Despite the story’s message of turning away from violence, the layered narrative calls for countless skirmishes throughout.
Not all the fights include solely dragons, either.
In fact, many ofthe best dragon fights in theHow to Train Your Dragonfranchise also feature human characters.
Hopefully, the cast of thelive-actionHow to Train Your Dragoncastcan participate in some equally excellent moments.
The fight between the luminescent dragons is well-choreographed, but it also has something else that’s very special.
9Toothless Vs. Toothless' power can be easy to forget about because he’s always on the side of the heroes.
However, in 2014’sHow to Train Your Dragon 2,Toothless' forced defection highlights his fearsome abilities.
This second entry in the trilogy finds Hiccup and Toothless exploring new worlds and charting unmapped territories.
Hiccup’s inexperience and unwillingness to hurt an enraged dragon help to set up the entire saga.
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Hiccup’s falsely innocuous questions about Night Furies help inject a little humor into the scene.
The labyrinth fight also reveals a huge amount about Berk’s training practices.
Finally, Hiccup’s falsely innocuous questions about Night Furies help inject a little humor into the scene.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is an animated adventure comedy that follows up shortly after the first film. This second entry in the trilogy finds Hiccup and Toothless exploring new worlds and charting unmapped territories. When the two discover a secret cave filled with new dragons and a mysterious Dragon Rider, the two will have to join forces to defeat a ruthless dragon hunter - a cruel and dangerous foe who threatens the freedom and safety of all dragonkind.
7Toothless (& Hiccup) Vs. Having animated dragons facing off doesn’t often create issues in this regard.
That being said, it does add far more gravitas to the scene.
The chaos perfectly encapsulates Berk’s state and what needs to change.
Without this fight scene being the way it is, the entire franchise would have felt different.
The fight itself also gets creative, using piecemeal tactics to maximize the available resources.
The final fight against Grimmel the Grisly gradually opens up as it progresses.
The quality of the fight speaks for itself, but its emotional weight also can’t be undervalued.
2Toothless Vs.
Despite being a fraction of the size of Drago’s alpha, Toothless' wild attack ultimately proves successful.
The Bewilderbeast can be spotted bowing to Toothless inHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
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Instead, it’s the beginning of a very different story.
The third and final installment in the film franchise, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, follows the exploits of Hiccup and his dragon as they guide their village forward. Now chief of his village, Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia; Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. However, when danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider must make impossible decisions to save their kind.
It’s impossible to forget Toothless gallantly dashing to Hiccup’s rescuewhen he senses the Monsterous Nightmare turning violent.
How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 animated film set in the Viking world of Berk, where Hiccup, the son of Stoick the Vast, befriends a dragon and defies the village’s traditional dragon-slaying ways, leading to a reevaluation of the Viking-dragon conflict.