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First written in 1959 by filmmaker Leonard Lipton and [[Puff the Magic Dragon (Music)|set to music]] in 1963 by Peter, Paul, and Mary's Peter Yarrow, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" tells the story of a boy who outgrows his childhood fantasies. The song also inspired a series of animated TV specials that recast the eponymous dragon as a sort of fantastical child psychologist coming to the aid of some deeply troubled children.
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=== The TV specials provide examples of: ===
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: A gigantic [[Pirate]] captain... before his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Puff is quite the [[Magnificent Bastard]] when he needs to be, apparently allowing himself to be trapped or lose his powers so his young wards will have to discover themselves.
* [[Down the Rabbit Hole]]: The movie version of Puff tends to take children to fantasy worlds where they have to confront metaphors for their own problems.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: The titular dragon.
** Also the squat, curly-haired doctor in the beginning of the first TV special. His other two colleagues who were with him [[Genre Blindness|are quite the opposite]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The giant pirate when {{spoiler|he becomes a chef}}.
* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: Would you believe that Burgess Meredith, the actor who played [[Batman (TV)|The Penguin]], voices Puff in the movie? 
* [[Know Nothing Know It All]]: The tall, red-headed doctor and the bald, bearded doctor... who suffer not only from [[Genre Blindness]], but are both [[Nay Theist|Nay Theists]].

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