Skipper Riley
| Skipper Riley | |||||||||
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| Vehicle type | 1943 Vought F4U Corsair | ||||||||
| Color | Navy blue | ||||||||
| Occupation | Fighter pilot (formerly)
Flight school teacher | ||||||||
| Main portrayer(s) | Stacy Keach | ||||||||
| First appearance | Air Mater | ||||||||
| Latest appearance | Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular | ||||||||
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- "The Jolly Wrenches have a motto. Volo pro veritas. It means 'I fly for truth'. Clearly you don't."
- —Skipper Riley, Planes
Skipper Riley (also known as Jigsaw 7) is the deuteragonist of the 2013 DisneyToon Studios animated feature film, Planes, and a supporting character in its 2014 sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue. He is an old, navy blue United States Navy fighter plane that runs his Flight School.
History
Air Mater
Skipper is a navy blue and gray plane who lives in Propwash Junction, a whole town full of airplanes. He runs Skipper's Flight School with his assistant Sparky, and he teaches Mater how to fly in Air Mater. Skipper learns that he can really teach anyone how to fly, guaranteed.
Planes
A reclusive old Navy Corsair, Skipper was an ace flier and top instructor of the esteemed Jolly Wrenches squadron until an incident during a combat mission took him off the front lines and left him grounded for life. These days, Skipper keeps to himself, but his quiet existence is turned upside down when an ambitious and persistent Dusty solicits Skipper’s aerial expertise—and gets a few life lessons in the process. But Skipper, who is never really come to terms with his past, finds that he has a few things to learn, too, and while coaching Dusty to fly faster and smarter, the teacher becomes the student.
Skipper appears to be a little judgmental in Planes, as he hesitated to teach Dusty how to fly well at first. After Dusty passed qualifying however, Skipper then realized he had been a little harsh and agreed to help Dusty and his friends.
Planes: Fire & Rescue
Skipper first appears when he asks Dusty if he's ready to go on a flight run. When Dusty engine gives for a few seconds, Skipper contacts the tower for an emergency landing. He is later seen trying to confort Dusty about his engine. When Dusty leaves to become a firefighter, Skipper shows support in his decision and tells him to be safe.
Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular
In Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular, when Dusty takes on his old sprayer for an air show advertising Propwash's signature fertilizer, Vitaminamulch, Skipper compliments him for his good flying. Suddenly, Chug rolls up in an eccentric fanboy getup, which Skipper points out that everybody can see him. However, Dusty and Chug were more excited by their upcoming special guests, Air Devil Jones and Vandemonium, who were going to do a loop landing onto a moving van, which Skipper derided as crazy. However, Leadbottom and Sparky sadly announce that Air Devil Jones and Vandemonium were held up in Flagstaff. Soon Leadbottom gets the idea to pass off Dusty and Chug as Air Devil Jones and Vandemonium, albeit poorly.
General Information
Model
Skipper's make model, the Vought F4U Corsair, and Skull and Crossed Wrenches insignia on his engine cowling are clearly based upon the World War II US Navy Figher Squadron VF-17 ("The Jolly Rogers"). Skipper even has "VF-17" stencilled on his rear fuselage. In the photo, you can compare Skipper with "Big Hog", the Corsair flown by Cdr Tom Blackburn, CO of VF-17.
Occupation
Skipper runs Skipper's Flight School, a small hangar used to teach students how to fly high and fast.
Bio
- A reclusive old Navy Corsair, Skipper was an ace flier and top instructor of the esteemed Jolly Wrenches squadron until a combat mission in which he was the only survivor of his squadron left him grounded for life. These days, Skipper keeps to himself, but his quiet existence is turned upside down when an ambitious and persistent Dusty solicits Skipper's aerial expertise—and gets a few life lessons in the process. But Skipper—who's never really come to terms with his past—finds that he has a few things to learn, too, and while coaching Dusty to fly faster and smarter, the teacher becomes the student.[1]
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Skipper Riley/Gallery.
Names in other languages
- Japanese: スキッパー
Trivia
- In the Japanese trailer of Planes, Skipper was voiced by Takaya Hashi, but Tarō Ishida, the Japanese actor of Skipper, died of a heart attack on September 21, 2013 when the Japanese dub of Planes was still produced.