History TheDragon / WESTERNANIMATION

** In TheLegendOfKorra, Amon's second-in-command, credited as 'The Lieutenant', is by no means a slouch following orders. He's taken on the Avatar and her friends plenty of times and has proven to be very formidable; good enough to [[NonLethalWarfare shock them into unconsciousness]] more than once.

** The Lieutenant to Amon in Legend of Korra.

*** [[spoiler: After Airachnid's failed power-play she's still working for the Decepticons, but Soundwave seems to have supplanted her as TheDragon]].

** Interestingly, when Megatron realizes that Unicron's resurrection is imminent in the season one finale, he attempts to position himself as Unicron's Dragon. Unfortunately for him, Unicron considers him beneath notice [[spoiler: which leads the infuriated Megatron to enter an EnemyMine with Optimus to take Unicron down]].

* Cedric for Prince Phobos in ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''.
** In the second series, [[NobleDemon Raythar]] and then [[TheHeartless Shagon]] serve as TheDragon to [[MagnificentBastard Nerissa]] at various points. [[spoiler: Raythar then briefly takes over Cedric's Dragon role to Phobos, before Cedric goes all Starscream and takes over, making Miranda ''his'' Dragon]]. Villainous second-in-commands for everyone!

** Norm is this to Dr Doofenschmirtz.

* [[BigBadassWolf The Wolf Boss]] from ''KungFuPanda2''.

*** Molt (Hopper's younger brother) from ''ABugsLife''.

** On ''TransformersAnimated'', the RagtagBunchOfMisfits manage barely against [[TheBrute the two Brutes]] because of [[PsychoForHire Blitzwing's uncontrollable temper]] and Lugnut being just the sort of [[GiantMook big, tactless idiot]] that would be named "Lugnut". But TheDragon, Starscream, is an intelligence and focused force that '''towers''' over all the Autobots, save Optimus himself. He even takes out Optimus' commander in one shot. Scarier still is how this foreshadows Megatron, who is bigger than both Starscream and Optimus ''and'' Starscream [[TheWorfEffect can't put a dent in Megatron to literally save his life]]. Who knows what horrors await in Season 3 now that [[spoiler:Starscream has cloned himself 4 times.]]

* On ''KimPossible'', Shego is the Dragon for Doctor Drakken. She is a good deal more practical, clever, competent and, well, basically better at everything else than he, even if she [[strike:can't build]] doesn't care about building doomsday devices. In the BadFuture Movie, she becomes [[EvilOverlord The Supreme One]] over the entire world, upstaging all the other bad guys.... and transforming Drakken into ''her'' own personal Dragon.

** Before this, in Seasons 2 and 3, a unique monster called "Scyphozoa" was fulfilling this role, directly enabling XANA's scheme (unlike the ordinary {{mecha-mooks}}). To note that after William's conversion, the Scyphozoa was never again seen at the same time in Season 4.

* In ''The New Adventures of WesternAnimation/{{He-Man| and the Masters of the Universe}}'', Skeletor was demoted to Dragon for the BigBad Flogg. However, Skeletor was constantly manipulating Flogg from behind the scenes. Of course, in the action figures' mini-comics, the roles were reversed.

* In ''TheFairlyOddparents'', the Lead Eliminator pretty much took on this role for [[BigBad The Darkness]] in the "Wishology" trilogy.

* In the {{Disney}} version of ''Disney/RobinHood'', the Sheriff of Nottingham is clearly Prince John's Dragon. He's a constant physical threat, leads the squads of {{Mooks}} in their attempts to capture Robin, constantly (and relatively loyally) takes orders from his (somewhat) brighter boss, and serves as Robin's final opponent during the movie's climatic battle, making him a rare Disney example of TheDragon. Not bad for an [[StoutStrength overweight]] [[FunnyAnimal wolf]] with a [[CorruptHick Southern accent]].

* [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Disney's Aladdin]] has Iago, Jafar's parrot, who makes trouble for our heroes in stealing their posessions, decieving them with fake voices, and even acting as a sort of sentry before the final conflict.

* The LooneyTunes short "Knighty Knight Bugs" actually took this literally where Yosemite Sam as the BlackKnight actually has a dragon for a sidekick as part of his evil plan to prevent BugsBunny from retrieving the Singing Sword, but he constantly messes things up. At the end of the short, Sam and the dragon are inside a castle tower, and he warns the dragon not to sneeze otherwise he will send them both blasting off into space. The dragon sneezes, and as a result the entire tower flies off into space with the two still inside.

-->'''Sam:''' Dragons is stupid.

* ''SpectacularSpiderMan'': Tombstone has Hammerhead, Doctor Octopus has Electro and the Vulture, Silvermane has Silver Sable.

** [[spoiler:The Starscream clones haven't done much, but Megatron did show why he's the BigBad and Starscream's TheDragon. In the two-part season finale, Megatron gets hit by an explosion with a 100-mile radius in a small DeusExMachina ball of HeroicSacrifice. And all that does is damage him enough so that Optimus Prime can take him down with what is essentially the Autobot version of {{Marvel}} Thor's hammer.]]

* Mr. Lunt from ''VeggieTales'' is often portrayed as the Dragon, especially when with Mr. Nezzer.

* [[DarkActionGirl _____]] [[FemmeFatale _______]] [[BlondesAreEvil ______]] from ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' is this to [[spoiler:______]]. However at the end of the film _____ is pissed when [[spoiler:______]] throws her off the blimp the two villains are escaping in, and as a result [[LastBreathBullet she shoots down the blimp]] with her FlareGun.

* In ''The New Adventures of {{He-Man}}'', Skeletor was demoted to Dragon for the BigBad Flogg. However, Skeletor was constantly manipulating Flogg from behind the scenes. Of course, in the action figures' mini-comics, the roles were reversed.

* In ''{{Wakfu}}'', the Shushu Anathar is the strongest and most favored servant of the Shushu king Rushu.

** On ''BeastWars'', TheDragon role for Megatron is a little more sketchy, as it seems Dinobot fulfilled that role before his HeelFaceTurn in the pilot episode. Later characters shifted in and out of the role, but it wasn't until Megatron put a RestrainingBolt on the psychotic Rampage that we had a solid Dragon. Dinobot II filled the role better later on because he was more loyal to Megatron.

* In ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Darkseid's son, Kalibak, functions as his Dragon. Then Superman learns that, on top of everything else, Darkseid himself is even stronger.

* The premiere of ''BatmanBeyond'' has Mr. Fixx as Derek Powers' bodyguard, hit man, and all-around Dragon. He is killed off by the time it's over, but that's okay -- a little dose of ILoveNuclearPower, and Mr. Powers is set for the season.

* Cedric for Prince Phobos in ''{{WITCH}}''.

* Rhesus-2, a [[KillerSpaceMonkey cyborg monkey]] with a penchant for brain puns, is the Dragon for [[BigBad Lord Nebula]] in ''{{Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys}}''.

* In ''{{X-Men Evolution}}'', Mystique starts out as the Dragon to Magneto, before striking out on her own in the second season. Sabretooth then seems to take over the Dragon role. Later on, Mesmero serves as the Dragon to Apocalypse.

* The History episode of ''HomeMovies'' has a comedic example: Evil George Washington, Picasso and Annie Oakley are planning to destroy the human race and George unveils his "killing machine, who also happens to be [his] favorite kitty" Mr. Pants, who is introduced with a catchy rap song.

* In {{Supernews}}, Steve Jobs has The Finder do his bidding and track down Bill Gates when they have their [[ComputerWars nerd wars]].

* In the {{Disney}} version of [[Disney/RobinHood Robin Hood]], the Sheriff of Nottingham is clearly Prince John's Dragon. He's a constant physical threat, leads the squads of {{Mooks}} in their attempts to capture Robin, constantly (and relatively loyally) takes orders from his (somewhat) brighter boss, and serves as Robin's final opponent during the movie's climatic battle, making him a rare Disney example of TheDragon. Not bad for an [[StoutStrength overweight]] [[FunnyAnimal wolf]] with a [[CorruptHick Southern accent]].
* TheGreatMouseDetective has Fidget, Ratigan's loyal bat, who is in charge of carrying out all the kidnapping/stealing/trapping that his BigBad boss plans.
* The hyenas in TheLionKing work this way, especially since, at the start, Scar does not want to reveal his role as the BigBad.

*** Big Baby in ToyStory3

* In ''VentureBrothers'', #21 TookALevelInBadass following [[spoiler: #24's tragic death]] and became the Monarch's top mook, inspiring and training the rest of the butterfly troops to new heights of efficiency in henchmen. Two-Ton Twenty-One played a huge role in making Monarch a true menace once again.

* Pinky of PinkyAndTheBrain

* Wiggins from ''{{Pocahontas}}''. Curiously enough, both him and the film's BigBad are both voiced by David Ogden Stiers.

* Wayland Smithers Jr. from ''TheSimpsons'' is actually this to Charles Montgomery Burns.

* Mr. Lunt from ''VeggieTales'' is often portrayed as the Dragon, especially when with Mr. Nezzer.

* Dr. Nefario serves as this for Gru in ''DespicableMe''.

* Princess Azula to her father, Fire Lord Ozai, in ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]''. As Ozai had [[OrcusOnHisThrone stayed in his palace]] for the entire series until the GrandFinale, while Azula fought the heroes constantly and ''won'', it was even entertained by fans that Azula was the real BigBad of the show who would upstage her dad, [[DaddysLittleVillain but]] [[DaddysGirl no]].

* The LooneyTunes short "Knighty Knight Bugs" actually took this literally where Yosemite Sam as the BlackKnight actually has a dragon for a sidekick as part of his evil plan to prevent BugsBunny from retrieving the Singing Sword, but he constantly messes things up. At the end of the short, Sam and the dragon are inside a castle tower, and he warns the dragon not to sneeze otherwise he will send them both blasting off into space. The dragon sneezes, and as a result the entire tower flies off into space with the two still inside.

* Wayland Smithers Jr. from ''TheSimpsons'' is actually this to Charles Montgomery Burns.

* From ''TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', the Enchantress is TheDragon to Loki, Abomination and Absorbing Man are CoDragons to the Leader, and Grim Reaper, Madam Viper, and Black Widow are CoDragons to Baron Strucker [[spoiler: though Widow was actually a double agent, working for SHIELD against Strucker]].

* Dr. Doofenschmirtz actually became the Dragon to his AlternateUniverse counterpart in ''PhineasandFerbTheMovieAcrossThe2ndDimension''.