Elliott

Elliott is the titular character in the 1977 live action/animated film, Pete's Dragon. Elliott, as the film's title suggests, is a large green dragon who befriends a young orphan named Pete. He is the only animated character in the film.

Animation
The animators of Pete's Dragon opted to make Elliott look more like an oriental, rather than occidental, dragon because oriental dragons are usually associated with good. The film is the first involving animation in which none of the Nine Old Men &mdash; Disney's original team of animators &mdash; were involved. One technique used in the movie involved compositing, whereby up to three scenes might be composited together &mdash; for example, a live foreground, a live background, and an animated middle ground containing Elliott. Ken Anderson, who created Elliott, explained that he thought it would be appropriate to make Elliott "a little paunchy" and not always particularly graceful when it comes to flying. Don Hahn, who was assistant director to Don Bluth on this film, gained some experience working with a combination of live-action and animation before later going on to work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Disney Parks
Elliott has also appeared alongside Pete in every version of the Main Street Electrical Parade.