From Mushu to Smaug to Drogon to Charizard, this video breaks down where how history’s most famous dragons compare to each other.
Is there any fantasy creature more popular and enduring than the dragon? I don’t know what about the scaled beasts has such a death grip on the public imagination, and I don’t need to know so long as I keep getting new stuff to read and watch about them.
In honor of everyone’s favorite flying fantasy friend, MetaBallStudios has put together an excellent video comparing the size of some of the most famous dragons from fiction. Watch below and see where your fav falls:
Some examples so you get an idea of the scale:
- Mushu from Mulan is 60 centimeters, give or take 15
- Charizard from Pokémon cracks the meter mark at 1.7 meters from snout to tail
- Drogon Daenerys Targaryen’s mount from Game of Thrones, ended up being 50 meters long, plus or minus 10
- Smaug from The Hobbit is a staggering 140 meters long, give or take 15
- King Ghidorah from Godzilla dwarfs them all at 158.8 meters
There was a lot of consulting of wikis to put this video together; you can see them in the notes of the video.
Where might dragons like Balerion the Black Dread fall in this sequence? He’s the biggest single dragon we’ve heard of in A Song of Ice and Fire, although he’s not gonna best the biggest dragon in the video: Super Shenron from Dragon Ball Super, who’s bigger than galaxies.
Also, this isn’t the only size comparison video MetaBallStudios has made. They also have one comparing famous buildings from sci-fi and fantasy, including several from Game of Thrones:
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