Dragon's Lair (TV series)

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Dragon's Lair
Genre	Animation / Action / Adventure / Based on Video Game / Dragon / Sword and Sorcery
Developed by	Ruby-Spears Productions
Written by	Michael Charles Hill
Voices of	Bob Sarlatte Ellen Gerstell Fred Travalena Michael Mish Arthur Burghardt Peter Cullen
Narrated by	Clive Revill
Composer(s)	John Debney
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08) – April 27, 1985 (1985-04-27)
Chronology
Preceded by	Dragon's Lair
Followed by	Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp

Dragon's Lair is a short-lived television cartoon series by Ruby-Spears Productions based on the 1983 video game of the same name. Thirteen half-hour episodes were produced from 1984^[1]–1985,^[2] airing on ABC. Between the late '80s and the early '90s, the show was rerun on the USA Cartoon Express, and has also aired on Boomerang.

Synopsis

The series chronicles the adventures of Dirk the Daring, who is 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, and, 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 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.

List of episodes

No.	Episode title	Original airdate	Summary
1	The Tale of the Enchanted Gift	8 September 1984	Dirk finds a perfect gift for Princess Daphne's birthday.
2	Sir Timothy's Quest	15 September 1984
3	The Tournament of the Phantom Knight	22 September 1984
4	The Smithee's Haunted Armor	29 September 1984
5	The Pool of Youth	6 October 1984
6	The Story of Old Alf	13 October 1984
7	The Song of the Chimes	20 October 1984
8	The Girl from Crow's Wood	27 October 1984
9	Mirror, Mirror	3 November 1984	Singe uses a magic mirror to turn himself into a copy of Dirk and discredit him.
10	The Snow Witch	10 November 1984
11	The Tale of Dirk's New Sword	17 November 1984
12	The Legend of the Giant's Name	24 November 1984	In his latest plot against King Ethelred's kingdom, Singe awakens the last of the Ardu Giants by saying his real name.
13	The Mist of Wishes	1 December 1984

Cast

Bob Sarlatte – Dirk the Daring
Ellen Gerstell – Princess Daphne
Fred Travalena – King Ethelred
Michael Mish – Timothy
Arthur Burghardt – Singe the Dragon
Peter Cullen – Bertram the Horse, Sir Hubert Blunt
Clive Revill – Storyteller

Additional voices

Marilyn Schreffler -
Michael Sheehan -

DVD release

On September 20, 2011, Warner Bros. released Dragon's Lair: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.^[3]

References

External links

Dragon's Lair at the Internet Movie Database
Dragon's Lair at TV.com
Episode guide at the Big Cartoon DataBase

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Games	Dragon's Lair Escape from Singe's Castle Dragon's Lair (NES) Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair

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v t e Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–1980) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk Fangface Rickety Rocket) (1979–1981) Spider-Woman (1979–1980) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980) The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–1982) Richie Rich (1980–1983) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (shorts) (1980–1983) Thundarr the Barbarian (1980–1982) The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980–1982) Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–1982) Pac-Man (1982–1984) The Little Rascals (1982–1984) Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982–1983) The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983) The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982–1984) Monchhichis (1983–1984) Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–1985) The Littles (1983–1986) Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–1985) Mighty Orbots (1984–1985) Turbo Teen (1984–1985) Dragon's Lair (1984–1985) The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–1985) Star Wars: Ewoks (1985–1987) Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) The Care Bears (1986–1988) The Flintstone Kids (1986–1989) The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991) Pound Puppies (1986–1987) My Pet Monster (1987–1988) The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1988) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–2002) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1993) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1989–1990) Beetlejuice (1989–1992)

First-run live-action series	ABC Weekend Special (1977–1997) American Bandstand (1957–1987) Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–1981) Kids Are People Too (1978–1982) Menudo on ABC (1983–1985) ABC Funfit (1985) ABC Fun Facts (1988)

Rebroadcasts	Best of Scooby-Doo The Bugs Bunny Show (1985–2000) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse Pink Panther and Sons The Wuzzles (1986–1987)

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related programming and topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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