Hiccup Quotes in How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Hiccup: [about the Night Fury] I really did hit one.

Gobber: Sure.

Hiccup: He never listens!

Gobber: Well, it runs in the family.

Hiccup: And when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl, like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich.

[imitating]

Hiccup: "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 fish-bone!"

Gobber: Now, you're thinkin' about this all wrong. It's not so much what you *look* like, it's what's *inside* that he can't stand.

[pause]

Hiccup: [sarcastic] Thank you for summing that up.

Gobber: Look the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not!

Hiccup: I just wanna be one of you guys!

Astrid: [about Toothless] I bet he's really frightened now... what are you gonna do about it?

Hiccup: Ehhh... probably something stupid.

Astrid: Good, but you've already done that...

Hiccup: [after a pause] Then something crazy...!

[he runs off]

Astrid: *That's* more like it!

[she follows him]

Astrid: It's a mess. You must feel horrible. You've lost everything. Your father, your tribe, your best friend...

Hiccup: Thank you for summing that up.

[silence]

Hiccup: Why couldn't I have killed that dragon when I found him in the woods? Would've been better, for everyone...

Astrid: Yep. The rest of us would have done it. So why didn't you?

[pauses]

Astrid: Why didn't you?

Hiccup: I don't know... I couldn't.

Astrid: That's not an answer.

Hiccup: *Why* is this so important to you all of a sudden?

Astrid: Because I want to remember what you say, *right now*.

Hiccup: Oh, for the love of... I was a coward! I was weak! I wouldn't kill a dragon!

Astrid: You said *wouldn't*, that time.

Hiccup: Agh, whatever... I *wouldn't*! Three hundred years, and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon!

[pause]

Astrid: First to ride one, though. So...?

Hiccup: I wouldn't kill him, because he looked as frightened as *I* was. I looked at him... and I saw myself.

[last lines]

Hiccup: This is Berk. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three. Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so. The only upsides are the pets. While other places have ponies or parrots... we have... dragons.

Astrid: [punches Hiccup] That's for scaring me!

Hiccup: Oh wha- wait, what is it always going to be this way? 'Cause...

[Astrid grabs him and kisses him deeply]

Hiccup: ...I could get used to it.

Hiccup: [about the dragons] Everything we know about you guys is wrong.

Astrid: [hanging from a tree branch] Hiccup! Get me *down* from here!

Hiccup: [pleading] You have to give me a chance to explain!

Astrid: I am not listening to *anything* you have to say!

Hiccup: Then I won't speak. Just let me *show* you. Please, Astrid.

[Astrid lifts herself up and gingerly climbs onto Toothless's back]

Astrid: Now get me down.

Hiccup: Toothless, down. *Gently.*

[Toothless spreads his wings, and the wind slowly lifts them into the air]

Hiccup: See? Nothing to be afraid of...

[Toothless launches himself into the sky at top speed, Astrid screams]

Hiccup: Augh! Toothless! What is *wrong* with you? Bad dragon! A-ha, he's uh, he's not usually like this... Oh no...

[Toothless rolls to the side and dives straight down, plunging in and out of the waves; Astrid screams]

Hiccup: Toothless, what are you doing, we need her to *like* us!

[Toothless soars up again and starts doing aileron rolls]

Hiccup: And now, the spinning. Thank you for *nothing*, you useless reptile!

Astrid: [terrified] Okay, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Just get me off of this thing!

[Toothless looks back at her, pleased, then spreads his wings and rises gently into the sky]

Hiccup: [as Toothless gestures for him to get on] You got it, bud.

[He mounts Toothless, preparing to fly after the Green Death dragon]

Stoick: [grabbing Hiccup's arm] Hiccup!... I'm sorry. For-for everything.

Hiccup: Yeah, me too.

Stoick: You don't have to go up there.

Hiccup: [smiling] We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard.

Stoick: [taking his hand] I'm proud to call you my son.

Hiccup: Thanks, Dad.

[takes off]

[first lines]

Hiccup: [voice-over] This is Berk. It's twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death. It's located solidly on the Meridian of Misery. My village. In a word? Sturdy. It's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunsets. The only problems are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes... We have...

[aloud, as he slams the door against an attacking Monstrous Nightmare]

Hiccup: Dragons!

[during the final rounds of dragon training, Astrid notices Hiccup next to her and yanks his shield down, thrusting her face next to his]

Astrid: Stay out of my way! I'm winning this thing!

Hiccup: Uh... please, by all means.

[Astrid approaches the Gronkle stealthily]

Astrid: This time! This time, for sure!

[She springs up and charges with a yell... only to see that Hiccup has already "subdued" it. The crowd cheers]

Astrid: [swinging her axe wildly in anger] NO! YOU SON OF A HALF-TROLL, RAT-EATING, MUNGE-BUCKET!

Hiccup: [to Toothless] We're leaving! Let's pack up. Looks like you and me are taking a little vacation. Forever.

[he bends over his pack]

Hiccup: Ah man.

[looking up, he sees Astrid sitting on a boulder, sharpening her axe]

Hiccup: Agh! What the... uh, uh, what are you doing here?

Astrid: I want to know what's going on.

[she jumps down and menaces him with the axe]

Astrid: No one just *gets* as good as you do. *Especially* you. Start talking! Are you training with someone?

Hiccup: Uh, uh, training? I didn't...

Astrid: [grabbing his flight gear] It better not involve *this*...

Hiccup: I, I know, this... looks really bad, but, you see, this is uh...

[there's a rustling behind them and she looks over his shoulder toward the noise]

Hiccup: [trying to distract her] Uh, you're right! You're right, you're right. I, I'm through with the lies, I've been making... outfits! So, you got me. It's time everyone knew. Drag me back, go ahead... here we go...

[she twists his arm, throwing him to the ground]

Hiccup: OW! Why would you *do* that?

Astrid: That's for the lies! And *that's*...

[she drops the butt of her axe on his chest]

Astrid: ... for everything else!

[Toothless emerges a few feet away]

Hiccup: Oh man...

Astrid: [gasps and throws them both to the ground] Get down!

[Toothless charges, she pushes Hiccup away and raises her axe]

Astrid: RUN! RUN!

Hiccup: [grabbing the axe and throwing it away] No! No! It's okay, it's okay!

[to Toothless]

Hiccup: She's a friend.

[to Astrid, holding Toothless back]

Hiccup: You scared him.

Astrid: *I* scared *him*? Who is "him"?

Hiccup: Uh... Astrid, Toothless! Toothless, Astrid.

[Toothless snarls, Astrid shakes her head in bewilderment and runs off]

Hiccup: Duh-duh-duh, we're dead!

Stoick: Turns out all we needed was a little more of...

[gestures to Hiccup]

Stoick: This!

Hiccup: You just gestured to all of me!

Hiccup: [reading in the Dragon Manual] Dragon classifications. Strength Class, Fear Class, Mystery Class. Thunderdrum: This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight.

[turns page]

Hiccup: Timberjack: This gigantic creature has razor-sharp wings that can slice through full-grown trees. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight.

[turns page]

Hiccup: Scaldron: Sprays scalding water at its victim, extremely dangerous...

[thunder, Hiccup jumps]

Hiccup: Changeling: Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid, kill on sight.

[flipping pages faster]

Hiccup: Gronkles, Zippleback, the Skrill... Boneknapper... Whispering Death... Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims, turns its victims inside-out... Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous... kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight... Night Fury. Speed unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance: hide and pray it does not find you.

Hiccup: [narrating] My name's Hiccup. Great name, I know. But, it's not the worst. Parents believe a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and trolls. Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that.

Viking: [screams in Hiccup's face] RAAAAHHHR!

[casually]

Viking: Morning!

Hiccup: [about Berk's dragon problem] Most people would leave. Not us. We're Vikings. We... have stubbornness issues.

[Hiccup prepares to open one of the dragon pens]

Fishlegs: If you're planning on getting eaten, I'd definitely go with the Gronkle.

[Hiccup turns in surprise and sees his entire class lined up behind him]

Tuffnut: [approaching] You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon...

Hiccup: Um...

Tuffnut: It's me.

Snotlout: [shoves Tuffnut aside] I love this plan!

Hiccup: I... didn't...

Ruffnut: [shoves Snotlout aside] You're crazy!

[leans in, flirtatiously]

Ruffnut: I like that...

Astrid: [firmly yanks her away] So... what is the plan?

[offering the Night Fury a fish, Hiccup gets a good look inside his mouth]

Hiccup: Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had...

[Toothless' teeth pop out and he snatches the fish from Hiccup's hand]

Hiccup: ...Teeth.

Hiccup: Aw, come on, let me out, please? I need to make my mark!

Gobber: Oh, you've made plenty of marks! All in the wrong places!

Hiccup: Please, two minutes! I'll kill a dragon, my life will get infinitely better... I might even get a date!

Gobber: You can't lift a hammer, you can't swing an axe, you can't even throw one of these!

[holds up a set of bolas]

Hiccup: [gesturing to a catapult machine of his own making] Okay fine, but this will throw it for me!

[He touches the machine and it fires a set of bolas through the window, knocking out another Viking]

Gobber: See, now this right here is what I'm talkin' about!

Hiccup: It, it... mild calibration issue, I...

Gobber: Don't you... no, Hiccup! If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons, you need to stop all... this.

[gestures to all of Hiccup]

Hiccup: But you just pointed to all of me!

Gobber: Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you!

Hiccup: [annoyed, squinting sideways at him] Oh...

Gobber: Oh, yeah!

Hiccup: You, sir, are playing a dangerous game! Keeping this much raw... viking-ness... contained! There'll be consequences!

Gobber: [deadpan] I'll take my chances.

[heaves a dented sword into Hiccup's hands]

Gobber: Sword. Sharpened. Now.

Hiccup: [Walking through the forest and crossing out his map] Oh, the gods hate me. Some people lose their knife or their mug... No, not me, I manage to lose an entire *dragon*?

[Hits a branch and it lashes back, smacking him in the face]

Stoick: [as Hiccup tries to sneak past] Hiccup.

Hiccup: Dad! Uh, I have to talk to you, Dad.

Stoick: I need to speak with you too, son.

[They both take deep breaths, then both speak at once]

Stoick: I think it's time you learned to fight dragons.

Hiccup: I've decided I don't want to fight dragons.

[then]

Stoick, Hiccup: What?

Stoick: Uh, you go first.

Hiccup: No no, no, *you* go first.

Stoick: All right. You get your wish. Dragon training. You start in the morning.

Hiccup: Oh, man, I should have gone first... Because, I was thinking, you know, we have a surplus of dragon-fighting Vikings, but do we have enough... *bread-making* Vikings, or small home-repair Vikings...?

Hiccup: [Stoick has just thrust a large battle axe into his hands] I... don't wanna fight dragons.

Stoick: [chuckles] Oh, come on, yes you do.

Hiccup: Rephrase: Dad, I *can't* kill dragons.

Stoick: But you *will* kill dragons!

Hiccup: No, I'm really, very extra sure that I *won't*.

Stoick: It's time, Hiccup...

Hiccup: Can you not *hear* me?

Stoick: This is *serious*, son. When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you. Which means, you walk like us, you talk like us, and you think like us. No more of... this!

[gestures to all of Hiccup]

Hiccup: [miffed] You just gestured to *all* of me.

Stoick: Deal?

Hiccup: This conversation is feeling very one-sided...

Stoick: *Deal*?

Hiccup: [sighs, giving in] Deal.

Hiccup: [to Stoick] Thanks for stopping by and for the, uh, the breast-hat...

Gobber: Oh, nice of you to join the party! I thought you'd been carried off!

Hiccup: Who, me? Nah, come on! I'm way too muscular for their taste! They wouldn't know what to do with... all this!

[gesturing to himself and flexing]

Gobber: Well, they need toothpicks, don't they?

[a Gronkle is let out into the training ring]

Gobber: Today is about survival. If you get blasted, you're dead. Quick! What's the first thing you're going to need?

Hiccup: A doctor?

Fishlegs: Plus five speed?

Astrid: A shield!

Gobber: Shield! Go!

[the teens scramble around to grab shields]

Gobber: Your most important piece of equipment is your shield! If you must make a choice between a sword or a shield, take the shield!

Gobber: Remember, a dragon will always, *always*... go for the kill.

[cut to Hiccup in the forest where he freed the Night Fury]

Hiccup: [picking up the cut bolas] So why didn't you?

Hiccup: I knew it... I'm dead.

Stoick: [laughing] No, but you gave it your best shot.

Astrid: Careful with that dragon.

Hiccup: [looking at his father] It's... not the dragon I'm worried about.

Astrid: What are you gonna do?

Hiccup: Put an end to this. I have to try. Astrid, if something... goes wrong, just make sure they don't find Toothless.

Astrid: I will. Just... promise me it won't go wrong.

Hiccup: [watching the dragons take off with their livestock] Okay, but I hit a Night Fury.

[Stoick grabs him and begins hauling him up the hill]

Hiccup: Ahh, it's not like the last few times, Dad, I mean, I *really* actually hit it! You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot, it went down just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there before it...

Stoick: STOP! Just... stop. Everytime you step outside, disaster falls. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter is almost here and I have an entire village to feed!

Hiccup: Eh, between you and me, the village could do with a little *less* feeding, don't you think?

[the Vikings behind him touch their stomachs self-consciously]

Stoick: This isn't a joke, Hiccup! Agh, why can't you follow the simplest orders?

Hiccup: I - I can't stop myself! I see a dragon and I have to just... kill it, you know? It's who I am, Dad.

Stoick: Oh, you are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them. Get back to the house.

[to Gobber]

Stoick: Make sure he gets there! I have his mess to clean up.

[Gobber smacks Hiccup upside the head to get him walking]

Tuffnut: [to Hiccup] Quite the performance.

Snotlout: I've never seen anyone mess up that badly. That *helped*!

Hiccup: Thank you, thank you, I was trying, so...

[Hiccup finds the downed Night Fury]

Hiccup: Oh, wow... I-I did it! Oh, I did it! This, this fixes everything! *Yes*! I have brought down this mighty beast...!

[he places a foot on the Night Fury and it stirs, making him jump back in alarm; he pulls out his small knife and approaches cautiously, looking the dragon in the eyes]

Hiccup: [breathing nervously] I'm gonna kill you dragon. I'm gonna... I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my father. I'm a Viking. I am a *Viking*!

[He takes a deep breath and raises the knife; their eyes meet, the dragon's wide and frightened; Hiccup shakes himself and lifts the knife higher as the dragon goes limp; Hiccup drops his arm, frustrated, and looks from the knife to the dragon]

Hiccup: [remorseful] I did this...

[he kneels and cuts the ropes, freeing the dragon]

Hiccup: [sarcastically, as the dragons drop their kill into the glowing chasm of their nest] Oh, it's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole.

Stoick: [confronts Hiccup about his friendship with Toothless] I should have known. I should have seen the signs.

Hiccup: Dad...

Stoick: We had a deal!

Hiccup: I know, we did, but that was before I, I... agh, it's all so messed up...

Stoick: So everything in the ring... A trick? A lie!

Hiccup: I screwed up. I should have told you before now; just... take this out on *me*, be mad at *me*, but please... just don't hurt Toothless!

Stoick: [shocked] The dragon? *That's* what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?

Hiccup: H-he was just protecting me! He's not dangerous!

Stoick: They've killed *hundreds* of us!

Hiccup: And we've killed *thousands* of them! They defend themselves, that's all! They raid us because they have to! If they don't bring enough food back, they'll be eaten themselves! There's, something *else* on their island, Dad, it... It's a dragon like...

Stoick: [interrupting] Their *island*! So you've been to the nest...

Hiccup: [realizes his mistake] Did I say nest?

Stoick: [demandingly] How did you find it?

Hiccup: What, no, I, I didn't! Toothless did, only a dragon can find the island!

[Stoick pauses; Hiccup realizes what he is thinking]

Hiccup: Oh no, Dad, no please, it's not what you think, you don't know what you're up against, it's like nothing you've ever seen!

[Stoick shoves Hiccup out of the way]

Hiccup: Dad please, I promise you, you can't win this one! Dad, no!

[Stoick continues to walk away. Hiccup runs up to him and grabs his arm, on the brink of tears]

Hiccup: For *once* in your *life*, would you please just *listen* to me?

Stoick: [throws him aside] You've thrown your lot in with *them*. You're not a Viking... You're not my son.

[leaves and closes the door behind him]

Stoick: READY THE SHIPS!

Snotlout: [to Astrid, during training] So anyway, uh, I moved into my parents' basement? You should come by some time to work out. You look like you work out!

[his shield is knocked out by a Gronkle's fireball]

Gobber: Snotlout, you're done!

Hiccup: [to Astrid] So I guess it's just you and me, huh?

Astrid: Nope, just you.

[she dodges away and Hiccup's shield is hit by the Gronkle's fire]

Gobber: Today is about teamwork! The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head *breathes* gas, the other head *lights* it. Your job, is to know which is which!

Fishlegs: [whispering] Razor-sharp serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attack, crushing its victims...

Hiccup: Will you *please* stop that?

Hiccup: Oh, that's Snotlout, Fishlegs, the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and...

[Astrid throws a bucket of water to the fired house]

Hiccup: ...Astrid. Oh their job is so much cooler.

Gobber: Welcome to Dragon Training!

Astrid: No turning back.

Tuffnut: I hope I get some serious burns!

Ruffnut: I'm hoping for some mauling, like, on my shoulder or lower back.

Astrid: Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it.

Hiccup: [deadpan] Yeah, no kidding, right? Pain. Love it.

Tuffnut: Oh great, who let *him* in?

[after his latest "victory," in the final round of dragon training]

Hiccup: So, later!

Gobber: [catches him] Oh-oh, not so fast.

Hiccup: Uh, I'm kind of late for...

Astrid: [livid, jams her axehead into his throat] What? Late for *what*, exactly?

[Toothless shoot the plasma blast to the Green Death]

Hiccup: Ruff, Tuff, watch your backs! Move Fishlegs!

Tuffnut: Look at us! We're on a dragon. We're on a dragons! All of us.

Hiccup: Up! Let's move it.

Gobber: Every bit the boar-headed stubborn Viking you ever were!

[Stoick fights off a dragon, saving Hiccup]

Hiccup: [v.o] Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know.

[Stoick faces Hiccup, who is behind a pole. Pole falls into the village, setting it on fire]

Hiccup: Sorry... Dad.

Hiccup: [to Eret, who's riding on Stormfly with Astrid] Welcome aboard, dragon rider.

Eret: Thanks! I think!

Astrid: [to Hiccup] Where have YOU been?

Hiccup: Oh, you know. Catching up with Mom.

[Hiccup looks up. Astrid follows his gaze and sees Valka on Cloudjumper, summoning her Bewilderbeast]

Astrid: [aghast] THAT'S your MOTHER?

Hiccup: [smiles] Well, now you know where I get my dramatic flair.

[He flies off with Toothless]

Hiccup: [drawing a new spot on his map] So, what should we name it?

[Toothless scratches under his arm with his snout]

Hiccup: Itchy Armpit it is.

Hiccup: [at Stoick's funeral] I'm sorry, Dad. I'm not the chief that you wanted me to be and I'm not the peacekeeper I thought I was. I... don't know...

Valka: You came early into this world. You were such a wee thing. Oh, so frail, so fragile. I feared you wouldn't make it. But your father, he never doubted. He always said you'd become the strongest of them all. And he was right. You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon. Only you can bring our worlds together. That is who you are, son.

Hiccup: I, uh... I was so afraid of becoming my dad. Mostly because I thought I never could. How-how do you become someone that great, that brave, that selfless? I guess you can only try. A chief protects his own. We're going back.

Tuffnut: Uh... with what?

Ruffnut: Uh, he took all the dragons.

Hiccup: Not all of them.

[last lines]

Hiccup: [narrating] This is Berk. A bit trampled and busted and covered in ice, but it's home. It's our home. Those who attacked us are relentless and crazy, but those who stopped them - oh-h-h-h-h, even more so! We may be small in numbers, but we stand for something bigger than anything the world can pin against us. We are the voice of peace, and, bit by bit, we will change this world. You see, we have something they don't. Oh, sure, they have armies, and they have armadas, but we... we have...

[Toothless roars]

Hiccup: ...OUR DRAGONS!

Hiccup: [narrating] Yep, Berk is pretty much perfect. All of my hard work has paid off. And it's a good thing, too, because, with Vikings on the backs of dragons, the world just got a whole lot bigger.

Hiccup: [playing with Toothless] He's down! Ah, and it's ugly! Dragons and Vikings, enemies again, locked in combat to the bitter...

[Toothless pins Hiccup, who moans in mock pain. Toothless then licks him repeatedly]

Hiccup: Ugh! C'mon!

[jumps to his feet and wipes the drool off his clothes]

Hiccup: You KNOW that doesn't wash out!

[Toothless laughs and Hiccup playfully flicks the excess drool at him]

Hiccup: What do you think, bud? You wanna give this another shot?

[Toothless groans skeptically]

Hiccup: Toothless! It'll be fine!

Valka: [meeting Toothless] Oh, he's beautiful!

[pets him]

Valka: [laughs] Incredible! He might very well be the last of his kind. And look!

[counts his chin flaps]

Valka: He's your age!

Hiccup: Wow.

Valka: No wonder you get along so well!

[notices Toothless's retractable teeth]

Valka: And retractable teeth! How did you manage to...?

Hiccup: [awkwardly] Oh, I found him in the woods. He was... shot down and wounded.

Valka: [goes to various disabled dragons] This Snafflefang lost his leg to one of Drago Bludvist's iron traps. This Raincutter had her wing sliced by razor netting. And this poor Hobblegrunt was blinded by a tree snare and then left to die alone and scared.

[sees Toothless's prosthetic tail fin]

Valka: And what of this? Did Drago or his trappers do this, too?

Hiccup: [gives an embarrassed laugh] Oh, yeah. Well, crazy thing is... I'M actually the one who... shot him down.

[Valka gives him a puzzled look]

Hiccup: Hey, it's okay, though! He got me back!

[to Toothless]

Hiccup: Right, bud? You couldn't save all of me, could you? You just had to make it even. So, peg leg!

[shows Valka his prosthetic leg]

Eret: [approaches Hiccup after he saves Berk] That was some pretty fine dragon-wrangling back there. You'd make a good trapper.

[Skullcrusher nudges him playfully]

Eret: Whoa!

[He chuckles]

Hiccup: You know, Skullcrusher's gonna need somebody to look after him now.

Eret: [surprised] Me?

[Hiccup nods]

Eret: I'd be honored.

Valka: [comes over to Hiccup] Your father would be every bit as proud as I am.

Hiccup: Thank you. I'm really glad you're here, Mom.

Valka: And here I'll stay.

Astrid: [walks up to Hiccup] See? I told you it was in here.

[She points to his heart and then presses the button which releases the fin in his back]

Hiccup: [laughs] You're still doing that one. That's hilarious. Come here, you.

[He kisses Astrid]

[first lines]

Hiccup: [narrating] This is Berk, the best kept secret this side of, well, anywhere. Granted, it may not look like much, but this wet heap of rock packs more than a few surprises. Life here is amazing, just not for the faint of heart. You see, where most folks enjoy hobbies like whittling or needlepoint, we Berkians prefer a little something we like to call... DRAGON RACING!

Valka: [sees the scar on Hiccup's chin, shocked] Hiccup?

Hiccup: Eh...

Valka: [removing her helmet] Could-could it be? After all these years? How is this possible?

Hiccup: [perplexed] Uh, should I... should I know you?

Valka: [ashamed] No. You were only a babe.

[Hiccup stares at her]

Valka: But a mother never forgets.

[a startled Hiccup gasps]

Hiccup: [to Valka, about the dragon sanctuary] This is where you've been for twenty years?

[Valka nods]

Hiccup: You-you've been rescuing them.

[Valka nods again]

Hiccup: Unbelievable.

Valka: You're not upset?

Hiccup: What? No! I... I don't know. I... Well, it's a bit much to get my head around, to be frank. It's not every day you find out your mother is some kind of... crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady.

Valka: Oh.

[chuckles as Cloudjumper helps her down]

Valka: Well... at least I'm not boring. Right?

Hiccup: [follows Valka through the cave] Uh, hold-hold on! Wait just a minute!

Valka: This way!

Hiccup: Come back here!

Valka: Come!

Hiccup: You can't just say something like that and run off! You're my MOTHER? I mean, what the...? Do you... do you grasp how insane it sounds?

Valka: Come! Quickly!

Hiccup: I have questions! Where have you been all this time? What have... what have you been doing? Huh? They-they said you were dead! EVERYONE thinks you were eaten by...

[finally exits the cave, sees Valka's dragon sanctuary, and is overcome by its beauty]

Valka: [to Hiccup; proudly] All this time, you took after me.

[guilty]

Valka: And... where was I? I'm so sorry, Hiccup. Can we start over? Will you give me another chance?

[Hiccup gently smiles as if to forgive her]

Valka: I... I can teach all that I've learned these past twenty years, like...

[presses her fingers into Toothless's neck, making his back spikes split in half]

Hiccup: Wow.

Valka: Now you can make those tight turns!

Hiccup: [to Toothless] Did you know about this?

Valka: [laughs] Every dragon has its secrets. And I'll show them all to you! We'll unlock every mystery, find every last species together, as mother and son!

[She and Hiccup laugh as they watch their dragons play]

Valka: This gift we share, Hiccup, it bonds us. This is who you are, son. Who WE are. And we will change the world for all dragons. We will make it a better, safer place.

Hiccup: [excitedly] Yeah! I mean, that sounds... amazing!

[Overjoyed, Valka hugs a surprised Hiccup, who quickly returns the embrace]

Hiccup: [narrating] Now dragons used to be a bit of a problem here, but that was five years ago. Now they've all moved in. And, really, why wouldn't they? We have custom stables, all-you-can-eat feeding stations, a full-service dragon wash, even top-of-the-line fire prevention, if I do say so myself.

Gobber: [about riding baby dragons inside an ice mountain] Some might suggest this is poorly conceived!

Hiccup: Well, it's a good thing that I never listen.

[an ice wall splits them up]

Gobber: Whoa! So...

[he pauses for the ice wall]

Gobber: ... what is your...

[ice wall]

Gobber: ... plan?

Hiccup: Get Toothless back and kick Drago's...

[the ice wall catches the rest of his sentence]

Hiccup: [as Stoick drags him through the cave] Uh, wait! Okay, uh, Dad, there-there's something you need to know!

Stoick the Vast: [impatiently] Yeah, yeah. Tell me on the way.

Hiccup: No, this isn't an on-the-way kind of update, actually.

Stoick the Vast: [stubbornly] I've heard enough!

Hiccup: More of the earth-shattering-development variety.

Stoick the Vast: Yeah, just add it to the pile.

Hiccup: Yeah, I, uh, uh... Dad, u-unlike most surprises I spring on you, this is one you'll like. I-I promise. You just have to handle it... delicately. So...

[They reach a stunned Gobber]

Gobber: [to Stoick] Uh, you might want to take this one.

Stoick the Vast: Huh?

[draws his sword]

Gobber: Oh, boy.

Hiccup: [fearful] Oh, uh, Dad, could you put the sword away, please?

[Stoick finally sees Valka and gasps. Gobber and Hiccup watch as Stoick drops his sword, removes his helmet, and slowly and silently advances toward Valka]

Valka: I know what you're gonna say, Stoick. How could I have done this? Stayed away all these years? And why didn't I come back to you? To our son? Well, what sign did I have that you could change, Stoick? That anyone on Berk could? I pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer, but did any of you listen?

Gobber: [aside, to Hiccup] This is why I never married. This and one other reason.

Valka: I know that I left you to raise Hiccup alone, but I thought he'd be better off without me. And I was wrong. I see that now! But...

[nervously backs up against the wall; on the verge of tears]

Valka: Oh, stop being so stoic, Stoick! Go on! Shout! Scream! Say something!

[Stoick touches Valka's cheek. She stares at him in fear]

Stoick the Vast: [also on the verge of tears] You're as beautiful as the day I lost you.

[Valka quietly weeps in relief; Stoick softly kisses her. A relieved and overjoyed Hiccup smiles]

Drago: [to Hiccup, after he miraculously returns to Berk] You certainly are hard to get rid of, I'll say that.

Hiccup: [trying to bring Toothless out of his trance] Toothless? Hey, it's me, bud. It's me. It's me, I'm right here, bud. Come back to me.

Drago: [chuckles evilly] He's not yours anymore. He belongs to the Alpha!

Drago: [mockingly] But, please, O great Dragon Master, TRY to take him. He will not miss a second time.

Hiccup: It wasn't your fault, bud. They... made you do it. You'd never hurt him. You'd never hurt me.

[Hiccup puts a hand on Toothless's head; Toothless immediately starts to calm down]

Drago: [shocked] How are you doing that?

Hiccup: [in tears] Please, you... are my best friend, bud. My best friend.

Hiccup: [after Valka tells her story] How did you survive?

Valka: Oh, Cloudjumper never meant to harm me. He... must've thought I belonged here.

[shows Hiccup the Bewilderbeast]

Valka: In the home of the great Bewilderbeast. The alpha species. One of the very few that still exist. Every nest has its queen, but this is the KING of all dragons. With his icy breath, this graceful giant built our nest, a safe haven for dragons everywhere.

Hiccup: [surprised] Wait, that's the ice-spitter? HE'S responsible for all that destruction?

Valka: He protects us. We all live under his care and his command.

[a group of baby dragons gang up on Toothless]

Valka: All but the babies, of course...

[Cloudjumper scares them off and they fly away to pester the Bewilderbeast. Valka giggles]

Valka: ...who listen to no one!