Larry

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Larry
アオキ Aoki
"The Exceptional Everyman"
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Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Age 25+
Gender Male
Eye color Black
Hair color Black with gray highlights
Hometown Medali
Region Paldea
Trainer class Gym Leader, Elite Four
Generation IX
Games Scarlet and Violet
Member of Paldea League
Rank Gym Leader, Elite Four
Leader of Medali Gym
Badge Normal Badge
Specializes in Normal-types (Gym Leader)
Flying-types (Elite Four)
Anime series Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut Flying Pikachu, Rising Higher and Higher!
English voice actor N/A
Japanese voice actor N/A

Larry (Japanese: アオキ Aoki) is a businessman who works for the Paldea region's Pokémon League, where he serves as the Gym Leader of Medali's Gym, known officially as the Medali Gym, and a member of Paldea's Elite Four. He specializes in Normal-type Pokémon as a Gym Leader and Flying-type Pokémon as an Elite Four member.

In the core series games

Appearance

Larry is depicted as a middle-aged man of average height and build. His most unique features belong to his face, with prominent cheekbones, grey eyes in the shape of squares (alongside his pupils), square gray eyebrows, and black hair with numerous gray quiffs shooting off from it.

Larry wears a light black suit, consisting of a blazer, trousers and formal shoes. Beneath his suit is a gray long-sleeve button-downed shirt with a pale-blue tie with a cloud outline pattern, referencing his specialization as an Elite Four member.

As with every other member of the Elite Four of Paldea, Larry wears black gloves with the logo of Paldea's Pokémon League, which resembles a white compass, upon them.

Larry is always seen holding a black briefcase, which he puts down before battles.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Website Blurb: This Normal-type Gym Leader is also a businessman, and he’s not very motivated. When he gets lost in thought, he becomes so still that onlookers begin to worry.

Larry is a serious, brooding man who works for Paldea's Pokémon League under Geeta, who assigned him the roles of both a Gym Leader and Elite Four member. He also works as a businessman on top of his Pokémon League duties. He is often unmotivated, and becomes unsettlingly still whenever he is lost in thought, much to the worry of people nearby.[1] According to Iono in Pokémon: Paldean Winds, Larry has been a member of the Paldea League for 25 years.

He uses Normal-type Pokémon at his Gym because he feels they reflect his ordinary image. In addition to the Gym Badge, Larry gives out TM025 (Facade) when defeated. During the Champion Assessment, he is the third Elite Four member to be faced and uses a team of Flying-type Pokémon per Geeta's request, much to his dismay.

Outside of his Pokémon League duties, he is known for his fixation with food, and regularly visits the Treasure Eatery of Medali, which also serves as the arena for his Gym battles.

The Indigo Disk

After completing the main story, Larry can be invited to Unova's Blueberry Academy as a special coach. When challenged to a rematch, he battles as a Gym Leader, though he retains some Flying-type Pokémon from his team when battled as one of the Elite Four.

Larry may converse other Trainers present in the League Club Room.

Pokémon

Gym battle

Larry will Terastallize his Staraptor at the first opportunity.



Champion Assessment

Larry will Terastallize his Flamigo at the first opportunity.



Rematch

Larry will Terastallize his Staraptor at the first opportunity.



League Club Room

Larry will Terastallize his Staraptor at the first opportunity.



Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Larry in the League Club Room, he will trade a Dudunsparce to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

#0982  Dudunsparce
Two-Segment Form
Male icon HOME.png  Paldea icon.png
Poké Ball HOME.png Level 35 0982Dudunsparce.png
Type:
NormalIC SV.png UnknownIC SV.png
Tera Type: FlyingIC Tera.png
Ability: Serene Grace
Held item: None
ID: 766634
OT: Larry
Met: a Link Trade
Nature: Relaxed
Ribbons
/ Marks:
Partner Ribbon 
Facade
Normal icon.pngNormal PhysicalIC SV.png
Air Slash
Flying icon.pngFlying SpecialIC SV.png
Drill Run
Ground icon.pngGround PhysicalIC SV.png
Hyper Drill
Normal icon.pngNormal PhysicalIC SV.png
Games Method Duration
SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

Quotes

Main article: Larry/Quotes

Gallery

Core series game artwork

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Settei

Core series game assets

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Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: Missing a full model with the grey tie
Generation IX
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Special Coach icon
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Special Coach sprite
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Model
(Medali Gym
and Blueberry Academy)
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Model
(VS pose at Medali Gym
and Blueberry Academy)
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Model
(Pokémon League)
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Model
(VS pose at the Pokémon League)

In the anime

Main series

Larry in the anime

Larry debuted in Flying Pikachu, Rising Higher and Higher!. He was seen in a flashback, eating at the Treasure Eatery while Friede met with Lucca there.

Biri-Biri

Larry in Biri-Biri

Larry briefly appeared as a silhouette alongside the rest of Paldea Gym Leaders in the music video for Biri-Biri. He was seen defeating Anna in a battle.

Pokémon

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Komala
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Dudunsparce
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Staraptor


Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Larry appeared in Breathe Together, in which he is introduced by Iono as one of Paldea's Gym Leaders during her video collaboration with Naranja Academy.

Pokémon

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Staraptor


In the TCG

Ultra rare print of Larry
Main article: Larry (Paradox Rift 165)

Larry was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Raging Surf subset and the English Paradox Rift expansion, with artwork by Akira Komayama. A Full Art ultra rare version with artwork by the same illustrator was released in the same sets. It allows players to flip a coin and search their deck for up to 2 Pokémon of any kind if they flip heads, or 1 Basic Pokémon if they flip tails.

Trivia

  • Larry's Japanese Gym Leader title is 非凡サラリーマン Extraordinary Salaryman.
  • As both a Gym Leader and an Elite Four member, Larry is the first character in the games to fill two different positions in the same Pokémon League simultaneously.
  • Larry's specialization in Flying types is hinted at by the cloud patterns on his tie and his ace Pokémon as a Gym Leader being part Flying-type.
    • Him specializing in both Normal and Flying types is likely a reference to how the Normal/Flying type combination is the most common type combination amongst dual-type Pokémon.
  • Larry is the only Paldean Gym Leader to:
    • Terastallize a Pokémon already of his type specialization.
    • Terastallize more than one Pokémon.
    • Battle inside a building instead of outdoors.
  • During the Champion Assessment, Larry's Altaria does not know any Flying-type moves, making Larry the only member of the Paldean Elite Four to use a Pokémon that does not know any moves with the specialty type of its Trainer.
  • During his Gym battle, Larry's Dudunsparce is female, but during the rematch, it is male.
  • During the battle at the League Club at Blueberry Academy, Larry's team uses a mixture of both Normal and Flying types.
  • In the fourth episode of Pokémon: Paldean Winds, Iono confirms that Larry has been part of the Pokémon League for 25 years.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese アオキ Aoki From 青木 aoki (spotted laurel), and possibly from 気 ki “air”, alluding to his dual status as a Flying-type specialist
English Larry From Larry, a diminutive form of the name Laurence, which comes from laurus (Latin for laurel); and salaryman
German Aoki Transcription of his Japanese name
Spanish Laureano From laurel moteado (spotted laurel)
French Okuba From Aucuba (genus which contains the spotted laurel)
Italian Ubaldo From Aucuba (genus which contains the spotted laurel)
Korean 청목 Cheongmok From 청목 (靑木) cheongmok (spotted laurel)
Chinese (Mandarin) 青木 Qīngmù From 青木 qīngmù / chīngmuhk (spotted laurel)
Chinese (Cantonese) 青木 Chīngmuhk
Indonesian Dafin From dafin (Romanian for laurel)
Brazilian Portuguese Lauro From louro-manchado (spotted laurel)
Thai อาโอกิ Aoki Transcription of his Japanese name

See also

References


Gym Leaders of the Paldea region
Cortondo Gym Gym Badge
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Katy
Artazon Gym Gym Badge
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Brassius
Levincia Gym Gym Badge
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Iono
Cascarrafa Gym Gym Badge
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Kofu
Medali Gym Gym Badge
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Larry
Montenevera Gym Gym Badge
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Ryme
Alfornada Gym Gym Badge
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Tulip
Glaseado Gym Gym Badge
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Grusha


Paldea League
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Rika
of the Elite Four
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Poppy
of the Elite Four
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Larry
of the Elite Four
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Hassel
of the Elite Four
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Top Champion
Geeta


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