Chapter 4: What's in a Name
Tropes That Appear In This Chapter:
- Big "WHAT?!": Stoick has this reaction at his granddaughter's name, accidentally provoking his grandkids in the process.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Peep was a woman with godlike prowess who was eventually imprisoned within the Earth for her treacherous antics, her attempts at freeing herself causing earthquakes on Berk. This is the same fate Loki suffers in Norse Mythology, this being the Viking's explanation for earthquakes.
- Enfante Terrible: Peep (not Peep Madrigal, a Peep from the legend) was nothing short of a Wild Child who was a dragon-killing prodigy by the time she was five. Subverted when it was revealed that she was a normal girl who died in an accident.
- Legend Fades to Myth: Doubly-so. As impressive as the kind of feats Stoick and the other Vikings are capable, the kind of Super-Strength and invincibility Peep was capable of definitely sound like exaggerations that inevitably happen through oral tradition. Over time, her name became sort of a boogeyman for Berk's children, eventually outlawing the name from being used on Berk all-together because of how scary she was. In reality, the whole legend was made up by elders to honor the second-born of the Chief's family who died at a young age, thus the name was made taboo because hearing the name was his Trauma Button.Hiccup: That sounds... highly implausible.
Mirabel: Yeah, I'm willing to bet none of that stuff happened. - One-Steve Limit: Apparently, Hiccup's positive reputation has resulted in a few babies on Berk being named after him, the negative connotations originally associated with the name having gone.
- Wild Card: Peep from generations past was a One-Woman Army that was capable of fighting off dragon raids all by herself. Unfortunately, she was unpredictable and irrational, eventually terrorizing Berk when dragon-killing grew boring, resulting in her banishment. Or at least they tried to banish her, being too invincible for any actual method of banishment.
