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|Are usually [[Kill All Humans|antagonistic towards humans]].||Are benign, [[Beware the Nice Ones|but capable of destructive force when provoked]].
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|[[Breath Weapon|Breathe fire]]
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|Kidnap [[Damsel in Distress|damsels]] and/or hoard treasure. Often greedy and/or insatiable, especially in the latter regard.||
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Rivaling the wyvern is the '''Hydra''' from [[Greek Mythology]], which is often depicted as a flightless dragon-like water or swamp beast with one or more heads; [[Hydra Problem|for each head you cut off, two rapidly grow to replace it.]] If they have a [[Breath Weapon]], it's often a different one for each head. The original sprayed poison and had poison for blood.
Very old (Greek and Roman, and some medieval) dragons are presented as more serpentine than the more recent
Other reptilian or [[Biological Mashup|reptile/avian mixed]] mythological creatures, particularly the '''Basilisk''', '''Cockatrice''' and '''Quetzalcoatl''', may be considered types of dragons or similar creatures in some works.
A more recent trend has been to try and make dragons that could actually exist in the real world. Naturally, these tend to either use [[Science Fiction]] concepts or be very different from traditional dragons. Also common in later works is a tendency for dragons to [[Bond Creatures|form a life-long]] bond with any human or humanoid who is [[A Boy and His X|present when they hatch]] (probably inspired by the 'imprinting' which occurs with most birds in [[Real Life]], which is why birds raised in captivity with the intent to be released must be cared for by puppets). This gives writers a way to give dragons unique psychology without having to come up with unique motivations for them. It also explains why humanoid [[Dragon Rider
You'd think regular old dragons were boring or something!
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Compare [[Giant Flyer]], and other [[Dragon Tropes]].
Not to be confused with [[The Dragon]], a position only sometimes held by a real dragon (while dragons themselves can just as easily be [[Big Bad
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