Fish Mooney
| Fish Mooney | |
|---|---|
| Gotham character | |
| First appearance | Gotham Ep. 1 (September 2014) |
| Information | |
| Full name | Maria Mercedes Mooney |
| Nickname(s) | Fish |
| Gender | Female |
| Nationality | American |
Maria Mercedes "Fish" Mooney is a fictional character created by producer and screenwriter Bruno Heller exclusively for the television series Gotham, and played by actress Jada Pinkett Smith. She serves as one of the main characters of the plot throughout the first season, until her death at the hands of Oswald Cobblepot in the final episode of the season. Mooney is resurrected in season 2 by Hugo Strange. As a result of the methods Strange used to bring back Mooney, she has the ability to control people by touching them. Mooney is an imposing, impulsive, perceptive and notoriously sadistic mob boss and owner of a nightclub in the city of Gotham.
Pinkett-Smith drew inspiration from various different individuals for taking on the role of Mooney; the fictional character, Norma Desmond, a faded silent film star from the 1950s film Sunset Boulevard, played by Gloria Swanson, and Griselda Blanco, a real-life drug lord of the Medellín Cartel.
Fish Mooney began as the owner of a renowned nightclub in Gotham and one of the lieutenants of capo Carmine Falcone. Possessing good relations with the Gotham City Police Department, she decided to help the detective Harvey Bullock with investigating the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. But when Oswald Cobblepot gave her away as part of the crime, detective James Gordon began to investigate so she ended up ordering the murder of Gordon, Bullock and Cobblepot. However the first two survived thanks to the intervention of Falcone. Without anyone knowing, she was secretly planning to take the place of the mobster.
In the last chapter of the first season of the series, Fish and her people get back to healthy and safe Gotham and she begins to recruit more people, including the young Selina Kyle, to regain her lost power. With the city involved in a gang war, Fish manages to capture both Falcone, the Penguin, James Gordon and Harvey Bullock. Knowing the value of the first two, Fish tries to give them to Salvatore Maroni in exchange for an agreement to divide the city between them. That idea completely displeases Maroni because did not want his position equated with a simple lieutenant. Given the stress of the situation, Maroni taunts Fish calling her "babe" (which she hated). When their taunts reach the limit of what is tolerable, Maroni comes to draw his weapon and is shot in the head.
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