Leroy

"I'm nobody's hero, sister."

- Leroy to Astrid

Leroy is somewhat of a troublemaker in Storybrooke, usually known for his surly demeanor and getting in trouble with the law. In Fairytale Land, Leroy is known as Grumpy, one of the Seven Dwarves.

History
Leory first appears in the episode Pilot, where he meets Emma Swan in the Storybrooke jail, having been arrested for being drunk and disorderly the night before. After learning about Emma being imprisoned because of Henry, he gets into a small argument with Marco about how he dislikes children before being released by Sheriff Graham.

It is implied that his bad attitude has made it difficult for people to warm up to and work with him, and, as a result, he doesn't have many friends and has difficulty holding down a job. He is later shown working as a janitor at the Storybrooke hospital when David Nolan goes missing after awaking from his coma. He gets into a small argument with Walter, his coworker, over the whole matter.

In the episode Dreamy, Leroy develops a crush on a nun named Astrid. Looking for a way to spend more time with and impress her, he agrees to help Mary Margaret sell candles for the upcoming Miner's Day festival, despite intially dismissing the idea as a waste of time. After learning that Astrid mistakenly spent her convent's rent stipend on canisters of helium, Leory offered to sell all of the nuns' candle surplus in order to help Astrid get out of the financial bind.

When he realized that the townspeople weren't interested in buying from the "town drunk" and the "town harlot," Leroy propositioned Mr. Gold to sell him his sailboat and forgive the nuns' debt, but the latter was uninterested. Not wanting to disappoint Astrid, Leroy lied about selling the candles, which she later discovered, causing her to lose faith in him.

Unable to help Astrid by conventional means, Leroy caused a power outage by striking a telephone transformer with a pickaxe at the height of the Miner's Day celebration, effectively forcing the townspeople to buy their candles during the blackout. After selling the entire surplus, Leroy was reinvigorated and managed to win back Astrid's confidence in him.

Appearances

 * Pilot
 * Snow Falls
 * Dreamy

Trivia

 * He refers to everyone by the nickname "sister".
 * He is in love with Astrid.