Skylanders Academy

Skylanders Academy
Genre	Animated
Based on	Skylanders by Activision
Developed by	Eric Rogers
Voices of	Justin Long Jonathan Banks Chris Diamantopoulos Bobcat Goldthwait Richard Steven Horvitz Norm Macdonald Jonny Rees Ashley Tisdale Dan Middleton
Opening theme	"Harmony" by Timbaland Feat. Dalton Diehl
Composer(s)	Conrad Wedde Samuel Scott Lukasz Buda
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bobby Kotick Eric Rogers Sander Schwartz Stacey Sher Nick van Dyk
Producer(s)	Coco Francini Emily Levitan
Running time	44 minutes (episode 1) 24-25 minutes
Production company(s)	TeamTO Activision Blizzard Studios
Distributor	Netflix
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	October 28, 2016

Skylanders Academy is an American animated web television series produced by TeamTO and Activision Blizzard Studios based on the Skylanders series.^[1] The first season debuted on Netflix on October 28, 2016, with a second season slated to debut in late 2017.^[2] A trailer for the series debuted on October 12, 2016.^[3]

Plot

In the world of Skylands, Spyro the Dragon, Stealth Elf, and Eruptor are new students at Skylanders Academy. Under the teachings of Master Eon and Jet-Vac, the three of them will learn what it means to be a Skylander while fighting the evil Kaos and other villains of Skylands.

Cast

The voice cast consists of:^[4]

• Justin Long as Spyro the Dragon
• Ashley Tisdale as Stealth Elf
• Jonathan Banks as Eruptor
• Chris Diamantopoulos as Master Eon
• Bobcat Goldthwait as Pop Fizz
• James Hetfield as Wolfgang
• Richard Steven Horvitz as Kaos
• Norm Macdonald as Glumshanks
• Catherine O'Hara as Kaossandra
• Parker Posey as the Dreamcatcher
• Jonny Rees as Jet-Vac
• Susan Sarandon as Golden Queen
• Harland Williams as Hugo
• Daniel Wu as King Pen
• Billy West as Food Fight, Kaboom
• Dan Middleton as Cy (Water Imaginator)
• Eric Rogers as Crash Bandicoot
• John DiMaggio as Chef Pepper Jack
• Courtenay Taylor
• Josh Robert Thompson
• Cedric Yarbrough
• John Mathot
• Fred Tatasciore as Snap Shot
• Jill Talley as Roller Brawl

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

No.	Title[5]	Directed by	Written by	Release date[5]
1	"Skylanders Unite!"	Arthur Qwak	Eric Rogers	October 28, 2016
The cadets come together for graduation day, but Spyro will need to overcome his bad attitude and big ego to join his friends as a Skylander.
2	"My Way or the Sky Way"	Arthur Qwak	Eric Rogers	October 28, 2016
Jet-Vac uses a potential plumbing disaster to teach Spyro about the "Skylander way", but they clash over Jet-Vac's strict rules and planning.
3	"Missing Links"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Josh Haber	October 28, 2016
When the Skylanders struggle to work as a team, Sensei King Pen shows them how to build a new teammate that combines their talents.
4	"Dream Girls"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Josh Haber, Joanna Lewis, and Kristine Songco	October 28, 2016
Stealth Elf is chosen to give a speech to the entire academy, but first she has to figure out why everyone is suddenly terrified of sheep.
5	"The Hole Truth"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Dean Stefan	October 28, 2016
The young Skylanders are assigned to spend a day as guards at Cloudcracker Prison, and the inmates try to trick the heroes into letting them escape.
6	"Space Invaders"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Duane Capizzi	October 28, 2016
Stealth Elf finds trouble when she gets stuck inside Kaos's mind, and she has to convince the others that she's trapped so they can help her escape.
7	"Anger Mismanagement"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Eric Rogers and Josh Haber	October 28, 2016
Eruptor goes to anger management when his temper puts missions at risk, but he'll need to tap back into his rage to get the Skylanders out of trouble.
8	"Pop Rocks"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Jesse Porter	October 28, 2016
The young Skylanders learn that Pop Fizz used to be in a rock band with Wolfgang, who plans to turn fans at a music festival into an army of drones.
9	"Beard Science"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Josh Haber	October 28, 2016
Kaos thinks that the key to getting the Golden Queen to like him is to find some hair, so he steals Master Eon's treasured beard.
10	"The Skylands Are Falling!"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Eric Rogers and Brittany Jo Flores	October 28, 2016
An invention called the "evil scope" allows the Skylanders to stop evil before it happens, but all the evil energy collects in a ball and traps Spyro. Spyro is able to destroy the ball with the power of positivity, but it's destruction accidentally brings Crash Bandicoot to their world.
11	"Crash Landing"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Eric Rogers and Brittany Jo Flores	October 28, 2016
After Crash Bandicoot is somehow transported into their world, the Skylanders have to help him get home by finding a dark relic. While searching for the Relic, Spyro begins to idolize and even attempts to imitate Crash. The Skylanders were able to find the Relic in the form of Kaossandras evil book, which Kaos stole in order to gain it's power, but needed a evil villain to open it; the one he chose being Choppy Mage. The Skylanders are able to get the book and return back to the academy where Eon uses it to summon a portal back to Crash's world, however using it corrupts Eon with darkness.
12	"Assault on Skylander Academy"	Arthur Qwak Co-Director: Solène Azernour	Eric Rogers	October 28, 2016
When Eon falls seriously ill after using the book of darkness, the Skylanders must race to find the Core of Light to use it's power to heal him. Meanwhile, the Doomraiders attack the academy, but are pushed back by the cadets. Kaossandra arrives and strikes a deal with the Golden Queen- she takes back her book and the Doomraiders keep the academy. They succeed in finding the book and Eon, but the Golden Queen goes back on her word and keeps it. Kaos is forced to choose sides and chooses to side with the Golden Queen, forcing Kaossandra to kick him out. She uses a powerful spell to knock out the Doomraiders and leave with Glumshanks, but is forced to leave the book behind. The Doomraiders, with Kaos, retreat as the Skylanders return with the Core of Light's energy to cure Eon. Fully healed, Eon says he'll lock the book in a safe place where nobody can find it, but in truth returns it to Kaossandra as the two are secretly allied in using it to keep a much more powerful and sinister evil locked in a dark dimension.

Production

At an Investor Day presentation on November 6, 2015, Activision Blizzard announced the formation of Activision Blizzard Studios, a film production subsidiary dedicated to creating original films and television series. Headed by former The Walt Disney Company executive Nick van Dyk, Activision Blizzard Studios would look to produce and adapting Skylanders into a film and television series; the latter being called Skylanders Academy, which started airing on October 28, 2016 on Netflix.^[6]

The series is a spin-off, said to be separate from the storyline of the games with no direct tie-ins to sequels. In addition, the different voice cast is made to give the show its own separate identity.^[7]

References

1. "Netflix Kids Show Programming Schedule Revealed". Variety. June 16, 2016.
2. "Netflix's Skylanders Academy series to premiere in October". Entertainment Weekly. September 20, 2016.
3. "Skylanders Academy trailer introduces Netflix's newest heroes — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. October 12, 2016.
4. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160616005985/en/Activision-Blizzard-Studios-Expands-Pioneering-Skylanders-Franchise
5. "Skylanders Academy". Netflix. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
6. "Activision Blizzard Launches Activision Blizzard Studios to Create Original Film and TV Content Based on Iconic, Globally-Recognized Franchises". BusinessWire.com. November 6, 2015.
7. https://twitter.com/EricRogersLA/status/756504456154361856

External links

• Skylanders Academy at the Internet Movie Database