Line #19 Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheBow


1	A [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8937106/1/The-Dragon-and-the-Bow fanfic]] made by Creator/{{Finmonster}}, a FusionFic between ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
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3	Political marriages are nothing new. Times are hard even in the harsh Northlands, with dragons and marauders in abundance and allies few and far between. But when Hiccup and Merida are forced together to forge an alliance between Berk and the Highlands, will the result be heartbreak or will unexpected feelings defeat an ancient evil that threatens to turn the world to ash?
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5	There are 40 chapters and the story is completed.
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7	Takes place after ''Fanfic/HeavensLight'' and before ''Fanfic/WhenTheColdWindIsACallin'' and ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfGobberTheBelch''.
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10	!!This fanfiction series contains examples of:
11	* ACupAngst: When Stoick explains that the helmet he gives Hiccup was his mother's breast-plate, all Merida can feel is self-conscious by the comparison.
12	* AbsurdCuttingPower: For a saber, Bemühen can cleave through a wooden training sword pretty easily.
13	* AbusiveParents: Gobber's father was fond of stealing, killing, and raping, so it's not surprising that he wasn't a great parent.
14	* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Multiple aspects of the story, mainly from ''Brave'', are changed for the sake of the story:
15	** Merida's triplet brothers speak here when they did not in ''Brave''.
16	** Instead of being an actual demon bear, Mor'du is now a massive, inhuman barbarian warlord.
17	** Instead of just Hiccup being named champion, ''all'' the students are.
18	** Merida is the one to bond with the Deadly Nadder instead of Astrid, and names her Boudica. The dragon that Astrid bonds with (and thus names Stormfly) is a Timberjack.
19	** Because Fishlegs is on friendlier terms with Hiccup earlier in the story, he's in on the dragon training.
20	* ActionDad: Merida and Hiccup's fathers, Fergus and Stoick, are both hardened warriors and are shown to be very skilled.
21	* ActionDuo: Merida and Hiccup. Stoick and Fergus make a pretty good team when they try to fight off Mor'du as well.
22	* ActionGirl: Merida's great with a bow and arrow, Astrid carries around a waraxe, and Ruffnut is no pushover with a hatchet and knife.
23	* AdaptationalFriendship: In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} film]], Young Macguffin, Young Macintosh, and Wee Dingwall are Merida's potential suitors. Here, they're her ChildhoodFriends.
24	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Because Hiccup ends up being romantically involved with Merida, Astrid [[PairTheSpares instead ends up pursuing a romantic relationship with Fishlegs]], whilst her relationship with Hiccup ends up more platonic.
25	* AdaptationalJerkass: Astrid. In addition to being cruelly dismissive of Hiccup, she's down right hostile to Merida due to her TragicBackstory. That said, she gets better with help from her mother scolding her, and with her growing relationship with Fishlegs.
26	* AdaptationalNationality: In the original ''Brave'', Mor'du and the Witch are as Scottish as Merida. Here, the Witch (Hilde) is Norse, and speaks with an Old Norse accent. Mor'du doesn't have such an accent, but presumably he's half-Norse too, [[spoiler: because Hilde's his mother.]]
27	* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Alvin the Treacherous. When he eventually appeared in ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'', Alvin initially appeared to be a main villain, but after being betrayed by Dagur the Deranged, he buries the hatchet with Stoick, and pulls a HeelFaceTurn. This version has more in common with his book counterpart, and is therefore an untrustworthy backstabber. He killed Hiccup's mother by shoving her over a cliff and blaming it on the dragons, and it's implied that he'll take over the remaining Vendal after the death of Mor'du.]]
28	** Mor'du himself. In ''Brave'' canon, he regretted killing his brothers and destroying his kingdom as the Demon Bear, and thanked Merida for setting his soul free. Here, he's an unrepentant barbaric warlord and proud enforcer of his father, [[spoiler: the Red Death.]]
29	** Also, the Red Death. In canon, it was already an antagonist towards Vikings and dragons, but it didn't appear to be more intelligent than any other dragon. Here, he can speak, and therefore displays more personality, and by extension, more villainy. [[spoiler: It's also heavily implied that he raped Hilde to beget Mor'du.]]
30	** A downplayed version with Merida. While she was never happy with her intended suitors in canon, here, Merida tries to have Hiccup killed in a DuelToTheDeath with Wee Dingwall to get out of marrying him. And when that fails, she gets her brothers to bring her bow, so she can try to kill Hiccup herself. Thankfully, he stops her from killing him and she gets better.
31	* AintTooProudToBeg: Snotlout asks Hiccup if he can lead the team to impressed his father.
32	* AlmightyMom: Elinor prevents Fergus and Stoick from tearing each other apart, and by extension helps prevent another war from breaking out between the Highlanders and Berk Vikings.
33	* AlphaBitch: In the earlier chapters, Astrid is very mean and spiteful and looks down on just about everyone.
34	* AlternateHistory: Merida is a descendant of Boudica, who was a real life leader in ancient Britain and fought the Romans.
35	* AlternateUniverseFic: Ever wonder what it would be like if ''Brave'' and ''How to Train Your Dragon'' took place in the same world?
36	* AllMythsAreTrue: [[spoiler: All of the Gods of the world were actually spirits, many of them in multiple roles. Loki himself states that he's also been called Prometheus, Vulcan, and Agni.]]
37	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Hiccup, and Fishlegs have been looked down on their whole lives for their intellectual ways, and Merida is treated poorly at first for being a Highlander. It is revealed in the past Gobber faced this for being half-Highlander, though except for a few individuals, he is largely accepted by the village.
38	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Fishlegs's mom, Ribbon Ingerman, was in the stands waving enthusiastically to her son. Much to his humiliation, especially when she makes herself "presentable" in front of Princess Merida.
39	* AnArmAndALeg: Just like the movie, [[spoiler: Hiccup loses a foot in the final battle.]] The story goes into more detail about it.
40	* AncestralWeapon: Hiccup is given the sword Bemühen by Hilde, [[spoiler:who is later revealed to be Hiccup's distant grandmother]].
41	** Stoick gives Merida his wife's sword "Dragonsbane" as a token of trust.
42	* AndThenWhat: How Hiccup stops Merida from killing him, by pointing out that even if she kills him, she'll still be stuck on an island full of Vikings who will have seen her kill their chief's heir. It actually proves to be the first step in the progression of their romance.
43	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In chapter 9, when Gobber asks Bertha, Astrid's mother, to talk to Astrid about getting her to stop antagonizing Merida, the latter accidently touches a nerve about the former's [[HalfBreedDiscrimination past]], resulting in this response:
44	--> "Ah daenae really care how ye meant it, all Ah really care aboot is this," Gobber replied darkly, "If, by some miracle Hiccup an' Merida make it through marriage without ane o' them gettin' murdered, 'at they somehow manage tae start a family taegether, are ye really goin' tae tell me at Ah'm nae goin' tae hear th' same ridicule, th' same prejudice aimed at an innocent child as Ah did all those years ago?"
45	--> Bertha was silent, looking away from Gobber and at the ground.
46	--> "Aye," Gobber stated after a moment, shaking his head slightly as he turned away from Bertha and began making his way back home, "Ah thought as much."
47	* ArrangedMarriage: Between Hiccup and Merida. One of the driving aspects of the plot.
48	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Mor'du, who can hold his own against both Fergus and Stoick, is the defacto leader of the Vendal.
49	* AuthorAppeal: Like most of Finmonster's work, ''The Dragon and the Bow'' is a crossover story.
50	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The ending of the last chapter flashes forward years into the future showing that Hiccup and Merida have children.]]
51	* BeardOfBarbarism: Mor'du sports one of these, as does Stoick.
52	* BearsAreBadNews: While they're not actual bears, The Vendal wear bear pelts, wield clubs tipped with bear claws, and tend to rip people apart. Their leader, Mor'du, is also known as the Demon Bear. There's enough of a theme to get the point across.
53	* BetaCouple: Since Hiccup has Merida in this story, Astrid gets paired up with Fishlegs instead.
54	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Hiccup and Fishlegs, Snotlout and Tuffnut found out the hard way in chapter 8
55	* {{BFS}}: Mor'du wields an obsidian claymore that's as big as he is.
56	* BigBad: [[spoiler: The Red Death, an giant intelligent dragon who destroyed the united Viking kingdom centuries ago.]]
57	* BigShutUp: What Snotlout gets from Hiccup after teasing him too much about how much Merida hates him.
58	* BlackSwordsAreBetter: Mor'du's claymore and axe are made of obsidian for maximum coolness.
59	* BladeReflection: Bemühen's surface is surprisingly well-polished for its age.
60	%%* BraveScot: The Highlanders all naturally fit this trope.
61	* BreathWeapon: Each species of dragon has a unique breath weapon, ranging from simple fireballs to purple blasts of lightning. It's also mentioned that dragons can only use their breath attacks a certain number of times before having to rest.
62	* CallingTheOldManOut: Fishlegs stands up to his father Fishguts for the first time after he insults Hiccup and Merida. Hiccup also makes it clear in chapter 8 that he doesn't appreciate Gobber's unsupportive attitude. Gobber does apologize for it.
63	* CatFight: Between Merida and Astrid in chapter 7.
64	* ChekhovsGun:Black powder and Hiccup's crossbow are mentioned separately in the story, and are later used [[spoiler: to defeat Mor'du.]]
65	* ChildByRape: Gobber's mother was taken from her Highland home during a Viking raid and brought back to Berk by Gobber's father. She gave birth to the man's child and did her best to raise Gobber properly.
66	** Also implied that [[spoiler:the union between Hilde and the Red Death]] that made Mor'du was less than a pleasant one for his mother.
67	%%* CharacterDevelopment
68	* CleanCut: Hiccup's saber Bemühen cuts through a wooden training sword with surprisingly little effort.
69	%%* CoolOldLady: Hilde and Gothi.
70	* CreepySouvenir: The Vendal tend to take the heads of those they've killed during their raids.
71	* CripplingOverspecialization: Merida's overreliance on ranged weapons. It's pointed out by several characters (and demonstrated by Mor'du and Astrid) that a bow and arrow isn't going to do much good once your opponent gets within a certain range.
72	* CrushBlush: Hiccup and Merida.
73	* DarkerAndEdgier: Moreso than either films, especially when it involves battling the Vendals.
74	* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation: Angus and Hilde (the Witch), both were killed by Mor'du.]]
75	** [[spoiler: Valka (referred to by her book name, Valharama) is killed by Alvin the Treacherous in this continuity, instead of kidnapped by a dragon.]]
76	* DefrostingIceQueen: Astrid, over the course of the series.
77	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler: In canon, Mor'du dies by being slammed into a menhir by Bear!Elinor hard enough to bring it down on top of him. Here, Merida and Hiccup try to kill him in a similar manner, but it doesn't work, and he just [[KickTheDog cripples Angus with the menhir before snapping his neck.]] Instead, Mor'du is ultimately killed by Hiccup [[EyeScream putting an arrow laced with black powder into his eye and blowing it up.]] ]]
78	** [[spoiler: The dragon that failed to bring enough food. In canon, the Red Death ate it up in one bite. Here, Mor'du is the one who killed it by breaking its neck, and then fed it to the Red Death.]]
79	* DidntThinkThisThrough:
80	** When Merida is trying to kill Hiccup to get out of her ArrangedMarriage, Hiccup is able to defuse the situation by asking AndThenWhat, prompting her to realize that, even if she succeeded, she'd still be stuck on an island full of pissed off Vikings who'd most likely kill her and her family in retaliation, thus sparking ''another'' Viking-Highlander war.
81	** During dragon training against the Hideous Zippleback, the students quickly realize that, even though they've doused the sparking head and taken fire breath out of the equation, they've still got to deal with something that's several times their size, has razor-sharp teeth, [[PoisonousPerson poisonous saliva]], and is ''pissed''.
82	* DisappearedDad: Astrid is especially bitter about her father's death in the war between the Berk Vikings and the Highlanders, and takes it out on Merida.
83	* DoubleWeapon: Tuffnut uses a double-bladed spear.
84	* DualWielding: Mor'du can use his claymore and war axe at the same time. Ruffnut also uses a knife and hatchet for dragon training.
85	* EarnYourHappyEnding: The Vendals are defeated, Vikings and Scots are at peace, Dragons are now part of their community, and Berk now has a team of Dragon Riders to help defend them. But man it took a while to get there, even costing Hiccup and Merida [[spoiler: his leg and most of her hair. And Angus still died in the process.]]
86	* EngagementChallenge: Hiccup has to go through a ceremonial one to win Merida's hand.
87	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: Subverted. Mor'du doesn't love his mother Hilde, and brutally kills her towards the end of the story. On the other hand, he does seem to love his equally-evil father, the Red Death.]]
88	* EvilIsBigger: At twelve feet tall, it's no wonder Mor'du is known as the Demon Bear.
89	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The Highlanders and Vikings certain didn't expect how Hiccup and Merida would appear, respectively.
90	* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Hiccup kills Mor'du by shooting him in the eye with an explosive arrow.]]
91	%%* FatAndSkinny: Fishlegs and Hiccup
92	%%* FireForgedFriends
93	* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Despite the fact that Astrid lost her father in the war with the Highlanders, neither Merida or Astrid's mother Bertha consider it a valid reason for Astrid to persecute the princess. Bertha misses her husband too, but she knows that bullying Merida won't bring him back, and she warns her daughter that Merida needs to be on good terms with Berk otherwise their alliance with the Highlanders will fail. And Merida becomes even more enraged with Astrid when she finds this out: after all, her family were not the ones who killed Astrid's father, and the key word is "killed", not "murdered", so for all they know, Astrid's father died at the hands of a Highlander whose home he was attacking, and therefore Astrid can't claim the moral high ground for him. Merida doesn't start forgiving Astrid until the young Hofferson makes up for all the bad things she's said and done by this point.
94	* FunetikAksent: How the Highlander accent is written. And Hilde's old Norse accent.
95	* FusionFic: Between ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
96	* GeniusBruiser: Fishlegs can stand toe-to-toe with a Gronckle and reads more than any other Viking in Berk.
97	* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: At the end of the story, Loki warns Hiccup of a great shadow spirit that threatens the whole world.]]
98	* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Gobber is half-Highlander and suffered from a large amount of discrimination on Berk when he was young. He still suffers it from some people and he wonders if Hiccup and Merida's child(ren) will suffer from it as well.
99	* HeroOfAnotherStory: In chapter 9, Rapunzel and Quasiomodo from Finmonster's other fanfic ''Fanfic/HeavensLight'' make an appearance.
100	* HeroesPreferSwords: Hiccup prefers the light weight of his saber Bemühen over more traditional, and heavy, Viking weaponry.
101	* HornyVikings: Most of the Berk vikings are described wearing horned helmets.
102	* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler: The spirits have been recognized as a god by one civilization or another. Loki's been known as Prometheus, Vulcan, and Agni, whilst Thor has been known as Zeus and Raiden.]]
103	* IJustWantToBeBadass: Hiccup just wants to be respected by his village and his father.
104	* ImAHumanitarian: The Vendal not only love to raid and plunder, but also enjoy munching on the occasional villager.
105	* JockDadNerdSon: Whereas Stoick is a stocky warrior who fights dragons, Hiccup is a scraggly blacksmith who usually gets by with his smarts. Similarly, Fishguts scolds his son Fishlegs for reading too much and spending his time with Hiccup and Merida.
106	* LargeAndInCharge: You can tell Mor'du is the leader of the Vendal because he's the biggest and strongest among them.
107	* LightningBruiser: Mor'du can keep up with Merida, fight two people at once, and block arrows all at the same time. Night Furies are also renowned for their speed and powerful plasma breath.
108	%%* LiteralAssKicking
109	* LoserGetsTheGirl: Snotlout fights tooth and nail to get Astrid's attention, [[spoiler:only for her to fall for Fishlegs instead]].
110	* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Gobber describes shields as the most essential equipment for a would-be dragonslayer, and against most attacks, his advice proves true. Inverted, however, when a Gronckle's fireball blasts Merida's shield to splinters.
111	* MarriageBeforeRomance: Somewhat, as Merida and Hiccup are engaged before they meet one another.
112	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Whereas Merida is great with a bow and sword, has a fiery temper, and doesn't mind a little danger, Hiccup prefers to work on gadgets and his sketches.
113	* MissingMom: Hiccup's mother is dead by the beginning of the story [[spoiler: having been murdered years ago by Alvin the Treacherous]].
114	* MusclesAreMeaningless: Although she's a lithe teenager, Astrid seems just as strong as some of the more built Vikings in Berk. [[spoiler: Handwaved as due to her being a descendant of ComicBook/{{Asterix}}.]]
115	* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: [[spoiler: Merida sings a song together with a Nadder, which has the effect of making it docile and nonviolent.]]
116	* MythologyGag:
117	** The name of the story is taken directly from ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'''s working title, which was "The Bear and the Bow."
118	** Hiccup and Fishlegs being best friends is a nod to the [[Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon original book series]]. Same for Hiccup and Snotlout being cousins.
119	** While battling Mor'du, Hiccup and Merida knock a menhir on top of him, which is what killed him in ''Brave''. [[spoiler: Except it doesn't kill him here, and he uses the menhir to break the legs of Angus the Clydesdale instead.]]
120	* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Witch (Hilde) and the Highland lord's sons (Will, Andra, and Boyd).
121	* NamedWeapons: As Hilde mentions, any weapon worth its salt has a name. The saber Bemühen is one such weapon.
122	** After some thought, Merida names her yew bow Sealgair, which is Gaelic for "hunter." Fishlegs, not wanting to be left out, considers naming his hammer after a famous Viking jarl.
123	** Val's sword, Dragonbane, which Stoick gives to Merida.
124	* NeckSnap: [[spoiler: Mor'du kills Angus this way after crippling him with a menhir.]]
125	* NeverFoundTheBody: The Vendel have a habit taking their dead with them when retreating from a battle.
126	* NoodleIncident: Hiccup just mentioning an unspecified incident with an invention of his called the Borer is enough to make Gobber shudder. In a later case, Fishlegs bursts into Gobber's smithy with a large chunk of dragon dung. He immediately forbids Hiccup from asking him where he got it or how he found it.
127	* NoYouGoFirst: Happens comically between Hiccup and Stoick. Hiccup attempts to tell his father he's no longer interested in dragon training, and Stoick tries to tell Hiccup that he's decided to let him take part in the lessons.
128	* OneHandedZweihander: Mor'du prefers to wield his massive weapons in one hand, so he can use both at the same time.
129	* OriginalCharacter: [[spoiler: The spirit who takes the guise of Loki.]]
130	* [[spoiler:OurGodsAreDifferent[=/=]OurSpiritsAreDifferent: Loki claims that the Gods that the vikings worship are merely spirits that oversee the natural elements of the world, and are worshiped by other cultures under various different names.]]
131	* PapaWolf: Gobber, as Snotlout and Tuffnut found out in chapter 8.
132	* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Not at first mind you but throughout the story Hiccup and Merida grow closer and by chapter 20 they [[spoiler: have their first kiss.]]
133	* PoisonousPerson: This story remembers what Fishlegs said about Zippleback's having venomous saliva. Later, Ruffnut has the bright idea to have Barf lick her knife, giving it this quality.
134	* PublicExecution: Astrid states that she wished that Merida had killed Hiccup in the arena. It would have given Berk an excuse to have Merida and her family killed.
135	* RageBreakingPoint: When Snotlout, Tuffnut and Fishlegs (who was only a tagalong) show up to mock Hiccup at the forge after they and Astrid ruin his chance to befriend Merida, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Hiccup hits Snotlout and Tuffnut with his hammer before chasing them all away]]. He then goes on a CallingTheOldManOut[=/=]TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Gobber about how no matter what he does, he cannot get any support or respect from anybody and that despite how important the treaty is, he is the only one that is actually trying to make it work. This definitely gets a reaction from Gobber and Fishlegs.
136	* RagingStiffie: Hiccup in chapter 23.
137	-->'''Merida:''' ''(giggles)'' Doon boy.
138	* RedEyesTakeWarning: If his size doesn't scare you away, Mor'du's red peeps surely will.
139	* RPGMechanicsVerse: Fishlegs can describe any species of dragon in terms of its stats.
140	* SadlyMythtaken: Granted, Loki is [[spoiler: a spirit, not a god,]] in this fic, but he and his brother Thor take numerous liberties with authentic myths, Viking or otherwise. For example:
141	** Loki's identified as the [[RedBaron "Father Of Dragons"]] among the villagers of Berk. Loki did not ''father'' any dragons in the original myths- his son Jormungand was a [[SeaSerpents sea serpent]], not a dragon- and the only connection he has with them is being partially responsible for cursing Fafnir.
142	** Thor was never his brother in the myths, only in the Marvel Comics.
143	** In the case of Thor himself, his appearance is based on the Marvel Comics version (blonde, clean-shaven) as opposed to the original Norse version (ManlyFacialHair, FieryRedhead).
144	** Thor's Japanese identity, Raiden, is based more on the Mortal Kombat character of the same name (human in appearance with a hat). The original Raiden of Myth/JapaneseMythology was a heavyset Gonk who looked more like an Oni than human.
145	* ScaryTeeth: Considering his teeth have been sharpened to points, it's no wonder Mor'du's chompers qualify. Toothless has a retractable pair of sharp teeth as well.
146	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:The Red Death has been sealed in the Nest for centuries by Hilde]]
147	* SequelHook: The story ends with the surviving Vendal being approached by [[spoiler: Alvin the Treacherous to join his Outcasts]].
148	** [[spoiler: Loki's message to Hiccup about finding a spirit wandering the mortal realms, and how he is key to fighting a growing darkness.]]
149	* SexySurfacingShot: Merida unintentionally gives one to Hiccup when he comes back to the cove and finds her emerging from a pool in little more than her wet underwear.
150	* ShipTease: Between William Macintosh and Ruffnut. Also, Gobber and Maudie.
151	* ShoutOut: There are several throughout the story.
152	** There are multiple shoutouts to ''Film/The13thWarrior''. The Vendal are based off of the Wendal, and the Viking prayer is directly from the movie. Chapter five, "Eaters of the Dead," is named after [[Literature/EatersOfTheDead the book's]] original title.
153	** Chapter eighteen is titled ''[[Literature/ADanceWithDragons A Dance with a Dragon]]''.
154	** While the trio are fleeing the Monstrous Nightmare with Fishlegs carrying them, Hiccup looks back and shouts, ''[[Film/JurassicPark "Must go faster! Must go faster!"]]''
155	** During a funeral for the Vikings killed in a Vendal raid on Berk, Stoick sings ''[[Film/TheHobbit "Misty Mountains Cold"]]''.
156	** Merida sings ''[[Film/JoyeuxNoel "Hymne des Fraternisés"]]'' to soothe an angry Nadder.
157	** [[spoiler:The Red Death's BadassBoast is similar to Smaug's from ''Literature/TheHobbit''.]]
158	** When Snotlout is smacking the Red Death in the eye:
159	-->'''Snotlout:''' Hey, you got something in your eye! ''(smacks Red Death in eye)'' [[WebAnimation/ASDFMovie It was pain!]]
160	** [[spoiler: When Loki mentions how his brother Thor is also known as Raiden, the image he shows is of a man [[Franchise/MortalKombat wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat]].]]
161	** Hiccups prayer to Loki before the final battle sounds like ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug "I See Fire"]]''.
162	** When confronted by Mor'Du and his Vendel, Hilde [[PreAssKickingOneLiner reminds]] him that she is [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings "no mere conjurer of mere tricks"]].
163	** When [[spoiler: Fergus]] is comforting his seasick grandson at the start of the story, he mentions how he once turned so green with seasickness, his own grandfather mistook him for an [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} ogre]].
164	* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Chapter eleven and twelve are called "Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble," and "Toil and Trouble" respectively, two famous lines from ''Theatre/MacBeth''.
165	** Which, humorously enough, is set in Scotland.
166	* SinsOfOurFathers: Because her father was killed in the war with the Highlands, Astrid is initially hostile towards Merida.
167	%%* SongFic: Type II.
168	* TastesLikeFriendship: Hiccup and Toothless share a fish (a raw fish... which Hiccup only gets to eat it after Toothless regurgitates some), and thus a friendship is started.
169	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: During dragon training, especially when Hiccup and Merida were allowed to participate.
170	* TeethFlying: During the final battle, Mor'du hits Fishlegs across the face with a backhand and knocks some of his teeth out.
171	* TheApprentice: Hiccup is Gobber's apprentice blacksmith.
172	* TheBully: Several, but Snotlout in particular goes out of his way to pick on Hiccup.
173	* TheDreaded: Stories about Mor'du are used pretty frequently to scare children, and the Night Fury is only spoken about in whispers. The Red Death also qualifies.
174	* TheFairFolk: The [[WillOTheWisp Wisps]]. They're also said to have the power to [[spoiler:[[WindsOfDestinyChange change fate]].]]
175	* TheMagicGoesAway: [[spoiler: According to Loki, he and his fellow spirits were able to freely walk the world of mortals, where their powers were such that they were viewed as gods. However, after a great battle with a rogue spirit, their connections to the mortal realms have been all but severed, severely limiting them in what they can do.]]
176	%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Merida gives one to Astrid for the way she's treated her the whole story.
177	* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Hiccup shooting down Toothless, the dragon training, the Forbidden Friendship scene, [[IHaveNoSon being briefly disowned by Stoick]], the final battle with the Red Death, and losing his foot.
178	%%* {{Tomboy}}: Ruffnut, Astrid, and Merida all qualify for a variety of reasons.
179	* TomboyPrincess: To her mother's chagrin, Merida prefers riding horses and shooting arrows to her royal duties.
180	%%* TrainingFromHell: Gobber runs a mean dragon training course.
181	* TruerToTheText: To the ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' books more so than the films. Astrid's middle name is Camicazi, and her mother's called Bertha (after Big-Boobied Bertha and Camicazi, the Bog-Burglar chieftain and her heir); Fishlegs and Hiccup are close friends; Snotlout is Hiccup's cousin; Hiccup's mother is called Valhallarama, and was [[BrawnHilda a stereotypical fat Viking woman]] instead of a slender, attractive woman called Valka; [[spoiler: Alvin the Treacherous is a skinny, devious man who killed Hiccup's mother via betrayal instead of overpowering her]]; and [[spoiler: the Red Death is an intelligent, talking dragon, and a lot more malicious than his animalistic film counterpart]].
182	* WeaponsOfTheirTrade: Hiccup smacks Snotlout and Tuffnut with his blacksmith hammer after they've thoroughly insulted him.
183	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The beginning starts with a man telling his grandson the story of Hiccup and Merida to help get over his sea sickness, only to reveal in the epilogue to be [[spoiler: Fergus and his grandson Hiccup IV with their family, on their way to Berk to receive his own dragon]].

Context Fanfic / TheDragonAndTheBow