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American Dragon: Jake Long is a Disney Channel original animated series featuring Jake Long, an ordinary thirteen-year-old Chinese-American boy living in New York City, but Jake also has a secret. He's the American Dragon.

Premise

Jake is a descendant of a long line of dragons, and it is his duty to protect the community of magical creatures secretly living among the masses in New York. He lives with his parents and his 7-year-old sister (Haley). His grandfather and sister are also dragons; the dragon powers skipped his mother's (Lauren Tom) generation, and his father (Jeff Bennett) is unaware of his family being dragons.

Throughout the series, Jake is taught how to use his innate magical powers by his grandfather and a 600-year-old dog (Fu Dog). Jake needs these powers to protect the other magical creatures of the city from the villainous Huntsclan led by the Huntsmaster and other malevolent beings. His best friends are Trixie and Spud, with whom he skateboards, and he is in love with Rose, another schoolmate, also known as Thorn the Huntsgirl. The stories are driven by Jake's search for balance between his life as a schoolboy and his secret life as a powerful magical guardian.

Production

American Dragon: Jake Long was created by Jeff Goode, who also created the hit MTV series Undressed. Walt Disney Television Animation ordered an initial 24 30-minute episodes for the first season, all of which have been made. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on The Disney Channel on January 4, 2005 and in the United States on The Disney Channel on January 21, 2005 and on Toon Disney in February 2006. It has also been broadcast on The Family Channel in some places.

The theme song is performed by the band Mavin, previously known as 'Badge'.

It had been announced that Steve Loter, who had served as director of Disney Channel's Kim Possible, would be joining the show for its second season as director and executive producer (alongside the current executive producers, Matt Negrete and Eddie Guzelian). However, following Disney's renewal of "Kim Possible" for a fourth season, Loter would resume his role as director, but still serve as an executive producer of "Jake Long." Nick Filippi, who had also done some directorial work on "Kim Possible," will be the new director of "Jake Long."

Characters

Major Characters

Jacob "Jake" Luke Long (Dante Basco): The hero of the show. Jake is a cool, laid-back skateboarder. He had a crush on Rose until he found out she was actually the Huntsgirl, but their dual identities are bound to stir up trouble. A running gag involves the mention of his embarrassing secrets (like sleeping with a nightlight, a repeat of Ron's issues in Kim Possible) to blemish his reputation.
Lao Shi (Keone Young): Jake's grandpa is a Chinese dragon. He runs a tech shop, and his only friend is Fu Dog. His attempts at training Jake sometimes do more damage (to Jake's brain) than help. His name is a reference to the Chinese word for "teacher." In his youth, before his first encounter with the Dark Dragon, Jake's grandpa was known as Lucky Lao Shi.
Fu Dog (John DiMaggio): Fu is a 600-year-old talking dog and Lao's only companion. All throughout his life he and a hairless talking cat have fought over Fu's family amulet (causing famous disasters along the way). He is more "hip" than Lao and from his sagged appearance, he might be a Shar Pei/Bulldog crossbreed.
Haley Long (Amy Bruckner): Jake's intelligent (if not annoying) little sister who also has dragon powers as well (which may not be fully developed yet). She takes pride in her ability to expose all of Jake's secrets and highlight her own. You can usually only see little parts of her dragon form like wings and etc. There was only one episode we got to see her full dragon form, but it was only for a brief second.
Trixie Carson (Miss Kittie): Jake's best friend, who is just as cool as he is. A hardcore fashionista
Spud (Charlie Finn): Jake's other best friend is extremely loyal and somewhat slow. However, he comes up with intelligent things to say at random times. He also has the entire works of Shakespeare committed to memory. There is a chance that Spud is part wizard which was revealed in the episode with the enchanted goblet. The hint is where it happened be that Spud's grandfather knew the magic word to sealing the Djinn back into the goblet.
Professor Hans Rotwood (Paul Rugg): Jake's schoolteacher's obsessive interest in magical creatures, and his quest to find the dragon that is Jake, echoes the behavior of Mr. Crocker, the teacher in the series The Fairly OddParents. Professor Rotwood styles himself as an expert on mythical creatures, but his knowledge is superficial and his expertise a fraud, unlike Crocker, who seems to know everything about his obsession, fairies.
Rose (Mae Whitman): Rose, Jake's former crush, is also Thorn the Huntsgirl, the Huntsman's niece and a member of the Huntsclan. There is a red birthmark on her arm resembling a Chinese dragon. She disappears in episode 21 of the first season, but there is little chance of her being gone forever, since she obviously has feelings for Jake. Rose is said to return in Season 2 during Half-Baked.
The Huntsman or Huntsmaster (as referred to by Thorn) (Jeff Bennett): The leader of the Huntsclan, thieves that hunt and steal magical creatures for profit. They are highly trained and use sophisticated weapons. Huntsclan members have a specific birthmark that resembles a dragon. His true name and face were never shown. The Huntsman is #4 of the 13 threats to the magic community.

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