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(Found this video so far of Glydon in Sand Kingdom, his hair are dark green, by the way)
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{{quote2|Flying, flying, flying, flying, skree-EEEE!|Glydon|[[Super Mario Odyssey]]}}
{{quote2|Flying, flying, flying, flying, skree-EEEE!|Glydon|[[Super Mario Odyssey]]}}


'''Glydon'''<ref name="Glydonintroduction">Nintendo Life (September 20, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqJ9Z9UtvDA New Character Glydon in Super Mario Odyssey for Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 5, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/SuperMario_UK/status/922393547801800704 Post about Glydon from the official UK and Irish Twitter account of ''Super Mario''].</ref> is a flying lizard who is enthusiastic about flying and gliding. [[Mario]] meets Glydon in several Kingdoms throughout the game ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. He states that he's travelling to various Kingdoms to glide from the highest places,<ref name="Glydonintroduction"/> while the World atlas as well as his bandana having similar motifs as the ones found on the ponchos of Tostarenans indicate that his homeland is in the [[Sand Kingdom]].<ref>{{media link|SMO New Map.jpg|Current World atlas of ''Super Mario Odyssey''.}}</ref>  
'''Glydon'''<ref name="Glydonintroduction">Nintendo Life (September 20, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqJ9Z9UtvDA New Character Glydon in Super Mario Odyssey for Switch]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 5, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/SuperMario_UK/status/922393547801800704 Post about Glydon from the official UK and Irish Twitter account of ''Super Mario''].</ref> is a flying lizard who is enthusiastic about flying and gliding. [[Mario]] meets Glydon in several Kingdoms throughout the game ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. He states that he's travelling to various Kingdoms to glide from the highest places,<ref name="Glydonintroduction"/> while the World atlas as well as his bandana having similar motifs as the ones found on the ponchos of Tostarenans indicate that his homeland is in the [[Sand Kingdom]],<ref>{{media link|SMO New Map.jpg|Current World atlas of ''Super Mario Odyssey''.}}</ref> which is indeed the first Kingdom where he can be found in the game.<ref>GamesMundo GAMER WordGames GAMER (October 26, 2017). [https://youtu.be/5EbdWvj6vLo?t=5897 Super Mario Odyssey Gameplay completo Part 2 Sand Kingdom 100%]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 27, 2017.</ref>


[[File:SMO Shot - Tropical Jungle Lizard.png|thumb|left|Glydon, [[capture]]d by [[Mario]], gliding in the [[Lost Kingdom]].]]
[[File:SMO Shot - Tropical Jungle Lizard.png|thumb|left|Glydon, [[capture]]d by [[Mario]], gliding in the [[Lost Kingdom]].]]
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==Physical appearance==
==Physical appearance==
[[File:SMO Mario Glydon.jpg|thumb|right|Glydon with [[Mario]].]]
[[File:SMO Mario Glydon.jpg|thumb|right|Glydon with [[Mario]].]]
Glydon is a yellow bipedal {{wp|Draco (genus)|flying lizard}}. He's taller than Mario and features a long tail, two hands with three fingers and a thumb each and two rather short legs which are typically kept significantly bent and almost resting on the coronal plane, resulting in a very peculiar walking gait. He also has two giant membranes on his sides, the {{wp|Patagium|patagia}}, that he uses for gliding and are reddish-orange in color, with various visible veinings on the inside, while the outside is red into orange on the tip, featuring irregular yellow stripes. The rest of his skin is mostly yellow with faintly visible scales, bar the back which features small orange stripes, the lower part of his body and from the lower part of the muzzle up to the tip of his tail, which is fully white and doesn't feature scales. His head features three short black hairs on the tip and eyes which are at the side and slightly protruding from the head. Said eyes have big black pupils surrounded by small light orange irises and a white sclera, as well as yellow eyelids that he typically keeps slightly lowered until he has been captured by Mario. The upper tip of his muzzle features two small nostrils while the mouth itself is toothless and only features a red rounded tongue. He wears small round red spectales on the tip of his muzzle, reddish brown shoes with beige outsoles, similar to those worn by [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], and a bandana with alternating yellow and red stripes that end with yellow and red triangles and an outline formed by a green strip followed by a white strip.
Glydon is a yellow bipedal {{wp|Draco (genus)|flying lizard}}. He's taller than Mario and features a long tail, two hands with three fingers and a thumb each and two rather short legs which are typically kept significantly bent and almost resting on the coronal plane, resulting in a very peculiar walking gait. He also has two giant membranes on his sides, the {{wp|Patagium|patagia}}, that he uses for gliding and are reddish-orange in color, with various visible veinings on the inside, while the outside is red into orange on the tip, featuring irregular yellow stripes. The rest of his skin is mostly yellow with faintly visible scales, bar the back which features small orange stripes, the lower part of his body and from the lower part of the muzzle up to the tip of his tail, which is fully white and doesn't feature scales. His head features three short dark green hairs on the tip and eyes which are at the side and slightly protruding from the head. Said eyes have big black pupils surrounded by small light orange irises and a white sclera, as well as yellow eyelids that he typically keeps slightly lowered until he has been captured by Mario. The upper tip of his muzzle features two small nostrils while the mouth itself is toothless and only features a red rounded tongue. He wears small round red spectales on the tip of his muzzle, reddish brown shoes with beige outsoles, similar to those worn by [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], and a bandana with alternating yellow and red stripes that end with yellow and red triangles and an outline formed by a green strip followed by a white strip.


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==

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Glydon[1][2] is a flying lizard who is enthusiastic about flying and gliding. Mario meets Glydon in several Kingdoms throughout the game Super Mario Odyssey. He states that he's travelling to various Kingdoms to glide from the highest places,[1] while the World atlas as well as his bandana having similar motifs as the ones found on the ponchos of Tostarenans indicate that his homeland is in the Sand Kingdom,[3] which is indeed the first Kingdom where he can be found in the game.[4]

Screenshot from Super Mario Odyssey.
Glydon, captured by Mario, gliding in the Lost Kingdom.

Mario can take control of Glydon to glide and dive. When captured, Glydon is unable to swim and simply disappears as soon as he touches water.[1] Some Power Moons are obtained from other non-playable characters when Mario succesfully reaches distant places by gliding with Glydon.[1]

His name is a portmanteau of "glide" and "-odon", a typical suffix used for animals (often reptiles, such as Iguanodon and Pteranodon) distinguished or recognized through their teeth.

Physical appearance

Mario with Glydon in Super Mario Odyssey.
Glydon with Mario.

Glydon is a yellow bipedal flying lizard. He's taller than Mario and features a long tail, two hands with three fingers and a thumb each and two rather short legs which are typically kept significantly bent and almost resting on the coronal plane, resulting in a very peculiar walking gait. He also has two giant membranes on his sides, the patagia, that he uses for gliding and are reddish-orange in color, with various visible veinings on the inside, while the outside is red into orange on the tip, featuring irregular yellow stripes. The rest of his skin is mostly yellow with faintly visible scales, bar the back which features small orange stripes, the lower part of his body and from the lower part of the muzzle up to the tip of his tail, which is fully white and doesn't feature scales. His head features three short dark green hairs on the tip and eyes which are at the side and slightly protruding from the head. Said eyes have big black pupils surrounded by small light orange irises and a white sclera, as well as yellow eyelids that he typically keeps slightly lowered until he has been captured by Mario. The upper tip of his muzzle features two small nostrils while the mouth itself is toothless and only features a red rounded tongue. He wears small round red spectales on the tip of his muzzle, reddish brown shoes with beige outsoles, similar to those worn by Yoshis, and a bandana with alternating yellow and red stripes that end with yellow and red triangles and an outline formed by a green strip followed by a white strip.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese カックー[5]
Kakkū
From 「滑空」, kakkū, which means "gliding".
Dutch Glydon[10] -
German Segelmander[9] Portmanteau of segeln (to glide) and Salamander.
Italian Planosauro[6] From planata (glide) and -sauro (lizard).
Portuguese Glydon[11] -
Russian Птеродон[12]
Pterodon
From Птер-, the Russian transcription of the Greek πτερ- (wing), and -одон, the Russian transcription of the Greek -όδων (tooth).
Spanish Planeosaurio[7] From planeo (glide) and -saurio (lizard).

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