Linwood Porteous

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Pooch

Black MacGuyver, BlackGuyver, Legless Pooch, Mr. Grumpy-Pants, Woody (Nicknames)

### Relatives

Jasper "Jazz" Porteous (Father, Deceased)
Ashley Cooper-Porteous (Mother, Deceased)
Earl Cooper (Maternal Uncle)
Ashley and Jasmine Porteous (Daughters)

### Affiliation

The Losers (Member)
Delta Force (Former Member)
U.S. Army (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Education

Special Forces Military Training
(United States Army)

### Marital Status

Married (Jolene Porteous, Estranged Wife)

## Physical Description

### Linwood Porteous: 1980 - 1996

Linwood is the son of a truck driver and an aspiring artist. He spent most of his early childhood home-schooled with his mother. The two often visited museums and art galleries. When he was a bit older, he would spend much of his summer breaks with his father, on the road. He learned to drive, navigate, and repair trucks by the time he was twelve.

As a teenager, Linwood became better known as Pooch.

### Linwood Porteous: 1996 - 1998

Tragedy struck Pooch's family halfway through his sophomore year as they were driving home from his mother's first art exhibit in Gotham City. The Porteous family car was hit by a police cruiser in pursuit of several of Gotham's most wanted, knocking the vehicle off the edge of a bridge and into Gotham Harbor.

Pooch's mother died on the impact, but his father was pinned into his seat and drowned. Pooch would have drowned himself, having passed out while trying to save his father, but the young man was rescued from an untimely end by a masked man who pulled him from the water and gave him first aid on the rocky shore until Pooch regained consciousness.

After getting out of the hospital in time for his parents' funeral, Pooch moved to Gotham to live with his Uncle Earl. Pooch insisted on working in his uncle's body shop to help "pay his dues." When he graduated, Pooch enlisted in the U.S. Army to prevent being a burden on his uncle and to follow in his father's footsteps.

### Linwood Porteous: 1998 - 2006

Pooch tested well in a number of areas, but was denied admission to flight school. Pooch did get to fly, as a helicopter gunner. After a few good flights, Pooch's bird was grounded by enemy gunfire. Only Pooch and the pilot survived, though the pilot's injuries were critical. Needing to buy time for rescue, Pooch used the helicopter's damaged weapons to rig up his own mounted cannons and held his ground against the enemy.

The rescue team was escorted behind enemy lines by a Delta Force team which was led by Franklin Clay. Pooch's resourcefulness had impressed the officer, and so Clay approached the young man while he was in recovery. After his injuries had mended, Pooch was being sent to flight school and would later transferred to Delta Force to work for Clay.

It was while he was home visiting his uncle that Pooch was introduced to a young female law student he would marry in Atlantic City the night before he shipped off to start his work with Delta Force. For the next eighteen months, whenever Pooch had some leave, he would fly stateside to be with his young wife. Twice she flew out to Europe to meet him halfway and enjoy an unplanned honeymoon.

### Linwood Porteous: 2006 - Present

Like the rest of the men in Clay's Delta Force unit, Pooch was forced into exile on trumped up charges for treason and appeared to have been killed while returning to the country, however Pooch did not die. He's been working with his team in hiding, saving up the money and means to clear their name. Pooch aims to do whatever it takes to see his family again.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by PetuniasFan1*) Prior to our forced exile, Pooch found out he was gonna be a daddy. That was a big reason for us to get back into the country — None of us wanted Pooch to miss the birth of his first baby. He got there and even got to witness a bonus birth for good measure (they had twins), but that's when Checkmate sprang a trap. Those heartless bastards!
* (*Submitted by PetuniasFan1*) When he was fifteen, Linwood successfully campaigned with his parents to be allowed to attend public high school. Linwood's reason for wishing to join public education was so he could get to know girls. Yes, growing up in truck stops and galleries displaying the naked female form has stoked Linwood's hormonal desires quite fiercely. Being a little ambitious and bold with the first few girls he spoke to, Linwood got a reputation of being a "dog." Even though he learned from his errors and apologized for his behavior, his status as a dog mutated into a fun nickname he could not shake. For better or for worse, Linwood had become known as Pooch.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Special Forces Military Training
	+ *Master Driver*
	+ *Master Mechanic*
	+ *Master Pilot*
	+ *Master Sailor*
	+ *Master Tinkerer*
	+ *Master Weaponsmith*
	+ *Master Demolitionist*
	+ *Expert Martial Artist*
	+ *Expert Tactician*
	+ *Capable Infiltrator*
	+ *Capable Interrogator*
* Indomitable Willpower

### Weaknesses

* Challenges Authority
* Vice — Pride
* Loved Ones
* Wanted Fugitive

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Weaponry:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Expertise:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
* **Range:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Strategy:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
	+ **TOTAL:** 72
	+ **RANKING:** Moderate Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* When he visited Jolene in the hospital he gave her a cheap gift shop teddy bear. Inside was a burner phone. Jolene discovered it after Amanda Waller told her to check the toy. She called the number programmed into the phone for weeks but the calls went unanswered. Later Waller set up a connection and Linwood talked to her from a tropical location.
* In 2016 to thank the Losers for give giving them supplies after they were exiled from Heaven the archangels Michael, Raphael, Uriel and Gabriel helped the Losers with there hunt for Max by showing them a door of destinations and sending them to Brijol which was Max's last known location.

### Notes

* Linwood "Pooch" Porteous is a character from *The Losers* (the 2003 comic book series, not the World War II *Losers*).
* His maternal uncle Earl Cooper was a mechanical engineer who designed the Batmobile in the *Batman: The Animated Series*.
* Linwood being a "dog" is a nod to Pooch, the dog companion of the World War II Losers.
* Linwood visiting his wife in a hospital is a nod to the movie.

## Gallery

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## Network Files

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## Appears In

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Linwood Porteous

1. ↑ Network Files: Linwood Porteous
2. ↑ NFX: Marian Grange
3. ↑ VOX Box: Fall From Grace 2