Skate Punk

"Let's Ride!"

    —Skate Punk's official catchphrase

Skate Punk
Species:	Anthropomorphic Skateboard (Skate) Humanoid (Punk)
Gender:	Male (both)
Element:	Air
Role:	Core
World:	Skylands
Appears in:	Skylanders: Imaginarium
Attacks/Actions:	Melee I Baseball Gun
English Voice Actor:	RoyalPharodox172
First Release:	Skylanders: Imaginarium

Skate Punk, a team of an anthropomorphic skateboard and fellow skateboarder, is a new Core Skylander introduced in Skylanders: Imaginarium. They are of the Air element.

Background

Personality

Punk is a witty, zany, adventurous teenager who doesn't usually take things seriously, despite how untoward a situation is. Skate is just as equally witty and adventurous, but always knows when to cut his act and fight. The two combined are an unstoppable force.

Biography

Punk has always grown up to be a pro skateboarder, but every skateboard he had tried to shred on ended up getting rekt in some way. For his thirteenth birthday, his sister Roller Brawl had given him a special skateboard that would aid him in battle. This skateboard named himself Skate, and promised to be loyal to Punk even when danger strikes. Ever since then, the two would travel the Imaginarium, keeping evil at bay. This earned them the role as a Skylander.

Gameplay

Stats

The duo's most dominant attribute is their speed, primarily because of Skate's wheel. In fact, their speed is at maximum! They're extremely lucky, as well, which was granted by their teamwork.

Skate Punk
Basic Stats
Attack	80/100
Defense	55/100
Speed	100/100
Luck	80/100
Other attributes
Element	Air
Type	Core
Appears in	Skylanders: Imaginarium

Abilities

Very much like Fright Rider, Skate Punk's primary attack acts as a melee attack in which they attack simultaneously. Punk attacks with a baseball bat, while Skate charges forward. As their secondary attack, Punk uses a baseball gun.

Upgrades

• Console
• Wow Pow
• 3DS
• Transhaped

Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game.

Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Hitch Hike Mountain

Melee I		Baseball Gun		Home Run!
File:Skate Punkprimarypower.png Primary Ability Perform melee attacks with Punk's bat and Skate's rolling charge. They both attack together. Press 1, 1, 1 for a special combo.		File:Skate Punksecondarypower.png Secondary Ability Shoot a baseball from Punk's baseball bat.		File:Skate Punksoulgempower.png Price: 4000 Hit a baseball, then ride to first, second, and third place for increased damage on enemies. When getting to the home plate, it explodes!

Basic Upgrades
Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.

Better Bat		Melee II		Barge and Charge		Eating Dust
File:Skate Punkbasicupgrade1.png Price: 500 Punk's Bat deals more damage.		File:Skate Punkbasicupgrade2.png Price: 700 Melee attacks attack faster.		File:Skate Punkbasicupgrade3.png Price: 900 Skate's Charge deals more damage.		File:Skate Punkbasicupgrade4.png Price: 1200 Press 3 for Skate to roll his back wheels, spewing dust from enemies on the back. Hold this button to continue doing so.

Street Skater
Enhance Skate Punk's skating tricks!

Ollie Rocker		Kickflipster		Punk McGill
File:Skate Punkpath1upgrade1.png Price: 1700 Perform an ollie skateboarding trick, which damages enemies upward.		File:Skate Punkpath1upgrade2.png Price: 2200 Perform a kickflip trick, which deals even more damage in the air.		File:Skate Punkpath1upgrade3.png Price: 3000 Perform a McTwist attack. Hold this button to continue performing it!

Baseball Blaster
Enhance Punk's baseball skills!

Skate Punk Combos		Brushback Bounce		Hit and Run!
File:Skate Punkpath2upgrade1.png Price: 1700 Press 1, 1, 2 for Wide Swing combo. Press 1, 1, 3 for Sextuple Ball Shot.		File:Skate Punkpath2upgrade2.png Price: 2200 Baseballs shot from the baseball gun bounce off enemies and the environment.		File:Skate Punkpath2upgrade3.png Price: 3000 MUST PURCHASE BRUSHBACK BOUNCE IN ORDER TO UNLOCK* Hitting a baseball that bounced off anything will cause the ball to home in on the nearest enemy, causing an explosion at the very end.

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	File:Skate Punkwowpowpower.png Price: 5000 none		File:Skate Punkwowpow2power.png Price: 5000 none		File:Skate Punkwowpow3power.png Price: 5000 none

Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.

Starting Powers

• none (Primary Attack): none
• none (Secondary Attack): none

Upgrades

• none (requires level: none): none
• none (requires level: none): none
• none (requires level: none): none

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	File:Skate Punktranshape1power.png none		File:Skate Punktranshape2power.png none		File:Skate Punktranshape3power.png none

Trivia

• Skate Punk is one of the few Skylanders that are composed of two members. Other Skylanders include Fright Rider, Rocky Roll, Sweet Treat, and Quad Rod.

• Punk is the brother of Roller Brawl.
  • They were born on the same date, but Punk is older by 12 seconds.
  • If they are twins, and Roller Brawl is a vampire, it could mean that their parents were vampires, and Punk is vampire too.
  • Their catchphrases are even the opposite.
  • This could explain the sickness he has, as it turns his skin plain blue. And vampire boys in Skylands have blue skin.
  • Punk's skin is more darker than the normal pale blue version.

• Punk could be a mixture of a vampire, a human, and a Mabu, since his parents are Mabu.

• It is unknown what Punk's hair looks like, or what color his hair is. He does have hair though.
  • It is almost like he doesn't want his hair to be seen, as when he is idle sometimes, he will take off his helmet, but the game bleeps out his hair, and then he quickly puts his helmet back on and looks to see if he was alone. Also, in his rest animation, his helmet falls off his head, and he desperately covers it. Another thing is one of his original in-game quotes, when he is hurt, he would say "Don't take my helmet off!' or when idle, he would say "Oh, don't want my hair to seen!". These quotes ended up being removed from the game, because they were too long.
  • The viewer in the upgrade menu reveals that he has blond hair, but in the pause menu in the console version, it shows he has black hair. It could be he has black hair on the left side of his head, and blond on the right side, as the pause menu for the WII version shows that is so.

• In-game and toy form, Punk's shirt and the underside of Skate both say "SK8 4 LIFE!". On the back of Punk's shirt, it says "#SELFIE."
  • However, in artwork, Punk's shirt says "Ride 4 Life". It also says so in early screenshots of his gameplay. This could be that ChronoFlare first played him as a prototype.

• Skate Punk are the first Skylanders ever to change his outfit when he is placed on the portal.
  • This actually wasn't intended to be implemented into the game. The developers had different outfit concepts for Skate Punk, but couldn't decide which one looked best. Then someone had the idea of adding palette swaps for the game, and this idea would come to life.