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Dragon Tales is based on characters created in 1978 [24] by Laguna Beach, California artist and retired educator Ron Rodecker. Rodecker was recovering from a coronary artery bypass graft when he began sketching dragons as a means of symbolizing forces in life that were too big to control.
- Origins
- Show Premise and Overview
- Characters
- Places in Dragon Land
- Release History
- Episodes
- Music and Songs
- Video Games
- Merchandise
- Dragon Tales Live!
Dragon Tales was based on the characters created in 1978 by Laguna Beach, California artist and retired educator Ron Rodecker, who was recovering from a coronary artery bypass graft when he began sketching dragons as a means of symbolizing forces in life that were too big to control. In 1997, Jim Coane, then a producer at Columbia TriStar Televisio...
The series was focused on the exploits of two siblings, Max and Emmy, in possession of an enchanted dragon scale capable of transporting them to a whimsical fantasy land inhabited by colorful anthropomorphic dragons upon their recitation of a rhyme. Befriended by four friendly talking dragons with distinctive personalities, Ord, Cassie, Zak, and Wh...
Emmy
Emmy, voiced by Andrea Libman, is 6 years old. She commonly appears as the leader of the group until she gave her position to Enrique while helping him get used to Dragon Land. She is Max's older sister. Her best friend is Cassie, and she is perhaps known for saying, "Definitely!" whenever a good idea arises. Though Emmy is not ashamed to do "girly" things with Cassie, she is also heavily into sports and games and generally is up for any activity regardless of traditional gender roles. Though...
Max
Max, voiced by Danny McKinnon, is 4 years old. He’s Emmy's younger brother. For the most part, he and Emmy get along fine, but occasionally have arguments. He’s also sometimes prone to lose his temper very quickly. Ord is his best friend. Though Max loves his older sister, Emmy, he sometimes struggles with being the younger brother, upset about being too little to do certain things or frustrated when Emmy acts in certain ways and is known for saying, "It's not fair!" whenever he gets upset. H...
Enrique
Enrique, a new character in season 3, is voiced by Aida Ortega. He‘s Max and Emmy's new friend and next-door neighbor who moved from Colombia to the United States and also once lived in Puerto Rico. He’s raised by his dad and his grandmother ("abuelita"). He first appears in the beginning of Season 3 and travels to Dragon Land with the children. His recent experiences in South America provide more opportunities for the characters to demonstrate the meanings of new Spanish words, much like Dor...
Dragon Land's the fantasy world where the majority of the show takes place. It is home to numerous colorful, anthropomorphic dragons and many other fantastical creatures. Max and Emmy travel to Dragon Land by holding an enchanted dragon scale while reciting the rhyme: "I wish, I wish, with all my heart, to fly with dragons in a land apart." The sca...
Dragon Talespremiered on PBS Kids on September 6, 1999 with the episode "To Fly with Dragons / The Forest of Darkness." The installment introduced the characters of Max and Emmy to Dragon Land after discovering a magical dragon scale in their new home and to their new dragon friends. In the first half, they discovered Ord's missing tooth, while the...
Main article: List of Dragon Tales episodes Dragon Tales aired 40 episodes in its first season, 24 in its second, and 30 in its third, bringing the total to 94. Each episode featured two original stories, aired back-to-back, split by the interstitial song segment "Dragon Tunes," all of which were eventually released on the show's music albums. Almo...
Dragon Tales featured an original score composed by Jim Latham and Brian Garland. Each episode also included an interstitial segment between story airings known as "Dragon Tunes," featuring a song either based on one of the characters of the show, or designed to teach a lesson, such as "Stretch!", which encouraged viewers to reach forward for their...
On December 16, 2000, a tie-in video game: Dragon Tales: Dragon Wings, was issued for Game Boy Color. Issued by NewKidCo, the game allowed players to take on the role of a novice dragon that was learning the secrets of flight at Quetzal's School in the Sky. Players moved through 15 levels of obstacles available in three difficulty levels. Reviews w...
In addition to the various books, music albums and video game releases, numerous merchandise items featuring the characters of Dragon Tales were made available for purchase throughout the program's run. A total of six different designs featuring scenes from the program were featured on Welch's jam jars. An official board game for the series titled ...
Dragon Tales Live! was a musical stage show featuring the characters and concepts of the show. It toured nationally in the United States. It featured real life human performers playing the dragons in full body costumes (with their respective cartoon voice actors reprising their voice-over roles anyway) and two real-life human children in each produ...
Dragon Tales: Created by Ron Rodecker, James Coane, Jeffrey Scott, Elana Lesser, Cliff Ruby, Wesley Eure. With Kathleen Barr, Andrea Libman, Danny McKinnon, Jason Michas. Two children find a dragonscale, and have fun socializing with dragons.
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- 1999-09-06
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
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Dragon Tales is based on characters created in 1978 [3] by Laguna Beach, California artist and retired educator Ron Rodecker, Rodecker was recovering from a coronary artery bypass graftwhen he began sketching dragons as a means of symbolizing forces in life that were too big to control.
Dragon Tales was a Canadian-American animated educational fantasy television series produced by Sony Pictures Television and Sesame Workshop. It was broadcasted on PBS Kids from September 1, 1999 to April 11, 2005. Reruns of the series continued airing until August 31, 2010.
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Dragon Tales is based on the characters created in in 1978 by Laguna Beach, a California artist, and by Ron Rodecker, a retired educator. The series is an animation featuring a 6 years old called Emmy, her 4 years old brother Max and the four equivalently aged dragons they have befriended in the whimsical world of Dragon Land.
Dragon Tales was a Canadian-American animated pre-school fantasy adventure children's television series created by Jim Coane and Ron Rodecker and developed by Wesley Eure, Jeffery Scott, Cliff Ruby, and Elana Lesser. It first aired on September 6, 1999 on PBS Kids.
