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. Zap also feels at home in Water-elemental zones.

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. He would most certainly have grown up to be king 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

Electric Eels

Zap's foster family are a school of electric eels. To better fit in, he created an electric harness that holds an endless charge of electricity.

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.

Quotes

Battle Cries

• "Ride the Lightniiinng!"
• "Ahhh, home at last!" - opening a Water gate.
• "Oh boy! Success!"
• "Feel the electricityyy!"
• "Ha, excellent!"
• "Yay!"
• "Victory is mine!"
• "Up high!" - when using a Bouce Pad
• "Ahh, all that treasure!"

Character Trailers

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File:Meet the Skylanders Zap (extended)

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File:Skylanders Giants - Meet the Skylanders - Series 2 Zap (Ride the Lightning)

Character Development

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Zap was originally a slime character called Cyclops Snail. Cyclops Snail, which Michael Graham described as "this little blue water slug that zipped around, left a little pool of sludge behind him, and he would scream and shoot electricity. He was just so weird — really fun, but totally bizarre. After some feedback, we changed him from blue to purple, but then it was 'you can’t have two purple characters, because Spyro is purple.' Then we got an early version of what Cyclops Snail’s toy might look like, and we thought, 'Oh my gosh, these don’t look at all detailed, not in the way that we want them to be.’ He was revised again, made of oil and now called Tarclops, and that was the final straw. The character evolved so much, by the end, character designer I-Wei Huang at Toys For Bob felt that everything he liked about the character was gone, so we thought, let’s just scrap it — we’ve got to go in a different direction."

But in a way, you’ve already played as Cyclops Snail; you know him as Zap. "We reimagined the character,” says Graham. “Same moves, actually; he plays exactly the same way as Cyclops Snail did. And even Zap went through a little evolution. His original concept didn’t have his scuba tanks, and we shortened his snout quite a bit."

See also

• Evil Water Dragon

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 Snail, a Skylander who was Zap's original carnation but was ultimately scrapped.
  Cyclops Snail, a Skylander who was Zap's original carnation but was ultimately scrapped.
• Zap's CGI toy form
  Zap's CGI toy form
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  Series 2 Zap Promotional Art
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  Series 2 Zap toy figure
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  Series 2 Zap's trailer screenshot
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• Prototype of Zap's toy form without his golden harness.
  Prototype of Zap's toy form without his golden harness.
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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.
• If Zap hadn't been washed out to sea by a riptide away from home, he would almost certainly have grown up to be king of the High Water Royal Dragon Family
• 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 nine Dragons in the series without claws on his toes (his feet look like those of a frog or a toad).
• His toy form has a bigger splash in the pedestal unlike other Water Skylanders to contain his four-legged frame. However, as a Series 2 figure, his water pedestal is as normal as Gill Grunt, Wham-Shell and Chill, except it contains four little splashes because of to his four feet.
• Zap is the successor of the his original incarnation, Cyclops Slime/Snail, a scrapped Skylander.
• He and Stump Smash can regain health in water with their Soul Gem abilities.
• During development, Zap was originally going to be without his electric gold harness.
• Unlike the rest of the other Dragons who are reptilian, Zap appears to be amphibian due to being a water-based dragon.
• Although he isn't fully capable of speech in Spyro's Adventure, he appears to be saying "Wahoo!" and "Ha Ha!" when using his attacks.
• When Zap talks, he speaks as if he has water in his mouth.
• When he sets foot in a small puddle of water, he can actually heal only when he gets the Soul Gem upgrade.
• As a Series 2 figure, Zap's tanks on his back are red after he obtains his Wow Pow ability.
• Jeff Bergman portrayed as Zap. He is also very notable for voicing the modern Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, etc.