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“It's working! I've got a dragon!”
    —The Professor

The Professor is another main character in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!. This ingenious mole is the uncle of Blink the Mole, Spyro's colleague and companion in Spyro: A Hero's Tail.

Appearance

Original Design (1999-2000)

In the second and third games, the Professor is very stout with a large head, teal eyes, grey hair, and eyebrows. He wears glasses, a white lab coat, and black shoes. In A Hero's Tail, he is slightly taller, and his hair and eyebrows have become white.

Reignited Design (2018)

In the Spyro Reignited Trilogy, the Professor is slightly taller, his fur is a similar color with a darker complexion on his head. His hair is white, and his eyebrows are much bushier and also has two strands on top of his head. His lab coat is more detailed with a collar, pockets, and buttons, and he also wears dark brown pants.

Personality

The Professor is an intellectual individual who's always looking for solutions. He's always seen carrying around a pencil and his notepad to write down the coordinates from his studies.

In Spyro: Shadow Legacy, the Professor is, stangely, portrayed as a more scientific mole, having no belief in the existence of magic, despite being around it in the previous games (notably in Spyro 2 and 3).

Story

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!

In the Winter Tundra, the Professor was with Hunter, Elora, and Zoe when he was working on a new Super Portal, but disaster struck when Hunter inputted a wrong code, bringing Ripto, Crush, and Gulp into Avalar. After the orbs were scattered around Avalar by Zoe's friends, the Professor decided to bring a Dragon into the world to rid of Ripto when the group heard that he disliked Dragons. He, Hunter, and Elora secretly created a portal in Glimmer. Within time, Spyro came through and decided to help them gather the Orbs, which were used to power the portals.

After Spyro defeated Gulp, the Professor was with Elora and Hunter back in the Winter Tundra. He revealed to have obtained a Power Crystal for the Super Portal, hoping to use it to send Spyro home. But suddenly, Ripto rolled a bomb, and the explosion knocked all the orbs off the Super Portal. Before the Professor can retrieve the Power Crystal, Ripto threatened to turn him into "the world's smartest pile of ashes" if he made any attempts to reach the crystal. Ripto then stole the Power Crystal to be used for his new scepter and locked himself inside of the castle.

After Ripto was defeated, the Professor activated the Super Portal, allowing Spyro to go to Dragon Shores, the place Spyro wanted to go to since the beginning of the game.

Spyro: Year of the Dragon

In the Forgotten Worlds, the Professor gave Agent 9 some training when the Rhynocs invaded his laboratory. After the Sorceress's first defeat, the Professor and Elora met with Spyro, where The Professor later told Spyro that he tried to get to the Dragon Realms, but the book he bought was out of date "by a thousand years." Agent 9 nearly blew a secret Hunter had told them to keep from Spyro, but the Professor was able to distract the Agent 9 by claiming that there was a Rhynoc in a bush.

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

The Professor showed Spyro a video with several Gnorcs and the fallen dragon, Red, and explained that the Gnorcs are mining Dark Gems for their leader, and has even allied with Gnasty Gnorc. The Professor then sent Spyro on his quest, and he requested that Spyro visited Moneybags first. The Professor is notable for helping Spyro activate a machine used to transport him from various realms. He later helped him experiment with another machine that puts him in a ball, so he can adventure through the levels called the Ball Gadget.

The Professor helped Spyro through a hologram after each boss in each realm is defeated. After Spyro defeated Red the first time, the Professor informed him that Red's new lair somewhere under a volcano on Volcanic Isle. The mole went on to find Red on his own, convinced that the villain was weak enough to be stopped. When Spyro got to Red's Laboratory, he discovered that the Professor was captured by Red and forced into making robotic minions for the evil dragon. When Spyro was battling Red, the Professor accidentally used a machine to turn Red into a giant-sized dragon. Spyro soon defeated Red, and the Professor shrank the evil dragon down in size and captured him in a jar, mentioning that the shrunken dragon would be of use in his laboratory.

Spyro: Shadow Legacy

When the Calamity struck, the Professor was back in Avalar when he became trapped in the Shadow Realm shortly after helping the Bonebuilders in Skelos Badlands. After being freed by Spyro, and once he bested the Fire Minion, the Professor took Spyro to the Forgotten Realms via airship. There, the Professor reunited with his family, Sis, Blink, and Willard, and was surprised by Sis's intelligence when she created a magic detector for Spyro to use.

Other appearances

Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs

The Professor guided Spyro and Sparx to his Secret Lab and wanted to show them a few surprises, one being a machine that can look through the fabric of space via peephole and the other being his automated assistant Butler. However Butler grew out of control, forcing Spyro to temporarily shut him down with one of the lab's electronic conduits. This unfortunately caused the Professor's Peephole Machine to overload, granting Ripto access into the secret lab. With the Professor's warp device in his possession, Ripto teleported Spyro away and was successfully able to take over the Professor's laboratory.

Spyro and Sparx were then tasked with traveling throughout the Realms to recover twelve 'Hearts,' to open a passage back to the Professor's lab and confront Ripto again. After gaining all the Hearts, Spyro and Sparx entered Chateau Ripto to put a stop to Ripto's plan and save the Professor. They discovered the Professor dangling over a vat of lava within Ripto's throne room. After Spyro and Sparx defeated Ripto, they rescued the Professor and warped back to his secret lab.

Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy

The Professor teamed up with Coco Bandicoot, after they were both kidnapped by Neo Cortex's niece, Nina Cortex.

Gallery

Main article: Professor/Gallery

Trivia

  • Although he didn't appear in Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, the Professor's idle sound set from Ripto's Rage! is reused in this game for the character Porkins, and the other mouse professors, most notably his "Ah-ha!" and "No..." voices.
  • As shown in the Reignited Trilogy, the Professor now has closed eyes (since he is above ground and can't see very well like real moles), but he has opened them on some occasions in cutscenes of Ripto's Rage!.
  • In Spyro: Shadow Legacy, the Professor is portrayed as a scientific man who doesn't believe in the concept of magic, despite being around magic in Avalar in the previous games.
Characters
Main Characters
Spyro the Dragon - Sparx the Dragonfly - Hunter
Elora - Professor - Zoe - Moneybags
Villains
Ripto - Crush - Gulp
Colossus Yeti - Master Chef - Bombo - Ox
Non-playable characters
Agent Zero - Alchemist - Bazil - Big Gnorcs - Bonebuilders - Breezebuilders - Brother Kipp - Droids
Electrolls - Fairies - Fauns - Fisher - Foreman Bud - Gemcutters - Green Colosi - Greta - Handel
Hippos - Ice Builders - Inventor Droid - Juliet - Land Blubbers - Little Bo Peep - Logistics Droid - Mayor
Ooga and Mr. Bones - Queen Finny - Robot Farmers - Romeo - Scarlet Lizards - Seahorses - Turtles
Water Wizards - Water Workers - Wizards - Yellow Colosi Monks
Locations
Worlds
Summer Forest - Autumn Plains - Winter Tundra
Glimmer - Colossus - Idol Springs - Hurricos - Sunny Beach - Aquaria Towers - Skelos Badlands - Crystal Glacier
Breeze Harbor - Zephyr - Scorch - Fracture Hills - Magma Cone - Shady Oasis - Mystic Marsh - Cloud Temples
Robotica Farms - Metropolis - Dragon Shores
Speedways
Ocean Speedway - Metro Speedway - Icy Speedway - Canyon Speedway
Boss Arenas
Crush's Dungeon - Gulp's Overlook - Ripto's Arena
Terms
Talisman - Spirit Particles - Gems - Orbs - Cheat codes
Media
Snowman Ads - Mikey Ad
Characters
Playable Characters
Spyro the Dragon - Sparx the Dragonfly - Hunter
Sheila - Sgt. Byrd - Bentley - Agent 9
Villains
Sorceress - Buzz - Spike - Scorch
Bluto the Rhynoc - Sleepyhead - Colossus Yeti - Twin Fire Dragons - Moneybags - Sasquatch Six
Non-playable characters
Astor - Ami - Azrael - Bartholomew - Basho - Bianca - Buson - Crazy Ed - Egyptian Dogs - Elora
Fairies - Fireflies - Fluffy - Gnome Wizards - Greta - Gus - Handel - Holiday - Hummingbirds - Isabelle - Lindar
Lions - Marco - Mountain Goats - Nancy - Ooga and Mr. Bones - Pandas - Penguins - Polar Bears - Professor - Purple Villagers
Roy - Scarlet Lizards - Seals - Gus - Tara - Tikis - Weather Imps - Wyatt - Zoe
Locations
Worlds
Sunrise Spring - Midday Gardens - Evening Lake - Midnight Mountain
Sunny Villa - Cloud Spires - Molten Crater - Seashell Shore - Sheila's Alp - Icy Peak - Enchanted Towers - Spooky Swamp
Bamboo Terrace - Sgt. Byrd's Base - Frozen Altars - Lost Fleet - Charmed Ridge - Fireworks Factory - Bentley's Outpost
Crystal Islands - Desert Ruins - Haunted Tomb - Dino Mines - Agent 9's Lab - Super Bonus Round
Speedways
Mushroom Speedway - Country Speedway - Honey Speedway - Harbor Speedway
Boss Arenas
Buzz's Dungeon - Spike's Arena - Scorch's Pit - Sorceress's Lair
Sparx Areas
Crawdad Farm - Spider Town - Starfish Reef - Bugbot Factory
Terms
Dragon Eggs - Gems - Rhynocs - Cheat codes
Characters
Playable Characters
Spyro the Dragon - Sparx
Villains
Grendor
Non-playable characters
Hunter - Zoe - Bianca - Moneybags - Professor
Locations
Fairy Realms
Autumn Fairy Home - Winter Fairy Home - Spring Fairy Home - Summer Fairy Home
Market Mesa - Lava Prairie - Mermaid Coast - Hummingbird Fort - Panda Gardens - Honey Marsh
Time Machine Lab - Roman City - Twilight Bulb Factory - Dusty Trails - Star Park - Grendor's Lair
Speedways
Stone Age Speedway - Ice Age Speedway - Aqua Age Speedway - Space Age Speedway
Boss Arenas
Grendor's Lair
Sparx Areas
Ant Farm - Wasp City - Caterpillar Gardens - Beetle Burrows
Terms
Fairies - Rhynocs -Gems
Characters
Playable Characters
Spyro the Dragon - Hunter
Sparx the Dragonfly - Sgt. Byrd - Blink
Villains
Red (Mecha Form)
Gnasty Gnorc - Ineptune - Mammoth
Non-playable characters
Amp - Aqua - Astor - Bentley the Yeti - Ember - Flame - Fredneck - Freezia - Ice Princess - Lily - Magnus
- Mergatroids - Moneybags - Mrs. Shoutfire - Otto - Peggy - Phil - Professor - Teena - Titan
- Tomas - Trina - Turtle Mother - Wally - Zoe
Locations
Worlds
Dragon Kingdom - Lost Cities - Icy Wilderness - Volcanic Isle
Dragon Village - Crocovile Swamp - Dragonfly Falls - Coastal Remains - Cloudy Domain - Sunken Ruins
- Frostbite Village - Gloomy Glacier - Ice Citadel - Stormy Beach - Molten Mount - Magma Falls - Dark Mine
- Red's Lab
Boss Arenas
Gnasty's Cave - Watery Tomb - Red's Chamber - Red's Lair
Speedways
Island Speedway - Cloudy Speedway - Iceberg Aerobatics - Lava Palaver
Terms
Gems - Dark Gems - Light Gems - Dragon Eggs
Other
Credits - Cheat codes
Characters
Main Characters
Spyro the Dragon - Sparx the Dragonfly - Hunter
Bianca - Blink - Tomas
Villains
Sorcerer
Red - Ice Minion - Fire Minion
Non-Playable Characters
Adama - Akello - Amp - Aqua - Artigan - Astor - Bandit - Bears - Bonebuilders - Brigid - Bruno - Cho Lei - Conan
Dirt - Dragons - Ember - Fairies - Flame - Fonsworthy - Fransisco - Gronk
Isabel - Kaitlin - Kasi - Laird - Longorin - Lucia - Lumpy - Magnus - Marshall - Marvin - Maxwell - Merton - Midian - Moles - Moneybags
Mr. Funderlic - Mrs. Funderlic - Mrs. Moneybags - Neema - Old One Horn - Ooga - Pablo - Panthanitis - Pastemolle - Professor
Pullosin - Rabbits - Sensei - Sis - Skipper - Sofia - Teresa - Titan - Trina - Willard - Wizards - Zinc - Zoe
Locations
Worlds
Dragon Kingdom
Dragon Shores - Dragon Dojo - Dragon Village - Mountain of Magic - Big Forest - Cliff Town
Avalar
Savannah - Tree Tops - Skelos Badlands
Forgotten Worlds
Bunny Bayou - Moleville
Terms
Dragon Kata - Shadow Realm - Gems - Eggs - Magic - Shadowstone - Relics
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