“ | It takes more than victory to become a champion. It takes breeding, and nepotism, and snobbery! | „ |
~ Derby Harrington |
Derby Harrington is one of the secondary antagonists of the 2006 video game Bully.
The snobbish leader of the Preppies clique, he is a typical arrogant, stuck-up rich bully who is overbearing of others. He serves as the arch-rival of Johnny Vincent, the leader of Greasers clique.
He was voiced by John LaVelle.
Biography[]
Derby comes from a wealthy family, which is suggested to be involved in oil business from the billboards for "Harrington Oil" being seen at Carnival's go-kart track, and the most 'blue blood' of the entire Preppies clique, which is led by himself. His family is one of the main benefactors of the school already, and the Preppies' fraternity house is even named "Harrington House". His family are also suggested to own stock in Aquaberry, as Aquaberry brand sweaters are acceptable by the Bullworth Academy dress code, and Derby can be seen on posters in the Aquaberry outlet store, modelling the clothes.
In general, he is a snobbish little brat who thinks anything can be solved with money. He usually prefers to make the Preppies do the dirty job for him, even though he is an excellent boxer and can stand up for himself. He is highly manipulative and can make anyone in the school work for him, save for Jimmy and his friends.
Bully[]
Derby is introduced in Chapter 1 and keeps low until the end of Chapter 2. He sends his clique to defeat Jimmy Hopkins in a boxing match, but they are defeated one by one. He then decides to face Jimmy himself, but even so he is defeated and forced to come to Jimmy's side. But even so, after Jimmy helps the Greasers by punishing Gord (one of the Preppies), he manages to trick Jimmy into spray-painting a grafitti at New Coventry, which turns the Greasers against him, forcing Jimmy to defeat Greaser leader Johnny Vincent, also forcing him to join him. During the Townies' assault in Chapter 5, the Preppies' gym is vandalized, and Derby blames it on the Greasers. Even though Jimmy gets photographic proof to prove the opposite, he refuses to see it. Finally, during the riot unleashed by Gary Smith, Derby hides along with his "henchmen" in the Harrington House (a property owned by his father, located in Bullworth Academy grounds) watching the riot in delight, again being defeated by Jimmy. His last appearance is right before the credits, applauding Jimmy along with the other clique leaders, which is strange and out of character when considering Derby's personality and intentions.
Trivia[]
- Derby owns his house on the campus of the school possibly due to thinking that he and the other preps are too good to be in the same dorm as the "poor" kids.
- His name is pronounced “Darby” and his alphabetical position in the yearbook suggests it was originally going to be spelt that way as well.
- Despite being the main antagonist of Chapter 2, Derby doesn't appear in person until the final mission of said chapter.