Discover some curious facts about ‘Dragon’s Cave’, the animation that adapts the universe of the role-playing game, “Dungeons & Dragons”
Story set in a different world called Kingdom, “Dragon’s Cave” was released in 1985 to introduce Eric, Bobby, Presto, Hank, Diana and Sheila, a quintet who ends up arriving there after accidentally passing through a magical portal inside a toy of an amusement park.
In the animation, the five friends end up guided by the Master of Magicians, who promises to help the children return home. There, they gain different skills, clothes and weapons and, in the 27 episodes released, they face several battles against magical and powerful creatures, as well as needing to keep an eye on the plans of the great villain, the Avenger, who wants to dominate the Kingdom.
Still loved by fans, the title, which is an adaptation of the universe of the 1970s role-playing game “Dungeons & Dragons”, holds several curiosities that may have fallen into oblivion, after all, the plot was launched 40 years ago; remember:
1. It featured big names from comics
Did you know that big names from comics can be found in the animation credits? This is because the script for “Dragon’s Cave” has Mark Evaniercreator of the animation “Garfield and Friends” and co-author of the adventures of “Groo the Wanderer”, as well as Paul Dini (the creator of Harley Quinn) and Steve Gerber (responsible for Howard the Duck) as writers of the series.
2. The series did not have a pilot
The pilot episode is responsible for contextualizing the audience about the premise of the series/film, introducing the universe and the characters — but it never existed in the plot that adapts D&D.
In this case, the presentation is made through the opening of the cartoon, which is always shown before a new episode. Remember:
3. Sheila’s class is not revealed
Throughout the series, it is revealed that, when they arrive in the Kingdom, children gain classes that represent the roles they play in that universe, after all, Hank becomes a ranger, Eric becomes a knight, Diana an acrobat, Presto acts as a wizard and Bob is a barbarian.
But, have you noticed that Sheila never has her class revealed? Well, not explicitly at least. This is because she is a rogue, translated at the time as a thief, and so that there would be no criticism from parents about the influence that the character could have on children with such a category, this information was veiled as much as possible.
4. Did Avenger try to help the Nazis?
Yes! In one of the plans to steal children’s weapons and thus have the chance to defeat Tiamat, the feared five-headed dragon, and dominate the Kingdom, the Avenger ends up using a different tactic in the episode “Time Erasing” when helping the saving a Nazi pilot so that Germany could win World War II and the quintet’s world would be changed, not allowing them to return.
However, the friends end up finding the pilot and, by becoming friends with him, they end up changing the ending expected by Avenger, as the pilot gives up on the war.
5. There was never an ending
The series never had an ending! The episode that was supposed to close the plot, titled “Requiem”, was written and the script was later released by Michael Reavesbut it never got off the ground.
Still, four decades later, that’s about to change! This is because the plot that will put an end to the story will be born from the partnership with Ogilvy Brasil and Hasbro, as revealed by Jovem Nerd at CCXP24, where it will take shape through stop motion animation.
With no set release date, the chapter revealed as “The Lost Episode” already has a trailer; watch!
Source: Recreio
