American Dragon: Jake Long

American Dragon: Jake Long
Format Animated television series
Children's television series
Created by Jeff Goode
Voices of Dante Basco
Keone Young
John DiMaggio
Amy Bruckner
Miss Kittie
Charlie Finn
Mae Whitman
Jeff Bennett
Lauren Tom
Opening theme "American Dragon" performed by Mavin and The Jonas Brothers
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 52 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Walt Disney Television Animation
Broadcast
Original channel Disney Channel
Toon Disney
Picture format 1080i (16:9) (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run January 21, 2005 (2005-01-21) – September 1, 2007 (2007-09-01)
External links
Website

American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show had premiered on January 21, 2005 and ended on September 1, 2007.[1] The show currently airs on Disney XD in the United States. In the United Kingdom it originally aired on Disney Channel, but has now moved to Disney XD and airs on Disney Channel in Australia and Mexico.

Contents

Premise

Set in New York City (specifically the borough of Manhattan), this animated series tells the story of thirteen-year-old Jake Long who must balance ordinary adolescent transformation with the amazing power and ability to change into the form of a dragon. When he eventually unlocks his full potential and turns into the American Dragon, he will overcome obstacles to protect the magical creatures living in the city, but as his ordinary self, Jake Long can't conquer his crush on pretty blond schoolmate Rose who, unbeknownst to Jake, has an amazing dark secret of her own. She's a natural dragon slayer named Huntsgirl. Jake navigates the city with fellow skateboarders Trixie and Spud, and when he gets home, it's to an extended family: a businessman dad originally from the Midwest who doesn't know he's married into a family of dragons, Jake's Chinese mom, his grandfather (who recently immigrated to train his grandson in the ways of the ancient dragon), younger seven-year-old sister Haley (a nascent dragon) and Grandpa's gruff sidekick, a magical Shar-Pei named Fu Dog.

Production

American Dragon: Jake Long was created by Jeff Goode. The Walt Disney Company ordered an initial twenty-one 30 minute episodes for the first season, all of which have been made. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Disney Channel January 4, 2005, in the United States on The Disney Channel on January 21, 2005, and on Toon Disney on February 2006. It has also been broadcast on Family in Canada as well as on the Seven Network in Australia. It is still being aired on Disney Channel Latin America from Monday to Friday on the animated block and Saturdays and Sundays after The Wonderful World of Disney. The show will be syndicated on Toon Disney's successor Disney XD.

Characters

Main characters

Recurring characters

Antagonists

Notable guest stars

Episodes

Season Episodes First Airdate Last Airdate
Season 1 21 January 21, 2005 January 29, 2006
Season 2 31 June 10, 2006 September 1, 2007

Appearances in other media

Television

Video games

Two video games based on the show were produced, one for Nintendo DS and one for Game Boy Advance.

Books

Jeff Goode has written two children's books about American Dragon which were released in 2003 and 2004 - before the initial TV show started airing.

References

External links

United States portal
Television portal