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Blazing Dragons: Quest to Success/Slay the Dragon (1998)
The last pair of bad segments
Finally, here is the last of this Blazing Dragons TV cartoon disaster. In this last episode, the dragon knights have encountered two more challenges involving obstacles on their way to a bingo session and a circus mix up. But of course, there are still a few issues to address in both segments.
In the first segment, Quest to Success, the dragon knights have been continuously failing on their quests due to their noncompliance at their quest school. While they were talking about their school days, they mention that Sir Loungelot forced Sir Burnevere and Sir Blaze to skip class so that he can be mean to them and avoid his teacher's lecture. As they were venturing their way, not knowing that they were actually going to their school, they have become resistant to the challenges they were forced to take on. Those challenges included rescuing a damsel in distress, defeating a Minotaur, and going through a maze. During one of the challenges, which was the maze, the knights were considered giant cheaters by cutting through the obstacle through a door that leads them to the exit. These were all challenges that Flicker was able to accomplish and pass with flying colors at the end, which the knights have failed.
In the second and last segment of the episode, Slay the Dragon, the dragon knights go to the circus to see their king, thinking he might be in trouble. From a title called, Slay the Dragon, I would have thought that the episode would have had a different plot than at a circus setting. But aside from that, there were many failures committed by the knights throughout the episode. As the knights were attempting to save their king, Sir Loungelot was often screaming as he was being thrown up in the air, falling down, and being attacked by a wild tiger. When I heard Loungelot's screams, I found them to be loud and repetitive, since he has been doing that for more than once in the segment. The knights have also been messing up on their skits for the circus as it led to the ringmaster of the circus to constantly go after them.
Overall, this was of course to be the usual bad ending to the series due to multiple flaws. However, I am mostly relieved that this was the end of the series, there are no more episodes after this one, and I hopefully don't have to hear from any of the characters ever again. I knew this show wouldn't go for more than twenty-six episodes due to low popularity. I would see it to be a very popular cartoon like SpongeBob SquarePants and Teen Titans Go!, but of course, there was no chance of that happening. There might've been a reason for why the show has been forgotten. It was because it didn't live up to standards to other 90s cartoons that debuted at the same time of this show. I strongly regret watching this show in the first place, and I never want to watch it again. This also includes seeing the characters from the show.
Blazing Dragons: The Golden Thimble of Theodora/Seven Dragon Sins (1998)
A golden mistake
From a story of a golden thimble, I was surprised to see it end up in a dragon's set of teeth. This was a golden mistake that Sir Loungelot would have strongly regretted, if it wasn't for his dentist. Of course, there were other issues, like Queen Griddle crying in the beginning because she lost her golden thimble given by her. However, most of the issues that I had mostly revolved around Sir Loungelot. When the dragon knights first attempted to get the thimble out of Loungelot's teeth, there were unnecessary theatrics and torture when Sir Burnevere was acting like a dentist. There were also bad-looking teeth from Loungelot at one scene when he was eating fruit cake and at the end. These were issues I found from the first segment of the episode. Overall, I found the segment to be mediocre rather than plain awful due to the small number of issues I reported.
As for the second segment, I didn't find anything too wrong about it that I knew of, besides the usual bad treatment of the characters. But of course, the first segment would have been better as a short film rather than an eleven-minute segment of a TV cartoon. As for the plot, it could have been seen differently rather than seeing a small item in someone's mouth.
Blazing Dragons: The Reign in Spain/Geoffrey's Evil Pancakes (1998)
A pair of bad segments that I am aware of
Here are another two stories that were considered illogical and unfitting. This was definitely what I called to be one of the worst episodes of a 90s cartoon.
In the first segment, Loungelot and Count Geoffrey have both committed a selfish action that led to Flicker being given to the other master. From that situation, Loungelot didn't know how to properly use or throw a sword, since he was too clumsy to perform the task he had to do. When Sir Loungelot attempted to rescue Flicker from Count Geoffrey and his evil pancake plan, he used a polar bear to chase after Geoffrey and his evil knights. When I saw this, I asked myself, How did the dragons manage to get a polar bear all the way from the North Pole? That's what I found to be illogical about this scene because the show never explained how the dragons got the polar bear.
In the second segment, The Reign of Spain, there were at least two unlikable characters in the episode, like in Griddle's Sleepless Knights. Cowsius Clay had an awful, high-pitched voice and character development. The same applied to King Don, but only that, his character design was bad looking and hard to look at. Both characters were also very unfitting to the cartoon because they don't fit the medieval style that the show is meant to have, and they look like they belong to another cartoon, all the other one-shot characters that appeared in the entire series.
Overall, this was another pair of bad segments for the most part. What else could I say to express my hatred against it? I had a terrible time watching this as usual.
Blazing Dragons: Griddle's Sleepless Knights/Whine & Roses (1998)
The queen's annoying issues
Here are two issues that the dragon queen had to overcome that even the characters have been annoyed by. Not only that, some one shot characters, like in Infernal Flame, were also terrible and unmemorable. Even the main characters have been seen as very unlikable.
The first segment, Griddle's Sleepless Knights, has the most unlikable one shot characters. The fairy character, Mildred, is mean, rude, and loud. She has also been shouting at Loungelot multiple times to be quiet, showing how tired she was. The Sandman was a ripoff to the Taz-Mania character, Wendal T. Wolf, due to his voice and personality. The rest of the one shot characters were about the same as the other two. This segment felt like it wasn't anything to begin with. From watching it, I rather re-watch the scene where the Blue Fairy appears to grant Geppetto's wish in Disney's Pinocchio.
The second segment, Whines and Roses, is about the same as the previous segment, except it's more than just about an unlikable one shot character. For starters, the cupid character looks and sounds like someone from an adult cartoon, given that this is a kids cartoon. Of course, he wasn't up for the job that Geoffrey gave to him, since he consistently misses his shots on Queen Griddle. Other issues involve a poorly written song by Count Geoffrey and Loungelot's pig eating habit. Like in Griddle's Sleepless Knights, this segment didn't deserve to be part of this show to begin with. This was a bad take on Cupid itself. A show like Fairy Odd parents would make a better episode featuring Cupid, even if it was similar to Blazing Dragons.
Blazing Dragons: Single Green Dragon/Sphinx Jinx (1998)
Loungelot's biggest mistakes
These were another pair of mistakes that Sir Loungelot strongly regretted, like in Excalibroke and Attila's Hot Buns. This time, they involve an ogre that Loungelot's trying to get away from and a sphinx that he releases. Throughout both segments, Loungelot can be very greedy and hungry with money and food like falafels. He was also cowardly when he was being chased by the ogre and the sphinx. The first mistake would have been avoided, if Count Geoffrey didn't steal his money. As for the second mistake, Loungelot should have known not to jump on top of the Sphinx's head then force Flicker to take a picture of him, since it was strictly prohibited. Overall, these issues that Lounge encountered would have not happened at all.
Blazing Dragons: The Isle of Dwight/Ice Try (1998)
Bad humanoid interpretations
When it comes to isles and ice, the dragon knights are willing to make bad interpretations of humanoid characters that people may remember. Not only that, the dragon knights have brought in modern pop culture references that came after the medieval times, which ruins the entire concept of that era. Loungelot also insults the characters in both segments, most particularly to the monks in The Isle of Dwight, Jack Frost, and of course Flicker.
The other issues I encountered were the surf references and a bad interpretation of Jack Frost. The surf references included modern day, American surfers in a medieval setting, which is not a good fit for the cartoon given that it takes place before the twentieth century. And yet, the knights engage in that activity at the near end of the segment.
As for Jack Frost's interpretation, he has been very mean spirited towards Sir Loungelot, especially because Loungelot scammed him upon entry. Jack Frost also has a bad character design and voice, which I find to be the most unlikable character trait about him.
Overall, I knew that at some point that this show would implement modern-day pop culture references in at least one of their segments. A cartoon adaptation of an age-old story like the King Arthur tales would stay true to original source material and the period it was in. I understand that other cartoons like the ones from Disney and Warner Bros. Do something like that so that they can cater a good audience. Furthermore, noting that the show took place in the pre-twentieth century and was released in the late 1990s. I just was not comfortable with these references in this show.
Blazing Dragons: MacBreath/Attila's Hot Buns (1998)
Attila's Hot Bun Mess
Now here's another hot mess from the Blazing Dragons, except this time, this is only coming from one of the two segments instead of both. While the first segment was kind of decent, I still think it would be better as a season one episode or for another animal cartoon adaptation. I didn't necessarily have any problems with the first segment, and even if I did, it would just be the usual bad treatment of Flicker by Sir Loungelot without anything specific or original.
In the second segment, Attila's Hot Buns, Loungelot has made a couple insults to characters such as Dweasel, which led him to write a war letter to him, not knowing that it got switched up with Attila instead. This action led to the war by Attila and his men against Castle Camelhot with an annoying and repetitive war chant along the way. Not only that, Loungelot made another mistake by spending all the party bonds so that he can play gambling, which Flicker desperately needed.
Just from watching this segment, I felt like I was watching a bad episode of Yogi's Treasure Hunt, with a similar premise. I could not bear to see an episode where humans are attacking anthropomorphic animals with hot food. It sounds very childish and something a preschool cartoon would do, unless they would just do it for fun. The character designs of Attila and his men were pretty bad and would have belonged to another 90s cartoon. I can't imagine anything better than a segment like that because they'll just continue to make bad interpretations of certain characters, original or referenced.
Blazing Dragons: Excalibroke/Infernal Flame (1998)
The worst I've seen from one shot characters
Now here are another pair of stories that show how bad both the second season and the entire series was. There were also many awful ones shot characters in both series, but I'd rather not point out any names. I hoped that this episode would include decent stories revolving around Princess Flame and Sir Loungelot.
In the first segment, Excalibroke, Sir Loungelot made a huge mistake by breaking the sword of Excaliburn after using it to cut cheese. There were a few other issues revolving around Sir Loungelot to go along with it. Loungelot and his mother have been very rude to each other over the broken sword and the other child in the family, which is not a proper family relationship. Not only that, Loungelot was very disrespectful to the nice, riddling ogre he encountered. Loungelot was also very clumsy throughout the episode. Another minor issue that I encountered was that the talking crow in one scene was quite unlikable and forgettable, even if he played a good part in one of Loungelot's challenges.
In the second segment, Infernal Flame, the dragons go to Greece as part of a competition against Count Geoffrey and his evil knights. And yet, there were many unlikable things about the competition that was held, along with multiple insults. Before I mention anything about the competition, I noticed that in the beginning, the evil knights were playing a bomb throwing game. This was quite dangerous and may kill one of them or all three in real life, despite being a cartoon. Now for the competition, the Greece characters appeared to be unlikable and gross because of their poor designs and bad odors. Not only that, they were bad interpretations of Hercules and other Greek Legends that may have been present. Another issue I stumbled upon was Sir Loungelot's ribbon routine. The stunt he did was very destructive as he could've destroyed any property at the stadium. At the start of the last race, Count Geoffrey made fun of Sir Loungelot by calling him a bad name that I rarely understood when I heard him during that scene. There were many other insults that Sir Loungelot and Count Geoffrey made, but I wouldn't go too far into it for now.
Overall, I was probably expecting something better from this whole episode. When I first heard about these segments, I wasn't expecting Sir Loungelot encountering too many challenges to fix the sword of Excaliburn and a Greek competition. In the first segment, I thought it would be about Sir Loungelot simply fixing the sword of Excaliburn for King Allfire and that being it. As for Infernal Flame, I thought this would revolve around a situation involving Princess Flame and Squire Flicker, but unfortunately, this wasn't the case. This episode was a huge disappointment for me when I watched it. I'm certain that the show will continue this way until the end of the series, also known as the end of season two.
Blazing Dragons: Chain Mail Letter/You Dim Sum, You Lose Some (1998)
Confusing titles with unpleasant stories
These were two strange situations that the dragon knights face in their country and in China. But there were more mean moments and disturbing content to see compared to the previous episode. Even if there were some good aspects involved in both segments, they were all minor.
In the first segment, Chain Mail Letter, Sir Loungelot had faced a lot of bad luck from the chain mail letter that Flicker received, which led Loungelot to develop a bad hiccup problem, similar to Sir Hotbreath's burping habits from season one. Sir Loungelot burping in front of Flicker was uncalled-for, since Flicker would have stepped aside when the other burped then said, "Excuse me". At one point, Sir Loungelot had to demonstrate an evil laugh to get a job, which by hearing it, it would have shown how much of a villain he would be if he were one. This story shows how unlikable Sir Loungelot was as a dragon knight, even as a character of this show. Now that I think about it, I would rather see Sir Loungelot as a Disney villain than a non-Disney protagonist, if it were possible.
In the second segment, You Dim Sum, You Lose Some, there were a lot more disadvantages coming from Sir Loungelot, and it was more than a bad habit. When Loungelot came across any food throughout the episode, he ate like Cookie Monster. Many insults were coming from the dragon and Chinese local men, especially when the emperor threatened to make Loungelot into a soup if he failed to stop the New Year Dragon. While Loungelot tried to stop the New Year Dragon, he was acting like a coward since he was smaller than the other dragon. This story was quite a New Year mess, even for Sir Loungelot.
Overall, I knew that there was going to be bad treatment for one of the other main characters of the show. I also knew that I was going to see more unlikable aspects from Sir Loungelot since I find him to be one of the worst protagonists in a 90s cartoon, besides The Avenger Penguins and the cartoon duo, Shnookums and Meat. Of course, I saw this one coming. I can definitely imagine more stories of Sir Loungelot, while learning more about his character in the future.
Blazing Dragons: King for a Day/Erik the Well-Read (1998)
Poor character treatment
Now here are two different segments involving two characters from two different stories. Yet, these were two that were meant to be for another cartoon. I had hopefully that one of these stories would be a good fit for the first season, but it was too late, and I saw them to be much different from the usual season one episodes.
In the first segment, King for a day, King Allfire was hoping to go on an adventure with his dragon knights until Count Geoffrey decided to disguise himself as the king so that he could take one of his recent treasures. However, their day has led to many incidents that they both couldn't handle. King Allfire has been too courteous and fearful of things everywhere he went when he was at the fair. Count Geoffrey's King Allfire disguise had to go through too many dangerous activities hosted by the knights, thinking that Allfire was having a bad day, which was misleading. Having to hear the dragons chant "How dumb is Count Geoffrey?" was very rude, repetitive, and annoying. This was more reckless than an adventurous day for a king.
In the second segment, Erik the Well Read, while the story focuses on a sailor named Erik the Well Read, all the present characters were mean spirited, even towards Erik. Loungelot was the one being the meanest spirited to Erik throughout the episode. Even Loungelot was getting bad treatment from the other characters when they were laughing at his broken leg from the quest he took on, at the beginning of the episode. Not only that, Count Geoffrey was being very bratty when it came to finding treasure since that is what he has always wanted in the entire series, besides taking over Camelhot.
Overall, there was a lot of bad treatment from the two title characters of both series. I can't imagine if there were to do the same thing to another main character from this season, but it could be likely. I didn't even care for the character, Erik the Well Read, which, I thought, could have belonged to another cartoon from the 90s or another decade. Furthermore, I also thought that this could be a better episode than the last one, but still no chance of it.
Blazing Dragons: Shamrocks and Shenanigans/Three Dragons and a Baby (1998)
Misleading tales
Now, these were two tales that the dragons take on that felt mean spirited and a little too much in both stories. From these two stories, I was hoping to see a few nice minor characters, but couldn't see a good amount. Instead, I ended up seeing more disturbing content in this episode.
In the first segment, Shamrocks and Shenanigans, the dragon knights set off to find the Queen a pair of river dancing shoes from a Leprechaun before changing her mind at the last minute for a western style. Throughout the episode, Sir Loungelot aggressively pushed Flicker aside, yelling at the Wandering Minstrel, and insulting Sir Blaze. The knights were also crying over losing their money in one scene, which I found to be very childish and greedy. From seeing the end of the episode, this didn't fit the medieval times style of the cartoon.
In the second segment, Three Dragons and a baby, King Allfire and the dragon knights were stuck taking care of a bad-looking baby, who turned out to be a human peasant and set up by Count Geoffrey. The title of the episode was very misleading as there were more than three dragons taking care of the baby. It was very annoying and repetitive to hear the baby crying and the catapult chanting throughout the segment. It felt mean spirited to see Princess Flame and Queen Griddle be sent away for the weekend just so that the males can have time on their own.
Overall, this was just another pair of bad story interpretations. I was hoping to see more coming from Leprechauns from the first story, but instead, I saw more from the baby. I rather watch a real Leprechaun episode than from a TV show like this. This season can't get any worse than this, or can it?
Blazing Dragons: The Lost Ruby Hat of Omar the Ham/Achy Breaky Mace (1998)
Bad Celebrity Interpretations
This was a mystery, along with a bad singing habit that the dragons and even Sir Loungelot have a bad time with. But for once, we see the dragons in the first story without humans for a strange reason. Meanwhile, the second story is the usual anthropomorphic animal/ human collaboration. But that is not enough to make this show any better than any other late 90s cartoon.
In the first segment, The Lost Hat of Omar the Ham, the queen loses her wrong that she got from Omar the Ham and the king unexpectedly hires Sir Locksmith of Holmes. Meanwhile, there were a couple of unnecessary moments that occurred throughout the first segment. At the beginning, Queen Griddle is crying so loud that the whole castle can hear (again). This was because she was crying over the ring she lost, as I previously mentioned. Throughout the segment, Sir Locksmith of Holmes can be seen as a bad interpretation of Sherlock Holmes by being represented as the main villain instead of the usual hero he is. It made me feel like every adaptation of a character in this series is a bad guy. Not only that, but he also made countless bad comments about Sir Loungelot and Queen Griddle, regarding obesity and accusations. This episode was certainly not my cup of tea like the usual Sherlock Holmes story.
In the second segment, Achy Breaky Mace, Sir Loungelot finds a mace that hypnotizes him to sing and causes him to express bad behavior. From looking at the title, I found this to be a ripoff to one of Elvis Presley's songs. Even Sir Loungelot in the entire episode rips off Elvis' character when he has the mace. Aside from Elvis Presley, Loungelot's singing is obnoxious and repetitive and when he is not singing, his behavior is kinda evil as he attempted to take the throne of King Allfire by challenging him to a duel. As Loungelot was expressing his temporary evil behavior, I could notice some creepy looks from him, even at the start of his duel. This is a segment that I hope to never see again.
Overall, I thought there could be some improvement with this episode compared to the previous fourteen, but unfortunately, I didn't see a chance of that happening. The interpretations from both segments were awful and nothing that I would hope to see in a medieval cartoon adaptation. It was also much worse than the last episode of the show that came before this one. I rather listen to Elvis Presley music and watch Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd century, another 90s cartoon, instead just to get away from these two eleven minute stories.
Blazing Dragons: A Killer Makeover/The Age of Retention (1998)
A bad start to another season
Well, I saw this one coming. I found this to be a bad start to another season of Blazing Dragons, and it's much worse than the previous one. Where do I begin with this, oh wait, there are two stories instead of one this time? I wonder how different this episode and this whole season can be.
While in the first segment, A Killer Makeover, the story focuses on Count Geoffrey getting redesigned to make an actual villain. There were a few other issues to go along with it, like in the previous season.
The first issue that I found was an awful donkey joke. This joke had some gross out humor coming from the donkey's odor and with King Allfire saying he can "barley" see it. I found this joke to be unpleasant and unnecessary to be said in this segment, knowing this was a filler scene to add on to the eleven minutes that it needs to air.
There was another bad joke that took place in the same scene as the one that I previously mentioned. This one involves an obesity joke made by Cinder to Queen Griddle. Cinder referred to her as a fat loser, which he could've said something more appropriate and nicer. This was the issue that led Queen Griddle to take up a dance lesson to lose weight, involving Merle the Wizard's disguise.
The last issue I found, that wasn't really an issue, was Merle's disguise. During the scenes with her disguise, she appeared to have an awful odor, almost leaving the dragons to faint. She did make a point of the dragon's weapons, however, by mentioning that the dragons didn't need their weapons during their dance lesson since they may hurt themselves without notice. While the character Merle played may seem likable, she looked like she would have belonged to another cartoon with other people like her.
In the second segment, The Age of Retention, the dragons confront an evil toy maker that makes them do work, not knowing that he plans to take over Castle Camelhot, like Count Geoffrey does. Meanwhile, there were many more issues that I had compared to the previous segment of this episode. From looking at the title, The Age of Retention, this would fit more for an episode of an action cartoon, rock song number or a movie title.
There were many scenes that were deemed unnecessary and could easily be cut out or changed, if it were possible. At the beginning of the segment, Queen Griddle was showing off her swimwear in the middle of a meeting, which I didn't find any purpose for this to be shown for any reason whatsoever. There was also a profanity reference, later in that segment, when Sir Loungelot was referring to himself as an associate strategic supervisor, using with the initials, A. S. S., spelling ass. This was a word that could not be used in a kids cartoon like Blazing Dragons, since profanity is nor permitted. Later that same scene, Flicker mentions that Loungelot rubs his feet on him when they are dirty, which I found to be mean and disrespectful to the other character.
Overall, I knew that this particular episode was going to be much worse than the previous thirteen episodes. I couldn't think of one good thing from watching this episode besides Count Geoffrey's redesign. I believe that in the next episode, it will be just as bad.
Blazing Dragons: Bleepin' Beauty (1996)
A chatty fairytale
Now he is another beautiful mess for the Blazing Dragons cartoon series. This time, it involves a big mistake that both Flicker and Sir Loungelot make that involves the rest of the dragon knights. And once again, there were a few minor issues that worsened the episode that I have to say.
The issues that I had at the beginning, besides the Count Geoffrey stuff, were the "crackpot" jokes, Loungelot throwing a berry at Griddle, and Loungelot's refusal to do work from playing golf. Loungelot attempted to throw a berry at Sir Blaze before it landed on Queen Griddle, which was very mean for him to do at both. The talk revolving around the crackpot was very misunderstood, since it was meant to be an old cauldron. Sir Loungelot was being lazy as usual by refusing to look for his golf ball himself and have Flicker do the job.
Now, as for the rest of the episode, this was where all the dragon knights experience the main plot of the episode with the princess. Even though the princess might've been somewhat likable, she was very repetitive, chatty, and energetic. She even kept everybody awake in the evenings and danced with Flicker very fast. While the dragon knights were coming up with ways to put the princess to sleep, Sir Burnevere and Sir Hotbreath went around with two very annoying methods involving hypnotism and whacking people on the head with a hammer over and over. I couldn't seem to get it out of my head for a while after watching those scenes with those two dragon knights. Eventually, the princess got tired of dragon knights and decided to go back to sleep, as a result of her experience at Castle Camelhot. That was it for the entire situation, even for Count Geoffrey and his evil knights, which had the same situation that the dragons had.
Overall, this fairy tale of an episode was quite a chatty mess. This may be the last one of the first season, but it gets worse in the next season. Of course, I would say goodbye to some characters from the first thirteen episodes, such as Sir Galahot and Sir Hotbreath, even though they didn't play a big role in the series. This also includes the stories that characters were part of. Of course, I can't imagine the second season getting any worse than this.
Blazing Dragons: Sir Hare (1996)
The huge failure of Sir Loungelot
Like in Tournament day, this was another battle the dragon characters faced with many issues included. This time, it was not an actual tournament, it was a battle that Sir Loungelot took on that was started by Count Geoffrey that even Loungelot couldn't win.
There were many things that made Loungelot's battle hard to take on. King Allfire's rule regarding that knights should not touch a hare made it harder for Loungelot to challenge the Hare Knight, which was also considered to be illogical in reality. Not only was the Hare Knight poorly designed, but it was considered almost illogical for how it was designed in real dragon size, since it was never explained how the hare became larger than its normal size upon the first scene it was in. Because of the hare's large size, Sir Loungelot fought weakly in the fight against it, as they didn't stand a chance against each other. Normally, Sir Loungelot would win every battle in this series, but this was a Massive failure. But of course, Loungelot probably wasn't ready for that challenge, as he didn't get a lot of training to take on giant creatures. Aside from that, it wasn't the only thing wrong with this episode.
The other concern I noticed from the battle, where the crowd that Sir Loungelot was catering to. Normally, the dragon knights would normally have other dragons as the audience, but this time, it was mostly humans. Understanding that the dragons are living in the human world for many strange reasons and the peasants living there were all humans that all look alike. I wasn't sure why exactly the peasants attended the battle instead of other anthropomorphic dragons, but it was probably because of what Count Geoffrey did to their money at the beginning of the episode,, and they were hoping that Loungelot would win it back for them from his battle with the hare. I was disturbed by this when I thought about other anthropomorphic animal cartoons (including ones without humans) and compared them to that scene in my mind. It could also be because the battle was last minute and the only crowd King Allfire could get to watch the battle, which might sound understandable in case. But again, I believe that the battle could have been seen a lot differently with more anthropomorphic animals involved in a scene like that.
Overall, this episode was illogical and slightly disturbing to see, and I bet my experience with this cartoon can't get any worse than that.
Blazing Dragons: Hermits & Heroes (1996)
Mean spirited flaws
Hermits and heroes, more like hermits and zeroes, from what I can see from it. There appears to be no respect from the characters in the story, not even Sir Blaze. But I can still see where this story is going.
The characters, mostly the dragon knights, were once again considered to be unlikable throughout the episode. Most unlikable of the episode were the knights and Sir Blaze himself. However, those weren't the only ones to be seen as unlikable. A few other characters such as Queen Griddle, the hermits, Cinder, and Clinker had a few unlikable moments here and there. At the beginning of the episode, when Flicker was showing his latest invention to Princess Flame, Cinder, and Clinker blew fire in his face when they should've either stepped back or blew in between the other two to avoid potential harm then make their announcement. When Queen Griddle found out about Sir Blaze leaving, she was being her usual whiny self by crying out loud. The Hermits are loud and rude at times, mostly when they hear singing, but not when they are helping Flame and Flicker win back Sir Blaze.
The way the knights were treating Sir Blaze was very mean-spirited, which was the reason Sir Blaze ran away from Castle Camelhot. Sir Blaze was the only knight who appreciated Flicker's invention, which the rest of them were displeased. The dragon knights gave Blaze a very heavy weapon that made him fall off his fake horse and into a well, causing the dragons to laugh. The knights were also displeased with Sir Blaze's use of the switch armory sword, since Sir Hotbreath destroyed what he made from it.
Even Sir Blaze was unlikable, but mostly in the first couple of minutes of the episode. The workout clothes that he wore were inappropriate and offensive, even for a kids cartoon. The song he sang for his team was very annoying and unmemorable because the lyrics were hard to understand, Blaze had a bad singing voice, and he sang very fast, which made it hard for the knights to catch up. This wasn't a song that many children would sing for a talent show nor talk about when it comes to the show's popularity. That's what annoyed me about his role in this episode.
Overall, this was the most mean-spirited episode that I have ever seen, especially in this cartoon. This would be a great concept for this cartoon, but unfortunately it took another wrong turn. This is yet another of the first season in the show that I instantly regret watching.
Blazing Dragons: The Stone of Wisdom (1996)
The Stone of Wisdom screw ups
The Stone of Wisdom sounds like an episode with a good plot and characters, but in a show like Blazing Dragons, it seems to have taken the wrong direction. There were many bad things that occurred from the characters from the episode, most particularly the dragon knights, which were the main protagonists.
The characters in this episode have been weak and very unlikable. The voice acting of the Oracle sounds awful because of his deep voice and his lack of passion in convincing the dragons to quest for the stone of wisdom. I understand that the Oracle was coming down with a bad cold, but this was also why his voice might have not fit the role for who he was.
Sir Loungelot has been very bossy, rude, and impatient to the knights including Flicker. At one point, when the dragons were heading over to the shopping mall, Sir Loungelot ate the last mint in front of the rest of the knights. This action made the knights hungrier than when they were first whining about it. Anytime Flicker would read something that he believed to be important, Sir Loungelot would aggressively push him to the side so that he could read himself instead of listening to what Flicker had to say to the rest of the group. Throughout the quest, Sir Loungelot would make negative comments to himself about his experience, mostly at the start of the first obstacle. Sir Loungelot was acting like a wimp when he was crying about being alone with Flicker on the floor where the Stone of Wisdom was, which was annoying and childish. When Loungelot climbed to the top where the Stone of Wisdom was located, he acted like he was king of the world or a Disney villain.
The obstacles from the quest felt quite harmless in reality, but knights treated them as threats. The spinning doors are usually slow and controlled when passing by, but they appeared to be faster, probably because of a few technical problems unknown. The escalator was also harmless, whether it was going up or down, but Sir Hotbreath was not strong enough to make it to the top of the second floor, since he probably wanted to be disqualified. Sir Burnevere could've gone on the elevator with Loungelot and Flicker, but he either couldn't run fast enough or with the two. In the near end of the quest, which was when the Stone of Wisdom came down rolling, it appears to me that Sir Galahot (the spinning door victim), Sir Hotbreath (the escalator victim), and Sir Burnevere (the elevator victim) weren't completely defeated as they have partially survived when they reunited with each other during the chase. It felt as fake as a kiddie ride at an amusement park.
Overall, this has got to be one of the worst quest episodes that I have ever seen in a cartoon. This was a waste of time watching it. This episode in particular would've been a lot better if the following happened: there were better obstacles, the characters would take their quest more seriously, the voice of the oracle would sound better, maybe Sir Loungelot could be a little respectful to the knights, and could suit for some other cartoon. I was hoping to get a real adventure from this show, but not like this.
Blazing Dragons: Merle's Mirror (1996)
A hypnotism for disaster
Merle's Mirror is a hypnotism for the worse, especially for Queen Griddle. This was another situation that Squire Flicker could handle that even King Allfire can't.
Throughout the episode, you can hear Queen Griddle repeating the phrase, "Your wish, my command", which is not accurate, given that she was supposed to say, "Your wish is my command" instead of a pause in between a pair of words from another. The quote was also repetitive, since this was overused in almost every scene that Queen Griddle was in, except when she didn't have the mirror with her. Even though hypnotism is considered to be part of the premise of the episode, it is considered to be a bad aspect.
The Dragon knights, in the episode, have also been very annoying in the episode. In one scene, the dragon knights were singing "For he's a jolly fellow" to Sir Loungelot, not knowing that they are responsible for keeping a close eye on King Allfire, the queen is being hypnotized and there is a flood in the castle. The dragon knights are not doing what they are supposed to be doing.
Overall, this episode isn't really the best one, I would say. This episode was very irritating to watch, and I would prefer not to see it again at the very least.
Blazing Dragons: Knights & Knightresses (1996)
Mean spirited knighthood
When it comes to knights and a princess who deserves a different position in royalty, this can be quite a takeover over knighthood. Eventually, this could make brave others look bad because of a wannabe.
Throughout the episode, Princess Flame wanted to become a knight, but her father wouldn't let her. This rejection led Flame to form her squad, The Knightresses of the round table and to make Squire Flicker a knightress, in which he had to cross dress to resemble a princess. Sir Loungelot accidentally fell in love with Flicker, knowing that he was dressed up as a princess knight and Loungelot was tracking down someone to love. Sir Loungelot could not stop following Flicker, which made him uncomfortable, and Flicker had to trick Loungelot to think that there was a green knight who was in love with Flicker so that they could be away from each other. All the hard work that Flicker and Flame had done for their community led to the dragon knights to resign. The cause of the resignation was mean-spirited given that both young dragons were taking jobs from the knights without their permission, leaving no responsibilities for knights. But once Count Geoffrey stepped in to make things worse, that was when Flame and Flicker had to round up the knights to set things right. That was what happened in the episode and why it was given a bad plot to begin with. However, that's not all that was wrong with the episode, there were a couple of other minor issues involved.
Other issues in the episode involve a chant from four damsels, fire burping from Sir Hotbreath, Sir Blaze's temper, and Sir Loungelot's fear of small spiders for the second time. The chant from the four damsels and them being scared of giant squirrels was irritating and repetitive, especially when they all said "Eek! Eek!" and "D. I. D. U.", which was an acronym of the Damsels in Distress Union that Flame proposed. For Hotbreath must've been having a terrible fire burping problem throughout the scenes that he was in because he did it more than usual, even though it was part of his character. As for Sir Blaze's temper, whenever Blaze gets angry, he speaks very fast and loud to the point that almost no one can understand what he is saying during the first scene he was in. For Loungelot's spider fear, he can't seem to get over it.
Overall, the episode feels quite mean spirited to others and the title of the episode sounds like it rather focuses on another group of knights or knightresses than see Princess Flame take a much different position than just a princess and have Flicker join her clan temporarily.
Blazing Dragons: Newt for a Day (1996)
Newt Trouble
Newt for a day, unfortunately, this is another huge challenge that Flicker and Lounge lot have to face. Not only that, but there are a couple of disadvantages that may weaken the character development of both protagonists.
In one scene, Sir Lounge lot seems to be scared over a small spider, which considers to be a minor threat to anyone who comes across it in most situations. Lounge lot could've either dodged it or squished it, whatever he may choose. This also delayed him from rescuing the damsel by not only the spider, but also the dangerous creature that keeps her tied up. The fear would eventually be pushed aside once Lounge lot rescued the damsel before turning into a hag and transforming Lounge lot into a newt, which is what the episode is really about.
After Lounge lot turns into a newt by the hag, he then blames Flicker for the cause when he had almost nothing to do with it besides rescue a damsel-in-distress of his own. As a result of turning into a newt, Lounge lot had to be treated like a pet, which was quite unintentional. Lounge lot would eventually have to go through many more dangerous obstacles and challenges than when he was in his original size, such as giant non-anthropomorphic animals, dance moves while hiding in a knight in shiny armor, and wandering around the castle. It was surprising to see that Pierre Un Deux Trois considered Lounge lot's newt form to be a new trend in fashion in the end, which many would consider to be pretty tiny for any form of clothing. Overall, the newt form on Lounge lot is kind of silly when I think about it.
This episode overall felt like a joke to me whenever I think about newt cartoons transformations, disguises and cartoon characters. Certainly, not my cup of tea.
Blazing Dragons: Tournament Day (1996)
Tournament Day mess ups
Well this may sound like quite a dragon tournament, however, there are many wrong things with this episode that isn't just about the tournament.
During the first half of the episode, Squire Flicker shows Princess Flame one of his magnetic inventions that can attract large vegetables like potatoes before Queen Griddle steps in and accuses Flicker for assaulting the princess and turning Sir Loungelot into a giant potato, which leads Flicker into be locked up in the dungeon. While in the dungeon, Flicker gets stuck with two prisoners named Racker and Presley who are both considered to be bad singers and not very good at singing delightful quartets. There was one scene where Cinder, Clinker, Sir Galahot, and Sir Burnevere insult Sir Loungelot by telling him that he looks like a potato, especially when there is a potato that looks like him. Later in that same scene, Sir Loungelot roared at Cinder and Clinker and kicked them out violently. During the second half of the episode, the dragon knights continue to insult Loungelot and his potato by making disturbing comments about the two and calling the potato a salad.
Blazing Dragons: A Gift for Griddle (1996)
A Little Too Much
When I first saw this episode, I thought this would be a decent birthday episode, but I was wrong. What I found wrong with the episode were the characters' behaviors and possibly the humor.
The characters in the episode are quite obnoxious and loud. Queen Griddle has been pretty spoiled throughout the entire episode since it's birthday. As for Count Geoffrey and his evil knights, they are being their usual greedy selves by attempting to takeover Castle Camelhot and ruin the queen's birthday. As for the rest of the characters including Sir Loungelot, they look a little weak and mean spirited at times when I see them.
As for the humor, I didn't find anything funny or appealing about this episode except for maybe Queen Griddle and Flicker in a few scenes. I wasn't very pleased with the humor of the characters either, they were unfunny if you know what I mean.
That's all I have mention about the characters and humor of the second episode of the cartoon.
Blazing Dragons (1996)
Bad Adaptation of the King Arthur tales
This show is not the best I have seen in the 1990s. The characters, both protagonists and antagonists, are quite mean spirited and there is very little sympathy for others. There may have been other issues with the cartoon, but the characters are what I had been annoyed by the most when I watched the show.
One of the main protagonists, Sir Loungelot, was dislikeable for the most part and was considered to be the most mean-spirited protagonist of the cartoon. I found Sir Loungelot to be mean spirited because of how greedy he is with food and the way he treats the other characters of the show, mostly particularly Squire Flicker. As for everyone else that Loungelot encounters, he treats them just as bad as Flicker sometimes. It seems if Loungelot only cares about himself rather than be a knight. This is what bothered me the most about the show and its characters. This is the worst main character I ever seen in a 1990s cartoon.