7.8/1038 votes#1 - To Fly With Dragons - The Forest of Darkness
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1999
#10101 ""To Fly With Dragons"" Max and Emmy (especially Max) aren't too happy about moving into their new house. Inside, there's a nice playroom and all of their toys have been brought in. Then, Max discovers a secret drawer. Inside is a box containing a dragon scale. Emmy shows Max a picture of dragon scales in her dragon book. As both hold the dragon scale, Emmy utters some words found on the box. ""I wish, I wish, with all my heart, to fly with dragons, in a land apart."" They arrive in Dragon Land, but have no idea where they are. They observe Ord and Cassie flying. After the introductions, they fly to Singing Springs where they meet Zak and Wheezie, who are actually two dragons, but share one body. Meanwhile, Ord's lost his baby tooth and wants to find it so that he can make a wish on it. At the end of the episode, Ord wishes
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8.4/1030 votes#2 - To Kingdom Come - Goodbye Little Caterpoozle
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1999
#10201 To Kingdom Come Ord doesn't want to share his possessions with anyone #10202 Goodbye Little Caterpoozle Cassie thinks she has lost her pet caterpoozle forever.
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7.0/1019 votes#3 - Knot a Problem - Ord's Unhappy Birthday
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1999
#10301 Knot a Problem Emmy loves new shoes, but Max thinks getting a balloon is better. One of the dragons calls them to Dragon Land. They go and we observe Ord holding the dragon scale. (unusual) Ord's called them because this is the one day a year that the magical merry-go-round comes to Dragon Land. They can't ride yet though because the youngest pony, Whinni, has wandered off. They have to find her before the merry-go-round leaves. Quetzal comes to help and they pick partners. Quetzal's brought rope so they can lead the pony back when they find it. But Max can't tie a knot! Can he learn this essential skill and help them find the pony? #10302 Ord's Unhappy Birthday Emmy and Max are preparing presents for Ord. We see Max is still having a bit of trouble tying knots. Max's finger ends up getting tied to his present. When they reach Dragon Land and see Ord, he's eager to tell them about his birthday, but they're very skiddish
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8.1/1020 votes#4 - Tails You Lose - Calling Dr. Zak
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/9/1999
#10401 ""Tails You Lose"" Max is trying to amuse Emmy with an imitation of Ord, but she's not interested. She's upset because she lost a soccer game. She declares that she's never playing again. She goes with Max to Dragon Land and finds that Zak and Wheezie are conducting a game called ""Freeze Dance."" At first, she wants to play, but when she ends up losing, and is told to stand aside with a ""Yer' out!"" she becomes indignant and declares that she's going back home. But is winning all that matters? #10402 ""Calling Dr. Zak"" Max and Emmy go to Dragon Land and bring musical instruments with them. Today's the day for Zak and Wheezie to be in the two-headed dragon contest. They're singing a dragon version of ""Knick-Knack-Patty-Whack."" Just then, a spiny-pine appears, attracted by some fruit that spilled from Wheezie's decorative hat and Zak accidentally steps on it.
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7.6/1016 votes#5 - Pigment of Your Imagination / Zak's Song
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/10/1999
#10501 ""Pigment of Your Imagination"" Max is having fun with a toy plane and ends up knocking down a block structure that Emmy was making. He's upset because he broke the plane and now it won't fly anymore. There's something even better they can fly though- dragons. They go to Dragon Land, where the dragons are making presents for I Love My Mommy Day. For example, they're using clay to make flower-holders and baking them with their firebreath. Max gets some dandelions for his flower-holder and Ord sneezes because he's allergic. Their paint gets spilled and they go to Quetzal for more, but he's running low. He sends them to Rainbow Canyon and provides them with a map. #10502 ""Zak's Song"" The dragon scale is glowing. It's late at night though and Max and Emmy are in their pajamas and have a serious case of bedhead. Never
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7.4/1016 votes#6 - Snow Dragons / The Fury Is Out On This One
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/20/1999
#10601 ""Snow Dragons"" Max and Emmy are dressed warmly, as Quetzal is taking them to Snowy Summit. Max wants to bring along a lot of toys, but Emmy explains that you don't need toys to have fun in the snow. When they get to Dragon Land, Quetzal enjoys a short reminisce about playing at Snowy Summit. Emmy wants to know where Cassie is and Quetzal explains that she's getting over a cold. Emmy styas behind to keep Cassie company and Quetzal takes Max and Ord to Snowy Summit. When Ord finds a log that looks like a sled, they forget Quetzal's advice to stay together. It's not long before they're lost. At first, they're not too worried, but when they can't find Quetzal (who's looking for them), they become more concerned. Can they work together to find Quetzal? #10602 ""The Fury is Out on This One"" When Max gets hot and bothered over the outcome of a game of Dragon Tag, he finds he has a new annoying partner --- a gremlin called a Fury who feeds off
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7.3/1019 votes#7 - The Giant of Nod / The Big Sleep Over
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/21/1999
#10701 ""The Giant of Nod"" Zak and Wheezie are performing in a big Dragon Land concert, but find themselves bickering over song-choice. Their bicker wakes the Giant of Nod, who turns out not to be such a giant after all. #10702 ""The Big Sleepover"" Zak and Wheezie are having a sleepover, but Emmy has trouble convincing Cassie to go. After she finally comes, Cassie finds her own unique way to enjoy the sleepover.
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8.5/1018 votes#8 - A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words / The Talent Pool
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/1999
#10801 ""A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words"" The dragons call Emmy and Max to Dragon Land. Ord's looking for giggle flowers, lots of them. They're his Mom's favorite and he wants them for her birthday. But he's only found one! When the gang goes searching, they encounter a Doodle Fairy, who may be able to help them. But she can't talk! Only doodle. Can they use her drawings to find the giggle flowers? #10802 ""The Talent Pool"" The dragons are having a talent show, and Cassie desperately wants to be in it. The thing is, though, she doesn't feel that she has any special talents. She talks to Quetzal, who tells her about an amazing device called the ""Talent Pool,"" but when she visits it, it's less than cooperative.
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8.6/1018 votes#9 - Emmy's Dream House / Dragon Sails
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/23/1999
#10901 ""Emmy's Dream House"" The gang decides to build a treehouse in the branches of Sid Sycamore. Emmy, however, keeps bossing everybody around, and pretty soon, they leave her to do it herself. Can she win them back and get the help she needs to complete the treehouse? #10902 ""Dragon Sails"" Ord finds himself too big for a sailing adventure in Dragon Land. Max, Emmy and the other dragons work on a fix to the problem.
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7.9/1017 votes#10 - Eggs Over Easy / A Liking to Biking
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/1999
#11001 ""Eggs Over Easy"" Cyrus the sneaky serpent tricks our friends so that he swipe a Rhyme Bird egg. Cassie feels guilty and shy because she can't seem to speak up about what happened to the egg. #11002 ""A Liking to Biking"" On a rainy day, Max and Emmy visit Dragon Land for some fun biking. There, they teach the dragons how to do it too.
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7.4/1015 votes#11 - Sky Pirates / Four Little Pigs
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/4/1999
#11101 ""Sky Pirates"" Max and Emmy find a box of their Mom and Dad's old toys and decide they're quite boring. They figure that there are better toys in Dragon Land. When they get there, Wheezie's got a ""Monster Mega Ball."" She pulls something on it and it inflates to humongous size. So huge that it starts to bounce away. When they reach it, a flying pirate ship appears in the sky. Inside it, they find Captain Scaliwag. He's no pirate, but he has a buried treasure and can't find it anywhere. He lets Max, Emmy and our dragon friends be his crew and they sail with him to find his treasure, using a series of pictures he drew when he was young. #11102 ""Four Little Pigs"" Max, Emmy, and the dragons decide to put on a production of ""The Three Little Pigs."" Trouble arises when Zak & Wheezie announce that they want to play the wolf, and Emmy won't let them.
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7.6/1015 votes#12 - Zak and the Beanstalk / A Feat on Her Feet
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/5/1999
#11201 ""Zak and the Beanstalk"" Emmy and Max bring Zak & Wheezie breadcrumbs and binoculars. Zak is convinced that something bad's happened to the do-re-mi birds. They're gone! Where could they be? The gang begins to search for them, but then Sid Sycamore summons them. Mungus the Giant took all of them! Why? #11202 ""A Feat on Her Feet"" Cassie has some Jingle Flowers in need of a special type of water. Rollerskating will help to get them to it fast, but unfortunately Cassie doesn't know how to skate.
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7.3/1017 votes#13 - Not Separated at Birth / A Kite For Quetzal
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/6/1999
#11301 ""Not Separated at Birth"" Zak and Wheezie are growing quite irritated with each other over the things each does that annoy the respective sibling. After a problem with a school project, the issue comes to a head and Quetzal provides them with a way to become two separate dragons. They think it's great for a while, but soon find themselves missing the way they thought together. #11302 ""A Kite For Quetzal"" Proper planning is an issue when our friends want to create a kite for Quetzal. They know they need certain types of materials, but find themselves all getting the same materials when nobody decides who should get what.
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7.1/1015 votes#14 - Dragon Drop / Cassie Loves a Parade
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/7/1999
#11401 ""Dragon Drop"" It's the day of the Dragon Fair and one of the fun activities is a game called Sackberry Toss. Sackberrys are a lot like water balloons, but unlike them, they have a sticky purple juice inside. This is a big problem for Zak and Wheezie, who want to join in the game, but don't know how to catch. Emmy helps them out by teaching them the basics. #11402 ""Cassie Loves a Parade"" Cassie is abslutely beside herself when she's not chosen to be in the big Dragon Land parade. She soon finds a friend who's upset over exactly the same thing.
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8.3/1018 votes#15 - A Cool School / Max's Comic Adventure
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/8/1999
#11501 ""A Cool School"" We open the show with Emmy bringing in a pair of backpacks into the playroom - one for herself and one for Max. She can't find Max anywhere and so she calls out name a couple of times. Eventually, she finds Max under a cardboard fortress. Max explains that he's scared about going to school. Emmy decides to take Max to the School in the Sky in Dragon Land in the hopes that might help him feel better about going to school. They go to Dragon Land and materialize in front of Ord and Cassie. Ord's mom gives him his lunch. They then call Zak and Wheezie out of their knuckerhole. Emmy elaborates her plans to them. They then go see Quetzal to get permission. Emmy takes Quetzal aside, where she whispers to him that Max is afraid of going to school and that her idea is for them to intend the School in the Sky. Quetzal agrees, as ""all are welcome."" Zak finds Wheezie's cubbyhole dusty.
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7.4/1015 votes#16 - It Happened One Nightmare / Staying Within the Lines
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/18/1999
#11601 ""It Happened One Nightmare"" Max is stacking bottles in the playroom. Emmy enters and asks if Max is ready to go to Dragon Land. Max tries to knock the bottles down, but without success. They head for Dragon Land and arrive near the entrance of a carnival. There's a dragon nearby hawking roasted marshmallows. Max and Emmy both want some. He gives them a marshmallow, but Emmy complains that it's not roasted. So the dragon toasts it with his firebreath. They go in and look around. There's lots of fun things to do. They see Quetzal manning a ""throw the rings into the unicorn's horn"" booth and Cassie's taking a shot. She tries and misses. Emmy takes a shot and wins a plush dragon teddy. She turns to talk to Cassie, but Cassie's fallen asleep, standing. She wakes up and Zak and Wheezie pop up out of a knuckerhole. Zak keeps snoozing off while explaining that they were having a sleepover at Ord's place, when Ord had a nightmare and kept them up all night.
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7.5/1016 votes#17 - Follow the Dots / A Smashing Success
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/19/1999
#11701 ""Follow the Dots"" Max and Emmy are working on activity books in the playroom. Max sticks a sticker of two airplanes next to the number 3, then realizes that he has made a mistake. He tries to fix the problem, but has problems with the sticker. The dragon scale glows- they're being called to Dragon Land. The dragons are playing a game they call ""whack-it-back,"" a slightly modified version of badminton with is played with a whistling shuttlecock (called a - you guessed it - whistler) and wooden rackets. The whistler is sent hurling into Zak's nose. He's not amused and blows it out. Max tries playing, but misses hitting the whistler. Ord hits the whistler with his tail, but it's with such force that he sends it a long way and loses it. Ord's upset, as that was a special whistler that his Dad gave him. They have to find it. As they go looking for it, they encounter a funny little guy named Norm the Number Gnome.
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6.4/1015 votes#18 - Quibbling Siblings / Wheezie's Hairball
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/20/1999
#11801 ""Quibbling Siblings"" Zak is excited about trying to find a rare Jugglebug for school Sharing Time. But Wheezie's being a real pain - she makes noise when he's trying to sleep, ruins his breakfast and loses his magnifying glass. He retreats by placing a large cone over his head so he can't hear her. She doesn't understand why he's so angry, so Emmy and Max explain and Wheezie begins to realize how important the mission is to Zak. #11802 ""Wheezie's Hairball"" Emmy and Max are greeted in Dragon Land by a strange orange fur ball, Zak and Wheezie's new pet, Slurpy. They're learning how to take care of him, and it isn't easy! Since he can't talk, Slurpy tries to communicate by bouncing twice and spinning around.
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6.0/1015 votes#19 - A Tall Tale / Stormy Weather
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/21/1999
#11901 ""A Tall Tale"" Max is playing with blocks in the playroom, but he finds that he's too short to reach the top of his block structure. He complains about being too short to reach the top of it because that's what Max does: complain about being too short to do anything. The dragon scale glows, as Max and Emmy are once again called to Dragon Land. When they get there, Ord introduces them to Eunice, an unicorn with purple mane and a gold horn. Eunice tries to say hi to Max and Emmy, but she ends up greeting a dragonberry bush. She's nearsighted and she can't see very well without her glasses. She describes them: a pair of pink glasses with sparkles on them. She finally finds Max and Emmy, but she has the idea that Max is a dragon, and without her glasses, she has to be told differently before realizing that Max is a kid. Zak and Wheezie pop out of their knuckerhole and help the others with searching. They ask her where she was before her glasses went missing.
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6.2/1014 votes#20 - Blowin' In the Wind / No Hitter
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/22/1999
#12001 ""Blowin' in the Wind"" Max and Emmy are in the playroom, singing variant of ""Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush"" that replaces ""mulberry"" with ""dragonberry."" They then decide to go to Dragon Land. It's pretty windyj, which isn't really suitable for Ord's picnic. Max steps on Ord's sandwich. Cassie explains that a wind has been following them since morning. Windy, the wind, is practicing to be a blustery wind. She's allowed to blow some clouds to Snowy Summit and tries to show off, but she isn't very good at whistling. She thinks that she's whistled, but Emmy breaks the news to her that she hasn't. Emmy and Cassie, along with the others, take Windy to Echo Cave to teach her to whistle. They yell nonsense into the cave. (""It really does echo, see?! And for my next trick..."") Max's attempt at whistling just ends up with him blowing raspberry and Ord ends up blowing firebreath. Emmy and Cassie explain the first step in whistling.
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7.5/1017 votes#21 - Do Not Pass Gnome / Treasure Hunt
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/17/2000
#12101 ""Do Not Pass Gnome"" As we open the program, Emmy is playing with a yo-yo. Max wants to play, but Emmy says no - he might break it. She puts the yo-yo up somewhere high. Max, determined to try it, gets it down. Predictably, he breaks it. Emmy's fuming mad. Max hopes that the dragons can help. Emmy hopes so too, otherwise, she's out of a yo-yo. They go to Dragon Land. The dragons are jumping rope and singing a jump-rope-related version of ""London Bridges."" Zak and Wheezie get tangled up and land with a hard thud. Max and Emmy appear and explain the problem with the yo-yo. Wheezie tries to repair it with chewing gum. It didn't work. Ord tries using tape. Emmy asks how are they going to get to the string. Ord suggests using the tape as the string. That's not a good idea, as Ord ends up ""mummifying"" his hand with the tape, he gets wrapped all around. Simon, a gnome and one of the funniest looking characters in the series appears.
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6.0/1014 votes#22 - The Jumping Bean Express / Get Offa My Cloud
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/18/2000
#12201 ""The Jumping Bean Express"" In the playroom, Max and Emmy are playing with a miniature basketball set. Emmy shoots and scores a 3-pointer. Suddenly Dragon Scale glows - they're being summoned to Dragon Land. So, we hear the rhyme that we're now all familiar with, and the dragon decorations on the wall come alive and surround them. In Dragon Land, Ord, Cassie, Zak, and Wheezie are holding on to a cage. Max and Emmy arrive and Ord hands them a hug. A bug? Well, it has to do with what's in the cage: two jumping beans that are unlike the kind in the real world - these beans have faces and can do animal tricks. Quetzal then shows up and briefs our friends on what to do: they are to return the beans to Quetzal's brother, Fernando. So, the kids and the dragons set off to do Quetzal's bidding. Halfway through, Emmy comments on the beans doing tricks. This causes Wheezie to want to show off, and in the lieu of confusion.
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5.7/1014 votes#23 - Backwards to Forwards / Sounds Like Trouble
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/19/2000
#12301 ""Backwards to Forwards"" It's a mixed-up backwards episode, as Max, Emmy and the dragons play a game and end up being sprinkled with a special type of water that causes things to go backwards. It's a lot of fun, until it creates a lot of confusion. They then have to work together to get things moving in the right direction again. #12302 ""Sounds Like Trouble"" A ball-game sends Max, Emmy and the dragons scrambling into a dark cave after losing a goo ball. There, Ord must come face-to-face with his long-held fear of the dark.
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#24 - The Greatest Show in Dragon Land / Prepare According to Instructions
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/20/2000
#12401 ""The Greatest Show in Dragon Land"" The show opens with Max playing on a slide made out of pillows. Emmy enters the room. Max asks her if she is interested in playing with his slide. She says no because they're going to Wonderworld with their friends in Dragon Land. So, they take the magical dragon scale out of the drawer and wish upon it like they always do. In Dragon Land, Ord and Cassie are sitting under a tree, on the lookout for Emmy and Max. Emmy and Max appear and Ord gives them a hug. Now, where's Zak and Wheezie? A knuckerhole opens up, and Zak and Wheezie crawls out of it. Wheezie hurt her wing falling off the swing the day before. The gang takes off for Wonderworld. Zak and Wheezie too try to take off, but ended up spinning around - Wheezie can't fly because of the cast on her wing. So, they can't go - or can they? Emmy suggests they walk. Zak and Wheezie are reluctant at first, but decide to go ahead. They soon come upon their first obstacle - Dragoon Lagoon.
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7.4/1015 votes#25 - Wheezie's Last Laugh / Frog Prints
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/21/2000
#12501 ""Wheezie's Last Laugh"" Max wants to play soccer, but Emmy explains that she can't. Dad's mowing the lawn. But perhaps they can play in Dragon Land! They go there, and when the soccer ball bounces into a flower patch, Ord finds a dragon frog sitting atop it. The dragon frog cock-a-doodle-dos like a rooster. What?! The gang meets up with a creature called Mister Pop, who's a green troll dude wearing a blue and yellow jester's type outfit and with a red top hat with a single pink stripe. Mister Pop possesses a device called a Super Duper Sound Switcher. When Wheezie laughs, Mister Pop will do anything to get the laugh for himself. But when Wheezie won't give it up freely, Mister Pop steals the laugh and takes off! #12502 ""Frog Prints"" Max grows attached to a frog that he finds when he, Emmy and the dragons visit Dragoon Lagoon. He then has a hard time letting go when he learns that it won't
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The Best Episodes of Dragon Tales Season 1
Every episode of Dragon Tales Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragon Tales Season 1!
Two siblings, Max and Emmy, find an enchanted dragon scale capable of transporting them to a whimsical fantasy land inhabited by colorful anthropomorphic dragons by...
Genres:KidsAnimationSci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamilyDrama
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"To Fly With Dragons - The Forest of Darkness" is the best rated episode of "Dragon Tales" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/6/1999. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "To Kingdom Come - Goodbye Little Caterpoozle".