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Angst? What Angst?
- Averted in most of the Michael Reaves-written episodes, most notably The Dragon's Graveyard.
Animation Age Ghetto: The writers were obviously pushing the envelope as far as they could, but Executive Meddling still shows.
Epileptic Trees: So many theories behind the reason why the series was canceled...possibly because the actual reason (ratings were dropping and the show was quite expensive) is disappointingly ordinary.
Family-Unfriendly Aesop: That you should give into peer pressure because the group knows best.
Fan-Preferred Couple: A surprising number of fans have a rather drastic view of Kosar for standing between Diana and her "true love," Eric. That almost no evidence exists to support this ship does not deter them.
Germans Love David Hasselhoff: This series is obscenely popular in Brazil. TV Globo airs reruns on their Monday-to-Friday morning block even in 2011.
- This is no doubt the reason behind the 2019 Renault commercial mentioned on the Trivia page.
Hilarious in Hindsight: The impressions some fundamentalist Christians tend to have of D&D and what Hank's voice actor went on to do a few years down the road.
Too Good to Last: Looking back on this show as an adult, it was surprisingly mature for its time, and some episodes are genuinely powerful. Just ask any fan about "The Dragon's Graveyard".
- Good For Its Day: Unlike most other Merchandise-Driven 80s cartoons such as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe Transformers Generation 1 and the original ThunderCats, this show actually had Character Development and strong writing behind it, much like The Real Ghostbusters. A decade or so later, Transformers would receive a well-made sequel series featuring many of Dungeons & Dragons‍'‍ strengths. Another decade later, and well-written 80's cartoon reboots would become commonplace.

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 * [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]: A [[Wild Mass Guessing|surprising]] number of fans have a rather [[Die for Our Ship|drastic view]] of Kosar for standing between Diana and her "[[Slap Slap Kiss|true love]]," Eric. That almost no evidence exists to support this ship does not deter them.
 * [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: This series is ''obscenely'' popular in Brazil. TV Globo airs reruns on their Monday-to-Friday morning block even in 2011.
+** This is no doubt the reason behind the 2019 Renault commercial mentioned on the [[Dungeons & Dragons (animation)/Trivia|Trivia page]].
 * [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The impressions some fundamentalist Christians tend to have of ''D&D'' and [[Bibleman|what Hank's voice actor went on to do]] a few years down the road.
 * [[Too Good to Last]]: Looking back on this show as an adult, it was surprisingly mature for its time, and some episodes are genuinely powerful. Just ask any fan about "The Dragon's Graveyard".
-** [[Fair for Its Day|Good For Its Day]]: Unlike most other [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[The Eighties|80's cartoons]] such as ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' and ''[[Thundercats]]'', this show actually had [[Character Development]] and strong writing behind it, much like ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''. A decade or so later, ''Transformers'' would receive a well-made [[Beast Wars|sequel series]] featuring many of ''Dungeons & Dragons''' strengths. Another decade later, and [[Transformers Animated|well]]-[[Transformers Prime|written]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|80's]] [[G.I. Joe: Renegades|cartoon]] [[Thundercats 2011|reboots]] would become commonplace.
+** [[Fair for Its Day|Good For Its Day]]: Unlike most other [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[The Eighties|80s cartoons]] such as ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' and [[ThunderCats (1985 series)|the original ''ThunderCats'']], this show actually had [[Character Development]] and strong writing behind it, much like ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''. A decade or so later, ''Transformers'' would receive a well-made [[Beast Wars|sequel series]] featuring many of ''Dungeons & Dragons''{{'}} strengths. Another decade later, and [[Transformers Animated|well]]-[[Transformers Prime|written]] [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|80's]] [[G.I. Joe: Renegades|cartoon]] [[ThunderCats (2011 series)|reboots]] would become commonplace.
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