History Fridge / AmericanDragonJakeLong

* In "Act 4, Scene 15", Spud is on his laptop, helping Jake find the Huntsclan’s tomb. He then tells Jake he found something on an urban myth website; a photographer went into a cave on the outer edge of Central Park, and was never seen again. [[NeverFoundTheBody All that was found]] was his camera… with a photo of the Huntsclan insignia on it. This strongly implies that the Huntsclan ''murdered'' an innocent person who was unlucky enough to stumble upon their tomb. And if they’re willing to go that far [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade just to keep their secret hidden]]… who knows how many more people have "gone missing" because of them.

** The horror sets in when you realize that the mermaid detectives didn't tell Lao Shi about it either, leaving plenty of time for the Kelpie to attack and devour several magical creatures. To hammer it home, the Kelpie transforms into a number of them during the episode, A troll, a dog and an elf. Those deaths are on your fins' mermaids!

* In “Dreamscape” it’s revealed that Rotwood has a Chimera sealed in his subconsciousness, the #6 greatest threat to the magical community because of its powers in the dream realm, where it can cause horrifying nightmares afflicting an entire city. There might be an extra reason Rotwood is so mean.

* In “Feeding Frenzy”, while it’s played for laughs, Spud and Trixie are revealed to have been eaten by the sharkwoman of the episode. While it’s bad enough to get eaten by a shark, the real fridge horror lies in how long they had to stay there. Logically they’d have been eaten in New York and the episode mainly takes place in Florida Keys. The pair had been in the stomach of a sharkwoman for more than the time it takes her to swim over 1000 miles!
* Jake using Cupids’ arrows to make Rose love him has another layer to it: Lao Shi have taught him “trust No one”. While Lao Shi most likely were referring to people that Jake’ll deal with while on Dragon-duty, this example shows that the advice might be getting to Jake in his private life.
* The Avimetrus steals youth and leaves its’ victims old and frail. How many hasn’t been kids one second and then a fragile elder the next? And that’s the survivors! It’s impossible to gauge how many have been piles of dust have been left behind over the years.

* Jasmine’s powers in “Dragon Breath” can become this. Remember that Trixie and Spud had their souls switched at the end of the episode, how many others had that happened to? Not to mention, none of them ever mention it again, combined with the fact that neither Lao Shi and/or Fu Dog are opposed to brew up magical mindwipe potions.
* The Huntsclans’ grand equinox hunt. Hunting sentient beings is bad enough, but they do this twice a year and have been for many years turns nasty quick. Just the thought of how many thousands of magical creatures died during those hunts is mindblowing.
* A minor one, but one of Susans’ relatives tried to give her 99 living gnomes as a wedding gift. These gnomes are sentient magical creatures and tried to make a run for it as soon as they came out of the box. This looks a lot like slavery, which is performed by (assumingly) a guardian of the magical community.

* Sarah of the Oracle twins will see a lot of people die, it’s all but stated she has already seen Jakes’ death when she first met him, since she asks if he wants to know the day and time of his demise.

** Ordering their members to mindwipe regular humans if they find out about the magical world, even if they’re the best friends of the Dragon. And they don’t send out others to do it, they send the dragon that knows them. That’s cold.
*** Admittedly, this could be Laoshi’s decision, which only makes his teaching methods all the more harsh and severe.

** The Council also have a level of fascism going on, such as deciding whom dragons that are stuck in human form, such as Susan, can marry. While Jonathan passed the muster, how many hasn’t over the years? Not to mention, them accepting that Jake was with Rose is almost impossible under those circumstances.

** What’s worse, their entire arsenal still exists, weapons and technology years ahead of their time, another organization could come in and take those inventions, or children might find their way into the bases and start playing. Jonathan showed that even adults can carelessly create mass destruction when he accidentally activated the self-destruct mechanism.

* Why do Jake and Haley's dragon forms look canid in appearance? [[[[spoiler: According to one of the writers of the show on the [[https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/a-question-about-american-dragon.3818471/#post-57167991 Toonzone forums]], at one point there were plans to reveal that their father Jonathan was a werewolf, therefore making both siblings Heinz Hybrids]].

* Brad's being HeldBackInSchool is given for his having a license and that's all funny and stuff, except in "Being Human" Brad announces that he's just pulled his ''fourth'' eighth grade pre-graduation prank on Rotwood which means he's been in eighth grade since he was ''at least'' 13-14 years old, if not later considering how BookDumb he is. It becomes really ''not'' funny when you remember that Brad was Jake's competition for Rose (if briefly until Rose saw his true colors) and how Brad might actually be a legal adult at this point; age of consent in the state of New York is seventeen, Rose is at most fifteen at the end of the series. Not sure if this counts as GettingCrapPastTheRadar or just some unfortunate math on the creator's part, but ''yikes.''

* Haley's breakdown in "Being Human" seems sudden until you realize that, like Jake, she has to not only perform the duties of the American Dragon but also her normal routine and schooling, except that Haley attends a private school and has many [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast activities that demand a lot of her attention]], much more so than Jake who has a normal workload you'd expect from someone his age and is used to working through failures that he can shrug them off with an "Aw, man!" and strive to do better. Combine Haley's regular workload combined with the suddenness of her new American Dragon duties ''and'' her being the ThePerfectionist and it's no wonder she started cracking so fast.

** In universe, it's explained as due to him being an OutsideContextProblem; since all dragons are LawfulGood in this universe, they've never had to develop the necessary skills to take one down if the need ever came up.

* Haley's breakdown in "Being Human" seems sudden until you realize that, like Jake, she has to not only perform the duties of the American Dragon but also her normal routine and schooling, except that Haley attends a private school and has many [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast activities that demand a lot of her attention]], much more so than Jake who has a normal workload you'd expect from someone his age and is used to working through failures that he can shrug them off with an "Aw, man!" and strive to do better. Haley's regular workload combined with the suddenness of her AmDrag duties ''and'' being her being the ThePerfectionist and it's no wonder she started cracking so fast.

** Haley is still only eight years old and despite her maturity have proven not being able to stomach the stress of being a world dragon yet, cracking in less than a week. Even if she has been called upon to be a stand-in for her brother and has helped him on occasion, doing it full time is too much for her.

* The episode "Haley Gone Wild" becomes brilliant when you take two episodes into account: "Bite Father, Bite Son" and "Hero of the Hourglass". In the first episode, Lao Shi explains to Jake that the reason the Dragon council allowed Susan to marry the human Johnathan was because the latter apparently had a [[NiceGuy good heart]]. In the second episode, even though he can only go by the Huntsclan's perception on dragons being "monsters", Johnathan refuses to tell anything about dragons, because he loves Susan. Johnathan may not be aware of magic, but he has a strong moral compass considered valuable even amongst the Dragon Council. The brilliance comes in when one sees in the climax [[spoiler: how exactly the Pooka's spell over Haley is broken. All it takes is Johnathan's tirade ("That show is a load of ''brainwashing'', young lady!") to bring Haley back to her senses. In a way, that same moral compass saved the day.]]

* Lao Shi often tries teaching Jake to (in his own words) "trust no one". Seems strange, given his role... Then you think about Chang (a dear friend, and possibly an intimate one), the majority of his family (Jake at his worst is ''more mature'' than any three of the relatives outside the immediate family, aside for Lao Shi himself), [[NoodleIncident that thing]] about having had [[DatingCatwoman a fling with his own mortal enemy]] and it ending bad, and all the messes that his loyal friend Fu Dog does on a daily basis, and you realize he's perfectly justified in not fully trusting anyone.
** Also, he's an incredibly stern teacher to Jake. Point is, Jake is theoretically responsible for ''all'' of the United States, and his only back up are Sun Park, who will eventually have to go back to Korea, his talented but inexperienced sister Haley, his arrogant, inexperienced and not-so-talented cousin Gregory, and Lao Shi himself, who is quite old and could end up crippled from old age or killed because he's not strong as he used to. Jake has an ''enormous'' responsibility, and Lao Shi is trying to make him capable of taking it before he can't help anymore... And apparently the much nicer teacher Sun Park reasons the same way, given the first thing she does when Jake got himself suspended in "Being Human" was to increase Haley's training many-fold and give her the doll of Madge the Motivational Unicorn.

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* Brad's being HeldBackInSchool is given for his having a license and that's all funny and stuff, except in "Being Human" Brad announces that he's just pulled his ''fourth'' eighth grade pre-graduation prank on Rotwood which means he's been in eighth grade since he was ''at least'' 13-14 years old, if not later considering how BookDumb he is. It becomes really ''not'' funny when you remember that Brad was Jake's competition for Rose (if briefly until Rose saw his true colors) and how Brad might actually be a legal adult at this point; age of consent in the state of New York is seventeen, Rose is at most fifteen at the end of the series. Not sure if this counts as GettingCrapPastTheRadar or just some unfortunate math on the creator's part, but ''yikes.''
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** The horror sets in when you realise that the mermaid detectives didn't tell Lao Shi about it either, leaving plenty of time for the Kelpie to attack and devour several magical creatures. To hammer it home, the Kelpie transforms into a number of them during the episode, A troll, a dog and an elf. Those deaths are on your fins' mermaids!

* Brad's being HeldBackInSchool is given for his having a license and that's all funny and stuff, except in "Being Human" Brad announces that he's just pulled his ''fourth'' eighth grade pre-graduation prank on Rotwood which means he's been in eighth grade since he was ''at least'' 13-14 years old, if not later considering how BookDumb he is. It becomes really not funny when you remember that Brad was Jake's competition for Rose (if briefly until Rose saw his true colors) and how Brad might actually be a legal adult at this point; age of consent in the state of New York is seventeen, Rose is at most fifteen at the end of the series. Not sure if this counts as GettingCrapPastTheRadar or just some unfortunate math on the creator's part, but ''yikes.''

* In “Breakout” After Rose has knocked him out and has dragged him off to the huntsclan hideout, she holds Huntsmans’ hand as he wakes up. It’s a small thing, but if she hadn’t, he would have been more suspicious of her.
* Derceto might already have been smitten with Lao-shi before meeting him in “Something Fishy this way comes”, as she has read Jake’s report on him in “Hong Kong Nights” highlighting all of his good sides.
* In “Legend of the Dragon Tooth”, you see Haley wearing a hockey uniform during her, Trixie, and Spud’s attempts to pull out her loose dragon tooth. Haley doesn’t seem like the type of girl who’s into sports, much less a high-impact one like hockey. That uniform was most likely Jake’s from when he was little.

** 1. The dragon council are known to keep track on any potential members and judge them based on personality and how they manage different situations, and even includes a review of the dragons’ parents character. This point helps explain why Haley and Greggy are not members yet.
** 2. Haley is still only eight years old and despite her maturity have proven not being able to stomach the stress of being a world dragon yet, cracking in less than week. Even if she has been called upon to be a stand-in for her brother and has helped him on occasion, doing it full time is too much for her.
** And 3. Greggy is at best immature, self-centered and doesn’t have much skill as a dragon and there is nothing that indicates that he even has a dragon master. In addition to this, his mother Kathy is obnoxious and condescending to others, which aren’t positive traits to have in a magical protector.

* In “No body’s Fu” Marty the Grim Reaper is seen standing in line to get a license renewed. It’s initially a funny little cameo, but the implications are humongous. If the Grim Reaper needs a license, then that fact amps up the importance of the Magical department and their rules to an amazing degree. In short terms: Death personified needs '''their''' permission for something! Really shows the scale of the situation Fu is in.

* In “Dreamscape” it’s revealed that Rotwood has a Chimera sealed in his subconsciousness, the #4 greatest threat to the magical community because of its powers in the dream realm, where it can cause horrifying nightmares afflicting an entire city. There might be an extra reason Rotwood is so mean.

* In “Feeding Frenzy”, while it’s played for laughs, Spud and Trixie are revealed to have been eaten by the sharkwoman of the episode. While it’s bad enough to get eaten by a shark, the real fridgehorror lies in how long they had to stay there. Logically they’d have been eaten in New York and the episode mainly takes place in Florida Keys. The pair had been in the stomach of a sharkwoman for more than the time it takes her to swim over 1000 miles!

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* So...small countries like Korea get their own dragons...but Jake is responsible for the ENTIRE United States? Aren't these dragon families ancient? Are they appointed by the UN or something? And were Jake's ancestors also responsible for the USA (Then why is grandpa still very "Chinese"?) or have they only gotten the duty for the last 2-3 generations? The dragons' biggest foe must be bureaucracy.
** Jake is the first American Dragon and prior to him, there was another new boy on the block; Fred Nerk, the first Australian Dragon. So presumably not all countries have dragons, maybe only the Asian ones and until now there was no Dragon in charge of the USA. Also presumably being the American Dragon just means he's in charge of all dragons there since he does have relatives who are american dragons. In the future there'd probably be dozens of dragons in america with the one holding the title of American Dragon being the one selected to be in charge of them all.
* In “Breakout” After Rose has knocked him out and has dragged him off to the huntsclan hideout, she holds Huntsmans’ hand as he wakes up. It’s a small thing, but if she hadn’t, he would have been more suspicious of her.
* Derceto might already have been smitten with Lao-shi before meeting him in “Something Fishy this way comes”, as she has read Jake’s report on him in “Hong Kong Nights” highlighting all of his good sides.
* In “Legend of the Dragon Tooth”, you see Haley wearing a hockey uniform during her, Trixie, and Spud’s attempts to pull out her loose dragon tooth. Haley doesn’t seem like the type of girl who’s into sports, much less a high-impact one like hockey. That uniform was most likely Jake’s from when he was little.

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* Huntsboys # 88 and 89 still being around

* Derceto might already have been smitten with Lao-shi before meeting him in “Something Fishy this way comes”, as she has read Jake’s report on him in “Hong Kong Nights” highlighting all of his good sides.

* Fridge TearJerker: In “The Academy”, Sara foresaw the events of “Homecoming”; she says she sees “a circle of skulls” (the crystal skulls), and “magical creatures crying in agony”. But it was Rose’s HeroicSacrifice that stopped the Huntsman’s plan before he could even fully make his wish, right? So where was the second part of Sara’s vision? Well, remember what she said back in “Body Guard Duty”? ''“Our visions always come true, just not always in the way you expect.”'' Having that in mind, there was technically one magical creature that did cry in agony that night… ''Jake''.

* Fridge TearJerker: In “The Academy”, Sara foresaw the events of “Homecoming”; she says she sees “a circle of skulls” (the crystal skulls), and “magical creatures crying in agony”. But it was Rose’s HeroicSacrifice that stopped the Huntsman’s plan before he could even fully make his wish, right? So where was the second part of Sara’s vision? Well, remember what she said back in “Body Guard Duty”? “Our visions always come true, just not always in the way you expect.” Having that in mind, there was technically one magical creature that did cry in agony that night… ''Jake''.

* Fridge TearJerker: In “The Academy”, Sara foresaw the events of “Homecoming”; she says she sees “a circle of skulls” (the crystal skulls), and “magical creatures crying in agony”. But it was Rose’s HeroicSacrifice that stopped the Huntsman’s plan before he could even fully make his wish, right? So where was the second part of Sara’s vision? Well, there was one magical creature crying in agony that night… ''Jake''.