Larry Appleton (born May 24, 1962) is a fictional character on the television show Perfect Strangers, played by Mark Linn-Baker. Larry was often called Cousin Larry or just Cousin normally pronouncing cousin "colsin" by his cousin Balki.
Larry was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He has eight siblings, including a brother named Billy and a sister named Elaine. Larry grew up on a wheat farm. Larry was the salutatorian of his high school class.
Larry first moved away from his parents in 1986, at the age of 23. He moved into an apartment in Chicago, Illinois where he intended to live alone, and got a job as a clerk at Ritz Discount, a store in the ground floor of Larry's apartment building. Donald Twinkacetti was Larry's boss and landlord.
Shortly after Larry moved into his apartment, Balki Bartokomous, a cousin that Larry did not even know he had came to his apartment intending to live with Larry. At first, Larry did not want Balki living with him because he wanted to live alone, after living with eight siblings. Later, Balki convinced Larry that it would be better to have a roommate to have someone to talk to.
Later in 1986, Larry met Jennifer Lyons at a health club, who became his girlfriend and later his wife.
During 1986 and 1987, Larry had a dream of being a photojournalist. In 1987, he received 10th place in a photography contest and was invited to a party with a famous photographer because of it. Later in 1987, Larry got a job at the Chicago Chronicle. He originally intended to be a photojournalist, but his boss Harry Burns wanted Larry to write a story, so Larry became a journalist.
In 1990, Larry's girlfriend broke up with Larry out of concerns that their relationship wasn't going anywhere and went back to her old boyfriend. Two weeks later, Balki convinced Larry to propose to Jennifer, and then Jennifer accepted his proposal. Larry and Jennifer were married in 1991.
On the very last episode of Perfect Strangers, Larry became a father for the first time when Jennifer gave birth to his son, Tucker Appleton, in a hot air balloon.
