Potatoes and Dragons

2004 TV series or program

Potatoes and Dragons

Created by| Jan Van Rijsselberge
Directed by| Jean-Christophe Roger
Voices of| Danny Wells
Mark Camacho
Mark Hauser
Annie Bovaird
Carrie Finlay
John Vamvas
Theme music composer| Jeff Fisher
Composers| Roy Fabi
Jeff Fisher
Country of origin|

* Canada
* France
* India
* Luxembourg

Original languages|

* French
* English

No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 26[2] (78 segments)[1]
Production
Executive producers| Christian Davin
Clément Calvet
Louis Fournier
Marc Gabizon
Producers| Emanuelle Colin
Lesley Taylor
Ariane Payen
Editors| Stéphane Masseline
Nathalie Loriod
Running time| 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companies|

* Alphanim
* CINAR Corporation
* DQ Entertainment
* LuxAnimation
* Europool

Original release
Network| Canal J (France)
France 3 (France)
Teletoon (Canada)
Release| January 5 (2004-01-05)[1] –
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)[1]

Potatoes and Dragons is an animated series created by Jan Van Rijsselberge for Canal J, France 3 and Teletoon and produced by Alphanim and CINAR Corporation in association with DQ Entertainment, LuxAnimation and Europool.The series follows the efforts of a kingdom of potatoes led by King Hugo III to fend off the Dragon with usually unsuccessful results. It was formerly broadcast in the United States as a comedic cartoon until late September 2010 on This TV, it was also shown in the United Kingdom on ITV 1.[3]

## Plot

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The show generally begins with a new knight coming in to defeat the dragon, and after an amusing "battle" leaving either scared, running or happy.

## Characters

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* King Hugo III – King Hugo III is the king of the land of the potatoes. He is easily upset, stubborn and hates the local dragon or anyone standing in his way or stopping things from going his way, he's almost not in a good mood mostly because Dragon gives him a hard time with all his flaming whenever they meet, or if Hugo teases him and messes with his things, even when Hugo is minding his own business, and does absolutely nothing, Dragon would still flame him anyway whether he likes/deserves it or not, he mistreats everyone bossing them around so much which makes him mad, he's always getting mad at Harry and giving him a hard time whenever he fails and not do his jobs right. Voiced by Danny Wells.

* Harry – Harry is King Hugo's torturer and right hand henchman. He tends to be absentminded and often does most of his worker's dirty work.

* Knights – In every episode a new knight, who ranges from a warrior to a scientist, appears and swears to slay or snare the dragon or make it domestic in some way, generally, in return for the hand of Melody the Princess or other forms of reward. They usually end up fighting against Hugo or being chased out of the kingdom.

* Melody – Melody, the blonde-haired princess, loves the dragon, and if anything happens to him, her love with Riri will end, so she thwarts plans to kill the dragon. Almost all knights offer to marry her, in which she either falls into a trance of joy or acts disgusted. She wears a pink gown and a crown that is smoother than the King Hugo's, Dragon has never flamed her because they're friends. Voiced by Carrie Finlay.

* Riri – Riri, the hero of the series, is the court jester, who loves Melody and thwarts plans to kill Dragon, he often teases Juju which makes him mad sometimes, Dragon has once flamed him by accident except he wasn't aiming for him, he was trying to aim for King Hugo and the knight. Voiced by Mark Hauser

* Juju – Juju is a child living in the castle who helps Riri, but is easily upset and moody, he likes pulling pranks and making fun of King Hugo just for fun, he's good friends with Dragon who he always tries helping, he teams up with Melody and Riri saving Dragon's life and avoiding King Hugo's ideas on kicking him out, Dragon has once flamed him by accident and got mad at him for ruining his favorite ball, but after while, he forgives him and they both become friends again, he knows Dragon didn't mean to hurt his feelings from before, because it happens. Voiced by Annie Bovaird

* Dragon – Dragon lives peacefully in the kingdom, but because he has a hatred of crowns finds himself uncontrollably willing to flame breathe Hugo into a pile of living ashes every time they meet, even when King Hugo is minding his own business, Dragon still has the plan to flame him anyway no matter what, even for nothing, whether he likes/deserves it or not, he can't talk, his voice is only heard when he's sighing, laughing, crying, yelling, screaming, and humming, his breath is always stinky whenever he spreads it around and flames someone, he would even sometimes be stinky himself. He often sometimes has a crush on a lady dragon almost known as his girlfriend, but he most likely loves being alone, he's good friends with Melody, Juju, and Riri whom he would never flame to ashes except maybe by accident, because they're all best friends and they try helping him whenever King Hugo has a plan of getting rid of him, he can even flame through pictures, ice, and the phone. Voiced by Mark Camacho

* Merlin – Merlin is the king's loyal practitioner of magic. This wizard's spells and potions usually don't work and they end up exploding in Hugo's face. Merlin frequently helps the princess, Riri and Juju to help save the dragon. Voiced by John Vamvas.

* Roger the Talking Carrot – Roger is a carrot that advises the knight on how to defeat the dragon. He has no other use to the story other than revealing the dragon's weaknesses, and perhaps a tasty snack if he upsets the knight. Voiced by John Locke.

## Episodes

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### Season 1 (2004)

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No.
overall| No. in
season| Title| Written by

|
|
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1| 1| "Endangered Dragon"| Thomas Barichella
2| 2| "Fried Green Potatoes"| TBA
3| 3| "Elementary, My Dear Dragon"| TBA
4| 4| "Al Elf in the Hand..."| TBA
5| 5| "Hot Potato"| TBA
6| 6| "Ready Yeti?"| TBA
7| 7| "Potato Bouquet"| TBA
8| 8| "King Of The Potato Frontier"| TBA
9| 9| "Rose Party"| TBA
10| 10| "It Wasn't Me"| TBA
11| 11| "Haunted Potatoes"| TBA
12| 12| "Can't Get No Respect"| TBA
13| 13| "Lady Ravage"| TBA
14| 14| "All In The Family"| TBA
15| 15| "Mr. Croaky"| TBA
16| 16| "His Majesty, The Dragon"| TBA
17| 17| "Crazy For Sale"| TBA
18| 18| "Cool, Baby!"| TBA
19| 19| "Agent Double-O-Nothing"| TBA
20| 20| "Potatoes Alfredo"| TBA
21| 21| "G'Day Dragon"| TBA
22| 22| "Loch Ness Mess"| TBA
23| 23| "Plastic Fantastic!"| TBA
24| 24| "Some Like It... Not Too Hot"| TBA
25| 25| "The Tortures Of Romance"| TBA
26| 26| "Closed For Construction"| TBA
27| 27| "Big Mama Torture"| TBA
28| 28| "Prehistoric Story"| TBA
29| 29| "Being Stainless Isn't Painless"| TBA
30| 30| "Yodel!"| TBA
31| 31| "'Twas The Night Before Christmas"| TBA
32| 32| "Incoming Inca"| TBA
33| 33| "Summertime, And The Dragon Is Sleepy"| TBA
34| 34| "One Froggy Knight"| TBA
35| 35| "Filthy Rich!"| TBA
36| 36| "Business Scents"| TBA
37| 37| "Trap Happy"| TBA
38| 38| "Here Today, Gondola Tomorrow"| TBA
39| 39| "The Tooth, The Whole Tooth And Nothing But The Tooth"| TBA

### Season 2 (2004)

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No.
overall| No. in
season| Title| Written by

|
|
|

40| 1| "Joust Kidding"| TBA
41| 2| "Nostradumbo"| TBA
42| 3| "Deep-Sea Doodles"| TBA
43| 4| "That Was Zen, This Is Now"| TBA
44| 5| "Flea At Last!"| TBA
45| 6| "Un-Bear-Able"| TBA
46| 7| "Blue Blunder"| TBA
47| 8| "Do Not Disturb!"| TBA
48| 9| "By The Skin Of His Teeth"| TBA
49| 10| "Dragon, Fly!"| TBA
50| 11| "Robo-Flop"| TBA
51| 12| "Naughty Or Nice?"| TBA
52| 13| "Sir Lance-A-Lot"| TBA
53| 14| "The Royal Portraits"| TBA
54| 15| "The King And Aï"| TBA
55| 16| "Roughing It"| TBA
56| 17| "Mother Dearest"| TBA
57| 18| "Enough With Eternity"| TBA
58| 19| "The Curse"| TBA
59| 20| "Go Fish!"| TBA
60| 21| "Bye Bye Birdie!"| TBA
61| 22| "Dinner Is Served"| TBA
62| 23| "The Merman"| TBA
63| 24| "Ka-Boom!"| TBA
64| 25| "The Substitute Ruler"| TBA
65| 26| "Yee-hah!"| TBA
66| 27| "Be Prepared... For Dragons!"| TBA
67| 28| "Queen Cobra"| TBA
68| 29| "Far From Heaven"| TBA
69| 30| "Corrida Del Dragon"| TBA
70| 31| "En Garde!"| TBA
71| 32| "Lightning Romance"| TBA
72| 33| "The Treasure Map"| TBA
73| 34| "Sir Jekyll And Sir Hyde"| TBA
74| 35| "Wham! Bam!"| TBA
75| 36| "The Mole"| TBA
76| 37| "Moby Dragon"| TBA
77| 38| "King Of The Jungle"| TBA
78| 39| "Tie Dye Dragon"| TBA

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02.[dead link] Alt URL
2. ^ "Distribution".
3. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 325\. ISBN 9781476672939.

## External links

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* Official website
* Potatoes and Dragons at IMDb

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