Gord Brody

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## Heroic Benchmark

### Alias

Gordy
Retard (by Jim Brody)

### Family

Jim Brody (father)
Julie Brody (mother)
Freddy Brody (brother)

### Allies

Betty (girlfriend)
Darren

### Enemies

Jim Brody (formerly)
Pakistani terrorists

### Powers / Skills

Skateboarding
Impersonation
Lying
Drawing skills

### Goals

To become an animator by selling his drawings in Hollywood
To make his father proud (both succeeded)

### Goodness Zone

Saving the life of a pregnant woman and her baby

### Type of Hero

Mentally Ill Troublemaker

**Gord Brody** is the main protagonist of the 2001 comedy film *Freddy Got Fingered*. He is a 28-year-old man who lives in his parents' basement and aspires to be an animator on par with Charles Schulz and travels to Hollywood to sell his drawings in order to pitch an animated television series.

He was portrayed by Tom Green, who also directed and wrote the film.

## His Good Ranking

### His Heroic Deeds

* He cares deeply about his family and friends, such as his mother Julie, his brother Freddy, his friend Darren and his girlfriend Betty. And although he initially had a rocky relationship with his father Jim, it's because he was an abusive jerk throughout most of the movie, and they do reconcile by the end of the movie, as his motivation throughout the entire film was wanting to make his daddy proud.
* Despite every setback, he never gave up on his dream to become an animator and eventually and successfully pitched a show to Hollywood based on his relationship with his family titled *Zebras in America*.
* While visiting his friend Darren in the hospital after he gruesomely injured his leg, he saves the life of a pregnant woman and her baby. Although his method of taking the baby of her uterus and swinging him or her around by his or her umbilical cord is rather disgusting, he still saved the baby's life nonetheless.
* After receiving a million dollar check for his successful animated series, he spends a quarter of the money he earned on an elaborate thank you gift to his girlfriend Betty, as her successfully designing a rocket-powered wheelchair inspired him to never abandon his dream.

### Why Doesn't He Stand Out?

* His heroism mostly consists of bog-standard kindness. While he does save the lives of both a pregnant woman and her baby, it isn't enough to pass the baseline.
* He is too perverted, too lewd and too sick in the head to be even considered *close* to Pure Good, as he has a tendency to "whack off" animals such as a horse and an elephant, which is considered bestiality. He also skins a deceased deer and goes around wearing his bloody carcass (though this doesn't make him lethal since the deer is technically already dead). He also places a giant salami stick on top of his crotch during his time working at a cheese sandwich factory.
	+ While it could be argued this may be due to his mental illness, this does ***NOT*** make it any less of a prevention, since no Pure Good or Near Pure Good hero would ***EVER*** be caught doing what Gord does.
* He has several jerkish moments throughout the movie, such as when he cusses out an elderly pedestrian on his way to Hollywood, when he lies to his girlfriend Betty about having a job as a telemarketer, insulting her about her idea of a rocket-powered wheelchair, insulting a costumer to his face at a sandwich restaurant (though it is somewhat justified as the customer was equally rude) and most infamously when he falsely accuses his father of molesting his younger brother Freddy, which was motivated by revenge against him for destroying his skateboard ramp.
	+ While it could be argued that Jim deserved it as he was such an abusive father to him, Gord still took it way too far. This also led to his brother Freddy being taken away and sent to a home for sexually abused children despite him only being 25 years old.
* He is incredibly mischievous as he constantly terrorizes and messes with everyone around him to the point where he could be considered an active menace to society, and he often does these things for his own amusement. Such examples include when he skateboards in the mall to mess with the security guards, when he causes chaos at a fancy restaurant, and when he dry humps a man waiting in line at the bank, showing that he has no regard for personal boundaries. His antics, combined with the craziness of his father, have even caused Darren to almost end his friendship with him.

* He is also arrogant, as shown when he was rewarded a LeBaron by his parents, he rubs it in his brother Freddy's face.
* He has severe moral agency issues due to his mental illness and his stupidity.
* He also has a tendency to be destructive, as he damages other people's property for no reason whatsoever, like when he destroys his father Jim's boat.
* During the climax of the film, he tranquilizes his father and takes him and part of his house to Pakistan.
* Because of his bizarre and over-the-top personality, he is not meant to be taken seriously as a hero, as he comes off more like an obnoxious manchild.
* On top of all of the above, the movie he is in hardly has any Admirable Standards to begin with, as it is basically pure comedy.

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See Also
*Diary of a Wimpy Kid* Heroic Benchmarks
*Star Wars* Heroic Benchmarks