Eddy Gordo

Eddy Gordo, also known as Vengeful Demon of Prison, is a character from the Tekken series.
== Charactah Account ==
A rich playboy, he gets in a little trouble when his family is targeted by Brazilian drug cartels, primarily since his father is trying to put them away. His father is killed; his dying wish is to protect his son, so he tells Eddy to confess to his murder and spend some time in a nice safe prison rather than on the outside under the gun. Eddy agrees.
Inside, he's saved during a prison riot by some old guy using martial arts. We know where this is going, although in this case the martial art is Capoeira. After finishing his sentence, Eddy promptly enters the third tournament, and gets info on who did his family wrong.
It turns out that the cartels themselves were advised to kill Eddy's father, and it seems Kazuya had a role to play in things. This of course convinces him to start planning some destruction.
He's then approached by Christie Monteiro, the granddaughter of his master. He promised to pass Capoeira on to her, so he does, and she enters tournaments 4 and 5.
For Eddy, however, his story takes a turn to the dark side when Jin offers him a chance to cure his master... if he'll do a lot of his dirty work. Without any other choice, Eddy accepts and now gets involved with a lot of criminal activities.
Unfortunately for Eddy, with Jin's disappearance in the Middle East, his master dies and his relationship with Christie is now strained further. With nothing but his desire for vengeance left, Eddy enters the 7th tournament to confront Kazuya and make him pay.
== Appearance ==
=== Manga ===
* Tetsuman: Tekken Comic
=== Video Games ===
* Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis
* Pachi-Slot Tekken 3rd
* Street Fighter X Tekken
* Tekken 3
* Tekken 3D: Prime Edition
* Tekken 4
* Tekken 5
* Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
* Tekken 6
* Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion
* Tekken 7
* Tekken 7: Fated Retribution
* Tekken 8
* Tekken Card Challenge
* Tekken Hybrid
* Tekken Pachi-Slot 3rd
* Tekken Tag Tournament
* Tekken Tag Tournament 2
== Trivia ==
* Eddy is considered a master; the default color of his cords (a sign of rank in Capoeira) is white. In certain capoeira groups, a white-colored cord is the highest rank attained.
* Originally a female Capoeira martial artist was going to be introduced in Tekken 3 but the possible graphics at the time weren't considered good enough for the female Namco wanted in the game, so Eddy was created instead. Christie was later introduced in the following game, Tekken 4.
* There has been some debate on whether Eddy and Christie have been good for the art of Capoeira. On one hand, they have popularized the Brazilian martial art, but on the other, they are adding to the misconceptions about the art. Capoeira still has strong underlying philosophies which haven't been separated to create a corporate sport, like what has happened to most martial arts.
* Gordo, in Portuguese and Spanish respectively, means "fat".
* Eddy Gordo, Christie and Tiger Jackson share the same motion actor, Mestre Marcelo Caveirinha.
* Since Christie's debut, up until Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Eddy did not have an ending animation of his own. Instead, he shared his endings with Christie.
** Eddy had also never spoken in any of his endings up until Tekken Tag Tournament 2.
** Possibly due to Christie being planned as the initial Capoeira fighter for Tekken 3 and therefore would have her "replace" Eddy in later games. However, due to popularity as well as his plot/drive, Eddy once again became the sole Capoeira fighter for Tekken 7.
* Eddy is mentioned in comedian Dane Cook's skit about the time he saw a guy getting hit by a car ("He gets hit right in his center of gravity, that sends you flipping through the air like Eddy Gordo from Tekken when somebody doesn't know how to do combos and they're just hitting the buttons randomly...").
* The word "Faisca" (meaning "Spark" in portuguese) is written, from Tekken 5 to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, in white on the chest and the sides of the legs on Eddy's Capoeira uniform.
* From Tekken 3 to Tekken Tag Tournament, Eddy used punches when mounting over an opponent in the generic tackle. Likely due to him being a palette swap of Christie, this was changed to instead be slaps in Tekken 4. Since several of his attacks are slaps rather than punches, this change was kept in succeeding games even after he and Christie were split, and Eddy is the only male character that uses slaps in a tackle.
* In Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament, Eddy's default stance would continuously adjust to track a sidestepping opponent even when they were directly behind him and made it near impossible to hit him from a side angle if he simply stood still. This was eventually removed in Tekken 4.
* Eddy Gordo's bosses in the Tekken Force side game are (in order of appearance) Julia Chang, Gun Jack, Tiger Jackson, and Heihachi Mishima.
* There is a glitch with Eddy (and Tiger) when he is used as a Practice Mode dummy. All attacks performed on Eddy are read as a combo string, and it doesn't reset until the player knocks him down or into a full crouch.
* The Druglord in Eddy's ending bears an uncanny resemblance to Craig Marduk or Raven.
* In an early arcade scan, Eddy was not even named at the time, and another magazine claimed that he was named "Rally Jackson", likely one of the possible names meant for Tiger Jackson. In the manual, Eddy Gordo's first name is accidentally spelled "Eddie" in every language. Ironically, his first name is spelled correctly in the brief biography.
* Eddy is selectable by pressing "Triangle" while on Christie at the "Character Select" screen.
* Eddy's Stage 7 sub-boss is Kazuya Mishima.
* Eddy is selectable by first purchasing Christie's alternate costume in the "Customize" section. Afterwards, he can be chosen by pressing "Triangle" or "Circle" while on Christie at the "Character Select" screen.
* This is the first game where Eddy speaks.
* Strangely, when playing as Christie, the player can see the camera move while Christie dances. But when playing as Eddy, the camera doesn't move while Eddy dances. This may be due to a mistake made while the game was in development. Although, Namco hasn't confirmed this until the present.
* Eddy's sub-bosses at Stage 4 and Stage 7 are Christie and Kazuya, respectively.
* From Dark Resurrection and onwards, Eddy has his own section on the "Character Select" screen.
* This is the last game where Eddy can slap back at either Nina or Anna.
* He can only be played by player 1.
* In an early Tekken 6 image, Eddy appeared to be returning as a costume swap for Christie Monteiro. However, this was revealed to be false, as Tekken 6's "Character Select" screen shows that Eddy has his own character space.
* Eddy can be customized to resemble Tiger Jackson.
* He can also be customized to resemble Wally from the Where's Wally books, Bob Makihara from the Tenjou Tenge manga/anime series, Cody from the Final Fight and Street Fighter games, Shen Woo from the games of SNK, and Brad Burns for the Virtua Fighter series.
* In the Scenario Campaign mode, Eddy is shown in a cutscene with Nina and Jin after Lars attacked the lab Alisa was in. Eddy tells Jin that he'll hold his part of the deal for saving his master's life.
* In the Scenario Campaign mode, Eddy serves as the boss of the "Tekken Force 4th Special Forces Operational Group Command" stage.
* When the player plays as Christie in Eddy's boss stage, it is not to find Eddy and her grandfather who have mysteriously gone missing, but to her discovery that Eddy works for the Mishima Zaibatsu as a Special Operations Unit for the Tekken Force, which angers Christie for his motives in joining the Zaibatsu as she angrily states to him, "Eddy, you're working for Mishima? I don't believe this."
* Eddy's first three opponents in Scenario Campaign's "Arena" mode are Lars, Anna and Kazuya.
* This is the first game where Eddy can perform the Headbutt Carnival.
* Eddy starts speaking in his native language (Portuguese).
* Unlike other characters, his character select icon reuses his CG art from Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion.
* It is possible to customize Eddy to resemble Tiger despite the latter himself being playable in the console.
* Eddy has unique outfits that seem to be related to dancing; a funk-themed outfit that represents disco and a breakdance outfit that represents hip-hop.
* Eddy has a new win animation where he looked into the sky worrying for his late master.
* In Tekken: The Motion Picture, Eddy is seen during the opening introduction.
* Eddy, Yoshimitsu, and Heihachi appeared in Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis as playable characters.
* Eddy's rivals in Tekken Card Challenge are Ling Xiaoyu, King, and Julia Chang.
* In the live-action Tekken 2010 film, his name was incorrectly spelled Eddie Gordo.
* In Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Eddy's dossier is briefly seen when Anna opens a file containing dossiers of various persons of interest.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Eddy Gordo at Tekken Wiki
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