History OurDragonsAreDifferent / AnimatedFilms

** [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010 The original movie]] introduces a relatively limited roster of dragons as part of the flock that raids Berk: the Night Fury pictured here (a frighteningly fast Strike-class dragon with a BreathWeapon like a [[WaveMotionGun turbolaser]]), the Monstrous Nightmare (a four-limbed, bat-like Stoker that can [[WreathedInFlames emit flame from its entire skin]]), the Gronckle (a Boulder-class that looks like a huge, [[StoneWall armored bumblebee]]), the Zippleback (a two-headed Mystery dragon; one head breathes gas, the other head lights it), the Deadly Nadder (a wyvern-like Tracker that can shoot spikes out of its tail), the Terrible Terror (a diminutive Stoker that's [[KillerRabbit pretty dangerous despite its small size]]) and [[spoiler: the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Red Death]] (which is [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever big enough to chew up a longboat]], has club tail, [[RedRightHand six eyes]] and enough firepower to blow away the entire grounded fleet with one burn, and kept all the other dragons [[SlaveMooks in thrall]])]]. Several more species re given a passing mention in the Dragon Manual (a dragonslayers' textbook of sorts), all of which are given more attention in the sequel films and the animated series.

** [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010 The original movie]] introduces a relatively limited roster of dragons as part of the flock that raids Berk: the Night Fury pictured here (a frighteningly fast Strike-class dragon with a BreathWeapon like a [[WaveMotionGun turbolaser]]), the Monstrous Nightmare (a four-limbed, bat-like Stoker that can [[WreathedInFlames emit flame from its entire skin]]), the Gronkle (a Boulder-class that looks like a huge, [[StoneWall armored bumblebee]]), the Zippleback (a two-headed Mystery dragon; one head breathes gas, the other head lights it), the Nadder (a wyvern-like Tracker that can shoot spikes out of its tail), the Terrible Terror (a diminutive Stoker that's [[KillerRabbit pretty dangerous despite its small size]]) and [[spoiler: the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Red Death]] (which is [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever big enough to chew up a longboat]], has club tail, [[RedRightHand six eyes]] and enough firepower to blow away the entire grounded fleet with one burn, and kept all the other dragons [[SlaveMooks in thrall]])]]. Several more species re given a passing mention in the Dragon Manual (a dragonslayers' textbook of sorts), all of which are given more attention in the sequel films and the animated series.

* The titular missing link in ''WesternAnimation/TheMissingLink'' encounters a foul-mouthed dragon that farts fire voiced by Creator/BillMurray.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouseMovie'': Not only are they actually real, like Lana speculated, but they seemingly grow older by how much they eat: during the course of the movie, Lela goes from about Lily's size to twice her size just by eating some burritos, [[spoiler: and by the climax she's about as big the former dragon of the family.]]
* Babe the Dragon in ''WesternAnimation/Luck2022'' is the CEO of the land of luck, she has the ability to sniff out bad luck and her fire can forge Good/Bad luck stones. She lacks wings and has six legs, giving her an appearance more akin to Eastern dragons/Drakes than typical western depictions.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'': The Lightfoots have a small pet dragon named Blazey that acts like a dog. A brief scene in the prologue shows a party of adventurers battling a huge and aggressive dragon, suggesting that they were selectively bred over the centuries to be pets and used to be larger and fiercer. [[spoiler: A Dragon-shaped Golem made up of buildings and objects is brought life by a curse]].

[[caption-width-right:350:L-R, top-to-bottom: [[WesternAnimation/WishDragon majestic]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty menacing]], [[WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot misshapen]], and- [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 My god, get a room!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [[WesternAnimation/WishDragon majestic]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty menacing]], [[WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot misshapen]], and- [[WesternAnimation/Shrek1 My god, get a room!]]]]

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* ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is founded on this trope, and even its own dragons are often very different from one another. Almost all dragons possess a BreathWeapon: fire is the most common, but others include [[AcidAttack corrosive slime]], [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic roars]], boiling water and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. Limb configuration varies -- some dragons have the classic six-limbed arrangement, some are wyvern-like bipeds, others are still four-limbed but move on all fours like bats, some are entirely wingless and still others have no limbs but their wings -- and a number of species are [[MultipleHeadCase polycephalic]]. Almost all of these are [[DragonRider trainable]] and, minimally, [[ItCanThink semi-sentient.]] They tend to understand human languages and the smartest ones, like Toothless, are ''at least'' as smart as people.

* The titular missing link in ''Animation/TheMissingLink'' encounters a foul-mouthed dragon that farts fire voiced by Creator/BillMurray.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': The huge dragon at first appears to be an old-fashioned monstrous Western Dragon, but is soon revealed to be [[ItCanThink surprisingly intelligent]]. And [[SamusIsAGirl female]]. [[SpeechImpairedAnimal Although she isn't capable of human speech]] ''per se'', she's capable of grunts, growls, and other sounds that work as a language well enough for Donkey, at least, to understand. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity]], and {{squick}} if you recall the end of the second movie, ensue. HotSkittyOnWailordAction ensues, is more like it.

[[quoteright:320:[[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/How-to-Train-Your-Dragon-2_3414.jpg]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is founded on this trope, and even its own dragons are often very different from one another. Almost all dragons possess a BreathWeapon: fire is the most common, but others include [[AcidAttack corrosive slime]], [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic roars]], boiling water and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. Limb configuration varies -- some dragons have the classic six-limbed arrangement, some are wyvern-like bipeds, others are still four-limbed but move on all fours like bats, some are entirely wingless and still others have no limbs but their wings -- and a number of species are [[MultipleHeadCase polycephalic]]. Almost all of these are [[DragonRider trainable]] and, minimally, [[ItCanThink semi-sentient.]] They tend to understand human languages and the smartest ones, like Toothless, are ''at least'' as smart as people.

** The original movie introduces a relatively limited roster of dragons as part of the flock that raids Berk: the Night Fury pictured here (a frighteningly fast Strike-class dragon with a BreathWeapon like a [[WaveMotionGun turbolaser]]), the Monstrous Nightmare (a four-limbed, bat-like Stoker that can [[WreathedInFlames emit flame from its entire skin]]), the Gronkle (a Boulder-class that looks like a huge, [[StoneWall armored bumblebee]]), the Zippleback (a two-headed Mystery dragon; one head breathes gas, the other head lights it), the Nadder (a wyvern-like Tracker that can shoot spikes out of its tail), the Terrible Terror (a diminutive Stoker that's [[KillerRabbit pretty dangerous despite its small size]]) and [[spoiler: the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Red Death]] (which is [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever big enough to chew up a longboat]], has club tail, [[RedRightHand six eyes]] and enough firepower to blow away the entire grounded fleet with one burn, and kept all the other dragons [[SlaveMooks in thrall]])]]. Several more species re given a passing mention in the Dragon Manual (a dragonslayers' textbook of sorts), all of which are given more attention in the sequel films and the animated series.

* ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'': The villainous Ludmilla receives an unwitting transformation into a pink, fat, three-horned wingless dragon during her VillainSong ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i6ROv1JKfg&feature=related as seen here]]) after drinking Bartok's potion, which is said to "bring out the inner self" when consumed. Being ''extremely'' vain and caring about her own beauty and lust for power turned her into a dragon based on her personality. Somewhat related to Maleficent's transformation in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', except more comedic and less threatening (she was defeated by a freakin bat for crying out loud! At least it took a bunch of magical fairies and an enchanted sword to bring Maleficent down). Ends up as a rare unintentional case of ScaledUp.

* ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'': The villain steals and drinks a potion that is supposed to "bring out the inner self", which turns her into a cartoony anthropomorphic dragon. Ends up as a rare unintentional case of ScaledUp.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'': At the beginning of the movie the Olympics torch is lit by the fiery breath of a [[LazyDragon sleeping Dragon]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons'' is a story InspiredBy the art book ''The Flight of Dragons'' by Peter Dickinson (described on the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent/{{Literature}} Literature]] page). The dragons are able to fly despite their large size because they generate hydrogen gas within their bodies (by eating limestone), and then steer with their wings, and breathe fire when they exhale said gas. This also means that if they breathe too much fire, they will not be able breathe more fire ''or'' fly until they can generate more hydrogen gas. An explanation is also given for them having a DragonHoard: gold is comfortable (soft) to sleep on, and won't catch on fire. Most of the dragons pictured are Western-style and have extremely varied coloration and horn combinations, although one [[DragonsUpTheYingYang Eastern-style dragon]] does appear.