Mario Zucchero

Vento Aureo

Mario Zucchero is a gangster hailing from Rome and working for Passione alongside his partner Sale. After Polpo 's death, Sale mentions the existence of the late capo's treasure, which interests Zucchero since he could spend it on luxuries. Sale shares his hunch about Bruno Bucciarati knowing where the treasure is and Zucchero immediately leaves his car to track the team.↗

Zucchero manages to find Team Bucciarati. Before confronting them, Zucchero covers a boat with his own deflated boat so that he can hide between the two. Halfway to Capri, Zucchero makes his move. He first deflates Narancia with Soft Machine and hides his body in a pipe, then does the same thing to Pannacotta Fugo and Guido Mista. Giorno Giovanna ends up also being deflated, although he helps his remaining teammates by leaving a fly leading to Narancia.↗

Leone Abbacchio 's Moody Blues tracks Narancia in the pipe and Soft Machine eventually attacks it, deflating Abbacchio. While Bucciarati rages against the boat, Zucchero calls Sale on the radio and informs him that the treasure is in Capri. He then talks to Bucciarati and interrogates him about the exact location of Polpo's treasure, threatening his team. However, Bucciarati understood Zucchero's trick and opened a hole in the boat to make it sink.↗

Zucchero is left at the "mercy" of Narancia and Mista. Enraged, Narancia repeatedly kicks his body. Then Mista attempts to interrogate him about his partner. In an effort to torture him, Mista gives him a choice between a fishing line or a pair of glasses, although Zucchero's mouth is zipped. Mista hangs Zucchero's head by hooking his eyelid and tying the line to a handrail, then places the glasses so that the sun begins to burn his eye.↗

Thanks to Abbacchio's Stand, the group learned that Zucchero has already given off their location and the rest of the plan involving Capri Island. After Sale's defeat, he was left unconscious on the boat.↗

Purple Haze Feedback

After Giorno Giovanna becomes the boss of Passione, he orders Zucchero, Sale, and Pannacotta Fugo to make amends. The mission given to them is to target Massimo Volpe and the remnants of Passione's Sezione Droghe.↗

Lured by Angelica Attanasio 's Nightbird Flying, Zucchero and Sale discover the hideout of the Sezione Droghe in a warehouse at the edge of Villa San Giovanni – a small town on the Strait of Messina. Zucchero uses Soft Machine to deflate himself and Sale so they could get close to their targets. However, Zucchero is caught by Massimo Volpe who easily defeats him with Manic Depression, making it impossible for Zucchero to control his body.↗

Later, Zucchero is interrogated by Massimo and his team. Draped on a chair in front of him like a flattened, wet shirt hung to dry, he could barely produce any audible sounds. Despite his lack of speech, Massimo could understand Zucchero's words based on his lip movement, discovering that Fugo is the enemy of the Sezione Droghe as well.↗

Vladimir Kocaqi uses Zucchero as a decoy to separate Sheila E. from Fugo and Cannolo Murolo. Sheila smells vomit and realizes it must have been from someone under the influence of Manic Depression. Just as she reaches her deduction, Zucchero travels through the flattened ground, poised to poke Sheila in the back with Soft Machine's needle, but ultimately misses since she jumps away in time.↗

As Sheila constantly shouts Zucchero's name, Zucchero unconsciously heads toward her in order to strike with Soft Machine's needle. However, his instincts had failed him and he falls into a panic when his needle strikes only air. Sheila had tricked him by using Voodoo Child to echo her voice, creating giant pairs of lips in all the cracks in the ground surrounding Zucchero. Trapped within the teeth of Voodoo Child, his body is stretched as the lips slide across the ground.↗

Appearances

Purple Haze Feedback Chapter 3: 'a vucchella (Death)↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Retired (Part 5) | Deceased (Purple Haze Feedback)↗

Date of Death: October 2001 (PHF)↗↗

Cause of Death: Obliterated via Manic Depression (Novel only)↗