Merle's Mirror

Merle's Mirror is the seventh episode of Blazing Dragons. It was preceded by Knights & Knightresses and followed by Renaissance Dragon.
==Plot==
Merle the Wizard﻿ creates a magic mirror that can hypnotize anyone who looks into it into doing whatever Merle says. She hypnotizes Count Geoffrey to demonstrate. He sends Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 to deliver it to Queen Griddle, intending to hypnotize her into killing King Allfire. Griddle is hypnotized by the mirror.
Under Merle's spell, Griddle sends a boulder crashing into Allfire's throne room, which misses, but Princess Flame suspects that someone is trying to kill Allfire. Griddle tries several more assassination attempts, which fail because Flicker saves Allfire each time, however Allfire fails to notice the threat (as a different and likely nonexistent threat is suggested by Sir Loungelot, who takes the credit), causing Allfire to become suspicious of Flicker.
Using one of Flicker's inventions that has an axe, Griddle tries to kill Allfire. Flicker saves him and notices Griddle this time, but Allfire thinks Flicker is the assassin and has him locked in the dungeon. Even Flame doesn't believe that Flicker is innocent and that Griddle is the assassin.
Enraged that Griddle's assassination attempts failed, Merle has her hypnotize Allfire with the mirror. Allfire locks himself in the dungeon and eats the key. Once Allfire awakens from Merle's spell, Flicker tells Allfire that he is the assassin's twin brother on the side of good. Griddle, still under Merle's spell, plugs the drain of a nearby sink and turns on the taps to flood the dungeon in an attempt to drown Flicker and Allfire. However, working together they are able to break down the door of the dungeon and escape.
Flicker runs over to Flame, who is now convinced of his innocence as she is currently witnessing Griddle opening the gates for Geoffrey and his Evil Knights. Flicker and Flame notice the mirror and realize it is hypnotizing Griddle. Flame smashes the mirror, which reverses its effects, hypnotizing Merle to do whatever the one looking into the mirror commands her to do. Flicker tells her to turn Geoffrey and his Evil Knights into beetles, and then Flame tells her to transform into a frog. Merle chases Geoffrey and the Evil Knights off in an attempt to eat them.
==Trivia==
* When Merle is hypnotized by the reverse effects of the mirror, Princess Flame tells her to turn into a frog. This could possibly have been revenge for Merle's sister, the Hag of Giss, turning Flame into a frog in Newt for a Day.
*An Evil Knight 4 is mentioned by Count Geoffrey to have been fed to the crocodiles for using Geoffrey's toothbrush.﻿
*This episode aired on YTV (Canada) in February-November 2003 until reruns on September 2005, Halloween 2006 and January-December 2007.﻿
== Quotes ==
Count Geoffrey: Not since Evil Knight #4 to use my toothbrush.
Flicker: I'd like you to turn Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights into beetles.
Count Geoffrey: (to Merle) Merle, Not since Back to the Future used my time travel object.
== Allusions ==
Star Wars - When King Allfire is in the Royal Throne Room at Castle Camelhot with Queen Griddle, R2-D2 makes a brief cameo appearance.
*The sword/lightsaber battle between Count Geoffrey and Duke Rudolph in Castle Threadbare, Count Geoffrey has a red lightsaber (red sword) and Duke Rudolph has a blue lightsaber (blue sword).
Back to the Future
* When Flicker enters and see his latest inventions at Flicker's Laboratory with Princess Flame. Flicker says, "Flame, These inventions of Camelhot has the time travel ability settings in Camelhot, including the 1955 version of a skateboard and my greatest invention; the model car in this movie."
* Back to the Future is spoofed with a flamboyant Italian inventor, Flamiano in a blaxploitation film called Back to Ye Olde Future. The DeLorean time machine, meeting up with his teenager mother, and performing at the school dance are spoofed in the scene.
* The movie is mentioned by Count Geoffrey to have been sent back in time for using Geoffrey's time travel object.﻿
* a Flux capacitor and the Time Circuit display is seen in Flicker's Laboratory.﻿
* Evil Knight #2 says that the dog food machine, we made a dog food machine that opened up cans of dog food featured in this movie﻿
* King Allfire talked about this movie at Castle Camelhot with Sir Loungelot﻿
* Sir Loungelot turning the pages of the Code of Chivalry and Section 121 has the sketch of the flux-capacitor is shown.﻿
* Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 talk about Doc Brown, the DeLorean and Evil Knight #1 quotes the line "Where we're going, we don't need roads"
* The poster for the movie is seen briefly appears at "Merle the Wizard's Cavern of Despair & Occult Museum". ﻿
** Dr. Emmett Brown's Brain-Analyzer can be seen in Sir Loungelot's room at Castle Camelhot for a brief moment.
** 1955 was listed on Sir Burnevere's list.
** Evil Knight #3 Mentioned the first film that included Count Geoffrey's evil pancake machine.
** Racka and Presley references this movie in the torture chamber of Camelhot
** Merle the Wizard discuss that movie while using some mystical spells of time travel
** Sir Galahot and Sir Hotbreath mentioned this film
** Sir Burnevere mentioned the flux capacitor
** Sir Blaze's line, "Don't nobody go nowheres," refers to the scene where Marvin Berry says the exact same line before his band takes a break from performing at the "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance
Back to the Future Part II
* Marty McFly's hoverboard can be seen in Flicker's Laboratory.
* The Poster for the film is seen in Sir Loungelot's Room of Camelhot.
* Sir Burnevere quoted this film
* Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 discuss Back to the Future, the car and specific lines that Doc Brown says during at Castle Threadbare including lines and references from all three films.
* Merle the Wizard calls Count Geoffrey a "chicken", and the rack focus goes to a secret weapon; the mirror, Count Geoffrey asks: "What did you just call me?"
* Sir Blaze explains the ripple effect of time travel on the same sort of board used by Doc Brown.
* King Don, Cowsius Clay and Duke Rudolph drives by in a hovering Delorian with the trademark blowers on the back.
* Princess Flame makes a reference to the alternate timeline
* Sir Hotbreath talks about this movie
* Sir Galahot saying that he using the broadsword whilst riding a hoverboard.
* The Wandering Minstrel mentioned during playing a banjo in the beginning of the episode
* Cinder and Clinker said that the main inspiration of the film was the full script of Back to the Future Part II where Marty McFly enters while visiting to the future and the flying DeLorean going up at 88mph with Dr. Emmett Brown.
* Queen Griddle refers to the film
* Chef Turnspit says to Flicker that the hoverboard technology that we all saw in 'Back to the Future II' in the various clips for the movie
Back to the Future Part III
* The movie scenes is mentioned by Queen Griddle by getting that much problems with the Desire of hypnotizing Merle's Secret Weapon; a Mirror and the metal plate as Bullet-proof Vest with King Allfire.
* Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 discuss Back to the Future, the car and specific lines that Doc Brown says during at Castle Threadbare including lines and references from all three films.
* The Poster for the film is seen at Castle Threadbare
* Count Geoffrey says that he gonna be "Clint Eastwood" like Marty McFly in Back To The Future III
* VHS seen in Castle Camelhot
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