Blazing Dragons

Blazing Dragons
Blazing Dragons animated series title
Genre	Animated series Comedy
Created by	Terry Jones Gavin Scott
Developed by	Nelvana Limited Ellipse Animation
Directed by	Larry Jacobs
Voices of	(See article)
Theme music composer	Pure West
Composer(s)	Amin Bhatia
Country of origin	Canada France
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stéphane Bernasconi Michael Hirsh Terry Jones Patrick Loubert Robert Réa Clive A. Smith
Producer(s)	David Beatty Jocelyn Hamilton
Editor(s)	Peter Sauder Erika Strobel
Release
Original network	Teletoon (Canada)
Original release	September 9, 1996 – February 16, 1998

Blazing Dragons is the title of a popular British animated series, the brainchild of Monty Python's Terry Jones. A coinciding graphic adventure video game was released for the original PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics. The video game features the voice talents of several celebrities.

The series' protagonists are anthropomorphic dragons who are beset by evil humans, reversing a common story convention. The series parodies that of the King Arthur Tales as well as the periods of the Middle Ages.

From 1996 to 1998, Blazing Dragons was produced by Nelvana in Canada and Ellipse Programme in France. In the series, King Allfire and his Knights of the Square Table fight against the evil Count Geoffrey and his inept minions. It ran for two seasons consisting of 26 episodes in total.

The cartoon episodes that ran in the United States, namely Toon Disney, were bowdlerized. Parts of episodes considered too overt, such as the implied homosexuality of an effeminate character named Sir Blaze, and minor swearing, were cut for the American release, as such matters are deemed taboo to American programming aimed at children.

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, yet it seems the only reason he's not is that Loungelot typically takes credit for Flicker's heroic deeds. He is secretly in love with Princess Flame though he is very shy about showing it. Flicker is generally smarter and more competent than the Knights, and is a Machinist far ahead of his time even though his inventions do not always go well as he planned.