Tyson/Film

Not part of Riordanverse The following article/section is from the Percy Jackson Movies continuity and not the Riordanverse canon.

This article is about the film character. You may be looking for the book character or the TV character of the same name.

Tyson
Biographical information
Full name	Tyson
Gender	Male
Age	15
Alias	Son of Poseidon
Family	Poseidon (father) Unnamed nymph (mother) Percy Jackson (paternal half-brother)
Affiliation	Camp Half-Blood
Residence	Camp Half-Blood
Item	Mist
Status	Alive
Physical description
Eye	Brown
Hair	Brown
Species	Cyclops
Behind the scenes
Appearances	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Actor	Douglas Smith

“	The water, it healed me. Son of Poseidon	”
–Tyson after saving Percy from Luke in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Tyson is a Cyclops, a son of Poseidon and a nymph, and the paternal half-brother of Percy Jackson.

History

His past is not explored in great detail, but Tyson reveals that when he was living in the mountains, he accidentally scared a group of Boy Scouts.

Percy Jackson (film series)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Tyson arrives in Camp Half-Blood on his own, having been guided there by a glowing trident. He enters the camp due to its weakening defensive barrier. He presents himself first at the Big House to Mr. D and Chiron, who in turn informed Percy. Shortly after being teased by Clarisse, Tyson helps to save her from a Colchis Bull due to his great strength and resistance to fire.

After Percy, Grover and Annabeth decide to go on the quest for the Golden Fleece, Tyson sneaks after them, making a great deal of noise due to his full pack. In spite of Annabeth's misgivings about having a cyclops on the quest, Grover is eager to have him accompany them after hearing from Tyson that the fleece is guarded by Polyphemus. Exasperated by Tyson's conspicuousness, Annabeth sprays him with a bottle of the Mist to hide his single eye.

After finding the location of Luke's ship, the Princess Andromeda, Tyson asks his father for help getting there and is rewarded with the arrival of a hippocampus. On the ship, they are quickly captured, and Annabeth believes that Tyson intentionally had them captured by making noise. They manage to escape from the ship in a life-raft, but Tyson's Mist-induced disguise wears off, returning him to his normal cyclopean appearance, which reminds him of his past of rejection. In an effort to cheer him up, Percy offers to let him steer the ship with the thermos of the four winds, which he accidentally drops into the Sea of Monsters.

On the island of Polyphemus, Tyson tried to reason with the giant cyclops but fails, since Polyphemus sees him as a traitor to their kind for siding with demigods. After trapping Polyphemus in his cave, Tyson takes a crossbow bolt meant for Percy, falling from a ledge into an underground stream. He later returns to save Percy from Luke, revealing that the water had healed him. He returns with the other demigods and is told by Percy that he does not need to hide who he is anymore.

Appearance

Tyson is has a tall and lean build with shaggy brown hair and a single brown eye.

Personality

Tyson is friendly and helpful. Unlike the book, Tyson isn't childish and clumsy.

Abilities

• Forging skills: As a Cyclops, Tyson possesses innate talent with metal works and is gifted with extra delicate hands, which allows him to make small items with remarkable precision and detail.
• Fire Immunity: As a cyclops, Tyson is immune to fire.
• Vitakinesis (limited): As a son of Poseidon, Tyson is healed by being in water. After being shot with an arrow by Luke and seemingly being mortally wounded, Tyson falls into a river which quickly heals his wound.

Relationships

Percy Jackson

Tyson is kind towards Percy, and protective of him.

Etymology

"Tyson" is an Old French name meaning "high spirited" which could pretty much sum up his behavior as Tyson is very high spirited and childlike

Trivia

• Tyson's ability to heal in water is unique to the film version of the character. The book version of Tyson does not have this ability.
• In the film series, it's implied that Percy and Tyson are the only known living children of Poseidon as its stated that Percy was thought to be Poseidon's only heir before Tyson arrived.