General
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- Galio is voiced by David Lodge.
- His skin lines, [ | ] and are also voiced by the same voice actor.
- Galio is seemingly short for Galileo, after the Renaissance Pisan polymath.
- Galio's dance references Beauty and the Beast by Walt Disney.
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- Galio is voiced by Josh Petersdorf.
- His skin lines are also voiced by the same voice actor. [ | ]
- Galio retains his dance post-rework, which references Beauty and the Beast by Walt Disney.
- His previous alias, "The Sentinel's Sorrow", was replaced by "The Colossus" after his Champion Update.
- He references his previous alias while attacking aĀ
- In this case however, this interaction has literal implications: Galio being a textbook-definition sentinel for Demacia, and Galio perhaps sharing similar origins with the Blue Sentinel, both being rock/mineral beings empowered/given life by magic.
: "You're a sentinel? I'm a sentinel! We should fight!"
- He references his previous alias while attacking aĀ
Quotes
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- "Two birds with one stone? Have you met my parents?" is a reference to the idiom 'kill two birds with one stone'.
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- "Dead men tell no tales? I wish... they're never quiet" is a reference to the saying 'dead men tell no tales'.
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- "I came to chew bubblegun and kick butt, and I'm all out of butt." is a reference to the 1988 film They Live in which the main character, enters a bank with a pump-action shotgun and says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
- It is also a reference to Duke Nukem with the quote "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum."
- "From the frozen loom! Whatever that is." is a reference to the famous quote "For the Frozen Throne!" spoken by numerous characters in WarCraft III.
Skins
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- A
Demacian city known as High Silvermere can be seen in the background.
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- He might be referencing Chernabog from Fantasia by Walt Disney.
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- He resembles The Iron Giant.
- He might be referencing 9 and/or Clank from Ratchet & Clank.
- In early concepts for his splashart, leg was present and he was holding on his hands.
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- He references the Imperial Guard (specifically the Ogryn) from Warhammer 40,000.
- His outfit resembles Chris Redfield's from Resident Evil.
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- He resembles Illidan Stormrage from Warcraft, Hellboy from Dark Horse Comics, and a Bloodthirster from Warhammer 40,000.
- His bosses are and [ | ] .
- He is the third non-comical Legendary skin, behind and [ | ]. [ | ]
- His various interactions are references to the Nine Circles of Hell from Inferno.
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- (the runes on Galio's arms are the same as those on the back of his cards) [ | ]
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- He was released in celebration of Valentine's Day 2015 along with:
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- He is interacting with other Gargoyles (likely also created by Durand) while drinking what appears to be a Coin from Mario. from a flask and holding a
- He might be referencing Vito Corleone from The Godfather.
- Him and the background seem to have been influenced by Art Deco.
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- He was released in celebration of April Fools' Day 2018 along with:
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- His dance references the Chicken Dance, a fad dance.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- He shares this dance with .
- The girl in the school outfit in the background is speculated to be , but her tails are missing. [ | ]
- He is delivering fried chicken.
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- She can also be seen in the background.
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- He is wearing a chicken onesie.
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Relations
- Considering Galio and
Demacia ever since its founding by
Orlon himself.
- Given he and fought each other many times back when the Undead Juggernaut was alive, Galio (and by extension Durand) is at least a contemporary or Jarvan I's.
know each other, he is at most as old/older as/than the Kingdom of - sees as the only mage he likes, and has become a sort of Guardian to her.
References
- ā Huehnergard, J. 2011 Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots p. 2073
References
- ā Huehnergard, J. 2011 Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots p. 2073