Gideon is a minor character in NieR and NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139.... He is the younger brother of Jakob, both of whom live in Junk Heap.

Story

In the first half of the game, he is depicted as a young boy while in the second half, he is fully grown and running the shop in place of his brother. When he was a boy, Gideon was very attached to his mother and brother, and due to his youth was very childish and innocent. For a long time, he behaved like a spoiled child in front of his brother, and would flaunt his status as a younger brother as an excuse for his selfish words and actions.

However, after his mother disappeared, he became overly dependent on Jakob, so when he lost his brother through his own mistakes, his personality began to break down. He managed to keep his ego by making himself believe that the robots caused his brother's death, and continued making strong weapons to exact his revenge on them. Also, he remembers ripping off his brother's arm while trying to pull his corpse out of the debris, a memory that caused him much trauma. After that, he began injuring his own arm, eventually going overboard and requiring an artificial arm to replace it. After seeing his brother's crushed body, he discovered P-33, a big robot, and developed an absolute hate for all robots for taking away his family. As time passed his hatred grew to a level of near madness, as he would chuckle at the thought of any robot being destroyed. Even when it was shown that a small Shade was involved in working the robot, he refused to accept that Shades were at all responsible.

In the second play through, it was revealed by P-33 that he and his Shade friend, Kalil, were not at all responsible for Jakob's demise. The boy's loud voice caused the loose structure to topple on top of Jacob, effectively causing the events leading to Gideon's madness. Kalil, the Shade, expressed sorrow as it thought the two boys seemed kind.

During the initial inspection of the Junk Heap, it was revealed that his mother was killed by Defense System: Geppetto when she attempted to leave the boys to pursue a life of her own with her lover.

Appearance

Gideon is a young boy with short red hair and black eyes. He wears a brown uniform similar to that of his older brother's, along with a pair of dark-brown boots.

After the five-year timeskip in Act II, Gideon has become a young man. After the death of Jakob, Gideon began harming himself by mutilating his left arm, to the point where it was amputated and replaced with a mechanical prosthetic. His hair is swept to the right side of his head, and has become gray due to traumatic shock and his deteriorated mental state following his brother's death.

Trivia

• In the Grimoire NieR novella Mountain of the Damned, Jakob briefly blocks off the entrance to the Junk Heap and considers crippling Gideon to keep him from entering in search of their mother.
• It is implied that the Tavern owner at the south shore of Seafront is the father of Jakob and Gideon.
• Gideon shares the same English voice actor in Replicant ver.1.22, Yuri Lowenthal, with Jakob in the original NieR.
• Gideon is named after the untrustworthy cat from The Adventures of Pinocchio.^[1]

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