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| 7 | [[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/HyruleWarriors https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d98bb916263dd03ec0804774cc7baf7b.jpg]]]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:350:Who better to serve the [[EvilOverlord Demon King]] than a [[MonsterLord Demon Lord]] and a [[TheUsurper Usurper King]]?]] |
| 9 | ->'''Starscream:''' As Megatron's first lieutenant, allow me to welcome you back to the winning team.\ |
| 10 | '''Megatron:''' And allow me to clarify the new chain of command. While Starscream will retain authority over military operations, Shockwave will be my first lieutenant in charge of all scientific endeavors.\ |
| 11 | '''Starscream:''' So, you are saying, we shall ''each'' report directly to you?\ |
| 12 | '''Megatron:''' Affirmative. |
| 13 | -->--''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', "[[Recap/TransformersPrimeS3E2Scattered Scattered]]" |
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| 15 | The BigBad has two or more minions who report directly to them, and are regarded as equally dangerous among the other characters. They will usually have distinctive personalities, roles, or skill-sets, or may perform the same job but in different regions, but just like a single [[TheDragon Dragon]] would be, they are answerable only to the BigBad and are significant threats in their own right. Unlike the QuirkyMinibossSquad, they don't necessarily have a team dynamic--in fact, they may not interact directly at all. If they do, they'll likely be rivals. |
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| 17 | Note -- simply having multiple named EvilMinions does not qualify for this trope. This is a case of several characters being powerful, important, and/or feared enough to claim the role of second-in-command or primary executor of the BigBad's will at one time. A character who does not serve in these capacities, or regularly takes orders from someone not the BigBad, does not qualify as a [[TheDragon Dragon]], even if they're an important villain. Compare and contrast BigBadDuumvirate, where two characters jointly hold the role of primary villain, rather than just primary minion. If there are enough Dragons, they might form the StandardEvilEmpireHierarchy. Also compare BumblingHenchmenDuo (when the BigBad's two main minions are comically incompetent) and TerribleTrio. |
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| 26 | * In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', the Colossal and Armored Titans are this to the Beast Titan. [[spoiler: In their human identities, they have a genuine VillainousFriendship that makes them extremely effective when working together]]. Each on their own is exceptionally dangerous, but working together they prove to be a horrifyingly effective team. [[spoiler: It quite literally requires several suicidal plans to defeat them, with only ''eight'' members of the Survey Corps surviving the battle]]. |
| 27 | * In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', [[spoiler:the God Hand are this to [[GodIsEvil The Idea of Evil]].]] |
| 28 | * ''Manga/BlackClover'': |
| 29 | ** The Third Eye function as Licht's three top lieutenants in the first saga. Among them, Rhya is the most functional one, as Vetto and Fana are insane due to the Reincarnation Magic not being complete at the time they were revived. |
| 30 | ** The Dark Triad’s leader Dante has his siblings Zenon and Vanica in the second saga, while they are technically in a BigBadDuumvirate Zenon and Vanica are just members, while Dante is the overall leader. |
| 31 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Shortly after their public defection from the Soul Society, Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tousen serve as the right-hand men to the BigBad, Sosuke Aizen. Their roles are different however; Gin functions as more like Aizen's tagalong assassin who is always by his side, while Tousen is the one who enforces Aizen's orders among the Arrancar army. |
| 32 | * Apollo, the ArcVillain of the "Mythos" arc in ''Manga/Cyborg009'', has two right-hands in Achilles and Minotaur. |
| 33 | * Towards the end of the ''Manga/DeathNote'' series, VillainProtagonist Light Yagami ends up with two people splitting the role of TheDragon after having Misa give up her notebook -- Teru Mikami and Kiyomi Takada. The former is the most obvious right hand-man, while the latter is the voice of Kira and [[spoiler:uses the real notebook when Mikami is given a fake]]. Both are fiercely loyal to Kira and work together as a team without even meeting each other. |
| 34 | * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': |
| 35 | ** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has Arukenimon and Mummymon to Yukio Oikawa. |
| 36 | ** ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' has [[spoiler:Craniamon, Dukemon, Omegamon, and the rest of the Royal Knights to Yggdrasil]]. |
| 37 | ** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' has Dynasmon and [=LordKnightmon=] ([[DubNameChange Crusadermon]]) to [[spoiler:[[BigBad Lucemon]]]]. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' movies often have the villains employing two dragons at a time. |
| 39 | ** The Gartite syndicate from ''Anime/DoraemonTheRecordOfNobitaSpaceblazer'' have two recurring henchmen, Uno and Doubt, as a FatAndSkinny pair of thugs who often leads the Gartite's mooks around, as well as repeatedly menacing Nobita, Doraemon, and their new friend Ropporu. |
| 40 | ** The following movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil'', has the villain Lord Daburanda's two dragons - the EvilGenius Professor Kos and TheHeavy, Captain Saberu. The former is a researcher who's behind construction of ancient war machines to enforce Daburanda's dictatorship, while the latter is tasked with rooting out civilain resistance and ordering his soldiers around. |
| 41 | ** Demon Lord Odorom from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasThreeVisionarySwordsmen'' have two enforcers leading his demons, [[SpiderPeople General Spider]] and [[CruelElephant General Ganbosu]], both which Odorom sends out one at a time to menace the main characters. |
| 42 | ** Captain Silver's two main enforcers from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTreasureIsland'', Vivi and Gaga, ThoseTwoGuys always together in every scene, from abducting Shizuka early in the adventure to trying to ambush the gang to prevent them from reaching Silver in the finale. |
| 43 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 44 | ** In the original ''Manga/DragonBall'', you have Pilaf's co-dragons Shu and Mai. |
| 45 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Frieza's immediate right-hand men are [[TheBrute Dodoria]] and [[RightHandHottie Zarbon]]. Zarbon is much stronger than Dodoria, but they seem to function as relative equals. There's also Captain Ginyu, leader of his [[PraetorianGuard elite forces]] and the strongest fighter in Freeza's employ by far, but Freeza doesn't send for him until Dodoria's dead - and Zarbon's gone the same way by the time Ginyu arrives. |
| 46 | ** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Frieza has two new co-dragons in the form of Sorbet and Tagoma. Before Frieza’s return Sorbet has Tagoma and Shisami, once their master returns Sorbet is DemotedToDragon while Shisami is demoted to being TheBrute. |
| 47 | * In ''Manga/DrStone'', [[BigBad Tsukasa]]'s two lieutenants, [[BloodKnight Hyoga]] and Ukyo were described as this. Yo even refers to Tsukasa, Hyoga, and Ukyo as the "Big Three". However, it appears that Hyoga has a little more authority than Ukyo. Furthermore, they turn out to be very different people, and [[spoiler:only Hyoga is truly evil. He becomes TheStarscream, while Ukyo has a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 48 | * Invoked in ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' by the [[OpposingSportsTeam Hakushuu Dinosaurs]], who the Devil Bats face in the Kantou Regional Finals. [[ManipulativeBastard Marco]], the [[BigBad team captain]] describes [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]] and BloodKnight [[WorldsStrongestMan Gaou]] (lineman) as his Right Hand, and InLoveWithYourCarnage {{Bishonen}} [[SissyVillain pretty boy]] [[PsychoSupporter Kisiragi]] (cornerback) as his Left Hand. Between the two of them they more or less carry Hakushuu, with Gaou breaking the opposing line and quarterbacks, while Kisiragi shuts down the recievers and runs interception. Both have a lot of respect for Marco and one another, and are out to prove their strength to the world, no matter what methods they have to use. |
| 49 | * ''Franchise/FairyTail'': |
| 50 | ** Ultear and Bluenote are Hades’ most trusted right-hands, with the former serving as the leader of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, while the latter serves as the sub-commander of Grimoire Heart. |
| 51 | ** August, Irene and Invel all serve as Zeref's closest allies. August serves as the leader of the Spriggan 12 as well as the strongest member, Irene is the strongest female of the 12 who also equals August in power and Invel is Zeref’s chief-in-staff and stays at his masters side at all times. |
| 52 | * In ''Manga/FireForce'', The Evangelist has [[spoiler: Haumea (the true commander of the White Clad), Sumire (implied to have performed a similar role to Haumea's one during the Great Cataclysm), and Yona (implied to be the oldest servant of the Evangelist, and is the one who pulled the strings to create the current culture and beliefs of the Tokyo Empire).]] |
| 53 | * In ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'', Northa and Klein serve as Co-Dragons to Moebius. Northa is the most intelligent, the most evil and the strongest of the four cardinal agents and she creates the [[MonstersOfTheWeek Sorewatase]], not to mention she's the only one of the four with a [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel form]]. Klein serves as Moebius direct secretary, works at the controlls and is also [[spoiler:the strongest fighter in Labyrinth when he [[ScaledUp scales up]]]]. Both of them [[spoiler:eventually fuse together and become Moebius' ultimate [[TheDragon Dragon]]. And literally.]] |
| 54 | * ''Literature/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone'' has the Wicked Devout's ''five'' Generals Indigo, Scarlet, Hazel, Tangerine and Orange acting as ''de facto'' Co-Dragons to the Wicked God, due to them having close-cut loyalties to him and have been fanatically worshipping him. [[DragonAscendant But after the Wicked God's fall, they later take his spot as the main antagonist and have an agenda to continue the Wicked God's own mission.]] |
| 55 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 56 | ** In Part 2, [[GreaterScopeVillain Kars]] has [[ConfusionFu Esidisi]] and [[FairPlayVillain Wammu]], though the former had more authority than the latter due to him and Kars raising and training Wammu into the warrior he is now. |
| 57 | ** In Part 3, [[BigBad Dio Brando]] has [[UndyingLoyalty Enya Geil, Vanilla Ice]] and [[KnightTemplar Enrico Pucci]]. Enya teaches Dio about Stands and sends the first wave of antagonistic Stand users faced by Jotaro and company their way, Vanilla Ice serves as the final enemy Stand User excluding Dio himself and shows up for a several-chapter fight with the heroes near the end of Part 3, and the latter is the main antagonist of Part 6 and attempts to carry out the deceased Dio's plan to recrate the world in Dio's image. |
| 58 | * In ''Manga/KagerouNostalgia'' Rikimaru and Ranmaru are [[BigBad Gessho Kuki]]'s bodyguards and best fighters. Rikimaru has been with him longer. Ranmaru is the more obsessively loyal. They're almost always together (functioning as villainous HeterosexualLifePartners), have proven to be nearly unbeatable in combat, and take orders from no one but Gessho. One could also make a case for Gessho's frontman, [[TheStarscream General Kiyotaka Kuroda]] being another example of TheDragon, as he too takes orders from Gessho alone. |
| 59 | * ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'': |
| 60 | ** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Jail Scaglietti has Uno, Tre and Quattro. Uno is the SexySecretary who commands the other Numbers. Tre is one of the two strongest Numbers and [[spoiler:Fate has to defeat her first before she can face Scaglietti]]. Quattro is the most evil Number besides Due and she is also [[spoiler:Scaglietti's [[DragonTheirFeet Dragon His Feet]]]]. |
| 61 | ** In ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable'', Lord Dearche has Stern the Destructor and Levi the Slasher as her CoDragons. Stern is also the EvilGenius, and Levi is TheBrute. |
| 62 | * Baron Ashura, Count Brocken, Viscount Pygman and Archduke Gorgon for Doctor Hell in ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and its remake/reimaging ''Anime/ShinMazinger''. |
| 63 | ** The Seven generals of the Mykene army for Ankoku Daishogun (who likewise was TheDragon of the Emperor of Darkness) in ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': [=JuliCesar=], Hadias, Angoras, Ligern, Scarabeth, Draydou and Birdler. Each one had its own personality quirks and fighting styles. |
| 64 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Gihren Zabi has multiple lieutenants spread throughout the Zeon government and military. There's [[BigLittleBrother Dozle]] (Gihren's younger brother and Space Attack Force commander), Cecilia Irene (SecretaryOfEvil), Colonel Asakura (go-to guy for dirty jobs) and Vice Admiral Aiguille Delaz (staunch loyalist for Gihren). |
| 65 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'': Paptimus Scirocco didn't have a designated Dragon ''per se'' since he didn't fully trust anyone, but [[BloodKnight Yazan Gable]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion Sarah Zabiarov]], [[TheRival Jerid Messa]] and [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Reccoa Londe]]]] were all his top minions to varying degrees. |
| 66 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'': Haman Karn more-or-less had two right-hands in Mashmyre Cello and Chara Soon. |
| 67 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': |
| 68 | ** The series features a "[[AntiHero heroic]]" {{Inversion}} on Tekkadan's side, with Mikazuki Augus and Eugene Sevenstark both serving as [[TheLeader Orga Itsuka]]'s right-hand men. Mikazuki is Orga's longtime childhood friend and Tekkadan's best AcePilot as well as Orga' triggerman, while Eugene is Tekkadan's [[NumberTwo Deputy Boss]] and Orga' second-in-command in the administrative sense. Notably though, when [[spoiler:Orga gets killed]] towards the end of the series it's Mikazuki and not Eugene who rallies Tekkadan to follow through on Orga's orders. |
| 69 | ** On the side of Gjallarhorn, Iok Kujan, Julieta Juris and Vidar all serve as this to [[NonActionBigBad Rustal Elion]]. Iok Kujan is Rustal's key ally among the Seven Stars of Gjallarhorn and MookLieutenant for part of the Arianrhod Fleet, while Julieta and Vidar are Rustal's top {{Ace Pilot}}s and main enforcers. |
| 70 | * ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'' has William Moriarty's brothers, Louis and Albert, serving as his [[TheDragon Dragons]]. |
| 71 | * ''Franchise/MyHeroAcademia'' had Kurogiri and Dabi to Shigaraki. The Former was second-in-command of the League of Villains, while the latter served as leader of the Vanguard action squad. When Kurogiri was arrested, Dabi becomes Shigaraki’s sole dragon. |
| 72 | * In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', while most of the Akatsuki members continue to fall and the ones that remain have more of their pasts revealed, it turns out that [[spoiler:Pain and Zetsu both serve as TheDragon to Tobi, with Pain as Tobi's right-hand man as well as the Akatsuki's field leader and Zetsu is the Akatsuki's spy as he helps Tobi pull off his tricks. After Naruto defeated Pain, Kisame Hoshigaki replaces him as a new Co-Dragon, lending Tobi his great fighting skill willingly. One could argue for Sasuke's inclusion in this, but Tobi seems to treat him more like TheBrute.]] |
| 73 | * During the "Magical World" StoryArc of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', Dynamis and Tsukuyomi serve directly under the BigBad Fate Averruncus and seem roughly close in terms of fighting ability. Technically, Dynamis outranks her since he's the General of their secret society, but Tsukuyomi, being a freelance PsychoForHire, has a lot more freedom to do whatever she wants, so it more-or-less balances out. |
| 74 | * ''Manga/OnePiece'' has this a lot. |
| 75 | ** In the Buggy Pirates, Buggy the Clown has Mohji and Cabaji, his first-mate and chief of staff respectively. |
| 76 | ** In the Black Cat Pirates, Django, Captain Kuro's first-mate, who has Siam and Butchie. |
| 77 | ** In the Krieg Pirates, Don Krieg has Gin and Pearl as his combat commander and commander of the crew's second unit respectively. |
| 78 | ** In the Arlong Pirates, Arlong has Chew, Kuroobi and Hachi as his officers. |
| 79 | ** For Baroque Works, Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine serve as this for Mr. 3 in Little Garden, and the boss stationed in Alabasta, Crocodile, has Mr.1 and Miss All Sunday (Nico Robin, who ends up joining the Straw Hats). |
| 80 | ** Wapol has Chess and Kuromarimo. |
| 81 | ** Enel has Gedatsu, Satori, Shura, and Ohm as his priests. |
| 82 | ** In the Foxy Pirates, Foxy has Porche and Hamburg as his first-mates. |
| 83 | ** Gekko Moria has Hogback, Absalom, and Perona, making the Mysterious Four of Thriller Bark. |
| 84 | ** In the Kuja Pirates, Boa Hancock had her sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold, but she [[DefrostingIceQueen wasn't an antagonist for long.]] |
| 85 | ** Magellan had his vice-warden Hannyabal, and chief guards Sadi-chan and Saldeath [[spoiler:[[DemotedToDragon until post-Time Skip, when he is demoted vice-warden]] and Hannyabal promoted to chief warden]]. |
| 86 | ** [[FourStarBadass Fleet Admiral Sengoku]] had Admirals [[MagmaMan Akainu]], [[AnIcePerson Aokiji]], and [[LightemUp Kizaru]] [[spoiler:until Sengoku's resignation after the Summit War.]] |
| 87 | ** In the New Fishman Pirates, Hody Jones has Dosun, Zeo, Daruma and Ikaros Much as officers of the crew. |
| 88 | ** Caesar Clown had Monet, as his assistant, and Vergo; [[spoiler:but they were both working first and foremost for Caesar's boss Doflamingo, and were both (ostensibly) killed at the end of that arc]]. |
| 89 | ** In the Donquixote Pirates, Donquixote Doflamingo has Trebol, Diamante, and Pica as the elite officers of the crew. |
| 90 | ** The Four Emperors' top brass: |
| 91 | *** In the Beast Pirates, Kaido has the All-Stars as the executive officers of the crew, among them being the Three Calamities named Jack, Queen, and King. |
| 92 | *** In the Big Mom Pirates, Big Mom has three of her children, Cracker, Smoothie, and Katakuri, as the Three Sweet Commanders, the executive officers of the crew. |
| 93 | ** After becoming the new Fleet Admiral, [[GeneralRipper Sakazuki/Akainu]] has Admirals [[LightEmUp Kizaru]], [[GravityMaster Fujitora]], and [[GreenThumb Ryokugyu]]. |
| 94 | ** [[spoiler:After years of appearing to be the leaders of the World Government both InUniverse and out, [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the Five Elders]] are revealed to be this trope to [[ShadowDictator Imu]].]] |
| 95 | * ''Literature/Overlord2012'': While strictly speaking all the Guardians of the Tomb of Nazarick are equal under [[VillainProtagonist Ainz]], in practice the two most prominent are Albedo and Demiurge. The former is, as the Guardian Overseer, Ainz's [[NumberTwo right hand minion]] who handles running the Tomb when Ainz is busy, while Demiurge is his chief strategist who organizes and handles most of the field work. |
| 96 | * In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Corset has co-dragons in the form of Scanty and Kneesocks. |
| 97 | * The Swamp Witch Trio in ''Anime/QueensBlade'', composing of Melona, Menace, and Airi. The three do most of the fighting, and carry out the Swamp Witch's commands, Menace however is more interested in rebuilding her kingdom, and soon abandons them. |
| 98 | * Wagnard and Ashram in ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''. |
| 99 | * In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' Shishio Makoto has Sojiro and Hoji, the former is Shishio’s apprentice and views him like a father figure, while the latter has more leadership skills and commands Shishio’s army. |
| 100 | * Although there's generally only one [[TheDragon Dragon]] per story arc in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', there are multiple cases of Co Dragons. Season two had [[ManipulativeBastard Rubeus]], [[MadScientist Sapphire]], [[VainSorceress Emerald]] and [[RomanticFalseLead Prince Diamond]] all act ([[TheChessmaster unwittingly]]) as Dragons for [[OmnicidalManiac Death]] [[ManBehindTheMan Phantom]]. Even more so, one of the major points of arc[=/=]season three had [[TragicMonster Dr. Tomoe]] trying to resurrect his Co-Dragon [[AntiChrist Mistress 9]]. |
| 101 | ** In the manga of the Infinity Arc, both Dr. Tomoe and Kaolinite served that role until Mistress 9 was awakened. |
| 102 | * In the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc of ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', it's revealed that Death Gun, or [[spoiler: Shouichi Shinkawa]] has two people assisting him in his murders. [[spoiler: They turn out to be his brother Kyouji and Johnny Black, who poison the people whose avatars have been "tagged" via Death Gun shooting them.]] |
| 103 | * ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' sees Uta and Donato Porpora become lead commanders for Kichimura Washuu/Furuta after the Rushima Landing arc when the former helps the latter out of prison. They work together well and share a friendly relationship on account of them being part of the same gang years prior. |
| 104 | * Lord Gandal and Minister Zurill from ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' were King Vega's Co-Dragons. |
| 105 | * ''Anime/UnicronTrilogy'': |
| 106 | ** In ''Armada'', Starscream and Demolisher share this post to Megatron, though they fight over who should be second-in-command at one point, that is until when Thrust arrives and takes over. |
| 107 | ** In ''Energon'', Starscream shares it yet again, this time with Shockblast, until Shockblast betrays Megatron and was demoted. |
| 108 | * ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': |
| 109 | ** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'': Nasch has his twin sister Merag and his right-hand man Durbe. While they aren't necessarily the strongest Barian Emperors under Nasch, they are the closest people under him. This is also reflected by their Over-Hundred Numbers, as Durbe has Number 102 and Merag has Number 103, which numerically follow directly after Nasch's Number 101. |
| 110 | ** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': [[spoiler:Zarc]] has four of them: the [[spoiler:[[EliteFour Four Heavenly Dragons]]]], which is interesting, since unlike other characters in the franchise, his co-dragons are Monster Cards. This is also justified as [[spoiler:Zarc becomes a monster himself and treats himself as one]]. |
| 111 | * ''Manga/ZatchBell'' has Rodeaux and Jedun in the Faudo arc. Rodeaux is the ItsPersonal sort of Dragon, having dicked with the heroes previously, while Jedun is [[DumbMuscle pure muscle]]. |
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| 114 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/{{Birthright}}'': God-King Lore has two Nevermind agents [[VillainProtagonist Mikey]] and [[DarkActionGirl Kallista]]; the former is tasked with assassinating the [[BarrierMaiden five mages holding the spell preventing Lore from invading Earth]] while the latter is charged with hunting down insurgents in Terrenos. Curiously, both of them share the same backstory as {{fallen hero}}es that originally opposed Lore until they crossed the DespairEventHorizon and agreed to serve him. [[spoiler:Mikey is freed from Lore's influence when his Nevermind is extracted from his body safely, leaving Kallista as his sole Dragon]]. |
| 116 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The Dark Judges form an evil quartet modelled after the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse, but Judge Death is clearly their leader. He refers to the other three as his "lieutenants". |
| 117 | * Darth Krayt of ''ComicBook/{{Legacy}}'' has both Darth Wyyrlok, his closest adviser and most powerful servant, and his Hands (Darths Talon, Stryfe, and Nihl) who actually execute his will. All of them serve as his top enforcers and executors, as opposed to other named Sith characters with more specialized side jobs. Talon and Nihl in particular have a rivalry over the job of Hand. |
| 118 | * ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' villain The ComicBook/RedSkull has his daughter Sin and his henchman Crossbones as his Dragons. |
| 119 | ** Incidentally, Sin and Crossbones are [[UnholyMatrimony lovers]]. |
| 120 | * In ''ComicBook/SinCity'', the Colonel had both Blue Eyes and Mariah, two female assassins. They're never depicted together, but they apparently have some sort of rivalry going on about which is the better killer. |
| 121 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': |
| 122 | ** The Grandmasters of the various Dark Egg Legion chapters ([[AndZoidberg and Snively]]) are [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]]'s Dragons; they report only to him, are equal in rank, and those not directly under his command serve as his regional commanders. |
| 123 | ** Eggman added another dragon to his entourage when he makes [[spoiler: the newly roboticized Sally]] his new chief enforcer. In fact, it should be noted that [[spoiler: Mecha Sally]], along with the rest of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Metal Series]], may very well outrank the Grandmasters, as Eggman is using them to keep an eye on the latter and keep them loyal. |
| 124 | ** Post-[[CosmicRetcon Super Genesis Wave]], the Grandmasters and Metal Series are replaced by the Egg Bosses, an almost entirely different lineup that serves the same role that the Grandmasters did in the old universe. |
| 125 | * ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW: Megatron has three main Dragons, Soundwave, most loyal, communications officer and espionage expert. Starscream, air-commander, and most active of the three. Shockwave: chief science officer. The role is mostly shared by Starscream and Soundwave, seeing as Shockwave went missing for four million years. Razorclaw was also revealed to be a co-dragon as well, being a high ranking general on par with Starscream. |
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| 128 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 129 | * In the first volume of ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'', as in canon, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition the Elder One]] is served by both Samson and Calpernia. Unlike in the game, however, both of the co-dragons have equal limelight in the story, owing to the fact that the Inquisition recruits both the mages and the Templars. It's eventually revealed that the Elder One is playing them against each other for his favor. |
| 130 | * ''Fanfic/AnotherJourney'': Dante and Pride serve as Father's most loyal and trusted subordinates. Pride is the eldest and most powerful homunculus created by Father, watches over the tunnel Sloth digs around Amestris, and reports back to Father any discovery he finds with his shadows. Dante serves as Father's primary human ally, locates and prepares alchemists to become potential sacrifices for Father's Nationwide Transmutation Circle, and is even able to command the homunculi's unquestioned obedience. |
| 131 | * ''Fanfic/BloodAndHonor'': Lord Draahg, Baras's second apprentice, is introduced when the plan to take down Darth Vengean goes into effect. He is nearly on a level with Sanguis in terms of power and Baras treats his two apprentices as equals. |
| 132 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' starts off with [[BigBad Lucius]] having two Dragons in the form of [[TheDreaded the Winter Soldier]] and [[EvilSorcerer Gravemoss]]. Later in the story, however, they devolve to being more in line with particularly powerful [[TheBrute brutes]] that he can point at his enemies, with the position of his chief lieutenants falling instead to [[TheStrategist Baron Zemo]] and [[MadScientist Doctor Zola]]. |
| 133 | ** In the sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past'', head of the Red Room [[GeneralRipper General Lukin]] has two main lieutenants -- [[DarkActionGirl Yelena Belova]] is his chief physical enforcer, while Sinister is his main MadScientist (and clearly the [[DragonInChief true brains of the operation]]). |
| 134 | ** Later on in ''Ghosts'', it's established that [[VampireMonarch Dracula]] has a group of chief minions called the Lords Lieutenant, who he personally turned more than a century previously. |
| 135 | ** Long ago during the War for the Dawn, [[OmnicidalManiac Surtur]] had his Great Captains, a group of individuals who willingly joined forces with him in exchange for becoming {{Physical God}}s and leading his armies - though it's strongly implied that the Black Captain a.k.a. [[spoiler: Zagreus of the Eternals]] is the first among equals and is described as "the brains of the bunch." |
| 136 | * ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/305759/the-clockwork-consequence The Clockwork Consequence]]'': |
| 137 | ** Nightmare Moon has the Big Three: [[UndyingLoyalty Rainbow Dash]], [[NobleDemon Applejack]], and [[{{Jerkass}} Trixie]]. (This story takes place in the "Nightmare Moon wins" timeline that appeared in "The Cutie Re-Mark Part 2".) |
| 138 | ** Chapter five gives us one more dragon: [[spoiler: Prince Tana Dreamweaver, HumanoidAbomination]] a.k.a. the Tantabus. (yes, ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep that]]'' Tantabus) |
| 139 | * ''Fanfic/TheFallOfTheFireEmpire'': Directly beneath [[EvilOverlord Azula]] is her inner circle, who are all roughly equal; [[TheChessmaster High Minister Qing Xi]], [[SmugSnake High Admiral Yuan]], [[NobleDemon High General Xia]] and [[DarkActionGirl the Mistress of the Chosen]]. There is also Zhi, the Chosen who acts as Azula's personal bodyguard and attendant. |
| 140 | * ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': Shadow Corrupter, the leader of The Cult of Shadow, has Tempera and Armalum. They were both the first two cultists introduced and are both shown to be the most loyal to Shadow out of all his followers, willing to go to any length to serve him. Armalum was the first one to join Shadow's cult, thus being with him the longest, and Tempera [[LoveAtFirstSight fell in love with Shadow the moment she saw him]] and was by his side as he brought several other members into the cult. |
| 141 | * ''Fanfic/GraduateMeetingOfMutualKilling'' has Valkyrie and Vieiras, who seem to serve as high-ranked members of a very high caliber and answer directly to the same person, Veritas. |
| 142 | * In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} has Desaad, who is his chief science officer (as well as his torture technician), and Granny Goodness, who is in charge of training his troops. |
| 143 | * As ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14997911/chapters/34760702 The Horsewomen Of Las Vegas]]'' progresses and Wrestling/BeckyLynch builds her own little criminal empire, she gains two Dragons: Wrestling/BrookeTessmacher (who runs the business end of things) and [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] (who handles the more violent or underhanded work). The story shows the two have a history and don't like each other much, but come together to save Becky on one occasion. |
| 144 | * ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'': [[BloodKnight General Esteem]] and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nihilus]], who share mutual contempt that borders on outright hostility at times. |
| 145 | * In ''Fanfic/IWarrior'', [[DarkActionGirl Keenah]] and [[BloodKnight Akhi Lian]] serve as this to [[BigBad the Master]], though Keenah eventually establishes herself as dominant over her partner. |
| 146 | * In the ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'', [[SnakePeople Lord Cedric]] and [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] jointly serve as [[EvilOverlord Prince Phobos's]] chief minions in Season 1. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork They don't like each other much, though]], yet [[TheStarscream they both have their own plans to overthrow Phobos when the time is right]]. |
| 147 | * In ''Fanfic/TheKingNobodyWanted'', Oberyn Martell and Garth Tyrell seem to be filling this role for [[spoiler: King Viserys]] in his court. |
| 148 | * In the ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' fanfic ''Fanfic/KnightOfTheDreadfortTheBalladOfTheRedKing'', Roose Bolton employs his sons like this. His illegitimate son Ramsay holds the position of castellan of the Boltons' castle the Dreadfort, while his legitimate son Domeric (who's been SparedByTheAdaptation) accompanies his father on campaign. Domeric has never met Ramsay and is in no hurry to do so thanks to what he's heard of his half-brother. |
| 149 | * ''Webcomic/MegaManDissonance'' has Grave, Presto, Adagio and Piano of the Element 5, who serve Requiem. This is justified, as they were programmed to function as failsafes in the event that Requiem malfunctions or goes rogue ([[ForegoneConclusion this obviously didn't work by the time the story started]]). Grave himself is against his leader's goals, but willingly serves him nonetheless. |
| 150 | * ''[[Fanfic/MLPNextGenerationKnowFear MLP Next Generation: Know Fear!]]'' has the Wing Commanders of the Griffon Empire. Of the four, only two get focus, and of those two (Chalyvas/Steel Wing and Nox/Shadow Wing) [[spoiler: the former is killed three-quarters through the story, and the latter turns out to be TheStarscream, killing [[BigBad Emperor Stratus]] for his own ends.]] |
| 151 | * In the ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' and ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' crossover, ''Fanfic/NecessaryToWin'', found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10130193/1/Necessary-To-Win here]], [[AntiVillain Maho's]] two vice-captains; [[JerkAss Erika Itsumi]] and [[AloofBigSister Teru Miyanaga]]. |
| 152 | * In the ''FanFic/{{Neomorphs}}'' series, [[EvilOverlord the Visser]] has three lieutenants of roughly equal rank -- [[NobleDemon Guraff]], his chief commander; [[TheStrategist Salheer]], his chief political officer; and [[TheFundamentalist Kalroth]], who's in charge of training the [[EliteMooks Apostates]]. |
| 153 | * Mr. X has the X-Trio in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'', consisting of Andy the Toxicroak, Dean the Typhlosion and [[spoiler:Mindy the Lopunny, the [[ConsummateLiar infiltration specialist]]. ]] |
| 154 | * In the [[BadFuture Dark World]] of the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy discorded]] [[VillainProtagonist Mane Six]] all serve as Discord's enforcers, though Twilight Tragedy arguably has seniority. After Twilight's [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]], followed by Applejack and Rarity, it becomes less clear cut, as some of the remaining Chaos Six and Discord's other minions seem to have a loose power structure. That said, by the time the Elements of Harmony get around to actually StormingTheCastle, Discord's remaining minions ([[DaddysLittleVillain Fluttercruel]], [[TheBrute Angry Pie]], and [[PhysicalGod Rancor]]) are all sent to confront them together, so they could arguably all be grouped under this trope. [[spoiler:Rancor is seemingly left sole TheDragon after the battle's conclusion, but then Fluttercruel is revealed to be NotQuiteDead... and Rancor turns out to be a SixthRangerTraitor, leaving 'Cruel the only Dragon in the end.]] |
| 155 | ** Also in Dark World, [[spoiler: it turns out Nightmare Paradox has fused with the [[PsychoRangers Nightmares of her friends]] from [[GroundhogDayLoop previous cycles]], giving her five dragons -- Nightmares [[KnightTemplar Banneret]], Mirror, [[LotusEaterMachine Whisper]], [[MonsterClown Granfalloon]], and [[ControlFreak Manacle]].]] |
| 156 | ** In the Shining Armor Arc, [[BigBad Makarov]] turns out to have four Alicorn Cyborgs that fit the role. [[spoiler: And they [[AndIMustScream weren't exactly willing]]...]] |
| 157 | ** In the Wedding Arc, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Chrysalis]] has Digger Wasp and General Hercules Beetle as her chief minions, being the [[EvilGenius brains]] and [[TheBrute brawn]] of her army, respectfully. [[spoiler: Then [[MadScientist Kabuto]] turns out to be on the same level as Digger Wasp, and [[NotSoHarmlessVillain much more dangerous than he looks]].]] |
| 158 | * ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': Jade's two [[BattleButler bodyguard]] Shadowkhan, [[ThemeNaming Left and Right]], who are her chief minions and definitely outrank the rest of the Shadow Hand. That being said, [[EnigmaticMinion Blankman]] also has some shades of a Dragon, being directly identified as her NumberTwo, and who seems to handle all the day-to-day aspects of the organization while Jade's focusing on the masks and tablets. |
| 159 | ** Though once [[DarkActionGirl Hebi]] comes around, her position as General automatically demotes everyone else, and she takes solitary Dragon status. |
| 160 | * ''Fanfic/QueenOfShadows'': The Circle of Generals serve as this to the Queen of the Shadowkhan. That said, whichever General serves as her [[BattleButler Yojimbo]] (Hiruzen, currently) appears to be [[DragonInChief first among equals]]. |
| 161 | * By the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Ripples}}'', [[BloodKnight Cedric]] and [[PlayingWithSyringes Van]] have become this to Phobos' court. By the time of the sequel ''Stirred'', they've solidified these positions, and are now both TheDreaded, for different reasons. |
| 162 | * ''FanFic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan'': The titular VillainProtagonist eventually gets two Dragons, [[spoiler: [[DemotedToDragon Chrysalis]]]] and [[FromNobodyToNightmare Artful Dodger]]. The former pretty much forces her way into the role due to her MadLove for Vulcan, and earns it due to power and experience, while the latter simply earns it by means of being made Vulcan's apprentice and [[TookALevelInBadass taking a few levels in badass]]. |
| 163 | * Like in canon, Emerald and Mercury function as this to Cinder in ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora''. Little Miss Malachite has a pair of bouncers named Kaida and Tracy who both work under her. |
| 164 | * ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf uses two men for his more delicate operations: a sorcerer named Sven Swordeater and an Exalted Hero named Akkarulf ([[spoiler:formerly known as Theon Greyjoy]]). While they don't work against each other, there is some friction with the Wolf: Sven because as a Tzeentchian sorcerer, he's practically expected to betray his boss; while Akkarulf yields command of the Iron Fleet to another Ironborn without a fight, which the Wolf sees as cowardice (or rather, Akkarulf yielding followed by the other Ironborn apologizing for his insults to Akkarulf without a fight). |
| 165 | * ''Fanfic/TurningRedSecretsOfThePanda'': The two corrupted red panda spirits and Howard serve as this to Jason as they hunt down the members of [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Mei's]] family. |
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| 169 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanSoulOfTheDragon'': Schlangenfaust, Lady Eve and King Snake serve as this for Jeffrey Burr, as the lieutenants of the Kobra cult. They're also the ones that fight the heroes since Jeffrey is a NonActionBigBad. |
| 170 | * In ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'', [[SiblingTeam the Sisters]] serve equally as the chief enforcers of their father, [[BigBad the Moon King]]. |
| 171 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', Flotsam and Jetsam are these to Ursula. |
| 172 | * In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', the BigBad Adagio has [[TheStarscream Aria Blaze]] and [[TheDitz Sonata Dusk]]. Both are pretty much useless [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass until the climax]]. |
| 173 | * Ken from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' seems to be second in command to [[BigBad Lotso]], along with [[TheBrute Big Baby]]. |
| 174 | * Sir Hiss and the Sheriff of Nottingham are of roughly equal importance to Prince John in ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973''. The Sheriff is the muscle while Hiss is something like a personal secretary. They seem to get along perfectly well, judging by the only scene in which they actually interact. |
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| 177 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 178 | * ''Film/DickTracy'': Itchy and Flattop. |
| 179 | * In ''Film/EnterTheDragon'', Bolo and O'Hara serve as Co-Dragons to Mr. Han. |
| 180 | * Paine and The Brit serve as Dragons to Munroe in ''Film/TheExpendables''. Paine is the more prominent of the two, but both are equally dangerous and seem to have equal authority within the bad guys' organization. |
| 181 | * In ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', Zuul and Vinz Clortho serve as Gozer's two powerful minions with the ability to possess humans and use their bodies to summon the Destructor. |
| 182 | * ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'': Baroness and Storm Shadow. |
| 183 | * ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'': Firefly and President Zartan to Cobra Commander. |
| 184 | * in ''Film/GoodBurger'', Troy and Griffin are this to Kurt, the manager of Mondo Burger. |
| 185 | * ''Film/HighlanderIIITheSorcerer'': Kane is introduced with two other evil immortals who seem to work for him, but they're quickly killed off when he sends off one (Senghi Khan) to fight [=McLeod=] by himself and betrays and kills the other (Khabul Khan) to [[DevourTheDragon absorb his powers]]. |
| 186 | * In ''Film/HudsonHawk'', [[UnholyMatrimony the Mayflowers']] two main henchmen are crooked CIA man George Kaplan, who's [[OldSoldier past his prime but still very spry]] and supervises the schemes, and [[UndyingLoyalty unflinchingly loyal]] [[BladeBelowTheShoulder blade-slinging]] BattleButler Alfred. |
| 187 | * In the earlier Creator/SeanConnery ''[[Film/JamesBond Bond]]'' movies (except ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''), the main villains in ''Film/DrNo'', ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', and ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' serve as Co-Dragons for overall BigBad Blofeld. Interestingly, in ''From Russia With Love'', both [[TheBaroness Rosa Klebb]] and [[TheChessmaster Kronsteen]] carry out the villainous plan with Blofeld's oversight, and are clearly antagonistic with one another. [[EvilGenius Dr. No]] and [[RuthlessModernPirates Emilio Largo]] run their own respective operations for Blofeld. |
| 188 | ** In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', BigBad Franz Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] has two Dragons: [[CombatPragmatist Mr.]] [[LightningBruiser Hinx]] as the chief of operations/top enforcer for SPECTRE, and [[spoiler:[[TheMole C/Max]] [[EvilChancellor Denbigh]], as the head of the recently merged [=MI5=] and [=MI6=].]] |
| 189 | * In ''Film/KissOfTheDragon'', the corrupt police captain has two martial artists with matching bleached-blonde crewcuts, one huge and strong, one small and quick. |
| 190 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 191 | ** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', the BigBad S.H.I.E.L.D. boss Alexander Pierce has two Dragons, the elite BadassNormal agent Brock Rumlow and the ruthless supersoldier "the Winter Soldier". Agent Rumlow is his "casual day" undercover ops Dragon. When things ''really'' [[GodzillaThreshold need to get done]], that's when the Winter Soldier is deployed. |
| 192 | ** In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch both side with Ultron at first, before they realize that he's not a savior like he claims to be. |
| 193 | ** Thanos has a group of dragons, known collectively as the Black Order or the Children of Thanos, who lead his armies and support his mission of collecting the infinity stones. |
| 194 | * In ''Film/PineappleExpress'', [[BigBad Ted]] has three 2nd-in-command's: [[DirtyCop Carol]], who helps him with his drug deals and plans, and his top hitmen [[PunchClockVillain Budlofsky]] and [[TheBrute Matheson]]. |
| 195 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'': Cutler Beckett has three Dragons- Davy Jones, Admiral James Norrington, and Mercer. Of the three, however, only Mercer is actually loyal- Jones is being coerced and Norrington is, at worst, a NobleDemon, and both eventually turn on him (though for admittedly different reasons, and Norrington does a full HeelFaceTurn [[spoiler: with RedemptionEqualsDeath]] while Jones just starts killing everyone he can get his claws on indiscriminately). |
| 196 | * ''Film/PulpFiction'': Crime lord Marsellus Wallace has Paul as his NumberTwo, while [[ScaryBlackMan Jules Winnfield]] is his lead enforcer. |
| 197 | * ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018'': [[BigBad Sorrento]] has [[DarkActionGirl F'Nale Zandor]] and [[HiredGuns i-R0k]] as his chief enforcers in the real world and OASIS, respectfully. |
| 198 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 199 | ** ''Film/ANewHope'' has this dynamic between Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin; while Vader is the Emperor's top enforcer, Tarkin governs the entire Outer Rim and is in charge of the Death Star. In fact, Tarkin is perhaps the only Imperial officer on good enough terms with Vader to give him orders. |
| 200 | ** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' has Kylo Ren and General Hux serving Supreme Leader Snoke. The former is the most obvious threat, being his closest right-hand man and his apprentice in TheDarkSide of the Force, while the latter commands the troops and operates the [[KillSat Starkiller Base]]. In many ways, they're younger versions of Vader and Tarkin, even if their relationship is far less cordial. |
| 201 | *** Come ''Film/TheLastJedi'', and Kylo Ren proves to be [[spoiler: TheStarscream who [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal kills Snoke]] and promptly puts his former Co-Dragon Hux in his place when he seizes power]]. |
| 202 | * ''Film/VanHelsing'': Dracula's vampire brides are Aleera, Marishka, and Verona. Though Verona is the senior and occasionally gives orders to her sisters, Aleera and Marishka tend to do what they want anyways. The only person they obey without question is their lord and husband. |
| 203 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 204 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' has [[PlayingWithFire Pyro]] and [[SuperSpeed Callisto]] serving [[BigBad Magneto]] as his two primary assets (Phoenix is treated more like an unpredictable weapon than a full-on Dragon). While the former is a straight-up right hand man by his side, the latter is an a specialized assassin sent for other tasks. |
| 205 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' has the titular BigBad Apocalypse with his [[TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse Four Horsemen]] Storm, Psylocke, Archangel and Magneto all sharing the Dragon role in his quest to TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 206 | * ''Film/{{Yojimbo}}'': Ushitora has his two younger brothers Unosuke and Inokichi. Unosuke is a conniving schemer and marksman, Inokichi is a good fighter but is [[DumbMuscle dumb as a box of rocks]] (he can't even count on his fingers). |
| 207 | * ''Film/{{Willow}}'': Sorsha is one of her mother's two lieutenants, with General Kael being the other one. When her mother orders him to have his forces aid her in the hunt for Willow and co., she's miffed and says she doesn't need it, implying a rivalry, at least on her part (Kael doesn't appear ambitious that way). |
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| 210 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 211 | * ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'': |
| 212 | ** Agrona has the Scythes, an elite cabal of Vritra-blooded mages meant to act as his generals for his invasion of Dicathen and the EvilCounterpart[=s=] of the Lances. There are five Scythes representing the five Dominions of Alacrya - [[TheAce Cadell]], [[EnigmaticMinion Seris]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Melzri]], [[MasterOfIllusion Viessa]], and [[TheBrute Dragoth]] - and among them Cadell acts as the DragonInChief. However, after the end of the war [[spoiler:the dynamic shifts as not only has [[SixthRanger a new Scythe]] - [[VillainousUnderdog Nico]] - joined their ranks, but Agrona has summoned [[UnstablePoweredWoman Cecilia]] - a PersonOfMassDestruction known as the Legacy whom he intends to be his ace in the hole for his invasion of Epheotus - and both she and Nico stand out among Agrona's inner circle due to being reincarnates that he summoned from another world. The dynamic gets even more shaken up following Arthur [[CameBackStrong Coming Back Strong]]. Cadell and Viessa are killed by Arthur, Seris rises up in revolt against Agrona and later seeks asylum in Dicathen, and Melzri and Dragoth get pushed to the side as Agrona has much stronger servants for his invasion of Epheotus. While at that point Nico and Cecilia are his main Dragons at this point, Nico has covertly turned against Agrona in order to free himself and Cecilia from his control, though they both remain TrappedInVillainy]]. |
| 213 | ** Kezess has Windsom and Aldir, his most trusted subordinates whom he sends down to Dicathen in the leadup to Agrona's invasion to act as advisors to the Council. However, [[spoiler:Kezess is eventually revealed to be a genocidal tyrant no better than Agrona which recasts the duo as a more traditional example. However, Aldir turns out to be sympathetic as he genuinely cares for the lessers, and after Kezess forces him to destroy an entire kingdom on Dicathen in a bid to kill the Legacy, he sees his master for who he really is and becomes a DefectorFromDecadence. That leaves Windsom as Kezess's sole Dragon, and he is little more than a carbon copy of his master who works as his MouthOfSauron]]. |
| 214 | * ''Literature/CatChaser'': Corky and Jiggs both serve as Andres' right-hand men. Jiggs also serves as TheStarscream, secretly plotting to rob his boss blind. |
| 215 | * In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'', the three Ravers are always [[BigBad Lord Foul]]'s Dragons. Sometimes he'll add another Dragon, too such as [[spoiler: Elena, in ''The Power That Preserves'']] and [[spoiler: Kastenessen in the Last Chronicles, though he probably sees himself as Foul's equal partner]]. |
| 216 | * Arxinor and Gorgash from ''Literature/DragonsLexiconTriumvirate'', two technodragons that do Drekkenoth's dirty work and hound the protagonists. |
| 217 | * Creator/DavidEddings loves this trope. |
| 218 | ** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', [[BigBad Torak]] has Ctuchik and Zedar as his chief disciples. |
| 219 | ** In ''Literature/TheMalloreon'', [[BigBad Zandramas]] has [[NumberTwo Naradas]] and [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Demon Lord]] [[DragonWithAnAgenda Mordja]] as her second-in-command and primary defence respectively; her rival, [[AGodAmI Urvon]] has both [[DarkMessiah Mengha]] / [[BastardUnderstudy Harakan]] as his First Disciple and representative, and [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Demon Lord]] [[DragonInChief Nahaz]] who protects him physically, leads the army, and is more or less in charge. One could argue that Nahaz and Mordja are also Co-Dragons to their real master, [[{{Satan}} The King of Hell]], acting as his agents in the real world and [[EvilerThanThou competing]] [[{{Archenemy}} viciously]] for his favour. |
| 220 | ** In ''Literature/TheElenium'', [[GodOfEvil Azash]] has [[EvilSorceror Otha]] and Martel; Otha rules his empire for him, while Martel serves as his main agent in the West, and has shades of DragonInChief. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/ForeverAndADeath'': Former pot smuggler Morgan Pillager, Curtis's former construction foreman turned lackey Colin Bennett and Hong Kong racketeer Jackie Tian are all Curtis henchmen with a fair amount of prominence and authority, although not at all the same time. |
| 222 | * Diana Ladris and [[TheBrute Drake Merwin]] share this role to Caine Soren in the ''Literature/{{GONE}}'' series... for the first two novels, at least. |
| 223 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 224 | ** Crabbe and Goyle are this to Draco Malfoy. In ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild'', he admits that he always envied Harry, Ron, and Hermione for having a genuine friendship. |
| 225 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'', [[MasterActor Barty Crouch Jr.]] and [[TheIgor Wormtail]] play this role in the plot to resurrect [[BigBad Voldemort]]. They're like co-[[TheRenfield Renfields]], except to a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich]] instead of a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]. |
| 226 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', [[HeroKiller Bellatrix Lestrange]] and [[ManOfWealthAndTaste Lucius Malfoy]] could be said to share this role in a sense: Lucius seems to have been the leader, but Bellatrix was Voldemort's favorite. After his failure, Voldemort kept Lucius and his family around mostly to watch them squirm. Bellatrix also lost some points and was severely punished, but her unquestioning devotion and assertive nature helped her retain significance; the fact that she went to Azkaban rather than renounce the Dark Lord ensured that he still favored her. Yaxley was also one of the highest ranking minions, more or less controlling the Ministry, and he was also ambitious enough to see Snape as competition and determined to earn Voldemort's favour. |
| 227 | ** In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' Bellatrix shares this role with [[AmbiguouslyEvil Severus Snape]], whom she both hates and distrusts. The minor rivalry between them continues into ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' until Voldemort [[spoiler:kills Snape to get the power of the Elder Wand]]. Given that [[spoiler:Snape was a [[TheMole Mole]] but not the current owner of the wand]], Voldemort kept the right Dragon, but for [[RightForTheWrongReasons the wrong reason]]. |
| 228 | * R.A. Salvatore's ''[[Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt Hunter's Blade]]'' trilogy, Gerti Orelsdottr and Obould Many-Arrows are technically Co Dragons working for a group of drow out to cause chaos in the area for the fun of it. They're both [[DragonWithAnAgenda dragons with an agenda]], to the point where Obould becomes a DragonInChief, and eventually [[TheStarscream decides to get rid of the drow altogether.]] |
| 229 | * The Steel Inquisitors of ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' collectively function as TheDragon to [[EvilOverlord the Lord Ruler]]; there are about twenty Inquisitors total, but they generally work alone and you'll rarely see more than a half-dozen in one place at one time. |
| 230 | ** Later on in the trilogy, the surviving Inquisitors return [[spoiler: collectively working as TheDragon to [[BigBad Ruin]]]] |
| 231 | * ''Literature/JamesBond'' |
| 232 | ** Dr. Anton Murik in ''Literature/LicenceRenewed'' has Caber and Mary-Jane Mashik. Caber is TheBrute and [[MookLieutenant the chief]] of Murik's bodyguards, and Mary-Jane is Murik's close assistant, lover, and a TortureTechnician. |
| 233 | ** In ''Literature/WinLoseOrDie'', Bassam Baradj, the leader of the organization BAST, has three field officers with equal amounts of authority; Abou Hamarik, Ali al Adwan and Sophii Boudai. |
| 234 | ** Sir Max Tarn in ''Literature/SeaFire'' has Maurice Goodwin (the head of his security) and Connie Spicer (his muscle). |
| 235 | ** The Changs in ''Literature/ZeroMinusTen'', who are three albino brothers working out of loyalty to [[spoiler:Guy Thackeray]]. Before Bond knows anything about them, he dubs them Tom, Dick and Harry. |
| 236 | * In ''Literature/JohnDevil'' (1862) by Creator/PaulFeval we have arguably 3. Officially [[BigBad Henri Belcamp]] makes Robert Surisy the Lieutenant of his private SteamPunk navy formed to free Napoleon and destroy England. And Ned Knob manages to become [[SecretIdentity Tom Brown]]'s eye and ears in London's criminal underworld. But his true Dragon is [[FemmeFatale Sarah O'Neil]] who is the only person from the start in on all the various layers of his compartmentalized EvilPlan. |
| 237 | * In ''Literature/KeysToTheKingdom'', all seven Trustees have three main servants: a Dawn, a Noon and a Dusk. Grim Tuesday has seven: the Grotesques, made from the Dawn, Noon and Dusk. |
| 238 | * ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImASupervillain'': Reviled and E-Claire are sidekicks to VillainProtagonist Bad Penny. |
| 239 | * ''Literature/{{Pronto}}'': Jimmy Cap's two main henchmen are notorious hitman Tommy Bucks and his incompetent right-hand man Nicky "Joe Macho" Testa. Both of them hate each other despite having to work together, Tommy because Nicky is an idiot who doesn't know Italian and Nicky because Tommy constantly insults him. |
| 240 | * In the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' book, ''Lord Brocktree'', wildcat conqueror Ungatt Trunn has three dragons by the end in [[NumberTwo Karangool]], the [[MouthOfSauron Grand Fragorl]], and ex-searat [[MookPromotion Ripfang]]. |
| 241 | * From ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', Morgoth had three Dragons, each with a different area of expertise -- Sauron, who led various werewolves, vampires and the like; Gothmog, leader of the Balrogs and [[FourStarBadass Field Marshall]] for Morgoth's armies; and Glaurung, father of the (literal) dragons. Sauron is noted for having been his NumberTwo in all administrative affairs, however, while Morgoth [[OrcusOnHisThrone sat in the fortress]] that Sauron guarded. Each of Morgoth's dragons would serve a role as TheHeavy for one of Tolkien's Great Tales: Sauron for ''Beren and Luthien'', Glaurung for ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'', and Gothmog for ''The Fall of Gondolin''. If one tried to into a traditional (evil) FiveManBand, Sauron would be TheDragon, Gothmog would be TheBrute and Glaurung would be TheEvilGenius. Glaurung was ''very'' intelligent, so he qualifies for that regardless. Interestingly, Sauron is the first to be defeated, but is also the only one of the three to survive the war. |
| 242 | ** In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' Sauron has become the DragonAscendant, and now has two co-dragons of his own: [[WasOnceAMan the Witch-King]], who leads his forces, and the MouthOfSauron, who administers his EvilEmpire. |
| 243 | *** The ''movie'' incarnation of Saruman could also be considered a Dragon along with the Witch-King, though the ''book'' version only worked with, rather than for, Sauron to [[TheStarscream advance his own power]]. |
| 244 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': |
| 245 | ** ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'' introduces Prince Xizor, head of the intergalactic [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate]] Black Sun and self-considered 3rd most powerful man in the Empire. He loathes Vader, both as a rival and for personal reasons, and the two engage in frequent games of one-upsmanship for Palpatine's favour and do everything they can to eliminate the other. Xizor has no military might, but the Black Sun apparently has the best spy network in the galaxy (aside from the Rebel-aligned Bothans), which gives him an edge as he can provide better intel than Imperial Intelligence. He advises the Emperor in various plans; it transpires that Palpatine's EvilPlan in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' was actually Xizor's idea, and Xizor was the one who ''really'' gave the Rebels their Death Star info (with Palp's blessing). |
| 246 | ** In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', Mara Jade apparently ''thought'' she was this to Emperor Palpatine, being his personal right-hand assassin known as "The Emperors' Hand", but Thrawn informs her that she was actually just one of several such "Hands" whose existence was kept secret from one another in order to make them feel more special and thus ensure their loyalty. Thrawn himself has a better claim to being a Co-Dragon than she did, the Emperor begrudgingly accepting his criticisms and advice in military matters simply because Thrawn is proved time and again he was better at them than the Emperor was. |
| 247 | ** Subverted in the ''Literature/RevengeOfTheSith'' novelization, where it's revealed that Dooku's plan was for him and Anakin to become this, with himself leading the corrupted Jedi they'd leave in their wake and Anakin taking Thrawn's role as head of the military. Palpatine however, didn't like the idea of having a division of power and decided YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness the second he had the chance. |
| 248 | * In ''Literature/ThoseThatWake'''s sequel, Arielle Kliest has Castillo and Roarke working for her. |
| 249 | * [[StrawNihilist Moridin]] and [[HumanoidAbomination Shaidar Haran]] appear to be this in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' - Moridin is [[TheAntichrist Nae'blis]], the [[GodOfEvil Dark One's]] empowered human regend, while Shaidar Haran acts as the Dark One's mouthpiece and enforcer. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that Shaidar was actually a vessel for the Dark One's consciousness to travel beyond its [[SealedEvilInACan prison]] rather than an independent being; when said prison weakens enough for the Dark One to at least partially enter the world directly, Shaidar is discarded; when [[TheChosenOne Rand]] arrives at Shayol Ghul to confront the Dark One and Moridin, he sees Shaidar's withered remains lying on the ground nearby]]. |
| 250 | ** From Book 4 until Moridin and Shadar Haran appear (in books 7 and 6 respectively), the Forsaken themselves are Co-Dragons. |
| 251 | * In the ''Winds of the Forelands'' series, both [[DarkActionGirl Jastanne]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Pronjed]] serve as Dragons to BigBad Dusaan. |
| 252 | * ''Literature/TheWitchOfKnightcharm'': An evil WizardingSchool has a GangOfBullies led by a witch named Lily Rutherford. Two members of the clique, Lucille Ballard and Amira Chadid, both serves as Lily's immediate subordinates. They're the two strongest members of the gang outside of Lily herself, and when she has to pick two people to help her try to kill the protagonist, she chooses them. |
| 253 | * ''Literature/YoungBond'' |
| 254 | ** In ''Literature/BloodFever'', Smiler is the Count Carnifex’s head henchman and assassin, and the one in charge of stealing stuff from rich households. [[spoiler:Haight]] is the Count's spy in Eton, providing him information to plan art thefts. |
| 255 | ** Ludwig and Wolfgang Smith in ''Literature/DoubleOrDie'', who are [[SiblingsInCrime a duo of criminal brothers]] who work for anyone who pays them. |
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| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 259 | * ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' likes this trope. |
| 260 | ** The show starts off with Nucky as the BigBad while his younger brother Eli is [[DirtyCop the crooked sheriff]] that carries out his edicts. Nucky's other Dragon is his protégé [[ShellShockedVeteran Jimmy Darmody]], who is a [[FromCamouflageToCriminal former soldier turned mob enforcer]]. Eli and Jimmy seem to be this, with Eli being the official muscle for Nucky who has the authority given to him by his badge while Jimmy takes care of things as a hitman/enforcer who works outside the law and can get dirty. Too bad the first season closes with ''both'' of them being approached by [[TheManBehindTheMan The Commodore]] to become part of a conspiracy to take Nucky down. |
| 261 | ** In season two, Jimmy and Eli become Co-Dragons to the Commodore - Eli as his pawn in the sheriff's department, and Jimmy as his protégé. When [[spoiler: the Commodore [[AnticlimaxBoss is paralyzed by a stroke]]]], Jimmy steps up as a DragonAscendant, with his own Dragon in [[ColdSniper Richard Harrow]]. |
| 262 | ** Finally, [[HotBlooded Lucky]] [[TheBrute Luciano]] and [[EvilGenius Meyer]] [[PragmaticVillainy Lansky]] are Co-Dragons to [[TheGambler Arnold]] [[MagnificentBastard Rothstein]]. Lansky is the more rational, businesslike Dragon, while Luciano is hot-tempered and violent enforcer. In season two, they both become TheStarscream and plot to overthrow Rothstein, though [[ForegoneConclusion it'll take them a few years until his death before they truly rise to power]]. |
| 263 | * In ''Series/TheBorgias'', Pope Alexander planned for his sons to be this, with Cesare responsible for church matters, and Juan responsible for the military and statecraft. However, in practice Juan largely functioned as TheBrute, and proved fairly ineffective even at that. |
| 264 | ** In season 3, Cesare and Cardinal Sforza serve as this, with Sforza as Alexander's primary Vatican official and enforcer in the church, and Cesare as his right hand man on secular matters. |
| 265 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 266 | ** Warren was this to Twilight with Amy and The General in Season 8. |
| 267 | ** Vampire Xander along with Willow. |
| 268 | ** Pearl and Nash to Whistler. |
| 269 | * ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'': The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Three Shoguns]] lack an official leader between the three of them and all report to Captain Barder directly as his chief lieutenants. |
| 270 | * On ''Series/DarkOracle'', CreepyTwins Blaze & Violet were the primary antagonists for most of Season 2, and appeared to be a BigBadDuumvirate. In reality they were Co-Dragons to [[spoiler: [[TheMentor Doyle]]'s EvilCounterpart]] the Puppet-Master, who was the one really giving the orders. |
| 271 | * Season 3 of ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' gave us this with the Candy Bandits. The BigBad is Jay, and with Sean's FaceHeelTurn, he and Alex become Co-Dragons. |
| 272 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Euron with Jaime for Cersei, in terms of military. He leads the navy, Jaime the army. |
| 273 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'' |
| 274 | ** Wiseman in ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' has his Chief Phantoms, Phoenix and Medusa, later joined by Gremlin. Medusa is definitely the most loyal, but neither really outranks the other. |
| 275 | ** The Time Jackers in ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'' have a very informal hierarchy, with Swartz being the one who leads and Heure and Ora being the ones who follow. |
| 276 | * In the final season of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', [[spoiler:Claire and Sayid]] seem to be this for The Man in Black. [[spoiler: They're just brainwashed though, and both betray him by the end.]] |
| 277 | * In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al's NO MA'M group features Jefferson and Griff acting as Al's prominent commanders. They both also act as the OnlySaneMan in the organization. |
| 278 | * Morgana from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' had Helios and Agravaine as her Co-Dragons at the end of series 4. They didn't like each other much. |
| 279 | * ''Series/MetalHeroes'': |
| 280 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffSharivan'': Doctor Polter was the sole second-in-command of Demon King Psycho at first, but after Strategist Reider joined the Madou she and Reider began jostling for the role. |
| 281 | ** ''Series/SpaceSheriffShaider'': [[GodEmperor Great Emperor Kubilai]] has Priest Poe, his high cleric, and Commander Hessler, his military commander. |
| 282 | ** ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'': Queen Pandora has the leaders of the Waller Empire's three armies: General Deathzero, leader of the Machine Army, Doctor Bio, leader of the Bio Army, and Rikki, leader of the Spy Army. |
| 283 | ** ''Series/ChoujinkiMetalder'': The four Victorious Saints each command one of the four armies of the Neros Empire and are technically equal-ranked, although among them Coolgin is God Neros' favored enforcer. |
| 284 | ** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'': Dokusai's top two henchmen are [[DaddysLittleVillain Benikiba]] and [[TheBrute Retsukiba]], with him gaining a third later on in [[WickedWitch Madam Spider]]. |
| 285 | ** ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'': Doctor Giba at first has his secretaries, Marsha and Karsha, although later on he creates [[EvilCounterpart Mad Garbo]], who supplants the two of them as his top enforcer. |
| 286 | ** ''Series/JuukouBFighter'': The three Army Commanders of Jamahl are technically this to Gaohm at the start of the series. Subverted later on when he creates [[EvilKnockoff Black Beet]], who becomes his favorite enforcer. |
| 287 | * ''Series/{{Narcos}}'': Pablo Escobar appoints "Kiko" Moncada and Fernando Galeano to be his front bosses while he's in "[[LuxuryPrisonSuite jail]]". [[spoiler:Though he kills them both in a fit of paranoia one episode later]]. |
| 288 | * More or less a tradition in each ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' season after ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. Generally there's one loyal dragon, and one [[TheStarscream treacherous]] one. |
| 289 | ** Though this does predate ''in Space'' as well; ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' had Goldar and Scorpina in the first season, and the second and third seasons had Goldar and Rito Revolto. |
| 290 | ** ''in Space'': Ecliptor and Darkonda, although their boss was technically the DragonInChief for Dark Spectre. Ecliptor was the NobleDemon type who mentored Astronema, while Darkonda was the scheming backstabber who [[spoiler: stole her from her family in the first place]]. They couldn't stand each other. |
| 291 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'': Villamax and Deviot - again, NobleDemon mentor to the main villainess / unrepentant Starscream. |
| 292 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'': Diabolico, Loki, and Vypra at the start, all of which are loyal to Queen Bansheera. Then Diabolico, the one above the other two, is killed by the rangers and replaced with Bansheera's son Olympius. Then later, Diabolico comes back. All of them are loyal to Bansheera up until the end of the series, [[spoiler:when she starts sacrificing them in order to complete her revival; it was ultimately her undoing when that betrayal came full circle.]] |
| 293 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'': Ransik's daughter Nadira and the robot Frax. Turns out Frax [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan and it was Ransik's fault]]; he was appropriately treacherous. Nadira and Ransik were mutually loyal to each other, and she eventually [[spoiler:led him into a HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 294 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'': Jindrax and Toxica. Oddly, ''both'' of them were loyal, and then both ''became'' treacherous when the BigBad [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal abused that loyalty]]. And that happens twice. |
| 295 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'': Loads of them, with Vexacus taking steps to eliminate the competition later in the season. |
| 296 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'': Elsa and Zeltrax. Zeltrax eventually goes rogue, while Elsa [[spoiler:is revealed to have been brainwashed from the beginning.]] |
| 297 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersSPD SPD]]'': Mora/Morgana and Broodwing. The former was the loyal one, the latter was demoted from the BigBad position he held in the original Sentai and was clearly resentful about it to the point of wanting his spot back. |
| 298 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Mystic Force]]'': Koragg and Necrolai. Both could be loyal or treacherous, depending on the situation - Koragg started out loyal to Morticon, but when Morticon was replaced with Imperious Koragg worked against him (particularly because of Imperious' own backstabbing tendencies), and ultimately [[spoiler:his brainwashing was broken and became a good guy again]]. Necrolai was more consistently loyal up until the end [[spoiler:when she had a HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 299 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'': A herd of them, most notably Camille and Grizakka; Grizzaka was the treacherous one, and [[spoiler:Camille pulled a last-minute HeelFaceTurn, staying loyal to the guy the BigBad had been possessing rather than the BigBad himself]]. |
| 300 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'': Another ensemble, with Kilobyte, Tenaya 7, Shifter, and Crunch. [[spoiler:Shifter eventually became treacherous, while Tenaya was brainwashed and changed sides eventually]]. |
| 301 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Samurai]]'': Dayu and Serrator. Serrator was the scheming treacherous one all the way, even getting to be DragonInChief for a little while; but Dayu wasn't particularly loyal either - she never acted against the other villains, but did leave for a while when she had been abused too much. There's also Deker, though he was more of an independent WildCard. There was also Octoroo, TheEvilGenius and (more or less) loyal Dragon. |
| 302 | ** ''[[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce]]'': A rotating ensemble in the first season, complicated by Vrak's position of DragonInChief. The series started with Vrak and Creepox as Co-Dragons to Admiral Malkor, then Creepox went down and Biggs and Bluefur were brought on with Vrak as go-between between them and Malkor, and then those two made way for Vrak getting his own personal Dragon, Metal Alice. She was co opted with the Messenger during the finale. |
| 303 | ** ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' has [[DragonInChief Damaras]], [[TheBrute Argus]] and [[EvilGenius Levira]] as Prince Vekar's Co-Dragons. While both Damaras and Levira are complaining about the prince and acting on his back, they both care for him. Argus, on the other hand, is completely loyal to Vekar and [[TheConfidant his confidant]]. |
| 304 | *** Damaras and Argus are replaced by [[ReplacementFlatCharacter Redker and Yellzor]] after rangers kill them and Prince Vekar. |
| 305 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' Sledge has four Co-Dragons: [[TheHeavy Fury]], Poisandra, [[TheEvilGenius Wrench]] and [[spoiler:[[TheBrute Snide]]]]. The latter is the only treacherous one. |
| 306 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' has Ripcon has the loyal Dragon and Odius as the TreacherousAdvisor. |
| 307 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' has [[TheBrute Blaze]], Roxy and [[TheEvilGenius Scrozzle]]. They're later joined by [[PsychoForHire Vargoyle]]. While they backstab each other and are in constant competition with one another, they are all loyal to the BigBad. |
| 308 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'': [[RobotWizard Slyther]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion Mucus]], and [[spoiler:in Season 2, Void Knight himself gets DemotedToDragon by his wife, Void Queen.]] |
| 309 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'': [[PunnyName Bajillia Naire]], CEO of the EvilInc bankrolling Lord Zedd's intergalactic war, and [[spoiler:brainwashed Blue Ranger Ollie. In the home stretch of the season, the Rangers and a reformed Slyther and Mucus free Ollie from Zedd's control, and [[DragonWithAnAgenda Bajillia backstabs Zedd]] for her own evil plans.]] |
| 310 | * The Korean drama ''Series/QueenSeondeok'''s [[BigBad Lady Mishil]] has three, her husbands ([[{{Polyamory}} you heard that right]]) Seolwon and Saejong and her younger brother Misaeng. |
| 311 | * Several major antagonists in ''Series/ResurrectionErtugrul'' tend to have two right-hand men with them. |
| 312 | ** Titus and Marcus to Petruchio in season 1. |
| 313 | ** Also in the first season, Baybora and Alpargu to Kurdoglu. |
| 314 | ** Tankut and Ulubilge to Noyan in season 2. |
| 315 | ** Philip and Petrus to Simon in the third season. [[spoiler: Petrus becomes a co-dragon to Vasilius alongside his general after Simon’s death]]. |
| 316 | ** [[spoiler: Eynece and Mergen to Alangoya]] toward the end of season 4. |
| 317 | ** Lais and Tara to Dragos in season 5, [[spoiler: the former being replaced with Uranos after getting publicly executed in Sogut town square]]. |
| 318 | * [[MonsterLord King Monster]] in ''Series/SeigiNoSymbolCondorman'' has ''seven'' Co-Dragons, who each take a different turn in the lead. Also of note is his faithful EvilGenius, [[MadScientist Mad Scienter]], who serves him throughout the entire show. |
| 319 | * In the 10th (and final) season of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': [[EvilOldFolks Granny]] [[IronLady Goodness]], [[NightmareFetishist Desaad]] and [[DarkMessiah Gordon]] [[CompellingVoice Godfrey]] are sharing the role of Dragon to BigBad ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} as they prepare the world for his coming. |
| 320 | ** And in the episode "Dominion", Darkseid is shown to have another Dragon in [[DemotedToDragon previous]] BigBad Zod, who rules over the Phantom Zone in Darkseid's name. Interestingly, Zod is himself a pair of Dragons in one body - Darkseid [[FusionDance fused]] the Phantom of the original General Zod with his clone Major Zod. |
| 321 | * Azazel and Lilith seem to have been this for Lucifer in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', though Lilith is said to have outranked Azazel. |
| 322 | ** Azazel's children, Meg and Tom, were this to him in Season One. |
| 323 | ** In a way Alastair and Crowley could be considered this for Lilith, though Crowley was an UnseenCharacter until season 5 (after Lilith's death). Ruby could also be included, though her rank seems to be only slightly higher than mook. |
| 324 | ** Michael had Zachariah and Raphael under his command. |
| 325 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' features this trope multiple times. These ensembles come in multiple variants. Sometimes, they are just combatants who work together. Other times, each of them commands a different type of MonsterOfTheWeek, alternating who takes center stage between the episodes. Its also possible for the multiple Dragons to be at each others throats: |
| 326 | ** The Gozma in ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' start off with only one Dragon in Giluke, but after Queen Ahames joins [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad the roster]] she and Giluke begin vying for power, leading the two to end up sharing this role. |
| 327 | *** Giluke himself also has two lieutenants in adjutants Booba and Shiima. |
| 328 | ** ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' has a similar example to ''Changeman'' above. Captain Garoa is initially the only Dragon of Zone at first, but after First Captain Chevalier joins the crew and [[KnightOfCerebus proves himself much more competent than Garoa]], [[BigBad Meadow]] promotes him to her second-in-command and demotes Garoa to janitor. Later on however, Garoa is able to win back favor with Meadow, leading her promote Garoa back up and effectively make both him and Chevalier her Dragons. |
| 329 | ** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' starts of with only one Dragon, being Grifforzer. After the first third of the show, Grifforzer is joined by his wife Lamy and briefly by [[SixthRanger Burai]]. After Lamy's appearance, Grifforzer isn't usually seen without her in battle. |
| 330 | ** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' is very strange with this. The field commanders of the antagonistic Gorma Tribe are the Gorma Triumvirate, a trio of generals who serve the Gorma Emperor. However, it is shown that some of the MonstersOfTheWeek are of equal rank or even outrank the Triumvirate. In terms of narrative the Triumvirate does fit the role of TheDragon. |
| 331 | ** ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' starts with three of them, being Zylpheeza, Dinas and Kobolda, each commanding groups of monsters based on the elements of air, water and earth respectively. They are later joined by Salamandes, who commands his own group of monsters based on the element of fire. |
| 332 | ** ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' has Lira and [[EvilGenius Gien]]. Each serves Don Dolnero in a different capacity, but both are his main henchmen. |
| 333 | ** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' has seven of them, each named after a day of the week. Four of them command a band of Monsters and most of them die due to the machinations of their colleagues or the BigBad. |
| 334 | ** Subverted in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. When [[BigBad Emperor Ackdos Gill]] first appears he brings with him two enforcers, Yatsurig and Dyrandoh. The former then becomes a MonsterOfTheWeek and gets killed off, leaving Ackdos with only one Dragon in Dyrandoh for the remainder of the series. |
| 335 | ** ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' plays with this trope, starting with Enter as its sole Dragon for BigBad Messiah. After Messiah grows impatient, he creates Escape, another Dragon. [[spoiler: In the final arc it narrows down to one again, after Enter becomes a DragonAscendant with Escape as his sole Dragon.]] |
| 336 | * ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' |
| 337 | ** The Dark Four Heavenly Kings in ''Series/UltramanMebius'' are a council of four powerful kaiju who serve as the top generals in Alien Empera's army. |
| 338 | ** When Ultraman Belial returns with his galactic empire in ''Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial'', he has Darkgone and Iaron as his two army commanders. |
| 339 | * ''Series/VRTroopers'' had a lot of them, given that it [[{{Frankenslation}} blended together three separate]] ''Metal Heroes'' shows. General Ivar (commander of Grimlord's air and ground assault forces), Colonel Icebot (top scientist and monster creator) and Decimator (field commander and best warrior) were the main sub-leaders in season 1; season 2 saw Decimator get replaced by Oraclon (a giant gold head that served as a living supercomputer) and, to an extent, Doom Master and Despera (new warrior and TheStrategist respectively). |
| 340 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': In the seasons featuring [[BigBad Negan]] and the Saviors, it's shown that both [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Dwight]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil Simon]] have the same influence and power within the social structure of the Sanctuary, with both answering directly to Negan himself. |
| 341 | * Chris and Snoop under [[BigBad kingpin]] Marlo Stanfield on ''Series/TheWire''. |
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| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 345 | * ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' has the 'Big Four', consisting of Steven Wilson, Melvin Carter, Jim Greynolds and Sonia Nguyen, all of whom appear to have an equal standing whilst being clear superiors to the remainder of the terrorists. [[BigBad Danya]] certainly seems to give them equal roles in his organisation. |
| 346 | [[/folder]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 349 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s [[BigBad Nicol Bolas]], an actual dragon, prefers to recruit other (weaker) Planewalkers as his dragons, though given his disposition he rules through fear and intimidation rather than loyalty. Right now he has three co-Dragons; Tezzeret, who owes a debt to the dragon and might be being controlled by a psychic implant, Liliana Vess; who seeks Bolas' power to help free her from a blood pact with several archdemons, and Sarkhan Vol; who comes from a world where dragons are revered as the pinnacle of life, arguably the only one loyal to Bolas. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 353 | * In the 20th year of [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's]] Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights, the event's "Icons" (Jack the Clown, The Caretaker, The Director, The Storyteller, and The Usher) were demoted from [[BigBad Big Bads]] to this role, serving as the minions for "Fear", the EldritchAbomination personification of fear itself, who was revealed to have been the GreaterScopeVillain behind the event's entire history. This partially occurred again in 2015, when Jack the Clown once again became the main "Icon" and had the others serving as his henchmen. |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 357 | * In ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'', [[spoiler:[[AmoralAttorney Calisto Yew]]/[[TheMole Shih-Na]] and [[AssholeVictim Manny Coachen]]]] are Dragons in different ways. The former is more important to the story than the latter and, barring the BigBad [[spoiler:[[AssInAmbassador Quercus Alba]]]], is the most important criminal in the game, but the latter is the second in command of the smuggling ring. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' Xing and Xang become this to Drakath [[spoiler:After Drakath replaced the good Xang with her very evil 'counterpart' from the Mirror Realm.]] |
| 359 | * [[{{Cyborg}} Robo-Manus]] and [[FatBastard Big Blag]] of ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' are the chief enforcers of the [[BigBad Dark Queen.]] |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': The four Cardinal Virtues are all regarded as equal secondary agents in Paradio's army, to the god Jubileus herself. In-game they act as this to the story's BigBad, each of them being faced as a major boss fight after one to three chapters of buildup. |
| 361 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' has [[spoiler: [[{{Troll}} Hazama]]/[[CardCarryingVillain Yuuki Terumi]] and [[MadScientist Relius Clover]]]] appear this way at first. Bonus points for the RedOniBlueOni thing they have going on. [[spoiler: Then it turns out [[DragonInChief they're the ones behind everything, and their boss is a puppet]]]]. And then ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma Chronophantasma]]'' reveals [[spoiler: that Saya is [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[TheSociopath Izanami]], the real BigBad, and she [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness disposes of both of them near the end]], leaving Relius [[BreakTheHaughty suffering from a case of humility and irony]] and Terumi with a [[StayingAlive case of (almost) death]], while Hazama ends up breaking off and doing his whole own thing.]] |
| 362 | * Lord Recluse of ''VideoGame/CityOfVillains'' has Ghost Widow, Sirocco, Mako, and Black Scorpion as his dragons. |
| 363 | ** And as you progress through the story arc for any of them, it is implied that you are on your way to becoming a new dragon yourself. |
| 364 | * ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'': |
| 365 | ** Tiny and N. Gin are often Neo Cortex's most consistent two lackeys throughout the games (being his only sincerely loyal henchmen), and often utilised whenever he is put in a TerribleTrio dynamic. In some cases, Tiny is replaced with N. Brio or Nina, Cortex's niece. |
| 366 | ** Cortex himself is often paired with N. Tropy as Uka Uka's Co-Dragons. Though the power chain isn't clear in ''Warped'', in most later games they are equals and rivalistic towards each other. In the GBA, games Uka Uka interchanges between using Cortex or Tropy as his main schemer, while in ''It's About Time'', after they both betray Uka, they form a BigBadDuumvirate, though with Tropy clearly the spearheading and eventually betraying Cortex as well in favour of a more efficient accomplice. |
| 367 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'''s story has Christie and [[spoiler:Rig]] as Victor Donovan's dragons. The former is a cold-blooded assassin and has been a long-time ally of Donovan, the latter is [[spoiler: Donovan's son who [[FakingAmnesia pretended to have lost his memories and served as an oil worker]], while in reality, him and Donovan plotted out everything that happened in the story.]] |
| 368 | * In ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', several of the killers seem to have more freedom than the others - [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]], [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]], and [[Literature/TheRing Sadako]]. Pyramid Head, Myers, and Sadako can kill survivors without making offerings to the Entity or using perks, while the Lament Configuration (and by extension, Pinhead) showed up in the realm of the Entity one day, with Pinhead's Mori explicitly taking survivors out of the Entity's realm. (not that [[DraggedOffToHell where they're going is any better]]) |
| 369 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'': |
| 370 | ** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Loghain's two top lieutenants are [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Ser Cauthrien]], his chief enforcer and the leader of his personal bodyguard, and [[AristocratsAreEvil Arl Rendon Howe]], an able if ruthless administrator who assumes responsibility for most of the actions that would ordinarily give Loghain bad P.R. |
| 371 | ** In a more minor example, the Archdemon attacks Denerim with two powerful Darkspawn Generals. |
| 372 | ** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. The Elder One has two lieutenants, Calpernia and Samson, that share equal power. However, one of them will take the bulk of the screentime per playthrough and spend that time acting like they're the only second-in-command.[[note]]This is dependent on the player's actions. If the player supports the mages, Samson takes the stage. If the player supports the Templars, Calpernia does.[[/note]] You might not notice the Elder One has multiple Dragons unless you pay very close attention or run multiple playthroughs. |
| 373 | ** Inverted with Leliana and Cassandra who were the Left and Right Hand of the Divine, Thedas's religious leader. After forming the Inquisition they become ''your'' CoDragons, stepping down from a quasi leadership role to grooming you to lead. |
| 374 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': |
| 375 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'': Atlas, Pazuzu and Belial are Hargon's Unholy Trinity. They guard his fortress and must be fought before reaching Hargon. |
| 376 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestX'': Antero and his brother, Principal Nadia are [[spoiler:Patriarch Orstov's lieutenants sent to lead more monsters into Astoila and get the Hero to come to Nagaland by kidnapping Anlucia and several royals.]] |
| 377 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' has Mordegon's generals Jasper and Alizarin. Jasper is technically the leader of the Spectral Sentinels, but remains an OrcusOnHisThrone until you fight him; Alizarin is the guy making the strongest push against the heroes in the overworld. |
| 378 | * ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'': Mensouma and Undata are the two closest minions of Dark Force and his most effective commanders. |
| 379 | * ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' features Caesar's two lieutenants. Vulpes Inculta is the leader of the Frumentarii, who are scouts, infiltrators and saboteurs; he is responsible for most of the trouble the Legion is causing in the Mojave. Legate Lanius is the leader of Caesar's armies. It's heavily implied that after Caesar's death the two of them will fight for leadership, leading to the eventual collapse of the Legion as neither have what the other does. |
| 380 | * In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', this trope is subverted, and then played straight. Initially, the Four Riders of Daein are held up as Co-Dragons to the King of Daein, being the nation's four top generals and warriors. It quickly becomes apparent, however, that [[LadyOfWar Petrine]] and [[AxeCrazy Bertram]] are both taking orders from The BlackKnight, and that only the latter has [[BigBad Mad King Ashnard]]'s ear. As the last few chapters approach, however, we are introduced to Bryce, the last surviving member of the original Riders, who serves as Ashnard's bodyguard, believes in MyCountryRightOrWrong, and takes no crap from anyone, including the Black Knight. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', [[spoiler:the [[GodIsEvil Goddess]] [[OrderIsNotGood Ashera]]]] has [[spoiler:[[EvilChancellor Prime Minister]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Sephiran]] and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dhenginsea]]]] as Dragons. |
| 381 | * ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'': |
| 382 | ** In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII'', Zeus has Poseidon and Helios, during the Second Great War against Kratos and the Titans. |
| 383 | ** In ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'', Odin has Thor and Heimdall as his right, and left hands respectively. |
| 384 | * ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': [[BigBad Gerard Bieri]], the leader of the Zeniths, has both Erik Visser and Tilda van der Meer respectively serving as his right and left-hands, even though [[spoiler:Tilda is the one who goes into TheStarscream near the end of the game as she plans to kill Gerard to complete her goal of taking Aloy with her]]. |
| 385 | * ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' |
| 386 | ** In ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'', the Injustice universe ruled by [[FallenHero High Councilor Superman]], his Co-Dragons are [[LadyMacBeth Wonder Woman]] and [[AntiVillain Yellow Lantern]]. The former is a ManipulativeBitch who intends to replace Lois in his life, while commanding the AmazonBrigade to serve the Regime. The latter is a loyal enforcer, while commanding the other Regime members, but is doing so out of a [[WellIntentionedExtremist misguided sense of justice]] and out of fear. |
| 387 | ** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' has [[KillerGorilla Gorilla Grodd]] leading The Society, and ''all'' of his top brass could be considered a Dragon in their own right: [[PsychoPsychologist Scarecrow]], [[GreenThumb Poison Ivy]], [[CatGirl Cheetah]], [[KillItWithIce Captain Cold]], [[ImprobableAimingSkills Deadshot]], [[WrestlerInAllOfUs Bane]], [[SuperSpeed Reverse-Flash]], and [[ClassyCatBurglar Catwoman]]. An interesting variation however, as all of them qualify as being a DragonWithAnAgenda, seeing as how none of them are especially loyal to Grodd and only joined for personal reasons. [[spoiler:Turns out Catwoman was TheMole for Batman, as she joined the Society to find out what Grodd has planned.]] |
| 388 | *** In addition, Superman has Wonder Woman and Black Adam as his Co-Dragons, the latter has replaced Yellow Lantern after The Regime fell and his HeelRealization. |
| 389 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': |
| 390 | ** In games involving the Organization, it's pretty clear that Saix and Xigbar share TheDragon position to Xemnas. Saix was TheStarscream who [[BecomingTheMask became the mask]], and who handles the day-to-day giving of orders to the rest of the organization and is the final battle before Xemnas, whereas Xigbar ''is the only one who actually knows what's going on'' because he [[spoiler:was the first member to make an alliance with Master Xehanort, Xemnas's true identity, ten years ago.]] They may cross partially with DragonWithAnAgenda and/or TheManBehindTheMan depending on how much Xemnas knew and/or remembered. |
| 391 | ** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Vanitas and Braig are this to Master Xehanort. The former is the dark counterpart to one of the protagonists, while the latter joined Xehanort to gain a Keyblade. |
| 392 | ** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', the position is shared by Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort, as they are Master Xehanort’s right-hand men in the Seekers of Darkness. Ansem is searching for a mysterious girl called Subject X, Xemnas maintains some of the day-to-day groundwork being laid by the lesser members since he already has experience being their leader, and Young Xehanort researches the bonds between [[Franchise/ToyStory toys and their owners]] to help engineer the collection of the last Seeker of Darkness needed. During the climactic Keyblade War, the former two serve as Master Xehanort’s main generals in the field, overseeing and providing support to the lesser members during their fights against the Guardians of Light. The penultimate boss fight, fittingly, is against these three all at once. It's also interesting to note that while Ansem and Xemnas are Rank II and III respectively in the Real Organization XIII, Young Xehanort is actually the second-lowest ranking member at Rank XII. |
| 393 | *** In ''Re:Mind'' before Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort return, the position of Co-Dragons fall to Xigbar and Saix, this time to Master Xehanort, When Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Xehanort return in replica bodies to maintain their presence, Xigbar and Saix are demoted to lesser members of the Thirteen Seekers of Darkness. |
| 394 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has Koume and Kotake Twinrova, Ganondorf’s surrogate mothers who [[DuelBoss serve as the penultimate boss]]. |
| 395 | ** Though only revealed at the conclusion of a linked game, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' feature [[spoiler:Veran and Onox as Co-Dragons for the returning [[BigBadDuumvirate Twinrova]]... who are themselves Co-Dragons for [[HijackedByGanon Ganon]], who is the GreaterScopeVillain in this game]]. |
| 396 | ** As pictured above, Ganondorf in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' gets two returning characters, [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Zant]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Ghirahim]], as his Co-Dragons when he finally makes an appearance. The OriginalGeneration character Cia, meanwhile, has two other original characters, Volga and Wizzro, as her Co-Dragons. |
| 397 | * Lord Palethorn in ''VideoGame/MediEvil2'' has two chief henchmen who work closely with each other: Dogman, a working-class thug who serves as TheBrute, and Mander, a smarmy aristocrat who does most of the thinking. |
| 398 | * Prometheus and Pandora from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' serve this role to both Master Albert and briefly to [[BigBad Serpent]] under his orders. Crosses over with [[spoiler: TheStarscream in the second game when they reveal they intend to kill Albert and do just that [[TheDogBitesBack due to the suffering and abuse they went through because of him.]] Shame that [[ActuallyADoombot it wasn't the one they expected]], and that [[MagnificentBastard Albert]] [[JustAsPlanned planned their betrayal from the start.]]]] |
| 399 | * In ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'', Sundowner and Monsoon are [[spoiler:Senator Armstrong’s]] right-hand men. |
| 400 | * Ridley and Kraid in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' are both literal dragons to [[BigBad Mother Brain.]] |
| 401 | * ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VII'' starts out with King Archibald Ironfist of Deyja having a group of four mysterious advisers as his main servants, though it quickly becomes apparent that Kastore effectively leads the group. Once [[spoiler: Kastore usurps the throne]], however, it can return to this trope -- the remaining three advisers ([[spoiler: eventually two on the good path]]) serve equal scientific and leadership roles, and on the evil path your group of four adventurers provides the primary muscle as well as strategic alliances and territory. |
| 402 | * Khalid Al-Asad and Victor Zakhaev both serve as Imran Zakhaev's dragons in the first ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' game. [[spoiler: Until they die, of course. Then it turns out that all three of them are dragons to another terrorist, Vladimir Makarov.]] |
| 403 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': |
| 404 | ** Shao Kahn's top lieutenants appear to be Shang Tsung (CourtMage-plus-MadScientist, as well host for the Mortal Kombat tournament and diplomatic negotiator with Kano and the Lin Kuei), and Goro (his nine-time Mortal Kombat champion). After they both fail him, he begins to switch them out for Kintaro and Mileena, respectively. |
| 405 | ** After being ReforgedIntoAMinion at the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Liu Kang]] and [[DarkActionGirl Kitana]] become Shinnok and Quan Chi's top lieutenants. [[DragonAscendant The two]] even become the [[HellHasNewManagement Netherrealm's co-rulers]] after Quan was KilledOffForReal and Shinnok is reduced to a FateWorseThanDeath by a [[JerkassGod corrupted Raiden]].]] |
| 406 | * In ''VideoGame/Mother3'', Yokuba/[[DubNameChange Fassad]] and the Masked Man both act as dragons to King P[[spoiler:orky/Pokey Minch]] and command their own divisions of the Pigmask Army. |
| 407 | * In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Lord Crump and Beldam are this to Sir Grodus, though strangely they are never shown interacting with each other. [[spoiler:Beldam is a DragonWithAnAgenda who's using Grodus and his X-Nauts to revive her original mistress, the demonic Shadow Queen.]] |
| 408 | * Selvan and Dias are this to Queen Protea in ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria''. Dias heads the army, while Selvan is something like a prime minister. |
| 409 | * ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' has Captain Espinoza and Vicente de Santa in the Nuevo Paraiso portion of the game. They serve [[ArcVillain Colonel Agustin Allende]] though are often at each other's throats as each sees themselves as the more loyal servant. |
| 410 | * In ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheKasai'', the BigBad Meibisi's top servants are a pair of beautiful twin priestess who keep his evil army in line by brainwashing them, and, like another of his top minions, can turn into literal dragons. It's an odd example as unlike other bosses in the game, they have no dialogue, and don't feature in the story at all until the cutscene right before their bossfight (which is exactly like every other boss in the game except the big bad). They count as his dragons mainly because of their role of enslaving his army, and that they are his most dangerous servants, even briefly managing to mind control the hero. |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom'' has quite literal version of this: Randy and Andy, known as the Dragon Twins, are Co Dragons for the BigBad of the game, Slick. The player must [[DualBoss face both of them at the same time]] before fighting Slick. |
| 412 | * In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', [[VillainProtagonist you]] have four Dragons who aid you in taking over Stilwater: Johnny Gat and Pierce Washington, who handle the Ronin; Shaundi, who aids you in taking on the Sons of Samedi; and Carlos, your man for taking care of Brotherhood. |
| 413 | * Kiki and Viola [=DeWynter=] are set up to be Phillipe Loren's Co-Dragons in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'', but [[spoiler:Loren is quickly killed off at the beginning, and Kiki is killed by new BigBad Killbane. Viola then does a HeelFaceTurn and joins the Saints.]] |
| 414 | * Hideyoshi from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' has [[KnightTemplar Mitsunari]] and [[TheChessmaster Hanbe]]. In turn, Mitsunari has [[MisanthropeSupreme Otani Yoshitsugu]] and [[TheGambler Shima Sakon]]. Nobunaga generally has [[LadyMacbeth Nohime]] and [[HeroWorshipper Ranmaru]] as his co-dragons, though in the fourth game [[TheStarscream Mitsuhide]] and [[TheEeyore Katsuie]] play this role. |
| 415 | * [[MadGod YHVH]] in ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' has [[MouthOfSauron the Metatron]], [[WolfpackBoss the Four Archangels]], and [[EldritchAbomination Satan]]. Yeah, he [[GoodIsNotNice ain't a nice guy]]. Lucifer, meanwhile, has Beelzebub, Lilith, Lucifuge, and Asura, though Beelzebub is the most prominent. For a one-game example, ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' has Odin and Maitreya as the right hands of [[ManipulativeBastard Krishna]] in the Divine Powers. |
| 416 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' has [[BadassNormal Valentine]] and [[NunsAreSpooky Double]] acting as Dragons to the Skullgirl. Except Valentine is [[spoiler:a DragonWithAnAgenda]], and Double is more a Dragon on loan from their masters, [[spoiler:the [[GreaterScopeVillain Mysterious]] [[EldritchAbomination Trinity]]]]. |
| 417 | * In ''VideoGame/SolCresta'', Chandor serves as the second-in-command of Mega Zofer, while Dita serves as [[BigBad Mandler's]] right-hand man. |
| 418 | * The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games, starting with ''VideoGame/SonicColors'', have given Dr. Eggman a robotic BumblingHenchmenDuo; a snarky orb-shaped robot named Orbot, and a clumsy cube-shaped robot named Cubot, who work for him and help him enact his evil plans. |
| 419 | ** The classic era game, ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'' has both Fang the Hunter and Trip the Sungazer working together while Eggman uncovers the secrets of the Northstar Island. They are however just as much as a bumbling duo, due their own clumsiness impeding them both. |
| 420 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': |
| 421 | ** By the end of their class quests, the only authority the [[MagicKnight Sith Warrior]] and [[EvilSorceror Sith Inquisitor]] report to is [[BigBad The Emperor]] himself, though the Inquisitor simply ends up as a member of the Dark Council while the Warrior holds the title of Emperor's Wrath. |
| 422 | ** Depending on your point of view and character alignment at the end of ''Knights of the Eternal Throne'', The Outlander and Theron Shan are these to Lana Beniko. |
| 423 | * [[AmazonBrigade Juni and Juli]] in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 3'' are this to Shadoloo leader M. Bison. |
| 424 | ** Balrog, Vega and Sagat (before his HeelFaceTurn) also fit this role back in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. |
| 425 | ** Crimson Viper and Juri to Seth. Notable in that both betray him, although for very different reasons. |
| 426 | * ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'': Culgan and Seed fill this role for StarterVillain Solon Jhee, and later become [[spoiler:Jowy]]'s Co-Dragons after his promotion to general. |
| 427 | * While Bowser is the BigBad of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series games, either Bowser Jr. or Kamek serves as the series' [[TheDragon Dragon]]. Occasionally, both Bowser Jr. and Kamek can be seen working together, like in ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''. |
| 428 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6'': |
| 429 | ** The story mode has [[ProfessionalKiller Nina Williams]] and [[DanceBattler Eddy Gordo]] to [[AntiVillain Jin Kazama]], both being his top enforcers in the Mishima Zaibatsu. |
| 430 | ** Similarly, [[FemmeFatale Anna Williams]] and [[ScaryBlackMan Bruce Irvin]] are this to [[ArchnemesisDad Kazuya Mishima]], the former being the second-in-command of G Corporation and the latter commanding his army. |
| 431 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'' has [[PolarOppositeTwins Jade and Floyd Leech]] acting as the intelligent muscle backing up [[FourEyesZeroSoul Azul's]] shady dealings. Justified as the trio are based on [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula, Flotsam and Jetsam]]. |
| 432 | * Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden are Dragons to Sargeras in the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' universe. Unusually for this trope, they are not rivals. They genuinely cooperate, mostly due to their telepathic connection. Kil'Jaeden is TheChessmaster while Archimonde is The Enforcer. Aggramar may or may not also have been this to Sargeras, it's hard to say given that we know very little about what the Legion did on planets other than Azeroth and Draenor. |
| 433 | ** And Tichondrius and Mannoroth (who also served as the EvilGenius and TheBrute respectively) were [[TheDragon Dragons]] to Archimonde in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII''. Later, Mannoroth is killed by Grom Hellscream, leaving Tichondrius as his only Dragon. Then Tichondrius is killed by Illidan, apparently Anetheron became Archimonde's new Dragon. |
| 434 | *** And then Archimonde himself was killed, leaving Kil'Jaeden as the sole [[TheDragon Dragon]] and acting leader of the Burning Legion. |
| 435 | ** Lady Vashj and Kael'thas Sunstrider when they betray Illidan become this to Kil'Jaeden as well (Tichondrius and Mannoroth are both temporarily dead at this point in the story). Though they wouldn't consider themselves equals (Kael'thas is Vashj's social inferior due to his relative youth, and elf gender roles), they do both report directly to Kil'Jaeden. |
| 436 | ** Deathwing and Queen Azhara to [[EldritchAbomination N'Zoth]]. Although they aren't really equal in terms of power level, Queen Azhara is merely a powerful mage whereas Deathwing has godlike powers granted to him by the Titans. N'Zoth considers them equally useful though. Points for Deathwing being a literal dragon. |
| 437 | ** The Twin Emperors of the A'qir, Vel'kor and Vek'nilash, to [[EldritchAbomination C'Thun]]. The A'qir are insect people. Like with Archimonde and Kil'Jaeden above, they cooperate. In fact, when you fight them they share their hit points. You have to kill them both within a few seconds of each other, or the surviving one will wipe the raid. |
| 438 | * ''VideoGame/XCom2: War of the Chosen'' has the Chosen, three alien supersoldiers -- the Assassin, the Hunter, and the Warlock -- elevated to a position of power beyond that of the Elder's other forces. They have been tasked with recapturing the Commander after XCOM liberated them, and each of them are competing with the other to complete the task and win the Elders' favor, and with it, total dominion over Earth. |
| 439 | * ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': [[spoiler:After [[PhysicalGod Zanza]] is [[EvilAllAlong revealed to be]] the actual BigBad of the game, it's revealed one by one that he has three disciples called The Trinity, which acts as this to him: [[TreacherousAdvisor Dickson]], [[ObviouslyEvil Lorithia]] and [[DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent Alvis]], though it's clear the first one is really the closest one to Zanza.]] |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'' has the three lieutenants of the Dojima Family: Keiji Shibusawa, Daisaku Kuze, and Hiroki Awano. Each of them are competing with one another to secure the rights to the Empty Lot, so that they can be elevated to the position of Dojima Family Captain -- in essence, so they can be '''''THE''''' [[TheDragon Dragon]] to Patriarch Dojima. |
| 441 | * In ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch 2'' and its animated-analogue media, [[EvilOldFolks Kin and Gin]] are co-dragons to "the leader" [[spoiler:Dame Dedtime]], carrying out their plans of averting the creation of the Yo-kai Watch by [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight messing with the past]] and avoiding Nate's fateful meetings with the Yo-kai; and they are faced twice (one of these in the climax) in the game as a DualBoss. Bronzlow, introduced in ''Psychic Specters'', is more of a third wheel, being less intelligent than his sisters and not appearing during the main story, but rather as part of the sidequests set in the post-game. |
| 442 | * In ''VideoGame/YuGiOhBAM'', Devack and Roman serve as Marik's top lieutenants. |
| 443 | [[/folder]] |
| 444 | |
| 445 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 446 | * ''WebVideo/ArbyNTheChief'': |
| 447 | ** Trent Donnovich has two ''sets'' of two [[TheDragon Dragons]]: his sisters Victoria and Brittany, and Cameron and Cody, two MLG players Trent hired to be his bodyguards. |
| 448 | ** Eugene Black has two people serving as moderators in his trolling clan: Tyler King and Colin Hunt. |
| 449 | * The Chorus arc of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' gives us Locus and [[spoiler: Felix]], two mercenaries who carry out [[BigBad Control]] [[spoiler: AKA the Chairman]]'s plan to wipe out the people of Chorus. All of Control's other grunts answer to them, they are the only ones who have any sort of contact with their boss, and are by far the biggest threat of the arc, even giving [[SuperSoldier Wash and Carolina]] a challenge. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 453 | * ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'': [[GodOfEvil Sarengal's]] High priest Skullcrosis runs the day-to-day operations of Sarengal's cult as a whole, and Catharine is Sarengal's champion, doing mostly solo missions and small-scale operations as directed by Sarengal. When Sarengal doesn't have the time to give her a clear goal, Skullcrosis gives her a task to do - in Sarengal's name of course. |
| 454 | * For most of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', [[BigBad Xykon]] (who himself did a brief youthful stint as a {{CoDragon|s}} that was entirely PlayedForLaughs), had one Dragon, [[DragonWithAnAgenda Redcloak]]. Recently, however, he's started to lose confidence in Redcloak's competence and loyalty, and [[NightmareFetishist Tsukiko]] has been promoted to a Dragon role as well. |
| 455 | ** Also, while Redcloak is in charge of the goblinoid (goblin and hobgoblin) {{Mook}}s, Tsukiko is in charge of leading (and creating) the ZombieMooks, which would imply a semi-equal rank. Oh, and it should also be noted that she's stated her goal is to completely usurp Redcloak's position and become sole Dragon. |
| 456 | *** [[spoiler: As of strip 830, Redcloak's back to being sole Dragon, having killed Tsukiko for [[HeKnowsTooMuch knowing too much]]]]. |
| 457 | * [[BigBadDuumvirate Brian and Angelo]] of ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' has four powerful people in charge of important areas of the empire. |
| 458 | ** [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Bruce]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Moriatos]], head of melee soldier training. |
| 459 | ** [[EnfanteTerrible Sophia]] [[DaddysLittleVillain Moriatos]], head of magicial soldier training. |
| 460 | ** [[EvilOldFolks Janice]] [[LeanAndMean Jamison]], head of magical research. |
| 461 | ** [[SinisterGeometry Exillon,]] head of...[[ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation something.]] (He communicates in a way [[TheUnintelligible only Brian seems to understand.]]) |
| 462 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'': [[RedOniBlueOni Azurai and Tsavo]] are the lieutenants to General [[spoiler:Iratu]], the two of them frequently insult each other and disagree on their courses of action but [[spoiler: Iratu]] usually goes along with the far more [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] and [[EvilGenius intelligent]] Tsavo. |
| 463 | * In ''Webcomic/TheSpecialists'', [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-58/ Baron Crossbones is just being introduced to the notion of a rival. He does not take it well.]] [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-59/ Then the doctor clearly is a rival.]] MagicVersusScience as {{Ghostapo}} vs. StupidJetpackHitler doesn't help. |
| 464 | [[/folder]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 467 | * In ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', [[Film/BattlefieldEarth Terl]] gets demoted to this when [[Film/SupermanII Zod]] gets forced into his army of minions trying to catch WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 471 | * In ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'', Scratch and Grounder are Co-Dragons to Robotnik. |
| 472 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': |
| 473 | ** In the first half of the third season, Zuko appears to be meant as Co-Dragon to Azula under Fire Lord Ozai, even if his heart wasn't really in it. |
| 474 | ** Azula has Co-Dragons in Mai and Ty Lee. [[spoiler:Their HeelFaceTurn and the realization that fear does not guarantee loyalty leads to Azula's VillainousBreakdown]]. |
| 475 | ** Amon from the sequel series, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has [[NoNameGiven The Lieutenant]], who leads his chi-blockers, and [[spoiler:Hiroshi Sato]], who designs the Equalists' weapons. |
| 476 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': |
| 477 | ** The Leader has Abomination and Absorbing Man as his Dragons. |
| 478 | ** And Baron Strucker has Grim Reaper, Madame Viper, and [[spoiler:Black Widow]] as his. |
| 479 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheSecretDoor'', Malucia has Whiff and Sniff, two Sniffers who can sniff out the scent of magic. |
| 480 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': The CorruptCorporateExecutive LLP has his two top employees, [[EvilGenius Dr. Hiss]] and [[FemmeFatale Lady Frenzy]]. Despite the two being equally ranked, LLP clearly plays favorites; Frenzy gets more praise and respect, while Hiss is often abused by his boss for failing to defeat the heroes, despite otherwise being a very competent scientist and Frenzy failing just as often. |
| 481 | * In the [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 streaming animated series adaptation]] of the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' franchise, Dracula has generals in his army of monsters debuting in season 2; seven of which are vampire and two are human. It's the humans, Devil Forgemasters Hector and Isaac, that Dracula entrusts to manage the war effort on his behalf. |
| 482 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' cartoon, Klump and Krusha act as this to King K. Rool. |
| 483 | * Sgt Blob and Urpgor are Co-Dragons to the BigBad Zordrak of ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone''. Urpgor serves as the brains and MadScientist, while Sgt Blob and his minions often serve as the grunts to set about the schemes. Both loathe each other and often compete for Zordrak's good graces, leading many schemes to be mucked up by perpetual RightHandVersusLeftHand. |
| 484 | * On ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}},'' [[TheFairFolk the Weird Sisters]] could be considered this for both [[EvilSorcerer the Archmage]] and [[PhysicalGod Oberon]], though unlike in most of these examples, they usually act like [[SingleMindedTwins Single Minded Triplets]]. |
| 485 | * Destro and the Baroness in some versions of ''Franchise/GIJoe'', along with OfficialCouple. |
| 486 | ** In ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', Destro takes the role of the BigBad, and the Baroness' Co-Dragon is Storm Shadow. |
| 487 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'', the best fit for the Commander's Dragon is the Baroness, but Mindbender and Destro are neck-and-neck (and bitter rivals, to the point that they'll try to sabotage one another) in the evil science department. |
| 488 | * On ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'', [[AxCrazy Zilius Zox]] and [[DarkActionGirl Bleez]] are the Dragons to [[ThePowerOfHate Atrocitus]]. Bleez is generally depicted as the commander of the Red Lanterns in the field, while Zox remains with Atrocitus most of the time, ready to execute his bidding. |
| 489 | * Wyn and Genghis were co-Dragons to BigBad Stavros Garkos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Hurricanes}}''. |
| 490 | * According to unused scripts, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen had the series continued]], [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim]] would have ended up with three Dragons: GIR, Minimoose and Skoodge. |
| 491 | ** And in [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus the movie]], Zim still has GIR and Minimoose but also adds Clembrane (a flawed clone of Membrane who is [[LethalJokeCharacter integral to keeping Dib and Gaz from interfering in Zim's plan]]) and Lawrence (the apparent [[MookLieutenant chief]] among Zim's new army of MechaMooks). |
| 492 | * In most incarnations of the ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' series, Skeletor's two most recurring and competent Evil Warriors are [[EvilSorcerer Evil-Lyn]] and BeastMan, acting as his BrainsAndBrawn respectively. |
| 493 | * Gwen and Penny serve as this to Portia from ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' |
| 494 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': [[BigBad Hawk Moth]] has two co-dragons in the form of [[LoveMakesYouEvil Nathalie Sancouer]] (his personal assistant who assists in his evil schemes and [[ToxicPhlebotinum occasionally]] wields a Miraculous herself) and [[TheSociopath Lila Rossi]] (a CompulsiveLiar who Hawk Moth uses to stir up trouble and catalyze others' akumatizations, while occasionally acting as an [[VillainPossessedBystander akuma]] [[NotBrainwashed herself]]). |
| 495 | * Emperor Belos in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Lilith Clawthorne and Kikimora. [[spoiler:Lilith {{Heel Face Turn}}s at the end of Season One and is replaced by The Golden Guard.]] |
| 496 | * The Bully Brothers from ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'' are the identical twin minions of the Hooded Claw. To call them ineffectual is an understatement. |
| 497 | * In ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' Hannibal [=McFist=] and Willem Viceroy act as this to [[SealedEvilInACan The Sorcerer]]. |
| 498 | * Blokk, Lamprey and Voyd in ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'' are this to [[BigBad the Beast]]. |
| 499 | * Imp and Shadow Weaver grudgingly share the role of TheDragon to Hordak in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. They've even worked together on occasion. |
| 500 | * Electro and the Vulture in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' were co-Dragons to Doctor Octopus during his run as [[spoiler:the Master Planner]]. |
| 501 | * In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' Count Dooku (himself TheDragon to Darth Sidious) has both General Grievous and Asajj Ventress as his Co-Dragons (with Ventress seemingly being the favored one). Eventually he's forced to betray Ventress and replaces her with Savage Opress. This doesn't last long either as Savage himself betrays Dooku. After this, Grievous remains as Dooku's sole Dragon for the rest of the series. |
| 502 | * Although Hun initially served as the Shredder's only visible [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (2003), Karai's introduction in the show's second season meant that he eventually had to share the role. Something he despises, but wouldn't show it in front of Shredder. |
| 503 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 TMNT 2012]]'' has Chris Bradford and Xever as Co-Dragons for [[BigBad The Shredder]]. |
| 504 | * ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': |
| 505 | ** In ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', Megatron had the Dragon role split between [[TheStarscream Starscream]], [[TheSpymaster Soundwave]], and [[MadScientist Shockwave]]. |
| 506 | ** In season 3, Galvatron has [[TheCreon Cyclonus]] and [[MookLieutenant Scourge]]. |
| 507 | ** By the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', Lugnut and Shockwave were literally fighting over the Dragon role; Megatron found them both equally useful. |
| 508 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Megatron goes through a variety of official first lieutenants (First Starscream, then Airachnid, then Dreadwing, and back to Starscream then Starscream and Shockwave sharing the official first lieutenant), but Soundwave is his most loyal minion. Even when officially in command of the Decepticons, Starscream was very cautious to never get on Soundwave's bad side. Airachnid was not... [[CurbstompBattle this turned out to be a mistake]]. While the Lieutenants are entrusted with command of Megatron's troops, he seems to rely on Soundwave much more for technical expertise and to keep an eye on the other Decepticons. |
| 509 | * In ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', Prince Lotor has his four top generals on his side named Acxa, Ezor, Zethrid, and Narti. |
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