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| Joey Zasa | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Real name | Jonathan Zasa LaRusso Sasha |
| Also known as | Sasha, LaRusso, Joe, Joey boy, Joey |
| Nationality |   French-American-Italian
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| Born | 1987 |
| Died | July, 2013/13 AH |
| Age | 26 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Birthplace | Dijon, France, Europe |
| Cause of death/incarceration | Shot by Freaky Willy |
| Physical description | |
| Eye colour | Brown |
| Hair colour | Black |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Height | 6'0 |
| Weight | 70kg |
| Blood type | A+ |
| Gender |  Male
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| Career, affiliations and family information | |
| Affiliation(s) |  Corleone Family (former),  Barzini Family
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| Enemies | Corleones, Cuneo Family |
| Video Games, Movies and Cartoons information | |
| Main appearance(s) (Video Games) | The Godfather Game |
| Voiced by (English) | Joe Paulino |
| Portrayed by | Joe Mantegna |
- "The Barzinis are honourable, but you cross them once, they'll hunt you down."
- — Joey Zasa
Joey Zasa is known for his take over as a boss of the Corleone operations in France in 2002.
He is a minor character in The Godfather Game.
Biography[]
Zasa was a member of Pete Clemenza's old regime. In the years following the death of Giuseppe Mariposa, Zasa was awarded some of the Corleone Family businesses in France City with the Commission and Vito Corleone's approval. He was known to operate with the assistance of Vito's son Santino Corleone, also known as 'Sonny'.
Zasa was feared and, to a certain degree, respected among his peers in France's underworld of organised crime for his business acumen and utter ruthlessness. However, he lost power at a time when Michael Corleone was all more determined to make the Corleone family legitimate. Additionally, by the time Mikey rose to become Don, the general public had begun to cool toward the gangster lifestyle. Hence, Zasa betrayed the Corleones as he felt he wasn't respected enough.
Zasa's flamboyance and hunger for publicity earned him the Barzini Family's pleasure as it attracted wanted public attention to their criminal enterprises. Paul Fortunato especially approved of Zasa's high public profile, as well as the fact that he was heavily involved in the drug trade - even going as far as selling drugs to children. Zasa denied that his underlings were dealing in narcotics, claiming he would kill anyone who did. Michael did, however, found out his soldier betrayed him, and claimed that Zasa should rather be put away.
At the money meeting in Vatican in 2013, Dons Elio Nunziato, Carmin Cuneo, Michael and some other bosses were present at the Commission meeting where they would receive money, with Elio getting 50 million dollars so he could invest in US. Right when Elio started giving speeches how awesome Stracci Family is and taking his money, he was shot in the head by the traitor, Joey Zasa and the O'Neille Family from a chopper. After his death, 3 seconds later, almost all other dons were shot, and Johnny Corleone became the new boss of the Stracci family. Carmin even saw that Joey was one of the attackers, yelling: "Zasa! You son of a bitch!" before he was killed as well after standing his ground.
Desiring more power, Zasa schemed with Don Fortunato and Victor Barzini to have Michael killed as part of Barzinis' attempt to thwart Michael and takeover France. In return, Zasa would not only inherit the Corleone family, but become the Don of France City as his reward, under Fortunato's auspice. But as he failed to kill Michael at the Vatican meeting, Zasa tried to have Michael murdered once again by the time Michael was in New Town, hiring a few goons to murder Michael, but they also failed due to being killed first by Corleone men who were nearby. Zasa's plan to become Don of France City ultimately failed.
Quotes[]
- "F**K YOU!"
- — Joey's last words
- "F**k off, Willy! You fagola!"
- — Joey at Game Over Screen
- "You must be the new guy I heard about. Interested in makin' a little money?"
- — Joey to Trapani
- "To destroy a family, you gotta infiltrate their mansions. They're all well protected, so you'll need to be heavily-armed. Shoot your way through the roadblocks, get inside the stronghold and plant the bombs in both buildings to torch the place."
- — Joey advising Trapani to take over mansions
- "The other night I saw a late night Cuneo deal goin' thro the Holland Tunnel. Never pass up a chance like that. If you see us, for fah's sake, help us out! Make the Don really proud, you will."
- — Joey advising Trapani to help them when attacked by Cuneos
- "Out there kid, there's always gonna be a guy that wanna make the buck off ya. Just talk to the boss man and it's yours. Taking over warehouses can be dangerous, be careful on the boss man."
- — Joey copying George Jovino's quote like nuffin'
Execution[]
- "Ya know, people like you... Okay, let me just get to the point; You are a traitor. WTF even happened to you, Joey? You just made the biggest mistake of your life, turning on the Corleones. Time to die!"
- — Willy before executing Joey
In 2013, during the neighbourhood's religious festival, Zasa and his most trusted bodyguards (Anthony, and Strike) were celebrating alongside Nicky, in a casino room at The Peak, when Zasa saw Freaky Willy coming in the Cadillac that Zasa had put up as a prize in a raffle. When Willy was confronted, Zasa fled but Willy whipped out a Tommy Gun and shot and killed Anthony. Strike ran for cover while Nicky managed to escape, leaving Anthony trying to engage Willy, only to be gunned down by another hitman. Zasa then fled on foot, and when trying to enter a locked shop, he ran back into the hotel and was captured in an elevator together with Willy. Willy told him the quote above, and shot him three times in the stomach, head and neck, killing him totally.
Paul Fortunato and Victor were mad as hell about Zasa's death as they did not expect him to be eliminated.
Personality and traits[]
A dangerous, methodical soldier in his prime, Zasa was known to be flamboyant and hungry for fame, making himself something of a public figure in Mid Town, earning him the displeasure of the Corleones. Despite this, he was also one of the old guards to an extent, and kept to the rituals of the French lifestyle. Despite never being the one to be religious, he loved to attend religious funerals in the country for free food and drinks.
Trivia[]
- I used to hate him, but he kinda ok now.
- Strangely, he is referred to as "Mean sona bish" by me, but he isn't in "Mean son o'l bishes" category.
- He shares the same voice actor as Jaggy Jovino and as such shares some quotes with him.
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