Zap (Skylanders)

Template:YoumayTemplate:Characterbox (Skylanders) Template:Q Zap is a blue water dragon who is one of the playable Skylanders in the Skylanders series, first appearing in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.

Background

Personality

Zap is a friendly and mischevious water dragon, being quite revered and well-liked by most sea creatures who see him as a true dedicated guardian of both the seas and Skylands. He enjoys racing, being able to outstrip almost any opponent, and excels at everything he turns his claws to.

Biography

Zap was born into the royal family of water dragons, but a riptide washed him to a distant sea, where he was raised by electric eels. Growing up, he excelled in everything and even created a special gold harness that allows him to carry an endless electrical charge and shock things at a great distance. Zap also proved to be a gifted racer, outstripping any opponent... with the possible exception of the dolphins. With them, it became a good natured challenge to see who could keep up with Zap. But an electric current in his wake often reminded them who they were dealing with. Despite his mischievous streak, Zap grew to be a true protector of the seas and Skylands.

Story

History

Born into a royal family of water dragons, Zap was well known at court as a show-off swimmer and all-round mischief maker. But one afternoon, young prince Zap found himself quite literally in deep water. A riptide had sucked him out into open ocean and beyond, to faraway shores. Soon, Zap found himself surrounded by slippery and shocking. A school of electric eels was swimming around him, spitting out sparks and sizzles. Zap held out a wet foot to say 'hello' when... YEEOWWW! Well, his mother had warned him electricity and water don't mix.

The electric eels felt sorry for the unplugged youngster and decided to raise Zap as one of their own. To fit in, he even built himself an electric harness with an endless charge. Now, Zap can hurl a white-hot electric bolt the length of ten sheep fields. Zap continued as a champ in the water and often left dolphins buzzing in his electrical wake. News of his swimming exploits soon reached the ears of Master Eon, who immediately signed him up.

Relationships

Dolphins

Zap has a long running feud with the dolphins, due to the fact that he regularly shocks them by accident when they ride the waves together, and Zap usually takes offense at the dolphins saying the shocks are no accident... and sometimes they're right. When they race together, the dolphins also have long insisted that Zap uses his power to electrify the water to his advantage. This isn't actually true... at least when he's racing.

Abilities

Using his special golden harness he created as a child to mimic the electrifying power of his adopted parents, Zap can breathe bursts of electricity and spew electrical surges of water at his enemies. He can also leave a trail of slimey water behind him to slow down (and when hit by a spark, electrify) foes. Once upgraded enough he can ride a wave, if you do not travel with it then the wave goes off by itself, but still damages foes.

Character Trailers

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Gallery

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  Zap Trailer
• Zap in his elemental background
  Zap in his elemental background
• Zap Power Stat
  Zap Power Stat
• Zap using his electrical attack
  Zap using his electrical attack
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  Zap's Toy Form on Portal of Power
• Zap in Toy Form
  Zap in Toy Form
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  Zap's updated toy packaging
• Zap releasing an electrical discharge
  Zap releasing an electrical discharge
• Zap close up
  Zap close up
• Cyclops Slime, a Skylander who was Zap's original carnation but was ultimately scrapped.
  Cyclops Slime, a Skylander who was Zap's original carnation but was ultimately scrapped.
• Zap's CGI toy form
  Zap's CGI toy form

See also

• Evil Water Dragon

Trivia

• Zap's promotional art shows that his eyes are red, and they are orange in toy form, but in the game, they are yellow. His color changes as well, In promotional art, his toy form and his preview video, Zap is a light shade of blue. However in the game, He is a darker, "shiny" blue.
• He is another playable character known to be raised by a different species, along with Spyro being raised by dragonflies in the Legend series, and Sgt. Byrd being raised by hummingbirds in the Classic series.
• The Electroll, Zapp, in Hurricos shares his name, with an extra "P", with Zap.
• He is the only one of the eight dragons without claws on his toes.
• His toy form has a bigger splash in the pedestal unlike other Water Skylanders to contain his four-legged frame.
• Zap is the successor of the his original incarnation, Cyclops Slime, a scrapped Skylander.