The Insanely Complex History Of Skylanders With Criminal Ties

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Music Used In This Video:

Junkyard Isles - Main Theme (Giants)

Iron Jaw Gulch - Main Theme 3 (Swap Force)

Battle Brawl Island - Captain Bristlestache (Superchargers)

Land Of The Undead - Fight/Battle 3

[se.]

the idea that fryno is a man of justice and will fight an entire biker gang just to return stolen goods but he’s not behind killing said gang is hilarious and I want it to be real

[deathbitechronicles]

Ghost roster: *exist*
Eon: "I can fix him"

[octoguy]

You forgot to mention that Eon was concerned enough to have Ghost roaster vow "not to turn Hex into a hamburger". Like the skylanders literally have a guy that constantly has to restrain himself from eating his fellow undead teammates.

[Umbra_Ursus]

I always took Ghost Roaster's status as a Skylander as a purely pragmatic choice on Eon's end. He noticed this clearly dangerous glorified wendigo, and simply offered him a job: Doing so directs Ghost Roaster at Eon's enemies, and joining nets Ghost Roaster free meals. It's a dark, if effective, win-win.

[wonderfulfam]

I think the reason why rattle shake is in the undead element is because of the fear factor. rattle snakes are pretty feared in the parts they reside and the undead element also is not only dead things, but also spooky stuff.

[Shrock]

Ghost Roaster’s backstory is legitimately one of the darkest backstories to any video game hero I can recall.

[trapx]

I feel like the only reason ghost roaster was even considered was the fact that no one else was willing to join the skylanders (assuming the cores joined in game order, ssa to tt). Think about it, the last team Eon led assumedly died on their last mission, and if the myths at the time were to be believed, 8 people who shared that purpose died fighting the Arkeyan King 9, 900 years prior.

[abthedragon]

On the subject of Rattle Shake being in the Undead element, my guess is how certain cultures view snakes and associate them with death. When you think of venom a snake is probably one of the first animals you think of and what does venom do, kills you. Now, snakes can represent other things like health, rebirth, enlightenment, trickery etc. but I think in the context of this franchise they probably just needed another Undead swapper during their time in production and figured it wasn't too much of a stretch to have a venomous reptile as an undead Skylander. Idk, I'm just spit balling here.

On the subject of what Fryno did to his former biker gang members, I lean more towards Fryno killing them. Reason number one because even though Skylanders is a franchise aimed at kids, there is some pretty brutal and messed up elements of the lore you can find if you look in the right places. Second reason, I don't know if you noticed but Fryno has a bit of a temper, so I have no trouble believing in his enraged state, he got carried away, so to speak. Also yeah, I'm kinda disappointed Fryno didn't become a Supercharger. Like, he already has a vehicle and both fire vehicles in Superchargers drive land vehicles, why the heck did Eruptor of all characters become a Supercharger!? Part of me wants to think it's because Eruptor is a fan favorite character but then that begs the question, why did Roller Brawl (who was also introduced in Swap Force) become a supercharger instead of fan favorite undead cores like Chop Chop or Hex? But anyway, I'm getting off topic.

[Slimey_alien]

I think the reason Olaf ate the ghosts is because he was so famished he went into a hunger induced rage. Also I’m more concerned about how the hell eon FOUND ghost roaster. Was he just roaming the land of the undead and just so happened to se ghost roaster and say to himself “that’s the one I need.”

And this kinda goes back to my point in the boomer video (go watch that if you haven’t already) that being that previous skylanders have been killed. Like eon could have just sicked ghost roaster on anyone who betrayed them and they would be dead, eaten, and disposed of in a matter of minutes.

[ninjabot]

Wanna know a funny thing? apparently in superchargers there is a line of skylanders called Eon's elites who are, and i quote: "The selected few that have displayed courage and bravery against all odds – and are revered by their fellow Skylanders for their inspiration and unwavering commitment to defend Skylands!".

And guess what? Ghost Roaster is one of them! i mean, it's likely that "out of game" he was only chosen because he was popular, but the fact that "in game" Eon decided that the guy who double bretayed him was one of his more trustworthy warrior is something that makes think.

Maybe Eon didn't choose GR out of pity, maybe he's seeing something in him that no one can see.

[natememes]

honestly, I got this idea from the superchargers, but I feel like some islands in Skylands are the size of continents and some are the size of small islands. It’s just that overtime the bigger islands break so the necessity of having a fair amount of vehicles actually does make sense because most of the time there wasn’t a whole lot of island hopping like you’re going to Island Island unless you’re traveling and my theory of islands being the size of continents at one point would make sense because of water vehicles and that water does seem to float a fair amount at the time in Skylanders comes to either the water levels or certain levels in general

[averyseldin]

I think I remember reading somewhere that Ghost Roaster used to be a Mabu and when he fell into the Undead valley, it transformed him into his current state (and this has appeared in other backstories-Hex used to be an Elf before her time in the Realm of the Undead fighting Malefor lead to her transforming) . Not sure about the eating ghost thing though

[nolanhoffman]

I mean when you think about it, ghost roaster is similar to red hood, they both died, got resurrected, did bad things, and eventually was given a second chance to do something good.

[senorapples]

I think fryno was originally liked being a criminal and/or just liked his friends. Didn't want to loose that but overtime realised that it wasn't a life for him and decided turn clean. Thats my explaination why he stayed for so long.

[legoferrari]

Surprised that neither Cynder nor Hex were brought up here since both were under the influence of the dark dragon Malefor prior to their Skylander careers.

[skygoomysteatime]

Being tied to the undead element doesn't mean you have to ne an undead creature. Rattle Shake literally throws Snake Skulls. Meaning he is more of a necromancer-aske type of character. Also elemental energy, having control over and element and physically being part of it is very diffrent.

[Theprince]

Most people of Skylands: The undead element is scary
Olaf: Finally some good food

[emeraldspindash]

I have a theory that Ghost Roaster is the same species as Eon and Kaos (i'll be referring to them as humans for lack of a better term) the main reason I believe this is because of his skull shape which looks like a human's, albeit lacking a nose, which could potentially be due to him becoming a ghoul.

[ryanwebb]

My guess for Rattle Shake being Undead is because of a thing called ouroborus, which I probably misspelled. Basically, it's a symbol relating to the cycle of life and rebirth.

[JustASoulsFan]

You know it's a good day when Neon uploads a Skylanders video