Dark Spyro

"Impressive but look at you. You're no match for the power of a Spyro fueled by Darkness!! Always win because I'm pure evil baby!!"

- Dark Spyro as he fights against Spyro

Dark Spyro is a major antagonist in season 3 of Skylanders Academy. He is a dark version of Spyro corrupted by Strykore, who absorbed Spyro's light energy and consumed him with darkness.

He is voiced by Jason Ritter, who also voices his good counterpart.

History
At the end of Touch of Evil, after Spyro was given to Kaos by Malefor, Kaos brings him before Strykore, who absorbs Spyro's light energy. Spyro then awakens with the evilness within him and declares the Skylanders are his enemies

In Power Struggle, Dark Spyro looks at himself in the mirror and cheers that being evil is awesome just before being interrupted by Kaos who does not like the black dragon making his home in the castle. Spyro is then summoned by Strykore who informs him that for the destruction of the Core of Light they first have to find the Iron Fist of Arkus whose location is known only by the Skylanders King Pen. Spyro and Kaos manage with difficulty to capture King Pen and bring him back to their master who learns from the mouth of the Skylander penguin that only Eon knows the location of the island of Argus. Strykore then decides to send Spyro as a spy to the Skylanders Academy to find out where the island is, before the Skylanders arrive to free King Pen but Spyro manages to hide from them. Later at the academy, Spyro appears suddenly in front of his "friends" and asks them if he misses them.

In The Truth is in Here, Spyro makes Skylanders believe that his fight against Malefor changed his appearance and his voice because of the stress. Apart from Stealth Elf who remains a little suspicious, all the others end up believing in his false story. Once they are all out of his room, Spyro accidentally discovers that he can control the technology with his new powers but while he benefits, Strykore interrupts it by astral projection to find out where he is with the localitation of the island. Coverage is cut short when Eruptor arrives to catch news of Spyro. Knowing that he can now control the technology, Spyro bewitches a video of Eon's favorite music group so that once he's watching it he can not help telling the truth, to find out where the island. Unfortunately, his plan does not work out as he would have liked because all the academy is infected and start fighting because of their pleasant truth, while Eon is too preoccupied by their behavior to watch the video trapped. Understanding that Eon does not look at her as long as everyone is fighting, Spyro tries to calm them down, only for him to criticize. Under the influence of anger, Spyro releases a violent electric discharge that frees others from his spell but damages Eon's phone.

Trivia

 * He never really named Dark Spyro in the series.