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Larry is a main character and a former antagonist, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in Telltale's The Walking Dead. He is the father of Lilly and a member of the Motel Survivors. He served as the primary antagonist of the episode "A New Day".
Overview[]
Larry is a spiteful, irritable, crude, and curmudgeonly old man. Though he mainly cares about the safety of his daughter and generally has good intentions, his loud, cantankerous, obstreperous, and judgmental attitude causes him to be a thorn in the side of most of the group. He usually talks in an aggressive yelling manner, and always finds something to berate others about. He is shown to be cold and callous in the face of survival, openly being willing to throw out Duck, a 10 year old boy, after believing he had been bitten.
Larry has a particular hatred for Lee Everett, due to knowing his past as a convicted murderer. Even if the player chooses to treat Larry with kindness, he will still treat Lee with contempt. In the drugstore, when Lee saves Larry's life by getting into the pharmacy for his pills, he is ungrateful and tries to leave him for the walkers. If the player decides to give Larry food, he gives little reaction and remains unappreciative.
According to Lilly, Larry became the way he is due to the amount of loss he suffered through his life, including the loss of his wife. He was very strict in parenting Lilly, even at one point cutting off the electricity in their house to teach Lilly not to waste it. A brief glimpse into his soft side can be seen when he flirts with Brenda St. John. However, this quickly comes to an end when the St. Johns' true nature is revealed.
Despite his faults, Larry does genuinely care for his daughter, and also Clementine. He tells Lee to stay away from Lilly, and that he should watching himself if anything were to happen to her or Clementine. However, his aggressiveness would be his ultimate downfall. Despite being told to stop, he angrily pounds on the door of the St. Johns meat locker, desiring revenge against them, only for him to suffer a heart attack. Believing him to be beyond saving despite Lilly's attempts to perform CPR on him, Kenny smashes his head with a salt lick to prevent him from reanimating.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Location Unknown[]
Not much is known about Larry's life prior to or as the outbreak began. All that is known about him is that he was a retired army commander that had a history of heart problems, and that based on the shirt he wears during A New Day, he likely enjoyed bowling. Larry married a woman and together they had a daughter, Lilly, who is also a survivor of the apocalypse. According to Lilly, Larry went through a great deal of suffering and loss during his life, including coping with the loss of his wife, keeping her wedding band in his pocket at all times to remember his late wife. Lilly says that when she was little Larry would have very strict rules around the house and became angry about anything being wasted. Lilly recounts how she used to leave the light on and no matter how many times her dad told her to stop it she never learned, until one day Larry became fed up and cut the house's electricity for a day to teach her a lesson. Lilly never left a light on again.
Larry would end up being one of the only two people to know in the group he was part of during the start of the outbreak that fellow group member Lee Everett had a murder conviction, most likely seeing the case on the news, before the apocalypse.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season One[]
"A New Day"[]
Larry was a survivor encountered by Lee. Along with Lilly and the other survivors, he was seen holed up in a rundown drug store that was coincidentally owned by Lee's family. When Lee, Clementine, Kenny, Katjaa, and Duck arrive at the drugstore, Larry is seen yelling at Carley for disobeying the command given by his daughter to keep the door shut at all times. After Lee's interference, he looks at a dirtied Duck and immediately believes Duck is bitten since a walker attacked the boy and covered him in blood. Lee will then have to decide whether to side with Larry or Kenny.
Side with Larry: Larry is relieved Lee has seen sense and proceeds to try to chuck Duck out but stops when Katjaa clears the muck and reveals there is no bite. Kenny then yells at him that he is fine, leading to Larry apologizing half-heartedly for his actions. Lilly will then ask him to sit down out of concern for his health, to which Larry calmly agrees.
Side with Kenny: Lee shouts viciously at Larry, asserting he will fight the man himself if it means he can save Duck. Alternatively, he calmly orders Kenny to knock Larry out, but Larry easily overpowers him, knocking him out with a single punch to the jaw.
After raging over whether Duck was bitten or not, and subsequently cowering behind a counter in fear as walkers began pounding on the doors, Larry drops to the floor due to his stress provoking his heart problems. While talking to Lilly, Lee mentions Larry's temper, causing the man to curse him. Larry also periodically cries out in pain due to his condition, his daughter Lilly doing what she can to comfort him.
Lee and the group work to get nitroglycerin pills to help Larry's condition. They achieve the pills, Larry taking them and making a steadfast recovery. However, the pharmacy alarm was triggered, forcing the group to flee. During the escape, after Lee is forced to choose between Carley or Doug, Larry will angrily scold whichever one of them survived for being too traumatized to do anything before telling them to move. After Lee saves Clementine from a walker, Larry punches Lee to the floor, even if the player supported them earlier, attempting to leave him behind for the walkers. However, Lee is saved by Kenny, who calls Lee an "asshole" or "good friend" depending on if Lee sided with Larry earlier.
He is later seen at the motel and confronts Lee. Larry reveals that he knows about Lee's past and threatens that if anything happens to Lilly or Clementine, he would tell everyone about Lee's secret.
"Starved For Help"[]
Larry is first seen at the Motor Inn along with the other survivors. When Lee, Kenny, and Mark bring back Ben Paul and Travis/David Parker, he is furious as there are now more mouths to feed. Lee has the option to give him food, which is considered a "tough choice" by the game. Lee can also give his axe to Larry to help with the makeshift wall. Doing so will make Larry help save Lee when he is attacked by a reanimated Travis/David, but only if Lee saved Doug in Episode 1. If Lee saved Carley, she will shoot the walker instead, regardless of who Lee gives the axe.
Later, he is seen at the St. John's Dairy Farm along with the others. He tells Lee and Lilly to lighten up and give the St. Johns a chance, too concerned about his hunger to worry about anything else. His attitude is considerably lighter when he is on the farm, claiming the change in scenery helps. He takes particular interest in Brenda St. John, flirting with her, and sticking up for her when Lee accuses her of cannibalism. When this accusation is proved true, he is put in a meat locker with Kenny, Lee, Clementine, and Lilly. Inside he starts yelling at the St. Johns and banging on the door furiously. Although Lee, Kenny and Lilly all plead for him to calm down, he refuses to listen, and the increasing stress causes him to suffer a massive heart attack. Larry falls to the floor unconscious and appears to have stopped breathing. Lilly immediately performs CPR in an attempt to save him. However, Kenny is convinced that Larry is dead. Recalling what Ben said earlier, Kenny concludes that they need to kill him before he reanimates. Both plead with Lee to help, and Lee is forced to decide to either try to revive Larry or assist Kenny in killing him. Regardless of Lee's choice, Kenny picks up a salt lick and drops it on Larry's head, crushing his brain and killing him instantly. If Lee tried to revive Larry, his mouth can be seen moving seconds before Kenny kills him. However, it isn't clear if the CPR worked, or if Larry was on the verge of reanimating. When the group cannot find a way out of the locker, Lee searches Larry's corpse for coins and can find both his wallet and his wife's wedding ring in the process. Lee uses the coins to unscrew an air conditioner, allowing Clementine to go through the air-vent and unlock the door from the other side. Larry's body is left behind when the survivors leave the dairy and is possibly devoured by the oncoming walkers.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Himself (Accidental, Caused)
- Brenda St. John (Indirectly Caused)
- Danny St. John (Indirectly Caused)
- Andrew St. John (Indirectly Caused)
- Heart attack (Caused or Direct)
An enraged Larry suffers a heart attack after being held captive in the meat locker by the St. Johns. Larry falls to the ground, seemingly unresponsive. Lilly attempts to resuscitate him, although a fearful Kenny believes him to be dead, worried about him potentially reanimating.
- Kenny (Before Reanimation or Zombified)
Having previously learned that the brain has to be destroyed in order to prevent reanimation, Kenny grabs a nearby salt lick and drops it on Larry, instantly smashing his head and killing him. Whether Larry was still alive or not at the time remains unknown.
- Lee Everett (Caused, Determinant)
If Lee chose to help Kenny, he restrains a hysterical Lilly by forcibly pulling her away from Larry's body, while Kenny proceeds to drop the salt lick on Larry's head.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Larry has killed:
- David Parker (Zombified, Determinant)
- Travis (Zombified, Determinant)
- Himself (Alive, Accidental)
- Possibly numerous counts of enemy combatants (Pre-Apocalypse)
- Numerous counts of zombies
Relationships[]
For a more in-depth look at Larry's relationships, read here; Larry (Telltale)/Relationships
Allies[]
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Enemies[]
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Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of Larry's most memorable quotes.
Season One"Goddammit Lily, you've got to control these people! (…) I don't give a flying fuck! We're in a warzone!"  Son of a bitch, one of them is bitten! "Holy SHIT. Son of a bitch, one of them is bitten! (…) We let one in you stupid shits! We have to end this, now. (…) We'll dig one hole. (…) Don't you fucking people get it!? We've already SEEN this happen! We let someone with a bite stay and- and WE'LL all end up bitten! We gotta throw him out! Or smash his head in!" "Shut up, Lilly! And YOU. Shut the fuck up. They will find us and they will get in here. And now of this will fucking matter. But right now, we're about to be TRAPPED in here with one of those things. (…) He's bitten! That's how ya turn!"  "You're gonna whoop me? You and what homo parade?" "Oh, I'm "upsetting" him? Upsetting is getting eaten alive!" "Look around, dumbass. I got a daughter in here, you got a daughter in here. Get your head out of your ass, boy." "Never woulda' happened. She's not some snot nosed toddler, okay? She's United States Air Force." "You're gonna whoop me? You and what homo parade? (…) HA, that's good. Little boy! Before you EAT your mommy, you can watch your dad get his nose broken." "Hey, I'm not the bad guy here. I'm just looking out for my daughter. (…) He's covered in muck! She'll find the bite, watch! (…) And if she does? First thing he'll do is sink his teeth into his mom's face. Then once she's dead, he'll probably pounce on your little girl. She'll turn fast and then they'll be three. And that boy is the ballgame."  "You're not coming with us, you son of a bitch!" "FINALLY. Someone gets some sense. But we can't wait - we are tossing him out NOW! (…) Then it's settled." "We almost DIED because of this bitch and her itchy trigger finger! That was stupid! That was-" "You're not coming with us, you son of a bitch!"   "I know who you are." "Lee, come here for a second. You like my daughter? (…) Well stay the fuck away from her. Or, uh, everyone will know that you, Lee Everett are a killer. And you were it was something you had to do to stay alive. I know who you are, and I don't give a shit about what happens to you, but if anything happens to my daughter or that little girl you got with you, heh, you watch your ass." "I don't see any of you stepping up to make the hard decisions! My girl's got more balls than all of you combined!" "Hey, if Dough-Boy doesn't want his food, hand it this way. (…) Well, decide smart. You don't really want to piss me off, do ya?" "Will you hold the damn boards steady? (…) What do you want? A hand out? I've got 60 cents in my pocket if you'll shut up and quit being such a pansy." "I should shove this up your ass, but I'm too hungry." "That girl needs to quit worrying about me so much." "I hope you don't think this makes us friends." "HE- (groans) I just need some food. Going this long without a proper meal would make anybody cranky." "Oh, that's what you think this is? Is that what you told him? (…) And what are you gonna do about it? The only thing I "have" to do is protect my daughter. And right now, that means getting this damn wall fixed, so I'd appreciate it if you two would shut up and let me get back to work!" "You're out?! What happened to my food? (…) You keep treating people like this and your days in this group are numbered. (…) Yeah, well I don't see you working on that wall!" "Go piss up a flagpole, Lee." "Why'd you bring him here in the first place asshole!? You're gonna get us all killed!"   "I've got charm coming out of my ass." "Good vibe? Well, Christ daddio, I'm sorry the folks with a food supply and defenses didn't tickle your pretty pink ass." "Whoa cool your jets there, Rambo. These are nice people. Let's not do anything to get us thrown out before we eat." "Well that's easy. I've got charm coming out of my ass."   "So how does a woman like yourself run this whole place?" "So how does a woman like yourself run this whole place?" "You know, for a nice change of pace, how about you try minding your own fucking business?" "Sit your ass down, Lee. This lady has made you a meal. (…) He could use some goddamn manners. (…) Don't indulge him, Lilly. It's always something with this guy. " "Lee, sit down and eat your goddamn dinner. This woman made you a homecooked meal, you grateful shit! Show some respect! You don't even have the DECENCY to take a handout when you're offered one. It just makes me sick, it really does." "I will, and I'll enjoy every last bite!" "Open the god damned door! You can't keep us in here! OPEN UP! I WILL TEAR YOU FUCKERS APART WITH MY BEAR HANDS! You sick fucking bastards! OPEN THIS DOOR GODDAMMIT! I WILL KNOCK THE GODDAMN DOOR DOWN!" "That evil fucker INVITED me to eat the meat, and all the time he knew what it was!" "This goddamn thumbsucker was the one who brought us here!" "God, you're worse than the walkers! I'll rip your goddamn heads off, and make you swallow them! There's more of us on the way! Let us out now! Do you wanna live? C'mon, show yourselves! Fucking cowards! You... you think the fucking apocalypse gives you the right to chop people into meat?! Fucking bastards!"   "You must really hate me. But guess what? You're stuck with me." "What the hell is your problem? You were a prick back at the motor lodge even after I saved your fucking life! Then you practically fuckin' pushed my face into that goddamn human barbeque. And you went outta your way to be an asshole to me tonight? You must really hate me. But guess what? You're stuck with me. I plan to be around long after you're gone. And if you turn, I'll be the one to put the axe through your skull." "I'll break the damn door down! Aah! Urg! Hrrrggttt! Oh God..." |
Appearances[]
The Telltale Series[]
Season One[]
Trivia[]
- Larry has ischaemic heart disease which requires him to take nitroglycerin tablets.
- In "Starved For Help", Lee has to decide who to give food to. 42% of players choose to feed Larry. The fourth most out of any character, only behind Clementine, Duck and Mark. [1]
- In Episode 2, Larry carries two Georgia quarters and a dime in his pocket and is shown to still carry his wallet and his wife's wedding ring, likely as a memento of her.
- Larry's death is ironic, for numerous reasons:
- In "A New Day", he voted that they must smash Duck's head in. Later, in "Starved For Help", Larry gets his head crushed by Duck's father, Kenny.
- At the beginning of "Starved For Help", Mark states that he "wouldn't want to be stuck in a room with him." This foreshadows the event where Lee, Clementine, Lilly, Kenny, and Larry are all locked in a meat locker.
- He states moments before he dies that Lee is "stuck with him", and that he plans to be around long after Lee dies and be the one to put down Lee if he ever reanimated. (Determinant)
- The two people who contribute to his prevented reanimation are members of the group that he wanted to throw out, Lee for his past and Kenny for protecting his son. (Determinant)
- Both Larry and his daughter betray Lee by some means.
- Larry will ungratefully attempt to kill Lee in the drugstore (even if he sides with him in the argument before his heart attack) when walkers break in, due to his past as a convicted felon, despite Lee saving him by obtaining his medicine.
- He also gets in to a fight with Kenny when he prevents Larry from evicting his son, Duck. (Determinant)
- Larry will ungratefully attempt to kill Lee in the drugstore (even if he sides with him in the argument before his heart attack) when walkers break in, due to his past as a convicted felon, despite Lee saving him by obtaining his medicine.
- Despite being the oldest member of the original Macon survivors by nearly 20 years and having a heart condition, Larry is shown to be the physically strongest survivor in the group, being able to knock both Lee and Kenny to the ground with only one punch. (Determinant)
- If Lee tries to revive Larry and gives him four or more chest compressions, his mouth will move on the fourth compression, right before Kenny drops the salt lick on his head; however, it is not made clear if this means that he was still alive at that time or that he was beginning to reanimate. Interestingly; once the salt lick connects to Larry's head, his final breath sounds like a walker growl, suggesting that he was beginning to reanimate. Although it is possible that his last breath was gargled by the blood or it really was just his last breath.
- Larry is one of the survivors whom Lee can choose to give the rations to. Depending on the type of ration that he gives or if he is feed first, he responds differently. Out of those survivors, Larry is the only one with three different responses.
- If Lee feeds him first, he'll tell him that he should shove it up his ass, but he is too hungry. Strangely he doesn't take the food from him unlike the other options.
- If Lee feeds him later and gives him the beef jerky or cheese and crackers, he'll say that Lilly needs to stop worrying about him so much.
- If Lee chooses to give him an apple, he tells him that he hopes that doesn't make them friends. Lee points out that he could've given Larry nothing, but Larry will ignore Lee.
- No matter if you try to be more helpful or kind to Larry or try to side with Lilly in episode 2, Larry will still hate Lee.
- Terence McGovern is credited for Larry in "Long Road Ahead", despite the fact that Larry does not appear.
- Larry is the first character Terence McGovern has voiced, the second being Gary.
- If the player sides with Larry or remains silent during the scene where Kenny and Larry argue about Duck being bitten, Katjaa will eventually finish cleaning the muck off of Duck and find that he indeed was not bitten and Larry will end up apologizing for his actions.
- As of Season 4, Larry is the only main character from Season One to not have any potential non-canon deaths.
- Larry has two tattoos on his left arm, which are both briefly seen in the first episode.
- On his bicep, there is a tattoo of an eagle, which is presumably in reference to his history with the military.
- Another is on his forearm and is a scorpion, which has an unclear meaning or connection to his backstory.
- Larry raised his daughter in a military-esque fashion with a focus on discipline, as revealed in Season 4 when Lilly tells a story about him.
- During early character development, Larry was originally more compassionate and admitted that he was wrong in believing that Duck was bitten more often than he did in the final version of the game, which was only once depending on which choices you made.[2]
- Larry is the only main character of Season 1 who did not kill a living person on-screen directly/caused, regardless of the players' choices.
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