Grandpa Cardinal

### Relatives

Wildflower (grandson), Rocky (grandson), Gus (grandson), Bruce (grandson), William (son)

## Appearances

### Appears in

NFC/AFC West Saga

Eugene, also known as Grandpa Cardinal, is a character that appears in the 2019-2020 Fan Reaction Videos and in the NFC/AFC West Saga. He is an Arizona Cardinals fan.

## Appearance

Grandpa Cardinal's first appearance was in "2 Cardinals Fan Reactions to the 2019-2020 Season", where he first wears a grey long sleeve shirt with a white blanket, and carries around cardboard tubes as "binoculars". He now wears a Cardinals home #3 jersey (Josh Rosen) and glasses. In Week 4 of the 2020-2021 season, when he beats Louis, he gets a tree crown. In Week 16 when he loses his crown he goes back to his old look.

Eugene has a gravely voice, presumably due to his age.

## Personality

At first glance, Eugene seems quiet and unassuming, due to his age and his tendency to spend time alone. However, he is extremely capable of being intimidating when he wants to be, and will freely insult anyone who he does not yet consider worthy of his respect.

Eugene cares deeply about his family, even after he moved to live farther away from them. He spends much of the West Saga trying to get back in touch with Wildflower, one of his grandsons. During Week 14, he also reminisces fondly about raising his son, William. After the West Saga's reality show has ended, Eugene goes home and is able to spend time with his other grandsons as well.

Watching birds is one of Eugene's biggest interests. He spends much of his time outside, sitting on the backyard deck and birdwatching. Sometimes he shares facts about birds and attempts to draw analogies to football or life in general.

Eugene is not good with remembering most people's names, especially of people he doesn't know well, but he makes sure to remember the names of his family .

While Eugene wore the NFC West crown for much of the season, he didn't care much about the status of the crown, and prioritized the well-being of his family and friends more.

## History

Eugene has a grandson who used to come over and watch the birds with him during the NFL season in 2019, but stopped coming over and also stops calling. After watching the Cardinals 2020 Season, he gets an invite to a reality TV show. He decides to participate in the show to see if his grandson would watch and call him again. In Week 1, he tells Louis that his goals are to make his grandson proud of him, and to "kick every single one of your asses".

After Week 4, Eugene gets a tree crown for the NFC West Division. In Week 9, the NFC gang move into the AFC house, In Week 13, he finds out that Wildflower is his grandson after not seeing him for 2 years. In Week 14 he learns how his son William and grandson Gus died, and calms Wildflower down after he get a mental breakdown with all his guilt, showing true grandfatherly love. The next week (Week 15) when Wildflower is bringing him home Lenny gets sad because he'll be lonely and wants him to stay. Eugene decides to stay, telling Wildflower it'll only be a few weeks. The next week (Week 16) he loses his crown to Louis, going back to his original look.

In Week 18 Eugene says he's got everything he wanted and he's sick, so he tells Louis if he loses he'll accept fate and sacrifice himself. But in the wildcard round when he loses Jerry saves him and he spend a few weeks with his grandkids before dying with his 3 grandkids: Wildflower, Bruce and Rocky.

## Quotes

* Louis - "I saw a small bird get chased by a big bird the other day, the big bird caught that bird, and that little bird screamed. So I'd be careful what you'd sing out here old man. You never know when they're is a bigger bird out there."

Eugene - "I know you think you are the big bird in that story, but last time I checked big bird can count past 3, unlike you in that Super Bowl."

Louis - "and last time I checked your grandson still didn't give a damn about you."

Eugene - "For his sake I hope he's not watching on Sunday, because I don't want him to see what I'm going to do to you."

Louis - "I wouldn't worry about that. Why would your grandson watch some stupid old bird?"

Eugene - "See you on Sunday, Louis."

- Eugene and Louis in "The NFC West's Reaction to Week 3".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOsEwAF11VU
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWukR3fUwg