Galio/Trivia

General

 * Galio is seemingly short for, after the Renaissance Pisan polymath.
 * The name means "man of ", ultimately from Semitic root "to roll".
 * Galio's dance references by.
 * His previous alias, "The Sentinel's Sorrow", was replaced by "The Colossus" after his Champion Update.
 * He references his previous alias while attacking a : "You're a sentinel? I'm a sentinel! We should fight!"
 * In this case however, this interaction has literal implications: Galio being a textbook-definition sentinel for Demacia, and Galio perhaps sharing similar origins with the Blue Sentinel, both being rock/mineral beings empowered/given life by magic.

Quotes

 * is a reference to the 1988 film in which the main character, enters a bank with a pump-action shotgun and says "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."
 * It is also a reference to with the quote  "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum."
 * is a reference to the famous quote "For the Frozen Throne!" spoken by numerous characters in WarCraft III.

Skins

 * A city known as High Silvermere can be seen in the background.
 * A city known as High Silvermere can be seen in the background.


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 * He resembles.
 * He might be referencing and/or  from.
 * In early concepts for his splashart, leg was present and he was holding  on his hands.
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 * His outfit resembles from.
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 * He resembles from,  from , and a  from.
 * His bosses are and.
 * He is the third non-comical Legendary skin, behind and.
 * His various interactions are references to the Nine Circles of Hell from.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * (the runes on Galio's arms are the same as those on the back of his cards)
 * (the runes on Galio's arms are the same as those on the back of his cards)
 * (the runes on Galio's arms are the same as those on the back of his cards)
 * (the runes on Galio's arms are the same as those on the back of his cards)


 * He celebrates Valentine's Day 2015 alongside:
 * He is interacting with other Gargoyles (likely also created by Durand) while drinking what appears to be a from a  flask and holding a  from.
 * He might be referencing from.
 * Him and the background seem to have been influenced by.
 * He shares this theme with:
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 * He was released in celebration of April Fools' Day 2018 along with:
 * The girl in the school outfit in the background is speculated to be, but her tails are missing.
 * He is delivering.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * She can also be seen in the background.
 * He is wearing a chicken.
 * He shares this theme with:
 * She can also be seen in the background.
 * He is wearing a chicken.
 * He shares this theme with:

Relations

 * Considering Galio and know each other, he is at most as old/older as/than the Kingdom of  ever since its founding by  himself.
 * Given he and fought each other many times back when the Undead Juggernaut was alive, Galio (and by extension Durand) is at least a contemporary or Jarvan I's.
 * sees as the only mage he likes, and has become a sort of Guardian to her.