The Outsiders Headcanons & Facts

Darrel Shaynne Curtis

Birthday: January 5, 1945

- works too long and hard; 2 jobs

- hard and firm; rarely grins

- 20 years old; looks older

- handsome

- thinks movies are boring

- never sorry for anything he does

- looks just like his father, but acts like his mother

- parents died

- 6'2"

- broad-shoulders, muscular

- dark-brown hair

- blue-green eyes

- tough, cool, smart

- not a very understanding person

- everyone is afraid of him, except Soda

- likes being teased by Soda

- never yells at Soda; not even when he dropped out or got speeding tickets

- leaves Pony alone when Soda tells him to

- never has time to do anything

- roofs houses

- was a very popular guy in high school

- was captain of the football team

- was voted Boy of the Year

- outstanding record at school

- didn't have money to go to college

- sometimes works out at gyms and goes skiing with his old friends

- when his father used to take him and his brother hunting, Darry got the most ducks

- doesn't smoke

- barely cries (didn't cry at his parents funeral)

- likes his eggs in a bacon and tomato sandwich

- likes chocolate cake for breakfast

- crazy about chocolate stuff

- drinks black coffee

- isn't afraid of any burglars

- called "Superman" or "Muscles" by the gang

- eats like a horse

- doesn't like long hair; his hair is short and clean (without grease)

- likes weight lifting, playing football and roofing houses; likes anything that takes strength

- likes fights

- started shaving when he was 13

- can do acrobatics since he took a course at the Y and spent a summer teaching the gang

- looks just like his father but acts the exact opposite of him

- "You just don't cry in front of Darry"

- thinks girls are something Pony uses his head about

- "unofficial leader"

- fear: losing another person he loved

- "The first one up has to fix breakfast and the other two do the dishes. That's the rule around our house, and it's usually Darry who fixes breakfast and me and Soda who are left with the dishes."

- never forgave Steve after he called him "all brawn and no brain"

- "Darry was too smart to be a greaser."

- stricter than his parents

- grounded Pony after he found out he was drinking

- always liked to take on two Socs at a time during a rumble

- Paul Holden: ex friend

- never been beaten in a fight

- "Darry is a good guardian; he makes me study and knows where I am and who I'm with all the time."

- calls Soda "little buddy"

- thinks Soda doesn't have any problems

- '"Darry yells too much and tries too hard and takes everything too serious,"'

- owns a copy of The Carpetbaggers