Getting the representation us normal folk deserve

@@WizardDog829 tbf I like most normal specialist Lenora and cheren are great

@@harryh4h720 counter argument, they don't walk around the a suitcase

@@WizardDog829 cheren does walk around with a laptop though

Imagine if he was the champion in the game too, and he's just like "I'm also my own boss. Hi, I'm Larry."

But he is so cool!

Even Ollie mad respects this guy.

He reminds me of that one antagonist from the monogatari series.

dude doesn't look average at all, he's the sharpest dresser ever. you see a guy in a perfectly fitted suit, with leather gloves, you know he means business.

Just like Chris Pratt

BROOO POOR DUDE WOULDN'T CATCH A BREATHER😭😭😭😭

Bro is carrying paldea pokemon association on his BACK

@@ADioSimp he needs the money bro

He's the best gym leader, prolly the hardest if only because tera stab boosted Facades from a Staraptor is nothing to sneeze at. Larry top tier Chad.

@@IKMcGwee they did his Staraptor dirty with the moveset on it tho, it had 2 moves, Facade and Aerial Ace

@@hazlinarazali3698 true, but also I'd rather not get CC'D at lv 35-40 by a Staraptor so I can see why.

@@IKMcGwee Larry was the easiest for me only because I had the perfect counter to normal types with that being Annihilape. Ghost Fighting just destroyed him. Honestly felt really bad for the guy.

I instinctively used Will-O-Wisp on his Staraptor first turn and he proceeded to almost sweep my slightly under leveled team with facade. Shit was terrifying Larry is truly a chad

Truly-woodo still takes the cake for me

when I did the battle I was like 7-10 levels under because I was too lazy to farm and thought it would be fine, but his pokemon really hurt so I had to resort to burning them with ceruledge. Which is what I did for the staraptor. and then it used facade. it ended up one shotting like half my team before I remembered ceruledge was ghost and was immune to it, but I was still scared because it got ceruledge to half hp with some other attack and that's why it was out in the first place. anyways I continued to go into fights really underleveled and was fine, and then I actually leveled for the elite four+champ and one shot all of them like it should've been going for the rest of the game lmao

i dont think its a glitch its happened to me and ive seen it happen to other streamers , i think he is there if you pick him as the hardest gym leader during the interview

@@niallharrington3636 That's a very cool feature then

Her personalized copy

@@niallharrington3636 it's a glitch. I definitely picked him as the hardest gym leader and that did not happen to me

@@Koopser maybe not getting him is the glitch.

What like Majima Everywhere i Yakuza?

@@clarehidalgo With the one difference being Larry is on the opposite end of the enthusiasm spectrum.

He’s like the Stan Lee of Pokémon

I like to imagine that Larry slowly takes on more jobs. Like, he just did data entry or something for the League at first, but then one of the gym leaders quit, so Geeta assigned him to take over that gym. Then one of the Elite 4 members retired, so Geeta told him to fill in for that too... but also, after the story of the game ends, more and more gym leaders quit their side hustle and focus on their primary jobs, so Larry has to fill in for _all_ of them (Geeta says it's just temporary, but we know better).

Like Kirk from Gilmore Girls?

radical larry

rare larry sighting

@@cowboymagpie real!!!!!

"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world."

@@warbacca1017 larry glitch cured world hunger

also his tie has cloud patterns

Leisure suit Larry lol

and the hair is pretty slick too!

I can't help but imagine this guy having SpongeBob's voice from the episode where he becomes "normal".

2:50 Speaking of "Fly!"

THAT WAS KOROSAN?

It sounds completely unlike anything I've heard her do before

It sounds like the mouse to me

it makes me take psychic damage

sounds like mickey mouse tryna speak like snape lmao

He was too busy watching Korone's match

he had to go to his other job

that was his ghost. he finally killed himself

It's a bug, Larry appeared for me, but Kofu and Tulip were invisible

Man was working from home and called in via zoom or teams. Larry is the GOAT

That should be a feature

@@Dyabolico456 pretty sure it is a feature. I've seen this happen with many others

@@sheevpalpatine6139 Pretty sure it's a bug, like the E4 music not starting properly.

@@somerandomgamer8504 I've already played the games multiple times over. Same thing every time

@@sheevpalpatine6139 it's a bug and it was patched

Seems legit

I mean if someone ever says this to me i would find them cool as well

@@MikadoSann0ji I work and have pokemon

@@CrimsonTy HA! NERD!

@@breloommaster12 bro y u gotta do im like dat

@@f1r3hunt3rz5 bro the setup was right there, how could I not take it

Honestly with how weak most of the trainers in the region are, I can believe they have staffing problems. Probably why a chld is in the E4 as well.

@@vivil2533 well that child just happens to be stronger than most elite 4 members lol. She only felt easier because of the game's exp share. I think most of her team was lvl 60+. Then again the elite 4 aren't the strongest trainers in paldea.

@@ninjaruss4205 she's mostly bolstered by the steel type. Undoubtedly the best defensive type in the game,.and I wouldn't consider levels much when ranking how strong a trainer is. The champions team is so awful it's hilarious, but she's generally higher level then some champions. Why is her Ace that she always sends out last the pokemon designed specifically to set up entry hazards? Kingambit would make more since to send out last, he would be a power house. Seriously Avalug, and Gogoat on the champions team, why? I would rant about the kids team but I don't remember it, all I know is I would be alot more afraid of her if Metagross, Ageislash, or Skarmory, were in the game, or if she had a technician Scizor at least. All I remember is tinkaton, which isn't that bad on its own. Edit: I just looked up Poppy's team, I don't know how good koprahja( or whatever) and corviknight are, but she seems to have pretty decent steel types bronzong, is a good bulky support, but she probably wont use it too well (trick room would probably go hard) magnezone is strong but a 4x ground weakness means he's not gonna do much, (honestly i try to use a magnezone in every game, and he always underperforms.) and tinkaton has one good move, but it's stats aren't great other wise. She probably could have gone for a Lucario, or Scizor. I understand and appreciate the Tinkaton Ace but Tera steel technician Scizor, it terrifying with bullet punch.

Feels like an inverse of Galar tbh. Galar's pokemon league is a big sporting event where lots of people watch and participate, but Paldea's feels like it's a more casual scene. Paldea's gym leaders treat it like a fun part time job while for the Galar leaders it's like their entire thing even if some of them have careers outside of it.

Maybe they'd be able to hire more staff if they paid their employees a bit more. All of the gym leaders are working two jobs, and Larry's working three. There's gotta be a reason for that, right?

Why she don't want to let it evolve?

@@nifedipine7194 because she like wingull so much and hate the evolve form

It's alive?!

Why not just give it an everstone then lol

@@johntitor1256 *[Shoves paperwork off desk] WHAT?! IMPOSSIBLE!*

Besides the orca

I think the silver hair is due to stress 😔 Poor guy is exploited

She's got a definitive type and she's ride-or-die for it.

@@TasukuMuncha he exploits himself actually - to the point his boss actually is trying to make him work LESS

She's Farming, she knows what she's doing. Clever girl.

*You can give up just yet ... *Knowing Larry is watching you from behind, it fill you with DETERMINATION ...

thats exactly what I imagined his voice like

no thought it sound good Takuya Eguchi who voices hachiman is better he has that slacker that does his work properly is way too smart. I like that the Gym leaders are getting more full life before it was just meet them at the gym and once you were done with them you pretty much forgot abou them but here you see them more and they help fill this massive world

@@world4saker nah Eguchi Takuya's adult voice doesn't have that tired old man vibe to it. I mean have you seen Spy x Family? Twilight doesn't sound so tired in the parts where he's exhausted

Glad to see some others think the same, his voice would fit the character perfectly.

takaya kuroda

He reminds me of One Punch Man, especially at the start

I think he actually likes his job because he likes his normal team. He just doesn't like his elite 4 position I think because he was forced to use flying types.

@@girlfailure- Actually he says that he enjoyed branching out too, to experience more in life! I think he's just very stoic in general

So... he's Squidward?

@@Koopser the best part is that his tired, no soul demeanor comes from him taking overtime to the point his boss has to tell him to go home. He's really piling on that 401K (or whatever the Spain equivalent is)

ikr! he needs a hug too (if he would accept one i mean)

That is way too funny

Yeah !!! couldn't have been more perfect !!

This

Yeah, Flying Pikachu was a thing long before any other Pokémon had/were balloons. I still remember the promotional card from the Pokémon TCG game for GameBoy.

I think that's why they picked balloons for the flying type in the first place as a reference to it

@@press_x_tojason Also, I think the Mystery Gift is still going on that gives you a Pikachu with the Flying Tera type. That's a pretty neat reference. Didn't even think of it.

anime? i want to see how he's depicted in the manga

I want to see this burnt out office worker in the anime just to see what they can do with a guy who’s to tired to pretend to care and who’s signature move is just lying and pretending to be ok.

He's not going to be animated. He's going to be a live action character, interacting with the cast like celebrity guests in The Muppets.

My name is Larry. I'm 27 years old(probably). My house is in the northeast section of Medali, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Pokemon League's Elite Four, 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.

@@evabeatrice I dont like what this implies

One of the best characters in Pokemon period, I'd venture to say; though I'm surprised it took them this long to introduce a "depressed salaryman" gym leader

Hypothesis: Larry is beloved by people because most people growing up with the early Pokemon generations are now at an age where they live or should live the corporate live, and possibly the last generation to actually appreciate classic office work, making Larry alot more identifyable than the actual protagonist.

I was just wondering about that one fan art with the coolest looking businessman in Pokemon, did not know it was Larry.

@@Finsternis.. Nah, It's more like, In the middle of weird annoying and colorful world, The calm cool and the most normal person will stand out more

What caught you off guard? That Time stamp doesn't show anything wrong.

@@frozenfoxgames5300 the change in tone. Ik she has a large range, but it was funny just hearing her voice change out of nowhere

@@Shadowmonkey Oh, you meant with Korone. My dumbass was too focused on the game

@@frozenfoxgames5300 lmao, it's all good

Laughs in Scrafty High Jump Kick with accuracy boosted item. Just like how I one shot Ghetsis' Hydragon.

It's funny how we only know of two of his jobs, but no one would be surprised if he was doing 3 or more jobs....

they're probably there for the cutscene afterwards and Larry was in the wrong position for whatever reason

@@callmecharlie4250 they're probably there the whole time, but they're not supposed to be visible until the cutscene starts.

His TM move being Facade is also another hint that this wasn't his true final appearance. Though I think what would have been better to throw you off completely is to start with Staraptor in the E4 fight and not mention the type change until it faints just to add another layer of confusion for the player

His tie also has clouds on it. It is pretty suttle but it is another teaser for his typing.

@@greyscaleadaven That word play doesn't apply in the Japanese. The Japanese name for facade, karagenki, means something more like "pretending to be ok [when you're actually sick, injured, depressed, etc]." That's why Larry says it's a specialty of working adults, and that's why Korone says "that's so sad"

Have you seen the prices for things in ₱? Their economy is fucked worse than ours.

Due to repeated budget cuts Geeta just hires Larry to fill every role. Of course, this comes with no rise in salary.

He's not a businessman, he's a salary man. That's what the Japanese calls your average office worker.

It's the suit

I always got the impression she likes ‘cute’ types. Slightly submissive and maybe a bit shy, that she can take care of.

@@Philweasel oddly spesific

You're all wrong she likes old men that can sell her guns

Why do people call Iono a Vtuber?

Indeed