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18	While not as many [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] appear in animated films compared to TV shows, they're just as likely to come packed with [[PyroManiac lots and lots of fire]].
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20	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalympics}}'': At the beginning of the movie, the Olympics torch is lit by the fiery breath of a [[LazyDragon sleeping dragon]].
21	* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle'': Lydia's main henchman, Slyder, is a small, snake-like european dragon who speaks with a lisp. Most of the characters simply call him a snake.
22	* ''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). This also ends up as a rare unintentional case of ScaledUp.
23	* ''WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007'': The dragon is similar to a wyvern, with two hind legs and two batlike wings for forearms. The one we see also has fins on his tail to help with swimming, and may be fully amphibious. It's unclear if this is standard for dragons in the setting, or if he's part sea serpent due to his mother's aquatic heritage. Aside from him, another dragon is mentioned and yet another is spoken of in the novelization.
24	* ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'':
25	** ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'': A dragon can be seen among the various mythical creatures (the others being a unicorn and a gryphon) that were mocking the animals that were boarding [[Literature/TheBible Noah's Ark]], and is presumably drowned in the flood.
26	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': Mushu is an Eastern dragon reduced to being a PluckyComicRelief EmpathyPet. His lack of powers may be due to his being demoted after failing as a family guardian. He claims that his small stature is intentional ("I'm travel-sized for your convenience"), but is most likely a bluff. He can breathe fire (a little) and fly (with help), which comes in handy later on.
27	** ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'': The titular dragon Sisu is an Eastern dragon who is portrayed as being the LastOfHerKind. While she can fly by manipulating rainwater, she breathes ice instead of fire. And in addition to being able to talk like a human, she's able to assume the form of one, which is quite useful since Raya is trying to keep Sisu's true nature a secret for the first half of the movie.
28	** ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': At the end of the movie, Maleficent [[ScaledUp turns into a huge, black-scaled dragon]] to fight the prince.
29	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'': During the ShapeShifterShowdown, Merlin objects to Madame Mim's turning into a dragon as this goes against the rules she herself laid out. Mim retorts that she only banned pink dragons, as such -- [[LoopholeAbuse she didn't say anything about]] ''[[LoopholeAbuse purple]]'' [[LoopholeAbuse ones, specifically]].
30	* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheWingedBraves'': [[spoiler:Phoenicia is a large dragon-like creature. He doesn't show [[BreathWeapon fire-breathing]] until he gets accidentally evolved by the Transgression Beam.]]
31	* ''Animation/DragonAndSlipper'': Goliath is a retired dragon, who no longer kidnaps princesses, and just wants to be left alone fishing. However, he admits that in his active years, he was just like the other dragons in folklore.
32	* ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'': Kadaj manages to use Yuffie's Materia to summon a Bahamut, Bahanut SIN. A wicked, twisted looking Western dragon with ram's horns on its head and the ability to blast blue fire/plasma bolts.
33	* ''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 [[DragonsUpTheYinYang Eastern-style dragon]] does appear.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTransformania'': Downplayed. It's not explicitly stated if Johnny's monster form is a bone-fide dragon, lizardman or some other reptilian creature. However, his horns, green scales, serpentine body and tall stature, as well as the fire breath and wings he develops later on, are all traits commonly associated with dragons.
35	* ''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]], [[SuperScream 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.
36	** Dragons are divided into a number of classes in the franchise's internal mythos: Strike (fast, powerful, and intelligent {{Lightning Bruiser}}s), Stoker (particularly focused on the use of fire), Boulder (themed around rocks and the earth; many Boulder-class dragons are either [[SandWorm adept diggers]], [[EatDirtCheap rock-eaters]] or both), Tracker (distinguished by keen senses, such as smell or eyesight), Sharp (possessing a variety of bladed or piercing {{Natural Weapon}}s), Tidal (marine dragons of various sorts) and Mystery (dragons that don't fit anywhere else).
37	** [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010 The original movie]] introduces a relatively limited roster of dragons as part of the flock that raids Berk: the Night Fury (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.
38	** ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' adds several new species, the most notable of these being the absolutely gigantic (bigger than anything we've seen before) ice-breathing sea dragons called "Bewilderbeasts" and the Stormcutter, a slightly owl-like dragon with four wings that form an X shape when it flies when viewed from the front.
39	* ''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 as the former dragon of the family.]]
40	* 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.
41	* The titular missing link in ''WesternAnimation/TheMissingLink'' encounters a foul-mouthed dragon with comparatively small wings that farts fire voiced by Creator/BillMurray.
42	* ''Animation/MonkeyKingHeroIsBack'': In this case, a beautifully animated traditional Chinese dragon, Bai Long Ma (White Dragon Horse).
43	* ''WesternAnimation/MyFathersDragon'': Boris (and supposedly his family) are striped dragons with tiny wings, that glow when they are about to take flight. They also age the equivalent of one human year every 10 years. To breathe fire, they also need to go through the process of becoming an After Dragon, [[spoiler:by absorbing Wild Island's core, which threatens to sink every 100 years.]]
44	* ''Animation/NeZha'': The dragons here are the classical Chinese kind, with serpentine bodies, thick manes, catfish-like whiskers and short antlers engraved with complex patterns. They once battled and imprisoned demons and monsters in the service of Heaven, but have since become trapped in their domain as eternal jailers of their charges and have come to be seen as themselves being demons and monsters, something they're profoundly bitter about.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': One of Nimona's forms is a dragon. Specifically, the Kwispy Dragon mascot which can breathe cereal pieces.
46	* ''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 to life by a curse]].
47	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePilgrimsProgress2019'': During Christian’s journey he encounters “the Supervisor” (who is actually Apollyon). After failing to talk Christian out of his quest, he turns into a dragon and tries to kill him. The dragon form has the traditional six limbs but lacks the long neck normally seen on western dragons.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'': Dragons are fairly standard fire-breathing, vaguely crocodilian hexapods that attack humans on sight. Except the one that joins the main characters as comic relief, which is bipedal, anthropomorphic, and has [[MultipleHeadCase two heads]] with [[OddCouple opposite personalities]]. They claim to be a result of inbreeding, which would mean the other dragons are intelligent but don't talk to humans. Their breath weapon appears to be anachronistic references.
49	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'': Matches is tiny, and he can't breathe fire indefinitely; if he breathes too much fire in too short a period of time (or if he gets wet), his "pilot light" will go out and he'll only be able to breathe smoke until it recharges.
50	* ''Franchise/{{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. She goes on to be the partner of Donkey, bearing children with him.
51	* ''Animation/SonOfTheWhiteHorse'': The dragons are [[{{Shapeshifting}} shape-shifters]], for one. To further elaborate...
52	** The Three-Headed Dragon is a rock caveman that can retract two of his heads. He's the personification of the male side of lust and fertility, with prominent balls, though he lacks a penis.
53	** The Seven-Headed Dragon looks like a tank bristling with cannons, representing 20th century warfare and domestic abuse with a massive tank-turret phallos.
54	** The Twelve-Headed Dragon is a fluid, crawling city that can spawn limbs at will, has reflective, electronic faces, and wears smog as a robe. No visible genitalia on this one, and he doesn't mind if one of his "heads" (read: skyscrapers) gets blown off.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/WishDragon'': One of the first things Din notes about Long is that he is ''pink and furry'' instead of green and scaly. Long is a wish dragon, [[spoiler: which is a punishment for mortals before they ascend to Heaven to learn the true value of life]]. He has to grant three wishes to ten masters before he is allowed to move on to the afterlife.

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