Glumshanks (Skylanders Academy)

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This article is about the character within the Skylanders Academy continuity. For the one canon to the main storyline, see {{{3}}}.

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Glumshanks
Species:	Troll
Gender:	Male
Role:	Villain
World:	Kaossandra's Castle
Abilities:	Unknown
First Appearance:	Skylanders Unite!

Glumshanks is one of the main antagonists of the spin-off series, Skylanders Academy. He is Kaos' servant.

Background

Personality

Unlike his game counterpart, Glumshanks is mostly carefree about his predictament with Kaos, with the exception of anxiety disorder. When his master is not looking, he always tries to keep up a conversation with other people around him, and greatly enjoys sharing stories, doing his hobbies and having relaxing activities. Even while in servitude, Glumshanks appears uninterested about the conflict between Kaos and the Skylanders, only helping in evil plans for as long as necessary. He calls the stage his "first love", and even after leaving theater work he still enjoys acting.

Biography

Glumshanks, Kaos' loyal troll-servant, attends to his evil master’s every crazy whim: cooking his meals, cleaning his lair, and helping him with target practice... by being the target. And you thought your boss was tough! Even though Glumshanks is the brains of this duo’s dastardly operation, he never takes the credit and goes out of his way to keep Kaos from meeting his doom. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it.

Abilities

Despite having no magical or physical abilities, Glumshanks makes acquantances easily and a lot of stories to tell, allowing him to keep a friendly conversation even with the Skylanders. He also knows some cooking and appears to have connections to a lot of people unrelated to the villains or the Skylanders.

Story

History

Sometime before meeting and being hired by Kaossandra, Glumshanks worked in a theater. Despite enjoying his job, community projects involving Shakespeare works and being put in the same roles repeatedly eventually caused him too much frustration.

Season 1

By the time the show starts, Glumshanks has been Kaos' minion for some time. In the pilot, he accompanied his master as the sorcerer tried to steal the Book of Skylanders, helping him survey the battlefield and later shielding him from Bad Breath's attacks. Much to his dismay, he was given an icicle containing Master Eon's beard to lick after Kaos froze the team of heroes using ice magic on the Book, but it would later be proven useful as it allowed them inside the Relics Room.

While helping Kaos with trying to steal as many riches from the room as possible, they were stopped by Spyro, who defrosted the book and freed the other Skylanders. They quickly caught to the villains even after they dispatched the purple dragon, and were promptly thrown out of Skylanders Academy into a field of angered Sheep.

In My Way or the Sky Way, Glumshanks is "taken away" by Kaossandra when she threatened to throw Kaos out if he doesn't get a job. It is later revealed to be a ruse, as they tried to get him out of the house for a day to catch up with small talk and have tea. Though Kaos came back early and almost saw through the facade, the two quickly pretended that Glumshanks was being used as a chair, and the sorcerer went back to his usual treatment of the troll soon after.

Relationships

Kaos

Kaos mistreats Glumshanks at every opportunity, but with few exceptions Glumshanks only shows his displeasure in expressions and never questions orders unless he has a better idea himself. He tends to Kaos' every need even if he refuses help, and is at his side whenever possible to keep him out of major trouble.

In The Skylands Are Falling!, Glumshanks reveals that he holds a lot of grudges and harsh words against his master, and uses the incoming apocalypse to voice them freely, though later disaster was averted and he had to sit through the punishment for speaking up. In Assault on Skylander Academy, Kaos' increased powers proved to be too much for Glumshanks to keep on check with simple distractions and subtle orders, but as the sorcerer was barred out of the house, it is unknown if their dynamic will stay the same.

Kaossandra

Despite his humiliating job, Glumshanks holds Kaossandra in high regard, and the two respect each other even if he lacks any power of his own. She appears to admire his stories and will gladly find excuses to get him out of the guest castle so they can have a conversation over tea and food.

Gallery

Glumshanks (Skylanders Academy)/Gallery

Trivia

• At points, Kaos calls him by the nickname of "Glum-dog", possibly as a reference to hip hop culture.
• Possibly because of the abuse from Kaos, Glumshanks takes anxiety medication.
• Glumshanks' fake beard in Pop Rocks is the same pattern and colors as the beards on Troll Welders.
• In the pilot, Glumshanks uses an opening while he isn't needed to tell stories to Snap Shot, fully knowing he wouldn't be able to respond as he was frozen over.
• In the games, Glumshanks is right-handed, while he's shown to be left-handed in the series. This either makes him ambidextrous, or just left-handed in Skylanders Accademy canon.
• At several points, Glumshanks talks about a Troll massagist named Olaf. According to him, though the other troll has great ability, he "has no sense of personal space" and "gets a little too handsy for my taste", and in Missing Links, specifically asks the other trolls in a spa house to avoid calling him, much to their surprise. This is one of the several adult references in the show.
  • Another recurring character Glumshanks repeatedly talks about is Andre, a friend of his that calls him frequently. First mentioned in Anger Mismanagement, Andre tries to get a reservation in Uncle Merle's night restaurant through his connection with the troll, and he begrudgingly accepts it despite the risk to his job. They also discuss movies over the phone.

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