| “ | Only half my inventions turn evil. The other half are just WILDLY MISUNDERSTOOD! | ” |
–Gyro | ||
Gyro Gearloose is an inventor who works for Scrooge McDuck, and is also the head of R&D at McDuck Enterprises (2017). He is a recurring character in the DuckTales reboot.
Background[]
He first appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #140 featuring Donald Duck in Gladstone's Secret. He is an anthropomorphic chicken created by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company, He appears in DuckTales whenever Scrooge or the nephews need something invented but his inventions never work out the way he wants them to.
Personality[]
Although still depicted as being eccentric and good-natured, the reboot's version of Gyro is depicted as being short-tempered, impatient, sassy, arrogant, and lacks a lot of social skills. He has great affection for his inventions and never intends for them to become evil. However, he will not hesitate to stop his inventions from causing further harm or damage.
On a weirder or funnier note, he seems to be addicted to having and creating a clone army stated in "Moonvasion!" and "Timephoon!"
Abilities[]
- Genius-level intellect: Gyro is also quite an accomplished inventor, being considered one of the greatest minds of his time by Scrooge McDuck. His technological genius surpasses that of both Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera and Mark Beaks, considering he single-handedly created the Gizmoduck Suit and Lil Bulb.
Physical Appearance[]
In this version of DuckTales, Gyro has white "hair" and wears a green long-sleeved shirt as opposed to his red "hair" and pink long-sleeved shirt in the original series. In the 2017 series, Gyro wears a short yellow hat with black accents and black glasses, a green shirt with a pink bow tie, a brown vest, a black belt, and tan pants.
History[]
- Main article: Gyro Gearloose (2017)/Biography
Relationships[]
Scrooge McDuck[]
As Gyro's boss, they have a professional work-oriented relationship. Even though his board of directors doesn't hold Gyro in the same high-regards, Scrooge has a great deal of faith in Gyro, believing that despite his shortcomings he is one of the most brilliant minds of their time. This causes Gyro to work really hard to please him.
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera[]
While Fenton thinks highly of Gyro as the best scientist in the city, Gyro doesn't give Fenton this same respect. Fenton is so eager to impress and prove his intellect and his abilities, that in the process he makes many mistakes that create a mess of things; however, at the end of "Who is Gizmoduck?!", Gyro appears to warm up to Fenton as he becomes more patient and kinder to him by giving him the robotic suit to be Duckburg's superhero. Even so, Gyro exclusively refers to Fenton by his title of "intern," never calling him by his real name.
In "Astro B.O.Y.D.!," Gyro admits that having someone to listen to him during his own days as an intern could have prevented him from becoming so cynical and hopeless. Upon hiring Fenton full-time, he calls him "Dr. Crackshell-Cabrera," using his name for the first and only time in the entire series
Mark Beaks[]
Gyro regards Mark Beaks as a fraud and a wannabe. Their only interaction so far was in "Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!", where Gyro is frustrated with Mark being a superior inventor. Gyro later revealing that Mark Beaks was using Lil Bulb the whole time, thus proving Mark Beaks is a fraud.
Appearances[]
Season 1 []
- 3. The Great Dime Chase!
- 11. Beware the B.U.D.D.Y. System!
- 18. Who is Gizmoduck?!
- 23. The Shadow War!
Season 2 []
- 1. The Most Dangerous Game...Night!
- 9. The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!
- 10. The 87 Cent Solution!
- 15. The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee!
- 21. Timephoon!
- 24. Moonvasion!
Season 3[]
- 5. Louie's Eleven!
- 6. Astro B.O.Y.D.!
- 13. Escape from the ImpossiBin! (mentioned)
- 19. Beaks in the Shell!
- 22. The Last Adventure!
Comics[]
- The Beast in the Board Room!
- The Twisted Tale of the Two-Headed Horse!/The Hedge Enigma! (RI cover)
- Countdown to Termination!
- The Monsters Are Due at McDuck Manor!
- The Greatest Invention He's Never Had!
- The Incredible Shrinking Webby!
- Saga of the Super-Intern!
- Phantom Science!
- Where No Duck Has Gone Before, Sort Of!
Video[]
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Trivia[]
- Gyro has relatives who include his father Fulton Gearlooose, his grandfather Ratchet Gearloose, and his nephew Newton, but none of them have appeared in DuckTales.
- Some of his inventions include Lil Bulb, Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera's Gizmoduck Suit, the Time Tub, a cloning machine, and Oxy-Chew.
- He is extremely lacking in physical prowess, as seen in Season 3 finale The Last Adventure! where he is easily and anti-climatically taken down by F.O.W.L. member Pepper, and described as a "full grown man with the strength of a baby".
- According to an interview, he was confirmed to be a chicken. Male chickens are roosters, despite the fact that he is a chicken. A wattle and a comb are two important characteristics of roosters Gyro lacks; he has only white feathers.
- In "Astro B.O.Y.D.!", Gyro dressed within a flashback similar to his original designs.
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