Spyro the Dragon

Spyro the Dragon is a purple dragon who was the original mascot of PlayStation. He, along with Crash Bandicoot shared a sibling rivalry during the late 1990s. The first game through the third game was released from 1997 to 1999.

## Plot

### Gnasty Gnorc's Revenge

In Spyro's first adventure, the evil Gnasty Gnorc crystalized every dragon in the Dragon Realms due to being mocked by an older Dragon, Lindar, who was being interviewed on television. Missing Spyro, he, along with his best friend, Sparx, sets out to freeing the 80 Dragons, and retrieving the stolen gems throughout the land. Eventually, Spyro corners Gnasty in the latter's homeland (which was the former junkyard for the Dragons) and the former quickly defeated him. Accomplishing his missions, peace was restored.

### Ripto's Rage

Taken place a year or so after Gnasty's defeat, rain drenches the Dragon Realms. Feeling he needs a vacation, Spyro mentions he should go to Dragon Shores. He, along with Sparx, jump into a nearby poral. Meanwhile, in another area of the world, several inhabitants are attempting to summon a dragon and bring it to their country. One of the characters bring forth Spyro and Sparx. Just at that moment, the evil Ripto, and his two grunts, Gulp and Crunch, greet them as well. Words are exchanged and Ripto flees. Spyro inquires about him and the character explains whats going on and they leave. Once the purple dragon makes his way through Glimmer, Spyro is introduced to the characters - Hunter the Cheetah, Elora the Faun, the Professor, and Moneybags the Bear. Elora explains to "go throughout Avalar and convince the inhabiants to give him their talismen." Given another task is at hand, Spyro sets out. He battles and defeats the two grunts. The final confrontation turns into Spyro vs. Ripto. The former wins and peace returns to Avalar. Elora apologizes for the trouble that Moneybags caused and Hunter beat him down to return the gems that the bear stole. Happy with the ending, Spyro and Sparx jumps into a super portal for Dragon Shores.

### Year of the Dragon

Sometime after Ripto's defeat, the Dragons, Spyro and his friends were sleeping on the ground having celebrated the "Year of the Dragon" - an event that brings new Dragon Eggs to the Dragon Realms. However while they slept it off, a mysterious character, and minions pop up from the ground to steal the eggs. The group steals the eggs until the mysterious leader grabs an egg and walks off until they step on Hunter's tail. He wails waking the Dragons. The leader flees, but is burned by Spyro. In an unknown part of the world, the leader, revealed to be a female, handed the eggs off to her boss - the Sorceress. While the two discuss, Zoe was spying on them. She returned to the Dragon Realms and explained what she saw. An unnamed Purple Dragon (or Argus in the Reignited Trilogy) instructs Spyro and his friends to go and save the eggs in the Forgotten Realms.

Spryo and friends pop up in the Forgotten Realms. Over the adventure, he is aided by various new friends - Sheila, Srgt. Bryd, Bently, and Agent 9. Eventually, Spyro and friends defeat the Sorceress' forces she pit against them. While Spyro races against the clock, Bianca learns that the Sorceress only wants the baby dragons for their wings to stay immortal. Learning this, she betrays her master and becomes an ally to Spyro and his friends. With her help, Spyro was able to come face to face with the Sorceress -- he wins.

At the end, Hunter disappears and Spyro and Sparx goes on the hunt. They find him in Fireworks Factory where Hunter and Bianca become a couple, much to Spyro and Sparx's dismay.

## Merchandise

Unlike Crash Bandicoot, Spyro doesn't have that much merchandise. However, some were released such as the 2001 Universal Parks plush and Kidrobot's plush. The latter is without fault, the company actually some forgotten plushies:

 Kidrobot plushies