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How to Train Your Dragon is a movie for all ages.

After director Dean Deblos and screenwriter Chris Sanders joined, the tone and context of the film changed dramatically to cater to an adult audience.

So there's a lot of things in these movies that creep over the kids' heads.

<h1>Historical Vikings</h1>

Historically, the Burkes have been known as the "Vikings," meaning "pirates."

Imagine that the real Vikings were a bunch of pirates.

Due to their lack of resources, the Vikings attacked passing ships and surrounding towns everywhere, killing everyone who stood in their way.

The Vikings, though, were not just pirates.

They also do some farm work in the "off-season" and also raise sheep.

However, most adult Vikings looked more like warriors than peasants.

So, if they hadn't plundered the nearby resources, where did their well-developed muscles and full beards come from?

<h1>The setting of How to Train Your Dragon is more like a game</h1>

The How to Train Your Dragon series takes place in the Middle Ages, so you might think it's closer to the myths of that era.

But upon closer analysis, you will find that the basic logic of this series reflects a more modern sensibility.

In real mythology, the world is a terrible place, and animals are described as very terrifying, not to mention "tamed".

Creatures like dragons are often thought of as legendary individuals rather than as a species or a collection of related species.

In contrast to the How to Train Your Dragon series, the world is a system of rules that can be learned and mastered.

Dragon types come and go, each with specific abilities and weaknesses.

Each dragon has its own limits, how many "bullets" it can spit out before its energy is exhausted, and Toothless even "upgrades".

<h1>Most of the roles are redundant</h1>

"How to Train Your Dragon 1" has many supporting characters, in addition to Hiccup and Toothless, there are Also Hiccup's father Stogo, blacksmith Gober and a group of Dragon Trainer partners.

The super-capable Astri, the arrogant slug, the nerdy Fish Foot, and the cool-headed twins Humfnart and Tyrannette.

Although a bit crowded, each character still has enough plot to prove their existence.

However, the core of this movie is not a whole story.

It's mostly about the friendship between Hiccup and Toothless.

Because of this, the writers don't know what to do with these supporting characters.

Most people have nothing to do except Astri, and she's just Hiccup's lover.

<h1>Only adult characters have a British accent</h1>

Although the story takes place in a very European place in the distant past, the child characters all have American accents and most of their voice actors are also American.

Examples include Amerika Ferreira (Astri), Jonah Hill (Slug) and Jay Baruchel (Hiccup).

For some reason, all the adult characters are voiced by the British.

Director Dean Deblos revealed in an interview that the British accent was an accident, and the producers later realized that it might have more profound implications and decided to adopt it.

Given that the theme of How to Train Your Dragon 1 is about the generation gap, the two different accents can also fully show how different children are from their parents.

<h1>Toxic machismo</h1>

When you watch this movie through the eyes of an adult, you realize that they are not about how to train dragons at all.

They are actually training people to get rid of "machismo".

A recurring theme in the How to Train Your Dragon series is that machismo is at the root of most of the world's problems, and the solution to them is empathy.

At the end of How to Train Your Dragon 1, humans coexist peacefully with dragons.

Hiccup's father wanted him to become a dragon slayer simply because that's what men have to do.

Cultural inertia perpetuates this system, but it is slowly "killing" all those trapped in it.

Hiccup became a hero because he peacefully ended his conflict with the dragon.

<h1>Gober is gay</h1>

There are many cute Vikings in the How to Train Your Dragon series, and Gorber the Blacksmith is one of them.

When Stogo was reunited with his missing wife, Volka, Goeb said: "That's why I never got married, and another reason..."

Unfortunately, Gobb's words were not finished, and the issue was never brought up again, so we will never know why Goeb was not married.

Director Dean Deblos confirmed that the line was improvised by his voice actor Craig Ferguson because he wanted to show a little gay image in mainstream movies.

Perhaps that's why Goeber understands Hiccup better than other Vikings, and he grows up to feel like an outsider.

When Stogo wanted to change his son, Goeb kept telling him to "not try to change yourself." ”

<h1>The How to Train Your Dragon series has many twists and turns</h1>

In How to Train Your Dragon 1, Hiccup's mother, Volka, is absent and strongly suggests that she has died.

In How to Train Your Dragon 2, we learn that she actually escaped because she believed that dragons were peaceful creatures.

In a flashback, we see Stogo tell Hiccup an ancient story about this mysterious land.

Any experienced moviegoer should know that this ancient legend is completely new to this movie.

Such a setting is actually not uncommon, and Marvel often does this.

Neither Kieren in Iron Man 3 nor Hela in Thor 3 have appeared in previous films, but the two characters appear as if they were always there.

They are simply "forgotten by history".

<h1>Hiccup's invention is very advanced</h1>

From How to Train Your Dragon 1, we know that Hiccup is a super inventor like Da Vinci.

At the beginning of the film, Hiccup shows her father a new invention: a giant launcher used to shoot down a flying dragon.

When he became friends with Toothless, he made a false fin for it.

When How to Train Your Dragon 3 was released, all the disguises of historical accuracy were thrown into the sea.

Hiccup has a wingsuit that can glide, a grenade, and a retractable flame sword.

In addition, the Vikings had an elevator. Hiccup has far surpassed Da Vinci and is rapidly approaching Batman.

Hiccup is left-handed

<h1>Hiccup is left-handed? </h1>

If you analyze how to train dragons for their handibility, you'll be surprised to find the film's deeper themes.

Before Hiccup began his combat training, Stogo told him, "When you pick up the axe, you take us all with you." ”

But when Hiccup used the axe in training, he held it in his right hand.

This reflects how left-handed people were forced to do things with their right hands in many ancient cultures.

In the second training, the axe was destroyed.

Hiccup is holding a shield in his left hand, which is his usual hand, so he can use the shield more skillfully.

This reflects the idea that unlike other Vikings, other Vikings would only kill and he would protect.

When he and Toothless were outside the boundaries of Viking society, he was no longer forced to reverse his natural instincts, and he could finally be himself!