How to train your dragon series
How to train your dragon series
How to Train Your Dragon
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A television series following the events of the first film, DreamWorks Dragons, began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. The first and second seasons were titled Dragons: Riders of Berk and Dragons: Defenders of Berk respectively. After the two seasons on Cartoon Network, the series was given the new title Dragons: Race to the Edge. The characters are older and it served as a prequel to the second film, running from June 2015 to February 2018. [1] A second series, titled Dragons: Rescue Riders, began airing on Netflix in 2019 and features a completely different cast and locale than the original series of films and TV shows, but is set in the same universe. A third series, Dragons: The Nine Realms, began streaming on Hulu and Peacock in December 2021, with Rescue Riders transferring to Peacock beginning with the third season under the Heroes of the Sky subtitle. Unlike past entries in the franchise, The Nine Realms is set in the 21st century, specifically 1,300 years after the events of The Hidden World.
The franchise primarily follows the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voiced by Jay Baruchel), son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous expert in dragons, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and his closest companion. Together with his friends, he manages the village’s allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders. Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons. Dean DeBlois, the director of the film trilogy, described its story as «Hiccup’s coming of age», taking place across a span of five years between the first and second film, and a year between the second and third film. [2]
The film series has been highly acclaimed, with each film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, in addition to the first film’s nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Viking
Vikings are the primary characters of the How to Train Your Dragon book and film series. They reside in the northern seas where they pirate, loot, steal, raid, etc. They typically dress in animal pelts, fur boots, and horned helmets and possess a great amount of knowledge on navigation, thievery, and combat. Their tempers are generally foul and stubborn, and they rarely communicate with people from outside of their tribes on a regular basis. The feature that most greatly separates them from real-life Vikings are their use of dragons as partners and pets. They also are separated from real Vikings is the horns on their helmets and the fact that they fight Romans in the books. The Roman Empire had fallen by the time of the first Viking raids in real life.
How to Train Your Dragon (series)
There are several known tribes of Vikings in the book series, including the Hairy Hooligan Tribe, the Merciless Meatheads, the Hysterics, and the Bog-Burglars. The first two are known to get together during the initial Viking tests their youth must pass in order for they and their dragon partners to be recognized by their respective villages. The Hysterics are the black sheep of the Vikings in that they seem to be feared by all other Viking tribes for their insanity and relative barbarism. The Bog-Burglars comprise primarily female Vikings who are as foul and sturdy as any other.
Hairy Hooligan Tribe: The main Viking Tribe in the books, who live on the Isle of Berk. Their present chief is Stoick the Vast, until he abdicates his position to husband son and heir Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Also, they have a Pirate Training Program for the teenagers of the tribe, which is run by Gobber the Belch.
Meatheads: The closely neighboring tribe to the Hairy Hooligans. Not much is known about this tribe except their present chief is Mogadon and the heir of the tribe is Thuggory.
Bog-Burglar Tribe: The tribe filled with mostly fierce female Vikings. Like their name said they are amazing burglars and are often competing against the Hairy Hooligans. Their present chief is Big-Boobied Bertha and the heir of the tribe is Camicazi.
Hysterics: This tribe is the most feared of all for their insanity and relative barbarism. The tribe believes that the earth is round and there is a place called America. This is ironic since they were right. They were once trapped on their island for 15 years by the Doomfang until Hiccup fed him the Potato. Their present chief is Norbert the Nutjob.
Berserk Tribe: The tribe known for their anger and madness. Fishlegs is half Berserk. The present chief’s name is the Chief Berserk. They live on the island of Berserk with a complex tree prison.
Outcasts: The tribe of savage Vikings that always constant war with other tribes. Their chief was once Alvin the Treacherous (who was exiled because he got bold) and is a distant relative of the Hairy Hooligan’s royal blood line.
Lava-Lout Tribe: The tribe that is the worst enemy of the Hairy Hooligans that live on an island with a volcano. Not much is known about this tribe except they wear fireproof suits created by dragon skin.
DreamWorks Dragons (Franchise)
Though their lives as Vikings are emphasized in the film adaptation, the individual tribes are not mentioned at all. The Vikings are also revised to be mainly dragon killers and do not begin to accept dragons into their lives until the end of the first film.
The individual tribes however are mentioned and explored more in depth in DreamWorks Dragons: The Series, Dragons: Race to the Edge and graphic novels.
Hairy Hooligan Tribe: Primarily living on the Isle of Berk, the Hooligans have thrived for seven generations. At the start of the franchise, their chief is Stoick The Vast, a strong and hefty Viking, towering over 7 feet tall, who rules with both an iron fist and compassion for his people. After the unfortunate event of his death in the second movie, his only son, Hiccup Haddock III, rises to the chieftain throne, and continues his life passion to create a utopia for both dragons and humans.
Outcasts: Ruled by Alvin the Treacherous, the Outcasts are a barbaric tribe of outcasts from other tribes, Alvin himself being a former Hooligan, having been banished by Stoick the Vast many years earlier. They reside on Outcast Island, capturing and attempting to use dragons for their own treacherous purposes. They’ve been long time enemies of the Hooligans, however Alvin and Stoick made amends half way through the TV series. Though technically allies with the Hooligans now, the Outcast tribe as a whole appear to still be rough and barbaric.
Berserker Tribe: Despite their name, their chief is the peaceful Oswald the Agreeable, and have been friends with the Hooligans for 50 years. But when Oswald disappears and is presumed dead, his only son Dagur the Deranged ascends to the position, and he lives up to the «berserk» name. He wages war on Hiccup Haddock III and the rest of the Hooligan Tribe in an effort to get the dragons he’s trained. After joining up with Dragon Hunters however, he has a change of heart, reunites with his sister Heather, and the Berserkers become strong allies to the Hooligans. Dagur and Heather go searching for their father and peacefully take charge of the tribe on Berserker Island.
How to Train Your Dragon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A television series following the events of the first film, DreamWorks Dragons, began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. The first and second seasons were titled Dragons: Riders of Berk and Dragons: Defenders of Berk respectively. After the two seasons on Cartoon Network, the series was given the new title Dragons: Race to the Edge. The characters are older and it served as a prequel to the second film, running from June 2015 to February 2018. [1] A second series, titled Dragons: Rescue Riders, began airing on Netflix in 2019 and features a completely different cast and locale than the original series of films and TV shows, but is set in the same universe. A third series, Dragons: The Nine Realms, began streaming on Hulu and Peacock in December 2021, with Rescue Riders transferring to Peacock beginning with the third season under the Heroes of the Sky subtitle. Unlike past entries in the franchise, The Nine Realms is set in the 21st century, specifically 1,300 years after the events of The Hidden World.
The franchise primarily follows the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voiced by Jay Baruchel), son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous expert in dragons, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and his closest companion. Together with his friends, he manages the village’s allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders. Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons. Dean DeBlois, the director of the film trilogy, described its story as «Hiccup’s coming of age», taking place across a span of five years between the first and second film, and a year between the second and third film. [2]
The film series has been highly acclaimed, with each film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, in addition to the first film’s nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.
In What Order Should I Watch Dreamworks Dragons?
My girls have spent the past month watching, (and rewatching) the Netflix exclusive How to Train Your Dragon series, Dragons: Race to the Edge. There is a bit of a Dreamworks Dragons obsession in our household. My kids can’t wait to see How to Train Your Dragon 3, which was just released on DVD on May 2st.
With the release of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, now is definitely a great time to catch up on watching (or rewatching) all of the various films and TV episodes.
But with three How to Train Your Dragon movies, and, if you count the Netflix series, three different TV shows, plus numerous short films… How do you figure out the chronology, the How to Train Your Dragon timeline, and the correct order to watch all of the various shows in?
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I have to admit, when my kids first started watching Race to the Edge, I wasn’t paying much attention. I watched a bit, here and there, basically just checking to ensure it was a series I felt comfortable with them seeing, and then I pretty much ignored it. At that point, I hadn’t even seen the film that launched this spin-off series. The girls had watched How to Train Your Dragon with their dad one afternoon when I was busy doing other things.
However, over time their obsession level ramped up (at least in part because Grace became really wrapped up in working on her own Book of Dragons). When my kids start asking to watch the same show every day, I sit up and pay attention. That combined with the fact that I am often in the room with them when they are watching TV, has led to me getting drawn further and further into the dragon riders of Berk, and to be honest, getting sucked into the setting and storylines.
This, of course, made me want to watch the movies, and as I started poking around I came to the realisation that there was a heck of a lot more Dreamworks Dragons stuff out there that we had yet to see (in total there are three movies, two older television shows, a handful of short films, plus the Netflix exclusive series).
But out of that what was available to watch on Netflix? Where could I find the other shows? What order should we watch them in? I mean my kids don’t really care and will watch things in any old order, but I was curious to know what the chronology of the ongoing story was.
So I did some research and this is what I came up with.
First, of course, is the film that started it all: How to Train Your Dragon. This is easy to find, just about anywhere. Watch it on Netflix, grab a DVD, whatever works for you. Just go watch it, right away. Don’t wait six years, like I did.
Next up is a handful of short films; Gift of the Night Fury, Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon, and Book of Dragons. You can find all of these on Netflix, and I recommend streaming them there versus trying to hunt down the DVD versions, which can be pricey.
The short films can be difficult to locate on Netflix. For example, Book of Dragons and Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon can be found bundled together under the title How to Train Your Dragon Legends.
Gift of the Night Fury is a little trickier, looking for it in the Netflix search bar won’t net you any results, but you can find it hidden within Dreamworks Holiday Classic (Episode 3).
After that come two seasons worth of Dreamworks Dragons television episodes. These originally aired on the Cartoon Network, and are currently available on DVD. The first season was called Dragons: Riders of Berk. You can find it on DVD packaged as Dragons: Riders of Berk Part 1 and Dragons: Riders of Berk Part 2. The second season was called Dragons: Defenders of Berk. You can find it on DVD packaged as Dragons: Defenders of Berk Part 1 and Dragons: Defenders of Berk Part 2.
Next up is another short film called Dawn of the Dragon Racers, which is currently streaming on Netflix.
Following that is the Netflix exclusive series Dragons: Race to the Edge. There are six seasons of Race to the Edge available (And yes, unfortunately, it’s been confirmed that the sixth season is the final).
Then you have the second movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2. Yes, parts of the Dragons television series have premiered after this film. However I guarantee, the second film takes place after the television series. (Without dipping too far into spoilers — there is a character who dies in the second film that is still around in the most recent of the Dreamworks Dragons spin-off shows.)
And lastly you have the newst film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, which just came out on DVD.
I also feel like I should mention, the entire franchise is based on the series of How to Train Your Dragon books written by Cressida Cowell. They are a fun read. Check them out.
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If you (or your kids) are into Dreamworks Dragons you may also be interested in creating your own book of dragons, check out this great list of free online resources for making your own dragon rider’s notebook.