Terrafin

Template:Characterbox (Skylanders) Template:Q Terrafin (テラフィン in Japanese) is a dirt shark who is one of the playable Skylanders in the Skylanders series, first appearing in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. His Series 1 figure is available only in the Pirate Seas Adventure Pack, but his Series 2 figure is available in a single pack.

His Series 3 counterpart is named Knockout Terrafin, and will be available in a battle pack along with Bumble Blast.

Background

Personality

Terrafin is a fighter and has a personality to match. He is rough, physically minded, and blunt in his dealings with others. His comments in the various Skylanders media suggest that he's got a personality based on B.A. Barracus from the A-Team TV Series.

Biography

Terrafin hails from The Dirt Seas, where it was common to swim, bathe, and even snorkel beneath the ground. But a powerful explosion in the sky created a blast wave that turned the ocean of sand into a vast sheet of glass, putting an end to Terrafin's duty as the local lifeguard. Not one to stay idle, the brawny dirt shark found himself training in the art of boxing, and not long after, he was local champ, earning treasure by competing in local battle arenas. Fighters came from all around to challenge him, but it was a chance meeting with a great Portal Master that led him to give up his title for a greater purpose.

Story

History

Terrafin is the brawling shark boxer who likes close quarter combat. Terrafin built up his brawny biceps on the beaches of The Dirt Sea, where he worked as a lifeguard. In between fin-ups and jaw-curls he would patrol the dry, sandy waves and save struggling dune-swimmers from a lifetime of finding sand in unusual places. One day, an explosion in the sky threatened every swimmer, surfer and jet-skier in (and above) The Dirt Sea. Terrafin leapt from his life-saving seat and cleared the area in seconds. Moments later, the blast burned across the sand and scorched it into a solid sheet of glass.

Now unemployed, Terrafin trained himself as a tournament boxer. He even developed his own signature move: the risky 'over under', where he would punch, dive underground, and surface for the finishing blow. After body-slamming every suitable successor into stunned submission, Terrafin hung up his boxing belt. Now, at Master Eon's suggestion, Terrafin only dukes it out with enemies of Skylands - and often daydreams of knocking out Kaos in bare-knuckled bout.

During his days as a Skylander, a burrowing Terrafin collided into the dormant Drill Sergeant underground and brought the Arkeyan Ultron to Master Eon. The old Portal Master used his magic to fire up Drill Sergeant's systems to bring him to life. By Arkeyan custom, Drill Sergeant was then obligated to become Terrafin's servant, but the dirt shark didn't like the idea, so Terrafin's first order as master was for Drill Sergeant to not serve him at all.

Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters

Terrafin made a cameo as one of the Skylanders called by Master Eon to help restore the walls of the Eternal Archives after they were damaged by Kaos during his attempt to steal the Book of Power.

Skylanders: Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fish Master

As the Skylanders finished repairing the walls of the Archives, Terrafin burrowed underground when Gill Grunt was about to sing a song about their accomplishment, supposedly to avoid hearing the Gillman's horrible singing. 

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

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Terrafin aiding Spyro and Stump Smash in defending the Core of Light

Terrafin was one of the Skylanders who assembled to Master Eon when Kaos and The Darkness approached the Ruins. The dirt shark then participated in the battle against Kaos's minions to protect the Core of Light along with the other Skylanders, stopping a lone Cyclops Chopper from fleeing before beating it with a few swift punches. Upon the Cyclops's defeat, Terrafin ate one of the XP orbs that were left behind by the enemy and burrowed through the ground, taking out a few enemies in his way with his dorsal fin and proceeded to chased down a small group of Cyclops Choppers before leaping out of the ground and bodyslamming them to nothingness.

As the Skylanders were winning the struggle, Kaos released his Hydra into the fray, and it destroyed the Core of Light. During the confusion, Terrafin, along with the other Skylanders, were banished from Skylands and sent to Earth, where he became frozen as a toy due to the world's lack of magic. He waited for the new Portal Master to find and help him save Skylands.

Abilities

Terrafin has the ability to burrow through the ground and shoot out of it to leap high into the air and bodyslam his enemies. He also boxes and punches his opponents, having trained himself in the art of boxing.

Terrafin is primarily a close-range fighter Skylander. His Punches and Bellyflops are devastating at close range, and his Earth Swim ability allows him to close distance on enemies easily and safely. His Feeding Frenzy mini-shark technique also gives him all small amount of power even at a distance. But his mini sharks do weak damage, making him not as useful for long range. His upgrade paths allow him to improve his burrowing and minisharks, or his close-combat melee abilities.

Terrafin is untouchable while Earth Swimming, taking no damage from attacks or traps and passing by enemies unharmed. This ability, combined with the boost in speed generated by Earth Swimming, make Terrafin an excellent choice for getting a handle on the layout of the Heroic Challenges.

Stats

Series 1Series 2

Quotes

Battle Cries

• "It's Feeding Time!"
• "Oh yeah!"
• "Yeah!"
• "Wahoo!"
• "Let's go!"
• "Punches and punches!"
• "Big money for the champ!"
• "Where's my five dollars?"
• "Gotta look good for the fans!"
• "Not so tough are you?"
• "Let's go to the scorecard."
• "Who wants an autograph?"
• "The defended champion!"
• "Gotcha on the ropes!"
• "A perfect weapon!"
• "Wahoo! I'm a real knockout!"
• "Every fighter needs a nickname!"
• "That's a name with some punch!"
• "King of the Ring!"

Commercial Quotes

• "Oh, he got hosed!" - Terrafin commenting on Gill Grunt's performance in Gill Grunt's TV Spot commercial.
• "It's on, brotha!" - Boomtime commercial.
• "I'm going belly-up: BOOM!" - from The Beginning Trailer
• "That guy owes me five dollars!" - from The Beginning Trailer
• "Shoot, Eruptor!" - from Boomtime Trailer
• "Prism Break meet Stump Smash!" - from Tag Team Commercial
• "I do not want to be that guy." - from Tag Team commercial
• "Really, you heard the Giants are huge? Check it out, this is my sarcastic face." - Giants E3 2012 Trailer
• "I did NOT see that one coming!"

Character Trailers

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File:Skylanders Giants - Meet the Skylanders - Series 2 Terrafin (It's Feeding Time)

File:Skylanders Swap Force - Meet the Skylanders - Knockout Terrafin

 

See Also

• Terrabite

Gallery

Series 1Series 2Series 3

• Terrafin's trailer screenshot in Spyro's Adventure
  Terrafin's trailer screenshot in Spyro's Adventure
• Terrafin's Power Stat
  Terrafin's Power Stat
• Terrafin in Toy form
  Terrafin in Toy form
• Terrafin in the Pirate Seas level
  Terrafin in the Pirate Seas level
• Terrafin's toy form atop the Portal of Power
  Terrafin's toy form atop the Portal of Power
• Terrafin engaging Gill Grunt in the Battle Arena
  Terrafin engaging Gill Grunt in the Battle Arena
• Terrafin about to bodyslam on a Drow Spearman
  Terrafin about to bodyslam on a Drow Spearman
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  Early Character Design of Terrafin
• Early Character Concept of Terrafin
  Early Character Concept of Terrafin
• Prototype designs and final design of Terrafin's toy form
  Prototype designs and final design of Terrafin's toy form
• Terrafin's CGI toy form
  Terrafin's CGI toy form
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  Terrafin using his sarcastic face

• Series 2 Terrafin Promotional Art
  Series 2 Terrafin Promotional Art
• Series 2 Terrafin's trailer screenshot
  Series 2 Terrafin's trailer screenshot
• Series 2 Terrafin's toy package
  Series 2 Terrafin's toy package
• S2 Terrafin taking on various Chompies
  S2 Terrafin taking on various Chompies

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  Series 3 (Knockout) Terrafin

 

Trivia

• Terrafin's name is a play on terrapin, a type of freshwater turtle.
• Terrafin was originally called Finn.
• In his earlier promotional art, Terrafin is shown to be blue and white, yet in his final art, toy from and in the game, he is black and white.
• His species is based on the term "land shark".
• Terrafin's design seem to be based off of the Street Sharks. Also, just like them, he can swim underground.
• He may also be based on the Sand Sharks from the first Ratchet & Clank, another franchise that was developed by Insomniac Games, who formerly developed the original Spyro games.
• While swimming underground using his Earth Swim attack, Terrafin hums a song he wrote years earlier, which some people think sounds similar to Lady Gaga's song, Bad Romance.
• Terrafin is known by fans for saying his trademark quote about Kaos: 'That guy owes me five dollars!' in the The Beginning Trailer.
  • One of Terrafin's quotes when opening a treasure chest in Giants, "Where's my five dollars??" is a reference to his famous quote from The Beginning trailer about Kaos owing him five dollars.
• Terrafin's lust for fighting and his voice in the commercials may be based off B.A. Barracus, Mr. T's character from The A-Team.
• Despite being a shark, Terrafin can't swim.
• In Terrafin's video preview in the 360 versions of Spyro's Adventure, Terrafin is incorrectly labeled as a Water Skylander.
• He's the only Adventure Pack character who doesn't have an evil counterpart.
  • Terrafin is also the only non-Starter Pack skylander who has a sidekick counterpart (although he is available in the Mega Pack).
• On the Xbox 360 version (and possibly in the other console versions) when you get the Pugilist upgrade, although you are able to perform an uppercut combo, it doesn't say you can do that. It only says you can body slam. To perform it; just press A, A, and then hold B.
• Terrafin is the only Earth Skylander who doesn't have an upgrade to increase his armor.
• Terrafin's name is similar to the character from Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Terraspin.
• The Master Earth Swimmer upgrade on the Sandhog path makes Terrafin a lot faster but he also becomes more difficult to control.
• Some of Terrafin's Battle Cries (such as "Let's go to the scorecard!" and "Wahoo! I'm a real knockout!") appear to be references to when he was a Boxer. So it is possible that he also became a boxer for fame instead of only for money.
• As a Series 2 figure, he wears spiked knuckles that he receives his upgrade path, Brawler.
• Despite having a new voice actor in Giants, Terrafin still retains his Spyro's Adventure voice when he digs underground in Giants, except that his voice is deeper.
• His voice in The Beginning trailer is provided by Chris Williams, who is the current voice actor of Crunch Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot series.
  • While in Giants, Terrafin is voiced by Joey Camen, who is also the voice of one of the Monstars in a Looney Tunes movie, Space Jam.
• Although not shown in the picture, the Razorfin upgrade gives a saw-like blade on Terrafin's dorsal fin.
• Whilst burrowing underground with Terrafin, a glitch will trigger if you happen to burrow underneath food, he will eat it, but his health will not replenish (The glitch has not been fixed as of now.).
• He slightly resembles the bull shark, one of the deadliest sharks on Earth.
• Terrafin is the first Skylander to be in an Adventure Pack, Single Pack, Triple Pack and Battle Pack.