Dragon's Lair (TV series)

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Dragon's Lair
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Genre Fantasy
Animation
Action
Adventure
Sword and sorcery
Based on
Dragon's Lair
by
Developed by Ruby-Spears Productions
Written byMichael Charles Hill
Voices of Bob Sarlatte
Ellen Gerstell
Fred Travalena
Michael Mish
Arthur Burghardt
Peter Cullen
Narrated by Clive Revill
Composer John Debney
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company Ruby-Spears Productions
Original release
Network ABC
ReleaseSeptember 8 (1984-09-08) –
December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
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Dragon's Lair is a television animated series by Ruby-Spears Productions based on the 1983 video game of the same name. [1] Thirteen half-hour episodes were produced and aired from September 8, 1984, to April 20, 1985, on ABC. [2]

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Synopsis

The series chronicles the adventures of Dirk the Daring, who is the best knight in the kingdom of King Ethelred. Dirk performs all sorts of great deeds while protecting the kingdom and his love Princess Daphne from the forces of the evil dragon Singe. In his adventures there are several original characters like his stallion Bertram, his squire Timothy, and arrogant knight Sir Hubert Blunt who is Dirk the Daring's rival.

Before each commercial break, Dirk the Daring faces a cliffhanger situation. In keeping with the spirit of the game, the storyteller narrates Dirk's options and asks the viewer "What would you do?" After the commercial break, the outcomes of the various choices were shown before Dirk acts on the correct idea (with the occasional exception) to advance the story.

Several enemies from the original game also make their appearance as adversaries: the Lizard King, the Phantom Knight, the Smithee, the Giddy Goons, and the Mudmen. In the episode "The Legend of the Giant's Name", an Ardu giant awakened by Singe forces Dirk to find his way out of an enchanted cave, which gradually transforms him into a skeleton, much like the death animations of the game.

Episodes

  1. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 165. ISBN   978-1538103739.
  2. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 287. ISBN   978-1476665993.
  3. ↑ "Wbshop.com". Archived from the original on 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
No.TitleOriginal air date
1"The Tale of the Enchanted Gift"September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08)
In an effort to outdo his competition, Dirk the Daring gives Princess Daphne a golden bird for her birthday. The bird, however, is enchanted and kidnaps the princess, delivering her to Singe the Dragon so that he can get King Ethelred to surrender his kingdom.
2"Sir Timothy's Quest"September 15, 1984 (1984-09-15)
Timothy's friend, fellow squire Torgren, is wrongly imprisoned when the King's map to his gold is stolen. Timothy sets out in search of the map which leads him to the kingdom of the Lizard King, the true culprit.
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