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The Baby of the Bunch: Prior to Year of the Dragon introducing the newest clutch of hatchlings, Spyro was one of the few juvenile dragons in the Dragon Realms.It can freeze enemies and NPCs into platforms which Spyro can then jump on to reach higher places, but doesn't deal as much damage as simply burning them. An Ice Person: One level in Year of the Dragon trades Spyro's usual fire breath for ice breath, which Enter the Dragonfly and A Hero's Tail later made a toggleable upgrade.Note that the game was released in America first. American Kirby Is Hardcore: The Japanese artwork uses a cuter design for the character.There's no real reasons for the other games in the series, but it can be assumed that by that point Spyro had become the go-to-dragon in the saving the world business.While Spyro does make several allies afterward, he still leads the charge against the Sorceress. In the third game, Spyro (and Hunter) are the only ones small enough to go through the tunnels.Ripto blowing up the gate justifies why no other dragons could be brought over to help, leaving Spyro the only dragon for the job. In the second, the Professor's portal picked up the first dragon that went through it, with that dragon being, well, Spyro.However, several dragons at the end level were implied to be heading to defeat Gnasty after they were freed, only to end up frozen again. In the first game, Gnasty's spell missed Spyro, meaning he was literally the only dragon up for the job of freeing the rest.That said, each game of the original trilogy gives a valid reason why:
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