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-> ''"The Dragon Slyrak sleeps within this armor, and the knight within the Dragon waits. Beware you do not wake them both."''
--> --'''Sir Davion''', ''VideoGame/Dota2''

Everyone knows the classic tale of the KnightInShiningArmor and his quest to [[TheDragonslayer slay a dragon]], often to [[DragonsPreferPrincesses rescue a princess from the dragon's clutches]], or to [[DragonHoard claim the dragon's hoard.]] So what do you get when the dragon and the knight are one and the same? You get the Dragon Knight.

A Dragon Knight is a knight that assumes the abilities or appearance of a dragon, often combining swordplay with dragon-like abilities, such as [[BreathWeapon fire breath]]. Sometimes a Dragon Knight is a DraconicHumanoid who has taken a knightly mantle, and sometimes a Dragon Knight is simply a knight with a dragon motif in their armor and weapons.

They may even be an actual dragon, though they're often [[{{Weredragon}} shapeshifted]] into a humanoid form.

In any case, a Dragon Knight character is an easy way to add a touch of awesomeness to your story; [[GarnishingTheStory dragons are cool]], so it stands to reason that a Dragon Knight would be even more so.

Compare MonsterKnight and ArmoredDragons. Contrast DragonsVersusKnights. {{Dragon Rider}}s, {{Dragon Tamer}}s (If fighting's part of the job description), and (ironically) TheDragonslayer are almost always examples. They're usually a MagicKnight as well, and are another way OurDragonsAreDifferent.

Not to be confused with ''Literature/TheDragonKnight'' series of books, ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'', the manga ''Manga/DragonKnights'', or ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaTheDragonKnight''.

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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Grunbeld]] has dragon-themed armor, a flamethrower in his shield, and can turn into a dragon with scales that are harder than steel.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': A lot of Digimon turn into one of these in their later forms:
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': [=WarGreymon=], while it doesn't have the usual knightly aesthetic, is a warrior-type evolved from the [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaur-like Greymon line]], and significantly smaller and more humanoid than its prior forms. It wields a set of [[WolverineClaws Dramon Killers]] that are the KryptoniteFactor to any dramon-species Digimon, it carries the [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Brave Shield]] on its back, and is much more of a close-quarters combatant than its pre-evolutions. ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020'' takes this further, giving it a massive size buff as well as a bigger offensive and defensive game.
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Imperialdramon's Fighter Mode resembles a warrior. This is taken further in the anime movie ''Revenge of Diaboromon'' with Imperialdramon Paladin Mode. Outside of the ''Adventure'' continuity, Imperialdramon PM is the founder of the Royal Knights and is their version of Myth/KingArthur.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': [=EmperorGreymon=] is a Dragon Warrior digimon with a {{BFS}} and fire-based abilities, including the ability to summon multiple dragons made of flame. Dynasmon of the Royal Knights is also one, having a draconic appearance and the ability to transform into a massive ethereal dragon. The two have a tendency to gravitate towards each other when the Royal Knights fight the heroes.
** Several of the Royal Knights, an order of extremely powerful knights who serve as protectors of the Digital World and appear as either {{Big Good}}s or dangerous [[KnightTemplar Knights Templar]], are based off of dragons or flat out ''are'' dragons:
*** The clearest examples are Examon, who is straight-up a giant bipedal western dragon, and [=UlforceV-dramon=], a more humanlike DraconicHumanoid.
*** Gallantmon, while visually a typical humanoid knight, has an alternate form as the destructive, purely draconic Megidramon, and some media suggests that the two are simply the same being when perceived differently.
*** In addition, a significant majority of Royal Knights evolve from purely draconic Digimon as well. Examon is the culmination of a line of increasingly powerful dragons, [=UlforceV-dramon=] and Magnamon both evolve from the humanoid drake V-mon, Gallantmon evolves from the [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaurian dragon]] Guilmon, Alphamon is the ultimate form of the [[HybridMonster dinosaur dragon wolf]] [=DORUmon=], Jesmon comes from the metal-plated dragon Hackmon and Omegamon is formed from the fusion of the ultimate forms of a dragon Digimon and a wolf Digimon.
* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy are all humans who use draconic magic, which they all learned from dragon foster parents.
* ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'': They exist, but ironically they are not the cards called Dragon Knight (those are actually {{Dragon Rider}}s). Rather, the ones closer to this description are the Armordragons, including The Hero Drum Bunker Dragon and TheRival Jackknife Dragon. Armordragons usually wear at least some armor and use weapons, although the Crimson Battlers prefer GoodOldFisticuffs.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Season Four involves three knights who were transformed into dragons. Yami figures out how to return them to their human forms.
** Joey at one point in the same season fuses his Red-Eyes Black Dragon with an armor card he's wearing and becomes Lord of the Red.
** In ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' Joey again fuses with Red-Eyes, albeit this time it's corrupted by a cursed sword stuck inside its back, so Joey himself becomes possessed as well. Later, Yami Yugi uses the Duel Armor to fuse with Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and against the FinalBoss he fuses with the four dragon monsters his friends and grandfather collected during the season.
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[[folder:Card Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has the [[https://scryfall.com/card/mm2/112/dragonsoul-knight Dragonsoul Knight,]] who rides a giant lizard and transforms into a massive dragon.
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'':
** [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Knight_Draco-Equiste Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste]] a Fusion monster created from [[FusionDance fusing]] one Dragon-Type Synchro Monster and one Warrior-Type monster.
** [[https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_of_the_Red Lord of the Red]] appears as a human in black dragon-like armor.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': Nemesis looks very draconic, and he's also an alien MagicKnight. Oh, and he can actually breathe fire, as well as levitate.
* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': The dark god Knull is a humanoid deity clad in black symbiote-armor with red dragon emblems, which can manifest a draconic-looking helmet.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'' has Monster X, a DraconicHumanoid kaiju wearing a suit of [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset bone armor]] with a BlackKnight personality to match. His star chapter is even titled with this exact trope name.
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[[folder:Film -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'': The entire gang wears armor made from their dragons' scales. Snotlout's raid armor is especially designed to resemble Hookfang, his dragon. The hat routinely gets in his way, and the cape keeps getting snagged on things.
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[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/DraculaUntold'': Dracula's armor has a strong dragon motif (it's in his name, after all).
* ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' features the Knights of Iacon, who transform from knights to dragons. Other dragon Transformers in [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} the franchise]] can qualify even if they aren't explicitly knights, like the Transmetal 2 version of Megatron from ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' and the Predacons from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'': The main protagonist Arthur Leywin is a legacy Beast Tamer who was given his Beast Will by the dragon Sylvia, which allows him to borrow her abilities in combat. Not only that, but before she died she entrusted him with caring for her daughter Sylvie, who becomes his bond and frequently [[DragonRider serves as his mount in battle]]. Later on, he becomes one of the Lances, the most powerful MagicKnight[=s=] in Dicathen. In Volume 8, [[spoiler:his mana core is damaged beyond recovery due to him overexerting himself in the climax of the previous volume, which in turn prevents him from using his Beast Will. However, thanks to Sylvie performing a HeroicSacrifice to keep him from tearing himself apart in the process, his body has become part draconic. From that point onward he eventually finds a way to RePower himself through mastering [[ElementNumberFive aether]], and he even gets access to an ancient suit of PoweredArmor. In an ironic twist, at the same time he learns that the dragons were responsible for committing genocide on the ancient [[{{Precursors}} Djinn]], who as it turns out his family are descended from]].
* ''Literature/TheDragonKnight'': James Eckert, the titular Dragon Knight, is one of these as well as a MagicKnight. That being said, the Knight aspect is a bit of a lie - he isn't one, not that this detail doesn't make him any less awesome.
* ''Literature/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'': La Pucelle uses a dragon motif. La Pucelle's armor and swords have dragon-like markings all over them. The whole outfit is completed with dragon eyes, horns, and a dragon tail. In-Universe, La Pucelle's nickname is even "Dragon Knight".
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The Targaryens, historically the ruling family of Westeros, have a three-headed dragon as their sigil. They have a mystical connection with dragons and in the past were {{Dragon Rider}}s. After dragons went extinct, many of them remained Dragon Knights by motif if not by ability. Prince Aemon Targaryen, second son of King Viserys II and Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, was reputedly one of the finest knights in the history of the dynasty and was known as ''the'' Dragonknight.
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms'': In ''One Good Knight'', the knight Champion Gina is transformed into a dragon so that she can be with her love Adamant, a dragon, while Adam's brother Periapt is turned into a human so that he can be with his love, Princess Andromeda. Adam decides that he wants to become a Champion, and he and Gina are the first dragon Champions.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Daemon Targaryen owns an impressive armor with dragon-like features, and possibly like in the books, he and the rest of the Targaryens might be genetically connected to dragons.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' / ''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'', for [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obvious reasons]]. Not only applies to the titular hero, but also their resident PaletteSwap (named Kamen Rider Ryuga in ''Ryuki'' and Kamen Rider Onyx in ''Dragon Knight'').
** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' can also qualify, as his powers stem from the Dragon Phantom within him, though he's more of a Dragon Mage than a knight.
** The Riders of ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' can gain a power up from the video game ''Drago Knight Hunter Z'', which gives them dragon armor and weapons. Bonus points when Brave uses it, as he's knight-themed to begin with.
** In ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', Kamen Rider Cross-Z is another Rider with a dragon theme. Build can also borrow the dragon powers from him, but can't use them as strongly (as he uses mashups of two separate powers and so at best would only be ''half-''dragon-themed).
** All the Riders of ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' are modeled on knights, and both Saber himself and his EvilCounterpart Kamen Rider Calibur have dragon-themed powers. Saber goes even further in his MidSeasonUpgrade, where he no longer channels the power of just a dragon, but a "Dragonic Knight" itself.
* ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'': Rohan's armor has a draconic appearance, which is to be expected given that his [[PlayingWithFire elemental power is fire]].
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' have a few of these:
** Burai from ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' and his ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' counterpart Tommy; Burai's official title is even "Dragon Ranger". Burai is more knightly than Tommy is, but both qualify as dragon-themed warriors. It's taken even further when their dragon-themed Zords [[CombiningMecha combine with other zords]], transforming into Megazords that resemble giant warriors with dragon-themed armor.
** Salamandes from ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' and his US counterpart Olympius from ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' look like Dragon Knights. When they go OneWingedAngel during the finale, they turn into a dragon like form.
** Nick of ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' becomes a Dragon Knight when he physically merges with a dragon for his SuperMode, known as the Red Dragonfire Ranger.
** Long from ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' and Dai Shi from ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'' have the ability to transform into a Dragon Knight-like form. But in this case its based on an eastern dragon. [[spoiler:It is revealed during the finale that Long and Dai Shi are actually real dragons, with Long disguising himself as a human to manipulate the other characters for his own amusement and Dai Shi possessing a human while he regains power.]]
** Shou Ronpo in ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' is a DraconicHumanoid alien who channels the power of the Draco constellation in his Ranger form.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* The Mexican luchador [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drago_(wrestler) Drago]] wears a costume making him look draconic.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', unsurprisingly, eventually had to have those.
** As occasionally depicted, the Dragon Highlords of the armies of Takhisis in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' setting naturally tended to have a draconic motif to their armors, although in their case it was mostly cosmetic and they remained fully human (or whatever) underneath.
** Starting from 3rd Edition, it was suggested that a non-negligible number of bronze, gold and silver dragons become paladins (although the degree they kept to a draconic motif when in an alternate form varied). Many of them go on to become great dragonslayers, since, being dragons, they tended to focus their specific campaign against evil on evil dragons.
** ''D&D''[='=]s 4th edition gives players the dragonborn -- reptilian humanoids with a breath weapon and stat bonuses that happened to line up just right to make them potentially great {{paladin}}s as well -- as a standard player character race right in the first ''Player's Handbook''. A female Dragonborn Paladin can be dragon, knight and damsel-to-be-rescued all in one.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': The Dragon Princes of Caledor are noble scions of the elven realm who used to ride dragons into battle in ancient times. As dragons have become very rare in the setting's modern day, modern Dragon Princes instead ride on horses with barding fashioned after draconic scales, spines and frills.
** Imrik is the greatest living member of those Dragon Princes: he [[KnightInSourArmor is also very arrogant]]. He led his household during the Great Chaos Incursion to protect the sleeping dragons, and he took part in the Siege of Couronne defending King Charlen of Bretonnia. As his homeland is threatened by invasion again, he [[LastStand assembles]] the Dragon Princes and attempts to awake the dragons of Ulthuan.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', both dragonslayers and dracomancers have elements of this.
** Dragonslayers are a knight-like class with skills specifically meant to kill dragons. Their armor consists of a helmet resembling a dragon's head, and their ultimate class skill gives them the ability to summon the Fire Dragon to attack foes.
** Dracomancers are a warrior-like class that harness the abilities of dragons to attack. Their ultimate class ability allows them to transform into a DraconicHumanoid.
** ''Dragonfable'', the prequel game, has Dragonlords, which are defensive MagicKnight class that uses the spirit of the eight main elemental Dragons to fight. Dragonlords in general are also {{Dragon Rider}}s and have their own special (read: barely better) of the standard FighterMageThief trio imaginatively named Dragonwarrior, Dragonrogue, and Dragonmage.
* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Kagura Mutsuki is somewhat downplayed: He's a knight with a BFS and his moves have names related to dragons and have dragon imagery in them (and he sometimes shouts names of various dragons in different myths in his attacks), and... that's it.
* ''VideoGame/CrystalStory'': In ''Crystal Story 2'', the protagonist is a dragon in humanoid form. His initial talent build is of a melee fighter, though he can specialize in other fighting styles later on.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'': All three games feature the Path of the Dragon in various forms, an obscure warrior cult who seek to transcend humanity and become dragons, in emulation of the Everlasting Dragons of old. Progressing down this path will grant items that allow the user to partially transform themselves into a dragon, at least until the next time they die. Downsides: you can't wear armor. Upsides: Fire breath, and you look like a dragon, and in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' the scales are actually a unique and fairly decent suit of armor.
* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' / ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' have the hero, Davion the Dragon Knight, who mixes dragon and knight elements and can transform into a full-fledged dragon. Unlike other examples of this trope, he fights as a knight, with a short sword and shield bashing... until he later transforms into a full dragon anyway.
* ''VideoGame/DivineDivinity'':
** ''VideoGame/DivinityIITheDragonKnightSaga'' is about a [[TheDragonslayer dragon slayer]] who learns to shapeshift into a dragon.
** ''VideoGame/DivinityDragonCommander'' is about a dragon knight ''general''.
* ''VideoGame/DragonMarkedForDeath'': One of the player characters, the Warrior, is clad in a suit of living draconic armor formed from his body after making a pact with the DraconicAbomination Atruum.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** The series has dabbled with this with some of its monsters. The Dragon Rider line, introduced in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'', is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; knights riding dragons. The Mandrake line of monsters introduced in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'' are draconian sword-and-shield fighters. There's also the Hackasaurus line, introduced in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'', that is only a little knightly by being bipedal dragons with axes but no armor -- except for one variant in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestX'', Paladinos, that do have armor.
** Both ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' and ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' allowed the party to learn draconic skills, as the JobSystem in each includes vocations based on monsters, including dragon options. ''VI'' in particular had just ''two'' monster vocations, and "Dragon" got one of the exclusive slots (the other was MetalSlime).
** It wasn't until ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' that there was actually a full blown Dragon Knight in the party: the Hero's Spear weapon-tree contains many skills that are typically associated with Dragon Knights. At level 70, the Hero is capable of learning "Dragon Soul", a move that actually calls onto the powers of Dragon. Two of the hero's special armors, Metal King Armor and [[spoiler:Dragovian]] Armor even look very similar to the "Dragoon" Armor you'd find from the ''Final Fantasy'' series. [[spoiler:The reveal of the Hero's true heritage as Half-Human, Half-Dragovian makes this go full circle and makes him a literal Dragon Knight.]]
* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' has a few different flavors of dragon knights:
** The Dragon Cult knights are the main bulk of the forces of the capital city of Leyndell; they worship the ancient dragons and wield lightning incantations.
** While the Dragon Cult worships dragons, the warriors of Dragon Communion ''consume'' Dragons, specifically their hearts, to use their powers in battle. We don't see any Dragon Communion warriors in the game... except the Magma Wyrms, Dragon Communion warriors that have eaten so many dragon hearts they have transformed into pale imitations of dragons that can only crawl on their bellies instead of flying majestically through the air (just like in previous [=FromSoft=] games, trying to turn yourself into a dragon never goes well). However, the PlayerCharacter can get in on it by trading dragon hearts for incantations at either the Church of Dragon Communion in Limgrave, or the Cathedral in Caelid. While they can't consume enough to go full Magma Wyrm, their eyes will eventually turn yellow and slitted like a dragon's.
** The Crucible Knights draw their power and name from "the primordial crucible of life", but in practice most of these manifest with a draconic theme, as the dragons are tied to primordial life - particularly the fire breath attack.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': Alhough not technically a knight, the [[PlayerCharacter Dovahkiin]] (literally "Dragonborn") can have elements of this depending on player build. The Dragonborn can also create dragon scale or dragon plate armor, and use fire-based shouts and magic to complete their dragon personage effectively and accurately. Extra dragon points if the Dovahkiin is an [[LizardFolk Argonian]].
** The Dragonknight class of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' is exactly what it says on the tin, having the ability to [[BreathWeapon breathe fire]] and grow scales among other draconic abilities.
* ''VideoGame/EmeraldDragon'': Atrushan is a dragon, who takes human form to avoid the anti-dragon curse that is placed on the human world. During his time there he dons armor and [[HeroesPreferSwords fights with a sword]], returning to his original form only for one-off {{Limit Break}}s, that [[CastFromHitPoints hurt him]].
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Lancer Artoria Pendragon Alter wears armor that is clearly inspired by a dragon.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': The Dragoons, who have a distinct dragon motif in their armor and are famed for their [[InASingleBound jumping attacks]] and spears. Oddly, the translation's name them for a type of real-world soldier that has nothing to do with spears, jumping, ''or'' dragons; they are properly "dragon knights" in the Japanese games. Translations of the SNES-era ran into CharacterNameLimits, and {{Woolseyism}} stepped in.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' introduces the class with Richard Highwind, the SoleSurvivor of Deist's dragoons. He used swords instead of spears and he can't jump, but his armor has a dragon theme and you do get a wyvern to [[DragonRider ride into battle]]. Later remakes of the game did give him proficiency with spears.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' has it as a job from the Water Crystal and introduces its signature attack [[DeathFromAbove Jump]] as a powerful AntiAir attack.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has the famous Kain Highwind and comes along with the jumping abilities of his immediate predecessor. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' he becomes a [[ThePaladin Holy]] [[PrestigeClass Dragoon]] which gives him access to [[HealingHands White Magic]] and [[HolyHandGrenade holy powered]] {{Combination Attack}}s.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' brings the return of the dragoon job and introduces its recurring [[LifeDrain Lancet]] ability.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' does not have dragoons but it does have Dragoon Boots, a Relic which allows the user to jump like a Dragoon and the Dragon Horn which powers up the Jump attack. In keeping with series tradition, the attack is doubly powerful when equipped with a spear, making spear-wielders Edgar and Mog the game's best Dragoons. Dragoon Boots + Dragon Horn + Pearl Lance is a late-game GameBreaker.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' has Cid Highwind who along with the lance wielding and jumping skills comes with the ability to summon a dragon for one of his {{Limit Break}}s.
** No one in the main party of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' qualifies, but guest character Ward Zabac has a harpoon-spear hybrid and his only limit break involves a jump.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' has Freya Cresent, a RodentOfUnusualSize from a nation whose military is primarily dragon knights and comes packing with several non-standard dragon themed attacks for both offense and defense.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Kimahri Ronso, who mixes the dragoon class with that of the [[PowerCopying blue mage]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' has the Dragoon as an Advanced Job whose primary draw is ability to call a ShoulderSizedDragon as a [[TheBeastmaster pet to command]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has the final boss The Undying which is the BigBad [[TheEvilPrince Vayne]] grafted with with giant pair of [[ClockworkCreature clockwork dragon]] {{wing|edHumanoid}}s, armor and head are created by fusing with machinery from his OminousFloatingCastle. His most powerful attack is to shoot a BreathWeapon from the skull of the dragon parts.
*** In terms of party members, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings'' features the Aegyl warrior known as Llyud.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' has Oerba Yun Fang, styled after Dragoons with her usage of spears and her jump-based LimitBreak. For bonus points, her Eidolon is the baddest dragon in the series, Bahamut.
*** ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'' has a Dragoon garb complete with draconic accents, giving boosts to [[BreakMeter staggering]] and having Lancet as a unique ability. Spears also appear as a weapon class, all of which boost stagger power and allow Lightning to use the Jump attack.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has the Dragoon as a [[PrestigeClass job for Lancers]] and are famed in-story among the people of Ishgard as {{the dragon slayer}}s. Their power is taken directly from dragons themselves for the purpose of using it against them. The power itself is implied to be [[ScaledUp slowly turning you into a dragon yourself]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' has Aranea Highwind, a DarkActionGirl whose appearance closely resembles the starting "Equilibrium" armor garb from ''Lightning Returns'' with a helmet added. She is known as "[[RedBaron The Dragoon]]" within the Niflheim army and comes complete with a spear and a penchant for jumping off of high places.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'' has the Holy Knights Dragoon, the most honored division of knights that serve the Holy Empire of Sanbreque, which is also lead by the Empire's crown prince, Dion Lesage. For added points, the Empire consider dragons divine creatures, lesser dragons like wyrms are trained as beasts of war, the Dragoons' acrobatic fighting style is said in-game to be modeled after the movements of dragons, and Dion himself is the current Dominant of Bahamut.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' has the Dragoon as a job specializing solely in the [[DeathFromAbove Jump]] skill which allows them to [[InASingleBound execute leaping attacks from very far away]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2 A2]]'' have Dragoon as an exclusive job for [[LizardFolk Bangaa]] which in addition to the traditional Jump attack, have a FireIceLightning BreathWeapon and a [[SuperScream scream attack]].
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyDimensions'' expands on the concept and gives us a Dragoon job that allows the user to breathe elemental blasts, similar to the dragon genus of monsters in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics''.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' has the Wyvern Rider class (also referred to by other names such as Wyvern Knights or Dracoknights, depending on the game), the SpearCounterpart of the all-female Pegasus Knights. In addition to [[DragonRider mounting wyverns]], their armor often has draconian-style plating.
* ''VideoGame/GorasulTheLegacyOfTheDragon'': Roszondas. The player decides whether he is a knight or mage; whatever the case, he can randomly manifest dragon-powered fear, strength, or fire breath as a DesperationAttack, and also has a passive Dragon Eyes skill to let him see farther than other party members can.
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' has an example, but you'd never realise it unless you really pay attention: [[spoiler:the protagonist, Sol Badguy. He wields a large sword and uses fire magic, and his true form is that of a humanoid dragon. He was also once part of a knightly order]].
* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}: The Master Chief Collection'''s Season 8: Mythic features an unlockable set of armor that resembles knight armor with a dragon motif.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfDragons'' has the Great Dragonian, a gold-armored dragon with WhipSword, shield and fire breath.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Shyvana, who mixes dragon and knight elements and can transform into a full fledged dragon. Unlike other examples of this trope, she uses gauntlets shaped like a dragon's head.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' has the titular dragoons who turn into powerful a powerful WingedHumanoid in dragon armor through a PowerCrystal. Each character has a separate [[ElementalPowers element]] and [[ColorCodedElements color]] that their dragon magic is themed after.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'': Volga is an evil dragon who takes a knight-like human form, and can breathe fire along with transforming back to his dragon form either in whole or in part.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'': Onox appears to be a garden variety TinTyrant with an EpicFlail, but the dragon part comes when he turns into a [[ScaledUp dragon]] [[{{Dracolich}} with a skull for a head]].
* ''VideoGame/MediEvil'': The Dragon Potion (called Dragon Armour in [[VideoGame/MediEvilResurrection PSP remake]]) gives Sir Fortesque a dragonlike appearance, invulnerability to fire and an ability [[BreathWeapon breathe it]].
* ''VideoGame/OgreBattleTheMarchOfTheBlackQueen'': Fogel, mightiest of the Three Knights and master of the [[FloatingContinent floating island]] Shiguld, was transformed into a reptilian freak by the dying curse of a Divine Dragon. He kept his kickass fencing skills and got a powerful dark blade out of the deal, though, so it's not all bad. Defeat him as a lawful, popular Opinion Leader while holding the Star of Heroes, and he'll join your army.
* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'': Downplayed. The player can create a dark knight, or black knight, and his armor looks distinctively dragon like, complete with horns.
* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'': Date Masamune is a samurai version of this. His name is "the One-eyed Dragon", his sheathes for his 6 swords have "webs" in-between that gives them the splitting image of dragon's wings, and the dragon imagery comes up in some of his attacks.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Trap Team'' introduces Blades, who is a rare take on the trope as he's a full-fledged dragon that ''also'' has the rank and armor of a knight.
* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': In ''Soul Calibur V'', a Dragon Skull is available as DownloadableContent headgear, and "dark knight greaves" that look like a dragon's talons are one of the pre-order bonuses.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal'' features the Wyrmic class, which is a two-hand-weapon fighter with nature-based powers taken right from the dragons, including six different types of dragon breath (fire, ice, lightning, acid, sand and venom), which effectively allow them to become multi-hued dragons (which are a kind of monster in the game). But beware -- enemies (and not only dragons) can use these powers as well.
* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer'': The Dragon Princes of Caledor, the High Elves' highest tier of cavalry, wear armor fashioned to resemble the dragons of the Caledorian mountains and ride horses decked in similarly themed barding. Their Regiment of Renown variant, the Fireborn, even wield [[IncendiaryExponent flaming lances]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', Chroma is based and inspired by this concept mixed with NemeanSkinning of a draconic pelt. His Prime version is a basically a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' Dragoons.
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* ''WebComic/TwoKinds'' has the same concept run through a different {{splat}}: Adrakists, humans who worship dragons in the same way a Cleric does a deity (ie, getting spells from them). This comes with [[ScaledUp a gradual, permanent shapeshift into a dragon themselves,]] [[DraconicHumanoid leading to horns and dragon limbs on a human core.]]
* The [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121001#.YGyAzD_TWUk Wulfenbach dragon]] in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is not very humanoid, but is very knightly, with [[ArmoredDragon fancy armour]], a sword and shield, a "noble" (i.e. arrogant) attitude, and a squire. Although he's also [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121012#.YG8HGz_TWUk insulted]] to be associated with knights.
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* In ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'', [[LargeHam Nylocke]] plays a [[DraconicHumanoid Humanoid Dragon]] Swordsman in the eponymous MMORPG Terrain of Magical Expertise. He roleplays as a hammy, over the top medieval knight, constantly speaking in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe, and [[MadLibsCatchPhrase recycled catchphrases]] referring to his many titles, with variations on the words "Dragon", "Master Knight", etc.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Although never said outright, one incident shows that ex-General Iroh can be considered one:
-->'''Iroh''': Did I ever tell you how I got the nickname "the Dragon of the West"?\\
'''Azula''': I'm not interested in a lengthy anecdote, uncle.\\
'''Iroh''': [[PreAsskickingOneLiner It's more of a]] [[BreathWeapon demonstration, really]]...
* ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'' is all about dragons dressed in knights' armor.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MikeTheKnight'', while Mike himself isn't one, he has two dragon assistants who tried to be his squires at one point. [[HilarityEnsues It]]... [[SubvertedTrope didn't turn out well]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E19ADogAndPonyShow A Dog and Pony Show]]", the baby dragon Spike envisions himself as a buff, muscular and [[DraconicHumanoid humanoid]] KnightInShiningArmor in an ImagineSpot while daydreaming of rescuing his crush. Outside of the ImagineSpot, he invokes this trope when riding into the Diamond Dog tunnels on the back of the unicorn Twilight Sparkle while wielding a stalactite like a sword.
** In the town-wide shared dream in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E13DoPrincessesDreamOfMagicSheep Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?]]", Spike takes this form again in order to ride another, giant-sized dreamer (a pegasus, specifically) against the nightmare monsters.
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* Real-life dragoons were not knights, but mounted infantry. They were named after dragons, an early wheellock firearm that was often carved with a dragon motif.
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