- "Whoa, take it easy! I have a broken foot!"
- ―Tony Gonzales
Anthony "Tony" Nicholas Gonzales appears as a main recurring character in Sibling Rivalries.
Description[]
Growing up in Green Bay, Tony was pretty lonely. However, one day he would meet another kid named Salvador Martinez after he had moved here and his parents befriended Tony's parents. Salvador was very compassionate and friendly, and he became Tony's best friend. Tony's confidence would improve as Salvador continued to grow their list of friends, one of them including Angel Chacon and other Green Bay residents.
Tony is a former member of the Green Bay Packers Youth Football Team, but he suffered an injury by James Johnson from the rival Wisconsin Warriors team. He has broken his left foot and now uses crutches to walk around. This began his hatred for the Warriors, as well as a disliking for their team captain Giovanni Ancelotti who made the team more evil.
Upon meeting the McReary siblings who move to Green Bay in October 2013, Tony warns them about Giovanni and the Warriors, especially since they have recruited an old friend of theirs, Joel Gonzales (who is also his cousin). While he tells them to be careful, he also mentions how they are mostly cowards who are all bark and no bite.
As mentioned, Tony is also the cousin of Joel and Jose Gonzales, but Tony's relationship with Joel is pretty strained due to the latter's mischevious actions.
Foot Injury[]
Tony has had a broken foot throughout the entire course of the series, which is unlikely to ever heal due to the series' floating timeline. He always needs some extra help from San Salvador or Jose to navigate around.
There is some inconsistency regarding whether Tony's entire left leg is broken or just his foot, because earlier drawings have his entire leg in bandages, but his dialogue mentions a broken foot. However, in present day appearances, only his foot is drawn with bandages.
After the main events of the series, Tony's foot apparently does heal for a while, but as revealed in "Pack To The Future", he suffers another injury during his junior year of high school. Rather than wear crutches, he now wears a boot.
Even in a further future scene, as depicted in "Rock n' Roll, Bro!", Tony breaks his foot yet again, which could be from either college football or another football league. He once again has his foot bandaged up and uses crutches.
Trivia[]
- In Tony's first appearance, Angel Chacon calls him "Tone", which is also a nickname given to Tony Prince by Luis Fernando Lopez in The Ballad of Gay Tony. This nickname has never been used again.
- He is one of only several characters with known middle names, others include San Salvador and Jason Parker.
- Of all of the McReary siblings' friends, Tony is perhaps the one with the least amount of appearances/significance to comics.