Water Worker

Water Worker
Species:	Unknown
Role:	Enemy
Home World:	Sunny Beach Aquaria Towers
First appearance:	Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)
Latest appearance:	Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018)

Water Workers are antagonistic characters that appeared in both Aquaria Towers and Sunny Beach in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy remaster of the second game.

Characteristics

Physical Appearance

The Water Workers mainly wear scuba suits that hide their meaker appearances when they are in realms that are underwater. Above water, their faces are shown which depicts them as an unknown species. Their Reignited look shows they have a small box attached to the front by a belt, the helmets are grey instead of brown with gold, and their shock sticks are more advanced; plus their eyes are smaller.

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  Original (Underwater)
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  Reignited (Underwater)
• Original (Surface)
  Original (Surface)
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  Reignited (Surface)

Behavior

The Water Workers seem to enjoy torturing sea creatures, which is demonstrated when they enslave the sea turtles in Sunny Beach or steal the water from the seahorses in Aquaria Towera. They also have been credited with turning a giant squid named 'Verne' in the Aquaria Towers world "into fried calamari." In Sunny Beach, the Water Workers work alongside ducks with floaties.

Attacks

The Water Workers attack Spyro by zapping him with their shock sticks; they can be defeated by flame or charge.

Story

In Aquaria Towers, the Water Workers had drained all of the water the Seahorses needed to thrive, leaving them stuck on dry land. One worker notably teased a Seahorse with a cup before pouring the water in it into a bucket that has a young Water Worker in it.

Later on, in Sunny Beach, a group of Water Workers were kidnapping several turtles, when one was electrocuted after accidentally touching another worker's shock stick with his back. The box he was pulling towards him crushed (and possibly killed) another worker with the turtles escaping. Another one tried to chase after a turtle, but it stole his shock stick and chased him away.

Gallery

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  Playstation 1 CGI model of a Waterwork without their helmet
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  Waterworker wearing their diving helmet
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  A Worker Electrocuted!
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  Spyro being zapped by a Water Worker in Sunny Beach.
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  A Water Worker laughing after electrocuting something with his shock stick.

Trivia

• According to Elora's scrapped dialogue for Sunny Beach and Aquaria Towers, the Water Workers were employed by Ripto. For Sunny Beach, he sent the Water Workers to capture the turtles to make them into his favorite turtle meal. For Aquaria Towers, Ripto sent the Water Workers to drain the beautiful underwater caves dry and build factories on top of them.
• Several Water Workers make a cameo appearance in Dragon Shores, where they serve as targets for the shooting game. For some reason, they wear their diving helmets here.
• The Plumber in the Ratchet & Clank series is sometimes referred to as the Water Worker. He may have gotten this title from these foes, though this is unlikely.
• In the opening sequence of Aquaria Towers in "Spyro: Ripto's Rage", the Water Worker who taunts the seahorse with the water glass wears a scuba helmet, but in the Reignited Trilogy he does not wear the helmet in the scene, giving him the same appearance as the Water Workers in Sunny Beach.