Reversal of the Dragon Heart/Deleted Scenes

This page is for scenes from the 1988 animated film, Reversal of the Dragon Heart that didn't make the final cut or got censored, either due to parental backlash, or budget or time constraints.

The scenes will go in scene order from the beginning of the film, to the ending of the film.

## The Original Opening

The third half of the opening scene was originally not going to have Walker Cronkite doing a doucemtary-esqe narration in the beginning of the film. The third half of the opening scene was originally was going to show that Serrifas is the Dragon King's sister. Unfortuantly, as the team thought the scene was too boring, it was changed to have Walker Crokite doing a narration with new footage animated and new score by James Horner. The first and second halfs of the opening credits scene still remain, some of the evidence of the scene's removal are seen within Hallow Peak.

## Orignal Baby Dragon Death

The scene is the same as the dragon chase after the butterfly, when suddenly the shadowy figure appears before it, as the dragon cries out loud, the shadowy figure covers it's mouth and stabs it causing it to bleed, as he takes the crystal from it, and escapes with it. Porperhion and Serrifas discover his body and mourn for him. the original scene was to show an argument as Serrifas was suppose to be the voice of reason and Porpherion sought revenge.

## The Censored Transformation

The same scene as where Kyra puts on the necklace, as the necklace glows, her nightgown is shredded, including her bra and bustier, as her nude body turns purple and blue, growing wings and a tail, as she is shocked at becoming a dragon. As Sorren comes in, he is shocked to discover her. The original depictions of nudity and 45 seconds of scene footage was cut, out of fear it violated Disney's guidlines of anti-nude behavior. The other 45 seconds of the scene that were cut included more unsettling depections of the transformation such as body growth, Wings Sprouting, and scales covering the body, which were shortened and her unsettling screams of pain were rerecorded to be more subtle. The 45 seconds of the transformation were modified or cut after many parents complained that the depiction of the transformation was too graphic and not ready for younger audiences. The segments of the TF still remain although they're shortened and the transformation sound effects such as head, hands, and tail were kept. For years it has been debated about the original scene's future and what happened to the cut footage. However, in 2001, a gif of the cut footage surfaced online, followed by the scene being included in the 2003 DVD rerelease as a bonus feature. on the complete transformation. The cut footage was eventually remastered and was once again released as a bonus feature for the film‘s 30th anniversary 4K Blu-Ray rerelease in 2018.

## The Unexpected Addition of Hooter the Owl

Hootel the Owl, voiced by Walter Cronkite was an owl in the forest that tried to calm Kyra down during her depression in the forest. However, Hooter was not in the original film, he was added late in production because director Don Bluth felt like the depression scene was too sad and wanted a new character to calm Kyra down and lighten the mood for the audience. He was made to be Eric's owl-like Archemedes was Merlin's.

## The Original Eric Meets Kyra scene

The iconic scene, where Eric comes face to face with Kyra the Dragon for the first time and getting along was different and a bit more darker than the scene we know today. The original scene had given Eric an idea to use Kyra to become a sorcerer and she was only a means to an end. The scene was edited to be more light-hearted and comedic due to Sorron being the main antagonist.

## Hopgoblin Before Will Ryan

Original conceptual designs of Hopgoblin were originally gonna have him depicted as a monstrous beast trying to eat them. However, when Will Ryan signed on to the role and saw his design and personality, he was unhappy because he thought it was "Horrifying to be a creature designed for evil deeds". So Will Ryan designed the Hopgoblin we all know and love today, even though it doesn't classify as a deleted scene, the original concept art was destroyed when a fire broke at Aardman Studios in 2003, where Chris Wedge had concept art for the character he got from an auction in the mid-1990s.

## De-Lusted Pirates

In a deleted scene, Kyra and Eric come across pirates with lust. But soon something changes when they become de-lusted. Walt Disney Pictures CEO at the time, Jeffery Katzenburg thought that this did not match the story.

## Alternate Ending

Having defeated Sorron, Kyra realizes she has begun a legacy called the Generations of the Dragon Princess, and the Dragon Princess does their trial at the Dragon's Lake. While Eric realizes the bond between several Spellbinders have created a new order called, the Order of the Spellbinders, as they trials partake at the Temple of the Four Elements.

## A Mysteriously Missing Scene (Temporarily)

When the film was rereleased alongside the launch of Disney+ in November 2019, fans noticed that a scene where Kyra the Dragon breathes fire on Ms. Scarlett, the pirate captain, was mysteriously absent from the film. This confused a lot of fans,since the scene was kept for the 4K Blu-Ray version that was released the previous year and was also included in mostly all the home video releases and even the original 1988 theatrical version. Theodore Chrisman then announced on his Twitter account that the scene was intended to be on Disney+, but he was not contacted by Disney about the change. Finally, despite rumors that the scene was cut due to the violence portrayed towards the female captain, mostly in light of the #MeToo movement, the scene was restored in January 2020.