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* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E6DuncesAndDragons Dunces and Dragons]]", Princess Pearl is kidnapped by the dragon jellyfish. Although Princess Pearl has been held captive by the Main/EvilSorcerer Planktonamor, the dragon jellyfish becomes [[FoodAsBribe dazzled with the taste of a Krabby Patty]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' has the major quest involve Princess Fiona [[GirlInTheTower locked up in a tower]] that is guarded by a dragon. Of course, since this is ''Shrek'', things aren't quite what they seem, [[spoiler:nor do they end that way: Donkey falls in love with said dragon and has children. Similarly, Shrek and Fiona become a couple]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' has the major quest involve Princess Fiona [[GirlInTheTower locked up in a tower]] that is guarded by a dragon. Of course, since this is ''Shrek'', things aren't quite what they seem, [[spoiler:nor do they end that way: Donkey falls in love with said dragon and has children. Similarly, Shrek and Fiona become a couple]].
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* In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', it's mentioned that noble dragons prefer to eat females of noble blood because they taste better. It's also implied that it's a dominance ritual; the more important the human sacrifice is, the clearer it is that all humans are subservient. (On the other hand, this being a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book, there has to be a little bit of parody. There are no actual ''princesses'' in Ankh-Morpork; the closest is its richest woman, Lady Sybil. And people who want to offer Lady Sybil to a dragon are [[SilkHidingSteel not going to have an easy time of it]]. Nor are the poor souls whose idea was to ask Vetinari’s aunt.)
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* In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', it's mentioned that noble dragons prefer to eat females people of noble blood because they taste better. It's also implied that it's a dominance ritual; the more important the human sacrifice is, the clearer it is that all humans are subservient. (On When a noble Dragon takes over the other hand, this being city of Ankh-Morpork, she calls the various civil leaders to a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book, dinner to explain the distinction over dinner. It occurs to them all midway through the conversation that [[FatteningTheVictim the dragon has been serving them all a very large, very fattening meal.]] Since there has to be a little bit of parody. There are no actual ''princesses'' in Ankh-Morpork; Ankh-Morpork, the city leaders (to save their own necks) decide the closest is its richest woman, Lady Sybil. And Sybil (who fortunately enough has a lot of meat on her bones already). Unforunately, people who want to offer Lady Sybil to a dragon are [[SilkHidingSteel not going to have an easy time of it]]. Nor are the poor souls whose idea was to ask Vetinari’s aunt.)it]].
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* Discussed in ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}''. Earth Goddesses are a type of female goddess which typically manifest as vast serpents or dragons. If slain by a God of Steel, the serpent's power is stolen by the Steel while the goddess is reduced to a Divine Ancestor, a weak maiden beholden to her "savior". This interplay of divine powers originates from the myths which form the gods. When primitive Earth Goddess deities were absorbed into more complex and patriarchal religions, they were recast as a demonic monster "slain" by a hero to "rescue" a maiden figure.
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* Discussed in ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}''.''Literature/{{Campione}}''. Earth Goddesses are a type of female goddess which typically manifest as vast serpents or dragons. If slain by a God of Steel, the serpent's power is stolen by the Steel while the goddess is reduced to a Divine Ancestor, a weak maiden beholden to her "savior". This interplay of divine powers originates from the myths which form the gods. When primitive Earth Goddess deities were absorbed into more complex and patriarchal religions, they were recast as a demonic monster "slain" by a hero to "rescue" a maiden figure.
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Misaka Mikoto meets the last [[TheDragonslayer dragonslayer]], and is told that all dragons are extinct. Mikoto, who thinks magic isn't real, notes this is "convenient" (because it makes their existence impossible to prove). Her clone Misaka-11111 and [[HiveMind the Network]] on the other hand, has a different opinion.
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Misaka Mikoto meets the last [[TheDragonslayer dragonslayer]], and is told that all dragons are extinct. Mikoto, who thinks magic isn't real, notes this is "convenient" (because it makes their existence impossible to prove). Her clone Misaka-11111 and [[HiveMind the Network]] on the other hand, has have a different opinion.
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Misaka Mikoto meets the last [[TheDragonslayer dragonslayer]], and is told that all dragons are extinct. Mikoto, who thinks magic isn't real, notes this is "convenient" (because it makes their existence impossible to prove. Her clone Misaka-11111 and [[HiveMind the Network]] on the other hand, has a different opinion.
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Misaka Mikoto meets the last [[TheDragonslayer dragonslayer]], and is told that all dragons are extinct. Mikoto, who thinks magic isn't real, notes this is "convenient" (because it makes their existence impossible to prove.prove). Her clone Misaka-11111 and [[HiveMind the Network]] on the other hand, has a different opinion.
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': From [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9805735/26/A-Certain-Droll-Hivemind "Entry 26"]]: Part of the Misaka Network's knowledge of dragons:
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* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': From [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9805735/26/A-Certain-Droll-Hivemind "Entry 26"]]: Part of the Misaka Network's knowledge of dragons:
--> [Dragons]Mikoto meets the last [[TheDragonslayer dragonslayer]], and is told that all dragons are extinct. Mikoto, who thinks magic isn't real, notes this is "convenient" (because it makes their existence impossible to prove. Her clone Misaka-11111 and [[HiveMind the Network]] on the other hand, has a different opinion.
-->'''Misaka-11111:''' I agree that it is convenient. Our research has revealed that dragons are large fire-breathing mythological monsters. It would be very inconvenient to have them around. They are said to eatprincesses.princesses. The original is known as the Electric Princess as one of her alternate titles. We suspect she would object violently if a dragon tried to eat her, but it is possible that we would be mistaken for her. We have not been eaten by a dragon before. We are not enthusiastic about the idea.
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-->'''Misaka-11111:''' I agree that it is convenient. Our research has revealed that dragons are large fire-breathing mythological monsters. It would be very inconvenient to have them around. They are said to eat
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* In ''Literature/GuardsGuards'', it's mentioned that noble dragons prefer to eat females of noble blood because they taste better. (On the other hand, this being a ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book, there has to be a little bit of parody. There are no actual ''princesses'' in Ankh-Morpork; the closest is its richest woman, Lady Sybil. And people who want to offer Lady Sybil to a dragon are [[SilkHidingSteel not going to have an easy time of it]]. Nor are the poor souls whose idea was to ask Vetinari’s aunt.)
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* According to Franz Scorchmaw, Dragon of Mechanicsburg, in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', dragon small talk includes "[[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20230127 which kingdoms have the best princesses.]]"
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her. Other times, the dragon is actually the victim of a malicious princess. And occasionally, the dragon and the princess [[CompositeCharacter are the same character]], usually of the CuteMonsterGirl kind, who forms a BeastAndBeauty relationship with the knight.
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* Discussed in ''Webcomic/{{Slackwyrm}}'',where Duchess Doris isn't taken captive by Ferragus because she is "only" a Duchess.
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* ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'': While the monsters are not explicitly dragons, there is a poem about five Golgafrincham princes who, amongst other things, "[[JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites rescue beautiful monsters from ravening princesses]]".
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* ''Creator/ChoiceOfGames'': Played with. One of the choices offered to the player character is whether to be the kind of dragon that kidnaps princesses. Options include "Yes, because it's Traditional" and "In the interests of gender equality, half the time I kidnap princes instead". The game also explores the motives for kidnapping royalty, including "It's all about companionship and good conversation" standing out from the more traditional answers.
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* ''Creator/ChoiceOfGames'': ''VideoGame/ChoiceOfTheDragon'': Played with. One of the choices offered to the player character is whether to be the kind of dragon that kidnaps princesses. Options include "Yes, because it's Traditional" and "In the interests of gender equality, half the time I kidnap princes instead". The game also explores the motives for kidnapping royalty, including "It's all about companionship and good conversation" standing out from the more traditional answers.
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[[GratuitousPrincess For some reason, dragons just have an attraction to princesses.]] Maybe royal blood tastes better. [[VirginPower Maybe virgins taste better]]. Maybe they want someone to talk to. Maybe it's just a status symbol. Whatever the reason, they tend to show up in each other's company.[[note]]In the Indo-European mythologies where this started, the dragon/serpentine monster usually abducts the princess to make her his wife, so the status symbol interpretation is hopefully the more correct one.[[/note]]
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). Whatever the reason, they tend to show up in each other's company.
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* ''Webcomic/TalesFromTheTables'': [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/dungeons-doodles-tales-from-the-tables/here-be-dragons-part-1/viewer?title_no=682646&episode_no=12 This]] comic uses the virgin variant for humor when the party is sent to deal with a dragon said to have developed a particular taste for the flesh and blood of innocent virgins, which he can supposedly smell from a mile away. The cleric and rogue aren't especially worried ("Good thing we're all adults, then"). The paladin, who it later turns out doesn't believe in premarital sex, doesn't quite share her friends' confidence.
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* ''Webcomic/TalesFromTheTables'': ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDoodlesTalesFromTheTables'': [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/dungeons-doodles-tales-from-the-tables/here-be-dragons-part-1/viewer?title_no=682646&episode_no=12 This]] comic uses the virgin variant for humor when the party is sent to deal with a dragon said to have developed a particular taste for the flesh and blood of innocent virgins, which he can supposedly smell from a mile away. The cleric and rogue aren't especially worried ("Good thing we're all adults, then"). The paladin, who it later turns out doesn't believe in premarital sex, doesn't quite share her friends' confidence.
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* [[https://www.deviantart.com/jonboy2312/art/Here-be-dragons-Part-1-904816759 This]] ''Tales From the Tables'' comic uses the virgin variant for humor when the party is sent to deal with a dragon said to have developed a particular taste for the flesh and blood of innocent virgins, which he can supposedly smell from a mile away. The cleric and rogue aren't especially worried ("Good thing we're all adults, then"). The paladin, who it later turns out doesn't believe in premarital sex, doesn't quite share her friends' confidence.
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* ''Webcomic/TalesFromTheTables'': [[https://www.deviantart.com/jonboy2312/art/Here-be-dragons-Part-1-904816759 webtoons.com/en/challenge/dungeons-doodles-tales-from-the-tables/here-be-dragons-part-1/viewer?title_no=682646&episode_no=12 This]] ''Tales From the Tables'' comic uses the virgin variant for humor when the party is sent to deal with a dragon said to have developed a particular taste for the flesh and blood of innocent virgins, which he can supposedly smell from a mile away. The cleric and rogue aren't especially worried ("Good thing we're all adults, then"). The paladin, who it later turns out doesn't believe in premarital sex, doesn't quite share her friends' confidence.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': Invoked. In order to summon the [[{{Dracolich}} Dragon King]] boss, you need to craft a Decoy Princess in order to attract it.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'': Invoked.Invoked in the beta. In order to summon the [[{{Dracolich}} Dragon King]] boss, you need to craft a Decoy Princess in order to attract it.
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* In ''VideoGame/GragyrissCaptorOfPrincesses'', one of your main goals as a dragon is to capture princesses [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as the title claims.]] Winning enough battles in a specific region will eventually lead to you capturing its princess, and they end up being a helpful captive, willingly giving you buffs or abilities you can use to improve your growth or to battle enemies (including their own people) more efficiently. The ending shows the princesses hanging out with your dragon, so the preference seems mutual in this case.
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* Played with in [[http://www.portsherry.com/comics/helping-the-princess/ this]] ''Port Sherry'' comic. The dragon abducted the princess [[spoiler: as part of a ruse to set the princess up with an eligible bachelor. Also, the dragon is female too.]]
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* Played with in [[http://www.portsherry.com/comics/helping-the-princess/ this]] ''Port Sherry'' comic. The dragon abducted the princess [[spoiler: as part of a ruse to set the princess up with an eligible bachelor. Also, the dragon is female too.]]too]].
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the Writer's Block [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2015-07-13 fights a dragon]] with a sword at one point and ends up [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2015-07-15 saving a princess]] implying that the dragon was holding her hostage.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': The Writer's Block [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2015-07-13 fights a dragon]] with a sword at one point and ends up [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2015-07-15 saving a princess]] princess]], implying that the dragon was holding her hostage. hostage.
* [[https://www.deviantart.com/jonboy2312/art/Here-be-dragons-Part-1-904816759 This]] ''Tales From the Tables'' comic uses the virgin variant for humor when the party is sent to deal with a dragon said to have developed a particular taste for the flesh and blood of innocent virgins, which he can supposedly smell from a mile away. The cleric and rogue aren't especially worried ("Good thing we're all adults, then"). The paladin, who it later turns out doesn't believe in premarital sex, doesn't quite share her friends' confidence.
* [[https://www.deviantart.com/jonboy2312/art/Here-be-dragons-Part-1-904816759 This]] ''Tales From the Tables'' comic uses the virgin variant for humor when the party is sent to deal with a dragon said to have developed a particular taste for the flesh and blood of innocent virgins, which he can supposedly smell from a mile away. The cleric and rogue aren't especially worried ("Good thing we're all adults, then"). The paladin, who it later turns out doesn't believe in premarital sex, doesn't quite share her friends' confidence.
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* Discussed in ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}''. Earth Goddesses are a type of female goddess which typically manifest as vast serpents or dragons. If slain by a God of Steel, the serpent's power is stolen by the Steel while the goddess is reduced to a Divine Ancestor, a weak maiden beholden to her "savior". This interplay of divine powers originates from the myths which form the gods. When primitive Earth Goddess deities were absorbed into more complex and patriarchal religions, they were recast as a demonic monster "slain" by a hero to "rescue" a maiden figure.
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** Andromeda was nearly fed to the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent sea dragon]] Cetus to punish her mother, who had bragged that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids. (A bad move, since [[TheLordOfTheSea Poseidon]] was married to one.) Luckily Perseus happened to be passing by and agrees to kill the monster in exchange for Andromeda's hand in marriage.
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** Andromeda was nearly fed to the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent sea dragon]] Cetus to punish her mother, who had bragged that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids. (A bad move, since [[TheLordOfTheSea Poseidon]] the god Poseidon was married to one.) Luckily Perseus happened to be passing by and agrees to kill the monster in exchange for Andromeda's hand in marriage.
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** A gender-flipped version exists in the myth of Sybaris, a she-dragon terrorising the countryside around Delphi. When the people asked Apollo how to get rid of the dragon, the god told them to sacrifice a young man to the beast. Handsome Alkyoneus was chosen by lot and as he was led to the dragon's cave to be sacrificed, a brave young man happened to cross their path who fell in love with Alkyoneus and demanded to be sacrificed in his stead.
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** A gender-flipped version exists in the myth of Sybaris, a she-dragon terrorising the countryside around Delphi. When the people asked Apollo how to get rid of the dragon, the god told them to sacrifice a young man to the beast. Handsome Alkyoneus was chosen by lot and and, as he was led to the dragon's cave to be sacrificed, a brave young man named Eurybatus happened to cross their path who fell in love with Alkyoneus and demanded to be sacrificed in his stead.stead. When Sybaris came out to claim her prize, Eurybatus seized her and threw her off a cliff and to her death.
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* ''Dragon Princess'' by S. Andrew Swann parodies this. It's about a travelling thief named Frank tasked with rescuing Princess Lucille of Lendowyn from a dragon at the request of Court Wizard Elhared; in exchange, [[StandardHeroReward Frank gets to marry the princess and join the royal court]]. But the reason the dragon took the princess is because he had gambling debts to TheFairFolk and decided to hold her for ransom -- which doesn't work too well because the Kingdom of Lendowyn is small and very poor. Also, Elhared planned to cast a FreakyFridayFlip spell to swap with Frank afterward so ''he'' could marry the princess -- but the spell goes wrong and Frank ends up in Lucille's body, the dragon ends up in the wizard's body, and Lucille ends up in the ''dragon's'' body. [[spoiler:And Frank ultimately has to kill Elhared in Frank's original body, leaving everyone stuck like that. Which means that Frank (in the princess's body) and Lucille (in the dragon's body) have to marry each other as they currently are.]]
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* ''Dragon Princess'' by S. Andrew Swann parodies this. It's about a travelling thief named Frank tasked with rescuing Princess Lucille of Lendowyn from a dragon at the request of Court Wizard Elhared; in exchange, [[StandardHeroReward Frank gets to marry the princess and join the royal court]]. But the reason the dragon took the princess is because he had gambling debts to TheFairFolk and decided to hold her for ransom -- which doesn't work too well because the Kingdom of Lendowyn is small and very poor. Also, Elhared secretly planned to cast a FreakyFridayFlip spell to swap with Frank afterward so ''he'' could marry the princess -- but the spell goes wrong and Frank ends up in Lucille's body, the dragon ends up in the wizard's body, and Lucille ends up in the ''dragon's'' body. [[spoiler:And Frank ultimately has to kill Elhared in Frank's original body, leaving everyone stuck like that. Which means that Frank (in the princess's body) and Lucille (in the dragon's body) have to marry each other as they currently are.]]
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* ''Dragon Princess'' by S. Andrew Swann parodies this. It's about a travelling thief named Frank tasked with rescuing Princess Lucille of Lendowyn from a dragon at the request of Court Wizard Elhared; in exchange, [[StandardHeroReward gets to marry the princess and join the royal court]]. But the reason the dragon took the princess is because he had gambling debts to TheFairFolk and decided to hold her for ransom -- which doesn't work too well because the Kingdom of Lendowyn is small and very poor. Also, Elhared planned to cast a FreakyFridayFlip spell to swap with Frank afterward so ''he'' could marry the princess -- but the spell goes wrong and Frank ends up in Lucille's body, the dragon ends up in the wizard's body, and Lucille ends up in the ''dragon's'' body. [[spoiler:And Frank ultimately has to kill Elhared in Frank's original body, leaving everyone stuck like that. Which means that Frank (in the princess's body) and Lucille (in the dragon's body) have to marry each other as they currently are.]]
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* ''Dragon Princess'' by S. Andrew Swann parodies this. It's about a travelling thief named Frank tasked with rescuing Princess Lucille of Lendowyn from a dragon at the request of Court Wizard Elhared; in exchange, [[StandardHeroReward Frank gets to marry the princess and join the royal court]]. But the reason the dragon took the princess is because he had gambling debts to TheFairFolk and decided to hold her for ransom -- which doesn't work too well because the Kingdom of Lendowyn is small and very poor. Also, Elhared planned to cast a FreakyFridayFlip spell to swap with Frank afterward so ''he'' could marry the princess -- but the spell goes wrong and Frank ends up in Lucille's body, the dragon ends up in the wizard's body, and Lucille ends up in the ''dragon's'' body. [[spoiler:And Frank ultimately has to kill Elhared in Frank's original body, leaving everyone stuck like that. Which means that Frank (in the princess's body) and Lucille (in the dragon's body) have to marry each other as they currently are.]]
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* ''Dragon Princess'' by S. Andrew Swann parodies this. It's about a travelling thief named Frank tasked with rescuing Princess Lucille of Lendowyn from a dragon at the request of Court Wizard Elhared; in exchange, [[StandardHeroReward gets to marry the princess and join the royal court]]. But the reason the dragon took the princess is because he had gambling debts to TheFairFolk and decided to hold her for ransom -- which doesn't work too well because the Kingdom of Lendowyn is small and very poor. Also, Elhared planned to cast a FreakyFridayFlip spell to swap with Frank afterward so ''he'' could marry the princess -- but the spell goes wrong and Frank ends up in Lucille's body, the dragon ends up in the wizard's body, and Lucille ends up in the ''dragon's'' body. [[spoiler:And Frank ultimately has to kill Elhared in Frank's original body, leaving everyone stuck like that. Which means that Frank (in the princess's body) and Lucille (in the dragon's body) have to marry each other as they currently are.]]
