Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about DRAGON TALES!
Dragon Tales:: At first glance, the Dragon Tales team seems an odd marriage. On the one side is Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), the 30-year-old, not-for-profit icon that has made its mark with several generations of kids to whom it taught the ABCs. On…
Ord: Orville Vladimir ‘Ord’ is a cute and, tall 7-year-old cerulean blue dragon with purple scales, blue eyes, and an aqua-green belly. He is also from the country of Russia. He also loves nothing more than to eat, particularly anything with dragonberries in it. He’s also the largest of the gang. Though his tall height appears scary at first, he himself fears many things. One of his biggest fears is the dark, a problem he often wrestles with in the series. He is also Max’s best friend.Birthday: June 26 Cassie: Cassandra Olivia ‘Cassie’ is a sweet and intelligent, but rather shy 4-year-old pastel pink dragon with yellow scales, blue eyes like Ord, and a yellow belly. She often has many great ideas and is good at many things, but sometimes lacks the confidence to speak her mind. She gets help from all of her friends, especially Emmy, and from her teacher Quetzal. Family is very important to Cassie, as she has 72 brothers and sisters and sometimes helps her parents to take care of her little sister Kiki and her little brother, Finn. She is also Emmy’s best friend. Birthday: May 16 Zak: Zachary James ‘Zak’ is an 11-year-old emerald green dragon with blue scales not only a brother to his sister, Wheezie, he’s also a very special partner. He has blue eyes like Ord and Cassie. Zak and Wheezie are a dynamic duo, a two-headed dragon who often work together, but can also think quite independently. Zak enjoys the status quo, but his wild sister Wheezie often helps him to find a good time. Desiring peace, Zak often finds himself at the receiving end of various indignities — from food on the head to a fish blowing bubbles straight in his face. Birthday: July 21 Wheezie: Wilhelmina Marie ‘Wheezie’ is a high-strung 11-year-old wisteria purple dragon who has magenta scales and blue eyes like Ord, Cassie, and Zak, and loves singing, doing wild things and shouting and singing about the things she loves. Sister of and joined with Zak, she can’t always understand his desire for her to calm down. Still, the two always find in the end that they wouldn’t have it any other way. Birthday: July 21 Quetzal: Hailing from some sort of Dragon Land Mexico, apparently, Quetzal is a goldenrod yellow 53-year-old wise dragon teacher who instructs the kids and dragons at the School in the Sky. Unlike other dragon adults, he’s only a bit larger than the kids, to keep him easily recognizable to the viewing audience. Quetzal has a magical book that contains reference on many things in Dragon Land. He’s always a great source of advice, but tries as best as possible to only help the kids and dragons in solving their own problems. Birthday: September 27 Enrique: He’s a new character coming to the third season of the program in February 2005. Enrique is 6 years old like Emmy and is raised by his Dad and Grandma and he’s recently moved to the area where Max and Emmy live, all the way from Colombia. They meet and show him Dragon Land. At first, he’s a bit scared, especially because he finds it hard to connect with people, having moved many times. But soon he’s having great adventures in Dragon Land, just like Max and Emmy! Since Zak and Wheezie were left, he rides with them, and they’re delighted at the opportunity to have someone to ride with them, since they usually flew only with each other in the past. Dragon Tales airs weekdays on most PBS stations and also in some foreign markets. Dragon birthdays courtesy of the 2005 Dragon Tales calendar. Special thanks to Sesame Workshop: (c) 2005 Sesame Workshop/Columbia Tristar Television Distribution. “Dragon Tales” and its logo are trademarks of Sesame Workshop and Columbia Tristar Television Distribution. All rights reserved.
This animated show is cute, cuddly and entertaining. Not “Barney” cute and cuddly — parents of young kids will find “Dragon Tales,” which is targeted at 3- to 6-year-olds, considerably easier to sit through.
Dragon Tales:: At first glance, the Dragon Tales team seems an odd marriage. On the one side is Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), the 30-year-old, not-for-profit icon that has made its mark with several generations of kids to whom it taught the ABCs. On…
Ord: Orville Vladimir ‘Ord’ is a cute and, tall 7-year-old cerulean blue dragon with purple scales, blue eyes, and an aqua-green belly. He is also from the country of Russia. He also loves nothing more than to eat, particularly anything with dragonberries in it. He’s also the largest of the gang. Though his tall height appears scary at first, he himself fears many things. One of his biggest fears is the dark, a problem he often wrestles with in the series. He is also Max’s best friend.Birthday: June 26 Cassie: Cassandra Olivia ‘Cassie’ is a sweet and intelligent, but rather shy 4-year-old pastel pink dragon with yellow scales, blue eyes like Ord, and a yellow belly. She often has many great ideas and is good at many things, but sometimes lacks the confidence to speak her mind. She gets help from all of her friends, especially Emmy, and from her teacher Quetzal. Family is very important to Cassie, as she has 72 brothers and sisters and sometimes helps her parents to take care of her little sister Kiki and her little brother, Finn. She is also Emmy’s best friend. Birthday: May 16 Zak: Zachary James ‘Zak’ is an 11-year-old emerald green dragon with blue scales not only a brother to his sister, Wheezie, he’s also a very special partner. He has blue eyes like Ord and Cassie. Zak and Wheezie are a dynamic duo, a two-headed dragon who often work together, but can also think quite independently. Zak enjoys the status quo, but his wild sister Wheezie often helps him to find a good time. Desiring peace, Zak often finds himself at the receiving end of various indignities — from food on the head to a fish blowing bubbles straight in his face. Birthday: July 21 Wheezie: Wilhelmina Marie ‘Wheezie’ is a high-strung 11-year-old wisteria purple dragon who has magenta scales and blue eyes like Ord, Cassie, and Zak, and loves singing, doing wild things and shouting and singing about the things she loves. Sister of and joined with Zak, she can’t always understand his desire for her to calm down. Still, the two always find in the end that they wouldn’t have it any other way. Birthday: July 21 Quetzal: Hailing from some sort of Dragon Land Mexico, apparently, Quetzal is a goldenrod yellow 53-year-old wise dragon teacher who instructs the kids and dragons at the School in the Sky. Unlike other dragon adults, he’s only a bit larger than the kids, to keep him easily recognizable to the viewing audience. Quetzal has a magical book that contains reference on many things in Dragon Land. He’s always a great source of advice, but tries as best as possible to only help the kids and dragons in solving their own problems. Birthday: September 27 Enrique: He’s a new character coming to the third season of the program in February 2005. Enrique is 6 years old like Emmy and is raised by his Dad and Grandma and he’s recently moved to the area where Max and Emmy live, all the way from Colombia. They meet and show him Dragon Land. At first, he’s a bit scared, especially because he finds it hard to connect with people, having moved many times. But soon he’s having great adventures in Dragon Land, just like Max and Emmy! Since Zak and Wheezie were left, he rides with them, and they’re delighted at the opportunity to have someone to ride with them, since they usually flew only with each other in the past. Dragon Tales airs weekdays on most PBS stations and also in some foreign markets. Dragon birthdays courtesy of the 2005 Dragon Tales calendar. Special thanks to Sesame Workshop: (c) 2005 Sesame Workshop/Columbia Tristar Television Distribution. “Dragon Tales” and its logo are trademarks of Sesame Workshop and Columbia Tristar Television Distribution. All rights reserved.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: dragon tales is a Canadian–American animated fantasy adventure children’s television series . the series began broadcasting on PBS on their PBS Kids block on September 6, 1999 . its final episode airing on April 1, 2005 rodecker sketched dragons as a means of symbolizing forces too big to control . in 1995, Jim Coane found the artwork and developed it into a television series . the series was shipped to PBS member marjorie Kalins brought the series to Children’s Television Workshop . she helped him and Columbia TriStar Television obtain an $8.5 million grant . the grant proposal was written by wesley Eure . in 2002, C-T was renamed to Sony Pictures Television, a company that would co-produce the third season of the program . the series received a massive multi-million dollar grant from the federal government the series was ordered for just over 60 eleven-minute episodes by PBS . after the creation of the first script, all writing parties involved agreed that the scripts “weren’t fun or funny, they were flat and boring” dong woo animation, Rough Draft Korea, Sunwoo Entertainment, Enrique debuted during the show’s final season . a new character named Enrique provided the series with a third protagonist . Emmy and Max educational themes covered included identifying shapes, counting and basic math . social themes covered, such as good sportsmanship, the importance of being a good friend . many of the show’s interstitial song segments, known as despite two of the show’s human leads being six years old, the target audience was children closer to the age of four . key topic of the program was the encouragement of honest and candid expressions of emotion . sesame street creators encouraged “co-viewing” the practice of parents watching the program with their children . the program’s official website offered a number of activities and lesson plans to aid in these efforts . a brave, smart natural leader, she’s also impulsive and doesn’t always think before she acts . for the most part, he and Emmy get along fine, but occasionally have arguments due to him being Max loves Emmy, but sometimes struggles with being the younger brother . he sometimes helps to give courage to Ord when he’s afraid of certain things . sometimes acts in a stubborn manner, determined to prove that Max was named after the son of executive producer Jim Coane . he’s Emmy and Max’s new friend and next-door neighbor who moved from Colombia to the united states . he’s raised by his grandparents and described as an intensely smart and logical character . a series of moves throughout his early life has left him jaded and wary of both making new friends and trying new things despite his physical strength, Ord is afraid of almost everything, particularly darkness and thunder . he has a magical tendency to turn invisible when he is upset or frightened . “latino Difference vis-à Cassie is distinguished by her maternal sweetness as a result of her responsibilities as an older sister and babysitter to a humongous myriad of younger siblings . her dragon badge glows when she feels confident, but she the two have a shared love of music and performing . they often perform in talent shows and recitals together . dragon badges glow when they work together and get along . they will sometimes glow independently when one of them accomplishes something of significance . Quetzal typically speaks with a Mexican accent and is named after the Aztec deity in the episode ‘Snow Dragon,’ Quetzal mentions it has been hundreds of years since he visited the dragon snow sculpture as a child, implying he is centuries old . the show often tries to steal others’ eggs to eat . the doodle fairy is crowned queen of an entire group of fairies . Finn, voiced by Ellen Kennedy, is Cassie’s younger brother . he is light blue, toddler-aged, attached to his blankie, and only learning to fly . the Giant of Nod, leader Cassie, Cassie’s younger sister, drinks from a bottle . she’s attached to her “squishy,” an oddly shaped fruit that she enjoys squeezing . he’ Cassie’s brother: sunny yellow. Cassie is turquoise. (Janyse Jaud) Vellum, Cassie’s brother. Vellum is blue. Lorca was born without wings and can use a wheelchair because he was born this way and is incapable of flight . despite his physical limitations, Lorca enjoys participating in adventures and sports activities . Monsieur Marmadune, gnome-like character temporarily steals Wheezie’s laugh with his sound switcher . Polly Nimbus, the operator of the cloud factory, controls dragon land’s weather . Priscill sid sycamore is a talking tree who loves telling jokes that relate to the concept of trees . when upset, the children will sometimes go to talk to him to be cheered up by his jokes Emmy and Max’s parents, they are unseen characters, but their voices are often heard off-screen in most episodes . they call out to them from downstairs at the beginning or end of an episode . Max and Emmy travel to dragon land by holding an enchanted dragon scale . the scale then teleports them to Dragon Land . it appears that at least one person says the rhyme; whoever says it will be the rhyme is: “I wish, I wish, to use this rhyme, to go back home until next time” the person reciting the rhyme, as well as all those holding their hand, will be transported back to where the dragon named Polly Nimbus manufactures rain clouds, snow clouds, etc., and ejects them into the sky as needed . Crystal Cave – A giant, crystallized cave where crystals are stored and special dragons go when sick or hurt. dragon Beaver Dam – a dam where the dragonbeavers reside. dragon Land Laundry – A place where dragons do laundry. Dragon Dump – the place where the citizens Dragoon Lagoon is home to creatures called silliguanas and hissyfish . it even has a plug at the bottom just like a bathtub . the Forest of Darkness is a the Knuckerhole – Zak & Wheezie’s home . there are also lots of other knuckeerholes all over Dragonland . it only appeared in “Big Funky Cloud” it was only in the film “Big funky cloud” it is the only character in the movie to have appeared in a “big” pop . when it rains, the pigments turn to mud . it is seen in the opening and closing of the Dragon Tunes segment . Chilly the Snowman and his snow puppy Nippy live in a frigid, snow-covered mountain range . Stickleback Mountains are another mountain range, with colored sticks that have to be pulled out carefully . Treasure Tro the installment introduced the characters of Max and Emmy to dragon land . a total of forty episodes were aired in the first season . the second season premiered on June 4, 2001 and had 25 episodes . 20 of these episodes were broadcast from June 4, 2001 to September 20, 2001 . the final installment of this set, “Just the Two of Us / Cowboy Max,” did not premiere to U.s. audiences until the program’s 29 episodes were broadcast, including “just the Two of us / Cowboy Max” only one story from each episode was original . the program’s first musical album, Dragon Tunes, was released on March 20, 2001 . a second album, More Dragon Tunes, was issued on February 15, 2005 . this album introduced the character theme of Zak & Wheezie . a special, Parent Tales from Dragon Tales, was produced “, which encouraged viewers to reach forward for their goals and “When You Make a New Friend,” which espoused the joys of forming a new friendship . the songs were released on the albums Dragon Tunes the show also had two specials: Let’s Start a Band and Big, Big Friend Day . let’s start a band was a musical feature in which the characters of the show were seen alongside real human children “big, big Friend day” was merely a special featuring episodes of dragon tales and Clifford the Big Red Dog . as such, it did not contain any original Dragon Tales material . common Sense media reviewers rated the game 3/5 . many praised the graphics and fun of the game . the game was too challenging for most younger players . the game included multiple skill settings and the option to play as Cassie, Ord, Emmy or Max . the Game Boy Advance version was later released in 2004, making Zak and Wheezie playable in that version . a board game for the series titled Dragon Tales: A Dragon Land Adventure was released . overall reviews were generally positive, though expressed that the game was not very challenging . Hasbro reached an agreement for a line of plus 20 million bottles offered an instant win game with the top prize as a dragon tales themed party with the pink dragon Cassie and an additional 10,000 prizes of Dragon Tales books . “Missing Music Mystery”, “Journey to Crystal Cave” and “The Riddle of Rainbow River” toured from January 2002 until at least March 2006 . the program was never modified to include the character of Enrique