List of dragons in popular culture
This is a list of dragons from works of fiction. For dragons from legends and mythology, see List of dragons in mythology and folklore.
Dragons in literature
Western literature tends either to affirm or pointedly subvert the traditional portrait of dragons from Western myth and folklore, as evil and greedy.
Dragons in film and television
Dragons have been portrayed in film and television in many different forms. Dragons may terrorize human towns, or save human lives, even taking the role of passionate protectors.
Dragons in radio
Dragons in online audiovisual media
Dragons in comics and puppetry
- George from the webcomic George the Dragon by Gary Lougee.
- Chibisuke and various other dragons in the Dragon Drive manga.
- Valdik and other dragons in the one-shot tankōbon manga Dragon Wars: The Tale of Lufiak Duell.
- Dolosus from Timescapes by Jessica Peffer
- Dragon Man, in Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four
- Dulcy, in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic and TV series
- Fin Fang Foom, in various Marvel Comics - in truth, a member of an entire race of alien dragons, the Kakaranatharans.
- Llewellyn from Ozy and Millie by D.C. Simpson
- Mitch and Serthedal in the webcomic The Wings of Change by Mariette S. Rose
- Nid Hogg in Angel Sanctuary
- Rremly in Catharsis by J. Boeke
- Shenron (Shenlong) and Porunga, two dragons from the Dragon Ball series.
- The Great Red Dragon and his colleagues, in Jeff Smith's Bone
- The Dragon from the webcomic Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida.
- Ronn Lucas' ventriloquism puppet Scorch the Teenaged Dragon.
- Calvin (of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip) once fantasized about being a dragon. He presumably intended to bite his mom or try to breathe fire at her when she came to see if he had brushed his teeth.
- Lockheed, the pet dragon of Kitty Pryde, or Shadowcat, of the X-Men.
- The dragon/dog hybrid in the webcomic College Roomies from Hell!!!.
- The dragon in the strip "惡作劇龍" (Prank Dragon) of the webcomic The Perry Bible Fellowship.
- The unnamed dragon in Sleeping Dragons whom a knight, a wizard and village foolishly and repeatedly provoke against the advice of one wise, but frustrated, villager.
- Wormy, the title character of the comic by David A. Trampier.
- The dragon working with Angel in Angel: After the Fall
- Delbert the La Choy Dragon, an early muppet performed by Frank Oz and voiced by Jim Henson who appeared in a series of La Choy Chinese food commercials, currently on display at the museum of the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Ed Starmos and Andrew in Darkness Within
- The dragons from Fred Perry's Gold Digger - divided into five races, Iron, Brass, Copper, Gold and Platinum, each with their own attributes; they were created by ancient, intelligent dinosaurs as a slave race, but soon rebelled.
Dragons in songs
- Albi, from the Flight of the Conchords song "Albi the Racist Dragon"
- Grundore the Plighter, the fabeled beast from the song "Love is but a Rainbow"
- "Puff, the Magic Dragon", best known from the hit single by Peter, Paul and Mary, but has been performed by countless other artists. Puff the Magic Dragon was first a poem by Leonard Lipton and adapted by Peter Yarrow. The poem tells of an ageless dragon who befriends a young boy, only to be abandoned as the boy ages and forgets him. This is sometimes suspected of being riddled with references to the drug marijuana, though the authors have publicly ridiculed this notion.
- Tharos, from the Emerald Sword Saga, a collection of five albums by the symphonic metal band Rhapsody.
- Trogdor the Burninator, from the Homestar Runner Internet cartoon
- 'Consummate The Dragon' song by Shai Hulud
Dragons in games
Dragons appear in a variety of games, both as enemies (bosses) to be defeated and as characters to be played. One being Spyro
Dragons in toys
Dragons in sport
See also