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Through the Dragon's Eye

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Through the Dragon's Eye is a 1989 Look and Read Edutainment Show released by The BBC. The most famous and popular show released from the educational programme, Through the Dragon's Eye has been used as an educational programme for British kids in schools since its first airing over twenty years ago and has a strong following.The show stars three kids Amanda, Jenny and Scott who paint a mural on their primary school wall featuring a dragon. After they paint in the eye, the dragon winks at them and suddenly springs to life, identifying himself as Gorwen and invites the kids into the fantasy world of Pelamar. He explains the world is dying due to the destruction of the MacGuffin called the Veetacore which becomes a Dismantled MacGuffin. The kids, Gorwen and giant talking mouse Rodey meet the Veetacore's Keepers Boris, Doris and Morris, who can't read - in fact, all the creatures in Pelamar are dyslexic and can't read.The kids offer to help translate the instruction manual on how to reconstruct the Veetacore, but learn three pieces are missing. Gorwen concludes the pieces somehow flew all the way into the unknown land of Widge and decides to go on The Quest to find the pieces. Jenny remains with Doris and Morris to rebuild the Veetacore whilst Gorwen, Amanda, Scott, Boris and Rodey go to Widge to find the missing pieces, all the while be harassed by the fluffy Ewok-like critters called Widgets. Jenny's group also get in trouble when the show's Big Bad and walking Nightmare Fuel Charn the Evil One arrives from exile to use the Veetacore for evil purposes.
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The Millstone
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The Millstone: Morris's caterpillar Frug eats pieces of the book the characters are using to repair the Veetacore. He even eats the final page and the Veetacore can only be completed because he hatches from the cocoon with the words on his wings.
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Lovable Coward: Morris is the most timid of the Keepers, barely able to stand up to Doris and absolutely terrified when Charn shows up. However when Gorwen is in danger, he sneaks out to warn him, resulting in the Heroic Sacrificeabove.
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The Quest
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The Quest: It has all the plot stapled; The hero's quest, to recover the MacGuffin/collect the Plot Coupons, fight the Big Bad, etc.
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The Prankster: The Widgets, causing them to be a major hindrance in the quest for the missing Veetons. They hide the first Veeton, change road signs, throw snowballs and even tear up the map.
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Danger — Thin Ice: Fortunately by the time he encounters it, Gorwen has enough literacy to read the warning sign and avoid the danger.
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The Smart Guy: Scott is this among the children, as he's implied to be an avid reader. He's the first to realize the Widgets can probably read when he spots the notice next to the quagmire.
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The Pollyanna
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The Pollyanna: Amanda, who is nearly always cheerful, even in hard situations. It helps that she's highly resourceful and a lateral thinker.
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I'm Melting!
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I'm Melting!: Charn turns those who cross him into puddles.
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Butt-Monkey: Boris and Morris. The former ends up falling into a quagmire, having his best sweater unraveled and getting knocked out by a falling Veeton. The latter is frequently berated by Doris and cannot seem to keep a hold of Frug as he eats just about everything in the Veetacore House.
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Wing Shield
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Wing Shield: Gorwen uses his wings to protect himself from Charn's lightning bolts (though the costume isn't really flexible enough to pull this off convincingly).
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All Cloth Unravels
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All Cloth Unravels: Amanda exploits this. As she and keeper Boris wander around the giant sentient tree searching for the first Veeton, she unravels his sweater so they will be able to find their way back to the entrance more easily (in a Shout-Out to Theseus and the Minotaur). In a later chapter, she unravels the rest of the sweater so they can lower Rodey into a deep chasm to get the Veetarod back after it fell from Scott's pocket.
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: It's heavily implied that Scott is afraid of heights as he's visibly uncomfortable with the idea of flying and freaks out when he has to cross a chasm using a rope ladder. It makes his actions at the end of Chapter 9 all the more heroic.
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Dumb Jock: Boris loves playing cricket and tennis but isn't the sharpest tool in the box. He gets better later on as he learns to read and is responsible for finding two out of the three missing Veetons.
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Big Eater: Frug. Unfortunately, he likes the taste of paper, which causes trouble for Jenny as he eats part of the book.
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Dismantled MacGuffin: The serial revolves around the search for the missing pieces of the Veetacore.
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Heroic Sacrifice: Morris darts in front of Charn's lightning and gets turned into a puddle to give Gorwen enough time to shield himself from being turned into a puddle. Fortunately, Gorwen is able to restore him.
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Extreme Omnivore: Frug. He eats pages from the book and Boris's best tennis shoes. Doris even remarks he'll have eaten everything in the Veetacore House before he's spun his cocoon.
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"L" Is for "Dyslexia"
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"L" Is for "Dyslexia": All the creatures in Pelamar are this.
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Obviously Evil: Charn. He lampshades it.
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The Trees Have Faces
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The Trees Have Faces: The Book Tree, who helps the search party via a series of riddles and rouses all the trees to sing the characters home in the final chapter.
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Cliffhanger: Every episode ends on one.
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Not So Above It All: Gorwen is the most serious member of the search party, but even he participates in the snowball fight against the Widgets, and admits it was fun.
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Mass "Oh, Crap!": Doris, Morris and Jenny when Charn shows up at the Veetacore House. When the search party learn Charn is back, Boris and Rodey panic, and Gorwen announces he must return to Pelemar at once.
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Quicksand Sucks: And sings a Qu-themed song about it, too.
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Boris is quick to realize something is wrong in the Veetacore House due to Jenny's odd behavior, Doris's absence and the rather large number of puddles dotted about the place. This leads to Gorwen giving her a call to see if everything is alright, allowing Jenny to pass on her Public Secret Message.
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Purple Is Powerful: Doris is entirely purple, and is the leader of the Keepers.
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Smarter Than You Look: Boris and Morris are not the brightest bulbs in the box, but they have their smart moments. Boris is quick to realize something is wrong in the Veetacore House due to Jenny's odd behavior, Doris's absence and the rather large number of puddles dotted about the place. This leads to Gorwen giving her a call to see if everything is alright, allowing Jenny to pass on her Public Secret Message. Morris's knowledge of butterflies and how symmetry works saves him, Jenny and Doris time in rebuilding the Veetacore, as he points out they can simply look back over Jenny's notes and repeat the process since it is the same on both sides. Similarly, his idea to talk to the Book Tree in Chapter 4 is what helps the search party get the door open.
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Shout-Out: Charn is the name of Jadis' homeland in The Magician's Nephew. The group encounter a tribe of small, mischievous teddy bear-like creatures. One of the widgets was played by Katie Purvis, who also played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi.
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Boring Return Journey: Once the last Veeton has been found and the Widgets have performed a Heel–Face Turn, there's not really much standing in the party's way, so the journey back is glossed over with a catchy song and impressive visuals.
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Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Charn's costume is made up of bones, including a ribcage over his chest and the skull of a giant bird on his head. It's not entirely clear if this is also a costume in-universe or what his body actually looks like.
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Friend to All Living Things: Morris, who has a number of pets in the Veetacore House. (Although even he becomes exasperated by Frug's tendency to eat everything.)
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Family Theme Naming: Boris, Doris and Morris.
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Drawing Straws: Jenny, Amanda and Scott do this to decide who stays behind at the Veetacore house.
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Battering Ram: Scott and Boris attempt to use the latter's bat to break down the Book Tree's door. Gorwen quickly puts a stop to this as it would result in Boris's bat being in splinters, trapping him in Widge as he cannot fly without it.
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Portal Picture: The mural through which the children enter Pelamar.
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Bigger on the Inside: The Book Tree looks like an ordinary sized tree on the outside, but manages to house a maze, a library and even a large slide on the inside.
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