Castle Drekmore is a location in the television show Adventures of the Gummi Bears.
Description[]
Drekmore Castle is a castle-like fortress, utilized by Duke Sigmund Igthorn and his army of Ogres. It is considered Igthorn's stronghold, and despite Igthorn's absolute disregard for the territory of other kingdoms, most neighboring realms seem happy enough to let Sigmund rule over Drekmore.
The Gummi Bears have occasionally entered Castle Drekmore in order to stop one of Igthorn's many schemes. This is also the place where Igthorn is most likely to take any unfortunate individual he seeks to imprison: The castle possesses many dungeon chambers in which to store said prisoners.
In the episode "Can I Keep Him", Zummi gives Cubbi a whistle from his old treasure chest, while Sunni is having trouble babysitting Cubbi. The whistle attracts a brine dragon, which takes Sunni and Cubbi on an unexpected adventure to Drekmore Castle.
In the episode "A Gummi by Any Other Name", the castle is also the place that Princess Calla, a prisoner of Igthorn at the time, learns of Sunni and the other Gummi Bears' existence.
In the series finale "King Igthorn", the Gummi Bears have been spying on Castle Drekmore. When they see that it has been abandoned for one year, and neither Duke Igthorn nor the Ogres have been seen anywhere, the Gummies conclude that Igthorn has moved on and use Ursalia's Gummiscope in order to signal the expatriate Great Gummies in Berryborn, Great Bearton and New Gumbria that it is safe to return to Gummi Glen.
The surrounding Dukedom of Drekmore is regularly shown to be a generally hostile environment, with Ogre camps in the woods ("Zummi Makes it Hot"), dark, barren forests, sentient rocks that attack the passersby with boulders, exploding flora, and dangerous fauna such as vultures, saber tooth bunnies ("Gummi in a Strange Land"), or the ferocious Frugal Tree Beast ("Gummies Just Want to Have Fun"). However, Drekmore having a shore line, there are rather tranquil beaches nearby ("Water Way to Go").
Trivia[]
- During the developmental process, the surrounding area of Drekmore was briefly named "Ungol". Here, the dukedom was divided from King Gregor's castle by "Lorath Wood".
- While neither name is ever mentioned on the show, the 1986 storybook Disney's Gummi Bears: Lost in Ogre Forest still uses the name "Lorath Wood".
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Drekmore Territory[]
("Zummi Makes it Hot")
("Gummies Just Want to Have Fun")
("Gummi in a Strange Land")
("Gummi in a Strange Land")
("Gummi in a Strange Land")
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