What Happened To Skylanders Academy?

Skylanders was a massive gaming franchise that truly started the rise of the toys to life genre for gaming, but today on this channel, we are looking into the spin-off Skylanders Netflix show, Skylnaders Academy. What it was all about and what happened to it! Also, I take a look at the rise and fall of the skylanders gaming franchise over on my gaming channel: • The Rise and SAD Fall ...
Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe & David Strickland
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan

[@JordanFringe94]

Thanks so much for watching, check out my Rise and Fall video for Skylanders out now on my gaming channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIepfWaAZ7iWiq8&ab_channel=JordanFringeGaming

[@theworstspeedrunner]

I might go and check it out later but still waiting for my first true fringmiss

[@cedricjones7560]

Please do Boy Meets World next!

[@vullord666]

Thanks for always making fantastic content. Just wondering have you ever heard of (or done a video I need to watch) on Gormiti? I remember loving and watching the 2008 Lords of Nature cartoon and vaguely the video game on Wii, but it's such a wild ride to learn about it now with the source being the toys and it how many separate adaptions came from that product line (including a current one).

[@okjeffy6581]

Can you do Sidekick next??

[@meta-less]

Hey Jordan there’s a bot pretending to be you

[@misterzygarde6431]

In hindsight it was a missed opportunity to have more of Spyro friends in the Skylanders franchise like Hunter or Elora.

[@CrystalBlazier]

Toys For Bob actually thought about bringing Hunter in Skylanders for Skylanders: Giants, but after the fan backlash about Spyro from the first game, TFB decided against adding Hunter and add more original playable characters.

[@getoffyoutubeandtouchgrass7725]

@@artistanthony1007 because they already owned him at that point probalby

[@9751matt]

I think the biggest missed opportunity, if it was possible, was to introduce them not as Skylanders, but as the actual characters from the games. Spyro, Legends Spyro, and Skylander Spyro all have distinct worlds and distinct personalities, sort of like Spiderman No Way Home, we know that Crash that Skylanders Spyro is going to eventually meet the original Spyro from his world. I wanted to see more of that dynamic explored.

[@Rubytranscutie]

@@artistanthony1007 because all the characters in every game are forward compatible

[@TundraCrow]

When ever Glumshanks was able to have his time on screen was always a fun viewing when he could show he was more then just some bumbling minion. Having his own agency and desires outside of taking care of his master. For instance his friendship and conversations with Kaos's mother.

[@king-of-draic8745]

I actually did enjoy it and wish it wasn’t canceled and would have loved to see more of Spyro and Cynder and of Malefor.

[@madiganmcguinn5058]

Omg totally same and a bit of romance would've been interesting in it too I say

[@Thewavedemonjackal]

And as a cynder fan, I’m annoyed that it took a full season for them to remember to rescue her

[@king-of-draic8745]

@@Thewavedemonjackal Yeah, that whole season, I was like “Dudes! When the F are you going to go and F-ing rescue Cynder!?”

[@Thewavedemonjackal]

@@king-of-draic8745 yeah! Did nobody f-ing care that their friend has been kidnapped?!

[@king-of-draic8745]

@@Thewavedemonjackal Apparently not and it’s been a long time since I watched, I don’t even remember how long it took to be brought up that they needed to save her after Spyro was freed. Cynder was just a missed opportunity and if we ever do get another chance with her one day in another Spyro show or game that she’s done justice. Also, a little nitpick for me, I hated how they pronounced Malefor’s name as “Mal-four” instead of “Mal-uh-four.”

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

This was one of those shows that was alright at first, but become pretty good/enjoyable overtime. I really wish that it could’ve gotten a proper conclusion.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Same

[@AtomicComms]

Second season was the peak. Season 3 was bad imho. I do wish we got a 4th season tho for sure

[@ryanwebb309]

I wish Skylanders got a movie

[@awesomeocelot7475]

Yeah a season 4 could’ve given a proper conclusion

[@BrennySpain]

Season 3 did conclude fairly well as it did but I agree we should’ve gotten another season.

[@rachelh533]

One thing I always loved that I feel like people don’t talk about much was the animation quality. I have never seen a 3D animation kids show with higher quality than this, it’s sad it got swept under the rug.

[@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew]

I wanted a season 4 to be honest to truly wrap it all up. Maybe add in the foreshadowing for Kaos finding the way to turn the Skylanders into planet Earth toys but oh well. Maybe someday we get something fan made that does just that

[@verboselocket3896]

I watched this show a lot and loved it. I just wished they added more Skylanders, even if they were just for 1 episode.

[@Catsarecute231]

I remember this show, I am upset that they cancelled it but I will always remember the good memories I had with this show.

[@mintyaquagreen1675]

Man I wish we had Dr. Krankcase in this series. He would've made it even more fun.

[@seematahir5970]

Damn Jordan's really out here resurrecting the memories of cartoons which do indeed exist.

[@collaterale1]

Fun fact, Mark Hamill was set to reprise his role as Malefor, but he was busy with the shooting of The Last Jedi at the time, so Jim Cummings ended up voicing the dark dragon instead. Also, Eric Rogers, the initial showrunner and the voice of Crash, stepped down after Season 2 and was replaced with Rhys Darby.

[@mintyaquagreen1675]

The lore and stories on this show was amazing. Sucks that it ended!

[@lleer00na.79]

this reawakened a whole lotta memories for me. i remember being utterly dissapointed that skylanders ended after 3 seasons and not answering the question of spyros lineage. we really shouldve gotten a movie or something to tie it all up in a neat bow.

[@Nirvana-1111]

Season 3 was my favourite because dark spyro is in it, and he could still be alive and the roles swapped. Similar to eon who isn’t dead but went into spirit form instead. He could easily have survived just like spyro since he was shown to be stronger than regular spyro featwise. And the roles might be reversed, where dark spyro is lingering within spyro. And him meeting his parents would be great as well

[@BeaneCat]

As someone who had always hated the Skylanders franchise for what it did to Spyro (OG Spyro child here), I actually quite adored Skylanders Academy, and it’ll always have a place in my heart. It’s a shame it ended with such little fanfare, but it’s probably for the best that it ended when it did. As a side note, while I loved other characters, I did not realize just how much I was there for Kaos and Glumshanks interactions until Season 3 ripped them apart for the majority of the runtime. (I thought S3 was pretty bad for a lot of other reasons too, but other people actually seem to like it? Which actually makes me happy, I’m glad that the series ended on a high note for other people.)

[@EpsilonStar17]

I genuinely love the expressive on chaos specifically in this show

[@bandicootsauce4569]

Regarding Spyro's redesign, I'll admit that he looked a little rough... at first, but as the Skylanders series went on, Spyro's redesign was gradually smoothed out and refined, finally being perfected (relatively speaking) in Skylanders Academy. Yes, his 'Reignited' design is still better, but I feel that his Academy design doesn't get enough credit.

[@GlyphWitch]

Exactly, while in the games, mainly his series 1 design, his design isn't very good copared to previous iterations. Academy pretty much took that more unfavourable design and remade into something way better.

[@Lemural]

Oh my god, I remember this show. While watching this video I started to remember all the characters again.

[@blockbuilder4762]

Imagine my surprise when I found out Eruptor was voiced by Mike from Breaking Bad. Also, I used to love that show, watched it 3 times over. It will always have a special place in my heart.

[@katiebennett7602]

If Netflix finally decides to give us a Season 4 of Skylanders Academy, here are some ideas I hope would happen because I thought they would be interesting to watch: 1. I would like it if Spyro's old friends from the original Spyro The Dragon games, such as Sparx, Elora, Hunter, Zoe, Sheila, Bianca, Flame, and Ember, were finally shown in the show. One of my biggest problems with Skylanders Academy is that they missed a lot of opportunities to make these characters as Skylanders, even if most of them stay supporting characters. I think Sparx really should have been in this show. Sparx's whole character arc in the original games was that he always helped Spyro on his missions and treated him as if he was his brother. I understand 5 out of 10 as to why they didn't bring back Elora, Hunter, Sheila, Flame, and Ember, but how could they forget about Sparx, of all characters? 2. What about an episode where Stealth Elf has to train hard in order to defeat a creature who has turned the other Skylanders into stone statues? It would be cool if we get to see Spyro, Eruptor, Jet-Vac, and Pop Fizz in cold stone statues. Plus, given the fact that Stealth Elf is a literal ninja, I'm surprised that the show never had an episode like that. 3. It would be cool if other characters like Whirlwind, Zap, Blades, Sonic Boom, and Torch got their own slice-of-life type episodes where they got to be the focus. 4. What about an episode where Spyro developes an eating disorder, like anorexia or bulimia, after he feels guilty for all the things he did as Dark Spyro? I feel like that would help children understand his character arc and acknowledge the fact that he is dealing with a realistic issue that people can parallel to the real world. I can even imagine a scene where Spyro is having a nightmare where his dark counterpart took over him and a scene where he explains that he just wants to feel more powerful than when Strykore stole his light energy. 5. An episode where Eruptor and Pop Fizz get in trouble or something like that and they bond while they decide to work together. I think it's weird that Eruptor and Pop Fizz never had an episode together, and it would help children understand teamwork, like other children's shows do. 6. This is going to sound weird, but what about an episode where the Skylanders go into underground sewers to stop someone from flooding the Skylands with raw sewage and stinkiness? What do you people think about these ideas?

[@rosebennett804]

I really like your ideas. I especially like your ideas from 1-4!

[@patbennett3987]

An eating disorder might sound too heavy for a cartoon kids show.

[@katiebennett7602]

I'm sure Netflix wouldn't mind an episode like that.

[@katiebennett7602]

Besides, there are episodes of kids shows that are cartoons that mention starvation dieting and eating disorders, such as Alvin and the Chipmunks, Doug, Braceface, and Horseland. Though they are older kids cartoons.

[@katiebennett7602]

Also, I just think that Season 4 of the show, if it ever does happen, should not focus on Spyro trying to find his family, unless they handle it the same way Spyro tried to find out the truth about his ancestors in Season 2. Because if they focus on the other characters at the academy while Spyro is away, I think that will just ruin the purpose of his character arc. The whole reason he came back to the academy was that, in my opinion, he wanted to be there for his friends while trying to keep his secret about himself and Strykore. I don't think Dark Spyro is technically evil as much as he is a person who wants to escape a dark state he doesn't want to be in, and his friends want to help him.

[@malikrulez15]

Anyone remember Mike, Lu, and Og?!? That opening is still stuck in my head.

[@temdatemmie5720]

Watched The Show When It Came Out, Loved It As A Fan Of Spyro, Crash, And Skylanders As A Whole, Really Wished We Had Gotten That 4th Season

[@RodaMoonknight]

The models are so good and I hate that it just ends in a really bad cliffhanger due to the cancellation of this series. Kotick apparently hated this series

[@sykeassai]

I discovered the series a while back last year, and I really enjoyed it. I am not familiar with the games. With a show that good, I wondered why it ended.

[@spooktoonz]

I love Skylanders, but I didn’t get into it until inaginators came out. Which was write around the time this show came out. So you know I was all on that. I loved this show then and I still do now. But then again, like I said, I’m also just a Skylanders fan in general (I won’t hesitate to admit that Skylanders is what introduced me to Spyro)

[@AverageP3rs0n]

I think it should have a fourth season about Spyro finding his family.

[@SuperMrWumbo]

Spyro's design is probably the sole reason I could never get into anything Skylanders, I mean how could they do that to him...

[@thepencillovinglegend5634]

Well, this is probably because I saw the Skylanders version before the og version, but I think he looks better in Skylanders

[@sharkguy6427]

this review is pretty spot on how i felt regarding the show **but i never skip the intro**

[@razzzle4272]

As somebody who had never even heard of skylanders when I first watched this show, I loved it. Looking back on it now…yeah, it was pretty good. Still have never played a skylanders game or even gotten into it, hah

[@allenw794]

I was iffy on it at 1st, but by the end I wish it had gotten to live a little longer. Evil Spyro was fun and Glumshanks deserves to be on a best hemchman/lackey list somewhere.

[@masonstewart6232]

I actually watched and really enjoyed Skylanders Academy. I too also think this is the best Skylanders related thing to exist. I also wish there was a 4th season.

[@greetings5640]

I LIVE skylanders! I have so many memories with the series and playing it with my siblings. I watched this show when it came out and I liked it a lot. So glad you could go over it!

[@CSS-Tails_Forever]

I really wished they made Season 4, I thought the Series was good and I always rewatch it!

[@jam_toast1]

I never played the games and barely new who they were, but as a somewhere around 12-13 year old this was my favorite show to see get the third season at the time, the trailers for the third season really hyped me and I liked the humor, but like you said I don't really remember anything about any music compared to other things for how many times i rewatched it

[@NITRO_NIK]

I loved this show so so much i hope we get are well deserved 4th season

[@mooncake8059]

I miss this series, and its games. It was so fun, but its a shame its come to a end. (A long time ago)

[@Gormathius]

My first impression of the show was "I'm not sure what the rules are, but I'm pretty sure she's (Stealfy) winning." -In reference to the "throw sheep at eachother" game in the beginning. And yes, I call Stealth Elf Stealfy, and I'm well aware I'm probably the only one on the planet who does so.

[@ImBouncy]

I just watched the series after having watched it as a kid. Nostalgia was crazy cool. 2nd and 3rd seasons were peak

[@DogoBweadz]

I absolutely loved Skylanders. I played it when I was a little kid and grew up with that series, never even knew Spyro was a character outside of skylanders for a long time but he still is my favorite to collect. Even have the e3 chrome Spyro! I really loved the show as it gave a lot of nostalgia and was just overall a good show IMO and was pretty disappointed we weren't getting a 4th season especially with the cliff hanger!

[@fieryduoandfriends4085]

The show was the one that actually got me hooked on the series in the first place and in short terms, I really liked Skylanders Academy after rewatching it and maybe we will get some form of continuation where spyro does go back to his dragon village and maybe see sparx or something.

[@GiggleSh1tter-yes711]

bro i remember waching this when i got back from the park the nostalgia is coming back

[@chimpie5242]

I liked it when I watched this when I was younger I always wanted to play Skylanders but I couldn't lol but watching other people play was okay but I still love the series to this day

[@TomastheHorrorfan]

I used to watch the show all the time it was a masterpiece at its time but I have grown out of my skylanders phase a few years ago but even after that I still like the show

[@baymax.6765]

I get it ended but at least they could have done another 1 hour episode that fully ended it all seeing Spyros Family and putting it all at end for those who love it like me.

[@jeku4572]

I loved this show. Currently bingeing it. Love the casualness and day to day plot of the show. Like we bare bears, sonic boom, looney tunes show.

[@animezilla4486]

I love this show and I especially love the theme song

[@quantumsurge7250]

Ah yes, my childhood. Lot's of good memories.

[@GianfrancoLaRotta]

I kinda wish that the other toys to life games also had their own cartoons too... awesome!! 0:02

[@markgrey5360]

I would really have liked to see a fourth series and more of the show tbh. The issues of the games were, as everybody knows are that the figures were too expensive and too many, the games came out way too close together, so you felt in too much of a rush to try and get the figures. It's a shame but a change in execution with the games would have kept them going, like making the figures less expensive and there being a much longer gap between games, instead of every year which was and is ridiculous.

[@pastmoon0118]

8:16 this is one of the only shows where i enjoyed the intro so much that even when i had no time to look at another episode i still started it and only watched the intro

[@adrianemanuel7121]

The voice cast is the main thing that has me remotely interested in maybe seeing some of the show. Didn't know it was so stacked past Richard Horvitz.

[@estebangutierrez160]

I mostly watched it because it had Crash Bandicoot in it, but I actually did like watching it a lot.

[@marcusstafford953]

Spyro n Crash was my childhood and even as a 14 year old I become disappointed at Activisions business model so I never indulged in the games (despite REALLY wanting to) but the show was great, started off slow but just kept getting better. Gloom and Chaos are an iconic duo Imo and I loved when they introduced Cinder.

[@spartannewo505]

This show was so goated I loved it I’m sad it went away

[@kittygirlrachel]

I remember I was in elementary school when the first season of this series released. I remember waiting for seasons 2 and 3 and being partially upset when it was over.

[@jjack3844]

Same

[@AtomicComms]

Im a huge Spyro fan, especially of the Legend of Spyro trilogy, and this show was the closest we'll probably get to a legit Spyro cartoon. But I liked it. Season 1 was okay but 2 i greatly enjoyed and 3 was dissapointing to me and I'm sad it got cancelled after that. There was a weird pacing issue throughout the show, weird "filler" epsiodes that didn't add anything to the story and even tho you liked dark Spyro, he didn't really make any sense. He wasn't evil he was just acting like a massive jerk, which is what Spyro already was. I just really liked that we got to see Cynder and Malefor again as well :3 So cool you talked about this man

[@zolfirthedragon]

I actually watched the show before playing the games (a neighbour gave us their collection) and I enjoyed both. The show was good, not the best I've ever watched, but good. The games felt a little dated (not helped by our Wii and old TV) but they were very fun.

[@noodnood9668]

Bruh, I literally just finished watching this series yesterday lmao

[@shieldherok3283]

I honestly felt Lego Dimensions did the whole Toys to Life concept better. You got a mini figs that worked with preexisting sets, a video game with a compelling story, and a great line of dlc pacs to keep it interesting. I miss all the Toy to Life games though.

[@A_Random_IRS_B0T_]

I think Scott the Woz summarizes toys to life perfectly in his video about them. wait what does this have to do about your commen-

[@crook22-s4y]

I honestly have to disagree with you about lego dimensions. The whole idea behind lego dimensions is bad because all it is pretty much like fortnites collabs mixed with lego and skylanders. As well as the fact that it tells you to build the portal that does nothing, before you even play the games and you can just take the minifigs off the top of their little platforms and it doesnt even affect them. And keep in mind all of this is coming from a person who loves lego as well as lego games

[@thebrightdiamondtp7871]

You think you might end up doing videos on The Hollow, Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Pinky Malinky and probably other short-lived Netflix shows sometime in the future?

[@gracekim25]

Yes!❤

[@theflickster]

Yes❤

[@robloxplushiesandmore1538]

I just started watching Skylanders Academy and it became one of my favorite shows, too bad it got cancelled

[@freezasama5802]

the plot twist at the end of season 3 could have been really good but it was never progressed further plus DantTDM in the show as hilarious

[@silvurrrboi230]

Oh wow I didn't expect to see Skylanders on this channel. While the show itself was pretty mid imo (except for Kaos and Glumshanks moments, these two easily carried the show for me) Skylanders games were a big part of my childhood, Spyro's Adventure prolly being in my top 3 games of all time

[@diamondsimon020]

Just came from the video about the game series, and I wanna say that I loved this show, plus, I think releasing it around the time the games were dying was a good send-off

[@richie404]

Never forget when Crash Bandicoot made an Appearance.

[@theworstspeedrunner]

Twas mentioned

[@moldycheese6635]

I used to be upset that Camo wasn’t featured bc he was (and still is) my favorite character, but now I realize if he was featured, my head cannons would probably have been ruined

[@mamamations9524]

This show used to be so good, I wish they never canceled it.

[@brantjustilian3791]

As a Skylanders fan I saw Skylanders’ Academy has below average show for Netflix standards. This show never used any of the Origin stories that each character has in games. I wish we got a Skylander adventure series, instead of a cluttered mess that we did get.

[@abdelali9279]

Damn Activision Blizzard always with the broken dreams, after watching the animated shorts of Overwatch like Honor and Glory and Dragons I was really hoping for a full animated movie and after Kiriko's animated short it reminded that there are great stories with such great animation quality to be told but Bobby boy wouldn't care, screw him!

[@mathishopper5608]

May the franchise rest in peace. Unless anyone wanted to continue it.

[@blakethebeast3174]

Didn't know nothing about the games, really, but I liked the show and even the theme song. It was so cheesy in the right ways, like you don't want to be caught listening in public to it but it's a hummer.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome video bro. I wish this show would continue.

[@molotovdude]

Oh god i remember watching Skylanders Academy

[@Just_A_Square.]

BTW Dantdm voiced the imaginator.

[@A_Random_IRS_B0T_]

Holy heck someone is making a video about a show i won’t stop rewatching for some reason i do not know? I must be in a dream.

[@rykkermormont6482]

loving the more frequent upload schedule Jordan!!

[@giraffeofwar555]

I remember when this show came out I saw DanTDM was voicing the Imaginators character and I immediately went and watched all the episodes he was in

[@brettrichards6821]

With Crash being introduced in the show, i would have loved to see him get hisbown spin off show. Also would have been interesting to have Bowser get a guest role as well.

[@vullord666]

I think the problem for me was liking Spyro before Skylanders. I was a huge fan of the legend of Spyro trilogy and was incredibly interested in Skylanders as the Spyro's next big story in the cyclic reboot. But it felt so detached from Spyro as a character. I became more interested in the games as they left Spyro behind and became their own thing. Skylanders Academy brought back the same problem I had when the series started. It didn't feel like a proper new iteration of Spyro's journey or something that could stand on its own without one of the most established characters in gaming history. It was okay and sometimes pretty good, but always painful for me to watch. I think if they just took Spyro out (or did him a cameo like Crash Bandicoot (Spyro should have just been a legend that inspired the skylanders or helped found them)) the show could have been so much better. There were so many interesting characters, world building, and relationship growth to focus on other than Spyro. Spyro as the main character felt like it was holding the show back. The show wasn't good enough for him which in some weird paradoxically way is what made it not good enough for him.

[@YamiSpyroX]

Personally I just went through the whole show basically removing the old "Soundtrack" with the Berserk 97 anime tracks. (And it's video Game tracks plus Legend of Spyro) Trust me on this. 'Tell me Why' was a far, far better opening theme for Skylanders than 'Harmony'! Also I love how 'Guts Theme' sounds with Spyro's emotional moments. (It also sounds like that barely used 'Ghosts' theme perfectly befitted Lord Kaos!)

[@A3D1T0R-3D1TZTM]

It ended at s3 So,I feel weird that I does not continue like I want to watch It more.I mean more I ACTUALLY MEAN MORE.I feel very weird after the skylander academy ended at s3.I wanted to know Spyro's family!

[@Tokaari00]

I want another season, it’d be so amazing to see spyro meet his species

[@bunb3356]

You saved my life

[@hunterthixton7577]

Skylanders academy is one of my favorite shows of all time and my favorite characters are Wolfgang,pop fizz,cy,and kingpin,and I hope skylanders academy will come back someday with some spin-offs like a spin-off about Wolfgang and pop fizz man!😊😥🐺🎸🎵🥤

[@jasonkelly1847]

I didn’t even know that there were games until I watched this and I really like Skylanders, it’s not my favorite thing ever but Skylanders has landed itself in the 9th place for my favorite movie/show franchises.

[@Gatorade_Man]

The imaginators episode was the coolest. How they took youtuber dantdm's character from his games playthrough, made ot a cannon characyer, AND HAD HIM VOICE ACT IT, cool as hell.

[@mattterrell4304]

I never played anything skylanders but I did enjoy the show

[@Swishy_Blue]

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, please. That was quite the show

[@Grimaldoprime]

I seen skylanders academy n played the game 🎮 ❤ it was a time to be alive

[@tinytitan1145]

I liked Skylanders academy when I was younger and I remember watching season 2 when it came out

[@queenDiasimp]

I'm early! And I loved skylanders. But I've never seen this show

[@alfaarts8524]

My childhood… ah memories

[@something4320]

I’m not even a skylanders fan, I think the only reason I watched it when it came out is if I remember correctly dantdm voiced the banana guy

[@comedylyfe2113]

I have a fanmade storyline were they fight their evil versions called "the cloudslayers", who are the anti skylanders, my favorite is cull, he is like spyro but bipedal, tougher looking, wears a tanktop and ripped pants, and is blue and yellow

[@mrdragon411]

Lego dimension gave me some of my favorite minifigure that have never shown up else where

[@megaferalioth8595]

Definitely should do dinosaur squad or dinosaur king!

[@SynTheLich]

Day ?????: BEGGING for a spider riders video

[@Mega-cy8rr]

Skylanders Academy wasn't bad, I liked it. But I didn't like how the villains was portraid, especially Kaos, how was much more evil and dangerous in the game, it felt like "character assassination"

[@Syn248]

I legit was a Stealth Elf Simo. Even had her Skylanders Card and Figurine