Line #50 WesternAnimation/DragonFlyz


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3	''Dragon Flyz'' is an animated television series produced by [[http://www.gaumont.fr/ Gaumont]] in 1996. It ran a total of 26 episodes, and was based on the action figure line by the same name by Creator/{{Galoob}} Toys. (The SpearCounterpart to the infamous WesternAnimation/SkyDancers)
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5	The basic premise; an all but world-ending event known as the Cataclysm strips the Earth's surface of most lifeforms and leaves it a poisonous, volcanic wasteland. Humanity escapes complete extinction by fleeing to the upper atmosphere in a flying ark named Airlandis. This city in the sky is powered by orbs of a purple crystal referred to as 'Amber', generally found near lakes or rivers of molten rock. The Dragon Flyz are members of a paramilitary body not unlike the United States Coast Guard, in which they scour the wastelands of Old Earth to collect Amber and defend against the endless attempts at conquest at the hands of Dreadwing and his forces.
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7	[[AC: Main Characters:]]
8	* '''Aaron''': An older man, the Dragon Flyz' father.
9	* '''Apex''': The token female of the team, possessed of PsychicPowers and a diplomatic personality. Apex wears white armor with sky blue elements and a dark purple bodysuit underneath.
10	* '''Blackheart''': Dreadwing's dragon steed.
11	* '''Councilor Joshua''': The well-intentioned but exceedingly vocal member of the Airlandis government.
12	* '''Dram''': A Dramen warrior who fights alongside the Dragon Flyz, Dram pops up periodically in the series. His outward appearance is much less harsh than his fellow Dramen and he is predominantly brown. His sense of ethics is far more refined than others.
13	* '''Dreadwing''': The villain. Tends to muscle around his flunkies, but also seems to favor a poetic touch.
14	* '''Fryte''': A hunchbacked monster in the service of Dreadwing, Fryte lacks a solid grasp of the English language. His grammar resembles a slaughterhouse.
15	* '''Gangryn''': The tech-savvy mutant, whose inventions generally fail due to Dreadwing's absolute lack of patience.
16	* '''Nocturna''': She-mutant fighting alongside Dreadwing, Nocturna is conniving and temperamental.
17	* '''Orac''': The silver-haired technician of Airlandis' power systems.
18	* '''Peak''': Youngest of the team, sports a typical reckless, youthful demeanor. Wears purple & orange armor.
19	* '''Summit''': Second oldest Dragon Fly, possessed of a sharp wit and short temper. His armor is light and dark green with red accents.
20	* '''Z'neth''': Leader of the Dragon Flyz, and the oldest of the four. He is intelligent and courageous. His armor color is blue and white.
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23	!!Dragon Tropez:
24	* AfterTheEnd: As noted above, the Cataclysm, which nearly destroyed humanity, is part of the series' BackStory.
25	* ArmCannon: Used by Nocturna and the {{Mooks}}. The heroes use wrist lasers.
26	* {{Atlantis}}: Airlandis has this as a basic theme -- the PunnyName[=/=]MeaningfulName makes it quite clear.
27	* {{Badbutt}}: Dreadwing's most violent moment is probably when he backhands Orac in "The Defector."
28	* BerserkButton: Never call Dram a traitor.
29	%%* BigGood: Aaron.
30	* BigRedDevil: Dreadwing, though he isn't actually a demon.
31	* ChekhovsVolcano: The premise of one episode was that Airlandis had to be flown safely past a very active volcano called [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Hell's Gate]]. Given the [[LethalLavaLand status of the rest of the world]], it should be no surprise that it erupts.
32	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The protagonists are all brightly colored.
33	%%* CommanderContrarian: Joshua
34	* ConvectionSchmonvection: Exaggerated. The Earth's surface has constant volcanic activity and lava flows everywhere, but still manages to have a biosphere that includes entire forests that never seem to burn.
35	* DarkerAndEdgier: Than its DistaffCounterpart, ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'', very much so.
36	* DeathWorld: After the Cataclysm, Earth becomes one pretty much everywhere except Airlandis. That said, there IS still a surviving ecosystem on the lava-blasted surface, and one of the secondary goals of the series is finding an area safe for the people of Airlandis to recolonize.
37	* DistaffCounterpart: The ''Sky Dancers'' toy line and [[WesternAnimation/SkyDancers accompanying series]] is this to ''Dragon Flyz'', though ''Sky Dancers'' was actually created first.
38	* DragonRider: The main gimmick of the show: the heroes and the villains use dragons as their mounts.
39	* EasilyForgiven: Nocturna is still working for Dreadwing after her failed assassination attempt.
40	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dreadwing and his dragon, Blackheart, something that is best shown in "Bugz." The episode opens with Dreadwing affectionately referring to Blackheart as "my fearsome friend" while giving him a snack, and he later gets upset when he mistakenly believes that Gangryn had done something to Blackheart, having Gangryn concoct a cure for Blackheart's sickness after the misunderstanding was cleared up, which backfired on Dreadwing when the Dragon Flyz stole the antidote for use on their own dragons after they were infected with the same illness by Dreadwing.
41	%%* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Frequently.
42	* FloatingContinent: Airlandis is a floating city. The major source of conflict in the series is the fact that they need to keep going back to the surface for the fuel to keep it aloft.
43	* HulkSpeak: Fryte, the Dark Dramen, and even Dram, to a lesser extent.
44	%%* InstrumentalThemeTune: The opening theme.
45	* JerkassHasAPoint: Dreadwing kind of has a point that the humans are constantly invading his domain and stealing resources from him like bandits.
46	* LargeHam: Dreadwing lives and breathes this trope.
47	* LethalLavaLand: As mentioned elsewhere on this page, Earth's surface has becomes a hotspot (pun intended) for volcanic activity all around the globe. Yet somehow, a thriving ecosystem of plant and animal life has apparently adapted to this.
48	* MadScientist: Gangryn, a scrawny bespectacled scientist who builds and maintains most of the weapons that are used by Dreadwing.
49	* MerchandiseDriven: As is the case for all shows with accompanying toylines.
50	* {{Mooks}}: Dark Dramen. They're pretty much interchangeable with the only difference being who they serve.
51	* MyLittlePanzer: The toys (like the DistaffCounterpart ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'') are basically flying, spinning, helicopter-dolls that leave their base at high speed when a string is pulled - perfect for use as weapons. Seriously, people lost [[TheToothHurts teeth]] and [[EyeScream eyeballs]] to these things.
52	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: With names like '''Gangryn''', '''Black'''heart and '''Dread'''wing, it is quite easy to spot the villains of the show.
53	* NobleSavage: Dram and Kreigor, each nurturing a sense of honor in their own way.
54	* NonActionGuy: Orac, who's closest encounter with actual combat occurred in "Warnado Rising" upon completing the warp cannon.
55	* NotBad: Nocturna doesn't seem to find Z'neth too bad looking, commenting to herself that he's quite attractive "for a human" at the end of one episode.
56	* OneEyedBats: Dreadwing uses a one-eyed bat to scout the heroes.
57	%%* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Gangryn.
58	%%* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler:Cifex at the end of the episode named after him.]]
59	* OurDragonsAreDifferent:
60	** Airlandis's dragons are wyverns. The villains' dragons WingedTetrapod have the standard pair of wings and four legs instead of two. Beyond this there's also some interesting distinctions: Airlandis' wyverns are all long-bodied and slender, while the villains' dragons are much larger and much bulkier in comparison (save for Gangryn's dragon who looks even more serpentine). Blackheart is also the only dragon that breathes fire, implicitly due to a mutation that allows him to drink lava.
61	** There are also wild dragons that share the wyvern build, but are much more homogenous in appearance compared to Airlandis' domesticated dragons.
62	** Further compounding matters, a giant ''three-headed'' dragon shows up in one episode.
63	* PowerCrystal: Amber, egg-shaped purple gems which somehow power the mechanisms keeping the city of Airlandis aloft.
64	* PunnyName: Mostly having to do with height or air.
65	%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Aaron.
66	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Apex for the Dragon Flyz, Nocturna for the villains.
67	* SpearCounterpart: The toyline was similar to ''WesternAnimation/SkyDancers'' (which also had an animated series).
68	* TheStarscream: Nocturna, although a more patient, thoughtful one than normal. It helped that Dreadwing had promised to let her have Old Earth to rule once he conquered Airlandis. Didn't stop her from once making an alliance with the Dragon Flyz to try and assassinate Dreadwing.
69	* SuperStrength: Dreadwing is strong enough to lift boulders.
70	* ThemeNaming: The Dragon Flyz all have names that refer to the highest point of something; Z'Neth (pronounced "zenith"), Summit, Peak, and Apex.
71	%%* TitleThemeTune: The ending theme.
72	* TokenNonhuman: Dram is the only non-human member of the Dragon Flyz.
73	* UnexplainedRecovery: The end of ''Ground Zero'' sees the characters dropping a nuclear missile on the silo Dreadwing, Gangryn and Nocturna are currently holed up in, with the blast engulfing them. They're completely unharmed in the next episode, without comment.
74	* {{Unobtainium}}: Amber, powerful crystals that are used as fuel for a lot of things, including Airlandis.
75	* WastelandElder: Played with in Aaron, who serves as a community leader without clearly being part of the governing body. (Also, the humans don't live in a wasteland, but they do live over it.)
76	* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Dark Dramen have been dropped into lava more than once.
77	* WingedHumanoid: All Dramen, as well as the villains. Different than most examples as the wings are somehow retractable, and appear to rapidly ''grow'' out of the back when extended.

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