Skylanders series

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media franchise toys-to-life franchise video game franchise

The Skylanders series is a popular video game franchise that pioneered the toys-to-life genre by combining physical collectible figures with interactive digital gameplay.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Skylanders	28
Skylanders franchise	9
Skylanders series canonical	7
Skylanders toy line	2
Skylanders video game series	2
Skylanders (heroes)	1
Skylanders (video game series)	1
Skylanders figures	1
Skylanders series (developer at Vicarious Visions)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2495767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Skylanders series
Context triple: [Toys for Bob, notableWork, Skylanders series]

A. Skylanders: SuperChargers
Skylanders: SuperChargers is an action-adventure toys-to-life video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces vehicle-based gameplay and physical toy vehicles that can be used in-game.
B. Skylanders: Giants
Skylanders: Giants is an action-adventure video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces larger, more powerful "Giant" characters and integrates physical toy figures with on-screen gameplay.
C. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a toys-to-life action-adventure video game that introduced physical character figures that could be placed on a "Portal of Power" to appear and be played within the game world.
D. Skylanders: Swap Force (support)
Skylanders: Swap Force (support) is an installment in the toys-to-life Skylanders video game series that introduced character-swapping mechanics and was developed in part by Vicarious Visions.
E. Z Nation
Z Nation is a post-apocalyptic zombie television series that blends horror, dark humor, and action as a group of survivors escort the only known immune human across a devastated United States.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Skylanders series
Target entity description: The Skylanders series is a popular video game franchise that pioneered the toys-to-life genre by combining physical collectible figures with interactive digital gameplay.

A. Skylanders: SuperChargers
Skylanders: SuperChargers is an action-adventure toys-to-life video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces vehicle-based gameplay and physical toy vehicles that can be used in-game.
B. Skylanders: Giants
Skylanders: Giants is an action-adventure video game in the Skylanders franchise that introduces larger, more powerful "Giant" characters and integrates physical toy figures with on-screen gameplay.
C. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a toys-to-life action-adventure video game that introduced physical character figures that could be placed on a "Portal of Power" to appear and be played within the game world.
D. Skylanders: Swap Force (support)
Skylanders: Swap Force (support) is an installment in the toys-to-life Skylanders video game series that introduced character-swapping mechanics and was developed in part by Vicarious Visions.
E. Z Nation
Z Nation is a post-apocalyptic zombie television series that blends horror, dark humor, and action as a group of survivors escort the only known immune human across a devastated United States.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	media franchise ⓘ toys-to-life franchise ⓘ video game franchise ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Toys for Bob ⓘ
developer	Beenox ⓘ Vicarious Visions ⓘ n-Space ⓘ
feature	supports character progression and leveling ⓘ supports collectible character figures ⓘ supports cooperative gameplay ⓘ uses a Portal of Power peripheral ⓘ uses physical toy figures to unlock in-game characters ⓘ
firstReleaseTitle	Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure ⓘ surface form: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
firstReleaseYear	2011 ⓘ
genre	toys-to-life ⓘ
hasElementSystem	Air ⓘ Earth ⓘ Fire ⓘ Life ⓘ Magic ⓘ Tech ⓘ Undead ⓘ Water ⓘ
hasGame	Skylanders: Giants ⓘ Skylanders: Imaginators ⓘ Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure ⓘ surface form: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Skylanders: SuperChargers ⓘ Skylanders: Swap Force ⓘ Skylanders: Trap Team ⓘ
hasTelevisionAdaptation	Skylanders Academy ⓘ
mainAntagonist	Kaos ⓘ
mainCharacter	Eruptor ⓘ Gill Grunt ⓘ Spyro the Dragon ⓘ
mainDeveloper	Toys for Bob ⓘ
merchandise	collectible toy figures ⓘ playsets ⓘ trading cards ⓘ
notableFor	popularizing the toys-to-life genre ⓘ
owner	Activision Blizzard ⓘ
platform	Android ⓘ Windows ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Windows Nintendo 3DS ⓘ Sony PlayStation 3 ⓘ surface form: PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 ⓘ Nintendo Wii ⓘ surface form: Wii Wii U ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ Xbox One ⓘ iOS ⓘ
publisher	Activision Blizzard ⓘ surface form: Activision
setting	Skylands ⓘ
Skylanders Academy	distributedBy Netflix ⓘ
spinOffFrom	Spyro the Dragon ⓘ surface form: Spyro the Dragon series
targetAudience	children ⓘ families ⓘ

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Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eye-Brawl → gameSeries → Skylanders series ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skylanders

LightCore Skylanders → partOf → Skylanders series ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skylanders franchise

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Referenced by (52)

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