These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 270 (max. 540)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 12 (max. 42)
- Critical Hit: 30 (max. 80)
- Elemental Power: ??
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Fright Rider
From Skylanders Wiki
| Fright Rider | |
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| Element: | Undead |
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| Species: | Elf (Rider) Skeletal Ostrich (Fright) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Role: | Skylander |
| World: | Skylands |
| Attacks: | Melee Attacks Jousting Charge Burrow Bomber Ghoul Glaive Halberd Horror |
| Appears in: | Skylanders: Giants Skylanders: Swap Force Skylanders: Trap Team |
| Cameos: | Skylanders: Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fish Master |
| First Release: | Skylanders: Giants |
| English Voice Actor: | Yuri Lowenthal |
- “Fear the Spear!”
- – Fright Rider's official catchphrase
Fright Rider is an Undead jousting team, and one of the new Skylanders in Skylanders: Giants.
Background
Personality
Gallant and brave, Rider is always ready to rush headlong into action.[1] Together with Fright, they are a courageous pair, honour-bound to right wrongs wherever they roam.[2]
Before becoming one of the Undead, Fright was terrified of pretty much everything. His list of fears included shadows, curtains, certain types of sandwiches and having a jousting spear accidentally plunged into his head. All that changed when he munched a bag of skele-oats so that he could be transformed into a skeleton and rescued Rider. Now he isn't scared of much, apart from getting a spear through his skull. And certain types of sandwiches.[3]
Biography
Rider and his magnificent ostrich, Fright, were the finest jousting team in all of Skylands. But after winning the championship for the third straight year, a jealous competitor placed a curse on the elf that sent him to the land of Undead. Not wanting to be without his partner, Fright, who up until this point had been afraid of nearly everything, ate a bag of skele-oats that turned him into a skeleton so that he could brace the journey to the underworld to save his friend. Grateful for being rescued, Fright Rider returned to the surface dedicated to helping others - while still dominating an occasional jousting tournament from time to time.
Story
History
Back before he was a skeletal Undead ostrich, Fright was just a plain old ostrich. With Rider on his back, they formed the most successful, and weirdest, jousting team in all of Skylands, winning the championships three years in a row. Sick of coming second, a jealous competitor put a curse on Rider, banishing him to the Undead realm. Despite being terrified of pretty much everything, Fright was determined to not abandon his friend. Scoffing a bag of skele-oats, he was transformed into a living skeleton, which allowed him to journey to the land of the Undead on a rescue mission. Once free, the pair decided to use their combined skills to protect others, and Master Eon was quick to sign them up as Skylanders.[4]
Skylanders: Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fish Master
As the Skylanders finished repairing the walls of the Eternal Archives, Fright Rider was mentioned as one of the Skylanders present during its restoration. As Gill Grunt was about to sing a song about their accomplishment, Rider quickly got onto his skeletal steed, Fright, and rode off into the distance to avoid hearing the Gillman's horrible singing.
Gameplay
Stats
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 80
- Defense: 70
- Agility: 90
- Luck: 30
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Melee Attacks | Jousting Charge |
A Real Drag
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 Press the Attack 1 button to perfom melee attacks with the ostrich and spear. Press Attack 1, Attack 1, and Hold Attack 1 for a special combo. |
 Press and Hold Attack 2 button to charge towards enemies with spear extended. |
 While burrowing, the spear can drag enemies underground. | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| Ghoul Glaive | Burrow Bomber | Phantasm Strike | Halberd of Horror | |||
 Melee attacks do increased damage. |
 Hold Attack 3 to burrow and set the ostrich's head underground. Release Attack 3 to teleport to that location. |
 Jousting Charge does increased damage. |
 Melee attacks do even more increased damage. | |||
| Sir Lance A Lot |
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| Fright Rider Combos | Flock of Fury | Supreme Spear | ||
 Press Attack 1, Attack 1, and Hold Attack 2 for Spear Vault. Press Attack 1, Attack 1, and then Hold Attack 3 for Skull Slam. |
 Hold Attack 1 to unleash a fury of multiple ostrich heads. |
 Melee Attacks do maximum damage. |
| Joust Jockey |
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| Joust Juice | Entombment Strike | 360 Degrees of Spear | ||
 Jousting Charge is faster and does increased damage. |
 While charging, press Attack 3 to perform a powerful, downward strike. |
 While charging, press Attack 1 to swing the spear around in a 360-degree attack. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Fear the Spear!"
- "Ride like the wind!"
- "Charge ahead!"
- "Let's ride!"
- "Let's joust!"
- "We reign as champions!"
- "A worthy victory!"
- "We're quite an impressive team!"
- "A hat fit for a champion!" - Putting on a hat
- "I'll wear this with pride!"
- "Let's ride in!" - Opening an elmemental gate
- "No matter what you call us, we are still champions!" - when given a nickname
- "I like the new name! ...Not...sure about Ozzy though....." - when given a nickname
- "These are the numbers of Champions!" - Checking out stats.
Character Trailers
Gallery
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Fright Rider's Trading Card -
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Fright Rider toy -
Fright Rider's toy package -
Halloween Edition Fright Rider -
Fright Rider on the Portal of Power -
Glow in the Dark Fright Rider
Trivia
- Fright Rider's catchphrase is similar to Hex's, whose catchphrase is 'Fear the Dark!, and Gill Grunt's catchphrase 'Fear the Fish!'
- Also, Rider shares the same skin color with Hex since both of them are Undead Elf Skylanders.
- Fright Rider, along with Eye-Brawl, are the only Skylanders who are composed of two different characters in a symbiotic relationship.
- Oddly enough, both of them are the new Undead Skylanders in Giants.
- They both also have pumpkin variations.
- Oddly enough, both of them are the new Undead Skylanders in Giants.
- In the primary combo, burrow move, and Flock of Fury attack; Fright sticks his head in the ground. This is a refrence to the misconception that real ostritches poke their heads in the ground.
- Rider is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who is best known for voicing Teenage Ben Tennyson from the later Ben 10 series and Sasuke Uchida from Naruto.
- The name is a pun on the iconic TV series Knight Rider.
- In the Skylanders Universe 2014 Annual[1], Skylanders: Giants Sticker Book[4], and later The Complete Collection[2], Fright is called by the name of 'Ozzy', and Rider is called by 'Fright Rider'. These names were approved by Activision, who asked certain Skylander writers including Cavan Scott to change Fright Rider's original name. It is unknown if future games will take on this name change, or the names themselves are pointed out exclusively in certain Skylanders books.
- Rider does refer to Fright as "Ozzy" if you change his name, however.
- Although in game Fright's eyes are blue, in his trailer and upgrade pictures his eyes are green.
- While most Weapon Skylanders hold their weaponry in their right hands (not counting the ones with two in both hands who could be ambidextrous) Rider appears to be left-handed because he is holding a spear in his left hand while holding Fright's harness with his right hand.
- The fact he rides an ostrich may come from the old arcade game "Joust", where one players rides an ostrich while the other a stork.
