Chapter 3: Better Together
Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
- Bread and Circuses: When Isabela covers the wrecked shop in flowers, everyone acts as though Isabela did a great thing, much to Hiccup and Mirabel's frustrations.Hiccup: She didn't even do anything! The shop is still wrecked, now it's just a wreck that's covered in flowers!
Mirabel: Welcome to my world... - Failed a Spot Check: Mirabel and Hiccup manage to get all but one of the donkeys, this donkey accidentally destroying the entire stock of china in a china-shop. This gives Alma an excuse to show Mirabel that she can't be relied on, treating this one misstep (including the fact that she had to use a machine to accomplish this) as though it invalidates everything else.
- Futureshadowing: Hiccup and Mirabel have a Seinfeldian Conversation about how satisfying eel soup can be, this taking place years before "Belly Bump" when Mirabel has Wacky Cravings for Eel Soup.
- Mundane Made Awesome: When Mirabel struggles to russell all of the loose donkeys for Luisa, Hiccup's solution is to make the Bane of Donkeys, a machine built from two carriages, a few metal rods and a shower curtain designed to net donkeys.
- The Power of Friendship: The chapter addresses that while Mirabel and Hiccup trying to help on their own caused disaster in their respective villages, they are much more effective as a team.
- Stubborn Mule: Being a teen girl of average strength, Mirabel struggles to make any of the donkeys move at all.
