Disney Channel ordered an initial twenty-one 30-minute episodes for the first season, all of which have been made. The stories were driven by Jake's search for balance between his life as a schoolboy and his secret life as a powerful magical guardian.Īmerican Dragon: Jake Long was created by Jeff Goode, who also created the hit MTV series, Undressed. He was infatuated with Rose Rhodes, another schoolmate who, unknown to him, was the Huntsman's apprentice. His best friends are Trixie and Spud, whom he skateboarded with. Jake needs these powers to protect the other magical creatures of the city from various malevolent beings most notably the villainous Huntsclan led by the Huntsman. Throughout the series, Jake was taught how to use his innate magical powers by his grandfather and a 600-year-old shar-pei named Fu Dog. His Caucasian father is unaware of his family actually being part-dragon. His grandfather and sister are also dragons, the dragon powers having skipped his mother's generation. He lived with his parents, Jonathan and Susan, as well as his 7-year-old sister, Haley. Jake Long is a descendant of a long line of shape-shifting dragons, and it is his duty to protect a community of magical creatures secretly living among the masses in New York City. The story was set in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
