Pumpkin Dragons, or Halloween 2009 Dragons, are Halloween dragons released in 2009. Pumpkin Dragons are the first limited release breed that is not a standard dragon. Though they are a pygmy breed, Pumpkin eggs use the standard egg template.
Official descriptions[]
Egg[]
This egg smells like the autumn harvest.
Hatchling[]
Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It enjoys running through a nearby pumpkin patch.
Mature hatchling[]
Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It enjoys running through a nearby pumpkin patch.
And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.
Adult[]
Pumpkin Dragons are a very small breed, named after their affinity for pumpkins. They are always found living inside hollowed-out pumpkins, and are only seen during the harvest season. Young children often hollow out and decorate their pumpkins in the hope that a Pumpkin Dragon will make it his or her home.
Credits[]
- Marrionetta (All sprites, descriptions)
- Dovealove (Adult sprite)
Sprites[]
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Egg sequence[]
| Stage 0 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Dead |
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Retired sprites[]
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| Holiday 2011 | – | – | – | 
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| April Fools' Day 2022 Marrionetta's alternate |
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Encyclopedia entry[]
Appearance/Basic Anatomy
- Contrary to first appearance with their tiny wings, they’re fully capable of flight.
- Small, fast, and exceedingly quiet.
- Capable of breathing dragonfire from birth.
- Two digits on every limb with a thumb on their forelimbs.
- Appear to have a dark orange jack-o-lantern-like face markings on their dewlaps when inflated.
Hatchling Behavior
- Curious and friendly.
- Born in clutches, they are abandoned by their mother and left in the warmth of an abandoned, decomposing gourd/pumpkin.
- Usually hatch in the late fall.
- Will sometimes stay in their litter till maturity, functioning as a small group for the common good.
- Do not hollow out gourds, but rather find other means of shelter.
- Easily domesticated before adolesence.
Adult Behavior
- Claim pumpkins that will snugly fit their body size by chipping away at pumpkin tops and eating the innards.
- Will usually claim one pumpkin per season, two if the harvest is lengthy.
- Roll pumpkins onto their sides to sleep in them, sometimes chipping ‘windows’ into the pumpkins.
- Unknown where they sleep the rest of the year, though they have been spotted in hollow trees.
- Usually live alone, though they are not bothered about having neighbors in the same patch.
- Breathe fire as a defense mechanism.
- Use dewlaps in their mating displays.
Habitat
- Gourd and root bearing plants.
- Pumpkin patches in human inhabited areas.
- A few reported individuals have been seen nesting in lightning trees and dead hollow oaks.
- Found in geographic areas that have distinct seasons with brisk autumns.
Diet
- Omnivorous.
- With the exception of pumpkin guts, they eat almost all small insects and rodents.
Trivia[]
- Under legacy breed sort, these dragons sorted as "Halloween 2009 Dragon."
- Originally, the Pumpkin Dragon, like other older Holiday dragons such as the Yulebuck and 2009 Valentine, didn't have a Spriter's Alt variation but was granted one in 2013.
- Pumpkins were originally nicknamed "Harvest Dragons", but with the release of the actual Harvest Dragons in 2010, the use of the name for Pumpkins was abandoned.
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