Gordon

**Fiction**
Zangief (*Street Fighter*)
Sagat (*Street Fighter*)

**Gordon** is a blue male steam locomotive dinosaur. He first appears in the second chapter of the 1st arc (along with Henry, James and Percy), where he was initially (and inadvertently) a destructive disturbance at Knapford.

## General information

### **Design**

As one of the largest and perhaps most powerful dinosaurs to ever roam on Sodor, Gordon overall appears outrageously compact and muscular. Only a few monsters such as Henry could rival the sheer physical strength that he possesses. Virtually every feature of his body is purposefully exaggerated, especially his facial features. Gordon's scales are a royal shade of blue, sometimes appearing purple under different lighting. His spines are thick and silvery with distinctive cyclonic patterns imprinted on them. His tail is short yet robust, and shares a similar whistle design to that of Thomas. Like many heavyweight monsters, his claws are very thick and his funnel sticks out short. His signature accessory is a thick necktie labeled with the number 4.

Gordon stands nearly 65 feet tall in the Showa era. The proportions of his body greatly match those of Henry, although he is noticeably slightly more top-heavy. At roughly 85 feet, the Heisei Gordon is much bulkier yet many of his features have dulled to rounder shapes, especially his legs which were thickened by a significant amount and and spaced out slightly more. His spines have almost doubled in length, and his tail is longer in which it now drags along the ground instead of hanging. Frown lines have also being added to his face. Gordon in the Silver era retains most of his bulk around the upper torso, as well as his limbs, making him appear somewhat humanoid in posture. His waist and tail have also been thinned out slightly. In the Millennium era, Gordon has additional scales resembling storm motifs. Unlike previous iterations, this version possesses a largely pronounced muzzle with a noticeable under-bite, leaving a pair of large teeth jutting out at the front from his lower jaw. He also possesses a pale silver mane with thick fur reaching down to his lower chest, making him more lion-like. In the more recent years, Gordon grew a pair of small feathery wings so to achieve temporary flight much like Spencer and the Flying Scotsman.

### **Roar**

Gordon's roars consist of edited (stock) lion roars and growls. Like with Henry, some custom sounds were made using a pen or pencil and cardboard.

### **Abilities**

#### **Physical capabilities**

Gordon is notorious for taking great pride in his superior strength, seemingly surpassing that of Henry - being capable of dealing devastating blows, slams and punches. Both his immense size and mass are overall very effective means of offense and defense. Gordon is durable enough to ignore pain from conventional weaponry. There are points where he endures a plethora of missiles and bullets, as well as bombs aimed toward his head area - all of these often have proven to inflict little to no visible damage to his body. Although it is rarely emphasized, Gordon also demonstrates having a great deal of endurance and stamina in brutal confrontations without pausing or possibly fainting.

Gordon is indeed the fastest of the Steam Team, able to run up to 100 miles-per-hour or over even. His great speed is useful for traveling to distant areas within short periods of time, although it isn't too prevalent in the field of battle.

#### **Energy capabilities**

##### Sonic pulse

Unlike many traditional breath weapons, Gordon's is essentially one powered by sound as opposed to flammable fuel. Fitting to its name, it is extremely powerful and could easily destroy great portions of a city. It is not visualized in form of a fireball, but rather waves that can form ripples in the air, giving a vivid indication that it surpasses the Earth's sound barrier.

##### Shock wave

Gordon is capable of causing tremors of intensive magnitudes when punching or slamming onto hard surfaces.

### **Personality**

Gordon is most often characterized as boastful, tough and stoic. He seems to rarely display a sense of compassion or humor, and instead usually shows a prevalent stubborn demeanor, which is treated as if it is his main defining trait. He is also largely ignorant of human-activity/mannerisms and has a habit of sleeping during the day, much like Edward (in spite of two's personas contrasting heavily). Gordon can appear very lazy and perhaps anti-social.

He used to show disdain towards a majority of the smaller monsters (or sometimes those of similar to himself), and wasn't above using comparison or humiliation when referring to their size and strength in relation to his own. Underneath his scornful exterior is a fairly noticeable gold heart that cares deeply for his allies. Gordon does display moments of attempting to comfort and protect others, even it isn't necessarily subtle or kind. In the Heisei era for example, Gordon immediately came along with Edward to rescue Thomas, Percy and James when the three were cornered by diesels at Diesel 10's Mountain.

## Trivia

### **Development**

* Gordon's first design was around 10 feet tall during early stages of *SM*. He also originally happened to appear rather comically top-heavy, compared to how the rest of his body was drawn.
* His spines were originally much longer and thicker, not unlike the present designs of Henry.