Phibby Croax

Phibby as he appears in the Magiswords Trilogy

Phibby Croax was a former student of Adventure Academy and a warrior who debuted in the Mighty Magiswords: Adventure Academy shorts and Quest for Knowledge. He sought to learn how to be an adventurer to live a more extreme life finding his calling when he returned in the Magiswords Trilogy and fought in the Toon Wars. He's most notable for having strength nearly on par with Centurion against threats like Fusion and the Echo Drones, and was one of the top-tier fighters in the war sent out as a tank much of the time. In Toon Wars: The Final Days, he was deleted by the Toon God and his data was sent to the Trashbin until he along with the rest of reality could be restored thanks to the Fourth Wall Controls. Interestingly, Phibby is one of the rare few characters who remembers the events of the virus attack despite not being present for the entirety of the story.

Like Gateaux, Phibby is voiced by Arin Hanson from Game Grumps in Mighty Magiswords and had the same voice for the fan-made Magiswords Trilogy and Toon Wars.

## Appearance

Phibby the blue frog first appeared in the Adventure Academy Shorts in a traditional academy uniform wearing a pink bandana on his forehead and braces. Physically, he was very slim at the time, but as an adult, he became well built and towered over almost everyone, save for Cattus and Wulf. He was bare-chested and wore his bandana with pink wristbands, black shorts, bandages on his legs, and black slippers with brown soles. When he returned in Fusion Wars Part 3, he had a special green armor from his vacation outside of Rhyboflaven that was heavily mechanized and used primarily as a defensive suit; proving its use when he was shot at by the invaders' mothership. When removed for the rest of the trilogy and Toon Wars, Phibby looked almost identical to how he normally did in the original show but had baggie black pants (the right leg seeming to have tears in it) and black shoes with white soles. In addition to a black belt with a grey buckle. He also had a far more feminine complexion with his hair becoming more wavy and having poofier hips, also semingly wearing eyeliner. His purple lips almost resembled lipstick.

In the original show and the Magiswords Trilogy, Phibby always has a green triangular shield strapped to his back, though Toon Wars: Shorts would often show him without it. In Toon Wars: Legacy, Phibby now has bangs covering his eyes.

## Personality

Being a thrill-seeker, Phibby was highly excitable and enthusiastic. He always enjoyed the danger of any given scenario, only getting bored when his routine or quest was becoming typical for him, once even asking for Vambre and Prohyas' help to humor him. In either of his appearances, Phibby was shown to be cooperative helping Bimm and Familiar fight an artificial creature from Glori and battle against the invaders and the Echo Corp.

He was also notably honorable, taking a knee for the Warriors for Hire once and staying behind in Part 3 of Fusion Wars to distract the mothership defenses from attacking Centurion. At times, he can be affectionate towards Familiar and Glori; most especially Familiar whom he develops an attachment for.

## Biography

### Mighty Magiswords

Not much is known about Phibby's early life outside of the academy. However, he is said to have done extreme things with his parents in the past and was hoping to do more with Cyrus' teachings. He was often seen next to Familiar and frequently participated in lessons according to Prohyas. Come Quest for Knowledge, Phibby returned bigger and stronger than ever as an adult, taking all of Cyrus' advice into account and teaming up with Familiar and Bimm once again to look for the Knowledge Magisword; surprisingly being extremely efficient with their teamwork against one of Glori's traps. Once they discovered the hidden Magisword, they were forced to fight Glori to get it back, though Phibby accidentally knocked himself out trying to jump into her with his shield. He recovered and felt that since Vambre and Prohyas had the Knowledge Magisword, they could have it, already satisfied with the adventure.

### Fusion Wars

Phibby returned following Part 2 of Fusion Wars and some episodes of Magiswords to aid Centurion's components in their fight against Fusion's master, Green Diamond. After dealing with her henchmen, he and the combiner made it to the mothership. However, Phibby briefly got stuck on land near the eruption point of the volcano underneath it, seemingly getting killed by it. This was a temporary setback as he managed to climb aboard the ship and help deal massive blows to Omega Fusion, Green Diamond's ultimate form. After Cattus was able to slay the villain, Phibby found her ship's archives and gave them to his friend who wished to study them in the long run.

### Pax Morbidia

Phibby was part of Prohyas' dream of an unstoppable force attacking Lyvsheria. He and Glori took on the creature only to be dismantled by it in the most extreme way possible, alluding to his death in The Final Days.

### Toon Wars and Magiswords Echoes

After the Samurai Jack Saga, the Toon Force expanded and introduced new cartoons into the organization, including Magiswords. Phibby was one of the earliest heroes to join and proved to be one of the best, often being deployed as a heavy unit on the field. By the time of the Siege of Rhyboflaven, Phibby was at his peak, being tasked with rescuing Princess Zange and Vambre Warrior from the Echo Drones' Space Factory. He accompanied Glori throughout the trip, being sent in as a diversion half the time to keep the commando drones busy for the away team to get by. When they rescued the captives, the two remained in the factory's platform destroying the drones and martyr towers before they could activate. It's then revealed in the bridge that DeBizz was behind the invasion, aiming to send out an army of robots for an unknown client. With Phibby's aid, he was defeated and the space station was destroyed, ending the siege.

Sometime during the war, Phibby began to slowly reveal his feminine side and was highly affectionate toward Familiar.

### Toon Wars: The Final Days

During the initial phase of the virus invasion, Phibby was among the last survivors of Lyvsheria when the Toon God confronted them at the Adventure Academy. Though the villain proved more than capable of taking him down, Phibby remained firm in protecting his friends, only to lose his life when the Toon God shot through him. His data was kept preserved in the trashbin and an image of it was created when the Toon Goddess' false reality kicked in. Eventually, when Bimm and the Toon Force got to the bottom of the Virus Entity and deleted the Toon God, reality and its people were restored. Phibby, however, was most notable for being one of the rare few characters who died yet still remembered the events of the Final Days despite the changes during their restoration.

### Toon Wars: Legacy

Phibby is reintroduced in Crossover Forces as part of the training of the New Toon Force with Vambre and Prohyas. He was used to test Magiswords out on for the heroes to acquainted with their style of combat. By this point, he is also said to be married to both Familiar and Zange.

## Abilities

* Extreme Strength
* Good Agility
* Super Punch
* Shield Prowess

## Stats

Although exact numbers are unclear, Phibby was known to be a capable fighter in both Mighty Magiswords and Toon Wars due to his love for thrills. He was able to take damage from just about anything with incredible endurance, even when the Warriors for Hire once used a gargantuan mech suit to fire at him. The only things that seem to put him down are either a fault of his own or a cosmic being such as the Toon God. According to Jimmy Neutron, Phibby is able to keep up mainly thanks to his adapting.

## Trivia

* During development of Fusion Wars, Frozarburst thought Phibby was wearing lipstick and wasn't sure what species he was, preferring to name him as simply a reptilian.
* Notably in Mighty Magiswords' development, Phibby was one of the few characters who did not have any early drafts since 2014. He would later be given slight alterations by Frozarburst for Fusion Wars and beyond.
* As pointed out by fans of Mighty Magiswords, Phibby almost always seems to be watching Familiar in the academy shorts and doesn't mind accompanying him and Bimm, hinting that he maybe affectionate to him. As a joke, Frozarburst drew a picture of him seemingly attracted to Familiar on Tumblr along with Zange, later confirming that the three of them got together following Toon Wars: The Final Days.
* In one of the earlier drafts of Pax Morbidia, the narrator was mistaken for Phibby since he too is voiced by Arin Hanson, whom Frozarburst fondly recognizes for his playthroughs on Game Grumps. His partner Dan also vocalized the intro to Mighty Magiswords.
* Like all the other anthropomorphic characters of the original series, Phibby was given five fingers instead of four in the Magiswords Trilogy and Toon Wars series.