I mean, I grew up with the show and it's about as generic as they come. If you're going to pull the "this is some beautiful '90s thing that modern kids can't appreciate," at least do it with Batman or something.
Why? No offense but there's a valid reason why this show was cancelled and forgotten. I know it has its fans but it doesn't outweigh the ones who like the ACTUAL Double Dragon. With that said, maybe throw in these incarnations as DLC for the latest DD game.
Awww man, I used to love this as a kid. I was a big double dragon fan...but damn it does seem cheesier than I remember it. Haha. I used to watch this, the street fighter cartoon, and the mortal kombat cartoon all the time in the mid 90's........ahhhh, childhood, i miss it.
I had this on VHS as a kid and it seriously does not hold up as an adult. Except the theme song. This song is an eternal banger. It will always kick ass.
[Lyrics] [Verse 1] To be a dragon you gotta be strong Humble never bragin Always fight for right battling wrong With the power of the Dragon [Chorus] Live the code the code of the Dragon Fight for right the might of the Dragon Live the Mark the Mark of the Dragon Live the Code the Code of the Dragon [Oldest Dragon] "Never intentionally harm another Do not battle if can avoid it Jimmy and Billy Lee are Dragon Masters Now [Verse 2] The Dragon Masters was born with the mark Of the Double Dragon. [Repeat Chorus]
The pilot ep theme was slightly different. Only difference is the part where is it Jimmy and Billy Lee are dragon masters now , it was Billy Lee you are dragon master now
@@soranraina4391 I know , it was pretty cool they had that in the cartoon. Though if I am being honest I think it would have been slightly better if they kept jimmy being the shadow boss a secret for more than two ep
I LOVED this show as a kid. The theme song kicked ass, and the movie where all the recruited dragons vs all the shadows was awesome!! I even had the toy sword as a kid and my brother and I did the transformation scene at least once a day.
Probably the stupidest line ever. They are dragon warriors. Their existence is all about fighting and harming others. The only way it could possibly make sense is if he meant another as in another student of the dragon school.
i miss the 90s kids shows reminds me of my childhood..power rangers, x-men, spider-man, double dragon, masked rider, beetleborg, street sharks, mummies alive, vr troopers, ironman...alot more..gd times..
Damn! I must be getting old since my memory is starting to fade. :-D To be honest, I just remember this being on before Power Rangers. Wasn't exactly sure how many years were in between.
no biggy :) I just will always remember this series as the begining of fall of double dragon. The show in itself wasn't all that horrible it was typical 90s cheese for young kids... thats said what came after was where the story gets weird a bit. Double Dragon 5 (never mind the fact there wasn't officially a 4) came out was based on this series however it was not at all appropriate for the target audience and almost felt like it was going out of the way to spoof the source material and it felt like a bad rip off of mortal kombat (character bios were made mockingly in the manual, the sega and jaguar versions had blood, all of the versions had fatalities) if that wasn't bad enough the year the show ended they made a double dragon movie which was pretty much the final end of the dd franchise. That said Double Dragon Advance for the gba back in 2003 did breathe some much needed new life back into the franchise at its roots.
This show raises so many questions. Like why a martial arts school that's main principle is to "NOT harm" someone would give out a sword. But the greatest question is: how do you take the plot from the game and turn it into this?
Never intentionally harm another. Do not battle if you can avoid it. Jimmy and Billy Lee are Dragon Masters now. - Oldest Dragon during the opening sequence The premise of the show is that the protagonist brothers are separated at birth. Billy is raised by an elderly martial arts master known as the Oldest Dragon, and his brother Jimmy is raised by the evil Shadow Master as his second-in-command, the Shadow Boss. As a result, the Lee brothers oppose each other as adults; but when Jimmy is betrayed by the Shadow Master, he renounces his evil ways and joins his brother as a Dragon Warrior. During the course of the series, the brothers recruit allies in their war against the Shadow Master and his henchmen. The futile search for their father, John Lee, is a subplot throughout the series. The plot of the pilot episode is loosely adapted from the NES version of the first Double Dragon game, with the episode's villains consisting of the mysterious Shadow Boss (Jimmy's initial alter-ego), and his henchmen Abobo and Willy (who were based on enemy characters from the game). By the end of the second episode, Abobo and Willy are sucked into the Shadow Mural, never to be seen again, while Jimmy abandons his evil ways and reconciles with his brother to fight against the series' true antagonist, the Shadow Master. All of the characters introduced from the second episode onward are original creations made for the show, although most of the villains are also used in the Tradewest-produced Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls, a competitive fighting game released for home consoles.
I never played the game, I never watched the cartoon, and yet somehow years ago I picked up this theme song as an earworm, and it has never left me. Brain, why must you always do this to me?
amazing. Used to think this was SO cool. Hadn't thought or heard about this show in over a decade but when I saw the movie was on netflix the words to the song instantly started playing in my head. It looks so terribly cheap now but yet it is still nostalgic.
Sure, the show might have been corny as hell, but this was one of the most kickass cartoon themes ever. But why was there a hip black kid at that dojo, anyway?
The top 5 problems I have with this: 1. Double Dragon takes place in 198X in New York, but in this cartoon it takes place in the fictional Metro City from Final Fight?! How original. 2. The game already has a plot of it's own. It doesn't need to be a Ninja Gaiden ripoff! 3. I see Billy, Jimmy, Abobo, Willy and Marian are in this are in this but where's Williams, Rowper, Linda, Bolo, Jeff, Chin Taimei, O'Hara, Burnov and Abore? They're all replaced by knock-offs of superheroes. 4. The Double Dragons are ninjas?! They're supposed to be Bruce Lee-based with fighting abilities mostly rely on having a Jeet Kune Do/Hokuto Shinken-esque martial art called the *Sou-Setsu-Ken* (Chinese: 双截拳 Shuāng Jié Quán, lit. "Twin Sever Fist") and they have signature moves such as: A Hyper Uppercut called the Ten Satsu Ryuuji Ken (Heavenly Killing Dragon King Punch), a Cyclone Kick called the Ryuubi Ranbuu Kyaku (Dragon Tail's Storm Wind Kick) and a High Jumping Knee-Kick called the Bakuma Ryuujin Kyaku (Demon Exploding Dragon God Kick). 5. The fight choreography is jank and the voice acting is dull. 6. DD 1 & 2 has the best soundtrack, it doesn't need to be replaced by this corny theme song.
I say that us guys that were born in the mid - 80's grew up with the best cartoons. Transformers, Thundercats, X-men, Batman TAS, Spiderman, Iron Man, TMNT, Street Sharks, Biker Mice From Mars, Double Dragon, Swat Cats, GI Joe, Power Rangers, Mega Man,Mighty Ducks, Animaniacs. And then when were early teens we had the Japanese invasion. Dragonball Z, Ronin Warriors, Gundam Wing, first season Digimon...
Ich vermisse diese Serie, sie war klasse. Vor allem mochte ich immer die Lehren, die am Schluss jeder Folge gezogen wurden. Ja, das war noch Zeichentrick ganz nach meinem Geschmack...
I didn’t even know this was a cartoon thought it as just a game they are way better here then they are in the game they got swords I wish they were like that in the game
I was pretty chuffed when this was on tv when I was on holiday in Cyprus. Greeks, hot weather, lots of Ice Tea... And Double Dragons! Not to mention the Metal Slug 3 arcade machine by the hotel's bar.
the intro is so catchy. nuff said! it got me and my bestfriend humming it all day long we began thinking were double dragons ourselves when we were kids:D really nice!:D
LIVE THE CODE THE CODE OF THE DRAGON! FIGHT FOR MIGHT THE MIGHT OF THE DRAGON! WITH THE MARK THE MARK OF THE DRAGON!!! DOOT DOOT DOOOOOO DOO DOO DOOOO!!! How could I have forgotten about this intro!!!??? I used to sing this all the time. Watching this video was like stumbling upon a forgotten mp3 in the deep recesses of my brain's hard drive. xD
The 1983 VG Crash mostly effected North America, because most games didn't make sense to most Americans back then. Most "Top Ten Best Games of All Time" lists of several large gaming websites like GameFAQs and GameTrailers are mostly filled with video games developed in Japan. Halo: Combat Evolved (NA) and Goldeneye 007 (EUR) are the only non-Japanese ones on GameFAQs'. Halo: Combat Evolved and GTA: San Andreas (both NA) are the only ones on GameTrailers'.
![Evolution of Double Dragon Games [1987-2023]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/koJzICDYL0A/mqdefault.jpg)
I feel old ... kids now days will never understand, they just wont
Oh, they definitely will, when they realize how shitty this cartoon actually was.
+TheManAbove butthurt much?
Ben Boaz im 13 and i watched things way before my time
I mean, I grew up with the show and it's about as generic as they come. If you're going to pull the "this is some beautiful '90s thing that modern kids can't appreciate," at least do it with Batman or something.
Or weebs that hate this show.
SOMEONE BRING THIS BACK ALREADY DAMN IT! I MISS DOUBLE DRAGON!
Yeah, it sucked how it got cancelled.
If they bring it back, that would be awesome
Well they are in River City Girls so maybe we could get a revival of sorts
Why? No offense but there's a valid reason why this show was cancelled and forgotten. I know it has its fans but it doesn't outweigh the ones who like the ACTUAL Double Dragon.
With that said, maybe throw in these incarnations as DLC for the latest DD game.
Awww man, I used to love this as a kid. I was a big double dragon fan...but damn it does seem cheesier than I remember it. Haha. I used to watch this, the street fighter cartoon, and the mortal kombat cartoon all the time in the mid 90's........ahhhh, childhood, i miss it.
man that intro is badass
I had this on VHS as a kid and it seriously does not hold up as an adult. Except the theme song. This song is an eternal banger. It will always kick ass.
I used to order the VHS's because the store had a book of available tapes and I'd make them order copies just for me.
Even if i was born today i will fully admit that the 90's and early 2000's are the best for memories
[Lyrics]
[Verse 1]
To be a dragon you gotta be strong
Humble never bragin
Always fight for right battling wrong
With the power of the Dragon
[Chorus]
Live the code the code of the Dragon
Fight for right the might of the Dragon
Live the Mark the Mark of the Dragon
Live the Code the Code of the Dragon
[Oldest Dragon]
"Never intentionally harm another
Do not battle if can avoid it
Jimmy and Billy Lee are
Dragon Masters Now
[Verse 2]
The Dragon Masters was born with the mark
Of the Double Dragon.
[Repeat Chorus]
The pilot ep theme was slightly different. Only difference is the part where is it Jimmy and Billy Lee are dragon masters now , it was Billy Lee you are dragon master now
@@knight2976able that's cause in the pilot Jimmy was the Shadow Boss and Billy hadn't discovered that Jimmy was his twin until later on in the show.
@@soranraina4391 I know , it was pretty cool they had that in the cartoon. Though if I am being honest I think it would have been slightly better if they kept jimmy being the shadow boss a secret for more than two ep
@@knight2976able i think there was an episode where he became the shadow boss again
*With* the mark the mark of the Dragon
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ANIME',DOUBLE DRAGON JIMMY LEE AND BILLY LEE RULES.
Not anime.
Eventhough its not anime but I still love this Cartoons.
The toys were badass.
Billy & Jimmy: "We are DOUBLE DRAGONS!"
I LOVED this show as a kid. The theme song kicked ass, and the movie where all the recruited dragons vs all the shadows was awesome!! I even had the toy sword as a kid and my brother and I did the transformation scene at least once a day.
"Never intentionally harm another" Ha. Did these guys even see the Double Dragon games? You do nothing but hurt people!
he meant don't hurt each other
Gabriel Ramirez man its funny because at the end of the first game billy and Jimmy fight each other
100% of the game is intentional harming!
It also says "Do not battle if you can avoid it", and it's pretty clear they couldn't avoid fighting the Shadow Warriors.
Probably the stupidest line ever. They are dragon warriors. Their existence is all about fighting and harming others.
The only way it could possibly make sense is if he meant another as in another student of the dragon school.
Ah yes. Childhood memories. The 90s was awsome miss the good ol days
i miss the 90s kids shows reminds me of my childhood..power rangers, x-men, spider-man, double dragon, masked rider, beetleborg, street sharks, mummies alive, vr troopers, ironman...alot more..gd times..
"...If you must fight, do not injure. Never intentionally harm another."
"YEAH!"
20 years ago, I started watching Power Rangers. Nearly 30 years ago, I was watching this.
Thats impressive as the series is only 21 years old.
Damn! I must be getting old since my memory is starting to fade. :-D To be honest, I just remember this being on before Power Rangers. Wasn't exactly sure how many years were in between.
no biggy :) I just will always remember this series as the begining of fall of double dragon. The show in itself wasn't all that horrible it was typical 90s cheese for young kids... thats said what came after was where the story gets weird a bit. Double Dragon 5 (never mind the fact there wasn't officially a 4) came out was based on this series however it was not at all appropriate for the target audience and almost felt like it was going out of the way to spoof the source material and it felt like a bad rip off of mortal kombat (character bios were made mockingly in the manual, the sega and jaguar versions had blood, all of the versions had fatalities) if that wasn't bad enough the year the show ended they made a double dragon movie which was pretty much the final end of the dd franchise. That said Double Dragon Advance for the gba back in 2003 did breathe some much needed new life back into the franchise at its roots.
I remember that every episode ended with the Lee brothers saying "By the power of the dragon".
😆😂
one of my fav series when I was a kid especially when they used their ultimate armor
man, I still watch the ONE VHS tape of this show I have.
Brings back memories of the game and how fun the cartoon were...
0:40 still gives me goosebumps !!
God I miss the 90's
me too and the 80's
I don't remember the Double Dragon cartoon but I do remember the games and Billy Lee and Jimmy Lee are the best characters ever.
This show raises so many questions. Like why a martial arts school that's main principle is to "NOT harm" someone would give out a sword.
But the greatest question is: how do you take the plot from the game and turn it into this?
Never intentionally harm another. Do not battle if you can avoid it. Jimmy and Billy Lee are Dragon Masters now.
- Oldest Dragon during the opening sequence
The premise of the show is that the protagonist brothers are separated at birth. Billy is raised by an elderly martial arts master known as the Oldest Dragon, and his brother Jimmy is raised by the evil Shadow Master as his second-in-command, the Shadow Boss. As a result, the Lee brothers oppose each other as adults; but when Jimmy is betrayed by the Shadow Master, he renounces his evil ways and joins his brother as a Dragon Warrior. During the course of the series, the brothers recruit allies in their war against the Shadow Master and his henchmen. The futile search for their father, John Lee, is a subplot throughout the series.
The plot of the pilot episode is loosely adapted from the NES version of the first Double Dragon game, with the episode's villains consisting of the mysterious Shadow Boss (Jimmy's initial alter-ego), and his henchmen Abobo and Willy (who were based on enemy characters from the game). By the end of the second episode, Abobo and Willy are sucked into the Shadow Mural, never to be seen again, while Jimmy abandons his evil ways and reconciles with his brother to fight against the series' true antagonist, the Shadow Master. All of the characters introduced from the second episode onward are original creations made for the show, although most of the villains are also used in the Tradewest-produced Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls, a competitive fighting game released for home consoles.
This show was NOT corny. I LOVED IT!!!!!!!
This show was highly underrated
I never played the game, I never watched the cartoon, and yet somehow years ago I picked up this theme song as an earworm, and it has never left me. Brain, why must you always do this to me?
Awwwww yeeeaah! Saturday morning cartoons!
wow, after over 10 years, I can still remember the lyrics and sing along,lol :)
My favorite anime series
From the mid-90s always through the season finale.
A song that tells kids that being a pacifist is cool and others are too meat headed.
In the games, Billy and Jimmy don't screw around with any baddies.
The fight dirty for two martial arts masters!
amazing. Used to think this was SO cool. Hadn't thought or heard about this show in over a decade but when I saw the movie was on netflix the words to the song instantly started playing in my head. It looks so terribly cheap now but yet it is still nostalgic.
This cartoon kicked ass. They don't make 'em like they used to.
Double Dragon. Oh, man this cartoon and the movie was great. I miss it so much!!
Double Dragon 👍😊🎵💗
This is why I am greatful I grew up in the 90’s and early 2000s cartoons like this
I grew up with it too but this cartoon was trash. Good cartoons of this era was Batman TAS, X-Men TAS, Spiderman, and Wildcats.
Sure, the show might have been corny as hell, but this was one of the most kickass cartoon themes ever.
But why was there a hip black kid at that dojo, anyway?
Basic answer.....the 90s lol
I loved this show along with the toys..
God, how much would you pay to hear Mick Gordon remix this theme? It's basically already Jago's theme.
0:30 "Never intentionally harm a nigga"
ROFL
Smh, wow.
I wish they had this shit on DVD. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
If you're reading this, the complete series was released a few months back on Blu-Ray.
The top 5 problems I have with this:
1. Double Dragon takes place in 198X in New York, but in this cartoon it takes place in the fictional Metro City from Final Fight?! How original.
2. The game already has a plot of it's own. It doesn't need to be a Ninja Gaiden ripoff!
3. I see Billy, Jimmy, Abobo, Willy and Marian are in this are in this but where's Williams, Rowper, Linda, Bolo, Jeff, Chin Taimei, O'Hara, Burnov and Abore? They're all replaced by knock-offs of superheroes.
4. The Double Dragons are ninjas?! They're supposed to be Bruce Lee-based with fighting abilities mostly rely on having a Jeet Kune Do/Hokuto Shinken-esque martial art called the *Sou-Setsu-Ken* (Chinese: 双截拳 Shuāng Jié Quán, lit. "Twin Sever Fist") and they have signature moves such as: A Hyper Uppercut called the Ten Satsu Ryuuji Ken (Heavenly Killing Dragon King Punch), a Cyclone Kick called the Ryuubi Ranbuu Kyaku (Dragon Tail's Storm Wind Kick) and a High Jumping Knee-Kick called the Bakuma Ryuujin Kyaku (Demon Exploding Dragon God Kick).
5. The fight choreography is jank and the voice acting is dull.
6. DD 1 & 2 has the best soundtrack, it doesn't need to be replaced by this corny theme song.
90's hater alert
Set blasters to destroy!
@@kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002
But the Double Dragon franchise is big in the 90s, I'm just a hater of bad ideas.
I'm another one who's with you there, man. I can't believe I forgot about that cartoon until now. Those were the days... :)
I say that us guys that were born in the mid - 80's grew up with the best cartoons. Transformers, Thundercats, X-men, Batman TAS, Spiderman, Iron Man, TMNT, Street Sharks, Biker Mice From Mars, Double Dragon, Swat Cats, GI Joe, Power Rangers, Mega Man,Mighty Ducks, Animaniacs. And then when were early teens we had the Japanese invasion. Dragonball Z, Ronin Warriors, Gundam Wing, first season Digimon...
Yes I agree
Das war eine fantastische Serie.🐉👍😉📺
EXCELLENT!!!!! This show was one of the best!
I used to love this show as a kid but as I got older could not remember the name. Thank you so much UA-cam for related videos and random searches
i loved watching this show back i the 90's
wow! another great cartoon back in the day!! memories!!
Ich vermisse diese Serie, sie war klasse.
Vor allem mochte ich immer die Lehren, die am Schluss jeder Folge gezogen wurden.
Ja, das war noch Zeichentrick ganz nach meinem Geschmack...
I didn’t even know this was a cartoon thought it as just a game they are way better here then they are in the game they got swords I wish they were like that in the game
this takes me back. it feels like im old
omg this was my favorite show when i was little, i used to get up early every saturday and wait for it to come on.
I loved both the series and the video games.This was cool!!
this show was one of my favorites
@mdvoiceovers I'm glad that you did it.I could've saw the past first before going into the future.
This was one of the best cartoons to come out
this...equals...AWESOMENESS EPIC CHILDHOOD I REMEMBER THIS SHOW and i was born in 90. sighs good times what happened to all the goodness?
Reminds me of an animaniacs sketch:
"Will someone please stop these people from saying 'Dragon'?"
I was pretty chuffed when this was on tv when I was on holiday in Cyprus. Greeks, hot weather, lots of Ice Tea... And Double Dragons!
Not to mention the Metal Slug 3 arcade machine by the hotel's bar.
الله على ذكريات و أنا أشوف هذه اللغة الإنجليزية على قناة سبيس تون الإنجليزية على كوكب أكشن كوكب الإثارة و الغموض 😆
oh man, i loved this show. i even had all the toys :)
When I was a kid this pumped me up.
My childhood memories are the best 90s forever
the intro is so catchy. nuff said!
it got me and my bestfriend humming it all day long we began thinking were double dragons ourselves when we were kids:D
really nice!:D
WOAAHHHHHH!!! I'm getting all giddy over this haha early meomories resurfacing like crazy
Thanks for this..
lol.. this brings me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back.
dang i remember this show lol good childhood memories
I like how the main character just sorta takes off in mid-conversation with his master for reasons we can only speculate at.
On a 90's cartoon intros binge right now
this show brings back memories
oh my god. i was in love with this show when i was a kid. I had the dragon-mobile car, jimmy and billy, everything :)
i miss da old skool joints, they da best
ah yes another show from my childhood, watching it now it's message is quite apparent.
I worked my ass off to find a DVD copy of the series it took me over 5 years, I owned the VHS episodes compilation when Billy started on the bad guys
yes this was from during a while ago
& is really historic to me from these past years
great
Daaamn I miss the 90s 😩
i miss the 90's and the 80's
And I remember the most amazing intro song ever!
Holy Sh*t! I had the game and was addicted to the show when I was little ^.^
i miss this show...memories...
LIVE THE CODE THE CODE OF THE DRAGON!
FIGHT FOR MIGHT THE MIGHT OF THE DRAGON!
WITH THE MARK THE MARK OF THE DRAGON!!!
DOOT DOOT DOOOOOO DOO DOO DOOOO!!!
How could I have forgotten about this intro!!!??? I used to sing this all the time. Watching this video was like stumbling upon a forgotten mp3 in the deep recesses of my brain's hard drive. xD
I love the music very much!!
Ah man, I forgot all about them! Yeah I used to watch that show!
Yea, people rarely know about the Captain Simion and the Space Monkeys cartoon. I loved watching it as a kid.
I used to LOVE this show. Had the action figures too.
I love this show man.
if you love it then you can get the complete series on dvd on 8/13/2019 on amazon
I've never seen this until now. I'm going to forget I ever saw it.
i only saw this show once as a kid. and i thought it was pretty cool. but i was never able to see it again because i never knew what time it aired lol
lo mejor de aquella época =D
omg this was one of the best cartoons on TV back then. what happened to programming like this
one o te nbest cartoons of my childhood.
this was a great show
I really miss those days!!
me too
DAMN! This was on my cable's channel back then. Disney channel. Till comes jake Long the wannabe dragon.
HOLY CRAP I REMEMBER THIS FROM MY CHILDHOOD!!! damn im old lol
The 1983 VG Crash mostly effected North America, because most games didn't make sense to most Americans back then. Most "Top Ten Best Games of All Time" lists of several large gaming websites like GameFAQs and GameTrailers are mostly filled with video games developed in Japan. Halo: Combat Evolved (NA) and Goldeneye 007 (EUR) are the only non-Japanese ones on GameFAQs'. Halo: Combat Evolved and GTA: San Andreas (both NA) are the only ones on GameTrailers'.
always great stories..
it was my favorite toon a few years ago