Bruto Cadaverini

"Dick Gumshoe"

- We can't touch them. They've got too much moola. [...] No one stands up to Bruto Cadaverini. And I mean, no one!

Bruto Cadaverini is a powerful mob boss in Los Angeles. He has a granddaughter, Viola, for whom he cares very deeply.

Background
One day, Viola suffered a car crash with Furio Tigre's moped. Because of this, Viola required an operation on her head that would cost $1 million. Furious about what had happened to his beloved granddaughter, Bruto demanded that Tigre pay the bill. Bruto had much power over the black market, so Tigre couldn't refuse.

Name

 * In English, a "brute" or someone "brutal" refers a person who is savage or unfeeling.


 * "Bruto" is an Italian name and is similar to the Italian word brutto, meaning "ugly" and "terrible". It comes from "Brutus", in Latin a first name and an adjective, meaning "stupid" and "irrational".


 * In Spanish, "bruto" is an adjective that means someone ignorant, stupid, agressive or strong.


 * "Cadaverini" is Italian for "little corpses". The word is a variation of the Italian "cadavere", of which the English equivalent is "cadaver", a synonym of "corpse".


 * The Japanese name "Shikabane" also means "corpse".