Blazing Dragons: The Movie (2000 film)

Blazing Dragons: The Movie is a 2000 British-Canadian-French animated fantasy comedy film based on the popular animated television series of the same name created by Terry Jones and Gavin Scott, it was produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Nelvana Limited, Ellipse Animation and Nickelodeon Animation Studios, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie was theatrically released in theaters on December 8, 2000. The film was directed by Lawrence Jacobs. The film features the voice talents of Edward Glen, Aron Tager, Suzanne Coy, Steven Sutcliffe, John Koensgen, John Stocker, Dan Hennessey, Richard Binsley, Stephanie Morgenstern, Scott Wentworth, Rick Waugh, David Hemblen, Don Francks and Jill Frappier, who reprising their respective roles from Blazing Dragons.

Blazing Dragons! The Movie
Directed by	Larry Jacobs Butch Hartman Dan Hennessey (voice director)
Written by	Dale Schott Erika O’Reilly Bob Ardiel John May Suzanne Bolch Peter Sauder Nadine Van der Velde Ben Joseph Hugh Duffy Bonnie Chung David Dias Erika Strobel (head staff writer)
Screenplay by	Butch Hartman Fred Seibert
Story by	Dave Thomas
Based on	Blazing Dragons by Terry Jones Gavin Scott
Produced by	David Beatty Jocelyn Hamilton
Starring	Edward Glen Aron Tager Suzanne Coy Steven Sutcliffe John Koensgen John Stocker Dan Hennessey Richard Binsley Stephanie Morgenstern Scott Wentworth Rick Waugh David Hemblen Don Francks Jill Frappier
Edited by	Peter Sauder Erika Strobel
Music by	Guy Moon (original music score) Amin Bhata (music supervisor)
Animation by	Yeson Animation Studios (animation production by) Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. (animation production by) Studios Animage (animation production by) Le Studio Ellipse (animation production by) Pixibox Studios (additional animation production by) Mercury Filmworks (additional animation production by) Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd. (additional animation production by) Jade Animation International Limited (additional animation production by) Funbag Animation Studios (additional animation production by) Crunch Recording Group Inc. (additional animation production by) Elliott Animation (additional animation production by) Bardel Entertainment (additional animation production by) Studio B Productions (additional animation production by) Atomic Cartoons (additional animation production by) Philippine Animation Studio Inc. (additional animation production by) Nelvana Digital Paint & Compositing (digital ink and paint compositing services by) Nick Digital (CGI animation by)
Production companies	Nelvana Ellipse Animation Nickelodeon Movies Frederator Studios Nickelodeon Animation Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 8, 2000
Running time	139 minutes
Countries	Canada United States United Kingdom France
Languages	English French
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$105.8 million

The film follows the Knights of the Square Table are on a quest in the land of Camelhot before the evil Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights of Threadbare Castle is about to take over Camelhot.

Characters

Dragons

• Squire Flicker: The main character of the series, a squire under Sir Loungelot, he happily accepts any task his master gives him. Flicker longs for the day he'll become a Dragon Knight himself, yet it seems the only reason he's not is that Loungelot typically takes credit for Flicker's heroic deeds. He is secretly in love with Princess Flame though he is very shy about showing it. Flicker is generally smarter and more competent than the Knights, and is a Machinist far ahead of his time even though his inventions do not always go well as he planned.
• Princess Flame: The daughter of King Allfire and stepsister of Blaze. Like Flicker, she also appears to be smarter and more competent than the Knights, though on a lesser scale. She is somewhat of a tomboy and will go through great lengths to save herself, the knights and/or the kingdom such as fighting in a tournament. She has a deep crush on Flicker. Flame was purple-haired (although often concealed by a veil).
• King Allfire: King Allfire is the king of Camelhot, the head of the Knights of the Square Table, and married to Queen Griddle. King Allfire is also wielder of the legendary sword Excaliburn, but rarely uses it since he is semi-retired from fighting.
• Queen Griddle: The second wife of King Allfire. She is the daughter of the gigantic Queen Mum, and is infatuated with Sir Loungelot. Griddle is also very short-tempered, and tends to get violent when angry. Due to her robustness, she is often the butt of many fat jokes.
• Sir Loungelot: Head Knight of the Square Table, but as his name implies, is an incredibly lazy knight. Loungelot loves gambling, sleeping, and most of all food, especially pastries (such as biscuits, which he calls "bickies"). Loungelot rarely proves to be a useful companion in quests (though he is sometimes shown to be a good fighter) and often tries to get out of them except if it involves rescuing a damsel in distress or if threatened/forced by King Allfire. Despite these shortcomings, Loungelot is the favourite knight of the King and especially Queen Griddle. This is because he kisses up to her and invariably takes credit for Flicker's successes. The King and Queen, however, seem to be oblivious to Flicker's actions and often credit Lougelot for the work. Flicker is his squire, though he treats him more like a servant than a knight in training. Loungelot is the son of the Lady of the Lake (something he is not proud of since she nags him constantly and talks about his choir boy brother who is a monk). Loungelot is usually the cause of much of the knight's trouble due to his crass and selfish nature. His hair highly resembles that of Elvis Presley.
• Sir Blaze: Sir Blaze, "The Smartly Dressed and Fashionably Late", is the flamboyant and effeminate son of Queen Griddle and the stepbrother of Princess Flame. Blaze is unusually energetic and is described as having amazing panache. Like Loungelot, he doesn't seem to be enthusiastic about participating in quests, preferring to work on "home" activities such as dressing the castle walls. He is one of the only three knights (the others Loungelot and Burnevere) who stays throughout the series. It is implied that he is homosexual. Unlike the other dragons in the series (with the exception of Flame), Blaze has long-limbered legs like a human rather than short stubby ones. Sir Blaze's quote; "Oh me oh my oh oh gracious."
• Sir Burnevere: Sir Burnevere, "The Overly Educated", is a plucky hero with a Scottish accent and a tendency to use large words none of the other knights understand. Burnevere appears to be the oldest and wisest of the knights and often screams "Hoot McGregor!" when something bad happens to him. Burnevere is actually linked to the Scottish royal family, but turned down the throne at the thought of being surrounded by all his relatives.
• Sir Galahot: Sir Galahot, "The Proper", is a large and imposing knight of the Square Table and the first knight to be introduced.
• Sir Hotbreath: Sir Hotbreath, "The Not So Proper", is a short knight who has many ideas. Unfortunately, he often ends up torching everything near him due to uncontrollable outbursts of fire-breathing burps. Like Sir Galahot he only appears like in season one of the series.
• The Wandering Minstrel: The Minstrel introduced and closed out most episodes of the series with a short verse or song related to the content of the movie.
• Cinder and Clinker: A two-headed dragon jester. Cinder, the left-sided head, is upbeat and perpetually happy, whilst Clinker, the right-sided head, is always depressed and sullen. The duo serve as the comic relief in most episodes. Cinder's side of the body is a dark green, and Clinker's is a lighter shade. Cinder has light blue hair, and Clinker has brown hair. They both speak with Cockney accents.

Humans

• Count Geoffrey: The principal bad guy of the series, Geoffrey styles himself Dread Count Geoffrey de Bouillon, Oppressor Par Excellence of the Poor and Weak. His appearance features a purple knight's armour and red hair in season one of the series. Owner of Threadbare Castle, Geoffrey is always coming up with sinister "plans" to relieve the Dragon Knights of Castle Camelhot.
• Evil Spy: An agent of Count Geoffrey dressed up in a purple dragon costume to infiltrate the Dragon Knights. His presence within the Dragon Knight ranks, usually while sensitive strategy is being discussed, never seems to be questioned by the other dragons, even though the costume is quite conspicuous. There are actually two within the show; the first is eaten by crocodiles in the second episode when Geoffrey pushes him into the moat, and is replaced with an identical evil spy.
• Merle the Wizard: Merle the Wizard is a short, wise-cracking female magician who fits the stereotype of a witch much more than that of a wizard. She speaks with an American accent and often claims to have visited the future. When Count Geoffrey needs that extra edge in his fight against the Dragon Knights, Merle is often called upon and appears from a cloud of purple smoke.
• Evil Knights No. 1, #2, and #3: The bumbling henchmen of Count Geoffrey. No. 1 is of medium height, fat, and has a bushy moustache. No. 2 is short and skinny with a long pointy nose, and speaks in an Italian accent. No. 3 is muscular, bald, and appears to be the stupidest of the three. It is possible the trio are brothers, since No. 3 mentioned his mother in the sense she was the mother of them all.
• Peasants: Count Geoffrey is always exploiting the peasants of the village for either tax money or using them in some manner of slave labour such as catapult ammunition, or as human columns to hold up the ceiling of his crumbling castle.

Plot

"There once was a Queen named Griddle,
Heavily thighed and McMuddled,
She was taken for ransom,
By a suitor unhandsome,
And... um... Not much rhymes with Griddle, oh well. Let's see what's going on in Camelhot, shall we?"

- The Wandering Minstrel

King Allfire calls for all of the Knights of the Square Table to assemble. Sir Galahot, Sir Hotbreath, Sir Burnevere, and Sir Blaze heed the call. Sir Loungelot, on the otherhand, stays in bed and calls for his squire Flicker to serve him breakfast. Flicker attempts to show off Princess Flame his latest invention, a foodcess processor. Though things do not go smoothly, it nevertheless makes Loungelot's breakfast.

Allfire announces to the knights heeding his call that they are to embark on a quest for the Holy Quail. Queen Griddle is not happy that Allfire and his knights are taking off on another quest, though Allfire reminds her that it merely the same quest they go on every year. When they depart, Griddle sorrowfully wishes to merely be showered with a cartload of affection. This is overheard by a human spy, disguised as a dragon, who immediately reports back to Count Geoffrey.

Count Geoffrey has his knights kidnap the village monk with the intention of making him drink a potion to do his bidding. However, the monk seems willful to do whatever the Count asks, so Geoffrey has him locked up and forces him to write a romantic poem that would woo Griddle. With Griddle entranced, it would make her easy to kidnap and hold for ransom with the asking price being nothing less than Castle Camelhot.

Meanwhile, Loungelot notes to Flicker, who is oiling the knight's socks and filing his toe nails, of a new plan to kiss up to Griddle. This involves Flicker getting a tub-full of frankincense and myrrh that was recovered from the Crusades. With Allfire and the other knights off on the annual quest for the Holy Quail, Loungelot sees this as a great opportunity to do a lot more than just win the Queen's favor.

Back with Count Geoffrey, the monk has finished writting the love poem, although he has suddenly grown older as a result. With his knights afraid of reading, Geoffrey goes over the poem himself. Though he only speaks aloud the grammatical mistakes, the other knights tearfully state that it is the most beautiful poem they have ever heard, which appears to be enough to please Count Geoffrey, the sinister Black Knight arrives at Castle Threadbare and gives him an idea, but Evil Knight #1 tells him that was in the Star Wars Movies.

King Allfire and the accompanying Knights of the Square Table search through a nearby human village in search of the Holy Quail. After Sir Hotbreath questions the creatures existance, Sir Blaze gleefully announces his capture of the holy pail. After Allfire scolds him for misunderstanding him, as well as capturing something that isn't even holy, they spot the Holy Quail and chase after it.

Count Geoffrey's knights arrive at Camelhot to deliver the love poem, which is taken by Cinder and Clinker. At the same time, Loungelot and Flicker visit the Queen with Flicker carrying a large barrel of frnkincense and myrrh. Just as she is excited by Loungelot's presence, Cinder and Clinker deliver the poem, with Geoffrey's grammatical corrections apparently being the actual poem plus a P.S. at the end for Griddle to meet the secret admirer outside the outside. Enamored at the fact that she has a secret admirer, Griddle brushes Loungelot aside and rushes off.

Once she is outside, Griddle falls into a trap and is captured by Geoffrey's knights, though she believes the admirer is merely being frisky to her delight as she is blindfolded. Flicker happens to witness the events and informs Princess Flame. They both immediately conclude that Count Geoffrey is behind the kidnapping.

The knights deliver Griddle to Count Geoffrey. With her blindfold removed, Griddle is shocked at the turn of events, but is seemingly turned on that she has been kidnapped for ransom. However, she is displeased that Geoffrey wants Camelhot in exchange for her. Believing that she is worth more than a big lump of real estate, Griddle demands that Geoffrey up the ransom demand. Geoffrey finds himself having to get his knights to grab the village monk again.

Meanwhile, Allfire and the Knights of the Square Table are having a difficult time capturing the Holy Quail. After a plan by Sir Burnevere fails, Blaze once more announces having captured the Holy Cail. After Burnevere explains that it is kind of a cabbage, Allfire is once again frustrated before the Holy Quail passes by and they resume their chase.

Back at Camelhot, Flicker informs Loungelot of Queen Griddle's capture. Loungelot tries to assemble the other knights, but Flicker reminds him that they're out while Loungelot remains. Loungelot does not wish to go, trying to counter Flicker's reminder of the knight's code to aways rescue a damsel in distress by noting another code of always weighing the odds. However, Princess Flame's presence forces Loungelot to take action.

As Allfire and the Knights of the Square Table continue their quest for the Holy Quail, Count Geoffrey's knights deliver a ransom note him in the quise of a squirrel. However, before Allfire can read the note, the Holy Quail passes by. Allfire sets the note aside and proclaims that duty calls, once more resuming their chase.

Griddle is infuriated that Allfire did not even read the ransom note and refuses to leave Count Geoffrey's castle until she is rescued even though Geoffrey is willingly letting her go. Seeing very little options, Geoffrey calls forth Merle The Wizard to conjure a wicked demise for Griddle.

Flicker, Flame, and Loungelot arrive at Count Geoffrey's castle to hear Griddle seemingly being tortured. However, it appears that Merle is merely plucking at her chin hair, the sound of which driving Griddle crazy. Griddles goads the wizard into doing her worst, which Merle oblidges by transporting everyone out of the castle. Flicker, Flame, and Loungelot arrive too late and are informed by a prisoner that Griddle has been taken to Merle's Cavern of Dispair and Occult Museum where she will be fed to Yogmort The Many Fanged.

The Holy Quail runs into the Cavern of Despair's back door, and Allfire and his knights run in after it while Flicker, Flame, and Loungelot take the front door (with a ticket wicket as what Loungelot sees as an insurmountable obstacle" but is not insurmountable at all, as Flicker and Flame put a coin in to get through).

As Griddle is about to be fed to Yogmort, she yells at him for interrupting her soliloquy, and he runs away crying. Merle teleports away with Geoffrey and his Evil Knights the instant before Allfire and his knights arrive, and Griddle thinks they are here to rescue her. Flicker catches the Holy Quail, and Loungelot takes the credit for it.

Back at Camelhot, Allfire and the dragon knights roast the Holy Quail and eat it.

When King Allfire, Griddle, Flicker, Princess Flame, Sir Loungelot, Sir Galahot, Sir Hotbreath, Sir Burnevere, Sir Blaze, and Cinder and Clinker are looking for hidden clues, the bully Cowsius Clay was in the back of the tree. Allfire and Griddle complain to King Don, the king of Spain, who suggests a boxing match between Loungelot and Cowsius. But Flicker says that if Count Geoffrey was sent him traveling back in time in the distant future, doing a reference to Back to the Future Part II, Loungelot insist that Flicker using a plan on the clues and hidden treasure.

Count Geoffrey gets Duke Rudolph's note, which says "This means war." In a rage, Count Geoffrey battles Duke Rudolph in the Death Star the fashion style of The Empire Strikes Back.

Flame arrives at the castle with the hag, who becomes the guest of honor and leaves with Pierre (whom she falls in love with) after returning Loungelot and Flame to their original forms, and make the newt design the rage in Paris, the cage folds the wooden wheels into the fully hover-converted cage and flies away in the air.

Voice Talent

• Edward Glen as Flicker
• Aron Tager as King Allfire
• Suzanne Coy as Merle the Wizard
• Steven Sutcliffe as Queen Griddle
• John Koensgen as:
  • Count Geoffrey
  • Evil Knight 1
• John Stocker as:
  • Sir Burnevere
  • Evil Knight 2
• Dan Hennessey as:
  • Sir Hotbreath
  • Evil Knight 3
• Richard Binsley as:
  • Sir Blaze
  • The Wandering Minstrel
• Stephanie Morgenstern as Princess Flame
• Scott Wentworth as Sir Loungelot
• Rick Waugh as:
  • Cinder and Clinker
  • Sir Galahot
• David Hemblen as Duke Rudolf
• Don Francks as Black Knight
• Jill Frappier as Mrs. Shambles
• Richard Yearwood as Cowsius Clay

Trivia

• Sir Loungelot's transformation into a newt is a reference to the line in Monty Python and the Holy Grail "She turned me into a newt! I got better."
• Several 3D models (which was done by Nick Digital) were used in the film; for the drawbridge, catapults, the wagonloads, the Star Wars trench run, and close-up shots of Castle Camelhot, Castle Threadbare, and Merle the Wizard's Cavern of Despair & Occult Museum.
  • There's also four deleted scenes on the DVD.
• A promotional poster for the movie is based on the theatrical poster of Back to the Future. On this poster, Flicker copies Marty's pose, the title "Blazing Dragons: The Movie" logo is in the style of the Back to the Future logo.
• The film has the very same sound effects from the Star Wars saga, including the gun sounds, lightsaber sounds and explosions. Plus the Evil Black Knight make breathing sounds is the same as Darth Vader's.
• The traditional hand-drawn animation of the film use a mix of the character designs from Seasons 1 and 2 of Blazing Dragons, as well as the same color scheme of the first season of Blazing Dragons.
• This film marks the first time that any Blazing Dragons media has been animated in Toon Boom Harmony.
• This movie marks the first of few several things:
  • The first Blazing Dragons production to be animated in traditional 2D hand-drawn animation using digital ink and paint.
  • The first movie to be theatrically released in theaters in the US and Canada.
  • The first movie to use the Season 1 designs from Blazing Dragons.
  • The first movie to use CGI effects.
  • The first movie to be released on DVD and VHS in widescreen and fullscreen in the Canada, US, France and UK.
  • The first VHS/DVD released by Paramount Home Entertainment.
  • The following events of the episode "A Killer Makeover" from the second season of the series is mentioned in this movie.
• This movie marks the only of few several things:**This is the only Blazing Dragons media made in hand-drawn animation.
• One of the promotional posters is a parody of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, Scary Movie, The Iron Giant, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Grease (1978), X-Men (2000 film), Titan A.E., Digimon: The Movie, the "Back to the Future" trilogy, Men in Black, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, the "Star Wars" original trilogy and The Phantom Menace.
• This is the first of every time Geoffrey says "Oh no, this could only be bad news" in the exact same tone, the same in Knights & Knightresses and Tournament Day.
• There are many references to the popular million-dollar Star Wars franchise in this movie:**The lightsabers that the characters and the Knights of the Square Table are used in the Star Wars franchise.
  • Sir Loungelot and Flicker break the fourth wall by looking directly in the camera when Loungelot says that the Death Star plans aren't in the main computer.
  • Count Geoffrey freezes Cowsius Clay with the carbonite, based on Han Solo from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
  • One shot of a laser turret in the alien-mothership firing at a few ships looks exactly like a similar scene in Star Wars.
• The movie's background music was composed by Guy Moon for The Fairly OddParents.
• A promotional poster for the movie is based on the theatrical poster of Men in Black. On this poster, Flicker and Sir Loungelot copies Agents J and K's pose, the title "Blazing Dragons: The Movie" logo is in the style of the Men in Black logo.
• The character design's style for the movie is the same as the original designs from the Blazing Dragons animated series as it was animated by Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd., Studios Animage and Le Studio Ellipse with having it mixed with The Fairly OddParents' Yeson Entertainment-styled animation.
• This is the tenth Nelvana movie produced after Rock & Rule, The Care Bears Movie, Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, Babar: The Movie, Pippi Longstocking (1997 film) and Babar: King of the Elephants and the first Blazing Dragons movie to be animated in traditional animation (which using Toon Boom Harmony).
• This is the first time Ed, Double D and Eddy make cameos in the Blazing Dragons feature film.
• This is the first VHS and DVD for a few things:
  • The first VHS to use the Paramount Home Entertainment logo on the spine and to feature the address on the back cover.
  • The first VHS to use the Paramount Home Entertainment branding on the box and tape label.
  • The first VHS to use the THX Certified logo on the front cover, the back cover and tape label.
• This is the first movie to use the 1995 Nelvana logo.
• The Wilhelm scream is heard.
• This is the first time that Johnny Bravo makes a brief cameo in the Blazing Dragons feature film.
• Nelvana and Nickelodeon Animation Studios decided to create a new animation pipeline based around customized installations of Toon Boom Harmony, a retail software solution already in use for many other 2-D productions from other studios. Character animation was done traditionally on paper and scanned into the computer system, while effects animation was input directly into Harmony using Wacom Cintiq pressure-sensitive tablet displays.

References/Scenes

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982): When Black Knight flies across the moon like Elliot and E.T. in the bicycle in the film.
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): Count Geoffrey fantasies of him and Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3 in the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors in the opening scene of this movie including the booby traps, a golden idol (The Golden Gauntlet of Galloping Gusto) and a giant rolling boulder.
• Blazing Dragons: Same characters, locations, objects, and musical accompaniment from the animated series.
• Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977): Lightsabers used; the line "I've got a bad feeling about this!"; the Death Star trench run scene is recreated.
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980): The scene when Cowsuis Clay was frozen in carbonite, like Han Solo did in Cloud City.
• Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983): The scene with Cowsuis Clay frees from carbonite-encasing, just as Han Solo did the same thing.
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999): Double-bladed lightsaber used; Naboo N-1 Starfighters and Droid fighters appear during the battle.

Cultural references

• The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Back to the Future (1985), with the hero up front (Squire Flicker, Marty McFly), holding the Dragon Code book and standing on one leg with the vehicle (Royal Carriage, DeLorean time machine), the lighting bright in the middle of the carriage and the flaming tire tracks is visible at the land of Camelhot.
• After Flicker detects King Alfire, Queen Griddle, Cinder and Clinker, the Knights of the Square Table, Count Geoffrey and his Evil Knights in a starship by an asteriod field, this is a reference to a very similar scene in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
• The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Men in Black, with the heroes up front (Squire Flicker, Agent J), and (Sir Loungelot, Agent K), wearing their sunglasses, their respective outfits and carrying a sword and a nuerlyzer.
• The scene of the spaceships battling against the Death Star is exactly the same as this scene from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977).
• The scene where Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 grabs the golden idol and outrunned by a boulder in the temple in Count Geoffrey's flashback is the opening scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
• The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Back to the Future Part II (1989), with the heroes up front (Squire Flicker, Marty McFly), holding the Dragon Code book and standing on one leg with the stone (Sir Loungelot, Dr. Emmett Brown), holding a sword, and (Excaliburn, The DeLorean time machine), the lighting bright in the middle of the stone and lightning bolts in the land of Camelhot.
• When Evil Knight #3 is about to fix the Star Wars-style carbonite-encased machine, he says "Go, Gadget, Go!", which are lyrics from the opening theme song of the 1983 cartoon Inspector Gadget (also animated by Nelvana Limited), and its 1999 live-action movie adapation by Walt Disney Pictures.
• The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Back to the Future Part III (1990), with the heroes up front (Squire Flicker, Marty McFly), holding the Dragon Code book and standing on one leg, (Sir Loungelot, Dr. Emmett Brown), holding a sword, (Hag of Giss, Clara Clayton), standing behind, (Royal Carriage, DeLorean time machine), the lighting bright in the middle of the carriage and its fire trails on the pavement.
• Count Geoffrey says "Perhaps there's more of this than meets the eye", which is a quote of the 1984 cartoon The Transformers.
• The poster for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was based on the theatrical release, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), with the hero up front (Squire Flicker, Austin Powers), holding the Dragon Code book, and (Princess Flame, Vanessa Kensington), carrying a "Damsels in Distress Union" sign.

Recycled animation

• The scene with Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 are outrunned by a giant boulder in the temple from Raiders of the Lost Ark in Count Geoffrey's flashback is the same as that from the opening sequence of Blazing Dragons.

Production

Development

• The movie was written and produced by Butch Hartman and Fred Seibert, who would later go on to create The Fairly OddParents for Nickelodeon.

Casting

• The main voice cast of Blazing Dragons reprised their roles from the animated series.

Music

• The film's score is composed by Guy Moon from The Fairly OddParents, including all of the music cues and themes. In addition to using the series' music work from Amin Bhata on the film, he also composed themes for each dragon and human characters from Blazing Dragons. Flicker's score was the major focus and he also composed themes for Princess Flame, Sir Loungelot, Sir Galahot, Sir Blaze, Sir Burnevere, Sir Hotbreath, Cinder and Clinker, King Allfire, Queen Griddle, Count Geoffrey, Evil Knights #1, 2, and 3, Merle the Wizard, Evil Spy, The Wandering Minstrel, Peasants and other characters.
• The opening theme song was composed by Pure West from the animated series Blazing Dragons.

Animation

• Like the television series, the film was produced at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California, USA, Nelvana Limited in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with Ellipse Animation in Paris, France.
• The animation for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was done by Yeson Animation Studios in Seoul, South Korea, with the former having provided the animation for Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents, with Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea, Studios Animage in Tokyo, Japan, Le Studio Ellipse in Paris, France from the Blazing Dragons cartoon series, and additional animation provided by Pixibox Studios in Paris, France, Mercury Filmworks in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd. and Jade Animation International Limited in Hong-Kong, China, Funbag Animation Studios, Crunch Recording Group Inc., and Elliott Animation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bardel Entertainment, Studio B Productions, and Atomic Cartoons in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Philippine Animation Studio Inc. in Manila, Philippines. The animation was hand-drawn on paper, which was then digitally composited and painted with digital ink and paint. The movie was the first Blazing Dragons animated film done by Toon Boom Harmony, the traditional animation software that can take character models and composite them into 2D, it helps to create limbs on characters such as, hair, head, arms, legs and body to have characters move automatically, it helps the designers and artists to give the animation a right layout. While the character animation is about the same as a normal episode from the first two seasons of the show, there are visual elements that have gotten an upgrade. The animators worked semi-digitally; pencil-drawn poses would be composited into background layouts using Adobe Photoshop. As with the television series, the storyboarding, character designs, background layout, general animation, and animatic parts of production, were both done at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in America and Nelvana Limited in Canada. The additional production facility for this movie were provided by Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. in Seoul, South Korea, Studios Animage in Tokyo, Japan, Le Studio Ellipse in Paris, France from the first season of the series, and Pixibox Studios in Paris, France, Mercury Filmworks., Animation Services Hong Kong Ltd. and Jade Animation International Limited in Hong-Kong, China, Funbag Animation Studios, Crunch Recording Group Inc., Elliott Animation, Bardel Entertainment, Studio B Productions, Atomic Cartoons and Philippine Animation Studio Inc. from the second season of Blazing Dragons, with Laboratory Services by Dome Audio Video & Effects in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, International Image, and Medallion-PFA Film & Video from the first season of Blazing Dragons.
• The digital ink and paint compositing services for the movie were provided by Nelvana Digital Paint & Compositing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• The digital ink and paint production services for the movie were provided by Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, California.

Visual Effects

• As with the series, the film combines traditional animation and used computer-generated imagery (CGI), which handled by Burbank's animation studio Nickelodeon Digital Animation Studios from The Fairly OddParents and Invader Zim. Ernest Chan, the CG artist at Nickelodeon Animation Studios used simple 3D modeling in Newtek's LightWave 3D as to determine camera locations, lens, angles, rough lighting, character, and prop placement, and which way the characters would be looking and expressing while the composition crew used Toon Boom and the background paint was done in Adobe Photoshop. The pre-visualization crew were able to use the 3D backdrops, which became more detailed throughout the film's development, to integrate the 3D character models and test the Toon Boom animations on top of these scenes using the placement established by LightWave, speeding up the production.

Sound

• The sound design work for Blazing Dragons: The Movie was done at Advantage Audio, Inc. in Burbank, California, where the sound effects are mixed with music. Like the series, Robert Duran, the sound designer and Michael Warner, the sound effects editor at Advantage Audio recorded many custom sound effects including The Fairly OddParents Cartoon Fall Sound, a Guy Moon whistle from The Fairly OddParents, a siren whistle whip from The Fairly OddParents, a finger cymbal sound, and other sound effects throughout the movie. Some effects will be cartoony, while others will sound a bit more realistic.
• Ryan Araki, Peter Branton, Craig Marshall, Scott McCronie, John Baktis, Anthony Crea, Eric Mattar-Hurlbul and Keith Traver, the supervising sound editors at Super Sonic Productions, they used the same sound effects from the Blazing Dragons animated series.