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"One adventure will change two worlds."

How to Train Your Dragon is a franchise that began as a series of twelve children's books, written by British author Cressida Cowell.

It was then given a film adaption by DreamWorks Animation, with Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois at the director's helm. It has gone onto include two sequels (both directed by just DeBlois), several television cartoons, several Licensed Games and Graphic Novels, amongst other derivatives set in the world of the films.


Works in this franchise:

Feature films

Short films

Comic Books

Literature

  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: Meet the New Dragons (2019)

Tabletop games

  • How to Train Your Dragon: Dragon Training 101 Board Game (2010)
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2: Sheep Launcher Game (2014)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Battle Royale Game (2019)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Television series

Theatre

  • How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular/How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular (2012)
  • How to Train Your Dragon ON ICE (2014)

Theme Parks

  • Untrainable (Universal Studios Beijing, 2021)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk (Themed land at Universal's Epic Universe, 2025)

Video games

  • How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
  • Flight of the Night Fury (2010)
  • Dragon Training Legends (2011)
  • DreamWorks Super Star Kartz (2011)
  • Tap Dragon Drop (2012)
  • DreamWorks Dragons: Wild Skies (2012)
  • School of Dragons (2013)
  • Outcast Attack (2013)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (2014)
  • Dragons Hero Portal (2014)
  • Dragons: Rise of Berk (2014)
  • Dragon Racers: The Dragon Berry Dash (2014)
  • DreamWorks Dragons: Online Card Game (2015)
  • Dragons: Titan Uprising (2019)
  • DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders (2019)
  • Dragon Pets (2019)
  • Funko Pop! Blitz (2020) note 
  • Dragons: Legend of the Nine Realms (2022)
  • DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing (2023)

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Where No One Goes

"Where No One Goes" from "How to Train Your Dragon 2" features the flight motif from the first film, now more up-tempo, and with lyrics!

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