History Characters / TheLegendOfSpyro

* AllYourPowersCombined: Comes with being purple.
* [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Dragon]]: According to Malefor, it's the fate of all purple dragons to destroy and remake the world. Spyro [[ScrewDestiny ultimately averts this]].]]
* BagOfSpilling: Happens to him twice. First at the climax of the first game, he expends so much power on Cynder that he loses all his powers and has to relearn them, helps that they show a scene of him training and trying to relearn them as a teaser for the second game. At the end of the second game, Gaul uses his staff to drain Spyro's powers, leaving him with only physical attacks for the rest of the fight until [[spoiler: his SuperpoweredEvilSide manifests]]. This is averted this time around, as he doesn't need to relearn them the next time, presumably the rest between the games had something to do with it.

* DespairEventHorizon: As a result of Malefor's HannibalLecture in ''Dawn Of The Dragon'' and his [[spoiler: turning Cynder evil and having her attack Spyro. Comes out of it due to Cynder being freed by the PowerOfLove.]]

** PlayingWithFire
** ShockAndAwe
** [[AnIcePerson An Ice Dragon]]
** DishingOutDirt
** TimeMaster: Dragon Time slows down everything. Including Spyro, but that's mostly so that he can time landing on really fast things.

* IdealHero

* MosesInTheBullrushes
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Spyro is pretty guilt ridden over [[spoiler: giving in to his dark side to kill Gaul]]. It's not really explained if its because he [[spoiler: gave into evil, killed Gaul]], or both.
* NiceGuy
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: According to Malefor, Spyro was the one who [[spoiler: actually set him free from his prison]], though given Malefor's personality, he may have simply been trying to screw with Spyro.

* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler: Cynder. The last dialogue between them is her admitting her love for him, then showing them flying joyfully together.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful

* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne]]

* DeadpanSnarker
* ExpositionFairy

* LovableCoward

* TalkToTheFist: Gets a rather nice one at the end of the Pirate arc of the second game. Sniff, one of the two parrots that are really the captains of the pirates, won't stop talking and proves so annoying even Sparx can't take him. So he finally shuts his beak with one punch and knocks him out cold.

* ActionGirl
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: While Spyro and the other dragons forgave her, most everyone holds a grudge on her for what she did while BrainwashedAndCrazy, even while she and Spyro are doing their best to save the world. Crosses into BullyingADragon, both literally, because she's a dragon, and because she's almost as powerful as Spyro.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: As Spyro is about to [[spoiler: use his power to restore the world, [[HeroicSacrifice possibly killing them both in the process]], she refuses to leave and the last words we hear her say is a whispered "I love you". They live, apparently HappilyEverAfter.]]

** Happens again at the end of ''Dawn of the Dragon'' when [[spoiler: Malefor takes over her mind to turn her on Spyro, thank goodness for the PowerOfLove.]]

* ChainedHeat: She spends the entire third game chained to Spyro. Sort of a one way example because she's really the only one to complain about it even though [[spoiler: it ultimately convinces her of her love for Spyro]].

* JekyllAndHyde: Dark Cynder is the first side of her we see. Then when she's finally beaten, she reverts to the real Cynder, who knows what has happened, but is nothing like her former evil counterpart. Unusual as the evil Cynder was raised that way from birth and the good self didn't show up until later.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: According to Malefor she [[spoiler: lead Spyro to the Well of Souls to set him free, unintentionally, but still.]] However, given his personality, he might have just been screwing with her head.
* ReformedButRejected: Despite of being freed from Malefor's control, there is a lot of characters who could find distrust in her, especially Sparx.

* [[spoiler: AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]: [[spoiler: He dies in the Belt of Fire as he uses all of his remaining power to throw Spyro and Cynder through to the other side. After the end of the game, his spirit is chosen to become the new Chronicler as the old one retires.]]

* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony]]: [[spoiler: Dies in the Destroyer's flames. Ironic because he's the Fire Guardian and its his own element that did him in.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Gives his life to throw Spyro and Cynder through the Belt Of Fire so they can stop Malefor.]]

* [[spoiler: ObiWanMoment:]] [[spoiler: Before performing his HeroicSacrifice, he takes the time to apologize to Cynder and Spyro for his [[MyGreatestFailure Greatest Failure]] and reassure them that they can defeat Malefor. He then pushes them from the flames, remaining pretty calm the entire time.]]

* AnIcePerson
* LongSpeechTeaTime

* CharacterFilibuster

* ShockAndAwe

* DishingOutDirt

* BrainsAndBrawn: Skabb is too dumb to even speak but extremely powerful. Scratch and Sniff are the intelligent (well mostly Scratch, but Sniff is still much smarter than Skabb) but too small and weak to be physically threatening.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Skabb is defeated in his boss battle with Spyro and staggers backwards off the side of his ship, falling to his death.]]

* GladiatorGames: The reason they kidnap creatures is for this reason.

* LegCannon: Skabb has a small cannon in place of a peg leg.
* SkyPirates
* SuicidalOverconfidence: Sniff has this. [[spoiler: After Skabb falls to his DisneyVillainDeath, Sniff ''[[BullyingTheDragon continues mocking the one who killed him]]''. This gets him knocked out by Sparx.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: After Skabb is killed and Sniff is knocked out, Scratch just flies off and is never seen again.]]

* TheDragon: To Malefor.

* GenreSavvy: Enough to realize that taking away Spyro's powers ''before'' the fight was a good idea, and to expect Cynder wouldn't go through with her FaceHeelTurn and be prepared. Loses points though for throwing Spyro into the big scary pillar of dark energy and giving him a SuperpoweredEvilSide.

* LargeHam

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Sure, he's not seen much in the second game and not at all in the first, but it's heavily implied that he's been the field leader in previous battles and he led the attack on the Dragon Temple that destroyed the eggs.

Malefor was touted to be the first Purple Dragon and the 'Dark Master'. He's the series BigBad and is pure evil incarnated. According to the Chronicler, Malefor was revered as TheChosenOne by the dragons, easily mastering numerous elemental powers, but was exiled when [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity his lust for power corrupted him]]. He sided with the Apes and taught them how to use the power of the crystals, declaring war on his former allies, but his power became so great that his palace, the [[HauntedCastle Mountain of Malefor/Well of Souls]], collapsed into itself, [[SealedEvilInACan trapping him in Convexity]]. He spent the first two games trying to get out and when he finally did get free, he tried to [[spoiler: use an ancient monster to destroy the planet]].

* AffablyEvil: Subverted. When Spyro and Cynder meet him in person, he acts quite polite, even removing their energy chain trying to 'make them comfortable'...then he breaks out a HannibalLecture and [[spoiler: corrupts Cynder to try and kill Spyro.]]
* [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Dragon]]: [[spoiler: Claims the fate of all Purple Dragons is to destroy and remake the world, and that [[YouCantFightFate even if Spyro defeats him the cycle will continue]].]]
* BackFromTheDead

* TheChessmaster: Malefor set up Cynder to supposedly release him in the first game, then Gaul to do it in the second. Turns out [[spoiler: it was all a set up to get Spyro to be the one to set him free, or at least that's what he says to Spyro]]. The only thing that stopped his plan from working was [[spoiler: Spyro using all his power to fix the planet]]. And his HannibalLecture makes it hard for the viewer and characters to know what wasn't part of his plan from the beginning. In fact, the one time something happens that he ''couldn't'' control, he has a minor VillainousBreakdown and loses his cool for the only time in the series.

* [[spoiler:DraggedOffToHell: After he's defeated by Spyro and Cynder, a group of dragon spirits heavily implied to be the spirits of his elders emerge from the core of the world, grabbing him and dragging him into the core of the world. Just where he ended up is up isn't revealed, but Hell is certainly a fitting place for him.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: After [[spoiler:Cynder is freed from his control]], Malefor is taken offguard for the first time in the entire scene and seems unable to understand how it happened. He may quickly recover and start the boss battle, but it's the first time in the entire series things didn't go according to his EvilPlan.

* {{Immortality}}: He at least claims to have it in the FinalBattle. He may have a point, as he's touted as being the first Purple Dragon, [[spoiler: although there have been others who, according to Malefor, succeeded in destroying and remaking the world]] and most normal dragons didn't know whether or not they even existed, meaning he's been around since ancient times.
** [[spoiler: There's also the fact that apart from the spirits of the Dragon Elders pulling him into the Earth's core, nothing seems to hurt him.]] Also, getting buried under his own mountain didn't seem to hurt him, though he couldn't dig himself out until the Portal of Convexity was opened and had to wait until the Night of Eternal Darkness.

* LeakingCanOfEvil: Despite being sealed up for the first two games, he's still able to command an army of apes to do his bidding, corrupt dragons, and [[spoiler: still influence said dragons slightly even after they've mostly shaken his control.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHerod: Tried to prevent Spyro's birth by sending the Apes to wipe out his entire generation as eggs. Thankfully Ignitus pulled a MosesInTheBullrushes to save him. He still got Cynder and had her turned into his [[TheDragon Dra]][[IncrediblyLamePun gon]] [[spoiler: However, considering Malefor needed Spyro to free him from his prison, its pretty likely Cynder was his second choice.]] Given Malefor's personality, however, the Purple Dragon was probably just an excuse to commit genocide on his enemies anyway.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Really the only reason Spyro was able to beat him was because of Cynder, who Malefor had his minions spare from death so she could be his minion. Though in his defense he did need her for his plans [[spoiler: and he did continue to play her like a fiddle through all three games, it was only in the end when it really bit him in the tail.]]

* NighInvulnerable: [[spoiler: Each subsequent phase of the boss fight with him ends with him getting back up and more or less shrugging off the previous on. Even in the ending cutscene after the fight he doesn't appear hurt. After that he engages Spyro and Cynder in a BeamOWar, which despite him losing, doesn't seem have any effect on him.]]
* NotSoDifferent: He and Spyro are the only two of their kind known to exist and Malefor insists that even if Spyro defeats him, it'll be in vain as Spyro will simply finish the job himself. [[spoiler: Ironically, the exact opposite happens]].

* OhCrap: He gets one when [[spoiler: the spirits of the Dragon Elders emerge from the planet core to drag him into it/]]
* OmnicidalManiac: His ultimate plan is to [[spoiler:use the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Great Destroyer]] to destroy the world.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: A very subtle one of the 'kill them already' version. When he first meets the heroes, he's content just [[HannibalLecture messing with their heads]], [[spoiler: taking Cynder's mind under his control and using her to kill Spyro]], and generally taking his time. For the entire series he's ''always'' been in control of every detail, being a perfect ChessMaster in every respect and playing them all like fiddles. However, directly after [[spoiler: Cynder is freed by the PowerOfLove]], he gets furious for the first and only time in the series, yells PrepareToDie, and cuts straight to the FinalBattle. The one time something happened he ''couldn't'' control, it enrages him and causes him to try to kill the ones responsible.

* XanatosSpeedChess: What makes him such a great ChessMaster. Spyro turning out to be alive didn't seem to hurt his long term escape plan at all, nor did him freeing Cynder from her BrainwashedAndCrazy state. [[spoiler:He just worked Spyro and Cynder into it and tricked Cynder into getting Spyro to free him.]]

** Does this before that with the Chronicler. The Chronicler predicted that Cynder would get turned evil again by Malefor's return, so Spyro pulled a BigDamnHeroes and saved her. However, WordOfGod says the Chronicler knew he ''could'' do that and taught him [[TimeMaster Dragon Time]] so that if he did decide to ScrewDestiny and rescue her [[spoiler:, he could use Dragon Time to save himself, Cynder, and Sparx when the Mountain Of Malefor collapsed.]] So once again he screwed one destiny and fulfilled another.

!!Spyro

* TheOtherDarrin: Just like Sparx, Cynder can't stick to just one voice. She's voiced by Creator/CreeSummer in the ''A New Beginning'', MaeWhitman in ''The Eternal Night'', and ChristinaRicci in ''Dawn of the Dragon''

* [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Dragon]]: According to Malefor it is the fate of all purple dragons to destroy and remake the world. Spyro [[ScrewDestiny ultimately averts this]].]]

* {{Expy}}: Borrows a lot from [[TheLordOfTheRings Frodo Baggins]]. Being voiced by Elijah Wood helps.

Spyro's adopted brother this time around. Since Spyro has his own health meter, Sparx becomes his brother's ExpositionFairy. Oh, and the requisite [[DeadpanSnarker snarker.]] While not as brave as Spyro, he's still a fearless companion.
* BullyingADragon: Constantly insults and makes Cynder feel bad due to her having been the BigBad of the first game. Not only is she much larger than him, but she's just as strong as Spyro if not more so. Also a literal example, as she is a dragon.

* HeyItsThatVoice: He's David Spade, Creator/BillyWest and Wayne Brady all combined into one character. So yeah, he has this in [[IncrediblyLamePun spades]].

!!Cynder

* AndIMustScream: She spent the first part of her life brainwashed into an evil monster. Why does this qualify? When she's free, she's completely aware of everything she did and deeply ashamed of it. FridgeLogic suggests she was conscious the entire time she was brainwashed. Imagine being forced from birth to watch your body do all sorts of horrible crimes and not being able to stop it. Yeah...

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: As Spyro is about to [[spoiler: use his power to restore the world, [[HeroicSacrifice possibly killing them both in the process]], she refuses to leave and the last words we hear her say is a whispered "I love you". They live, apparently HappilyEverAfter.]] Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* TheOtherDarrin: Just like Sparx, Cynder can't stick to just one voice. She is voiced by Creator/CreeSummer in the ''A New Beginning'', MaeWhitman in ''The Eternal Night'', and ChristinaRicci in ''Dawn of the Dragon''

* DogsAreDumb: Well we're not exactly sure what Skabb is, but he is a canine and is certainly quite stupid.

* GenreSavvy: Enough to realize that taking away Spyro's powers BEFORE the fight was a good idea, and to expect Cynder wouldn't go through with her FaceHeelTurn and be prepared. Loses points though for throwing Spyro into the big scary pillar of dark energy and giving him a SuperpoweredEvilSide.
* GlassEye: He's missing one eye, which is replaced with a green crystal one...[[FrickinLaserBeams that shoots lasers]]!

* KnightOfCerebus: The game gets MUCH more serious when he appears.

* MagicWand: He has a magic staff he used to suck Spyro's power away. Too bad it gets broken falling into the Well of Souls...

* ChessMaster: Malefor set up Cynder to supposedly release him in the first game, then Gaul to do it in the second. Turns out [[spoiler: it was all a set up to get Spyro to be the one to set him free, or at least that's what he says to Spyro]]. The only thing that stopped his plan from working was [[spoiler: Spyro using all his power to fix the planet]]. And his HannibalLecture makes it hard for the viewer and characters to know what wasn't part of his plan from the beginning. In fact, the one time something happens that he ''couldn't'' control, he has a minor VillainousBreakdown and loses his cool for the only time in the series.

* TheDreaded: [[{{Understatement}} The dragons are rather scared of him.]] Even Spyro and Cynder admitted being afraid when they showed up at his lair to confront him.

* LargeHam: And somehow, it makes him ''more'' menacing.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Really the only reason Spyro was able to beat him was because of Cynder, who Malefor had his minions spare from death so she could be his minion. Though in his defense he did need her for his plans [[spoiler: and he did continue to play her like a fiddle through all three games, it was only in the end when it really bit him in the [[strike: butt]] tail.]]

* VillainousGlutton: His hunger for power is what drove him to evil and he still desires it above all else (well, that and destruction). He's not fat but he by far the largest dragon in the series.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: As if he wasn't already demonic enough, he gets an [[PowerEchoes echoing voice]] that makes his [[HannibalLecture Hannibal Lectures]] even more menacing. For a lot players, it also made him hard to understand without the game's subtitles.

* TheDreaded: [[Understatement The dragons are rather scared of him.]] Even Spyro and Cynder admitted being afraid when they showed up at his lair to confront him.

* HeyItsThatVoice: He's David Spade, BillyWest and Wayne Brady all combined into one character. So yeah, he has this in [[IncrediblyLamePun spades]].

* TheDreaded: [[Understatement: The dragons are rather scared of him.]] Even Spyro and Cynder admitted being afraid when they showed up at his lair to confront him.

* TheDreaded: [[Understatement The dragons are rather scared of him.]] Even Spyro and Cynder admitted being afraid when they showed up at his lair to confront him.

* VillainousBreakdown: A very subtitle one of the 'kill them already' version. When he first meets the heroes, he's content just [[HannibalLecture messing with their heads]], [[spoiler: taking Cynder's mind under his control and using her to kill Spyro]], and generally taking his time. For the entire series he's ''always'' been in control of every detail, being a perfect ChessMaster in every respect and playing them all like fiddles. However, directly after [[spoiler: Cynder is freed by the PowerOfLove]], he gets furious for the first and only time in the series, yells PrepareToDie, and cuts straight to the FinalBattle. The one time something happened he ''couldn't'' control, it enrages him and causes him to try to kill the ones responsible.

* LighteningBruiser: Much like the guardians, he is very big and very fast.

* BewareMyStingerTail: Her tail ends in a rather long metal blade, even when she's returned to being her normal self. It's never explained rather this is natural or something done to her by Malefor.

* PredecessorVillain: Intends to be one to Spyro, and claims that all the other [[spoiler Purple Dragons]] were this to him.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: This and the fact that he seems to be the only competent are why he's their king.

* MadeOfEvil: How the Chronicler describes him, saying Malefor's evil was so strong that it caused his own fortress in the Mountain of Malefor to collasp on him.

** That said, the Chronicler also told he couldn't stop Malefor's escape during the Night of Eternal Darkness, and in the end he couldn't.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: In ''Eternal Night'' Spyro absorbs some of Malefor's essence and proceeds to [[TakenForGranite utterly]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives destroy]] Gaul. It briefly shows up again in ''Dawn of the Dragon'' when Spyro is consumed by despair after [[spoiler: Ignitus sacrifices himself]].
* TimeMaster: In the second game he gets the Dragon Time ability, making him a low level one of these. He burns it out at the end of the game though.

* EvilIsSexy: At least from Sparx's comment about her evil form.

* FoeYay: Be honest. How many were shipping Spyro/Cynder even before she made her HeelFaceTurn?

* SealedGoodInACan: After Gaul is killed in ''Eternal Night'', the Mountain of Malefor begins to collapse around them, so Spyro seals her, himself, and Sparx in crystal to save them. 3 years later some Mooks think its a bright idea to break them out for their own amusement.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While normally more of a DeadpanSnarker, in the 2nd and 3rd games he can come off as a jerk, towards Cynder in particular. But also, he showed that he really does care about his adopted brother when he couldn't go with them to confront Malefor and forced Cynder to promise to take care of Spyro.

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Dawn Of the Dragon''. After spending ''The Eternal Night'' as a DistressedDamsel, she awakens from her three years as SealedGoodInACan and becomes playable character, as well as an ActionGirl.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: As Spyro is about to [[spoiler: use his power to restore the world, [[HeroicSacrifice possibly killing them both in the process]], she refuses to leave and the last words we hear her say is a whispered "I love you". They live, apparently happily ever after.]] Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

He's still purple, and he's still a dragon, but unlike the original, more "rough" Spyro, this dragon is a bit more polite. He's a rare purple dragon, and one of the only one of his clutch to have survived destruction by the Dark Master. He lives peacefully with his dragonfly family until he suddenly realizes his ability to breathe fire...

* DespairEventHorizon: As result of Malefor's HannibalLecture in ''Dawn Of The Dragon'' and his [[spoiler: turning Cynder evil and having her attack Spyro. Comes out of it due to Cynder being freed by the PowerOfLove.]]

* [[ThisWasHisTrueForm This Was Her True Form]]: When defeated by Spyro, he hits her hard enough to break the Dark Master's control over her. After this, she reverts to her true age if the Dark Master hadn't gotten his claws in her. Helps that it was only his magic that had kept her in her monster form.

* FoeYay

* LighteningBruiser: He's not as fast as the fully grown dragons, but he's still pretty damn agile for something so big.

* KnightOfCerebus: He's the ''exact opposite'' of the Classic Villains. The mere presence of something that he directly influenced causes the plot to get more serious, and everything [[ItGotWorse gets worse when he's free]]. He's truly frightening and completely competent. His goal is simple but completely horrifying; [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world.]]