[We pan up and glide across the ocean to see an island surrounded by fog. The moment the island is shown, a boy speaks.]
Hiccup (v.o.): This is Berk. It's twelve days north of Hopeless, and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death.
[We glide through the fog to see two giant Viking statues with fires burning in their mouths.]
Hiccup (v.o): It's located solidly on the Meridian of Misery.
[We go past the statues only to dive through a crashing wave and jump to a closer shot of the island. As we pan in a circular motion, we see several structures, houses, and a sheep farm.]
Hiccup (v.o): My village. In a word, sturdy. And it's been here for seven generations, but, every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunsets.
[We land on two sheep grazing in the grass, the dragon snatched one of the flock.]
Hiccup (v.o): The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes. We have...
[A dragon fires at the screen as a door slams shut, a boy cowering behind it]
Hiccup (v.o.): -dragons. Most people would leave. Not us. We're Vikings. We have, stubbornness issues. My name's Hiccup. Great name, I know. But, it's not the worst. Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that.
[Hiccup is seen dodging several Vikings. He trips and a male Viking roars in his face.]
Viking: ARGGGHHHHH![suddenly cherry] Mornin'!
Hoark: What are you doing here?!
Burnthair: Get inside!
Viking: What are you doin' out?!
Phlegma: Get back inside!
Stoick: Hiccup? What is he doing out aga--? What are you doing out?! Get inside!
Hiccup (v.o.): That's Stoick the Vast. Chief of the tribe. They say that when he was a baby, he popped a dragon's head clean off of its shoulders. Do I believe it? Yes, I do.
Stoick: What have we got?
Starkard: Gronckles, Nadders, Zipplebacks. Oh, and Hoark saw a Monstrous Nightmare.
Stoick: Any Night Furies?
Starkard: None so far.
Stoick: Good.
Viking: Hoist the torches!
[Hiccup runs into a blacksmith shop and puts on an apron]
Gobber: Ah! Nice of you to join the party! I thought you'd been carried off!
Hiccup
What, who me? Nah, come on! I'm waaaay too muscular for their taste. They wouldn't know what to do with all...this.
Gobber: Well, they need toothpicks, don't they?
Hiccup (v.o.): The meat-head with attitude and interchangeable hands is Gobber. I've been his apprentice ever since I was little. Well... littler.
[scene cuts to Stoick on the watch-tower]
Stoick: We move to the lower defenses. We'll counter-attack with the catapults.
[A dragon swoops down and sets another house on fire.]
Hiccup (v.o.): See? Old village, lots and lots of new houses.
Viking: FIRE!
Astrid: Alright, let's go!
[All of a sudden, five teens around Hiccup's age. Tug a large wooden barrel on wheels past Gobber's shop. From it, they fill buckets with water to douse the flames.]
Hiccup (v.o.): Oh, and that's Fishlegs, Snotlout, the Twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and... (dreamy) Astrid.
[A slow mo explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. Hiccup looks at her completely lovestruck. The rest of the fire brigade join her, looking awesome and heroic.]
Hiccup:(jealous)Oh, their job is so much cooler.
[Hiccup leans out of the smithing window to get a better look. Gobber lifts him up and back into the shop.]
Hiccup: Oh, come on. Let me out, please? I need to make my mark!
Gobber: Oh, you've made plenty of marks. All in the wrong places!
Hiccup: Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date.
Gobber: You can't lift a hammer, you can't swing an axe, you can't even throw one of these!
[Gobber holds up a bola and a Viking grabs it and uses it to bring down a dragon]
Hiccup: Okay, fine, but this will throw it for me.
[Hiccup pats a wooden machine, which opens and shoots a bola randomly, hitting a Viking standing in the background.]
Viking: Arggh!
Gobber: See, now this right here is what I'm talking about!
Hiccup: Mild calibration issue--
Gobber: Don't you-- no-- Hiccup. If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons, you need to stop all... this.
Hiccup: But, you just pointed to all of me!
Gobber: Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you!
Hiccup: Ohhhh...
Gobber: Ohhhh, yes.
Hiccup: You sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much, raw... Viking-ness... contained? THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES!
Gobber: [sarcastically] I'll take my chances. Sword. Sharpen. Now.
[Hiccup begrudgingly takes the sword and heavs it on to the grinding wheel.]
Hiccup (v.o.): One day, I'll get out there. Because, killing a dragon is everything around here.
[The camera pans over various dragons as they are described.]
Hiccup (v.o.): A Nadder head is sure to get me at least noticed. Gronckles are tough. Taking down one of those would definitely get me a girlfriend. A Zippleback? Exotic. Two heads, twice the status.
Catapult Operator: They found the sheep!
Stoick: Concentrate fire over the lower bank!
Catapult Operator: Fire!
Hiccup (v.o.): And then, there's the Monstrous Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go after those. They have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire.
[A Monstrous Nightmare growls and alights itself as it climbs up the catapult]
Stoick: Reload! I'll take care of this.
[Stoick begins to slug the Monsterous Nightmare in the face with his war hammer. But then, he hears a mysterious high pitch shriek and looks up into the night sky. Hiccup hears it from Gobber's shop and also looks skyward.]
Hiccup (v.o.): But the ultimate prize is the dragon no one has ever seen. We call it the--
Viking: NIGHT FURY! GET DOWN!
[From out of nowhere, an explosion tears the catapult apart]
Stoick: JUMP!
Hiccup (v.o.): This thing never steals food, never shows itself, and... never misses. No one has ever killed a Night Fury. That's why I'm going to be the first.
Gobber: Man the fort, Hiccup. They need me out there!
[He attaches an axe to his arm and begins to run out, but turns around at the doorway.]
Gobber (cont.): Stay. Put. There. You know what I mean.
Viking #6: Hiccup, where are you going?
Viking #7: Come back here!
Hiccup: Yeah, I know! Be right back!
[Hiccup is pushing a cart with the automated catapult on it]
Stoick: Mind yourselves! The devils still have some juice in them!
[Hiccup sets up his bola catapult on an empty hill and looks around.]
Hiccup: Come on. Gimme something to shoot at, gimme something to shoot at.
[The camera pans around the night sky, and catches a shadow against the stars. All of a sudden, an explosion hits another catapult. Hiccup shoots, and a loud cry is heard as the shadow is seen plummeting down into a forest]
Hiccup (cont.): Oh, I hit it! YES! I HIT IT! Did anybody see that?
[A Monstrous Nightmare shows up and crushes Hiccup's bola launcher.]
Hiccup (cont.): Except for you.
[A shrill cry sounds from the hill, and catches Stoick's attention. He turns to see the Monstrous Nightmare chasing Hiccup, and gets up to go help him.]
Stoick: DO NOT let them escape!
Spitelout: Right!
[Hiccup runs behind a torch pole and hides, just as flames reach around the corner. He looks behind it and on the other side, the Nightmare reaches to get Hiccup. Stoick punches the beast and jumps back to defend himself. The dragon tries to breathe fire, but coughs up a small amount of magma instead.]
Stoick: You're all out.
[Stoick begins to fight off the dragon with his bare fists. Until the Nightmare runs and flies off.]
Hiccup (v.o.): Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know...
[The torch pole collapses and tumbles down into the village, leaving a trail of destruction in it's wake.]
Hiccup: Sorry, Dad.
[As the sun comes up, all of dragons are leaving, with most of Berk's food supply in there claws. Hiccup looks around, it seems like everyone in the village is staring at him.]
Hiccup:(meekly)Okay, but I hit a Night Fury.
[Stoick grabs Hiccup by the back of his shirt and drags him towards his house.]
Hiccup (cont.): It's not like the last few times, Dad! I mean, I really actually hit it! You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot. It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it--
Stoick: STOP! Just... stop. Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!
Hiccup: Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?
Stoick: This isn't a joke, Hiccup! Why can't you follow the simplest orders?
Hiccup: I can't stop myself. I see a dragon and I have to just... kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad.
Stoick: You are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them. Get back to the house. [To Gobber] Make sure he gets there. I have his mess to clean up.
Tuffnut: Quite the performance.
Snotlout: I've never seen anyone mess up that badly. That helped!
Hiccup: Thank you, thank you. I was trying, so...I really did hit one.
Gobber: Sure, Hiccup.
Hiccup: He never listens.
Gobber: Well, it runs in the family.
Hiccup: And when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich. [Imitating Stoick] Excuse me, barmaid! I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring. I ordered an extra large boy with beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on the side. This here, this is a talking fish bone!
Gobber: Now, you're thinking about this all wrong. It's not so much what you look like, it's what's inside that he can't stand.
Hiccup: [Sarcastically] Thank you for summing that up.
Gobber: Look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not.
Hiccup: I just want to be one of you guys.
[The scene cuts to the Meade hall, where everyone is gathered]
Stoick: Either we finish them, or they'll finish us! It's the only way we'll be rid of them! If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons will leave. They'll find another home! One more search. Before the ice sets in.
Viking: Those ships never come back.
Stoick: We're Vikings! It's an occupational hazard! Now who's with me?!
Viking: Today's not good for me. I've gotta do my axe returns.
Stoick: Alright. Those who stay will look after Hiccup.
Phlegma: To the ships!
Spitelout: I'm with you, Stoick!
Stoick: That's more like it.
Gobber: Right, I'll pack my undies.
Stoick: No, I need you to stay and train some new recruits.
Gobber: [Sarcastically] Oh, perfect. And while I'm busy, Hiccup can cover the stall. Molten steel, razor sharp blades, lots of time to himself... what could possibly go wrong?
Stoick: What am I going to do with him, Gobber?
Gobber: Put him in training with the others.
Stoick: No, I'm serious.
Gobber: So am I.
Stoic: He'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage.
Gobber: Oh, you don't know that.
Stoick: I do know that, actually.
Gobber: No, you don't.
Stoick: No, actually, I do.
Gobber: No, you don't!
Stoick: Listen, you know what he's like. From the time he could crawl he's been... different. He doesn't listen, he has the attention span of a sparrow... I take him fishing and he goes hunting for... for trolls!
Gobber: Trolls exist! They steal your socks. But only the left ones. What's with that?
Stoick: When I was a boy...
Gobber: Oh, here we go.
Stoick: My father told me to bang my head against a rock, and I did it. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And you know what happened?
Gobber: You got a headache.
Stoick: That rock split in two. It taught me what a Viking could do, Gobber. He could-- He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas! Even as a boy, I knew what I was, what I had to become. Hiccup is not that boy.
Gobber: You can't stop him, Stoick. You can only prepare him. Look, I know it seems hopeless. But the truth is you won't always be around to protect him. He's going to get out there again. He's probably out there now.
[Scene cuts to Hiccup in a forest. He closes his eyes, expecting to see something. But when he opens them, he sees: nothing. He marks an X on a map of Berk in his notebook, along with countless others. Hiccup then scribbles all over the map in frustration before closing the notebook.]
Hiccup: Oh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug. No, not me. I manage to lose an ENTIRE DRAGON?
[Hiccup then angrily hits a tree branch, but it comes back up and whacks him in the face. He then notices a giant trench in front of him. But the trench doesn't look natural, it looks as if it was created by something plowing through the earth. Hiccup follows the trench as it goes up an embankment. He crests it only to see the Night Fury. He quickly dives back behind it. He timidly comes over the embankment and cautiously approaches the Night Fury. The dragon is still bounded in his bola. It doesn't look alive. As Hiccup approaches his fear turns into amazement.]
Hiccup (cont.): Oh, wow. I did it. Oh, I did it! This fixes everything! Yes! I have brought down this mighty beast!
[Hiccup steps on the dragon's face but it shoves him away]
Hiccup (cont.): Whoa!
[Hiccup springs back in shock. The dragon is not dead. He takes out his knife. He looks into the dragon's blue eyes as he tries to build up courage.]
Hiccup (cont.): I'm going to kill you, dragon. I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father. I'm a Viking. I am a VIKING!
[Hiccup then raises his knife above his head and prepared to stab the dragon. But he hesitates and finally gives in]
Hiccup (cont.): I did this.
[Hiccup begins cutting the ropes that bind the Night Fury.]
[The dragon rolls Hiccup over roars in Hiccup's face, leaving him unharmed]
[Hiccup whimpers and faints.]
[Scene cuts to the haddock household]
Stoick: Hiccup.
Hiccup: Dad! Uh... I have to talk to you, Dad.
Stoick: I need to speak with you too, son.
Hiccup and Stoick: I've decided I don't want / I think it's time you learn / to fight dragons. What?
Stoick: You go first.
Hiccup: No, no, you go first.
Stoick: Alright. You get your wish. Dragon Training. You start in the morning.
Hiccup: [Panicking] Oh, man, I should've gone first! Uh, 'cause I was thinking, you know, we have a surplus of dragon-fighting Vikings, but do we have enough... bread-making Vikings, or small home repair Vikings--?
Stoick: You'll need this. [passes Hiccup an axe]
Hiccup: I don't want to fight dragons.
Stoick: Come on. Yes, you do.
Hiccup: Rephrase: Dad, I can't kill dragons.
Stoick: But you will kill dragons.
Hiccup: No, I'm really very extra sure that I won't.
Stoick: It's time, Hiccup.
Hiccup: Can you not hear me?
Stoick: This is serious, son! When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us. You talk like us. You think like us. No more of... this.
Hiccup: You just gestured to all of me.
Stoick: Deal?
Hiccup: This conversation is feeling very one-sided.
Stoick: Deal?
Hiccup: Deal.
Stoick: Good. Train hard. I'll be back. Probably.
Hiccup: And I'll be here. Maybe.
[Scene cuts to a pan around the Dragon Training Arena]
Gobber: Welcome to Dragon Training!
Astrid: No turning back.
Tuffnut: I hope I get some serious burns!
Ruffnut: I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back.
Astrid: Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it.
Hiccup: [Sarcastically] Yeah, no kidding, right? Pain. Love it.
Tuffnut: Oh, great. Who let him in?
Gobber: Let's get started! The recruit who does best will win the honor of killing his first dragon in front of the entire village.
Snotlout: Hiccup already killed a Night Fury, so, does that disqualify him or...?
Tuffnut: Can I transfer to the class with the cool Vikings?
Gobber: [to Hiccup] Don't worry. You're small and you're weak. That'll make you less of a target! They'll see you as sick or insane and go after the more Viking-like teens instead.
Gobber (cont.): Behind these doors are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight! The Deadly Nadder!
Fishlegs: Speed: eight; Armor: sixteen.
Gobber: The Hideous Zippleback!
Fishlegs: Plus eleven stealth times two.
Gobber: The Monstrous Nightmare!
Fishlegs: Firepower: fifteen.
Gobber: The Terrible Terror!
Fishlegs: Attack: eight; Venom: twelve!
Gobber: CAN YOU STOP THAT?! And... the Gronckle!
Fishlegs: [whispering] Jaw strength: eight.
Snotlout: Whoa, whoa, wait! Aren't you gonna teach us first?
Gobber: I believe in learning on the job.[releases Gronckle]
Gobber (cont.): Today is about survival. If you get blasted... you're dead! Quick! What's the first thing you're going to need?
Hiccup: A doctor?
Fishlegs: Plus five speed?
Astrid: A shield!
Gobber: Shields! Go! Your most important piece of equipment is your shield! If you must make a choice between a sword or a shield, take the shield!
[All the recruits head for the shields]
Tuffnut: Get your hands off my shield!
Ruffnut: There's like a million shields!
Tuffnut: Take that one, it has a flower on it. Girls like flowers.
[Ruffnut takes the shield and slams it onto Tuffnut's head.]
Ruffnut: Oops, now this one has blood on it.
[The Gronckle flies towards the Twins and blasts their shield with a fireball, leaving them dazed on the ground.]
Gobber: Tuffnut, Ruffnut, you're out!
Ruffnut and Tuffnut: [Dazed] What?
Gobber: Those shields are good for another thing: noise! Make lots of it to throw off a dragon's aim!
[The remaining teens begin hitting their weapons against their shields, making the Gronckle shake its head, confused.]
Gobber (cont.): All dragons have a limited number of shots. How many does a Gronckle have?
Snotlout: Five?
Fishlegs: No, six!
Gobber: Correct, six! That's one for each of you!
[Fishlegs' shield gets blasted out of his hand.]
Gobber (cont.): Fishlegs, out. [to Hiccup hiding behind a plank] Hiccup, get in there!
Snotlout: [to Astrid] So, anyway I'm moving into my parents' basement. You should come by sometime to work out. You look like you work out!
[The Gronckle fires at Snotlout]
Gobber: Snotlout! You're done!
Hiccup: So, I guess it's just you and me, huh?
Astrid: Nope, just you.
[The Gronckle fires at them, but misses. Hiccup loses his shield and runs after it, the dragon hot on his heels]
Gobber: One shot left! Hiccup!
[The Gronckle corners Hiccup, taking its aim. Gobber quickly tugs it away and locks it up]
Gobber (cont.): And that's six! Go back to bed, ya overgrown sausage! You'll get another chance, don't you worry. [to Hiccup] Remember: a dragon will always -- always -- go for the kill.
[Scene cuts to Hiccup trekking through the forest again]
Hiccup: [weighing the bola with his hands] So, why didn't you?
[Hiccup enters a cove, surveying its emptiness]
Hiccup (cont.): Well, this was stupid.
[The Night Fury swoops past him, but falls back onto the ground, trying to settle down on the cove. Hiccup hides at the entrance and tries to make a sketch of it]
Hiccup (cont.)
Why don't you just... fly away?
[As he makes a sketch, he notices the missing tail fin and drops his pencil, drawing the Night Fury's attention]
[Scene cuts to the Meade Hall]
Gobber (o.s.): Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?
Astrid: I mistimed my summersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble.
Ruffnut: [Sarcastically] Yeah, we noticed.
Snotlout: No, no, you were great. That was so "Astrid".
Gobber: She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves. Where did Hiccup go wrong?
Ruffnut: Uh, he showed up?
Tuffnut: He didn't get eaten.
Astrid: He's never where he should be.
Gobber: Thank you, Astrid. You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of.
[Thunder roars]
Gobber (cont.): No attacks tonight. Study up.
Tuffnut: Wait, you mean, read?
Ruffnut: While we're still alive?
Snotlout: Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?
Fishlegs: Oh! I've read it like, seven times. There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face. And--And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week--
Tuffnut: Yeah, that sounds great. See, there was a chance I was going to read that...
Ruffnut: ...But, now...
Snotlout: You guys read, I'll go kill stuff.
Fishlegs: Oh, and there's this other one that has these spines that look like trees...
Hiccup: So I guess we'll share?
Astrid: Read it.
Hiccup: All mine then. Wow, okay. So, I'll see you, uh... [Door slams] tomorrow.
[He flips open the book, reading its contents]
Hiccup: Dragon classifications. Strike Class, Fear Class, Mystery Class.
Hiccup (cont.): Thunderdrum: This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight. Timberjack: This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight. Scauldron: Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous. Changewing: Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight. Gronckle, Zippleback, The Skrill, Boneknapper, Whispering Death. Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims, turns its victims inside-out. Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight... [flips to to Night Fury page] Night Fury: Speed, unknown. Size, unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you.
[Scene cuts to several longships gliding through fog]
Stoick: I can almost smell them. They're close. Steady.
Stoick (cont.): Take us in.
Viking: Hard to port... for Helheim's gate.
[Scene cuts to the Arena, in the middle of a training session]
Hiccup: You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies. Is there another book? Or a sequel? Maybe a little Night Fury pamphlet?
[A Nadder fires at him]
Hicup: WHOA!
Gobber: Focus, Hiccup! You're not even trying!
Gobber (cont.): Today is all about ATTACK! Nadders are quick and light on their feet! Your job is to be quicker and lighter!
Fishlegs: AAAAAH! I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!
Gobber: Look for its blind spot. Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike!
Ruffnut: Ugh! Do you ever bathe?
Tuffnut: If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot!
Ruffnut: How about I give you one?
[The Nadder attacks the twins]
Gobber: Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot? Not so much. Heh, heh, heh.
Hiccup: Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?
Gobber: No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale. [Snapping] NOW, GET IN THERE!
Hiccup: I know, I know, but hypothetically--
Astrid: [Whispering] Hiccup! Get down!
Snotlout: Watch out, babe. I'll take care of this. [tosses hammer at Nadder, but misses]
Astrid: Hey!
Snotlout: The sun was in my eyes, Astrid! What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!
Hiccup: They probably take the daytime off. You know, like a cat. Has anyone ever seen one napping?
Gobber: Hiccup!
[The walls start toppling as Astrid starts leaping from wall to wall, the Nadder behind her. Astrid jumps off the last collapsing wall, right onto Hiccup]
Astrid: HICCUP!
Tuffnut: Oooh! Love on the battlefield!
Ruffnut: She could do better.
Hiccup: Just... let me... why don't you...
[Astrid yanks the axe off Hiccup's shield and swings it at the Nadder]
Gobber: Well done, Astrid.
Astrid: [to Hiccup] Is this some kind of a joke to you? Our parents' war is about to become ours! Figure out which side you're on.
[Scene cuts to at the cove.]
[Hiccup approaches with a fish, leaving his shield behind]
[The Night Fury creeps out from behind rock. Sniffs at Hiccup and the fish, slowly approaches, then retreats upon seeing Hiccup's knife. Hiccup kicks knife into water. The Night Fury relaxes and slowly takes fish, revealing a toothless mouth]
Hiccup: Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had...
[Toothless' teeth suddenly jut out of his gums and he snatches the fish]
Hiccup (cont.): ...teeth. Uh, uh, no, no, no. I-I don't have any more.
[Toothless regurgitates half of the fish, and proceeds to direct Hiccup through biting and swallowing it. Toothless then tries to return Hiccup's smile. He then snarls and flies away when Hiccup reaches towards him.]
[After some time, Toothless sleeps and wakes up to find Hiccup drawing Toothless in the sand, Toothless then use a branch to 'draw' Hiccup in the dirt. Hiccup steps over the lines to finally reach Toothless. Hiccup offers his hand to Toothless while looking away, Toothless finally trusts Hiccup enough to touch his nose to Hiccup's hand. Toothless snorts and runs away.]
[Scene cuts to on top the watch tower at night]
Gobber: ...And with one twist, he took my hand, and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face: I was delicious. He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg.
Fishlegs: Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed the dragon from the inside by... crushing his heart, or something.
Snotlout: I swear, I'm so angry right now! I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight. With my face!
Gobber: Un-unh. It's the wings and the tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon.
[We cut to Hiccup, that final sentence hits him harder than his classmate will ever know.]
Gobber: [yawns] Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be, too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it?
Tuffnut: It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?
Fishlegs: [Gasp] Your Mom let you get a tattoo?
Tuffnut: It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark.
Ruffnut: Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before.
Tuffnut: Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now.
[After hearing what Gobber said about how a dragon is unable to fly without wings, Hiccup heads to the forge late at night, and makes a new tail-fin for Toothless to replace the one the Night Fury lost.]
Hiccup: Hey, Toothless. I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry. Okay, that's disgusting. Uh... we've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod, and a whole smoked eel.
[Toothless hisses in fear at the sight of the eel.]
Hiccup (cont.): No, no, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't really like eel much either.
[Toothless starts to eat the fish.]
Hiccup (cont.): Okay. That's it. That's it, just stick with good stuff. And don't you mind me. I'll just be back here... minding my own business.
[Hiccup tries to attach the new tail-fin.]
Hiccup (cont.): It's okay. Okay... okay... There. That's not too bad. It works.
[Toothless takes off with Hiccup literally on his tail. They head towards a rock wall]
Hiccup (cont.): Whoa! No! No! No!
[Hiccup quickly adjusts the tail fin and they dodge the wall]
Hiccup (cont.)
OH, MY-- IT'S WORKING! YES! YES, I DID IT!
[Toothless realizes Hiccup is on his tail and throws him off, then crashes into the lake.]
Hiccup: AAAAAGGGGHHHHH! Yeah!
[Scene cuts to Arena, in the middle of another training session]
Gobber: Today is about teamwork. Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas, the other head lights it. Your job is to know which is which.
Fishlegs: Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, by crushing its victims--
Hiccup: [On edge] Will you please stop that?!
Snotlout: If that dragon shows either of his faces, I'm gonna-- there!
[Snotlout and Tuffnut drench Astrid and Ruffnut, thinking they were the Zippleback.]
Ruffnut: Hey! It's us, idiots!
Tuffnut: Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon.
Snotlout: Not that there's anything wrong with a dragon-esque figure-- Ow!
[Astrid punches Snotlout in the face, and Ruffnut throws her bucket at Tuffnut, who is then dragged into the wall of smoke.]
Astrid: Wait. [A tail knocks them off their feet]
Tuffnut: OH, I'M HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!
Fishlegs: Chances of survival are dwindling into single-digits now. [A Zippleback head comes out of the fog and approaches Fishlegs. He drenches it, only to realise it emits flammable gas.]
Fishlegs (cont.): Oh. Wrong head.
[The Zippleback then spray Fishlegs with gas.]
Gobber: Fishlegs!
[Fishlegs runs away, leaving only Hiccup to deal with the dragon. The other head suddenly comes into view, shooting sparks out of it's mouth.]
Gobber: Now, Hiccup!
[Hiccup throws the bucket of water at the head, but misses]
Hiccup: Oh, come on!
Gobber: Hiccup!
[Hiccup reverses the Hideous Zippleback with a hidden eel.]
Hiccup: Back! Back! Back! BACK! Now, don't you make me tell you again! Yes, that's right! Back into your cage. Now think about what you've done.
[Hiccup throws the eel into the enclosure. The Zippleback backs up against the far wall of its pen, trying to say as far away from the eel as possible. Hiccup then shuts the door of the enclosure. He then turns to see Gobber and his classmates staring at him in complete shock.]
Hiccup (cont.): Okay! So, are we done? Because I've got some things I need to, uh... Yep. I'll... see-see you tomorrow!
[Scene cuts to at the forge, Hiccup making a saddle]
[Scene cuts to at the cove, Hiccup presenting Toothless with the saddle]
Hiccup: Hey!
[Toothless playfully runs away from Hiccup.]
[Hiccup rides Toothless, tugging the prosthetic tail fin with a rope to change its position. The wind blows at them and they tumble backwards]
[Toothless crashes into a field of Dragon Nip and rolls in it comfortably.]
Hiccup (cont.): Whoa! [holds up Dragon Nip]
[Scene cuts to Hiccup still holding up the Dragon Nip, but at the Arena]
[Hiccup grounds a Gronckle during training by rubbing Dragon Nip on its nose.]
Fishlegs: What was that? Some kind of trick? What did you do?
Tuffnut: How'd you do that?
Ruffnut: It was really cool.
Fishlegs: Hey, Hiccup!
Snotlout: Hey, Hiccup, I've never seen a Gronckle do that before!
Hiccup: I left my axe back in the ring. You guys go on ahead. I'll catch up with you.
[Scene cuts to back at the cove]
[Hiccup puts Toothless to sleep by scratching him just below the chin.]
[Scene cuts back to at the Arena]
[Hiccup the puts the Deadly Nadder to sleep the same way during training.]
Tuffnut: Hiccup, you're totally going to come in first, there's no question.
[Scen cuts to back at the cove]
[Toothless chases a shiny light that Hiccup creates using the sun and a hammer.]
[Scene cuts to back at the Arena]
Gobber: Meet the Terrible Terror.
Tuffnut: Ha! That's like the size of my--
[The dragon attacks Tuffnut.]
Tuffnut (cont.): AH! GET IT OFF! OH, I'M HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!
[The Terrible Terror chases a shiny light created by Hiccup's shield back into the enclosure]
Tuffnut (cont.): [to Astrid] Wow, he's better than you ever were.
[Scene cuts to at the forest]
[Astrid sees Hiccup holding a harness while throwing her axe at the trees in the forest. Hiccup runs away and loses a furious Astrid.]
[Scene cuts to at the cove]
[Hiccup practices new tail positions with Toothless, when the rope snaps and bends the safety hook, leaving rider and dragon attached.]
Hiccup: Oh, great.
[Hiccup sneaks Toothless into the blacksmith shop to remove the connecting cord.]
Viking: Hiccup.
[Toothless throws a bucket and Astrid hears the noise.]
Astrid (o.s.): Hiccup? Are you in there?
Hiccup: Astrid. Hey! Hi, Astrid. Hi, Astrid. Hi, Astrid.
Astrid: I normally don't care what people do, but you're acting weird. Well, weirder.
[Hiccup is pulled through the shutter doors. Astrid tries to see what happened, but doesn't notice Hiccup flying away with Toothless.]
[Scene cuts to at the pier, the destroyed longships from the expedition heading back]
Gobber: Well, I trust you found the nest at least?
Stoick: Not even close.
Gobber: Ah. Excellent.
Stoick: I hope you had a little more success than me.
Gobber: Well, if by success, you mean that your parenting troubles are over with, then... yes.
Phlegma: Congratulations, Stoick! Everyone is so relieved.
Starkard: Out with the old and in with the new, right?
Hoark the Haggard: No one will miss that old nuisance!
Ack: The village is throwing a party to celebrate!
Stoick: He's gone?
Gobber: Yeah... most afternoons. But who can blame him? I mean the life of a celebrity's very rough. He can barely walk through the village without being swarmed by his new fans.
Stoick: Hiccup?
Gobber: Who would've thought, eh? He has this way with the beasts.
[Scene cuts to Toothless soaring across the ocean, Hiccup on his back]
Hiccup: Okay there, bud, we're gonna take this nice and slow. Here we go. Here we go... position three, no, four. Alright, it's go time. It's go time. Come on, buddy, come on, buddy! [changes tail fin position] Yes, it worked!
[Hiccup accidentally flies Toothless into one of the sea stacks.]
Hiccup (cont.): Sorry!
[Hiccup flies Toothless into another sea stack]
Hiccup (cont.): That was my fault.
[Toothless hits him with his ear]
Hiccup (cont.): Yeah, yeah, I'm on it. Position four, uh, three. Yeah! Go baby! Yes! Oh, this is amazing! The wind in my...
[The wind blows his cheat sheet out of his hand]
Hiccup (cont.): ... CHEAT SHEET! STOP!!
[Hiccup's diagram flies away and he tries to catch it, but unhooks the safety cord and falls. He tries to get back on the saddle, getting smacked with Toothless' tail in the process.]
Hiccup (cont.): NO!!! Oh, gosh! Oh, gods! Oh, no! Alright! You gotta kind angle yourself! Okay, no, no, no... come back down towards me! Come back down-- YOW!
[Finally reattaching, the cheat sheet smacks into his face. Hiccup tries to memorize the sheet before smoothly swerving through rocks, swiftly changing tail positions.]
Hiccup (cont.): YEEAHHH! Ah, come on!
[Scene cuts to on a sea stack]
[Toothless regurgitates a fish head for hiccup]
Hiccup: Uh... no thanks. I'm good.
[A Terrible Terror tries to steal a fish, only to be blasted in the mouth by Toothless]
Hiccup (cont.): Not so fireproof on the inside, are you? There you go. Everything we know about you guys is wrong
[Scene cuts to the Haddock household.]
Hiccup: [sketching Toothless] Dad! You're back! Gobber's not here, so...
Stoick: I know. I came looking for you.
Hiccup: You did?
Stoick: You've been keeping secrets.
Hiccup: I... have?
Stoick: Just how long did you think you could hide it from me?
Hiccup: I don't know what you're...
Stoick: Nothing happens on this island without me hearing about it.
Hiccup: Oh?
Stoick; So. Let's talk about that dragon.
Hiccup: Oh, gods. Dad I'm so sorry. I was going to tell you. I just didn't know how to--
Hiccup (cont.): You're not... upset?
Stoick: What?! I was hoping for this!
Hiccup:Uh... you were?
Stoick: And believe me, it only gets better! Just wait 'till you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time! And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear! WHAT A FEELING! You really had me going there, son! All those years of the worst Viking Berk has ever seen! Odin, it was rough! I almost gave up on you! And all the while, you were holding out on me! OH, THOR ALMIGHTY! Ah. With you doing so well in the ring, we finally have something to talk about.
Stoick (cont.): Oh, I... brought you something. To keep you safe in the ring.
[Stoick holds up a Viking helmet and gives it to Hiccup]
Hiccup: [Sincerely] Wow. Thanks.
Stoick: Your mother would've wanted you to have it. It's half of her breast plate.
Stoick (cont.): Matching set. Keeps her close, y'know?
Stoick (cont.): Wear it proudly. You deserve it. You've held up your end of the deal.
Hiccup: I should really get to bed.
Hiccup and Stoick: Yes! Good! Okay. Good talk. See you back at the house. We should do this again. I'm great. Thanks for stopping by. Glad I stopped by, I hope you uh, like the hat. And for the... the breast hat.
Stoick: Well, uh... good night.
[Scene cuts to at the Arena]
Astrid: Stay out of my way! I'm winning this thing.
Hiccup; Good. Please, by all means.
Viking: You got it Astrid!
Astrid: This time! This time, for sure! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
[Astrid sees the Gronckle on the ground, Hiccup standing beside it]
Astrid (cont.): NO! NO! SON OF HALF-TROLL, RAT-EATING MUNGE BUCKET!
Stoick: Wait! Wait!
Hiccup:
So, later.
Gobber: Not so fast!
Hiccup: I'm kinda late for--
Astrid: What?! Late for what, exactly?
Stoick: Okay, quiet down. The Elder has decided.
Gobber: You've done it! You've done it, Hiccup! You get to kill the dragon!
Stoick: Ha, ha! That's my boy!
Hiccup: [Sarcastically] Heh. Oh, yeah! Yes! I can't wait. I am so...
[Scene cuts to at the cove]
Hiccup: ...LEAVING! We're leaving. Let's pack up. Looks like you and me are taking a little vacation, forever. Ah, man... Aggh! What the--?! What are you doing here?
Astrid: I want to know what's going on. No one just gets as good as you do. Especially you. Start talking! Are you training with someone?
Hiccup: Uh... training?
Astrid: It better not involve this!
Hiccup: I know this looks really bad, but you see...this is, uh... You're right! You're right! You're right. I'm through with the lies. I've been making... outfits. So, you got me. It's time everyone knew. Drag me back. Go ahead. Here we go.
[Astrid bends his arm back, painfully, making an audible cracking noise.]
Hiccup (cont.): OW! Why would you DO that?!
Astrid: That's for the lies.
[Astrid hits his groin with her axe]
Astrid (cont.): And THAT'S for everything else.
[Toothless comes from behind a cave, growling]
Hiccup: Oh, man.
Astrid: Get down! RUN! RUN!
Hiccup: NO! No. It's okay! It's okay... she's a friend. It's okay. You just scared him.
Astrid: I scared him?! Who is "him"?
Hiccup: Astrid, Toothless. Toothless, Astrid.
[Astrid runs away, threatening to expose them]
Hiccup: Da, da-da! We're dead!
[Toothless leaves]
Hiccup (cont.): Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Where do you think you're going?
Astrid: AH! Oh, Great Odin's ghost! Oh, this is it! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
[Toothless picks her up and leaves her on a pine tree]
Astrid (cont.): Hiccup, get me down from here!
Hiccup: You have to give me a chance to explain.
Astrid: I am not listening to ANYTHING you have to say!
Hiccup: Then I won't speak. Just let me show you. Please, Astrid.
Astrid: Now, get me down.
Hiccup: Toothless, down. Gently. See? Nothing to be afraid of.
[Toothless blasts off the tree, Astrid sliding off his back]
Hiccup (cont.): WHOA!! TOOTHLESS! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! BAD DRAGON! He's not usually like this. Oh, no.
Astrid: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Hiccup: Toothless, what are you doing? We need her to like us! And now the spinning. Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile.
Astrid: Okay! I am sorry! I'm sorry! Just get me off of this thing.
[Toothless slows down and glides above the clouds slowly]
Astrid (cont.): Alright, I admit it. This is pretty cool. It's... amazing. He's amazing. So what now? Hiccup, your final exam is tomorrow. You know you're going to have to kill a... [Whispers to Hiccup so Toothless doesn't hear] kill a dragon.
Hiccup: Don't remind me.
[Toothless suddenly dodges]
Hiccup (cont.): Toothless, what's happening? Whoa, what is it?
[They find themselves in a middle of a flock of dragons]
Hiccup (cont.): Get down!
Astrid: What's going on?
Hiccup: I don't know. Toothless. You've got to get us out of here, bud.
[Toothless ignores them]
Hiccup (cont.): It looks like they're hauling in their kill.
Astrid: Uh, what does that make us?
Hiccup: What my dad wouldn't give to find this.
[They approach the Dragon's Nest in a Volcano]
Hiccup: [Sarcastically] It's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole.
Astrid: They're not eating any of it. What... is that?
[A colossal dragon emerges from the larva pit and eats a dragon]
Hiccup: Alright, buddy, we gotta get out of here. Now!
[Toothless escapes and lands]
Astrid: No, it totally makes sense. It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers, and that's their queen. It controls them. Let's find your Dad.
Hiccup: No, no! Not yet. They'll... kill Toothless. Astrid, we have to think this through carefully.
Astrid: Hiccup, we just discovered the Dragons' Nest. The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here. And you want to keep it a secret? To protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?
Hiccup: Yes.
Astrid: Okay. Then what do we do?
Hiccup: Just give me until tomorrow. I'll figure something out.
Astrid: Okay.
Astrid (cont.): That's for kidnapping me.
Astrid (cont.): That's for... everything else.
Hiccup: What are you looking at?
[Scene cuts to at the Arena]
Stoick: Well, I can show my face in public again! If someone had told me that in just few short weeks, Hiccup would go from being, well... Hiccup, to placing first in Dragon Training... Well, I would've tied him to a mast and shipped him off for fear he'd gone mad. Yes! And you know it! But here we are. And no one's more surprised...or more proud than I am. Today, my boy becomes a Viking. TODAY, HE BECOMES ONE OF US!
Astrid: Be careful with that dragon.
Hiccup: It's not the dragon I'm worried about.
Astrid: What are you gonna do?
Hiccup: Put an end to this.
[She eyes him, dubious.]
Hiccup (cont.): I have to try. Astrid, if something goes wrong... just make sure they don't find Toothless.
Astrid: I will. Just... promise me it won't go wrong.
Gobber: It's time, Hiccup. Knock him dead.
Tuffnut: Show 'em how it's done, my man!
[Hiccup enters the Arena and picks a dagger from the weapons stand]
Stoick: Hrmph. I would've gone for the hammer.
Hiccup: I'm ready.
[They release the Monstrous Nightmare. Hiccup approaches the Nightmare slowly, raising his hand like how he did to Toothless]
Stoick: What is he doing?
Hiccup
It's okay. It's okay.[throws dagger and helmet onto floor] I'm not one of them.
Stoick: Stop the fight.
Hiccup: No! I need you all to see this. They're not what we think they are. We don't have to kill them.
Stoick: I SAID STOP THE FIGHT!! [hits hammer against the Arena railings, agitating the Nightmare] Out of my way!
Astrid: Hiccup! HICCUP! [enters the ring]
[Meanwhile, at the cove, Toothless hears Hiccup's screams and races to the Arena]
Stoick: This way!
[Astrid escapes, but Hiccup is pinned under the Nightmare's claws. Suddenly, a resonating blast fires at the Arena's railing. Toothless jumps into the Arena. The smoke clears up, revealing the two dragons fighting]
Gobber: Night Fury!
Hiccup: Alright, Toothless, go. Get out of here!
Vikings
Night Fury!
Hiccup
Go! GO!
Viking
Take it alive!
Astrid
Stoick, no!
Hiccup
No, Dad, he won't hurt you!
Hiccup (cont.)
No, don't! You're only making it worse! Toothless, STOP!
Hiccup (cont.)
No! NO!!!
Viking
Get him!
Hiccup
No! Please, jus-- just don't hurt him! Please don't hurt him.
Stoick
Put it with the others!
Stoick
I should have known. I should have seen the signs.
Hiccup
Dad--
Stoick
We had a deal!
Hiccup
I know we did... But that was before... Ugh, it's all so messed up!
Stoick
So everything in the ring... A trick? A lie?
Hiccup
I screwed up. I should have told you before now. Take this out on me, be mad at me, but please... just don't hurt Toothless.
Stoick
The dragon? That's what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?
Hiccup
He was just protecting me! He's not dangerous.
Stoick
They've killed HUNDREDS OF US!
Hiccup
AND WE'VE KILLED THOUSANDS OF THEM! They defend themselves, that's all! They raid us because they have to! If they don't bring enough food back, they'll be eaten themselves. There's something else on their island, Dad... it's a dragon like--
Stoick
--Their island? So you've been to the nest.
[Hiccup stammers, realizing he said to much.]
Hiccup
Did I say nest?
Stoick
How did you find it?
Hiccup
No... I didn't. Toothless did. Only a dragon can find the island.
Hiccup (cont.)
Oh, no, no. Dad, no! Dad! It's not what you think! You don't know what you're up against! It's like nothing you've ever seen! Dad, please! I promise you that you can't win this one! No! Dad, no! FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO ME?!
Stoick
You've thrown your lot in with them. You're not a Viking. You're not my son.
Stoick (cont.)
READY THE SHIPS!
[Before walking to the docks, Stoick staggers back, revealing he's more hurt and betrayed about Hiccup's actions than angry. But he swallows his pride and continues along.]
Stoick
Set sail! We head for Helheim's Gate.
Stoick (cont.)
Lead us home, Devil.
Astrid
It's a mess. You must feel horrible. You've lost everything. Your father, your tribe, your best friend...
Hiccup
Thank you for summing that up. Why couldn't I have killed that dragon when I found him in the woods? It would have been better for everyone.
Astrid
Yep. The rest of us would have done it. So why didn't you?... Why didn't you?
Hiccup
I don't know. I couldn't.
Astrid
That's not an answer.
Hiccup
Why is this so important to you all of a sudden?
Astrid
Because I want to remember what you say, right now.
Hiccup
Oh, for the love of-- I was a coward! I was weak! I wouldn't kill a dragon!
Astrid
You said "wouldn't" that time.
Hiccup
Whatever! I wouldn't! Three hundred years, and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon!
Astrid
First to ride one, though. So...?
Hiccup
...I wouldn't kill him because he looked as frightened as I was. I looked at him, and I saw myself.
Astrid
I bet he's really frightened now. What are you going to do about it?
Hiccup
Eh, probably something stupid.
Astrid
Good. But you've already done that.
Hiccup
Then something crazy!
Astrid
That's more like it!
Stoick
Sound your positions. Stay within earshot.
Viking #1
Here.
Viking #2
One length to your stern.
Viking #3
On your starboard flank.
Viking #4
Three widths to port.
Viking #5
Ahead, at your bow.
Viking #6
Haven't a clue.
Gobber
Listen... Stoick... I was overhearing some of the men just now and, well, some of them are wondering what it is we're up to here-- not me of course, I know you're always the man with the plan-- but some, not me, are wondering if there is in fact a plan at all, what it might be?
Stoick
Find the nest and take it.
Gobber
Ah. Of course. Send them running. The old Viking fallback. Nice and simple.
Stoick
Shhh.
Stoick (cont.)
Step aside.
Viking
Bear to port.
Fishlegs (o.s.)
If you're planning on getting eaten, I'd definitely go with the Gronckle.
Tuffnut
You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon. That's me.
Hiccup
Uh...
Snotlout
I love this plan!
Hiccup
I didn't...
Ruffnut
You're crazy! I like that...
Astrid
So? What is the plan?
Gobber
Ah. I was wondering where that went.
Stoick
Stay low and ready your weapons. We're here.
Astrid
Uh-uh.
Snotlout
Wait! What are you--?
Hiccup
Relax. It's okay... it's okay.
Snotlout
Where are you going?
Hiccup
You're going to need something to help you hold on.
Stoick
When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose.
Gobber
In my undies. Good thing I brought extras.
Stoick
No matter how this ends, it ends today.
Gobber
Is that it?
Spitelout
We've done it!
Stoick
This isn't over. Form your ranks! Hold together!
Stoick (cont.)
Get clear!
Gobber
Beard of Thor... what is that?!
Stoick
Odin, help us. Catapults!
Viking #3
Get to the ships!
Stoick
No! NO!
Gobber
Heh. Smart, that one.
Stoick
I was a fool. [To Spitelout] Lead the men to the far side of the island.
Spitelout
Right. Everybody to the far side of the island!
Stoick
Gobber, go with the men.
Gobber
I think I'll stay, just in case you're thinking of doing something crazy.
Stoick
I can buy them a few minutes if I give that thing someone to hunt.
Gobber
Then I can double that time.
Stoick
HERE!
Gobber
Oh, no, HERE!
Gobber (cont.)
Come on! Bite me!
Stoick
No, me!
Hiccup
Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move, Fishlegs!
Tuffnut
LOOK AT US! WE'RE ON A DRAGON! WE'RE ON DRAGONS! ALL OF US!
Hiccup
Up, let's move it!
Gobber
Every bit the boar-headed, stubborn Viking you ever were!
Hiccup
Fishlegs, break it down!
Fishlegs
Okay! Heavily armored skull and tail made for bashing and crushing! Steer clear of both! Small eyes, large nostrils! Relies on hearing and smell!
Hiccup
Okay! Lout, Legs, hang in its blind spot! Make some noise, keep it confused! Ruff, Tuff, find out if it has a shot limit! Make it mad!
Ruffnut
That's my specialty!
Tuffnut
Since when?! Everyone knows I'm more irritating! See.
Hiccup
Just do what I told you! I'll be back as soon as I can!
Snotlout
Don't worry, we got it covered!
Fishlegs
Yeah!
Tuffnut
Troll!
Ruffnut
Butt-Elf!
Tuffnut
Fishlegs
Uh, this thing doesn't have a blind spot!
Hiccup
There!
Hiccup (cont.)
Go help the others!
Hiccup (cont.)
Okay, hold on. Hold on.
Snotlout
It's working!
Fishlegs
Yeah! It's working!
Snotlout
Agghh!
Fishlegs
I've lost power on the Gronckle! SNOTLOUT! DO SOMETHING!
Fishlegs (cont.)
I'm okay! Less okay...!
Snotlout
I can't miss! What's wrong buddy? Got something in your eye?
Astrid
Yeah! You're the Viking!
Snotlout
Whoa!
Hiccup
Dad?
Hiccup (cont.)
You got it, bud.
Stoick
Hiccup. I'm sorry... for-- for everything.
Hiccup
Yeah, me too.
Stoick
You don't have to go up there.
Hiccup
We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard.
Stoick
I'm proud to call you my son.
Hiccup
Thanks, Dad.
Astrid
He's up! Get Snotlout out of there!
Twins
I'm on it!
Tuffnut
I'm on it first! I'm ahead of you!
Ruffnut
Hey! Let me drive!
Tuffnut
I can't believe that worked!
Gobber
Night Fury! Get down!
Hiccup
Did you get her?
Astrid
Go.
Hiccup
That thing has wings! Okay, let's see if it can use them!
Hiccup (cont.)
Do you think that did it?
Hiccup (cont.)
Well, he can fly.
Hiccup
Okay, Toothless, time to disappear! Come on, bud!
Hiccup (cont.)
Here it comes!
Hiccup (cont.)
Watch out! Okay, time's up! Let's see if this works.
Hiccup (cont.)
COME ON! IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?!
Hiccup (cont.)
Stay with me, buddy. We're good. Just a little bit longer.
Hiccup (cont.)
Hold, Toothless... NOW!
Hiccup (cont.)
No! NO!
Stoick
Hiccup! Hiccup! Son!
Stoick (cont.)
Hiccup.
Stoick (cont.)
Oh, son... I did this...
Stoick (cont.)
I'm so...I'm so sorry...
Stoick (cont.)
Hiccup! Oh, he's alive! You brought him back alive!
Stoick (cont.)
Thank you... for saving my son.
Gobber
Well, you know... most of him.
Hiccup
Oh, hey, Toothless. I'm happy to see you too, buddy. [Toothless steps on his groin] OW! What-- Uh, I'm in my house. You're in my house! Uh... does my dad know you're in here?
Hiccup (cont.)
Okay, okay-- no, Toothless! Aw, come on...
Hiccup (cont.)
Okay... okay... Thanks, bud.
Hiccup (cont.)
Toothless, stay here.
Snotlout
Come on, guys, get ready! Hold on tight! Here we go!
Hiccup
I knew it. I'm dead.
Stoick
No, but you gave it your best shot. So? What do you think?
Viking #1
Hey, look! It's Hiccup!
Viking #2
Hiccup, how you doin' mate?
Viking #3
It's great to see you up and about.
Stoick
Turns out all we needed was a little more of... this.
Hiccup
You just gestured to all of me.
Gobber (o.s.)
Well, most of you. [Gestures to his metal leg] That bit's my handiwork. With a little "Hiccup Flair" thrown in. You think it'll do?
Hiccup
I might make a few tweaks.
Astrid
[Punches Hiccup] That's for scaring me.
Hiccup
What, is it always going to be this way? Cause...
[Astrid kisses Hiccup.]
Hiccup (cont.)
...I could get used to it.
Gobber
Viking
Night Fury! Get down!
Hiccup
You ready?
Hiccup (v.o.)
This... is Berk. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three. Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so. The only upsides are the pets. While other places have...ponies or parrots, we have... dragons!