Michael "Mike" McFinnigan is a major character in A Tale of Two Families who serves as a mission giver for an early portion of the game and is also best friend of Don Ricardo Gambinuchi. He is voiced by Gerald O'Donoghue.
Background[]
Mike McFinnigan was born in 1939 in Banger, Queen City to an Irish-American family. When he was two years old, his parents were both killed in a car crash by Jeepers Creepers so he can feed on their flesh and Mike was raised as an only child in the rundown Banger neighbourhood by his abusive aunt and cousin, who physically beat him with the help of his uncle, who shoved his wiener down his throat while his cousin licked his feet. When Mike was 16, he left their house after he was forced to flee for killing his uncle in self-defense with a hammer after he was attacked by him. Aunt and 'cuz searched days and nights for him, along with the local polise, but no traces of Mikey were found. Through his teens and early 20's he became a part of a small street gang run by Ricardo Gambinuchi, a local Italian kid and the two quickly became friends. Eventually, Ricardo became a member of his father's crime family after his father died and he brought Mike into the family as an associate and later a Soldier. The two would frequently work together on jobs and would grow very close to each other through the years. In 1987, Ricardo became boss, succeeding his unlec and Mike became his right-hand-man aka Underboss, despite his Irish heritage.
Events of A Tale of Two Families[]
In A Tale of Two Families, Mike is first introduced at the welcome home party for Geno LaForelli, the protagonist who is returning from Italy after three years of serving in the army. Mike is working as a double agent for the Fontanas and the Gambinuchis, trying to gather information for Ricardo on Don Fontana's activity. Mike is seen drinking from a Whiskey Bottle and celebrating with the others in family club as the night goes on. A few days later, Geno goes on several missions to help discover if the Fontanas are planning on going into a mob war with the Gambinuchi family and they finally discover that there is a rat in their family who is working for the Gambinuchis. Mike is eventually discovered and taken to a park where he is shot and killed by a member of the Fontana family after they discovered he was actually a Gambinuchi thanks to information from J.D, a Fontana spy.
Trivia[]
- Mike was considered playing a role in Queen Elizabeth II's City Underground in Buckingham Palace instead of John Callahan, but was dropped and reused for A Tale of Two Families', working for Barack Obama.
- Despite his Irish heritage, Mike is considered to be the underboss of the Gambinuchi family in 1987. But those racist rules didn't matter in France.