Rayman (French pronunciation: [ʁemɑn]) is the titular protagonist of Ubisoft's video game series of the same name.

Rayman's signature abilities are throwing his fists as projectiles to attack enemies and spinning his hair like a helicopter rotor to slow his descent.

[5] As a result of his research, Ancel become interested in rendering tools and he initially named Rayman after a ray tracing software that Ubisoft used for the original game.

[6][7] Rayman originally had limbs, but when the developer tried to install the game on the systems, it did not work properly, leaving him with a floating body on the screen.

[8] At the time, there was insufficient processing power to render everything which made it technically impossible to display this character with animated limbs.

[11] Rayman is an anthropomorphic being who is limbless in which he can use his hair as helicopter blades means of transportation which was trademarked as "hairlicopter" and punch at a distance.

Dark stole the Great Protoon and made the Electoons lose their natural stability and scatter throughout the Valley, in the Glade of Dreams, where they are then captured by Mr.

However, their snoring disturbed an old granny from the Land of the Livid Dead who retaliated by sending an evil army of disgusting creatures across the world to get revenge.

[25] For Wii U version, Satoru Iwata announced that players will be able to dress up Rayman as Mario alongside Globox as Luigi.

[34][35] Rayman also made an appearance in the 2023 animated series Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, in which he was portrayed as a cocaine-addicted propaganda host.

[40][41] In an interview with Stevior's Steve Wright, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated Rayman was one of the company's most well known and beloved characters.

[42] Bertoli Ben described Rayman as one of the most beloved video game characters originally created in France, stating that he is different and had a unique movement.

While discussing about his childhood, he noted that Rayman seemed like a "total dork", pointing out that he wasn't cool like Sonic or fun-for-everyone like Mario, but rather seemed nerdish and "weird-looking.

"[47] Another Vice writer Grant Pardee wrote that Rayman is like the "quiet kid of the platformer mascot class" who could perhaps secretly have been the best of them all however, due to timing or circumstance, never quite found the attention the character deserved because he criticized that Rayman looks stupid, has a dumb, stupid face, and he doesn't have limbs.

"[36] The Verge writer Charles Pulliam-Moore also interviewed with the series' creator which observed that Rayman as propaganda mouthpiece character wasn't like a choice as much as it was a vision.

He also stated that "[He] saw two images of Rayman as [he] was first writing: one of him with Tommy guns; and then the second was of him effectively being the mouthpiece — the chief propaganda officer for the fascist regime, but even with that being the case, he's been used.