The BEST episodes of Dragon Tales
Every episode of Dragon Tales ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dragon Tales!
Two Hispanic children, Max and Emmy, move into a new home. Like any young children, they're not quite happy at first about moving. Then, Emmy finds a secret drawer and inside is box containing a magical, shimmering dragon scale. Hmmm... there's some words on the box. What do they say? "I wish, I wish, with all my heart, to fly with dragons, in a land apart." The magical decorations fly around them, transporting them (and us) to Dragon Land. Brought to you by Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop), the company that brings you Sesame Street it's Dragon Tales! Join Cassie, Ord, Zak & Wheezie, Quetzal, and their human friends, Max and Emmy in two daily adventures, each separated by a musical interstitial, "Dragon Tunes." Dragon Tales has enjoyed two seasons and many years of success on PBS Kids. The show's popularity has spawned book, video, DVD and CD releases and even a live stage show. Now, the show's popularity has prompted its return. The third season is no


#3 - The Forest of Darkness
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/1999
Emmy and Max go to Dragon Land. There, they are called into the School in the Sky, along with their dragon friends. Quetzal assigns Ord a special mission. He's to find a starseed and bring it back. His friends can go with him, but he becomes scared when he gets there. He's afraid of the dark. Can his friends light the way and can Ord face his fears when the light has to be turned out?
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#4 - To Fly With Dragons
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1999
Max and Emmy (especially Max) aren't too happy about moving into their new house. Inside, there's a nice playroom and all of their toys have been brought in. Then, Max discovers a secret drawer. Inside is a box containing a dragon scale. Emmy shows Max a picture of dragon scales in her dragon book. As both hold the dragon scale, Emmy utters some words found on the box. "I wish, I wish, with all my heart, to fly with dragons, in a land apart." They arrive in Dragon Land, but have no idea where they are. They observe Ord and Cassie flying. After the introductions, they fly to Singing Springs where they meet Zak and Wheezie, who are actually two dragons, but share one body. Meanwhile, Ord's lost his baby tooth and wants to find it so that he can make a wish on it. At the end of the episode, Ord wishes that Max and Emmy can keep coming back to DTragon Land. Quetzal provides Ord with a dragon scale which he, or one of the other young dragons, can use to call Max and Emmy.
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Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/14/2005
Max, Emmy and Enrique head to Dragon Land for a game of hopscotch, where they find Ord in a very out-of-sorts mood. He doesn't even offer his usual hug and it turns out that he's upset because he can't seem to remember his numbers in Spanish that Quetzal has been teaching. Since they all know Spanish rather well, Max, Emmy and Enrique offer to help. The idea comes up that Ord can learn the numbers while they play their hopscotch game, which Enrique knows from Colombia as rayuela. Just as the game gets going, Norm the Number Gnome shows up and swipes the numbers. It turns out that he better likes the game that the dragons were playing just when our friends arrived --- Hot and Cold. He hides the numbers and Ord gets to learn how to say them in Spanish as everyone searches for them based on Norm's rhyming clues.
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#13 - Goodbye Little Caterpoozle
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/1999
Emmy helps Max to get his shoes on. They then go to Dragon Land. There, they find the dragons bouncing on mushrooms in Mushroom Meadows. Cassie's not bouncing though. She's taking care of Poozie, a pet caterpillar who can do tricks. Cassie eventually joins them in mushroom bouncing. When Cassie returns to her caterpoozle, she can't find it. Then Max finds Poozie wrapped in some white stuff. Is she dead? Her friends try to find her a new pet. Cassie's not convinced. None will ever be as good as Poozie.
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#14 - Flip Flop
Season 3 - Episode 59 - Aired 4/11/2005
While rummaging through a Cave Swap, a sort of Dragon Land garage sale, Wheezie is astounded by a nice two-headed golden statue. Zak chimes in, starting an argument with Wheezie on her junk collection. While holding on the statue, Zak and Wheezie wish they could understand how the other feels. The statue starts to glow causes them to flip flop! Zak acts like Wheezie, and Wheezie acts like Zak! The switched personalities could help each to understand each other better, assuming that they can get back to normal.
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Season 3 - Episode 57 - Aired 4/1/2005
On a strange weather day in Dragon Land, Zak and Wheezie are working on a secret project that they don't want to let anyone know about until it's finished. They keep getting ideas for new things to do and find that things turn out better when they invite their friends to help them with their project.
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#16 - Hello, Ms. Tipps
Season 3 - Episode 52 - Aired 3/29/2005
Max, Emmy and Enrique don't have school today, but they are joining the dragons at the School in the Sky. Quetzal was going to read them the story of Prince Griffin and the Golden Unicorn, about Dragon Lands' greatest hero, but it turns out that he has to leave for the day to attend a conference on the other side of Dragon Land. He leaves the class in the hands of his former student Ms. Tipps, a nymph with an always-excited-sounding voice and her own special way of doing things. At first, everyone finds it hard to get used to Ms. Tipps' changes, but Lorca especially misses Quetzal's way of doing things. Still, he finds himself enjoying some of the new things and finds his fear of Ms. Tipps' changes lessening.
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Season 3 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/21/2005
Celeste, a star, comes down to Dragon Land during the day. She enjoys being a star, but misses out on all the daytime activities, especially the rainbow which she really wants to see. Max, Emmy and our dragon friends try to help her, but find a surprising shortage of rainbows in Dragon Land. Still, they're determine not to give up and race to help Celeste before she has to return to the night sky.
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Season 3 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/16/2005
Max wants to play with Emmy and Enrique, but they're working on a whale project together for school. He hopes that a trip to the Dragon Land Carnival will change things, but he finds that once they're there, they still continue to play with each other. He continues to feel left out and even after taking some advice from Quetzal, still can't help but feel like he's unwanted. After asserting himself, having some more fun, and trying some new things, he begins to learn that he's still cared about too and that he and Emmy both have a new friend.
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#19 - Moving On
Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 3/15/2005
Max, Emmy and Enrique are called to Dragon Land for a going-away party for Cassie's big sister, Sophie. Sophie's heading off to cooking school and Cassie's really going to miss her and the times she spent together with her, learning about cooking. After Sophie leaves, her friends to help her cheer up by playing, but everything reminds her of Sophie. Then, Enrique gets a new idea of doing something that will bring Cassie closer to Sophie. Cassie tries it out, but still feels like it's not the same and, worse, a grumbly bee has taken an interest in what's happening, hoping to land some free food!
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Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/20/1999
Max and Emmy are dressed warmly, as Quetzal is taking them to Snowy Summit. Max wants to bring along a lot of toys, but Emmy explains that you don't need toys to have fun in the snow. When they get to Dragon Land, Quetzal enjoys a short reminisce about playing at Snowy Summit. Emmy wants to know where Cassie is and Quetzal explains that she's getting over a cold. Emmy styas behind to keep Cassie company and Quetzal takes Max and Ord to Snowy Summit. When Ord finds a log that looks like a sled, they forget Quetzal's advice to stay together. It's not long before they're lost. At first, they're not too worried, but when they can't find Quetzal (who's looking for them), they become more concerned. Can they work together to find Quetzal?
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#21 - To Kingdom Come
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/1999
Emmy and Max are going to a beach party in Dragon Land. when they get there, Max is willing to let Ord try on his hat, but Ord won't share his dragonberry cupcake. When Ord finds a shell and wishes for a hat like Max's, it magically appears on his head. Cassie explains that he's found a wish shell. Everyone wants to use it, but Ord has no interest in sharing. When Ord wishes to be someplace where he would never have to share the shell with anyone, he disappears. Max wonders if he's gone invisible, but he in fact wished himself to Kingdom Come. There he meets Monsieur Marmadune, who tells him that Kingdom Come is the happiest place a dragon could ever be, but you can only come to Kingdom Come. Ord soon begins to wish that his friends were there. And thanks to the wish shell, there they are! But the wish shell only allow three wishes. Can they work together and can Ord finally learn to share in order to escape?
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#22 - Ord's Unhappy Birthday
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/1999
Emmy and Max are preparing presents for Ord. We see Max is still having a bit of trouble tying knots. Max's finger ends up getting tied to his present. When they reach Dragon Land and see Ord, he's eager to tell them about his birthday, but they're very skiddish and tell him that they're going to a picnic with Cassie. As his friends continue to avoid him, Ord begins to wonder if they don't like him anymore.
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#23 - Tails You Lose
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/1999
Max is trying to amuse Emmy with an imitation of Ord, but she's not interested. She's upset because she lost a soccer game. She declares that she's never playing again. She goes with Max to Dragon Land and finds that Zak and Wheezie are conducting a game called "Freeze Dance." At first, she wants to play, but when she ends up losing, and is told to stand aside with a "Yer' out!" she becomes indignant and declares that she's going back home. But is winning all that matters?
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Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/18/1999
Ord kept Zak, Wheezie, and Cassie up all night because of a nightmare, leaving them extremely tired. But Ord is afraid to go back to sleep because of the nightmare he had, which he thinks he'll have again. Can Max, Emmy, and the rest of the dragons help him?
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#25 - Knot a Problem
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/1999
Emmy loves new shoes, but Max thinks getting a balloon is better. One of the dragons calls them to Dragon Land. They go and we observe Ord holding the dragon scale. (unusual) Ord's called them because this is the one day a year that the magical merry-go-round comes to Dragon Land. They can't ride yet though because the youngest pony, Whinni, has wandered off. They have to find her before the merry-go-round leaves. Quetzal comes to help and they pick partners. Quetzal's brought rope so they can lead the pony back when they find it. But Max can't tie a knot! Can he learn this essential skill and help them find the pony?
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