History OurDragonsAreDifferent / LiveActionTV

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': There are number of Zords based on dragons. The most famous would be the Dragonzord, which is aquatic and resembles Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, followed by the Red Dragon Thunderzord, which is modeled after Eastern dragons. Serpentera is also an Eastern dragon. But that's just the ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin]]'' era. There's also the Dragonforce Vehicle in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', the Mystic Dragon zord combination and Fireheart the ''actual'' dragon in ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', the Dragon Foldingzord in ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', and the Dragon Mechazord in ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce''. ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' also has a draconic Zord, though its official identification is the "Condor" Galactazord. On the flip side, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' tries to pass off a PteroSoarer as the "Drago Zord". ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' has a dragon Zord as well, but unusually it is the Blue Ranger's rather than belonging to the Red or SixthRanger.

* On ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Berengaria system is home to dragons. Spock even tells the GirlOfTheWeek about them.

* ''Dragon Wars: Fire and Fury'' is a Creator/NationalGeographicChannel documentary about myths, and features it's dragon CG model with beaks.

** Hailing in the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' is Dodongo ([[NamesTheSame no relation]] to the recurring ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' foes), who looks like a Chinese dragon combined with {{Pegasus}}. However, it's the guardian of a mysterious {{mummy}} discovered by the characters, summoned upon its master's death.

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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': One comes out of the Key Portal during Season 5 episode "The Gift".

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** For ''Series/HouseOfTheDrahons'', the showrunners explained in pre-premiere interviews that, as a directive from Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, they made sure that each dragon had a distinctive visual appearance that made them distinguishable at a glance, and unique personalities on top of that. They developed this into the idea that there were (at least) three distinct types/breeds of dragons, based on their skull shape: Daenerys's three dragons had "T-Rex" shaped heads, and some in the prequel show are from that breed, but there are also ones with "Wolf-shaped" skulls (Daemon's dragon Caraxes, and between those two extremes, ones with "Horse-shaped" skulls (Rhaenyra's dragon Syrax).

* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', as in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire its source material]], dragons are unintelligent (though they have high animal intelligence), fire-breathing, egg-laying wyverns who don't talk, with the main peculiarity being that they are a hermaphroditic OneGenderRace. They also have a strong link to magic (though the cause-effect relationship is still unclear). Given enough food and space they grow continuously with most able to carry human riders and some large enough to "swallow a horse whole." They also possess a strong imprinting instinct and eat only cooked meat. They are the Westeros' version of nuclear weapons, as they are essentially [[WeaponOfMassDestruction weapons of mass destruction]] and one who controls the dragons can/will control the Seven Kingdoms and large swaths of Essos.

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has had four dragon-featuring seasons so far:

* Sci-Fi's ''Film/BeastLegends'' makes a dragon from a mix of real animal parts, and ends up with a creature resembling the {{Kaiju}} Varan about the size of a bull.

** Hailing in the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' is Dodongo ([[NamesTheSame no relation]] to the recurring ''Franchise/LegendOfZelda'' foes), who looks like a Chinese dragon combined with {{Pegasus}}. However, it's the guardian of a mysterious {{mummy}} discovered by the characters, summoned upon its master's death.

* The Discovery Channel {{TVMovie}} ''Film/DragonsAFantasyMadeReal'' is a {{Mockumentary}} all about how dragons could be [[DoingInTheWizard scientifically possible]]. There are four types of dragons covered: Prehistoric dragons (wyvern-like creatures that coexisted with the dinosaurs), marine dragons ({{Sea Monster}}s), forest dragons (Chinese dragons) and mountain dragons (European dragons); prehistoric and marine dragons were sister species, the former dying out in the K-T mass extinction and the other giving rise to the forest and mountain dragons. There are also "desert dragon" shown as a third descendant of the marine dragon, but it was never elaborated upon.

* The Discovery Channel MiniSeries ''Film/DragonsAFantasyMadeReal'' is a {{Mockumentary}} all about how dragons could be [[DoingInTheWizard scientifically possible]]. There are four types of dragons covered: Prehistoric dragons (wyvern-like creatures that coexisted with the dinosaurs), marine dragons ({{Sea Monster}}s), forest dragons (Chinese dragons) and mountain dragons (European dragons); prehistoric and marine dragons were sister species, the former dying out in the K-T mass extinction and the other giving rise to the forest and mountain dragons. There are also "desert dragon" shown as a third descendant of the marine dragon, but it was never elaborated upon.

* Sci-Fi's ''Film/BeastLegends'' makes a dragon from a mix of real animal parts, and ends up with a creature resembling the {{Kaiju}} Varan about the size of a bull.
* In the tv series version of ''Series/TheDresdenFiles'' a dragon appears in one episode and it's strongly hinted that a member of the White Council is one in human disguise.

* ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'' one-off ShowWithinAShow ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Qu3iP3RYA Albi the Racist Dragon]]'' features a fairly traditional-looking Western dragon with fire breath and no wings - but who cries tears that turn into jellybeans. He's also racist.
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', as in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire its source material]], dragons are unintelligent (though they have high animal intelligence), fire-breathing, egg-laying wyverns who don't talk, with the main pecularity being that they are a hermaphroditic OneGenderRace. They also have a strong link to magic (though the cause-effect relationship is still unclear). Given enough food and space they grow continuously with most able to carry human riders and some large enough to "swallow a horse whole." They also possess a strong imprinting instinct and eat only cooked meat. They are the Westeros' version of nuclear weapons, as they are essentially [[WeaponOfMassDestruction weapons of mass destruction]] and one who controls the dragons can/will control the 7 Kingdoms.

* In ''Series/LostTapes'' a "Dragon" appears, but as a variant of the RealLife Komodo Dragon that was thought to be extinct: the Megalania. It eats a {{Series/Survivorman}} wannabe.

* In ''Series/RoundTheTwist'', dragons live in caves, and hatch out of ''square eggs''.
* "Different" doesn't really begin to cover the titular character in ''Series/HRPufnstuf''.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has the heroes slide into a world where magic is possible (much to Professor Arturo's chagrin). The villain in the episode is an EvilSorcerer who had the Mallory Clan wiped out due to a prophecy that he will be killed by a Mallory. During the climax, he turns into a dragon (not much larger than a human) and starts spitting fireballs at heroes. Rembrandt tries to grab the only sword capable of slaying him/it but can't move it. The sorcerer's student explains that only a Mallory can take the sword. Cue Quinn grabbing the sword and stabbing the dragon/sorcerer.
* ''Series/SpecialUnit2'' references European and Asiatic dragons, and prominently features a "Native American" dragon. However, it acts like (and vaguely resembles) the stereotypical European portrayal in terms of behavior, is armored like a Tank and has a taste for gnomes.
* On ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Berengaria system is home to dragons. Spock even tells the GirlOfTheWeek about them.
* One season 10 episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'' had a dragon attack the motley crew (SG-1, [[MagnificentBastard Ba'al]], and [[DarkMessiah Adria]]) searching for Merlin's anti-ascended being weapon. This dragon was actually a sophisticated technological illusion; beating it required Daniel yelling its creator's name at it.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''s budget constraints gave us dragons that could shift between human and dragon forms, and apparently they prefer to be in human form most of the time. Naturally they have heat-based powers, which they use to french fry their victims. They can only be killed by swords forged in Dragonblood, and they work for the progenitor of all monsters, Eve.
* ''Series/{{The Librarians|2014}}'' has a long-standing rivalry between Western and Eastern dragons (the latter are called Fei Lung). The dragons are generally dormant, but can be awakened, at which point they can easily burn the world to cinders. One Western dragon appears to be slumbering ''under the Vatican''. The Librarians manage to avert the awakening of the dragons. However, in the timeline where Cassandra is the sole Librarian, she failed to stop it, and now humanity is almost extinct. The Fei Lung are usually represented by a human lawyer, appropriate known as [[Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa Mr. Drake]].

* On ''Series/StarTrek'', the Berengaria system is home to dragons. Spock even tells the GirlOfTheWeek about them.

** The episode ''Eye of the Phoenix'' has Wyverns. They are a lot smaller and act more like a pack of intelligent, but not sentient, animals. Gwaine mentions that they are distant cousins of the dragons, but it seems wyverns are at least closely related enough that a dragonlord may command them.

* ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'' one-off ShowWithinAShow ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Qu3iP3RYA Albi the Racist Dragon]]'' features a fairly traditional-looking Western dragon with fire breath and no wings - but who cries tears that turn into jellybeans. [[CaptainObvious He's also racist.]]

* ''Series/{{The Librarians|2014}}'' has a long-standing rivalry between Western and Eastern dragons (the latter are called Fei Lung). The dragons are generally dormant, but can be awakened, at which point they can easily burn the world to cinders. One Western dragon appears to be slumbering ''under the Vatican''. The Librarians manage to avert the awakening of the dragons. However, in the timeline where Cassandra is the sole Librarian, she failed to stop it, and now humanity is almost extinct.

* ''Series/{{TheLibrarians|2014}}'' has a long-standing rivalry between Western and Eastern dragons (the latter are called Fei Lung). The dragons are generally dormant, but can be awakened, at which point they can easily burn the world to cinders. One Western dragon appears to be slumbering ''under the Vatican''. The Librarians manage to avert the awakening of the dragons. However, in the timeline where Cassandra is the sole Librarian, she failed to stop it, and now humanity is almost extinct.