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During the Punk Hazard arc, the boy Momonosuke transformed into a dragon. The
story of a boy who turned into a dragon sounds really familiar to me for some
reason. I believe I might have heard it somewhere before as some sort of tale,
or maybe even as a part of some myth. I have been searching quite a bit to
find something similar, but I couldn't find anything.

So is the story of Momonosuke, the boy who transformed into a dragon, based on
anything?


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Is the story of Momonosuke, the boy who transformed into a dragon, based on any folklore in real life?


There are a couple of cartoons/anime/movies where a boy transforms into a
dragon.

  * [_American Dragon: Jake Long_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dragon:_Jake_Long), an American cartoon.

  * [_The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_The_Voyage_of_the_Dawn_Treader), a movie based on [the novel with same title](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voyage_of_the_Dawn_Treader), which has [a boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace_Scrubb) who turns to a dragon.

  * [_Legend of the Dragon_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Dragon_%28TV_series%29), another cartoon.

  * [Fafnir](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafnir), a legend connected to the idea of a person turning into a dragon:

> In Norse mythology, Fáfnir (Old Norse and Icelandic) or Frænir was a son of
> the dwarf king Hreidmar and brother of Regin and Ótr. After being affected
> by the curse of Andvari's ring and gold, Fafnir became a dragon and was
> slain by Sigurd.

  * A Chinese legend of [carp turning into dragon after passing through the Dragon Gate](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_carp#In_Chinese_culture).


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