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{{Character  
{{Character
| name = The Photographer
| name = The Photographer
| image = [[File:CrazyPhotographer-info-1.png|200px]]
| image = [[File:CrazyPhotographer-info-1.png|200px]]
| alignment = Good
| alignment = Good
| species = Teensie  
| species = [[Teensie]]
| appears in = ''[[Rayman 1]]'', ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', ''[[English with Rayman]]'', ''[[Rayman Advance]]'', ''[[Rayman Origins]]''
| appears in = ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'', ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'', ''[[Rayman Designer]]'', ''[[French with Rayman]]'', ''[[Rayman Origins]]''
| status = Photographer
| status = Photographer
}}
}}


{{quote|text=He is here to immortalise your feats! When you lose a life, you start again in the last place where he took a picture of you.|sign=Manual|source=''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''}}
{{Quote|text=He is here to immortalise your feats! When you lose a [[life]], you start again in the last place where he took a picture of you. Make sure he snaps your picture to validate each save point.|sign=Manual|source=''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''}}


{{quote|text=Eckpointchay!|sign=The Photographer|source=''earlier version of [[Rayman Origins]]''}}
{{Quote|text=The clown photographer is there to immortalize the exploits of [[Rayman]]. If he loses a [[life]], he returns to where he was photographed the last time.|sign=Official site|source=''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]''<ref name="clownphotographer">''Rayman Junior'' official site (via archive.org), ''Le clown'', http://web.archive.org/web/20020813223638/http://sites.ubisoft.fr/raymanedu/ami/ami2/clow.html</ref>}}


'''The Photographer''' is a character who first appeared in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]]. He has a photoboard, which he uses to take a photo of Rayman with goofy bodies. In [[Rayman Origins]], his photoboard makes a comeback, and some early trailers and demos show him taking photos, but he's unseen during the final version of the game.
'''The Photographer''', also known as the '''clown photographer''',<ref name="clownphotographer"></ref> is a character who appears in several games in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]], most notably [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']] and ''[[Rayman Origins]]''. Though his exact purpose varies from game to game, he can usually be found standing near a photoboard, waiting to photograph [[Rayman]] and his friends.


== Appearance ==
==Appearance==
In [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]], ''[[Rayman Designer]]'' and ''[[French with Rayman]]'', the Photographer wears a chequered trench coat and blue shoes, and has a satchel slung over his shoulder. His face is never seen, but one of his eyes is visible through his long blonde hair. In ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'', the Photographer's appearance is slightly different: he wears a brown coat instead of a green and red chequered one.


In Rayman 1, his face is never seen apart from a large eye, though he has blonde hair, and wears a chequered trench coat and blue shoes.In Rayman Junior, the Photographer wears a brown coat instead of a green one with red dots on it.
In ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', the Photographer's appearance changes significantly. His face is finally visible, and like several other returning characters, he has been changed to a [[Teensie]] to better fit the style of ''[[Rayman 2]]'' and ''[[Rayman 3]]''. He is somewhat different from the other [[Teensie]]s, with a thinner body, slightly darker skin, large, cartoonish hands, and a purple outfit with a feathered hat. As in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]], he wears large blue shoes and has a prominent eye.


For Rayman Origins, the Photographer had a drastical redesign. His face is finally visible, but like most of the returning characters, the Photographer was changed to a [[Teensie]],  to better fit the style of the previous sequels. However, his appearance as a teensie is different from his brethren, being thinner, with a darker skin and with enormous cartoony hands, feet and eyes. He wears a purple outfit with a feathered hat.
==The photoboards==
[[File:Photographer.png|thumb|320px|class=sprite|The Photographer, as seen in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]].]]


== The Photoboards ==
Through the games, the Photographer has a tendency to change the photoboards that he uses to take pictures of [[Rayman]]. In [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']], the photoboard has a picture of a bodybuilder's body, standing on a beach and holding what appears to be a surfboard and a pair of swimming goggles. In ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'', the photoboard has a body wearing a blue graduation gown, holding colourful letters and numbers. In ''[[Rayman Designer]]'', it is the same, except holding a saw and a hammer. In ''[[French with Rayman]]'', the photoboard has a picture of a star sparkled blue cloak (similar to that of [[Mr Dark]]) holding an ice cream cone and a hamburger.


[[Image:Photographer.png|thumb|320px|The Photographer, as seen in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']].]]
In ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', the photoboard has spaces for two characters. The positions which the players take indicate who has collected the most [[Lum (UbiArt games)|Lums]] in a level. The new photoboard shows a large armoured woman with a sword, and a skinny, loincloth-clad figure wielding an axe. The player with the most [[Lum (UbiArt games)|Lums]] stands behind the picture of the woman, the player with the second-most [[Lum (UbiArt games)|Lums]] stands behind the picture of the other figure, and the two players with the least [[Lum (UbiArt games)|Lums]] are left to peek out from behind the photoboard to get their picture taken.


Through the games, the Photographer has a tendence to change the photoboards that he uses to take pictures of Rayman. In Rayman 1, the photoboard has a picture of a bodybuilder's body, holding a surfboard and a sea shell in a beach background. In [[Rayman Junior]], the photoboard has a picture of a body wearing a cloak like [[Mr Dark]]'s whilst holding letters and numbers. In [[English with Rayman]], the photoboard has a picture of the statue of liberty holding an ice cream.
==Role in the games==
[[File:Checkpoint.png|thumb|right|The photoboard in ''[[Rayman Origins]]''.]]
In [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']], ''[[Maths and English with Rayman]]'', ''[[Rayman Designer]]'' and ''[[French with Rayman]]'', the Photographer serves as a checkpoint. He takes a picture when [[Rayman]] stands behind the photoboard and smiles. In [[Rayman (Nintendo DSi)|the Nintendo DSi-ware version]], the game will automatically take a real picture of the player as well, with the latest picture representing the specific save file. If [[Rayman]] dies and has any [[Life|lives]] remaining, he returns to the last place where the Photographer took his picture. In all versions of ''[[Rayman 2]]'' except [[Rayman 2 Forever|the Game Boy Color version]], he was replaced by the [[Green Lum]] checkpoints. In [[Rayman 2 Forever|the Game Boy Color version]], he was instead replaced by [[White Lum]]s.
[[File:Photographerorigins.jpeg|thumb|left|320px|The Photographer taking a picture of [[Rayman]] and friends.]]
In ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', the photoboard takes on a more significant role than the Photographer himself. It appears whenever the heroes break the last [[Electoon]] [[cage]] of a level; then they smile and pose for a picture. The photoboard is no longer a checkpoint, but an end-of-level point, much like an [[exit sign]] or a [[Spiral Door]]. [[Rayman Origins (early production)|Earlier in the development of the game]], the Photographer was intended to appear and take the heroes' picture, but the developers chose to replace him with [[the Magician]] and his test tube (which he uses to collect and count [[Lum (UbiArt games)|Lums]]). It is not clear who actually takes the photographs in the final game, but it may be that the photographer is still present but simply standing off-screen, perhaps serving as the camera of the game itself (much like the Lakitu Bros in ''Super Mario 64''). Despite the Photographer's absence from the final version of the game, artwork depicting him can still be seen on the official website.


In Rayman Origins, the photoboard has two spaces, and the positions in which the players stand indicate who has collected the most [[Lum]]s in a level. The new photoboard shows what appears to be a skinny, loincloth-clad creature wielding an axe, and a large woman in armour wielding a sword; the two most skilled players stand behind these pictures (Being the large woman the first place and the skinny creature the second place), while any remaining characters are left to peek out from behind the photoboard to get their picture taken.
[[File:Team Photo Taunt in Action.png|320px|thumb|right|The Photographer and the photoboard in ''Brawlhalla'' taking a picture of [[Barbara]] and [[Rayman]].]]


== Role in the games ==
In ''Brawlhalla'', the Rayman Update patch added numerous skins, items, and effects to the game. One of these is a new taunt called "Team Photo", which summons the photoboard from ''[[Rayman Origins|Origins]]'' and even the Photographer as he would have appeared in ''[[Rayman Origins]]''. The taunt can let all players, no matter if they are a teammate or opponent, join in the taunt.


[[Image:RaymanOrigins 002.jpg|thumb|320px|The Photographer, in an earlier version of ''[[Rayman Origins]]''.]]
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In almost every Rayman game where the Photographer appears, he serves as a checkpoint. He takes a picture when rayman puts his head over the siluette of the photoboard and smiles. If Rayman dies, he will come back to the place where he took his last picture. In ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]'', he was replaced by the [[Green Lum]] checkpoints. 
==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|en=The Photographer<ref name="capitalization">The inconsistent capitalization across localizations has been standardized here.</ref>
|zh_hans=摄影师
|nl=De Fotograaf
|fr=Le Photographe<ref name="capitalization"></ref>
|de=Der Fotograf
|he=הצלם
|he_T=Hatzalam
|it=Il Fotografo
|ja=カメラマン
|ko=사진사
|es=El Fotógrafo
}}
 
==Notes and references==
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In Rayman Origins, the photoboard takes a major role than the Photographer himself. The photoboard pops out from nowhere when the heroes break the last [[Electoon]]s [[Cage]] of the level and then they pose and smile for a picture. In this game, the photoboard takes a different role, being no longer a checkpoint, but an end-of-level point, much like an [[exit sign]] or a [[Spiral Door]]. In earlier development, the Photographer was supposed to appear in the game, waiting for the heroes to come and pose for the picture and then scream "Eckpointchay!" (Checkpoint in pig-latin), however, the main idea was scrapped, and the Photographer was replaced with the [[Magician]] and his lum-picking test tube.
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Despite this, the artwork of the Photographer can be still seen on the website, and the photoboard with the characters posing may suggest that the Photographer is still there, but as an omniscient character. 
[[fr:Le Photographe]]
[[pl:Fotograf]]
[[ru:Фотограф]]
[[zh:摄影师]]


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