Gabe

Gabe
Full name	Gabriel
Family	Unnamed (Mother)
Affiliation	Maroni crime family (formerly) Cobblepot crime family (formerly)
Occupation	Bodyguard
Status	Deceased
First	"Penguin's Umbrella"
Appeared in	18 episodes (see below)
Portrayed by	Alex Corrado

"No one ever respected you. We always saw you for what you really are. A tiny freak who used to hold an umbrella. Nothing more."

—Gabe to Penguin^[src]

Gabriel, more commonly known as Gabe, was the former bodyguard of Frankie Carbone and formerly a henchman of Oswald Cobblepot. Loyal to Cobblepot out of fear, he was killed in a faulty attempt at double crossing him.

Biography

Working for Maroni

Gabriel worked for Sal Maroni for some time. After The Penguin revealed the location of a warehouse owned by Nikolai, Gabriel assisted Frankie and other henchmen in killing the Russian mobsters. Frankie decided to kill Oswald too, but Oswald had bought Gabe and the other thugs out.

Joining Oswald

After buying them out from under Frankie Carbone's nose, on the orders of Oswald Cobblepot, Gabe assisted him in murdering Frankie, holding him, while Cobblepot stabbed him in the gut..

Working for The Penguin

Gabe aiming his gun at Derek Delaware

Penguin was given enough power to extort Maroni's fishermen, but Maroni didn't order him to do so. Because of this, Oswald and Gabe were arrested but released shortly after. Later, Gabe is eating with Maroni and the rest of the mob, but an electric shock caused by Jack Buchinsky stunned Gabe and the rest of the mob. They were later brought to the GCPD for protection, but another electric shock stunned and knocked them out again. Before Buchinsky could kill them, he and his underling Aaron Danzig were stopped by Detective Jim Gordon. Gabe later interrogated Derek Delaware under orders of Oswald about the murder of Leon Winkler by Arnold Flass. Gabe nearly killed Delaware's wife, but Derek confessed before he could do so. He later gave the tape of Delaware confessing to Gordon so he could arrest Flass. Gabe also helped Oswald in running his nightclub, Oswald's. Gabe also assisted Oswald in taking over Lidia's, by cutting Lidia Bicchieri's granddaughter's boyfriend's fingers. After Oswald took over Carmine Falcone's organization, with Maroni and Fish Mooney out of his way, Oswald became the new "king of Gotham". When Harvey Bullock threatened Oswald, Gabe points a pistol at Bullock but doesn't shoot since Bullock hadn't done anything.

During Theo Galavan's mayoral party, Oswald and his henchmen attacked the party, killing several innocent citizens and many cops. Gabe was seen preparing for the attack, although it is unknown if he took part.

Gabe turns up to Edward Nygma's apartment (where Oswald is hiding) and revealed to him that Theo was released after his trial for kidnapping Aubrey James. It is revealed that Gabe got somebody to follow Theo, and him and Oswald arrived at a warehouse where two police officers on Theo's side were beating Gordon up. Gabe kills the two officers, and Oswald began hitting and questioning Gordon about Theo's whereabouts, but Gordon ends up passing out. He assisted Oswald and Gordon in rescuing Bruce Wayne from Galavan.

Much of Gabe's activity during Oswald's imprisonment at Arkham Asylum and time away from the mob is unknown, but was still working for him when Oswald became Mayor of Gotham. Oswald enlisted Gabe's help to cut the brakes on the car of Isabella, as she had become involved with Oswald's friend and chief of staff Edward Nygma, whom Oswald himself fell in love with.

Death

Following Oswald's presumed death at the hands of Nygma in reprisal for killing Isabella, Gabe decided to move on from his former boss as he always felt he wasn't appreciated enough. Gabe was contacted by an alive Oswald through his saviour Ivy Pepper and called to her house where he was recuperating from a gunshot wound sustained by Nygma. Gabe feigned excitement at seeing his boss alive and when Oswald mentioned he wanted to build an army Gabe went to call some of their guys up to come along. Ivy wasn't too certain Gabe was loyal, but Oswald assured her things are fine and made her leave. Her suspicions proved to be correct when Gabe knocked Oswald out and tied him up. He intended to auction off Oswald to the highest bidder in order for him to be killed so Gabe could take control of his criminal empire into order to guarantee his safety from Ed and obviously so Oswald wouldn’t rat him out to Ed that Gabe was the one who killed Ed's girlfriend Isabella. Gabe's men turned up and caught Ivy snooping and tied her up with Oswald. They took photos of Oswald to use for the "bid" and went to celebrate with cannolis. Ivy got the attention of one of the underlings and used her mind controlling perfume she sprayed on herself to make the man shoot down the other guys (apart from Gabe). Once Oswald was untied, he killed the mind controlled thug and forced Gabe to dig a hole for them. Then he decided to give Gabe another chance at working for him and got Ivy to use her perfume on him in an attempt to mind control, although Gabe ended up confessing that he didn't respect Oswald and that he sees him as a freak. Enraged, Oswald savagely hacked Gabe to death and later buried him along with the rest of the men.

Personality

"He's a moron. But... he is a loyal moron. And every army starts with one single loyal soldier."

—Oswald Cobblepot to Ivy Pepper^[src]

Gabe is a professional criminal for years, working initially for Sal Maroni and Frankie Carbone, but he was later bought from Oswald, in which he became his secret henchman and later an enforcer during Cobblepot's reign. While not quite smart, he is seen as a reliable man in doing various criminal acts when ordered from various crime bosses. Although initially loyal to Oswald, he later changes the side after Cobblepot was declared missing (in truth apparently killed by Nygma). When Gabe discovers that his boss is alive, he apparently cheers his return, but Ivy Pepper, who saved Oswald from the river and put him in her house with plants, suspected in his loyalty, which proved to be correct. When Gabe's people were killed by Ivy and Oswald, the latter offered him another chance, but Ivy put her perfume in his senses (as a truth serum) and Gabe admitted that he was loyal initially to him. Over the time hovewer, Gabe realised the true nature of him, feeling that Gabe wasn't enough appreciated and that he sworn loyalty to him from fear, finally calling him as a freak. Hearing this, Oswald was enraged and killed him, later burying him along with his henchman.

Appearances

Season 1 "Penguin's Umbrella" "Lovecraft" "Rogues' Gallery" "What The Little Bird Told Him" "Welcome Back, Jim Gordon" "The Scarecrow" "The Blind Fortune Teller" "Beasts of Prey" Season 2 "Rise of the Villains: The Last Laugh" "Rise of the Villains: Mommy's Little Monster" "Rise of the Villains: The Son of Gotham" "Rise of the Villains: Worse Than A Crime" "Wrath of the Villains: Mr. Freeze" (flashback) "Wrath of the Villains: Prisoners" (flashback) Season 3 "Mad City: Blood Rush" "Mad City: Beware the Green-Eyed Monster" "Mad City: Smile Like You Mean It" "Mad City: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (mentioned) "Heroes Rise: These Delicate and Dark Obsessions"