Lara Croft

:NOTE: This page is a disambiguation of Lara Croft. For her individual versions, see Original Timeline, Legend Timeline, Survivor Timeline, 2001 Film Timeline, and 2018 Film Timeline.
Lara Croft is the titular main protagonist of the franchise. She is an English adventurer and skilled archaeologist and goes around the world's most dangerous places to find lost treasures. She has found many artifacts in the past and carries two pistols along with other guns.
==Overview==
Lara Croft is an English archaeologist, treasure hunter and tomb raider. Born to an aristocratic family, Lara is generally disinterested in upper class society, finding it stifling and boring. She takes far more interest in delving into the secrets of the past and finding what is believed to not even exist. Lara's expeditions have led her to search for some of the most powerful and dangerous artifacts in the world as well as uncovering some of the most mysterious places in Earth's history. Lara's exploits are legendary, even garnering a reputation, though occasionally that reputation is less than flattering.
Lara is often in race against time with those who seek the same relics she does for nefarious intentions. Lara has thwarted many groups and individuals who are incredibly well equipped or powerful, including crazed religious cults, mad scientists and even gods. Lara will often lock up some of the more powerful relics in her manor, in order to keep them out of anyone's hands but her own and if the situation requires it, she may even destroy the artifact if need be.
Although Lara is very serious about her job, it doesn't stop her from being quite sarcastic and quick with witty remarks. Lara is also quite reckless, often and intentionally "forgetting" safety equipment for mountain climbing. Initially, Lara does not wish to kill anyone, and is saddened by the loss of human life, especially after killing Larson Conway, Her first Human kill. However as the timeline progressed, she becomes much more willing to kill in order to defend herself, and even takes on some vengeful tendencies.
Despite these traits, Lara has a vulnerable side of her where she's kind and compassionate but she's also stubborn, headstrong, determined, and fearless. Lara is also extremely intelligent and level headed, usually remaining calm, even in the most dangerous situations. However, Lara is not without blood on her hands, having done many heinous things and broken many serious laws.
Lara has obliterated , murdered soldiers (and released prisoners) in her of , murdered guards just to steal , broken into the (potentially murdering guards rather than knocking them out), and killed (s, s, s, s, s, s, and s).
Lara has also broken many gun laws (since guns are prohibited in , , , , , and ). Like Joan Howard, Lara has also broken the - an international - by stealing many priceless artefacts from around the world.
All these crimes that Lara has committed have taken place in the Original timeline alone. Moreover, in Rise of the Tomb Raider, she kills over 570 people (more than in the whole Original timeline) and causes a Mayan apocalypse by taking the sacred dagger, causing a flood to kill the entire local village.
==Appearance==
Lara is a Caucasian woman with auburn hair and brown eyes. She has a slender figure and an athletic build, weighing roughly 50-60kg. She is 5'9" in Original, 5'10" in Legend, and 5'6" in Survivor. Her shoe size is a UK 7 (which is a USA 9.5 or a EUR 41). Lara almost always wears her hair in a or , though she always styles her differently. Lara's default attire usually consists of an aqua , brown , a small , and s.
==Abilities==
*Intelligence: Lara Croft is extremely intelligent, having learned several languages, and is incredibly knowledgeable about ancient and modern history. In particular, Lara displays some of her knowledge of ancient Japanese architecture and history. Lara is also knowledgeable about architecture and culture, and can spout off facts about any coin, artefact, or ruin she finds. She knows about most of the historic treasures, areas and often keeps note of them just in case she decides to visit them later. Lara has been taught by some of the greatest teachers in the world and is extremely world werely, having knowledge that far surpasses most people her age. She is also exceptionally skilled when it comes to fighting, able to read and predict foes take them down. She also appears to have some know-how in the medical department. Lara has also been able to solve ancient tomb puzzles and has extensive problem-solving skills.
*: Lara has extensive training in since she was trained by the very best. While she has learned many different fighting styles over the years, her favorite is , which is a kick-based martial art that focuses on speed and disabling your enemy before finishing them off with a quick blow. This complements Lara's acrobatic style perfectly, as she overwhelms her foes with quick kicks and acrobatic movements - Lara never wastes a move and always plans ahead. She can outmaneuver and disable pretty much any mercenary and soldier she comes across.
*Luck: Lara is incredibly lucky but doesn't rely on it very often. Though she has escape situations through sheer luck. She survived a plane crash - in plane crashes, the death rate is extremely high, but despite that, she survived and managed to survive being in a snowy area for a fortnight in spite of the freezing conditions with little warmth.
==Incarnations==
Throughout the years, Lara has existed in nine official since her debut.
Media 	Name 	Actor 	Timeline
Game 	 	 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	Judith Gibbins 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	Judith Gibbins 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	Jonell Elliott 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	Jonell Elliott 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	Jonell Elliott 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	N/A 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	N/A 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	N/A 	's Original timeline
Book 	Amulet of Power	N/A 	's Original timeline
Book 	Lost Cult 	N/A 	's Original timeline
Book 	Man of Bronze 	N/A 	's Original timeline
Game 	 	 	' Legend reboot & spin-offs
Game 	 	 	' Legend reboot & spin-offs
Game 	 	 	' Legend reboot & spin-offs
Game 	 	 	' Legend reboot & spin-offs
Game 	 	 	' Legend reboot & spin-offs
Game 	 	Abigail Stahlschmidt	' Legend reboot & spin-offs
Game 	 	Keeley Hawes 	Reloaded, where people from other timelines appear
Game 	 	 	Crystal's Survivor reboot & 's comics
Game 	 	 	Crystal's Survivor reboot & 's comics
Game 	 	 	Crystal's Survivor reboot & 's comics
Cartoon	 	 	Crystal's Survivor reboot & 's comics
Comic 	The Series 	N/A 	's
Comic 	Journeys 	N/A 	Top Cow's Tomb Raider: Journeys
Film 	 	 	2001 film and 2003 film duology
Film 	 	 	2001 film and 2003 film duology
Film 	 	 	2018 film
Webtoon	 	 	Animated webtoon timeline
==Homages==
 referencing Lara have appeared in other media.
==Trivia==
*Her favourite food is .
*She went on tour with , and their songs were featured in the film.
*Her character model in the first game consists of 230 polygons, but now has 41,000.
*Her first name is often mispronounced as "Laura" by Americans, similar to how "Sara" is mispronounced as "Sarah", or how "Tara" is mispronounced as "Terra".
*Joan Howard (nicknamed Indiana Joan) has stolen many priceless artefacts from around the world; her husband was a officer, allowing her to be used to bypass much paperwork and to take valuables from many countries (, , , and others), which she now displays in her home.
*The timelines have some similarities: Lara was born on (all timelines), her parents are dead (all except Original), she is betrayed by a friend/colleague (except Journeys), she is stranded in the wild (except 2001), her mentor dies (except 2001), she survived a plane crash (except 2001 and 2018), she wrongly believes someone close to her dies (except 2001 and Animated), she works to support her expeditions (Original and Survivor only), and she is an archaeologist because of her father (Legend, Survivor, Animated, 2001, and 2018 only).
*The Series is the first timeline to have Lara lose her parents, and the only one where Lara is a mother. She also finds the and lives hundreds of years.
**The Laras from both comics are also the oldest versions (both born 1967), followed by Original (1968), 2001 film (1972), Legend (1977), Survivor (1992), and 2018 film (1995). The Laras from Reloaded and Revisioned have an unknown birth year.
**The Series is mostly based on the Original timeline, in which Lara's plane crashes when she is 21 (rather than when she is 9, like in Legend). However, in The Series, Lara is flying with her parents and fiancé, on a trip to celebrate her engagement, whereas the flight is for Lara's skiing holiday in Original. Issue 4 reveals that the family butler, Hartford Compton, is responsible for Lara's parents dying, whereas they are alive in Original.
==Licensing==
This article contains content derived from the "Lara Croft" article on the Tomb Raider Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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