Dragon Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

Hiccup almost died when he fell into the fire caused by the Red Death's exploding body. Parallels, in How to Train Your Dragon 2, Hiccup almost died when Drago's Bewilderbeast shot him with an icy blast, a completely opposite way. Both times Toothless protected him.

That joke just slipped right past me the first time I saw the movie. Ruffnut (the girl) has a crush on Eret (the guy)

At the end of the movie you can see Stoic riding his dragon, Skullcrusher, in a tapestry behind the chiefs seat at the dragon racing arena

Stylised animations demonstrate what each group of visual artists does (eg character effects: simulates hair and cloth; digimatte makes digital backgrounds, crowds... make crowds, etc)

Toothless' mating dance is inspired in one of nine steps of the Carolas' Parotia mating dance.

Drago's bewilderbeast can be found in the hidden world in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" (2019)

Stoick manages to spot Hiccup's helmet floating in water, even though it is made of both iron, and leather, which should have sunk.

Broly's dad Paragus doesn't look elderly, however in the new movie, Dragon Ball Super: Broly that reintroduces Broly, Paragus is an elder because it's 20 years later than the old movie

The character Videl wears a devil top. Videl is an anagram of Devil, plus her father's name is Hercule Satan.

When the Dreamworks logo appears on screen with the boy sitting in the crescent moon at the beginning of 'How To Train Your Dragon' (2010), a Night Fury can briefly be see flying through the night sky in the lower right of the screen.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman's character writes that the Tooth Fairy will "go down in flames." Shortly after, he was kidnapped, glued to a wheelchair, set on fire, and rolled down the street by the Tooth Fairy. He went down in flames.

When the blind lady pours her tea she has her thumb in the cup so she can feel when it's close to full

Whis--a literal space alien--eats sushi using a fork. In Japanese culture, doing so is considered an almost stereotypical 'foreigner' gesture.

How to train your dragon 2 wasn't only a pretty looking sequel, it was a testament to animation and cinematography.

An FBI agent suggests using Sodium Amytal (Truth Serum) on Lecter. Will Graham dismisses this, as the last time they used the serum on Lecter to find the location of a victim, he gave them a recipe for dip. It's likely Hannibal isn't lying and the victim was part of the recipe.

When Toothless draws the light fury's face, Hiccup responds with "oh now you can draw", a callback to the first movie when Toothless tried to draw Hiccup's face. You can see the eyes and nose.

Stoick wears a helmet made from his missing wife's armor because "it keeps her close." In HTTYD 2 (2014), when they are unexpectedly reunited after 20 years, Stoick immediately removes his helmet upon seeing her -- he no longer needs it as a reminder of his wife.

Stoick stabs a map to emphasize finding the Dragon's Nest, then when they sail for it using the map later, the hole is still present.

Hiccup declares he can't kill dragons while Stoick and the other Vikings boast about all the dragons they've killed. Ironically, Hiccup is the only Viking to kill a dragon during the entire movie.

Composer John Powell inserts the movie's first new theme at the moment Hiccup opens the map to new worlds. All the music before that scene is taken from the first movie to help viewers get reacquainted with the Viking world.

I don't know if this is a stretch, but in the How To Train Your Dragon series of films, the first one (2010) ends in the morning, the second one at midday and the last one at sunset; this may be symbolizing a beginning, middle and end to the story.

During the dinner scene in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, a faint scream from one of the victims can be heard but the killer attributes it to the wind and "something left open"

How to Train Your Dragon 2, Valka recognizes Hiccup as her son when she discovers his scar near his chin. In Valka's flashback, she sees her dragon Cloudjumper get startled when playing with hiccup which ended up giving him the scar. The same scar can be seen in How to Train Your Dragon 1.

Once Gogeta Turns Super Saiyan Blue, Broly Does Not Land a Single Blow for the Remainder of Their Fight (Which is About 4 Minutes and 45 Seconds)

During the king of the dragons scene in the hidden world, there is a brief shot of the alpha that Toothless defeated in the previous movie.

When Stoick checks for hiccup's heart beat after he defeated the Red Death, you can faintly hear a drum beat in the soundtrack after stoick hears a heartbeat.

Hiccup gains symbolic "wings" the moment he puts the prosthetic tail on toothless

Eret, Son of Eret can be seen massaging his branding scar as the team uncomfortably watch Drago being engulfed in Hookfang's flames during his taming. Eret probably received the red-hot brand with the help of dragon fire thus triggering some possible PTSD.

- Bruce Lee wears dark blue when sneaking around in the dark because black actually stands out more.

The final fight, the spots where Toothless shoots the Red Death are the same spots its wings rip apart at as it tries to stop its fall.

Drago's Bewilderbeest destroys one of the Viking statues in front of Berk. It's been replaced with a dragon-looking statue in the third film (2019).

Storm fly turns her head to the side to look at Astrid because Deadly Nadder dragons have a blind spot in front of their nose.

Hiccup and Drago are direct parallels to each other.

When Stoik and Valka are dancing their familiar dance, Valka isn't used to Stoik's extra volume of his beard until they get close

Donnie Yen fights with his father after losing an arm. His father was played by Jimmy Wang Yu, who starred in the "One Armed Swordsman" series in the 70's.

When calming the pack of dragons surrounding him in the ice caves, Hiccup has to reload his sword Inferno with another Zippleback gas canister, because he had used up the previous one demonstrating the weapon to Eret son of Eret.

Gogeta assumes both Goku and Vegeta's iconic fighting stances

this scene in How to Train Your Dragon 3 you can clearly see (from mark 2:30-2:33) Toothless eyes are following Hiccup's son while he is been thrown in the air

The stamped papers Shu Lien shows to the guards at the Beijing city gate shows the date, "In the 43rd year of the reign of (Emperor) Qianlong, the sixth month, the eighth day," which is June or July in the year 1778.

Cool detail for characters clothes.

The cat, presumably killed by Martin Vanger, appears to be arranged in the shape of a swastika.

Plays in a dystopian future of 2007 in which a TV host announces Madonna's divorce. Madonna really went on to get divorced from Guy Ritchie in 2007

Stoick tells the story of the first time he encountered Drago Bludvist. As he recalls Drago's words, the flashback of Drago speaks almost in-sync to Stoick's narration e.g "man of the people" at 0:24.

the guillotine scene Han and Roper have very similarly colored outfits, signifying their similar moral standing. But Roper's outfit is a lighter shade of navy blue, as opposed to, Han's darker colored navy, which shows Roper's moral standing is a little better

When Bruce Lee goes against O'Hara, he manages to knock him down by starting with a block remover, then an elbow faint and then an elbow strike to knock him down. All within less than two seconds

When Lemmo and Cheelai find Paragus marooned on the planet Vampa, he is wearing the same bag worn by Beets before and after their crash-landing.

Howling Wind in Martin's House

Hiccup is referred to as in the only use for the dragons as their toothpick - that's why he end up calling his dragon "Toothless", because it has no interest in using him.

Valka's tears fall like they do in live action movies, not how they fall when someone's actually crying.

When George enters the village, a woman is falling for no reason through the roof of her house. (Sorry about the quality)