Ellis

Ellis is one of the four playable Survivors in Left 4 Dead 2. He's a goofy, beer-loving smart guy that likes to work with machines. According to Chet, he is "extremely excited" about everything, like managing to visit a concert and kill a lot of zombies, making him more of an optimist like Louis of Left 4 Dead, but like Francis, Ellis believes himself to be invincible.

Official Description


Age: 23

Hometown: Savannah, GA

Ellis is a mechanic with a love of life, a firm belief in his own immortality, and the ability to treat any setback as a fun dare to impress his friends. Born and raised in Savannah, Ellis divvies up his time working at the local garage, hanging out with his buddies, and dropping by for Sunday dinners with Mom—why’d anybody want to live anywhere else?

Then the zombies had to go and spoil it. Now Ellis is looking for new things to occupy his time, and finding plenty. It turns out the zombie apocalypse is one big dare, and there’s no shortage of crazy stuff he can try to impress his new buddies.

Relationships with other Survivors
As of now it is a bit unclear what Ellis' disposition towards the other survivors is.
 * Coach: Coach and Ellis don't have much of an evident relationship. Coach will be sad when Ellis dies, and vice versa. They do seem friendly when they talk to each other, however. It is interesting to note that while in the hotel, ellis refers to Nick and Rochelle as "sir" and "miss" respectively while he refers Coach simply as Coach, it's possible Ellis went to the highchool Coach teaches at
 * Nick: Nick and Ellis do not seem to have a very friendly relationship. Nick openly insults Ellis in many separate occasions, and rarely compliments him. For that reason, Ellis doesn't seem to act very friendly towards Nick normally, but will say nice things about him, and seem genuinely sad when he dies.
 * Rochelle: Ellis has a fairly strong bond with Rochelle. Ellis is quite sad to see her go, and they joke around throughout the campaigns.

Quotes
"See: Ellis/Quotes"

Trivia

 * It appears that Ellis was the one who drove the car from the first campaign's finale to Dark Carnival's highway.
 * In the Zombie Survival Guide trailer, Ellis is the only one that is attacked by Special Infected. A Jockey, Charger, Spitter, and a Smoker all try to attack him. This could imply that he is reckless and/or extremely unlucky.
 * Ellis was one of the only Survivors to have a skin, never featured in any game footage but screenshots. It can be seen in a picture above, featuring Ellis with a totally green cap, white shirt and jeans.
 * At 23 years old, Ellis is the youngest character in Left 4 Dead 2, like Zoey in Left 4 Dead. (Rochelle is 29, Nick is 35, Coach is 44).
 * Ellis' "Bull Shifters" shirt can be unlocked via achievements for Xbox 360 avatars.
 * Ellis also seems to be unaware of appropriate times for conversation; he seems quite happy to speak of trivial things, which seems to irritate his fellow Survivors
 * Ellis appears to have the biggest amount of lines of all the Survivors ever made(1900 lines, 100 more lines than Coach and Nick have), making the aforementioned speculation most likely be confirmed.
 * Glitchgear.com is now offering an unofficial version of Ellis' T-Shirt for purchase here.
 * In his official photo, Ellis is sitting on a truck, with a box of beer, in a similar way to the Engineer from Team Fortress 2, another Valve game. He also says "Much obliged," when healed or helped to his feet, something the Engineer also says in similar situations.
 * Ellis had friends before meeting the Survivors, including Keith. They not only owned the parts store, but were in a band. It's unknown what happened to them.
 * Ellis has a friend called Keith who seems to suffer often fatal accidents according to Ellis. He also tells a story featuring Keith, confusing it with a real life experience he shared with the other survivors. Keith may not actually be present in most of Ellis' stories
 * Ellis' wireframe is the same one used for Team Fortress 2's Scout, which supports Valve's continuous love for recycling things from older games.
 * Ellis has a Youtube account here.
 * Ellis is the only character to hold his pistol with one hand. He also does the same with the Magnum.
 * He claims that he would take a bullet for Jimmy Gibbs Jr.
 * He is a big fan of the Midnight Riders, though not as much as Coach.
 * Like Louis, Ellis mentions plans (usually when something is going wrong) though neither he nor Louis mention exactly what they entail.