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FirstA written30-minute inanimated 1959TV byspecial filmmakerbased Leonardon Lipton andthe [[Puff the Magic Dragon (Musicsong)|setfamous to musicsong]] in 1963recorded 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 recastrecasts the eponymous dragon as a sort of fantastical child psychologist coming to the aid of some deeply troubled children.
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'''''Puff the Magic Dragon''''' first aired on October 30, 1978. It had two sequels: ''Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies'' (1979) and ''Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody'' (1982).
=== The TV specials provide examples of: ===
 
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: A gigantic [[Pirate]] captain... before his [[Heel Face Turn]].
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* [[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.
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** 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, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: Would you believe that [[Burgess Meredith]], the actor who played [[Batman (TV series)|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]]s.
 
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