It Flies in the Family

It Flies in the Family
General Information
Number:	5
Season:	3
Premiere Date:	August 18, 2022
Written By:	Mae Catt
Directed By:	Mandy Clotworthy
Transcript:	It Flies in the Family (transcript)
Chronology
Preceded By:	"Dr. Catastrophe"
Succeeded By:	"Magma Comes to the Surface"
Gallery
The image gallery for It Flies in the Family may be viewed here.

“	Tom: "Eugene! Okay, here's the deal, hear me out." Eugene: "I'm listening." Tom: "It's not really up to us whether you get you get a dragon." Eugene: "Uh, then who's it up to? "Tom: "The dragon. It has to accept you." Jun: "Right, so if you can bond with one, you can join the club."	”
	— Jun and Tom's deal with Eugene

"It Flies in the Family" is the fifth episode of the third season of Dragons: The Nine Realms.

Overview

“	Much to Jun's chagrin, Eugene finally discovers the secret of dragons and demands to become a Rider, but he must bond with a dragon before he's let into the group.	”
	— Rotten Tomatoes

Plot

While the dragon club hangs around in the Dragon's Lair, the dragons find Eugene spying on them. Eugene is amazed by everything about it and he demands to be allowed in the club and have his own dragon or else he'll reveal the secret. Jun is outraged by Eugene's blackmail, but Tom suggests if Eugene does bond with a dragon, he will want to protect it and keep the secret. Tom tells Eugene that it is up to the dragons whether or not they bond with him, and he can join the club if he bonds with one but make him promise to keep the secret if he fails. The group takes Eugene across the crystal realm to find a dragon, but his attempts to tame a Crystalwhip, Floodfang, and a Hobgobbler humorously fail. The attempts are interrupted when the group discovers Flame Throwers are in the crystal realm and attacking Terrible Terrors.

The group tries to stop the Flame Throwers, but a panicking Eugene falls off Wu and Wei and the Flame Throwers target him. Jun saves Eugene with the shield and is furious with his interference. The sensors pick up more Flame Throwers deeper into the crystal realm, far deeper than they should be. They track them to some crystal spires and sneak up on foot, with a fearful Eugene being forced to follow them. When Eugene asks if can join the dragon club after everything is over, Jun asks him why he wants to join so badly when he doesn't even like them. Eugene explains he just wants to be a part of something, but Jun refuses to let her troublesome brother join unless he can bond with a dragon. The two's arguing is stopped by the others and Eugene spots the Flame Throwers chasing a new dragon with eight legs called a Deadly Spinner. Eugene and Jun end up separated from the others, get stuck on a spire avoiding the chase, and Jun's arachnophobia causes her to be terrified by the Deadly Spinner and unable to move.

Tom spots a path from the Fire Realm through one of the spires and realizes that's how the Flame Throwers are invading the crystal realm. Eugene tries to snap Jun out of her fear, and the two are forced to flee on Wu and Wei when the Flame Throwers find them. While hiding, the Deadly Spinner takes cover near them, to Jun's terror. Eugene moves to protect his sister and ends up also protecting the dragon from the Flame Throwers with the shield. The Deadly Spinner grows attached to Eugene for saving its life and protects him in turn with it, forming a bond. The other dragon riders are overwhelmed by the Flame Throwers, but Eugene helps chase back through the tunnel to the fire realm on the Deadly Spinner and seals it with the dragon's web shot. Having passed the test and proven himself, Eugene and the Deadly Spinner, who he names Webmaster is reluctantly allowed into dragon club on provisional status. Unbeknownst to the dragon club, a large white claw has broken out of the sealed spire.

Characters

Humans

• Tom Kullersen voiced by Jeremy Shada
• Jun Wong voiced by Ashley Liao
• D'Angelo Baker voiced by Marcus Scribner
• Alexandra Gonzalez voiced by Aimee Garcia
• Eugene Wong voiced by Vincent Tong
• May Wong (mentioned)

Dragons

• Thunder
• Wu and Wei
• Plowhorn
• Feathers
• Webmaster

Dragon Species

• Night Light
• Mist Twister
• Gembreaker
• Featherhide
• Deadly Spinner
• Razorwhip
  • Crystal Whip
• Flood Fang
• Hobgobbler
• Flame Thrower
• Sky Torcher

Locations

• Kullersen Fissure
• Dragon's Lair
• Hidden World
  • Crystal Realm
    • Dark Valley
    • The Lava Fountain

Objects

• Saddles
• Jun's Shield
• Tom's Lightning Sword
• Alex's Tablet

Flora and Fauna

• Spider
• Fish (mentioned)

Trivia

• Eugene reveals that he’s lactose intolerant.
  • It was hinted in "Dr. Catastrophe" that he has an issue with dairy when Jun said he "eats Cheezy Loops until he breaks out in hives".
• This is the first episode where no ICARIS or Rakke Town workers or stations are seen.

Site Navigation

List of Episodes

"How to Start a Dragon Academy" • "Viking for Hire" • "Animal House" • "The Terrible Twos" • "In Dragons We Trust" • "Alvin and the Outcasts" • "How to Pick Your Dragon" • "Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Man" • "Dragon Flower" • "Heather Report, Part 1" • "Heather Report, Part 2" • "Thawfest" • "When Lightning Strikes" • "What Flies Beneath" • "Twinsanity" • "Defiant One" • "Breakneck Bog" • "Gem of a Different Color" • "We Are Family, Part 1" • "We Are Family, Part 2" "Live and Let Fly" • "The Iron Gronckle" • "The Night and the Fury" • "Tunnel Vision" • "Race to Fireworm Island" • "Fright of Passage" • "Worst in Show" • "Appetite for Destruction" • "Zippleback Down" • "A View to a Skrill, Part 1" • "A View to a Skrill, Part 2" • "The Flight Stuff" • "Free Scauldy" • "Frozen" • "A Tale of Two Dragons" • "The Eel Effect" • "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" • "Bing! Bam! Boom!" • "Cast Out, Part 1" • "Cast Out, Part 2" Season 1: "Dragon Eye of the Beholder, Part 1" • "Dragon Eye of the Beholder, Part 2" • "Imperfect Harmony" • "When Darkness Falls" • "Big Man on Berk" • "Gone Gustav Gone" • "Reign of Fireworms" • "Crushing It" • "Quake, Rattle and Roll" • "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1" • "Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 2" • "The Next Big Sting" • "Total Nightmare" Season 2: "Team Astrid" • "Night of the Hunters, Part 1" • "Night of the Hunters, Part 2" • "Bad Moon Rising" • "Snotlout Gets the Axe" • "The Zippleback Experience" • "Snow Way Out" • "Edge of Disaster, Part 1" • "Edge of Disaster, Part 2" • "Shock and Awe" • "A Time to Skrill" • "Maces and Talons, Part 1" • "Maces and Talons, Part 2" Season 3: "Enemy of My Enemy" • "Crash Course" • "Follow the Leader" • "Turn and Burn" • "Buffalord Soldier" • "A Grim Retreat" • "To Heather or Not to Heather" • "Stryke Out" • "Tone Death" • "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" • "Family on the Edge" • "Last Auction Heroes" • "Defenders of the Wing, Part 1" Season 4: "Defenders of the Wing, Part 2" • "Gruff Around the Edges" • "Midnight Scrum" • "Not Lout" • "Saving Shattermaster" • "Dire Straits" • "The Longest Day" • "Gold Rush" • "Out of the Frying Pan" • "Twintuition" • "Blindsided" • "Shell Shocked, Part 1" • "Shell Shocked, Part 2" Season 5: "Living on the Edge" • "Sandbusted" • "Something Rotten on Berserker Island" • "Snotlout's Angels" • "A Matter of Perspective" • "Return of Thor Bonecrusher" • "Dawn of Destruction" • "The Wings of War, Part 1" • "The Wings of War, Part 2" • "No Dragon Left Behind" • "Snuffnut" • "Searching for Oswald... and Chicken" • "Sins of the Past" Season 6: "In Plain Sight" • "No Bark, All Bite" • "Chain of Command" • "Loyal Order of Ingerman" •"A Gruff Separation" • "Mi Amore Wing" • "Ruff Transition" • "Triple Cross" • "Family Matters" • "Darkest Night" • "Guardians of Vanaheim" • "King of Dragons, Part 1" • "King of Dragons, Part 2" Season 1: "The Nest" • "Deep Trouble" • "Boo to You" • "Where There's Smoke" • "Heavy Metal" • "Iced Out" • "Sick Day" • "Bad Egg" • "Home Alone" • "Slobber Power" • "Crash Course" • "Furious Fun" • "Grumblegard, Part 1" • "Grumblegard, Part 2" Season 2: "Double Finked" • "Divewings" • "Mecha-Menace" • "Summer Holiday" • "Treasure Riders" • "Puff Enuf" • "Hot, Hot, Hot" • "High Anxiety" • "King Burple" • "Charged Up" • "Belly Flop" • "Game of Horns" Season 3: "Chiefless" • "Crystal Clear" • "How I Met Your Summer" • "Snooping Around" • "Oh, Brother" • "Search for the Sunken City" Season 4: "Teamwork is Magic" • "The Incredible Burple" • "Flight of the Stinkwing" • "The Big Sheep" • "Rescue Racers" • "Day Without Dragons" Season 5: "The Inflato-Force Awakens" • "Return to the Sunken City" • "My Dragonguard" • "Gludge-Tastic Voyage" • "Dragon Out of Water" • "Nest Day" Season 6: "Full Metal Magnus" • "Triple Trouble Tuesday" • "Where's Waldondo" • "The Greatest Showdragons" • "Copy That" • "And You Are?" Season 1: "First Flight, Part 1" • "First Flight, Part 2" • "A Hole New World" • "Dragon Club" • "Featherhide" • "Fault Ripper" Season 2: "Uniconned" • "Magma Breather" • "Dragons of the Undead" • "Downpour" • "The Tangled Web" • "Follow the Lightning, Part 1" • "Follow the Lightning, Part 2" Season 3: "Fire Escape" • "Ride or Die" • "Empty Fireworm Nest" • "Dr. Catastrophe" • "It Flies in the Family" • "Magma Comes to the Surface" • "The Sky Torcher" Season 4: "Cold Open" • "Uncharted Territory" • "Journey to the Snowcano" • "The Decoy" • "The Night Lights, Part 1" • "The Night Lights, Part 2" Season 5: "Punishment and Torcher" • "Welcome to the Wonderful World of Dragons" • "Barrel of Vine Tails" • "Scent of a Dragon" • "Sting It On!" • "Deep Freeze" Season 6: "Dragons Everywhere!" • "Break in Case of Emergency" • "Undercover" • "Webs' Masters" • "Sledkin Stakeout" • "Poison Control" • "In Too Deep" Season 7: "Hobs and Saw" • "Hearts of Heroes" • "Heart of Glass" • "In the Cards" • "Eugene's Lean Mean Extreme Dream Team" • "404 Alex Not Found" • "Rise of Jörmungandr" Season 8: "How to Train Jörmungandr" • "The Great Foster Fake-Out" • "Science vs. Nature" • "Of Gods and Monsters" • "Ragnarok: Part 1" • "Ragnarok: Part 2"