“ | You guys treat us nerds like dirt. One day you'll regret it! | „ |
~ Earnest Jones |
Earnest Jones is one of the secondary antagonists in the 2006 video game Bully.
He is the supreme and insecure leader of the Nerds clique, ruling his clique with an iron fist. He is also Ted Thompson's (former) archenemy.
He was voiced by Jesse Tendler.
Personality[]
Earnest is a scrawny, bespectacled boy with a high opinion of himself. He despises bullies for treating him and his friends like dirt, but he likes to feel powerful and can prove as bad a bully as his tormentors, when given the opportunity.
In fact he seems rather jealous of their brawns and popularity. He is also pretty lewd, fantasying aloud on porn magazines and asking for pictures of girls in the shower.
In spite of his less than savory traits, he is quite protective of his clique and is grateful when Jimmy helps him. It is quite obvious that his difficulty for trusting stems from painful experiences. And though he is not the genius he fancies himself as, he is quite smart and tech-savy, creating defense systems and hand-made "guns", and orchestrating the plan to publicly humiliate the jocks.
Biography[]
Chapter 1[]
In Chapter 1. Earnest is attempting to become the class president but the Jocks sabotage his advertisement and make a plan to ruin his speech at the debate. Jimmy notices that Earnests campaign is not going so well but Earnest asks Jimmy if he will vote for him Jimmy says 'yeah not a chance' but says he will vote for Earnest after he offers to pay Jimmy for his vote.
Jimmy tells Earnest unless he buys everyone's vote he will never win because the Jocks will definitely ruin his speech at the debate but Earnest says he needs a security manager then requests Jimmy to be one but Jimmy says security managers cost a lot of money but accepts when Earnest tells him he will pay him. During the speech Jimmy keeps Earnest safe and Earnest gains applause from the crowd but it is unknown what happens next as the class president theme is never brought up again after this mission.
Chapter 4[]
In Chapter 4, Jimmy was planning to take on the Jocks next. But in order to do that he had to team up with the Nerds. But in order to that he had to fight their leader Earnest. Since the boy lacks the brawns to face Jimmy head on, he attcks him with a homemade gun atop from railings that Jimmy must destroy.
After he defeated Earnest, the Nerds became an ally to Jimmy. He devises the plot to ridicule the football team and open the way for Jimmy to battle them, plan set into motion by his nerd friends.
At first, it seems that Jimmy succeeded in making all the clique leaders his friends, but when Gary releases rats in the library, the nerds are quick to blame him. And when Jimmy gets expelled, his newfound "friends" promptly turn on him.
Chapter 5[]
In the end of Chapter 5, there was a riot in Bullworth Academy thanks to Gary Smith. Both Jimmy and Russell have to fight the leaders of each class group. Earnest and 2 other nerds are spotted destroying the gym. Both Jimmy and Russell fight Earnest and the nerds. Jimmy and Russell can easily beat them.
When Gary is defeated and Jimmy re-enrolled in a pacified Bullworth Academy, Earnest is seen applauding him, along with Jimmy's friends and the clique leaders.