Dr. Krankcase

Dr. Krankcase
Element:	Tech
Trap TeamSensei
Species:	Unknown
Gender:	Male
Role:	Doom Raider Ally Sensei (Imaginators)
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	Spin Slide Goo Spray Lightning Hand
Appears in:	Skylanders: Trap Team Skylanders: Lost Islands Light in the Dark Skylanders Issue 12 Skylanders: SuperChargers Skylanders: Battlecast Skylanders: Imaginators
English Voice Actor:	Quinton Flynn

“Not the healing kind of doctor.”

– Villain Vault

“The Doctor is In!”

– Sensei Catchphrase

Dr. Krankcase is a mad scientist who is one of the playable Tech villains in Skylanders: Trap Team. He is part of a group of the most notorious villains called the Doom Raiders.

In Skylanders: Imaginators, Krankcase has given up on a life of crime to become a Quickshot Sensei and train Imaginators.

Personality

Dr. Krankcase is polite and has a friendly disposition towards his enemies, even striking up small exchanges before and during a battle. He is still however a maniacal mad scientist who enjoys creating evil inventions and won't hesitate on unleashing them and his own abilities upon those who oppose him and the Doom Raiders.

Story

History

No one is really quite sure exactly what Dr. Krankcase is a doctor of... but his technical engineering achievements are legendary. The secret to his success lies in his modified concoction of glowing green goo, which causes wooden objects to come to life and turn evil. His unique skillset makes him a valuable asset to the Doom Raiders, who have plenty of nefarious uses for evil wooden creatures called Evilikins. It is also commonly known that Dr. Krankcase served as an evil inspiration to Kaos once upon a time, who had figured out how to make his own wooden creatures, the Wilikins, come to life after reading about the doctor's exploits in the Minion Monthly Catalog. Kaos also respected Dr. K's interest in world domination and doom engineering, not to mention his well-documented love of pickles.

Skylanders: Trap Team

Dr. Krankcase as seen in Skylanders Issue 12

Dr. Krankcase, and the other Doom Raiders, were freed from Cloudcracker Prison by Kaos who attempted to assume leadership over the villainous group. However the villains were more willing to follow the orders of their original leader, the Golden Queen. Dr. Krankcase created an Ultimate Weapon to harness the power of Traptanium for the Doom Raiders to use for their evil ends. When the Skylanders shut off the supply of goo needed the power the weapon, Dr. Krankcase quickly found a solution to the problem to avoid the Golden Queen's wrath. The mad scientist explained that by burying a slice of cheese, it can grow incredibly stinky 10,000 years in the future where the Doom Raiders can retrieve it and bring it back to the present.

Since a Portal Master was needed to travel through time, Dr. Krankcase and Wolfgang were assigned to retrieve Kaos. The Skylanders confronted Dr. Krankcase in his workshop and he engaged them in battle, capturing Kaos in the process. During the fight, Wolfgang arrived, and the mad scientist was left on his own when the werewolf only came to collect Kaos and take him to Time Town. Dr. Krankcase was eventually defeated despite the best of his abilities, and was captured shortly afterwards.

Light in the Dark

During the Annual Mabu Meander, Dr. Krankcase attempted to enter the race and win despite being in a clear advantage over the Mabu children. Knight Mare quickly entered the race as well and chased after the villain. Despite his efforts to slow the Dark Trap Master down, Dr. Krankcase was knocked into a tree by Knight Mare, allowing the Mabu to race fairly.

Skylanders Issue #12 (Graduation Day)

Dr. Krankcase and the other Doom Raides infiltrated Skylanders Academy by posing as a music band called "The Evil Imposters". Once they ambushed the school staff and scared off the guests, Krankcase began looking through the diplomas of the Skylander students, remarking that they don't have what it took to be evil. He was suddenly sprayed with a blast of water by the Minis, Gill Runt, Terrabite, and Thumpling, and chased after them in a fit of rage. Unknowingly, Dr. Krankcase was led into a trap set by the Minis and wound up getting himself knocked unconscious along with Wolfgang.

Skylanders: Imaginators

After being captured by the Trap Masters, Eon gave the Doom Raiders a choice – either go back to a newly reformed Cloudcracker Prison or become a Skylander Sensei, teaching a new generation of Imaginators his formidable battle skills as well as how to stay clear of a life of crime. Krankcase, and few of the other Doom Raiders, accepted this deal but first had to prove themselves by helping to re-arrange all the books in the Academy’s library, a task which took almost two years, testing every ounce of will he had. And his knowledge of the alphabet. Now he uses that newfound knowledge to train Imaginators on the A, B, Cs of shooting, as the master of the Quickshot Class.

Gameplay

Dr. Krankcase can fire a spray of green goo from his small gun. He can also rotate his spider legs like a buzzsaw and slide them against enemies. As demonstrated during his boss fight, Dr. Krankcase can create Woodensteins in a matter of seconds from a wooden box, green goo and materials.

In Skylanders: Battlecast, his abilities are augmented with a mechanic to gradually worsen an enemy's health. His green goo now prevents healing, his Woodstein seeks out weak enemies, and he can create a Smog Machine relic whose intoxicating fumes gradually decrease max health on the enemy side. He can also drop a Barrel o' Laughs on enemies to release a Tech spell's energy as damage. Jawbreaker, also in the card game, has the ability to summon him from a trap Relic, allowing Krankcase to attack enemies for as many ranks they have.

Sensei Abilities

In Imaginators, he has kept his spider leg spin though with tweaked speed, and his toxic goo can now be shot from two guns much faster; he can also summon robotic hat minions to attack alongside him.

Console

Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game.						Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: TBA Sky-Chi Ability Requires unlocking from the Quickshot Sensei Shrine
Goo Guns		Spin Doctor				TBA TBA
Primary Ability Press Attack 1 to shoot Goo Blobs.		Secondary Ability Press Attack 2 to spin at your enemies.				Price: 4000 TBA View Sky-Chi TBA View Soul Gem
Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.
Hat Bots		Splats All Folks		All Spun Up		Hat-tacular
Price: 500 Press Attack 3 to throw out Hat Bots to fight for you.		Price: 700 Spin into Goo Puddles to cause them to splatter for damage.		Price: 900 Spin into active Hat Bots to activate their Seek and Destroy mode.		Price: 1200 Increases the maximum number of Hat Bots to 3.

TBA

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TBA

Caustic Effect		Goo'ing Big		Goo'd Weather
Price: 1700 Goo Puddles cause damage to enemies.		Price: 2200 Goo Guns shoot bigger blobs that dreate bigger puddles.		Price: 3000 Spinning into Goo Puddles Releases a shower of Goo Blobs.

TBA

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TBA

Hat Bot Havoc		Goo Bots		Goo Wouldn't Believe It!
Price: 1700 Throw 3 Hat Bots at one time. Increase the maximum number of Hat Bots to 6.		Price: 2200 When Hat Bots expire, they explode, leaving behind a Goo Puddle.		Price: 3000 Hat Bots exposed to Goo become extra strong.

Quotes

• "Oh splendidly, my Queen. I have constructed a weapon so it can harness the ginormous energy of Traptanium. Soon, I will have it up and running, then..."
• "Problem, my Queen. The Skylanders have cut off our supply of glowing green goo!"
• "Don't you see? All we need to do is bury this now and go to the future to get it. A-And by then, the stinkocity factor will be off the charts! But, uh, naturally, to travel through time... we're gonna need a Portal Master."
• "Well hello there! My name is Dr. Krankcase, and you, you must the Skylanders I've heard so much about, yes? No really, I'm asking. Just wanna make sure I'm talking to the right guy here. Oh great great, alright! Well let's do this then." - Before fighting the Skylander
• "Let's see what you got, pal! In terms of combat skill."
• "Filling the vats with goo~! Filling the vats with goo~! I'm filling the vats with goo~!"
• "Hey I hate having to do this to ya. I really do. But I'm a pretty bad guy so uh... you know."
• "Well if you can't trust an undead werewolf, who can you trust, right?"

Trap Quotes

• "Well I know you have a tough decision to make here, so I'll just leave you to your thoughts."
• "A vortex! I've really been trying to stay out of those things lately!"
• "Oh that hat only had two weeks 'till retiremeeeennnnnttt....!!"
• "Captured?? Me?? That doesn't sound like something that would happen to me! Although that would explain the vortex."
• "Okay okay I see, do good stuff instead of bad stuff. Got it."
• "HERE WE GOO-OOOOOOOO!!!" - entering the game
• "I'm Dr. Krankcase. Who are you?"
• "Nice to meet goo!"
• "Wow. This situation sure escalated fast!" -When something bad in game happens
• "May the goo be with you!"
• "Peek a goo!"
• "Paging Dr. Krankcase!"
• "(laughs) That's rich!"
• "That seems like a pretty good Skylander, if you want my professional opinion." - After collecting a Skylander's Soul Gem.
• "Do you guys need any professors at this academy? 'Cause, I am a doctor, you know. Though I can't remember exactly what I'm a doctor of..."
• "Well, it looks like duty calls Portal Master. I think you know what to do." - Quest

Trailer Quotes

• "I am a maker of mayhem, an engineer of fear, an inventor of... uh... whatever rhymes with inventor." - Meet the Villains: Dr. Krankcase Trailer
• "They call me Dr. Krankcase. 'Cause I got a PHD in B-A-D!"
• "When I was just a boy I loved to make things... evil!"
• "Uh-oh, a trap?! Wish I invented that! NOOOOOOO!!!!!"
• "Let me out! Doctor's orders!"

Battlecast Quotes

• "The Doctor is in!" - Battle Introduction
• "Somebody call a doctor?"
• "Ha ha! Time for a professional opinion!" - swapping in
• "The doctor is here!"
• "I will return!" - swapping out
• "Goodbye for now!"
• "K-ranking it up!" - rank up
• "My genious grows!"
• "Tools of the trade!" - Summoning a Gear
• "The perfect instrument!"
• "Mixing it up!" - Summoning a Relic
• "True genius, I must say!" - Smog Machine
• "The smell of sucess!"
• "A barrel of laughs! And pain!" - Barrel o' Laughs
• "Ooh, I wonder what's inside...?"
• "Having fun yet?" - Woodstein Wallop
• "Dance, dance!"
• "Another blow for science!" - KOed an enemy
• "Just what the doctor ordered!"
• "Is there a doctor in the house...?" - when defeated
• "The doctor is out...!"
• "Not my best moment." - defeat at the end of battle
• "Just a temporary setback, really!"
• "Surely, you saw that coming!" - Victory
• "Thank you and good night."
• "Watch the hat!" - when poked
• "I say!"
• "What is it now?"
• "Can I help you?"
• "This is no way to treat a doctor."
• "You should stop that now."

Imaginators Quotes

• "The Doctor is in!"
• "Somebody call a doctor? Well I've got the prescription for all your Imaginators. And I've got a PhD in teaching Secret Techniques to the Quickshot Class." - Sensei Training Bonus
• "K-crankin' up the Sky-Chi!" - Sky-Chi - (name unknown)
• "I'd say that procedure went well." - End of Sky-Chi

Villain Theme ♫

Krankcase's theme is Catch Me If You Can. Additionally, parts of his boss battle theme use the theme Wonkstep; both from APM Music.

Character Trailer

File:Official Skylanders Trap Team- "Meet the Villains- Dr. Krankcase" Trailer

 

Gallery

Trap TeamSensei

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  Dr. Krankcase taking on Jet-Vac
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  Chompy Mage and Dr. Krankcase
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  Dr. Krankcase prepares to battle the Skylanders at the Wilikin Workshop
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  Krankcase's vehicle as seen in Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing.

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  Dr. Krankcase's toy form
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Trivia

• Despite being shown as white in his art and clips, his eyes are yellow in-game.
• The official Skylanders website originally misspelt his name as "Dr. Crankcase." This has since been changed.
• Dr. Krankcase is similar to Spy Rise in the following ways.
  • Both are tech elemental characters:
  • Both have spider-like legs.
  • Both have goggles on their heads.
  • Both used range weapons.
    • Because of this, there have been rumors of Dr. Krankcase being Spy Rise's father. Of course, this was never mentioned or finalized by any Skylanders creator, making the theory irrelevant over time.
• According to one of his trap quotes, he and Mags went to the same inventor school together. The only difference was that Krankcase majored in evil.
  • Another one is a reference of the Star Wars quote, "May the force be with you."
• After losing his legs in his usual habit of misplacing things, Dr. Krankcase attempted in building a new set of legs. Eventually after designing badly-springed legs that caused him to get a serious concussion and ruined his hat, the mad doctor went back to the drawing board and built the wooden, spiderlike legs that he now scuttles around to this day.
• Dr. Krankcase replaces the Dragon Hunter in Skylanders: SuperChargers Racing.
• Like Pop Fizz, it is possible the green goo affects him, as seen with his green skin and being susceptible to his own Smog Machine in Battlecast.
• Krankcase is the only character to jump from frontline to the back manually, using a grappling hook instead of portalling out.
• Dr. Krankcase is voiced by Quinton Flynn, best known as the voice of Axel from the Kingdom Hearts series, Sheldon Lee from My Life as a Teenage Robot and the second voice of Timon from the Timon and Pumbaa TV series.
  • Quinton Flynn is the one of the two voice actors of Timon to have a role in Skylanders (another being Kevin Schon who also voices Lob-Star).