History OurDragonsAreDifferent / WesternAnimation

* The "Beagle Boy Dragon" (a green dragon that's wearing Beagle Boy attire) from the ''DuckTales'' opening theme. It can be seen during this part of the opening song:
-->DuckTales! (Whoo-hoo!)
-->Tales of derring-do,
-->Bad and good luck-tales!
** Actually, that's Big Time Beagle. He was [[ScaledUp briefly turned into a dragon]] by accident thanks to Magica de Spell in the episode "Send in the Clones."

* In ''AmericanDragonJakeLong'', Dragons are a special type of human... or are real dragons who can turn into humans... or... you know what, [[MST3KMantra forget it]].

* Adding to its egregiously long list of MixAndMatchCritters, dragons on the Asian-influenced ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' are a hybrid of Western and Eastern dragon types. They are like eastern ones except they have wings, are associated with fire and are kept by humans as a means of transportation, and appear quite intelligent. [[spoiler:It later turns out that they are thought to be extinct, since people started hunting them to get the title "dragon", and are actually the source of firebending.]]

* ''SonicTheHedgehog'' had a frankly bizarre interpretation of dragons. Basically, take bits of every animal that lives in Australia (including a ''pouch''), stick them together, add giant creepy lips and a nosering, and there's Dulcy the dragon.

** Spike's new incarnation in WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic is an ExtremeOmnivore that especially likes to eat gems, and has magic fire breath that he uses to send messages like a living fax machine.
** Spike aside, WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has a standard Western dragon in the episode "Dragonshy", and another one in "Owl's Well that Ends Well" who has the added features of retractable claws and tail spikes. The sea serpent in part 2 of the pilot has an overall design very similar to Eastern dragons. Both dragons hoard gemstones and riches in their caves, which actually makes sense here given that, as Spike proves, this version of dragons' preferred diet is gemivorous.

* {{Wakfu}}, who shares the universe with the MMORPG ''Dofus'', takes a different way. The god Osamodas, creator of all living things, once had three mythical dragons, who shaped themselves into the world of Dofus. Therefore, there were other dragons, about a dozen, who were strong powerful creatures of magic and had the power to create the eponymous Dofus, magical dragon eggs. Nobody knows how many have survived to the cataclysm which leads to Wakfu, but we can see at least one in the series: Grougaloragran, dragon of fire, shapeshifted as an old man, who brings TheHero to his adoptive parent.

* As the name suggests, ''{{Dragon Hunters}}'' takes this trope and runs with it. Gwizdo and Lian-chu, the titular hunters, go after a number of different kinds of dragons over the course of the series, and no two alike. With all the variety, it seems most likely that any creature that is threatening enough to make a village hire hunters to get rid of it is labeled a "dragon" for simplicity's sake.
* And then there's DragonTales...

* ''[[{{Sequelitis}} Anastasia 2: Bartok the Magnificent]]'': The villainous Ludmilla's unwitting transformation into a fat, pink, three-horned, wingless dragon during her VillainSong ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i6ROv1JKfg&feature=related see here]]) after drinking Bartok's potion, which turns the drinker into whatever they truly are, deep inside. Being EXTREMELY vain and caring about her own beauty and lust for power turned her into a dragon based on her personality. Somewhat related to Maleficent's transformation in Sleeping Beauty, except more comedic and less threatening (she was defeated by a freakin bat for crying out loud! At least it took a bunch of magical fairies and an enchanted sword to bring Maleficent down).
* ThePiratesOfDarkWater featured dragons (or rather "Dagrons"), but they were apparently exceedingly rare. Dagrons were pretty much your standard green Western dragon critter. One episode featurd a magic cowl that would turn the wearer, physically ''and'' mentally, into a dagron.
* In the Rupert the Bear stories Tiger Lilly keeps a small, eastern dragon as a pet.

* In SonOfTheWhiteMare, the three dragons are part of the ancient evil released out of curiosity by the brides of the progenitors' three sons. They bear resemblence to the multi headed humanoid dragons from Hungarian folklore, but strongly deviate from the traditional depictions. The three headed dragon is a massive golem of rock and lava, the seven headed is a MilitaryMashupMachine that looks like it several world war 2 german tanks welded togerther while the twelve headed dragon looks like a cross between a modern day metropolis and a giant computer mainframe.

** Spike's new incarnation in MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic is an ExtremeOmnivore that especially likes to eat gems, and has magic fire breath that he uses to send messages like a living fax machine.
** Spike aside, MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has a standard Western dragon in the episode "Dragonshy", and another one in "Owl's Well that Ends Well" who has the added features of retractable claws and tail spikes. The sea serpent in part 2 of the pilot has an overall design very similar to Eastern dragons. Both dragons hoard gemstones and riches in their caves, which actually makes sense here given that, as Spike proves, this version of dragons' preferred diet is gemivorous.

** The second season introduces Discord, a "Dragonequis" that has the head and body of an Eastern dragon but [[MixAndMatchCritters the horns and limbs of other creatures]]. He's the resident AnthropomorphicPersonification of Disharmony and Chaos capable of bending reality to his very whims for a good laugh [[JerkassGods at the expense of others]].

** Spike aside, MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has a standard Western dragon in the episode "Dragonshy", and another one in "Owl's Well that Ends Well" who has the added features of retractable claws and tail spikes. The sea serpent in part 2 of the pilot has an overall design very similar to Eastern dragons. Both dragons hoard gemstones and riches in their caves.

* From XiaolinShowdown, Dojo, is a Eastern Dragon in a Western Animation. He spends most of his time in a very small form, but can shift into a wide variety of shapes, and serves as the team's transport.

** In G3 Spike mentions waking up from a 1000 year nap, but he still looks like a baby. That really makes you wonder how dragons age..
** In the pilot for the series Tirek has some dragon-like animals which looked like no other dragons in the series. They were violent and large.

** In G3 Spike mentions waking up from a 1000 year nap, but he still looks like a baby. That really makes you wonder how dragons age..

* The only dragon in FamilyGuy is Cybill Shepherd.
* Malchior from ''TeenTitans'' is a very traditional western kind of dragon, though he plays a less than [[SealedEvilInACan traditional]] [[MailerDaemon role]] for a dragon.

* The main antigonist of ''JackieChanAdventures'', Shendu, is a dragon, a demon one at that. He has traits from both the Western and Eastern aspects of dragons, which is probably not a surprise given that it is a Western show that has an emphasis on Eastern traditions.

* The "Beagle Boy Dragon" (a green dragon that's wearing Beagle Boy attire) from the ''DuckTales'' opening theme. It can been this part of the opening song:

** Spike aside, MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has a standard Western dragon in the episode "Dragonshy", and another one in "Owl's Well that Ends Well" who has the added features of retractable claws and tail spikes. The sea serpent in part 2 of the pilot has an overall design very similar to Eastern dragons.

* The eponymous dragon in ''PotatoesAndDragons'' can't fly, and its body and head are just kind of a green lump with stegosaur-like spikes. It also has an irrational hatred of crowns for some bizarre reason.

** Spike aside, MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic has a Western dragon in the episode "Dragonshy". The sea serpent in part 2 of the pilot has an overall design very similar to Eastern dragons.

* As the name suggests, ''Dragon Hunters'' takes this trope and runs with it. Gwizdo and Lian-chu, the titular hunters, go after a number of different kinds of dragons over the course of the series, and no two alike. With all the variety, it seems most likely that any creature that is threatening enough to make a village hire hunters to get rid of it is labeled a "dragon" for simplicity's sake.

** It should be noted that in universe, the dragons vary from nation to nation, mainly by facial differences (lenght of head, horns, etc). Jake, being a mixed-race character, in dragon form shows markings of both traditional Western and Eastern dragons, whose dominance depends on the season. In season 1, he had a more Western body type (big and buff) with a longer Eastern type head; in season 2, he strangely reverted to a more long and skinny Eastern style body, with head and face now little more than his human self, just dragonized. There's also rules of magic, (silly) dragon diaseases, and the rule that dragons are the protectors of the magical world.
* Adding to its egregiously long list of MixAndMatchCritters, dragons on the Asian-influenced ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' are a hybrid of Western and Eastern dragon types. They are like eastern ones except they have wings, are associated with fire and are kept by humans as a means of transportation, and appear quite intelligent. [[spoiler:It later turns out that they are thought to be extinct, since people started hunting them to get the title "dragon", and are actually the source of a firebending.]]
** Additionally, the Sun Warriors claim that fire, particularly that which the sun is made of, is the source of life as it produces the heat necessary to live. That means, at least philosophically, that The Last Airbender's dragons breath both fire and sheng chi.

* In the Rupert the Bear stories Tiger Lilly keeps a small, eastern dragon as a pet.

* {{Wakfu}}, who shares the universe with the MMORPG ''Dofus'', takes a different way. The god Osamodas, creator of all living things, once had three mythical dragons, who shaped themselves into the world of Dofus. Therefore, there were other dragons, about a dozen, who were strong powerful creature of magic and have the power to create the eponymonous Dofus, magical dragon eggs. Nobody knows how many have survived to the cataclysm who leads to Wakfu, but we can see at least one in the serie: Grougaloragran, dragon of fire, shapeshifted in an old man, who bring TheHero to his adoptive parent.
** It gets worse: [[spoiler: those dragons can also lays Eliatrope's Dofus, a single egg who contain a baby dragon and a baby human, the latest gaining teleportation-related power. And yes, Yugo, TheHero, hatched from one of those eggs.]]