Sparx (classic)

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Sparx

Sparx as he appears in Ripto's Rage!

Species	Dragonfly

Gender	Male

Series	Classic series

Homeworld	Artisans

Appearances	Spyro the Dragon (debut) Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! Spyro: Year of the Dragon Spyro: Season of Ice Spyro 2: Season of Flame Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy Spyro: A Hero's Tail Spyro: Shadow Legacy

Moves	: Fire Powerup Projectile : Fireball : Charge

Voice actor	André Sogliuzzo

Cameos	Crash Bandicoot Purple

Throughout the Spyro Series, Spyro is accompanied by a Dragonfly named Sparx. While Spyro and Sparx occasionally converse with each other through his buzzing tone, Sparx's focus in the Spyro series is more oriented towards gameplay than narrative: Sparx is the player's health meter personified. Whenever the player takes a hit, Sparx's body color changes, from gold, to blue, to green, and ultimately disappearing entirely, leaving Spyro vulnerable to defeat upon the next hit. The player can restore Sparx's (and, hence, Spyro's) health by defeating small creatures called fodder throughout each level. Doing so releases a butterfly, which Sparx devours, recovering one hit point in the process.

Aside from his function as a health meter, Sparx also assists by collecting nearby gems and treasure for the player.

Early History

Two thieves were running off past the Dragon Kingdom with two eggs. At this time, the Dragon Realms were at peace. One was a red dragon egg while the other was a yellow dragonfly egg. The dragons caught the thieves red handed with the 2 eggs, the thieves dropped the eggs. The dragons took the eggs as their own and cared for them until they hatched. The Dragonfly egg hatched first, his name was Sparx. Sparx used to crawl around the dragon's egg when he was a larvae. One Day The red dragon egg became hot, as if breathing fire from the inside. The Dragon hatches from the red egg, his name was Spyro. By this time, Sparx was a fully fledged dragonfly. Spyro rescued Sparx from a bird and they became the best of friends.

Spyro The Dragon

In Spyro the Dragon, Sparx accompanied Spyro on his quest to defeat Gnasty Gnorc. Sparx helped Spyro collect the treasure and take hits for Spyro.

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

In Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Sparx yet again accompanied Spyro on his newly found quest to destroy Ripto. Sparx once again helped Spyro to collect all the treasure (and easily with his newfound "point-to-gems" ability) and take hits for Spyro.

Spyro: Year Of The Dragon

Sparx hosts the Speedway realms in Spyro: Year of the Dragon

In Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Sparx once again collected treasure and took hits for Spyro. He also helped Spyro find 4 eggs in his playable stages:

Level I: Crawdad Farm
Level II: Spider Town
Level III: Starfish Reef
Level IV: Bugbot Factory

In these Gauntlet, Birds-eye like stages, Spyro must travel through the realm, collecting keys to open gates, destroy enemies which try to attack Sparx, collecting gems and destroy the boss at the end of the level to receive an egg. Sparx can eat Butterflies to gain special powers and revitalize his health. Once Sparx completed these levels, he received a power, these powers were:

Collecting Treasure Further away
point-to-gems
Extra hit point
Warp to levels
open chests

Sparx also hosted the Speedway levels, asking Spyro what he wanted to do in those levels.

Spyro: Enter The Dragonfly

Sparx continues to collect gems and take hits for Spyro in Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly. He also once again hosts the Speedway levels. It seems that Sparx has lost all his powers gained in Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

Sparx can talk in Spyro: A Hero's Tail and is the only one who can use items such as "lock picks". Sparx Continues to take hits for Spyro in Spyro: A Hero's Tail, though he seems a lot wimpier because he does not block acid lakes for Spyro and he "runs away" when he feels like it. It also seems that Sparx does not collect gems anymore or at least he does an equal amount of Spyro.

He once again appears as a playable character, going into cracks in the walls and finding eggs at the end of a tunnel infested by things that want to kill him. These stages are in third person back mode and appear as minigames inside realms.