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Crazy Earl

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Crazy Earl is a non-player character in Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 3.

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What role does Crazy Earl play in the Borderlands series? toggle section
Crazy Earl, a non-player character in the Borderlands series, owns Crazy Earl's Scrapyard and operates the Black Market. He provides key missions and side quests in the game. Known for his anti-social tendencies, he resides in the Scrapyard. In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, he relocates to Elpis, Pandora's moon, and continues his Black Market operations in Concordia.
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What is the significance of the Key Fragment in Crazy Earl's story? toggle section
The key fragment in Crazy Earl's story signifies a transaction with Patricia Tannis, who might have offered it in exchange for a personal favor. This is indicated in Tannis' 'Journal Day 653' ECHO recording, where she notes giving Earl her underwear post the fragment exchange.
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In the Borderlands series, Crazy Earl has established a barricade at the entrance of his compound in Earl's Scrapyard, which can be breached only by explosives. His residence, equipped with a fortified door, is situated near the entrance. Visitors must confront a nest of skags and a group of spiderants to reach his shack.
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Who is Krom and what offer did he make to Crazy Earl? toggle section
Krom, previously known as Leslie, was once a prison warden for Dahl and later turned into a bandit leader. He approached Crazy Earl a year before the Borderlands events, having discovered that Earl possessed a fragment of the Vault Key. Krom issued a life-threatening ultimatum to Earl to relinquish the key piece, which Earl did. This encounter led to Earl's decision to fortify his dwelling.
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Background

Crazy Earl, after receiving one of the fragments of the Key to the Vault, has had frequent encounters with bandits. They've stolen his food, his pet, his explosives, and the Key Fragment, which Earl explains is the reason for all the current defenses: "Krom heard about it and stopped by about a year ago. Gave me an offer I couldn't refuse. Why do you think I barricaded myself in here?"

Earl greatly enjoys drinking, and one of his favorite foods is canned skag meat. He has a pet skag named Skrappy.

Involvement

In Borderlands, Crazy Earl provides several missions that continue the main story, and several side missions as well. He is an anti-social man who is lives in the appropriately named Earl's Scrapyard. The entrance to his "compound" is barricaded, but may be blown open by explosive methods after the mission Meet 'Crazy' Earl has been acquired from Patricia Tannis. Earl himself lives in a house with a fortified door, not far from the entrance to the Scrapyard. Visitors must fight their way past a nest of skags to get to Earl's shack and several spiderants that lie hidden a short distance beyond.

In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Crazy Earl moves to Elpis, the moon of Pandora, and stays in Concordia, where he runs the Black Market. The Black Market allows Vault Hunters to trade rare Moonstone for ammo and inventory SDUs, as well as upgrading bank slots.

In Borderlands 2, Crazy Earl has moved back down to Pandora, living in Sanctuary, serving the same purpose he had in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, although since Moonstone is only found on Elpis, he accepts the equally rare Eridium as currency instead. In the mission Plan B, he gives the Vault Hunters a fuel cell for Sanctuary in exchange for purchasing one of his wares.

In Borderlands 3, Earl moves into Sanctuary III, along with everybody else. Earl now sells special cosmetics to the Vault Hunters and trades Loot-O-Grams for random loot.

Appearances

Quotes

Main article: Crazy Earl/Quotes

Trivia

Crazy Earl's shack in the scrapyard

Crazy Earl's shack in the scrapyard

  • The doormat in front of Crazy Earl's door informs visitors that 'God Blesses This House. My (picture of an AK47) PROTECTS IT'
  • The mission Earl Needs Food...Badly is a reference to the game Gauntlet, which uses the quote "[Class-name] Needs Food Badly". "The Elf Needs Food Badly" was voted the third-best game line ever by Electronic Gaming Monthly.
  • Given his general callousness and preference for solitude, Crazy Earl may have taken possession of the key fragment from Patricia Tannis in exchange for a sexual favor. This is suggested by Tannis mentioning in the ECHO recording titled "Journal Day 653" that she "also gave him her underwear" after giving him the fragment.
  • Crazy Earl shares his facial model (his only seen features while in-engine) with King Wee Wee.
  • In the PC version, upon no-clipping into Crazy Earl's shack, it can be seen that he only has a head and no body. [Reference needed] This can also be seen in the Xbox 360 version just by getting really close to the door and looking in through the slot.
  • In Borderlands 2, Crazy Earl will sometimes say, "It's dangerous to go alone, jerkwad!". This is a reference to a quote from The Legend of Zelda.
  • According to Scooter, Crazy Earl once ate one of his Outrunners entirely, using only a fork.
    • This fact is corroborated by one of Ellie's Catch-A-Ride lines in Borderlands 3, where she says that Crazy Earl eats cars.
  • Crazy Earl claims that two of his fingers rotted off from touching one of Sanctuary's fuel cells.
  • Crazy Earl claims that he is only afraid of cotton balls.

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