History Characters / HowToTrainYourDragonFilmsHooliganTribe

* AbusiveParents: {{Downplayed|Trope}} and later {{Subverted|Trope}}. While he's nowhere near Spitelout's level and has shown to be a genuinely good father who genuinely loves his son, Stoick was like this in the first movie -- openly being ashamed of Hiccup's scrawniness, belittled his son's GadgeteerGenius nature, and at one point, "advising" Hiccup to be like everyone else and not ''"this"'' while gesturing to his son's body. Unusually, a large part of this is demonstrated to be because he simply doesn't ''get'' Hiccup, and is raising him the only way he knows how - the way he was raised, which, since he was the polar opposite of Hiccup as a boy, really does ''not'' work. Stoick is also trying to mold Hiccup into the leader he thinks Berk needs and someone he thinks will be able to survive the (currently) dangerous environment of Berk, not realizing that Berk's circumstances and needs could (and would) change. He apologizes at the end of the film, saying that he is proud to call Hiccup his son.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The Chief of Berk knows no equal in battle ''or'' tactics.

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[[folder:Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' | ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JayBaruchel (film and TV series)

Hiccup is the main character of the How to Train Your Dragon book and film series. His full name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, the Hope and Heir to the Tribe of the Hairy Hooligans. He is the son of the chief, Stoick the Vast, thus making him heir to the tribe, and later the current chief of the tribe. He is 15 years old in the first film, 20 years old in ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'', and 21 years old in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''. His dragon, Toothless, is a Night Fury, the rarest and most intelligent of the dragon species in the film franchise.

''See this [[Characters/HowToTrainYourDragonFilmsHiccupHorrendousHaddockIII page]] for tropes regarding Hiccup.''
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[[folder:Astrid Hofferson]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' | ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AmericaFerrera (film and TV series)
->'''Portrayed by''': Nico Parker (live-action remake)

Astrid Hofferson is a female Viking warrior of the Hooligan tribe. She's smart, striking, beautiful, and her determined and strong personality makes her hard to impress. Astrid is 15 years old in ''How to Train Your Dragon'', 20 in the sequel, and 21 in the threequel. She's Hiccup's love interest in the first film and the series ''[=DreamWorks=]: Dragons'', and becomes his official girlfriend in ''Race to the Edge'' season 4, in the episode "Blindsided". [[spoiler:She becomes Hiccup's wife, and thus the Chieftess of Berk at the end of the third film.]] In spite of her initial fall outs with Hiccup and disdain toward dragons, Astrid ends up becoming his lifelong confidante, thanks to Toothless, and quickly adapts to a life with dragons. Noteworthy, she is the only Viking teen without a helmet in the film as well as in the three shorts and episodes (although Hiccup received a helmet from his father as a gift during the film, he rarely wears it).
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* TheAce: Back when her village was at war with the dragons, Astrid was the most promising of her generation. She's intelligent (has proven to be a capable strategist), focused (isn't prone to distractions like the others), ambitious (had every intention of being the student to slay the Monstrous Nightmare and worked hard for it), is strong, is the most capable fighter and skilled with her trademark axe, is usually level-headed (when Snotlout isn't provoking her), holds strong values that stuck to the tribe's traditions (taking their war with the dragons seriously, preferring the use of traditional weapons over Hiccup's gadgets[[labelnote:*]]As established in a deleted scene when she saw plans for Hiccup's invention The Mangler[[/labelnote]]) [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and is very desirable to the opposite sex]]. When she becomes a dragon rider, add all of those qualities to her being the best rider under Hiccup.
* ActionGirl: She's a skilled Viking and was originally at the top of her class before Hiccup came along. She always takes the front lines in the film. In the series, she's the only one to attack Alvin the Treacherous (Snotlout chickened out), despite the fact that he's a match for [[StoutStrength Stoick]] and thus way out of her league. In ''Race to the Edge'' she [[spoiler:joins the Berk Guard]] just prior to "Eye of the Beholder: Part One". In ''The Hidden World'', she momentarily stuns a Deathgripper by swinging on its tail and kicking it in the face.
* ActionGirlfriend: To Hiccup, as she is his main love interest. And she knows how to handle an axe.
* AdaptationNameChange: According to author Cressida Cowell herself, Astrid could be considered the film counterpart of "Camicazi" who is also Action Girl, Hiccup's female friend, trainer of Stormfly.
* AffectionateNickname: Frequently called "Milady" by Hiccup.
* AlwaysSecondBest: To Hiccup in Dragon Fighting [[spoiler:and then Dragon Riding]]. She doesn't mind it anymore after befriending him.
* AncestralWeapon: She ''really'' loves using her axe, which used to belong to her mother. (Although, she can also alternate between knives, swords and temporary makeshift weapons if necessary.) By the time of the second film, Astrid has another custom-made double-sided axe with metallic dragon heads on each side of the knob. One of the heads appears to resemble a Deadly Nadder while the other looks like a Night Fury, which is a nod to her boyfriend Hiccup. In "Burning Midnight" and "Dragonvine", Astrid has a flaming axe matching Hiccup's flame sword.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Astrid isn't a fan of Hiccup intentionally throwing himself into dangerous and foolish situations.
* {{Angrish}}: Her response when Hiccup shows her up during training.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Astrid is good at these, first asking Hiccup why he is acting so oddly and discovering Toothless as a result. She then breaks him out of a HeroicBSOD by asking [[spoiler:why he didn't kill Toothless when he had the chance]].
* ArrowCatch: Snatches poison darts out of the air. (She is also seen to be able to divert and slice arrows away from her by swinging her axe.)
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Hiccup earned his later rank as lead dragon rider by [[BadassBookworm taming and riding Toothless.]] Astrid earned [[NumberTwo hers]] by [[ItMakesSenseInContext threatening Hiccup with an axe when she caught him doing so]]. She retains this role in the series by being the only rider adept at both aerial and ground combat and by being confident and competent enough to keep [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits all the others in line]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The epilogue of ''The Hidden World'' shows Hiccup and Astrid end up having a daughter (Zephyr) and a son (Nuffink) together.]]
* BadassAdorable: If you can [[spoiler:wrestle a wild Monstrous Nightmare to the ground with your bare hands]] while being so adorable and cute that two of your friends gawk over you, you definitely qualify.
* BadassCape: The epilogue of ''The Hidden World'' shows her with a magnificent white-furred cape.
* BadassInDistress: Happens a few times in the series, though she often gets herself out of trouble, and when she doesn't, it's almost always because she's badly outnumbered or physically outmatched (such as being an unarmed teenage girl taken hostage by an armed man three times her size who also has a crew of warriors with him, which happened with Alvin).
* BadassTeacher: ''Race to the Edge'' has her temporarily become a dragon flying teacher for a group to protect Berk. In only a day (despite still being rather new), they managed to save her and the others from Dagur quite skillfully. Astrid also helps to train Dagur in "Family on the Edge".
* BattleCouple: With Hiccup.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the movies. While they enter a romantic relationship by the second movie and are each competent fighters, they rarely fight together.
** [[spoiler:Played straight in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''. They fight together to free dragons and later fight together to defeat Grimmel and even FlirtingUnderFire during the final battle.]]
** Played straight in ''Race to the Edge''. They have a RelationshipUpgrade in "Blindsided" and fight off their enemies when they're not flirting with each other.

** Before her defrosting, do not outshine her in training when you have been the worst in the class beforehand.
** Do not take her personal axe.
** Don't assume that a woman is an object to be claimed. It doesn't have to even be in reference to her specifically either. Do so, and Astrid will introduce the sharp end of her axe to your face.
* BigDamnKiss:
** Astrid gave Hiccup one at the end of the first film after he and Toothless had defeated the Red Death.
** In ''Race to the Edge'', she and Hiccup shared one at the end of the episode "Blindsided", which starts their relationship for real.
** She also shared one with Hiccup at the end of the second film after Hiccup and Toothless had defeated Drago and his Bewilderbeast.
** [[spoiler:In ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'' the kiss she shares with Hiccup during their wedding marks the start of married life for her and Hiccup.]]
* BirdsOfAFeather: Astrid and Heather are usually on the same wavelength, which is why they get along so well. Astrid is pleased to have another beautiful warrior girl who isn't as dumb as the average Viking around her.
* BloodKnight: A more child-friendly example. She's fearless and enjoys the respect that other villagers give her for being good at fighting but she takes battle seriously and is the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]] among the riders.
* BlueIsHeroic: Her main color scheme is blue and she is the tritagonist of the franchise.
* BraidsOfAction: By the sequel, she now sports a lengthy side-braid draped over left her shoulder.
* BrokenAce: Especially in the beginning. She's a skilled warrior, very intelligent, the best dragon rider after Hiccup, and a DudeMagnet to boot. And possibly due to the pressure of this reputation as well as her innate pride, Astrid is initially shown in the film as being something of a perfectionist, having incredibly high standards for herself, as she quickly becomes jealous of Hiccup as his skills improve and is frustrated by his success over her. Not only that, [[LonelyAmongPeople she only ever seemed to hang around the other kids strictly during class or for work and doesn't partake in whatever nonsense they get up to]].
* CallBack: In "Fright of Passage", she directly quotes her dead uncle's last words before the [[spoiler:Flightmare killed him]].
* CassandraTruth: She figured out [[spoiler:Heather's schemes]].
* CharacterCatchphrase: "That was for [insert crime here]. ''That'' was for everything else."
* CharacterDevelopment: Astrid matures over the course of the franchise.
** Astrid outgrew her short-tempered nature upon entering adulthood, but can still be feisty under intense circumstances. On ''Race to the Edge'', she was shown as vulnerable, gentle and much less prone to violence; preferring capture-missions over kill-missions. She had also become more openly talkative and closer to her fellow riders, being empathetic, especially to Hiccup and Heather, letting them both confide in her on several occasions. She could still come across as cold at times, as pointed out by Ruffnut, but she is able to own up to her mistakes, yet again demonstrating a never-ending will to improve herself. In the following episode, Astrid pulled a prank on the twins as payback for Loki's Day, showing significant growth in her playful side.
** By the time of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'', Astrid has adopted an optimistic and relaxed outlook on life. Although slightly cheeky and overconfident at times, she is more emotionally secure because of her steady relationship with Hiccup. Her sense of adventure and exploring is also apparent, but her ongoing competitiveness and rigid approach to grave situations remains. As an adult, she is generally more spirited and playful, and loves to goof around with Hiccup, Stormfly and Toothless.
** Upon ascending to adulthood, Astrid has also left behind her gratuitous communication through violence and [[SlapSlapKiss slap-slap-kissing]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Hiccup. They grew up together in Berk, became friends in their teen years, an OfficialCouple by the time they were 18/19 (as of the ''Race to the Edge'' episode, "Blindsided"), and are still a couple by the second movie.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She gets noticeably testier on the rare occasions that Ruffnut or Heather start chatting up Hiccup.
* ColorMotifs: She is often surrounded by the color blue -- she has a blue Deadly Nadder, her face paint consist of blue painting, and some of her outfits consist of blue.
* CombatParkour: She swings on a Deathgripper's tail and uses that to stun it with a single kick in the face, before landing on its tail with both her feet and jumping off with such force it causes the Deathgripper to release its tail from the rock it was stuck to.
* TheConfidant: Astrid is the only one Hiccup confides in about his doubts and insecurities, either about becoming Chief of Berk and is often talking to her about how his father keeps on pressuring him to take his place.
* CostumeEvolution: Her outfit in the sequel has a lot more fur.
* CrazyPrepared: If knocked out of the saddle onto Stormfly's tail, Astrid has trained Stormfly to do a tail flip which launches Astrid back within seconds.
* CurseCutShort: During Dragon Training in the first movie, she let out a flurry of these.
* CuteBruiser: Especially when her sweet side kicks in.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments and especially when Snotlout is hitting on her.
* DeathGlare: Astrid gives one to Hiccup when he's chosen over her as the champion of dragon training by the Elder, and a couple more to [[spoiler:Heather]].
* DefrostingIceQueen: When we see her in the beginning of the movie she appears cold and distant to everyone, but after she meets Toothless and is taken on a trip with Hiccup, she warms up to them both. By the second movie she's fully defrosted and is quite sweet.
* DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest: Downplayed. After she starts to defrost in the first film, she still maintains her tough, prideful personality, but due to her being the love interest of Hiccup, her role in the series mostly revolves around giving him advice and support. ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', however, makes an attempt to remedy this by giving her an independent solo role while still making her relationship with Hiccup clear.
* DisabledLoveInterest: {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged. It's ''Hiccup'' who is disabled (missing his left leg), but she becomes temporarily blind in "Blindsided". It's also in this episode that she and Hiccup finally cement themselves into a romantic relationship.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Becomes this briefly in "Team Astrid", when she trains some new recruits (including Gustav, Mulch and Gothi) as an auxiliary dragon flying squad to defend Berk. She repeatedly makes them do push-ups for even the slightest infraction and has them recite a variation of the Rifle Creed ("There are many dragons but this one is mine"). Hiccup at one point suggests that she feels guilty for being at Dragon's Edge with the others while Dagur attacked Berk, damaging her family's home in the process, and she's setting the recruits up to fail so she would have an excuse to remain in Berk to protect her family.
* DualWielding: She fights this way in the sequel.
* DudeMagnet: Just ask [[AllLovingHero Hiccup]], [[CasanovaWannabe Snotlout]], [[AxCrazy Dagur]], [[PrecociousCrush Gustav]], and Thor Bonecrusher aka hypnotized Fishlegs. In the end, she chooses Hiccup.
* DumbBlonde: Inverted. Astrid has blonde hair and while she may be no GadgeteerGenius like Hiccup or dragon expert like Fishlegs, she is level-headed and strategical.
* FatalFlaw:
** Being TheAce by Berk's ProudWarriorRace standards, she will sometimes act with HonorBeforeReason, especially when she feels like her honor, her family's honor or her pride as a warrior is wounded. In the first film, she begins to take it personally when Hiccup overtakes her as star student, later following him and threatening him to make him tell her how he did it. In "[[Recap/DragonsRidersOfBerkS2E6FrightOfPassage Fright of Passage]]", she drops everything to face the Flightmare head on because her Uncle Finn's encounter with it left a stain on her family name.
** Her HairTriggerTemper can sometimes distract her just as easily as Snotlout and the Twin's own short attention spans, willing to break team-cohesion if her BerserkButton is pushed.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: [[spoiler:Finishes a sentence for Hiccup at least once in the final film.]]
* FirstKiss: Astrid shared her first kiss with Hiccup in the episode ''Blindsided''. This kiss also is what officially cemented her and Hiccup as an official couple. Prior to this kiss the other kisses Astrid gave Hiccup were kisses that were basically one-sided, making the kiss she shared with Hiccup in ''Blindsided'' her first mutual kiss with him.
* FlirtingUnderFire: [[spoiler:Does this with Hiccup during the final battle during which she throws a Zippleback gas canister which Hiccup lights up with Inferno.]]
* FreudianSlip: Slips up while describing Stormfly.
-->"Just because she's beautiful, people think she's not tough. But that doesn't mean you should underestimate me. Uh--her."
* GaussianGirl: Astrid's first appearance, as part of an UnflinchingWalk [[OutrunTheFireball away from a burning house]] in SloMo. The heat waves probably helped.
* GenkiGirl: Not a traditional example, but when Astrid is focused on something, she'll see it gets done with all her strength.
* GirlyBruiser: If her performing acrobatic jumps on the back of her dragon is any indication.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Hiccup is smitten with Astrid first thing, but she seems indifferent to him until she learns his secret and, more importantly, realizes how brave he actually is to go against the norm.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** In the movie, she is furious when Hiccup surpasses her in the dragon academy.
** Accused of this by Ruffnut in "Heather Report" when Hiccup takes a different girl for a ride on Toothless.
--->'''Ruffnut''': Looks like there's another hen in the rooster house...
* HandicappedBadass: Astrid becomes temporarily blind in "Blindsided" but she managed to use her other senses (especially hearing) to tame the Sleuther.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:With Hiccup in the epilogue of the third film and in the ''Homecoming'' short film.]]
* HeldGaze: Astrid shares one with Hiccup right after their BigDamnKiss, and it is very short due to Gothi interrupting it. The look in Astrid's eyes during the gaze she shares with Hiccup is one filled with love.
* HeadTurningBeauty:
** Described as a "Sexy ball of Fire" according to the movie script, Astrid has a lust-filled gaze on her from the get-go.
** This scenario is repeated for the second time in "Gone Gustav Gone" when Gustav daydreams about Astrid.
* HiddenDepths: In the words of the "How to Pick Your Dragon" writers, just like Hiccup, Astrid desperately wanted to prove herself to her tribe - prove her worth and earn her status as a warrior.
* HidingBehindYourBangs: As pointed out in the DVD commentary, her pushing back her bangs later on in the story signifies her being open with her feelings, especially around Hiccup.
* HoldingHands: [[spoiler:Does so with Hiccup during their wedding.]]
* HollywoodKiss: [[spoiler:Her kiss with Hiccup during their wedding is this.]]
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: In the first film. According to Ferrera, Astrid follows the mindset of a competitive reality show contestant.
* InformedAttractiveness: DW goes out of their way, in all forms of their media, to let us know that she's pretty. Whether or not people think she is, in this world, she's extremely pretty and fits Berk's standards of the ideal Viking.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Downplayed. Astrid is usually secure in her relationship with Hiccup but "Sandbusted" shows how she initially feels that any betrothal gift she gives to Hiccup would be inadequate until Hiccup [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre reassures]] her that ''she'' is his greatest gift.
-->'''Astrid:''' Hiccup is ''not'' your ordinary Viking. He has a Night Fury, he can fly with a suit made of yak hide, he has a sword that ignites on command, and he's going to be the next Chief of Berk.

** The first movie has her call out Hiccup for not taking their parents' war seriously and to figure out what side he is on.
** While she did end up getting a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "Reason You Suck" Speech]] from [[DumbassHasAPoint Ruffnut]] for her shortness towards anyone that wasn't Hiccup, Astrid makes accurate points on how the twins' constant mischief won't help defend the Edge in "Edge of Disaster Part 1".
** Gives the obnoxious Snotlout a well-deserved WhatTheHellHero moment when the latter makes Heather feel even worse than she already feels about [[spoiler:accidentally leading Krogan's men to Vanaheim]].
** In the beginning of the third film, Astrid points on how the gang's teamwork while rescuing imprisoned dragons was sloppy and they only made it out because of their dragons and sheer luck. Valka then states that Astrid has a point.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She means well in that dragon combat ''is'' a daily matter of life and death in Berk, but she is very prideful. She TookALevelInKindness in the first movie, and kept it in the series where she is never outright rude - at worst she can be a DeadpanSnarker. She actually gets called out for being unnecessarily snide to others by Ruffnut of all people in ''Race to the Edge''. And after hearing that and battling against the Dragon Hunters, Astrid makes amends and slowly gets better from then on.
* KickChick: {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged. Astrid has several methods of fighting, such as her punches or swinging her axe, but her fighting style is also shown to have very strong kicks. She's able to knock out a person with just one kick to the back or send them flying, kick a chair so far it splinters, and an arrow at such an angle it's knocked away from Stormfly while riding her. She's even able to inflict one on a dragon; in ''The Hidden World'', when a Deathgripper gets its stinger tail stuck in a rock wall, Astrid leaps down, swings on its tail, and momentarily stuns it with a kick to the face.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Does so to Snotlout in "Fright of Passage".
-->'''Snotlout''': When the Flightmare comes, the Hofferson's freeze. Right, Astrid? You are a- ''(Astrid hurls an axe that almost kills him)'' ...Hofferson...\\
'''Fishlegs''': Legend has it that the Flightmare is so terrifying it actually freezes its prey in their tracks.\\
'''Snotlout''': Yeah, just ask Frozen Finn Hofferson, right Astrid? ''(Astrid slams him into the ground and puts her boot on his face)''
* LadyLegionnaireWear: Astrid's pteruges. It is the trope image.
* TheLancer: To Hiccup, both at the Dragon Academy and life in general. While Hiccup has Geek Physique, she is the picture of an ideal Viking warrior; aggressive, strong, and skilled in combat.
* {{Leitmotif}}: An excerpt from "Romantic Flight" plays during her introduction - this becomes especially pronounced in the sequel, where it features prominently in moments that focus on her specifically even without Hiccup being present; violins are also a recurring instrument for her. According to producer Bonnie Arnold, "Romantic Flight" is actually called "Astrid's Theme".
* LethalChef: For all her fighting talents, it would seem Astrid ''cannot'' cook. In ''Gift of the Night Fury'', her Yaknog is so bad that even Hiccup (who swallowed raw, regurgitated fish) spat the stuff out.
* LettingHerHairDown: Over the course of the franchise, her hair becomes looser as she matures and her relationship with Hiccup grows.
** In the first film, her hair was tied up in a tight braid, representing her somewhat cold and no-nonsense personality at the beginning. She still had her hair in a braid in ''Race to the Edge'' albeit in a looser fashion, followed by a longer side braid in the second film where she was already betrothed to Hiccup and has a more relaxed and open personality. By ''The Hidden World'', her hair was mostly down, save for a smaller braid at the back, culminating in [[spoiler:it being completely unbound by the time of her wedding to Hiccup]].
* LikeADaughterToMe: In the tie-in comic, "Burning Midnight", Valka states that Astrid was the daughter she and Stoick would've wanted.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Hiccup has often commented how alike in personality Astrid is with Stoick and he even lampshaded it in "Wings of War, Part 2".
* MamaBear:
** Do ''not'' harm, kidnap, or do anything implicitly violent to Stormfly.
** Astrid becomes this to [[spoiler:her children (whom she had with Hiccup) at the end of ''Hidden World''. When a now wild Toothless intimidatingly comes onto their boat, Astrid shields both her children]].
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: With Hiccup. In the first movie, it is emphasized in the beginning where Astrid has armor and Hiccup has an apron on. And in general, Hiccup knows how to sew and will suggest a peaceful solution first, while Astrid loves to do dangerous and rough stunts on Stormfly and chases danger. Played with, since Hiccup isn't outright effeminate and Astrid does have some girly traits.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:She's able to pass herself as Heather when infiltrating the Outcasts and manipulate them into giving her the book of dragons and a dragon to escape on. It would have worked, except that the real Heather wasn't lying about her parents being held prisoner.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Astrid" is an old Norse name meaning "Divine Beauty." Hiccup is clearly awestruck during her introduction in the movie, and Snotlout also tries to get her attention. Astrid is also partnered with a Deadly Nadder, the most beautiful dragon species.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween:
** The Mean to Fishleg's Nice and Hiccup's In-Between. While Fishlegs goes out of his way to avoid conflict (only becoming violent to scare the problem away when he is pushed too far) and Hiccup is a MartialPacifist, Astrid has trained since a young age to be a warrior, willing to go at a problem with an axe to lay down her life to defend Berk and its people.
** Midway through the series, when Heather temporarily joins the riders, Astrid becomes the Nice to Heather's In-Between (much more open and compassionate after her TraumaCongaLine, though still aggressive when pushed) and Ruffnut's Mean (one of the more reluctant riders to let Heather into the group, and the most prone to violence as practical jokes).
* NumberTwo: As Hiccup's second-in-command, she is his first and natural choice for Acting-Chief. She often falls into a leading role in his absence and has displayed a great eagerness to take on control and keep the other riders in check.
** In the movie, this is Astrid's role in the climactic battle; directing the rest of Hiccup's flying corps in the fight against the Red Death while Hiccup tries to free Toothless.
** In the series, this is her position in the Dragon Academy because she's the second most skilled, and no one's brave enough to tell her otherwise.
** In the tie-in comic ''[[ComicBook/HowToTrainYourDragonTheSerpentsHeir The Serpent's Heir]]'', Hiccup appoints her to the General to his Chief.
* OfficialCouple: With Hiccup. Astrid's relationship with Hiccup is stronger than ever in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2''. [[spoiler:They get married at the end of the third film and have 2 kids in the epilogue.]]
* OfficialKiss: The kiss she shares with Hiccup in "Blindsided" launches their romantic relationship. [[spoiler:The kiss she shares with Hiccup during their wedding in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'' starts their marriage.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the other trainees in the film, she is the only one to keep her cool and not lose herself to some quirk or another. This extends to the television show, usually sharing it with Hiccup (most of the time).
* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: Her [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140116201123/howtotrainyourdragon/images/2/26/Astrid-httyd-2.jpg outfit in the sequel]] has a fur-trimmed hood, gloves, and a fur underskirt beneath her pteruges.
* ThePerfectionist: Most prevalent in the first movie, where she's obsessed with being the best dragon fighter there is but also in the sequel as she trains to become the Master of the Dragon Races. Not being perfect hurts her pride and potentially her FatalFlaw. CharacterDevelopment means she eventually grows content with her status as Hiccup's NumberTwo, but still has her moments of near-suicidal levels of recklessness while trying to prove herself.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Is seen carrying a sheep on her shoulders about the same size as one which Snotlout is carrying.
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Hiccup -- they're only peers in the first movie and friends/love interests by the end. They become an OfficialCouple in "Blindsided" with them being engaged in "Sandbusted". [[spoiler:They finally are married by the end of the third movie]].
* RelativeButton: Do not, under any circumstances, mock her departed uncle Finn Hofferson.
* TheReliableOne: In ''Race to the Edge'' episode "Snow Out", Hiccup explicitly stated that he relies on her a lot.
* RulingCouple: [[spoiler:Since Hiccup is the Chief of Berk, she and Hiccup become one when they get married at the end of ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.'']]
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Hiccup -- he's a quiet bookworm, she's the ideal athletic Viking.
* SecretKeeper:
** Briefly in the first film: she figured out Hiccup was going off somewhere and agreed to keep Toothless a secret.
** In ''Race to the Edge'' Season 2, she initially is the only person who knows that Heather is really TheMole within Ryker's camp.
* SheFu: These are undoubtedly her top physical skills. She's able to perform a variety of acrobatic feats like handsprings, cartwheels, and flips even while riding Stormfly. She was also able to swiftly dodge the attacks of a wild Deadly Nadder and the Flightmare.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: While certainly pretty in the first movie and ''Dragons: Riders of Berk'', she gets even prettier in ''Dragons: Race to the Edge'', the second film, and the third film.
* ShipperOnDeck: In ''The Hidden World'', Astrid refers to the Light Fury as Toothless's "girlfriend" and constantly states how cute Toothless's crush on her is.
* ShutUpKiss: She does this to Hiccup at the end of ''How to Train Your Dragon''.
* SingleTargetSexuality: The only boy Astrid has ever fallen in love with is Hiccup. In the first film, Hiccup became Astrid's first and only target of affection.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Hiccup is an AllLovingHero and she explicitly stated in "Thawfest Games" that one of the things she admired most about him was [[GracefulLoser modesty in defeat]]. After the RelationshipUpgrade, she admits in "Dawn of Destruction" that she also loves his sensitive side.
* SlapSlapKiss: Applies this literally to Hiccup; see Catch Phrase.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Astrid takes any challenge seriously. In the first movie, it was more of an ImNotHereToMakeFriends mentality but becomes a much friendlier and more laidback version in the sequel.
* TheSpock: Plays this role should Hiccup become troubled or irrational.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: With Hiccup. She was the most promising young dragon hunter in Berk. He was the first Viking to befriend a dragon and, in doing so, became AwesomeByAnalysis.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: In the first movie, she seems cold and dismissive, solely focused on dragon training. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] after Hiccup shows her the truth and widens her horizons. This continues on in the TV series -- while she is a lot less standoffish than she was in the first movie, she is still closed-off and distanced from the other Riders except for Hiccup and Fishlegs. By the second movie, she is very open and warm.
* {{Tomboy}}: An odd example because Berk is the land of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy dragon killing vikings.]] A rough attitude and enjoying competition is ''normal'' in such a place and so would be expected.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl compared to Ruffnut considering her dragon and the fact that Ruff is sometimes mistaken for her brother.
** In season one of ''Riders of Berk'', she played the tomboy to Heather's girly girl, as Heather was a lot less feisty and aggressive compared to Astrid. After the time skip, Heather then also became a Badass ActionGirl, and then the two were about even.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: In the first movie, Astrid was the most reserved and serious of her peers, and takes dragon training ''very'' seriously. However, after [[TheHero Hiccup]] ends the war, Astrid adjusts to the peaceful environment as well as maturing with age. She keeps a bit of her serious nature, but is much more energetic and playful. She smiles and laughs more openly and regularly.
* TookALevelInKindness: After the first movie, Astrid slowly but surely drops her icy and hostile exterior and becomes more open and friendlier to her Viking peers, especially Hiccup.
* ToughSpikesAndStuds: Astrid is a skilled Viking warrior and the best dragon rider after Hiccup. Her attire includes a segmented skirt with spikes.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Hiccup. Astrid sticks by him through his highest and lowest, and even though she will make her disagreements with him known, she will also be there for him to confide in his doubts and fears in himself and/or a situation. This is best exemplified in "King of Dragons, Part 1", where she gives the gang a WhatTheHellHero speech on how selfish they were being in regards to returning home and not seeing the King of Dragons and states that wherever Hiccup goes, they go.
* UptightLovesWild: Hiccup is the snarky dragon expert that will often do things without completely thinking them through, and is always building wild inventions and testing them out, while Astrid tends to be more levelheaded and cautious (until you hit her BerserkButton anyway). Astrid grows more wild and daring with age and develops a snarky sense of humor.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Do ''not'' harm or insult Hiccup when she is near.
* VitriolicBestBuds: A light version with Hiccup as the two enjoy ribbing on each other, but have genuine love for one another.
* WhenSheSmiles: Astrid is always rather pretty- but when she ''smiles'' she's outright beautiful.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Seeing this while on Toothless with Hiccup helps her realize dragons are not the AlwaysChaoticEvil she had been raised to believe and Hiccup had deeper hidden depths than she realized.
* YouthfulFreckles: In the first movie mostly but also on ''Race to the Edge''.

[[folder:Fishlegs Ingerman]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fishlegs in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''.]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' | ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse (film and TV series)

Fishlegs Ingerman is one of Hiccup's closest friends. He is clumsy and inept, always making mistakes at inappropriate moments. Stoick the Vast calls him "Fisheggs", and Snotface Snotlout and Dogsbreath pick on him constantly. In the first film and the three specials he is 14 years old, 19 in the sequel, and 20 in the threequel.

* {{Acrofatic}}: He has shown for his heavy weight to be able to run fast to catch up to the teens when afraid.
* AdaptationalCurves: In the books, he was just as skinny as Hiccup. Here, he's not only bigger but also fatter and more muscular.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Downplayed. In the books, he was Hiccup's best friend. Here, they aren't with Fishlegs making a snide remark after Hiccup's mistake in the first film and not coming to his defense when he is bullied by the others. However, he's nowhere near as bad with the mocking like Snotlout and the Twins are, being the only one prior to Hiccup demonstrating his new skills with dragons (derived from Toothless) to actually talk to him politely, and it's hinted that he's acting as such to fit in.
* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair color is never revealed in the books, but due to the pictures in the books being darker than other characters, it is possibly brown or black. Here, he has blonde hair.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the books, Fishlegs was Hiccups' best friend. Here, they off as distant peers due to Hiccup being the [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer village pariah]] and gradually become close.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He can look at a brand new dragon and instantly break down its strengths and weaknesses.
* BadassBookworm: While he's analytical first and foremost, and dislikes fighting to a degree, it's shown that he can be very useful with his knowledge and is capable of some surprising physical feats.
* BadLiar: Does not do well lying under pressure.
* BettyAndVeronica: He enters a LoveTriangle with Snotlout over Ruffnut in the second film; Fishlegs is the "Betty", as he's a NiceGuy, not traditionally handsome, and is shy while Snotlout is the "Veronica". By the end of the same film she doesn't make a choice over who she's more romantically interested in. [[spoiler:However, by the end of the third movie she chooses Fishlegs]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Snotlout found out the hard way that Fishlegs is downright terrifying when pissed off. It's possibly a nod to the books, where Fishlegs became a flat-out ''berserker''.
* BigEater: He even mentions of regularly having "third breakfasts" in ''Race to the Edge''.
* TheBigGuy: Usually this is Snotlout's role, but when Fishlegs snaps or otherwise finds motivation, it suddenly becomes obvious that he outweighs any three of the riders in strength.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: In the [=20th=] and [=21st=] centuries, he'd be in the school cafeteria [=DMing=] an RPG campaign for friends.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:With Ruffnut. It's presumed that they have known each other since childhood, and remained friends as they grew into adulthood, which ended up in them entering into a LoveTriangle with Snotlout. However, in the third movie, Ruffnut chooses him because she likes "sensitive guys". Although it basically just consists of him [[CryIntoHerChest crying into her chest]] at a wedding and we don't see anything after that]], so this was ''probably'' just a joke.
* CowardlyLion: Despite being easily timid and scared, Fishlegs can step in when the time counts.
* DeadpanSnarker: Not as pronounced as in the books, but present, including gems such as this from the second movie's extras:
-->"You'd think you wouldn't have to teach an evil genius that wood burns, but that's what we taught [Drago]."
* DemotedToExtra: While he was Hiccup's best friend in the books, he's a classmate in the first film. However, in the series he tends to have a more expanded role as the team's scholar and alongside Astrid is Hiccup's NumberTwo.
* DotingParent: He fusses over Meatlug without shame.
* DumbBlonde: Inverted. Has blonde hair, is a dragon expert, and TheSmartGuy of the group (second to Hiccup).
* ForScience: Deconstructed in "Shock and Awe". Fishlegs' attempts to analyse a captive Sea Shocker are shown to inadvertently distress the creature quite badly, and he feels guilty about it. Subsequently freeing the dragon alerts a group of nearby Scauldrons, since letting the Shocker go required that they destroy a wall Fishlegs had Meatlug build.
* GeniusBruiser: Once he gets some confidence, he and Meatlug can do serious damage with both their strength and extensive knowledge.
* GenreBlind: If someone (especially a teenager who has a suspicious backstory) starts bringing up questions about how well your dragon can do in a serious battle, you'd figure he would have a few red flags raised in his head.
* GentleGiant: A big person with an even bigger heart.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and is a GentleGiant NiceGuy.
* HugeRiderTinyMount: Meatlug is far from tiny, but Fishlegs still is about a third of her size. It should be noted that, out of all of the dragon breeds encountered so far that are large enough to be ridden, the Gronckle is definitely the smallest. Used as a gag in one ''Race to the Edge'' episode. Everyone (except the twins) jumps off a cliff to reach their dragons, who are hovering below. We see Hiccup, then Astrid, then Snotlout land on their respective dragons and fly away, but when Fishlegs lands on Meatlug she immediately plummets towards the ground because of the sudden weight.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He's open about his feelings, sensitive, isn't ashamed about showing Meatlug how much he loves her, and he loves poetry.
* KavorkaMan: Fishlegs has a fat, muscular build with disproportionately huge hands and a funny face. And yet, he managed to gain the romantic affections of Heather in ''Race to the Edge'' and [[spoiler:Ruffnut]] in ''The Hidden World'' because of his [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan positive]] qualities. Plus, going by the likes of Stoick, big and beefy is a popular look for Viking men.
* TheKirk: In "Worst in Show" and "Quake, Rattle and Roll", Fishlegs plays this against Snotlout and Hiccup. Snotlout plays TheMcCoy, trying to get him to abandon his pacifistic, intellectual attitudes in favor of his more aggressive, warrior side. Hiccup on the other hand plays TheSpock, reminding Fishlegs of his better nature and tries to use reason to appeal to him.
* LovableCoward: He's easily scared, but his NiceGuy and CowardlyLion traits help make him lovable.
* LovableNerd: Is even more prone to geek-outs than Hiccup.
* NiceGuy: He is a sensitive and caring individual.
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The Nice to Astrid's Mean and Hiccup's In-Between. While Astrid is the first to draw her axe and go at a problem like a Viking and Hiccup is a MartialPacifist that will get his hands dirty if he has no other choice, Fishlegs would much rather bury his head in a book and pick flowers than involve himself in a conflict. Even when he is forced to use his surprising level of strength, he uses it more as a means of scaring the problem off rather than actually ending any lives.
* PermaStubble: In second film. It's even lampshaded when both Fishlegs and Snotlout mention growing said hair for Ruffnut.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Has the closest relationship with his dragon after Hiccup and Toothless. Fishlegs even affectionately calls her his "princess" when he's reunited with her at the end of the second film after the Berk dragons are free from the Dark Alpha's control.
* RelationshipUpgrade: He and Ruffnut were Viking peers in the first movie with their friendship growing stronger by the end and in the TV series. By the second movie, he was competing with Snotlout for her affections. [[spoiler:By the end of the third movie, Ruffnut chooses him and they are a loving couple by ''Homecoming''.]]
* RPGMechanicsVerse: Spouts these in the first movie: "+3 defense, +7 venom" etc.
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: By the time he first started dragon-training, he had read the Book of Dragons 7 times, establishing him as the book smart member of the group.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Became overjoyed after learning about Hiccup and Astrid's RelationshipUpgrade in "Shellshocked Part 2". And he cries TearsOfJoy at [[spoiler:their wedding in ''The Hidden World''.]]
** He sheds TearsOfJoy upon hearing the engagement between [[spoiler:Mala and Dagur]].
* TheSmartGuy: He memorized the Book of Dragons and considered a biology book a page turner. During the Red Death fight, he advises the other riders on strategy. When Berk's dragon riders are established as an official group, he is considered the expert on dragon stats, being the most book smart of the group in comparison to Hiccup's [[TaughtByExperience practical experience]], Astrid's [[TheBigGuy martial prowess]] and the twin's [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight collective understanding of random facts and trivia]].
* StoutStrength: The most heavyset of his peers and has amazing strength when angered.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Both Heather and [[spoiler:Ruffnut]] are significantly rougher and better fighters than Fishlegs, whose primary contribution is his immense dragon knowledge.
* WarriorPoet: In the series, he composes poems at sunset.
%%* YouthfulFreckles

[[folder:Snotlout Jorgenson]]
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[[caption-width-right:377:Snotlout in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''.]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' | ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JonahHill (Film) [=/=]Zack Pearlman (TV series)

Snotlout Jorgenson, Snotface Snotlout in the books, is a character from ''How to Train Your Dragon'', both the books and films. He is 15 years old in the first film, 20 years old in the sequel, and 21 years old in the threequel.

* AdaptationNameChange: Snotlout was his book counterpart's surname, with his given name being ''Snotface''. In the film adaptation, his surname is changed to Jorgenson.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the books, Snotlout is Hiccup's murderous older cousin who keeps trying to kill him so as to become heir of the tribe. In the movies and TV show, Snotlout is DumbMuscle at worst who makes tasteless jokes about Hiccup's leg and resents him being the hero; he even saves Hiccup on Outcast Island in the show and cries in the film [[spoiler:when it looks like Hiccup has died.]] It is even implied in "Turn and Burn" that the various crazy schemes and the reckless chances he takes are out of a twisted attempt at getting Hiccup's approval as a leader - something hinted at by his incredulous and delighted reaction whenever Hiccup praises his work or ideas.
* AdaptationalWimp: Snotlout in the books was an incredibly competent young warrior, and most of Berk genuinely preferred having him become Berk's leader instead of Hiccup. In comparison, his film counterpart is much more of a gullible yet [[SmallNameBigEgo overconfident]] ButtMonkey that most of the other characters don't respect.
* AffectionateNickname: Referred to as "Boy-o" by his father.
** "Snot-hat" is implied to become one of these, from Dagur and the twins.
* AmazonChaser: In general, Snotlout has a preference for the tough ones.
** He cannot stop hitting on the competent and butt-kicking Astrid during the movie, ''Defenders of Berk'' and the early parts of ''Race to the Edge''.
** Heather looks like a break in this pattern, being more a smart girl than a fighter, when he starts hitting on her seconds after meeting her, but if anything is even more enthusiastic after she TookALevelInBadass.
** By the sequel, he's hitting on the violent and rough Ruffnut.
** ''Race to the Edge'' reveals that this inclination isn't gender-exclusive, as he crushes on Fishlegs' 'Thor Bonecrusher' persona simply because of his tough and brutish demeanour.
** And he took a liking to Queen Mala in ''Race to the Edge'' after seeing her effortlessly beat up two Dragon Hunters.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Flirts with every girl his age, but also has an obvious crush on Fishlegs' "Thor Bonecrusher" persona. Astrid openly comments that that he's fallen for him (which he makes no attempt at denying) and he gives a baffled Fishlegs a bittersweet and passionate kiss on the cheek after he stops being Thor for good.
* {{Angst}}: The prospect he was [[spoiler:going to lose Thawfest]] brought him to near tears and hyperventilating while riding Hookfang.
* BettyAndVeronica: He enters a LoveTriangle with Fishlegs over Ruffnut in the second film; Snotlout is the "Veronica", as he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, a {{Hunk}}, and is the most arrogant of his peers while Fishlegs is the "Betty". By the end of the same film Ruffnut doesn't make a choice over who she's more romantically interested in. [[spoiler:However, by the end of the third movie she chooses Fishlegs]].
* TheBigGuy: Established as the best athlete among the kids, and despite his age is more than a match for many adult Vikings in combat.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: Of Hiccup's peers, Snotlout really enjoyed bullying the former Viking outcast. Even after Hiccup proved himself by killing the Red Death, Snotlout would still try to one-up him. It's implied that the reason he's so competitive with Hiccup is because he actually deeply respects him but is too prideful to admit it. By their adult years, they form a complex, but genuine friendship.
* ButtMonkey: Snotlout is generally the one "bad things" happen to such as his dragon Hookfang disobeying orders or attacking him instead of the real target, his gullibility making him an easy target for the twins.
* CasanovaWannabe: Women find him repulsive. Even Fishlegs is shown to have more game than him. This taken to straight up delusional measures as he constantly believes Astrid or Heather like him even though they've shown their disdain for him multiple times.
* CharacterCatchphrase:
** ''*gets flattened*'' "OOF! ...Bullseye."
** "HOOKFANG!"
** "There will definitely be repercussions for this!"
** His battle cry in the show: "Snotlout! Snotlout! Oy oy oy!" He even makes a musical version of it at one point.
* CharacterDevelopment: He grows into a better and better person as time goes by, going from a straight {{Jerkass}} to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, with the Heart of Gold moments becoming more obvious as time goes by, particularly in ''Race to the Edge''.
* CharacterExaggeration: In the movies he's brash and a bit abrasive but not ''that'' unpleasant. In the series he's an out-and-out {{Jerkass}} and often times stacks the JerkassBall on top of his normal jerkishness in order to drive the plot of the episode ("Thawfest" and "Gem of a Different Color" in particular). However, the above CharacterDevelopment takes him past this.
* ChewToy: In the series, if someone is going to get an AmusingInjury it's going to be him.
* CombatPragmatist: In ''Race to the Edge'', he informs Fishlegs that this is why he's able to keep up with opponents that are bigger and/or stronger than him.
* CommanderContrarian: While the twins are usually too stupid/easily distracted to follow orders, Snotlout is the one who actively challenges and defies Hiccup's authority as both leader of the Dragon Riders and heir to the Chiefdom of Berk. While he [[CharacterizationMarchesOn does get better as the series progresses]], learning that [[TheChainsOfCommanding leading both has its fair share of stress and consequences]] (and indeed, mostly seems to seek Hiccup's approval), his ego remains a recurring problem for the riders.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While he's often a MilesGloriosus and not all that bright, he is a very capable fighter, as shown in "The Defiant One", armed only with a connecting rod.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His thuggish appearance and dark clothing contrast his noble nature and while he does have some jerk moments, he'll help his friends where it counts.
* DeadpanSnarker: He becomes one increasingly throughout ''Race to the Edge'', usually in response to the twins' {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies, Fishleg's latest {{Nerdgasm}}, or any of Hiccup's plans.
* DontYouDarePityMe: Actively tries - and fails - to keep his more vulnerable side out of sight, usually answering it with aggression or stubborn pride hoping to protect his ego.
* DudeNotFunny:
** In-universe example. He makes a few jokes alluding to Toothless being unable to fly in "What Flies Beneath". Astrid and Hiccup were ''not'' amused.
** Neither Astrid or Hiccup were amused by his mocking of "Frozen Finn Hofferson", but Astrid quickly made him [[KickTheSonOfABitch regret that]].
* DumbMuscle: He can fight Outcast Vikings twice his size and win, but he's usually vying with the Twins for stupid decisions - however, a lot of this is more impulsive behaviour than complete stupidity, and when he actually stops to think, he proves that he actually has a functional brain. He can also pull a more than competent IndyPloy in combat, such as his clever usage of Hookfang's relative agility and speed when facing down a Titan Wing Monstrous Nightmare male in a dominance contest in ''Race to the Edge''.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: When Snotlout hears from Stoick his father has been missing, he's instantly worried and ready to go find him.
* {{Foil}}: He's the "classic" to Hiccup's nontraditional Viking. Both seek the approval of their fathers. As Hiccup proves himself to the rest of the village and gains more respect, Snotlout ends up taking his place as village outcast and begins to display the same feelings of inadequacy that Hiccup did at the beginning of the series.
* FreudianExcuse: From the glimpses of his family in the television show, it is easy to see how Snotlout is a product of his upbringing, since his father, Spitelout, is shown to be just as arrogant and disrespectful as his son, and places great pressure on Snotlout to meet his incredibly high standards and preserve the family reputation.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: During the first two seasons the other Dragon Riders tolerate him but make it quite clear that none of them particularly like him, hanging out with him solely because they're in the same age group and part of the Dragon Academy. He seems to have lost this in the third season, with the twins (mostly Tuffnut) becoming this instead. Though the others would mainly want to keep their distance from him.
* GadgeteerGenius: While nowhere near Hiccup's level, Snotlout is capable of putting together simpler contraptions. ''Dawn of the Dragon Races'' reveals that he was the one who built the sheep launcher. [[spoiler:Though, it took almost a hundred tries to get it right, and plenty of collateral damage.]] According to Hiccup, he became Berk's official weapons tester after ''Defenders of Berk''. [[spoiler:We are then shown him being launched out of a catapult he is testing.]]
* GenerationXerox: Parallels can be made between Snotlout and two notable characters:
** Snotlout bares many resemblances to his father Spitelout. Apart from looking like a younger version of Spitelout, Snotlout is loud, cocky, a [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating lousy winner]] and is prone to think with his muscles rather than actually put in forethought (though Spitelout does present more sense in "Turn and Burn"). It is implied that the relationship between Snotlout and Hiccup parallel the relationship between Spitelout and [[spoiler:Stoick]], the latter actively trying to get the former to follow orders as the former defies them in a twisted effort to get their approval.
** Snotlout also has parallels with [[spoiler:Alvin the Treacherous before his banishment]]. With [[spoiler:Hiccup paralleling Stoick]], Snotlout/[[spoiler:Alvin]] both challenge [[spoiler:Hiccup's/Stoick's]] authority every chance they get at the expense of the safety of others, leading to a turbulent history. The only deviations being that [[spoiler:Hiccup has more humility and less of a temper, giving Snotlout credit whenever it's due and keeping their relationship from completely falling apart, while Snotlout grows up and stops challenging Hiccup.]]
* GeniusBruiser: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. His strength is often noted (especially by himself), but his smarts are usually obscured because of his obnoxiousness and the fact he's not on Hiccup's level. However, he does show that he has a sharp mind frequently when in combat. When outnumbered 10 to 1 in Season 5 by Savage's men, he maneuvers around them and uses the terrain to his advantage, knocking out numerous mooks while also building traps to take care of some guards. He also successfully uses Hookfang's relative speed and agility to beat the tar out of a Titan Wing Monstrous Nightmare in ''Race to the Edge''.
* GeniusDitz: He's not particularly bright, but has a knack for coming up with ideas on the spot and is quite sharp tongued.
* GetRichQuickScheme: He's prone to these in the series. In "Gem of a Different Color" he sells lucky rocks (actually Changewing eggs) to various villagers, even getting one woman's ''son'' in payment. In "Tunnel Vision" he responds to Berk's lack of water by trying to sell [[spoiler:the water he and Astrid were sent to get to alleviate the problem]].
* GreenEyedMonster:
** In "Defiant One", he flat-out admits the reason why he [[CommanderContrarian contradicts]] Hiccup's authority is because he feels emasculated by Hiccup's accomplishments.
---> '''Snotlout''': "Hiccup's so smart." "Hiccup's so brave." "He killed the Red Death." "He trained the dragons." "He's got the metal-leg."
---> '''Hiccup''': ''Metal leg?!'' That's bothering y-that's where you're going? Metal-leg?
---> '''Snotlout''': No, it's ''everything the leg is attached to!''
** In ''The Hidden World'', he attempts to make Hiccup jealous by being "the son [Valka] never had" in his attempts at flirting with her. When Valka seems to prefer Eret's company and opinion over his, Snotlout starts antagonizing him immediately. It is also implied that he is jealous of Eret being taller than him.
* HeightAngst: Brought up but averted in "Quake, Rattle and Roll", which establishes that Snotlout actually takes pride in the fact that he can take down opponents who are larger or taller than him because it means he gets to use [[CombatPragmatist combat pragmatism]] instead of just brute force.
* HiddenDepths: Deep down, Snotlout is actually capable of being cordial and there's more to him than meets the eye.
** He's quite a talented, [[HonestJohnsDealership if unscrupulous]], businessman.
** He really does care for Hookfang, flatly stating in ''Race to the Edge'' (when it looks like Hookfang has gone feral) that if he can't ride Hookfang, then he won't ride ''any'' dragon.
** He really looks up to Hiccup and wants his approval. He just doesn't want Hiccup to ''know'' he wants his approval.
** He's occasionally quite smart, especially when he actually stops to think - see GadgeteerGenius and GeniusBruiser for examples.
** He's actually a remarkably good teacher, as displayed in the ''Race to the Edge'' episode 'Quake, Rattle and Roll', when he teaches Fishlegs to be a CombatPragmatist. While Fishlegs eventually wins the fight his own way, it's notable that Snotlout actually taught him well.
** He's an expert at stitching, as shown in the ''Race to the Edge'' episode "Night of the Hunters - Part 2", where he and Hiccup put together dragon armor made from Screaming Death scales. He's even better than Hiccup, who's pretty good with fabrics himself, having stitched his flight suit and Toothless's tail by himself, with the latter being genuinely impressed by his work. Unusually, this is one of the few areas where he's quite humble about his abilities, cheerfully stating that his mother taught him everything he knows.
** Snotlout steps up to leadership during an attack in Season 5 Episode 7 episode "Dawn of Destruction" , manoeuvring the rest of the riders in hit and run tactics. While they still have to retreat, he managed to hold off at least 30 flyers with himself, the twins, and Fishlegs.
** Hiccup stated in "Not Lout", that Snotlout likes to play the game, Maces & Talons.
** When he's away from his peers and just around dragons, he's shown to be far more self-aware than he pretends to be. Perhaps best exemplified in "Crash Course" when the Fireworm Queen hands him one of her eggs:
-->'''Snotlout''': "You want me to- me? I'm Snoutlout. I'm completely irresponsible."
** He has a decent singing voice.
* HopelessSuitor:
** For Astrid. Even Astrid's voice actress agrees. After the film, it switches between playing sweet and flirty teasing. Astrid nearly throws up when he suggests her to be his "queen".
** For Heather, as she politely rebuffs his flirtations and later admits he's not her type.
** {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged with Ruffnut. In the second movie, they were in a LoveTriangle with Fishlegs, and she wasn't happy with either one...until they saved her from falling to her death. And while Ruffnut doesn't have any romantic affection for him, she does mention to Grimmel that she does think he's handsome, but is still debating over whether to be with him or Fishlegs. [[spoiler:In the end, she chooses Fishlegs]].
** For Valka, as she is visibly uninterested in his flirting.
* {{Hunk}}: Has a strong jaw, is very muscular, and easy on the eyes.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Deep down, all Snotlout wants is to be loved and respected by his peers and community, the same as Hiccup.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Becomes more and more obvious as Hiccup continues to rise.
* {{Jerkass}}: Snotlout is a very obnoxious and mean spirited individual. Most forms of communication from him result in delusional and arrogant mentions of himself, insensitive remarks about others especially their shortcomings, and snide/rude insults that are unwanted or not needed.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When he's being nasty, he often has a good point.
** Generally, he tends to poke holes in some of Hiccup's worse ideas, being willing to loudly and bluntly call Hiccup out.
** He might have been being a jerk, but in "What Flies Beneath" he accurately guessed that Toothless was [[RevengeBeforeReason too proud to accept Hiccup's help in fighting the Whispering Death.]]
** While he acted like a bully to Fishlegs in "Iron Gronckle" he makes a small point in that Meatlug and Fishlegs were sort of slowing them down.
** In "Edge Of Disaster, Part 1," in response to Hiccup saying that they don't want to hurt the dragons, he replies that the reverse (dragons hurting ''them'') never seems to enter Hiccup's mind.
** In "The Zippleback Experience," he states that if threatened, they're perfectly capable of taking their dragons (whom he describes as giant, flying, fire-breathing war machines) to fly out and blast their foes into oblivion. While Hiccup dismisses his statement, it's notable that this is precisely how the episode ended.
** When the group tries to take an injured Speed Stinger back to the Edge, he points out just how bad of an idea this is, pointing out that they're very fast and aggressive, not to mention if they bring the dragon back, it might draw the rest of the pack to him. He turns out to be entirely correct, as the wounded dragon manages to paralyze several dragons and riders before the rest of its pack shows up to recover it.
** Snotlout obnoxiously agrees with his father about Stoick's hypocrisy on how it's okay for him to take risks but not anyone else. This earns him a disapproving glance from Hiccup but Snotlout responds with a mild ArmorPiercingQuestion towards Hiccup about Stoick being a ControlFreak. And while Hiccup doesn't disagree with Snotlout's assessment, Hiccup also correctly justifies why his father is like that.
** "Defenders of the Wing Part 1" has Snotlout laugh at Viggo's offer of peace, bluntly saying it's a trap. He's right in the end.
** Snotlout initially tries to convince the other Riders in "Shell Shocked Part 2" to abandon the Edge, earning him a variety of {{Death Glare}}s. However, he ''is'' valid in his reasons that the Edge is ''not'' worth dying over.
** His anger at Hiccup in the beginning of "Living on the Edge" is understandable given that the Edge is now having periods of volcanic activity. Even Astrid begrudgingly agreed with him.
** When Gustav gets nervous about having to deal with traitorous Berserkers in "Something Rotten on Berserker Island", stating that he feels more brave with his dragon, Snotlout gave him the harsh, but necessary truth that he won't always have his dragon to protect him.
%%** Snotlout being angry at Hiccup and Astrid spending time together proves sound since the couple have been neglecting their other duties and were not there when Krogan and his men showed up.
** "Family Matters" has Snotlout give a number of blunt, but correct truths throughout the episode -- Taking two untrainable, destructive dragons back to the Edge can cause a number of problems; taking one (Garf) on a mission when said dragon has not been properly trained in stealth ''is'' a bad idea; criticizing Fishleg's poor planning of bringing the Cavern Crasher onto a island full of eggs, which it ''eats'', and not having a plan to get rid of it.
* JerkJock: According to "Thawfest" this is due to pressure from his family.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** A quick way to sum up Snotlout is to paraphrase Winston Churchill's quote about America: "He'll always do the right thing, though usually after trying everything else first". As in the books, he's very huff-puff about growing up to be a manly Viking, but has a definite soft spot, especially for his dragon Hookfang, a hidden feminine side (priding himself on the actually very good stitching that he learned from his mother) and his responses whenever Hiccup says that he's had a good idea also suggest that he looks up to Hiccup and values his opinion far more than he lets on.
** In ''Race to the Edge'', he gets more unambiguously heroic, while occasionally asking himself why the hell he's doing heroic things in the first place. One such example occurs in "The Next Big Sting", where he rejects Hiccup's plan to counter the Speed Stingers because it involved temporarily abandoning the other (incapacitated) riders.
--->'''Snotlout''': I'm not leaving anyone behind!\\
'''Hiccup''': Since when?\\
'''Snotlout''': Since now! Don't ask me why! [[GoodFeelsGood I suddenly feel like being selfless and heroic.]]
* TheLancer: Starts to share this position with Astrid after his CharacterDevelopment makes him more competent and respected in the group. While Astrid is Hiccup's loyal NumberTwo who takes charge of the group in his absence, Snotlout is his loose-cannon foil who nonetheless maintains a mutual begrudging respect with Hiccup.
* LaserGuidedKarma: If his comments [[DudeNotFunny cross a line with his fellow riders]], he'll almost certainly be punished in some way. Safe to say, if he gets hurt, odds are he deserved it.
* LastStand: Prepares for this twice in "Total Nightmare", first when charging at the female Monstrous Nightmare for injuring Hookfang and later when facing off against the Titan Wing Nightmare. Before setting off, [[IfIDoNotReturn he tells Hiccup to take over and protect the female Nightmare's eggs if he dies during the fight]].
* LeaderWannabe: In ''Defenders of Berk''. When Hiccup is forced to put Toothless back in the cove during "The Terrible Twos," Snotlout tries to use the fact that Hiccup no longer has a dragon to take his place as leader of the Academy. Astrid quickly reminds him that she, as Hiccup's second, will be taking the position. Making it worse is that he tends ignore or argue with Hiccup, which gets them in trouble. By ''Race to the Edge'', he's outgrown it, and is mostly focused on trying to impress Hiccup.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Ontop of looking like a younger xerox of his dad, he inherited his father's obnoxious, rule-breaking, arrogant nature.
* LikesOlderWomen: In the third film he has the hots for Valka and continuously tries to impress her.
* MadeOfIron: Can take a giant rock to the face and shrug it off with a grin. He's also the most physically capable of the young Vikings, having won every Thawfest festival because of his strength and stamina. There's also him apparently having been struck by lightning ''twelve'' times, enough for Tuffnut to have become fluent in "post-lightning Snotlout" ([[TheUnintelligible the gibberish spoken by Snotlout after taking a bolt to the head]]).
* MasterOfNone: Shaping up to be this among his friends. He's not as inventive as Hiccup, but is fairly capable of putting together combat-related gadgetry, armor, and tactics. Astrid is a far more skilled fighter, but he's got a comparatively better track record against multiple opponents in fights. Snotlout is also physically the second-strongest viking, with only Fishlegs outweighing him in muscle by far. Finally, he's a CombatPragmatist who's almost as wily as the twins but even they can sometimes be quicker on the uptake than he is.
* MeaningfulName: ''Snotlout'' is kind of pesky and obnoxious. He gets nicer, but he's still annoying.
* TheMcCoy: To Fishleg's TheKirk, trying to get him to abandon his pacifistic, intellectual in favor of his more aggressive, impulsive, warrior side. He usually does this by antagonizing him like in "Worst in Show", where he uses his obnoxious boasting to get under Fishleg's skin and provoking his competitive side or helping him like in "Quake, Rattle and Roll!" where he tries teaching him how to fight dirty when Fishlegs tries to help the Gronkles in Dark Deep face the Catastrophic Quaken.
* MilesGloriosus: He has won every Thawfest game, but in daily life Astrid and Hiccup are much more reliable. That said, when he actually has to fight, on foot or on dragon-back, he is very good at it.
* MommasBoy: Implied. Throughout ''Race to the Edge'', it's been heavily implied that Snotlout has a much healthier and closer bond to his mother than his father. His letters to her state he misses her hugs, learned stitching from her (and is proud of that), and never says a bad word about her, unlike with Spitelout.
* NeverMyFault: When Snotlout causes a problem, his first instinct is to blame someone else and/or say it's not his fault. In fact there are times he will genuinely believe in his arguments to where he'll claim that Thor himself was responsible for an issue he caused.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: In "Free Scauldy," he spends nearly the whole episode flirting with Astrid when they're alone on a mission, much to her annoyance. When Astrid pretends that he's won her over and starts playfully flirting with him, Snotlout is visibly freaked out.
* OneManArmy: Can fight off several fully grown men on his own with only his fists, and is shown to be the best fighter of the group by a wide margin.
* PermaStubble: In second part, he and the other young male characters are sporting face fuzz. It's even lampshaded when both Fishlegs and Snotlout mention growing said hair for Ruffnut.
* PrinceCharmingWannabe: In the first film and all through-out the animated series, Snotlout tries and fails at every turn to get Astrid to like him, only to be rebuked every time. No matter how obvious her contempt for him is, he refuses to give up.
* RealMenWearPink: His mother taught him how to stitch and it's a skill that he's happy to have. He's genuinely pleased when Hiccup compliments his sewing abilities in "Night of the Hunters - Part 2", and later spends some time agonizing over whether he should have used a lock-stitch or a cross-stitch on Toothless's armor.
* TheResenter: "The Defiant One" reveals that a lot of his issues with Hiccup stem from jealously over Hiccup's accomplishments, especially in light of the fact that Hiccup is far from a conventional Viking. Given what we've seen of his [[AbusiveParents father]], and the way Snotlout was listing Hiccup's accomplishments as if they were things he'd heard over and over again, it could well be that we're hearing his father's sniping at his son for not seizing more recognition for himself.
* TheRival: To Hiccup in the Thawfest games. Hiccup generally puts up with Snotlout with minor annoyance, but his drive to beat him in the tournament grows into a borderline obsession. The feeling is mutual on Snotlout's part.
* RunningGag: Hookfang lighting his pants on fire, forcing him to leap into the nearest water source.
* SarcasmMode: Utilizes this a lot in his commentary when the group is about to head into dangerous dragon missions in ''Race to the Edge''.
* ScaryImpracticalArmor: While all of the dragon-riders have their own custom-made armor by the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', Snotlout's is the only one that is made more useless by it despite it being designed off of Hookfang (arguably the most aesthetically intimidating of the rider's dragons). His BadassCape is repeatedly [[CapeSnag snagged]] whenever he tries to make a ThreePointLanding and his helmet done in Hookfang's likeness has a bad habit of being knocked at an angle, leaving him blind during fights.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Fishleg's Sensitive Guy.
* ShadowArchetype: To Hiccup. Snotlout represents what Hiccup could've become had he decided to be exactly what his father wanted him to be (see {{Foil}}).
* ShipperOnDeck: Throughout the course of ''Race to the Edge'', he stops hitting on Astrid and decides that Hiccup "can have her". He calls Hiccup and Astrid "Hiccstrid" at one point and was genuinely overjoyed after learning about Hiccup and Astrid's RelationshipUpgrade in "Shellshocked Part 2".
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Was killed in the 11th entry of the book series, but survives the entirety of the film franchise.]]
* StrongButUnskilled: He's even more physically gifted than [[ActionGirl Astrid]], and is capable of taking on multiple opponents much bigger than him with ease. Despite this, however, he has no tactical training or experience to put any of his skills to use outside of close combat and thus is generally useless to the group. This is reflected in his dragon riding as well, as Hookfang is second to Toothless in terms of abilities but Snotlout's lack of skill at riding him makes the duo much less useful than they could be. Mostly gone after the time skip in ''Race to the Edge'', where he's shown to be a strong tactical fighter and has become much more skilled at riding Hookfang, with only his ego getting in the way of his potential.
* TookALevelInBadass: While this applies to all of the dragon riders after the time skip, he goes from the most incompetent to comparable to Astrid. By season three of ''Race to the Edge'', he seems to have completely gotten over his incompetence at riding a dragon and is now much more trusted and respected by Hiccup.
* TookALevelInKindness: Snotlout becomes less and less of the {{Jerkass}} he was in the first movie.
* UnknownRival: His rivalry with Hiccup is mostly one-sided on his part.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: He and Hiccup are cousins in the books. Here, it's never mentioned that the two are related.
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** There are moments when you wonder if he and Hookfang aren't trying to kill each other, but Snotlout was visibly upset when it looked like Hookfang would have to be put down, and Hook does seem to genuinely care when Snotlout is in real trouble.
** In the series episode "Cast Out" Hiccup acknowledges that he has this relationship with Snotlout as well. It gets more prominent in ''Race to the Edge'', where they can go from genuinely friendly conversation to insulting each other in less than a minute.
* WellDoneSonGuy:
** Snotlout has it even worse than Hiccup does. Spitelout places great pressure on Snotlout to meet his incredibly high standards and preserve the family reputation. Earning his father's love and approval clearly causes Snotlout a great deal of insecurity and anxiety, and in this way he is similar to Hiccup, though it is unacknowledged, since Snotlout either keeps it to himself or is in denial about his father's clearly unfair treatment of him.
*** He seems to have accepted that it's there by "Snotlout gets the Axe" in ''Race to the Edge'', with a mini CallingTheOldManOut moment to the tune of 'if this doesn't make you proud of me, nothing will'. Spitelout being Spitelout, it mostly goes straight over his head - though he does mention that he was proud of Snotlout and knew that he could rely on him.
** He has also grown to seek Hiccup's approval, expressing his trust in him as a leader by being ultra competitive with him.
* WouldntHitAGirl: Played with. Before punching Tuffnut, he checks to make sure he's the male twin. In the second movie [[WouldHitAGirl however]], he is willing to ''smash Astrid in the face'' with his hammer just so that he can get the [[GoldenSnitch Black Sheep]] off of her in Dragon Racing.
* YourSizeMayVary: Consistently the shortest viking, but whether he's as tall as Astrid or ''half her size'' tends to be completely random.
%%* YouthfulFreckles

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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' | ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Tuffnut Voiced by''': Creator/TJMiller (First and Second Film and TV series) [=/=] Justin Rupple (''The Hidden World'')
->'''Ruffnut Voiced by''': Creator/KristenWiig (Film)[=/=]Julie Marcus [=/=]Andree Vermeulen (TV series)

Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston are teenage members of the Hairy Hooligan tribe. They are fraternal twins in the movie franchise and they are constantly arguing with each other, often to the point of physical violence, though never seriously enough to separate them for too long. In the first film they're 15 years old, 20 in ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'', and 21 in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''. Their dragon is a Hideous Zippleback named Barf and Belch, which they share.

[[AC:Tropes that apply to both]]
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: They get distracted very easily by even the simplest thing. Even the old standby of using something metallic to create a bead of dancing light to amuse Terrible Terrors (like cats) can get them fascinated.
* AxCrazy: While not villainous the twins are very destructive and violent to a fault. They often love watching things blow up and make many disturbing remarks about very gruesome activities. Even upon themselves.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: They can even turn their LargeHam nature or pranking into weapons when the time arrives.
* TheBigGuy: If you want something blown up ask either of them. They'll be more than happy to do it!
* BookDumb: Early on, as expressed in this little gem:
-->'''Tuffnut''': Wait, you mean ''read?''\\
'''Ruffnut''': While we're still ''alive?''
** Later seasons of ''Race to the Edge'', however, establish the twins - ''especially'' Tuffnut - as being exceptionally, if eclectically, knowledgeable, mostly in obscure studies and sciences that the other characters, [[GeniusBonus but maybe not the audience]], have never heard of. [[invoked]]
* BrilliantButLazy: Implied. "King of Dragons, Part 2" hints that the twins possibly act silly and crazy on purpose so they won't have the "negative minds" of their peers. Case in point, when they start acting serious, they are able to accurately predict what the dragon hunters' strategy would be.
* BullyTurnedBuddy: Not as pronounced as Snotlout, but the twins did heckle Hiccup during his time as the village pariah. They quickly befriend him once he shows his merit.
* ButtMonkey: Generally, if bad things happen to someone, it will either be one of them or Snotlout.
* TheCaligula: For the duration of "Reign of the Fireworms" after [[spoiler:discovering that Dragon's Edge technically belongs to them via an old family claim. They proceed to lord it over the other riders with insane and nonsensical laws and treat the others like minions and doing nothing about the imminent fireworm migration.]]
* ChaoticStupid: They are {{Cloudcuckoolander}}s with a penchant for random violence and sado-masochism. Despite at times being a GeniusDitz, many of their actions lack any real forethought and usually ends up creating a bigger mess.
--> '''Dragon Hunter''': Okay, I'll talk. Two convoys left earlier this morning headed for- [''Tuffnut knocks him out with his mace.'']\\
'''Tuffnut''': I thought that guy would never shut up. Am I right?\\
'''Fishlegs''': Tuff, he was just about to tell us everything!
* CheatersNeverProsper: In ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'', [[spoiler:their 'secret plan' to win is to take a normal sheep and paint it black. This lets them 'win' up until Fishlegs shows up with the real black sheep, costing them the first race.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: They're pretty ''out there''. In the TV series, Tuffnut does things like talk to chickens and expect them to back him up on the tales he tells the rest of the Dragon Riders. How much of this is ObfuscatingInsanity is left ambiguous.
* CombatSadomasochist: They enjoy everyone's pain as much as their own. Even to where they bang their heads full throttle onto each other with helmets frequently.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They may be a pair of clowns, but they're both dangerous.
* DemolitionsExpert: Being pyromaniacs with a dragon that specializes in controlled explosions, they are usually the go-too members when explosions are warranted. Though really it's born more out of passion than any real planning.
* TheDitz: They are easily the dumbest of the main characters, and are all too likely to run around in circles with InsaneTrollLogic.
* DumbassHasAPoint: The twins usually make an insightful point despite both being ditzy.
** Examples from both:
*** When Snotlout [[spoiler:almost got Astrid killed and was disobeying Hiccup's suspension punishment]], he and Ruffnut pointed out that either he should be expelled or Hiccup will risk losing the respect of the other dragon riders. Even though they were mostly just trying to take his dragon pen for themselves, Astrid overheard that and was amazed that they had a point.
*** Both give some good reasons as to why bringing Heather into their team would not be easy: Either she would still refuse (Ruffnut) or the fact that she hasn't done what they've been doing for years now (Tuffnut).
*** Both make some good points in "Defenders of the Wing Part 1" -- Tuffnut points out that Viggo's ability to out-think his opponents is a strength, contrary to Hiccup's earlier statement. Ruffnut immediately hits him for the comment, but he accurately retorts she was thinking the same thing. And while she agrees with her brother's statement about Viggo, Ruffnut also points out that Tuffnut's insensitive comment will only worsen Hiccup's "obvious lack of self-confidence". Their arguments ends with Tuffnut making another valid point that Hiccup will have to be the one to find confidence in himself, but then (again, accurately) concludes that Hiccup is lacking even that.
** Examples from Tuffnut:
*** Chastise Fishlegs in "A Grim Retreat" for calling out to Meatlug because there is something obviously wrong with said dragon and she's now trying to ''kill'' them.
*** In the third movie, Tuffnut correctly states that the Earth is round during one of his ramblings.
** Examples from Ruffnut:
*** Ruffnut gives a '''''huge''''' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Astrid in "Edge of Disaster Part 1" about her mean-spirited and catty comments towards her and Tuffnut, as well as pointing out that she hardly respects anyone that isn't Hiccup. However this usually ends up being justified on Astrid's end due to how frequently the twins and Snotlout rarely do anything useful without guided directions or even cause some of the issues they all face. It's usually Hiccup and Fishlegs who are more reliable than the other three and make an effort to actually perform well.
* DumbBlonde: It would be charitable to say there's one whole brain between the twins (quoth Snotlout, "Two bodies, half a brain."). This is {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged in the TV series, especially ''Race to the Edge'', as they shown a number of HiddenDepths that show they're smarter than they first appear, but often act as the official ditzes of the group.
* EverybodyHasStandards:
** Along with the rest in "Cast Out Part 1", they are just as angry with Snotlout when he pulled another selfish stunt that almost got Astrid killed.
** The twins react with mild disgust when Snotlout nearly burns Hiccup's hut with Hiccup and Toothless still in the hut in "Turn and Burn".
** In ''Race to the Edge'', Ruffnut (along with Hiccup) gave Tuffnut a DeathGlare when he started gushing over how cool a dragon boneyard was.
** Ruffnut gives Tuffnut a good hit to the head in "Defenders of the Wing Part 1" when he makes an insensitive ([[DumbassHasAPoint but good pointed]]) comment on how Viggo's ability to out-think his opponents is a strength, not a weakness. She then argued that while she agreed with him, his comment doesn't help with Hiccup's "obvious lack of self-confidence".
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: In the TV series, it's shown that they are horrible at counting. Somewhat justified in that they are effectively the official idiots of the team.
* FearlessFool: One of Hiccup's monologues notes that the twins "don't know when to be afraid."
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. Both of the twins have shown to be equally reckless, clueless, and borderline crazy, even when they're not physically together. However, Tuffnut has shown be slightly more foolish while Ruffnut is a little more responsible.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Concerning missions, at least. The first two seasons featured a recurring gag where Hiccup would [[LetsSplitUpGang split the riders up into separate teams]] and whoever was assigned to the twins would immediately protest and ask for a teammate swap.
* GeniusDitz: While they may be dumb or crazy in most circumstances, the twins both [[IdiotSavant seem to be experts]] [[RenaissanceMan in a lot of more unconventional fields]], being more so with Tuffnut. Talents include [[SuddenlyBilingual speaking Spanish and Italian]], interpreting abstract puzzles, working with fabrics, stone sculpting with Barf and Belch's gas, some dragon theories ([[spoiler:[[TheCuckoolanderWasRight like the Cavern Crasher's ability to collapse its skeleton]]]]), [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understanding Chicken]] (mostly Tuffnut), training Torch, inadvertently discovering penicillin, etc. Whether or not that most of these skills are all by accident, if they fake their idiocy or if [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} their minds simply works on a level that the others can't comprehend]] is all up in the air.
* GreenAndMean: Downplayed. Their main color scheme is green and while they are ultimately part of the heroes, they are also destructive troublemakers.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: The most prominent difference is the fact that Ruffnut has braids and Tuffnut is slightly taller. Even Snotlout has trouble telling them apart at close range.
* HiddenDepths:
** Both:
*** They seem to have a love of exploring, so they tend to know quite a bit about Berk Island, including all the tunnels the Whispering Death hatchlings made. At least Ruffnut also seems to have a good memory for paths.
*** Apparently when they were younger Tuffnut used to be scared of the dark, and Ruffnut used to be scared of him. To calm them both, their mother would sing them a Viking lullaby.
*** Ruffnut and Tuffnut manage to perfectly explain how adult-onset allergies work, to everyone's surprise.
*** He and Ruffnut are able to direct Barf and Belch to make very impressive Mount Rushmore-esque mountain sculptures.
*** When everyone was trying to piece together strips of paper, it's only Tuffnut and Ruffnut who correctly guess that they are parts of a map.
*** While Hiccup and Fishlegs are the most knowledgeable in the show about dragons, Ruffnut and Tuffnut demonstrate the most knowledge animal biology, being able to give full length definitions of symbiosis and parasitic relationships in nature, and deductions about new types of dragons. Given that they try to wrestle every animal they see, it's not surprising that they have a lot of hands of knowledge about animals both wild and domesticated.
*** They seem to have a pretty solid grasp of human psychology, being able to describe the five stages of grief and the effects of sleep deprivation of the mind.
*** They are able to accurately explain to Hiccup how a dragon's acid would work underwater because of different viscosity. Leaving Hiccup shocked and Fishlegs impressed.
---> '''Fishlegs''': They're actually right.
** Tuffnut:
*** Tuffnut once rants about what it's like to be a twin, not having anything that's just ''his'' as opposed to ''theirs''.
*** When stuck in a trap and left alone with Barf and Belch, Tuffnut becomes surprisingly philosophical with them.
*** In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', when they are searching for eponymous location that is supposed to be at the edge of the world, he says the world is round based on the observation that both Sun and Moon are round, as well as stars, even if in that case it cannot be really seen because they are far.
** Ruffnut:
*** Ruffnut was able to instantly realize that Meatlug laid eggs and was a girl, before Fishlegs was able to comprehend either.
*** While trying to save a beached Scauldron, Ruffnut bonds with it and keeps him calm as they help him. She names him "Scauldy" and even [[ImportantHaircut cuts off her braids]] to use as rope when they run out of rope for Scauldy's wing splint.
*** Ruffnut is capable of perfectly defining the meaning of a rhetorical question.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chaotic pranksters they may be, but they ultimately loves each other, their friends, and Berk.
* LargeHam: Tuffnut mostly, but both will get in on the action if they feel like it.
* LaserGuidedKarma: During "Shock and Awe", they repeatedly pull pranks on the other Riders as part of 'Loki Day', at one point nearly sabotaging the group efforts to free a captive Sea Shocker. At the very end of the episode, everyone decides to get payback and it is ''glorious''.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To each other.
** Ruffnut mentions to Snotlout that she would do anything for her brother as he's the most important person in the world to her.
** When Ruffnut was captured by Viggo and his dragon hunters Tuffnut became serious in wanting to save her.
* MeaningfulName: Their names are a play on "rough and tough".
* NightmareFetishist: The twins like making light of their interests of destruction or violence. Their first introduction with the Whispering Death was to fawn at how deadly it was.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In general if he begins treating a situation seriously, genuinely emoting, etc. you can bet they believe the other twin's life is in genuine danger or something not just dangerous but emotionally traumatic is going on (the latter exemplified when Ruff outright starts to break down in front of Hiccup when her dragon goes crazy and she is separated from everyone else). Another good example being both Ruff and Tuff dropping most of their comedic traits in "Bad Moon Rising", when Tuff believes he will become a Lycanwing and starts going insane.
* PassThePopcorn: Their first instinct whenever a new danger arrives is to head into the air to watch the show.
* RedOniBlueOni: While both of them are equally maniacal to each other, it is often stated that Ruff is the smarter of the two and she is way more capable of holding herself together than Tuff who is reckless, delusional, and practically insane to a fault.
* ShipperOnDeck: They both became overjoyed after learning about Hiccup and Astrid's RelationshipUpgrade in "Shellshocked Part 2". In the third movie, Tuffnut spends most of time giving Hiccup unwarranted, insensitive "advice" on how the latter should properly propose to Astrid and Ruffnut comments on how the couple are "practically married".
* SiblingRivalry: They are a classic case of the "bickering twins" stereotype.
* SiblingTeam: They ride the same dragon, so naturally they always work as a team in a fight.
* SingleMindedTwins: Started out as this, sharing a fondness of trouble, destruction and violence, but after some character development Ruff seems to be the more competent twin and Tuff the more comedic twin.
* SophisticatedAsHell: As shown in "Total Nightmare" where they use more archaic, formal and fancy words than they usually do.
* ThemeTwinNaming: They're both nuts.
* ThinChinOfSin: Downplayed. The twins have notably pointy chins, especially Ruffnut, and are the resident {{token evil teammate}}s of their friends (which is also downplayed). However, they are firmly on the heroes' side and, at worst, are annoying pranksters.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed, but they are definitely the "bad guys" compared to the rest of the group. Both of them mention that their motivation for doing most things is [[StuffBlowingUp seeing things get destroyed (typically through their dragon)]], [[ThePrankster conducting pranks all around Berk]], or just simply getting themselves injured for no reason other than fun. When they find out the metal dragon perches they've been building are to help stop buildings collapsing from under the weight of dragons, they feel betrayed that they were coerced into helping things ''not'' break. According to Hiccup's narration in "Eye of the Beholder: Part One", as of ''Race to the Edge'' they have dedicated themselves to Loki and their pranks have gotten bigger and more frequent.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Whenever someone jokes about a plan involving him getting seriously injured or sacrificed, the usual response is that either one will happily oblige.
* TookALevelInDumbass: They weren't the brightest in the movie or the specials, but they weren't particularly stupid either. Mainly, Tuffnut was just egotistical, and no more so than Snotlout. Come the TV show, they've been downgraded into ditzes, completely missing things such as what Hiccup and Astrid are trying to convey when they say [[Film/FightClub there is no Dragon Flight Club]] while trying to recruit them into it. After a few seasons, ''Race To The Edge'' started to play them with a more "crazy, not stupid" slant in keeping with their film characterization.
* TricksterTwins: They live and breathe this trope constantly pulling pranks on Berk and to their friends especially on "Loki Day".
* TwinBanter: Engages in this very often with each other.
* TwinTelepathy: They call it 'twintuition'.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Tuffnut and Ruffnut look ''exactly'' like their cousins, Gruffnut and Agnut, respectively.
* UnexpectedInheritance: As it turns out, [[spoiler:one of their uncles had been at Dragon's Edge and laid a claim stone, meaning the island technically belonged to them. Fortunately, they relinquish the claim by the end of the episode.]]
* UseYourHead: They cracked nuts on each other's heads while watching lightning rain down on Berk.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Never seen apart from the other and they're usually hitting each other. The behavior extends to their dragon.
* WildCard: They more or less do whatever they want, whenever they want. No one in the group has any sort of control over them.
%%* YouthfulFreckles

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Unlike his book counterpart, Tuffnut isn't a psychopathic jerk. He's still a jerk (especially in the first movie), but he has his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold heart of gold]] moments.
* AlliterativeName: '''T'''uffnut '''T'''horston.
* AscendedExtra: He was just another of Hiccup's classmates in the books, gets a larger role (and a sister) in the films.
* BerserkButton: In ''The Hidden World,'' damaging his "full, manly beard" will make him go postal.
* TheBerserker: When an enemy cuts it during the climax of the film, Tuffnut goes ''screaming berserk'' on the guy, chasing him across the ship deck waving a huge two-handed sword.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** He will risk getting in fights with the most dangerous dragons to save Ruffnut.
** Oddly averted in ''The Hidden World'' when [[spoiler:the gang accidentally leave Ruffnut behind after a failed attempt to capture Grimmel]]. Despite the ostensible danger she should be in, he just says that [[PityTheKidnapper he feels more sorry for whoever tries to imprison her]]. In his defense, [[GenreSavvy he was 100% correct]].
* BlatantLies: In the third film he takes any opportunity to talk about his "full, manly beard". He has less facial hair than Hiccup and has just tied his braids together under his chin to fake it.
* BraidsOfBarbarism: Tuffnut by the second movie and third season for the show had traded his long loose hair for dreadlocks.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Tuffnut has "[[MinorInjuryOverreaction Oh, I'm hurt! I am very much hurt!]]"
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Throughout ''Race to the Edge'', Tuffnut has often made unflattering comments about Hiccup's skinniness despite the fact Tuffnut is just as skinny as him.
** In the third film, he puts down Hiccup by referring to him as "skinny[[note]]Hiccup and and Tuffnut have the exact same body shape and Hiccup is arguably more fit[[/note]], with bad teeth[[note]]Hiccup's tooth gap is long gone, while Tuff still has his[[/note]] and messy hair"[[note]]Hiccup has absolutely ''gorgeous'' hair at this point, while Tuff spends this film with his hair tied around his chin in an attempt to pretend he has a beard - and Dad Hiccup sprouts a large, but trimmed, beard.[[/note]].
* ICallItVera: Tuffnut refers to his mace as "Macey".
* MommasBoy: Implied. Comments about his and Ruffnut's mother in ''Race to the Edge'' hints that Tuffnut has a close bond with his mother, given how protective he is of her.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Downplayed. Tuffnut doesn't hide his annoyance at males (Throk, Fishlegs, Snotlout) taking an interest in Ruffnut, but doesn't use violence to stop them. Usually because his sister can do so herself.
* PapaWolf: Tuffnut goes ballistic and outright ''attacks'' Snotlout when the latter jokes about eating Chicken.
* PrecisionFStrike: In ''Race to the Edge'', Tuffnut gets this line:
-->''Welcome to Rumblehorn hell.''
* WouldHitAGirl: Tuffnut has no qualms about beating up his sister. Though, to be fair, Ruffnut usually asks him to, seems to enjoy getting beaten up, and certainly hits him back.

[[AC:Tropes that apply to Ruffnut]]
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Eret feels this way towards Ruffnut, wiping his face in disgust when she first kisses him. She also gains two in the form of Fishlegs and Snotlout.
* ActionGirl: Ruffnut's a brash girl who loves [[StuffBlowingUp to blow stuff up.]]
* AffirmativeActionGirl: Why Ruffnut exists; without her the main cast would have only one girl.
* AlwaysSecondBest: As it turns out, Ruffnut feels this way about Astrid.
--> '''Ruffnut''': Everyone's always talking about Astrid. How pretty she is. How smart she is. How muscular and shapely her upper arms are.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Ruffnut flirts aggressively with Eret from the first time she sees him. She's more subtle about hitting on Heather in ''Race to the Edge'', but still opts to initiate contact, leaning one hand on the wall behind Heather and using a seductive tone of voice.
* BigSisterInstinct: She will risk getting in fights with the most dangerous dragons to save Tuffnut.
* CanonForeigner: In the books Tuffnut didn't have a twin sister.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:With Fishlegs. It's presumed that they have known each other since childhood, remained friends as they grew into adulthood which includes them entering into a LoveTriangle with Snotlout. However, in the third movie, Ruffnut chooses him because she likes "sensitive guys". Although it basically just consists of him [[CryIntoHerChest crying into her chest]] at a wedding and we don't see anything after that]], so this was ''probably'' just a joke.
* DudeMagnet: In the TV series, she wins the affections of Throk and then enters into a LoveTriangle with Snotlout and Fishlegs in the second film.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: She isn't exactly subtle about her admiring Eret's physique in ''2''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. Not by leaps and bounds, but Ruffnut is noticeably quicker on the uptake than her brother and sometimes has to restrain him from doing something particularly stupid even by their standards.
* HopelessSuitor: Downplayed. Near the climax of the first movie, she has a crush on Hiccup, who obviously isn't interested given his feelings for Astrid, but she gets over it and it most likely was meant as a gag. In later installments, she's a ShipperOnDeck for Hiccup and Astrid.
* LanternJawOfJustice: A rare female example: she has quite a pronounced chin for a girl.
* MotorMouth: She keeps rambling on and on while [[spoiler:imprisoned by Grimmel, until he gets fed up and lets her go.]] Although this particular instance is an example of an InvokedTrope, Tuffnut's PityTheKidnapper comment implies this is an usual trait of hers.
* PityTheKidnapper: When she's held captive by [[spoiler:Grimmel]] in ''The Hidden World'' she natters on constantly until he's infuriated into just letting her go to get rid of her. [[InvokedTrope It turns out she was doing this deliberately.]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately it ''also'' turns out [[SubvertedTrope Grimmel heard her mentioning the tribe's new island base and followed her back to the others]].]]
* PrecisionFStrike: In "Bad Moon Rising", Ruffnut mutters "oh, god".
* ProgressivelyPrettier: While Ruffnut would never be considered a real beauty like Astrid, in the first film (and TV series) she's [[HalfIdenticalTwins almost indistinguishable from her brother]], almost to the point of being a borderline {{Gonk}}. By the sequel she's far more feminine, and in the third film she's regularly acting outright ''sultry'' (with varying degrees of success) and is considered downright gorgeous by many fans, with several preferring her looks over Astrid.
* RelationshipUpgrade: She and Fishlegs were Viking peers in the first movie with their friendship growing stronger by the end and in the TV series. By the second movie, she was in a LoveTriangle between him and Snotlout for her affections. [[spoiler:By the end of the third movie, Ruffnut chooses Fishlegs and they are a loving couple by ''Homecoming''.]]
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She's torn for a while between Fishlegs and Snotlout, but [[spoiler:eventually settles on Fishlegs because "I like sensitive guys"]].
* {{Slapstick}}: Ruffnut is just as prone to comedic abuse and injuries as her brother. Not only does she not mind, but she enjoys the abuse as much as her brother.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: With [[spoiler:Fishlegs]]. Ruffnut is rougher and more violent-proned while he's a LovableNerd with immense facts on dragons.
* {{Tomboy}}: Ruffnut in a way similar to Astrid.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Whenever someone jokes about a plan involving her getting seriously injured or sacrificed, the usual response is that they're happily to oblige.
* WomenPreferStrongMen: All of the men who have been attracted to her and/or vice-versa have one thing in common: They are all noticeably beefy. These include Throk, Eret, Snotlout, and Fishlegs.

!Others
[[folder:Stoick the Vast]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Stoick in ''How to Train Your Dragon 2''.]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/GerardButler (film)[=/=]Creator/NolanNorth (TV series)
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/GerardButler (live-action remake)

Stoick the Vast is Hiccup's father and was the short-tempered chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe. He hoped his son will mature and become strong enough to be chief himself one day, but feared that he was not suited to the Viking life. Stoick had a large horned helmet (supposedly one-half of his wife's breastplate in the film) and is a friend to Gobber the Belch. Stoick the Vast is also the creator of The Viking Song. In the film, he is voiced by Gerard Butler. He was also the deuteragonist (behind Toothless), of the first movie and the tritagonist of the second movie.

* AbusiveParents: {{Downplayed|Trope}} and later {{Subverted|Trope}}. While he's nowhere near Spitelout's level and has shown to be a genuinely good father who genuinely loves his son, Stoick was like this in the first movie -- openly being ashamed of Hiccup's scrawniness, belittled his son's GadgeteerGenius nature, and at one point, "advising" Hiccup to be like everyone else and not ''"this"'' while gesturing to his son's body. Unusually, a large part of this is demonstrated to be because he simply doesn't ''get'' Hiccup, and is raising him the only way he knows how - the way he was raised, which, since he was the polar opposite of Hiccup as a boy, really does ''not'' work. Stoick is also trying to mold Hiccup into the leader he thinks Berk needs and someone he thinks will be able to survive the (currently) dangerous environment of Berk, not realizing that Berk's circumstances and needs could (and would) change. He apologizes at the end of the film, saying that he is proud to call Hiccup his son.
* ActionDad: He never shies away from a fight against dragons. In the opening scenes of the movie, he takes on a Monstrous Nightmare alone. With his bare hands. And sends it running away.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Stoick's personality is different between the books and the movies. While in the books he is an unintelligent raider, in the movies and series he is shown as a wise and capable leader whose main priority is protecting his people (in the movies) and keeping the peace on Berk (the series).
* AdultsAreUseless: In ''Defenders of Berk'', he almost never believes his son, although he should have lots of reasons to do so! Averted as the series goes on and Hiccup continues to prove himself, to the extent that Stoick at one point entrusts Berk's entire gold reserve to him.
* AgeGapRomance: There is a ten year difference between him and Valka.
* AmazonChaser: A tie-in comic reveals that Stoick first noticed Valka when they were fighting off the Berserker Tribe, complimenting her on her uppercut.
* TheAtoner: Shows signs of this in the series over his previous attitude towards dragons, especially after getting Thornado. Note, he says the below line while [[spoiler:tending to Thornado after the dragon has been poisoned by Mildew.]]
--> "I spent my whole life trying to kill them, now look at me."
* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: The Chief of Berk knows no equal in battle ''or'' tactics.
* BadassBoast: "Takes more than a little fire to kill me!" When taking on Drago Bludvist, who had thought he'd burned Stoick to death years past.
* BadassCape: He wears a large fur cloak.
* BadassInDistress: At the end of "Out Cast Part 1" by Dagur.
* BattleCouple: With Valka. They fight together against Drago's army in the movie, and the comics reveal that Stoick first took notice of her while they were fighting off the Berserker Tribe.
* BeardOfBarbarism: It is braided.
* BenevolentBoss: He cares for the rest of his tribe to the point [[spoiler:when facing the Red Death he was prepared to divert its attention on his own so the men he brought with him could make an escape.]]
* BerserkButton:
** He reacts ''badly'' to people who mock those he does respect. Dagur almost finds this out violently three times in the span of a day.
** On a less extreme angle, he gets somewhat irritated when somebody makes a remark about his weight. Or interprets a statement as one about his weight.
** On a more serious note, Alvin is this. All we know is that the events surrounding Alvin's banishment is not something he wants brought up and gets angry quickly, which Hiccup found out when he tried questioning him about it.
** He does ''not'' like anyone messing with his axe.
* BigOlEyebrows: Something else that Hiccup inherited.
* BirdsOfAFeather:
** He and his first dragon, Thornado, are quite stubborn. This is something Hiccup is quick to comment on.
** During the first season of ''Race to the Edge'', he bonds with a Rumblehorn dragon, Skullcrusher, pointing out that Skullcrusher was not attacking Dragon's Edge but warning it of an oncoming tsunami. Stoick sees himself and Skullcrusher as fighters and protectors.
* BraveScot: Invoked by casting Scotsman Creator/GerardButler, who uses his native accent.
* BrokenAce: Stoick is a well-respected warrior and the picture of a standard Viking. He also lost his one true love to a dragon raid, has a temper, and his relationship with Hiccup is very complicated and difficult.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Stoick is a big, intimidating Viking Chief with borderline super strength. He also cares deeply for his people, is protective of Hiccup, and still madly in love with his wife.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: He discusses this with Hiccup in "Cast Out Part 1" in regards to how he cannot exactly be someone's leader and friend.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He dies in the second movie.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Stoick's personality has developed significantly since the first movie.
** Despite accepting dragons into Berk by the end of the first film, the TV series shows Stoick was still uncomfortable with the species, and in "In Dragons We Trust" he actually banishes them from the island. At first, he was still willing to order a dragon to be killed just because it was on a rampage. After he trains Thornado, all that changes -- He quickly rushes to Toothless's aid even when the whole village disagrees with him, he's extremely attached to his own dragon, he stands up for the dragons in a new found strength, he has grown to the point of trusting them as much as he trusts his people, and he was willing to risk war with Dagur the Deranged for the sake of the dragons on Berk, preparing to attack Dagur to stop him killing Barf and Belch.
** In the first movie, Stoick wasn't shy about hiding how disappointed he was in Hiccup for not fitting the Viking standard and for never listening to him. However, it's also demonstrated that that was a mixture of simply not knowing how to relate to him (the only way he can think of raising him is the way he was raised, which, since he was Hiccup's complete opposite as boy, really didn't work), and AngerBornOfWorry at Hiccup's proclivity for getting himself into trouble, especially during dragon raids (the sort of behaviour which, at this point, Stoick believed had got Valka killed). By the end, Stoick states how proud he is of Hiccup for his heroic actions that saved Berk. ''Riders of Berk'' shows that he can still be fairly callous to his son, often ignoring the latter or not taking him seriously. As the series progressed, Stoick's trust in his son grows and is more willing to listen to Hiccup's advice. And by the second film, Stoick is practically ''shouting'' about how much pride he has in Hiccup.
* TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: In ''Riders of Berk'', Stoick rises before dawn to sort out other people's problems (from marital disputes to yak-tipping) until sunset, which implies that he had less time to spare for his own son. The second film has a more explicit scene involving this.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: In "We Are Family Part 1", it's revealed that he enjoys woodcarving as a hobby. He was carving a duck when Astrid came to the house early in the morning.
* ControlFreak: Stoick always wants people to follow his orders but [[{{Hypocrite}} doesn't follow them himself]]. This flaw is brought up in "Turn and Burn" when Snotlout calls him by the trope and while Hiccup doesn't deny it, he also defends the [[JustifiedTrope reason]] his father is one is because he's the Chief and he has to deal with out of control people like Snotlout and Spitelout.
* CrazyJealousGuy: {{Implied|Trope}}. In "Viking For Hire", he reveals he first met Gobber after the latter flirted with Valka, which apparently made Stoick give an aggressive hold on his future friend.
* CrusadingWidower: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Valka was abducted by a dragon (Cloudjumper) when their son was an infant, making him assume that she was killed by the dragons he would continue to fight, and eventually, make peace with. However, it turns out she was alive.
* DadTheVeteran: He, like other adults, has spent his life in the war against the dragons before his son ended it.
* DeathByAdaptation: Stoick is alive and well in the book series, [[spoiler:but dies in the second movie]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[ThePowerOfTrust In contrast to Hiccup]], this is his approach to dragon-bonding. [[FireForgedFriends He ends up meeting his son halfway.]]
* DisappointedInYou: Stoick wasn't shy about his disapproval of his son, something that even Hiccup is aware of. And when Hiccup was doing well in his dragon classes, Stoick insensitively revealed that he honestly thought his son was "the worst Viking in history". Thankfully, [[SoProudOfYou he got better]].
* DoomedByCanon: Becomes this with the release of ''Race to the Edge'' because of his death in the second movie.
* FieryRedhead: Downplayed. Has bright, red hair along with quite a temper. However, he does know when to be level-headed.
* ForgottenAesop: Many, many times in the course of the TV series, most of them having to do with trusting Hiccup and the dragons.
* FreudianTrio: With his son, Hiccup, and his wife, Valka. He is the [[TheKirk Ego]] to his [[TheSpock son's Superego]] and [[TheMcCoy wife's Id]], as Stoick can be HotBlooded but also level-headed.
* GenerationXerox: "Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Young Man" shows that Stoick is an exact spitting image of his father (minus the prosthetic leg).
* GeniusBruiser: Not quite on Hiccup's level, but he is a lot more intelligent than his stubborn behavior lets on.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's a man dedicated to protecting his people, but is also incredibly stubborn and often lets his anger get the better of him.
* TheGoodKing: He genuinely cares about his village and seeks to keep them safe and well. If he has to make a choice between personal and his duty as chief, the latter comes first.
-->"Look at that... All my people are safe. It's a good feeling."
* GoodParents: Downplayed. While Stoick does give Hiccup genuinely sound advice, reprimands him for being reckless, and is extremely protective over him, he does have a certain amount of [[ParentsAsPeople flaws]] that tend to come up and the first movie showed that Stoick could be unintentionally, emotionally abusive at times towards Hiccup.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Takes a lethal blast for Hiccup, from a brainwashed Toothless in the second movie.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Gobber -- Despite being near polar opposites, the two are each other's best friend and brothers in battle.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: His drive to protect his home from dragons led him to invade the dragon's home to kill them. He eventually turns around.
* HugeRiderTinyMount:
** Before looking for his own dragon, he "borrows" Toothless from Hiccup and looks very awkward riding such a small dragon, and Toothless is very tired after flying him around.
** Averts this when riding Thornado, and later Skullcrusher.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** He wanted Hiccup to be a successful Viking and future chief but at the same time he was the one who sheltered him the most from the world and any sort of experience that would have been helpful, not allowing him to even join the fire brigade when they were still fighting dragons.
** Stoick claimed that it was Hiccup's personality that he disliked (although to a certain degree that was true) and not his lack of muscle and fighting skills, but later, when Hiccup was doing exceedingly well in Dragon Training, he was overjoyed that his son wasn't, in his words, "the worst Viking Berk had ever seen", and that the years while he was were very rough and that they finally had something to talk about when Hiccup seemingly had incredible dragon fighting skill.
** Spitelout [[JerkassHasAPoint bluntly points out]] that Stoick has a tendency to take whatever risk he chooses while telling others to not do the same thing.
* HypocriteHasAPoint:
** While Spitelout was correct that Stoick tends to make rash decisions without the consideration of others (while scolding people who do the same thing), Stoick was also right in Spitelout's own recklessness.
** He discourages Hiccup on seeking vengeance (despite relishing in it), but he's not wrong that revenge would only lead to trouble.
* IHaveNoSon: In the first movie, he says, "You're not my son" after Hiccup publicly refuses to kill a dragon, and is revealed to have been working with Toothless (which he interpreted as a betrayal of Berk), and going by his expression afterwards, it clearly broke his heart. During the final battle, he realizes his mistake and he tells Hiccup "I'm proud to call you my son."
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Shown when he comes home stressed in "Viking for Hire" and Hiccup quickly gets him a drink from a tankard.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: It was shown throughout the film and series that Stoick very likely has low emotional intelligence, as he could be blunt to the point it's hurtful to the one he's speaking to without intending to be, like Hiccup. As it's already mentioned he could be very unperceptive of other people's emotions with the victim mostly being his son as he didn't notice his discomfort and sadness when he talked to him in the forge before the dragon training finals, when he made Bucket draw him much more muscular than he really is and when Mulch said that the muscular image of Hiccup is how a real chief's son should look like and Stoick enthusiastically agreed while Hiccup was still there and listening.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Blunt and insensitive he may be, but Stoick is a wise man with good insights.
** "Viking for Hire" has Stoick advise Hiccup to fire Gobber from the Dragon Academy. Harsh? Yes. But, Stoick explains that if Gobber's actions are putting the Academy in danger, Hiccup needs to fire him, because he must do what's best for the Academy first.
** In "Cast Out Part 1", he wisely tells Hiccup that he can't be Snotlout's friend and leader at the same time, saying he'll have to make decisions that are best for Berk (or in Hiccup's case, what's best for the Dragon Academy), and will have to discipline Snotlout when appropriate.
** Stoick's anger at Spitelout in "Turn and Burn" is warranted given the latter's insubordination is what caused most of the episode's plot.
** He laughs (along with Gobber) about Hiccup's idea on using Berk's gold to use in a scheme in "Last Auction Heroes", but then gets serious, stating that the gold is Berk's main way of income and their home will most likely suffer without it.
** In "Wings of War Part 1", Stoick may have been willing to kill the enslaved Singetails, but he did make a valid point ''why'' -- The dragons are dangerously powerful and are controlled by dangerous people, so taking them both out is the best option.
** He may have been acting [[JerkassBall more of a jerk]] than usual after discovering Johann's betrayal and acted like a child when dealing with the merchants Hiccup brought but he raised a good point -- How can he trust any of them when none of them had any kind of medical supply, meaning they didn't take the Berkians' health seriously. Astrid even comments that she agrees with him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In general, Stoick is a no-nonsense chief who makes decisions that may seem harsh, but he's only doing what's best for his people, and his heart is very much in the right place.
* JockDadNerdSon: He's always wished that his son had more beef on his arms but he comes to respect the "nerd" aspect of it as it helps him become a better chief.
* TheKirk: See ''FreudianTrio''.
* KnightTemplarParent: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. At the start of ''Defenders'', he tried to enact a flight ban because his son was captured and imprisoned by the Outcasts last season. It doesn't stick.
* LargeAndInCharge: Note his sobriquet; Stoick ''the Vast.'' He's the biggest and broadest viking (400 pounds according to Hiccup, though that may have been exaggerating), and his beard is the biggest, too. Being as large as he is, this leads to a particular funny moment.
-->'''Hiccup''': But there are two of you.\\
'''Stoick''': Is that another crack about my weight?
* TheLeader: Type levelheaded. He gives the dragons the benefit of the doubt, but if they become a threat to his people he has to deal with it.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Downplayed. Stoick is a [[LargeAndInCharge big]] bearded man who is every bit a typical Viking warrior whose main defining feature is his strength; his son, Hiccup, is a scrawny weak kid who is more of a GadgeteerGenius than a fighter. However, they later show many more [[LikeParentLikeChild similarities]] to each other, so while they may differ in size and how to handle particular situations, they do have a few things in common.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:To Valka, as he dies in the second movie and she presumably doesn't remarry]].
* MadeOfIron:
** The man takes the sharp end of an ANCHOR to the face in his fight with Alvin the Treacherous, shrugs it off, and afterwards there's not a single scratch on him!
** Then in "Live and Let Fly", he catches a rock launched from an Outcast catapult and ''throws it back at the ship''.
** This is no longer the case in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2''.
* ManlyTears: He wept profoundly for the loss of his beloved Valka, as seen in a flashback in the third film.
* MeaningfulName: As his name suggests, he is a man of few words.
* MouthingTheProfanity: Mouths "what the hell" in the first movie after seeing Hiccup and the others ride in on dragons to save the day.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He ''immediately'' regrets the above-mentioned IHaveNoSon moment, and his guilt only gets worse when he realizes Hiccup was ''right'' about the Red Death's ambush. He's absolutely ''devastated'' when it seems that Hiccup was killed saving him and the rest of the village from it, and even when Hic is revealed to be alive, Stoick's expression makes it clear he feels deeply responsible for the [[AnArmAndALeg loss of Hic's leg.]]
* NotSoStoic: Stoick can get easily riled up if the situation calls for it.
* OutOfFocus: Suffered this in the TV series' second season, ''[[WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk Defenders of Berk]]''. Much of this comes from filling a QuestGiver role in the plot while handling matters of rulership on Berk itself, whereas Hiccup and the others have fewer duties in Berk and thus time to perform various missions. He appeared a little more in ''Race to the Edge''.
* PapaWolf:
** Despite Hiccup's status as 'village failure,' Stoick is still quick to protect his son from danger. A lot of his frustration towards Hiccup in the first film can be seen as AngerBornOfWorry, especially in the opening scene where Hiccup almost gets killed ''twice''.
** This comes to a head in the second movie when he [[spoiler:takes a fatal blow meant for Hiccup from a brainwashed Toothless.]]
** After he gets Thornado, this extends to him (and probably the other dragons). When he realized Mildew had poisoned them, the look on his face is one of pure hatred. Probably the only thing keeping him from beating the stuffing out of Mildew himself was he had no way to prove he ''intentionally'' poisoned the dragons.
* ParentalHypocrisy:
** For a short time in TV series, Stoick enacted a flight ban on Hiccup and his friends after the former was kidnapped by Alvin. But, Stoick still flew with Thornado. This is something his son pointed out.
** He forbids Hiccup from seeking vengeance against Viggo despite admitting that he loves a good vengeance - though that could be because while he likes it, he also recognizes that it's a bad idea.
* ParentalObliviousness: Stoick comes across like this whenever Hiccup needs him to listen, but really it's because he has his whole tribe and village to consider and protect. As soon as Stoick realizes the gravity of what Hiccup is saying (i.e.: with Drago), Stoick takes it completely seriously and leaps into action.
* ParentsAsPeople: Especially in the first movie -- Stoick has an entire village to look after and had to reprimand his son because it's the right thing to do at the moment.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:After being killed in the second film]], Stoick appears through flashbacks to Hiccup's childhood in the third installment.
* QuestGiver: Generally his role in ''Defenders of Berk'', filling Hiccup in on various situations or giving him various tasks that the dragon riders are ideally suited for or would be better at accomplishing.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He tries to do what's best for his tribe. Mildew uses this to his advantage when confronted with something he obviously did by using the fact there is no evidence, especially concerning the affairs of Dragons, to get away with it.
* RedheadInGreen: He has red hair and wears a green tunic.
* {{Retirony}}: He's killed by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Toothless halfway through the second film. Beforehand, he was in the midst of preparing Hiccup to take his place as Chief.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Takes his role as chief of Berk very seriously and is often one to lead the charge. It's also shown in two episodes that he spends his days "chiefing," which involves everything from settling disputes and inducting babies to the tribe to fixing ships or removing fences.
* SacrificialLion: In the second movie, he takes the fatal shot by a mind-controlled Toothless that was meant for Hiccup.
* ShipperOnDeck: He proudly calls Astrid his future daughter-in-law during the dragon race at the beginning of the second movie.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Has bright, red hair and green eyes. He's also one of the most central characters of the franchise and the protagonist's father.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Stoick has always loved his wife, Valka. A flashback in the third film has him tell a young Hiccup that he doesn't want another wife because Valka was his only love.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: After the movie's events, Stoick takes this attitude towards Hiccup and the dragons. Considering Hiccup is next in line to be Chief after him, and some of their personal discussions being on leadership, it can be interpreted Stoick is also preparing Hiccup's role as a leader to the village as well.
* SoleSurvivor: Stoick was the only survivor of Drago's massacre of the chieftains.
* SoProudOfYou:
** {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged in the movie. Initially disappointed, then proud when Hiccup demonstrated his dragon knowledge, then outraged when Hiccup refuses to kill dragons, then proud again during the final battle.
** Also {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged in the series but to a lesser extent. There are some kinks to work out in relation to the dragons and while he's more accepting of his son's scrawny stature he'd still prefer him to be buff and strong.
* TheStoic: It's his name, after all. While he is a man of few words, he clearly cared about his son even at the beginning of the movie. Valka even lampshades that and his PunnyName in the second film.
-->"Oh, stop being so stoic, Stoick!"
* StoutStrength: He's very broad and very strong - as in, ''throw an empty wagon at a dragon that's at least twenty feet in the air'' strong.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: A portrait of the young Stoick and his father (Seen in "Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Man") shows that the adult Stoick is the spitting image of his father.
* TookALevelInIdealism: Stoick went from the whole "dragons are mindless killing machines" to seeing them as inseparable companions of Berk.
* TookALevelInKindness: He becomes a more supportive father to Hiccup as well as gaining a protective streak over Berk's dragons. This is in stark contrast to how dismissive he was to the former and hated the latter in the first movie.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The first thing he said to Gobber was "That's my wife you're talking to, you one-legged lout!"
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Hiccup fully knows that this is what his father thinks:
-->'''Hiccup''': ''(sarcastically imitating Stoick)'' Excuse me, barmaid! I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring! I ordered an extra-large boy with beefy arms, extra guts, and glory on the side! This here, this is a talking fishbone![[note]]This gets played with thanks to the sequel, which would reveal that Hiccup was a premature birth and even though his mother Valka worried about his chances, it was ''Stoick'' who believed wholeheartedly and unfailingly that his son would grow up strong. As it happens, he might not have turned out ''exactly'' how he envisioned him and it'd take some time, but give the man credit; he was ''right.''[[/note]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: Spends most of the first film under the assumption that dragons are AlwaysChaoticEvil.

[[folder:Gobber the Belch]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gobber in ''How to Train Your Dragon 2''.]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheBoneknapperDragon'' | ''WesternAnimation/GiftOfTheNightFury'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/CraigFerguson (film) [=/=]Chris Edgerly (TV series)

Gobber the Belch is a veteran warrior of the Hairy Hooligans Tribe and a long-time friend and adviser of Stoick the Vast. He is 50 years old in the first film, and 55 in the sequel.

* {{Acrofatic}}: He's a hefty Viking, and only has one leg (the other leg being replaced with a peg), but he can move much faster than you'd think.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While still somewhat insensitive in this adaptation, Gobber is nicer in comparison to his book counterpart, who was a great deal nastier.
* AnimalMotifs: Gobber is said to resemble a yak. A humorous comparison was even made in "Animal House".
* AnArmAndALeg: While it's not shown how he lost them, Gobber has a pegleg and a missing arm, the latter which he uses a weapon.
* ArtificialLimbs: In the films, he has a missing left hand that he can interchange with different objects (hammers, mugs, roast spits, etc.) and he has a right peg leg.
* BadassTeacher: Gobber used to teach the Teens of Berk how to fight Dragons, and also taught Hiccup everything he knew about forging. He did teach them to fight to defend themselves in "Gem of a Different Color", and he even told them the best weapon will be a shield in combat.
* BigOlUnibrow: Has a thick, bushy unibrow.
* TheBlacksmith: Big, brawny, with a usually weaponized arm.
* CaptainObvious: During the final match of Thawfest, he makes obvious commentary on Hiccup's status, which Stoick tells him he knows.
* CharacterTics: Gobber sings a special song when he's happy:
-->"I've got my axe, and I've got my mace, and I love my wife with the ugly face. I'm a viking through and through!\\
I've got my sword and I've got my bludgeon and 16 beserkers locked in my dungeon. I'm a viking through and through!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Believes in trolls and the Boneknapper dragon, which no one else shares. The Boneknapper happens to be real. Trolls are yet to be confirmed.
* CombatMedic: Since Berk doesn't need dragon killing weapons anymore, he becomes a dragon dentist. He also made Hiccup's replacement leg and [[AssShove extracted]] poison from Mildew to make an antidote.
* TheConfidant: To Stoick. As Gobber is his best friend who often gives him advice, usually in regards to Hiccup.
* CrazyPrepared: His "Iron Undies."
* DeadpanSnarker: Not always, but when someone's being stupid around him, he's a snarker to match Hiccup.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He's in charge of training the new recruits; his approach is yelling suggestions while they duck and weave. However, his immediate reaction when a recruit looks to be in serious danger is to intervene, fast.
* DumbBlonde: Downplayed. Gobber has blond hair and his mind is sorta out there. However, he's a skilled blacksmith who tends to have frequent TheCloudCuckooLanderWasRight moments, such as being entirely correct about the existence of the Boneknapper dragon. It gets to the point where Hiccup lampshades it in ''Race to the Edge'' regarding the Lycanwing myth (while it turned out not to exist, there ''was'' something real behind the stories - [[spoiler:they'd been invented by the dragon hunters to conceal things of value, such as Dragon Eye lenses]]).
* GadgeteerGenius: He can make working flame throwers, though since dragons exist this is probably easier to achieve than in real life medieval times.
* GeniusBruiser: In the movies and series, he's the village blacksmith and second only to the Chief in combat.
* GeniusDitz: He has shown his mind is sorta out there, such as attaching said flame thrower to the harness of a fire breathing dragon. But, he's a master blacksmith with a wide and eclectic knowledge base.
* GoodProstheticEvilProsthetic: Has a prosthetic left hand and right peg leg, but is a definite good guy.
* HandicappedBadass: He may lack an arm and a leg but that doesn't slow him down when it came to fighting. He even stayed with Stoick to delay the Red Death.
* HatesBaths: It takes Stoick and the dragon riders with their dragons to force him into a tub. He smells so bad that after taking a whiff of him a Terrible Terror becomes so disoriented that it flies into a wall.
* HonoraryUncle: Hiccup was his apprentice, and Gobber took care of him as much as Stoick did. This is historically accurate. Nordic people would frequently ask allies to foster their children as a sign of deepest trust.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Implied in the first movie during the final battle against the Red Death:
-->'''Stoick''': I can buy them a few minutes if I give that thing something to hunt!\\
'''Gobber''': ''(taking Stoick's hand in a warrior's handshake)'' Then I can double that time.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** In the first film, while he may have phrased it wrongly, Gobber was right that Hiccup shouldn't try to keep being something he's not and later on tells Stoick that he won't always be around to protect Hiccup.
** In the third film, in a conversation with Hiccup, Gobber points out that one day Hiccup is going to pick a fight with someone he can't win against. He's proven right with the introduction of Grimmel the Grisly.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gobber is rude, occasionally insensitive, and is brutally honest. However, he has a good heart and cares for his home and the people in it. Plus, compared to the other adults in the first film, Gobber was the nicest to Hiccup out of them all, and had a relationship with Hiccup that was openly loving and supporting. Hence why Hiccup sees him as a ParentalSubstitute.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His training sessions often include the merits of shields.
* MomentKiller: Attempts to join in on a DrunkenSong which Stoick and Valka are singing together a little ''too'' soon.
* TheNoseKnows: Gobber has a strong sense of smell. For example, he knew exactly where and how long the teens had been in one spot.
* NoSocialSkills: {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged. Gobber appears to understand Viking society quite well, but when he takes the role of NumberTwo early in the TV series, he inadvertently causes a few blunders which Stoick has to solve and loses the job.
* NumberTwo: He's Stoick's best friend and the one he turns to first for help. However, he made a mess of things when filling the role officially; oddly enough, ''Spitelout'' appears to hold the position.
* OnlyFriend: Gobber was the ''sole'' person in Berk who saw something more in Hiccup, including his father.
* PapaWolf: Downplayed in the first film. Gobber doesn't resort to extreme violence, but he shoves and gives a whack each to Snotlout and the Twins, respectively, when they make some disparaging comments towards Hiccup.
* ParentalSubstitute: Acted as a more open father figure to Hiccup.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Stoick. Despite being near polar opposites, the two are each other's best friend and brothers in battle.
* PluckyComicRelief: Being the local cloudcuckoolander will do that for you.
* RunningGag: Numerous mention of or jokes involving his undies.
* ShieldBash: In the first movie, he said he would choose a shield if given a choice between it and a sword because the shield can be offense ''and'' defense.
* ShipperOnDeck: A deleted scene from the first movie has Gobber giving Hiccup some ways to talking to Astrid. And in ''The Hidden World'', he bluntly asks Hiccup and Astrid when they are planning on getting married.
* SinkOrSwimMentor:
** His belief for the first day of training in the film is to release a Gronckle, then ask the students what they know about it.
** Gobber's father was also an example as he taught Gobber to swim this way. Sadly, this doesn't translate well to training the dragons at the academy. Oddly, Gobber seems to remember this fondly.
* StoutStrength: A hefty man and second only in the badass department to Stoick. Fitting, considering he's the chief's informal NumberTwo (formally, Spitelout's got that role).
* StraightGay: As revealed in ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'': after Stoick goes to confront his long lost wife after upsetting her, he tells Hiccup "You see this is why I never got married. That, and one other reason.", the film makers and his voice actor have [[WordOfGay confirmed]] that [[QueerEstablishingMoment it meant that he was gay]]. [[invoked]]
* SwissArmyAppendage: In the sequel, his smithy features a spinning rack full of peg arm accessories, including a beard brush.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Never admits so himself, but his advice never carries out the intended message.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Gobber is introduced in the first film throwing some light-hearted jabs at Hiccup that the boy tries to return. Gobber was also Hiccup's OnlyFriend prior to meeting Toothless.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: It really comes out during his fight with Ryker where he gives as good as he gets against the powerful dragon hunter.

[[folder:Gothi, the Village Elder]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''

A tiny old woman. She is a respected elder of the village who not only selects the top graduate of the Dragon Academy back when they killed them, but also is the augur of the village.

* AscendedExtra: She takes a more prominent role in the series as the go-to healer.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' break her staff.
* CoolOldLady: Don't let the fact she doesn't speak fool you, she will hit you if you bad-mouth her.
* CrazyCatLady: In the second film, she has at least half a dozen Terrible Terrors living with her (and sleeping on her bed).
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: According to rumor, she can tell you when you will die by looking at your fingernails. Gobber assures Astrid and Fishlegs this is completely wrong. She looks at your ''tongue''.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In old Norse, Gothi is the title of a priest, not an actual name. Admittedly, it is the masculine form, but it still fits with her use of divination and general reverence from the community.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She is the shortest adult. She's even shorter than any of the teens. (That said, a flashback shows that she had the exact same build as a teenager.)
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Has no problem smacking Gobber in the face with her staff for smart remarks or writing something towards Hiccup that's so insulting that Gobber refuses to translate it. She also does the same with Hiccup towards Stoick.
* SirSwearsALot: See above. More than once, Gothi's staff scribbles are met with a response of "I can't say that!"
--> '''Gobber''': "I can't say that to him, he's the chief's son!"
--> '''Hiccup''': "Whoa, whoa, that's still my dad you're talking about!"
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Gobber's homemade yak noodle soup.
* TheVoiceless: She has yet to speak a word, communicating through traced images instead.

[[folder:Spitelout Jorgenson]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' | ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DavidTennant (Film and TV Series)

Spitelout is Snotlout's father and the village's second-in-command. Much like his son, he is a brash, arrogant and none-too-bright viking who prefers to act first and think later. He possesses a rather strong rivalry with Stoick, [[WellDoneSonGuy which has caused him to place a large amount of pressure on his son to become a better viking than Hiccup]]. Despite these many flaws, he is above all else a genuinely reliable viking who always pulls through in the end.

* AbusiveParents: Bullies his son relentlessly and is suggested to beat him when he doesn't meet his expectations.
* ActionDad: The father of Snotlout and is capable in a fight.
* AdaptationNameChange: In the books, Snotlout's dad is named Baggybum the Beerbelly.
* AscendedExtra: Barely has any lines in the first movie, yet gains some focus in a few episodes of the tv series.
* BigOlEyebrows: He has bushy, black eyebrows.
* DadTheVeteran: Like every other adult, he fought in the war against the dragons.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he's a morally grey and borderline-abusive parent, a comically inept blowhard, or a slick LovableRogue varies depending on the episode.
* {{Foil}}: To Stoick. Both experienced Vikings whose relationship mirrors their sons as well as how both sons [[WellDoneSonGuy want their respective fathers' approval]]. However, Stoick is usually level-headed and Hiccup is more honest with him, while Spitelout is often hot blooded and Snotlout is afraid to be open about his actual feelings toward his father. Also, Stoick lets Hiccup make his own choices but Spitelout often does the opposite with his son.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Spitelout has a scar under his right eye.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Implied to be developing one with Gustav, a teenage Viking.
* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Gets pretty upset when he loses an arm wrestling fight against Valka in the third movie.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's hard on his son and cold to those he sees as beneath him. The one man he views as an equal, Stoick, he also treats in a fairly chilly fashion.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Like his son, Spitelout is not the nicest or most thoughtful individual, but does make valid critiques at times.
** He's critical of Hiccup's plan to use the Dragon Eye to explore beyond the archipelago, pointing out that Dagur has just escaped from Outcast Island and is bound to cause trouble. Stoick agrees with him, although he points out that Hiccup has valid reasons to leave Berk anyway.
** Spitelout's anger at Snotlout at the end of "A Time to Skrill" is understandable as his son abused the fact that his father was having trouble talking throughout the episode.
** Spitelout picking Snotlout last to deliver the ceremonial Jorgenson axe to a Jorgenson/Hofferson wedding in "Snotlout Gets the Axe" seems harsh, especially to Snotlout who angrily can't understand why his father has such a lack of faith in him. However, both Hiccup and Astrid point out a few of the irresponsible actions he's caused in the past, which would make Spitelout's hesitation more valid.
** Deconstructed in "Turn and Burn" when Stoick rants to Hiccup and Snotlout of how Spitelout came up with the idea for an offshore supply storehouse for emergency. Hiccup comments that it was a good idea but Stoick explains that while it is a good idea, Spitelout's constant obnoxious rambling about it got annoying.
** From the same episode as above, Spitelout may have been a {{hypocrite}}, but he was right that Stoick did have a tendency to do what he liked while ordering others not to do the same thing (i.e., the flight ban he attempted to enforce on Dragon Riders back in ''Defenders of Berk'', while still riding Thornado).
** Spitelout telling Hiccup they and the others should momentarily retreat against Johann and Krogan in "King of Dragons, Part 1" was a sound decision as not only were they currently outmatch but they also needed to save Snotlout, the Twins, and Gruffnut from a sinking ship (which Hiccup was unaware of, until Spitelout pointed it out).
* TheLancer: He's Stoick's second in command and rival.
* LargeHam: Spitelout is very loud, and very boastful. Being voiced by Creator/DavidTennant also helps.
-->'''Spitelout''': SPITELOUT! SPITELOUT! OI! OI! OI!
* LaserGuidedKarma: In "A Time to Skrill", the titular dragon zaps him and leaves him unable to speak, allowing Snotlout to mock him a bit and put words in his mouth despite his protests.
* MeaningfulName: He tends to be ''spiteful'' to Stoick.
* PapaWolf: Part of the reason he was trying to get revenge on Singetails on his former stocking island in "Wings of War Part 2" is because they tried to kill Snotlout. This shows he still loves his son, even if his parenting isn't the best.
* RecurringExtra: In the movies at least. He has a more notable role in the tv series.
* TheRival: To Stoick, but only in the Thawfest games. It's implied they were direct rivals, when they competed, which is now done indirectly through their sons.
* SoreLoser: He doesn't like the idea of his family losing a ''single'' Thawfest game. However he seems to subvert it by the second movie.
** In the third film, he looks pretty upset when he loses an arm-wrestling match to Valka.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: His son looks like a smaller, beardless version of him.
* TookALevelInBadass: After becoming a member of the auxiliary Dragon Riders.
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed in the second half of ''Race to the Edge'' season one. He is shown to have slightly nicer moments, but is still abrasive and rather rude towards his son.

[[folder:Bucket and Mulch]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bucket (left) and Mulch (right).]]
->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers''
->Bucket voiced by: Creator/ThomasFWilson\\
Mulch voiced by: Tim Conway (Riders and Defenders) and Creator/TomKenny (Race to the Edge)

Bucket -- True to his name, he wears a bucket on his head. The bucket serves as a protection for his skull, which had been fractured in a Dragon attack years ago. It also contracts whenever a storm is on the way.

Mulch -- His right hand has been replaced by a hook and his left leg by a wooden stick. He is a fisherman, and is often seen alongside Bucket.

* AcheyScars: The tightness of Bucket's bucket is usually a sign of a large storm.
* ArtificialLimbs: Mulch is missing his right hand and left leg, and Bucket has lost his right hand in addition to half his brain.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Turns out the two goofballs are just as badass as any Viking from Berk, in "View to a Skrill, Part One" they were outnumbered by Berserkers and ''still'' nearly won the fight.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Bucket is a large rectangle of a man compared to short, spherical Mulch.
* BucketHelmet: Bucket, naturally, in contrast to his fellow Vikings. Even so, he took a mace to the head and wasn't even dazed.
* CanonForeigner: Appear exclusively in the TV series.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bucket, as a result of a dragon-induced traumatic brain injury that "cracked his skull." He wears a BucketHelmet and has some obvious memory and attention problems.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Mulch frequently gives the forgetful Bucket verbal prompts, and tries to find him when he wanders off.
* DemotedToExtra: Not that they were ever main characters, but they are seen much more frequently in the first season than the second (but see BewareTheSillyOnes above when they do show up in season two).
* DisabilitySuperpower: "When [Bucket] lost half his brain...he suddenly became an artist." Not just ''any'' artist either, but the best in Berk.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Bucket is a terrible guard because [[spoiler:he didn't call for help or even calmly look inside Heather's cell before opening it and getting knocked out.]]
* HeadacheOfDoom: Whenever the bucket on Bucket's head gets tight, it means a storm will hit. The tighter it gets, the bigger the storm will be and the sooner it will hit. At first Stoick believes this to be nonsense until he goes to see Gothi about it, who tells him that a big storm is about to hit Berk because she could hear Bucket screaming all the way from her house.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: It is never stated exactly ''why'', but they are always seen together. One is barely ever seen without the other, usually helping each other out whether it's evacuating villagers or tending farm animals. Mulch could be a relative that lives with him, an old friend who wants to be there for him, he could have been assigned to be Bucket's caretaker since his injury leaving him unable to take care of himself, or there could have been [[GayOption something else...]]
* HiddenDepths: Who knew that Bucket was a talented painter?
* ThoseTwoGuys: When seen apart, it's only because Bucket has wandered off. Thus naturally when they become dragon riders, they share a Zippleback together.
* TookALevelInBadass: The two join the auxiliary riders in ''Race to the Edge''.
* TrueCompanions: To Gobber and Stoick. When [[spoiler:Mildew was driving a mob against Toothless]] they stayed loyal to Stoick because he is their Chief.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mildew]]
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->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/StephenRoot

Mildew is a cantankerous and ugly old viking who works as a shepherd along the outskirts of Berk. He possesses a deep-seated hatred of dragons, which causes him to become utterly outraged after the village begins to embrace them following the events of the first movie. While physically frail, he is quite crafty, and is more than willing to ally himself with the Hooligan tribe's greatest enemies in order to eliminate the dragons from their society.

* AnimalNemesis: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Mildew deeply resents the presence of the Dragons, and conspires to see them exiled from Berk. [[spoiler:In "Dragon Flower", he poisons them.]]
* BestialityIsDepraved: Implied as strongly as a kids' show can - the wall of his hut contains paintings of his three wives and his pet sheep, leading Hiccup to make the obvious conclusion.
* BigBad: As close as Season 1 has to a main villain. Alvin the Treacherous is a bigger threat, but not around enough to count. [[spoiler:As of "We Are Family, Part 2" Mildew has become the Evil Genius of the Outcasts which makes Alvin the true Big Bad.]]
* TheBluebeard: {{Implied|Trope}}. Mildew is thrice-widowed, and the obvious, wistful joy he takes in reminiscing about his wives' funerals is both disturbing and suspicious.
* TheBusCameBack: Returns in the spin off game School of Dragons, revealing he's abandoned the Outcasts and is living on his own. It eventually turns out he's now fallen in with the Berserkers.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in the TV series.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mildew is completely absent from ''Race to the Edge'', without any explanation. Even when Alvin and the other Outcasts return in the show's later seasons, Mildew is not seen or mentioned at all.
* DestroyTheEvidence: From his years of dragon hunting he has a pair of Zippleback boots and claw of a Monstrous Nightmare. He used them to frame those two for some crimes and once the dragons are gone, he tossed the claw and boots into the ocean.
* EvilCounterpart: To Hiccup. Both are outcasts in Berk [[spoiler:who finally managed to find their place through dragon training. Mildew just needed to become another kind of Outcast to make it work.]]
* EvilGenius: Of the Outcasts as of the season finale. He teaches dragon training.
* EvilGloating:
** Mildew tends to this whenever he thinks he's notched a petty victory against Hiccup, though his intent is usually undermined by Hiccup's tendency to carefully consider the implications of whatever Mildew has said when trying to solve a problem.
** In "Alvin and the Outcasts," Mildew makes the mistake of prematurely gloating over Hiccup's likely capture in front of the ''much'' more-direct Astrid, who simply [[TalkToTheFist punches Mildew's lights out]] before he can alert Alvin of Hiccup's whereabouts.
* EvilOldFolks: He's the oldest person on the island is constantly plotting evilly against the kids.
* EvilPlan: Banish/kill every dragon on Berk. His rationale is that they're AlwaysChaoticEvil, so Hiccup usually defeats him by proving [[AlwaysLawfulGood the opposite]].
* FaceHeelTurn: He wasn't exactly on the side of Hiccup, but this still applies considering [[spoiler:he is on the Outcasts' side at the end of season 1]].
* GrumpyOldMan: The ill-tempered town crank who loathes the dragons and the nuisance they pose to both his property and Berk. His status is {{lampshaded}} by Gobber in "How to Start a Dragon Academy"
-->'''Gobber''': Ah, here's Mildew with the complaint o' the day.
* HatedByAll: Despite his ability to sway public opinion against the dragons, Mildew is widely disliked amongst the adult Vikings; so much that they collectively decided to build his house well outside of Berk proper. When they recall surviving a blizzard, his fellow townsfolk speak of him thusly:
--> '''Bucket''': It took us a week just to dig Mildew out.\\
'''Mulch''': And the rest of our lives to wonder why we bothered.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He indirectly performs one through his loyalty to Alvin. Mildew chooses not to side with Dagur after he betrays Alvin, and he remains Alvin's ally after he sides with Hiccup and Stoick.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Stays behind on Outcast Island to help the group escape at the end of "We Are Family Part 2" [[spoiler:Subverted because he planned on staying to teach Alvin how to tame dragons]].
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Berk's number one dragon hater becomes the Outcasts' number one dragon trainer.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: When introduced, Mildew is unable to sleep for the dragons tromping about on his roof, and he finds they've decimated his crops. He's entirely correct to point out the dragons' destructive potential, and that they can't be allowed to run loose and destroy property. He also does this unintentionally, since his observations of Hiccup's failures, while [[EvilGloating calculatedly mocking]], are astute enough that Hiccup inevitably uses them as a source of advice.
* KarmaHoudini: Every time Mildew does something that would warrant severe punishment, he is able to hide the evidence or [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate things]] so that he wouldn't be directly blamed, otherwise he wouldn't be on Berk for long.
** He gets away with [[spoiler:framing the dragons and rendering the village vulnerable to attack from the Outcasts, and the only real "punishment" he suffers is the dragons earning their way back into the village.]] Stoick is suspicious, however, and Hiccup makes it clear he'll be watching.
** Subverted in "Dragon Flower", where it looks like he was going to get away with [[spoiler:trying to poison and kill the dragons]], but starts suffering [[AmusingInjuries amusing injuries one after another]] near the end. The only thing more appropriate would have been exile. Not only that, but he is on Stoick's bad side for his actions, who is now aware he is trying to do any act to get rid of the Dragons.
** As of "When Lightning Strikes" Tuffnut and Snotlout came up with a way to get him back for turning the town on Toothless in that episode: put a stature of Thor that is essentially a giant lightning rod right outside his front door. He gets zapped right before the credits.
* LeanAndMean: Mildew is notably the wiriest of all the adult Vikings, with a reputation as a sourpuss.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:He acts as this for Alvin after Dagur takes over the Outcasts.]]
* MotiveDecay: His motive has downgraded from driving the dragons out of Berk to getting rid of Hiccup and Toothless. [[spoiler:By the end of the first season his motives have decayed to the point that he is willing to abandon his home and side with someone who himself wants to train dragons, JUST to prove he is superior to Hiccup. His speech about outsmarting Hiccup is full of pride and glee; the previous times Hiccup has beaten him have really gotten to him).]]
* NonHumanSidekick: His pet sheep, Fungus.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Started out as more of an annoyance than an actual threat, but as the series continues, he's been getting more and more heinous in his actions. [[spoiler:He comes dangerously close to getting them banished and then tries to outright ''kill'' them with poisonous flowers.]] Then comes the "We Are Family" two-parter, where he [[spoiler:betrays Berk and tricks Hiccup into teaching him how to train dragons so he can pass the knowledge onto Alvin]].
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Even when he feels he's gotten his way, Mildew doesn't hesitate to personally antagonize the Viking teenagers, especially Hiccup.
* RabbleRouser: Before he bites the bullet and switches to the Outcast Tribe (that is if he wasn't one the whole time), his main role it to whip the Hooligan tribe into a frenzy whenever something bad happens involving Berk's dragons, forcing the Dragon Academy to go on the defensive.
* RetiredBadass: Mildew uses a large glaive decorated with several dragons' teeth as a walking staff, and his home is decorated with a painting of him delivering a CoupDeGrace to a dragon, a mounted dragon skull, several weapons and other dragon-related {{Battle Troph|y}}ies.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: His reward for [[spoiler:betraying his chief's son and entire tribe to the Outcasts? Living in constant terror of being punished by his new BadBoss for his repeated [[YouHaveFailedMe failed plans]] and constantly needing to prove he hasn't [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]. It's unknown whether he was reduced to a servant feeding/taking care of their trained dragons before or after Dagur took over the Outcasts but a fitting result regardless.]]
* SeniorCreep: Although the Vikings have sided with Mildew a few times when the problem at hand concerned dragons doing damage, they still find him unpleasant and as such built his house all the way on the other side of Berk. Hell, Gobber even admits it took the Vikings one week to dig Mildew out of the ice from a blizzard and the rest of their lives thinking about why they even bothered.
* TheSocialExpert: He displays several of these traits, most of them the very reasons he can be threatening, primarily to avoid being expelled from the Island or just antagonizing Hiccup. "When Lightning Strikes" shows he is fully capable of downright exploiting the irrationality and fear of the residents against Toothless to a frightening effect. This almost got Toothless boarded on a boat to nowhere that Stoick was unable to stop because of the panic everybody was in.
* StaffOfAuthority: He likes waving his spear about when fear mongering or some other plan to get rid of dragons.
* VillainDecay: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He becomes increasingly more dangerous as the series progresses. From [[spoiler:getting the dragons expelled for awhile, to nearly killing them with poison, to manipulating a crowd against Hiccup and Stoick. Then he defects to the Outcasts and becomes Alvin's dragon trainer.]]
* VillainTeamUp: Sides with the Outcasts to capture Hiccup and Toothless. Then he tricks Hiccup into teaching him how to train dragons while pretending to have been betrayed by them, allowing him to teach Alvin after he is "captured" during Hiccup's escape.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gustav Larson]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Gustav in ''Race to the Edge''.]]
[[quoteright:248:[[labelnote:Click here to see Gustav in ''Riders of Berk''.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gustav_13.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''
->'''Voiced by''': Lucas Grabeel

A young boy who idolizes the dragon riders, Snotlout in particular, and seeks to emulate them in every way. While well-meaning, he is generally rather careless and gung ho, which often causes problems for those around him. He was named the Dragon Academy's junior-apprentice-auxiliary-reserve-back-up-replacement-rider-in training-fourth class by Hiccup during the first season of ''Race to the Edge''.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Gustav flirts with Astrid in the same way Snotlout does. Astrid reacts to it with disgust because Snotlout's style turns her off immediately, and because Gustav is just a kid who's convinced he's winning her over.
* AbusiveParents: His mother once sold him to Snotlout in order to get her hands on a priceless jewel. We later find out she's been known to not pay attention to him for days. PlayedForLaughs [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood whenever it's brought up]].
* AscendedExtra: Was initially a one-shot kid who idolized Snotlout and was a sidekick he got for one of his schemes. He then started recurring more often before ultimately getting his own dragon.
* AscendedFanboy: After having long looked up to the dragon riders, in ''Astrid's Team'', he not only finally gets to realize his dream of being a proper dragon rider, he's named the leader of the auxiliary riders (despite being the youngest) by virtue of having the most riding experience.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. It's Gustav's young age and immaturity, that made the older dragon riders not want him on their team.
* BrattyHalfPint: Especially in his first few appearances, where Snotlout ([[{{Jerkass}} a total brat himself]]) was training him to be mini-Snotlout. This ends up being a lot funnier than most examples, before he grows into a few different tropes.
* CanonForeigner: Appears exclusively in the TV series.
* TheCavalry: Usually tries to be this, but usually doesn't help. Eventually becomes the ''official'' cavalry after becoming leader of the auxiliary team.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Most episodes with him give him an InadvertentEntranceCue, followed by him shouting his name like a catchphrase. For instance:
--> '''Hiccup:''' "What could be worse than Dagur?"
--> '''Gustav:''' (crashes through the wall) "Gustav!"
* FakeDefector: In the ''Race to the Edge'' episode "Gone Gustav Gone," he pretends to pull a [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Mistreatment Induced]] FaceHeelTurn and join the Berserkers, in order to lead Dagur into a trap.
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Gustav claims he's this in ''Race to the Edge'' (which takes place three years after ''Defenders''), but since he was a kid beforehand he hasn't really grown that much.
* IdenticalStranger: Despite not being related, Gustav bares a strong resemblance to Snotlout.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Implied to be developing one with Spitelout, an adult Viking.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Like Snotlout, except a bit more well-meaning and a lot more immature.
* {{Keet}}: He's very enthusiastic, to say the least.
* LeeroyJenkins: When told he's not ready, he tends to brashly go out to try and show that he is - typically proving the opposite.
* TheLoad: He's too young and inexperienced to really do what the others do, not that it curbs his enthusiasm. Hiccup ultimately agrees to let him work at the Dragon Training Academy until he's ready for formal training.
* NaiveNewcomer: In both ''Riders'' and ''Race to the Edge'', though in slightly different ways in each. In ''Riders'' he wants to jump into Dragon Training before he's ready to learn, causing a lot of trouble before he learns to take it slower. In ''Race to the Edge'', he's readier to learn but picks a very poor time to ask for training, leaving him oblivious as to how things work on Dragon's Edge.
* OlderThanHeLooks: If it wasn't for his voice, Gustav could easily be mistaken for a toddler when he first appeared in the TV series at ''thirteen''.
* PrecociousCrush: Has an obvious crush on the older Astrid.
* {{Sidekick}}: He initially appears as Snotlout sidekick in a couple episodes, before finding his own dragon and trying to join the Dragon Riders.
* SixthRanger: Or at least training to be one, at any rate.
* SpannerInTheWorks: To Dagur, twice. The second time was planned on his part, however.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: In "Gone Gustav Gone".
-->'''Hiccup''': What could possibly be worse than Dagur?\\
''(Gustav and Fanghook crash through the door)''
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: In ''Race to the Edge''. Even the twins are horrified when they realize he isn't just there for a quick visit.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Riders'' he starts off as TheLoad due to his inexperience, immaturity, and recklessness. Come ''Race to the Edge'', an older Gustav is ''still'' immature and reckless, but has become more experienced at dragon riding to the point he was made the leader of the dragon team in Berk while the other riders are at The Edge.
* YoungAndInCharge: Having been a rider longer than the rest of Astrid's [[TheCavalry auxiliary team]], she appoints Gustav as their leader despite still being the youngest rider there.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silent Sven]]
->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' | ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomKenny

Silent Sven, also known as Sven, is an apparently mute Viking shepherd on Berk. Until, of course, he "broke his silence". Often appears in token appearances with Bucket and Mulch, and is part of the Dragon Riders auxiliary.
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* CloudCuckooLander: He's a bit strange to say the least, what with keeping his sheep in his house, like pets.
* ElectiveMute: Not just him, but his extended family is like this too. Hiccup actually mistook them for bounty hunters because of this, since they were standing off to the side, totally silent, and just watching him fly (turns out they're shy and just as quiet as Sven).
* FlatCharacter: Doesn't have much characterization beyond his being mute... until he finally starts speaking.
* HiddenBadass: Despite being not much more than a running gag of a character, he manages to fight the Skrill TWICE and come out of it fine. In addition to this, he's tamed a Monstrous Nightmare as his mount, a dragon that normally takes great strength of will and confidence to train.
* SilentBob: He uses his gestures and facial expressions to get his point across.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In "Cast Out, Part 2", he breaks his silence. He is later heard speaking for the first time in ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheDragonRacers''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chicken]]
->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk''

Tuffnut's beloved pet chicken, which starts making recurring appearances in ''Race to the Edge.'' Surprisingly responsive and express and seems to understand Tuffnut, though everyone treats his relationship with her as ridiculous.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Able to understand fairly complex commands and conversation, and learn techniques such as covering her tracks when she's trying to hide from Tuffnut.
* ADogNamedDog: She's a chicken... named Chicken.
* DeadPetSketch: After Gobber thinks Skullcrusher has eaten Chicken, and then Stoick thinks afterwards that GOBBER ate Chicken, both independently try to do this. Tuffnut isn't fooled by either attempt, but Chicken turns up unharmed shortly after.
* TeamPet: Fulfils this function more than the dragons do, plotwise.
[[/folder]]

!!Spoiler Characters

[[folder:Epilogue Characters]]

!!Zephyr Haddock
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[[caption-width-right:150:Zephyr in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''.]]
->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Madalyn Gonzalez

Zephyr Haddock, first-born child and daughter of Hiccup and Astrid Haddock.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Her name was not mentioned at all when she made her first appearance in ''The Hidden World''. She was simply addressed as either Hiccup's daughter or The Girl in the film's commentary and artbook. However, it was Cressida Cowell who finally revealed her name on Twitter when ''The Hidden World'' was released, and it was subsequently used in the follow-up short film ''Homecoming'' which came out several months later.
* BigSisterInstinct: Is shown to be very protective of her little brother Nuffink in ''Homecoming''.
* ChildProdigy: Zephyr is eight-years-old and ''Homecoming'' shows her being a creative and impressive GadgeteerGenius.
* CoolBigSis: To Nuffink, who clearly looks up to her and is sometimes seen trying to imitate her concerning expressing his opinions in ''Homecoming''.
* FieryRedhead: Downplayed. Zephyr inherited her father's auburn hair but she's more stubborn than "fiery" and is often the more mellow when compared with Nuffink.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. Zephyr is the "Responsible" in comparison with Nuffink. Although, she's this mainly due to how her age makes her slightly more mature than her brother and also how her reasoning of hating dragons (or at least, initially despised them) is more logical than Nuffink's.
* GadgeteerGenius: Like father, like daughter. Zephyr has shown a talent at creating impressive traps.
* GenderBlenderName: Downplayed. Her name is a unisex one but it's more common for boys to have them.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Zephyr has Astrid's blue eyes and she's shown to be an imaginative and creative child.
* KidHasAPoint: Zephyr's initial hatred towards dragons did have some valid points given the danger they can (and ''did'') pose to humans.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: She first appears in the epilogue of ''The Hidden World'', albeit with no dialogue. She is featured more prominently in ''Homecoming'' and given a number of spoken lines, in addition to being the only human who interacts with Toothless in a touching moment during the climax.
* LikeParentLikeChild: In ''The Art of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'', she is described as having her father's nervous and inquisitive personality, carrying around her notebook everywhere she goes. Additionally in ''Homecoming'', she is shown to be a GadgeteerGenius just like her father.
* LittleMissSnarker: Very much so in ''Homecoming'', a trait which she inherited from both her parents.
* PatchworkKids: She resembles Astrid as a child, but with Hiccup's hair-color and freckles.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Her first appearance in ''The Hidden World'' has her and her brother in silent roles, save for a few grunts and gasps. She was eventually given voiced lines in the ''Homecoming'' short film.
* TrapMaster: She builds some complicated and really effective traps for her age.
* WrenchWench: ''Homecoming'' depicts her as being very skilled at making traps to protect her family home from dragons.

!!Nuffink Haddock
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[[caption-width-right:120:Nuffink in ''How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World''.]]
->'''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonHomecoming''
->'''Voiced by''': Liam Ferguson

Nuffink Haddock, second-born child and son of Hiccup and Astrid Haddock.
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* WomenAreWiser: Downplayed. Not by leaps and bounds, but Ruffnut is noticeably quicker on the uptake than her brother and sometimes has to restrain him from doing something particularly stupid even by their standards.

* HiddenDepths: Deep down, Snotlout is actually a good person and there's more to him than meets the eye.

%%** While he acted like a bully to Fishlegs in "Iron Gronckle" he makes a good point in that Hiccup was the one to ultimately decide to leave Fishlegs, since he was the leader a.

** Snotlout being angry at Hiccup and Astrid spending time together proves sound since the couple have been neglecting their other duties and were not there when Krogan and his men showed up.

* CasanovaWannabe: Women find him repulsive. Even Fishlegs is shown to have more game than him.

* DeadpanSnarker: He becomes one increasingly throughout ''Race to the Edge'', usually in response to the twins' {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies, Fishleg's latest {{Nerdgasm}}, or Hiccup leading him into something seemingly suicidal.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: During the first two seasons the other Dragon Riders tolerate him but make it quite clear that none of them particularly like him, hanging out with him solely because they're in the same age group and part of the Dragon Academy. He seems to have lost this in the third season, with the twins (mostly Tuffnut) becoming this instead.

** While he acted like a bully to Fishlegs in "Iron Gronckle" he makes a good point in that Hiccup was the one to ultimately decide to leave Fishlegs, since he was the leader and the others have to follow him.

* NeverMyFault: When Snotlout causes a problem, his first instinct is to blame someone else and/or say it's not his fault.

*** Ruffnut gives a '''''huge''''' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Astrid in "Edge of Disaster Part 1" about her mean-spirited and catty comments towards her and Tuffnut, as well as pointing out that she hardly respects anyone that isn't Hiccup.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Develops feelings for the auburn-haired Hiccup.

Snotlout Jorgenson, Snotface Snotlout in the books, is a character from How to Train Your Dragon, both the book and films, in the books he is deceased while in the movies he's alive. He is 15 years old in the first film, 20 years old in the sequel, and 21 years old in the threequel.

* ActionGirlfriend: To Hiccup, as she is his main love interest-girlfriend-bethrothed-[[spoiler:wife]]. And she knows how to handle an axe.

* CatchPhrase: "That was for [insert crime here]. ''That'' was for everything else."

* {{Catchphrase}}:

* CatchPhrase: Tuffnut has "[[MinorInjuryOverreaction Oh, I'm hurt! I am very much hurt!]]"

* CatchPhrase: Most episodes with him give him an InadvertentEntranceCue, followed by him shouting his name like a catchphrase. For instance:

* TheCavalry: Usually tries to be this, but usually doesn't help. Eventually becomes the ''official'' cavalry after becoming leader of the auxiliary team.

* AmazonChaser: A tie-in comic reveals that Stoick first noticed Valka when they were fighting off the Berserker Tribe, complimenting on her uppercut.