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Dragon Booster is a Canadian Animated Series first broadcast in 2004 . It follows the story of young Artha Penn, a stable boy who rides Beaucephalis (or "Beau" for short), the dragon of legend. He becomes a Dragon Booster, a hero to protect the world from impending Dragon-Human war, and to unite humans and dragons for all time. Many of the characters are named after characters from the tales of King Arthur , and the setting of Dragon Booster has a certain Star Wars -esque feel to it. The storyline resembles that of Speed Racer . This series is produced in Cel Shaded CGI . __TOC__ SYNOPSIS Dragon Booster was planned with a five-year story arc, but only three years have been produced and aired. Each year contains 13 half-hour episodes. Season 1 In the first season, Artha competes in street racing events with his dragon "Beau", and fights as the Dragon Booster against Woord Paynn's attempts to capture the legendary dragon. # The Choosing - Part I # The Choosing - Part II # Into the Fire # Opposing Force # Fanning the Flames # The Stand # The Horn of Libris # All Is Not Lost # Three Times a Hero # The Lost Track of Doom # Pride of the Hero # Misjudged # The Chromatic Dragon Season 2 The second season continues the continuity established by the first, further developing the main characters and expanding the cast of side characters as Artha competes in street races and fights crime as the Dragon Booster.
Season 3 In the third and currently final season, a member from the city's prestigious Dragon Racing Academy is overseeing the city's current racing season, to grant the city's one top racer entrance into the Academy.
CHARACTERS Main characters Artha Penn
The protagonist of the series; Artha was raised as a stablehand for his father, a retired dragon racer who successfully bred the gold dragon Beaucephalis (or "Beau"). Artha is chosen by the golden dragon to become the "Dragon Booster", a hero spoke of in legends who previously put an end to an ancient war between dragons and humans. Throughout the series, Artha competes as a street racer in the city's "All-City" racing circuit atop his dragon Beau, with his younger brother Lance and best friends Parmon and Kitt supporting him as members of the "Penn Stables" racing crew. And as the Dragon Booster, Artha is mentored by a dragon priest named Mortis, and he fights crime within the city as well as countering plans by Word Paynn to incite a new war between humans and dragons, often by trying to capture or control Artha's legendary dragon. Beau Artha's dragon, Beaucephalis (nicknamed "Beau") is a quadropedal dragon bred by Artha's father. Beau appears black with gold markings, and posesses the legendary gold element, which often makes him the target of Woord Paynn's ambitions. Because of this, early in the series Beau changes his normal body color from black and gold to red and blue, to disguise himself as a normal dragon and avoid drawing unwanted attention. Throughout the series, Beau reveals his true colors and power as the dragon of legend only when Artha transforms into the Dragon Booster. Lance Penn
Artha's younger brother, Lance enjoys candy and playing video games, and greatly admires his older brother's racing. Lance rides a young blue dragon named Fracshun, but is not an experienced racer himself, and is content to provide support from the sidelines along with Parmon. Even so, Lance's small size and agility prove invaluable several times throughout the series. Kitt Wann
One of the most experienced and known All-City racers, Kitt is initially a solitary racer but quickly becomes friends with Artha, and eventually becomes part of the Penn racing crew. Kitt is temperamental, but protective of her friends. As a racer, Kitt rides a bipedal red dragon named Wyldfyr. Parmon Sean
Artha and Lance's best friend, Parmon Sean (often nicknamed "Parm") becomes the technician and tactician of the Penn racing crew. Parmon is highly apt in statistics and mathematical equations, but is also easily frightened; however, he is generally the first to identify dangers and, despite a penchant for speaking in highly technical terms, often provides solutions and resolutions to conflicts. Mortis
A member of the City's ancient dragon priesthood, Mortis serves as a mentor to Artha and is the one who gives Artha the ability to transform into the Dragon Booster. Late in the series, Mortis is revealed to be Artha's father, Connor Penn. Word Paynn
Word Paynn is the primary antagonist of the series. Like Mortis, Word knows much about the ancient myths and legends, and is intent on capturing or controlling the dragon of legend in order to start a new war between dragons and humans. Moordryd Paynn
Another antagonist in the series, Moordryd is Word's son, the leader of the "Dragon Eyes" Down City racing crew, and rides a black, slender quadropedal dragon named Decepshun. Because he was the one who attacked the Penn Stables and tried to steal Beau, Moordryd quickly becomes Artha's racing rival. Aggressive and somewhat reckless, Moordryd frequently loses races to Artha, and tries hard to earn the approval of his father despite interference by the Dragon Booster. Late in the series, Moordryd acquires an ancient gauntlet that allows him to become a powerful foe he calls the "Shadow Booster"; similarly, his dragon Decepshun becomes exposed to an experimental device created by Moordryd's father and is transformed into a purified black dragon. Connor Penn
Connor Penn is the father of Artha and Lance Penn, and the famous owner of Penn Stables. He was the person who bred Beau to be a gold draconium based dragon, and he taught Artha about the Dragon Booster. When he was younger, Connor was also trained in the Ancient Order and was once the best friend of Word Paynn. Due to heavily different opinions, they parted. Connor's Dragon is Tyrannis Pax. Not only is Connor a dragon breeder, but he provides useful tips to other riders when it comes to racing. Rumor has it that he was the original Dragon Booster, but this is completely false, since he was not chosen, but only given the amulet to give to the true Dragon Booster (after all, the original dragon-human war was more than 3000 years ago) Connor has red hair, but none on his head, has blue eyes, and wears a blue outfit. He is 47 years old and his height is 5'11". He apparently seems to vanish in the first episode, but the Dragon Priest Mortis plays a familiar fatherly figure to Artha and Lance and it is also revealed that (despite what previous official information otherwise stated) Connor and Mortis are one in the same in the finale of season 2. Cain
Cain is Moordryd Paynn's right hand man and lieutenant of the Dragon Eyes Down City crew. Like Parm, Cain is probably Moordryd's best friend. His dragon is Coershun, a fierce, black draconium Psi-class dragon. Cain is loyal to the Dragon Eyes and rather smart, but at times his cowardice and ridiculous phobias gets the better of him and he ends up retreating instead of helping the rest of the Dragon Eyes fight. Like Kitt, he's rather sarcastic and cynical. He loves to get under Moordryd's skin by taunting him and making dry remarks. As much of a good Dragon Eye as Cain is, he is somewhat of a coward, but enjoys tormenting members of the Penn Racing Crew. He'll joke around when he's bothering them, and that is his weakness. (Like in Episode 32 "When Opposites Attract", when He captured Lance, but Lance stepped on his foot.) The muscular Cain has a tattoo of the Dragon Eye crew symbol on his forehead and has dark dreadlocks and gold-brown eyes. He wears a dull-colored gray and maroon outfit, not concealing much of the top besides a few straps. Like Parm, his skin tone is darker, and he is 17 years old and 5'10" tall. After thinking Moodryd betrayed him in the episode "Cain's mutiny" he revolts against him and supports shadow booster. Later Moordryd revealed to him that he is the Shadow Booster and Cain calmed down. He is voiced by Scott McNeil . Side characters Pyrrah
Pyrrah is the fiery leader of the dangerous Down City Dragon Flares Crew and represents them on the Council of Twelve. Her dragon, Phorrj, is a red draconium Magma-class dragon with the same temperamental attitude as his rider. Pyrrah is one to be reckoned with. She is rather fair and does not play dirty, sometimes being temperamental, but thus far, most of the times we have seen Pyrrah, she is unwittingly being used by Word Paynn in one way or another (in "Into the Fire", Word takes control of her with a black mind control pod to try and seize Artha Penn's dragon). As a result, we have yet to see what her "true colors" are and whether she is friend, foe, or neutral to the Dragon Booster's cause. She uses a strange weapon (Many have dubbed it a "fire axe" because of the resemblance) that generates red draconium energy and has a little brother named Sparkk. On the many occasions that Moordryd manages to divide the council against itself, Pyrrah has sided with him. Pyrrah wears a purple suit and a red coat with a flame design. She has grayish-purple eyes and flaring red hair. She’s 17 years old and her height is 5'5". Phistus
The brawny Phistus is the leader of the Grip of the Dragon Down City Crew, and also leads the Down City Crew Council of Twelve. He gets irritated with the constant chaos between Down City crews, and longs to resolve this. His green draconium Bull-class dragon, Brutaris, is very much like him, a strong figure with a good heart. Phistus strongly believes that the Down City crews need to insure peace between each other; however, with Moordryd and Word interfering, he needs the help of other crews and the Dragon Booster to stop this problem. His temper rises rather quickly if he’s extremely annoyed, and he tries to maintain order in the Council and will use force if necessary. He carries a large hammer built of green draconium and is a great jouster, as are most of his Grip of the Dragon crew members. Phistus wears a green suit and has a tattoo on his right arm and armor bands on his left. He has brown eyes and is at age 18 with a height of 6'2".
Khatah Khatah is the distinguished leader of the Inner Order Down City Crew and the consecutive champion in the Horn of Libris competition. He represents the Inner Order on the Council of Twelve. Khatah was the best student at the Racing Academy and scored above ninety-eight percent on all his tests. He usually works with Sarjo, another Inner Order member. His dragon, Shock-Ra, is a blue draconium Energy-class dragon. Khatah can be close minded and rather selfish. He initially denounced Artha as just another immature racer after losing the Horn of Libris competition, but changes his mind when Artha and Kitt attempt to rescue him from Moordryd's compound when he tries to take it back. He also attempted to help Parmon and Cyrano when both were possessed by a powerful Blue Draconium bone mark. He favors slim mag-staffs and is skilled with martial arts. Khatah has indigo hair and bright blue eyes. He wears an elaborate blue and gold outfit with the lightning bolt insignia of the Inner Order. He is 22 years old and his height is 5'7". His name seems to be a play-on pun of kata, a method of martial arts. Stewardd
Stewardd is the leader of the secretive Keepers crew, who once helped the original Dragon Booster three thousand years ago. Stewardd may be small, but when it comes to hiding and being swift on your feet, depend on him. His dragon is Gunny, a light green draconium Scavenger-class dragon. Stewardd is stealthy and skillful at sneaking around and hiding, making it nearly impossible to catch him unless he slows down. Like Parm, he tinkers around with gear and can invent new devices, gadgets, objects and items that come in handy when needed. For example, he was the one who created Dragon Booster's Jakk-Stick out of a blocking staff and Word's Jakk-Boxes. He seems to carry equipment helpful for escaping wherever he goes, and he tends to be extremely unsettled at the slightest hint of trouble, speaking hasty words that you can hardly make out. He was once controlled by Propheci. Stewardd and the Keepers are not part of the Council of Twelve. The tiny Stewardd wears colorful clothing, has blue hair, pointy ears and wears thermal goggles on his eyes. He is at a young age of 15 years old and is 5'3". (However, this seems inaccurate; Lance is slightly taller than Stewardd.) Stewardd seems to be a play-on pun of the word stewart, as in a helper of a knight, or steward.
Reepyr
Reepyr is the human leader of the legendary Prophets Crew, controlled by Propheci. The Prophets once helped the original Dragon Booster, but they are now against him. Reepyr is being controlled by the orange draconium Control-class dragon Propheci, the lethal dragon leader of the Prophets. Reepyr is used by Propheci until the Dragon Booster and his friends take on the challenge of the Track of Doom. It is then that Propheci decides to work together with humans and dragons, but Reepyr stays under Propheci’s influence. It is later than Propheci decides to imprison Reepyr and the other human Prophets. Reepyr acts rather troubled, and will stop at nothing to cease the dangerous orange dragons from gaining control of Dragon City. Due to the nature of the Prophets Crew and the recent infighting among them, Reepyr and his crew have no representation on the Council of Twelve. Recently Reepyr has had some success uniting his crew and has imprisoned Propheci. Reepyr has rather greenish skin, red hair and dark-colored eyes, and wears an orange suit. He is 17 years old and is 5'6" tall. His name is a pun of reaper, a name used to describe a killer. Wulph
Wulph is the authoritative leader of the Army of the Dragon Crew and their representation on the Council of Twelve. He likes to have the last word and makes sure that nothing happens to those he believes he's responsible for. He usually works with more than one of his crewmembers in several situations, but if it's one man, it's Trakkyrr or Ferryt. His dragon is Hyve, a sly purple draconium Pack-class dragon. Wulph tends to dislike his opinions and suggestions being criticized and/or taken for granted, especially when other people try influencing him to change his decisions. At times, he tends to take situations that don't concern him into his hands, and usually sends tracking dragons after those unsuspecting to it. Before, he worked for Word Paynn, but now it seems only an interesting prospect will sway him back, as now his crew works and thinks for themselves. He is good at certain things, like working in teams, but he is not a great racer, as he is often the first eliminated in races to get into Academy, as seen in Season Three. In addition he often sides with Moordryd in his attempts to divide the Council against itself. Wulph has lime green hair and indigo eyes, with a scar across his right eye. His outfit is purple and gold, and he is 5'5" tall and 17 years old. His name seems to be a play-on pun of the animal wolf. Vociferous
Vociferous is the sly, smooth-taking leader of the distrustful Voice of the Dragon Crew and their representaion on the Council of Twelve. At times, he will assume the identity of a director. Like Moordryd and his Dragon Eyes, Vociferous and his Voices will use deceptive tactics, but to blind others instead of rousing a high level of suspicion. He works together with Spynn, a female lieutenant of the Voices (and at some times, behind the camera). His dragon is Swavvy, but her appearance isn't really confirmed. For example, in episode 20, "Artha the Drac", and episode 24, "The Mechanist", Vociferous is shown riding a Bull-Class-like dragon with light green coloring. But in episode 33, "The Defiants", and episode 37 "Cain's Mutiny", he is shown riding a dark turquoise colored dragon with a body similar to that of a Nautilus-class dragon. She is however, a Turqoise Sonic-Class Dragon and thus likely the latter. Vociferous loves to fool around and have his fun by making people humiliate and embarrass themselves. His deception and manipulation have slipped around without much suspicion, and he takes advantage of a situation whenever he has the chance. He is quick-witted, but is impatient and incompetent, therefore leading to problems in both physical and social skills. He fights with a mag-staff and is skilled in acrobatics. On the many occasions that Moordryd manages to divide the council against itself, Vociferous has sided with him. Vociferous seems to like setting new fashion trends with his turquoise and blue clothes, and has a bit of an elfish look to him. He has spiky pink hair and green eyes, and his height and age are unknown. (He seems to be as tall as Parm, however, this shows in an episode where Artha’s height differs from Parm’s. He tends to act slightly more mature than Artha or Moordryd, so he may be older than 16.) His name is from a play-off of the word vociferous, meaning "a loud or noisy cry; talkative, vocal". Race Marshall Budge
There doesn’t seem to be much information about Race Marshall Budge, besides the fact that he announces the many races and competitions that take place in Dragon City. Budge also seems to wander the Mid-City streets sometimes. He has white hair, is rather overweight and looks elderly. (His height and exact age are unknown.) Captain Faier
Captain Faier is the head of Dragon City Security, Dragon City’s main authorities. He takes action whenever the city is threatened and tries to maintain order as best as he could. Faier and Dragon City Security highly respect the Dragon Booster, and any other person with good intentions and a will to protect Dragon City. Faier has pink hair and brown eyes and wears a blue Dragon City Security uniform. His height and age are unknown. His name seems to have some relation to Ken Faier, who works on the show, or "fair", which tends to be a joke of irony about modern authority. Armeggaddon
Armeggaddon was from three thousand years ago, and was probably an enemy to the original Dragon Booster. He was imprisoned in the Shadow Track until Artha, Lance and Moordryd broke the spell that encased riders and dragons inside the track. (See "Faster Than Fear"; a shadowy figure passes by Artha’s visor.) Armeggaddon chooses Moordryd to be "The One" to defeat the Dragon Booster, and presents him with a black draconium amulet, similar to the symbol of the Dragon Eyes. It is believed that he himself is the amulet, since he speaks through it to Moordryd. Armeggaddon is similar to Mortis, and teaches Moordryd the ancient ways of power. Armeggaddon was the Emperor or leader of the Black Dragon Eye Empire 3000 years ago and intends to give that honor to his student Moordryd Paynn (Shadow Booster). At first, Armeggaddon was nothing more than shadow, and his fiery, non-human eyes were his only trait. His race is unknown. He was revealed in episode 33, "The Defiants" wearing Dragon armour with long pointed head gear, and large curved spikes coming from his back. His mouth is also visible, suggesting he is human. He faces Word Paynn as Drakkus and tells him his love for his son is his weakness. Also, Moordryd betrays Armeggadon when he joins dragon booster, Drakkus who is actually Word Paynn, Mortis and fought the eight pure black draconium dragons of Armeggadon. After suffering betrayal from Shadow Booster, Armeggaddon realises his mistake and prepares to resurrect the League of Eight by finding the bonemarks of the eight dragons. Armeggadon, being from 3000 years ago, knows of ALL of the possible Mag Claw moves, including Mag Fury, a Mag Tornado (it's real name is unknown), and many others. However, he was beaten by Parmon in episode 36 "Professor Stubborn", when Parm used a combination of gear to redirect his Mag energy back toward him. He makes a reference the famous line by Optimus Prime to the transformers movie when battling the Drakkus and Mortis stating "One shall stand. Two shall fall". (Also making a reference to the fact that Mortis does have the same voice actor as Optimus Prime, from Beast Wars/Machines and Transformers Armada/Energon/Cybertron) Sentrus The sophisticated and devious Academy scout Sentrus chooses racers for the Elite Racing Academy. She takes an interest those who show intimate and astounding skills, and not only with racing methods alone, but with a racer's other techniques, such as gear choice and advanced knowledge. Sentrus craves highly experienced racers who have proven their spot in the Racing Academy, and at times will bring up challenges to thicken the tension between racers. Sentrus has white hair and grey eyes, and wears a cyan dress. Her height and age are unknown (though she is rather tall). Due to Sentrus' appearance similarities between Word and Moordryd, many fans speculate her to be Zulay Paynn. However, since Sentrus nor Word or Moordryd appear to know each other, this may not be true. Dragons See Also: List of Dragons in Dragon Booster
CANCELLATION In an interview with Matt Hill (Artha Penn) on June 10 , 2006 at the Otakuthon convention held in Concordia University , it was made apparent that Dragon Booster failed to pull together a large enough fan base and production has currently ceased on the series. He stated "We did not get the following 13 episodes". When asked why the series lost its bid for more episodes, Hill responded "They were not getting enough viewers." However, the real reason that production has stopped is that Alliance Atlantis was acquired by a larger corporate power. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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