#CLOUDJUMPER FIRE MOVIE#

During the battle scene where Stoick is fighting Drago, Stoick ( Gerard Butler) makes an allusion to Butler's role in Reign of Fire, another dragon movie.

Hiccup had to accept that his ideals didn't always fit reality.

The path to taking on the mantle of leadership required that he accept the lesson that diplomacy and the truth were not always going to sway the minds of those bent on destruction some people just have to be stopped. This was the message his father kept repeating to him and one that his mother also echoed.

#CLOUDJUMPER FIRE MOVIE#

Simultaneously, however, the movie also affirms that leadership is best achieved and executed through care and loyalty, rather than through coercion and force.Stormfly loves to play fetch, and at one point gets broody and curls up on Eret like a chicken. While felines influenced much of Toothless's behavior in the first film, his puppy-dog side shines through more in this film. The way Drago makes Hookfang cower is also similar to how an animal trainer can aggressively dominate a potentially aggressive animal.The crew even stated that they'd watch dog and cat videos on YouTube for inspiration. Some highlights include: Stormcutters (Valka's Cloudjumper), Rumblehorns (Stoick's new mount Skullcrusher), Hotburples (a sort of Great Granddaddy Gronckle, and Gobber's Grump), Hobblegrunts, and of course, the Bewilderbeasts a.k.a.Īll There in the Manual: The official website contains all the details of the new dragons.All Girls Want Bad Boys: Ruffnut's obsession with Eret.Drago is basically an abusive circus trainer in terms of how he deals with the dragons. Cloudjumper has features resembling an owl, as well as turning his head all the way round.Alternative Foreign Theme Song: The Norwegian release was accompanied by 'Into a Fantasy' by Alexander Rybak, who also voiced Hiccup in the Norwegian dub, although the song itself is in English.The website also states that the Deadly Nadder, once considered a Sharp Class dragon, is now considered a Tracker Class. Hiccup and company ride the Glacial Sanctuary's baby dragons back to Berk.Awesome Moment of Crowning: Hiccup becoming the new Chief of Berk, and Toothless becoming the new Alpha Dragon.Asskicking Equals Authority: Toothless becomes the Alpha dragon after inciting the entire flock of dragons to lay a brutal beatdown on Drago's Alpha.Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?: Ruffnut allows herself to get captured by the pirates after seeing Eret.Stoick's dragon Skullcrusher has features of Scarab beetles as well as buffaloes and the Triceratops.The Bewilderbeast has the build and tusks resembling an elephant, which also fits the theme of Drago's Bewilderbeast being like an abused circus or war elephant that had been subjected to fear-based cruel training since it was a baby.He also displays some of the owl's imagery of wisdom, being second-in-command to the Bewilderbeast and displaying a gentle curiosity to the baby Hiccup. The Dark Alpha can't command them because they're too young to understand and they're undoubtedly cute. Bittersweet Ending: Drago has been stopped, Hiccup has become chief of Berk, Toothless the Alpha of the dragons and Valka has returned to her son's life.Bioluminescence Is Cool: Toothless' back in the climax.Big 'NO!': Delivered by Hiccup in the climax when a Brainwashed and Crazy Toothless is about to fire at him.Hiccup: Now do you see? This is what it means to win a dragon's loyalty! Let this end now! Drago, in a line meant to instill terror throughout Berk.With emphasis on both the badass and the adorable. Standard, but reaches big levels when Drago's Bewilderbeast kills Valka's by goring him to death.īizarre Alien Locomotion: Turns out that properly-trained Zipplebacks can curl up and roll around like gas-and-flame-spewing battle-wheels.But Stoick and the benevolent Bewilderbeast have been killed and Drago is alive and still has his Bewilderbeast.There's not a drop of red on those massive tusks once he pulls away from the body.

Intact and unburnt considering Toothless' fireblasts have been shown to cause small explosions.

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