List of Rayman characters
The following is a list of fictional characters from the Rayman video games Rayman, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Rayman Arena and Rayman Raving Rabbids.
Rayman
The protoganist of a series of games created by Ubisoft called 'Rayman'. Rayman may not be exactly the 'image' of a hero, being very small but he more than makes up for his stature with personality and his size comes at a great advantage, being able to squeeze through tight holes and climb up tight crevices where hardly anyone would fit.
Personality
Rayman's appearances is unique but what sets him apart from the rest is his personality. Rayman's very cheery and seldom sad, that doesn't mean his feelings can't be hurt. He's also a bit of a dreamer, he will and watch the clouds for hours or take a nap, but he's not all rest, Rayman's also very playful and helpful at times.
Globox
| Globox | |
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| Rayman series character | |
| File:Globox and rayman1.JPG Globox in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. | |
| First game | Rayman 2: The Great Escape |
Profile
- Age: 34
- Occupation: Rayman's sidekick
- Country: (Formerly) in Canopy (Rayman 2)/The Front (Rayman Revolution)
- Family: Uglette (Wife), 650 children (at the last count)
- Friends: Rayman, Ly the Fairy
- Rivals: Admiral Razorbeard
Story
Globox is a gentle, sensitive character. Globox has some magic powers, but in times, he is only a sidekick to the main hero, Rayman. He's from a species named the glutes.
He has some family: a wife named Uglette--quite similar to him, but with pink skin--and 650 children (at the last count). One can first see Uglette on the boat near the end of Rayman 2, with a lot of their children. The children also appear in some other levels of the game, like in the prison with the huge bird robot and they appear in the bonus stage unlocked after the player found all the cages in a level. Uglette is an unlockable character in the racing game, Rayman Rush; in Rayman Arena she is replaced by Dark Globox; she is the only character present in Rayman Rush who did not make it into Rayman Arena.
Globox is slightly simple, and it is said in Rayman 2 that Polokus used his sense of humour for inspiration when creating him.
Globox's magic power is the ability to create a small cloud, and to make it rain. He just has to perform a rain dance. The rain is used to remove fires and destroy machinery in Rayman 2, and was apparently used by Globox to cause Robo-Pirates to rust.
In Rayman 3, Globox accidentally swallows Andrè, ruler of the Black Lums, who also loves Plum Juice, so in order to quell his tantrums, he must drink it. Then he behaves strangely, sometimes producing purple bubbles (which Rayman can use to get to new areas), sometimes inflating himself and flying, and frequently acting out of character, behaving in a childlike, or even sometimes aggressive manner. There are three possible reasons for this, firstly because of his allergy, secondly that it has fermented, and thirdly that it may well be hallucinogenic. In this game he is dubbed by actor John Leguizamo.
Personality
He's a real coward and will flee from any enemy he sees, so to get his help Rayman often has to free his way from any enemy. But he's kind, soft and perhaps even selfless and tries to be helpful. He's a family person and would prefer to stay at home with family and friends than anything else.
Ly the Fairy
| Ly the Fairy | |
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| 'Rayman series character | |
| File:Ly the fairy.jpg | |
| First game | Rayman 2: The Great Escape |
Ly the Fairy is a character in the Rayman series of videogames. A beautiful fairy made by the godlike character Polokus, she helps Rayman in his adventures. Her main appearance is in Rayman 2: The Great Escape (as well as its remake Rayman 2: Revolution, and the Nintendo DS port titled Rayman DS). Also, she is one of Rayman's best friends, alongside Globox.
Personality
Ly appears as a weak and serious character, but despite this, she's actually potentially dangerous if she has to be, though is an energetic, loving and playful character and hardly loses her patience. She likes activity and experimenting with magic. She is actually a young and friendly fairy that knows a lot about the mythology of Polokus.
Girlfriend?
While not confirmed there are rumors of Ly and Rayman being a couple, due to the artwork made for the Rayman 2. http://www.mario64.nl/rayman29.jpg
Appearances
- Rayman 2: The Great Escape (1999, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC, Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2)
- Rayman 2: Revolution (2001, PlayStation 2)
- Rayman 3 (Gameboy Advance)
- Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge (2003, Game Boy Advance)
- Rayman DS (2005, Nintendo DS)
- Rayman Raving Rabbids (2006, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS)
In Rayman 2
Ly's first game. She starts with an unknown role as a random fairy, but the player is going to know the character very well as a character that gives Rayman amazing new powers. In the Revolution version, she is nearly the main character and she plays a bigger role in the game: She is drawn in the manual, she can open new doors to minigames and she can always be found in the front. In Rayman Revolution, she is also taller and has a bigger head.
In Rayman Arena/Rayman M
She can be found as an ice sculpture in the fighting level Ly's Palace and she is drawn on the back cover in Rayman M. She does not appear as a character in the game.
In Rayman 3
She is only found as a statue in The Longest Shortcut behind a secret wall.
On the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS
Ly the Fairy appears in some Rayman games.
Murfy
Murfy is a character from the Rayman videogame series, appearing in both Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. Murfy serves as a guide to main protagonist Rayman. To the player of the game, Murfy is a guide too, since he explains the controls for the game, as well as how to unlock bonuses and other info. Murfy appears as something that could be called a flying fairy frog (the Rayman 3 manual refers to him as a greenbottle).
Personality
He has a really hasty nature. Also, he can't deal with failure and will bother you if you do something wrong. In Rayman 2, he provides wise words but, in Rayman 3, appears bored with his job and can't be bothered. He is however clearly a good guy.
Murfy in Rayman 2
In Rayman 2 (and its handheld-port, Rayman DS), Rayman meets Murfy for the first time. He helps you with mastering the controls of the game, in the first level where you don't have to fight enemies yet. Also he explains the game a little more as you proceed in the game, by using "Stones of Thought". These are stones found in about every level, all linking telepathically to Murfy. When touching the action button, Murfy appears and explains what he has already explained before at the particular place of that stone. Murfy does not have a specific role in the game and doesn't affect the storyline. At the end of the game, he simply doesn't show up anymore, since by that time you have learned all there is to know (however, he is seen in the last cutscene).
Murfy in Rayman Arena
In Rayman Arena (console versions), before you challenge a cup (any cup except for a Master Challenge), there is a short video. Murfy comes into the challenger's locker room and explains the rules to you. You notice that before he goes into the room, you see a sign that the challengers don't want Murfy or paparazzi in. So at the end of the clip, the final challenger closes the door, where Murfy is headed, and then the clip comes out of the locker room and you hear Murfy getting beaten up. (You can also hear Murphy trying to talk his way out of the situation saying things like "No! Wait! I need this job!")
Murfy in Rayman 3
In Rayman 3, Murfy once again acts as your guide. He talks about all the new features of the game but not based upon his great wisdom. He reads information from the manual, which he reads in the game. It is exactly the same manual the player got by buying the game, which turns out to be pretty humorous. Since Murfy isn't that all-knowing anymore, he is made a bit more silly, dumb, and most of all, jerky. Murfy never has any patience right from the start of the game and calls you names when you do only the slightest thing wrong. Rayman doesn't seem to have any trouble with his behaviour, however the manual gets really angry with Murfy for insulting the manual various times (Manual: "Press the jump button to jump." Murfy: "Oh, don't tell me someone actually gets paid to write this stuff!"). The manual seems to have a conscience and free will, which really adds to the humoristic value of the game (though the manual only "appears" in the first level). Despite the higher number of appearances, Murfy is still a minor character, and after you complete the first level, does nothing else than giving Rayman some help with new abilities by handing out tutorials. Unlike Rayman 2, in this game Murfy stays with Rayman and Globox in-game for most of the time. In Rayman 3 Murfy is voiced by Billy West.
Murfy's background
Very little is known about Murfy's background, family, or even his race - more flying frogs like him, also known as Murfys, appeared in the PlayStation version of Rayman 2: The Great Escape. These were depicted as mischievous and described as "cultivated hedonists" by the manual, which claimed they were fond of playing practical jokes. In Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Murfy complains that after Rayman 2 he was promised a starring role in a film, a film in which he claimed he'd be the main role alongside a girl with "great big.....eyes." Only to be cast as a sidekick character once again - a claim that conflicts somewhat with the account provided by the real-world manual, which asserts that the only explanation for Murfy even getting the position of sidekick is "a disgraceful bit of string-pulling".
Count Razoff
Count Razoff is a mysterious lizard-like hunter figure who makes a brief appearance as a boss in the adventure game Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. He lives in a large mansion in the Bog of Murk. The player (Rayman) stumbles upon his house while looking for his friend Globox. After wandering into the mansion, the player must seek out and fight Razoff while navigating the labyrinthine halls. Once all Razoff's health is depleted, he then retreats to his cavernous basement, where the player must finish him off. After that, the player finds Globox and takes advantage of Razoff's temporary distraction to escape the mansion. At the end of the boss fight, Bégoniax the witch falls in love with him and takes him away against his will.
There are some interesting parallels between this particular level of Rayman 3 and Richard Connell's short story The Most Dangerous Game. Both feature a lost character who wanders into a large house and encounters an experienced hunter (in Connell's story, the name of the hunter is General Zaroff; Razoff is simply Zaroff with the R and the Z flipped) whom he must defeat to escape alive. In photograph mode, the game claims that Razoff is Zaroff's son, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. It also states that Razoff claims to hold the chair of Cynegetics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou.
Razoff is voiced by Eric Bauza.
Knaaren
The Knaaren (pronounced with a hard "c" sound) are a race of invincible, ruthless warriors who cannot stand sunlight, found in the 5th level of Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Desert of the Knaaren. For this reason, Rayman will only encounter the Knaaren while in the caves they reside in. These caverns are dangerous to a mortal being, such as Rayman, with unstable platforms and pools of a green slime substance.
About the Knaaren race
While being invincible, they are relatively slow, so Rayman can outrun them rather easily. The Knaaren are under the rule of King Gumsi, who does not appear very evil himself. The gongs isolated throughout their caverns call the Knaaren to the place of the gong to assist with whatever it was rung for. Some Knaaren have soft spots, as found through discussions the player could hear, such as one owning a dog, and another feeling guilty for beating up weaker beings.
Reflux
Reflux, who becomes a primary enemy and antagonist nearing the end of Rayman 3, is a Knaaren who gave up his invincibility when he stole the scepter from the Leptys and used it to have Leptys give him great power and grant Andre the power to multiply infinitely. He is first heard prior to the fight against Rayman in the Desert of the Knaaren making taunting phrases to Rayman as he progresses through the caverns [Voiced by Ziggy Marley].
Mr. Dark
Mr. Dark is the main enemy of the first Rayman game and Rayman's arch-nemesis. He always wears robes and a hat and his eyes are brightly yellow. He's apparently a quite potent wizard and in the storyline he steals the great Protoon and captures the Electoons. He is the last boss of the game, together with mixed-up versions of his minions. Rayman fights that battle in Mr. Dark's hideout, the Candy Chateau. The Candy Chateau is a party/candy-themed world. Mr. Dark has trapped all of the Electoons in cages all around Rayman's World and Rayman has to free them all to get to Mr. Dark and save the world. Eventually, Rayman catches up with Mr. Dark, who steals his punching fist and nearly kills him with fire, but the Electoons free Rayman at the last minute. Mr. Dark then flees the scene, setting his fused minions. His whereabouts are currently unknown, making it possible to assume that he was killed by Admiral Razorbeard upon resisting capture; however, the Game Boy Color depicts Mr. Dark dying at Rayman's hands.
Mr. Dark's minions
Mr. Dark has many minions he hired to get rid of Rayman, these include Antitoons, hunters, stone monsters and others. All five lands before Candy Chateau, are guarded by five notable boss minions.
They are:
Moskito: A giant mosquito, who attacks Rayman with his stingy nose, and throwing spiky fruits. Rayman first encounters Baby Moskito who, when defeated starts crying, and is comforted by Rayman. After that, they'll become friends, and Moskito lets Rayman ride on him. Later, Rayman meets regular Moskito will be chasing Rayman with a giant spike fruit at Moskito's Nest, and will be fought for the last time, angrier than normal (also having a different color scheme). He must be defeated by simply punching Moskito.
Mr. Sax: A giant saxophone, who blows wrong notes, that can be dangerous by biting or exploding. When he is first met, he is only at the end of the second level at the Band Land. If you punch the wrong note that Sax shoots, into the correct one (it is not necessary) back at Sax, he leaves. He is then fought again at Mr. Sax's Hullabaloo, in a longer true boss fight. First starting with a chase sequence. After that, he must be battled in small area (like other bosses are). Sax must be defeated by punching some wrong notes into correct ones, back at Mr. Sax, damaging the evil instument.
Mr. Stone: A large creature made of rock. He roars and seems constantly enraged and of animal intelligence, trying to kill Rayman when he sees him.
Space Mama: Space Mama is the only female boss in the game. She attacks Rayman with a rolling pin and two pirates on a stage.
Mr. Skops: A large scorpion living in the caves of Skops.
Dark Rayman
Nicknamed that by fans, (his real name is unknown) he is an evil creature created by Mr. Dark to eliminate Rayman. He first appeared in Rayman in the level "Mr. Dark's Dare". When the dark wizard shot a fireball at Rayman, it transformed into Dark Rayman. He then started chasing Rayman by doing every single move that real Rayman did, no matter what. He could be only defeated by reaching the goal of the level. Dark Rayman resembles Rayman pretty much, except that he has yellow and glowing eyes, dark skin, and dark purple hair. He later appeared as an unlockable character/skin (for Rayman) in the Xbox and GameCube versions of Rayman Arena. (Not the PlayStation 2 version.) He would also die in the level if Rayman lost a life.
Dark Globox
He is another Dark character, though he is not black. He's red, have little more teeth and has a skull on his back. But though he is almost the same, he is even dumber than real Globox... he appears ONLY in Rayman Arena (on Xbox and GameCube), where he is an unlockable character.
Razorbeard
Admiral Razorbeard was Rayman's main enemy in Rayman 2 and the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3. He commanded a force of Robo-Pirates and ships that plagued over Rayman's World and took over with surprising ease. He himself ruled from a gigantic ship above Rayman's World known as the Buccaneer and ruled from a levitating armchair. According to the manual, Razorbeard is infamous for his attacks that have left over 100 peaceful planets to cosmic dust; making him a vicious and cruel mass murderer. Razorbeard was small for his Robo-Pirate kind (and just as short on temper), however he did have some of the abilities of his other pirates such as being able to shoot cannonballs from his fist. His beard was a literal razor and thus the reason for his name. Razorbeard saw to the capture of many of Rayman's allies including Globox, Ly the Fairy and many others he saw as a threat to his rulership over the Rayman World. He also broke the Heart of the World into 1000 yellow lums (800 in the PS1 version) of which Rayman had to repair.
At the beginning of the Great Escape, Razorbeard had succeeded in his takeover except in the Woods of Light. He had also captured Rayman himself and held him captive aboard the Buccaneer; yet of course Rayman escaped and ended up in the Woods of Light.
As Rayman continued his adventures through the game; Razorbeard became alerted to his mission to find the Four Masks of Polokus and that when Polokus was unleashed that Razorbeard's pirate armies would be destroyed. Razorbeard caught wind of what Rayman was planning and sent his troops to stop him, at this time Razorbeard also ate one of the yellow lums. When Rayman infiltrated the Bucanneer towards the end of the game, Razorbeard had purchased a giant robot known as the Grolgoth. He fought Rayman in the Crow's Nest and when it seemed he was defeated by falling through the nest and down to the boiling lava below, Rayman was pulled down into the mast and nearly into the lava himself, yet Ly saved him from this fate. With the aid of a flying missile, Rayman turned to finally battle Razorbeard above the pit of lava and eventually the Grolgoth fell into the pit of lava. However Razorbeard escaped before the Buccaneer blew up in a small little ship, and believed Rayman to be caught in the explosion. Yet Rayman survived and Polokus succeeded in destroying the Robo-Pirates, ending their threat in Rayman's world.
Despite the destruction of his army and his fleet, Admiral Razorbeard could indeed return in any sequels. Yet despite this he has only appeared as a cameo in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc. His location at the end of the series is unconfirmed and he does not return in the sequel Rayman Raving Rabbids.
In Rayman Arena, it is shown that Razorbeard has a wife (named "Mrs. Razorbeard" or "Razorwife") who enjoys ordering Razorbeard around.
Ironically, Razorbeard is the second of Rayman's arch-enemies to simply flee for life and leave his location unknown to the heroes, the first being Mr. Dark from the first game.
Appearances in other Rayman games
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (PC & home console version): Made a brief appearance in the Hoodlum Headquarters in a secret area. It was a lifelike model of Razorbeard with henchman seen in Rayman 2 that resembles "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci.
Rayman Arena: He was a character you would start with in all versions, PC & home console. He had the same powers as everyone else.
Rayman 3 (portable Game Boy Advance/Nokia N-Gage): This game shows evidence that it takes place between Rayman 2 and Rayman 3 (from the console versions), so like Rayman 2, it features Razorbeard as the final boss. In this game, Admiral Razorbeard wants Andre the Dark Lum Lord to use for his advantage.
Rayman DS This is a port of Rayman 2 for the DS, so he is the main enemy.
Serugeï
Serugeï is a character in the Rayman video game Rayman Raving Rabbids. He is different then all the other rabbids, being a lot larger with blackish-grey fur, a metal muzzle, permanently red eyes and doesn't do the trademark yell that the other rabbids do, instead making a growling noise to speak. He kidnapped Rayman and took him to the arena to entertain the rabbids and be kept as a slave. The manual for the game says he is a bit of a softie. A similar rabbid, Rabble Droid, the commander of the rabbid army, appears in the Nintendo DS version.