- “The Motion of the Potion!”
- —Pop Fizz's official catchphrase
Pop Fizz is an alchemist, who is one of the new Skylanders in Skylanders: Giants. He is of the Magic element. His Series 2 counterpart is called Super Gulp Pop Fizz, and his Series 3 counterpart is Fizzy Frenzy Pop Fizz.
Pop Fizz has a red counterpart called Punch Pop Fizz, who is available in the 3DS Starter Pack of Giants and is now available in a single pack. He also has an easter counterpart, Hoppity Pop Fizz who is only available in Skylanders: Lost Islands for a limited time.
Background
Personality
Pop Fizz is widely known as being a little crazy. The Skylander who puts the mad into mad scientist, he is bubbling over with crazy amounts of enthusiam. And that's before he's glugged from his bonkers beast beaker![1] According to Pop Fizz, the reason he keeps drinking his potion, or soda, is that the effects keeps him on edge, gives him powers, and that it is "soda-licious." He is also one of the few characters who fully understands Double Trouble's language.
Biography
Nobody is quite sure who Pop Fizz was before he became an alchemist, least of all Pop Fizz himself. After many years of experimenting with magical potions, his appearance has changed quite significantly. In fact, no one even knows his original color. But it’s widely known that he is a little crazy, his experiments are reckless, and the accidents they cause are too numerous to measure. Understandably, he has had a difficult time finding lab partners, or anyone that even wants to be near him. In hopes of making himself more appealing to others, he attempted to create the most effective charm potion ever — but that just turned him into a big, wild, berserker. Or maybe that’s just how he saw the potion working in the first place...
Story
History
Pop Fizz is a short and stubby, blue gremlin. At least, he's blue right now, but that could change at any moment. As an alchemist, Pop Fizz spends much of his time making potions, and the rest of his time drinking them. Everyone who has ever met him agrees that Pop Fizz is a little crazy. Actually he's a lot crazy, and the potions he brews up usually have some pretty wild effects. He once created a potion to make himself more charming and appealing to others. Unfortunately, when he drank it, he became a huge angry rage monster. Since then, his potions caused him to change colour, lose his memory and, on more than one occasion, violently explode. Despite this, he always keeps some potion close to hand, not just for the special abilities it gives him, but because it always tastes "soda-licious".[2]
Skylanders: Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen
Pop Fizz attended the Annual Storm Titan Games with Drobot and Cali to see their fellow Skylander, Lightning Rod, in action. When Flynn's balloon was struck by Rod's stray hammer, Pop Fizz quickly transformed into his beserker form and knocked away any debris that threatened the audience, while Drobot and Lightning Rod saved the balloon's passengers and both Master Eon and the King of the Storm Giants.
Pop Fizz and Double Trouble carrying the alchemist's bottles of potions needed for the adventure to Tempest Towers.
Once everyone was safe, Hugo revealed that the Book of Power had revealed the next fragment to the dreaded Mask of Power. Within the stadium, the Skylanders discovered that the Air segment to the Mask of Power has seemingly taken on the form of a Land Whale, which was stationed at a zoo held by the Cyclops Queen at Tempest Towers. Master Eon sent Pop Fizz, Lightning Rod, Double Trouble, Drobot, Cali, and Flynn to the Tempest Towers that lied beyond the Sea of Storms in their mission to claim the Air fragment before Kaos made his move. However before they could depart, Kaos captured Cali, who knew the path to Tempest Towers. The Skylanders gave chase, following Kaos while treking through the Sea of Storms and battling Windbag Djinnis along the way. They managed to get to Tempest Towers before Kaos could, and tricked their way into the Cyclops city by using Pop Fizz's beserker form to pose as a never-before-seen creature for the Cyclops Queen, leaving Flynn and Double Trouble outside to keep a lookout for Kaos.
However after tricking the Cyclops Queen and her husband, Pipsqueak, the Skylanders were found out. While Lightning Rod and Drobot were thrown to the Land Whale's tank to be eaten, Pop Fizz was captured and held prisoner in a cage. To escape from his prison, the alchemist became so excited that his potion wore off, allowing Pop Fizz to return to his normal form and slip through the cage bars to release Lightning Rod and Drobot from the tank.
After Kaos's battle with the Cyclopses, resulting in Lightning Rod hurling the Land Whale far from Tempest Towers, Pop Fizz concocted a potion made from the animals held by the Cyclops Queen that grew Lightning Rod to an enormous size big enough to carry the tower (that was the true Air segment) back to the Eternal Archive. Once there, Pop Fizz celebrated with his fellow Skylanders of their victory, unaware that there was a traitor in their mist revealing the locations to the Mask of Power to Kaos.
Skylanders: Stump Smash Crosses the Bone Dragon
Pop Fizz was one of the assembled Skylanders who attempted to fight against the rampaging Bone Dragon in the Giggling Forest, but was turned to stone. He was soon returned to normal when the Dragon agreed to un-freeze the petrified present characters.
Skylanders Issue #0
Pop Fizz was assigned on a mission with Stealth Elf and Wash Buckler to deliver supplies to the Mabu mining expedition at the Radiant Isles. On their way there, the blue gremlin was with Flynn in the cockpit of the Dread-Yacht, trying to learning how to make s'mores. When the Mabu became under attack by Kaos's Trolls, Pop Fizz quickly transformed into his Beserker form under Stealth Elf's insistence, using his brute strength to attack the Trolls and protect the Mabu. Suddenly, the Doom Raider, Wolfgang, arrived during the heat of the battle, causing the Skylanders, including Pop Fizz, to feel threatened and outmatched as they weren't prepared to tackle both a Troll army and a Doom Raider.
Before Wolfgang could begin his attack, the Trap Masters, Snap Shot and Wallop, arrived in time to help their comrades. With their combined efforts, they defeated Wolfgang and drove off the Trolls, saving the Mabu expedition. Both the Skylanders and the Trap Masters were praised by the Mabu leader for their efforts in saving the Mabu, but soon came to notice that the Fork of Infinite Resonance was stolen by the Trolls, causing the Skylanders to ponder on what Kaos was up to.
Gameplay
Pop Fizz can throw his potions at enemies. He has three potions: a green one (which when thrown forms an acid pool on where it lands), a purple one (which when thrown spawns a potion minion that will attack for you), and a orange one (which explodes like a bomb on contact). His second attack is that he can transform into berserker mode if he drinks his potion. Also depending on how you upgrade him, he will have different attacks in berserker mode. And if you make him shake up his potions too much, it will create an explosion.
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 270 (max. 540)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 18 (max. 48)
- Critical Hit: 30 (max. 80)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 65
- Defense: 50
- Agility: 50
- Luck: 105
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: ???
- Speed: ??
- Armor: ??
- Critical Hit: ??
- Elemental Power: ??
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 70
- Defense: 60
- Agility: 50
- Luck: 120
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 270 (max. 540)
- Speed: 43 (max. 91)
- Armor: 18 (max. 48)
- Critical Hit: 6 (max. 56)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 80
- Defense: 50
- Agility: 50
- Luck: 130
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: ???
- Speed: ??
- Armor: ??
- Critical Hit: ??
- Elemental Power: ??
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 40
- Defense: 130
- Agility: 50
- Luck: 130
Abilities
| Basic Abilities These abilities are available from the start of the game. |
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| Potion Lob | Beast Form |
Shake It!
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 Press the attack 1 button to lob his currently-equipped potion. |
 Press the attack 2 button to drink his potion and temporarily change into a beast form. |
 Repeatedly press attack 3 to shake potion bottle until it explodes. | ||||
| Basic Upgrades Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods. | ||||||
| New Concoctions | Puddle of Pain | Raging Beast | Dexterous Delivery | |||
 Press the attack 3 button to switch to some new potions, which forms a potion minion when it hits the ground |
 Press the attack 3 button to cycle to a new potion that leaves a damaging puddle of acid when thrown. |
 All attacks in Beast Form do additional damage. |
 Throws potions and grabs new ones much faster. | |||
| Best of the Beast! |
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| More Beast! | Berserker Boost | Mutant Beast | ||
 Beast Form meter drains more slowly and recharges faster. |
 In Beast Form, damaging enemies increases the Beast Form meter. |
 In Beast Form, press attack 3 to perform a special attack based on which potion is active. |
| Mad Scientist |
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| Master Chemist | Mixologist | All in | ||
 All potions do increased damage and have improved effects. |
 Mix the effects of different color potions for brand new effects. |
 Hold the attack 1 button to pull up to 3 potions out and release to throw them all out at once. |
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "The Motion of the Potion!"
- "How's this?"
- "Don't try this at home kids!"
- "Drink up!"
- "My potion has punch!"
- "Another round!"
- "My juice is loose!"
- "Shake and Break!"
- "Shake it up!"
- "Success is my middle name!"
- "What happened?" - after Beast form
- "Ah, that's better." - after Beast form
- "What a rush!" - after Beast form
- "The potion is in motion!" - after receiving an upgrade
- "I like it!" - after receiving an upgrade
- "So nice to be in here!"- After finding a Magic Elemental Gate
- "Now that's strong!" - When checking stats.
- "Look at all these numbers!" - When checking stats.
- "Hey, this hat matches my bottle!" - After putting on hat
- "Very exciting to put on this hat." - After putting on hat.
- "I was very big there for a second!" - After leveling up.
- "Level up? Hoho, this is exciting!" - After leveling up.
Commercial Quotes
- "Hey guys, watch this."
- "No way! It's how I keep my edge! It's soda-licious...plus, urr... it gives me powers!"- Tall Tales Trailer
- "I once heard, they are so strong, they can move islands! They're just like, 'Hey look at that island! I'm gonna pull it closer, because you know, I'm a Giant, no biggy.'"
- "Ok, I'm quitting the soda!"
- "We're toast!" - Obey Commercial
- "Whoa! How'd you do that?"
- "I'm too young to die!" - Face Off Commercial
- "Don't leave me here with him, look at his eyes!"
- "So, uh... why do they call you Crusher?" - Crusher TV Spot commercial
- "Now I get it."
- "Holly Swapamole, now you can swap four ways!" - Stinky Commercial
- "That's a lot of ways to stink!"
- "Oh no! Is the new guy in trouble?!" - New Powers Extravaganza Comercial
- "Yeah, more new guys!"
- "The new guys are totally awesome!"
Character Trailers
LightCore Pop Fizz
See Also
Gallery
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Trivia
- He was originally called Alchemist.
- In a particular demo of Pop Fizz on YouTube, when he drinks his potion, his beserker form is pink instead of blue.
- Pop Fizz bearing the ability to change between his normal state and his violent state using a potion is similar to the character, Dr. Jekyll and his split personality, Mr. Hyde.
- Unlike Mr. Hyde, Pop Fizz retains his personality in his 'Beast' form but he does, however, seem to become more hyper.
- On his LightCore figure, his bottle lights up. Also, the beaker appears to be bigger than regular Pop Fizz's.
- As a Series 2 figure, he stands next on top of his giant purple beaker indicating his Wow Pow, Beaker Buddy. His gauntlets appear to have turned gold after obtaining his Wow Pow. Also, his backpack of bottles appears to be purple as well.
- The bottom of his Beaker is from his basic upgrade Dexterous Delivery since it changes the shape of the potion bottle.
- In the game, he starts out with an orange potion that explodes and damages multiple enemies.
- He and Trigger Happy are, so far, the only Gremlin Skylanders.
- They were also the first Skylanders to get Easter variants.
- He is voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait, who voiced Pain in Disney's Hercules and Experiment 199 (aka Nosy) from Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
- He and Pop Thorn have "Pop" in their names and have two changeable forms.
- Pop Fizz is one of the few Skylanders to break the fourth wall by saying "Don't try this at home, kids!" and "Level up? Hoho, this is exciting!"
- His name might have been a play on Pop Quiz.
- Pop Fizz isn't the only character in Skylanders to go berserk after drinking the potion. A sheep took a sip of some of it in the extended version of the "Just like SWAP Force" commercial and transformed into a hairy, purple beast-like version of its former self.
- There is a glitch that can possibly make Pop Fizz summon three big Beaker Buddies at the same time instead of one. To do so, first he tosses one purple potion bottle over the edge, and then throw three purple ones at the same time thus turning them big walking beakers. But it must be done while the path, "Mad Scientist", is chosen.
- The prototype version of LightCore Pop Fizz holding two beakers is shown on the Skylanders: Giants Poster.
- He is the second Skylander to have two variants (the first being Spyro).
- He is also the third Skylander to have three variants (the first being Food Fight and the second being Snap Shot) if not counting Eon's Elites.
- As a Series 3 figure, Pop Fizz sometimes appear in the game in his Super Beast form even without having to drink his potions first, especially when his new Wow Pow, "Oversize ME!", hasn't been purchased yet.
- Also, in his Super Beast form, he is capable of running over smaller enemies like the Chompies.
- Pop Fizz is currently a name of a fast-food restaurant.
- He is the first Skylander to have more than one variant figure that aren't Dark and Legendary.
- He and Shroomboom are the only Skylanders who got a repose in Trap Team that doesn't have a Mini counterpart.
- He slightly resembles Stitch from the Disney movie, Lilo & Stitch.
- Fizzy Frenzy Pop Fizz appears as a separate variant in Skylanders: Lost Islands.
