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This Hero was Headlined on January 2020. | ||
| NOTE: This article is about the version of Spyro from the original games. You may be looking for information on his The Legend of Spyro counterpart or his Skylanders counterpart. |
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| “ | Looks like I got some things to do! | „ |
| ~ Spyro the Dragon (1998). |
| “ | Hold your horns! Here comes Spyro! | „ |
| ~ Spyro, from his game debut. |
Spyro the Dragon is the titular main protagonist of the video game series of the same name.
He is the loyal hero of the Dragon Realms that he calls home, commonly saving the world from the evils that threaten peace. Throughout his adventures, he is joined by a yellow dragonfly named Sparx, as well as a large cast of characters who help him on his quests.
In the first game, he was voiced by Carlos Alazraqui in the first game, who also voiced Rocko in Rocko's Modern Life. In three of its sequels, the Reignited Trilogy series and his current voice actor, he is voiced by Tom Kenny who has also voiced Dog from CatDog, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Dad-o in Henry Hugglemonster. In Spyro: A Hero's Tail, he is voiced by Jess Harnell.
Personality
Spyro is known as a heroic dragon who is ready for action. He is fearless, spunky, and has a blazing personality. Spyro also has little interest in love, seeing it as "a sad sight" (though in the Reignited Trilogy, it's teased that he might be a little interested in Elora, so he may be open to it in some cases). Spyro's exact characterization varies depending on the game; in the original version of the first game, he had a much more pronounced disrespectful and snarky attitude to a number of the dragons he saved and came off as mostly being interested in beating up Gnasty Gnorc. However, in Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon, he showed more actual care for those he saved, and his initial bratty and arrogant attitude was much more toned down, possibly to showcase him maturing and caring more about doing the right thing. Conversely, however, in A Hero's Tail, his arrogance becomes more pronounced again, and he actually denies helps to those who won't reward him at a couple of different points.
In the Reignited Trilogy, on the other hand, a lot of his interactions, especially in the case of the first game, are tweaked or altered to make him come off as more playful, friendly and kid-like. While he's still impatient, showing reluctance to listen to some of the older dragons' monologues or stories, as well as overly eager to torch Gnasty Gnorc, he comes off as less snarky and disrespectful and all-around nicer, with this characterization consistently carrying over into the next couple of games. It's just that in those cases, the difference from the original games doesn't stand out as much since his personality already softened in the original version of those installments. Overall, Spyro might be a little on the arrogant and overconfident side, but he is pretty much always willing to help those in need and will quickly head off to save the day without any fear or hesitation.
Powers and Abilities
- Dragon physiology: Spyro is a purple dragon, a special and rare breed of dragon.
- Flight: A standard dragon ability.
- Fire Breath: A standard dragon's ability to breathe fire. Spyro can breathe a stream of fire or fireballs from his mouth.
- Advanced strength: Spyro is capable of taking down opponents so that some of them were sent flying, even bringing down opponents who are bigger than him.
- Advanced durability: Spyro is resistant and tough given his tough dragon scales.
- Advanced endurance: Spyro is able to endure attacks and injuries, even from the toughest of opponents.
- Advanced stamina: Spyro can remain active and battle, explore, and fly without getting exhausted or showing any signs of fatigue.
- Advanced speed: Spyro can fly, swim and run at high speeds.
- Advanced Agility: Spyro is agile and fast to react, and can make quick turns when he's flying.
- Electricity Breath: Spyro can exhale a stream of electricity from his mouth.
- Ice Breath: Spyro can exhale ice that he can freeze objects and his opponents with, even encasing them in ice.
- Horns: Spyro can use his horns to charge at his opponents; he even breaks objects if need be, performs a dive when he's in the air, and then come down headfirst.
- Expert combat: Spyro can hold his own in a fight. He can perform close combat by using his horn or tail to strike his opponents. He can use his elemental breaths to attack from a distance or attack them at a close range.
- Master Aerial Combat: Spyro is also well-versed when fighting while in the air. Spyro can use his horns or tail to strike, use velocity when charging, and send his opponents crashing down. Spyro can use his elemental breaths to attack from a distance or to deliver an attack at close range.
- High intellect: Spyro is very intelligent and understands how mechanics and mechanisms work. He is perceptive and analytical, able to figure out an opponent's weak spot and attack when there is an opening. He is also capable of understanding Volteer's fast intellect and wide use of vocabulary.
- Sheer willpower: Spyro has a sheer power of will. Spyro is always lending himself to help regardless of how dangerous the situation is and is determined to stop anyone from achieving their nefarious goals. He refused to let anything stand in his way or feel down, as Spyro refused to accept the dark fates of Malefor's view of the Purple Dragons.
- Glide: Spyro can glide to get across unreachable places using his wings.
- Wing Shield: Spyro can use his wings to deflect projectiles back at their opponents. However, it doesn't protect him from direct physical attacks.
- Water Breath: Spyro can spew out water, it doesn't hurt his opponents but he can use it to put out fires or counter fire-related abilities.
- Bubble Breath: Spyro can spew out special bubbles that he once used to catch the dragonflies.
Trivia
- Spyro's original counterpart is the only one without a love interest, while his both counterparts appears in The Legend of Spyro trilogy and the Skylanders franchise (most notably Skylanders Academy) have Cynder as a love interest, though she only appeared in The Legend of Spyro trilogy and the Skylanders franchise (most notably Skylanders Academy) and never appeared in the original Spyro franchise.
External Links
- Spyro on the Near Pure Good Wiki
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