History Heartwarming / HowToTrainYourDragon

* After the events of the series, after a lifetime of Valhallarma being a MissingMom and an antagonist at times, she and Hiccup mend their relationship.

* Part of Hiccup's TrainingMontage where he learns how to tame dragons includes discovering that dragons love neck scritches and have a cat-like fascination with moving light spots (essentially a proto-laser pointer). Toothless's expressions are what sell it.

** Stoick and Hiccup's "Breast-hats". Yes the helmets made from his mom's brestplate was played for laughs, but Stoick's genuine, "keeps her close." comment rings true. In the post movie works Hiccup is seen wearing it proudly.

* "I'm proud to call you my son." There's a moment in a parent's life where you suddenly look at your child and think, "Wait a minute, when did you become this person?" and it's usually when they're around Hiccup's age. He's spent his whole life being a disappointment to the village because he can't be what the rest of them are, so that's really all they know of him but when the Green Death is laying waste to all of the vikings and their ship, and Stoick is prepared to die just for a slight advantage, the children come flying in ''on dragons,'' overturning generations of belief. All the time Hiccup has spent working with Toothless is reflected in this moment, when he and his peers and doing something no one else ever dreamed of. When Stoick says he's proud of his son, it isn't because Hiccup has met the standards that everyone else has already set. It's because he's done something amazing, on his own, and developed into a strong and independent person that his father didn't even realize was there. It's truly an emotional moment in any parent's life.

* A double moment in the climatic battle with the Green Death - Toothless is trapped and about to drown in a harness. Hiccup refuses to leave him, preferring to drown with him. Doubles - and also doubles as a crowning moment of Awesome - when Stoic saves Hiccup, and then [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome swims back down, where he tears the heavy wood-and-metal harness apart with his BARE HANDS.]]

** And then Hiccup tops that by actually ''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome protecting them both from each other!]]''

* A double moment in the climatic battle with the Green Death - Toothless is trapped and about to drown in a harness. Hiccup refuses to leave him, preferring to drown with him. Doubles - and also doubles as a crowning moment of Awesome - when Stoic saves Hiccup, and then [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome swims back down, where he tears the heavy wood-and-metal harness apart with his BARE HANDS.]]

* Toothless giving Hiccup the vomited up fish. He only does so when Hiccup states that he didn't have any more fish. Think about this from Toothless's perspective: he's probably seen humans before, but the ones he saw were probably very big, burly and strong--by comparison, Hiccup's much smaller and weaker. ''Toothless must have thought that Hiccup was only able to catch just one fish, and yet he'd given the fish to Toothless without eating any of it himself.

* It's brief, and it's mainly in hindsight, but at the beginning a random male Viking gives a cheery "Morning!" to Hiccup before returning to fighting dragons. This was ''well'' before Hiccup proved himself in the village's collective eyes, and his reaction stands out as such, being willing to give even the 'village nuisance' a genuine greeting.

* Toothless giving Hiccup the vomited up fish. He only does so when Hiccup states that he didn't have any more fish. Think about this from Toothless's perspective. He must've seen humans before, and the ones he'd have seen would be big, burly and strong. Hiccup is tiny and weak. ''He thought that Hiccup had only managed to catch one fish, and yet he'd given it to Toothless and not eaten it himself.''

* The part [[spoiler: after the Red Death is destroyed]] when Stoick is searching frantically for his son. Toothless [[spoiler: (who has Hiccup perfectly safe in his wings)]] is lying down nearby, and that measured look of cold disapproval he gives Stoick as he [[spoiler: mourns the apparent death of his son]] shows that he'll only allow Stoick near after he's realized his mistake. It makes you realize that he's looking out for his friend, to the very end.

* The part at the very end with the perfect capper to the "All of...this" RunningGag. After the gag was used to signify that Hiccup had to stop being Hiccup in order to be a true Viking, Stoick instead pats his son on the back and says "Turns out what we needed was a little more of...this!" The way Hiccup then says "You just gestured to all of me" followed by Stoick's very lovely smile perfects the scene.

* As funny as the "breast-hat" scene is in its awkwardness, the fact that Stoick wears part of his departed wife's armor on a daily basis because it "Keeps her close" is quite sweet in its own way.

* The part [[spoiler: after the Green Death is destroyed]] when Stoick is searching frantically for his son. Toothless [[spoiler: (who has Hiccup perfectly safe in his wings)]] is lying down nearby, and that measured look of cold disapproval he gives Stoick as he [[spoiler: mourns the apparent death of his son]] shows that he'll only allow Stoick near after he's realized his mistake. It makes you realize that he's looking out for his friend, to the very end.

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-->'''Hiccup:''' ([[spoiler: momentary PostKissCatatonia]]) ...I could get used to it.

--> '''Hiccup''': I have so many questions about him, but there's one thing I do know.

[[folder: Book series]]
[[AC: General]]

[[AC: How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse]]

* The [[spoiler: Doomfang later on]] becomes loyal to Hiccup, from a distance. He recalls how when he becomes chief it would guide him and his men out of dangerous waters, play with him. Even more so heartwarming since [[spoiler: Hiccup didn't want to surrender the curative potato to him, but for the Doomfang it was IOweYouMyLife and DefeatMeansFriendship .]]
[[AC: How to Ride A Dragon's Storm]].

[[AC: How to Steal A Dragon's Sword]]

[[AC: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel]]

[[AC: How to Fight A Dragon's Fury]]

[[folder: First Film]]

* Astrid's first flight with Toothless, in which she goes from hardened warrior to awestruck teenage girl (and no, in this case that's ''not'' a bad thing). Especially the moment when she unselfconsciously wraps her arms around Hiccup and leans her chin on his shoulder - judging from the look on Hiccup's face, that's just as amazing as the flying itself.

** Astrid wasn't even just trying to protect Hiccup from a dragon; her reaction upon seeing a "stalking" Night Fury is ''sheer terror,'' and even as she tries to swing her axe at Toothless she's screaming for Hiccup to run. It's very brief, but it looks distinctly like Astrid's first, unthinking instinct is to pull [[YouShallNotPass]] on the "unholy offspring of lightning and death itself" in order to buy time for someone she ''hates'' to escape.

** Stoick and Hiccup's "Breast-hats". Yes the helmets made from his mom's brestplate was played for laughs, but Stoick's genuin, "keeps her close." comment rings true. In the post movie works Hiccup is seen wearing it proudly.

[[folder: The Book of Dragons]]

[[folder: Rest of the Film Franchise]]

* Astrid's little talk on the top of the wharf after the vikings left for [[spoiler: killing all the dragons]]

* Stoick and Hiccup's "Breast-hats". Yes the helmets made from his mom's brestplate was played for laughs, but Stoick's genuin, "keeps her close." comment rings true. In the post movie works Hiccup is seen wearing it proudly.

* At the end, it's brought up how because there's so little known about Night Furies, they don't know a lot about Toothless, like how fast he can go. Toothless then ''immediately'' pops into frame, his body language screaming "Can we find out? Huh? Can we can we can we?", and he and the kids run outside to find out.

[[folder: First film]]

[[folder: Gift of the Night Fury]]
* The entire "Gift of the Night Fury" short, but ''especially'' the titular gift. [[spoiler:After being given an interlocked tailfin so he can fly independently, Toothless uses it to retrieve Hiccup's helmet, returns, and then systematically destroys it, insisting on the old saddle and tailfin - and his bond - instead.]]
** Hiccup's original gift [[spoiler: is heartwarming in it's own right. You can tell that he genuinely sad at the idea of Toothless flying without him and worried he'll leave him behind. But he stays up all night building the tail anyway and doesn't hesitate to give it to him because he thinks it will make Toothless happy. Hiccup can never properly fix himself, but that won't stop him helping his dragon.]]
* The moment he can [[spoiler: fly alone with his new tail, what's the first thing Toothless does? Spends ''days'' searching for Hiccup's helmet and bringing it back to him as a Snoggletog gift. If a sweeter, more devoted dragon exists, no one's found it yet.]]
* The scene at the begining of "Gift of the Night Fury" when a small chlid (wearing a dragon costume no less) ''growls'' at Fishlegs' Dragon, the Dragon responds with a small growl of its own. What does the girl do? She giggles!
* Seeing the Vikings so worried about the dragons leaving is very heartwarming compared to how they used to treat them.
** Paired with that, the Viking's overjoyed reactions and cheering when Hiccup [[spoiler: returns with the dragons and all their babies]]. He's come a long way from being the village outcast.
* The second kiss between Hiccup and Astrid at the end when she's trying to cheer him up over Toothless not returning with the other dragons. She tells him he still did a wonderful thing by bringing everyone else's dragons back then just kisses him on the lips and hugs him tight.
* Hiccup and Toothless's reunion. First Toothless creeps into the hall, his eyes literally lighting up when he finds Hiccup. Then when Hiccup turns around and see's him, they ''run'' towards each other and have a huge hug in front of everyone.
** All of Hiccups dialogue in that scene, from the joyful 'Toothless!" when he first see's him to thanking him for [[spoiler: finding his helmet.]]
--> Hiccup: "That's where you've been? Buddy...thank you, you are amazing" [Another hug]
** When camera switches to the high-up view, it shows Astrid going to hug Toothless just before it goes to the next scene.
* The Japanese trailer for the movie has this line which perfectly summarizes Hiccup and Toothless' relationship: "The boy gave the dragon wings. The dragon gave the boy courage."
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* See [[Heartwarming/HowToTrainYourDragon2 here for the second film's moments.]]
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* The relationship between Hiccup and Fishlegs. This comes to a head in ''How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse'' when Hiccup goes on a dangerous quest through enemy territory to get an antidote to save his friend's life. The ending makes it even more heartwarming -- Hiccup [[spoiler: [[ProphecyTwist actually got bitten by the Venomous Vorpent.]] He spends the whole book dying, and he]] doesn't even realize because he's too busy trying to save Fishlegs. Fishlegs then returns the favor [[spoiler: by shooting Hiccup in the toe with the cure after realizing what Hiccup is trying to tell him.]]
* Also from ''How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse'', the [[spoiler: Doomfang later on]] becomes loyal to Hiccup, from a distance. He recalls how when he becomes chief it would guide him and his men out of dangerous waters, play with him. Even more so heartwarming since [[spoiler: Hiccup didn't want to surrender the curative potato to him, but for the Doomfang it was IOweYouMyLife.]]
** [[spoiler: When Hiccup is abandoned by the Hooligan Tribe in ''How to Steal a Dragon's Sword'', Fishlegs gives his lobster-claw necklace to Hiccup, the only valuable thing he has in the world.]]
** And Hiccup spends most of the next book desperately trying to find him again. When he finally does and Fishlegs protests that he isn't important enough to waste time on, Hiccup immediately responds, "You are important!"

** Camicazi [[spoiler:fails to defend Hiccup when his slavemark is revealed in ''How to Steal a Dragon's Sword'']], but immediately regrets it. The next books make it clear that she believes in him as strongly as she ever did, and she is bound and determined never, ever to let him down like that again. Equally heartwarming is the fact that he never stopped trusting her in the first place.

* The relationship between Hiccup and Fishlegs. This comes to a head in ''How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse'' when Hiccup goes on a dangerous quest through enemy territory to get an antidote to save his friend's life. The ending makes it even more heartwarming -- Hiccup [[spoiler: [[ProphecyTwist actually got bitten by the Venomous Vorpent.]] He spends the whole book dying, and he]] doesn't even realize because he's too busy trying to save Fishlegs.

!!Book series

!!First film

[[AC:Gift of the Night Fury]]

[[AC:The Book of Dragons]]

!!Second film
See [[Heartwarming/HowToTrainYourDragon2 here for the second film's moments.]]

* Just about the entire "Gift of the Night Fury" short, but ''especially'' the titular gift. [[spoiler:After being given an interlocked tailfin so he can fly independently, Toothless uses it to retrieve Hiccup's helmet, returns, and then systematically destroys it, insisting on the old saddle and tailfin - and his bond - instead.]]