Laurence "Larry" Needlemeyer is a supporting character in The Amazing World of Gumball. He works at almost every store in the town of Elmore, usually as a cashier. It is shown in "The Pizza" that society falls apart if he quits working. He used to be called "Lazy Larry" and was known as the laziest person in Elmore, but the title was stolen by Richard in the summer of 1983.
He was voiced by Kerry Shale.
His Good Ranking[]
His Heroic Deeds[]
- His mere presence and ability to work nearly every job in Elmore is constantly preventing apocalypse, making him virtually resourceful. This is seen in "The Pizza," where when he finally quits, society falls apart. He puts up with this workload even though it clearly strains him mentally and emotionally.
- He fires Richard in "The Job," which prevents him from completely destroying the universe.
- He's affable to everyone despite how they may treat him, always trying to be civil and respectful with his customers and other people.
Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]
- Him maintaining Elmore's economy isn't intentional and rather just a side-effect, and even then this action is done because Larry needs money, not out of selfless motives and reasons like Alan's faith in the world.
- Firing Richard in "The Job" isn't admirable at all, because initially Larry refused to fire Richard despite knowing he was destroying the universe, and only said he would fire him if he delivered late a pizza or broke any rule.
- While it is understandable given his constant mistreatment, Larry is very irritable and often acts like a jerk to other people, although usually only when pushed to the limit.
- In "The Stars," he attempts to give the all-powerful reviewing website a five-star review (capable of reviewing individuals and displaying ratings above their head, which was shown throughout the episode to be extremely harmful to society with everybody watching their every move), which would make it unstoppable and be extremely detrimental, simply for the petty reason that Richard wouldn't admit that he was bald.
- In "The Pizza," he quits all of his jobs even though he knows it would cause the downfall of society. (although it is understandable given the burden placed on him).
- He gets into two physical (albeit lame) fights with Mr. Small simply because of the way he pronounces "quinoa" and "potatoes".
- He is complicit in allowing Richard to eat a burger from every Joyful burger in Elmore in 1 hour just to eat the secret burger, which causes him to become severely obese and nauseous in the process.
- In "The Uncle," he maxes out Richard's credit card through a predatory interest scheme (although this is technically just him following orders).
- He steals Mr. Small's van in "The Nest' to flee the evil turtles by himself, leaving Small stranded.
- In "The Return" he did nothing to prevent the ball pit containing the Watterson children from being transported to another country.
Trivia[]
- Larry was formerly approved as IA but he was removed due most of his heroism being unintentional considering his resources.
External Links[]
- Larry Needlemeyer on the Heroes Wiki
- Larry Needlemeyer on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
- Larry Needlemeyer on the The Amazing World of Gumball Wiki
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