The Birthday Dragon
| The Birthday Dragon | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation Family |
| Written by | Patrick Granleese |
| Directed by | Hilary Phillips |
| Voices of |
Tracey Moore Barry Morse |
| Music by | Edmund Eagan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sheldon S. Wiseman |
| Producer(s) | Gerald Tripp |
| Production company(s) |
Lacewood Productions CTV Television Network (Canada) Family Home Entertainment (U.S.) (1993) (video) |
| Distributor | CTV Television Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV Television Network |
| Original release | September 11, 1992 (U.S.) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Railway Dragon |
The Birthday Dragon is a 1992 American television animated film. It is a sequel to the 1989 animated film The Railway Dragon.
Three years on since first meeting the Railway Dragon, Emily manages to summon him to her house one night by shouting tidings. Upon his arrival, Emily reveals to him that she would like him to come to her birthday party and meet her other friends. The dragon, however, is reluctant as he feels that the world is not yet safe for him, despite Emily telling him there are lots of people like her who can make the world safe for dragons. Furthermore, the dragon is curious as to what a birthday is. Emily shows him through a projector after going through different slides, including a picture of the forest and the zoo, before finding a picture from one of her earlier birthday parties and explaining to the dragon that a birthday is a celebration of the day you were born (although the dragon doesn't know which day is his birthday). Emily tells him about the best part of birthdays, which is receiving presents, before showing him by making him a present (wrapping up one of her old toys, a 'Noah's Ark' shaped clock), and giving it to him to unwrap, much to his delight. When Emily tells him if he comes it will be the best present she could ask for, as well as assuring him that he'll be safe, the Dragon happily agrees to come to her party before flying off into the night.
The next morning, the boss of a circus informs two bumbling clowns, Lenny and Clarence, that they have another birthday party to do. Clarence is an overweight man who enjoys clowning, but is quite dumb and easily sidetracked. Lenny, on the other hand, hates it and is constantly infuriated by Clarence while looking for a way to get a better job. At Emily's party, Emily has made everyone dress up as dragons to help the Railway Dragon blend in, which is successful. Lenny and Clarence perform to the children but both mess up, so Emily, the dragon and the children move onto the games. It all goes well, until a blindfolded child playing 'Pin the tail on the donkey' accidentally stabs the dragon in the butt, causing him to fly up and roar, scaring the children away in the process. Angry, the Dragon tells Emily it was a mistake coming to her party and flies off back to his Railway tunnel, despite Emily calling for him to come back. This is watched by both Lenny and Clarence, with both realising the dragon is real and Lenny now believing they have a way to 'get to the top'.
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