Larry

If you were looking for the Pokémon Ranger character, see Larry (Ranger).

If you were looking for the anime character with the Japanese name of Larry, see Ridley.

Larry アオキ Aoki
"The Exceptional Everyman"
Artwork from Scarlet and Violet
Age	Unconfirmed
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Black with gray highlights
Hometown	Medali
Region	Paldea
Trainer class	Gym Leader, Elite Four
Generation	IX
Counterpart(s)	Larry (Masters)
Games	Scarlet and Violet, Masters EX
English voice actor	Yong Yea (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Kenyu Horiuchi (Masters EX)
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)
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	Flying Pikachu, Rising Higher and Higher!
English voice actor	N/A
Japanese voice actor	Kosuke Toriumi

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. 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 with other Trainers present in the League Club Room.

Pokémon

As a Gym Leader, Larry's team consists of Normal types, while he uses Flying types as an Elite Four member. In the rematch with him at the Blueberry Academy's League Club Room, his team will be made up of both Normal and Flying types. His signature Pokémon is Staraptor.

Pokémon

Gym battle

Larry will Terastallize his Staraptor at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Larry Medali Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $6,480

Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Comatose Held item: None Komala♀ Lv.35 Yawn Normal Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Serene Grace Held item: None Dudunsparce♀ Lv.35 Hyper Drill Normal Physical   --       Drill Run Ground Physical   --       Glare Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Normal  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.36 Facade Normal Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Champion Assessment

Larry will Terastallize his Flamigo at the first opportunity.

Larry of the Elite Four Pokémon League Scarlet and Violet Reward: $12,720

Types: Grass Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Tropius♂ Lv.59 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Solar Beam Grass Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Types: Electric Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Dancer Held item: None Oricorio♀ Lv.59 Revelation Dance Electric Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Teeter Dance Normal Status   --       Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♀ Lv.59 Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.59 Facade Normal Physical   --       Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Thief Dark Physical   --       Types: Flying Fighting Tera Type: Flying  or  Unknown Ability: Scrappy Held item: None Flamigo♂ Lv.60 Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Throat Chop Dark Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --

Rematch

Larry will Terastallize his Staraptor at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Larry Medali Gym Scarlet and Violet Reward: $11,880

Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Oinkologne♀ Lv.65 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Bullet Seed Grass Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Comatose Held item: None Komala♀ Lv.65 Yawn Normal Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Braviary♂ Lv.65 Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Crush Claw Normal Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Serene Grace Held item: None Dudunsparce♂ Lv.65 Hyper Drill Normal Physical   --       Drill Run Ground Physical   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Normal  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.66 Facade Normal Physical   --       Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Thief Dark Physical   --

League Club Room

Larry will Terastallize his Staraptor at the first opportunity.

Gym Leader Larry Blueberry Academy Scarlet and Violet Reward: $19,920

Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Oinkologne♀ Lv.82 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Trailblaze Grass Physical   --       Play Rough Fairy Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Tauros♂ Lv.82 Raging Bull Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Serene Grace Held item: None Dudunsparce♂ Lv.82 Hyper Drill Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Glare Normal Status   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Types: Dragon Flying Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♀ Lv.82 Moonblast Fairy Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical   --       Types: Flying Fighting Tera Type: Unknown  or  Unknown Ability: Scrappy Held item: None Flamigo♂ Lv.82 Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Throat Chop Dark Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Types: Normal Flying Tera Type: Normal  or  Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Staraptor♂ Lv.83 Facade Normal Physical   --       Brave Bird Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Thief Dark Physical   --

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.

Flying Tera Type Pikachu Gift
#0982  Dudunsparce Two-Segment Form   Level 35 Type: Tera Type: Ability: Serene Grace Held item: None	ID: 766634 OT: Larry Met: a Link Trade Nature: Relaxed Ribbons / Marks:
Facade Normal Air Slash Flying Drill Run Ground Hyper Drill Normal
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.
This Pokémon has a % chance to be received when the event is redeemed.

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Larry (Masters)

Larry forms a sync pair with Dudunsparce in Pokémon Masters EX. Larry became a playable sync pair on June 14, 2024.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#205		Larry	#0982		Dudunsparce♂ Two-Segment Form	Normal	Fighting			★★★★★☆EX	Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout

Quotes

Main article: Larry/Quotes

Gallery

Core series game artwork

S  V  Concept art

Core series game assets

This section is incomplete. 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
S  V  Special Coach icon		S  V  Special Coach sprite
File:Mdl Larry Gym SV.png
S  V  Model (Medali Gym and Blueberry Academy)	S  V  Model (VS pose at Medali Gym and Blueberry Academy)	S  V  Model (Pokémon League)	S  V  Model (VS pose at the Pokémon League)

Animation

Pokémon Horizons: The Series artwork	Pokémon Horizons: The Series concept art
Pokémon Horizons: The Series concept art	Larry Summer Festival 2024
Eyecatch

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.

In HZ046, Larry appeared with the other members of the Elite Four watching Liko's battle against Ann at Naranja Academy.

In HZ055, Larry battled Coral and Kofu as part of the Elite Four Tag Battle, only for Coral to have her Glalie use Self-Destruct, knocking out all of their Pokémon and leaving Larry the winner by default.

In HZ057, Larry was assigned as Dot's next challenge for the Terastal Training course.

In HZ058, Larry appeared during the reopening of the new menu at Anything Eatery. After the meal, he left without attracting much attention, but was noticed by Dot when he left.

In HZ059, Larry was Dot's opponent for her second Terastal battle, where he used both his Staraptor and Dudunsparce against Dot's Quaxly and Tinkatink. Even after Dot's Quaxly evolved into Quaxwell and put up a great fight by Terastallizing, Larry was still able to win by Terastallizing his Staraptor in turn. Despite her loss, Larry still approved Dot for her opportunistic use of Terastallization. Afterwards, when Dot and her friends ate some rice balls at the Treasure Eatery, Larry was forced to pay their bill, much to his dismay.

Pokémon

Similar to the games, Larry uses two completely different teams of Pokémon, one team for challenges as a Gym Leader and another for battles as an Elite Four member.

This listing is of Larry's known Pokémon in the anime:

As a Gym Leader

Dudunsparce

Debut	HZ059

Dudunsparce is Larry's third known Pokémon. It was used during Dot's Terastal Training test, where it faced both Quaxly and Tinkatink. It was able to gain the upper hand on Quaxly when it paralyzed him with Glare. It then battled Tinkatink before being recalled in favor of Staraptor after their attacks seemed evenly matched.

Dudunsparce's known moves are Glare, Boomburst, and Hyper Drill.

Staraptor

Debut	HZ059

Staraptor is Larry's fourth known Pokémon. It was used to battle Tinkatink and Quaxly during Dot's Terastal Training test battle, where it was swapped in to replace Dudunsparce and quickly defeated Tinkatink. Despite receiving major damage from Dot's newly evolved Quaxwell, it was still able to defeat him after Terastallizing while Quaxwell was immobilized by paralysis.

Staraptor's known moves are Wing Attack, Hurricane, Air Slash, and Facade.

As an Elite Four member

Flamigo

Debut	HZ055

Flamigo is Larry's first known Pokémon. It was used alongside Oricorio in his battle against Coral and Kofu, only to be defeated when Coral's Glalie used Self-Destruct.

None of Flamigo's moves are known.

Oricorio

Debut	HZ055

Oricorio is Larry's second known Pokémon. It was used alongside Flamigo in his battle against Coral and Kofu, only to be defeated when Coral's Glalie used Self-Destruct.

None of Oricorio's moves are known.

Traveling with

Rotom Phone

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 鳥海浩輔 Kosuke Toriumi

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Larry in 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

Staraptor

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

Komala

Dudunsparce

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 in the core series 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

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

References

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

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

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