The island of Berk has been plagued by attacks from dragons that
steal their livestock and burn their homes. Hiccup, the awkward son of
the village chieftain, Stoick the Vast, uses a cannon contraption he
invented and shoots down a dragon he thinks may be a Night Fury, a rare
dragon nobody has ever actually seen. Hiccup locates the dragon in the
forest, but finds he is unable to kill the helpless animal. Hiccup
instead cuts it free, and the dragon disappears into the forest.
Meanwhile, Stoick assembles a fleet to seek out the dragons' nest, but
before he leaves, he places Hiccup in dragon-killing classes taught by
Gobber, the village blacksmith.
Searching the forest, Hiccup finds the dragon trapped in a shallow
glade; the dragon's tail was injured, preventing it from flying
normally. By trial and error, Hiccup discovers a way to earn the
dragon's trust and begins to care for it. He names the Night Fury
"Toothless," for its retractable teeth. Soon after, Hiccup fashions a
make-shift harness and prosthetic
tail that allows him to guide the dragon in free flight. Hiccup is able
to transfer his knowledge of dragons to the other species of dragons at
school, appearing to conquer each one in battle and becoming the star
pupil, much to the dismay of Astrid, a girl in dragon training whom
Hiccup has a crush on. Hiccup wins the class and gets the chance to kill
a dragon in front of the entire village. The battered Viking fleet
arrives home and Stoick learns of his son's exploits in school.
Later, Astrid follows Hiccup, suspicious of his sudden skill, and is
shocked to discover Toothless. She attempts to escape to tell the rest
of the village, but Hiccup coerces Astrid into flying with Toothless. At
first, Astrid is terrified, but then begins to enjoy the excursion.
Toothless unexpectedly joins a flock of dragons and takes the pair
straight into the dragon's nest, where the truth behind the dragons'
constant raids of their village is revealed – a gigantic dragon lives
off the food they bring back, else it feeds on the dragons themselves.
Astrid wants to tell the village of the nest, but Hiccup wants to keep
it a secret to protect Toothless. Astrid, who admires his determination,
agrees. Before she heads back, she punches his arm for kidnapping her,
and then, kisses him on the cheek for "everything else".
Hiccup is put to his final exam the next day, but when he tries to
show the village the dragon's true nature, Stoick stops the fight,
inadvertently angering the dragon and endangering Hiccup. Toothless
hears Hiccup's cries and flies in to save him, but is captured himself.
Hiccup, attempting to explain his actions, reveals how to find the
dragons' nest. He tries to warn his father of the danger, but Stoick
refuses to listen to his son, disowns him, and sets off with another
fleet, using a restrained Toothless as their guide. Astrid talks with
Hiccup about why he didn't kill Toothless before. Hiccup reluctantly
admits that he didn't kill him because he looked as frightened as he
was. Hiccup, then, concocts a plan to save the Vikings with the help of
the school's captive dragons and his classmates.
The teens arrive after the Viking fleet has already uncovered the
gargantuan dragon. Hiccup's classmates distract it while Hiccup goes to
save Toothless. Hiccup and Toothless almost drown, but both are saved by
a now-repentant Stoick. Hiccup and Toothless lure the giant dragon into
flight, ultimately setting fire to the flammable gas inside its mouth
and forcing it into an inescapable dive back to earth, killing it in a
massive explosion. While attempting to flee from the crashing dragon,
Hiccup falls off Toothless, and Toothless dives into the flames after
him.
After the explosion has settled, Stoick finds Toothless, who reveals
an unconscious Hiccup safely wrapped in his wings. Hiccup wakes up back
on Berk, finding an eager Toothless greeting him. As he leaves his bed,
he discovers part of his left leg has been replaced by a prosthetic leg
made by Gobber. His grief is turned to joy however, as he steps outside
to find the Vikings and dragons working together to rebuild their
village. He is greeted by everyone and Astrid rushes to kiss him on the
lips. The film ends with the war between Vikings and Dragons finally
over with Hiccup and his friends racing their dragons.
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