Ord's Unhappy Birthday

Ord's Unhappy Birthday
Season:	1
Production code:	3b
Broadcast number:	3b
	Written by:
	Jeffrey Scott
	Broadcast Information
	PBS Kids Premiere:
	September 8, 1999
	Paired with
	"Knot a Problem"

Ord's Unhappy Birthday is the second segment of the third episode of the first season of Dragon Tales.

Summary[]

It's Ord's birthday and his friends are trying to hide his stuff for his surprise party. Ord feels neglected that his friends don't want him anymore. However, he later discovered that his friends wanted to surprise him for his birthday.

Plot[]

Emmy and Max are preparing presents for Ord. We see Max is still having a bit of trouble tying knots. Max's finger ends up getting tied to his present.

When they reach Dragon Land and see Ord, he's eager to tell them about his birthday, but they're very skiddish and tell him that they're going to a picnic with Cassie. As his friends continue to avoid him, Ord begins to wonder if they don't like him anymore.

Cast[]

Transcript[]

Ord's Unhappy Birthday (transcript)

Memorable Quotes[]

Ord: Who's that for?

Quetzal: A very good friend of mine.

Max: Mom! Emmy has something to ask you!

Home Video release[]

VHS[]

Look On The Bright Side (2002)
Dragon Friends Forever! (2005) (Reader's Digest tape)

Goofs[]

In "Ord's Unhappy Birthday", Emmy and Max thought Ord was Cassie, though they should have known it was Ord based on Ord's blue tail.
During the School in the Sky scene, the present Quetzal has wrapped has green wrapping paper; however, when he and Ord are walking back to the treehouse, the wrapping paper is light yellow.
Additionally, all of Ord's friends were wearing party hats when they surprised Ord, and Zak and Wheezie still had theirs on when Quetzal sliced the cake, but starting when Max holds out a plate for the first slice (before giving it to Ord), he and the unstuck girls are no longer wearing their party hats. Did they secretly take them off in between?
Sid Sycamore is introduced in this episode; however, the treehouse was already built when this event doesn't happen until Emmy's Dream House.

Notes and Trivia[]

Moral: Just because your friends are busy, you shouldn’t assume they don’t like you anymore.
This episode introduces the character of Sid Sycamore, a talking tree, who likes to laugh at his own lame tree puns.
During Ord Week in August 2001, "Ord's Unhappy Birthday" airs with "It Happened One Nightmare" as the first half of episode #108W
Ord's noticeably upset throughout the entire episode, yet nobody seems to really pay attention. Chalk it up to their excitement over the surprise party.
Although Max learned to tie a knot in "Knot a Problem", he has difficulty tying the bow for Ord's present. It is probably because he had been taught a different kind of knot, and the knot didn't come with loops like a bow.
The scene where Ord comes in and is surprised by the rest of the gang for a surprise birthday party was reused in "Remember The Pillow Fort."

v • e • d Dragon Tales Episodes

Season 1

To Fly With Dragons • The Forest of Darkness • To Kingdom Come • Goodbye Little Caterpoozle • Knot a Problem • Ord's Unhappy Birthday • Tails You Lose • Calling Dr. Zak • Pigment of Your Imagination • Zak's Song • Snow Dragons • The Fury Is Out On This One • The Giant of Nod • The Big Sleepover • A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words • The Talent Pool • Emmy's Dreamhouse • Dragon Sails • Eggs Over Easy • A Liking To Biking • Sky Pirates • Four Little Pigs • Zak and the Beanstalk • A Feat On Her Feet • Not Separated At Birth • A Kite For Quetzal • Dragon Drop • Cassie Loves A Parade • A Cool School • Max's Comic Adventure • It Happened One Nightmare • Staying Within The Lines • Follow The Dots • A Smashing Success • Quibbling Siblings • Wheezie's Hairball • A Tall Tale • Stormy Weather • Blowin' In The Wind • No Hitter • Do Not Pass Gnome • Treasure Hunt • The Jumping Bean Express • Get Offa My Cloud • Backwards To Forwards • Sounds Like Trouble • The Greatest Show In Dragon Land • Prepare According To Instructions • Wheezie's Last Laugh • Frog Prints • Crash Landings • The Big Cake Mix-Up • Quetzal's Magic Pop-Up Book • My Way Or Snow Way • Sand Castle Hassle • True Blue Friend • Zak Takes A Dive • Under The Weather • My Emmy Or Bust • Light My Firebreath • Follow The Leader • Max And The Magic Carpet • Rope Trick • Baby Troubles • Small Time • Roller Coaster Dragon • Up, Up And Away • Wild Time • Bad Share Day • Whole Lotta Maracas Goin' On • Ord Sees The Light • The Ugly Dragling • Out With The Garbage • Lights, Camera, Dragons • Bully For You • The Great White Cloud Whale • To Do or Not to Do • Much Ado About Nodlings • Don't Bug Me! • Over And Over

Season 2

Lucky Stone • The Mefirst Wizard • Cassie Catches Up • Very Berry • Finders Keepers • Remember The Pillow Fort • Big Funky Cloud • Copy Cat • One Big Wish • Breaking Up Is Hard To Do • A New Friend • Have No Fear • Cassie, The Green-Eyed Dragon • Something's Missing • A Crown For Princess Kidoodle • Three's A Crowd • Knuck Knuck, Who's Where? • Just Desserts • Dragonberry Drought • A Snowman For All Seasons • I Believe In Me • Bye Bye Baby Birdie • Back To The Storybook • Dragon Scouts • The Serpent's Trail • Head Over Heels • Sticky Situation • Green Thumbs • Teasing Is Not Pleasing • Team Work • On Thin Ice • The Shape of Things To Come • Hide And Can't Seek • The Art of Patience • So Long Solo • Hands Together • Sneezy Does It • Try It You'll Like It • Just For Laughs • Give Zak A Hand • Make No Mistake • The Balancing Act • Room For Change • The Sorrow And The Party • The Grudge Won't Budge • Putting The Fun In Fun Houses • Puzzlewood • Let's Dance

Season 3

To Fly With A New Friend • Rise And Bloom • Super Snow Day • Musical Scales • Hand In Hand • Sky Soccer • Making It Fun • Itching For A Cure • The Big Race • Lucky Stone • Max Loves A Train • A New Friend • El Dia del Maestro • Finn's Blankie • Let's Dance • Express Yourself • A Snowman For All Seasons • Prince For A Day • So Long Solo • The Balancing Act • A Small Victory • Feliz Cumpleanos, Enrique • On Thin Ice • Teasing Is Not Pleasing • Down The Drain • All That Glitters • Dragonberry Drought • A Crown For Princess Kidoodle • Play It And Say It • Moving On • Head Over Heels • All Together Now • Team Work • Making It Fun • The Sorrow And The Party • Itching For A Cure • Cassie Catches Up • Sad Little Star • Try It You'll Like It • The Big Race • Bye Bye Baby Birdie • Sky Soccer • Room For Change • Rise And Bloom • Dragon Scouts • Musical Scales • Something's Missing • Green Thumbs • Hand In Hand • Cassie, The Green-Eyed Dragon • Hello, Ms. Tipps • Super Snow Day • Make No Mistake • Finders Keepers • A Storybook Ending • Just the Two of Us • Cowboy Max • Flip Flop • Just For Laughs