Pidge Gunderson

Katie Holt, also known as Pidge Gunderson, is one of the main characters from the Voltron: Legendary Defender series.
== Charactah Account ==
Katie Holt is a former communications cadet at the Galaxy Garrison, and former pilot of the Green Lion of Voltron. She's an agile and strategic fighter, and a highly intelligent and versatile mathematician, hacker and inventor.
In order to search for her missing family without being recognised, Katie enrolled into the Garrison under the fake name "Pidge Gunderson" and cut her hair short. The Garrison initially mistook her for a boy, which was fine with her because it helped to significantly lower the odds of her being recognised.
It is only after Katie joined Voltron that she finally revealed her true identity, along with the fact that she is actually a girl. She's fiercely loyal to her friends and is an analytic and independent thinker.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Voltron: Legendary Defender
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 2
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 3
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 4
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 5
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 6
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 7
* Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 8
=== Comics ===
* Voltron
* Voltron: Legendary Defender
=== Video Games ===
* Voltron VR Chronicles
== Trivia ==
* Pidge is the youngest of the Paladins, her age as well as nationality was clarified in The Paladin's Handbook official guidebook, revealing she is 15 and Italian.
** The Voltron Coalition Handbook states that a year has passed since Shiro's return to Earth, making Pidge 16 at the beginning of season five. At the end of season 8 we also see Pidge reconcile with the paladins a year later, making Pidge 17 when they meet again.
** Pidge is seen making a metal brother named Chip at the end of season 8. She creates him with her real brother Matt Holt.
* This is the first incarnation of Pidge and the first full-time pilot of the Green Lion to be a girl. Lauren Montgomery was the one who insisted that Pidge should be a girl to show how a female character could occupy the space usually given to male characters with nothing in the story needing to change.
* The alias Pidge uses at the Garrison is "Pidge Gunderson". The name "Pidge" is a nickname given to her by her brother prior to his capture by the Galra Empire.
* When Pidge reveals her true identity as a girl, every other member of Team Voltron aside from Lance admits to having already known:
** Shiro knew of Katie's existence from being with her father Dr. Holt and her brother Matt and deduced her true identity after she revealed they were her father and brother.
** Hunk and Keith figured it out off screen.
*** Pidge carries a picture of herself with her brother. Initially Hunk thought that it was a picture of Pidge's girlfriend.
** Allura found out via her talking mice, who acquired the knowledge by being present when Shiro and Pidge spoke about her secret.
** Coran was surprised that Pidge had been trying to come off as a boy when it was obvious to him she was not - despite this, he refers to Pidge as "he" early in .
* The glasses Pidge wears were given to her by her brother as a memento and contain fake lenses because the Galaxy Garrison corrected her brother's eyesight.
* It's shown that Pidge has a good knowledge on video games, seen as she was geeking out over a rare console called "Mercury Game Flux" and an old RPG 'Killbot Phantasm 1" during Space Mall.
* In her appearance before infiltrating the Garrison, Pidge's violet headband is highly reminiscent of the green one worn by her original Voltron: Defender of The Universe incarnation.
* Pidge's real name was revealed in Return of the Gladiator.
* Before the Castle of Lions was destroyed Pidge kept Space Caterpillars and her garbage buddies in her bedroom and took them with her as the castle was evacuated.
* In Season 7, Pidge was shown playing Killbot Fantasy in the Green Lion (Legendary Defender).
* Pidge's favorite metal is Palladium.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Pidge (Legendary Defender) at Voltron Wiki
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Category:Females
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