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Blazing Dragons: The Movie (2001 film)

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“Knights of the Square Table, arise!”
- King Allfire

Blazing Dragons: The Movie is a 2001 Canadian-French-British-American animated adventure fantasy comedy film based on the popular animated television series of the same name created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott. The movie was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Nelvana Limited, Ellipse Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and distributed by Paramount Pictures with animation provided by Yeson Animation Studios in Seoul, South Korea from The Fairly OddParents, Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea, Studios Animage in Tokyo, Japan, and Le Studio Ellipse in Paris, France. The film was directed by Larry Jacobs (the director of the series) and Butch Hartman (the creator of The Fairly OddParents), and takes place during the events of the first season of Blazing Dragons. The film features the voice talents of Edward Glen, Aron Tager, Suzanne Coy, Steven Sutcliffe, John Koensgen, John Stocker, Dan Hennessey, Richard Binsley, Stephanie Morgenstern, Scott Wentworth, Rick Waugh, David Hemblen, Don Francks and Jill Frappier, who reprising their respective roles as the characters from Blazing Dragons.

Blazing Dragons: The Movie was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on October 30, 2001, and was released theatrically on November 9, 2001 in the United States and Canada. The film was a box office success, opening at #1 and grossing a total of $35 million worldwide. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its animation, voice cast, musical score by Guy Moon, faithfulness to the source material and screenplay, though criticized the plot, story, runtime and dynamism.

Like the original series, Blazing Dragons: The Movie features the music and the original show's animation style. The film's protagonists are anthropomorphic dragons who are beset by evil humans, reversing a common story convention. The series parodies that of the King Arthur tales as well as the periods of the Middle Ages.

The film follows the Knights of the Square Table are on a quest in the land of Camelhot before the evil Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights of Threadbare Castle is about to take over Camelhot.

Although the voice actors are of Canadian and American nationality in real life, they voiced some of the characters with British accents (mainly the dragons were given that aforementioned accent), while some characters, such as Count Geoffrey, had Canadian accents, and Merle the Wizard has an American accent.

Synopsis[]

From the hit animated series Blazing Dragons make their debut on the big screen, the story follows the Knights of the Square Table in the land of Camelhot trying to stop Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights from taking over Castle Camelhot.

Voice Talent[]

  • Edward Glen as Flicker
  • Aron Tager as King Allfire
  • Suzanne Coy as Merle the Wizard
  • Steven Sutcliffe as Queen Griddle
  • John Koensgen as:
    • Count Geoffrey
    • Evil Knight 1
  • John Stocker as:
    • Sir Burnevere
    • Evil Knight 2
  • Dan Hennessey as:
    • Sir Hotbreath
    • Evil Knight 3
  • Richard Binsley as:
    • Sir Blaze
    • The Wandering Minstrel
  • Stephanie Morgenstern as Princess Flame
  • Scott Wentworth as Sir Loungelot
  • Rick Waugh as:
    • Cinder and Clinker
    • Sir Galahot
  • David Hemblen as Duke Rudolf
  • Don Francks as Black Knight
  • Jill Frappier as Mrs. Shambles
  • Richard Yearwood as Cowsius Clay
  • Tabitha St. Germain as Dragon

Additional Voices[]

Trivia[]

  • Sir Loungelot's transformation into a newt is a reference to the line in Monty Python and the Holy Grail "She turned me into a newt! I got better."
  • Count Geoffrey using a giant rabbit as his secret weapon, as well as the brutal beating the rabbit gave Sir Loungelot, could possibly be a reference to the killer rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
  • The Polvo is a reference to Volvo, while hairbags are a reference to airbags.
  • Sir Loungelot mentions a tail-fencing duel, which hints that dragons and lizards sometimes swordfight with their tails, however, he was likely making the story up as an excuse to not row the raft with his tail and let Blaze, Burnevere, and Flicker do all the work.
  • This was the first and only Blazing Dragons film to be animated in digital ink and paint animation as in the actual series.
  • Among Count Geoffrey's hairstyles when he is caught in Flicker's Automatic Hairstyling Machine are Princess Leia from Star Wars, Elvis, Captain Hook, and Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future.
  • The character animation in this film was traditionally hand-drawn. Computer technology was used to color the animation drawings, while effects animation was input directly into Toon Boom Harmony using Wacom Cintiq pressure-sensitive tablet displays.
  • One of the promotional posters is a parody of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, Scary Movie, The Iron Giant, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Grease (1978), X-Men (2000 film), Titan A.E., Digimon: The Movie, the "Back to the Future" trilogy, Men in Black, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, the "Star Wars" original trilogy, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Chicken Run, Jetsons: The Movie, Anastasia, The Great Mouse Detective, The Lion King, and The Road to El Dorado.
  • This is the first Blazing Dragons media to be released in the 2000s.
  • This movie marks the First appearance of Chef Turnspit, Racka and Presley since Tournament Day.
  • This is the only Blazing Dragons movie to be animated in the widescreen 16:9 aspect. This is also the only Blazing Dragons movie to be animated in the open matte aspect ratio for 4:3 prints, because pan-and-scan prints used the cropped aspect ratio, just like the TV show.
  • The traditionally-animated of the film use a mix of the character designs from Seasons 1 and 2, as well as the same color scheme of the first season of Blazing Dragons.
  • This is the only Blazing Dragons film to receive a G rating.
  • This was the first Blazing Dragons production, and the only Nickelodeon film, to be released on VHS and DVD.
  • This was the third Nickelodeon Movies' film to use the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo.
  • This movie marks the first and only appearance of the castle Dragon Guards as in the series.
  • This was the first Nelvana and Ellipse Animation partnership with Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
  • This is the first movie of the show produced with new digital inking and paperless techniques, though the movie was still drawn by hand.
    • More specifically, the characters were still hand-drawn, but the animators' drawings were scanned into the computer systems and colored digitally using the Toon Boom Harmony animation pipeline system. And backgrounds were painted digitally using Adobe Photoshop.
  • This is the first and only of every time Geoffrey says "Oh no, this could only be bad news" in the exact same tone, the same in Knights & Knightresses and Tournament Day.
  • This is the only Blazing Dragons film in which Robbing Hood, Sheriff of Nothing-but-a-ham, Sir Hare, Cowsuis Clay, King Don, Ra, Duke Rudolf, Mildred, Mr. Sandman, Morpheus, Murray, Attila the Hot Bun King, Sir Locksmith of Holmes, Ho-Lee-Pow, Rip Van Winkle, MacBreath, Duncan, Dwight, Dweasel the Weasel, Jack Frost, Mildred, Erik the Well-Read, Zeus, Poseidon, Atlas, Hercules, Adonis, The Emperor of China, Ho-Lee-Pow, New Year Dragon, Stu, Queen Mum, and Schoolmaster Buzzard appearing from the episodes of seasons 1 and 2, but Sir Herman the Nearsighted is absent (although the episode The Isle of Dwight, Sir Herman was lost in sea during the battle when Dwight invaded half of the village's England during a flashback).
    • Thus, it is also the only Blazing Dragons film to have the same animation design as the television series.
  • This is the first and only Blazing Dragons film to be animated by the South Korea-based animation studio Yeson Entertainment from The Fairly OddParents, with the additional work was outsourced to the South Korea-based animation studio Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., the Japan-based animation studio Studios Animage, and the France-based animation studio Le Studio Ellipse from the series, respectively.
    • Thus, there are a few same designs that only appear in this film:
      • Count Geoffrey's character model was designed from the first season.
      • Sir Galahot and Sir Hotbreath does appear since Season 1.
      • Flicker and Loungelot have the same armor. Also, Merle's robe is light blue.
      • King Don, Duke Rudolph, Cowsius Clay, Poseidon, Atlas, Hercules, Adonis Dwight, Clam League, Attila the Hot Bun King, Dweasel the Weasel, Rip Van Winkle, Morpheus, Mr. Sandman, and Jack Frost from Season 2 appear as they redesigned in their Season 1 designs.
      • Count Geoffrey's Evil Spy in a light purple dragon costume returned from Season 1.
      • Princess Flame's hair is purple in Season 1 instead of blonde in the second season.
      • Robbing Hood, Sheriff of Nothing-but-a-ham and his pig brothers, Flamiano from Season 1 appear.
      • Chef Turnspit, Racka and Presley and Castle Guards does appear.
      • The Wandering Minstrel appear in his Season 1 design.
    • There are a few general animation differences while kept the same quality of the character animation, as the film was produced on a cinematic budget:
      • Some backgrounds and specific elements in many scenes are animated in 3D reminiscent of Futurama.
      • The animation is generally noticeably the same as in the first season of the show.
  • This was the only Nickelodeon Movies collaboration with composer Guy Moon, and the first Blazing Dragons project to use primarily the original musical score from The Fairly OddParents, with some of the cues by the Blazing Dragons series' composer Amin Batha were also used.
  • Most scenes are fully hand-drawn animated, while some scenes also incorporate cel-shaded 3D computer animation.
  • There are many references to the popular million-dollar Star Wars franchise in this movie:
    • The lightsabers that the characters and the Knights of the Square Table are used in the Star Wars franchise.
    • Sir Loungelot and Flicker break the fourth wall by looking directly in the camera when Loungelot says that the Death Star plans aren't in the main computer.
    • Count Geoffrey freezes Cowsius Clay with the carbonite, based on Han Solo from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
  • This is the eleventh Nelvana movie produced after Rock & Rule, The Care Bears Movie, Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, Babar: The Movie, Pippi Longstocking, Babar: King of the Elephants, Franklin and the Green Knight, The Little Bear Movie and Franklin's Magic Christmas.
  • This is the first movie to use the 1995-2004 Nelvana logo.
  • The Wilhelm scream is heard.

Cultural references[]

  • The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Back to the Future (1985), with the hero up front (Squire Flicker, Marty McFly), holding the Dragon Code book and standing on one leg with the DeLorean time machine.
  • The scene when Count Geoffrey activates the carbonite-encased machine while at Castle Threadbare with Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3, Count Geoffrey freezes Cowsuis Clay in carbonite is a reference to Darth Vader does the same thing to Han Solo in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
  • The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Men in Black, with the heroes up front (Squire Flicker, Agent J), and (Sir Loungelot, Agent K), wearing their sunglasses, their respective outfits and carrying a sword and a nuerlyzer.
  • The scene of the footage of a spaceship battling against the Death Star in Flicker's fantasy is from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).
  • The scene where Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 grabs the golden idol and outrunned by a boulder in the temple in Count Geoffrey's flashback is a reference to the opening scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
  • The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Back to the Future Part II (1989), with the heroes up front (Squire Flicker, Marty McFly), holding a sword on his right hand and standing on one leg with the DeLorean in hover mode, (Sir Loungelot, Dr. Emmett Brown), holding the Dragon Code book, standing behind him.
  • When Count Geoffrey is about to test the Star Wars-style carbonite-encased machine, he says "Go, Gadget, Go!", which are lyrics from the Inspector Gadget theme song from the 1980's cartoon (also animated by Nelvana Limited), and a live-action film adapation released in 1999 by Walt Disney Pictures.
  • The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Back to the Future Part III (1990), with the heroes up front (Squire Flicker, Marty McFly), looking at the Sun Rah sundial watch, (Sir Loungelot, Dr. Emmett Brown), holding the Dragon Code book, (Hag of Giss, Clara Clayton), standing behind him.
  • Count Geoffrey says "Perhaps there's more of this than meets the eye", which is a direct quote in the 1984 cartoon The Transformers.
  • The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), with the hero up front (Squire Flicker, Austin Powers), holding the Dragon Code book, and (Princess Flame, Vanessa Kensington), carrying a "Damsels in Distress Union" sign.

Recycled animation[]

  • The scene with Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 are outrunned by a giant boulder in the temple in a flashback is the same as that from the opening sequence of Blazing Dragons.

Soundtrack[]

Blazing Dragons: The Movie Album is an original soundtrack for the film was released on November 6, 2001, on compact disc by Jive Records and Nick Records. The original motion picture score titled as Blazing Dragons: The Movie Original Motion Picture Score was released on February 12, 2002. The background music, and its original score for the movie was composed by Guy Moon from the Nickelodeon animated show The Fairly OddParents.

The Blazing Dragons theme song, written and performed by Pure West from the animated series, was used in the film.

  • Pure West - Blazing Dragons We Will Save the Day (Theme Song)
  • John Williams - Raiders March
  • Christopher Tyng - Theme Song to Futurama
  • KPM Music - Reach for the Stars
  • APM Music - A Pirate's Life for Me (c)
  • Jump5 - Spinnin' Around
  • Guy Moon - Yet Another Normal Day
  • Guy Moon - Stage's Act
  • Guy Moon - Normal Day "as it seems"
  • Guy Moon - Outsides Normal Nature
  • Guy Moon - An heroic theme
  • Guy Moon - Crocker Vs. Timmy
  • Guy Moon - A videogame-like tune
  • Guy Moon - Crimson Chin Theme Song
  • Guy Moon - Knight Beware!
  • Guy Moon - La Cucaracha
  • Guy Moon - Crocker Vs. Timmy
  • Guy Moon - An adaptation of "The Spanish Flea"
  • Guy Moon - An odd-short tune.
  • Guy Moon - A strange feeling tune
  • Guy Moon - A short tune with some noises in it.
  • Guy Moon - Horror Weirdos

Character Appearances[]

  • Flicker
  • Princess Flame
  • King Allfire
  • Queen Griddle
  • Cinder and Clinker
  • Sir Galahot
  • Sir Hotbreath
  • Sir Burnevere
  • Sir Blaze
  • Sir Loungelot
  • Racka and Presley
  • Castle Guards
  • Count Geoffrey
  • Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3
  • Evil Spy
  • Peasants
  • Merle the Wizard
  • Hag of Giss
  • The Wandering Minstrel
  • Castle Guards
  • Chancellor
  • Chef Turnspit
  • Attila the Hot Bun King
  • Robbing Hood
  • Sheriff of Nothing-but-a-ham
  • Pierre Un Deux Trois
  • Flamiano
  • Black Knight
  • Duke Rudolph
  • Holy Quail (cameo)
  • The Princess of the Pond
  • Female of the Fjords
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Herman
  • Mrs. Shambles
  • Cassandra
  • Paisley Knight
  • Cowsius Clay
  • King Don
  • Morpheus
  • Murray
  • Ho-Lee-Pow
  • New Year Dragon
  • Lady in the Lake
  • Mildred
  • Mr. Sandman
  • Rip Van Winkle
  • MacBreath
  • Duncan
  • Freddy
  • Dweasel the Weasel
  • Sir Herman the Nearsighted (seen in flashbacks; mentioned)
  • Dwight
  • Jack Frost
  • Mildred
  • Mr. Sandman
  • Marta of the House of Stewart
  • Troll
  • Ra
  • Erik the Well-Read
  • Yugmort the Many-Fanged
  • Sir Hare
  • Sir Locksmith of Holmes
  • Zeus
  • Poseidon
  • Atlas
  • Hercules
  • Adonis
  • Cupid
  • Stu
  • Queen Mum
  • Schoolmaster Buzzard

Objects[]

  • Code of Chivalry
  • Excaliburn
  • Griddle's fruitcake
  • Holy Grail

Allusions[]

  • Arthurian legend
    • Sir Burnevere is play-on the name Guinevere.
    • Sir Loungelot is a pun on Lancelot.
    • Excaliburn, King Allfire's sword, is a parody of Excalibur, the sword the Lady of the Lake gave King Arthur.
  • Charlie's Angels - When Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 are running in the land of Camelhot, they strike a dramatic pose with an explosion in the background, mimicking the opening credits to the 1970s crime series and the 2000 comedy film Charlie's Angels.
  • Spider-Man (1967 TV series): The scene with Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights are seen watching the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series.
  • The Fairly OddParents - This movie features references from the Nickelodeon animated show including:
    • At Flicker's room in Castle Camelhot, there is a picture of Timmy Turner, Cosmo and Wanda from this Nickelodeon animated series. Butch Hartman worked on that movie as a director, screenplay writer, background designer and storyboard artist for The Fairly OddParents.
    • One of the characters in the list King Allfire suggests for attending the Jousting Match Touranment is Denzel Crocker.
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The DVD has an audio commentary with Flicker, Princess Flame, King Allfire, Queen Griddle, Sir Galahot, Sir Hotbreath, Sir Burnevere, Sir Blaze, Cinder and Clinker, Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3, Merle the Wizard and the Wandering Minstrel watching the film and doing a running commentary on it in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
  • ReBoot - The movie features a lot of several things for the 1994 YTV show including:
    • Sir Loungelot replies that the quest for the Stone of Wisdom is "To mend and defend" from the opening narration by Bob, the Guardian of MainFrame in the Canadian animated series ReBoot.
    • One of the characters in the list King Allfire suggests for attending the Jousting Match Touranment is Megabyte.
    • Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 - "CHARGE!" which is said by Hack and Slash.
  • Count Geoffrey using a giant rabbit as his secret weapon, as well as the brutal beating the rabbit gave Sir Loungelot, could possibly be a reference to the killer rabbit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
  • The Incredible Hulk - Evil Kight #1's line "I always told Count Geoffrey; don't ever make Cowsius Clay angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry" is a reference to the television version of The Incredible Hulk.
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - The scene where Black Knight flies across the moon is a reference to this film.
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - Bill and Ted's time-traveling phone booth appears briefly in the Archaic Arcave.
  • Star Wars - This movie features references from the Star Wars franchise:
    • Episode IV: A New Hope
      • The lightsabers that the characters use the same as those in the Star Wars franchise.
      • Flicker replies "I have a bad feeling about this," which is Luke Skywalker's line when the Millennium Falcon approaches the Death Star.
      • When Black Knight shows up to Count Geoffrey and a sound of Darth Vader's constant heavy breathing.
    • Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
      • Count Geoffrey traps Cowsius Clay and being frozen in carbonite is a reference to Darth Vader doing the same thing to Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back.
        • It's also interesting to note that their fate in this movie after being frozen was never revealed, much like how Han Solo's was until the next installment.
      • The lightsaber battle between Count Geoffrey and Duke Rudolf was similar to Luke Skywalker against Darth Vader.
    • Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
      • The scene where Cowsuis Clay is still frozen in carbonite, the heat detector is alarming, and it melts after Merle the Wizard frees him with her magic. It alludes the melting of frozen carbonite of Han Solo in Jabba The Hutt's palace.
      • Sir Loungelot - "I'm endangering the mission, I shouldn't have come." which is Luke Skywalker's line.
    • Episode I: The Phantom Menace
      • At one point, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 wants to blame a mistake on Jar Jar Binks, which is a reference to the audience backlash against this character.
      • After Count Geoffrey is having his evil plan with Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3, he using a double-ended lightsaber like Maul's.
  • Men In Black - This movie features references including:
    • The promotional poster for the film is based on this movie poster with Flicker and Sir Loungelot poses as Agents J and K.
    • Sir Loungelot quotes Agent Jay: "I make this look good."
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Evil Knight #2 twist the knobs and slams the pipes with the wrench as he fixing Count Geoffrey's carbonite-encasing machine.
  • The Wild Thornberrys - Count Geoffrey says "That was a smashing success for The Wild Thornberrys", which is a Nickelodeon animated show premiered in September 1998.
  • Looney Tunes - The machine that Count Geoffrey tests to freeze Cowsius Clay has a sign that reads "ACME Carbonite-Encased Machine" claiming that it was made by the infamous fictional ACME company which is often shown in the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.
  • Futurama - This movie features references from the Fox animated sci-fi sitcom including:
    • When Sir Loungelot sees Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3 steals everything from the Peasant Serfs, he says "Bite my shiny metal dragon tail!", just like the catchphrase said by the Futurama character Bender.
    • The alternate opening on the DVD is the same as the Futurama opening sequence, which is animated in CGI by Rough Draft Studios, with the traditionally-animated Blazing Dragons characters stands in along with a brief appearance cameo of the Futurama characters.
      • The Futurama parody contains a few designs and animation that are the same as the real Futurama's opening sequence, complete with the same music:
        • The opening, which start with the Planet Express ship passes by the letters "Blazing Dragons" one by one in the same font as the Futurama logo.
        • After a flash, the Planet Express Ship flies through the logo into New New York City. There, the camera goes past Transport tubes, billboards, and other parts of New New York showing Hover Cars and buildings, with Castle Camelhot, Castle Threadbare and Merle's Cavern of Despair and Occult Museum are displayed.
        • The sequence features a series of classic animated cartoons, such as those from Hey Arnold!, which are shown on digital billboards.
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show - Ren Höek and Stimpy J. Cat makes a brief appearance cameo.
  • SpongeBob SquarePants - At Flicker's room in Castle Camelhot, there is a cutout standee of the titular character from this Nickelodeon animated series.
    • Sir Loungelot refers to SpongeBob SquarePants by saying "a funny looking yellow sponge guy who lives in a pineapple under the sea from that cartoon show."
  • Indiana Jones - This movie features references from the Indiana Jones movies, including:
    • The fantasy sequence has Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3 are searching for treasure in the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors from Raiders of the Lost Ark, complete with the same set of booby traps, the Golden Idol, and the giant rock boulder.
      • The same scenes with Count Geoffrey (Indiana Jones) removes the Golden Gauntlet of Galloping Gusto, Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3 making the same kind of nervous hand gestures and mannerisms.
    • A sequence in which King Don, Cowsius Clay, and Black Knight exit their crashing plane mimics the same situation from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom complete with the quote "We're not sinking, we're crashing!".
  • Hercules - The characters Hercules, one of the judges, and Zeus, host of the Gargantuan Greek Games, coincidentally both Hercules and Zeus are the characters in the 1997 animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures.
  • Samurai Jack - Sir Loungelot and the Knights battle against Count Geoffrey and his evil Knights uses the cinematic style seen commonly in this Cartoon Network show.
  • The Simpsons - This movie features references including:
    • One of Flicker's inventions at Castle Camelhot is Homer's Lazy Man Toilet Seat from the episode, "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace".
    • After Count Geoffrey bought a frozen Cowsius Clay in carbonite than Merle the Wizard could due to him being unable to think of what enemy or bad guys run away by the Dragons of Camelhot, Count Geoffrey says "D'oh!", which is Homer Simpson's famous catchphrase.
    • The same scenes with Flicker (Homer Simpson) uncomfortably discovering the glowing green rod in his back as he pulls out and throws out while driving the chariot while speeding fast by Cinder and Clinker during the chariot race in the first annual Greek Games of Olympia.
  • Back to the Future - This movie features references including:
    • The promotional poster for "Blazing Dragons: The Movie" is based on this movie poster.
    • Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights speeds away to the Village in a horse carriage as it speeds off, leaving behind twin trails of fire and the license plate falls off and spins in a same fashion as the DeLorean time machine's first time travel.
    • Back to the Future is homaged with Flamiano, a flamboyant Italian inventor, in a comedy film called Back to Ye Olde Future. The DeLorean time machine, meeting up with his teenager mother, and performing at the school dance are spoofed in the scene.
    • The scene where Count Geoffrey cannot connect the cords of the Carbonite-encased machine is reminiscent of the scene where Doc Brown cannot connect the cords of the lightning rod from a top the clock tower.
  • Back to the Future Part II - Sir Loungelot states that the modifications he made to the "Oil of Ole" cargo ship weren't exactly street-legal with the transport to Olympia, Greece, somewhat similar to how Doc Brown says (although not in extreme detail) that the modifications that he made to the Delorean in 2015 weren't street legal.
  • Dexter's Laboratory - Dexter, Dee Dee and Mandark makes several cameo appearances throughout the movie. Possibly not a coincidence since Butch Hartman worked on that movie as a director, screenplay writer, background designer and storyboard artist for The Fairly OddParents.
  • CatDog - Cat and Dog makes a brief appearance cameo throughout the movie.
  • The Terminator - During one flashback, when Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights gets accidentally burnt by Sir Loungelot, and the Knights of the Square Table; This is likely a reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger's appearance roughly 1/3 in the film, when the Terminator received similar battle damage due to fire.
  • Inspector Gadget - Count Geoffrey says "Go Gadget, Go!" as he pulls down the lever switch in Count Geoffrey's carbonite-encasing machine.

Release[]

Theatrical run[]

  • Blazing Dragons: The Movie was issued a G-rating from the MPAA for all ages admitted. The premiere for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was held on October 30, 2001 in Los Angeles, and in Toronto, and theatrically released in theaters on November 9, 2001 in the United States and Canada by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

Box Office[]

  • Blazing Dragons: The Movie was released on November 9, 2001 in the United States and Canada, and was a commercial success, grossing over $105 million worldwide and was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, which it lost to Shrek.

Targeted Audience[]

  • The film is aimed at a younger audience and is classified as G-rated, which maintains the spirit of the show's TV-G rating.

Television broadcasting[]

  • Blazing Dragons: The Movie had its network television premiere on Nickelodeon on Monday, October 14, 2002 at 10:00am/9:00c, and on Sunday, November 16, 2003 at 12:00pm/11:00am central, and the Canadian premiere on YTV in Canada on Saturday, September 5, 2004 and Sunday, September 12, 2004, and on Saturday, October 15, 2005 and Sunday, October 16, 2005.

Video game[]

  • A video game based on the film was published by THQ and released on October 23, 2001, for Xbox, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, and Game Boy Advance.

Home media[]

  • Blazing Dragons: The Movie was released on DVD and VHS worldwide on September 3, 2002 by Paramount Home Entertainment, consists of widescreen and pan and scan fullscreen versions and is THX-certified. The DVD also features a bunch of special features including deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, cool games, music videos, character interviews, a hilarious Blazing Dragons bonus episodes "The Quest for the Holy Quail", "Tournament Day", "The Stone of Wisdom", "Sir Hare", "A Gift for Griddle", and "Excaliburn", the full-length audio commentary by Flicker, Princess Flame, King Allfire, Queen Griddle, Cinder and Clinker, Sir Galahot, Sir Hotbreath, Sir Burnevere, Sir Blaze, Sir Loungelot, The Wandering Minstrel, Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3, and Merle the Wizard, an artwork gallery, concept art, supplement details about the film’s development and it uses an optional Dolby Digital 5.1 track, which the latter is THX certified.

Production Notes[]

  • Although this movie premiered in 2001, it was also produced in 2001 according to the credits.
  • This is the first Blazing Dragons film to be animated traditionally with hand-drawn digital ink and paint, while the early use of CGI for the cel-shaded buildings, vehicles, and the dynamic backgrounds.

Production[]

Development[]

  • The development for a Blazing Dragons film began in December 1999-August 2000, when series creator Terry Jones and Gavin Scott pitched the idea of a Blazing Dragons motion picture for Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon.
  • The same production staff that produced the animated television series Blazing Dragons also produced Blazing Dragons: The Movie.

Casting[]

  • The series' regular voice cast actors: Edward Glen, Aron Tager, Steven Sutcliffe, Stephanie Morgenstern, Suzanne Coy, John Koensgen, John Stocker, Dan Hennessey, Richard Binsley, Scott Wentworth, Rick Waugh, David Hemblen, Don Francks, Jill Frappier, and Richard Yearwood, reprised their roles.

Animation[]

  • Like the television series, the film was produced by Nelvana Limited in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Ellipse Animation in Paris, France and Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California, USA. The film was produced in a widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio, to distinguish it from the then 4:3 fullscreen look of the television series. The animation is still hand-drawn and was produced using Wacom Cintiq tablets, which allowed images to be drawn directly onto a computer monitor to facilitate production. The animation for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was done by Yeson Animation Studios in Seoul, South Korea, the animation team at Yeson has also worked on the animation for Nickelodeon's animated series The Fairly OddParents, with additional work by Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea, Studios Animage in Tokyo, Japan, and Le Studio Ellipse in Paris, France, and digital ink, paint, and compositing services by Nelvana Digital Paint & Compositing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, all of whom previously worked on the series. Toon Boom Animation's Toon Boom Harmony software was used as the main software package for the production of the film. As with the television series, the storyboarding, character designs, background layout, general animation, and animatic parts of production, were done in Canada and America. The overseas studios completed the camera work, inbetweening, and digital ink and paint before shipping the animation back to the United States.

Visual Effects[]

  • While the characters and backgrounds are traditionally animated, Nickelodeon Digital Animation Studios in New York, New York City often used CGI for fast or complex shots, such as the movement of catapults, wagonloads, a jester sled, horse carriages, explosions, large crowds, The Golden Gauntlet of Galloping Gusto, a giant rock boulder, Castle Camelhot and Castle Threadbare's drawbridges, the various rides at the Archaic Arcave, the "Oil of Ole" cargo ship, the chariots in the Greek Gargantuan Games, the wrestling match at the Villa in Spain and other scenes. The CGI was rendered at 24 frames per second (as opposed to hand-drawn often done at 12 frames per second) and the lack of artifacts made the animation appear very smooth and fluid. LightWave 3D was used to draw the comic-like CGI while the composition crew used Toon Boom and the background paint was done in Adobe Photoshop.

Music[]

  • Guy Moon, the composer of Butch Hartman's animated show The Fairly OddParents, composes the film's score with Stephen Hudecki serves as music producer, David Greene serves as music production and Daniel Fernandez serves as music editor. Guy Moon felt that the score was a "unique challenge", and he had to "staying true to the style of Blazing Dragons without wearing the audience out". Pure West composed the theme song from the series. Guy Moon also composes the all of the music from The Fairly OddParents in Blazing Dragons: The Movie, which incorporated a retro 1950s musical motif, and some of the music cues from Amin Batha's work on the Blazing Dragons series in the film. The music score was recorded at Nickelodeon/Jive Records in New York, New York City.

Sound[]

  • Robert Duran, Michael Warner and his team at Advantage Audio, Inc. were hired of the film's sound production. Like Guy Moon, the team at Advantage Audio were tasked to capture the sounds from Blazing Dragons. Robert Duran and Michael Warner employed the sounds for The Fairly OddParents such as the wish granting.
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