Croy Character Analysis in Uglies

One of Shay’s older friends who escapes to the Smoke not long before Tally and Shay meet. According to Tally, Croy is wildly unattractive and really needs to undergo pretty surgery. However, as Tally gets to know Croy, she learns that he is generous, loyal, and honorable. Croy is a skeptical person, though, and he vocalizes his suspicion that Tally is a spy. When it seems during the Special Circumstances raid that Tally didn’t actually betray them, Croy demonstrates his honorable and generous nature by convincing about 20 Smokies to leave their shoes for Tally, who’s barefoot. Though Croy is understandably hurt when he learns the truth about Tally, he still treats her with respect. A skilled hoverboarder, Maddy tasks Croy with throwing off Special Circumstances when the group escapes from the city.

Croy Character Timeline in Uglies

The timeline below shows where the character Croy appears in Uglies. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

Another ugly, Croy, asks Tally what she brought. Tally thinks that Croy definitely needs the operation as he... (full context)

...Shay and David take her outside to the cooking fire. Shay’s friends, Astrix, Ryde, and Croy join them. They look authoritative, like middle pretties, and they talk about their work projects... (full context)

At the tracks, David announces that they have to use vibrasaws to cut through vegetation. Croy and Tally ask about the trees, and David shrugs that they can take the scrub... (full context)

They move along to the next section, and as Croy cuts, he does the math out loud for how many SpagBols Tally would’ve had left... (full context)

...the brutality of the rabbit stew suits her mood. Tally hasn’t spoken to Shay or Croy since lunch, and Dr. Cable’s pendant seems to get heavier and tighter around her neck.... (full context)

...when she ran down the hill to Shay. David encourages Tally to not listen to Croy’s suspicions, and then asks knowingly if Tally doesn’t plan to stay in the Smoke, since... (full context)

...handcuffed Smokies. He throws Tally down roughly, and another Smokey helps Tally to sit up. Croy scoots closer and says he was wrong about Tally, since she resisted. Croy admits that... (full context)

Tally sees two Specials throw Shay into the pen. Shay croaks a greeting to Croy and then accuses Tally of betraying the Smoke. Croy tries to defend Tally, but Shay... (full context)

...and warns her to leave the hoverboards alone. Tally sees that hers is far away—but Croy’s is close, charged, and mostly ready to go. She exaggerates how hard it is to... (full context)

...exciting, even if she’s pretty. Maddy and another Smokey are already free, so Tally frees Croy. Maddy says that this is everyone and that they need to go. She says they... (full context)

...dragging Shay by the wrist. She yells that they need Dr. Cable, so Tally and Croy drag Dr. Cable by the wrists in order to scan her eye at the elevator.... (full context)

...hatches shut, and then Tally races for the boards. As she Tally hits the ground, Croy points to approaching Specials. Tally rides both boards at once, evades the Specials, and rides... (full context)

Tally and Shay reach the cave first, and Croy hurtles in a moment later. He groans that he lost the Specials but he doesn’t... (full context)

Tally smells food when she wakes up and she hears Croy trying to placate Shay, who wants a shower. Even though Shay is bedraggled, she’s still... (full context)

...them, but hiding is easy. Tally sees uglies waving sparklers from midnight until sunrise. Tally, Croy, Astrix, and Ryde meet the uglies and show them the Boss’s magazines and Tally’s unbreakable... (full context)

...already. Tally finally agrees. They take a hoverboard together back to the city, accompanied by Croy so he can take their hoverboard back. Croy says nothing until they reach the greenbelt.... (full context)

Croy thanks Tally for rescuing him and then heads back up the river. Tally and Shay... (full context)