Dungeons and Dragons TV Cartoon series 1983-1985

Dungeons & Dragons was the title for a TV series. From Sept 17, 1983 to October 19, [not December 7] 1985 CBS had a cartoon version of Dungeons & Dragons in which six children from 8 to 15 take an amusement park's "Dungeons and Dragons Ride", only to be transported to a magical realm. Helped by their guide, "Dungeon Master," the children try to make their way back to their own world while combating various evil beings along the way.

The characters

Their "Role" Names
When Dungeon Master gives the children their weapons he renames them as to their role: Dungeon Master calls Hank; Eric, Bobby Dinah and Presto by their role names; Sheila is only called the Thief by Dungeon Master when she receives her cloak in the beginning teaser of each episode.
Personal role Episodes
All the kids each have their own personal role episodes: Hank {"The Dragons Graveyard" & "The Traitor"); Eric ("Day of the Dungeon Master"); Diana ("Child of the Stargazer"); Presto ("P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster" & "The Last Illusion"); Sheila ("Citadel of Shadow"); Bobby ("Servant of Evil" & "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow")

Heroes

• Hank, the Ranger (voiced by Willie Aames)
  At 15, Hank is the oldest of the gang, along with Eric, and a natural leader. Hank is a brave and noble individual, maintaining a focus and determination, even when presented with grave danger he is gifted with a smart clever brain and superb athletic reflexes and physical coordination. Hank is a Ranger, with a magical bow that shoots arrows of glowing energy. These arrows could be used in many different ways such as a climbing tool, to hurt enemies, to bind them or to create light. His deepest fear is a failure to be a leader. Twice he does fail as a leader: making the wrong decision trying to save Bobby from Venger ("The Traitor") and disobeying Dungeon Master instructions about not opening the Box of Balefire. It was Hank who saved the kids when they were trapped in particularly perilous situations as in another dimension ("The Box") or when they nearly went insane in Venger's Maze of Darkness ("The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow"); he also has to make the ultimate moral choice for the kids-such as having to sacrifice his and the kids hopes of staying home and which they all must go back to the Realm to save both the Realm and Earth from Venger ("The Box"). Only once does his anger and frustration at not going home result in barely uncontrollable rage at Venger ("The Dragon's Graveyard")-an episode in which he alone must make the ultimate moral choice of having to destroy Venger once and for all. Of all the kids, Venger regards Hank as his most personal enemy. (The Portuguese Wikipedia gives his name as Hank Grayson).He makes a non-canonical cameo in Baldurs Gate II. He is featured in cartoon show book 5: The King who Wore No Crown.

• Eric, the Cavalier (voiced by Don Most)
  The cavalier, age 15, is the quintessential spoiled child, originating from a rich home. On the surface, Eric is the big-mouthed coward of the show, and also serves as comic relief. Despite his egotism, selfishness, and snobbery, Eric is potentially also the most realistic character: complaining about the dire situations in which he is involved and voicing concerns which might be common to inhabitants of our world transplanted to the Realm. Despite his cowardice and reluctance, Eric has a well-hidden heroic core, and frequently saves his friends from danger with his magical shield, which can project a force field. In one episode ("Day of the Dungeon Master"), he is even granted the powers of the Dungeon Master, and manages this duty quite successfully- even to the extent of risking his own life fighting Venger- so his friends can return home. Throughout the series there is a subtle change to his character: in "Garden of Zinn" he almost stays in the Realm he hates because of an offer of Kingship and riches; in "Cave of the Fairie Dragoons" he is more interested in going home than the Fairie Dragon's Treasury. In "The Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn" his self-confidence in fighting magical beings has built up to the point where he refers to himself and his friends as "Old Professionals". Among the running gags: Eric either trying to take over leadership of the kids or running away in panic; yet when both Bobby ("City at the Edge of Midnight") and Hank ("The Winds of Darkness") are kidnapped by demons, it is Eric who leads the charge to rescue his friends. Another running gag is Eric and Bobby teasing one another with insulting nicknames (although the nearest they ever come to physical blows is because they both almost fall under the influence of Venger's Maze of Darkness ("The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow". He makes just one friend in the Realm-an orphan whose sarcasm and one-upmanship match his own ("Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman"). Of all the kids, Eric hates the Realm and fears Venger the most. His deepest fear is ridicule. (The Portuguese Wikipedia gives his name as Eric Montgomery). Series developer Mark Evanier revealed that Eric's contrary nature was mandated by parents groups and consultants to push the then-dominant pro-social moral for cartoons of "The group is always right; the complainer is always wrong." He is the victim in cartoon show book 2: Backward Magic (to be saved by Presto) and in cartoon show book 4: The Maze and the Magic Dragon (to be saved by his younger brother Michael!)

• Diana, the Acrobat (voiced by Tonia Gayle Smith)
  Diana is a beautiful and brave 14-year-old girl. She is an acrobat, and an outspoken and tomboyish member of the group. She carries a magic staff which can shift in length from as short as a few inches to be easily carried on her person to as long as six feet, and which she uses as a weapon or as an aid in various acrobatic moves. Furthermore, if the staff is broken apart, Diana simply has to touch the severed pieces together at their break point and they will reunite. She is skilled at handling animals, and is a self-assured, confident person. These qualities make her the natural leader in the absence of Hank. It is mentioned that Diana is chosen as the acrobat because in her real world she is an Olympic-level gymnastics practitioner. In "Child of the Stargazer" Diana finds her soulmate-about whom she must make a very heartbreaking personal decision as to whether or not to give him up in order to save a community from an evil demon/queen. The most outspoken of the kids she lets no one forget this-weather it's Venger who tries to capture Terri ("The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow") or King Varon who tried to steal the Fairie dragons treasure ("Cave of the Fairie Dragons") . Her deepest fear is becoming useless and old. (The Portuguese Wikipedia gives her full name as Diana Curry). She is also featured in cartoon show book 6: The Star Snatchers.

• Presto, the Magician (voiced by Adam Rich)
  14-year-old Albert, better known as Presto, is the wizard. Presto fulfills a role of the well-meaning, diligent, but hopeless magician. He suffers from low self-confidence and nervousness, which manifests in the use of his magical hat-although when he can concentrate his magic actually works as it is supposed to ("The Dragons Graveyard" and "Cave of the Faire Dragons"). Ironically although he has the strongest magical totem Phyiscally he is the weakest of all the kids.He is able to pull an endless succession of various tools from it, but often these will be, or appear to be, of little use. There are also numerous instances when the whole group is in danger, whereupon Presto will draw from his hat precisely what is needed in order to save all of his friends. In "P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster" there is a great line by Presto: "Nice going Presto! First you loose your friends and then Uni. Some magician you are-Why don't you do everyone a favor and make yourself disappear?" Although like all the kids Presto yearns to return home, in "The Last illusion" Presto finds his soulmate-an illusion power girl named Varla and makes friends with the Fairie dragon Amber ("Cave of the Fairie Dragons"). Ironically, Presto and dragons figure in both the first ("The Night of No Tomorrow") and the last ("Cave of the Fairie Dragons") episodes. His deepest fear is losing his glasses without which he cannot see. (The Portuguese Wikipedia gives his full name as Albert Sidney) He must save Eric in cartoon show book 2: Backward Magic.

• Sheila, the Thief (voiced by Katie Leigh)
  As the thief, Sheila age 13 has a magical cloak which, when the hood is raised over her head, makes her invisible. (Reportedly an additional use considered for the cloak was the ability to pass through solid walls but was not used in the series). (In both the Spanish and Latin American versions of Dungeons & Dragons, Sheila is called a mage, or an illusionist. She is only referred to by her title, The Thief, by Dungeon Master when she receives the cloak in the beginning of the episode). Although Sheila is often shy and nervous ("Citadel of Shadow") with a deep-seated fear of monophobia (fear of being alone), she will always display bravery when her friends are in trouble, especially her younger brother, Bobby. Sheila is also the first to point out the flaws or dangers of the group's plans. Through her capacity for friendship with those in trouble she sometimes receives unexpected rewards, such as being offered to become Queen of Zinn, which she politely and wisely declines ("The Garden of Zinn") and redeeming from evil Dungeon Master daughter Karena ("Citadel of Shadow") Her name "Sheila" in the Irish language means "Blind", an ironic personal name as her cloak permits her not to be seen among persons, despite her monophobia. In "Search of the Dungeon Master" her accidental encounter with Dungeon Master magic causes her to speak and understand Fairie language. Although she is quite quick to anger (The Traitor), there are also hints she deeply cares about Hank (For example, he twice rescues her ("The Night of No Tomorrow and "The Box"), but due to the circumstances in which they are trapped, she cannot let him know about her feelings. (The Portuguese Wikipedia gives her name as Sheila O'Brian) She also fights Venger in cartoon show book 3: The Witch's Spell Book.

• Bobby, the Barbarian (voiced by Ted Field III)
  Bobby is the youngest member of the team; eight years old when he enters the realm the characters celebrate his ninth birthday in the "Servant of Evil" episode which he confirms himself that he is "almost ten" four episodes later in "The Lost Children". He is the barbarian, as indicated by his fur pants and boots, horned helmet, and cross belt harness. He is Sheila's younger brother; in contrast to her, Bobby is impulsive and ready to run headlong into battle, even against physically superior enemies, usually resulting in one of the others moving him from harm's way. He has a close relationship with Uni and is often reluctant to leave her when they discover a way home. Bobby carries a magical club, which he regularly uses to trigger earthquakes or dislodge rocks when he strikes the ground. In "The Dragons Graveyard" the strain of being separated from family and friends causes him to have a emotional breakdown other traumas for Bobby is being poisoned and nearly dying ("The Garden of Zinn"); being kidnapped by a demon ("City at the Edge of Midnight"); nearly losing his sister Sheila ("Quest of the Skeleton Warrior"); twice losing Uni ("Valley of the Unicorns" & "The Dragon's Graveyard"). Throughout the series there is subtle change to his character: in "The Lost Children" he disdains to fight one of them because she is a girl; in "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow" after he makes a rude condescending remark about Terri, Sheila scolds him; afterward he bonds with Terri-even to putting his life on the line to save hers; Terri is his soulmate-although he must give her up in order to save her from Venger. Of all the kids, Bobby harbors the deepest anger and hatred toward Venger those actions hurt those whom he cares about most-Sheila; Uni and Terri. His deepest fear is being treated like a baby ("Quest of the Skeleton Warrior"). (The Portuguese Wikipedia gives his full name as Robert O'Brian). He makes a non-canonical cameo in Baldur's Gate II. He fights Tiamat in multi-choice cartoon show book 1: Tower Of Midnight Dreams.

• Uni, the Unicorn (vocal effects provided by Frank Welker)
  Uni is Bobby's pet, a baby unicorn, which Bobby discovers in the first episode and retains as his companion throughout the show. She has the ability to speak, though her words are not quite discernible; she usually is heard echoing Bobby when she agrees to his opinions. As seen in the episode "Valley of the Unicorns", Uni also possesses the potential for the natural unicorn ability to teleport once a day, and has accessed this power through tremendous concentration and effort; however it is intimated that she is still too young to use this ability regularly-without her horn she cannot teleport and becomes very weak. Besides Venger and Kelek, natural enemies of Unicorns are Orcs ("In Search of the Dungeon Master", "P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster") episodes in which poor UNI almost becomes a dessert and a stew. A continuity error shows Uni going with the kids to the real world ("Beauty and the Bogbeast") however other episodes ("The Eye of the Beholder", "Day of the Dungeon Master", "The Box") make it clear that Uni must stay in the Realm as she cannot survive out of it.

• Dungeon Master (voiced by Sidney Miller)
  The group's friend and mentor, he provides important advice and help, but often in a cryptic way that does not make sense until the team has completed the quest of each episode. It is the Dungeon Master who supplies the companions with their weapons and clues for their numerous opportunities to return home. As the series progresses, from his repeated displays of power, it begins to seem possible and later, even probable, that the Dungeon Master could easily return the companions home himself. This suspicion is confirmed in the script for the unmade series finale, "Requiem", wherein the Dungeon Master proves he can do just that, without any difficulty. In some episodes, including "City at the Edge of Midnight" and "The Last Illusion", realm inhabitants display great respect or nervous awe of Dungeon Master. It is through the efforts of the kids that both of Dungeon Master's children Karena ("Citadel of Shadow") and Venger ("Requiem")(non-canonical fan episode) are redeemed from evil.

Villians

• Venger (voiced by Peter Cullen)
  The main force of Evil and the estranged son of Dungeon Master; there was good in him once however he has become a force for evil. He has been an evil wizard for at least 1,000 years ("The Night of no tomorrow"; "The Treasure of Tardos"; "The Girl who dreamed tomorrow"). To conquer the Realm he must 1) destroy Dungeon Master and the kids; 2) aquire the kids totems 3) Use the kids weapons to conquer Tiamat and the Realm. Venger hates the kids especially- not just because they posses the totems he needs to conquer Tiamat and the Realm but also because they are "Pure of Heart" ("The Dragons Graveyard"/"Quest of the Skeleton Warrior"). Venger's master whom even he fears is only referred as "He Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken" ("Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn"). The only creature Venger Fears is Tiamat (The Dragons Graveyard). The only organic substance that Venger fears are red heartstones ("The Traitor")("Citiadel of Shadow").Venger has lost magical duels to Tiamat ("Hall of Bones"); Dungeon Master ("Eye of the Beholder"; "In Search of the Dungeon Master"); Eric ("Day of the Dungeon Master"); Presto ("The Dragons Graveyard"); Korlock ("Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman"); Kareena & Sheila("Citadel of Shadow").In "The Dragons Graveyard" Dungeon Master reveals Venger is his son. In "Citadel of Shadow" Shiela frees Kareena who is revealed to be Venger's sister; this was also Venger last appearence in the series when thanks to Sheila he is trapped in a magical prison. Veneger appears in all episodes except 6, 10, 13, 16, 21, 26 and 27.

• Shadow Demon (voiced by Bob Holt)
  A shadowy demon, he is Venger's personal spy and assistant. Shadow Demon often informs Venger about the children's (whom he refers to as "Dungeon Master's young ones") current quests.

• Tiamat (voiced by Frank Welker)
  Venger's arch-rival is a fearsome female five-headed Queen of the dragons with a reverberating multi-level voice. Her five heads are: a white head breathing ice, a green head breathing toxic gas, a central red head breathing fire, a blue head breathing lightning, and a black head breathing acid. Only two things can conquer her -the kids weapons used together (The Hall of Bones") or dragonsbane ("The Treasure of Tardos"). Although Venger and the children both avoid Tiamat, the kids once used her to their own ends such as making a deal with her in "The Dragon's Graveyard" to destroy Venger. Although promotional blurbs show the kids fighting Tiamat, the kids only fight her twice (The Night of No Tomorrow, "The Dragon's Graveyard")-Tiamat's main quarrel is with Venger. The non-canonical "[Baldur's Gate II]" makes the claim that the kids and Uni were destroyed by Tiamat. Baldur's Gate II" has cameo pictures of Hank and Bobby implying the kids have gone through Baldur's Gate II" on their quest to go home. A popular but false Internet rumor is that the kids died...and ended up in hell.

Episodes

Season 1

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Summary
1	"The Night of No Tomorrow"	John Gibbs & Bob Richardson	Mark Evanier	September 17, 1983	Tricked by Venger, Presto conjures up a horde of fire-breathing dragons to threaten the town of Helix. The kids must rescue Presto and save Helix before it is too late.
2	"The Eye of the Beholder"		Hank Saroyan, Mark Evanier, Kimmer Ringwald	Sept 24, 1983	The kids must fight a monster in order to find a portal home; their unlikely ally is Sir John-a cowardly knight!
3	"The Hall of Bones"		Paul Dini	Oct 1, 1983	When the kids totems run out of magic, the weapons must be recharged in the tomb of the Hall of Bones. Can the kids succeed -or will they be stopped by Venger? As comic relief Dungeon Master speaks with a Irish Brogue accent!
4	"Valley of the Unicorns"		Paul Dini & Karl Geurs	Oct 8, 1983	Uni is kidnapped by the wizard Kelek who takes Uni power of transportation. Can the kids save Uni and the rest of the Realms Unicorns-with the help of Venger?
5	"In Search of the Dungeon Master"		Jeffrey Scott	Oct 15, 1983	The kids must rescue Dungeon Master before he is turned over to Venger!
6	"Beauty and the Bogbeast"		Jeffrey Scott	Oct 22, 1983	The Kids find a portal home-but Eric has been turned into a bogbeast; can the kids find a cure before its too late?
7	"Prison Without Walls"		Steve Gerber	Oct 29, 1983	In order to find a portal home, the kids must free the wizard Lukyon; will Venger ruin their plans again?
8	"Servant of Evil"		Jeffrey Scott	Nov 5, 1983	Bobby 9th birthday is ruined when the rest of the kids are captured by Venger; its up to Bobby and Uni to free their friends!
9	"Quest of the Skeleton Warrior"		Buzz Dixon	Nov 12, 1983	In order to free a cursed skeleton warrior Dekkion, the kids must confront their deepest fears in the Lost Tower of the Celestial Knights. Will they succeed or become either trapped by fear or be cursed like Dekkion forever?
10	"The Garden of Zinn"		Jeffrey Scott	Nov 19, 1983	Bobby is poisoned; in order to cure him will Eric become King of Zinn? [In the teaser is a comic relief routine similar to old Warner Bros cartoons, Eric and Bobby try to catch a small creature for breakfast-which escapes down a hole. Bobby and Eric are reduced to looking mad at one another]
11	"The Box"		Jeffrey Scott	Nov 26, 1983	With the help of Zandora's magicial box the kids find a portal home! But can they stay there? Venger tries to take over both the Realm and Earth at the same time!
12	"The Lost Children"		Jeffrey Scott	Dec 3, 1983	With the help of another group of lost children, the kids must locate a spaceship in Venger's castle which could take them home!
13	"P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster"		Jeffrey Scott	Dec 10, 1983	Trying to save his friends from Venger's Orcs, Presto spell sends his friends off into danger in a Giant's castle-eric and Sheila are forced to ride metal dragons; Presto and Uni must save them.{Loosely based on "jack and the beanstalk)
Season 2
14	"The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow"	John Gibbs	Karl Geurs	Sept 8, 1984	The kids meet a lost child named Terri who is also a clairvoyant. Can she help the kids survive Venger's Maze of Darkness to get home without them all going insane? Bobby must make a heartbreaking personal choice to save his soulmate Terri from Venger!
15	"The Treasure of Tardos"		Michael Reaves	Sept 15, 1984	Venger's creation Demodragon is uncontrollable! The kids must ally themselves --with Venger!
16	"City at the Edge of Midnight"		Michael Reaves & Karl Geurs	Sept 22, 1984	Bobby is captured by the demon Nightwalker who kidnaps children to prevent time striking midnight! Its up to the kids to free the captives.
17	"The Traitor"		Jeffrey Scott	Sept 29, 1984	Bobby is captured by Venger's Orcs; the rest of the kids are shocked to find out that Hank is a traitor--or is he?
18	"Day of the Dungeon Master"		Michael Reaves	Oct 6, 1984	After Eric opens his big mouth once too often, Dungeon Master makes Eric a Dungeon Master for a day! Can Eric use his new powers to open a portal home for his friends-even against Venger?
19	"The Last Illusion"		Jeffrey Scott	Oct 13, 1984	Presto bonds with a captive of Venger's--an illusionist girl named Varla.
20	"The Dragon's Graveyard"		Michael Reaves	Oct 20, 1984	Venger has tried the kids' patience beyond the breaking point when he destroys their latest portal. The kids ally themselves with Tiamat to do away with Venger once and for all! Will Hank give in to anger and destroy his arch enemy forever?
21	"Child of the Stargazer"		Michael Reaves	Oct 27, 1984	Dinah bonds with a boy named Kosar; now she must make a personal choice weather to give him up in order to save a community from an evil queen.
Season 3
22	"The Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn"	John Gibbs	Michael Reaves	Sept 14, 1985	The kids accidentally let loose a signal to summon Venger's Master- he whose name cannot be spoken! Is this the end of Dungeon Master, the kids, and Venger-- forever?
23	"The Time Lost"		Michael Reaves	Sept 21, 1985	Venger plans to use a time portal to have Germany win World War II- and prevent the kids from ever being born! Will he succeed?
24	"Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman"		Mark Shiney & Michael L. DePatie	Sept 28, 1985	Eric makes his only friend in the Realm, an orphan who possesses a dangerous Talisman that Venger and a rival wizard both covet!
25	"Citadel of Shadow"		Katherine Lawrence	Oct 5, 1985	Sheila frees a young woman named Karena from a spell-not knowing she is Venger's sister and rival in evil! Sheila must make a personal choice regarding two magic rings- either use them to get home or save Karena from being destroyed by Venger! {Note: Venger's last appearance in the series, trapped in a magical force field by Sheila. It is probable that Kareena's red magical heart ring stone is made from the same red heartstone that Venger hates so much "The Traitor"
26	"Cave of the Fairie Dragons"		Michael Cassutt & Kathy Selbert, Karl Geurs (Story)	Nov 9, 1985	The kids are saved from giant red ants by a fairie dragon named Amber who becomes friends with Presto. Can the kids not only save the Fairie dragon Queen Tasmira and the rest of the Fairie dragons from the greedy King Varon but also find a portal home at last?"
27	"The Winds of Darkness"		Katherine Lawrence	Dec 7, 1985	Hank is captured by a demon of darkness; can the kids persuade a embittered pupil of Dungeon Master's to help them?

Note: Oddly enough in syndication While it is true that Cave of the Fairie Dragons is broadcast before Winds of Darkness...they were actually produced so Winds of Darkness is # 26 and Cave of the Fairie Dragons is 27th and LAST episode...see Official listing of episode booklet. "Cave of the Faire Dragons" shows Presto makes a spell that causes King Varin and his soldiers to float to a cave ceiling so they can escape. After the kids reflect that another chance to go home is lost, the last words of the series are spoken by Dungeon Master: "You are correct, Cavalier. You are closer to home, than you think. For home is a reflection of the heart. A reflection you are beginning to understand".

The series was shown on the Toon Disney Channel from 2006-2008.

Likewise had the series not been canceled, the next episode "Requiem" would have shown the kids redeeming Venger from evil. The actors did read out "Requiem" as a radio play, and a Portuguese comic book version of Dungeons and Dragons did produce "Requiem".

"Requiem" had an unresolved cliffhanger ending: the kids either finally going home (if the series was canceled) or a 4th season of more adventures (if the series was renewed). According to the Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Wiki episode listing: "If the show had continued, they would have left the Realm, but not make it home, instead, a new world, with a female Dungeon Master would be on the other side ready to guide them."

As noted, this series never had a concluding episode-not even with "Requiem"-hence imaginative fans can write their own versions of what happened to the kids...for example at fan-fiction.

• In a 2019 Kiwi Outrider car commecial in Brazil shows the kids first fighting Tiamat and then Venger; Dungeon Master appears in a Kiwi Outrider car which the kids get into; Dinah Driving; Presto tries to make a magic spell which instead goes into the cars computer and opens up a portal into the amusement park! The kids escape and find themselves in their normal clothing!With a twist ending: Uni is shown by a merry-go-round then "Disappears"; the kids however are looked down upon by Venger-disguished as horse Policeman...https://sciencefiction.com/2019/05/28/full-renault-dungeons-dragons-commercial-based-on-the-80s-cartoon-is-here/
• In 2020 fans of series made cartoon version of "Requiem" (with clps from the old series) with one difference; the only member of the kids who do not go back to Earth is Presto! ironically in The 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves featured the kids [now a little older teenage/adult versions] with a live-action cameos with Edgar Abram as Hank, Luke Bennett as Bobby, Emer McDaid as Sheila, Moe Sasegbon as Diana, Trevor Kaneswaran as Eric, and Seamus O'Hara as Presto. In this version the kids are still trapped in the realm; They are seen competing in a special tournament and have made it to a cage in the middle of a shifting labyrinth. The only cast members from the orginal cartoon series not seen in the movie are Uni; Dungeon Master and Venger
• In December 2024, a short stop-motion film was released on the channel of the Brazilian blog Jovem Nerd: Caverna do Dragão: O Episódio Perdido (Dungeons and Dragon: The Lost Episode), the film plays with creepypasta theories and ends with the characters returning to the Realm.

Incidentally there is a website of the Dungeons and Dragons Animated series featuring biographies of both major and minor characters plus the storyboards of the episodes and also ideas for episodes which were not made (including a link to the "Requiem" script. This website can be found at the WAYBACK MACHINE AT https://web.archive.org/web/20121025023807/http://www.dungeonsdragonscartoon.com/2011/05/character-sketches.html. There is also a fan-fiction series in which there are various versions of weather the kids ever escape home; likewise a fan-fiction art in which there are various versions of the Kids such as at https://www.deviantart.com/inspector97/art/Hank-and-Sheila-433927544

Gallery

Trivia

• Valley of the Unicorns Kelek has succeeded in stealing 19 of the alicorns from the Unicorns and almost succeeds with the last Silvermane
• The Dragon's graveyard Episode shows there are dragon skeletons much bigger than Tiamat. Venger reanimates five dragon Warrior skeletons to go against the Kids; One with sword tries to attack Sheila and Uni But is broken up by Bobby; One with a wand chains Presto Feet but Presto beats him with his magic; One with a whip entangles Dinah javelin but she uses it to defeat him; One with a trident attacks Eric but goes to pieces when he hits the shield. One has a morningstar fail that is whirled around fast enough creates a miniature whirlwind and knocks down Sheila (in a continuity goof this one is not shown being stopped; probably that would have shown Sheila turning the tables on her attacker)

DVD sets

BCI Eclipse (2006): five disk set with special features.

• "Entering the Realm of Dungeons and Dragons" featurette
• Commentaries on "Night of No Tomorrow" and "The Dragon's Graveyard"
• Full-length animated storyboard for "The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow"
• Interactive adventure "Kelek's Crystal"
• 50 profiles of characters, creatures, and artifacts
• Short live-action fan film "Choices"
• Radio show-style presentation of unaired final episode "Requiem"
• Alternate and rare footage
• Trivia
• Art galleries
• DVD-ROM supplements
• 30 page Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Series Handbook

Mill Creek Entertainment (2009): only the episodes; no special features.

Merchandise

Famously, the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon had no merchandise based specifically on the characters from the cartoon. LJN released a toyline that featured many of the other characters/creatures from the cartoon, but none of the main characters, specific to the cartoon. It took 40 +/- years for the cartoon characters to finally get toys, children’s books, comics and more.

Merchandise List

• Dungeons & Dragons - The Adventure Begins - Little Golden Book (2023)
• Hasbro Dungeons & Dragons cartoon action figure toyline (2023)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures - IDW comics - 9 issues (2023-2024)
• Super7 - Dungeons & Dragons cartoon action figure toyline (2024)
• Super7 - SDCC 2024 - Dungeons & Dragons wax pack trading cards

References

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS EPISODES
SEASON ONE September to December 1983 The Night of No Tomorrow ◉ The Eye of the Beholder ◉ The Hall of Bones ◉ Valley of the Unicorns ◉ In Search of the Dungeon Master ◉ Beauty and the Bogbeast ◉ Prison Without Walls ◉ Servant of Evil ◉ Quest of the Skeleton Warrior ◉ The Garden of Zinn ◉ The Box ◉ The Lost Children ◉ P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster
SEASON TWO September to October 1984 The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow ◉ The Treasure of Tardos ◉ City at the Edge of Midnight ◉ The Traitor ◉ Day of the Dungeon Master ◉ The Last Illusion ◉ The Dragon's Graveyard ◉ Child of the Stargazer
SEASON THREE September to October 1985 The Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn ◉ The Time Lost ◉ Odyssey of the Twelfth Talisman ◉ Citadel of Shadow ◉ Cave of the Fairie Dragons ◉ The Winds of Darkness