How to Train Your Dragon
Movie, 2010, Dragons, Set in Berk
How to Train Your Dragon is #19 of 51 in release order and #38 of 51 in chronological order in the DreamWorks Animation.
The story
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
How to Train Your Dragon recap
On the Viking island of Berk, Hiccup, the inventive, scrawny son of chief Stoick the Vast, wants to kill a dragon to prove himself. He downs a Night Fury with his own device but cannot bring himself to kill it. The dragon has lost half its tail fin, so Hiccup names him Toothless and builds him a prosthetic that only works with a rider. In dragon training Hiccup uses what Toothless teaches him to calm dragons, becoming a star while Astrid, a fierce trainee, grows suspicious and then joins him. Toothless shows the two of them the dragons' nest, where the giant Red Death forces the others to feed it. Hiccup refuses to kill a dragon in the final exam, Toothless is captured, and Stoick uses him to find the nest.
How to Train Your Dragon ending explained
The Vikings attack the nest and wake the Red Death. Hiccup and the trainees ride dragons into battle, and Hiccup and Toothless lure the Red Death into a dive so it crashes and explodes. Hiccup wakes up having lost his lower leg, now wearing a prosthetic of his own, and Berk has learned to live with dragons.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon is streaming on Paramount+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 99%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Monsters vs. Aliens, before Shrek Forever After.
- Chronological order: after Kung Fu Panda 4, before How to Train Your Dragon 2.
What to watch before How to Train Your Dragon
Nothing. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) doesn't continue an earlier version, so it stands on its own.
Cast
- Jay Baruchel as Hiccup (voice)
- Gerard Butler as Stoick (voice)
- Craig Ferguson as Gobber (voice)
- America Ferrera as Astrid (voice)
- Jonah Hill as Snotlout (voice)
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs (voice)
- T.J. Miller as Tuffnut (voice)
- Kristen Wiig as Ruffnut (voice)
- Robin Atkin Downes as Ack (voice)
- Philip McGrade as Starkard (voice)
- Kieron Elliott as Hoark the Haggard (voice)
- Ashley Jensen as Phlegma the Fierce (Voice)
Directed by Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois.