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11	In this 1994 family-friendly fantasy film from Creator/FullMoonFeatures subsidiary Moonbeam Entertainment—directed by Ted Nicolau and his second for Moonbeam after 1993's ''Remote'', Young John [=McGowan=] travels to Scotland to live at his grandfather's castle after he loses both his parents in a traffic accident. At the magical wishing tree on his grandfather's estate, he manages to find a friend, an infant dragon whom he nicknames "Yowler". They grow up together, and one day documentary film maker Bob Armstrong, his daughter Beth and his pilot Brownie [=McGee=] stumble upon Yowler.
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13	Eager for fame and money, Bob convinces John to "rent" Yowler to local corrupt businessman, Lester [=McIntyre=]. John, who is coerced in part by the offer to have the mounting taxes on the castle paid off, allows Lester to take Yowler in. He does so also partly because of his growing interest in Beth. Yowler is miserable and harassed in the new theme park built for him, and when it becomes clear that [=McIntyre=] has dupped them in order to exploit the dragon, John and his new friends take action.
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16	!!Tropes:
17	* BittersweetEnding: John tells Yowler to fly away as fast and as far as he can, he does. [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglyHappyEnding Thankfully, he comes back]]]].
18	* BreathWeapon: Being a dragon, Yowler can spit fire.
19	* ChekhovsSkill: Yowler, (having no one to teach him) has been unable to fly all his life. [[spoiler:After the climax he's pretty much self-taught]].
20	* ConMan: Bob and Lester [=McIntyre=] form a duo, nearly scamming John and his family out of their home.
21	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing Bob does onscreen is film someone's home without permission, then trespass on private land and start filming on their family cemetery.
22	* GiantFlyer: [[spoiler:Yowler himself, once he learns how to fly]].
23	* HeelFaceTurn: In the last third of the movie, Bob and Brownie help John free Yowler.
24	* HereThereWereDragons: Yowler is the only dragon ever seen during the film. It's hinted that dragons have since gone extinct.
25	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: John, sure John trust the two guys who are ''painfully'' obviously only interested in making a buck.
26	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Yowler's basically a big puppy that follows people he likes everywhere.
27	* RaisedByGrandparents: John is raised by his grandfather after his parents die in a car crash.
28	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: One of the most egregious examples of this trope of all time, in that it quite literally explains the entire movie in sequential order while spoiling every single plot point and beat along the way, right up to the climax. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVui7PLwNYM See for yourself.]]

Context Film / DragonWorld