Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Khrysalis – Papa Jacobo

Papa Jacobo – Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Papa_Jacobo
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:The_Rarest_Egg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Roach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Resort_(song)
https://youtu.be/j0lSpNtjPM8

Thank you to Gerrit N. for this one.

Papa Jacobo

Papa Jacobo is a minion of the Shadow Queen. When members of the Fifth Column came to the Celestial Phoenix to find a weapon to use against the Shadow Queen, Papa Jacobo consumed them.

This roach is hungry, he’s feeding on chaos and living in Shadow. He’ll cut your life into pieces. He’s never realized he was spread too thin.

Monstrology Tome Description
He’s a Mantis-eater! Though, looking at him, he probably ought to cut back.

Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California, formed in 1993. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, drummer Dave Buckner, bassist Will James, and trombonist Ben Luther.

Papa Roach performing in 2018 at the Reload Festival.

Papa Roach has been described as alternative metal, hard rock, rap metal, alternative rock, nu metal, rap rock, punk rock, pop rock, and rapcore. The band also utilizes elements of pop, electronic, and hip hop. The band started as a hardcore punk band. In their early independent releases and on their first two major label albums, Infest and Lovehatetragedy, the band tended to use nu metal and rap metal. Before Papa Roach released their major label albums, Jacoby Shaddix’s singing style was compared to Chino Moreno and Lynn Strait of Snot. Additionally, with their 2009 album, Metamorphosis, as the name expresses, the band felt that their music was going through a transformation to “stuff that’s…harder and faster”. AllMusic has compared the band’s recent work to 1980s glam metal, Allmusic staff writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote “At the close of the 2000s, the quartet has shed the rap and the angst, ditching all the alt-metal accoutrements to become a knowing update of an ’80s Sunset Strip sleaze rock outfit.” With the release of F.E.A.R., both MetalSucks and Metal Injection noted that the band has acquired some djent influences.

Papa Jacobo quotes from the lyrics of the Papa Roach’s 2000 debut single “Last Resort”

“Last Resort” is the debut single by American rock band Papa Roach. The song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Ready to Rumble and appeared on Papa Roach’s second studio album, Infest, shortly after. “Last Resort” was released as the album’s lead single on March 7, 2000, and reached number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000. It also topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for seven weeks and became a top-10 hit in Austria, Germany, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.

The current list of all the (known) Khrysalis references can be found here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but 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

Papa Jacobo image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment

Papa Roach performing in 2018 at the Reload Festival image is copyright Frank Schwichtenberg and borrowed from Wikipedia. It is shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License.

“Last Resort” album art is copyright DreamWorks Records

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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