After being asleep for 100 years, dragon Scorch wakes up. Flying around, a flash of lightning hits him and he falls down just infront of the window of Brian Stevens' apartment. Brian is living there with his eight year old daughter Jessica and is just preparing for a job interview. Scorch immedately endears himself to Jess butnot to her father but, however, he persuades Brian to take him alongto the interview. There Scorch pops out of his bag. Quickly, Brian tells that he's a ventriloquist and the dragon is his dummy. Brian(with Scorch) gets the job as a wheather announcer on WWEN-TV's'News at Noon'

Scorch suffers from the Dragon's Flu. Symptoms reach from amnesiato unconsciousness, from coughing to swearing and even to barking.And this at the same time Mr. Ruther, the station's boss, comes to receive the award for 'Man of the Year', which should be handed overby Brian and Scorch

A photo of Scorch is on the cover of the new TV magazine. This leads to an effusive Scorch, who annoys not only Brian (the photo showed just his right ear) but also others. But the one who absolute can't stand Scorch's fame is Howard. To get rid of this little 'troublemaker'he 'dragonaps Scorch. Big mistake, really big mistake