Jerry the Punk

Jerry the Punk is a Great Khan poet living in Red Rock Canyon in 2281.
==Background==
Jerry is a young Great Khan who cannot quite complete the ritual initiation to become a fully fledged adult Khan.The Courier: "What is this initiation?"Jerry the Punk: "Everybody has to do it. Well, everybody who wants to be a Khan, anyways. They toss you into the ring there and beat on you for a solid minute. If you survive, you're in."(Jerry the Punk's dialogue) As such, he wears a plain brahmin skin outfit rather than the Khans' signature leathers. He spends a lot of his time writing poetry instead of training for his initiation, mostly trying to find rhyming couplets.Jerry the Punk: "Hmm, indulgent, what rhymes with indulgent? Efful- no, no, that's terrible."(Jerry the Punk's dialogue) When Jerry was a child, the Followers of the Apocalypse came to Red Rock Canyon with pre-War books. Jerry used to spend hours reading these books, especially poetry books.The Courier: "It sounded like you were writing poetry."Jerry the Punk: "Oh. You heard that, huh? Okay, so yeah, I was writing poetry. I know, I know, it's not a very Great Khan-like thing to do. The Followers of the Apocalypse came to our camp when I was a kid, and they brought a bunch of old books. I used to read pre-War poetry for hours."(Jerry the Punk's dialogue) 
Jerry has a low opinion of the Great Khans, believing them to be rude and lacking in appreciation for his art.The Courier: "Can you tell me about the Great Khans?"Jerry the Punk: "I can tell you they're a bunch of big dumb jerks with no appreciation for art. I mean, can you believe their initiation?"(Jerry the Punk's dialogue)The Courier: "Why isn't poetry 'Great Khan-like?'"Jerry the Punk: "Have you seen this tribe? If it's not an epic drunken ballad of cracking skulls and hearing lamentations they think it's a waste of time."(Jerry the Punk's dialogue) It seems that this sentiment is returned by some of the Khans.The Courier: "I'd like to hear some of your poetry."Jerry the Punk: "Here's one about the girl I love. Her eyes are bright as radioactive sludge, glowing with the light of love. But when I talk to her, she laughs and mocks and has her brothers beat me. Oh, why do nice girls hate me?"(Jerry the Punk's dialogue) However, at least to Jack, Jerry is just a "sensitive soul that needs some love."The Courier: "Who's Jerry?"Jack: "Ah, the other dudes call him Jerry the Punk. That's kind of harsh, though - I think he's just a sensitive soul that needs some love. He's usually down around the proving ground if you want to say yo."(Jack's dialogue)
==Interactions with the player character==
===Interactions overview ===
===Quests===
* Cry Me a River: Once the Courier converses with Jerry, they can find out if the Followers of the Apocalypse will accept Jerry for who he is.
===Effects of player's actions ===
* After completing Cry Me a River, Jerry will run to the Old Mormon Fort in Freeside, where he is accepted and sheltered by Julie Farkas and the Followers of the Apocalypse.
==Inventory==
==Notes==
* Jerry says one becomes a Khan if they survive the initiation. However, in another line, he says that he has tried five times and still did not make it. Sergeant Bitter-Root gives a different account of the Khan initiation, stating that one passes it if they can withstand the beating without yelling for mercy.The Courier: "So your name... it comes from Bitter Springs."Bitter-Root: "In the Khans, you're not fully grown 'til you've taken a beat-down. Everybody gathers round and hits you until you're damn near dead. After that - if you haven't begged for mercy - you get to choose a new name. One you'll use for the rest of your life."(Bitter-Root's dialogue)
* Jerry is considered a member of the Great Khans faction, even after the completion of Cry Me a River. He will therefore be hostile towards any members of the NCR faction, including those he may pass by on his journey to the Old Mormon Fort, such as the guards outside Camp McCarran and the NCR sharecroppers, as well as the gamblers being treated inside the fort itself if one actively escorts him through the gate.
* Jerry's response to the Courier's Great Khan reputation works in reverse to the rest of the Khans. For example, he will respond negatively to the Courier with Accepted or better reputationJerry the Punk: ""(Jerry the Punk's dialogue)Jerry the Punk: ""(Jerry the Punk's dialogue) and positively to the Courier with Mixed or lower reputation. However, once the Courier becomes Vilified by the Khans, he will begin reacting negatively towards them.
==Poems==
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==Appearances==
Jerry the Punk appears only .
==Behind the scenes==
Jerry the Punk is a reference to William the Bloody, aka Spike, from the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Jerry asks what rhymes with the word "indulgent," and begins to say the word "effulgent" before stopping and saying how terrible that would be. In the show, before Spike became a vampire, he was a terrible poet nicknamed "The Bloody" for his bloody awful poems. In his flashback, he is ridiculed by his peers for using the word "effulgent" in his poem. In addition, both characters wrote a love poem to a girl they loved, only to be mocked, and both characters eventually leave their homes.
==Bugs==
* Jerry's pathfinding causes him to pace in the dueling ring, unfortunately this causes him to walk right past the Khans attacking the practice dummies. He will subsequently be killed and the quest will fail if the player spends too much time in the area (before or after accepting the quest). Upon the player's return, with permission for him to join the Followers, he may still be killed in this fashion, thereby rendering the quest impossible to complete if stuck in this reoccurring death loop. Jerry can be protected long enough to complete the quest by reverse-pickpocketing stronger armor into his inventory. Even if he dies and after accepting the quest, Julie Farkas will still have all associated quest options in her dialogue tree. 
* Sometimes, Jerry will not leave his tent in Red Rock Canyon once his quest is completed. He will thank the Courier if interacted with, as if he successfully made it to the Old Mormon Fort. Bumping him bodily out of the tent may start him on his way. 
* After completing his quest, he may be hostile if you meet him while wearing NCR armor. This may be to do with the fact that he was once almost a member of the Khans. 
* Jerry may start attacking NCR affiliated gamblers inside the Old Mormon Fort. (This may be connected to the state of the NCR/Khans relationship at the time, per Oh My Papa). If he exits the tower, the Followers guards may attack him. 
==Gallery==
Great Khan Ring.jpg|Jerry, in front of the Great Khan Arena
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==References==
Category:Fallout: New Vegas human characters
Category:Great Khan characters
Category:Followers of the Apocalypse characters
Category:Red Rock Canyon characters
Category:Old Mormon Fort characters
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