Later, while laying together, they are found by Jesse (visibly uncomfortable with them laying together yet surprised to see bunch of weeds laying around) who alerts them that Tommy and Joel never showed up to the lookout where they were supposed to be relieved. As a result, the two bonded quickly, playing with blueberries and cracking jokes. Ellie inspects the area and finds that only Riley's jacket was torn. Having disabled many of his traps and alerting an overwhelming swarm of the infected to their presence in the process, Bill subdues both of them, fearful that they have been bitten. The girl states that she has "her ways" and introduces herself as Riley. Awards. Joel and Ellie finally reach Tommy's settlement, where Joel remarks that they can return to a somewhat normal life. Ellie refuses; she wants her to show her a way out of the school and tells her to stop calling her "new kid." She also finds a note that reveals the WLF have an outpost at the Serevena Hotel. Ellie eventually returns to the Firefly hospital and discovers the truth. Ellie sits back, eyes closed, and allows herself to imagine flying into space and seeing the moon. Dina then has Ellie hold JJ for her while she confronts Tommy. Ellie is initially annoyed by Joel's surliness, but they develop a bond. Sometime later, Dina gives birth to a boy named JJ, and Ellie helps to raise him on a farm outside of Jackson. Even though Sarah died twenty years before Ellie met Joel, Ellie learns about her through Joel's sister in law, Maria. [15][17], Anna was Ellie's mother, although they never were able to personally connect with each other following due to her premature death. The Half of It, which premieres on May 1, is a Cyrano de Bergerac-like love story about a Chinese-American teenager named Ellie Chu, who makes money by writing essays for her classmates. Neil Druckmann has stated in the in-game cinematic commentary that, while Joel is the protagonist of. They manage to escape and barricade the door, but the infected begin to swarm the mall. Ellie refuels the generator, and manages to get the electricity running. Ellie asks Tommy for news about Jackson and Maria, to which he reveals he and Maria have separated. She tries to get Henry to pull Joel up but the man panics, racing off with Sam. To "lighten the mood", Ellie reveals a jokebook she possesses, quoting several jokes from it as they go to take their minds off of the dangers in the world, if all too briefly. Her clothes and accessories are always dirty . Before her death, Anna entrusted her closest friend Marlene to look after Ellie. Characters / The Last of Us: Ellie Characters Create New Main Character Index | Joel | Ellie | The Fireflies | Residents of Jackson, Wyoming | Washington Liberation Front (WLF) a.k.a. [71][72] There are certain scripted events in which Ellie can be killed if the player does not reach her in time. Dina initially protests that Ellie should wait until Jesse can go with her, but Ellie is determined to go lest they lose the lead. Her career began when she met record producers Starsmith and Frankmusik, and she was later spotted ", "The winner of Destructoid's best 2013 character", "BAFTA Games Awards 2014 Winners Announced", "BAFTA Awards honors Destiny, Monument Valley, and David Braben", "Ghost of Tsushima NAVGTR Awards", "The Game Awards 2020: Complete Winners List", "BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Nominations Announced", "BAFTA Games Awards: Supergiant Games' 'Hades' Takes Home Top Prize Complete Winners List", "The D.I.C.E. if an enemy is to the left of Joel. Ellie asks Joel why he is visiting, and Joel says he is just checking in. [52], The next day, Ellie finds Dina in the radio room vomiting, brought on by morning sickness. For example, she will say "to your left!" [14], Ellie showed difficulties in positioning herself as a young kid in an adults' eyes, and sometimes even tends to "supervise" adults. 65 Episodes 1966. [35][36] At one point, Joel states he is going to teach Ellie how to play the guitar and how to swim. Despite Tommy's protests, Ellie exits cover and tosses her gun aside upon Abby's orders. They initially refuse to cooperate, but Ellie takes out her map and demands Mel to mark her map first. A Dog's Purpose even had a movie made about it. [55], One day Ellie heads out hunting. Ellie and Dina's friendship develops and, along with Jesse, they help other Jackson residents patrol the outskirts to defend against hordes of infected and any wandering marauders that could pose a threat. He's a thoughtful teenager who tells the story from a first-person perspective. For her performance in Part II, Johnson considered her own experiences with anxiety and researched the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. [73] In the prologue, Joel and Sarah start off at home, and then use the car to escape the infected, which eventually crashes, forcing Joel to carry Sarah, who is eventually shot by the soldier. She dumps the water on the tire and goes to confront the girl about her Walkman. [6][14] Even a year on from her death, Ellie still kept Riley's Firefly pendant with her, displaying deep faith in wanting to redeem what occurred to her friend. [35] Later on though, Joel warms up to Ellie considerably when talking about Sarah. Despite saying she isn't tired, she falls asleep during the journey. Ellie informs him that she is leaving for Seattle, with or without Tommy or anyone else. It can also be a short form of Elena, Michelle, Elnaz, Elham, Elaheh, Eliana, Eloise, Emelia, Elisa, Ellisha, Elisha, Elesha, Shelly, Eleni, or Petronella and as a masculine name of Eleazer, Elliot, Elron, or Elston. There, Ellie reveals that the Fireflies have "their own little research lab out West", causing Joel to chuckle at the thought of such a thing. Tommy asks her to give him a day to talk to Maria, in order to find out if she can spare enough soldiers. View source. After climbing up a broken escalator, Ellie finds an abandoned store in the mall, Weston's Pharmacy. [1] He mentions that people in Jackson are impressed with how Ellie has been helping out. It is increasingly being used as a standalone name, particularly in the UK. Once done with Ellie's stitches, Dina tells Ellie that one of Abby's friends, Nora Harris, was assigned to Lakehill Seattle Hospital to find supplies. [39], When they regain consciousness, David is the first to recover. [40] After his group captures Ellie, he offers her a place with them. Having escaped the WLF patrol, they return to the theater where Dina is waiting for them. After a few more blows, Ellie tries to drown Abby, which causes Abby to bite off two of her left fingers. Ellie attempts to reach for her rifle but Mike knocks her unconscious. Ellie hopes to find medicine, but to her disappointment, it has been picked clean of any useful supplies. [6][14] She fears being alone again, making their bond precious to her, remarking that losing Joel would "make [her] more scared", fearful she would always lose people she was close to. Joel chuckles and says he will take what he can get. Ellie and Jesse head west from the theater, through collapsed, flooded streets in search Tommy and Abby. The two begin to hunt infected who are nearby. They realize they need to steal a boat from the WLF to reach the aquarium. [8], Ellie is described as "mature beyond her years" as a result of the circumstances of her environment. Riley's bravado emboldens Ellie on their short journey outside the zone, so much so that she is willing to risk her own life to save her in any given situation. Ellie, safe on the ledge, tries to climb down to Joel but he makes her stay put, wanting to make his own way to her. [13] In February 2021, Bella Ramsey was cast as Ellie in HBO's television adaptation of the video games. Obsessed with comic books, CDs, and other pop culture, her knowledge base is filled by the remnants of a world that no longer exists.Official description[8], Ellie Williams was born in the spring of 2019, by which time the Cordyceps brain infection had spread throughout the United States. When Joel awakens in the Fireflies' hospital, Marlene explains to him that Ellie's immunity can be reverse-engineered to create a vaccine to the lethal fungus, but to do so the mutated Cordyceps must be extracted from her brain via surgery, killing her in the process. [70] Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton described Ellie and Riley's kiss as "video gaming's latest breakthrough moment", declaring it "a big deal". When Joel and Ellie grew distant, Maria tried to convince Ellie to forgive him, and generally pushed Ellie to be kinder to other people, even to apologise to Seth for his homophobic remarks. Joel says she needs to promise not to laugh, which she does. [10][33] Her prime example of this prowess was when the protection roles were reversed with Ellie protecting and defending Joel at the University from cannibals. She is the first Animal Friend to be a female. They make it out alive but Dina grows weak and collapses to the ground. She also explains why Dina did not tell him about the pregnancy, and and describes her and Dina's first two days in Seattle. Leslie and Jess become best friends, and the novel centers on their friendship. David eventually finds Ellie at a decayed restaurant, struggling with her as she attempts to escape from his people out the back door and commenting that she is easy to track. Ellie, reserved, goes upstairs to treat her injuries alone. While it seems Ellie has won, Bowie grabs the camera and states, "Not today, bitch!" She is physically stronger, enabling her to use human enemies as shields and she can craft arrows,[53] as well as use larger melee weapons such as machetes and hammers, which she can also disarm from her opponents[65] though her preferred close range weapon is her switchblade. [55] Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson commended the character's strength and vulnerability, praising the game's subversion of the damsel in distress clich. Druckmann felt that it represented Ellie finally overcoming her ego, but preferred that the player create their own interpretation. Upon reaching the settlement Ellie tells Joel that on the day she was bitten, she was with a friend who also got bitten. While Bill checks Joel, Ellie manages to break free of her restraints and beats Bill with a pipe, but Joel quickly gets up and stops Ellie from causing further harm. [26], They soon come to some abandoned scaffolding. She constantly perseveres in dire situations. Joel reveals he hasn't cleared one of them of infected but Ellie swims and climbs inside anyway. [55], Later that night, Ellie came to Joel's house, finding him playing his guitar and drinking coffee on his porch. When Abby refuses, Ellie threatens Lev with her switchblade, after which Abby concedes. [53] However, witnessing Joel's death at the hands of Abby's group proved a traumatic and damaging experience. However, Dina awakens and finds her. Ellie initially struggled to make him mention Sarah or even get him to confess he had a daughter, having to find out of her own volition. Before Mike can shoot her, Dina climbs on to the glass roof above them and shoots him dead. 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