Twins Ang and Ling are both in line to becoming the new Golden Dragon, but when Ang is chosen as Dragon Temple Guardian instead of her, Ling becomes jealous and confused which leads her to join the dark side (known as Ying), become the Shadow Dragon, team up with the evil Zodiac Master (who wants to steal all the power bands of the Zodiac to become all powerful) to steal Ang's powerband and become the new Golden Dragon. Ang must team up with the Tiger Temple Guardian Beingal, his Mentor; Master Chin, and the Monkey Temple Guardian Xuan Chi to defeat the Zodiac Master and bring his sister Ling back to the side of good (known as Yang).

Legend of the Dragon is an animated series consisting of 26 episodes followed by 13 additional episodes for a total of 39 episodes. It is produced by BKN and premiered in October 2006 as part of the Jetix block on Toon Disney. Subsequently, the two part episode "Trial by Fire" was shown as a Jetix Blockbuster on ABC Family in August before all Jetix programming moved to Toon Disney.

In the UK, the first 26 episodes have aired across CBBC. It premiered in Summer 2005 on the CBBC channel. It is unclear of whether the additional 13 episodes will be shown or not. Episodes 27?39 have begun airing in Australia on Network Ten's Toasted TV as of March 19, 2008.

Is notable for shoddy animation, surprisingly implicit Brother-Sister Incest and a Cliff Hanger ending.

Not to be confused with Legend of Dragoon.

For those who would like to see some parts of the episodes, you can find them here.

Tropes used in Legend of the Dragon include:
  • Action Girl (Ling tries to be this)
  • Amusing Injuries
  • Amnesiac Dissonance (Ang struggles with this whilst Ling and Zodiac Master try to convince him otherwise)
  • Anti-Hero:
  • Anti-Villain: Ling in season 1 is strongly Type 1 with a small bit of Type 2 mixed in. See the Sliding Scale of Anti-Villains.
  • Applied Phlebotinum (The powerbands)
  • Arrogant Kung Fu Girl: Ling.
  • Art Shift: The second season. The three main characters now have Shiny Midnight Black hair and CGI is especially obvious in some scenes.
  • Badass Grandpa: Master Chin.
  • Big Bad (Zodiac Master season 1, Emperor of the Darkest Yin in season 2)
  • Big Brother Instinct: Hoo boy, Ang definitely has this when it comes to Ling. He does not approve of Ling having feelings for K-Ho. She is actually a better fighter than Ang in some ways. Of course, she is wild and impulsive, so it is understandable he would act protective towards her.
  • Big No: Ling does this a couple of times.
  • Brother-Sister Incest (Unintentional, but often Ang's behaviour towards Ling strongly suggests the trope on his side at least. Season 2 has Yin Wi and the Emperor.)
    • It is doubtful that Ang has such feelings toward Ling. For starters, Ang is such a Chaste Hero that the idea of Ang feeling for Ling that way would be very unlikely. For another thing, he is simply concerned about his sister and is acting like a protective older brother (note that the show does not say which one was born first). Could you blame him, considering how impulsive and reckless Ling acts at times?
  • Brother-Sister Team (As of season 2)
  • Cain and Abel (prior to season 2)
  • Calling Your Power-Up: Temple Guardians must say "Empower the X" while holding their powerbands. For Shadow Temple Guardians, they must say "Empower the Shadow X" while holding their powerbands.
  • Catgirl (Biengal)
  • Chaste Hero (Ang barely notices Beingal's crush on him)
  • The Dragon (Ling in Season 1 to the Zodiac Master, Yin Wi to the Emperor in Season 2)
  • Dark Action Girl (Yin Wi)
    • Ling tried to be this in season 1.
  • Deadpan Snarker (Ling, Beingal)
  • Eastern Zodiac (the plot is based on this)
  • Face Heel Turn: Ling does this in the second episode. .
  • Faux Action Girl (Beingal is this in the second season, despite earlier fight competence in the first season)
  • Foot Focus / Does Not Like Shoes (Beingal and Xuan Chi are always barefoot)
  • Good Is Sexy: Here's proof and some more proof.
  • Guile Hero
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • Heel Face Turn (Ling in season 1 finale and as of season 2)
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Alan Marriott voices Ang, and Gary Martin voices Emperor of the Darkest Yin. If anyone knows who voiced the other characters, please step forward!
  • If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten:
  • Improbable Age (do Ang or Ling really look 15 to you?)
  • Jerkass: Ling starts out like this in the first episode. She pulls a Face Heel Turn in the second episode. .
  • Limited Wardrobe: Almost every character wears the same clothes throughout the show - and has the same look in their empowered forms. The few exceptions are the Zodiac Master, who wore a grey outfit at one point in season 1 . It is actually funny to see Beingal and Ling shopping and buying clothes at some points in the show.
  • Loads and Loads of Characters
  • Luke, I Am Your Father:
  • Martial Pacifist: Ang.
  • Mask Power
  • Master of Disguise: The Golden Temple Rat Guardian.
  • Morality Pet: This trope is definitely played with. . Ling also loves animals, and will never harm an innocent animal. All this goes a long way to showing that Ling cannot be all bad - .
  • Oblivious to Love:
    • Well, he is a lone wolf in more than one sense of the term. He is probably just not used to having someone else being around him.
  • Old Master (Master Chin)
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: You may think from looking at the picture on this page that Ling is the blue Oni and Ang is the red Oni. However, in terms of personalities, Ling is the red Oni and Ang is the blue Oni.
  • Refused by the Call
  • Rick Ungar
  • The Chick: Beingal is arguably this. She is friends with Ang and Ling. This fact prevented Ling from killing Beingal, even though Ling did not want to admit it. She is also the one who acts as the mediator between . Not to mention the Beingal seems to act as a moderating influence on Ling.
  • The Hero: Ang is placed into this role, even though he did not want it. Ironically, Ling wanted the role very badly, but she did not get it because she does not quite have the temperament needed for the role.
  • The Lancer: .
  • The Scrappy: Xuan Chi.
  • Secret Test of Character:
  • Serious Business (losing your powerband is the worst that could happen to a guardian as Xuan Chi shows)
  • Sibling Yin-Yang (obviously)
  • Spoiler Opening: The opening of the first episode completely ruins the surprise. The pictures that accompany it don't help either...
  • Smug Snake: Zodiac Master is this, literally and figuratively. He is relatively clever, but his ego overrides it. That likely explains how he can have three powerbands and still lose to Ang (who only has his Dragon powerband). Also, he was born in the Year of the Snake, and has a pet snake named King Cobra, who acts as a spy for Zodiac Master. Is he beginning to remind you of Voldemort from Harry Potter?
  • Stock Footage (the powerups)
  • Tagalong Kid: Xuan Chi seems to be in this role. He is the only character without a powerband. He acts mostly as comic relief.
  • Taking the Bullet:
  • Team Pet: .
  • Theme Naming (Ang-Yang, Ling-Ying. The Tiger Guardian being Biengal probably qualifies as well.)
  • Wham! Episode: The first episode of season 2.
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