Falco Lombardi

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***Falco** was a contestant in the first season of Video Game All-Stars are a member of Team Squidbeak Splatoon and Team Eggman, before and after a team swap respectively.*

## Personality

In the beginning of season one, Falco is viewed as an egocentric and cocky character. With no plans of making friends going into the season, he plans to dominate the game and make it to the end all on his own. However, these plans get even more spoiled throughout the season as Falco realizes how arrogant he seems to other people.

## Season 1 - Video Game All-Stars Island

The boat ride on the way to the island is silent, and Falco intends to keep it that way. Glaring at the view of the sea, he thinks about why he's here and what he's aiming for. S1E1 - VGAS Kart Arcade GP is Falco's first appearance on Video Game All-Stars, and his debut personalizes him as a cold, selfish, hubristic guy. When the first challenge starts, Falco decides to throw the challenge, not wanting to put a target on himself early on. He crashes the car near immediately, running the rest of the way there and being in the top half of the contestants to cross the finish line. On the way there, he has a chat with Hiroko Hagakure, who didn't seem to mind Falco's demeanor. When the teams are picked, Hiroko convinces Lilac to choose Falco, which she does. Falco ends up being a big help for the second part of the challenge as well, helping his team get the win. Exhausted, he takes some time to relax in the team cabin. Rise walks in and, not realizing Falco being awake, asks Gundham, Lilac, and Hiroko for a four person alliance. With a lack of self-control, Falco gets up and attempts to intimidate the group, saying they'll get what's coming to them. After pulling Spyro outside, the two decide to work together. Lilac also rushes outside and tells the two that she doesn't want to vote them out, either. With that, Falco's first alliance is pitched up.

In S1E2 - The Legend of VGAS, Falco struggles to climb up the mountain, but ultimately succeeds in doing so and is one of the seven to advance to the second part of the challenge. Falco is content with his efforts, but mentions in a confessional that he would prefer getting the elimination over with rather than postponing the inevitable. With the alliance dilemma on his mind, Falco thinks about his relationship with Hiroko. Knowing that Lilac is in two alliances, he'd have to gather every vote he could get. In a private meet-up in the team room, Hiroko and Falco bond a bit more, and Falco asks Hiroko for her vote against Rise, which she reluctantly agrees. Spyro and Lilac come in soon after, and the four have a friendly conversation and gossip a little bit about the other contestants.

When S1E3 - Catch Em' Fast! comes around, everyone on Squidbeak Splatoon seems to be stressed out with all the alliance issues. In the confessional, Falco expresses a newfound hatred for Rise. He does his best in the challenge by trying to hold Mario down, but ultimately, his team loses. Falco talks one-on-one with Spyro immediately after the challenge, attempting to cheer him up after the team's first loss. The two agree to vote Rise, as she's the one plotting against them. Lilac and Hiroko enter, who tell them what Rise mentioned about the two in their alliance talk. Rise also walks in on this and lashes out on Falco, who responds with 'okay.' In the elimination, Rise is eliminated in a 3-1-1-1 vote, and Falco doesn't feel as excited about this as he thought he would. He doesn't know why, but even after being targeted for no reason, he felt like Rise didn't deserve this. He shakes it off and walks out of the elimination ceremony.

In S1E4 - Getting The Cash!, Falco spends a majority of the episode questioning how the show hasn't gotten sued. He reflects on what Rise said to him the previous episode and starts to feel a little guilty about his hostility towards her in the past. Regardless, he still helps his team out in securing a victory by breaking into the building and getting as much cash from the bank vault as he could.

In S1E5 - Blockheads, Falco ends up sleeping in late and wakes up to same bad news: he's getting swapped to Team Eggman. He's aggravated by this due to being separated from Spyro, Lilac, and Hiroko, whom he considers the three closest contestants to him. He spends a majority of the challenge gathering materials in the Minecraft world and following Gundham's orders, who he was surprised to see take charge. He ends up being safe due to his team winning, but doesn't seem very happy about it. While the other team is at elimination, he reflects on his moves in the game so far and thinks about how he'd be able to handle the team swap.

In S1E6 - Short, Sweet, and Ink..., Falco sleeps in once again, waking up just in time for the challenge. Since Gundham doesn't attend the challenge, Falco and Dr. Eggman both get two guns. After meeting up with Eggman, Falco attempts to strategize with him, only to witness Eggman getting taken out immediately. Caught up in a 3v1, Falco does his best against Spyro, Lilac, and Hiroko, but ends up getting shot by multiple angles the minute he tries to attack. Falco mentions in a confessional how aggravated his team's disadvantage towards Team Squidbeak makes him, but calms down as Banjo announces that this episode's challenge was only for a reward. At the end of the episode, Falco walks in on Spyro and Lilac talking, overhearing that Spyro's situation is beginning to stress him out.

In S1E7 - SPACEEEEE!, Falco makes up his mind and decides to throw the challenge to make sure Spyro doesn't get too overwhelmed by the game. When the challenge is being explained to the contestants, Falco nudges Spyro's shoulder and tells him he's throwing the challenge, and Spyro nods. After meeting up with his team, Falco starts pulling pieces off Eggman's ship and pushing it off as an accident. After Eggman repairs it, Falco does it again, causing his teammates to be suspicious. Falco begins to overdo the throwing, suggesting that he should be the one to control the ship since he's had experience. Eggman declines, and Falco grabs the wheel and steers them in the opposite direction. The two start fighting, Gundham breaking up the fight and helping them land at their destination. Once their, Falco fools Gundham once again by pointing him into the wrong direction to find the Metroid. As a surprise to nobody, Team Eggman loses thanks to Falco's throwing. Realizing he went overboard after the challenge, he decides to campaign to Eggman to keep him safe. After making up a ton of lies about how he thinks Eggman looks, Falco wins his vote over and his successfully able to eliminate Gundham in a 2-1 vote.

In S1E8 - Star Return, Falco helps Spyro, Lilac, Hiroko, and Eggman set up a camp and retrieve firewood. When K. Rool is revealed to return to the game, Falco, along with the others, is not pleased. However, when the challenge is revealed to be StarFox themed, his spirits are lightened. He easily wins the challenge, taking out everyone he could and is happy to retrieve the first merge challenge's immunity. At the elimination, his hate for K. Rool increases after he sees that he voted for Spyro of all people.

In S1E9 - The Apocalypse, Falco wakes up in a much better mood, attempting to forget about the day prior. He mentions in the confessional that he plans on throwing the challenge so that he doesn't end up with too big of a target on his back. When announced that a nuke is bound to fall on the group in a matter of minutes, Falco takes it rather calmly and grabs a ton of supplies and starts walking off. To nobody's surprise, he ends up losing the challenge first, which he isn't upset about due to throwing. After the challenge, he votes to eliminate Eggman, and ends up happy upon seeing him eliminated. Despite feeling a little bad about it, he brushes it off and talks to Mugman for a bit, who tells him that he made a promise to throw the next challenge and allow for Falco and his friends to make it to the final four. Falco thanks him and walks out.

In S1E10 - Whodunnit?, Falco joins in little conversation prior to the challenge and helps the group investigate. He ends up deducting that Luigi is one of the only possible culprits, winning himself immunity along with Lilac. At the elimination, he votes to eliminate Mugman, finally showing sympathy for a person he helped eliminate since Rise's elimination.

In the beginning of S1E11 - VGAS Party, Falco passes the time with the three other remaining contestants, happily remarking about how they'd worked together and made it this far. When Lilac suggests that the group play Just Dance, Falco reluctantly agrees, joining the three in a game. Humiliated, he ends up getting last due to not having any dance experience whatsoever. When Banjo announces that the challenge will be party themed, Falco sarcastically suggests that there would be no challenge and the group would get to party all day. Of course this ended up not being true, and Falco rushed to retrieve safety as soon as possible. He ended up finishing second overall, right behind Lilac. When it came down to Spyro and Hiroko, Falco starts to regret not working with Spyro more during the challenge. The situation gets worse when Spyro gets eliminated and falls off the hill, bringing Falco to jump into the water and swim after him to apologize. Upset with the result of the challenge, he says his goodbyes to Spyro and watches him leave. However, he's shocked to hear Lilac talking to Spyro over the phone. He asks to speak to him, and as a result ends up talking to Rise as well. The two connect a bit and eventually make up after the situation from earlier in the season.

In S1E12 - Shortie Country, Falco's aware that Hiroko and Lilac may be closer than he is two either of the two, and forces himself to do his best. When the challenge starts, Falco ends up going off on his own direction. After fighting a few kremlings and managing to continue down the path, he ends up running into Lilac. The two work together to take down another kremling, then make their way out of the forest together, becoming the last two contestants remaining. He wishes Hiroko his goodbyes, but then is shocked to find out that all the eliminated contestants are planned to return. He spends the whole week talking to Spyro, Lilac, and Hiroko and prepares for the upcoming finale.

In S1E13 - A Smashing Finale!, Falco's excited to get the season over with. When he ends up being forced to choose, he obviously takes Spyro as his first pick. When he's faced with being forced to pick a second choice, he ends up picking Eggman - very reluctantly. The three work together to defeat the army of clones that are trying to stall them. Falco almost gets a lead, but Master Hand notices, throwing Falco across the arena and critically injuring him. Because of this, it gives Lilac an advantage to make it past the cars. Falco, on the other hand, jumps into the car and drives to the finish line, but it doesn't work out too well for him. He ends up crossing the finish line milliseconds behind Lilac, earning himself second place of the season. He ends up being a little bothered, but doesn't let it get to him, as he's happy for Lilac. Lilac ends up sharing some of the money with Falco, and he thanks her. After a small party, one by one, everyone starts to leave. Falco is the last to do so, giving a final message to everyone of how grateful he was to meet them.