Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Grizzleheim / Wintertusk – Sveipr

Sveipr

Sveipr – Swiper
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Sveipr
https://dora.fandom.com/wiki/Swiper

Sveipr took Goldie, Berni‘s most prized possession when Urt had taken it to play with and caused a rift between the two brothers.

The golden one is mine! I took it, square and fair

Sveipr

Swiper is the overall main antagonist (and sometimes the anti-hero) in the television series and the secondary antagonist of Dora and the Lost City of Gold and appears in almost every episode. He is a 10 (9 for the first 50 episodes) year old sneaky orange fox who loves to swipe anything. As his name implies, Swiper swipes or attempts to swipe key items that help Dora on her adventures. Clever as he is, Swiper never manages to take Dora completely by surprise; a whisking sound is (almost) always audible just prior to his appearances, due to leafs or other objects that may collide with him.

Dora and Swiper

To prevent Swiper from succeeding, Dora must repeat the phrase, “Swiper, no swiping!” 3 times. Usually, she prevails, and Swiper slinks away, snapping his fingers and saying, “Oh, man!”; in some occasions, Swiper, however, gets to the item before Dora has a chance to repeat the phrase. He then gloats, “You’re too late! You’ll never find it”

The current list of all the (known) Grizzleheim/Wintertusk references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references, I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Sveipr image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Dora & Swiper image is copyright by Nickelodeon / Paramount Global

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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