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* ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' had [[The Starscream|Starscream]] as Megatron's most iconic Dragon.
** On ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', the [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] manage barely against [[The Brute|the two Brutes]] because of [[Psycho for Hire|Blitzwing's uncontrollable temper]] and Lugnut being just the sort of [[Giant Mook|big, tactless idiot]] that would be named "Lugnut". But [[The Dragon]], Starscream, is an intelligence and focused force that '''towers''' over all the Autobots, save Optimus himself. He even takes out Optimus' commander in one shot. Scarier still is how this foreshadows Megatron, who is bigger than both Starscream and Optimus ''and'' Starscream [[The Worf Effect|can't put a dent in Megatron to save his life]]. Who knows what horrors await in Season 3 now that {{spoiler|Starscream has cloned himself 4 times.}}
*** {{spoiler|The Starscream clones haven't done much, but Megatron did show why he's the [[Big Bad]] and Starscream's [[The Dragon]]. In the two-part season finale, Megatron gets hit by an explosion with a 100-mile radius in a small [[Deus Ex Machina]] ball of [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. And all that does is damage him enough so that Optimus Prime can take him down with what is essentially the Autobot version of [[Marvel]] Thor's hammer.}}
** Another show, ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'', has two dragons: Sky-Byte starts out in this role, but then is later upstaged by Scourge.
** On ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'', [[The Dragon]] role for Megatron is a little more sketchy, as it seems Dinobot fulfilled that role before his [[Heel Face Turn]] in the pilot episode. Later characters shifted in and out of the role, but it wasn't until Megatron put a [[Restraining Bolt]] on the psychotic Rampage that we had a solid Dragon. Dinobot II filled the role better later on because he was more loyal to Megatron.
** ''[[Transformers Prime]]'': Starscream is once again Megatron's [[The Dragon|Dragon]], and is [[Dragon -in -Chief]] for a time while Megatron {{spoiler|is comatose}}, during which [[Evil Genius|Knock-Out]] is ''his'' dragon.
*** Now that {{spoiler|Megatron has reawakened and Starscream has deserted him}} it appears Airachnid and Knockout have become [[Co -Dragons]]. Though when Airachnid {{spoiler|tries to order the Decepticons to abandon Earth (and Megatron), [[Undying Loyalty|Soundwave]] steps in and effortlessly stops her power grab.}}
*** {{spoiler|After Airachnid's failed power-play she's still working for the Decepticons, but Soundwave seems to have supplanted her as [[The Dragon]]}}.
*** {{spoiler|Airachnid eventually goes rogue, at which point newly-introduced Dreadwing is promoted the second-in-command position}}.
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** The Fallen is usually this to Unicron, betraying the other twelve original Transformers in the process.
* On ''[[Kim Possible]]'', Shego is the Dragon for Doctor Drakken. She is a good deal more practical, clever, competent and, well, better at everything else than he, even if she <s>can't build</s> doesn't care about building doomsday devices. In the [[Bad Future]] Movie, she becomes [[Evil Overlord|The Supreme One]] over the entire world, upstaging all the other bad guys.... and transforming Drakken into ''her'' own personal Dragon.
* Princess Azula to her father, Fire Lord Ozai, in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. As Ozai had [[Orcus Onon His Throne|stayed in his palace]] for the entire series until the [[Grand Finale]], while Azula fought the heroes constantly and ''won'', it was even entertained by fans that Azula was the real [[Big Bad]] of the show who would upstage her dad, [[DaddysDaddy's Little Villain|but]] [[DaddysDaddy's Girl|no]].
** The Lieutenant to Amon in Legend of Korra.
* From ''[[Jem]]'' episodes: "The Beginning" to "Hot Time In Hawaii", Zipper is the Dragon for Eric Raymond. Zipper is arrested by the Holograms. In the same cartoon, Techrat and "The Stingers" could be considered Dragons to Eric at different times.
* There are plenty of dragons in ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' and a clear tendency among them to [[Turned Against Their Masters|turn on their masters]], beginning with Slade's failure to properly inspire Robin's loyalty or fear, continuing with Terra blasting him into a pool of lava, and Bumblebee very soon after her introduction as Brother Blood's apparent second in command. In the fourth consecutive season, Slade gets to be the dragon to the [[Satan|Big RedRED (film)]] himself. No points for guessing how that goes. In the fifth season, The Brain had much better luck with ''his'' Dragon (part of his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]) in the form of Monsieur Mallah: those two got their asses kicked together.
* In ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series]]'', [[Darkseid]]'s son, Kalibak, functions as his Dragon. Then Superman learns that, on top of everything else, Darkseid himself is even stronger.
** Kalibak isn't really Darkeid's [[The Dragon|dragon]] - he considers him an annoying and incompetent liability, and refuses to let him fight Superman. Desaad or Granny Goodness are probably better examples.
** Mercy Graves probably counts as Lex Luthor's Dragon as a [[Ninja Maid]] type, but outside of her memorable [[Cat Fight]] with Harley Quinn in the "World's Finest" crossover, she never got to do much Dragon-ing. (After all, when your main adversary is ''[[Superman]]''...)
* The premiere of ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'' has Mr. Fixx as Derek Powers' bodyguard, hit man, and all-around Dragon. He is killed off by the time it's over, but that's okay -- a little dose of [[I Love Nuclear Power]], and Mr. Powers is set for the season.
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', Hammerhead is the Dragon for Tombstone.
** Most of the major villain factions in the series have Dragons. Electro acts this role for Doctor Octopus, and Silver Sable for Silvermane.
** During the Gang War arc, the Vulture takes over as Doc Ock's Dragon while Electro is in the asylum.
* Cedric for Prince Phobos in ''[[WITCH (Animationanimation)|WITCH]]''.
** In the second series, [[Noble Demon|Raythar]] and then [[The Heartless|Shagon]] serve as [[The Dragon]] to [[Magnificent Bastard|Nerissa]] at various points. {{spoiler|Raythar then briefly takes over Cedric's Dragon role to Phobos, before Cedric goes all Starscream and takes over, making Miranda ''his'' Dragon}}. Villainous second-in-commands for everyone!
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' features Season 2 newcomer William Dunbar as the unwilling Dragon for an immaterial [[Big Bad]] in Season 4. Ironically, while William is "resurrected" numerous times after the heroes "destroy" him, his appearances are never treated only as annoyances, but instead are considered a real threat every time, thus keeping him from entering Mook territory.
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* In many adaptations of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' Shredder switches between being the [[Big Bad]] and [[The Dragon]], though he is the most consistent archenemy of the Turtles'.
** It could be said that in the 80's cartoon, Shredder and Krang are better described as a [[Big Bad Duumvirate]].
** In the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 (Animation)|2003 series]], the role of the Shredder's dragon is initially filled by Hun, the [[Lightning Bruiser]] leader of the Purple Dragons gang. Eventually, he comes to share the role with female ninja Karai. Later on still, the role is taken by Master Khan, a Foot member trying {{spoiler|to bring the organization back together after its apparent dissolution}}.
* ''[[Go Bots]]'': Crasher is Cy-Kill's giggling, psychotic henchwoman and is genuinely more powerful, more threatening and above all else, scarier then he is.
* Fright Knight from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' acted as one to both Pariah Dark and {{spoiler|Dark Danny}}. It seems he would have played the same for Vlad, but their alliance is left ambiguous due to the original writer leaving.
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* Allan in ''[[Tintin]]'' is the closest the series has to a Dragon. First he's an associate of Omar Ben Salaad, then ultimate Big Bad Rastapopoulos. A bullying, volatile, aggressive creep, the only person he kowtows to is his boss of the time, although he doesn't always respect him. His longstanding relationship with the Captain means he's good at mental cruelty too.
* ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' episode "Dragons of Ashida": Sumi to his master Dr. Ashida.
* In ''The New Adventures of [[He-Man and Thethe Masters of The Universe (Animation)|He-Man and The Masters of Thethe Universe]]'', Skeletor was demoted to Dragon for the [[Big Bad]] Flogg. However, Skeletor was constantly manipulating Flogg from behind the scenes. In the action figures' mini-comics, the roles were reversed.
** That said, in both the original show and the 2002 revival Skeletor would eventually be revealed as simply an agent of actual [[Big Bad]] Hordak.
* Rhesus-2, a [[Killer Space Monkey|cyborg monkey]] with a penchant for brain puns, is the Dragon for [[Big Bad|Lord Nebula]] in ''[[Captain Simian and& Thethe Space Monkeys (Animation)|Captain Simian and The Space Monkeys]]''.
* In ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'', the Lead Eliminator took on this role for [[Big Bad|The Darkness]] in the "Wishology" trilogy.
* In ''[[X-Men: Evolution (Animation)|X-Men Evolution]]'', Mystique starts out as the Dragon to Magneto, before striking out on her own in the second season. Sabretooth then seems to take over the Dragon role. Later on, Mesmero serves as the Dragon to Apocalypse.
* ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' [[Big Bad]] V.V. Argost has Munya, a silent zombie like butler who can transform into a giant half man/half spider.
* In ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'', Warp Darkmatter is the Dragon to [[Big Bad]] Zurg.
* The History episode of ''[[Home Movies (Animation)|Home Movies]]'' has a comedic example: Evil George Washington, Picasso and Annie Oakley are planning to destroy the human race and George unveils his "killing machine, who also happens to be [his] favorite kitty" Mr. Pants, who is introduced with a catchy rap song.
{{quote| '''Mr. Pants''': I'm the roughest, toughest kitty in the land/My name is Mr. Pants, I'm the kitty cat man/Nobody's gonna stop me from having my way/My name is Mr. Pants and have a nice day}}
* In ''[[Super NewsSupernews]]'', Steve Jobs has The Finder do his bidding and track down Bill Gates when they have their [[Computer Wars|nerd wars]].
* General Molotov, Heloise, and Samy alternate in this role to [[Satan|Lucius]] on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''.
* In the [[Disney]] version of ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', the Sheriff of Nottingham is clearly Prince John's Dragon. He's a constant physical threat, leads the squads of [[Mooks]] in their attempts to capture Robin, constantly (and relatively loyally) takes orders from his (somewhat) brighter boss, and serves as Robin's final opponent during the movie's climatic battle. Not bad for an [[Stout Strength|overweight]] [[Funny Animal|wolf]] with a [[Corrupt Hick|Southern accent]].
* ''[[The Great Mouse Detective (Disney)|The Great Mouse Detective]]'' has Fidget, Ratigan's loyal bat, who is in charge of carrying out all the kidnapping/stealing/trapping that his [[Big Bad]] boss plans.
* The hyenas in ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|The Lion King]]'' work this way, especially since, at the start, Scar does not want to reveal his role as the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Disney's Aladdin]] has Iago, Jafar's parrot, who makes trouble for our heroes in stealing their posessions, decieving them with fake voices, and acting as a sort of sentry before the final conflict.
* Lefou in [[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and the Beast]] to Gaston.
* Alpha in ''[[Up]]''.
** Other Pixar dragons include:
*** Randall from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', who even looks like an eight-legged dragon.
*** Molt (Hopper's younger brother) from ''[[A BugsBug's Life (Animation)|A Bugs Life]]''.
*** Mirage from ''[[The Incredibles]]''.
*** GO-4 from ''[[Wall WALL-E]]''.
*** Sid's Dog Scud in "[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]"
*** Big Baby in ''[[Toy Story 3]]''
*** Professor Z from [[Cars|''Cars 2'']].
* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', #21 [[Took a Level Inin Badass]] following {{spoiler|#24's tragic death}} and became the Monarch's top mook, inspiring and training the rest of the butterfly troops to new heights of efficiency in henchmen. Two-Ton Twenty-One played a huge role in making Monarch a true menace once again.
* Gantu fron ''[[Lilo and& Stitch: The Series]]'' is this to [[Big Bad|Doctor Jacques von Hamsterviel.]]
* In ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]'', the Shushu Anathar is the strongest and most favored servant of the Shushu king Rushu.
* Pinky of ''[[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]''
* Snoops from ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]''.
* Wiggins from ''[[Pocahontas (Disney)|Pocahontas]]''. Curiously enough, both him and the film's [[Big Bad]] are both voiced by David Ogden Stiers.
* Bruton from ''[[Dinosaur]]'' is actually this to Kron. Also, the Carnotaurus Bruton killed in the cave (which results in him being crushed to death by falling rubble) is actually this to um, Carnotaurus.
* Mr. Smee from ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]''.
* The Creeper from ''[[The Black Cauldron (Disney)|The Black Cauldron]]'', who is the only character in the film that wasn't even in [[Chronicles of Prydain|the books.]]
* Undertow the tiger shark from [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|''The Little Mermaid II'']] is this to Morgana. Also, Benjamin the manatee to Marina del Rey in [[Prequel|''The Little Mermaid III'']].
* [[Dark Action Girl|Helga]] [[Femme Fatale|Katrina]] [[Blondes Are Evil|Sinclair]] from ''[[Atlantis: theThe Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]'' is this to {{spoiler|Rourke}}. However at the end of the film Helga is pissed when {{spoiler|Rourke}} throws her off the blimp the two villains are escaping in, and as a result [[Last Breath Bullet|she shoots down the blimp]] with her [[Flare Gun]].
* Kronk Pepikrankenitz from ''[[The EmperorsEmperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]''.
* Mr. Lickboot the lawyer from ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]''.
* From ''[[The Avengers: EarthsEarth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'', the Enchantress is [[The Dragon]] to Loki, Abomination and Absorbing Man are [[Co -Dragons]] to the Leader, and Grim Reaper, Madam Viper, and Black Widow are [[Co -Dragons]] to Baron Strucker {{spoiler|though Widow was actually a double agent, working for SHIELD against Strucker}}.
* Dr. Doofenschmirtz actually became the Dragon to his [[Alternate Universe]] counterpart in ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across Thethe 2nd Dimension]]''.
** Norm is this to Dr Doofenschmirtz.
* Wayland Smithers Jr. from ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' is actually this to Charles Montgomery Burns.
* In, the [[Looney Tunes]] short "Knighty Knight Bugs", Yosemite Sam as the [[Black Knight]] actually has a dragon for a sidekick as part of his evil plan to prevent [[Bugs Bunny]] from retrieving the Singing Sword, but he constantly messes things up. At the end of the short, Sam and the dragon are inside a castle tower, and he warns the dragon not to sneeze otherwise he will send them both blasting off into space. The dragon sneezes, and as a result the entire tower flies off into space with the two still inside.
{{quote| '''Sam:''' Dragons is so stupid.}}
* ''[[Megamind]]'' has Minion, who helps design his costume and is the only friend he has.
* Dr. Nefario serves as this for Gru in ''[[Despicable Me]]''.
* Mr. Lunt from ''[[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]]'' is often portrayed as the Dragon, especially when with Mr. Nezzer.
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man]]'': Tombstone has Hammerhead, Doctor Octopus has Electro and the Vulture, Silvermane has Silver Sable.
* ''[[Spider -Man: theThe Animated Series]]'': Alistair Smythe and Herbert Landon work as The Kingpin's Dragons in addition to being his [[Evil Genius|Evil Geniuses]].
** Landon took over as the Dragon after Smythe defected.
* Leslie from ''[[Word Girl]]'' is this to Mr. Big.
* [[Creepy Child|The Delightful Children from Down the Lane]] serve as a collective [[The Dragon|Dragon]] to [[Big Bad]] Father in ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''.
* [[Big Badass Wolf|The Wolf Boss]] from ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2 (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda 2]]''.
* Being a [[DC Comics]] adaption, [[Young Justice]] has plenty. Of note is Lex Luthor's bodyguard Mercy Graves, who in this incarnation she's a [[Robot Girl]] with a powerful arm cannon.
{{quote| '''[[Lex Luthor]]:''' "Young man, if you expect to detain me, please contact my attorney."}}
 
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