Puff the Magic Dragon (animation)
A 30-minute animated TV special based on the famous song recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary, that recasts the eponymous dragon as a sort of fantastical child psychologist coming to the aid of some deeply troubled children.
It first aired on October 30, 1978.
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Tropes used in Puff the Magic Dragon (animation) include:
- 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 are quite the opposite.
- Heel Face Turn: The giant pirate when he becomes a chef.
- Hey, It's That Voice!: Would you believe that Burgess Meredith, the actor who played 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 Theists.