Deuce Gorgon

"You won't know 'til you know, you know?"

-Deuce consoling Cleo de Nile in "Varsity Boos"

Deuce Gorgon is the 16 year old son of Medusa. He has a pet rat with two tails named Perseus, and can turn people to stone, albeit temporarily, with his gaze.

Personality
Deuce Gorgon is friendly and outgoing, and very confident. He loves sports, although he conceals his love for cooking for fear of ridicule.

Portrayals
In the webisodes and Monster High movie "New Ghoul @ School", Deuce's voice is provided by Yuri Lowenthal.

Physical Description
Deuce is tall and muscular, with green eyes that can turn people to stone (at least for a few hours) which is why he wears glasses. His scalp hair is actually scaly and green, and a top his head are a bunch of snakes, forming a mohawk (or snake-hawk as Deuce calls it). He also has green scales on his bicep, though it's unclear if it is part of his skin or an added tattoo.

Classic Monster
Deuce is the son of the Gorgon Medusa, a figure from classic Greek mythology, and most likely influenced by her portrayal in the 1981 film Clash of the Titans and its 2010 remake of the same name.

In the mythological tale, Medusa was transformed into a terrible monster by an angered Athena due to the fact that she and Poseidon, the god of the seas and Athena's constant rival, snuck into her temple for some alone time. Her beautiful hair was turned into snakes, and her face became so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone. In later versions of the story, Medusa also has two sisters, Stheno and Euryale, who als were changed into monsters. In some versions this was because they tried defending their sister and were caught in the spell, in others because they begged Athena to "make Medusa as beautiful as they once more" while Athena was still very angry.&nbsp In Clash of the Titans, the warrior Perseus needs to kill the Kraken, so he wants to use Medusa's gaze to turn it to stone. However, that requires killing her. Perseus travels to the Isle of the Dead and kills her guardian, a two-headed dog (the possible inspiration of Deuce's pet rat). Perseus decapitates Medusa.

The 1981 film is famous because it features the stop-motion animation of master Ray Harryhausen.

Family
Deuce lives with his mother in "a building from one of those pictures at a Greek restaurant. The kind with the big columns and everything." In the Books his mother's name is shortened to Maddy so as not to attract unwanted attention. Nothing is known about Deuce's father.

Every Summer Vacation, Deuce and his mother travel to Greece to visit his Aunts Stheno and Euryale, the former of which Deuce often has a cook-off against, which may be where his love of cooking came from.

Friends
Deuce appears to be friends with Heath Burns in "New Ghoul @ School", and states in his diary that he has an amicable relationship with Clawdeen Wolf's brother Clawd, since they're both on "the team". He makes friends with Jackson Jekyll during a game of pick-up casketball. He appears to be friends with Operetta in "Phantom of the Opry" and in the third wave diaries.

Even though Deuce seems to be friends with Heath Burns, he didn't hesitate in turning him into a stone in "New Ghoul @ School".

Pet
Deuce's pet is a two-tailed rat named Perseus, much to his mother's distaste.

He had a pet dragon named Smokey when he was young, he was the first thing Deuce turned into stone. Smokey is supposed to change back on the anniversary of the incident, although Deuce isn't sure which one.

Romance
Deuce is dating Cleo de Nile. The two had liked each other for a while whilst Cleo was dating Clawd Wolf, but Deuce did not want to ruin Cleo and Clawd's relationship by asking her out, and Cleo said that she wouldn't have said yes for the same reason. However, they were quick to start dating after Cleo and Clawd broke up. He is somehow able to deal with her demanding attitude.

According to "New Ghoul @ School", he was Frankie Stein's first crush, although she stopped viewing him as a potential boyfriend after she found out that he was already dating Cleo de Nile. They are not afraid to show public affection.

Deuce in the Monster High books
In the Monster High book, Melody kisses Deuce to get back at Cleo for kissing Jackson. This causes a rift in Cleo and Deuce's relationship, but they work through it. When Cleo decides to not go to The Monster Mash, Deuce and Melody go as just friends. When Melody removes Deuce's glasses, he gets angry and leaves the dance.

As well as wearing his sunglasses at all times, in the Monster High books Deuce must also always wear a hat in order to hide his snakes.

In Ghoul Next Door, he redeems himself to Cleo by giving her a snake (which was his mothers first grey hair), that she names Hissette.

Deuce's Official Facebook Description
Deuce rocks…literally! He’s 16 and the son of Medusa, so be careful not to look into his eyes. Seriously, that’s why he wears those freaky-fab shades all the time. If you look too long into his eyes – poof – you’re stone. Thank goth it’s not permanent. His green reptilian scales and snake mohawk make all the ghouls in school swoon. He loves rocking out to his fave music - rock and metal, of course - and when he’s not winning battle of the bands or playing casketball, he’s probably chillin’ with this two-tailed pet rat Perseus.

Basic
Deuce wears a red sleeveless shirt with a skull graphic on it, with a gray and white striped vest or a gray hoodie. He has black pants, a black fingerless glove on his left hand, and a black wristband with the Monster High logo on his right wrist and wears classic checkerboard Vans. He always wears red sunglasses to prevent turning friends into rocks (although it's only temporary).

Dawn of the Dance
Deuce wears a green collared shirt with polka-dots, a black tie, and a black and white argyle vest with a hood lined with purple, black and grey pinstriped pants and white shoes. Instead of his usual red sunglasses, he wears a pair of gold-rimmed aviator shades. The doll comes with a neon-green iCoffin.

Scream Uniform
Deuce's basketball uniform is a black sleeveless top with a pink and white trim and a pink v-neck, with shorts with the same trim.

He also wears black sneakers with green laces, white socks with black argyle at the top, and green sunglasses.

His uniform number is 13.

Trivia

 * Although Deuce is on the school's casketball team, and he was cited as the team captain in the Higher Deaducation advert, the only time that he has been seen playing is in the Toys 'R' Us webisode "Super Fan", and Clawd has been made captain instead.
 * In the Monster High books, Deuce has an impressive collection of sunglasses, owning over 300 pairs
 * As well as having snake-like eyes, Deuce also has a forked tongue. It was seen in one of the photos that came with the first wave of Dawn of the Dance dolls.
 * It also appears that Deuce can turn inanimate objects to stone, but petrification apparently lasts longer than with living creatures (as seen in "Hatch Me If You Can" and "Varsity Boos").
 * He makes a cameo appearance alongside his ghoulfriend Cleo in Draculaura's section of the Higher Deaducation advert.
 * Deuce is the only character seen as a child, in the webisode "Hiss-teria".
 * Deuce's style is based on Punk fashion.