Pocket Dragon Adventures


Pocket Dragon Adventures is a 1998 syndicated animated series, based on the Pocket Dragon character created by artist Real Musgrave, best known from Pocket Dragons figurines also based on his work. The cartoon is about the Pocket Dragons who live with a kindly old wizard, and their many adventures. The series was produced by Bohbot Entertainment, D'Ocon Productions and DIC Productions, L.P. The show first aired in the late-1990s/early-2000s in syndication in the US and about 50 other countries.
The show itself was created by Craig Miller and Marv Wolfman, who produced and story edited the series. Together or separately, they wrote over 40% of the total number of episodes. Pocket Dragon Adventures was also the first animated series signed to a labor contract with the Writers Guild of America.

Setting

The setting is shown to be in the Medieval era, with other elements thrown in, often bizarre ones. Stories have included standard Medieval fare, such as armored knights, and some science fiction elements, such as flying saucers.

Characters

The Pocket Dragons

Each half-hour episode contained two 11-minute cartoons. The stories contained some educational quality, but were mostly written for fun and imagination. The plots usually involved the Pocket Dragons getting into some kind of mess, either due to their own actions or those of others, and going through some wild and crazy situations while trying to make things right.
Some of the episodes' plots and titles are parodies of movies or TV shows, such as the episodes "Binky, Warrior Princess", and "Attack of the 50 Foot Binky".
104 eleven-minute episodes were produced. They aired as 52 half-hour episodes in the US, with some countries airing them as 15-minute programs.

Cast

Availability

Pocket Dragon Adventures has been released on DVD in the US and in other countries but availability is limited. DVDs contain selected episodes only. The entire series is not currently available.