- "Joke's on you schoolboy!"
- ―Harry after ambushing Ryo for the first time at the harbor.
Harry Thompson (ハリー・トンプソン Harī Tonpuson) is an American sailor from Texas and the leader of a gang of foreign sailors who work at the New Yokosuka Harbor District, Yokosuka, Japan in the game Shenmue.
Biography[]
Harry learned martial arts while he was in the navy. He is a skilled fighter and even earned money as a street fighter for a while before he was discharged from military service. In his hometown he became a legend after having 98 consecutive wins. He can be a friendly person when he feels like it and likes to go drinking in the evenings around Dobuita. His friends call him "Crazy Harry" because when he gets angry, no one can control him.
Harry serves aboard the same ship as Jones Henders. He met Jones by defeating him in a street fight. They then became friends and started hanging out.
Shenmue[]
Harry first appears when Ryo Hazuki enters Heartbeats bar when looking for sailors. Ryo gets into a brawl with Harry, Jones and Takeshi Sera, but defeats them all. Harry appears again as one of the sailors who ambush Ryo at the parking lot by You Arcade. Ryo defeats them all once again.
Later, when Ryo gets a job as a forklift operator at the harbor, on his third day of work, Harry and Jones harass him while he's working and ambush him in a warehouse. Ryo defeats them and the other sailors inside there, and interrogates Harry for info on the Mad Angels. He says they can be found behind Warehouse #17. On Ryo's fifth day of work, Ryo chases Tony Abrams into a warehouse after he beats up Goro Mihashi. Ryo then faces Harry and other sailors inside there and defeats them all for good.
Shenmue the Animation[]
Harry (left) fighting Ryo in the anime.
Harry appears in Shenmue the Animation Episode 2. When Ryo enters Heartbeats bar to find people of the Chinese underworld, he ends up getting into a fight with Harry and the other sailors there. He effortlessly defeats them and trashes up the bar.
Trivia[]
- As seen in the Japanese What's Shenmue? VHS tape, Mark Kimberly was originally going to have Harry's role in the sailor gang, but he was added to the final version of the game, with Mark being a forklift operator instead.
- When Harry ambushes Ryo for the first time at the New Yokosuka Harbor District, and Ryo beats him and the other sailors that were with him, in the original Japanese version he said "Goddamn!". In the English version, this was changed to "Oh man!".
- A picture of 5 americans can been seen in room 201 of Hotel Niaowu in Shenmue III. Harry is among them.
- Harry's zodiac sign is Taurus and he has a AB blood type.
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