Everton International

**Everton International** is an oil company that appears in the *Operation GEAR* series, most prominently in *The Victory Star of Fate* and its remake. It is headquartered in the Everton Building in Whitegold City, Kanto, and led by its president and CEO, Captain Liam Everton.

## History

Everton International was founded by Liam Everton's father, Becket Everton, seventy-nine years before the events of the *Operation GEAR* series. In its early years it was exclusively an oil company that operated out of Whitegold City and shipped oil from its drill sites in Kanto around the world. When Liam Everton took over the leadership of the company, he spearheaded an aggressive expansion strategy that led to its current global prominence, operating oil facilities worldwide while also shipping its products as before.

### Structure

Everton International is a publicly traded company whose shares are sold on the Black City Exchange in Black City, Unova. It is run by a board of directors headed by Liam Everton and his executive vice president, Wilfred Woods. While the board directs the overall activities of the company, it generally delegates operation of specific divisions to members appointed to fill those positions, except for the main Everton Oil division, which Liam Everton heads personally. The board also takes on the responsibility of voting on bringing in new investors and board members.

### Divisions

 Everton Security
 Everton Construction
 Everton Technologies
 Everton Property Holdings
 Everton Mart
 Everton Motors

## Trivia

* The names of the company's major members are references to the 1999 horror/science fiction film *Virus*.
	+ Liam Everton's surname comes from Captain Robert Everton, the alcoholic captain of the tugboat *Sea Star* portrayed by Donald Sutherland. Liam Everton's physical appearance is also based in part upon this character.
	+ Wilfred Woods's surname comes from Marshall Bell's character in the film, J.W. Woods Jr. His history with Liam Everton is also inspired by the character's history with Sutherland's.
	+ Gideon Foster's surname is a reference to Kelly Foster, the main protagonist of the film portrayed by Jamie Lee Curtis.
	+ Nathaniel Baker's surname is a reference to Steve Baker, portrayed in the film by William Baldwin.
* Woods, Foster and Baker's first names also reference the Malick family from the Marvel Cinematic Universe film *The Avengers* and television series *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*; Wilfred Malick was the patriarch of the family and father of two sons, Gideon and Nathaniel.
	+ Liam Everton refers to Woods with the nickname "Freddy," which was also used for Wilfred Malick in *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'*s final season.
* Kyoko Ishii's name is a combination reference to both Kyoko Sakura, a supporting protagonist in the *Puella Magi Madoka Magica* franchise and Fuuka 'Anemone' Ishii, a reimagining of the character Anemone who appears as the main protagonist in the film *ANEMONE: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution*.
* The portrayal of Everton International as a company is inspired by a variety of sinister corporations from popular culture, such as Omni Consumer Products/OCP from the *RoboCop* series, InGen and Biosyn from *Jurassic Park*, and the Carver Media Group Network from the James Bond film *Tomorrow Never Dies*.