Line #11 Narm/SpyroTheDragon


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20230403_1751012_9.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[BigNo NOOOOOOOO!!!]]]]
3	!!Classic Series
4	* [[TotallyRadical The way Hunter usually talks.]]
5	** For that matter, the way ''Spyro'' talks in the first game. "[[BadButt I'll kick his gnarly butt"]]?
6	* The "[[OneWomanWail One Man Wail]]" during Ripto's boss fight. Though the battle itself is pretty epic, the background music that plays during it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm8845Ddz3s really just has to be heard to be believed.]] [[note]] Said wail is only available in certain versions, whereas it is not on PAL releases, to give one example. [[/note]]
7	* The cutscenes for the [=PS1=] games can come across as this as a whole. Aside from Spyro himself, most of the models are rather basic and low on expressive range. This is especially true for Bianca's cutscenes, she's got the most serious development in the third game, but her acting and facial expressions may look amusingly like a jagged lump of clay moving about.
8	* ''Enter the Dragonfly'' has it in spades thanks to the ridiculous facial animations, but special mention has to go to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St14jtFRjjQ the bit at the beginning where Hunter sees a Sorceress balloon and hilariously overreacts as the camera zooms in on his wildly-flapping face dramatically —]]
9	-->'''Hunter''': WHHAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOWAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOWWAAAAAAOOOOOOOH!!!
10	* It's difficult to take Ripto seriously during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrWFZBSlPg the final battle]] when he demonstrates MediumAwareness out of nowhere, and keeps yelling "HOCUS POCUS!" in the wheeziest voice possible while his face constantly spazzes out due to the game's terribly animated facial animations. It also doesn't help that the music starts off sounding decently epic enough before [[https://youtu.be/FyPxn63HmA8?t=65 spiraling into an inaudible mess of out-of-sync instruments]] that would make ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed's'' [[StylisticSuck E-Rank music]] cringe.
11	* A lot of the dialogue in the first game is rather simplistic and almost cringy. To wit, Spyro's first line, and the last line of the opening cutscene is "Looks like I've got some ''things'' to do".
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13	!!''Reignited'' trilogy
14	* Bianca's plea in Evening Lake, supposed to be vulnerable and heartfelt, is way too fast to come off as genuinely emotional.
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16	!!''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' Series
17	* In ''A New Beginning'', there's the scene pictured above early on in the game where Sparx is kidnapped by the apes. Just when one of them attempts to crush Sparx, Spyro lets loose probably the [[DullSurprise dullest]] "BigNo" in video game history, combined with an incredibly awkwardly stiff animation of him shaking his head just before he breathes fire for the first time. All this combined makes it seem like Spyro was almost ''happy'' that Sparx was almost crushed. (Though, given [[DeadpanSnarker Sparx's]] [[{{Jerkass}} personality]], that might not be a stretch.)
18	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro: Dawn of the Dragon'' has a moment just after [[spoiler: Ignitus]] [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifices himself]] to get Spyro and Cynder across a fiery chasm. Spyro goes Dark and tries to pull away from Cynder. She holds him back, saying in a [[DullSurprise deadpan tone of voice]] "No. Spyro, don't."
19	** There's also the part where [[spoiler: Malefor brainwashes Cynder again.]] The whole scene is supposed to be depressing and force the 'DarkestHour' view even further, which it does... For all five seconds before [[spoiler: Cynder]] instantly turns back to normal because of Spyro's (rather [[DullSurprise dull]]) slide down the DespairEventHorizon. The scene was supposed to be emotional, but the fact that it goes on for literally only a few seconds combined with ''"ThePowerOfLove"'' [[DeusExMachina somehow fixing things in said matter of seconds]] just makes it come off as silly and pointless. Though, depending on who you ask [[spoiler: Malefor]] sequentially [[FreakOut flipping his shit]] over it is either [[ChewingTheScenery hammy]] or [[NightmareFuel terrifying.]]
20	** Also doesn't help that [[spoiler: Cynder's]] attempts to attack Spyro during that scene basically amount to weakly slapping his wings with [[spoiler: her]] tail.
21	** Neither does Spyro's response to [[spoiler:Evil!Cynder]]: "Because you've left me nothing to fight for." This sounds suitably dramatic at first glance, but then you [[FridgeLogic realize]] that he's basically saying Cynder and Ignitus were his only motivation to fight Malefor. What about the many innocent victims suffering under Malefor's tyranny? What about the dragons who mentored him? Aren't ''they'' worth fighting for? Does he even remember they exist?
22	* ''"'''[[ChewingTheScenery I AM ETERNAL!!!]]'''"''

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