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Arbo
| Arbo | |
|---|---|
| Element: | Life |
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| Species: | Ent |
| Gender: | Male |
| Role: | Ally |
| Appears in: | *Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Console) |
| English Voice Actor: | Unknown |
- “I am Arbo, son of Barbo, child of Larbo, spawn of...”
- – Arbo
Arbo is an Ent who helped the Skylanders discover the Eternal Life Source in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
Abilities
Arbo possesses the power to grow enormous plants, such as the giant beanstalk that acts as a lift to Treetop Terrace and Falling Forest. He can also communicate with non-sentient plants.
Story
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Upon being revived, Arbo points the Skylanders towards the Seeds of Life to locate the Eternal Life Source and summoned a beanstalk that takes the player to Treetop Terrace and Falling Forest. After a group of sheep attempted to eat the apples on the Life Trees, Arbo seemingly obtained a dislike of sheep.
After the events of Spyro's Adventure, Arbo taught the future Trap Master, Bushwhack, many secrets of the forest under his tutelage and gifted the tree elf with an enchanted axe.
Skylanders: Trap Team
Arbo makes an appearance in Skylanders: Trap Team near certain Life elemental gates. He also makes an appearance in the Skaletones Showdown.
Other appearances
Skylanders: Lost Islands
Arbo is an unlockable companion in Skylanders: Lost Islands, and can be purchased with 1,500 Gems. Upon being unlocked, he reduces the amount of time Crops take to grow by anywhere from 25-50%, depending on the kind of Crop.
Gallery
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Concept art of several iterations of Arbo -
Sketch concept art of Arbo -
Arbo's physical toy concept -
Arbo's character portrait in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Wii) -
Arbo's character portrait in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360) -
Companion artwork of Arbo for Skylanders: Lost Islands -
Arbo's description in Lost Islands -
An alert promoting the new companion Arbo in Lost Islands -
Arbo's idle and poke animation in Lost Islands
Trivia
- He is named after the Latin term arbore, which translates to "of trees".
- His voice is similar to Ed Wynn who played the Mad Hatter in Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
- Arbo went through several character designs, some of which resemble Stump Demons and the scrapped Woodenem.
- He was used to test 3D figure printing, and several of them can be found in Toys For Bob's offices.[1]
- In Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Arbo says that he is the son of Barbo, and Barbo was the child of Larbo. However, in Skylanders: Trap Team, he says that Barbo was Larbo's brother.
References
- ↑ Take a behind the scenes look at the 3D printing process we used to make prototypes of the toys!. (Date Posted - Oct 7, 2021). Twitter.
