Oh. Well I have some tips for you to get research and get him faster! 1. Try joining runs with most of your friends, or try finding a public lobby thats actually good. 2. If your doing solo, use a 5 star extraction toon, because if you progress through floors faster, gourdy has a chance of spawning more. 3. Use rodger if gourdy is on the board, and use vanity mirror and any other speed trinket (pink bow works very good), because twisted gourdy is faster than twisted pebble. 4. Save up pumpkins and ichor; don't spend all of it on stickers and skins, because you wont have enough requirements for him even of you get full research.
Thats all!