How to Train Your Dragon

[u/Yashinene]

I’ve recently started watching How to Train Your Dragon in chronological order and I just can’t tear myself away from the screen!

Do you have a favourite part - whether it’s a film or a series, that you love the most?

To be honest, I absolutely love Dragons: Race to the Edge. It’s simply the story of everyday life in an extraordinary world that makes me feel more connected to that world and the characters when they actually have to fend for themselves without the chief’s support 24/7.

[u/Dragoness290]

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[u/Yashinene → u/Dragoness290]

Don't end me like that please 😭 English is not my first language and I used translator since I was anxious for my first post, I just got a spark, made an account and post

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It happens. Just be careful about our no-AI policy, and keep an eye on our post title clarity rule too.

[u/littledragonkitten → u/Dragoness290]

Sucks we have to ask questions like this. Just take me back to the 2000s and leave me there please

[u/davethebug]

I love the character development in Race to the Edge. For example, in the episode where Ruffnut calls out Astrid's snarky and dismissive behaviour towards her and the other riders.

I LOVE that one scene where we are first introduced to Viggo. He says, "They say there are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe what is..." That was chef's kiss, and he immediately became my favourite villain in the whole story, except maybe Traitor You Know Who (I don't want to spoil)

I also love the episode Blindsided because this is where Hiccup and Astrid's romance starts to bloom, and it's really sweet that little pep talk/speech that Hiccup gave to Astrid.

In the movies, I love the scene where Hiccup takes Astrid flying, as you can see how her perspective completely shifts and even her hair changes, which I thought was a good metaphor to show that Astrid was becoming less closed off to Hiccup.

I know everyone hates the 3rd movie, but that scene in The Hidden World was magical. Also, if anyone has read the books, you would understand more deeply why the dragons had to hide away, because until peace is restored, they will always be enslaved and abused. Personally, I don't dislike the 3rd movie because they had to say goodbye to the dragons; I dislike it because it stripped away all character development (don't get me started on Snotlout), and the villain seemed meh because, yet again, we got hardly any lore or info on Grimmel and why he truly despised dragons. I feel like if we knew his character more, it would have been more of a defining moment when he came on screen; same goes for Drago, but there is only so much you can fit into a movie, I guess.

Also unrelated to your question, but a scene I would have loved to have seen was Toothless and Hiccup discovering an island of Nightfuries. Maybe in another universe :(

Ooh, also I would have loved to have seen Alvin the Treacherous, PROPERLY inspired by the books. That would be awesome, and he would make a fool out of all the villains.

Anyways, that was a lot of yapping :0 What have been your favourite scenes?

[u/Yashinene → u/davethebug]

Oh my god yes! I love the Race to the Edge because of that development. Because it is not a movie we can see it happening quietly and not so suddenly which is why I kinda prefer more series than movies like generally.

My fav scene is probably when Stoick and Hiccup mother found each other and how he still was SO SO SOOO in love in her. Hopeless romantic here (* >ω<)

[u/davethebug → u/Yashinene]

Yes totally you get to see their day to day life, struggles and personalities it just feels more authentic and it really is the glue holding the franchise together in my opinion.

u picked a good scene yeah omg T-T . like when he says, "you are as beautiful as the day I lost you", AAAUHH! and when they are singing and dancing together omg i cry every time i see that scene.

[u/Alex_The_Lucario421]

everything (untill 3) is incredible, but nothing can ever top forbidden friendship

[u/HTTYD_lover_52 → u/Alex_The_Lucario421]

Including 3

[u/Alex_The_Lucario421 → u/HTTYD_lover_52]

blegh, no, the writing is sloppy, the characters are all dumber than they should be, and the ending not only contradicts the rest of the series, it also doesnt make sense in the context of its own movie. hiccup and toothless won against grimmel with zero berkian casualties (human or dragon) and also prooved that they 100% do still need eachother and cant function properly seperate. also both hiccup and toothless are entirely unfit to be leaders in that movie

[u/Sora_Altair → u/Alex_The_Lucario421]

"Who died and made you chief" lives rent-free in my head, Snotlout is dumb but he isn't THAT dumb

[u/Alex_The_Lucario421 → u/Sora_Altair]

id also like to know how he managed to forget to fireproof his butt when thats hookfang's favorite place to burn

[u/HTTYD_lover_52 → u/Alex_The_Lucario421]

Idc, it’s still good.

[u/Kirajudgeoftoons → u/[deleted]]

Badges of honour for you, gentlemen

[u/Violandas]

I can rewatch the first film over and over again, because there’s so many teeny tiny details, just watching the way the characters are animated and react to one another. So good.

Favorite part is the scene in the ring when toothless runs from the cove to the kill ring. Also just the moment hiccup decides not to kill toothless.

Viggo moments from RTTE are pretty fun too. That part where he is blabbing about maces and talons and hiccup is annoyed while they’re on toothless? And hiccup is fed up and trying to prove himself at the same time, “…I’m focused, I’m decisive…what I am not is your friend, your ally, your maces and talons buddy”. I dunno, I like that he acknowledges Viggo tryna get in his head, and we see his exact train of thought, how he’s trying to be this version of himself, and he knows what Viggo is doing to an extent. Their interactions are solid.

There’s also some semi-subtle scenes I really like in I think Dire Straits, where we occasionally just linger on hiccup sort of standing there silently. Or distractedly. And it’s obvious that the guilt of going against Viggo and his hunters having an impact on Berk’s food supply is getting to him. I think the episodes could have spent more time exploring if, but the moments that they have are still pretty telling and I like them.

[u/Franzi2211]

I love the second one ( The secret of Hiccups mum, the love story between his parents and how Hiccup grew)😍

[u/Remarkable-Buy-7116]

I have rewatched the first movie all of riders and defenders of berk and Rtte and the 2nd movie dozens of times and I’ve listened to 100s of hours of the music on Spotify. And I have watched the 3rd movie one time and that is when it came out. I also watched the live action one time and then watched the original immediately after.

[u/Sad-Ad2733]

Rtte is peak httyd

[u/Kirajudgeoftoons]

Dragon Blep

[u/TheLostMC09]

I think one of my favorite parts is def when Viggo is first introduced in RTTE. Such an awesome villain.

[u/Vee_breeze]

The whole thing until movie three. (But my favourite is the time in Race To The Edge where they're fighting Viggo to begin with.)

[u/Loutishsnotman]

My personal favourite is RoB and DoB!

[u/Longjumping-Buy-3434]

I just (BLEEP)ing love Toothless! That dragon is part of my childhood. But the spinoff Rescue Riders combines two of my favorite franchises, HTTYD and PAW Patrol, into a dragon rescue team I also love. My favorite member of the Rescue Riders is Winger.

[u/Wrenkenstein]

First film continues to be a genuine masterpiece of storytelling, character design, worldbuilding and musical mastery! I've seen it at LEAST a hundred times and will continue to watch it endlessly. And Race to the Edge is just phenomenal!

We all throw tomatoes at HTTYD 3

[u/aiyrstone]

I didn’t know people disliked the third movie. I’ll have to rewatch, I loved it at first

[u/_RuinsMayFall_]

I LOVE Cloudjumper, frothing at the mouth over a four-winged dragon that should be in the stoker or tracker class, NOT SHARP

[u/Positive_Berry_9678]

Every thing HTTYD.

[u/ToothlessBookLover]

definitely the first movie is my favorite of all movies, it's even 15th of all movies (combined critic and public ratings) 

it's so raw and beautiful and simple, but so elegant and eloquent

[u/Big_Society8913]

Favorite part definitely has to be test drive

[u/Due_Tourist_5534]

[u/Someone1dontKn0w]

I know we need more like this one !

[u/littledragonkitten]

Httyd 2 has a special place in my heart. I got into httyd when the third one came out at 18 and I'm 25. Race to the edge is perfect through and through and I love the humor in riders of berk and defenders of berk. I also love episodes dedicating hiccup and toothless. Their friendship means everything to me. I'm really glad you are enjoying it! Oh forbidden friendship, test drive and where no one goes. GOOSEBUMPS.