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Development
- Main article: Zoe (Development)
- Zoe is voiced by Erica Lindbeck in
League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra[1].
- Taliyah in League of Legends, Morgana, Coven Morgana and 6 The Golden Sister are voiced by the same voice actress.
- During development, she was called Mirror Mage.[2] Some of her early concepts incorporated mirrors.
- Zoe's in-game teaser would spawn Sleepy Trouble Bubble in both Summoner's Rift bases at the beginning of the game.
- Usually, Twilight denotes dusk & connotes old age, as well as the approaching end (cf. Ragnarøkkr "the gods' twilight"); yet Zoe embodies "mischief, change, and imagination".
- During development, Zoe looked stranger and more mysterious. Apparent age jumped around a lot (8-20). Her author Odin 'WAAARGHbobo' Austin Shafer argued strongly for her to appear older OR younger, since her looking halfway between may become problematic.[3]. In the end, Zoe's physical features were disproportionately designed much like Annie to show her detailed expressions and to have her character read more easily as a child.[4]
- During development, one of Zoe passive was similar to Corki's The Package. Zoe would bring a giant water baloon into a fight that can flood a section of jungle, and possibly put multiple enemies to sleep.[5]
Universe
Universe- Main article: Zoe (Character)
- As mentioned in her lore, Zoe was likely born between 1550 and 1400 years ago, between the Darkin war and Mordekaiser second reign. However, barely a year has passed for her in the celestial realm, so she remains physically and mentally a young teenager.
- Zoe is more of a chaotic good character, whereas traditional tricksters are chaotic evil to chaotic neutral. She is generally benevolent; however, she serves the bigger picture at the expenses of some indiviuals or sometimes unknowingly causes destruction.
- She likes eating Chocolate Mooncakes.
- She also likes butterflies, unicorns, and watching the end of finite realities.
- Her scarf is knitted from the wool of an Erbok.
- Zoe is the second-released champion from the Lunari order.
- Zoe can change her eye color on a whim.[6]
- As both a trickster and a herald, many of Zoe's lines have double meanings (including the word "sparkles") and can be broadly interpreted.[7]
- Narrative Writer Jared Rosen rates her as one of the most knowledgeable known beings in the universe behind Swain and Aurelion Sol.[8]
- The Ionians use of twilight is separate to the meaning given to it by Targonians. Ionia considers twilight as a time of when dark and light are in balance while Targonians view it as a time of transition or change.
- Myisha, the Aspect of Twilight during the Darkin war[9]
- Myisha was the host of the Aspect during the Great Darkin war; based on the description from Twilight of the Gods, she was possibly a young adult when she became its host.
- She was somewhat violating the Prime Directive, giving mortals the power to defeat the Darkin with 'plausible deniability…' of a sort. "Hey, I didn't do it, these mortals did…"
- At the end of Twilight of the Gods, when Myisha has succeeded in tricking the Darkin and many of them where trapped in their weapons through the use of the Chalicar she turned the combined power of the Darkin (and aspects) against them, so she 'force multiplied' that moment in the amphitheater to be powerful enough to achieve what she wanted.
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Zoe (League of Legends)
- She is the first heterochromic champion (not counting Bittersweet Lulu). This trait is preserved in all of her skins.
- In Ancient Greek, Zoe Ζωή (IPA: [zdɔː.ɛ̌ː] > [zo'i]) means "life", as opposed to "death";[10] while its cognate βῐ́ο(το)ς bio(to)s means "lifetime" or "the living's world".[11]
- Upon jumping out of Portal Jump's second portal, Zoe licks the ice cream cone, which she attempts to eat during her joke animation (Ctrl+1).
- Zoe has multiple walk cycles that change randomly over the course of the game, but players can also toggle the next one using the Toggle key bind (default [Ctrl] + [5]).
- During her champion sneak peek video, AstroNautilus and Astronaut Teemo make cameos:
- AstroNautilus appears when Zoe is showing some of her dance moves.
- Astronaut Teemo shows up when Zoe falls through a portal and Cyber Pop Zoe comes out of it.
- At the end of her sneak peek video, Zoe is listening to Kinetic (The Crystal Method x Dada Life), one of DJ Sona's music tracks.
- During her champion sneak peek video,
- Her title, as found on the store, "Zoe, The Aspect of Twilight" is one of the few occurrences, along with Kayn, Taliyah, Aurelion Sol, Illaoi, Elise, Sion, of having the word "the" capitalized, compared to all other champions' titles.
- Zoe has a cameo in the action role-playing game, CrossCode.[12]
- Zoe's Series 1 Eternals make the following references:
- Finders Keepers references the idiom finders keepers, losers weepers.
- Paddle Ball Champion references the sport of paddle ball and its similarites to Paddle Star.
Quotes
- Main article: Zoe (League of Legends Audio)
- Zoe's ▶️ theme used to play at the start of the game for the player. It is unknown why this was removed.
- In the Latin America localization, ▶️ ▶️ "Oh, I'm Lux. I'm so tall, and all the boys like me!" HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM, SPARKLES?! is replaced by "'¡Oh, soy Lux! ¡Soy tan alta, y me gustan todos los chicos!' ¡TOMA TUS CHISPITAS!" ('"Oh, I'm Lux! I'm so tall, and I like all the boys!" TAKE YOUR SPARKS!'), referring to the episode It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge from The Simpsons series, where a Marge Simpson got angry when she allegedly caught Becky for stealing her husband and her life within an ice cream restaurant, and attacked the employees with colored ice cream sprinkles.
Skins
- Main article: Zoe (Collection)
- Inspirations for Zoe are possibly:
- Various trickster figures in mythology around the world.[13]
- Her role as a celestial messenger might reference divine messengers such as Pre-Greek Hermes[14] & Semitic angels.
- Her Everchild epithet references the mythological puer aeternus.
- Zoe carries around a moonstone, a chime of Bard, and a key that belonged to Fiddlesticks, the Harbinger of Doom[15][16](Although it is still involved with The Ancient Fear).
- Zoe’s color palette drew from several existing Targonian champions: Golden hair from Leona, blue clothes from Diana, silver tones from Taric, and the colors of the sky from Aurelion Sol.
- This skin shares the Cyber Pop theme with:
- Due to fan requests during the PBE cycle,[17] this skin was updated to display Heterochromia. Her right eye is blue, and her left is green.
- Spell Thief's bubbles can have a variety of emoticons in them: "(°☒°)", "(^-^)", "( ° ʖ °)", "^_^", "u_u", "=P", ":)", ";)".
- The balloons, which Spell Thief causes to float above some minions, contain an icon based on the blank sheet of paper that files which have no designated icon are displayed with by operating systems such as Microsoft Windows. The icon in the balloons has a star on it.
- Portal Jump's portals might be inspired by Portal.
- When the Sleepy Trouble Bubble trap is placed, it reads ".EXE", which is an executable program extension on Microsoft Windows. When the bubble is primed on an enemy, an image similar to the Blue Screen of Death shows up.
- Upon death, a screencap appears above Zoe's body. It shows the centre of Summoner's Rift (or middle lane) shaded gray, the death recap, and the HUD of Cyber Pop Zoe that lacks team frames and items. This screencap says that she died by Paddle Star.
- The background of her splash art was inspired by Splatoon videogames series and Blade Runner 2049 movie.
- Her appearance was inspired by the classic Splatoon girl.
- She also bears some resemblance to Futaba Sakura from Persona 5 videogame, who is also voiced by Erica Lindbeck.
- Lollipoppy's lollipops are also in the bag she's carrying.
- Her appearance was inspired by the classic Splatoon girl.
- One of her idle dances is based on the song Dare by Gorillaz.
- Pool Party Zoe Chromas: Amethyst, Emerald, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire
Chromas:- This skin shares the Pool Party theme with:
- In her splash art, Nami along with Rift Scuttler, Beemo, Pool Party Lulu, Pool Party Miss Fortune, and Pool Party Ziggs can be seen inside the pool.
- Star Guardian Zoe Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Citrine, Emerald, Jasper, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 3 theme with:
- Star Guardian Rakan and Star Guardian Xayah can be seen in the background of her splash art.
- Ran, Zoe's familiar spirit, acts as her Sleepy Trouble Bubble and her second cast of Paddle Star. Ran also acts as Zoe's yo-yo in one of her walking animations.
- Ran is inspired by Tokyo Mew Mew's infusers, jellyfish-like aliens that turn living creatures into monsters. Ran serves a similar purpose, acting as Zoe's corrupting bubble.
- Her fully corrupted form can be seen when she is in Portal Jump or is using Recall.
- This skin continues the jellyfish motif introduced by Cyber Pop Zoe.
- This skin shares the Arcanists theme with:
- This skin shares the Arcanists theme with:
- EDG Zoe Chromas: Elite, Tenfold Triumph
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2021 theme with:
- Winterblessed Zoe Chromas: Aquamarine, Catseye, Emerald, Peridot, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Wreathguard
- This skin shares the Winterblessed theme with:
References
- ↑ Zoe's Voice Actress
- ↑ Ask Riot
- ↑ Zoe's appearance in development
- ↑ Zoe's cartoon-like design
- ↑ Endless Pillow on Zoe giant water baloon.
- ↑ Zoe's eye color
- ↑ Zoe as a trickster
- ↑ Riot Games Community. (2020, December 1). Riot Report: December 2020 - Rell Lore Live Q&A, Legends of Runeterra Updates, and League Skins Gal Video. Youtube.
- ↑ How Myisha tricked and trapped the Darkin
- ↑ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dzwh%2F
- ↑ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=bi/os1
- ↑ Zoe in CrossCode
- ↑ Trickster inspirations
- ↑ Beekes, R.S.P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek, p. 462
- ↑ Ask Riot: Ping and a Stolen Key
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/yxrnqk26-zoes-originally-fiddlesticks-key?comment=00010001 Zoe's (originally FiddleSticks) Key
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/96yqI5dw-give-cyberpop-zoe-heterochromia-too?comment=0001