Blazing Dragons

Blazing Dragons is an animated television series created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, and produced by Nelvana, from Canada, and Ellipse Animation, from France. It aired on Teletoon in Canada and on Canal+ in France.
==Characters==
===Dragons===
Squire Flicker: The main character of the series, a squire under Sir Loungelot, he happily accepts any task his master gives him. Flicker longs for the day he'll become a Dragon Knight himself. He is in love with Princess Flame. Flicker is generally smarter and more competent than the Knights, and is an inventor far ahead of his time.
Princess Flame: The daughter of King Allfire and stepsister of Blaze. She returns Flicker's feeling of love. In season one, Flame was purple-haired, but in season two, she became a blonde. Her role seemed to diminish in season two.
King Allfire: King Allfire is the king of Camelhot, the head of the Knights of the Square Table, and married to Queen Griddle. King Allfire is also wielder of the legendary sword Excaliburn, but rarely uses it since he is semi-retired from fighting.
Queen Griddle: The second wife of King Allfire. She is the daughter of the gigantic Queen Mum, and is infatuted with Sir Loungelot. Griddle is also very short-tempered, and tends to get violent when angry. Due to her robustness, she is often the butt of many fat jokes.
Sir Loungelot: An incredibly lazy knight whose squire is Flicker. He treats Flicker more like a servant than a knight in training, but Loungelot is the favorite knight of Queen Griddle. This is because he kisses up to her and invariably takes credit for Flicker's successes. Loungelot is the son of the Lady of the Lake (something he is not proud of since she nags him constantly and talks about his choir boy brother). Loungelot loves gambling, sleeping, and most of all food, especially pastries (such as biscuits which he calls "bickies"). Loungelot is often the cause of much of the knight's trouble due to his crass and selfish nature.
Sir Blaze: Sir Blaze, "The Smartly Dressed and Fashionably Late Has Arrived", is the flamboyant and effeminate son of Queen Griddle and the stepbrother of Princess Flame. Blaze is unusually energetic, and is described as having amazing panache. He is one of the only three knights (the others Loungelot and Burnevere) who stays throughout the series.
Sir Burnevere: Sir Burnevere, "The Overly Educated", is a plucky hero with a Scottish accent and a tendency to use large words none of the other knights understand. Burnevere appears to be the oldest and wisest of the knights and often screams "Hoot McGregor!" when something bad happens to him. Burnevere is actually linked to the Scottish royal family, but turned down the throne at the thought of being surrounded by all his relatives.
Sir Galahot: Sir Galahot, "The Proper" is a large and imposing knight of the Square Table and the first knight to be introduced. He only appears in season one, season two and season three.
Sir Hotbreath: Sir Hotbreath, "The Not So Proper", is a short knight who has many ideas. Unfortunately he often ends up torching everything near him due to uncontrollable outbursts of fire-breathing burps. Like Sir Galahot he only appears in season one, season two and season three.
The Wandering Minstrel: In season one, The Minstrel introduced and closed out most episodes with a short verse or song related to the content of the episode. While breaking the fourth wall in Knights and Knightresses, Flicker remarks that he "thought he was just a background character who served as mere bridges between the scenes". In the second season, due to the shorter episode lengths, The Minstrel only appeared in the episode Shamrocks and Shenanigans as a secondary character, explaining that he was fired from Castle Camelhot. The last time he is even mentioned at all is in Attila's Hot Buns.
Cinder and Clinker: A two-headed Dragon jester. Cinder, the right-side head, is always depressed and sullen, whilst Clinker, the left-sided head, is upbeat and perpetually happy. The duo serve as the comic relief in most episodes. Cinder's side of the body is a light green, and Clinker's is a darker shade.
Chancellor: a unnamed chancellor dragon who only appear in season 1.
===Humans===
Count Geoffrey: The principal bad guy of the series, Geoffrey styles himself, The Dreaded Count Geoffrey de Bouillon, Oppressor Par Excellence of the Poor and Weak. His appearance changes from a purple knight's armor and red hair in season one to silver knight's armour with a dragon skull helmet and black hair in season two. Owner of Threadbare Castle, Geoffrey is always coming up with sinister "plans" to relieve the Dragon Knights of Castle Camelhot.
Evil Spy: An agent of Count Geoffrey dressed up in a purple dragon costume to infiltrate the Dragon Knights. His presence within the Dragon Knight ranks, usually while sensitive strategy is being discussed, never seems to be questioned by the other dragons, even though the costume is quite conspicuous.
Merle the Wizard: Merle the Wizard is a short, wise-cracking female magician who fits the stereotype of a witch much more than that of a wizard. She speaks with an American accent and often claims to have visited the future. When Count Geoffrey needs that extra edge in his fight against the Dragon Knights, Merle is often called upon and appears from a cloud of purple smoke.
Evil Knights #1, #2, and #3: The bumbling henchmen of Count Geoffrey. #1 is medium height, fat, and has a bushy mustache. #2 is short and skinny with a long pointy nose, and speaks in an Italian accent. #3 is muscular, bald, and appears to be the stupidest of the three. It is possible the trio are brothers, since #3 mentioned his mother in the sense she was mother of them all.
Peasants: Count Geoffrey is always exploiting the peasants of the village for either tax money or using them in some manner of slave labour such as catapult ammunition, or as human columns to hold up the ceiling of his crumbling castle.
== Episodes ==
Season	Episodes 	Originally aired	Originally aired
Season	Episodes 	First aired 	Last aired
1 	13 	April 3, 1996 	July 9, 1996
2 	13 (26 segments)	January 10, 1998	June 20, 1998
Season 2 has some changes from the first. Princess Flame and Count Geoffrey's appearances, specifically their hair color, are changed, and their role seems to diminish. Canceller, Sir Galahot and Sir Hotbreath do not appear. Each episode consists of two ten-minute episodes. Most episodes center on Flicker, Burnevere, Blaze, and Loungelot.
==Other Credits==
*Voice Director: Dan Hennessey
*Animation Supervisor: Mark Petlock
*Music Score by: Amin Bhatia
*Theme Song by: Pure West
==Voice Talent==
*Edward Glen as Flicker
*Aron Tager as King Allfire
*Suzanne Coy as Merle the Wizard
*Steven Sutcliffe as Queen Griddle
*John Koensgen as Count Geoffrey (season 1)/Evil Knight 1
*Cedric Smith as Count Geoffrey (season 2)
*John Stocker as Sir Burnevere/Evil Knight 2
*Dan Hennessey as Sir Hotbreath/Evil Knight 3
*Richard Binsley as Sir Blaze/The Wandering Minstrel
*Stephanie Morgenstern as Princess Flame
*Scott Wentworth as Sir Loungelot (season 1)
*Juan Chioran as Sir Loungelot (season 2)
*Rick Waugh as Cinder and Clinker/Sir Galahot
==Video Game==
A coinciding graphic adventure was released for the original PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics. The video game features the voice talents of several celebrities.
==External links==
*Terry Jones's "Blazing Dragons"
*"Blazing Dragons" Review
*LiveJournal community
*BlazingDragonsFans.Weebly
*Brother Mine novellas
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