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* In ''[[The Slayers]]'' universe, the "demon race" and the "godly race" are vying for control of the world. The godly race usually take on the form of Western-style dragons, but can assume human form if they so wish. Filia, a character from the third season, is a Golden Dragon that apparently isn't much used to her form as a blonde human female -- her pointed tail frequently pops out from under her dress whenever she's emotionally excited (which usually tends to happen when she's in the presence of the [[Trickster]] demon, Xellos).
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** The Golden Dragons are special. Lina mentions in ''NEXT'' that Golden Dragons are some of the smallest dragons, but also one of the most magical and most intelligent. Dragons of other species they come across in the series seem to be little more than big lizards with wings and (usually) some sort of [[Breath Weapon]], while even [[Person of Mass Destruction|Lina]] would hesitate to go up against a Golden Dragon.
*** That said, even regular dragons are intelligent enough to communicate with one another. After Lina is referred to as the "Dragon Spooker" a couple of times and browbeats an explanation out of someone (viz. her reputation is such that even dragons will step aside when she passes) we're treated to a scene where a dragon comes along and starts wreaking havoc in the village...until it spots Lina and starts trying to leave as casually as possible.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' and its attendant [[Collectible Card Game]] feature a number of dragons, most famously Kaiba's iconic Blue Eyes White Dragon.
** Most of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'''s most powerful cards are in fact dragons (if not, they most likely have "Dragon" in their name somewhere). To wit: Stardust Dragon, Dark Armed Dragon, Judgment Dragon, etc. etc...
*** Two of the three Egyptian Gods are dragons (Slifer the Sky Dragon, Winged Dragon of Ra) and the three most powerful monsters are dragons (Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Dragon Master Knight, Mythic Dragon).
* As do ''[[Duel Masters]]'' and its CCG. Shobu's signature card is Bolshack Dragon. Worth noting is that there are four types of dragons, including zombie dragons, not to mention "wyverns" that look like dragons but don't count as them (uh...), "Dragonoid" lizardmen, and giant reptiles called Dune Geckos. This was a CCG that was fond of horrible, destructive, scaly things.
* ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'' has at least three distinct "flavors" of dragons. Wyverns are small (read: elephant-sized), unintelligent, non-fiery, two-legged dragons that are domesticated and flown by knights. "Common" dragons are bestial, apparently wingless (we only ever see one so it's hard to judge all of them), huge fire-breathers. The Great Dragons, of which only five exist, are monsters the size of mountains with incredibly vast powers of intelligence and magical skill and close ties to the gods, who guard legendary treasures.
* ''[[Dragon Half]]'' features Mink, a [[Humanoid Animals|half-dragon girl]] with horns, tiny bat wings on her back (which somehow let her fly) and the ability to breathe fire. Her mother is portrayed as a shapeshifting red Western dragon.
* Dragons in ''[[
* In ''[[The Five Star Stories]]'' the word dragon is best read as "mysterious alien god". Despite looking more or less like typical European dragons with a few more Eastern influences & some vaguely insectoid characteristics & pretty much living like animals most of the time, they are superintelligent & telepathic (even being able to ''hack computers with their minds'') & breathe ''quasars'' instead of fire. It is said they are actually a form of [[Organic Technology]] Superweapon created by a lost civilization. Luckily for the humans, it seems they just want to be left alone.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has Friedrich; a cat-sized silver dragon whelp (Wyvern-type body) that can grow to adult size when [[The Beast Master|Caro]] unseals him, and Voltaire; a [[Kaiju]]-sized, humanoid, ancient black guardian dragon that can launch searing torrents of flame from its mouth and wing tips.
* Igneel, Natsu's dragon foster-father in [[Fairy Tail]], is notably a typical Western dragon, in order to fit the pseudo-European setting of the story.
** {{spoiler|Acnologia}} on the other hand is more of the antagonistic variant.
* ''[[
** for those not in the know, it's called the Dragon of the Darkness Flame (in the English dub, at least) and is made of black fire. He usually keeps it sealed in his right arm.
* Dragons are apparently little more than very very dangerous beasts in [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]. So far, three? have appeared. One was inside the library for some reason, guarding something. Another got its face stomped on by Kaede for a bounty, and [[Took a Level
** Then one showed up, an ancient Guardian Dragon who can match Jack Rakan in combat. Scary.
*** One could argue said dragon wasn't so great after all, when it was one-hit-ko'd by one of the villain's summons, at least until you consider that said summon was using literal hax to write it out of existence. Negima seems to use dragons as a way of showcasing how the characters have grown or how strong they are, as it seems that anyone that isn't at least a fairly important or relevant character very much hesitates to face off against one (Eva actually gets really angry at Negi when he asks early on how much training he'd need to fight one).
* ''[[
** In ''Dragon Ball GT'' Shenlong is corrupted and each dragon ball turns into a Wicked Dragon, most of which were vaguely reptilian [[Humanoid Abomination|Humanoid Abominations]] that could cause planets to self-destruct just by existing.
* [[Spirited Away|Haku]] AKA {{spoiler|The spirit of the Kohaku River}} is an Eastern Dragon that's able to take on a humanoid form.
* [[
** Their appearance are also non-consistent with almost anything, Davis's digimon in ''[[
*** The "[[Exactly What It Says
* ''[[Bleach]]'' has Hyorinmaru, a [[Empathic Weapon|zanpakuto]], generated from the soul of its user, and while they provide the majority of abilities for their masters, the Zanpakuto are beings unto themselves, often sharing similar personality traits as their masters, and more than a few seem to represent their respective masters' inner, repressed feelings. Here's an example; being the zanpakuto of [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Toshiro]] [[An Ice Person|Hitsugaya]], Hyorinmaru is an ice dragon, apparently one of calm, gruff wisdom, while Hitsugaya himself is a mature, but grumpy dude that is actually more emotional than he'd like to let on. While in his human form, Hyorinmaru is calm, quiet and obedient, whereas Hitsugaya is irritable and more prone to temperamental outbursts than his ice dragon mentor.
* In ''[[Kurohime]]'', dragons are usually golems made from [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|magic bullets.]] In some cases, they're whales who [[Timey-Wimey Ball|eat time]] and [[Blow You Away|freaking fly.]]
* In ''[[Rave Master]]'', dragons originate from a dragon clan, which are [[Lizard Folk]] until a certain age, at which they either pass a test (and become human looking) or fail it (and turn into a feral dragon.) Appearance wise, they are western four legs two wing style.
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* ''[[Combattler V]]'': Kiiru, the "Slave Beast" showed up in episode 9 was Garuda's dragon pet (Let me stress this: Garuda's pet was A FREAKING DRAGON). She resembled an eastern dragon, with antler horns, long whiskers, rectangular snout and a long, sinuous body. She could breath fire from her mouth, shooting beams from her eyes and regenerate herself. And it was a [[Mama Bear]], too.
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has two instances of dragons, with the main alien cast transforming into dragons with missiles, dragons with energy blasts, even a ninja dragon with a BFS.
* In ''[[
* The first filler arc of ''[[
** {{spoiler|In chapter 655 the crew has now run into a giant western style dragon which can apparently talk. Except it turns out that it wasn't the dragon talking. It was a set of human legs with no upper body or head that can talk and had been attached to the dragon..., thanks to Trafalgar Law}}.
* [[Ichiban Ushiro no
* Drago from ''[[Bakugan]]'', who can actually curl up into a tiny ball when he is not fighting.
* There are a lot of dragons in ''[[High School
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