History Trivia / HowToTrainYourDragon2

* WordOfGay: Gobber remarks during an argument between Stoick and his wife Valka "This is why I never married. This, and one other reason." It was originally a ThrowItIn moment by Gobber's voice actor, but was eventually backed up by the film's openly gay director Dean [=DeBlois=].

* WordOfGay: Subverted. That "one other reason" that Gobber never got married. Many raised an eyebrow and assumed that he's gay. Director Dean [=DeBlois=] and Gobber's actor, Creator/CraigFerguson, [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2633953/How-To-Train-Your-Dragon-character-Gobber-Belch-reveals-gay-animations-sequel.html aren't denying it.]]

* DVDCommentary: On the blu-ray release, with writer/director Dean DeBlois, producer Bonnie Arnold, head of character animation Simon Otto and production designer Pierre-Olivier Vincent. It's the only commentary from the DreamWorks/Fox era.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** From what can be gleaned from [[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-dragon-director-dean-deblois-20140613-story.html%23page=1#page=1 this]] interview, [=DeBlois=] had planned on giving the film two antagonists, likely as two balanced forces that would challenge Hiccup along the way. Drago would be as he appeared in the film: a great force that is a clear threat, and Valka as a more sympathetic villain whom Hiccup would, possibly, persuade to see his way of things.
** Drago was originally conceived as a GreaterScopeVillain that would be introduced in the second film and serve as the BigBad for the third and final installment, but was moved up to the second after Valka's character was rewritten.
** [=DeBlois=] had originally wanted [[spoiler: Gobber to be killed by the mind-controlled Toothless, but Creator/GuillermoDelToro suggested that Stoick be killed instead as it would service Hiccup's arc and have a stronger emotional impact.]]
** Fully animated scenes of [[spoiler:Hiccup spending a bit longer time to wake Toothless up from the mind control were made, where he gets even closer and leans against Toothless' head while saying "I won't leave. I won't let you go." The creators might have thought that having Hiccup simply touch his head would be a more meaningful nod to how they first bonded, being the defining factor waking him up. That, and Drago allowing him ''that'' close without doing anything would be too unrealistic.]]
** Creator/RobertPattinson was considered for a role in the film at one point, most likely Eret.

** Robert Pattinson was considered for a role in the film at one point, most likely Eret.
* WordOfGay: Subverted. That "one other reason" that Gobber never got married. Many raised an eyebrow and assumed that he's gay. Director Dean DeBlois and Gobber's actor, Creator/CraigFerguson, [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2633953/How-To-Train-Your-Dragon-character-Gobber-Belch-reveals-gay-animations-sequel.html aren't denying it.]]

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* PlayingAgainstType: IneffectualSympatheticVillain Eret is the complete opposite of Creator/KitHarington's [[Series/GameofThrones major role]].

* {{Jossed}}: There was a popular belief going on for a while that Toothless would [[SamusIsAGirl turn out to be a female dragon]]. However, if Valka's 20+ years of extensive dragon knowledge are to be trusted, the second film confirms that Toothless is in fact a male dragon. [[spoiler:This is further confirmed in the third film, where Toothless falls in love with and ends up mating with a female dragon.]]

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** CostumeEvolution (right)

** RobertPattinson was considered for a role in the film at one point, most likely Eret.

* ActorAllusion:
** Astrid lectures Eret about not taking toys away from dragons, asking "Don't you know anything?" Which is just another way of telling him he knows nothing. [[Series/GameOfThrones Jon Snow]] learned to train dragons. Let that sink in for a moment.
*** This becomes even funnier after [[spoiler: the reveal of his Targaryen parentage in season 6.]]
** During the battle scene where Stoick is fighting Drago, Stoick (Creator/GerardButler) makes an allusion to Butler's role in ''Film/ReignOfFire'', another dragon movie.

* {{Jossed}}: There was a popular belief going on for a while that Toothless would [[SamusIsAGirl turn out to be a female dragon]]. However, if Valka's 20+ years of extensive dragon knowledge are to be trusted, the second film confirms that Toothless is in fact a male dragon.[[spoiler:This is further confirmed in the third film, where Toothless falls in love with and ends up mating with a female dragon.]]

*** This becomes even funnier after [[spoiler: the reveal of his Targaryen parentage in season 6]]