Momo

"It could get complicated and we’d have to call Momo to straighten it out. Okay? Then Momo gets pissed for wasting his time and we don’t need that. Right?"

- Tommy Carlo

Momo was a high-up criminal in Brooklyn, also running things in Miami through his nephew Tommy Carlo. He was an associate of Miami crimeboss Jimmy Cap and the dangerous Frank DePhillips in Los Angeles. After a coat belonging to one of Momo's men, Chili Palmer, was stolen by one of Cap's, Ray Bones, Chili broke Bones' nose while taking back the coat, and in retaliation Bones broke into the barbershop where Palmer and Carlo worked from in an attempt to kill him only for Chili to fire a bullet which skimmed over Ray's head, injuring him. Cap and Momo briefly discussed the incident but thought nothing of it, leading Ray to have Momo shot dead as he left a restaurant in Manhattan.

Personality and traits
Momo was a known and feared crimeboss in Brooklyn, whose underlings, even his relatives such as his nephew Tommy Carlo, were afraid to disappoint.

Behind the scenes

 * Momo was first mentioned in the 1990 novel Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard.
 * Ron Karabatsos portrayed Momo in the 1995 film adaption of Get Shorty. In the film, instead of being shot on orders from Ray Bones, Momo died of a heart attack during the celebration of his sixty-fifth birthday in a comedic way.
 * In the 2017-18 Epix TV series adaption of Get Shorty, Momo did not appear.

Appearances

 * Get Shorty (novel)