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Blazing Dragons is a point-and-click adventure game developed by the Illusions Gaming Company and published by Crystal Dynamics. It is based on the television series of the same name, and was released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. In a twist on the legend of King Arthur, the player controls Flicker, a dragon who lives in Camelhot castle and is in love with Princess Flame, but is not eligible to ask for her hand in marriage because he is not a knight. However, the King has announced a dragon tournament, where the winner will not only win the princess, but also become the new king.^[1]

The writing in the game is influenced by Monty Python. The voice cast is headed by Joseph Rye, Terry Jones, Cheech Marin and Harry Shearer, along with supporting performances from voice actors such as Jim Cummings, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, B. J. Ward, Roger Rose, Michael Bell, Brian George, Rob Paulsen, Robert Ridgely, Jess Harnell, Gregg Berger, and Charlie Adler.^{[citation needed]}

Synopsis[edit]

As Flicker, the player must collect various objects and interact with a cast of dragon and human characters in order to solve puzzles. As is the case with many other graphic adventure games, the player can never reach a game over or otherwise reach a point where a puzzle can not be solved. The player's overall quest is to become a dragon knight to compete in the grand tournament and win the heart of Princess Flame. However, the player discovers an evil human plot to take over the kingdom by kidnapping the princess.

Plot[edit]

The evil Sir George and his magician companion Mervin are plotting to conquer the kingdom of Camelhot and exterminate the dragons. After Sir George's failed siege against Camelhot, he declares his ally, the Black Dragon to win an upcoming dragon tournament the winner of whom shall be married to Flame and become the new king. A young inventor named Flicker wishes to marry King All-Fire's daughter Flame, but he is rejected due to lack of knighthood. While rescuing King All-Fire's knights from their investigation of Black Dragon, he finds this Black Dragon is a mechanical dragon, then sabotages it. Sir Loungealot takes Flicker as a squire, but takes credit for Flicker's victory on the Black Dragon, prompting Flame to leave the castle, only to be kidnapped by Sir George and Mervin. The King's Chancellor is secretly working for Sir George and steals Flicker's invention so Sir George can build a more powerful Black Dragon II. To prevent the King from noticing Flame's absence, Flicker has the court jester Trivet impersonate her.

Flicker infiltrates Castle Grim disguised as Sir George, releases Flame and gets the Black Dragon II destroyed. By the time Flicker returns to Camelhot, his deception is exposed and Flicker has to rescue the King's knights to earn his respect. The next day, Flicker proves his worth at the Cave of Dilemma gaining his knighthood in time for the dragon tournament. Flicker makes it to the final, defeating Sir Loungealot, but then Sir George and Mervin invade with a newer Black Dragon. Flicker destroys the mechanical Black Dragon once again. Mervin accidentally causes Sir George to fuse with the Black Dragon, transforming into the Black Dragon III. Sir George swallows Flicker, Mervin and King All-Fire, but Flicker cuts off the machine's power supply, causing the machine to be destroyed, reverting Sir George back to his human form and the machine lands on the Chancellor. King All-Fire asks Flicker to marry his daughter as he secretly always wanted him to, before he gained knighthood. Flicker happily accepts the request.

Development[edit]

The game was first announced under the title 'Dragons of the Square Table' and was slated for a late 1995 release.^[2] The release date was pushed back a year, possibly so as to coincide with the debut of the Blazing Dragons TV series.

Reception[edit]

Electronic Gaming Monthly's gave the PlayStation version an 8 out of 10, praising the 'side-splitting' humor, and the challenging puzzles, while commenting that the built-in hint feature opens the game up to players of all skill levels.^[6]GamePro's Scary Larry commented positively on the animation and the voice acting's exaggerated accents, but found the puzzles too difficult and said the game is too similar to Discworld to appeal to anyone who did not enjoy that game.^[11]Next Generation reviewed it roughly six months later, with the reviewer remarking that 'for the most part the game is enjoyable.' He particularly praised Cheech Marin and Harry Shearer's acting, and said that though the frequent load times make it out-of-place on consoles, it is virtually the only option available on consoles for enthusiasts of graphic adventure games.^[9]

Reviewing the Saturn version, GameSpot commented, 'It's not particularly impressive in any respect, but the game is fun, with a lot of fairly obscure puzzles to solve, oddball characters to meet, and plenty of bad jokes to go around.'^[8] Rob Allsetter of Sega Saturn Magazine panned the game, saying the humor, the plot, the interface, the graphics, and the acting are all awful.^[10]

References[edit]

1. ^'Games time forgot: Blazing Dragons'. desctrut.comoid. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
2. ^'Dragons of the Square Table'. GamePro. IDG (70): 128. May 1995.
3. ^L. House, Michael. 'Blazing Dragons'. AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
4. ^L. House, Michael. 'Blazing Dragons'. AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
5. ^Gulse, Tom (December 1996). 'Blazing Dragons'. Computer and Video Games. No. 181. p. 82.
6. ^ ^ab'Blazing Dragons Review'. Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 83. Sendai Publishing. June 1996. p. 26.
7. ^'Blazing Dragons Review'. GameSpot. December 1, 1996. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
8. ^ ^ab'Blazing Dragons Review'. GameSpot. December 1, 1996. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
9. ^ ^ab'Blazing Dragons'. Next Generation. No. 26. Imagine Media. February 1997. p. 128.
10. ^ ^abAllsetter, Rob (December 1996). 'Review: Blazing Dragons'. Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 14. Emap International Limited. pp. 80–81.
11. ^'Blazing Dragons'. GamePro. No. 94. IDG. July 1996. p. 96.

Blazing Dragons is the title of a Canadian-French animated television series created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, and produced by Nelvana and Ellipse Animation.^[1] A coinciding graphic adventurevideo 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 anthropomorphicdragons 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.^[2]

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 bowdlerised. 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 were deemed taboo to American children's programming at the time.

Although the voice actors are of Canadian and American nationality in real life, they voiced some of the characters with British accents (mainly the dragons were given that aformentioned accent), while some characters such as Count Geoffery had Canadian accents, and Merle the Wizard has an American accent.

Characters[edit]

Dragons[edit]

• 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. In Season 2, he is also deemed as a fellow knight aside from being a squire.
• Princess Flame: The daughter of King Allfire and stepsister of Blaze. Like Flicker, she also appears to be smarter and more competent than the Knights, though on a lesser scale. She is somewhat of a tomboy and will go through great lengths to save herself, the knights and/or the kingdom such as fighting in a tournament. She has a deep crush on Flicker. In season one, Flame was purple-haired (although often concealed by a veil), 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 infatuated 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: Head Knight of the Square Table, but as his name implies, is an incredibly lazy knight. Loungelot loves gambling, sleeping, and most of all food, especially pastries (such as biscuits, which he calls 'bickies'). Loungelot rarely proves to be a useful companion in quests (though he is sometimes shown to be a good fighter) and often tries to get out of them except if it involves rescuing a damsel in distress or if threatened/forced by King Allfire. Despite these shortcomings, Loungelot is the favourite knight of the King and especially Queen Griddle. This is because he kisses up to her and invariably takes credit for Flicker's successes. The King and Queen, however, seem to be oblivious to Flicker's actions and often credit Lougelot for the work. Flicker is his squire, though he treats him more like a servant than a knight in training. 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 who is a monk). Loungelot is usually the cause of much of the knight's trouble due to his crass and selfish nature. His hair highly resembles that of Elvis Presley.
• Sir Blaze: Sir Blaze, 'The Smartly Dressed and Fashionably Late', 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. Like Loungelot, he doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about participating in quests, preferring to work on 'home' activities such as dressing the castle walls. He is one of the only three knights (the others Loungelot and Burnevere) who stays throughout the series. It is implied that he is homosexual. Unlike the other dragons in the series (with the exception of Flame), Blaze has long-limbered legs like a human rather than short stubby ones. in season 1, Sir Blaze's quote; 'Oh me oh my oh oh gracious.'
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. He speaks in a Liverpool accent.
• Cinder and Clinker: A two-headed dragon jester. Cinder, the left-sided head, is upbeat and perpetually happy, whilst Clinker, the right-sided head, is always depressed and sullen. The duo serve as the comic relief in most episodes. Cinder's side of the body is a dark green, and Clinker's is a lighter shade. Cinder has light blue hair, and Clinker has brown hair. They both speak with Cockney accents.

Humans[edit]

• Count Geoffrey: The principal bad guy of the series, Geoffrey styles himself Dread Count Geoffrey de Bouillon, Oppressor Par Excellence of the Poor and Weak. His appearance changed from a purple knight's armour and red hair in season one to silver knight's armour with a dragon skull helmet and black hair in season two. His personality in the 2nd season also changes to be darker and more serious in tone to reflect his new appearance. 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. There are actually two within the show; The first is eaten by crocodiles in the second episode when Geoffrey pushes him into the moat, and is replaced with an identical evil spy.
• 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 No. 1, #2, and #3: The bumbling henchmen of Count Geoffrey. No. 1 is of medium height, fat, and has a bushy moustache. No. 2 is short and skinny with a long pointy nose, and speaks in an Italian accent. No. 3 is muscular, bald, and appears to be the stupidest of the three. It is possible the trio are brothers, since No. 3 mentioned his mother in the sense she was the 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[edit]

Season 1[edit]

• S01E01 - The Quest for the Holy Quail: written by Erika O’Reilly
• S01E02 - A Gift for Griddle: written by Bob Ardiel
• S01E03 - Tournament Day: written by Dale Schott
• S01E04 - Excaliburn: written by Peter Sauder
• S01E05 - Newt for a Day: written by Dale Schott
• S01E06 - Knights & Knightresses: written by Erika O’Reilly
• S01E07 - Merle's Mirror: written by Bob Ardiel
• S01E08 - Renaissance Dragon: written by Peter Sauder
• S01E09 - Robbing Hoodlum: written by Erika O’Reilly
• S01E10 - The Stone of Wisdom: written by Bob Ardiel
• S01E11 - Hermits & Heroes: written by Dale Schott and Erika O’Reilly
• S01E12 - Sir Hare: written by Frank Diteljan
• S01E13 - Bleepin' Beauty: written by Nadine Van der Velde

Season 2[edit]

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• S02E01 - A Killer Makeover (written by Hugh Duffy) & The Age of Retention (written by Hugh Duffy)
• S02E02 - The Lost Ruby Hat of Omar the Ham (written by Hugh Duffy) & Achy Breaky Mace (written by Ben Joseph)
• S02E03 - Shamrocks and Shenanigans (written by Erika Strobel) & Three Dragons and a Baby (written by John May and Suzanne Bolch)
• S02E04 - King for a Day (written by Ben Joseph) & Erik the Well-Read (written by Hugh Duffy)
• S02E05 - Chain Mail Letter (written by John May and Suzanne Bolch) & You Dim Sum, You Lose Some (written by David Dias)
• S02E06 - Excalibroke (written by Erika Strobel) & Infernal Flame (written by Hugh Duffy)
• S02E07 - MacBreath (written by John Slamma) & Attila's Hot Buns (written by Erika Strobel)
• S02E08 - The Isle of Dwight (written by Hugh Duffy) & Ice Try (written by David Dias)
• S02E09 - Single Green Dragon (written by John May and Suzanne Bolch) & Sphinx Jinx (written by Ben Joseph)
• S02E10 - Griddle's Sleepless Knights (written by Erika Strobel) & Whine & Roses (written by Bonnie Chung)
• S02E11 - The Reign in Spain (written by Ben Joseph) & Geoffrey's Evil Pancakes (written by John Slamma)
• S02E12 - The Golden Thimble of Theodora (written by Erika Strobel) & Seven Dragon Sins (written by Erika Strobel)
• S02E13 - Quest to Success (written by Erika Strobel) & Slay the Dragon (written by David Dias)

Voice talent[edit]

• 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 No. 1
• Cedric Smith as Count Geoffrey (season 2)
• John Stocker as Sir Burnivere/Evil Knight No. 2
• Dan Hennessey as Sir Hotbreath/Evil Knight No. 3
• Richard Binsley as Sir Blaze/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

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Legacy[edit]

The series has gained a loyal fan following and several fan-written continuations of the series have been published online. Fan endeavours have differed in scale and scope, the 'Brother Mine' series of novellas on wattpad being one notable example. Since July 2016, a new project called #BDRevolution or #BlazingDragonsRevolution appeared, consisting of making the fanbase grow through fanwork and converting new fans, bringing back old fans, convincing people who worked on the franchise (game and show) to support it, to convince Gavin Scott or Terry Jones to give the franchise a new chance, through any forms such as a new broadcasting, DVDs, a third season, a movie, a second game, or comic books, and so on. The project is slowly growing and was co-created by a fan and former story editor of season 2 Erika Strobel.

Currently the entire series is available for purchase (for streaming only) at Amazon.No DVD set is known to be produced as of June 2019.

Video game[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 85. ISBN978-1538103739.
2. ^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 146–147. ISBN978-1476665993.

External links[edit]

• Blazing Dragons at IMDb
• Blazing Dragons at TV.com