Dragon

A dragon is a folkloric creature that is usually reptilian in nature.

On All The Tropes, "Dragon" may refer to any of the following:

Tropes

  • The Dragon: The Big Bad's second-in-command.
    • Dragon-in-Chief: A second-in-command who's scarier or more competent than the Big Bad he serves, and is functionally the real Big Bad.
  • Dragon Tropes: Various tropes about literal scaly fire-breathers.

People

Creators

  • Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon".
  • Carmen Dragon (1914–1984), American conductor and composer.
  • Daryl Dragon (1942–2019), American musician, son of Carmen Dragon and one half of the duo Captain & Tennille
  • Don "The Dragon" Wilson (born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor

Historical Domain Characters

  • Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), duke of Wallachia nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon" and father of Vlad Dracula.

Anime and Manga

  • Dragon Ball (sometimes styled Dragonball), a Japanese manga and media franchise
  • The One Piece character initially known only as "Dragon".
  • Dragon Shiryū, one of the main protagonists of Saint Seiya.

Comic Books

  • Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title Savage Dragon.
  • Dragon, a member of Gen¹³.
  • The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon comics.
  • Dragon Man, a Marvel Comics ex-supervillain.
  • Dragon's Claws, a dystopian science fiction comic book published by Marvel Comics' UK branch about a group of law enforcers led by the titular Dragon.
  • Dragon Lady Press, a comics publisher
  • Richard Dragon, a character created by Dennis O'Neil and James R. Berry for the novel Kung Fu Master, Richard Dragon: Dragon's Fists and later adapted by O'Neil for DC Comics in the comic book Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter.
  • She-Dragon, an Image Comics character

Films

  • The Dragon, a 1916 film directed by Harry A. Pollard
  • Dragon, a 2006 action/fantasy film
  • Dragon, a 2011 Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts thriller
  • Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a 1993 biographical filmsavag
  • Dragons 3D, a 2013 IMAX film starring Max von Sydow
  • Dragons: Fire and Ice, a 2004 animated Mega-Blocks film
  • Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn, a 2014 animated film.

Literature

  • Dragon, a 1875 poem by Aleksey Tolstoy
  • "Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale", a 1919 short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  • "The Dragon", a 1955 short story by Ray Bradbury
  • "Dragon", a 1975 short story by Anandasiri Kalapugama
  • Dragon, a 1990 Dirk Pitt novel by Clive Cussler
  • Dragon, a series of fantasy novels by Laurence Yep that ran from 1982 to 1992
  • The Dragons, a 1996 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles
  • Dragon, a 1998 novel by Steven Brust
  • A fairy tale known as The Dragon

Periodicals

Live-Action TV

  • "The Dragon", nineteenth episode of the 2018 sixth season of the TV show Arrow.

Music

  • Dragon (band), a New Zealand/Australian rock group
  • Dragons (band), an English group
  • The Dragons (band), an American rock group
  • Imagine Dragons, an American pop rock group
  • Dragon Records, a Swedish jazz record label
  • Dragon (Loudness album) by Loudness
  • Dragon (Jake Shimabukuro album) by Jake Shimabukuro
  • The Dragon (Vangelis album) by Vangelis
  • "Dragon", a song by Miriam Bryant
  • "Dragons", a song by Caravan Palace from their Self-Titled Album.
  • "Dragon", a song by Martin Garrix from the dual single Break Through the Silence
  • "Dragon", a song by The Sugarcubes from the album Life's Too Good

Professional Wrestling

  • Tatsumi Fujinami (born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Ricky Steamboat (born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"

Tabletop Games

  • Dragon tiles, a type of honor tile in mahjong

Theater

  • Dragon, a 2013 play co-produced by Vox Motus, the National Theatre of Scotland, and Tianjin Children's Art Theatre
  • The Dragon (theatre play), by Evgeny Shvarts (1944)

Toys

  • Dragon Models Limited, a toy manufacturer

Video Games

Western Animation

  • Dragon (TV series), a Canadian stop motion-animated children's TV program.
  • DreamWorks Dragons, a TV series based on How to Train Your Dragon.

Other disambiguations


 

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