Spinel Sun

From CardCaptor Sakura

Spinel Sun (スピネル・サン, Supineru San) is a fictional character in Clamp's anime and manga series Cardcaptor Sakura. He is known as Spinner Sun in the English adaptation Cardcaptors. He is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in the Japanese version, and by Colin Murdock (both forms) in the English version. Yumi Touma provides the voice for Spinel in his false form. His false form is voiced by Philece Sampler in the 2nd Movie.

Contents 1 Naming 2 Apperance 3 Personality 4 Storyline 4.1 Sakura Card Arc 5 Powers and Abilities 6 References

[edit] Naming

Spinel was given the nickname "Suppi" by his fellow guardian, Ruby Moon. He detest the nickname, despite it being a variation of his name, and broods whenever Ruby uses it.

[edit] Apperance

In his borrowed form, he looks like a small black cat with butterfly-like blue wings. Once transformed, though, he resembles a black panther with his wings enlarged and a blue gem in the middle of his forehead. The gem is also placed into the silver butterfly armor he wears on his chest. Being a cat, his pupils are slits.

[edit] Personality

Spinel is one of Eriol Hiiragizawa's guardians, designed to be the counterpart of Cerberus. While Cerberus tends to be active and energetic and spends the days playing video games, Spinel is calm and refined, spending much of his time reading. Although they tend to argue a lot, their bond is that of friends.

Spinel's "weakness", given to him by an amused Eriol, is sugar or sweet snacks. Eating any amount of them will cause him to become "drunk," which in Spinel's case is a state of loud and frenzied gluttony, worse than that of Cerberus. Because of this vulnerability, Spinel expresses a distaste for sweets.

[edit] Storyline

[edit] Sakura Card Arc

Originally appearing as a shadowy figure with Ruby and Eriol wherever Sakura Kinomoto had to use her magic, his borrowed form is first seen in the mansion when he tells Eriol not to make any hasty decisions. Later, he and Ruby watch as the Dash card goes out of control. Ruby says the watching humans amuse her, and Spinel comments that this is no laughing matter and a Clow Card could be at stake.

Eriol informs Ruby that there is going to be a bake sale at the school, and asks her to go so she can keep a watch on Sakura. Ruby agrees but only if Spinel goes with. Spinel worries that Cerberus may sense his presence so Eriol casts a spell to hide his true form.

Once there, he meets Cerberus who comically thinks he is a stuffed toy. As an act of friendship, Cerberus begins shoving numerous candy bars and treats down Spinel's throat. This causes him to go berserk and eat all the sweets in sight. Cerberus attempts to stop him, but this angers Spinel and he hastily fires a red beam at Cerberus. With the help of Sakura, Cerberus gets everyone to sleep, and transforms to stop Spinel. This works, but Sakura doesn't believe Cerberus didnt do it. Eriol holds Spinel in his arms and reprimands him for eating so many sweets.

[edit] Powers and Abilities

Barriers: Like all the guardians, Spinel has demonstrated the ability to create barriers of energy to block attacks.

Energy Beam: Much like Cerberus' fire-based abilities, Spinel can shoot beams of red energy from his mouth.

[edit] References

Cardcaptor Sakura
Timeline of events
Media	English dub • Episodes (Clow Card: 1 2 • Sakura Card: 3) • DVDs • Albums • Clow Cards • Media
Theme Songs	Catch You Catch Me • Groovy! • Tobira wo Akete • Honey • Platinum • Fruits Candy • Tooi Kono Machi de • Ashita e no Melody
Locations	Tomoeda • Hong Kong
Main Characters	Sakura Kinomoto • Syaoran Li • Meiling Li • Tomoyo Daidōji • Cerberus • Yue • Clow Reed • Eriol Hiiragizawa • Yukito Tsukishiro
Minor Characters	Toya Kinomoto • Fujitaka Kinomoto • Nadeshiko Kinomoto • Sonomi Daidōji • Spinel Sun • Ruby Moon • Kaho Mizuki • Chiharu Mihara • Rika Sasaki • Takashi Yamazaki • Naoko Yanagisawa • Yoshiyuki Terada