellaneta, he modeled Louie's voice after Italian-American actor Joe Pesci, who also had a role in Goodfellas. A reference to him is in Futurama as Clamps in the Robot Mafia. According to actor Frank Sivero, Louie is based on Frank Carbone, a character he played in Goodfellas.^[7]^[8]

Due to his behavior, like confusing phrases and impulsivity, he might have some neuro-divergent disorder (Example: Autism/Aspergers and ADHD).

Non-Canon Appearances

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.

Video games

He appeared in The Simpsons: Hit and Run. He challenges a character the player plays as to a race on which he/she bets on and must complete within an allotted time. He can be found in all the levels.

He also appeared in The Simpsons Game. When the aliens arrive in Springfield, Louie is seen by the Kwik-E-Mart talking to Jimbo, who questions on why Louie and the rest of the mafia just shoot and kill the aliens. Louie explains that they don't say "The mafia," because they call it their thing, making Jimbo say it sounds like they're talking about their dong. Louie then tells Jimbo that he's right and that maybe they're better at saying "Mafia," and then says that they're gonna blast them (The aliens) back to Florida.

Appearances

Season 3

Episode – "Bart the Murderer" (Debut)

Season 4

Episode – "Whacking Day" (Non-speaking cameo)

Season 6

Episode – "Homie the Clown"

Season 7

Season 8

Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter"
Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Episode – "The Canine Mutiny"

Season 9

Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
Episode – "King of the Hill"

Season 10

Season 19

Season 20

Episode – "Take My Life, Please"
Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh"

Season 21

Episode – "Rednecks and Broomsticks" (Non-speaking cameo)
Episode – "Chief of Hearts" (Voiced by Harry Shearer)

Season 22

Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"
Episode – "Donnie Fatso"
Episode – "A Midsummer's Nice Dream"
Episode – "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony"

Season 23

Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" (A cog in Homer's head)
Episode – "At Long Last Leave"
Episode – "Lisa Goes Gaga"

Season 24

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys"

Season 25

Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral"
Episode – "Diggs"
Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much"
Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting"

Season 26

Episode – "The Simpsons Guy" (Cameo)
Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
Episode – "Simpsorama"

Season 27

Episode – "Cue Detective"
Episode – "The Girl Code"

Season 28

Episode – "There Will Be Buds" (Cameo)
Episode – "22 For 30"
Episode – "Dogtown"

Season 29

Episode – "Springfield Splendor" (Non-speaking cameo)
Episode – "Whistler's Father"

Season 30

Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" (Cameo)

Season 31

Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"
Episode – "The Fat Blue Line"
Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill"
Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy"
Episode – "Warrin' Priests (Part One)"
Episode – "Warrin' Priests (Part Two)"

Season 32

Episode – "I, Carumbus" (Non-speaking cameo)
Episode – "Diary Queen"
Episode – "Uncut Femmes"

Video Games

Video game – The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Video game – The Simpsons Game
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Movies

– The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons: Season Three
"Stark Raving Dad":	"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington":	"When Flanders Failed":	"Bart the Murderer":	"Homer Defined":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor	Absent
"Like Father, Like Clown":	"Treehouse of Horror II":	"Lisa's Pony":	"Saturdays of Thunder":	"Flaming Moe's":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk":	"I Married Marge":	"Radio Bart":	"Lisa the Greek":	"Homer Alone":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Bart the Lover":	"Homer at the Bat":	"Separate Vocations":	"Dog of Death":	"Colonel Homer":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Black Widower":	"The Otto Show":	"Bart's Friend Falls in Love":	"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Four
"Kamp Krusty":	"A Streetcar Named Marge":	"Homer the Heretic":	"Lisa the Beauty Queen":	"Treehouse of Horror III":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie":	"Marge Gets a Job":	"New Kid on the Block":	"Mr. Plow":	"Lisa's First Word":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Homer's Triple Bypass":	"Marge vs. the Monorail":	"Selma's Choice":	"Brother from the Same Planet":	"I Love Lisa":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Duffless":	"Last Exit to Springfield":	"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show":	"The Front":	"Whacking Day":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Cameo
"Marge in Chains":	"Krusty Gets Kancelled":
Absent	Absent

The Simpsons: Season Six
"Bart of Darkness":	"Lisa's Rival":	"Another Simpsons Clip Show":	"Itchy & Scratchy Land":	"Sideshow Bob Roberts":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Treehouse of Horror V":	"Bart's Girlfriend":	"Lisa on Ice":	"Homer Badman":	"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Fear of Flying":	"Homer the Great":	"And Maggie Makes Three":	"Bart's Comet":	"Homie the Clown":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Minor
"Bart vs. Australia":	"Homer vs. Patty and Selma":	"A Star is Burns":	"Lisa's Wedding":	"Two Dozen and One Greyhounds":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"The PTA Disbands":	"'Round Springfield":	"The Springfield Connection":	"Lemon of Troy":	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Trivia

In Mayored to the Mob, he is shown to be left-handed.
His necktie and business suit, in some shots of some episodes, also keep changing from loose and unbuttoned to and/or from tucked in and buttoned at times. Even his necktie and business suit keeps changing lengths between short and/or long in different shots in some episodes.
He says that tear gas is "[His] one weakness," which is most likely an embellishment.