Rattle Shake

Rattle Shake
Element:	Undead
Movement:	Bounce
Normal Swapped
Species:	Rattlesnake
Gender:	Male
Role:	SWAP Force
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	*Deputy Snake Fistful of Snake Spring Loaded Snake Snake Bite Nasty Sssurprise
Appears in:	*Skylanders: Swap Force Skylanders: Lost Islands Champions Skylanders: Trap Team Skylanders: SuperChargers (Racing) Skylanders: Imaginators Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
First Release:	Skylanders: Swap Force
English Voice Actor:	Troy Baker

“Go Ahead - Snake My Day!”

– Rattle Shake's official catchphrase

Rattle Shake is a rattlesnake cowboy who is a SWAP Force Skylander in Skylanders: Swap Force. He is of the Undead element. His Swap Force Ability is Bounce. He has a Frito-Lays exclusive glow-in-a-dark variant, Quickdraw Rattle Shake.

Character Development

During development, Rattle Shake was originally designed as a zombie cowboy with detachable legs, armed with normal or phantom pistols. His Swap ability was originally Dig. Another concept had his legs replaced with a patchwork serpent's tail, and his ghost pistols became a mini-gun made from bones. In the end, Rattle Shake became an anthropomorphic snake, originally wielding a snake gun in each hand.

His snake gun was also inspired from the boomerang attack of the scrapped Skylander, Breezewing.

Rattle Shake was initially poorly received during kid playtesting. There were two main reasons for this: First, his secondary attack made him spring backwards, which was confusing for young players, and secondly, he originally fired little snakes instead of snake venom, which was seen as creepy by the young playtester because he was "shooting his children".

Background

Personality

Shake's enemies think he is sinister. In fact, so do some of his friends, but you can be sure that he's no slippery character - Rattle is a virtuous viper.

Biography

Some say Rattle Shake was the best tracker in the Cloudbreak Islands. Others say he could strike the center of a gold coin at a thousand paces. But the legend of Rattle Shake was immortalized when he found himself trapped by the Black Hat Gang, the infamous group of cowboys who literally were large cows... and evil ones at that. They threatened to plunder the local village unless Rattle Shake led them inside the magical volcano Mt. Cloudbreak, where they hoped to discover enchanted treasure. Badly outnumbered, the ever calm Rattle Shake magically summoned every snake in the area and overtook the notorious bovines in an epic fight. The tale of his heroism was heard by Master Eon, who then recruited him to the Skylanders.

Gameplay

Stats

Console StatsPower Stats

These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.

• Health: 280 (max. 560)
• Speed: 43 (max. 91)
• Armor: 12 (max. 42)
• Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
• Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)

Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.

• Strength: 85
• Defense: 100
• Agility: 145
• Luck: 130

Abilities

Top HalfBottom HalfRing of Heroes3DS

Basic Ability and Upgrades

The primary ability is available from the start of the game. Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.

Snake's Venom		Deputy Snake		Fistful of Snakes		Spring Loaded Snake
Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to shoot snake venom at nearby enemies.		Price: 300 Press Attack 3 to throw down a snake ally that will attack and slow nearby enemies.		Price: 800 All venom projectiles do increased damage.		Price: 1000 Hold Attack 1 to charge a Snake Shot, release to shoot a snake that bounces between enemies and collects items along the way.
Deputy's Duty View Coiled Ammunition Unleash havoc with new powers from Deputy's Duty! Coiled Ammunition View Deputy's Duty Upgrade the Snake Shooter to use more potent ammo!						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Cascade Glade
Nasty Sssurprise Snake Bite		Armed to the Fangs This Bites				Raise the Snakes
Price: 1500 Deputy Snake causes an acid explosion that damages enemies where it lands. Price: 1500 Spring Loaded Snake poisons the first enemy it hits, dealing damage over time.		Price: 2000 Nasty Sssuprise radius and Deputy Snake damage are increased. Price: 2000 Enemies poisoned by Spring Loaded Snake take more damage from Snake Venom.				Price: 3500 Get a new skin which increases Critical Hit and absorbs damage. Absorbing damage causes the skin to shed then grow back over time.

Basic Ability and Upgrades
The primary ability is available from the start of the game. Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.

Tail Sweep		Bounce the Bones		On Brand		Sssstampede
Primary Ability Press Attack 2 to sweep at nearby enemies with a quick tail strike.		Price: 300 Press Attack 2 to shoot one bouncing bone projectile.		Price: 800 Hold jump to jump and smash down into the ground, damaging and knocking enemies away.		Price: 1000 Press Attack 2 to shoot three large bone projectiles at once.
Bone Herder View Grave Springer Unleash the bone herds to terrify and damage large groups of enemies! Grave Springer View Bone Herder Bounce around and knock way any enemy that might stand in the way!						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Cascade Glade
Goliath Bone Snake Spurred Spring		Dances With Snakes Graveyard Smash				The Snake-Skinned Kid
Price: 1500 Hold Attack 2 to charge Sssstampede, release to summon a giant bone snake from the ground. Price: 1500 Hold Attack 2 to charge Sssstampede, release to spring forward, damaging all enemies in the way.		Price: 2000 Hold Attack 2 while moving to charge Goliath Bone Snake, release to summon many bone snakes. Price: 2000 Spurred Spring causes tombstones to appear and damage enemies in a large area when landing.				Price: 3500 Get a new skin which increases speed and absorbs damage. Absorbing damage causes skin to shed then grow back after a short time.

	Snake Poison (Active)
	1 Enemy Inflicts 37% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy 2 times, and grants the Poison Effect for 2 turn(s) with a 35% chance each whenever you attack accurately.	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 2 seconds

	Snake Adjutant (Active)
	1 Enemy Inflicts 74% of ATK as damage to 1 enemy, and grants the Critical Rate UP 10% Effect on yourself for 2 turn(s).	Mana cost: 3 Cooldown: 4 seconds

	Cut Off Tail (Passive)
	[SELF] If your HP is 5% or below when the turn ends, grants the Provoke Effect on the ally with the highest DEF for 2 turn(s).		Mana cost: Cooldown:

Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.

Starting Powers

• Venom Shot (Primary Attack): Press (Y) to fire a blob of poisonous spit from your snake gun.
• Toxic Grenade (Secondary Attack): Press (X) to launch a grenade of poisonous gas that will explode on contact.
• Bounce (SWAP Force Power): Press [L] to activate the Bounce SWAP power. While bouncing, hold (B) to gain an extra boost and bounce even higher! Each time the character lands, they will deal damage to any enemies close by.

Upgrades

• Coil Head Snake (requires level: 3): Hold (Y) to charge your primary attack. Release (Y) to launch a snake that will bounce between nearby enemies, damaging all it comes in contact with.
• Snake Trap (requires level: 6): While sprinting (A) small, skeletal snakes will spawn and seek out enemies. Once they reach the target, they will explode, damaging all enemies nearby.
• Ball Cobra (requires level: 9): Toxic Grenades (X) will now leave behind a cobra that will spit its venom at nearby targets for a short time.

Quests

Skylanders: Swap Force Quests

Basic Quests

• Bad Guy Basher: Defeat 1000 enemies.
• Fruit Frontiersman: Eat 15 fruit.
• Flawless Challenger: Complete a non-Story Mode level at full health.
• True Gladiator: Win 10 PVP matches.
• Totally Maxed Out: Reach level 20 and purchase all Upgrades for this Skylander.

Elemental Quests

• Elementalist: Deal 7500 elemental bonus damage.
• Witherer: Defeat 25 Life Spell Punks.
• Back From the Brink: Defeat a boss while at critically low health.

Unique Quest

• Bouncing Biter: Damage a total of 100 enemies with your Spring Loaded Snakes.

Quotes

Battle Cries

• "Go Ahead - Snake my Day!"
• "You are hisssstory!"
• "I always look good."
• "Hmm, Scaling my way up!"
• "Gold rush!"
• "Bulls-eye!"
• "No fang, no gain!"
• "Rattle it up!"
• "No bark and all bite!"
• "Too easy!"
• "Snake rattle and roll!"
• "Call a draw!"
• "Away I go!"
• "Powered up!" - level up
• "More power!" - level up
• "Winding through!" - gate
• "Snaking along" - When opening a gate
• "A striking new look!" - When given a hat
• "Oooh, I look rather sharp!"
• "An excellent new name!" - when name gets changed
• "This name RATTLES my mind!"
• "A cool place to rattle around!"
• "Springing up!" - When using a magic circle

Commercial Quotes

• "Except Kaos, eh?" - Just Like SWAP Force trailer
• "It's true, amigo, you truly do suck!" - Hitting the Wall commercial
• "Think again my friend! We can swap sixteen ways!" - Stinky commercial

Character Trailers

• File:Skylanders Swap Force - Meet the Skylanders - Rattle Shake (Go Ahead - Snake my Day)
• File:Skylanders Swap Force - Rattle Shake Soul Gem Preview (Go Ahead - Snake My Day)

See also

• Quickdraw Rattle Shake

Gallery

Rattle Shake/Gallery

Trivia

• His catchphrase is a play on 'Go ahead, make my day'.
  • His quote "No fang, no gain" is a play on "no pain, no gain".
• He resembles Rattlesnake Jake, a gunslinger rattlesnake character from the Nickelodeon movie, Rango.
• Despite being a cowboy, he has a Spanish accent.
  • This could actually be based on the fact that cowboys, as in those within 19th century America, were inspired by Mexican vaqueros, with the traditions originating in the Iberian Peninsula, which contains Spain and Portugal.
• Like every other Skylander who already wears a hat and Wash Buckler, if a player selects whichever hat to put on Rattle Shake, his original hat disappears.
• He and Wash Buckler are the only two Skylanders to have headwear and have it changed.
• Rattle Shake, Cobra Cadabra, Pit Boss and Fire Vipers are currently the only four known snake characters who have two limbs.
• During attacks, he shares one of the phrases with Slobber Tooth.
• He and Scorp are the only two Skylanders who can poison their enemies.
  • Coincidentally, they both appear in Swap Force.
• He, Night Shift, Doom Stone, and Magna Charge are the only four Swap Force Skylanders without any true legs.
• He is the first Undead Skylander to have an exclusive non-Legendary variant figure, Quickdraw Rattle Shake.
• He appears with extra red scales on his forehead and arms in-game.
  • Additionally, his spring-loaded snake is red on his toy and artwork, but shows up maroon in-game.
• He and Rubble Rouser are the only two SWAP Force Skylanders with top Soul Gems that change the colors of their skin. Rattle Shake's top, as well as the bottom, become purple. But after getting hit once by enemies, his skin turns yellow again until it turns purple a few seconds later.
  • Also, both their figures forms show them holding their weapons in their left hands, while in the game, they hold them in their right hands.
• Despite both of his official artwork, Rattle Shake holds his snake launcher in his right hand. However, he is capable of shooting snake venom from his right hand and launching snakes by yanking on it with his left hand. He could be ambidextrous.
• In Trap Team, his spring loaded snake only collects one item at a time.
• He is voiced by Troy Baker, who also voices Hawkeye and Loki in "Ultimate Spider-Man" and "Avengers Assemble", as well as Sunburn and Brock.
  • According to Troy Baker, he based Rattle Shake's voice on Antonio Banderas.
• Among the three Skylanders whose abilities originated from the scrapped Skylander Breezewing, Rattle Shake is the only one of the Undead element. The rest (Boom Jet and Free Ranger) are of the Air element.

References

Skylanders

Air Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Lightning Rod - Sonic Boom - Warnado - Whirlwind Skylanders: Giants Jet-Vac - Swarm Skylanders: Swap Force Boom Jet - Free Ranger - Pop Thorn - Scratch Skylanders: Trap Team Blades - Fling Kong - Gusto - Thunderbolt Skylanders: SuperChargers Hurricane Jet-Vac - Stormblade Skylanders: Imaginators Air Strike - Bad Juju - Wild Storm Minis / Eon's Elite Breeze - Pet-Vac / Elite Whirlwind Alt Decos Egg Bomber Air Strike - Legendary Blades - Legendary Free Ranger - Legendary Hurricane Jet-Vac Legendary Jet-Vac - Mystical Bad Juju - Polar Whirlwind - Power Punch Pet-Vac Lost Islands Alter Egos Buttered Pop Thorn - Gourmet Gusto Dark Skylanders Skylanders: Trap Team Blackout - Knight Mare Skylanders: SuperChargers Nightfall Skylanders: Imaginators Hood Sickle - Starcast Alt Deco Steel Plated Hood Sickle Ring of Heroes Alter Egos Shadow King Pen - Shadow Spitfire - Shadow Spyro Earth Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Bash - Dino-Rang - Prism Break - Terrafin Skylanders: Giants Crusher - Flashwing Skylanders: Swap Force Doom Stone - Rubble Rouser - Scorp - Slobber Tooth Skylanders: Trap Team Fist Bump - Head Rush - Rocky Roll -Wallop Skylanders: SuperChargers Shark Shooter Terrafin - Smash Hit Skylanders: Imaginators Barbella - Golden Queen - Tri-Tip Minis / Eon's Elite Bop - Terrabite / Elite Dino-Rang - Elite Terrafin Alt Decos Dark Golden Queen - Dark Slobber Tooth - Granite Crusher - Jade Flashwing Legendary Bash - Legendary Tri-Tip - Nitro Head Rush - Steel Plated Smash Hit Lost Islands Alter Egos Birthday Bash - Rocky Egg Roll - Sundae Slobber Tooth Fire Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Eruptor - Flameslinger - Ignitor - Sunburn Skylanders: Giants Hot Dog - Hot Head Skylanders: Swap Force Blast Zone - Fire Kraken - Fryno - Smolderdash Skylanders: Trap Team Ka-Boom - Torch - Trail Blazer - Wildfire Skylanders: SuperChargers Lava Lance Eruptor - Spitfire - Hammer Slam Bowser Skylanders: Imaginators Ember - Flare Wolf - Tae Kwon Crow Minis / Eon's Elite Small Fry - Weeruptor / Elite Eruptor Alt Decos Dark Blast Zone - Dark Hammer Slam Bowser - Dark Spitfire - Dark Wildfire Eggsellent Weeruptor - Hard-Boiled Flare Wolf - Instant Spitfire - Jade Fire Kraken Legendary Ignitor - Molten Hot Dog - Mystical Tae Kwon Crow - Volcanic Eruptor Lost Islands Alter Egos Cupid Flameslinger - Flip Flop Fryno Battlecast Alt Deco Card Obsidian Hot Head Life Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Camo - Stealth Elf - Stump Smash - Zook Skylanders: Giants Shroomboom - Tree Rex Skylanders: Swap Force Bumble Blast - Grilla Drilla - Stink Bomb - Zoo Lou Skylanders: Trap Team Bushwhack - Food Fight - High Five - Tuff Luck Skylanders: SuperChargers Super Shot Stealth Elf - Thrillipede - Turbo Charge Donkey Kong Skylanders: Imaginators Ambush - Boom Bloom - Chompy Mage - Crash Bandicoot Minis / Eon's Elite Barkley - Whisper Elf / Elite Stealth Elf - Elite Zook Alt Decos Dark Turbo Charge Donkey Kong - Dark Food Fight - Dark Stealth Elf Dark Super Shot Stealth Elf - Eggcited Thrillipede - Gnarly Barkley - Gnarly Tree Rex Instant Food Fight - Instant Super Shot Stealth Elf - Jingle Bell Chompy Mage Jolly Bumble Blast - Legendary Bushwhack - Legendary Stealth Elf - Legendary Zoo Lou Lost Islands Alter Egos Autumn Stump Smash - Builda Grilla Drilla - Fireworks Zook - Frosted Food Fight Light Skylanders Skylanders: Trap Team Knight Light - Spotlight Skylanders: SuperChargers Astroblast Skylanders: Imaginators Aurora - Blaster-Tron Alt Decos Legendary Astroblast - Solar Flare Aurora Ring of Heroes Alter Egos Light Flashwing - Light Hex - Light Jet-Vac Magic Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Double Trouble - Spyro - Voodood - Wrecking Ball Skylanders: Giants Ninjini - Pop Fizz Skylanders: Swap Force Dune Bug - Hoot Loop - Star Strike - Trap Shadow Skylanders: Trap Team Blastermind - Cobra Cadabra - Déjà Vu - Enigma Skylanders: SuperChargers Big Bubble Pop Fizz - Splat Skylanders: Imaginators Buckshot - Mysticat - Pain-Yatta Minis / Eon's Elite Mini Jini - Spry / Elite Spyro - Elite Voodood Alt Decos Birthday Bash Big Bubble Pop Fizz - Dark Spyro - Enchanted Hoot Loop - Enchanted Star Strike King Cobra Cadabra - Legendary Déjà Vu - Legendary Spyro - Love Potion Pop Fizz Power Blue Splat - Punch Pop Fizz - Royal Double Trouble - Scarlet Ninjini Lost Islands Alter Egos Buddy Wrecking Ball - Charming Cobra Cadabra - Hoppity Pop Fizz - Mystic Star Strike Tech Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Boomer - Drill Sergeant - Drobot - Trigger Happy Skylanders: Giants Bouncer - Sprocket Skylanders: Swap Force Countdown - Magna Charge - Spy Rise - Wind-Up Skylanders: Trap Team Chopper - Gearshift - Jawbreaker - Tread Head Skylanders: SuperChargers Double Dare Trigger Happy - High Volt Skylanders: Imaginators Chain Reaction - Dr. Krankcase - Ro-Bow - Dr. Neo Cortex Minis / Eon's Elite Drobit - Trigger Snappy / Elite Boomer - Elite Trigger Happy Alt Decos Kickoff Countdown - Legendary Trigger Happy - Legendary Bouncer - Legendary Jawbreaker Nitro Magna Charge - Power Blue Trigger Happy - Springtime Trigger Happy Lost Islands Alter Egos Knockout Jawbreaker - Lucky Boomer - New Year's Countdown Battlecast Alt Deco Card High Noon Trigger Happy Undead Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Chop Chop - Cynder - Ghost Roaster - Hex Skylanders: Giants Eye-Brawl - Fright Rider Skylanders: Swap Force Grim Creeper - Night Shift - Rattle Shake - Roller Brawl Skylanders: Trap Team Bat Spin - Funny Bone - Krypt King - Short Cut Skylanders: SuperChargers Bone Bash Roller Brawl - Fiesta Skylanders: Imaginators Chopscotch - Pit Boss - Wolfgang Minis / Eon's Elite Eye-Small - Hijinx / Elite Chop Chop - Elite Ghost Roaster Alt Decos Candy-Coated Chopscotch - Dark Wolfgang - Frightful Fiesta - Legendary Bone Bash Roller Brawl Legendary Chop Chop - Legendary Grim Creeper - Legendary Night Shift - Legendary Pit Boss Nitro Krypt King - Quickdraw Rattle Shake Lost Islands Alter Egos Fortune Funny Bone - Grill Master Chop Chop - Hallows' Eve Hex - Skeletal Cynder - Snowler Brawl Water Skylanders Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Gill Grunt - Slam Bam - Wham-Shell - Zap Skylanders: Giants Chill - Thumpback Skylanders: Swap Force Freeze Blade - Punk Shock - Rip Tide - Wash Buckler Skylanders: Trap Team Echo - Flip Wreck - Lob-Star - Snap Shot Skylanders: SuperChargers Deep Dive Gill Grunt - Dive-Clops Skylanders: Imaginators Grave Clobber - King Pen - Tidepool Minis / Eon's Elite Gill Runt - Thumpling / Elite Gill Grunt - Elite Slam Bam Alt Decos Dark King Pen - Dark Snap Shot - Dark Wash Buckler - Instant Dive-Clops Instant Snap Shot - Legendary Chill - Legendary Slam Bam - Missile-Tow Dive-Clops Nitro Freeze Blade - Winterfest Lob-Star Lost Islands Alter Egos Admiral Thumpback - Holiday Wash Buckler - Merry Snap Shot - Surfer Slam Bam Other Skylanders Skylanders: Imaginators Kaos - Imaginators