This is a list of dragons in popular culture. Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.
Dragons in fiction
This list of dragons in fiction is a list of draconic characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of dragons in literature, comics, film, television, animation and video games.
Dragons in literature
Western literature tends either to affirm or pointedly subvert the traditional portrait of dragons from Western myth and folklore, as evil and greedy.
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Dragons in comics
Dragons appear in various manga and american comics, in the form of comic books, comic strips and webcomics.
Dragons in film
Dragons have been portrayed in film and television in many different forms. They may terrorize human towns, or save human lives, even taking the role of passionate protectors.
Dragons in television
Dragons in animation
Dragons in video games
Dragons appear in numerous games with fictional setting as bosses, final bosses, and enemies, as well as player characters, companions, units, and supporting characters.
Other appearances in popular culture
Dragons in online audiovisual media
- The Strong Bad Emails (flash cartoons) on the Homestar Runner website feature a dragon named Trogdor the Burninator.
- The Great Dragon of Bleecker Street is a character featured in Dimension 20's The Unsleeping City.
Dragons in radio
- Trorg, the Last Amber Dragon, and the blue sock-stealing dragons in Hordes of the Things
Dragons in songs
- Albi, from the Flight of the Conchords song "Albi the Racist Dragon"
- "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is best known from the hit single by Peter, Paul and Mary, but has been performed by countless other artists. "Puff the Magic Dragon" was first a poem by Leonard Lipton and adapted by Peter Yarrow. The poem tells of an ageless dragon who befriends a young boy, only to be abandoned as the boy ages and forgets him. This is sometimes suspected of being riddled with references to marijuana, though the authors have publicly ridiculed this notion. The dragon in the song is most likely a reference to children's imagination and innocence.
- Tharos, from the Emerald Sword Saga, a collection of five albums by the symphonic metal band Rhapsody
- The titular dragon in the song "The Dragon and Saint George" (2015) from Ten's release of the same name
Dragons in puppetry
- Dirty Dragon from The BJ and Dirty Dragon Show and Gigglesnort Hotel
- Scorch the Teenaged Dragon, Ronn Lucas' ventriloquism puppet
- Delbert the Dragon, created by Jim Henson for La Choy commercials
- Kukla from the children’s show Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Dragons in toys
- Scorch, Slayer, Loong, Dragon, Legend, Magic in Beanie Baby
- Megatron in Beast Wars becomes a bio-mechanical dragon after absorbing the essence of his ancestor.
- Predaking and the Predacons in Transformers: Prime have robotic dragons as alternate forms.
- Jinafire Long, the daughter of a Chinese dragon from Monster High
Dragons in theme parks and shows
- Tradinno, the world's largest walking robot
- Prezzemolo in Gardaland
- Figment in Journey into Imagination with Figment
- Danny in Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
- The Dragon in Legoland
- The 6 Dragons in Phantasialand
- Coaster in Rye Playland
Dragons in sport
- FC Porto, professional association football team from Portugal, nicknamed Os dragões and playing home matches at the Estádio do Dragão
- Wales national association football team, presenting the Welsh Dragon (y Ddraig Goch) on its crest
- San Francisco Dragons, field lacrosse team
- Somerset County Cricket Club, one of the first-class cricket clubs in England
- St. George Illawarra Dragons, Australian professional rugby league club
- Barcelona Dragons, professional american football team playing in the ELF
- Mario the Magnificent, Drexel Dragons mascot
- Stuff the Magic Dragon, Orlando Magic mascot
Dragons in podcasts
- Hiram McDaniels, a "literal five-headed dragon", and his sister Hadassah McDaniels from Welcome to Nightvale. Each head demonstrates differing personality traits and behaviors.
- Cerulean Depths Seen from a Great Height (A.K.A. Ceri). A gargantuan sea dragon with a long name and a snobby teen attitude, from Spout Lore.
- Mishka Beverly Paw Paw II, an energetic and rambunctious baby black dragon from Not Another D&D Podcast.
See also
- List of dragons in mythology and folklore
- Chinese dragon, the Eastern interpretation of the dragon
- European dragon, the Western interpretation of the dragon
- Dragon Day, a celebration at Cornell University
- Princess and dragon, the archetypical/stereotypical premise about dragons kidnapping princesses
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