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Series: "American Dragon: Jake Long"
 
Network: Disney Channel
 
Premiere: Friday, January 21, 2005 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT)
 
Regular Timeslot: Friday, Saturday and Sunday (5:00 p.m., ET/PT)
 
Parental Guideline: TV-G
 
Genre: 2-D animated comedy/adventure series
 
Synopsis: Set in Manhattan, this animated comedy/adventure series tells the story of 13-year-old skateboarder Jake Long, a Chinese-American boy who must balance ordinary adolescent transformation with a very cool secret... he is a descendent of dragons, the Chinese culture's ultimate representation of excellence and the forces of Mother Nature. When he eventually unlocks his full potential as the American Dragon, he will easily overcome obstacles, but as his ordinary self, Jake Long can't conquer his crush on pretty blonde schoolmate Rose who, unbeknownst to Jake, has an amazing secret of her own... she's a dragon slayer. Jake navigates the city with fellow skateboarders Trixie and Spud, and when he gets home, it's to an extended family: a businessman dad originally from the Midwest who doesn't know he's married into a family of dragons, Jake's Chinese mom, his grandfather (who recently immigrated to train his grandson in the ways of the ancient dragon), younger sister Haley (a nascent dragon) and Grandpa's gruff sidekick, a magical Shar-pei named Fu-Dog.
 
Voice Cast: Amy Bruckner as Haley
Mae Whitman as Rose
Keone Young as Grandpa
John DiMaggio as Fu Dog
Lauren Tom as Mom
Jeff Bennett as Dad
Matt Nolan as Brad
Paul Rudd as Professor Rotwood
Charlie Finn as Spud
Kittie (cq) as Trixie
 
Series Created By: Jeff Goode
 
Executive Producers: Jeff Goode, Matt Negrete, Eddie Guzelian, Christian Roman
 
Director: Christian Roman
 
Consultant: Professor Yunxiang Yan, Ph.D.
 
Theme Song: "The Chosen One"
Performed by Mavin featuring
AJ Trauth (of Disney Channel's "Even Stevens")
 
Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation
in association with Disney Channel
 
Press Contact: Christel Wheeler
ABC Cable Networks Group
(818) 569-7884
 
   
12/04  
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