"It's working! I've got a dragon!"

—The Professor

The Professor (はかせ in Japanese) 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.

StoryEdit

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!Edit

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 inputed 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 flush out Ripto when the group heard that the tyrant 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 Gulp was defeated by Spyro, the Professor was with Elora and Hunter back in the Winter Tunder after he had 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 to their feet, and the explosion knocked all of the orbs off the Super Portal. Before the Professor can attempt to retrieve the Power Crystal, he was threatened by Ripto that he will be turned into 'the world's smartest pile of ashes' if he made any attempts to reach the cystal. 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, with the destination set at Dragon Shores for Spyro.

Spyro: Year of the DragonEdit

In the Forgotten Worlds, the Professor gave Agent 9 some training when the Rhynocs invaded his laboratory. After the Sorceress' first defeat, the Professor and Elora met up with Spyro, where the mole later told the young dragon that he tried to get to the Dragon Realms, but the book he bought was out of date 'by a thousand years'.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 told them to keep from Spyro, but the Professor was able to distract the monkey by claiming that there was a rhynoc in a bush.

Spyro: A Hero's TailEdit

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 off on his quest, and requested that the young dragon visited Moneybags first. The mole is notable for helping Spyro activate a machine used to transport him from various realms. He later helped him experiment another machine that puts him in a ball so he can adventure through the levels called the Ball Gadget.

The Professor will help Spyro through a hologram after each boss in each realm is defeated. After Spyro defeated Red for the first time, the Professor told Spyro that Red's new lair is under a volcano and also that he was also going to find Red. When Spyro got to Red's Laboratory, he found out the Professor was captured by Red and was forced into making robotic minions for the evil Dragon Elder. When Spyro was battling Red, the Professor turned Red into a giant size dragon by accident. Spyro soon defeated Mecha Red, and the Professor turned Red into a small dragon and puts him in a jar, mentioning that the shrunked dragon will be of use in his labratory.

Spyro Orange: The Cortex ConspiracyEdit

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

Spyro: Shadow LegacyEdit

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 the purple dragon bested the Fire Minion, the mole took Spyro to the Forgotten Realms by air balloon. There, the Professor reunites with Sis, Blink, and Willard, and was surprised by Sis' intelligence when she created a magic detector for Spyro to use.

GalleryEdit

The Professor as he appears in Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon.

The Professor in his Ripto's Rage! 3D model

Oliver Wade's concept of the Professor

The Professor as seen in A Hero's Tail

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TriviaEdit

• For unknown reasons, the Professor did not make an appearance in Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, however, his idle soundset 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.

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