| “ | It's back-to-back, for life. | „ |
| ~ Gary to Avocato, his most famous quote. |
Gary Goodspeed is the main protagonist of the Sci-Fi animated series Final Space. He was a prisoner of a prison ship named the Galaxy One, and he has a sidekick named E-351, which he later named Mooncake and tried to protect him from threats like the Lord Commander. He is also the adoptive uncle of Little Cato.
He was voiced by the show's creator Olan Rogers as an adult, and by Caleb McLaughlin as a child.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
- He chose to protect Mooncake from the Lord Commander's mercenaries rather than giving him to save himself.
- He risked his life to make sure Mooncake would be able to survive the asteroids that were going to hit them.
- He became Avocato's best friend despite him trying to kill Gary and capture Mooncake.
- He promised to protect Mooncake with his life, causing H.U.E. to decide to give Gary a cookie because of his touching words.
- He promised Avocato that they would save his adopted son, Little Cato.
- He comforted Mooncake when he was feeling sad about being a planet destroying super weapon, telling him that his powers didn't make him evil.
- He saved Quinn when her ship crashed and was about to get thrown into space.
- He risked his life by trying to fix the Galaxy One due to getting close to a star about to implode.
- He convinced Mooncake to shoot the Infinity Guard's lazer, saving the universe as a result.
- He protected Quinn when they were trying to escape the Infinity Guard's base.
- He comforted Quinn when she questioned if there were any good guys left due to the Infinity Guard being corrupt.
- He decided to help Avocato save his son from the Lord Commander, while also telling Quinn that they would help her save the universe after they saved Little Cato.
- He protected Little Cato from the bomb that killed Avocato.
- He comforted Little Cato when he was sad over Avocato's death.
- He protected Mooncake when Nightfall was about to kill him.
- Despite his overall hatred of KVN, Gary never objects him from group activities and has been less hostile to KVN in later episodes even trusting him with tasks. They even share their first mutually positive interaction, in which KVN hugs Gary after the latter found out about Quinn's illness, which caused Gary to smile.
- He helped in getting the Anti-matter bomb from the Infinity Guard.
- He saved Quinn when the Earth was getting destroyed due to the breach that lead to Final Space.
- He refused to give Mooncake to the Lord Commander alongside the rest of the Team Squad.
- He helped in protecting Quinn so she could close the Final Space breach.
- He refused to leave the battle between the Team Squad and the Lord Commander's army, trying to hit the Lord Commander's ship and risking his life in the process.
- He tried to give the Lord Commander a chance at redemption by making him remember that he was once Jack, his father John's best friend, although he refused.
- He refused to go to heaven with his father to see if his friends were okay.
- He apologized to Todd H. Watson for his failure to save Earth, although Todd still attempted to kill Gary and the Team Squad.
- He tried to comfort Ash over her being unwilling to go back to Serepentis.
- He tried to defend Ash when she was about to fight Werthrent.
- He helped in saving Little Cato when he was stuck in a time shard.
- He went out of his way to bring Mooncake back after the latter was captured by the Arachnitects, even risking his life in doing so.
- He comforted Nightfall when she was sad over her failure to bring her Gary back.
- He freed Mooncake from the Lord Commander's prison when he and the Team Squad went back in time.
- He decided to spend months in Avocato's place so the Team Squad could save him.
- He helped Avocato in getting his memories back.
- He forgave his mother and saved her life, despite everything she did to him.
- He helped Tribore give birth to his child, later named Quatronostro.
- He helped in rescuing several of the members of the Team Squad when they were captured by the Lord Commander and Invictus.
- He tried to stop Quinn from killing herself when she was getting hallucinations of her sister.
- He allowed himself to suffer from extreme amounts of pain so H.U.E. could save Quinn.
- He helped in making a funeral for Fox alongside the rest of the Team Squad.
- He forgave Avocato for killing Little Cato's parents and tried to convince into telling Little Cato about them.
- He comforted Ash over Fox's death and apologizing to her despite not being his fault.
- He stayed in Final Space to fight the Titans and Invictus after Quinn convinced him to do so.
- He helped in activating the KVN Net so he and the crew could defeat the Titans.
- He helped in rescuing Little Cato from Ash and Invictus.
- While he did start off as an anti-hero, he loses several of his corrupting factors at the end of the series.
- While he fought against Avocato when he found out he killed Little Cato's parents, calling him a coward, this was somewhat understandable since he just found out his friend hide a huge secret from everyone.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He can act like a jerk at times, even towards his friends, such as Tribore, whom he insulted after he decided to create a group to save Mooncake, even calling it stupid.
- He abuses KVN because of his constant annoyance, beating him on several occasions, using him to try to open a cookie machine, being happy when he temporarily died despite his anguished expression, and even attempting to have him sacrificed so he could free Bolo without losing one of his loved ones.
- He has a great hatred towards the Lord Commander, taunting him about how he thinks that he didn't get his powers because he was chosen, but because it was a mistake. Later after going back in time to save Avocato, he goes to the Lord Commander and shoots him in the knees twice before attempting to kill him, although this is a minor prevention given all the things the Lord Commander did to him.
- He tried to kill Kevin Van Newton when they first met out of revenge for creating the KVN units, even after he found out he was unarmed and defenseless.
- He was very arrogant in the beginning of the series, believing himself to be a captain of the Galaxy One even after H.U.E. told him he wasn't, while he noticeably loses most of his arrogance, he still retains some of it even in Season 3.
Trivia[]
- He is one of the four Final Space heroes to be Inconsistently Admirable, alongside Nightfall, Tribore Menendez, and Bolo.
- While he is currently Inconsistently Admirable, this may change when the graphic novel, Final Space: The Final Chapter, is released.
External Links[]
- Gary Goodspeed on the Heroes Wiki
- Gary Goodspeed on the Final Space Wiki
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