Talk:Dragon Quest/@comment-972068-20120329020815/@comment-174.141.208.111-20120417061238

Hasbro wanted the episodes to be watched in any order, but that doesn't mean they're not chronological; there's a lot of subtle consistency between episodes. The donkey could be a re-used Cranky model, but I doubt it. Season 2 has less use of background clones, and to use such a specific model that way makes no sense. Cranky is well-travelled and Twilight and the gang wanted to make sure Spike was safe, so maybe they asked Cranky to guide Spike (and them) part of the way.