Editing Lydia Fox

{{Character infobox
|character name = Lydia Gordon
|image = Screen_shot_2010-10-11_at_4.30.33_PM.png
|gender = Female
|animal = Fox
|age = 10<ref name="ten"></ref><ref>http://www.wgbh.org/brand_portal/kids.cfm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141116095420/http://www.wgbh.org/brand_portal/kids.cfm archived page])</ref>
|portrayer = [[Barbara Mamabolo]]<ref name="thewheeldealcredits">[[:File:TDW_Voice_Cast.JPG]]</ref>
|cartoon first appeared = "[[The Wheel Deal]]"|hair = Reddish-brown|complexion = Cream}}'''Lydia Gordon'''<ref name="thewheeldealcredits"/> (also called '''Lydia Fox''') is a girl in a wheelchair who helped [[Alan Powers|Brain]] learn to play basketball in a wheelchair when he injured his ankle.
==Biography==
{{missing|biography}}
<!-- Make a basic summary of her role in The Wheel Deal. Magnet will take care of it tomorrow if it in insufficient. -->
==Physical appearance==
Lydia has a light tan complexion 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.

==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.<ref name="cvscaremark">http://web.archive.org/web/20101229112118/http://info.cvscaremark.com/newsroom/press-releases/arthurr-and-cvs-caremark-debut-winner-arthurall-kids-can-character-search-ju (archived page)</ref> She likes to draw and design T-shirts. She also likes track, baseball, and basketball.<ref name="specialchildren1">http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2009/05/12/arthur-has-a-new-friend-a-basketball-loving-wheelchair-using-fox.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100626180109/http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm archived page])</ref>

==Character development==
[[File:Original_lydia_drawing.jpg|Connor Gordon's original drawing|thumb]]
Lydia was the winning character in the "[[All Kids Can Character Search]]" contest,<ref>http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090605204110/http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/ archived page])</ref> created by [[Connor Gordon]] of Savage, Minnesota.<ref name="ten">http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/cvsallkidscan/38425/</ref> Her last name, Gordon, is a reference to Connor Gordon.

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.<ref>http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100626180109/http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm archived page])</ref>

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.<ref>http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141116094003/http://archive.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750 archived page])</ref> According to CVS Caremark, Lydia was planned to be in two future episodes.<ref name="cvscaremark"/> However, ''Arthur'' director [[Greg Bailey]] says he never heard of plans for these episodes.<ref name="ECC">http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/arthur-ny-comic-con-2013/msg1747/#msg1747 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131227061832/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/arthur-ny-comic-con-2013/msg1747/ archived page])</ref> Though, both Bailey and [[Marc Brown Studios]] do confirm that Lydia is going to appear in [[season 18]].<ref name="ECC"/><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=541987352560240 (see description)</ref>


==Appearances==
===''Arthur''===
*1401a "[[The Wheel Deal]]"
===Websites===
*[[All Kids Can Character Search]]

==Gallery==
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|image1 = TWD18.png}}
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 {{Character infobox
-|image = Lydia.png
+|character name = Lydia Gordon
+|image = Screen_shot_2010-10-11_at_4.30.33_PM.png
 |gender = Female
-|animal = Fox<ref name="specialchildren1">http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2009/05/12/arthur-has-a-new-friend-a-basketball-loving-wheelchair-using-fox.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100626180109/http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm archived page])</ref>
+|animal = Fox
+|age = 10<ref name="ten"></ref><ref>http://www.wgbh.org/brand_portal/kids.cfm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141116095420/http://www.wgbh.org/brand_portal/kids.cfm archived page])</ref>
 |portrayer = [[Barbara Mamabolo]]<ref name="thewheeldealcredits">[[:File:TDW_Voice_Cast.JPG]]</ref>
-|cartoon_debut = "[[The Wheel Deal]]"
+|cartoon first appeared = "[[The Wheel Deal]]"|hair = Reddish-brown|complexion = Cream}}'''Lydia Gordon'''<ref name="thewheeldealcredits"/> (also called '''Lydia Fox''') is a girl in a wheelchair who helped [[Alan Powers|Brain]] learn to play basketball in a wheelchair when he injured his ankle.
-|hair = {{perbang|AE2106|Moderate scarlet}}
-|complexion = {{perbang|FEDC92|Very light gamboge}}
-}}
-'''Lydia Fox'''<ref>"[[Little Miss Meanie]]"</ref> (formerly '''Lydia Gordon''')
-is a girl who plays on the [[wheelchair]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball basketball] team.
 ==Biography==
-She helped [[Alan Powers|Brain]] learn to play basketball in a wheelchair when he injured his ankle.{{Ep|The Wheel Deal}}
+{{missing|biography}}
+<!-- Make a basic summary of her role in The Wheel Deal. Magnet will take care of it tomorrow if it in insufficient. -->
-She later entered the [[Little Miss Crocus]] pageant, along with [[Muffy Crosswire|Muffy]].{{Ep|Little Miss Meanie}}
-Lydia was a substitute basketball coach at [[Elwood Community Preschool|the preschool]], where she met [[D.W. Read]].{{Ep|The Princess Problem}}
 ==Physical appearance==
-<gallery type="slideshow">
+Lydia has a light tan complexion 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.
-TWD42.png|Basketball clothes
-LittleMissMeanie28.jpg|Dress
-Lydia as Princess Prophecia.jpg|Princess Prophecia costume
-</gallery>
-Lydia has a light gamboge complexion and short moderate scarlet hair. She wears red, rectangular-shaped glasses. Lydia wears a lavender, lime, and green t-shirt with a picture of a flower, a purple skirt, white socks, and gray shoes. For playing sports, she wears a red-orange t-shirt with yellow edges/stripes and a yellow number '1', black pants with red stripes on the sides, and white and light blue shoes. For the Little Miss Crocus pageant, she wears a blue t-shirt, a cyan skirt decorated with a dark pink ribbon, and dark pink shoes. Her [[Princess Prophecia]] costume consists of a white dress with gray lines on the shoulders and waist, an upside-down golden triangle below the waistline, and three yellow stars on the chest area. She wears golden arm guards with red heart decorations, light blue leggings, and blueish-black shoes. While wearing this costume, her hair is styled into two curls on either side (akin to Princess Leia from ''{{W|Star Wars}}'') and her wheelchair is decorated with blue, green, red, and yellow fairly lights.
 ==Personality==
-Lydia is a tomboy with a love for basketball who doesn't let her wheelchair be an obstacle for her.
+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.<ref name="cvscaremark">http://web.archive.org/web/20101229112118/http://info.cvscaremark.com/newsroom/press-releases/arthurr-and-cvs-caremark-debut-winner-arthurall-kids-can-character-search-ju (archived page)</ref> She likes to draw and design T-shirts. She also likes track, baseball, and basketball.<ref name="specialchildren1">http://specialchildren.about.com/b/2009/05/12/arthur-has-a-new-friend-a-basketball-loving-wheelchair-using-fox.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100626180109/http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm archived page])</ref>
-==Behind the scenes==
+==Character development==
 [[File:Original_lydia_drawing.jpg|Connor Gordon's original drawing|thumb]]
-Lydia was the winning character in the 2009 "[[All Kids Can Character Search]]" contest,<ref>http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090605204110/http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/ archived page])</ref> created by 11-year-old Connor Gordon of {{W|Savage, Minnesota}}.<ref name="ten">http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/cvsallkidscan/38425/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110308075111/http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/cvsallkidscan/38425/ archived page])</ref>
+Lydia was the winning character in the "[[All Kids Can Character Search]]" contest,<ref>http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090605204110/http://pbskids.org/arthur/allkidscan/ archived page])</ref> created by [[Connor Gordon]] of Savage, Minnesota.<ref name="ten">http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/cvsallkidscan/38425/</ref> Her last name, Gordon, is a reference to Connor Gordon.
-A local news interview in 2010 hinted that Lydia may become a permanent character on the show.<ref>http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141116094003/http://archive.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750 archived page])</ref> Despite the 2009 claim that Lydia was already planned to be in two additional episodes,<ref name="cvscaremark">https://web.archive.org/web/20090706062033/http://info.cvscaremark.com/newsroom/press-releases/arthurr-and-cvs-caremark-debut-winner-arthurall-kids-can-character-search-ju (archived page)</ref> these episodes were not actually in development at all.<ref name="ECC">http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/arthur-ny-comic-con-2013/msg1747/#msg1747 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131227061832/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/arthur-ny-comic-con-2013/msg1747/ archived page])</ref> However, Lydia was eventually planned to appear in [[season 18]],<ref name="ECC" /><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=541987352560240 (see description)</ref> which was over 6 years later. Due to the fact that two seasons were produced at once, Lydia's episode ("[[Little Miss Meanie]]") was made part of [[season 19]] instead.
+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.<ref>http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100626180109/http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm archived page])</ref>
-Connor originally wrote Lydia's backstory that she was paralyzed from the waist down from an injury at age seven.<ref>http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100626180109/http://specialchildren.about.com/od/inthecommunity/p/arthurcontest.htm archived page])</ref> However, this idea was not kept in the TV episode, where Lydia instead says she has been that way since birth. Connor described Lydia as a 10-year-old,<ref name="ten" /><ref>http://www.wgbh.org/brand_portal/kids.cfm ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141116095420/http://www.wgbh.org/brand_portal/kids.cfm archived page])</ref> but no official material has confirmed it.
+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.<ref>http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141116094003/http://archive.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876750 archived page])</ref> According to CVS Caremark, Lydia was planned to be in two future episodes.<ref name="cvscaremark"/> However, ''Arthur'' director [[Greg Bailey]] says he never heard of plans for these episodes.<ref name="ECC">http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/arthur-ny-comic-con-2013/msg1747/#msg1747 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131227061832/http://elwoodcitycentral.createaforum.com/arthur-news/arthur-ny-comic-con-2013/msg1747/ archived page])</ref> Though, both Bailey and [[Marc Brown Studios]] do confirm that Lydia is going to appear in [[season 18]].<ref name="ECC"/><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=541987352560240 (see description)</ref>
-In Connor's original entry, Lydia's full name was Lydia Fox. In the voice credits for "The Wheel Deal", her name was changed to '''Lydia Gordon''',<ref name="thewheeldealcredits" /> presumably in reference to Connor Gordon, though this last name is not spoken in the episode itself. In "Little Miss Meanie", the full name Lydia Fox is said aloud multiple times.
 ==Appearances==
-==={{Arthur}}===
+===''Arthur''===
-*[[Season 14]]
+*1401a "[[The Wheel Deal]]"
-**14x01a. "[[The Wheel Deal]]" {{C|first appearance}}
+===Websites===
-*[[Season 19]]
-**19x08b. "[[Little Miss Meanie]]"
-*[[Season 21]]
-**21x06b. "[[The Princess Problem]]"
-*[[Season 24]]
-**24x01a [[George Scraps His Sculpture]]
-===Online===
 *[[All Kids Can Character Search]]
-*[[Arthur's Top 20]]
+==Gallery==
+{{Fullgallery
+|image3 = TWD49.png
+|image2 = TWD25.png
+|image1 = TWD18.png}}
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{Refbar}}
 [[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Minor characters]]
 [[Category:Female]]
 [[Category:Foxes]]
 [[Category:Kids]]
 [[Category:Characters with glasses]]
+[[Category:Renamed characters]]
 [[Category:Red hair]]
 [[Category:Characters with medical conditions]]
-[[Category:Characters with known ages]]
+[[Category:Brown hair]]
-[[Category:A to Z]]
+[[Category:Cream complexion]]
-[[Category:Secondary Characters]]
+[[Category:Cone nose]]