Spyro

[Dragons in games and films]

Old and new Spyro. The one in the background is from
The Legend of Spyro, the one in the foreground
 is from the first games. Personally, I prefer the old one.

Spyro is one of the most famous dragons in the media. He is a purple dragon, always accompanied by his friend, a dragonfly by the name of Sparx. Sparx is like an extention of his soul: changing colour whenever Spyro took damage and things. Well anyhow, in the early games, Spyro is friends with an absent-minded cheetah-person called Hunter, and later friends with a once-evil rabbit called Bianca, who can do magic. There is often a bear in the games called Moneybags, who is a miser as his name suggests. ( there was also a n orange dragon called Flame who was Spyro's greatest fan, and a pink dragon called Ember, who fancied Spyro. A helpful fairy called Zoe also made a frequent appearence in games)
Other characters in the early games include Sheila a kangaroo, Sergeant Byrd a penguin, Bently a yeti and Agent 9, a space monkey. The dragons in the dojo are the Elders, and their names are Tomas, Magnus, Titan, Astor, Red (occasionally evil), Cho-lei and Sensei. 

The characters from 'The Legend of Spyro'.

In the reboot of Spyro, Sparx can speak English (in the old games he spoke like a kazoo) and Spyro is an innexperienced yound dragon who gains elemental powers, guided by the four guadians: Ignitus, Volteer, Cyril and Terrador. His enemy is The Dark Master, and in the first game he fights Cinder, who eventually turns out to be good, just corrupted by dark magic.




Games Starring Spyro
The first trilogy was created by Insomniac Games (they made Ratchet and Clank. They created my childhood ^_^ )
Spyro the Dragon Dragon's live in peace until a dragon mocks a sinister person called Gnasty Gnork on live television. Gnasty Gnork then freezes all of dragonkind in crystals, excepts for Spyro, who nimbly dodged the spell. He then has to un-freeze all of the dragons.
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! AKA Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer The Cheetah-people in Avalar run into some trouble when a wizard called Ripto moves in and starts breaking things. Spyro helps.
Spyro: Year of the Dragon Dragon eggs are stolen! Spyro must gather them back, while discovering an ancient realm once inhabited by dragons, but it isn't anymore.


And then there were more, developed by other people, such as
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly Ripto has a cunning plan to STEAL ALL OF THE DRAGONFLIES. But something goes wrong in his evil spell, and only a magic purple dragon can collect all of the little critters again, using his bubble breath!
Spyro: A Hero's Tale All of the Spyro characters come together to fight evil.
Spyro: Shadow Legacy Spyro is learning some impressive dragon skills at the Dojo, when he wakes up and discovers the world is full of sinister beasts. he soon learns that he can phase between reality and the Shadow Realm.


And then they re-booted it, gave Spyro a new voice and a new history, and made 'The Legend of Spyro'.
TLoS: A New Beginning  The dark forces close in on a dragon temple, and the elemental guardians have only a few moments to save just one egg, a sacred purple dragon egg. Spyro grows up under the illusion he is a dragonfly, until he breathes fire at some apes, and wonders off on a journey of discovery. He then has to save three elemental dragons
TLoS: The Eternal Night Cinder, the once evil- now good friend of Spyro's tries to wonder away in the middle of the night. Spyro follows her to discover that the temple is under attack. A vision alerts him that The Eternal Night is coming.
TLoS: Dawn of The Dragon After three years of being encased in a crystal, Spyro, Cinder and Sparx awake to find that the world has changed, and only they can save it. The can also fly now, which is good.


And then Skylanders happened, and I have not played any of the Skylander games, so I cannot tell you what they are about.