Jane and the Dragon (TV series)

Jane and the Dragon is a CGI children's animated television series based on the books of the same name by Martin Baynton. The show is directed by Mike Fallows and motion capture directed by Peter Salmon; it is co-produced by Weta Workshop (as Weta Productions) in New Zealand and Nelvana Limited in Canada. The series follows the comedic exploits of Jane, an adolescent girl training to be a knight, and her friend, Dragon, a talking, flying, 300-year-old, fire-breathing dragon.

Episodes

Tests and Jests [1.1]

Jester: Nervous!

[Jane knocks Jester onto the ground]

Jester: Jester down! Just needing attention!

Jane: You mean an audience?

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Rake: Are you nervous, Jane?

Jane: Pepper have taught me these breathing exercises.

Rake: Like Dragon blowing fire.

[Jane breathes in and out]

Rake: Not much of a cinder.

The Tooth Fairy [1.2]

King: [to the Princess] Goodnight, my loose tooth.

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Dragon: They have to put a big crown under my pillow.

Jane: You sleep on a pillow?

Dragon: Pillow, boulder.

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Princess: Tooth, I command you to come out right now!

Jester Justice [1.3]

Dragon: Some duel. No killing, no clobbering, not even any crying.

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Jane: I am trying to save you.

Jester: And I am trying to sleep. [slams the window]

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Dragon: Hunger before honor, Jane.

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Rake: Oh Dragon! Hi... I... I was just out... umm... taking my stew... for a walk.

Shall We Dance [1.5]

Dragon: A perfect five-point landing.

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Dragon: Say one more word and that life will be charcoal.

The Offer [1.6]

Gunther: If you want to help, help by being somewhere else.

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Jane: I am so stubborn.

Dragon: Leave my friend alone.

Jane: We are alone.

Dragon Rules [1.7]

Dragon: "Moo" is natures finest sound, starts with a "mmmmmm", ends with an "ooooooo".

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King: No crown, no duties.

Sir Ivon: And no day off for me.

Adventures in Royal Babysitting [1.10]

Jane: Then she wasn't in danger when she was up on the roof?

Sir Ivon: Up on the roof?

Three's a Crowd [1.11]

Jane: Why did the cow jump over the moon?

Dragon: Don't know.

Jane: Farmer had cold hands.

A Pig of a Problem [1.12]

Smithy: Pig hasn't hurt a fly!

Jane: Well the prince is not a fly.

A Thing of Beauty [1.13]

Dragon: Tomorrow they will be screaming for me.

Jane: Screaming and running for their lives.

Rune [1.14]

Pepper: [after Dragon roasted the potatoes] The king wanted them mashed.

Dragon: I can sit on them.

Pepper: No, thank you.

Foul Weather Friends [1.15]

Jester: So anyway what do you call a creature with two large wings and one tiny brain? Besides "Dragon", that is.

[Pepper, Smithy, and Rake look in fear as they notice Dragon standing behind Jester]

Jester: [turning to see Dragon] Oh! Dragon! Hello!

Dragon: What do you call a creature with large teeth and a tiny temper?

Jester: Uhh... uhh... I call him as little as possible.

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Dragon: Do you mind? I was flying through perfectly lovely dream clouds, when suddenly, click click click, they turned into clog-dancing cows.

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Dragon: No more sweet dreams, Jane. My nights will be haunted by visions of you hitting the ground like an egg.

Jane: Oh please.

Dragon: An egg, Jane. Crack. Squish.

Jane: Yes. Enough. I get the picture.

Dragonphobia [1.16]

Jester: It seems that Jane is not herself.

Dragon: Then who is she?

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Princess Lavinia: Lady Jane, Daddy is the King. And I am his little princess. And you are my bestest friend in the whole castle. And the bravest knight in the kingdom.

Jane: Brave? Me?

Princess Lavinia: Oh yes. But mostly you like to brush my hair. Shall I get the brush?

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Smithy: Jane?

Jane: The dragon lunged at me with his claws. Lunged!

Smithy: Dragon did?

Jane: No, but he might have. Horrible creature.

Princess Lavinia: Did Dragon try to eat you, Jane? Eat you up and crunch you? And spit out all your bones?

Jane: Not yet, but I think he plans to.

Pride and Pollen [1.17]

Dragon: When a dragon sneezes, fire follows. The good news is... I fried my pumpkin.

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Jane: Dragon, you have to go.

Dragon: Go?

Jane: Order of the King. You must stay away from the castle until this sneezing is under control.

Dragon: How very unreasonable.

Jane: You started a forest fire!

Dragon: Forest? Burned a few leaves. Grass. That wagon was not much to look at anyway.

Knight Light [1.18]

Dragon: Wolves--I thought it was my stomach rumbling in pain!

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Jane: I must consult the brightess minds.

Dragon: At your service, put a sack over your head!

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Jester: Now how many carrots does Jane have to eat before she grow scales?

Fathers [1.19]

Jane: You will bring the ceiling down!

Dragon: A very pressing problem!

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Dragon: What are you doing?

Jane: [holding up a cup] Toasting them.

Dragon: [after breathing fire] No, that's toasting!

Jester: Dragon!

Go West Young Gardener [1.21]

Jane: I lose all track of time when I'm with Dragon.

Rake: As I do in my garden.

Pepper: And me when I am cooking.

Jester: Being funny does it for me. Unless no one laughs, then time stretches on forever.

Mismatched [1.22]

Dragon: How do we get this secret out of Jane?

Jester: Dragon, how can you be so thick?

Dragon: 37 square meals a day.

The Last of the Dragonslayers [1.25]

Gunther: Sir Theodore, you look in fine fettle today.

Dragon: Fettle. Funny word that.

Voice cast

• Tajja Isen as Jane Turnkey.
• Adrian Truss as Dragon.
• Ben Campbell as Milton Turnkey and Sir Ivon Mackay.
• Jill Frappier as Adeline Turnkey.
• Mark Rendall as Jester.
• Alex House as Jethro "Smithy" Junior.
• Sunday Muse as Verbena "Pepper" Salter.
• Will Seatle Bowes as Drake "Rake" Gardener Junior.
• Noah Reid as Gunther Breech.
• Clive Walton as Magnus Breech.
• Juan Chioran as King Caradoc.
• Alex Belcourt as Queen Gwendolyn.
• Cameron Ansell as Prince Cuthbert.
• Isabel De Carteret as Princess Lavinia
• Aron Tager as Sir Theodore Boarmaster.
• Frank Welker as Cleva, Pig and Trencher. (uncredited)