Lucky

## Lucky Swiftail

Lucky riding Piggy in Lucky's Tale

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ESFP (Type 7/6 Wing - 7w6)

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**Lucky Swiftail**, also commonly known as **Lucky**, is the titular protagonist of the *Lucky's Tale* franchise and the mascot of Playful Studios. Lucky is currently voiced by Caitlyn Bairstow and designed by Nicholas Kole and Powerstation Studios.

He was previously voiced by Debi Derryberry in *Lucky's Tale*. He was primarily designed by Derek LeBrun and Joey Dodd.

Lucky is a young, curious and courageous orange fox kit wearing a short blue cape and blue sneakers with white soles and laces.

## Background

Lucky is the youngest of the Swiftail family and amongst the Guardian Order. He grew up in Foxington and was raised by Lyra after his brother and parents went missing when he was very young, and loves hearing Lyra's fantastic and inspiring tales of the Guardians, their Order, and their mission to protect the *Book of Ages*.

## Physical appearance

Lucky is a orange fox kit with a big head and tail for his cartoon-y appeal, wearing a blue cape and sneakers with white soles and laces with 2 strokes.

He has white fur patches on his paws, belly, and the tip of his tail. He has darker tips on both ears, a light orange outline in his eyes and black pupils in-game but blue-purple-ish tinted pupils in cover arts and other promotional material.

### Development

In its early developments, after numerous prototypes and concepts for animal characters, including a squirrel, raccoon, and a lemur. Lucky was ultimately decided to be a fox, though his design would continue to receive tweaks before his final look was settled on. Mickey Mouse and Mario's characters were cited as key inspirations for Lucky’s design.

Lucky debuted in E3 2014 with an early prototype of *Lucky's Tale* for the Oculus Rift.

### Color Palette

Orange fur
HEX f06b0f
RGB 240, 108, 14
CMYK 0, 55, 94, 6
PMS 1585 C

Ear tips, eyebrows
HEX 633c19
RGB 99, 60, 25
CMYK 0, 39, 75, 61
PMS 1545 C

Cape and shoes
HEX 3894fe
RGB 56, 149, 255
CMYK 78, 42, 0, 0
PMS 279 C

Eye outline
HEX F19C49
RGB 241, 156, 73
CMYK 0, 42, 76, 9
PMS 4009 C

Tongue
HEX ef8e86
RGB 240, 143, 134
CMYK 0, 40, 44, 6
PMS 2339 C

Eyes (Blue Pupils)
HEX 0e276b
RGB 14, 39, 107
CMYK 87, 64, 0, 58
PMS 2756 C

## Abilities

Lucky can double jump, burrow through dirt, and tail swipe enemies and flip switches, or a combination of the two moves in succession manipulated by the player. Lucky is quadruped when moving and goes bipedal when standing still. Besides in *New Super Lucky's Tale*, he can dash through floors, walks, and stands bipedally and the overall control mechanic has changed drastically.

## Personality

According to Lyra in *Super Lucky's Tale*, Lucky is a carefree, young fox until Jinx and the Kitty Litter showed up. One trait that can be naturally inferred is his undying determination despite Lucky's minimal dialogue in the game, Lucky is a curious, sweet-natured, brave, and loyal fox with a positive attitude. While Lucky seems at first to be a silent protagonist, he does speak with Lyra openly, while remaining silent when interacting with others. Lucky seems to care for his brother Lucas, as he asks Lyra why she doesn't mention him when talking about their family uniting. It also goes without saying that he loves his sister Lyra very much, as he cries out for her when he is sucked into the Book of Ages and drops his guard when he sees what is her, and is overjoyed when they are reunited.

Lucky is curt to Jinx and the Kitty Litter, only voicing intense remarks to them before their boss fights. Tess notes when she subjects Lucky to her marble mazes that he seems to enjoy being challenged. Tess also finds his unrelenting smile to be "creepy", while others, such as Lady M, find him a nuisance.

## Story

### *Lucky's Tale*

Gathering from the game's prologue, epilogue, and chapter's description, Lucky and Piggy were playing along until Glorp took Piggy away from Lucky.

He left his hometown as his only objective is to find his companion, Piggy. Throughout his adventure, he was getting tired when he arrived at the forest yet he still resisted. Along the journey, Lucky found a *Bubbleberry Bush*, a special item which give him the ability to swim temporarily. While getting closer to finding Piggy, his fur is starting to singe due to an active volcano eruption. Eventually, Lucky found Glorp's lair and he has been ahold of Piggy this whole time; with Glorp defeated, Lucky and Piggy reunited at last.

### *New Super Lucky's Tale*

When the evil sorcerer Jinx betrayed the other Guardians to claim the Book of Ages, and magically banished the majority to parts unknown, this included Lucky's parents.

When Jinx's Kitty Litter cornered the surviving Guardians, the Book of Ages reacted violently to Jinx's magic, either to protect them or to defend itself. Lucky, along with Jinx and the Kitty Litter, were trapped inside the book. Lucky would reclaim the pages of the book one by one, facing the Kitty Litter and making several friends along the way.

After Lucky reclaimed all the pages, he has to confront Jinx's castle, upon entering - Lucky finds his sister, who at first seems quite happy to see him, but then quickly takes the book. Lucky soon finds out that it was actually Jinx disguising himself as her to trick him into giving him the book. Worse, Jinx reveals that he had allowed Lucky to come this far so he would end up collecting the pages of the book for him. With the new complete Book of Ages and the magic in his Bedlam Boxes having absorbed enough energy, Jinx says he can now rewrite history - if he was able to beat Lucky.

After a harrowing final battle, Lucky reclaims the Book of Ages and gladly reunites with his sister. In Foxington, Lucky undergoes the Guardian Trials and becomes the youngest Guardian in history, blissfully unaware that his brother Lucas and Mittens stage a jailbreak for Jinx and the Kitty Litter.

## Costumes

Lucky can be customized in-game; costumes unlock the more you progress through levels.

### *Super Lucky's Tale*

In *Super Lucky's Tale*, some costumes are accessible via DLCs or by unlocking new worlds. The total cost if purchasing all costumes; combining all head costumes cost 38,800 coins, and all body costumes cost 43,000 coins, making a grand total of **81,800 coins**.

### *New Super Lucky's Tale*

In *New Super Lucky's Tale*, **all costumes cost  700 coins**, making a grand total of  **11,200 coins** to obtain them all. It also contains additional costumes and wearable costumes of the Kitty Litter, - if you pre-ordered a copy of *New Super Lucky's Tale* on the Nintendo Switch, you'll get a bonus spacesuit, there's no other way to obtain the spacesuit for yourself in-game as it is an exclusive pre-order costume.

## Audio dialogues

***New/Super Lucky's Tale** - voiced by Caitlyn Bairstow*

## Trivia

* Lucky's voice ranges from F3 to D#5.
* Lucky's birthday is in March 28, which is also the same date the debut of *Lucky's Tale*.
* Lucky, in some ways, is somewhat similar to Mario:
	+ They're both platformers.
	+ They need to collect coins, upgrades, etc. to complete levels.
	+ They both have sinister enemies.
	+ They both have the ability to speak, but choose not to most of the time.
* When Lucky is standing still, he will look at something close like an NPC, a small object or animal. Otherwise, Lucky will look at you when you pan the camera close to him.
* When Lucky is close to an edge (i.e. on a platform or a cliff), an animation will play Lucky peeking underneath and maintaining balance.

## Notes

Lucky's height is not canon nor confirmed by Playful. It's mere speculation and is displayed for informational purposes.
Although his family name was spelled as "Swiftail" with a single T in *New Super Lucky's Tale*. His family name is spelled as "Swiftail" with double T's, with recent tweets on Lyra's concept photo, @PlayfulLucky's twitter bio, and on Playful's blog. It's kept spelled as a "Swiftail" keeping with what he's referred to in NSLT, unless it has been updated in recent game installments or by Playful.

## References

1. ↑ Lucky Swiftail | The Personality Database | New Super Lucky's Tale - retrieved on April 14, 2021.
2. ↑ Caitlyn's Twitter Bio
3. ↑ Lucky's Voices (Lucky's Tale) - Behind The Voice Actors
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Powerstation Studios - Case Study - Super Lucky's Tale - retrieved April 10, 2021.
5. ↑ ArtStation - Lucky's Tale, Joey Dodd ArtStation - retrieved on March 21, 2021.
6. ↑ Juan Martinez | Animation, Design, Rigging, and Tools - Animation - retrieved March 29, 2021.
7. ↑ ArtStation - New Super Lucky's Tale Animation Reel, Taylor Pate - retrieved on March 17, 2021.
8. ↑ ArtStation - Woody Smith - retrieved March 30, 2021.
 Playful Blog - David Calkins, Barbara Castro, Chad Huggins, and Dan Hurd; Just in time for the holidays, Lucky is headed to a store near you! November 12, 2020 - retrieved on April 10, 2021.
 @PlayfulLucky on X: "Image quote verbatim: Lucky Swiftail grew up in Foxington and was raised by his older sister, Lyra, after his brother and parents went missing when he was very young. Lucky loves hearing Lyra's fantasic and inspiring tales of the Guardians, their Order, and their mission to protect the Book of Ages. Lucky dreams of one day becoming a hero and joining the Guardians." April 29, 2020; retrieved on April 5, 2021.
11. ↑  Lucky's Tale - Debut by GameTrailers, on YouTube - retrieved on March 23, 2021.
 @PlayfulLucky on X: "A lot of you noticed Lucky's no longer running on all fours. While we love the aesthetic, we found Lucky controls much better as a biped." June 28, 2019; retrieved on March 16, 2021.
 @PlayfulLucky on X: "Should it even be possible for one fox to get this much air? Yes. Yes it should." September 23, 2020; retrieved on March 14, 2021.