Honestly, the gag of emphasizing this guy being an everyman by disguising him as an ordinary NPC during the Gym challenge and only revealing him as the leader in this scene is absolutely amazing.
@@Botan_Katou Respecting the Spoiler I guess. . . . . . . Meanwhile, everyone who's had trouble with him treats his reemergance at the Elite 4 like he's the second coming of Kira Yoshikage.
A lot of children playing this game probably will not understand what he meant by that. And one day in the future, thinking back on this game, they'll understand what it means and realize how deep that was.
@@56bturn my man just wants to earn his salary, go home, shower, watch tv with his Dudunsparce and probably eat some cup ramen, and go to bed. Without deviating from that plan at all in the slightest
My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM and make sure I get eight hours of sleep no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies like winning and losing; that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society and I know that is what brings me happiness, although if I were to fight, I wouldn't lose to anyone.
I'm still convinced he's just the random dude who was put in charge as a figurehead after Giovanni bought the gym so he can write it off for tax purposes.
@@thejamesonthestreet In terms of league obligations, sure. Doesn't conflict with that particular Gym running under Giovanni's name on paper. Like a franchise restaurant, which technically is part of that parent corporation and has to follow a set of guidelines, but is owned run by an otherwise independent individual on the day to day business.
Favourite male gym leader for me is definitely Larry, no doubt. Favourite female gym leader (shes a base boss actually) is Mela, fire goth girl slaying.
Screenrant ranked Larry the lowest in their Gym leader list because he was too forgettable or so they said. Kinda obvious they didn't really play the game. Larry is the best. XD
Man I mono fighting types ran Violet and Larry was the hardest fight, mostly because Staraptor double stabbing Facades slapped my mon. Then he put on his working man gloves and clapped me again. Larry such a Chad.
A gym who's so unassuming you literally don't know where the Gym is till its revealed the restaurant is a gym in disguise and the guy at the bar who looks like a salary man is the Gym leader That was genius
Except I immediately guessed that the "salary man" would be the gym leader since.. *he has a unique model*.. like it's hard to pull a twist when surrounded by the same 4 people wearing different colored shirts lol
The people who designed the larry fight really gave him a flying type and made that the only one that gets immediately terastalised so that the one fighting type on player teams still rolls it
Larry is my favorite gym leader in Paldea. The design, the references, the gym challenge, even the "second job" stuff, everything is very well thought.
I found him to be ironically funny. He uproots an entire dining area just for a battle, then instead of heading back to the gym area to talk to the desk person to fight him, you just hop into battle. Then he battles right after eating and then proceeds to eat as if he hadn't eaten beforehand after the battle. Not to mention his second title. Only Agatha has done so in the aniem
Larry is the best. His facade Starraptor sweeped my team multiple times. Maybe my team was just badly built but he’s the only gym leader that was a challenge in a long time. He’s also one of the few trainers who can Terrastilize 1-handed with almost 0 effort. He’s just doing his job, and given how exhausted he is the Top Champion must be an awful boss.
In the rematch Larry reveals that apparently his boss has asked Larry to stop putting in extra hours. Meaning that Larry himself is his own slave driver
I legitimately cannot tell if the devs knew he was gonna be the fan favorite, or just intended him as a really well thought out gag, and his popularity is unexpected. Id honestly believe either
Spoliers for the elite 4- Koga: I graduated from being a gym leader to the second elite 4 of the indigo plateau and let my daughter run my gym. Larry: Pathetic
i like how he still have a pretty cool and unique looking hairstyle and face really nails the point that hes an individual thats just putting on the everyman persona
I've only defeated 5 gym leaders and am on my way to my 6th. That said, while Iono might be my favorite, I can definitely understand why Larry is popular. I also thought that his line before giving you the TM for Facade was really clever. For now, I'll at least make him my favorite male gym leader of Paldea.
Larry and Iono sum up most of our lives. Larry: Most of us including Marine Senchou and Lui. Iono: Though Iono is not a VTuber, she does act like one due to being a Streamer and Influencer. And we are supporting these streamers.
I noticed something. Many people using ironically either correctly or wrongly. And recently I see many people using the unironically term. May I know why has that become a trend?
Out of all the Normal-Type Gym Leaders so far, I consider Larry the one whose background and personality and all that matches his specialty the most. And I would've said "the only one who matches" rather than "the one who matches the most," but that would be forgetting how his other specialty makes him like the others with their wild card traits. Plus, I think someone like Larry being the rare one is fitting in making the Normal-Type Gym Leaders stand out.
Even his name embodies his type specialty without being some pun on normal, it’s just a normal sounding name. Sure Norman and Whitney are normal names but they’re not as common as Larry imo.
For those who don't know: Facade is an attack that deals double damage when the user is hit with a status condition the word "Facade" means acting fake or acting tough. so when the user has a stat condition, it makes the "facade" even more convincing, and the target falls for it more. it's like that meme: "Call a pokemon center!!!... *...BUT NOT FOR ME!!!* "
Even better Fridge Brilliance as TV Tropes would put it. Him being a “Normal” Gym Leader and ironically giving the Facade TM. Spoilers far below: The WHOLE thing is a Facade when he is revealed to ALSO be an Elite Four member.
I had a fun glitch happen with Larry. So, I did the gym test just fine, but when I actually went to go fight him, I found I was quite a bit underlevelled, so I reset the game and decided to put him off for later. The Gym test itself stayed done, though. A while later, when I came back to fight him, *he wasn't there*. I went and talked to the one guy to start the battle, and the intro scene for Larry played as programmed, Larry stood up, spoke, and went to the battlefield, but Larry's model just was not there, so it was like a ghost was talking.
I guess I’m one of the few that didn’t get to appreciate Larry when I first fought him. I understand the gag and what he represents But overall him being in the elite 4 and being flying type was the only time I appreciated him cuz he had to try even for a moment. Yes I beat him easily but hey I can appreciate the effort 😅 Idk the whole “no personality is my personality” thing ain’t for me. And to be honest he was my least fav gym leader. But just like the new dunsparce evolution I’m glad others can enjoy him even though I won’t ever 😅