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12	* Sci-Fi's ''Series/BeastLegends'' makes a dragon from a mix of real animal parts, and ends up with a grey-scaled gliding creature resembling the {{Kaiju}} Varan about the size of a bull, anf bio-electricity it uses to produce bursts of flame.
13	%%* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': One comes out of the Key Portal during Season 5 episode "The Gift".
14	* The Discovery Channel TV Movie ''Film/DragonsAFantasyMadeReal'' is a {{Mockumentary}} all about how dragons could be [[DoingInTheWizard scientifically possible]]. There are four types of dragons covered: Prehistoric dragons (wyvern-like creatures that coexisted with the dinosaurs), marine dragons ({{Sea Monster}}s), forest dragons (Chinese dragons) and mountain dragons (European dragons); prehistoric and marine dragons were sister species, the former dying out in the K-T mass extinction and the other giving rise to the forest and mountain dragons. There are also "desert dragon" shown as a third descendant of the marine dragon, but it was never elaborated upon.
15	* ''Dragon Wars: Fire and Fury'' is a Creator/NationalGeographicChannel documentary about dragobs in British myths, and features it's dragon CG model with beaks.
16	* In the TV series version of ''Series/TheDresdenFiles'' a dragon appears in one episode and it's strongly hinted that a member of the White Council is one in human disguise.
17	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' had Budongs. Giant space dragons which would occasionally eat passing spaceships and were a real threat to interstellar travel. Dead Budongs were inhabited by mining colonies.
18	* ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'' one-off ShowWithinAShow ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Qu3iP3RYA Albi the Racist Dragon]]'' features a fairly traditional-looking Western dragon with fire breath and no wings -- but who cries tears that turn into jellybeans. He's also racist.
19	* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', as in [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire its source material]], dragons are unintelligent (though they have high animal intelligence), fire-breathing, egg-laying wyverns who don't talk, with the main peculiarity being that they are a hermaphroditic OneGenderRace. They also have a strong link to magic (though the cause-effect relationship is still unclear). Given enough food and space they grow continuously with most able to carry human riders and some large enough to ''swallow a horse whole''. They also possess a strong imprinting instinct and eat only cooked meat. They are the Westeros' version of nuclear weapons, as they are essentially [[WeaponOfMassDestruction weapons of mass destruction]] and one who controls the dragons can/will control the Seven Kingdoms and large swaths of Essos (the Targaryens established their power upon Westeros using this).
20	** For ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', the showrunners explained in pre-premiere interviews that, as a directive from Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, they made sure that each dragon had a distinctive visual appearance that made them distinguishable at a glance, and unique personalities on top of that. They developed this into the idea that there were (at least) three distinct types/breeds of dragons, based on their skull shape: Daenerys's three dragons had "T-Rex" shaped heads, and some in the prequel show are from that breed, but there are also ones with "Wolf-shaped" skulls (Daemon's dragon Caraxes, and between those two extremes, ones with "Horse-shaped" skulls (Rhaenyra's dragon Syrax).
21	* The Dämonfeuer is a dragon [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Wesen]] in ''Series/{{Grimm}}''. Also the only Wesen that can spit fire.
22	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has had five dragon-featuring seasons so far:
23	** ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' is a Chinese dragon based humanoid and the show implies that humans will become like Agito.
24	** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' has the twin dragons Dragredder and Dragblacker. With the help of ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', [[spoiler:Ryuki can also transform into a leaner version of Dragredder]].
25	** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' has Tatuslot as Kiva's power-up, Castle Doran and his chibi power-up, and Kiva's own Flight Style form.
26	** And ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' has an evil dragon monster sealed within him, serving as the source of his powers.
27	** And ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' has Brave Dragon from its self-titled Wonder Ride Book which Touma uses to transform. This dragon can fly without wings, swimming through the air serpentine-style like an Asian dragon; at the same time, its shortened neck, shrunken forelegs and huge hind legs are more in line with a [[DinosaursAreDragons Tyrannosaurus Rex]].
28	* In ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' there seem to be three different types of Western style dragons, based on color. The smallest and weakest are blue and are never actually seen, just mentioned. Greens are the friendliest (in the sense that they are willing to deal at all with humans). Red dragons are both the most powerful and most wildly destructive.
29	* ''Series/{{The Librarians\|2014}}'' has a long-standing rivalry between Western and Eastern dragons (the latter are called Fei Lung). The dragons are generally dormant, but can be awakened, at which point they can easily burn the world to cinders. One Western dragon appears to be slumbering ''under the Vatican''. The Librarians manage to avert the awakening of the dragons. However, in the timeline where Cassandra is the sole Librarian, she failed to stop it, and now humanity is almost extinct. The Fei Lung are usually represented by a human lawyer, appropriate known as [[Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa Mr. Drake]].
30	* The Fell Beasts that appear in the OpeningMonologue of ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' are very similar to the ones from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', having the wyvern body type.
31	** Unlike the terrestrial dragons of the First Age or the winged fire-drakes like Smaug, the Wyrm is a sea-dragon that prowls the ocean to the west of Middle-earth, and is depicted on the maps of Númenor as a warning for sailors to stay out of its territory.
32	* In ''Series/LostTapes'' a "Dragon" appears, but as a variant of the RealLife Komodo Dragon that was thought to be extinct: the Megalania. It eats a {{Series/Survivorman}} wannabe.
33	* ''Series/Merlin1998'': On [[BigBad Queen Mab's]] advice, the tyrant king Vortigern attempts to have Merlin and Nimue sacrificed to the Great Dragon of the North, a Celtic-looking dragon with antlers, wings, and six legs. Despite its strange appearance, it's a fairly standard fire-breathing western dragon which tries to devour Nimue before Merlin defeats it with magic.
34	* ''Series/Merlin2008'':
35	** The (male) dragon lives under the castle in a cave, can talk and knows magic. It can only be controlled by a dragonlord, a people of which Merlin is the last. Dragons are also only born with the help of a dragonlord, who calls them from the egg by naming them.
36	** The episode "Eye of the Phoenix" has wyverns. They're a lot smaller and act more like a pack of intelligent, but not sapient, animals. Gwaine mentions that they are distant cousins of the dragons, but it seems wyverns are at least closely related enough that a dragonlord may command them.
37	* Spot, the equivalent of a house pet for the MonsterMash-CreepyFamily ''Series/TheMunsters''. Spot is a firebreathing dragon, though due to budgetary constrains other than his tail and face, his body is never shown.
38	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': There are number of Zords based on dragons. The most famous would be the Dragonzord, which is aquatic and resembles Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, followed by the Red Dragon Thunderzord, which is modeled after Eastern dragons. Serpentera is also an Eastern dragon. But that's just the ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin]]'' era. There's also the Dragonforce Vehicle in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', the Mystic Dragon zord combination and Fireheart the ''actual'' dragon in ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', the Dragon Foldingzord in ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', and the Dragon Mechazord in ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce''. ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' also has a draconic Zord, though its official identification is the "Condor" Galactazord. On the flip side, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' tries to pass off a pterosaur as the "Drago Zord". ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' has a dragon Zord as well, but unusually it is the Blue Ranger's rather than belonging to the Red or SixthRanger.
39	* In ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' (Season 3, Episode 7), a dinosaur known as a ''Dracorex'' wanders through an anomaly into the middle ages, where it is mistaken for a dragon.
40	* In ''Series/RoundTheTwist'', dragons live in caves, and hatch out of ''square eggs''.
41	* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has the heroes slide into a world where magic is possible (much to Professor Arturo's chagrin). The villain in the episode is an EvilSorcerer who had the Mallory Clan wiped out due to a prophecy that he will be killed by a Mallory. During the climax, he turns into a dragon (not much larger than a human) and starts spitting fireballs at heroes. Rembrandt tries to grab the only sword capable of slaying him/it but can't move it. The sorcerer's student explains that only a Mallory can take the sword. Cue Quinn grabbing the sword and stabbing the dragon/sorcerer.
42	* ''Series/SpecialUnit2'' references European and Asiatic dragons, and prominently features a "Native American" dragon. However, it acts like (and vaguely resembles) the stereotypical European portrayal in terms of behavior, is armored like a Tank and has a taste for gnomes.
43	* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Berengaria system is home to dragons. Spock even tells the GirlOfTheWeek about them in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E24ThisSideOfParadise This Side of Paradise]]".
44	* One Season 10 episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'' had a dragon attack the motley crew (SG-1, [[MagnificentBastard Ba'al]], and [[DarkMessiah Adria]]) searching for Merlin's anti-ascended being weapon. This dragon was actually a sophisticated technological illusion; beating it required Daniel yelling its creator's name at it.
45	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''s budget constraints gave us dragons that could shift between human and dragon forms, and apparently they prefer to be in human form most of the time. Naturally they have heat-based powers, which they use to french fry their victims. They can only be killed by swords forged in Dragonblood, and they work for the progenitor of all monsters, Eve.
46	* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'': Has all of Power Rangers's zords as mecha, and '''more'''.
47	** ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'': Change Dragon is the main aversion of the franchise. He's a dragon-motif hero, but his powers are only derived from a dragon. His mecha is actually a jet.
48	** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'': [=DragonRanger=] pilots Dragon Caesar, which was modeled after Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.
49	** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'': [=RyuuRanger=] pilots the Eastern-styled MiniMecha, Ryuseioh.
50	** ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'': Ginga Green is bonded to the draconic Gingalcon.
51	** ''Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive'': Features the villainous DraconicHumanoid known as Dragon Dark King Salamandes, who acts as TheDragon and becomes a dragon...yeah.
52	** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'': The 4 members of the core team can combine to create [=MagiDragon=].
53	** ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'': Has the villainous Jaryuu clan which is composed of several {{Draconic Humanoid}}s and draconic beasts.
54	** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'': Shinken Blue's family mecha is the Ryuu Origami.
55	** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'': Gosei Red pilots the Dragon Headder which becomes Gosei Dragon.
56	** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'': In a homage to the previously mentioned ''Magiranger'', the crew can transform into a pirate-dragon combination.
57	** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'': [=AoNinger=] uses Otomin Dragomaru and eventually become Seiryuumaru.
58	** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'': Ryu Commander pilots the Ryu Voyager, which is an Eastern-styled robot space dragon that can grant wishes. Is that different enough?
59	* Dragon-based {{kaiju}} feature in the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' on occasion.
60	** The Zoiger of ''Series/UltramanTiga'' are a species of super-fast, super-strong, dragon/pterosaur-like {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that serve [[BigBad Gatanozoa]]. Like their master, they are inspired by a monster from the Franchise/CthulhuMythos, in this case the Lloigor, who served Lovecraft's Ghatanothoa.
61	** ''Series/UltramanGaia'''s Mizunoenoryu is the God of Water and counterpart of [[PantheraAwesome Earth God Tigris]] in the show's universe, taking the form of a limbless Japanese dragon with a a head on the end of each of its eight tails. Like many of the Earth-dwelling monsters in the show, it's generally not malicious, but wants to be left alone by humans and the alien antagonists.
62	** Also from ''Gaia'' is Zorlim, a draconic EldritchAbomination so vast that Ultraman Gaia could fly inside its mouth. Considered to be a major KnightOfCerebus in the series, but only the monster's head and neck are seen from the giant wormhole the bad guys send it from.
63	** Natsunomeryu of ''Series/UltramanMax'' is a StockNessMonster treated with respect by the locals around the lake it lives in. While a NonMaliciousMonster that bears a resemblance to Japanese dragons, it can breathe fire like a western dragon and form HotWings to fly.
64	** Hailing in the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' is Dodongo (no relation to the recurring ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' foes), who looks like a Chinese dragon combined with {{Pegasus}}. However, it's the guardian of a mysterious {{mummy}} discovered by the characters, summoned upon its master's death.
65	** Dorako, also from the original series, is a reptilian monster with {{Hook Hand}}s and insect wings that appears when a comet passes by Earth, having implied to be a hitchhiker on the comet. Its name is even derived from the Japanese pronunciation of "draco", the Greek word for "dragon".
66	** Don Ron from the first ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' movie is a NonMaliciousMonster taking the form of ArmlessBiped with traits from Okinawan ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa shisa]]'' and associated with a medicine deity by the people of Musashi's hometown.
67	** ''Series/UltramanEighty'' gives us Fire-Draco, a three-headed {{youkai}} who, despite his name and evil disposition, is modeled on Japanese dragons. It was defeated by a Shinto priest and had its essence sealed inside a jewel long ago, but the differently colored heads reincarnated as humans to regain their old form -- a fire-eater who inherited the red head's [[BreathWeapon flame breath]], a strongman who inherited the blue head's [[UseYourHead strong skull]], and the priest's descendant, who is the white head and TokenGoodTeammate.

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