Gordon

> ***"Why do you need my passport?!" -*** Dr. Gordon Freeman, PhD.
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**Gordon Freeman i**s the main protagonist of Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware. A scientist and theoretical physics major, working at Black Mesa, Gordon serves as the sole voice of reason in the insanity around him. His role in the series is akin to that of an almost unwilling hero, especially towards the end, being dragged along up until the climax of the show and eventually succeeding.

He is played by WayneradioTV.

## Personality

Gordon is a generally friendly person throughout the course of the series, but can easily become aggravated or angry when under stress. Despite this, he remains generally pleasant and understanding towards those he cares for. Wayne says that Gordon is dumb and essentially "fucked up" his way into Black Mesa, and doesn't actually know anything about science. Despite initially being against The Science Team's often senseless killing, he later becomes desensitized to it, not only siding with Benrey's killing of the guard that shut the gate, but also killing many people himself later on in the series.

He tends to regard people with a level of sass, most notably to Bubby and Darnold in regards to their names, and is quick to panic when things take a turn for the worse or chaotic.

## Relationships

### Benrey

His relationship with Benrey is quite antagonistic throughout the series, although they intially started out positive. During the sequence where he first meets Benrey in the edited series, he laughs at Benrey's antics before dismissing himself. It is after Benrey continues to follow him in places he deems to be unauthorized that Gordon begins to lash out at Benrey, prompting Benrey to start antagonizing Gordon into annoyance or anger as a recurring theme in the series.

### Tommy

Initially, Gordon calls Tommy a freak. This could be due to the fact after asking Tommy multiple questions about himself, Gordon is instead lead to read unintelligible writing on the break-room billboard, or his exclaimation he drinks soda for lunch as Gordon left.

He has a much better relationship with Tommy, who ends up becoming the only person Gordon feels he can trust. Despite initially calling Tommy a freak at the start, he grows to care for him, often treating him as an aloof child for most of the series.

### Dr. Coomer

Coomer is presented as a mentor figure to Gordon, serving as the game's broken tutorial figure. He, Tommy and Bubby are in charge of overlooking the Anti-Mass Spectrometer experiment. Dr. Coomer is aware that Gordon is a real person, although it is unclear if he has a concept of Wayne himself or is simply aware that a player exists. Despite an attempt to take over the player character to become real, Dr. Coomer eventually coincides to continue treating Gordon as a friend. After finishing the game, Dr. Coomer gives him a heartfelt speech, to not forget or abandon him or the other character AI.

### Bubby

Initially, Bubby and Gordon seem to not like each other, as Gordon mocks Bubby's name and Bubby claims the Black Mesa Incident is entirely Gordon's fault. Despite this, Bubby joins up with the science team to escape together. He claims that they are not friends, potentially in reference to his betrayal alongside Benrey, but could also be interpreted as merely seeing him as an acquaintance. Despite playing a major role in the forceful amputation of Gordon's arm, after he is freed from his tube, the two are eventually friendly once again.

### Darnold

Similarly to Bubby, Gordon mocks Darnold's name claiming it is not real and questions his reputation as a mixologist, implying that it is only used for making martinis and not potions. Darnold seems to dislike him for this, but holds a moral obligation to restore his hand anyhow, and serves as a brief secondary-tutorial character for the Devil Gun Mode held within Gordon's new arm.

## Trivia

* His favorite video game is *Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days*.
* Gordon has stated to have a son named Joshua. This is inspired by a text-to-speech voice that's been used on several of his actor's twitch streams as a running joke.
* The famous Chuck E. Cheese argument between Mr. Coolatta and Gordon is a reference to multiple arguments RTVS as a group has had with each other.
* Scorpy once commissioned his friend to draw a picture of Benrey and Gordon getting married as a gag.
* Gordon's son, Joshua, appears to be at the bottom of Gordon's priorities. Wayne said that he might just be the free image that comes with a picture frame.
* According to Benrey, he is meant to die in the movie *All Dogs Go to Heaven 2.* This could be a fabrication as a result of their frequent banter.
* Being 27 years old, Gordon is the youngest member of the Science Team biologically.