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Lydia Fox
“ | I was born without the use of my legs, not my brain. | ” |
—Lydia Gordon, "The Wheel Deal" |
Lydia Fox | |
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Age | 10[1]
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Gender | Female |
Animal | Fox
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Hair color | Brown
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Lydia Gordon[2] (also called Lydia Fox) is a girl in a wheelchair who helps Brain learn to play basketball in a wheelchair in "The Wheel Deal."
Personality
Lydia wants kids to know that even though she's in a wheelchair, she can do what everyone else can do, but in her own way.[3] She likes to draw and design T-shirts. She also likes track, baseball, and basketball.[1]
Appearance
Lydia is an anthropomorphic fox with light tan fur and red hair. She wears red, rectangular-shaped glasses. Lydia wears a light purple and light green t-shirt with a picture of a flower, a purple skirt, and gray shoes. For playing sports, she wears a red t-shirt with yellow edges and the number '1', black pants with red stripes on the sides, and white and light blue shoes.
Trivia
- She was the winning character in the "All Kids Can Character Search Contest," created by Connor Gordon of Savage, Minnesota.[4]
- Her last name, Gordon, is a reference to Connor Gordon.
- A local news interview with Connor from KARE, an NBC affiliate in the Minneapolis-St Paul area, hints that Lydia may become a main character on the show.[5]
- Lydia is planned to be in two future episodes.[3]
- Originally, Lydia was planned to not have been born without use of her legs. Connor Gordon said she dove into the shallow end of a swimming pool when she was seven and a spinal injury paralyzed her from the waist down.[6]
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2009/05/12/arthur-has-a-new-friend-a-basketball-loving-wheelchair-using-fox.htm
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://info.cvscaremark.com/newsroom/press-releases/arthurr-and-cvs-caremark-debut-winner-arthurall-kids-can-character-search-ju
- ↑ http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/cvsallkidscan/38425/
- ↑ http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750
- ↑ http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm