Rayman (Rayman)/Synopsis

The Synopsis of Rayman from the Rayman series. 
===Rayman===
Rayman has to defend his home from the clutches of Mr. Dark, who has stolen the Great Protoon from its rightful resting place, disrupting the balance in the world. He gets help from Betilla the Fairy and the Magician. This game introduces many of Rayman's well-known traits including his helicopter-hair and his long range fist-throwing. Using these abilities, Rayman must travel across the land to reach Mr. Dark's citadel while also freeing the Electoons that the villain had imprisoned inside numerous cages.
===Rayman 2: The Great Escape===
This game serves as Rayman's first 3D platforming adventure. Robo-Pirates lead by the ruthless Admiral Razorbeard have shattered the Heart of the World, an energy which that maintains the peace and harmony within Rayman's homeworld, The Glade of Dreams. Without the heart, Rayman is deprived of his powers and he is imprisoned alongside various other inhabitants of the Glade aboard Razorbeard's Prison Ship, The Buccaneer. However, Rayman was able to escape with help from his friends and must find a way to regain his powers to stop the Robo-Pirate's invasion.
He initially went to find Ly the Fairy so she could restore his powers, but learnt she was unable to do this after rescuing her from a Robo-Pirates' stronghold. He was instead told to seek out help from the sleeping deity Polokus by collecting four hidden masks that were protected by mighty guardians. Upon obtaining the first mask, Rayman is sent to meet with Polokus who explains that he can assist him in vanquishing the Robo-Pirates once all four masks are collected. Until then, he uses the power he currently has to strengthen Rayman abilities.
Rayman continued his search for the masks while also freeing his friends Globox, Ssssam, and Carmen from imprisonment, and retrieved the elixir of life to restore his pal Clark back to health. He eventually gathered all four masks for Polokus to tap into the true potential of his power, but Rayman still had to defeat Admiral Razorbeard himself aboard The Buccaneer. He fought his way through the Prison Ship's many hazards to reach the admiral at the crows nest and their showdown resulted in The Buccaneer's destruction. Luckily, Rayman survived the incident and reunited with his friends to celebrate their victory.
If Rayman managed to collect all 1000 Lums (or 800 Lums in the PSOne version) to restore the Heart of the World, it is revealed that he is only one Polokus did not dream into existence within the Glade of Dreams.
===Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc===
Rayman and Globox were sleeping peacefully one night when the Black Lum Andre appeared with a gang of Hoodlums to terrorize the Glade of Dreams. Rayman is flown to safety by Murfy who helps him find his missing hands that Globox took as he fled from the Hoodlum forces. They soon find Globox hiding with Rayman's hands inside a barrel near the Fairy Council before Andre invaded the area in search for the Heart of the World. The heroes raced after Andre to stop him from using the heart's energy to create an army of Hoodlums and stumbled across a can of the Hoodlums' lazer detergent that Rayman uses to temporarily gain new abilities. Upon reaching the Heart of the World, Rayman discovers that Globox had accidentally swallowed Andre, who is alive and trapped inside him. One of the Teensie kings recommended they find a doctor in Clearleaf Forest to help with Globox's predicament, but they soon find the forest is swarming with Hoodlums who are prepared to take back their leader using lethal force. Rayman fights his way through the Hoodlum's camps and strongholds before reaching the teensie doctor, Otto Psi, in his surgery.
Despite his attempts, Otto is unable to remove Andre and suggests the heroes see another doctor at the Land of the Livid Dead. However, Rayman is accidentally warped to the wrong location, landing into an outhouse being used by the witch Bégoniax at The Bog of Murk. Rayman tries to apologise for the incident but Bégoniax runs off in anger, accusing him of being a pervert and leaving him to find his way own across the bog. Rayman encounters Bégoniax again inside her house where he is forced to fight her so he can proceed further using a magical mirror that Globox was calling from. He eventually enters a mansion belonging to Count Razoff; a hunter who began to actively hunt Rayman throughout his home until he is defeated by the limbless hero. Rayman then reunites with Globox and use another magical mirror to finally get to the Land of the Livid Dead. Unfortunately, the area is also littered with Hoodlums, but Rayman frees the local Teensies from captivity who proceed to guide him in the right direction.
They managed to reach the next doctor, Roméo Patti, who tries and fails to get rid of Andre before he recommends seeing a doctor in the Desert of the Knaaren. As Rayman and Globox cross the desert, they save some Teensies who warn them to avoid the Knaaren that live there as they are vicious and are considered to be invincible. However, when Globox is captured by one of them after falling underground, Rayman braves Knaaren territory in a attempt to save him. Although he managed to sneak past many Knaaren, Rayman soon finds himself surrounded by them and is forced by the Knaaren King Gumsi to fight for survival against his champion Reflux. Rayman uses his abilities gained from canned lazer detergent to come out triumphant, winning his freedom, Globox, and power from a deity known as The Leptys to transform Black Lums into red ones again.
The heroes soon reach the third doctor, Art Rytus, who decides to call upon the other two doctors, Otto and Roméo, to perform some "group therapy" on Globox that finally drives Andre out of his body and into the depths of the desert. It is learnt by the heroes that Andre had teamed up with Reflux so he can summon The Leptys' power to create more Hoodlums and dominate the Glade of Dreams. Rayman and Globox chase after the villains by traveling across dangerous seas, snowy mountains, and through the Hoodlums' Headquarters before finding them both at the Tower of the Leptys. Rayman climbs the tower to confront Reflux, who has transformed from the power he obtained, and manages to destroy him with Globox's help after a lengthy battle. Rayman then transforms Andre back into a Red Lum which also reverts the other Black Lums back to their normal states, putting an end to the Hoodlums.
Afterwards, Globox expresses disappointment Andre was gone as he had become fond of him and asks Rayman to scare a Red Lum to turn it into a Black Lum. But Rayman responds he would not know how to scare a Red Lum before falling asleep. A flashback then reveals that Rayman's wayward hands were responsible for turning Andre into a Black Lum in the first place, beginning the events of the game.
===Rayman: Hoodlum's Revenge===
Rayman and Globox are sleeping in the forest, when suddenly, Globox's dreams are disturbed by the memory of swallowing Black Lum André. He is awakened by a strange sound, and sets off to search for its source (it is possible he was captured by the Hoodlums, since he is later seen in the Bog of Murk, seemingly trapped). Rayman wakes up later to find Globox missing, and sets off to look for him. As he journeys onward, Rayman is told by Murfy that the Hoodlums are trying to clone Reflux, the other main rival of Rayman 3. The clone is plum juice-powered. Before he meets up with Globox, he must destroy the Infernal Machine, which makes the potent plum juice.
Meanwhile, in the Bog of Murk, Globox was slowly being taken over by André, This is apparent by Globox's sudden mood swings in which he becomes condescending, aggressive, and just plain mean. Later, when he escapes from prison and reunites with Rayman, André often insults Rayman or the feeble attempts of the Hoodlums ("meddlesome loser" and "Lame-man" being some of the jeers he throws at Rayman). However, Rayman, unused to Globox being a jerk, or smart in any way, does not hear most of it, However, Globox asks if he was hit in the head.
As they continue through the land, they must save the Teensies and defeat bosses. In the Pit of Endless Fire, after the defeat of the Firemonster, André takes full control of Globox and announces his return. When Rayman finally encounters the cloned Reflux, created from Globox's body, and defeats him, an unconscious Globox appears. Andre's black spirit flutters away through Globox's mouth. Globox wakes up and asks if he missed breakfast and the game ends with the pair walking off into the forest.
===Rayman Raving Rabbids===
Rayman was having a picnic with some Globox babies when Rabbids suddenly pull the children underground and appear in their place. Rayman offered one of them some food when a large masked Rabbid called Serguei grabbed him and took the hero to a Rabbid colosseum where he was forced the serve as a gladiator for the Rabbids' amusement. After winning the first few trials, Rayman is rewarded with some plungers that he soon began using to create a ladder up to his cell window in order to escape his imprisonment. He continued to entertain the Rabbids, becoming adored by them enough to improve his accommodations, until he gained enough plungers to make the climb up to his freedom. However, he soon remembered that the Globox babies were still held captive by Rabbids upon coming across their picnic site. Rayman tried to rescue them by jumping down a Rabbid hole but became stuck halfway in for the rest of the day.
===Rayman Raving Rabbids 2===
Rayman followed the Rabbids to Earth in order to stop their invasion of the planet. He finds them held up inside a shopping mall and decides to disguise himself as a Rabbid to infiltrate their numbers and bring them down from within.
===Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party===
The game begins with Rayman being chased by Rabbids before taking shelter inside a lone house. Inside the dwelling, He notices the television acting strangely and finds that the Rabbids had somehow been zapped into it. Rayman is forced to listen to their obnoxious antics throughout his stay at the house, occasionally abusing the television in frustration and causing cracks to appear on the screen. Rayman eventually damaged it enough to shatter the glass and release the Rabbids, who proceeded to chase him out of the house.
===Rayman Origins===
Rayman was relaxing alongside his friends Globox, Grand Minimus, Goth Teensie, and the Bubble Dreamer at the sacred Snoring Tree when the noise they were making was apparently loud enough to anger the nightmarish inhabitants of the Land of the Livid Dead (a different location than the one seen in Rayman 3), causing them leave the dark realms and invade the Glade of Dreams. Rayman and the others tried to fight back against them but were imprisoned inside cages as the emerging nightmares caused the Bubble Dreamer to become unhinged, threatening the very existence of the Glade.
In order to save their world from destruction, Rayman and his allies have to combat the growing nightmares and free caged Electoons to hold the fabric of reality together, allowing them to reach different locations. During their quest, the heroes save captured Nymphs from the jaws of Darktoons and are rewarded with the power to use new abilities. The Magician would also assist the heroes by giving them advice and trading Lums for Electoons. Eventually, Rayman and company arrive at the Dreamer's Door on Mystical Pique where they are informed that to open the door they must first save the Four Kings of the Glade who have been transformed into monsters. 
By defeating each of the Kings in combat, the heroes were able to restore their true forms and pass through the Dreamer's Door to Moody Clouds where they find a massive mechanical fortress seemingly powered by Lums and full of hostile robots. They go deeper into the fortress to find The Magician who reveals he has been emulating the villainy of his idol Mr. Dark by using the heroes and invading nightmares to amass enough Lums for his own nefarious purposes. Rayman and party pursue The Magician after he attempts to eliminate them with giant mechas and wound up causing him to collide his airship with the fortress's core, resulting in a tremendous explosion. The heroes fall from the sky and land next to the Bubble Dreamer at the Snoring Tree, where they proceed to relax once more with the Glade safe from nightmares.
If the heroes collect all the Skull Teeth in the game, they can access the Land of the Livid Dead where they must save a Nymph who has been transformed into a massive creature called Big Mama.
The game and it's surrounding media also reveal Rayman's origins, which was previously hinted towards in Rayman 2: The Great Escape. Rayman was created by the Nymphs to protect the Glade when it was plagued by Nightmares under the command of the Bubble Dreamer's villainous counterpart Jano. The Nymphs gathered many Lums to perform the ceremony which resulted with Rayman's creation, but they lost a sackful of them when they chased some Zombie Chickens off a cliff to prevent them from entering sacred grounds. Because of the lack of Lums, Rayman was born without limbs, but this only made him more limber, and the Nymphs began making more heroes like Rayman albeit using different recipes.
The PlayStation Vita version of the game reveals more about Rayman's past. Rayman was once bald and had a female admirer when a group of parasites resembling blades of hair made their home on top of Rayman's head, making him appear to have a head full of hair. His female admirer was horrified by the infestation and tried to trim the parasites off with some scissors as they pulled Rayman in different directions to avoid them. The parasites soon cause their host to run off a cliff, but managed to save him by spinning like a propeller which allowed Rayman to achieve flight, thus explaining how Rayman can use his hair to fly or hover.
===Rayman Legends===
Rayman and the other heroes take a nap which lasts for a century. During this time, the Bubble Dreamer begins having nightmares again which multiply in number and endanger the Glade. Murfy is eventually sent to wake up the heroes and have them combat the invaders across various different lands. During their adventures, Rayman and pals save a princess named Barbara who joins them on their quest and learnt that The Magician has returned as five Dark Teensies that are trying to prevent the heroes from stopping the chaos.
===Rayman Adventures===
Rayman and Barbara set sail with their new ally, The Captain, in search for stolen Incrediball eggs so they can be returned to the Sacred Tree and help it grow.
===Rayman Mini===
Rayman is shrunk along with the other heroes and joins them in their search to return to their regular sizes.
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