Wow. That was a good episode. I really liked this one. It's a serious episode like "Chromatic Dragon" with comic relief used only sparingly (and to good effect), and the whole episode takes place at night to darken the mood. Parmon and Cyrano together get the lead in this one with a strong supporting role by Khatah. Artha, Kitt and Lance don't appear much except during plot exposition scenes. I thought this was nicely done and even though the basic premise is a "seek the bone mark" story like "Fanning the Flames", it felt fresh because of the focus on Parmon, Cyrano and Khatah. Plus there was enough other new stuff thrown in to keep the plot interesting and it moved along at a good pace throughout. Artha and Beau sit most of the episode out and although they show up at the end to help, instead of single-handedly saving the day as they usually do, this time their presence only serves to tip the balance to victory. I really like the fact that some other characters are getting the lead for a change.

The other nice thing about this episode is that they're finally showing us some dragons acting independently of their riders. Plus the dragons in general show more personality and facial expressions in this one instead of just standing around with blank looks on their faces like they usually do. I think the series needs more episodes like this and "Track of Doom." Perhaps not surprisingly, this episode was written by Steve Ball who also wrote and directed "Track of Doom" and who directed "Horn of Libris" and several others. What he likes to write appears to line up with what I like to watch, so I hope he's writing more episodes for the show. This episode was directed by Sebastian Brodin who also directed "Fanning the Flames" and "Misjudged" among others, so his style works as well. And like "Horn of Libris" and "Chromatic Dragon" the animation was very good throughout.

I think the popularity of this show would go up if they could consistently produce episodes like this one. Overall, I think the serious episodes work better for the show than the comedy episodes. I hope there's more like this one coming up.

Hope they hurry up and air it down here! Are the next thirteen episodes completed?

My guess would be that they're in production but not complete yet. A new episode airs in Canada once every couple of weeks, so it would appear they're airing them as they come out of the production pipeline. I think this is pretty typical for a new series.

does anybody know the name of the "king of warrior dragons"

You're referring to this episode, right? The blue bone mark is that of Samurox, who Word describes as the "king of the fighter dragons." (That's my best guess as to the proper spelling anyway.) Is that the name you were looking for?

yeah it was thanks

Hmm, I thought I saw a blue bonemark from "Track of Doom"; perhaps it was the same one as the Samurox?

There was indeed a blue bone mark in "Track of Doom" along with a green one and a red one that looked just like the bone mark of the Furox from "Fanning the Flames." But since we know Moordryd was in possession of the Furox's bone mark at the time, it appears that the bone marks from all the ancient red warrior dragons for example look the same, and so do all the green and blue ones as well. This is not too surprising since all the original gold star dragons had the same star shaped bone mark that Beau has. According to the show's mythology (which you can read on www.dragon-city.org by navigating your way to the Dragon Temple), after the war the bone marks were scattered about and hidden by the Dragon Priests. So even though two of the three bone marks we saw in "Track of Doom" look like the Furox and the Samurox, they were actually from different ancient dragons. I imagine that more bone marks will turn up from time to time in future episodes. By process of elimination, it looks like a green one would be next.

I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Just asking for your opinion, but do you think there would be more new characters to appear later on or can we expect to see more of the other racers that showed up only a few times, such as Pyrrah?

That's a good question and I don't really know the answer. When the next episode airs, all the characters listed on the official show web site will have been introduced. I'm not sure if that means anything or not because they could of course just update the web site with more new characters at some point. Though it seems that at least for the short term, we've seen all the characters they plan on using for now and they certainly have enough characters to give variety to the stories for a while. So it's not like they really need more characters to make the stories work.

It's funny you should mention Pyrrah since I was very surprised when they spent two episodes developing her character and then she disappeared from the story line. I thought she was going to have a bigger role in the story than that, though perhaps that has yet to come.

Personally, I'd like to see more of the characters they've already introduced. At the top my own list of characters I'd like to see come back are Wulph, Propheci and Libris.

It's also worth noting that while Kitt and Parmon have both had episodes now that focus on them, Lance hasn't had one yet. His biggest role was probably in "Three Times a Hero" but they might be planning an episode where he gets the lead at some point. I think we can also expect an episode (or two) that will reveal Mortis for what he is. Another episode to continue Moordyrd's character arc would also seem likely. Plus they could also do something with Cain where he's more than just Moordryd's side kick for a change. So it looks like there's lots of stuff they could do even if they don't introduce any new characters.

Propheci is an important character for the series so you can probably count on a return vist or two in upcoming episodes.

From a purely commercial standpoint it makes sense for them to introduce more characters. It means additional toy opportunities as well as providing more options for populating video games.

Marianis and Dorsul from the Chromatic dragon episode were only briefly introduced, and one could expect a show where they are more important to the story. It was never determined if they were a crew that would be helpful to the Penn group or if they were more self-serving like the Army crew.

I see, thanks for the opinions. I would also like to see where Lance is the lead for once. I mean, he has potential and probably has participated the most in all sorts of situations that gave the good side a boost, and surely all that adventuring could have given him some experience and maybe a little maturity.

Just curious, which episode was Kitt the lead in? I forget a few of the older episodes at times.

Fanning the flames

That's cool. I'd like to see more of Propheci. As Sarah has pointed out, just put Propheci and Word in the same room and we can watch the sparks fly. That would be most entertaining. :)

Propheci is one of those funny cases where I didn't really like him at first but then changed my mind. I found his egomaniacal attitude and the somewhat over-the-top voice acting to be kind of grating when "Track of Doom" first aired. But on repeat viewings, I got used to that and he started to appeal to me more. I like that sinister and almost condescending grin he keeps on his face and he's got a great garish color scheme. At this point I rather like watching him now, so seeing more of him would be great (especially if they're really going to do two more episodes with him).

Thanks for sharing the info!

I think there might be quite a team of characters in the final line up, and the audience is young and probably has a hard time remembering them all if thrown at them at once, So my theory is they're introducing them slowly, popping them back in now and again to remind the kiddiwinks who they are before they launch anything major.

Yes, that's probably true. I just wonder how they're going to use all of the characters in the final episode (assuming that they're not going to kill off any or leave a few behind). And thanks for the episode name, KittxArtha Forever.

It would be cool if there could be a Star Wars style epic battle scene involving all the characters in the last episode, though I tend to doubt their budget will allow anything close to that. And while I'm hoping the series winds up with a real conclusion, we don't know if that will happen or not. So we may or may not see past characters making a reappearance at the end. Still, we can hope.

On the subject of new characters, it's worth noting that there are a bunch of extra characters in the trading card game that don't (or at least haven't yet) appeared in the show. It's unknown if these were developed for possible use in the show or if they were invented specifically for the card game. (If anyone knows for sure, I'd like to know that piece of trivia.)

For example, in the game the Dragon Flares crew includes Blayze, Embyrr and Ignight, and the Army of the Dragon includes Ambushh, Ferryt and Kwarry. Gotta love the names. :D

I'm afraid I couldn't read the names, they burned my eyeballs.

Little piece of trivia in this episode:

We get a good look at two police dragons in one scene and we can see that they have a Dragon City Security emblem on their hips and the word "SECURITY" written along the length of their tails (both sides). This was obviously painted on them (or maybe tattooed if a dragon would allow that), so given that customizing one's dragon like this occurs in this world, I think it answers the question of how that design got on Fracshun's flank. There was always the slight possibility that it was a birthmark that just happened to look like a 10 year old's drawing of a dragon, but given that we've now seen other dragons that have clearly been painted, I think it makes it clear that Lance simply painted that design on Fracshun and his helmet.

Just a curious little tidbit.

I just posted a plot summary of this episode on www.dragon-city.org. If you'd like to read it, just go to "Beau's Chronicles" and click on the "Rules of Power" episode title in the table. Be aware that this is a complete summary and it gives away the ending. So if you don't like spoilers, you won't want to read it.

I'd appreciate feedback about the summary. Anything you want to tell me is fine. That includes things like the page layout I chose, the writing style and tone, the level of detail and so on. I tried to hit all the major story beats but I also intentionally left out some details. For example, I didn't bother trying to summarize the plot exposition scenes since that seemed redundant. I also left out the comic relief bits since I didn't think I could convey the humor well enough because most of it relies on timing and facial expressions. I also left out the Ordinary Life scene at the beginning and the epilogue scene at the end. I tried to make it interesting to read without turning it into a full novelization.

So let me know what you think. I'd like to refine the style I'm using before I write summaries for the other episodes.

Thanks.

Rules of Power just aired here on Tuesday...

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*squees* Okay, that was a good ep, and not just cus Parm got the spotlight. :D I love the Samurox! And it's voice was really freaky too. Not to mention Parm was freaky. I think they did him just right, he comes across as the insane obsessive genius type. 'Specially with all the evil laughing, hand rubbing, and obsessive compulsive pursuit of blue gear (and not having to obey rules :P ).

Funniest bits were Parm going into his whole big technobabble, and finally annoying Word. And Parm slapping Cyrano/Samurox. :blink: You would think Parm would be brighter than that. :P

Only slight plot hole I saw, was that if Parm brought back that blue draconium transsmitter dooby thing, why didn't it start controlling him then? They didn't show it, but I'd assume he must have carried it back to Mortis.

But aside from that, that was a great ep. :D (Even if we didn't get to see Parm's boxers again... ;) )

Yes! That was really good. Other characters have used the "please stop talking" line when trying to get Parm to shut up in other episodes and it was funny to see Word now using it. And the way Parm and Cyrano just blinked at Word dumbfounded was great.

Yeah, technically Parm should have known better than to try that. But the gag was too good not to use there. Calling Cyrano a "bad dragon" and "no more draconium yummies for you!" was great. And the way Cyrano/Samurox looked at Parm with that "are you out of your mind?" look on his face. Great little bit of comic relief there.

I think we can justify it by saying Parm's head still hadn't quite cleared up yet and he wasn't thinking clearly.

Yeah, they kind of left that out. Khatah warned Parm not to touch it, so Parm must have had some way to move it without touching it. They show the block of blue draconium in some kind of anti-gravity thing back at the dragon temple, so maybe Parm had a portable version so he could lift it without touching it.

Perhaps Parm's close proximity to it while he brought it back is what caused it to start drawing him at the end of act 1.

Absolutely! This one's on my list of favorites. I like the dragons battling it out on their own. It's nice to see the dragons driving the plot for a change, even just briefly, instead of just providing muscle for what the human characters want to do. It'd be nice if we could see a whole episode where the dragons drive the plot sometime.

And I liked the design of the other blue dragons, too. They were cool looking, particularly this guy:



I like that look. Very nice design work on those dragons.

Two questions I had about this episode:

How was Khatah able to suddenly appear out of no where in fortress where the bone mark of the Samurox was kept?

I supposed we could say that he retained a memory of the location of the fortress even after the map was knocked off his hand. But how did he know Parm or anyone else would end up there right at that instant? And how did Khatah manage to get across the floor after all those pillars were gone?

Second, Word was able to watch Parm retrieve the bone mark on his monitors back at his tower. How did he get cameras in there? Especially, considering the fortress was supposed to be hidden and in a secret location.

Anyone have ideas on these?

True. But Parm did split his pants. That should count for something, shouldn't it? :o

Maybe he had a pair of giant clippers similar to the one that Word used to pick up the shard from the Shadow Track.

And yes, I also agree with the proximity affecting Parmon. Even Artha was warned to stay away, and for his own good as well, seeing as how easily he succumbs to other manipulative devices.

That surprised me as well. It's possible that pillars may have returned right after Parmon passed them - how else would Parmon and Khatah have gotten out? As for the great coincidence, well, they might not have shown us Parmon passing Khatah's line of sight like they did near the beginning, except Khatah was too late to stop Parmon from entering.

This almost sounds like the situation at "Faster than Fear". Perhaps long ago someone may planted those cameras there for security purposes and then were later forgotten, and then even further later discovered by Word Paynn (possibly while he was still in the Dragon Priest Order, which is somewhat plausible for them to visit these kinds of places and may have later forgotten the locations) and remembered them while expanding his corporation.

I hope that's good enough speculation. :D

Yeah, I imagine there'd be a reset button some place. :)

Perhaps. Would have worked better if they had shown us that. The other problem is that Khatah doesn't really need to be there at all story-wise. He doesn't say or do anything useful. It's almost like he's there just so the audience doesn't forget about him before his appearance in act 3.

In any event, it does seem like people in Dragon City like popping in from nowhere, doesn't it. Like when Pyrrah and Moordryd are just there all of sudden when Kitt reaches the bone mark of the Furox in "Fanning the Flames." So at least it's consistent. :D

So the next time there's a seek-the-bone-mark episode, I guess we can count on one or more people popping in right when the bone mark is about to be seized. :)

Possibly. Though Word should have been able to trace the signal from the cameras and find where the Samurox was without having to use the map then.

Maybe it's better to assume that Word had planted a tiny camera on Khatah's saddle back at the top of act 1 and we were watching the picture from that. Seems like it would fit what we see, but I'd rather have been shown things like this.

Still, just minor details in an otherwise excellent and enjoyable episode.

The Samurox has to be one of the best looking dragons to appear YET.

Why is it that all bonemark dragons have rows of spikes?

AND

Why was it Parm and Cyrano (green) who were influenced? Lance and Fracshun (blue) would surely have been more susceptible.

Its another round of Minerva's Thoughts! :dance: :dance:

I have just watched the episode (I keep missing it XD) and I think this goes on one of my fav episodes list. I was very much happy with the involvment with Parm and Cyrano because they are my fav characters..especially Cyrano! There is no love for the big lug! :( come on peeps, show the love to Cyrano ^_^ ^_^ The script and animation were well done so I liked that and the Samurox was just neato :D

I also question about the "blue draconium" influence on Parm instead of Lance since he is, of course, has blue draconium influence. I don't know about you guys but I think I would feel alot better if Lance was NOT under the power of the Samurox :D because do you really want to see a blue charged entity of a old warrior controlling a ten year old? I'm thinking realistic here, if Fraschun was controlled I don't think he would have that much power...although inside is telling me it would be cool to see a ten year old blasting buildings and seeing the whole brother anguish there mwahahaha :plot: :D :D

All in all, I really enjoyed the episode! I love the part when Parm slaps Cyrano-Samurox, telling him no more treats and then everyone is like "He's gonna die" :lol: and of course Word telling him to stop talking when he is in his "techno babble" state...even when controlled! XP haaaa~ the Samurox might of taken his body but certaintely couldn't take his mind with all that technical hooha stuff :lol:

I hope to see more episodes like this in the future :wub:

This is one of my favorites as well. And I liked the fact that Parm and Cyrano got the spotlight for a change. I think this episode still remains Cyrano's biggest role in the entire series! :D

I also really liked the fact that the dragons, and more specifically Khatah's blue dragons, decided the outcome. It was great to see those blue dragons thinking for themselves and having some free will. That's always a big plus in my book as far as stories go.

Cyrano probably won't make my list of favorite dragons, but I did start liking him more after this episode. He finally got to show some personality in this episode which was long overdue. I think he shows more facial expressions in this one episode than all the others combined! :D It's easier to relate to a character when they actually show a little personality for a change.

Yeah, I'm guessing it had something to do with the fact that Parm was closer to it for a longer period while he transported it back to Mortis. Maybe that caused it to have a greater influence on him.

Plus, it's just difficult to imagine Fracshun as being dangerous. :) He's too cute and innocent looking.

I know! That was great! And Cyrano turns around and looks at Parm scolding him with an "are you crazy?" look on his face. I guess Parm wasn't thinking too clearly yet at that point.

Yes. :D Parmon is still Parmon, and always will be.

And the blank stares from both Parm and Cyrano when Word told Parm to stop talking was just great!

Yeah, this was a good one. I liked the mood: somewhat darker and more serious, but with just the right amount of comic relief. And we had dragons saving the day at the end without their riders having to tell them what to do. That rocks! :dance:

I saw it the other night. I liked it when Parm got a bit more spine an smacked Cyrano, calling him a bad dragon! :D :D :D :D :D

Sure it was brave but also kind of stupid for Parm......everyone know Cyrano wasn't going to listen to him....

Finally saw it all few nights ago. First time I had missed the first half. What I found interesting was that Mortis' rule against practicing with Lance. Maybe that's why he had trouble fighting back when he gats kidnapped.
Parm's whole 'no yummies' hing with Cyrano was drac! :dance: :lol: :P :lol: :dance:

Crossposted to here, because it's quite scanty on material.

Another ep I’ve finally caught up on, thanks to Teknikat. I liked this one; hardly any excruciating moments, and while the premise was fairly clichéd it refrained from being offensively so. But on to the commentary—which was less catharitic and more enjoyable for me this time.

Khatah states the obvious twice (once for Moordryd, once for Paynn Senior), as though he can’t come up with anything more witty or informative.

He is quickly taken out, of course, more due to requirements of the plot than what his skill level appeared to be in Horn of Libris. Academy-trained? Screwit, the villain needs to win for this particular portion of the plot.

Khatah, don’t accept presents from strange men who kidnap you.

Word, quit channelling Voldemort.

Upon which we receive today’s infodump, courtesy of Word and Moordryd once again.

…No duh.

And this is one of DB’s major flaws, I think: about 10% of the dialogue consists of infodumping, and about 30% of it is repetition. (Don’t ask me how much is repetition of infodumps.) Of the remainder, we get: shallowly characterised cliché, attempts at wit which are themselves clichéd, and attempts at wit which are plagiarised from other sources such as Star Wars and Samuel Clemens. The writers obviously have a very low opinion of the IQs of their intended audience; not that there’s anything fundamentally wrong with that in the genre, but the lack of depth is probably one of the reasons why the show’s so unpopular.

For nerds, they haven’t a clue on Good Fantasy Writing.

Cut to Our Heroes. It’s Lance and Kitt who get the fall this time. Artha bursts into laughter, followed by the ones hurt (slightly in contrast from when it’s him).

Wyldfyr must be really light for hir size if Lance and Kitt’s combined weights can manage to tip hir over. Yet Khatah seems quite big compared to Shock-Ra.

And we get the gag where the authority figure just happens to be right behind the wrongdoer. Yeah, yeah, somehow I think we’ve all seen this before.

Mortis sounds extremely parental giving the ‘rules’ speech; I suppose it’s another of the anvil-sized hints that he’s really Connor. He actually shows concern for Lance, for which I have to give him points, but that doesn’t change the fact he’s still let the kid think his father is dead.

Parm’s squealy noise of deflation is kind of cute, I have to admit.

Mortis also gets points for realising Parm’s the most responsible one of the three. Damn, I’m being complimentary to the guy.

Parm throws a snit, Shock-Ra interrupts—and proceeds to win in a fight with the local Academy star. Khatah is admittedly brainwashed at present, but surely his drive would only improve his skills?

Cyrano’s showing some pretty nice expressions, though.

How in the world does Parm manage to catch up with Khatah so fast?

And you’d think someone else would’ve noticed: glowy eyes, traffic disturbance, weird glowing hand-thing on the streets. Maybe there’s some really big racing event on?

Oooh, Khatah gets red animation-budget-saving lines, Parm gets blue animation-budget-saving lines. Subtle foreshadowing, or red = crazy and mad?

Hey, how did Parm manage to transport it safely back to the cave when it pulls him in later? It’s blue (order/precision), so I assume it wouldn’t have been any more attracted to his sudden fit of rebellion than to his normal temper.

Mortis delivers much the same exposition as Word did earlier. Yawn.

And controlfreak!Mortis raises his ugly head again, upon which Parm reacts predictably.

Hmm, three are peacefully sleeping and Parm’s disappeared. Which of them do you think disobeyed Mortis’ “direct orders”?

And we enter yet another ancient cavern. I guess there aren’t many archaeologists in Dragon City to categorise or discover these?

Note to the ancients: It is not necessarily a good strategy to put your valuable objects in full view across a chasm. Someone could quite easily send rope across, glide across, mag across, etcetera. And a team of prepared and cautious archaeologists would’ve been sensible enough to beware of the retreating platform, natch.

Does it really take a sentence of dialogue to figure that one out? Not a bad line, though.

This whole sequence with the shifting pillars reminds me of a level in computer game I’ve played involving a rainbow-coloured marble.

I’m quite surprised Cyrano is able to make those jumps. Not bad!

If the bone mark is powerful enough to attract anyone, why couldn’t Word send a flunky along? Or figure out whatever safe way Parm used to originally carry the activated map? He doesn’t seem too put out to discover Khatah wasn’t the one to absorb it, so it seems like a flunky would have suited his purposes as well as Parm.

And in the time it took to say this, Khatah couldn’t muster up an intercepting mag-blast?

Khatah speaks with an accent and seems to now exist to fulfil our heroes’ purposes (“I owe you a great debt, Parmon Sean”). I’m a bit uneasy about his Token Ethnic status; he doesn’t seem to achieve anything in this ep, not even beating Parm when he apparently was this great Academy star. He also comes across as a bit too clichéd rather than a dynamic character study of a complex person of a different culture. Of course cliché is quite normal for DB, but as a minority cliché it’s not so good.

And we see Generic!Villain!Parm. He does show some individuality later on under the Samurox, but I’d have expected the sort of evil of the blue influence to be a bit more distinctive than “Raaaah! Precise power for me!”. More...focused, colder perhaps?

How does Word convince Samurox!Parm to come to him? An attraction to the speshul gear? (And what is his plan to control the super!dragon, anyway?)

Artha’s fall at the mag of the Samurox gets the most emphasis of the three of them, of course. Poor wittle hero.

Another repetition of the obvious. We saw it, Parm said it—and now Kitt chimes in. (Note re Kitt: spotter for Lance's pratfall, comments such as this, and mag-backup are all she does in this ep. She was fairly visible in this one, but still fairly useless. Surplus sidekicks out the wazoo!)

Note: Parm’s a lot faster to mag our heroes’ blue gear than Word’s extra-speshul gear. I assume this is just an artificial device to drag out tension rather than a rationale of the Samurox carefully sensing relative strength of the gear he seeks?

Remember that quote, because Khatah will say much the same later.

A thankfully curtailed transformation sequence before we cut to people rioting on the streets. There is one large person running around, upon which I wondered “finally, female character who doesn’t resemble a matchstick”, but unfortunately he turns out to be male.

Is Parm going to be liable for the property damage? I do realise he can plead sane automatism or a mental state defence, but it could have been interesting if he got to face some consequences.

Tacky, Word. Tacky.

Parm replies with an Evil Laugh, which I swear is the exact same laugh as this psychotic schoolgirl assassin on drugs in the anime Burn Up Scramble. Now that was a good character.

Regarding Parm’s long specification list, exactly how does the gear manage to shoot that many projectiles? It’s not that big. Must need lots of reloading.

Aww, the interation between Word and Parm is kind of cute. It leaves us utterly blank as to how Word knew Parm would end up at his citadel, though, because if the gear is that irresistible it should already have been magged.

What precisely does Word expect to gain from the Samurox? Chaos that will enable him to sell control gear at exploitative prices? It doesn’t seem like possessed!Parm or the Samurox retain the mental capacity to remember him as a benefactor.

Stating the obvious yet again. Poor Kitt and Lance look surprised.

Parm’s animation-budget-saving lines now appear to be purple. So much for subtext.

Generic!Villain!Parm is so petty, no? That’s not a king of fighter dragons, that’s a childish despot.

Minor melodrama when one of the shuriken comes close to shaving Artha’s helmet.

So much for the uber-gear if not one shot actually hits any of three targets in the open.

Wait, Parm can apparently hear and understand them. So why doesn’t he hear the plan that Artha’s yelling?

Points to Kitt for being the one to express concern. Negative points for Our Hero for failing to do the same.

Artha gets the job of filling Parm in, which means we get to hear the exposition yet again.

…Okay, that’s cute.

The way Artha says “Khatah” and “Connor” sound awfully similar to me. Is it just me, or does that violate the rule of “all characters’ names must be distinct from each other to avoid confusion”?

Yawn. Yet more repetition.

Told you he’d repeat Artha’s (reasonably obvious) theory.

Go blue dragons! It’s nice to see independent dragon action.

Oh, so fancy!DragonOfLegend wasn’t completely drained after all. And of course he’s absolutely necessary to saving the day rather than let those inferior riderless dragons work it out on their own, right?

Cyrano’s facial expressions and actions are really well-done here.

It's nice to see him chuck the gear away, but I wonder if Artha and co bother to pick it up for repairs and later use.

You know, whenever someone says that something important’s lost forever in such empathetic tones it usually means they’re going to find it in the next chapter.

Thanks for the patronising, Boy Blunder. Clearly a young hero who thinks dragons are equal, no?

Mortis grandstands again, Moral Lesson Of The Week is duly hammered in, Parm is forced to make an apology for being brainwashed by mystic forces, Kitt asks him to repeat it (gee, where have I heard that gag before), Parm announces his aversion to public humiliation upon which… Is this a scat joke? (Sorry, dirty mind; if you don’t know don’t ask.)

I know! That kinda ticked me off. It's completely obvious, and then Mortis wakes up 3 people sleeping? I know Mortis is smart, but that's just stupid. Plus, i would be ticked off for being woken up when i'm sleeping. :lol:

First Khatah knocks Parm back once, then rushes off, then Parm somehow catches up to him again, and then uses red thruster gear. (If I've got it right.) And you're right--the fact Parm's got the gear at all is quite the coincidence. The same coincidence as to how he turned up at Word's place, I expect.

In every episode, that happens. They alwayes have the gear that they need magged on every single time!

Hey... yeah, that's true. They almost always have the right gear. That's understandable in a race (as we would assume they prepared for the track) but a little silly if Parm's just out for a walk. :unsure:

Parm: Why do I need red thruster gear in this scene? Why would I have thruster gear!?
Artha: Dude, if it's in the script, you're going to need it.
Parm: Meep! o_o;

Cartoon Lesson #127: You cannot defy MIND CONTROLLING OBJECTS OF D00M from evil villains, no matter how strong your mind is. :P

Astute, Dr. Frost. *blows pipe*

This is by far the most classic yet most greatest moralic gag of all time: don't talk behind their backs. (One-hour detention from one of my math substitute teachers for this. NOT COOL. Kids, the true moral.)

...I have a wiseguy comment against your usual pessimism for that last part, but I'll shut up now. :P

*insert the wiseguy comment against your usual pessimism here*

...that was cute, actually.

*dirty mind explores the possible answers*

...on second thought, maybe I shouldn't further explode. *walks away with a smile*

How very true :D . Though, even if it wasn't for the bonemark's myyyystical mind control powers, someone like Khatah might just of taken it anyway. Guys don't have much logic in that department. "So...this'll give me unfathomable power and a snazy new look, but it will take me over completely?...Put it on! Put it on!" My boyfriend seems to back me up on this one...::sigh::...forcing him to watch the show was a stroke of genius on my part. :D

Well, he was knocked out prior to, so maybe he was open to takeover? Having just woken up and all, I mean.

Perhaps he's just straightforward. And lacks a sense of humor.

Perhaps that's some of his honor still shining through. He attacks Parm but backs off. That's termed, if I'm correct, a 'warning' shot. The shot that comes prior to being shot/stabbed/maimed repeadedly, (although since this is a child's cartoon that's unlikely to happen in graphic detail, eh?)

Maybe no one's around and he's avoiding crowds.

"My power! You shall not have it or follow me!"

Also, people might be afraid to follow, yet Parm does. Well, I don't recall all of 'Horn of Libris' but isn't Khata like Parm's hero? If something's wrong with his hero, and they're on speaking terms, of course he's going to help. And the same for being friends. (Hey, it's a kid's show; on some level almost everybody are friends, or were, in the case of Connor an Word)

I guess that while a couple of them might have been in Mortis' viewpoint he might have assumed that one of the others he couldn't see took it? I mean, when he got off the elevator thingie and yelled he couldn't see all of them so he wonders which on it was (that he can't see). Also they might've been in cahoots with each other (which they weren't).

Fear might keep them from straying too far from the city, even with the company of dragons, and it might not be a very good paying job. Hey, it's a frickin' high city; who cares about the ground? (In their opinion, perhaps. I for one like the ground and having it beneath my feet.)

Perhaps it wasn't there before. Maybe someone's pulling strings (*coughwriterscough*) to have events play out to their will. Wouldn't that be interesting? Like some omnipent (can't spell it) being is playing chess with our dear characters. And doing a better job of it than Word.

He was high up, jumping around, and slightly unrecgonizable; no pictures were taken so he couldn't be taken in, so to speak. Unless Penn Racing or Khatah turn him in... Yeah, right. "Friends stick together," and all. As for Khatah... "I owe you a great deal." >.> See?

A reason to make his own black dragon army to combat the blue dragon army. A chance to start a Dragon Human war. *shrugs*

Oh, and angry/yelling Mortis... bear with me... scary. I felt bad for the people he was yelling at. (Might've been the headphones and the volume but... yikes.)

Now, if you'll excuse me. My brain hurts. (Excellent observations, Sarah. I never notice that stuff. I'm simple. :P )

... A little late, but I thought I'd post this for Sarah.

This irritates me as well. Not only are they continuing racial clichés, but sexest ones as well... with all the girls being anorexic-skinny.

But there is hope! While browsing Nashy-Bear's screenshots, I came across this!



See in the left side? She's horribly tacky and not matchstick thin!

Yeah, I went off-topic... but I thought it would be relevant. I love Dragon Booster as much as any, but Sarah's opinion is refreshing. A little criticism never hurt anyone.

I do have to say this was one of my favorite episodes. Finally we're not forced to stare at Artha's mug all episodes. Parm is one of my favorite characters. Of course, anyone that can easily fit "floccinauccinihilipilification" into a sentence can easily relate with everyone's favorite Professor. Then came Professor Stubborn. They really need to make more episodes that focus on other characters and develops them more. Episodes like this one, Cain's Mutiny, even ones like When Opposites Attract. I expect we'll get more of these as the series progresses, such as, like in Professor Stubborn, the other two get their gauntlets.