History Characters / SpyroTheDragonHeroes

* RantInducingSlight: Compared to the others, he seems almost willing to ignore Moneybags after being freed, but when the latter [[TooDumbToLive demands some gratitude for freeing him]], he loses it and tears into him both verbally and physically.

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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: He is identified as a yeti and lives in a cold climate, but has no problem visiting other realms. He even has a favored walking spot in sunny Bamboo Terrace.

* CarryABigStick: His WeaponOfChoice.

* CastHerd: With Elora and the Professor in ''Ripto's Rage!'', then Spyro and Zoe in ''Year of the Dragon''.
* CatsHateWater: Pops up once or twice in ''Year of the Dragon'', which oddly conflicts with the odd occasion he's seen underwater, though he's at least wearing scuba gear.
%%* CloudCuckoolander
* CoolBoard: Teaches Spyro to ride a skateboard in ''Year of the Dragon'', and competes with him in certain missions.

* CoolPet: A manta ray, though Spyro had to tame it for him. Hunter teaches it to carry weaponry in ''Year of the Dragon''.
* CowardlyLion: Claims to have the ability to get things done and for the most part does. He's just not very bold or outgoing about it when it's time to shut up.

* DatingCatwoman: With Bianca [[spoiler:prior to her HeelFaceTurn]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: How tough he is varies quite a bit. At his weakest in ''Ripto's Rage'', where he's a total wimp who can barely talk back to Ripto, and at his strongest in ''A Hero's Tail'', wherein he's a main playable character who can actually back up his boasting. ''Year Of The Dragon'' is a bit of middle ground, he is easily caught by the Sorceress' obvious trap but nevertheless holds his own in the sidequests where you play as him.

* JetPack: Uses it to stop cat burglars in ''Ripto's Rage!'' and invading farm animals in ''Year Of The Dragon''.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Accidentally let Ripto, Crush, and Gulp into Avalar in the first place by punching the wrong coordinates[[note]]his birthday[[/note]] into the Professor's superportal.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Bianca.]]

* PromotedToPlayable: Has limited playability in ''Year of the Dragon'' and is fully playable in ''A Hero's Tail'' and ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled''.

* SuperDrowningSkills: {{Averted}} in the original series since he has no problem giving Spyro missions to do while underwater and can swim fine on his own, but PlayedStraight in ''A Hero's Tail'' where he sinks like a rock in any body of water.

* TrickArrow: In one mission in ''Ripto's Rage'' has Hunter assist Spyro by shooting arrows at enemies to stun them so that Spyro can [[GroundPound Headbash]] them. In the ''Reignited Trilogy'', these arrows are [[ShockAndAwe electrified]], and emit yellow sparks when fired.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Falls into the lava during the final battle of ''Ripto's Rage!'', emerging without a singe on his fur in the following cutscene. He's also eaten by a metal shark in the epilogue, but returns in ''Year of the Dragon''.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: He's a monkey, and one with a laser pistol at that.

* OptionalPartyMember: It's possible to play through ''Year of the Dragon'' without unlocking him because, unlike Sheila, Sgt. Byrd or Bentley, he isn't necessary to unlock the next area and fight the Sorceress.

* BadassAdorable: A kangaroo that can kick open a turret, for crying out loud.

!!Spyro the Dragon
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Looks like I got some things to do!"]]
->'''(English) Voiced by:''' Creator/CarlosAlazraqui (''Spyro the Dragon''), Creator/TomKenny (''Ripto's Rage'', ''Year of The Dragon'', ''Enter the Dragonfly'', ''Reignited Trilogy''), Creator/JessHarnell (''A Hero's Tail'')
->'''(Japanese) Voiced by:''' Creator/AkikoYajima
->'''(Latin American Spanish) Voiced by:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (''Reignited Trilogy'')

->''"Do you think we'll ever get a day off?"''

The Purple One himself, a young dragon living in the Dragon Kingdom. Spyro ''[[UnlikelyHero happened]]'' to be too small for Gnasty Gnorc to trap in crystal, so he set about rescuing the other dragons from this fate and resolved to torch Gnasty. Following this, Spyro embarked on similar exploits in Avalar and the Forgotten Realms. Spyro is generally stubborn and laidback, though he is perseverant in regards to whatever goal he has.

* AcidAttack: Not normally, but if Spyro collects three green orbs during the final battle with Ripto in ''Ripto's Rage!'', he gains the ability to fire damaging balls of acid for a few seconds.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: The ''Reignited Trilogy'' version of the first game alters his interactions from the original. Instead of coming off as cocky and rude to the dragons he saved, he's much more playful and energetic.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the [=GBA=] version of ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'', he is considered a member of Team Trance and is protected by Uka Uka, making him part of the "villains" side.
* AllUpToYou: In spite only being a young dragon, Spyro time and time again saves the world from whatever evil befalls it. That said, each game of the original trilogy gives a valid reason why:
** In the first game, Gnasty's spell missed Spyro, meaning he was literally the only dragon up for the job of freeing the rest. However, several dragons at the end level were implied to be heading to defeat Gnasty after they were freed, only to end up frozen again.
** In the second, the Professor's portal picked up the first dragon that went through it, with that dragon being, well, Spyro. Ripto blowing up the gate justifies why no other dragons could be brought over to help, leaving Spyro the only dragon for the job.
** In the third game, Spyro (and Hunter) are the only ones small enough to go through the tunnels. While Spyro does make several allies afterward, he still leads the charge against the Sorceress.
** There's no real reasons for the other games in the series, but it can be assumed that by that point Spyro had become the go-to-dragon in the saving the world business.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The Japanese artwork uses a cuter design for the character. [[InvertedTrope Note that the game was released in America first]].
* AnIcePerson: One level in ''Year of the Dragon'' trades Spyro's usual [[PlayingWithFire fire breath]] for ice breath, which ''Enter the Dragonfly'' and ''A Hero's Tail'' later made a toggleable upgrade. It can freeze enemies and [=NPCs=] into platforms which Spyro can then jump on to reach higher places, but doesn't deal as much damage as simply burning them.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Prior to ''Year of the Dragon'' introducing the newest clutch of hatchlings, Spyro was one of the few juvenile dragons in the Dragon Realms. Other dragons around his age were alluded to in online promotional material for the first game (which also claimed that Sparx was a little older than him), and the similarly-aged Ember and Flame debuted in ''A Hero's Tail'', but members of his clutch were never seen otherwise. Amongst the playable characters from the second game onward, Blink is the closest to Spyro and Sparx's ages while the others are definitely adults.
* BadButt: Is this in ''Spyro the Dragon''. He grows out of it in ''Ripto's Rage!''.
* BadassAdorable: He's a cute purple dragon who's saved the world from threats that older, more experienced dragons couldn't.
* BadassInDistress: In ''A Hero's Tail'', he gets captured once, leaving Hunter to rescue him.
* BagOfSpilling: Averted. All abilities he purchases from Moneybags in ''Ripto's Rage!'' are retained in ''Year of the Dragon'' (with the exception of the [[GameBreaker permanent superflame]]).
* BigBrotherInstinct: To the dragon eggs in ''Year of the Dragon''. Just ask [[spoiler:Moneybags]].
* BloodKnight: He's eager to get into scraps in ''Spyro the Dragon''.
* BondOneLiner: Upon defeating Gnasty Gnorc with his [[PlayingWithFire flame breath]] in the first game: "You're toast, Gnorc! Heh-heh!"
* BreathWeapon: He ''is'' a dragon. He most often breathes fire in short streams, though certain powerups can alter what comes out. This includes super-powerful {{fireballs}}, [[AnIcePerson ice]], ColdFlames, {{acid|Attack}}, [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] and {{bubble|Gun}}s - the last of which is used to catch lost baby dragonflies in ''Enter the Dragonfly''.
* BubbleGun: Bubble breath in ''Enter the Dragonfly'' allows Spyro to capture baby dragonflies and bring them home. However, it deals no damage to enemies whatsoever.
* BusmansHoliday: ''Ripto's Rage!'' starts with Spyro and Sparx going on a vacation... but first the Professor summons them to Avalar to get rid of Ripto.
* CelibateHero:
** Due to his age as a young dragon, he's aware of love, but has no real desire for it (yet, at least). He's aware of Hunter and Bianca's relationship in ''Year of the Dragon'', as well as Ember's crush on him in ''A Hero's Tail'', and is uninterested in both, though he's presumably not against Hunter being happy. He also fails to notice Elora puckering up for a kiss in the epilogue of ''Ripto's Rage!''
--->'''Spyro''': ''(seeing Hunter and Bianca kiss)'' It's a sad sight, Sparx. Another noble warrior falls victim to the plague of love.
** In ''Reignited Trilogy'', Elora gets Spyro to watch the fireworks as in the original ''Year of the Dragon'' game. This time however, both end up sitting next to each other, and it wasn't just Elora who moved closer - he may not yet realize it, but it seems even Spyro is starting to feel attraction.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first game, Spyro seemed rather disinterested in actually saving the dragons and just wanted to kick Gnasty's behind. He's even rather disrespectful to several of them and has a rather snarky tone when talking to them. Later games would have him actually care for those he saves and be more of a hero to help others rather than for the fun of it. ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' would further this, altering the tone of his dialogue slightly in regards to the dragons in the first game to have him sound more playful or concerned rather than snarky. The credits of the trilogy even show several pieces of art of Spyro getting along with the elder dragons just fine and possibly looking up to a few of them.
* CirclingBirdies: Used to distinguish hits that damage him.
* CoolShades: He wears these during the 100% ending of ''Spyro the Dragon'', and a cheat code in the ''Reignited Trilogy'' allows him to wear them throughout all three games.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has a bit of a mouth on him, mostly in regards to enemies or hard-to-rescue dragons.
* DoubleAgent: Helps both sides of the Land Blubber-Breeze Builder conflict in ''Ripto's Rage!'', including helping Pvt. Romeo elope with Juliet in Zephyr.
* ElementalPowers: As the series progresses, he's able to breathe ice, lightning, water, and ''bubbles''.
* EvilLaugh: After defeating Gnasty Gnorc in ''Spyro the Dragon''.
* FireIceLightning: Is able to channel all three though his breath in ''Enter The Dragonfly'' and ''A Hero's Tail''.
* {{Flight}}: He's usually restricted to just gliding. Only under certain circumstances such as in a Speedway or with a powerup can he fly freely.
* FourFingeredHands: He gains thumbs in ''Reignited Trilogy.''
* GirlyRun: His walk cycle in ''A Hero's Tail'' looks a lot like prancing.
* GuestFighter: He's a "Guest Racer" in both the GBA version of ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'' and in all versions of ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled''. In the latter, he brings with him his own track, Spyro Circuit, and his own kart, the [[{{Thememobile}} Spyromobile]].
* HeroicMime: In ''VideoGame/SpyroShadowLegacy'', in stark contrast to the [[DeadpanSnarker majority of his appearances]].
* HasAType: Downplayed. In the original series, it is implied that Elora has a crush on him, something that he may or may not reciprocate. In ''Reignited Trilogy'', [[ShipTease this crush is much more noticeable with both]], and [[ChickMagnet the various]] fauns from Fracture Hills are much [[AdaptationalNiceGuy nicer]] around him. It seems that fauns make up a significant portion of his fan-club.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** With Sparx. They're practically inseparable.
** After a brief period of butting heads in the second game, his friendship with Hunter has evolved into this, with the two going on several adventures together.
* HiddenDepths: Although he's rather boastful and snarky and can come off as rather disinterested in learning things that don't involve kicking the current {{Big Bad}}'s behind, the credits of ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' show that, being an Artisan, he's still rather decent at various arts, apparently skilled enough in acting to put on a play with a fellow Artisan and able to make a rather on point sculpture of himself out of marble.
* HomingProjectile: Can use these in Scorch's Pit and Speedways in ''Year of the Dragon''.
* HornAttack: Charging with his horns is a primary attack of his. In ''Ripto's Rage!'' he learns the Headbash, a horn-based variant of GroundPound.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: In ''Spyro the Dragon'', he admits to Ajax in High Caves that he wishes he were as strong as him, enough to defeat the large armored spiders prowling the level.
* ImplausibleBoardingSkills: In ''Year of the Dragon''. This is {{downplayed|Trope}}, as Spyro has four legs to grip his board and wings to help with jumps, though Hunter still thinks it's odd Spyro got good so quickly.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Befitting his nature as a MascotWithAttitude, he's snarky, impatient and a tad bratty, but he's still ultimately a hero who cares about doing the right thing. The "jerk" part is even more downplayed in ''Reignited Trilogy'', to the point where he's a borderline NiceGuy.
* KidHero: He seems to be twelve in ''Year of the Dragon'', though it's unknown how dragons age, so he might be older than he looks. Even then, he doesn't seem any older than his mid-teens.
* KidnappedByTheCall: in ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'' Spyro just wanted to go on vacation to Dragon Shores to escape the rain in his home world, but he is kidnapped or dragon-napped by Elora, the Professor, and Hunter who need a Dragon to fight Ripto for them, Ripto immediately shows up and destroys the portal that leads back to Spyro's home world, now Spyro can neither go on vacation to Dragon Shores or go back to his home world until he defeats Ripto for all of Avalar.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Makes a lot of comments of this nature in ''Spyro the Dragon''.
* MakingASplash: ''A Hero's Tail'' grants Spyro the ability to breath a stream of water. It deals the least damage of the four elements, but can be used to activate water-based mechanisms.
* MascotWithAttitude: Befitting a platform game from the 90s. ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' [[DownplayedTrope downplays this]], however, altering the tone of his dialogue, adding more body language and making his interactions with the elder dragons less snarky to play up his kinder/kiddish aspects. [[spoiler: Especially with the credits pictures involving him and the Artisans.]]
* MoreDakka: Rapid-fires missiles from his mouth while battling Scorch in ''Year of the Dragon''.
* NighInvulnerability: Can acquire this powerup from certain gates, often to traverse toxic sludge.
* NitroBoost: Supercharge paths and powerups allow him to charge at high speeds, demolishing anything in his path. He also uses this in skateboard races in ''Year of the Dragon''.
* OneHitPointWonder: Without Sparx, any damaging attack from an enemy will do him in.
* PlayingWithFire: One of his main abilities since the first game involves him [[BreathWeapon breathing fire]] from his mouth. It can take out larger enemies with ease but is [[NoSell useless]] against armored enemies.
* PowerGlows: Invincibility and breath-related powerups have this effect on him.
* PreMortemOneLiner: "Happy holidays, fat boy!" before melting a snowman in an ad for ''Ripto's Rage!''.
* PrehensileTail: In a Hero's Tail, Spyro the Dragon can use his Dragon Tail to swing from poles, he also uses his Tail to pull a lever in one of Moneybag's Gambling Games in Spyro Orange the Cortex Conspiracy.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His skin is purple, and he's saved several worlds almost entirely on his own.
* RaisedByTheCommunity: It's unknown if Spyro has any living parents, though the credits of ''The Reignited Trilogy'' seem to suggest that all the adult Artisan Dragons have played a part in raising him.
* ShipTease: With Elora, though he doesn't act on it because he dislikes romance. He avoids Ember for the same reason.
* ShockAndAwe: Spyro can obtain the ability to breath electricity in both ''Enter the Dragonfly'' and ''A Hero's Tail''. In the former, it's essentially a straight upgrade to the [[PlayingWithFire fire breath]] in that it has more range and can activate electric switches, while the latter changes it up to deal less damage but longer range in return.
* SpringJump: Through certain powerups.
* StuffBlowingUp: Fireballs created by his superflame end in small explosions.
* SuperDrowningSkills: In ''Spyro the Dragon'', he drowns in any sort of water.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills:
** Can swim underwater infinitely beginning in ''Ripto's Rage!'', only drowning in pools of sludge.
** Crashing into bodies of water in speedways does ''not'' cause him to drown, but it ''does'' make him instantly lose the challenge. He slaps the water in frustration whenever this happens.
* SuperSpit: Can spit certain rocks over considerable distances.
* TheUnchosenOne: Unlike his [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro other]] [[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} iterations]] who tend to be TheChosenOne in one way or another, this Spyro doesn't really have a special destiny or anything inherently remarkable about him, but this does little to hinder him from saving entire realms from evil. Of course, this is also extremely vague, as several dragon elders refer to him as '[[TheChosenOne the one]]' in the first game, much to Spyro's own confusion. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This fact was never referred to again in the classic series]], though.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''A Hero's Tail'', he's far more arrogant and actually denies help to those who won't reward him at a couple points throughout the game.
* TookALevelInKindness: He's generally less cocky in ''Ripto's Rage!'' and ''Year of the Dragon'' than he was in the first game. The ''Reignited Trilogy'' rolls with this, tweaking several of his interactions in the first game to come off as less arrogant and much nicer.
* UnsportsmanlikeGloating: In ''Nitro-Fueled''. Granted, it'd be easier to name those who ''don't'' do it, but one of his quotes has him roast his opponents pretty badly (with a pun, no less) when he wins a race.
* VagueAge: He seems like a kid at first with how he acts, yet ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' heavily {{Ship Tease}}s him with Elora, who in turn appears to be in her late teens, like it's no big deal. Supplementary material for the first game claimed he was a teenager, which was likely abandoned long before ''Year of the Dragon'' began production and altered the lore on dragon births as such. By the time '' A Hero's Tail'' rolls around, several years have passed since his first scuffle with Gnasty, but he still looks no older than he did on his first adventure.
* VocalEvolution: Tom Kenny's Spyro voice sounds more youthful and energetic in the ''Reignited Trilogy'', to go along with his character tweaks.
* TheVoiceless: Completely mute in his [[GuestFighter playable appearance]] in the GBA version of ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart''.
* WeakButSkilled: A lot of the obstacles he encounters could easily be plowed through by older dragons (being able to torch armoured enemies, the ability to charge through large foes, the capacity to fly relatively unassisted, etc.), but Spyro nonetheless finds ways to circumvent them to win the day.
* WorthyOpponent: He considers Gnasty Gnorc this after first defeating him.
* WouldHitAGirl: Will torch any baddie regardless of gender.
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!!Sparx the Dragonfly
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[[caption-width-right:250:"You purple putz!"]]
->'''Voiced by:''' André Sogliuzzo

Spyro's best friend. He monitors Spyro's health and helps him collect treasure. In ''Year of the Dragon'' this extends to dragon eggs, by way of certain missions in which he is playable.

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* InformedSpecies: Promotional art for the original PlayStation games shows him with arms and bulbous antennae. He more closely resembles a real dragonfly in ''Reignited Trilogy''.

* InformedSpecies: Downplayed in the original PlayStation games: he does look like a cheetah, but not too closely. In ''A Hero's Tail'', his muzzle is white, his tail is more catlike, his spots are darker, and he now has discernible teeth and digits. His design in ''Reignited Trilogy'' takes cues from this incarnation but makes him scruffier and gives him stripes on the sides of his muzzle like a real cheetah.

* PrehensileTail: In a Hero's Tail, Spyro the Dragon can use his Dragon tail to swing from poles, he also uses it to pull a lever in one of Moneybag's Gambling Games in Spyro Orange the Cortex Conspiracy.

* PrehensileTail: In a Hero's Tail, he can use his tail to swing from poles, he also uses it to pull a lever in one of Moneybag's Gambling Games in Spyro Orange the Cortex Conspiracy.

* {{Adorkable}}: Has some shades of this in the ''Reignited Trilogy'', notably during some of the rescue animations and several of the credits' artwork. For instance, in one picture, he's sculpting with Nils of Town Square. Nils is making a picture of Zoe, while Spyro's making one of himself and putting CoolShades on it.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Uses a laser pistol as his main method of attack.

* FrickinLaserBeams: The TrickedOutGloves his uncle gave him fire these.

* KickChick: Her entire moveset revolves around powerful kicks and stomps.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny (''Year of the Dragon'', ''Reignited Trilogy''), [[Creator/MichaelGoughVoiceActor Michael J. Gough]] (''A Hero's Tail'')

* BreathWeapon: He ''is'' a dragon. He most often breathes fire in short streams, though certain powerups can alter what comes out. This includes super-powerful fireballs, iceballs, ColdFlames, lightning, and bubbles. The last of which is used to catch lost baby dragonflies in ''Enter the Dragonfly''.

* KidHero: He seems to be twelve in ''Year of the Dragon'', though it's unknown how dragons age, so he might be older than he looks. Even then he doesn't seem any older than his mid-teens.

* PlayingWithFire: Of course.

* TheUnchosenOne: Unlike his other iterations who tend to be TheChosenOne in one way or another, this Spyro doesn't really have a special destiny or anything inherently remarkable about him, but this does little to hinder him from saving entire realms from evil. Of course, this is also extremely vague, as several dragon elders refer to him as '[[TheChosenOne the one]]' in the first game, much to Spyro's own confusion. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This fact was never referred to again in the classic series]], though.