Scratch and Sniff

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The left, Sniff, and on the right, Scratch

Scratch and Sniff are Skabb's pet, parrot-like birds (or possibly reptavians due to their dragon wings and lizard tails), who appeared only in The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night. Due to Skabb's stupidity, both Scratch and Sniff are the real captains of the Fellmuth, and they seem to be in charge of the Pirate fleet. They command Skabb by telling him what to do.

Although not the main antagonists, they are one of the major villains of the game. They even represent the duality of different villains; one's a schemer who uses his charisma and coldly calculates many plans but is also an arrogant coward, and another that is erratic, brutal and acts on reckless impulse, not willing to give up everything achieved and picking a fight if so.

Personality

Scratch

As a schemer, Scratch is calm, cold, calculating, and cruel, plotting juicy ideas for his crew and the fate for his prisoners and enemies. While he seems to be charismatic, he is mostly arrogant. But like all crooks, he is very cowardly, not willing to pick a fight with his enemies, not like Sniff. When Sniff is knocked out by Sparx, Scratch flies away. He has a haughty british accent, and seems to be the leader as he is really the one who does most of the commands, decides the fate for his prisoners, and seems to do it all with a flare, along with a dramatic and conceited flourish and bow.

Sniff

Sniff has an African-American gangster accent, and seems to be the second-in-command. He gives out some orders, but they are mostly rushed and short, unlike Scratch's monologue-like commands. Despite being Scratch's co-captain, Sniff is definitely the opposite of him. He is brash, erratic, brutal, rude, and lacks self-control. He is not a schemer, so he simply acts purely on impulse and is prone to reckless behavior, wanting to pick a fight with his opponents, even when Skabb is defeated. This recklessness leads him to his defeat when he is knocked out by Sparx, who couldn't take any more of Sniff's insults and taunts.

Abilities

It is shown that both Scratch and Sniff has the ability to lift and carry heavy objects, such as Skabb, across great distances.

Description

It is unknown what their species are, but they seem to be an amalgam of several animals: the size and beak of a parakeet, the body, eyes, and feet of an owl, the wings of a bat or dragon, and the ringed-tail of a lizard with a webbed end. Both Scratch and Sniff are opposites despite their positions, especially in color. They both wear pirate skull cap with two golden feathers attached, eye patches, and stitches on their bellies. Both the eyepatches and stitches are positioned in opposite angles.

Scratch

Scratch is orange, has his eye patch over his left eye, and his stitch on his belly slopes upright.

It is unknown what became of him after Spyro escaped the Fellmuth, but it is possible that Scratch either fled to an unknown area and lived long enough to see the defeat of Malefor at the hands of Spyro and Cynder, or that he perished along with the Fellmuth during the ape attack on the Fellmuth.

Sniff

Sniff is fandango purple, has his eye patch over his right eye, and the stitch on his belly slopes downright.

It is unknown what became of him after Spyro escaped the Fellmuth with Sparx, but it is possible that he perished along with the Fellmuth when the apes attacked.

Trivia

• If The Eternal Night was translated in Japan, then Scratch and Sniff would be known as スクラッチ Sukuratchi and スニッフ Suniffu in Japanese.

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