Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales
Dragon Tales, Dragon Tales It's almost time for Dragon Tales Come along and take my hand Let's all go to Dragon Land
Genre: Children's Fantasy Running Time: 30 minutes Country: United States Canada Release Date: September 6, 1999 – November 25, 2005 Network(s): PBS Kids CBC Television Created by: Ron Rodecker Jim Coane Distributed by: Sony Pictures Television Starring: Andrea Libman Danny McKinnon Ty Olsson Chantal Strand Jason Michas Kathleen Barr Eli Gabay Scott McNeil Garry Chalk Aida Ortega Seasons: 3 Episodes: 94

Dragon Tales is a Canadian–American animated preschool fantasy adventure children's television series on PBS Kids. The series ran September 6, 1999 to October 15, 2002. After its 3-year hiatus, it returned for one more season, which aired from February 21 to November 25, 2005.

Plot

Emmy and Max discover a magical place called Dragon Land where they meet dragons Ord in blue, Cassie in pink, Zak in green, Wheezie in purple, and the wise Quetzal in yellow. The kids and dragons face challenges together. Each episode features Dragon Tunes, perfect for kids at home to sing along.

Why It Makes You Go To Dragon Land

1. Very creative. The idea of a magic dragon scale that transports children to a magical world called Dragon Land is very interesting.
2. Speaking of Dragon Land, the entire world is very beautiful, creative and well-drawn.
3. Wonderful, appealing, and fluid animation done by many animation studios including Rough Draft Studios, Big Star Enterprise, Dong Woo Animation, Saerom Animation and Sunwoo Entertainment (only on the episode "Tails You Lose/Calling Dr. Zak").
4. Many likable characters, like siblings Max and Emmy and the dragons, Ord (blue), Cassie (pink), Zack (green), Wheezie (purple), and Quetzal (yellow).
5. It manages to teach children about going through various challenges and solving problems, such as teamwork, sharing, facing your fears, anger management and standing up to a bully.
6. Top-notch voice acting.
7. Catchy theme song.
8. Catchy, jazzy, and nostalgic songs from the Dragon Tunes skit.

Bad Qualities

1. Ord, despite being big and strong, can be such a coward at times.
2. Zak and Wheezie tend to argue too much.
3. Enrique, while likable, was an unnecessary addition in the third season, and he possibly might have contributed to the show's end.
4. A few bad episodes such as:
   • No Hitter (despite having a good lesson)
   • Emmy's Dreamhouse
   • Do Not Pass Gnome
   • Wild Time
   • Teasing Is Not Pleasing (depending on your view)
   • The Grudge Won't Budge
   • Flip Flop
5. Sometimes the endings can be rushed, like the ending of "Staying Within The Lines" for example, because the ending skips to Dragon Land being colorful again and Emmy and Max returning home after that.

Trivia

• Ron Rodecker, the co-creator of this show, died on January 25, 2021.
• The series aired re-runs on PBS and Universal Kids (formerly PBS Kids Sprout) until 2010.
• Andrea Libman, voice actress of Emmy was also Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
• Almost all of the episodes can be watched on YouTube for free.
• The show originally ended on October 8, 2002 because the executive producer Nina Elias Bamberger died the next month. It was put on a 3-year hiatus until the show got revived for one more season in 2005.

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