Dirk Savage

### Fate

Show: N/ABooks: Unknown (Left on a cliffhanger, where Quint and Dirk seemed to have disappeared with nothing remaining but a massive crater with the bottom half [cleanly sliced from the top half, which is also gone] of the Vine Wretch in said crater)

**Dirk Savage** is the mid-teen tritagonist in *The Last Kids on Earth* book series and television series. He is voiced by Charles Demers.

Before the monster-zombie apocalypse, Dirk was a bully and jerk in Parker Middle School who picked on nerds like Quint and Jack. Then in the middle of the zombie apocalypse, he almost got hit by Big Mama and saw Quint and Jack again where he joined them and went to the tree-house.

Dirk does not have any weapons, he used to have a shovel on his back, except he only had it for a few scenes and didn't use it at all.

## Biography

Not enough is discovered about Dirk's life prior to the Monster Apocalypse, but in the books it's revealed (or rumored) that Dirk originally came from Detroit, Michigan, and has at least one sister, but nothing else is known about his family (despite mentions of his parents in the novels and series).

In the books it was said that Dirk rarely attends Parker Middle School only to steal money from other school bullies, and was most renowned to target several students, most notably Jack Sullivan and Quint Baker for being dorks.

### Start of the Apocalypse

As the end of the school year (from both the series and books) arrives, Dirk walks up behind the duo Jack and Quint as they're bantering summer plans. Stealing then consuming Baker's egg-sandwich (which he also ironically stated reeked like squirrel butt) prompted Sullivan into a continuation with him before one of his quips nearly gets Savage to punch him. However, the sudden stopping of the bus in front of the school has Savage (with Sullivan still in his grasp) leaning against the window to get a closer look at unbelievably, wormholes splitting above them in the sky, which causes Dirk to release Jack in the process.

When a giant monster grabs and demolishes the bus, Savage isn't seen in the scene where Jack and Baker make their escape to their homes.

### Post-Apocalypse

It wasn't until a month later, that Savage somehow managed to stay alive long enough for him to, be it sheer happenstance, cross paths with the "two dorks" once more; when Sullivan, who was behind the wheel of Baker's modified truck ("Big Mama"), nearly ran him over on the road scavenging for supplies.

## Physical Appearance

Dirk is the largest of the gang; with having a physique compared to that of a boxer. In spite of the fact that he is in middle school, Dirk appears to be more of a high-school teenager approaching his mid-late teens alongside his juvenile voice sounding more mature. He has dirty blonde hair fashioned into a mohawk while the rest of his head is shaved. He wears a pair of cargo shorts with steel-toed boots and a green jacket with a gray shirt underneath. His hands are wrapped or bandaged in gauze, as he often smashes and punches things with his bare hands. His eye color is dark green.

## Relationships

### Jack Sullivan

Before the apocalypse, Dirk was shown to pick on Jack most of the time, as the kids that he deemed 'dorks'. Just at the start of the Monster Apocalypse, Dirk almost beats up Jack when Sullivan makes fun of his weight as he tries to stand up in defense of his friend Quint (who Dirk stole a sandwich from).

Later on in the post-apocalypse, Dirk redeems himself by saving Quint and Jack from a Winged Wretch during one of their search-and-rescue missions (for June). Afterwards, Jack and Dirk seem to have an increasingly friendly relationship, eventually leading them to become very good friends.

When Dirk almost turns into a zombie in The Cosmic Beyond, Jack seems extremely worried and sad by it, wanting nothing more than to save his friend. In the same book, Jack realizes that Dirk and him were alike in an important way - the home they found themselves content at was Wakefield, wherein they didn't want to go and meet up with the survivors in New York.

### Quint Baker

Quint was also bullied by Dirk before the apocalypse. He is clearly, at first, quite scared of Dirk, but then gets to know him better, and they become good friends. In the show, they have a conversation about the (what are most likely) mental scars that Dirk left on Quint, and they both end up crying. When Dirk is almost turned into a zombie, you can clearly see the worry the Quint has, like Jack.

### June Del Toro

Prior to the apocalypse, not much is known about Dirk and June's relationship. They clearly become friends when they meet, and don't have any grudges on each other, unlike Quint and Jack probably do. June and Dirk have an episode where they realize how alike they are in the things they like, and are disturbed by it, but it is not mentioned again.

## Trivia

* In the books (shown in the photo on the right side), like the other characters, Dirk wore pants instead of shorts.
* In book 4, "The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond", Dirk nearly gets zombified, but manages to get healed in time.
* It is confirmed by Jack in The Last Kids on Earth Survival Guide that Dirk is in fact Jack’s age
* Unlike his book counterpart, Dirk doesn't have any present facial hair.
* In the books, Dirk was more dietary than his cartoon counterpart, often claiming that the main characters need to eat protein.
* In the third book, "The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King", Jack has a hallucination in which Dirk has a sister, which Jack "never heard about".
* In the show, Dirk had a father who was on TV show Universal warriors where athletes went through an obstacle course trying to make it in the best time possible,
* In book 6, "The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road", it is implied that Dirk's father was a compulsive liar and made many promises to Dirk that were usually broken.
* Judging by what he says in Book 2 of the television series and "The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road", it is implied his mother died or was divorced from his father prior the Monster Apocalypse.
* Dirk could have been possibly named after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character of the same name.