There a number of quirky and possibly amusing things about Dragon Booster. It might be fun to have a thread to point them out and talk about them. So let's talk about all the quirky things we've seen in the show. This includes quirks in the character designs, character behaviors, life in Dragon City and so on. Here are a couple to get things started:

How Does Beau Eat?

Beau has a chin that puts Jay Leno to shame. In fact, it's so prominent that I don't see how he manages to get food in his mouth. Sure, if Artha is there to hand feed him, then no problem. But what if he has to eat something off the ground or out of a trough? His chin would stop him before he could get his mouth around the food. At that feed station we see in "Three Times a Hero" where Kitt buys Wyldfyr a meal, the trough Wyldfyr eats out of isn't anywhere deep enough for Beau since his chin would hit the bottom of it before the food got near his mouth. Jay Leno can use a fork, but what does Beau do? I suppose he could lie down and turn his head side ways and pick up the food with the side of his mouth if it's on the ground, but how would he eat out of a trough? It would have to be one really deep trough. Or maybe they have overhead dispensers for dragons like Beau. But then again, we're never shown any other dragons with huge chins so it doesn't seem to be something they generally have to accommodate for. Or would Beau simply mag-lift the food into his mouth? Would that work when he wants a drink of water? Does Artha's blocking staff double as a drinking straw for Beau? :D Beau's chin gives him a nice and distinctive profile, but it would seem evolution wouldn't allow it.

How Does Beau See Where He's Going?

Beau's eyes are pretty much on the side of his head. When the camera is directly in front of him shooting him head on, you pretty much can't see his eyes. This means Beau can't see what's directly in front of him. It seems like having a blind spot directly in front would be a bit of problem if he was running at 200 MPH as far as not running into things. It also means he'd have lousy depth perception and he should have a hard time aiming mag bursts and making accurate jumps. Having his eyes on the side of his head gives him a nice profile, but you'd think the poor guy would be bumping into things all the time. :)


There are other funny things like this, like how does Mortis blow his nose with that mask on and what happens when he sneezes? See how many funny quirky things you can find and share them here.

Beau's eyes remind me of birds' eyes. Some birds that do not need to hunt have monocular vision. This means that their eyes are located on the sides of their heads. Because of this, only one eye at a time can focus on an object. So if you've ever observed a robin look for a worm, it takes a few steps, then tilts its head to the side, so that one eye can focus on the grass and hidden worms. I don't know if Beau tilts his head to look at things, though. He seems to have special muscles, which probably allow him to bulge out his eyeballs and look at things ahead.
:huh:

Why Does Captain Faiar Have Pink Hair? (This is under the assumption that that's the pink-haired guy's name and I can't verify since neither Google nor the official website have pictures of him <_< )

Seriously, why does he? I can understand it may be for the variety of hair styles and colors, but putting pink hair on a respected figure of authority seemed an awfully outlandish choice the creators had decided on. Maybe if Faiar was a woman, it'd be suited much better, but then it'd be seen as stereotypical on the creators' part. The most plausible reason I can think of is that maybe they wanted a man who wasn't afraid of showing his true "colors". :huh:

Whose Face Is On That Ad?

I saw it briefly on that Long trailer from the official website. It looked similar to Kitt, only with black hair and more makeup to beautify her face. Possible future character or a celebrity we'll never see beyond the ravages of advertsiements? ;)

Well, that's all I can think of. Oh yeah, one last thought: what would happen if Word Paynn's left hand was in a cast and he had nothing to pick his nose with but his claws? :D

As my brother saids "It takes a real man to wear pink!" not...

Has anyone noteist that all the dragon priests look alike?

They really do! How can they tell themselfs apart?

priest1: hey bob

priest2: no i'm john

-5 min later-

priest1: hey bob

Mortis: No i'm Mortis

priest2: hey daxter

Mortis: -.-;;

Maybe he thinks the pink hair will distract people and they won't notice how bald he is. :D

Here's a link to a picture of Cmdr. Faier if anyone wants to see him.

And how come Word hasn't poked his eyes out with those things by now? :) You'd expect him to at least have a few cuts on his face. Or maybe Word just doesn't like shaking hands and wears the claws as a deterrent to others.

We've actually seen him do this in "Lost Track of Doom." At the end when Propheci falls and is hanging on below the ledge, Beau and Artha come to the edge to look down and Beau has his head sideways and titled in order to look down with one eye. But I think this is pretty rare. I think the animators try to avoid having him looking at things this way. They generally have him looking straight on at things the way a predator naturally would.

Also, have you ever noticed when a dragon turns an eye to look back at their rider? It looks fine from the profile, but when a dragon does that, which way is the other eye moving? Does it move back as well, sort of a reverse cross eye? Or does it move forward and look out into the space ahead? :blink:

Creatures with eyes on the side of their heads generate some odd situations, don't they.

Yeah, it really is awkward!

Could be. I'm surprised Phistus hasn't done the same. :lol:

What Do They Teach At Lance's School?

Looking at the descriptions on the many sections of Dragon City, you'd think there'd be plenty of jobs to go around with. I probably missed the episode when Spratt appears and is explained that there's actually a school amidst all the racing and the adventuring, but I'm really curious on what they teach the children there in post-war (or pre-war) days. Maybe some courses on mag-technology and dragon physiology for dragon breeders? ;)

Where Does Word Keep Abandon?

He's an awfully huge dragon, so I wonder if Word has a big enough stable to keep him and provide all his needs (that's hoping Word does take responsibility for his own dragon and not being his villainy self at the time). :blink:

And it's a good thing Word is rich, since I don't think anyone else could afford to feed a dragon as big as Abandonn. I mean, he must eat like a truck load of food per day. :rolleyes:

I'm not sure where Word would keep him either. Abandonn looks too big for most of the Dragon City roadways we see. I wonder if Word's citadel goes all the way down to the ground. If so, it would make sense for Abandonn to live somewhere in the lower levels.

And speaking of school, when do these guys ever go to school? :D They race so much during the day that they don't seem to have time, unless the races held on weekends and we just don't see their regular weekday life.

Let's see, what would they teach in school in addition to the usual reading, writing, math, history and what not. I would imagine dragon riding, dragon care and feeding, gear operation and routine maintenance would be in there somewhere. Given how integral dragons are to their society, they would probably learn a lot of that at home, but the school work could put a finer point on it and give them a chance to specialize in areas that interest them. Physical education classes would probably include mag-jumping at some point and perhaps simpler and safer dragon race games for younger kids working up to faster and rougher races for the older ones.

Here's another quirk for the list:


Why Does Moordryd Wear a Corset?

Is Moordryd so obsessed with his Barbie doll collection that he wants to have a Barbie doll waist line himself? :lol: And how does he breath with that thing on so tight? His diaphragm must be so compressed that I don't see how he manages to take a breath. Most people in Dragon City seem to have narrow waists (except Phistus and the race marshall, of course), but Moordryd is off the deep end. At the very least, he seems to have anorexia since we've never seen him eat anything. :)

What about all the dragon poop? Why aren't the streets full of dragon bum bombs? We haven't seen any city crews cleaning the streets. Perhaps it's a sought after commodity that people use for fuel. ( think bile gas ). As soon as a rider "releases the dragon", people scurry out and collect it.

This is off topic but.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH FROST!

OT: Thank you. :)

Either that, or there's a really strictly enforced pooper scooper law.

Why Doesn't Artha Fix His Dad's Burnt Uniform?

You'd think he would like racing enough to care about his appearance; he might get a repuation for having the dirtiest uniform or something like that. There might be a tailor who could get rid of those burn marks from the very first episodes, when it used to be so white and sparkly clean. If I were him, I'd fix it so I wouldn't have to be reminded how my house got burned down and left my brother alone so he would give me a memento of my father whom I never saw again for numerous episodes, or least have the decency to wash it and maybe paint it white so it doesn't look like it's been in an explosion. <_<

And another thing, just how did the uniform end up in Lance's hands when he was hiding? Did it just magically fly over to him in the midst of the explosion and all? :blink: Also, did anyone notice the big timbers falling onto the door that trapped the Penn brothers? The angles that they fell from made it look like they were the support beams for the second floor, which miraculously hasn't fallen on the brothers.

Could Beau Change Into Other Colors As Well?

Watching the first episode a few times, it seemed like Beau could use other colors as well, though we don't see him doing that since the first episode. Personally, I'd like to see him in green/yellow or purple/orange. ;) Or maybe the animators want him to be the basic red/blue that many kids associate with.

Yes! At the very least, you'd think Artha could take it to the dry cleaners. :D

And in particular, he doesn't seem to be able to change back to black and gold until Artha pulls the amulet out. It seems odd that he could change to blue and red by will alone yet can't change back without Artha.

At least Beau picked a color scheme that goes nicely with Artha's clothes. Other colors might tend to clash. :rolleyes:

Exactly how many different functions do those trigger buttons have?

Ever notice how those trigger buttons on the hand grips of the saddles seem to do just about everything? From deploying the aero gear to activating the com-link to firing the thrusters to launching the repel gear to mag'ing gear to triggering a mag burst, you name it and the trigger button will do it. :D I guess there must be separate selector control somewhere that we never see that selects the function the trigger button will then activate (so the trigger button is then like clicking the mouse). But since we never see the characters setting the selector, I think it's kind of humorous how versatile those two trigger buttons appear to be.

The only thing that I found wrong in Dragon Booster so far is a Grammatical Error. In 'Three Times A Hero', Kitt says, ". . . Three Dragon Boosters and not a single plan BETWEEN you,". Between is only used when speaking of two persons, objects or places. Among should be used in this sentence, since Kitt is speaking of more than two persons.

I somehow doubt that Kitt was top of her English class.

Certain characters can get away with things like that in dialogue. Very astute of you to notice, though. :)

Doesn't Anyone Ever Change Their Clothes?

This, of course, is standard procedure in any cartoon world, but I still think it's funny. So is it a style of the times that each person picks one look for themselves and has a closet full of identical outfits, or are their clothes made from a high tech synthetic that is so durable and repels all dirt and is so breathable that perspiration odor doesn't build up either so that there's no compelling need to change clothes? :) Have you noticed that the characters sleep in their clothes as well? Does Mortis sleep with his mask on? ^_^ Seems like his get up would be particularly uncomfortable to sleep in. Does he ever take his mask off? How does he shave in the morning? :D

There are no plants anywhere!

Have you noticed the complete lack of vegetation in the Dragon Booster world? None in the city, none in the homes, none in any of the old ruins and none in the wasteland area. The closest thing is the Japanese-like garden outside the Penn residence, but all the trees and plants shown there look intentionally artificial. In particular, they're all flat and odd non-green colors as if they're meant to be stylized objects of art. I would imagine this was done to give the environment that sterile futuristic look, but when you start to notice it, it's kind of odd looking. There must be plants growing somewhere though. It's hard to imagine a functioning food chain without plant life. Curious.

The plant life is in Work Town, that is where huge hydroponics farms supply food for the upper city through a vast system of elevators and access shafts. They grow the food by mirrors for there is no sun light in that dark place...

Good point. I forgot about that. (It was some time ago that I read the city level descriptions on the official web site.) It's still a bit unusual that no one in the upper city levels seems to like decorative use of live plants. Though I suppose this could just be a style of the times kind of thing.

The only instance I know of is when Artha changed from his casual clothes in "The Choosing Part 1" to his racing clothes in "The Choosing Part 2". Otherwise, everyone seems to prefer wearing their racing uniforms, unless all their clothes happen to be copies of their racing clothes. :lol:

Will There Be Explicit Dragon Romance/Where are Connor's Breeding Dragons?

Seriously, if humans like Artha and Kitt can fall in love, why can't it be the same for dragons? If they don't fall in love, then what else could explain, um, the younger dragons being there like Fracshun? Come to think of it, why have we never seen Beau's parents? Could it be possible they were released after Beau or could something more tragic have occured? It would seem that Fracshun could have come from Connor's breeding dragons, and his parents may possibly share the fate with Beau's, whatever it may be.

Back to the first question, it would be interesting if there was a feminine-looking dragon introduced and Beau would go ga-ga over her, like Artha over Kitt.

It'd be difficult to breed a certain line of dragons if the perfect pair of breeding dragons fell in love with less desireable bloodlines, but they are supposed to be senitent and intelligent. If dragons are equal to humans, then you'd think that they would fall in love.

A love interest for Beau would certainly be interesting, and if Wyldfyr was revealed as a female, it could possibly even paralell the whole Artha/Kitt relationship.

Where are the OTHER animals?

Dogs, cats, birds, rats . . . Are dragons and humans the only life-forms in Dragon City? The world?

Yeah, I don't think we see Artha without his racing jacket on after episode 1. Moordryd, on the other hand, takes his jacket off routinely. The only other clothing change I can think of is in "Three Times the Hero" where Parm and Lance dress up as Artha/Dragon Booster. I guess all the characters have a closet full of identical outfits. :) Speaking of which, did anyone see the Jimmy Neutron movie? They used the identical clothes gag in the movie: Jimmy opens his closet and there's full rack of identical shirts and full rack of identical pants. :) (By the way, the Jimmy Neutron movie is much better than the TV series. Another all CGI show. Worth renting if you haven't seen it.)

I semi watched it when I was babysitting once. Don't really remember it much, I'll have to borrow it.

They certainly haven't shown us any other animals so far. There were those tiny draconium eating critters in episode 2 which looked dragon-like in appearance (just small) and there was the Muhorta which was described as a type of dragon. So there are humans and wide variety of dragons. Makes you wonder what they feed the dragons. :) With those huge canine teeth they obviously evolved as meat eating predators. Perhaps they have ranches somewhere outside of the city supplying the food and have enough technology at hand to keep vermin like rats out of the city. Of course, it's also possible that they instead process vegetable protein and flavor it to make it palatable to the dragons. That might be what the meal we saw Wyldfyr eating at the beginning of "Three Times a Hero" consisted of. At least, I assume that was a meal and not just water. I wouldn't think Kitt would have to slide her credit card just to get water for her dragon. It looked to be a liquid, so I've been assuming it was a high energy protein shake kind of thing. Feeding dragons liquid food would be practical and efficient too, since it could simply be piped to the feed stations throughout the city which would eliminate both the need to deliver food by truck and the need to have storage at each station. And since it seems everyone is associated with a dragon, perhaps they don't feel the need to have pets which might explain the lack of dogs and cats. Though that doesn't explain the lack of birds (unless they just don't like birds in their city and use technology to keep them out?)

Oh, I just remembered: whenever anyone falls in the trash, we see banana peels and fish bones. So minimally, there's fish around and it's at least part of the human diet.

Yes, that's true; I recall seeing that in Episode when Moordryd fell into a trash bin after being ejected. But then, again maybe that was just a common cartoon gag where it's essential to have someone fall in the trash and come out with banana peels and fish bones.

Just for the record, who knows how many characters (and how many times) were thrown (or went) into some receptacle? I know only two who went in once so far: Lance and Moordryd from the 1st and 2nd episode respectively.

Which brings up another question:

Why Does Morrdryd Get More Screentime Than Decepshun?

I know it's not an important tidbit, but it pricks at me at times: it seems like an awful lot of trouble just to get Moordryd away from Decepshun and use him as a gag of sorts, particularly in Episode 2 when he flies into the distance after the flash bomb goes off. To me, it doesn't seem like the bomb actually made him go fly anime-style: he had cried out about ejecting earlier, though the coincidental timing of the bomb and the ejecting seemed too convenient. If it were really the bomb, why didn't comatose Decepshun fly off as well, hmm? And if it were really ejecting, wouldn't Decepshun be slightly away from the explosion due to the repulsion from Moordryd's ejecting (it's the law of reactions: every action must have an equal and opposite reaction)?

Also I wonder why Decepshun and Coershun weren't helping out the Dragon Eye Crew in "Three Times A Hero". They would have surely made better bodyguards than just the humans, though it would probably ruin the whole comedy effect.

I'm sure that's part of it (or perhaps all of it). I think banana peels and fish bones are probably internationally recognized symbols of smelly garbage and get used for that reason. But technically, if it appears on screen during the show, it's canon. ;)

I can think one more in addition to those two: in "Horn of Libris" when Kitt and Artha jump over the wall of the Dragon Eye compound, Artha ends up in a trash can with banana peels and fish bones. Fish and bananas must be really popular in Dragon City. :D

Yeah, it's not exactly clear. Those things aren't really bombs. They call them disrupter flashes and they're supposed to only put out a blindly flash of light to temporarily stun your opponent, though they seem to output smoke as well. (Bombs, guns and knives are pretty much taboo in kids TV these days.) So even though it went off about six inches in front Decepshun's face, she didn't get hurt by it. Exactly why Moordryd was so keen on ejecting is unclear. Seems he could just look away. Unless the device also disrupts the gear in some way and he wanted to get away from that. A similar thing happens at the beginning of "The Chromatic Dragon." I think it's inconsistent because the writers want to have something that works like a mine but isn't a bomb, which is sort of a contradiction in itself. In any event, I think we're supposed to assume it's a stun device that causes no lasting injury.

Yeah, I think that would have made more sense. Using the dragons would have doubled the number guards on site which clearly would have been an advantage, not to mention the fact that they're a heck of a lot stronger than any human. I think it's another case of the writers underutilizing the dragons. Hopefully this is something that will improve in future episodes.

There's always the general question of what would be important to another sentient race. This comes up a lot in science fiction novels, though of course it's usually in relation to aliens instead of dragons, but the concept is the same. It's an interesting question to ask since other sentient beings might not have the same priorities, but it's also a difficult question to answer since we have no other examples besides ourselves to examine. So what have we been shown about dragon relationships:

First off, we've never been shown a dragon family, in fact dragons don't seem to socialize with each other very much at all. Not all creatures form families (or other similar groups like packs) and it's an open question as to whether all sentient beings would form families. Of all the dragons we've been shown, only the Prophets appear to have formed a group oriented social structure. It's also possible that other sentient beings would forgo monogamous relationships in favor of some type of polygamous groups instead. So distinct family units may not exist.

We know that Connor had to breed some number of dragons for at least a few generations to create Beau. It's safe to assume that Connor wouldn't force dragons to breed against their will, so that means he either convinced them it was for the good of the world (perhaps viewing it like an arranged marriage) or that dragons don't particularly care. There seems to be some evidence to the latter in "Three Times a Hero" since Moordryd tries to steal a truck load of dragon eggs. The existence of truck load of eggs implies dragons are willingly giving up their eggs to humans. This could be plausible given that dragons and humans evolved together. If early on humans started raising the young dragons then the adult dragons might have gotten in the habit of walking away from their eggs like most other reptiles. Connor said he raised Beau himself, so unless Beau is an orphan due to some tragic event as Daigerus brought up, then this arrangement might be the norm. If dragons don't particularly care what happens to their eggs, then that implies they probably don't form families either.

Though you'd expect sentient beings to socialize and interact more. There isn't much point in being sentient if you're not going to interact with others in some way, plus I tend to doubt the necessary level of awareness would evolve without something in the environment forcing a species to interact and organize themselves to higher levels. So there are definitely inconsistencies where the dragons behave too horse-like too much of the time.

Did anyone else notice anything in the show to explain dragon social/family behavior?

I saw something like that in a short scene of "Track of Doom", where Artha and co. encountered the Bonemarks. Shortly after Artha knocked Parm's senses back, the camera focused on Beau and Fracshun, looking at each other and nodding before they magged back their owners.

For a while, I kind of believed that there was a brotherly relationship between said dragons, just as with their riders. I suppose that Beau and Fracshun did more than acknowledge each other, seeing as that they both turned their heads toward each other in unison, as though they both knew what to do.

That's my two drakkals (or was it drakkels?) on that thought.

Well I can think of one reason, take it from a guy who knows: It's freakishly hard to get rid of burn marks on stuff sometimes. Though guessing from how Artha uses it it's made with draconium somehow and whatever else, I'd figure it's hard to clean and all.
as for the momento bit: he does still live at the ranch/stables and it looks like it's still wrecked from the explosion, Artha'd have plenty of reminders of what happened.

Goin' from how they've treated most of the dragons with the exeption of beau? I'm thinkin' not much romance there. Their 'sposed to be on par with humans in Dragon city but the animators generally ignore the dragons and all the scenerios that would come with 'em from almost from the begining.


Personally I think most if not all of the other dragons in the stables bailed out after the explosion cause I seriously doubt those doors would be able to hold a dragon that didn't want to stay. With all the dragons running around the city no one would have really noticed a few more dragons without partners.

I think it's queer the way Artha, his pals, and just about everyone in Dragon City can mag jump and do all those somersaults without their helmets flying off. There's no strap under the chin that I'm aware of to hold the helmet on. Artha just slaps his helmet on his head and has no need to buckle it down!

2 words magic helmet... or super glue... or too much hair gel :P


what i really want to know is where the heck is artha and lance's mum?

where is she? dead? alive?

she may have died giving brith to lance but its a 95% chance that the mother would died during childbrith. i say Word killed her.

Maybe the helmets are somehow magged to their heads. :lol: That can't be healthy for your brain...

Yes, "Track of Doom" is one of the few episodes where dragons acknowledge each other's existence for a change. I think that was sorely lacking up to that point and it's why I like this episode despite some of its weak points. I'd expect sentient creatures to interact to a high degree, but as it is, my dog is more outgoing and social than the average dragon we see in most other episodes. :) At least the fact that Propheci can speak through his rider proves dragons have coherent thoughts. A dragon-human war becomes plausible with dragons like him around.

Must be the hair gel. :) Most character's hair never budges. The long hair Moordryd and Cain have seem to be the only exceptions. Everyone else must really cement their hair in place. It's probably so sticky that anything would bond with it. I guess it frees the characters up from having to carry around a comb or hair brush as well. :D

On the other hand, many of the dragons have saddles magged to the back of their heads and it doesn't seem to bother them. :) Though I guess you'd expect the dragons to be immune to any ill effects mag energy might have. But given that humans have been hanging out with the dragons for over 10,000 years, I'd guess there are no damaging effects from mag energy (well, aside from a nasty dragon boosting you high in the air and then letting you fall, but that's another matter) otherwise humans would probably be extinct by now. :D