Spyro the Dragon

Spyro the Dragon is the main protagonist and titular character of the Spyro the Dragon games.

Spyro

Personality
Spyro is known for being courageous, headstrong, eager and arrogant. He has an immutable sense of heroism, friendliness, and has a fiery personality. He has little concern for his own safety and can be irresponsible at times, being extremely curious and hardly ever cautious, which could get him into trouble. Spyro gets into lots of mischiefs and is known to be cocky, a trait that can lead to his downfall and blunder.

As a young dragon in the first game, Spyro was mischievous, bratty and somewhat of an upstart.

In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon, he became less cocky and more levelheaded. He has minimal interest in love, as he lost his chance with Elora in Ripto's Rage! and regarded the scene of Hunter falling in love with Bianca as "a sad sight".

In Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, his demeanor is significantly friendlier than that of his former and succeeding games, despite the limited number of cutscenes he's featured in.

In Spyro: A Hero's Tail, he has become much more arrogant, and in more recent outings, has actually denied help to those who did not expressly indicate that they would award him. Despite this, he still saves the world, even if it is not willingly.

In the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Spyro's overall personality seems to be more mature and friendly compared to that of the original trilogy. His first scene with Elora is significantly more friendly, almost playful in tone. Alongside this, his interactions with the various dragons in the first game have been significantly lightened and Spyro's tone has been made softer.

Abilities
Spyro's main attacks consist of charging his opponents with his horns and breathing fire at them. Because he is young, Spyro can't fly very well and can't breathe a continuous stream of fire; instead, he just spits arrow-shaped fire bursts and glides from place to place.

As Spyro gets a little older, he learns how to use his wings as a shield, swim underwater, double jump, head dive, and breathe a stream of fire. Certain levels in Spyro: Season of Ice and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy show Spyro breathing fireballs. In Ripto's Rage!, and Year of the Dragon, there are powerup gates that temporarily give Spyro the ability to be invincible, fly, spit massive fire blasts (superflame), and charge extremely fast (supercharge). In Enter the Dragonfly, Spyro gains ice, electric, and bubble breaths. In A Hero's Tail, Spyro receives an additional water breath. In Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs, Spyro has a wind breath ability. This game also shows him being able to use superflame (without the use of power-ups) by charging his normal fire breath. He even starts to learn how to fly on his own in Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy (for short distances). He also gains the ability to cast various magic spells and the art of Dragon Kata in Shadow Legacy.

Trivia

 * In the Japanese version of Spyro the Dragon and Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, Spyro was voiced by actress Akiko Yajima to add on the charm of the Japanese atmosphere of the game's release in the Japanese markets. Akiko Yajima has also done Charlie Brown's Japanese voice, Teddy's Japanese voice from Full House, Peter Shepherd's Japanese voice from the Japanese-dubbed Fuji TV and DVD versions of the film Jumanji (TV Asahi version was done by: Kazuhiro Shindou), and Edith's Japanese voice from Despicable Me. She was probably best known for doing Shinnosuke Nohara's voice for the anime Crayon Shin-chan as well as Annie Barrs from the PS2 RPG Tales of Rebirth.
 * Spyro makes a cameo appearance in Crash Twinsanity where he appears in the Evil Twins' Treasure Room (without Sparx) to recover his stolen treasure and toasts Dr. N. Gin, N. Brio, and N. Tropy when they try to take it as well.
 * Spyro also made a brief appearance in an early trailer for the first Ty the Tasmanian Tiger game, alongside Crash Bandicoot and Sonic the Hedgehog, all three of whom were in a hospital ward, having apparently come away from a battle with the tiger, worse off.
 * The game developer of the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger game series would later develop the first two installments of the The Legend of Spyro series.
 * His name could come from the Greek word "pyro" (meaning "fire"), possibly fused with the Latin "spiro", "to breathe".
 * Spyro's name could have been named after Spyro Gyra, an American jazz fusion band.
 * This reference would later be put in Skylanders Academy, where Spyro had finished explaining how he got his name and having met someone named "Gyra".
 * Spyro shares voice actors with Crash Bandicoot and Dr. Finkelstein from the Kingdom Hearts series. They were all voiced by Jess Harnell, at least once.
 * Spyro also made a cameo appearance in the South Park episode, Imagination Land.
 * It is apparent that Spyro was at least 12 years old in Spyro: Year of the Dragon, since the Dragon Eggs come every twelve years to the Dragon Realms. Although if dragons mature slower than humans, Spyro's age could be any multiple of 12.
 * In one of the first game's commercials, the protesting sheep/lamb said Spyro is like "napalm on four scaly legs".
 * Spyro's relationship with Ember is similar to Sonic's relationship with Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Except now, Ember no longer flirts with Spyro, while Amy is still chasing after Sonic.
 * While Spyro's horns and tail spike are yellow in most art, in the first three Spyro games, his horns and tail spike are orange.
 * Spyro is said by Astor to have A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder).
 * In the GBA classic Spyro games (Spyro: Season of Ice, Spyro: Season of Flame, etc.), the image on Spyro's dialogue box shows Spyro with mistakenly red colored eyes, which is similar to Spyro's Skylanderscounterpart who also has red eyes.
 * Ironically, while Spyro had no interest in love and called it a "plague", his counterpart in The Legend of Spyro series was the one who "fell victim to love".
 * In gameplay, Spyro did not have significant spikes protruding from his spine until 2004.
 * Despite Spyro being a reptile, his body structure, controls, and muscle movements are in many ways feline-like, especially in the games that came before 2004.
 * Spyro and Hot Dog from the Skylanders series share voice actors (Carlos Alazraqui and Tom Kenny).
 * In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, when Spyro is using the Supercharge, he will change to his Spyro 1 model. This also happens in Spyro: Year of the Dragon.
 * Spyro's redesign in the Reignited Trilogy shows he has a brighter purple skin, and a more orange complexion on his belly, horns and head spines, plus his back spines are purple as well.