Old Alf is a is a character that appears in the Ruby-Spears Dragon's Lair animated series episode "The Story of Old Alf." A kind but absent-minded aged wizard, Alf magically appears in the forest after Dirk the Daring, Timothy, and Princess Daphne successfully evade Cinge the Dragon. Alf chooses Daphne to become his apprentice and gives her his spell book. For a week, Daphne practices reciting the spells from the book with promising results. She uses a spell to transport Cinge into a large prison cell in Ethelred’s castle. However, after Cinge calls upon the Giddy Goons to steal the spell book for himself, Daphne isn’t able to remember or recite any more spells. Eventually, Dirk recovers the book and returns it to Old Alf. Daphne helps Alf by reading a spell from the book to send Cinge away, on account of Alf having misplaced his glasses.
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- Alf bears a great resemblance to Merlin the Disney animated film, The Sword in the Stone, a film that Don Bluth worked on during his employment with The Walt Disney Studios.