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''Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real'' (aka ''The Last Dragon'' and ''Dragon's World'') is a 2004 British-American [[Mockumentary]] describing the finding of an actual dragon carcass frozen in the mountains of Romania, its study and subsequent explanations (via CGI re-creations a la ''[[Walking With Dinosaurs]]'') of the anatomy, ecology and evolutionary history of these mythical creatures, ending with their final extinction in the 15th century. Or did it?
''Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real'' (aka ''The Last Dragon'' and ''Dragon's World'') is a 2004 British-American [[Mockumentary]] describing the finding of an actual dragon carcass frozen in the mountains of Romania, its study and subsequent explanations (via CGI re-creations a la ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'') of the anatomy, ecology and evolutionary history of these mythical creatures, ending with their final extinction in the 15th century. Or did it?


[[Patrick Stewart]] narrates the U.S. version and [[Ian Holm]] the British version.
[[Patrick Stewart]] narrates the U.S. version and [[Ian Holm]] the British version.
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* [[Atlantis Is Boring]]: The Marine dragon segment of the documentary is much shorter than those of the 3 terrestrial dragons (Prehistoric, Forest, and Mountain).
* [[Atlantis Is Boring]]: The Marine dragon segment of the documentary is much shorter than those of the 3 terrestrial dragons (Prehistoric, Forest, and Mountain).
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]] - Subverted. Despite first popping up right alongside the dinos, dragons are stated to be highly derived ''crocodilians''.
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]] - Subverted. Despite first popping up right alongside the dinos, dragons are stated to be highly derived ''crocodilians''.
* [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs]] - The show states that dragons have been around since the early Triassic. Why do the prehistoric scenes have to take place in the very late Cretaceous? Because everything's better with [[Stock Dinosaurs]].
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]] - The show states that dragons have been around since the early Triassic. Why do the prehistoric scenes have to take place in the very late Cretaceous? Because everything's better with [[Stock Dinosaurs]].
* [[Free Fall Romance]]
* [[Free Fall Romance]]
* [[Green Aesop]]: Thankfully, a much more subtle one
* [[Green Aesop]]: Thankfully, a much more subtle one
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* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|In the end, the mother dragon and the daughter dragon that was discovered and studied was put in a museum exhibit together.}}
* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|In the end, the mother dragon and the daughter dragon that was discovered and studied was put in a museum exhibit together.}}
* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: A rival predator of the Prehistoric Dragon.
* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: A rival predator of the Prehistoric Dragon.
* [[Vertebrate With Extra Limbs]] - Most species shown have six (four legs and two wings). The "Prehistoric Dragon" they presumably descend from has four (two wings and two legs) and the extra legs came to be via a later, somewhat massive mutation that affected the Homeobox genes that regulate growth and development in animals.
* [[Vertebrate with Extra Limbs]] - Most species shown have six (four legs and two wings). The "Prehistoric Dragon" they presumably descend from has four (two wings and two legs) and the extra legs came to be via a later, somewhat massive mutation that affected the Homeobox genes that regulate growth and development in animals.
** Maybe a proto-dragon with a parasitic twin was actually two haploid animals combined at conception, having two legs on its back.
** Maybe a proto-dragon with a parasitic twin was actually two haploid animals combined at conception, having two legs on its back.
* [[The Worf Effect]] - Look, a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]! What do you think will be the dragon's breakfast?
* [[The Worf Effect]] - Look, a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]! What do you think will be the dragon's breakfast?

Revision as of 14:21, 9 April 2014

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (aka The Last Dragon and Dragon's World) is a 2004 British-American Mockumentary describing the finding of an actual dragon carcass frozen in the mountains of Romania, its study and subsequent explanations (via CGI re-creations a la Walking with Dinosaurs) of the anatomy, ecology and evolutionary history of these mythical creatures, ending with their final extinction in the 15th century. Or did it?

Patrick Stewart narrates the U.S. version and Ian Holm the British version.

Notable for leading many viewers to think that everything told in the documentary was truth, and therefore dragons actually existed. This might have been fueled by some format similarities with Impossible Pictures Walking with... series and the fact that it was aired on educational TV stations like Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel.

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real provides examples of:

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