Derby Harrington

"It takes more than victory to become a bloody champion! It also takes breeding, and nepotism, and snobbery!"

- Derby

Derby Harrington is a character in "Bully", and he is the leader of the Preppies at Dixmor Academy.

Role in game
Derby makes his first appearance during "This Is Your School", when Jimmy sees him in the cafeteria flirting with Pinky and conversing with Tad. Derby later appears during Jimmy's fight against Russell in "the Hole", accompanied by Pinky and Bryce.

During Chapter 2, Derby remains behind the scenes until the very end. After Jimmy has beaten Bif in a boxing match, Derby leaves the bar in the second floor of the gym to confront Jimmy. Jimmy chases him back to the bar, where Derby attempts to hide behind his mates. Jimmy can barricade the doors to prevent the other Preppies from helping Derby, but he doesn't have to do this to win the fight.

Derby continues to be a manipulator even after losing the fight, however. When Jimmy helps the Greasers get revenge on Gord for dating Lola, Derby manipulates Jimmy into spraypainting graffiti in New Coventry, which turns the Greasers against him.

During Chapter 5, Derby is the one who manages to convince Jimmy that spraying graffiti on the roof of Town Hall is a good idea. Later in that chapter, the Preppies's trophies are vandalized, and Derby refuses to consider that anyone besides the Greasers were responsible. Jimmy manages to get photographic proof that the Townies were the real perpetrators, but Derby refuses to look at the pictures.

Finally, during the school-wide riot, Jimmy finds Derby wearing a smoking jacket while hiding out in Harrington Estate, seeming to be entertained by the riot.

Strangely enough, he appears after the mission "Final Showdown", applauding Jimmy with other students and some teachers. While this is very out of character for him, it's possible the producers included him solely because all other school gang leaders were there.

Quotes
"Shut up, you peasant! I am rich, you are not, therefore I won!"

- Derpy after losing a fight

"I come from money! I love the cash! All the school loves me because of my cash! Won't let nobody spoil my dreams, cause' I got money and I can do anything!"

- Derby bragging about how rich he is

"I like the Barzini family from France, which means I am awesome, which in turn means: I have money. I'm richer than you."

- Derby

"I can buy anything I want, you peasant! I am royal, which means I got "blue-blood" which means I am powerful and rich."

- Derby braging how rich he is again

"I got buy me a new shoes, ya know? These ones are getting dirty."

- Derby talking about shoes

"So, you wanna go a few rounds later? You know in the gym. Wanna go?"

- Derby asking someone if they wanna fight him

Personality and Traits
Derby, which is pronounced "Darpy" like the English city, is the most "blue blood" of the entire Preppies gang. His family is one of the main benefactors of the school already, and the Preppies fraternity house is even named "Harrington Estate". Although not much is known about his family life, it can be deduced that they are involved in the banking business. Billboards for "Harrington Oil" can be seen at the Carnival's go-kart track which might also mean they are in oil buisness too. The Harringtons may also own stock in Aquaberry; Aquaberry brand sweaters are acceptable by the Dixmor Academy dress code, and Derby can be seen on posters in the Aquaberry outlet store, modelling the clothes. He is apparently a Republican, as he insults Bif by calling him a "filthy Democrat".

Derby is arrogant, snobbish and a mean bully even by Preppy standards. He berates Bif after he loses a boxing match against Jimmy. He's also a master manipulator, however, unlike Gary he has no interest in running the school. Whereas the other gang leaders apparently come to like Jimmy, Derby never loses his contemptuous manner, nor does he ever treat Jimmy with respect unless threatened or forced to. Although betrothed to his cousin, Pinky, he dosen't show a date with her. Derby apparently has had an affair with his nanny in his past, but was caught and beaten for it by his father, who didn't want the family to be inbred.

Of all the Preppies, Derby seems to take the most pride in his family's wealth, possibly to the point of egomania, and uses money to solve everything. Most of his insults involve demeaning the economical status of his opponent. When chasing someone, he warns his opponent that he can "hire people to hunt him" and when out of breath, he claims that he could just hire someone to beat his opponent up for him.

According to Justin, Derby claimes to be his best friend.

Trivia

 * Internal game data lists Derby's name as "Darpy", suggesting that he was originally given this name in school.
 * Derby is listed between Dan and Davis in the yearbook suggesting that his name was changed at the last minute.