Gordon the Big Engine (HiT Model Era and season 13)

Gordon is a big blue express engine who works on the Main Line. He is Flying Scotsman's only surviving brother. Gordon is also one of the fastest and strongest engines on the Island of Sodor and his main task is to pull the Wild Nor' Wester, the railway's express train. At times, this leads him to feel superior. Unfortunately, he became badly flanderized in Season 8.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Gordon's character worsened as he became even more and more arrogant to the point that he feels like the Thomas & Friends version of Brian Griffin.
 * 2) He acts very rude to other engines and makes fun, and always decides what to think of new ones.
 * 3) * In Season 11's Emily and the Garbage, He along with Henry and James make fun of Emily for helping Whiff.
 * 4) He also said that he complains all the time whenever he wants for how he's a big blue engine and he knows everything
 * 5) He demands everything to go his way, which not only comes off as disrespectful, but very immature as well.
 * 6) * In Season 9's, Respect for Gordon, he demands respect from everyone for no reason, thinking that he likes stuff to go his way.
 * 7) He does not accept engines for who they are until they do something really useful.
 * 8) In Season 10's infamous, Edward Strikes Out, Gordon calls the new crane, Rocky, a "new fangled nonsense" thinking he is useless and would be that way until he crashed into pipes.
 * 9) For some reason, he has some sort of hatred on Diesels. In a Season 16 episode, "Bust My, Buffers", he thinks that Diesels cannot fix anything at all and thinks they're screw ups.
 * 10) He has an Ugly face in Season 12, like most engines in that season.
 * 11) He has shown himself to be a showoff. For example, he decides to show Percy his way of using the express coaches.
 * 12) He'll constantly say Express Way, Coming Through in the CGI Seasons and it gets very annoying very fast.
 * 13) Sometimes, he'll never get his comeuppance for his actions. Making him a Karma Houdini.
 * 14) He is set to be flanderized again when the Reboot comes out as he will be a father figure to Thomas.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Gordon was a lot better in Seasons 1-7 and redeemed himself in Season 17 and has been that way until the reboot.
 * 2) Keith Wickham (UK) and Kerry Shale (US), do a great job voicing him.
 * 3) Some fans still root for Gordon and he still can be a consistent character at times.
 * 4) He has a great Character face in Seasons 8-11 and 13-16.
 * 5) Express Coming Through and O'the Indignity are still unforgettable lines.
 * 6) He has made a lot of internet memes through out these Seasons.
 * 7) Along with James the Red Engine, he is one of the few characters who doesn't suffer the most flanderization.
 * 8) Thomas & Friends would likely not be great without him as he is one of the first engines in the Railway Series.

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