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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 as a Gym Leader and 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.Larry — Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Official Website 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 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 types, while he uses 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 .
===Pokémon===
====Gym battle====
Larry will stallize his at the first opportunity.
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====Champion Assessment====
Larry will stallize his at the first opportunity.
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====Rematch====
Larry will stallize his at the first opportunity.
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====League Club Room====
Larry will stallize his at the first opportunity.
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====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 , , or Mythical Pokémon.
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Larry forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Larry became a playable sync pair on June 14, 2024.
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==Quotes==
==Gallery==
===Core series game artwork===
Concept art
===Core series game assets===
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
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Model (Medali Gym and Blueberry Academy)	Model (VS pose at Medali Gym and Blueberry Academy)	Model (Pokémon League)	Model (VS pose at the Pokémon League)	
===Animation===
 	
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concept art	Larry Summer Festival 2024
 	
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==In animation==
===Pokémon Horizons: The Series===
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 Welcome to Naranja Academy!, Larry appeared with the other members of the Elite Four watching Liko's battle against Ann at Naranja Academy.
In Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four, Larry battled Coral and Kofu as part of the Elite Four Tag Battle, only for Coral to have her use , knocking out all of their Pokémon and leaving Larry the winner by default.
In The Terapagos I Don't Know, Larry was assigned as Dot's next challenge for the Tera Training course.
In Food Fit for a Kingambit!, 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 Dance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!, Larry was Dot's opponent for her second Terastal battle, where he used both his and against Dot's and . Even after Dot's Quaxly evolved into and put up a great fight by stallizing, Larry was still able to win by Terastallizing his Staraptor in turn and exploiting Quaxwell's paralysis. 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.
In Infiltrating the System! Naranja Academy in Danger!, Larry was seen talking with Geeta and Ryme during the Naranja Academy Tournament taking place. In the next episode Larry watched Dot's battle against Rai and notes her improvement. After the tournament Larry exchanged nods with Dot before leaving.
Larry appeared again in HZ079, when the Rising Volt Tacklers appeared at the asking for permission to go to Area Zero, Larry appeared along with the other members of the Elite Four. Later, Larry watched Liko, Roy, and Dot's battle against Geeta along with the others present.
====Character====
Larry has a very brooding, serious, stoic and calm personality, rarely showing much emotions both in and out of battling. He prefers the simple things in life, including simple but delicious foods. This simple, stoic and calm nature befits him as a Normal-Type user, and he even tells his opponents not to underestimate Normal-type Pokemon in battle. Regarding food, Larry is a massive foodie much like in the video games, he loves going to various restaurants to eat and has a hearty appetite. He is also generous enough to treat other people for a meal, like with Liko, Roy and Dot, though he was dismayed upon having to pay the whole bill.
In battle Larry is calm and focused as ever, calmly analyzing his opponents movements and not giving his their Pokemon much time to recover, capitalizing on opportunities and status conditions to exploit his opponent's weaknesses. His strength is shown simply by being both a Gym Leader and Elite Four member at the same time, just like in the video games. Larry is humble in victory and even passed Dot for her battle tactics and improved skills despite her losing, showcasing his judge of a person's skills.
====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 in :
=====As a Gym Leader=====
=====As an Elite Four member=====
=====Traveling with=====
		
====Voice actors====
===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====
		
===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 in a battle.
====Pokémon====
		
==In the TCG==
Larry was introduced as a in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese subset and the English expansion, with artwork by Akira Komayama. A 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:
** stallize 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 and 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 (), and possibly from 気 ki (air), alluding to his dual status as a Flying-type specialist
English 	Larry 	From Larry, a common, generic name in English and 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 () 	青木 Qīngmù 	From 青木 qīngmù / chīngmuhk (spotted laurel)
Chinese () 	青木 Chīngmuhk 	From 青木 qīngmù / chīngmuhk (spotted laurel)
Indonesian 	Dafin 	From dafin ( for laurel)
Brazilian Portuguese	Lauro 	From louro-manchado (spotted laurel)
Thai 	อาโอกิ Aoki 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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Category:Scarlet and Violet characters
Category:Pokémon: Paldean Winds characters
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