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{{Enemy | {{Enemy | ||
| Name = Spyglass Pirate | | Name = Spyglass Pirate | ||
| image = [[Image:Lackey.png| | | image = [[Image:Lackey.png|320px|''Spyglass Pirate'']] | ||
| alignment = Bad | | alignment = Bad | ||
| species = [[Robo-Pirate]] | | species = [[Robo-Pirate]] | ||
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[[Image:Spyglass_Pirate_controlling_Clark.jpg|thumb|right|320px|The Spyglass Pirate remotely controls [[Clark]] from a hidden room overlooking the [[Technical Check-up]]]] | [[Image:Spyglass_Pirate_controlling_Clark.jpg|thumb|right|320px|The Spyglass Pirate remotely controls [[Clark]] from a hidden room overlooking the [[Technical Check-up]]]] | ||
[[File:Spyglass Pirate (RR Japan).jpg|thumb|left|320px|The Spyglass Pirate in the Japanese version of ''[[Rayman Revolution]]'']] | |||
===PlayStation version/[[Rayman Revolution]]=== | ===PlayStation version/[[Rayman Revolution]]=== | ||
Revision as of 17:20, 14 November 2014
| Spyglass Pirate | ||
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| Alignment | Bad | |
| Appears in | Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (cameo), Rayman Dictées (cameo) | |
| Location | Bonus stages, the Buccaneer, Globox's House/Skull Cave (Revolution only), Pirate Factory (Rayman Revolution only), Tomb of the Ancients, Gloomy Island (PlayStation version only), Hoodlum Headquarters (cameo), Rayman's house (cameo) | |
| Portrayed by | Pierre-Alain de Garrigues (Rayman 2 on PC, Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast) | |
| Resistance | 
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| Attacks | Helicopter bombs; remotely controls Clark and the Robot Dinosaur | |
| Species | Robo-Pirate | |
You incompetent imbecile!—Admiral Razorbeard on the Spyglass Pirate, Rayman 2: The Great Escape
The Spyglass Pirate,[1] also known as the Creole Pirate,[2] is a unique Robo-Pirate character who appears in Rayman 2: The Great Escape and its remakes, as well as making cameo appearances in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc and Rayman Dictées.
Description
The appearance of the Spyglass Pirate is somewhat different from those of the other Robo-Pirates. While he is still robotic, he looks more like a slightly chubby stereotypical pirate. The lower part of his mechanical body is coloured green to resemble trousers. He wears a yellow scarf covered with red polka-dots around his waist, and has a red-and-white striped bandana tied round his head. Like most Robo-Pirates, he is noticeably taller than Admiral Razorbeard.
The Spyglass Pirate appears to have been in charge of the ground operations during Admiral Razorbeard's campaign. He was a mechanical genius, and created many dangerous devices.
Role in the games
The Spyglass Pirate's role in the N64, PC, Dreamcast and DS versions of Rayman 2 is very small. He appears in many cinematics in which he reports to Admiral Razorbeard regarding Rayman's progress and whereabouts, but does little more. He personally encounters Rayman in the Technical Check-up, where he remotely controls Clark. In every version, he debuts in the cinematic preceding Rayman's first visit to the Bayou.
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PlayStation version/Rayman Revolution
In the two Sony versions of Rayman 2, the Spyglass Pirate is given much more importance. At multiple points he encounters Rayman and brings with him a difficult challenge. The lackey first strikes chronologically in Rayman Revolution, in which he leads the attack on Clark and Rayman at the entrance to the Rainbow Creek. His next appearance, also Revolution-exclusive, is a boss fight: the Spyglass Pirate jumps into the Boss Biditank to personally battle Rayman. The Spyglass Pirate next encounters Rayman in both the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 versions in the Technical Check-up situated at the end of the Tomb of the Ancients, where it is seen that the Spyglass Pirate is controlling Clark via remote control, as in the other versions. The Spyglass Pirate makes his final chronological appearance solely in the PlayStation version, at the end of the Gloomy Island, where he makes his final attempt to get rid of Rayman with his remote-controlled Robot Dinosaur, which he had been using to search for the fourth Mask of Polokus. Fortunately for Rayman, the Spyglass Pirate had forgotten to fill up the Robot Dinosaur's fuel tank, and the Baby Globoxes manage to escape with Rayman.
Before the final boss battle in the Crow's Nest, Admiral Razorbeard says that he will punish the Spyglass Pirate for his consistent failure to stop Rayman by seeing how well he would swim in molten lava. He then orders the Spyglass Pirate to prepare the Grolgoth for him in the meantime. It is not clear whether this punishment was ever carried out, and the fate of the Spyglass Pirate remains unknown.
Appearances
- In Rayman 3, several statues of the Spyglass Pirate can be found in a secret room in Hoodlum Headquarters, along with statues of various other Robo-Pirates from Rayman 2: The Great Escape.
- In Rayman 2, after a level is passed with all of its Yellow Lums collected and all of its cages broken, the player can access a Bonus Stage in which they control a baby Globox racing against the Spyglass Pirate.
- In Rayman Dictées, what appears to be a statue or replica of the Spyglass Pirate can be seen briefly in a cutscene which shows the interior of Rayman's house.
Trivia
- In the Japanese version of Rayman Revolution, the Spyglass Pirate has got a near white metal skin, and lighter green pants.
- After Boss Biditank is defeated, the Spyglass Pirate runs away, claiming ‘It's not over yet! I'll be back!’ This may be a reference to the Terminator film series.
See also
References
- ↑ Early Rayman 2 artworks, File:Gorilla Pirate and Glasses Pirate names source.jpg
- ↑ Official Rayman 2 website, Charaktere, http://web.archive.org/web/20001002215808/www.rayman2.com/all/good/characters/characters.html
| Characters from Rayman 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friends from Rayman 2 | ||||
| Rayman • Globox • Murfy • Baby Globoxes • Grand Minimus • Teensies • Ly • Ssssam • Bzzit • Polokus • Clark • Carmen • Umber • Uglette | ||||
| Bosses from Rayman 2 | ||||
| Axel • Jano • Ninjaws • Boss Biditank • Spyglass Pirate • Boss Chenille • Foutch • Clark • Grolem 13 • Grolgoth • Admiral Razorbeard | ||||
| Robo-Pirate army | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unique Robo-Pirates | ||||
| Admiral Razorbeard • Spyglass Pirate • Ninjaws • Boss Biditank • Robot Dinosaur • Grolgoth • Razorwife • Henchman 1000 | ||||
| Generic Robo-Pirates | ||||
| Henchmen 800 • Gorilla Pirates • Warships • Barrel Pirates • Ninja Henchmen • List of Robo-Pirates in Rayman 2 | ||||
| Henchman 800 models | ||||
| Red Henchman 800 • Green Henchman 800 • Purple Henchman 800 • Yellow Henchman 800 • Zombie Henchman 800 • Grey-brown Henchman 800 • Grey Henchman 800 • Blue Henchman 800 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| The General • Helicopter bomb • Shell • Walking shell • Red walking shell • Flying shell | ||||