Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: Difference between revisions

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Sometimes it's justified by a [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]], but it's still this trope when it otherwise fits.

Compare [[Instant Awesome Just Add Mecha]], [[Rent a Zilla]], [[Dragons Up the Yin Yang]].

Compare [[Instant Awesome Just Add Mecha]], [[Rent-A-Zilla]], [[Dragons Up the Yin Yang]].

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has thrown in some dragons. The first one is a guardian in [[The Library of Babel|Library Island]] who apparently works as a watchman for Albireo Imma. The latter of the two dragons existed solely for [[Ninja|Kaede]] to defeat [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|while blindfolded]]. There's also the significantly [[Super Weight|less-powered]] ([[Action Survivor|only having recently graduated]] from [[Muggle]] status) [[Badass Bookworm|Yue]] taking a [[Biological Mashup|Gryphon-Dragon]] down with an [[Joke Weapon|ornamental dagger]] and [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]. At about the same time [[Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja|Kaede]] brought hers down, [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Samurai|Setsuna]] and [[Cute Bruiser|Asuna]] took another one down, as well. [[Big Bad|Fate]] also demonstrates an [[Offhand Backhand]] to kill one of those dragons that had been left with a [[Non Lethal KO]] by the heroines. Dragons are pretty much the [[The Worf Effect|Worf]] of Negima. Though there is Vrixas Nagasha, which fought Jack Rakan to a standstill.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has thrown in some dragons. The first one is a guardian in [[The Library of Babel|Library Island]] who apparently works as a watchman for Albireo Imma. The latter of the two dragons existed solely for [[Ninja|Kaede]] to defeat [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|while blindfolded]]. There's also the significantly [[Super Weight|less-powered]] ([[Action Survivor|only having recently graduated]] from [[Muggle]] status) [[Badass Bookworm|Yue]] taking a [[Biological Mashup|Gryphon-Dragon]] down with an [[Joke Weapon|ornamental dagger]] and [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]. At about the same time [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|Kaede]] brought hers down, [[Everything's Better With Samurai|Setsuna]] and [[Cute Bruiser|Asuna]] took another one down, as well. [[Big Bad|Fate]] also demonstrates an [[Offhand Backhand]] to kill one of those dragons that had been left with a [[Non-Lethal KO]] by the heroines. Dragons are pretty much the [[The Worf Effect|Worf]] of Negima. Though there is Vrixas Nagasha, which fought Jack Rakan to a standstill.

* In ''[[Naruto]]'', you can mold an element into a dragon-shaped projectile, for example Kakashi and Zabuza made two dragons made of water clash.

** Sasuke has an attack in the manga that causes a small flame to travel a length of string. Apparently the anime adaptation took inspiration from this trope because the anime version of this attack ''sends a giant dragon made of fire along the length of string''.

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* George becomes a red dragon twice in ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]''. The others are ''very'' impressed. The first time, it's to help fight off square miles of undead. The second time, it's just to fly everyone up to the Twisted Temple.

** It's a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] because doing so established him as just as much of a heavyweight as John and Paul.

*** [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]

*** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]

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== Literature ==

* Although they've been integrated to the point that the story would end up very different without them, the dedications page of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire|A Game of Thrones]]'' says something like: To my wife, who made me put the dragons in. So this thinking may have prompted their inclusion.

* In [[The Dresden Files]] ' third book, ''Grave Peril'', an elder dragon (think "minor god-level") named Ferrovax makes an appereance. He's only shown for [[One Scene Wonder|one scene]], in which he brings Harry to his knees with only half of his True Name (without even using magic, just raw willpower), receives a mysterious gift [[Chekhov's Gun|that will almost certainly be important in the future]], then leaves. [[Word of God]] has it that he'll play a part in the final apocalyptic trilogy.

* In [[The Dresden Files]] ' third book, ''Grave Peril'', an elder dragon (think "minor god-level") named Ferrovax makes an appereance. He's only shown for [[One-Scene Wonder|one scene]], in which he brings Harry to his knees with only half of his True Name (without even using magic, just raw willpower), receives a mysterious gift [[Chekhov's Gun|that will almost certainly be important in the future]], then leaves. [[Word of God]] has it that he'll play a part in the final apocalyptic trilogy.

* ''[[Duumvirate]]''. One of [[Mad Scientist Laboratory|Northberg]]'s [[Evilutionary Biologist|scientists]] decided to make dragons, just because he could.

* In the [[Star Trek Enterprise Relaunch]] novels, a battle during the Romulan War takes place on Berengaria VII. Dragons show up to eat Romulans. There's no particular reason for it, but, hey, we're on Berengaria, previously established in throwaway lines of [[Star Trek the Original Series]] as home of the dragons, so let’s have them eat people. Also in the [[Star Trek Novel Verse]], Elias Vaughn's childhood history on Berengaria VII probably counts; he was apparently mauled by a dragon at one point. Vaughn had previously been said to originate there; eventually, this bit of trivia made an inevitable linkage to the dragons. Since Vaughn is the sort of character with a highly adventurous background, it's no surprise he apparently had dragon bites where other children had bruised knees. See: [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch]].

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* In [[Touhou Project]], the God of Gensokyo is simply referred to as The Dragon. Theory goes that Hong Meiling is a Chinese dragon in girl form; she's one of the very few [[Youkai]] whose exact species isn't identified by [[Word of God|ZUN]], and thematically she references Chinese dragons in a number of ways.

* ''[[Mega Man X|Mega Man X4]]'' had [[Playing With Fire|Magma Dragoon]], a Maverick Hunter-turned-traitor who destroyed an entire city and got an entire army organization blamed... just so that he could fight the heroes. For extra coolness, his moveset was based off [[Street Fighter|Akuma]].

* ''[[Bug (Video Game)|Bug]]!'' had the titular character's ride, a dragon-fly. As in, a dragonfly with a dragon's head and fire breath! Unfortunately, you only got to use said dragon-fly in the [[Pass Through the Rings|ring]] [[Bonus Level]].

* ''[[Bug! (Video Game)|Bug]]!'' had the titular character's ride, a dragon-fly. As in, a dragonfly with a dragon's head and fire breath! Unfortunately, you only got to use said dragon-fly in the [[Pass Through the Rings|ring]] [[Bonus Level]].

* Yoshi from [[Super Mario Bros]], contrary to popular belief, is not a dinosaur, but actually a dragon.

* [[Fate Stay Night]] sure references dragons a lot for an [[Nasuverse|expansive continuity]] that continues absolutely 0 actual dragons in any story. Dragon killing swords, dragon slayers, ranks of phantasmal beasts, the difficulty in summoning dragons, inability to ride them, dragon tooth soldiers, Caster's Golden Fleece that she can't use and has absolutely 0 use in the story... Oh, and apparently awhile back a bored dragon sat around the temple and taught the monks stuff. There are none in the sequel either and the current projects they're working on are Tsukihime 2 (vampires) and a completely new visual novel about demons. Still no dragons. {{spoiler|The dragon is also symbolic of the house of [[King Arthur|Pendragon]] - the background mentions that Arturia would be weak against "anti-dragon" weapons, as Pendragon means "child of the dragon".}}

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* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'': Timmy had to fight a dragon to save his parents when they [[Time Travel]] to the [[Middle Ages]].

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' The original fire benders and although most of them have be hunted down by the fire nation, two of the ones left end up teaching Aang and Zuko the true nature of fire bending. Also in the Avatar's last previous life, Roku, had a pet dragon.

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Both [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Princesses|Dora]] and [[Evil Prince|Aragon]] transform into dragons.

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Both [[Everything's Better With Princesses|Dora]] and [[Evil Prince|Aragon]] transform into dragons.

* There are more than a few [[Transformers]] with dragon altmodes. [[Transformers Generation One|G1 Hun-Grr]], [[Beast Wars (Animation)|Transmetal 2 Megatron]], [[Transformers Robots in Disguise|RID Megatron]], ''[[Beast Wars II (Anime)|Beast Wars II]]'' Galvatron, ''[[Transformers Cybertron|Cybertron]]'' [[Kill It With Fire|Scourge]], and ''[[Transformers Shattered Glass|Shattered Glass]]'' Hun-Grr.

* Dulcy in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (TV)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.