Talk:Anthony DiNozzo

Spelling of Family Name
I am not sure that writing DiNozzo as one word is in fact correct. This family name should either be spelt as Di Nozzo or as Dinozzo. Italian is not Gaelic and one-word constructs such as MacSomeone, after which the spelling DiNozzo is clearly shaped, are unknown to the Italian language. Anyhow I see that the Italian Wikipedia has accepted that spelling, too. 83.189.194.106 01:38, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, thats how the writers decided to write it, I think we should keep it the same. Ceriy 04:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Additionally, the character has spelt his own name out as 'big D little i big N little ozzo', which to me implies that it is all in one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.111.223.26 (talk) 22:36, 25 May 2008

Jeanne relationship
I don't think that Tony dating Jeanne is part of an undercover operation to trap La Grenouille. That's pretty cold blooded, and I don't think Tony would go along with that. I could see the Director ordering that, but Tony did seem pretty surprised to see La Grenouille. -- SFH 20:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I was hoping that Jeanne wasn't gonna be part of a undercover op, but I think that the finale pretty much confirmed it. Why would Tony use an alias around Jeanne and tell her he's a professor? Tony has been helping the Director trying the catch La Grenouille through out season 4, so he most have known the hole time that Jeanne is La Grenouille's daughter. That said, Tony seems to have really fallen in love with Jeanne. (81.224.167.242 18:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC))

He used an alias because she was obviously close to her father, telling him most everything about Tony and her relationship with him. Tony and the director knew that she would most likey disclose his profession to her father who, as an international fugitive and wanted person in the US most likely would not want his daughter to date a federal agent. Also it has not been made clear whether Jeanne knew about her father's activities, but if she did I doubt she would willingly date a federal agent who may find out about her father's illicit activities.Laboviorodruin (talk) 16:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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Inconsistency in career
I thought that the removal of the exchange from Hung Out To Dry (the one recently removed) is supposed to be ironic, as Baltimore has a reputation, justified or not, for having a big drugs problem. Hence the inclusion. Editus Reloaded (talk) 21:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

DiNozzo's Movie Trivia
It would be nice to have a list of the movies DiNozzo references in the episodes. And BTW in rewatching the 1st season on USA, Tony does not start the series as a movie fan. It is odd that his character did a 360 on this. --67.171.222.198 (talk) 21:07, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Only read this note after going thorough Season 1 - 16. Anyway started listening out for it. Will list it here. Maybe it will be the start of a list.

-I believe that was from The Fugitive JaysFan77 (talk) 18:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC) Linnah (talk) 03:05, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * S01E18. Tried to recite the speech (in character) of a movie by Tommy Lee. "Ladies and Gentlemen. I want a hard target search of..." Only audience is McGee whose critique was his accent was too Arkansas when it should be more Texas and his facial expression should be more untamed. Any idea what movie? Linnah (talk) 02:24, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * S01E19. Stakeout; Victor/Victoria and The Crying Game were brought up by Abby but DiNozzo was part of discussion. Noticed that Abby also makes movie references too
 * S01E22. Halloween 8 - His first scene of episode: He tells Cate he watched the movie over the weekend and reckoned it made Halloween 7 look like Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. Episode first aired 18 May 2004. Halloween 8 released in 12 July 2002. Would have expected writers to have been more current. perhaps didn't want to give undue publicity (without payment?)
 * S01E23. "Tony: ...like worrying about Jim Bowie in a knife fight. Cate: Bowie was killed at the Alamo. Tony: I know. I saw the movie."... "Tony: ...not fixated. Determined. like Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, The Duke in The Searchers, Mel Gibson in Payback," Moby Dick (didn't specify which adaptation)
 * S02E03: Invaders from Mars (1953)
 * S02E05: Abe Vigoda in The Godfather
 * S02E08: Bleak House - Discussion with Ducky. Ducky spoke of spontaneous combustion being used in the book to kill someone. Stalag 17 - using cigarette as time fuse to blow up nazi train. he then demo'd cigarette and matchbook to ignite matches in matchbook.
 * S02E10: The Defiant Ones

Relationships
Why no mention of Tony's relationship with his father? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:140:8A80:D83:18CC:A512:4C78:AACE (talk) 14:37, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Just reading through this, I can see it's been pretty badly done, more like someone is writing a personal commentary and like the tag says, it reads like a fansite. I'm just wondering if anyone has the time or inclination to correct this and make it read better. I'll try to do it myself at some point if no one wants to. No disrespect to the person who wrote it, it just doesn't read like a wikipedia article should. Btw, this might be true of the article as a whole, I was just reading through the relationships section in particular. Sky83 (talk) 15:06, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Whats particularly grating on me is the "In episode..." constanlt used at the start of every sentence. I am trying to rewrite this article but it takes time and making it proper wiki is trying my patience Matt Zero (talk) 13:07, 5 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't even know where to start editing this section. There's a lot of fan spec and a lot of the information seems unnecessary for the article. I don't want to actually delete large amounts of it, but the section in its entirety is basically available on this fan wiki. I wonder if it would be possible to cut the section down to a short blurb and cite the fan wiki so that if people wanted to go deeper into fan spec they can follow the link and do so? Any suggestions? Ushabti7 (talk) 06:46, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

I attempted to edit the post earlier and it was changed back. Many of the points made in the article are speculative: for instance, that Tony saying goodbye to Ziva in Hebrew indicates he is trying to impress her. There are many reasons why Tony could have learned the line--the series does not clarify his rationale. You are right that the fan spec is over the top, particularly in regard to the Tony-Ziva relationship. The writers have, I feel, deliberately made much of the interaction between the two characters unclear: likely to appeal to both Tony/Ziva and anti-Tony/Ziva fans. Nonetheless, the author of the original post (and those who have edited it back) seem determined to indicate only one reading of those inferences. Don't get me wrong--I don't have a side. I just felt that the article was poorly written and showed unfair bias. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.131.85.136 (talk) 04:49, 24 November 2009 (UTC)


 * This section makes up more than half of the article, it is bloated with trivia, and at best is only rehashing plot information. It should only be stated in relevance to the critical commentary of the character, with good secondary sources.  I move for the entire section to be removed. – Reidgreg (talk) 20:27, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Why the SERIOUS editing?
Why put in all the improper synthesis/weasel words/citation needed/original research notes? It makes the article hard to read, among other things. If you're so concerned about problems in the article, fix it yourself or put a note on this page saying "Can someone please fix <>????" Flash Man999 (talk) 13:47, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * If you are referring to my editing, I am merely putting in the citations when I find them, correcting or adding to the text. The tags regarding improper synthesis, citation needed etc were done on 11:48, 26 September 2008 by 59.167.56.223. check the history. Linnah (talk) 22:55, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * They are necessary to show that citations are needed and so on. It may make it hard to read, but it's necessary. -- Interrupt_feed (talk) 02:44, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Languages
Hey, I was just wondering why it is stated that Tony speaks fluent English. He's a third generation Italian in the USA so I'd say it's pretty logical that he speaks fluent English. What's worth mentioning, I think, is that he speaks Italian too, at least to some degree I think. I don't know if it's really fluent. Chocolatery (talk) 15:50, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The claim about English was redundant so I've removed it. --AussieLegend (talk) 16:21, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Profile picture
Couldn't we get a different picture of Tony on here, as much as I like the picture it gives here, a promotional picture or another picture where you can see his entire face and perhaps his torso because the picture shown here, in my opinion, isn't a really good picture. It's acceptable, but not good. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.172.209.110 (talk) 20:15, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

removal of Kate/Tony alternate reality...what gives?
I tried to add the alternate reality regarding Kate & Tony's relationship in the show's 200th episode 'Life before his eyes' to the page twice, and it was removed both times.

Because of what was depicted of their relationship in that episode was very significant, I strongly feel that it should be included on Tony's character page as well. Especially considering their alternate reality was explained in detail on Kate's character page, so it should be included on Tony's character page too.

Forgive me if I am wrong...but at the moment, I can't help but have suspicions about the person who kept removing the info about Kate/Tony's alternate reality I posted from the page, suspicions that this person simply just don't want such intimate details about Kate/Tony's relationship being posted on Tony's character page. And if this person continues to remove this piece of info about Kate/Tony's alternative reality from Tony's character page, regardless. Then that just makes this person all the more suspicious.

PS. I have edited my original complaint regarding this issue, because I've come to realize that my initial remark was too harsh & rude towards the person in question. If that person is reading this, I do apologize if I am wrong about you, I didn't mean to offend or upset you...but I do hope you understand why I have such suspicions.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.128.157 (talk) 04:55, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * No, I don't understand why you have any suspicions at all. Please, assume good faith. The content was removed for the reasons in the edit summaries, and on your talk page, and I said that the content belonged in the episode article, so how you arrived at having "suspicions that this person simply just don't want such intimate details about Kate/Tony's relationship being posted" makes no sense. This article is essentially a biography of the character. It should be treated as we would treat any biography of a real person. Regarding part of your original post, ie "I see a lot of info posted by others on this page that contained details about what happened in the episodes regarding Tony's relationship with the other certain characters", the difference here is that these things actually happened and shows DiNozzo's actual interactions with other characters. What was shown in the 200th episode never actually happened. What you added was something that only appeared in a single episode, long after Kate died. It never "actually" happened, it was only something that was offered as what might have happened and it was only something that Gibbs saw. As such, it doesn't belong in the article because it's not part of DiNozzo's biography. It belongs in the article on the episode, and it might deserve a mention as something Gibbs saw in his article, but it doesn't belong here. --AussieLegend (talk) 13:45, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I understand that, but please read my complaint carefully, Kate/Tony's alternate reality was explained in detail on Kate's character page. This is why I have been trying to include this piece of info on Tony's character page too...but seeing you constantly removing it, even when this info is allowed on Kate's character page, you should understand why I have my suspicions about your intentions. Even with your reasons for removing it contradicts the fact that it is still posted on Kate's character page, so why can't it be posted on Tony's character page too? Do you understand where I am coming from? Or is there something "unique" about Tony's character page that renders it only limited to events that actually happened on the show? Yes, it was not real, but I think it should still be included because I believe it simply just compounds the dynamics of Tony's relationship with Kate, it shows the potential of Kate/Tony's relationship had she lived, just like many fans have already suspected about their complex relationship. Heck, even some producers of the show, had over the years hinted that Kate and Tony would've ended up together had Kate lived.

I don't believe the character pages should be limited to just events that actually happened in the reality of the show. Heck, even published biographies sometimes contain events that are not real, or of the writer's fantasy or imagination. So why should these character pages only contain events that actually happened on the show? I think occasionally these character pages can contain certain things that may not have been real on the show, but still in some ways depict a different perspective of the character's relationship with another, or hints of the potential of their relationship, other than what actually happened. And that's exactly what Kate/Tony's alternate reality was in that episode. The reason why Gibbs had imagined Kate & Tony being married and having a child of their own in the alternate reality, is because he knows about the kind of relationship they had when Kate was still alive, he understood enough to know that their relationship had the potential to grow into something romantic. And I think that's also why Kate/Tony's alternate reality was included on Kate's character page.

Do you understand all the reasons why I am so keen on adding this info on Tony's character page too? Seeing it posted on Kate's character page, of course I feel compelled to post it on Tony's page too...but seeing you constantly removing it is upsetting. And like I said, makes me feel rather suspicious of your true intentions. Even with all the reasons you gave to try to justify the removal, it still contradicts the fact that it is still posted on Kate's character page. If these sort of fictional events or fantasies happening on the show not allowed on these character pages, then why hasn't anyone tried to remove Kate/Tony's alternate reality from Kate's character page? Why haven't you removed it from Kate's page? Why have you only removed my attempts of posting it on Tony's page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.128.157 (talk) 14:46, 14 March 2012 (UTC)


 * This is a little bit late, so I don't know if it will matter, but I think there is one simple reason why it is included on Kate's page but not Tony's: Kate is dead. It makes more sense to include a mention of what might have happened if she lived, like how it includes the various times she is mentioned in later episodes. However, it is not of any great impact to DiNozzo's character, and, as the previous commentator said, did not actually happen. It was one of multiple alternate reality scenaries that Gibbs imagined, and frankly this one didn't make a lot of sense to me, as it is all in Gibbs' head and he is so adamately against coworkers dating. --2602:304:6F77:6E99:B1EF:541:B312:41CA (talk) 02:55, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I see no problem with a very short mention of this alternate reality, not a lengthy description of a rather brief scene, but something like, "In 'Life Before his Eyes' it is implied that Kate and DiNozzo may have eventually become a couple had she lived". --2602:304:6F77:6E99:B1EF:541:B312:41CA (talk) 03:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

In-universe
This notice was put at the top of the page in March 2011: "This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective." I think this problem has since been rectified and would like to remove the notice. --68.6.227.26 (talk) 05:42, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Split discussion
I'm posting this on the pages for Ziva David and Anthony DiNozzo as it concerns both of them. There is currently an issue with the sections on the characters' relationship in both articles. In each case, these sections are the largest part of the part of the articles and are comprised mostly of speculation and plot. Also, they essentially say the same thing. Because of the length and the amount of material that might need to be added to comply with Manual of Style/Writing about fiction, I think that a split would be the best way to go. There's enough sources for the subject to have its own article, and this way would allow it to be covered in a more nonfictional, neutral, and comprehensive way without dominating the original pages.

The split wouldn't be immediate; it might take some time for the new article to be ready.

I would like to know other people's opinions on this—support or oppose—and appreciate any advice on how this should be done. --1ST7 (talk) 00:14, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Title
Maybe the article title should be changed to "Tony DiNozzo" instead of "Anthony DiNozzo". He's never really called "Anthony" within the series, except on a few rare occasions, and then only by Ducky. --1ST7 (talk) 01:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * There's already a redirect from Tony DiNozzo to this article. -- Aussie Legend  ( ✉ ) 08:36, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi again, and thanks for replying. I know about the redirect page, but I thought that perhaps "Anthony DiNozzo" should be the redirect, and "Tony DiNozzo" the title of the actual page. Abby's article uses the name she is known by rather than her full name. --1ST7 (talk) 18:51, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

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Notability and deletion nomination
This article was nominated for deletion in August 2023. The nominator said that the character did not seem notable. I disagree but here are some of the sources I found:


 * Looper in 2022
 * ScreenRant in 2023
 * Transmitting culture transnationally: the characterisation of parents in the police procedural and *Providing the CSI treatment: Criminal justice practitioners and the CSI effect

I think this may be a case of "The thing that's bothering me is subjective and a matter of opinion [bloat], so I'll find something clear-cut [notability] to complain about." Upon a very cursory look, this article has problems with content bloat and in-universe perspective, and they might be the real reason someone thought it should be deleted. Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:09, 30 August 2023 (UTC)