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{{about|the ''[[Skylanders Academy]]'' character|the main Skylander from the game canon|[[Jet-Vac]]}}
{{Character infobox
|name = Jet-Vac
|image = [[File:JetVac_Academy_CharacterProfile.png|370px]]<br>Profile photo of Jet-Vac for ''Skylanders Academy''
|species = Sky Baron
|affiliation = [[Pop Fizz (Skylanders Academy)|Pop Fizz]], [[Master Eon (Skylanders Academy)|Master Eon]], [[Spyro (Skylanders Academy)|Spyro]], [[Stealth Elf (Skylanders Academy)|Stealth Elf]], [[Eruptor (Skylanders Academy)|Eruptor]]
|first_appearance = ''[[Skylanders Unite!]]'' (2016)
|latest_appearance = ''[[Raiders of the Lost Arkus, Part 2]]'' (2018)
|portrayed_by = Greg Ellis
}}
{{Quote|Up to your feet, people! We've got plum-bing to do. Hm, plum-bing. Is that right? I know there's a "B" in there.|Jet-Vac|''[[My Way or the Sky Way]]''}}
'''Jet-Vac''' is one of the main protagonists of the ''[[Skylanders (franchise)|Skylanders]]'' spin-off television series, ''[[Skylanders Academy]]''. He is a veteran Skylander and class professor of [[Skylanders Academy (location)|Skylanders Academy]], as well the de-facto leader of [[Team Spyro|the newest Skylander team]].<ref name="Team Spyro">''[https://magic-crafters.world/thread-452.html Skylanders Academy Season 1and 2 Q&A with Eric Rogers]''. (Date Posted - May 1, 2024). ''[https://magic-crafters.world Magic Crafters - Spyro Fan Forum]''.</ref>

==Background==
===Personality===
As one of the most experienced and the eldest Skylander of the team, Jet-Vac is loyal and daring. At first he was unable to think outside the box, unwilling to deviate from the plan (if he has one). It wasn't until his talk with [[Master Eon (Skylanders Academy)|Master Eon]] that Jet-Vac started acting on his impulse to respond to emergencies. Like his game counterpart, when startled or stressed, Jet-Vac tends to lay an egg, which he abhors and frames on his bedroom as a constant reminder of his failure. The Sky Baron also hasn't quite caught up with the modern day slang and uses several outdated expressions, and as a result is annoyed by the constant change and maintenance of technology.

In his youth, Jet-Vac stated that he was just like [[Spyro (Skylanders Academy)|Spyro]]: talented, cocky, dumber than all of [his] teammates and acted on instinct without a worry about the rules. That all changed when he lost something that meant the world to him, his teeth. His father also came from a military background and had standards far too high for the professor to achieve, causing him issues with self respect.

===Abilities===
Jet-Vac can use his vacuum gun to attack with air or other objects stored inside; and over time he has also outfitted it with various sensors and tools. His vac Gun also has magnets in it to suck objects or enemies. Like all Skylanders, Jet-Vac's powers and life force are magically bonded to [[the Book of Skylanders]], meaning that if it or his page in the book are done harm in any way, he will suffer its lasting damage as a sort of voodoo effect. For instance, when Kaos froze the book solid, it encased him, along with everybody else, in solid ice. Though he is still active as a Skylander, his age has caught up and he is more prone to spacing out and having injuries than the younger members.

As of Season 2, it is revealed in ''[[It Techs Two]]'' that his eggs produces magic that regenerates or shut down other magitek devices.

==Story==
===History===
Through his life, Jet-Vac never imagined himself as being anything but a Skylander, and had a military background like his father. However, constant abuse and high expectations from him caused the Sky Baron to have extremely low self esteem and the tendency to let frustration get the better of him.

===Season 1===
In ''[[Skylanders Unite!]]'', Jet-Vac was first seen lecturing Spyro, [[Stealth Elf (Skylanders Academy)|Stealth Elf]] and [[Eruptor (Skylanders Academy)|Eruptor]] when they arrived late for their final class. When Spyro wasn't concerned about his responsibility in being a Skylander, and displayed a belief that his actions doesn't affect others, Jet-Vac gave the whole class a surprise pop quiz as punishment. When Kaos grabbed [[The Book of Skylanders]], Jet-Vac and the other Skylanders were soon frozen solid when Kaos used his ice magic on the book.

In ''[[My Way or the Sky Way]]'', [[Team Spyro]] were given a mission by Master Eon to unclog the basement pipes of the Academy that threaten to explode. Jet-Vac insisted that he and the team do the "Skylander way" by forming a plan to remove the category eight clog, but was stalling precious time by formulating said plan. Spyro was able to fix the issue by simply blasting fire at the clog in the pipe, incinerating it and saving the Academy. Feeling threatened by Spyro's way of handling the situation, Jet-Vac moved in with him, Stealth Elf and Eruptor in order to sort out the dragon's rebellious behavior.

[[File:S1E2_JetVac_Spyro_Talk.jpg|thumb|280px|Jet-Vac scolding Spyro]]When the Falling Forest was on fire, Team Spyro was selected to save the area from burning to the ground. However Jet-Vac made the team sit down and read the instruction manuals for their SuperChargers, which took them three hours. By the time they finished reading them, the Skylanders landed in the Falling Forest to find out [[Snap Shot]] and [[Ka-Boom]] had already put out the fire when Team Spyro didn't arrive on time. In response to Team Spyro's failed mission, Jet-Vac met up with Master Eon and Hugo at [[Uncle Merle's]] to talk over what happened. The Sky Baron began thinking of a plan to eat by looking at the food menu when Master Eon took Jet-Vac's food by acting on his impulse and instincts, something most Skylanders do, including Spyro. Realizing his mistake, Jet-Vac went to find Spyro and apologize to him for being too hard on the dragon.

At the Academy Library, Jet-Vac discovered Spyro reading a book in case he would get berated by the Sky Baron again. Instead, Jet-Vac told Spyro how he used to be just like the young dragon when he was younger, but lost something precious to him that made him change. He then apologized to Spyro for being too hard on him and that he accepts that each Skylander has a different way of handling things effectively. Spyro comically suspected Eon had talked with Jet-Vac on the subject, to which the Sky Baron himself confirmed.

Spyro and Jet-Vac soon noticed a lizard-gizzard mascot had walked into the library with a hypnotized Hugo to force him to open the [[Relics Room]] that held the map to the Core of Light. The two Skylanders, unaware of the identity of the mascot, eagerly wanted him to do the Lizard-Gizzard dance to which the mascot angrily refused, revealing his identity as Kaos. When Kaos attempted to escape, Jet-Vac used his impulse to stop the evil sorcerer by tripping him, allowing him and Spyro proceeded to beat Kaos senseless. Afterwards, Spyro offered Jet-Vac to stay at his home in the attic, while it was later revealed that Professor Pop Fizz had been living in the Team Spyro house basement for some time.

In ''[[Missing Links]]'', Jet-Vac and the team were in a long failure streak of the [[Fire Viper]] Training Simulation. They were soon given [[Cy|an Imaginator to create that would help them overcome their obstacle]], but wound teaching him the same exact moves that lead them in failing their training simulation again. While recounting their failure, Team Spyro were attacked by the real Fire Viper, but were able to defeat it when they combine their powers with Cy's.

=== Season 2 ===
In ''[[Thankstaking for the Memories]]'', Eruptor was among the team who didn't want Spyro to come along on their Thankstaking Holiday; Eruptor's reasoning was because Spyro almost accidentally burned down their family house the previous year.

In ''[[Elementary, My Dear Eruptor]]'', it is revealed that Eruptor was the student who received the highest score in the midterm exams, surpassing Spyro's high score. He and Team Spyro soon realized that Eruptor's ability to quickly solve cases by detecting and piecing out minuscule evidence is his intelligence's superpower. However, the reason why he withheld this ability was due to severe headaches, a side effect by his sight's extreme focus and ability to time warp. To counteract this, Sprocket invented special contact lenses for his eyes. The lenses worked, allowing Eruptor to find the culprit who kept stealing Eon's beard spray - a sheep.

With Eruptor's unique detective abilities, he was now able to figure out all of the Academy's secrets. When Team Spyro began investigating disturbances around Skylands, Eruptor came to the discovery that the villain Broccoli Guy was responsible, stealing the elements from the surrounding area. After finding an injured Snap Shot in the Swamplands, Eruptor volunteered to investigate the situation alone while the rest of Team Spyro help Snap Shot back to the Academy. Spyro tried to dissuade him into facing Broccoli Guy alone, worried for his safety. However Eruptor believed Spyro envied his new powers, adding with his hypocrisy that he knew Spyro's secret of stealing a book from the Relics Room and told no one. Frustrated, Spyro and the rest of the team left a boastful Eruptor to wander alone, following Kaos and Broccoli Guy's trail.

At [[Skylands Community College]], Eruptor engaged a powerful Broccoli Guy to battle but ended up overpowered. He was soon resuced by Team Spyro After regaining back his strength, Eruptor offered an apology for being too arrogant with his abilities. They forgave his misbehavior and Eruptor decided to be his normal-self without the use of his new detective powers by destroying the contact lenses. In addition, he also intended on keeping Spyro's secret of stealing Dragon Book secret.
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=== Season 3 ===
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==Relationships==
===Spyro===
Spyro's cockiness is the only thing that can really ruffle Jet-Vac's feathers, often causing the two of them to butt heads. When Spyro stopped the Academy's basement clogs from exploding using his way instead of the "Skylander Way", Jet-Vac sought out to fix Spyro's attitude to the point of moving in with the young dragon and being strict with him. It wasn't until failing the forest fire mission in the Falling Forest and a pep talk with Master Eon that Jet-Vac realized that every Skylander has their way of handling missions. The Sky Baron son apologized to Spyro for being too hard on him and reconciled with the dragon.

===Eruptor===
Oddly, Eruptor seems to treat Jet-Vac like a surrogate dad while not visiting his own.

===Pop Fizz===
Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz seem to be very good friends. It is implied various times that they have known each other for a long time and that they know each other very well.

==Profile==
{{Quote|Noble, selfless, and brave, Jet-Vac is one regal eagle. As senior leader of the Skylander team, this former flying ace is also tough-as-talons, using a drill-sergeant mentality to hammer his vast knowledge of Skylands into his young team members. And if that doesn’t work, he always has his trusted jet vacuum gun to intimidate them — with its awesome wind-blasting power, it’s enough to send even the most dangerous of villains soaring through the sky. Ironically, the only one who can really ruffle Jet-Vac’s feathers is Spyro, whose cockiness often causes the two of them to butt heads. And as much as Jet-Vac tries to keep a stiff upper-beak, he’ll often accidentally "plop an egg" in the middle of a high-stress situation — battling villains, rescuing bystanders, or getting his students to be quiet during a test — much to his embarrassment.|Jet-Vac's character profile, ''Skylanders Academy'' minisite}}

==Names in other languages==
{|width=30% class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Language
!Name
!Meaning
|-
|Japanese
|ジェットバック
|Jetto Bakku
|}

==Voice portrayals==
{|width=30% class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Voice Actor
!Appearance
|-
|Greg Ellis
|''[[Skylanders Academy]]''
|}

===Voice Portrayals in other languages===
{|width=30% class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Language
!Voice Actor
|-
|Arabic
|Tarek Obied
|-
|Chinese
|Liu Yao
|-
|Danish
|Caspar Phillipson
|-
|Dutch
|Lucas Dietens
|-
|Finnish
|Aku Laitinen (Seasons 2-3)
|-
|French
|Martial Le Minou
|-
|German
|Tim Grobe
|-
|Greek
|Fotis Petridis
|-
|Hebrew
|Dov Reiser
|-
|Italian
|Francesco Venditti
|-
|Japanese
|Kunihiro Kawamoto
|-
|Korean
|Seong-Jun Bang
|-
|Norwegian
|Simen Sand
|-
|Polish
|Sławomir Pacek
|-
|Portuguese
|Rui Oliveira (European Portuguese)<br>Fabio Moura (Brazilian Portuguese, Seasons 2-3)
|-
|Romania
|Virgil Aioanei (Seasons 2-3)
|-
|Spanish
|Pepe Vilchis (LatAm Spanish)<br>Adolfo Pastor Catral (Castilian Spanish)
|-
|Swedish
|Göran Berlander
|-
|Thai
|Wongkrajang Tatphon
|-
|Turkish
|Galip Erdal
|-
|Vietamese
|Nam Duong (Season 1)<br>Thái Văn Quốc Uy (Seasons 2-3)
|}

==Gallery==
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==See also==
===''Skylanders'' franchise===
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Jet-Vac is one of the playable [[Skylanders]] in the ''[[Skylanders (franchise)|Skylanders]]'' game franchise, debuting in ''Skylanders: Giants''. 

==Trivia==
*Jet-Vac is one of the few characters to have kept his original voice actor from the games.
*Unlike his ingame counterpart, he does not have his namesake jet pack. Oddly, his vac gun is still capable of firing large gusts of wind, but he has yet to use it for movement purposes.
*Jet-Vac is mentioned to eat rats and worms, despite the resulting pungent breath. However, his favorite food are birdseed muffins.
*In the original draft of ''My Way or the Sky Way'', Jet-Vac's precious loss in a moment of recklessness were his teeth, much to Spyro's confusion.<ref>''[https://archive.ph/ucNd9 ...sacrificed in an epic moment of heroism! Early draft of script:]''. (Date Posted - Aug 9, 2017). ''[https://twitter.com Twitter]'' - archived.</ref> This explanation was cut due to time constraints.
*Jet-Vac mentions his father in a past tense in all instances, indicating he is long deceased.
*Despite having no teeth, Jet-Vac has two toothbrushes to "double the power against tooth decay," he says.
*Showrunner Eric Rogers viewed ''Skylanders Academy'''s version of Jet-Vac as transgender, and wanted to have this mentioned in the show's second season but was unable to due to backlash from "people above his pay grade."<ref>''[https://twitter.com/EricRogersHere/status/992457920175423488 I have believed from day one he was trans. I wanted to lean into it more in S2 but was told not to by people above my pay grade.]''. (Date Posted - May 4, 2018). ''[https://twitter.com Twitter]''.</ref>
*Jet-Vac confirms to be old as in ''[[Pop Rocks]]'', he breaks his back. However in ''[[Dream Girls]]'', Pop Fizz refers to him as "middle-aged".

==External link==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180824140805/https://www.skylanders.com/academy/characters ''Skylanders Academy'' official minisite character page] - archived

==References==
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