American Dragon: Jake Long
2005–2007Disney ChannelAnimation
A New York teenager who is also the American Dragon, and the only one.
American Dragon: Jake Long opens with a main title sequence of 61 seconds.
It arrived on Disney Channel in 2005, when Kim Possible, That's So Raven and The Proud Family were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
61sFan upload of the first season's open; the second season used a different sequence.
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