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* ApprovalOfGod: Cressida Cowell, when asked, showed no offence or anger at the differences the movie had from the original novel (tone, setup, etc.) — she acknowledged that it worked better for the new medium and that the story stood strong on its own despite not adapting the books' narrative more strictly.
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* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other before through
various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
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* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other before through
through various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
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* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other before through various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
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* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds released a set of eight figures of the dragons in their Happy Meals; Toothless with Hiccup, Hideous Zippleback, Nadir with Astrid, Gronckle, Monstrous Nightmare, The Terrible Terror, Night Fury, and R.D..
* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other beforethrough through
various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other before
various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
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* DVDCommentary: With co-writers/directors Chris Sanders and Dean [=DeBlois=] and producer Bonnie Arnold.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: [[spoiler:A whole ''series'' of them, concerning the giant dragon at the end of the movie. In-movie, it's only referred to as the Queen Dragon. Then the soundtrack names it the Green Death, obviously a ShoutOut to the original novel. Then the [=McDonald's=] toy referred to it simply as 'R.D.' A [[http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/%27How-to-Train-Your-Dragon%27-takes-flight/G1489,A6521 review]] subsequently named it the Red Death. The video game for the the Nintendo DS mentioned it as the Red Death. WordofGod (in the DVD commentary) officially named it the Red Death. Nonetheless, it's still commonly referred to as the Green Death by consensus in the entry, in honor of the original book.]] And yet, [[spoiler:the dragon in question is ''blue'' in the movie... (though to be fair it has some amount of red coloring).]]
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: [[spoiler:A whole ''series'' of them, concerning the giant dragon at the end of the movie. In-movie, it's only referred to as the Queen Dragon. Then the soundtrack names it the Green Death, obviously a ShoutOut to the original novel. Then the [=McDonald's=] toy referred to it simply as 'R.D.' A [[http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/%27How-to-Train-Your-Dragon%27-takes-flight/G1489,A6521 review]] subsequently named it the Red Death. The video game for the the Nintendo DS mentioned it as the Red Death. WordofGod WordOfGod (in the DVD commentary) officially named it the Red Death. Nonetheless, it's still commonly referred to as the Green Death by consensus in the entry, in honor of the original book.]] And yet, [[spoiler:the dragon in question is ''blue'' in the movie... (though to be fair it has some amount of red coloring).]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Crossing over with ExecutiveMeddling, the film was originally going to be ''very'' close to the book, considerably LighterAndSofter than the end result; concept art shows a much younger Hiccup, Snotlout as a girl, a much smaller Toothless, Astrid with huge braids giving her a [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga]] look, and a lot more gags. Hiccup's mom was going to be in the film and act as a voice of reason, but the directors thought she took away from Hiccup and Stoick's relationship so they made her a MissingMom instead. [[spoiler:She appears in the sequel as a dragon tamer in her own right.]] In line with this, they were going to adapt book one, albeit with Hiccup, Snotlout and the other boys in training vanished.\\\
However, Snotlout is male in the original books, meaning that in that case they ''averted'' using GenderFlip -- most likely when they decided to create Ruffnut, thus giving the group more gender balance ''without'' making Snotlout a girl.
** Toothless' design was originally meant to be more canine-based, but it was changed to be feline-based instead after one of the directors saw a screensaver of a black panther.
** Originally, [[spoiler:Hiccup would emerge from the battle with the Red Death completely unscathed. The directors changed their minds because they felt that the Red Death was too great and powerful a threat to defeat without some kind of sacrifice being made, and that Hiccup losing his left foot drew an interesting parallel to Toothless]].
** According to the DVD commentary, the Village Elder had a larger role and doubled as the village's mystic in an early version of the film that contained more prophesies and magic.
** Crossing over with ExecutiveMeddling, the film was originally going to be ''very'' close to the book, considerably LighterAndSofter than the end result; concept art shows a much younger Hiccup, Snotlout as a girl, a much smaller Toothless, Astrid with huge braids giving her a [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga]] look, and a lot more gags. Hiccup's mom was going to be in the film and act as a voice of reason, but the directors thought she took away from Hiccup and Stoick's relationship so they made her a MissingMom instead. [[spoiler:She appears in the sequel as a dragon tamer in her own right.]] In line with this, they were going to adapt book one, albeit with Hiccup, Snotlout and the other boys in training vanished.\\\
However, Snotlout is male in the original books, meaning that in that case they ''averted'' using GenderFlip -- most likely when they decided to create Ruffnut, thus giving the group more gender balance ''without'' making Snotlout a girl.
** Toothless' design was originally meant to be more canine-based, but it was changed to be feline-based instead after one of the directors saw a screensaver of a black panther.
** Originally, [[spoiler:Hiccup would emerge from the battle with the Red Death completely unscathed. The directors changed their minds because they felt that the Red Death was too great and powerful a threat to defeat without some kind of sacrifice being made, and that Hiccup losing his left foot drew an interesting parallel to Toothless]].
** According to the DVD commentary, the Village Elder had a larger role and doubled as the village's mystic in an early version of the film that contained more prophesies and magic.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Crossing over with ExecutiveMeddling, the film was originally goingWhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/HowToTrainYourDragon Fly to be ''very'' close to the book, considerably LighterAndSofter than the end result; concept art shows a much younger Hiccup, Snotlout as a girl, a much smaller Toothless, Astrid with huge braids giving her a [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga]] look, and a lot more gags. Hiccup's mom was going to be in the film and act as a voice of reason, but the directors thought she took away from Hiccup and Stoick's relationship so they made her a MissingMom instead. [[spoiler:She appears in the sequel as a dragon tamer in her own right.]] In line with this, they were going to adapt book one, albeit with Hiccup, Snotlout and the other boys in training vanished.\\\
However, Snotlout is male in the original books, meaning that in that case they ''averted'' using GenderFlip -- most likely when they decided to create Ruffnut, thus giving the group more gender balance ''without'' making Snotlout a girl.
** Toothless' design was originally meant to be more canine-based, but it was changed to be feline-based instead after one of the directors saw a screensaver of a black panther.
** Originally, [[spoiler:Hiccup would emerge from the battle with the Red Death completely unscathed. The directors changed their minds because they felt that the Red Death was too great and powerful a threat to defeat without some kind of sacrifice being made, and that Hiccup losing his left foot drew an interesting parallel to Toothless]].
** According to the DVD commentary, the Village Elder had a larger role and doubled as the village's mystic in an early version of the film that contained more prophesies and magic.this page on your dragon]].
** Crossing over with ExecutiveMeddling, the film was originally going
However, Snotlout is male in the original books, meaning that in that case they ''averted'' using GenderFlip -- most likely when they decided to create Ruffnut, thus giving the group more gender balance ''without'' making Snotlout a girl.
** Toothless' design was originally meant to be more canine-based, but it was changed to be feline-based instead after one of the directors saw a screensaver of a black panther.
** Originally, [[spoiler:Hiccup would emerge from the battle with the Red Death completely unscathed. The directors changed their minds because they felt that the Red Death was too great and powerful a threat to defeat without some kind of sacrifice being made, and that Hiccup losing his left foot drew an interesting parallel to Toothless]].
** According to the DVD commentary, the Village Elder had a larger role and doubled as the village's mystic in an early version of the film that contained more prophesies and magic.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: [[spoiler:A whole ''series'' of them, concerning the giant dragon at the end of the movie. In-movie, it's only referred to as the Queen Dragon. Then the soundtrack names it the Green Death, obviously a ShoutOut to the original novel. Then the [=McDonald's=] toy referred to it simply as 'R.D.' A [[http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/%27How-to-Train-Your-Dragon%27-takes-flight/G1489,A6521 review]] subsequently named it the Red Death. The video game for the the Nintendo DS mentioned it as the Red Death. WordofGod (in the DVD commentary) officially named it the Red Death. Nonetheless, it's still commonly referred to as the Green Death by consensus in the entry, in honor of the original book.]] And yet, [[spoiler:the dragon in question is ''blue'' in the movie... (though to be fair it has some amount of red coloring).]]
* FocusGroupEnding: Notably averted; the producers were concerned how audiences would react to the idea of Hiccup losing a foot in the battle against the Red Death dragon, but test audiences went up to them on their own account saying that they loved this powerful and daring twist for a family film and asked them to keep it.
* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other before through various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
* RealitySubtext: Cressida Cowell said in a few interviews that she based Hiccup's relationship with Stoick off hers with her father. [[https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/cressida-cowell-i-always-felt-i-could-never-measure-up-to-my-dad/ She felt like he was disappointed in her when she was in her twenties]] and that he was godlike, a paragon that she could never match. It didn't help that before ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' became a hit, Cressida had a few picture books that were modest successes.
* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally slated for release on November 20, 2009, but was pushed back to March 26, 2010 in order to avoid competition with ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol|2009}}'' and ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
* SleeperHit: Even though the film debuted at #1 in the box office, its premiere weekend take was judged a disappointment and people hastily wrote it off as a de facto failure. However, the film developed such ecstatic word of mouth that the film just kept going and going until it arguably regained #1 in week 4 (the official grosses put ''Film/KickAss'' on top by a few hundred thousand dollars, but Lionsgate counted Thursday night grosses into its weekend total, therefore indicating the possibility that ''Dragon'' was the actual winner) and definitely in week 5; it's a box office performance path that almost ''never'' happens nowadays! So, the "disappointment" became the spring pop culture sensation in 2010, finishing a shade under half a billion dollars worldwide when all was said and done.
* ThrowItIn:
** Both the lines "dat da da, we're dead" and "thank you for nothing, you useless reptile" were ad-libbed by Jay Baruchel. Other lines were also improvised, including much of Snotlout's dialogue in the scene where Gobber tells the teens how he lost his limbs.
** The shot of Toothless opening his eyes after his wing temporarily blocks them from view is actually an animation mistake, but was kept in because it lent an eerie quality to the rest of the scene.
** Toothless' slight hesitation to accept Hiccup's hand is actually a glitch in the animation software; the animators decided to keep it in because they thought the timing fit perfectly.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Crossing over with ExecutiveMeddling, the film was originally going to be ''very'' close to the book, considerably LighterAndSofter than the end result; concept art shows a much younger Hiccup, Snotlout as a girl, a much smaller Toothless, Astrid with huge braids giving her a [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga]] look, and a lot more gags. Hiccup's mom was going to be in the film and act as a voice of reason, but the directors thought she took away from Hiccup and Stoick's relationship so they made her a MissingMom instead. [[spoiler:She appears in the sequel as a dragon tamer in her own right.]] In line with this, they were going to adapt book one, albeit with Hiccup, Snotlout and the other boys in training vanished.\\\
However, Snotlout is male in the original books, meaning that in that case they ''averted'' using GenderFlip -- most likely when they decided to create Ruffnut, thus giving the group more gender balance ''without'' making Snotlout a girl.
** Toothless' design was originally meant to be more canine-based, but it was changed to be feline-based instead after one of the directors saw a screensaver of a black panther.
** Originally, [[spoiler:Hiccup would emerge from the battle with the Red Death completely unscathed. The directors changed their minds because they felt that the Red Death was too great and powerful a threat to defeat without some kind of sacrifice being made, and that Hiccup losing his left foot drew an interesting parallel to Toothless]].
** According to the DVD commentary, the Village Elder had a larger role and doubled as the village's mystic in an early version of the film that contained more prophesies and magic.
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* FocusGroupEnding: Notably averted; the producers were concerned how audiences would react to the idea of Hiccup losing a foot in the battle against the Red Death dragon, but test audiences went up to them on their own account saying that they loved this powerful and daring twist for a family film and asked them to keep it.
* ProductionPosse: All save one of the actors playing the young Vikings have worked with each other before through various Apatow and FollowTheLeader-esque R-rated comedies and play similar archetypes in this film that they embodied in their previous works (dorky Jay Baruchel, uber-nerd Christopher Mintz-Plasse, brash horndog Jonah Hill etc.). Of the six actors making up the film's young troupe, only America Ferrera (Astrid) had not been in a film with another actor in that group before.
* RealitySubtext: Cressida Cowell said in a few interviews that she based Hiccup's relationship with Stoick off hers with her father. [[https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/cressida-cowell-i-always-felt-i-could-never-measure-up-to-my-dad/ She felt like he was disappointed in her when she was in her twenties]] and that he was godlike, a paragon that she could never match. It didn't help that before ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' became a hit, Cressida had a few picture books that were modest successes.
* ReleaseDateChange: The film was originally slated for release on November 20, 2009, but was pushed back to March 26, 2010 in order to avoid competition with ''WesternAnimation/{{A Christmas Carol|2009}}'' and ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
* SleeperHit: Even though the film debuted at #1 in the box office, its premiere weekend take was judged a disappointment and people hastily wrote it off as a de facto failure. However, the film developed such ecstatic word of mouth that the film just kept going and going until it arguably regained #1 in week 4 (the official grosses put ''Film/KickAss'' on top by a few hundred thousand dollars, but Lionsgate counted Thursday night grosses into its weekend total, therefore indicating the possibility that ''Dragon'' was the actual winner) and definitely in week 5; it's a box office performance path that almost ''never'' happens nowadays! So, the "disappointment" became the spring pop culture sensation in 2010, finishing a shade under half a billion dollars worldwide when all was said and done.
* ThrowItIn:
** Both the lines "dat da da, we're dead" and "thank you for nothing, you useless reptile" were ad-libbed by Jay Baruchel. Other lines were also improvised, including much of Snotlout's dialogue in the scene where Gobber tells the teens how he lost his limbs.
** The shot of Toothless opening his eyes after his wing temporarily blocks them from view is actually an animation mistake, but was kept in because it lent an eerie quality to the rest of the scene.
** Toothless' slight hesitation to accept Hiccup's hand is actually a glitch in the animation software; the animators decided to keep it in because they thought the timing fit perfectly.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Crossing over with ExecutiveMeddling, the film was originally going to be ''very'' close to the book, considerably LighterAndSofter than the end result; concept art shows a much younger Hiccup, Snotlout as a girl, a much smaller Toothless, Astrid with huge braids giving her a [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Helga]] look, and a lot more gags. Hiccup's mom was going to be in the film and act as a voice of reason, but the directors thought she took away from Hiccup and Stoick's relationship so they made her a MissingMom instead. [[spoiler:She appears in the sequel as a dragon tamer in her own right.]] In line with this, they were going to adapt book one, albeit with Hiccup, Snotlout and the other boys in training vanished.\\\
However, Snotlout is male in the original books, meaning that in that case they ''averted'' using GenderFlip -- most likely when they decided to create Ruffnut, thus giving the group more gender balance ''without'' making Snotlout a girl.
** Toothless' design was originally meant to be more canine-based, but it was changed to be feline-based instead after one of the directors saw a screensaver of a black panther.
** Originally, [[spoiler:Hiccup would emerge from the battle with the Red Death completely unscathed. The directors changed their minds because they felt that the Red Death was too great and powerful a threat to defeat without some kind of sacrifice being made, and that Hiccup losing his left foot drew an interesting parallel to Toothless]].
** According to the DVD commentary, the Village Elder had a larger role and doubled as the village's mystic in an early version of the film that contained more prophesies and magic.
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