The WORST episodes of Dragon Tales
Every episode of Dragon Tales ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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
#1 - Hide and Can't Seek
Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/11/2001
Ord is not good at hide-and-seek and find himself not enjoying the Doodle Fairys' game of it. Some tips from his friends help him to make his first find and he comes to enjoy the game.
#2 - Out With the Garbage
Season 1 - Episode 73 - Aired 4/25/2000
Zak has a big surprise for Wheezie, but to his own surprise, she does not lovvvvvvve it! It turns out that he cleaned up her side of the room, but now she says the "junk" he threw out was her "treasure." This means its time for a trip to the Dragon Land dump to get them back.
#3 - Bully For You
Season 1 - Episode 75 - Aired 4/26/2000
Quetzal introduces the gang to a new dragon named Spike, who turns out to be something of a bully. When he's partnered on a dragonberry picking expedition with Cassie, he chooses her as a target. Is he really such a mean guy, though, or is something troubling him?
#4 - To Do or Not To Do
Season 1 - Episode 77 - Aired 4/27/2000
Cassie, the dragons, Emmy and Max have been playing an ill-advised ball game in a grove of trees. Cassie didn't want to play there becuas they could lose ball. It does indeed get lost, in the belly of a beast called a Dragonocerous. Pretty soon, everyone else except Cassie is stuck inside too. She has a great idea for getting them out, but finds herself giving in to trying everyone else's solutions for the problem.
#5 - Don't Bug Me
Season 1 - Episode 79 - Aired 4/28/2000
Everybody in the gang is impressed with Quetzal's amazing butterfly collection. From what they can tell, he has one of every kind of butterfly in Dragon Land. As it turns out, though, he's missing one, a very elusive type of butterfly called the "Flutterby." Finding it will complete his collection. They notice how displeased he is about not having it, and decide to go and look for it themselves. But Ord's not happy about it because they're likely to encounter bugs, which he's afraid of. When Max later tries to scare Ord with his rubber spider, Ord becomes very upset. Max doesn't understand at first, as he's not scared of anything, except snakes--- and well, that's different, isn't it? Can Max make up with him and get his aid in finding the Flutterby?
#6 - The Serpent's Trail
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 9/5/2001
Max and Emmy have a brand-new detective kit and they're eager to show it the dragons. Once in Dragon Land, they find a real mystery --- Cyrus the serpent is swiping dragongull eggs. They have to use not only their kit but their wits as well to solve this mystery.
#7 - Sticky Situations
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/6/2001
Max is assigned to guard a fence holding some animals, but neglects in his duties, letting a baby pig out. Max decides to join the search for the pig and finds that it's a lot like him.
#8 - Teasing is Not Pleasing
Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 9/7/2001
Emmy, Max and the dragons are playing Dragonbasketball game across the team from the School on the Lake. This team has a lot of bullies and they try to make star player Emmy lose her confidence by teasing her.
#9 - On Thin Ice
Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 9/10/2001
Everyone's invited to Willie the Snow Seal's birthday. It's like a typical birthday party, but one of the required activities is ice skating, which Zak and Wheezie have never done before. The gang gives them both pointers how to do it, until finally they're skating together with style.
#10 - Ord Sees the Light
Season 1 - Episode 71 - Aired 4/24/2000
Max has found his frog friend, Hoppy, and enjoys a reunion, but Hoppy hops away. Now, Max and our other friends must search for him in a dark cave, but Ord is still scared of caves.
#11 - So Long Solo
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 9/12/2001
Zak and Wheezie are practicing for a talent show. Zak needs a Jugglebug for his act, but Wheezie's practice with her trumpet keeps scaring it away. At first, they try using the Alone Cone to get some peace from each other, before finally working together and coming up with a new use for it.
#12 - Sneezy Does It
Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 9/13/2001
Max, Emmy and the dragons are out for some kite flying. Unfortunately, the wind in Dragon Land seems to have died down completely. It turns out the Big Whistling Wind has caught a cold, so the gang all helps him to feel better.
#13 - Just For Laughs
Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/14/2001
Cassie, Emmy and the dragons team to find eggs in a special Dragon Land ""Custard Egg Hunt."" They have fun searching for the eggs, but have their hands full watching Cassie's sisters Kiki and Finn.
#14 - Make No Mistake
Season 2 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/17/2002
Max has a clapping CD and he's playing it obsessively. He's playing it in anticipation of the applause he'll get after performing the lead role at the School in the Sky play. Emmy gets tired of it and turns it off. She says it's time to go to Dragon Land. They get there, where Quetzal is having them do a rehearsal for the play, entitled Paint Your Dragon. Max overhears Wheezie correcting a mistake Zak made in one of his lines and gets nervous. What if he makes a similar mistake? He'll be embarrassed in front of a whole, huge audience. Cassie tells him that it's okay to make a mistake during rehearsal, it's only practice for the real thing and it lets you know what you need to work on. Max, however, gets afraid and vows not to make any mistakes during rehearsal. He makes one anyway and freezes up. When it's time for the next act, Cassie finds him hiding backstage. And then, when it's time for the play, Max is nowhere to be found. The gang searches and searches and finally finds Max atop Mama Mia Portabello, a giant mushroom with an Italian accent. Max explains his fear of making a mistake. Everybody tries to help him. They say that everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Ord says that he makes a lot of mistakes, sometimes they can even be funny. Mama Mia chimes in too - she has a cousin who's a famous movie star and he's always "makin' a mistakes." They manage to convince Max to give the play a chance. At the stage, Cassie points out a mistake to Quetzal. She notices that the mountains in the backdrop are red, aren't they supposed to be the Blue Rock Mountains? Quetzal says that Cassie is right, his mistake, so now they're the Red Rock Mountains! This has a big impact on Max --- Quetzal made a mistake. He goes ahead with the play and ends up making a mistake anyway. He's worried at first, but then Ord makes an even bigger and goofier mistake. Nobody notices and Max realizes that making mistakes isn't something to fear. Back home, Max turns back on his clapping CD. Emmy he
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#15 - Room For Change
Season 2 - Episode 43 - Aired 9/24/2002
Emmy and Max are playing with toy cars and trucks. Emmy's car breaks down, so Max offers the services of his tow truck. Then, the dragon scale glows, they're being called to Dragon Land. In Dragon Land, they materialize outside Cassie's cave. Ord comes for them, they need to come in because something bad is happening to Cassie. Inside, Cassie tells them the bad news. Her family is about to hatch a couple more eggs and she has to move out of her current room and into a new bigger room, so that the babies can have her current room. Cassie doesn't want to move. She likes her current room. Everybody agrees to help out. They go to check out her new room. It's large and dark. Well, it's dark at first, but that's before they open the blinds and turn on the friendly looking light. Cassie's still worried about it and then they realize that it would look a lot more familiar if all of her stuff was in there. They bring in her bed, her stuffed animals, her books and everything else that she's used to and she admits that it's not quite so bad anymore. She still misses her old room, but is getting comfortable enough with the new room to try and find a place for some of her last remaining books in the new room. Doing this, she finds a door, which, upon opening, she finds leads to a secret room. She decides to make this into a special place to read to her younger brothers and sisters and starts to read "Little Red Riding Hood" to Kiki and Finn. Ord, however, keeps interrupting, talking about what it's like to go to his grandmother's and so Cassie decides to let Ord talk about that instead, since Kiki and Finn have heard "Little Red Riding Hood" a thousand times. Max and Emmy go home, where Max starts searching around. He's searching around for secret rooms, which Emmy thinks is silly, until Max calls out, apparently having discovered something in the living room.
#16 - The Grudge Won't Budge
Season 2 - Episode 45 - Aired 10/1/2002
Max is looking for some cold fun. However, there's none to be had outside the playroom. That's not a problem, the dragons are all going to Dragon Ice Park, so Emmy and Max go to Dragon Land to join in the fun. There, they find that Zak is upset with Wheezie. It seems that she was being careless and ended up breaking his prized snoot flute. Emmy doesn't understand why Zak's still upset with Wheezie. Didn't Wheezie apologize? She did, but Zak's still angry. She never should have been messing with it in the first place. Zak doesn't seem to be in the mood to forgive Wheezie, so the matter is dropped for the time being and everybody heads to the Ice Park. On the way there, Zak and Wheezie have some trouble with their flight. Wheezie thinks Zak's playing some sort of game, but Zak denies doing anything. Everybody else arrives ahead of Zak and Wheezie at the Ice Park, where they see an odd and disturbing sight: the frozen form of Quetzal. They're worried that something bad happened to Quetzal, but then he steps out from behind. The ice block isn't Quetzal after all, it's just a sculpture. Quetzal calls it "Self-Portrait." Well, he did, until Wheezie and Zak come crashing into it, causing it to fracture and then crumble. They still don't know what the problem is, but Quetzal does. He sees that Zak is holding a Grudge. The Grudge comes out from hiding behind his head. Quetzal tells him that the only way he can get rid of it is to talk things out. The Grudge blows Quetzal off, he wants to know who Zak is going to listen to: Quetzal, or his own feelings? Quetzal goes off, saying that he hopes Zak decides to get rid of the grudge soon and noting that he'll have to work on a new sculpture: "Self-Portrait #2." Everybody decides to have a fun on the ice, but the Grudge continues to weigh Zak and Wheezie down, making it difficult for them to skate. (Although none of the dragons have any skates on.) The gang all tries to pull the Grudge off, but that doesn't work. It would seem that
#17 - Puzzlewood
Season 2 - Episode 47 - Aired 10/8/2002
Max and Emmy are at home working on a cow puzzle in their playroom. Max is having a hard time finding a particular piece and wants to give up and play with something different. Emmy begins to encourage him to keep trying, but then the dragon scale glows, calling them to Dragon Land. They drop the cow puzzle without further comment and head off. In Dragon Land, they find themselves in a forest called Puzzlewood. It turns out that it's the dragons' first time playing there, but they got lost and now they don't know how to get out. They can't fly because there's large branches blocking the way. It's suggested that they see if they can find anybody who lives in the forest who they might be able to ask how to get out. They find a dragon fairy and ask her. She explains that there are three doors and they have to solve the doors' puzzles. She leads them in the direction of the first door. The first door has the face and voice of an old lady and she asks them to find a flower that has five petals and three leaves. They go flower-hunting, at first bringing back a flower that has five petals and five leaves and one with three petals and three leaves. Neither of these were what the door asked for, so this time they try to remember that there's a three and a five. They find the flower and use it (a Rosy Posy) to successfully open the door. They soon come upon the second door, who's a guy with a glasses. He wants them to find his favorite rock, which has two green stripes and green spots. Once again, they at first bring him rocks that don't match his description. Then Cassie draws a picture of the rock in question and by using the picture, they're able to find a rock that matches. They head for the third door with a old guy, but with a funny voice. He has a favorite mask and directs them to Ms. Tree, a tree on which masks grow. She has a picture of his favorite mask. She shows it to them and they search and finally find one that they believe matches. They take it back to the doo
#18 - Let's Dance
Season 2 - Episode 48 - Aired 10/8/2002
Max and Emmy's Mom is baking cookies. Max and Emmy love cookies, but they know they have to wait until they're finished baking before they can eat them. They decide to do something fun to pass the time - head for Dragon Land. There, the dragons are playing with peekaboo flowers - flowers that will play peekaboo with you. Wheezie scares them with her loudness, but Cassie manages to get them to play by being quiet. The dragons invite Max and Emmy to play, but then in the flower patch they see one of the peekaboo flowers walking. Ord didn't know they could walk. It turns out that this peekaboo flower is attached to the hat of Greta the Gremlin. She's carrying three magic boxes and explains that they each contain a surprise inside. She offers to show them to Max, Emmy and the dragons, but then a strong wind gust blows her wait away. Everyone goes chasing after it, except for Zak and Wheezie, who Greta asks to hold the boxes. She heads off after her hat, leaving Zak and Wheezie there by themselves. Wheezie's fascinated by the boxes and is soon after them, trying to open them. She nearly gets into one, but Zak pulls them away from her and then suggests a game to pass the time - making up a story. This works for a while, but then Wheezie incorporates the boxes into her story and grabs for the first box sooner than Zak can stop her. She opens it. It's a music box and it causes her and Zak to start dancing. Wheezie enjoys this at first, but Zak doesn't. They soon realize that as long as the music is going, they can't stop dancing. They try to close the music box, but it's stuck open. They head for the School in the Sky to get Quetzal's help, but he's inside, on the second floor and thinks that they're just waving to him. Finally, the music slows down and stops and they're able to close the box. Pretty soon, however, Wheezie wants to find out what's inside the other boxes. Zak hides them out of her site and they play a game of Juggle Ball to pass the time. Then Wheezie loses
#19 - Bad Share Day
Season 1 - Episode 69 - Aired 4/21/2000
Max wants to try playing Emmy's keyboard, but Emmy won't share. Max whines to Mom, who suggests Max do something else. Max grabs the dragon scale and starts to say the rhyme to go to Dragon Land and Emmy cries, "Wait for me!" They both go. When they get there, it seems that no one has anything to play with, until Cassie arrives and pulls out her crayon. No one's impressed until they learn that it's a "magic crayon," which can change to any color you want. Also, anything drawn with it comes to life. Everybody wants to use it, but Cassie needs it to make a Get Well Card for her Mom. How can she tell her friends that she needs it, without upsetting them? And when the crayon starts getting disgusted with what everyone's drawing with it, how can she stop it from drawing stuff to impress her so that she can make her card?
#20 - Up, Up and Away
Season 1 - Episode 67 - Aired 4/20/2000
Max and Emmy join the dragons in a game of "Pop the Bubble." It's great until Ord breaks the bucket. While Zak, Wheezie, Cassie and Emmy go to get a new bucket, Ord and Max stay behind and decide to blow bubbles using the nearby pond instead. There's lots of bubbles, but a bit too many and one gets so big that it forms around Ord and won't be popped! Nothing seems to do the trick and even Quetzal's big storybook doesn't have any answers. Max, Emmy and the dragon must observe things happening in the world around them for an inspiration to a possible solution.
#21 - Small Time
Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 4/19/2000
Max is practicing to drive the bumpercars at Funland. He and Emmy are going on Saturday. Emmy's not sure if he'll be tall enough to drive the bumpercars, which annoys Max, who's forever lamenting the problem of being too small to do stuff. In the meantime, the dragons are calling. Yet when Max and Emmy arrive at Dragon Land, no one's around. They figure the dragons are on their way and practice playing kickball. After kicking the ball into a patch of flowers, both accidentally touch shrinking violets, causing them to shrink down to the of bugs. How can they get the dragons to find them and keep from getting stepped in the process? Time for a little help from every Dragon Tales viewer's favorite non-speaking guest star- the doodle fairy!
#22 - Rope Trick
Season 1 - Episode 63 - Aired 4/18/2000
Jump-roping can be fun, but not when the rope takes on a life of its own. This happens to Zak and Wheezie when they accidentally spill a bottle of potion of Quetzal's, and now they need Emmy's help to jump just right to make the rope become still again. But they don't know how to jump rope!
#23 - Follow the Leader
Season 1 - Episode 61 - Aired 4/17/2000
A squirrel appears at the window of Max and Emmy's playroom and both make the same comment on it at the same time. Emmy declares that Max is jinxed, and he can't talk until someone says his name, so Max has a clever idea. He grabs the dragon scale and has Emmy grab on and recite the rhyme to go to Dragon Land. Of course, when they get there, their presence is immediately announced by name. They decide to play a game and end up going with Emmy's choice of "Follow the Leader." Emmy's game is difficult for Max though and though the Dragon friends try to get Emmy to make things easier (after all, easier rhymes with "Wheezier"), she won't, saying that it won't be any fun if it's easy. Then, Emmy is kidnapped by Pooky the Troll from Towering Troll Village, who tries to make Emmy her playdoll. Pretty soon, Pooky wants to play "Follow the Leader," and Emmy finds herself uttering the familiar lament that it's "too hard."
#24 - My Emmy or Bust
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 1/28/2000
Max finds himself in a real situation when he's summoned to Dragon Land while Emmy is off at the store. He reluctantly goes, even though he misses Emmy. In Dragon Land, Max helps Ord, Zak, and Wheezie with an underwater mission. At the same time, his dragon friends try to help him deal with how he misses Emmy.
#25 - Zak Takes a Dive
Season 1 - Episode 57 - Aired 1/27/2000
The gang's having a fun time swimming at Dragon Land lake, but Zak doesn't know how to swim. Can a new friend help teach him how to swim?