Thailog

Thailog is a character from the Disney superhero animated series Gargoyles. He is the antithesis of the story's hero, Goliath. The character is voiced by Keith David in the show.

In the fictional universe of Gargoyles, the story centres on a warrior clan of gargoyles led by a creature called Goliath. Thailog is Goliath's complete opposite: an evil clone created by Dr. Anton Sevarius's genetic researches in Gen-U-Tech Enterprises.

The opposing natures of Goliath and Thailog is signalled in several ways. Firstly, an examination of their names reaveals that Thailog is 'Goliath' written backwards (except that the letters 'T' and 'H' invert their positions); secondly their colors are photo-negatives, with Thailog having dark skin and white hair, and his eyes gleam with red feminine 'anger state' color. In terms of their character, Goliath is portrayed as noble, honorable, loyal to his friends and full of principles. Conversely, Thailog is cruel, greedy, ambitious and seeks mainly for power and material wealth.

The story line of the series frequently involves Thailog seeking to dominate those under him and even manipulate and deceive others into doing his dirty work to achieve his personal goals. Despite being created by Sevarius and David Xanatos and being trained by them to see the world by Xanatos's obsessive and utopian ways, he betrays them to steal US$ 20 million from Xanatos's personal fortune. An exchange between Owen and Xanatos after latter realizes that Thailog has successfully feigned his death sums up the threat he poses.

Owen: "You mean that creature is still out there, it has the money, it's as powerful as Goliath... And it's SMARTER than you?"

Xanatos: "Owen, I think I've created a monster."

Similarly, he makes several allegiances with Demona (Goliath's ex-mate), always planning to double-cross her in order to destroy her and benefit himself. These evil schemes included: forcing Demona into marrying Macbeth (the immortal former king of Scotland) so that they would kill each other and Thailog would incorporate their fortune for himself; plotting with Demona to obtain genetic material from Goliath's clan to create primitive clones of them, but then using it to create the gargoyle concubine Delilah to replace Demona.

In Thailog's final confrontation, to date, he and Demona fought each other on a condemned rollercoaster which ended up crumbling over them. Demona, being immortal, survived. But what the fate of Thailog remains a mystery. The show's creator, Greg Weisman, has stated that had the show continued, Thailog would have become a prominent villain, and it can thus be assumed that he somehow survived the collapse of the rollercoaster also.