Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Song/Album
 "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"/ Life and Times 
Act
 Jim Croce
Writer
 Jim Croce
Release Date
 1973


ABILITIES

Powers
 (no super powers)
Skills
 gambling, fighting, flirting
Attributes
 Is used to getting his way and having what he wants
Vulnerabilities
 Someone with a reason to fight or something to defend
Formidability
 "You better just beware of Leroy Brown... Badder than old King Kong"
Attractiveness
 High.  "All the downtown ladies call him 'Treetop Lover'."
Source
 Born with tall genes
Goals
 Winning


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
 "He got a .32 gun in his pocket... he got a razor in his shoe"
Amulets
 N/A
Objects
 N/A
Clothing
 "He likes his fancy clothes/ He likes to wear his diamond ring"
Vehicles
 two cars: "He got a custom Continental/ He got an El Dorado too"
Dwelling
 Frequents bars, pool halls, casinos, alley craps games etc. 
Milieu
 The South Side of Chicago (aka "the baddest part of town")


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
 Male
Age
 Adult 
Physique
 6' 4" (1.93 meters); is nicknamed "Treetop Lover" 
Ethnicity
 N/A
Origin
 Probably born in Chicago
Ancestry
 N/A
Profession
 Gambler
Education
 High school, if that 
SES
 High, for his neighborhood
Relationships
 "All the downtown ladies call him 'Treetop Lover'."
"All the men just call him 'Sir.'"
Pets
 N/A


PERSONALITY

Morality
 Not just bad. Bad bad. "The baddest man in the whole damn town."
Intro/extrovert
 "The men just call him 'Sir'"
Intelligence
 Not smart enough
Emotions
 "Meaner than a junkyard dog"
Sanity
 Sane. He expects to get what he wants because always has.
Enemies
Jealous husbands/boyfriends, those he beat gambling
Narrative Function
Antagonist
Other Notes
The only thing superpowered about Leroy Brown is his ego. He is an imposing figure with an intimidating swagger. Between his size and glower, he sends the clear message that his is the King of Beasts in his neck of the woods. And he has the muscle, cash, and arsenal to back up his claim to the throne.
But if there is one thing a lion has to know, it's the limits of his territory. He may have won his second car with a cast of the dice, but he met his doom when he "cast his eye" on someone else's wife. And the problem with using fear as a weapon is that you may run into someone you don't frighten.
Pride goeth before a fall, we are told... and also, the bigger they are, the harder they do so. 



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