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John Kemp 15 March 2010 at 10:53
I fail to understand why anyone takes Argentina's claim seriously.
Argentina was not even a country when British settlers took occupancy. The Islands have never been part of Argentina in any way, shape or form except imagination. They have never had an Argentine population, ever.
The USA is doing it's usual poor job of forgetting who its friends are, if tensions develop over this issue again I would advocate the immediate and complete withdrawal of all British troops from Afghanistan to re-inforce our presence in the south Atlantic since that piece of territory and the security of it is far more important to Britons than the dust bowl of Afghanistan.
Roger Lorton 15 March 2010 at 12:12
I do not understand the author's assertion that the UK's historical claim is based on very 'little' On the contrary, the historic claim has been sufficient to keep Argentina away from pursuing sovereignty through the ICJ. And Argentina cannot contend that the right to self-determine does not apply as they are themselves descendants of Spanish settlers. As for a ' joint development zone' – it was Argentina who broke away from talks in 2007, not the UK.
EgM 15 March 2010 at 12:27
I dislike this talk of 'compromise'. Why? The Falklands were discovered by the English and if it were a clear-cut case of belonging to what was joined to you then the French would own Britain, Britain would own the Channel Islands, etc. We fought and won these islands and we populate them. End of.
Malvinas 15 March 2010 at 14:40
A fact often dismissed by the British is that the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht signed by the UK and Spain (among other European powers), gave Spain continued control of her colonies in the Americas, including all adjacent islands. Simply put, the UK gave up any claims to the Malvinas/Falklands Islands to Spain by signed treaty. The islands then became part of Spain's Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. When Argentina declared independence from Spain and became The United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, it claimed all territories previously administered by the Viceroyalty. In 1825, the UK recognized the newly formed Republic, which included territorial recognition. In 1833 the UK takes over the Malvinas/Falklands not because it retained some form of claim at that time, but rather because it could. The UK was at the height of imperial expansion and it went around the world taking whatever it wanted. That simple. Argentina never gave up its claim to the islands. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Argentina and the UK became very close allies and it was expected by both nations that the islands would be returned to Argentina somewhere along the line. In fact, until the early 1970s, the UK proposed the return of the islands to Argentina to the islanders, who did not want to become part of Argentina. Who could blame them? Does anyone want to join a country often ruled by military dictators? But still, the UK was proposing this to the islanders. In 1976 the UK decided not to return the islands after becoming aware of vast deposits of oil on the Malvinas/Falklands basin. The UK claims that they are simply looking after the interest of the islanders. Well, this is coming from the same nation that expelled all inhabitants out of Diego Garcia and gave the islands to the USA to build a military base. Bottom line, this is one of the many front lines in the battle over natural resources. If there was no oil and no strategic access to Antarctica, I truly believe that UK would have returned the islands by now. As for the islanders, I'm sure they would be welcomed in the UK.
Paul of Chagos Island 15 March 2010 at 16:27
In 1520, Esteban Gómez of the San Antonio, one of the captains in the expedition of Magellan, deserted this enterprise and encountered several islands, which members of his crew called "Islas de Sansón y de los Patos" ("Islands of Samson and the Ducks"). Although these islands were the Jason Islands, a group northwest of West Falkland, the names "Islas de Sansón" (or "San Antón", "San Son", and "Ascensión") were used for the Falklands on Spanish maps during this period
Anonymous 15 March 2010 at 19:38
The Falkland Islands have been British Sovereign territory since 1892 which is before the creation of the UN and the UN definition of "peoples" and "right to self-determine".
In 1982 the Argentines, lead by an unpleasant military junta, made their move against the Falkland Islands in the mistaken belief that Great Britain had become a mickey mouse tin-pot country.
The Royal Marines restored the Union Jack and thereby respected the democratic wishes of the peoples of the Falkland Islands to remain British.
If the Argentines had any moral claim on the Falkland Islands and the waters that surround it then this died when they lost the unjust war they started.
If it was down to me I would not let the Argentines have a single barrel of oil or the steam off my p***.!
Ellie 15 March 2010 at 20:35
So, "Malvinas", Argentina was only dragged into the Falklands issue when it became an independent state from Spain purely by chance, not because it became independent because it WANTED them. Yeah, says it all really. And as to all this talk of colonisation by the English it is merely Argentinian sour grapes. Every continent and country on this Earth has been colonised at one stage or another, including Argentina, whose 'native' peoples were diven out brutally by the Spanish, probably "Malvinas" ancestors. Give it a rest. There is nothing to discuss and there'll be no compromise. We have nothing to compromise ABOUT. The Falklands are BRITISH and staying that way. Try it on and you'll get short shrift shipmates! We're ready for you.
Groover 15 March 2010 at 20:45
Malvinas, the only reason Argenina is interested in the Falklands is because of the natural resources and oil deposits. If the place had no resources useful to your failing economy you wouldn't give two hoots about the place, you wouldn't care it was British and you certainly wouldn't give a monkeys about the welfare of the islanders on a day to day basis. So you can cut that out, pretending to care out of human compassion because we all known why you are interested in it. Your people burn British flags in the streets. That's how much you care about offending the Falkland Islanders, by burning their flag and insulting their nationality. Then you talk about it in humanitarian terms of Britain no caring for the islanders. Have we insulted them? Ask them. Have we burned YOUR flag? Not one person has even bothered. I am glad we simply ignore you.
Pad Man Scoop 16 March 2010 at 05:43
To Malvinas at 2.40pm.
As regards your comment "As for the islanders, I'm sure they would be welcomed in the UK", implicit in your statement is that:
(a) the islanders' opinion as regards sovereignty should be ignored in favour of some historical claim by Argentina (who are presumably only interested in the resources, as opposed to also protecting the existing inhabitants' interests) contrary to the UN Charter and ICJ rulings;
(b) once the Argentinians have taken the island they will kick out the residents or they will want to leave, presumably because they don't want to be part of Argentina; and
(c) after having fought and died for the land, the rest of the population in the UK is just going to be happy to welcome them back.
Your treatment of the issue, while clearly well informed, is disgracefully narrow minded. You underestimate the significance of the Falklands War in the mind of the British and the respect for self-determination (something Argentina clearly does not understand).
Mike Summers 16 March 2010 at 12:19
Well Mr Moss, you demonstrate about as much moral principle as an Argentine dictator, and like so many of your ilk would compromise on just about anything when there is some money to be made.
The truth is that the Argentines have never had any sustainable title to the Falklands, and peddle a highly distorted version of history to anyone who will listen, to whip up old anti-colonialist sentiment to support their claim. There was no native population on the Falkland Islands, and various expeditions and traders from Europe and the US set up here during the 1700's, including the British, French and Spanish, much of it long before Aregntina even existed. When Britain commenced its permanent settlement of the Islands in 1833 there was no other resident population.
Many of us here can count back up to 9 generations of direct family descent in these Islands, and have as much right as any settled population to choose our own destiny. UN doctrine on self-determination is variously interpreted by many to suit their needs, but since Argentina never occupied these Islands (other than illegally in 1982), we are some 400 miles from the Argentine coast, way outside any modern territorial limits, and we are historically, culturally and geophysically separate from Latin America our cliam to self determination is as strong as any.
There have been attempts before by appeasers and apologists to try to fudge the issue through joint administration. It will not work and has never worked.
So let us stick to our moral principles and rely on the proper method of determination of political allegiance, and that is self determination for the people of our Islands. Basic human rights are not conditioned by how many people there are in a particular group, as you should very well know.
Mo 16 March 2010 at 13:26
"Malvinas" writes:-
"In 1976 the UK decided not to return the islands after becoming aware of vast deposits of oil on the Malvinas/Falklands basin."
Vast deposits? To date the prospecting has produced approximately one litre of oil: that may be all that is there, there may be more, there may be none economically recoverable, there may be a little of limited value (just as places in England have oil), but to assert that there are "vast deposits " makes it sound like Texas, Saudi or Alaska, which on present knowledge it plainly is not.
If someone is spinning stories of "vast deposits" maybe they know something the oil companies don't…all detected with a hazel twig?
Julie Smithwick 16 March 2010 at 15:22
I, for one, think Malvinas has presented the facts quite well. The rest of you are spouting subjective, nationalistic trash in your greedy quest for oil. Lets get it straight – BOTH Argentina and the UK couldn't care less about the Falklands (including its inhabitants). The only reason they do is due to the natural resources they would both like to exploit. At the end of the day – WHO CARES? When the world is facing shortages of clean water and food (both are in grave peril – perhaps not immediately, but in 10-20 years we have a real problem) no one will give a toss about oil…
Anonymous 16 March 2010 at 15:56
Another point to this un-balanced article which bothers me (aside from the lack of valid claim Argentina has and its complete ignoring of the wishes of the people of the Falklands): Argentina is also attempting to interfere with and influence the future of Kosovo purely in order to advance its own greed-based claims to the Falklands. Why should the people of Kosovo continue to suffer and be denied the right to self-determniation? Was Argentina interested in the region historically? It would appear not. It would further appear that the Argentines have based their position on whether to recognise Kosovo or not purely based on the way it would affect their claim to the Falklands. In February 2008, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana was quoted as saying "if we were to recognize Kosovo, which has declared its independence unilaterally, without an agreement with Serbia, we would set a dangerous precedent that would seriously threaten our chances of a political settlement in the case of the Falkland Islands". Nice to know the decision was made in consideration of the issues at hand, then, not for reasons of self-advancedment…. oh wait….
Tim C 17 March 2010 at 16:56
In reply to Malvinas
Irrespective of the Treaty of Utrecht 1713 the Falkland Islands had not been settled by anyone apart from French seal hunters at that date and certainly were not a colony of Spain or anyone else.
Fuller facts must be considered:
The Falkland Islands were proclaimed a colony of Britain in 1765 and were settled by the British in 1766 at Port Egmont.
In 1767 the French handed over their interest in the Islands (if any) to the Spanish in exchange of a sum of money who appointed a governor.
In 1770 6 Spanish ships and 1400 men sailed to Port Egmont and demanded that the British leave.
In 1771 the Spanish agreed to allow the restoration of the the British Settlement at Port Egmont but proclaimed that this act "cannot or should not in any way affect the question of the prior right to Sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands also called the Falklands."
In 1774 the British withdrew their settlement at Port Egmont for Economic reasons but left a plaque claiming sovereignty of over the Islands- which was later removed by a Spanish naval officer and taken to Buenos Aires.
Betweeen 1774 and 1811 a chain of Spanish governors "ruled" the Islands from Puerto Soledad.
In 1810 Spanish rule in the La Plata Royalty was overthrown.
In 1811 Spanish Settlements in the Falklands were withdrawn. The Spanish left a plaque claiming "This Island, together with its ports, buildings and outbuildings and everything in them belongs to Ferdinando VII king of Spain."
In 1816 Argentina was established.
Between 1811 and 1826 the islands were unoccupied.
In 1820 Argentina claimed the Islands.
In 1826 it established a settlement/fort at Puerto Soledad under protest from the British.
The Argentine fort was destroyed by the Americans in 1831 after the Argentinians prevented them from hunting seals in the Islands.
In 1833 HMS Clio landed her men, once again proclaimed British sovereignty and forced the Argentinians to leave.
It seems to me that the United Kingdom and perhaps Spain have far earlier and stronger claims to the Falkland Islands than Argentina. The United Kingdom has never conceded that position and that the Islands have been British for longernthan Argentina hs existed. It might further be said that Argentina's claim is somehow based on its dubious usurpation of a possible Spanish claim to Sovereignty of the Islands.
It is very difficult to see how any Argentinian claim to the Falklands Islands has any proper basis.
Rural bliss 17 March 2010 at 17:57
This is one of the most interesting sequences of messages I've ever seen on the Lawyer – infinitely more so than the usual drivel about partners we have no interest in leaving or joining firms we've even less interest in.
It is deeply insulting to the memory of those who died protecting the Falklands to say, as Julie Smethwick does, that "the UK couldn't care less about the Falklands".
I've often said we should find some technical flaw in the Treaty of Paris, by which we conceded sovereignty to the USA.
We should then declare war on them, but surrender almost immediately.
They would then flood us with Marshall Aid, solving our economic problems forever!
Julie Smithwick 19 March 2010 at 10:07
I do genuinely feel for those who fought [foolishly] for a cause not worth their lives, and do not wish to detract from the loss BUT to make my point clear – which is obviously lost on those not capable of independent thought and who only regurgitate what their national press or idiotic sense of patriotism dictates – the UK is ONLY interested in the Falklands for the oil so those who try to bash Argentina on those grounds are blatantly hypocritical. Your argument flops obviously and stupidly before it's even started.
The more important point is that our society and species as a whole is in big trouble if we allow our politicians (yes, most of them are lawyers – perhaps the problem?) and media to distract us with petty arguments about land, greed and wealth, which draws attention away from real issues that threaten our very survival – like courts issuing decisions allowing corporations to patent living organisms. This threatens our food supply and therefore our very existence. Get a grip people.
agent0060 31 March 2010 at 20:16
I am really surprised by the comments made by Julie Smethwick. At first I thought it was to be a calm, reasoned and thoughtful argument. Then, after her second comment, I realised that she is as narrow-minded as those she accuses.
She clearly has an agenda that ignores Falkland Islanders as simple pawns.
The biggest and most important consideration is that any oil found around the Falklands will belong to the Islanders not to the United Kingdom. Of course, Britain has spent a fair amount of money both in developing the lives of the Islanders and their defence. But then the Falkland Islands have indicated their wish to make a greater contribution to their defence if oil revenues appear. This strikes me as a fair and free arrangement, unlike Argentina's imperialist/colonialist wish to rape the area. Given Argentina's human rights record, can anyone imagine that the Islanders could continue any lifestyle they wished under Argentine rule? I think not.
Julia needs to deal with the world as it is, not through some suitably-tinted glasses. And what about Senor Chavez of Venezuela? A 21st century Hitler if ever there is one. What happens when he realises that if he can threaten the UK, he can certainly take over Argentina?
Richard Crabtree 8 May 2010 at 11:36
Actually, I found the tone of the article to be quite measured and refreshing given that most of what one normally reads is highly partisan.
What we tend to overlook in the UK is how deeply ingrained in Argentinians this "slight" in 1833 was to this new nation. I am putting aside whether this view is objectively justified as the historical claims and counter claims are equally unsatisfactory.
That said, history tends to create its own history and I find the Argentine position in treating what is now about 6 generations of the local population as nothing more than "planted colonists" (and thus ignoring them in negotiation) as rather offensive and the implication from Argentines that the islanders can "go back" to the UK to be rather sinister.
As for the legal issues, the Kosovo case is rather important as the question as to how far and when self determination can take precedence over sovereignity.
Anonymous 13 June 2010 at 23:59
Pretty well researched this article… the population of Jersey voting to "become independent of the UK"? The States of Jersey are NOT part of the UK!
The Falkland Islanders right to self determination prescribed because they are the "descendants of British settlers" on the insistence of the Argentines (who happen to descend from Spanish and other "settlers"). Oh how just that would be!
If Argentina has a case, then why oh why does it not take it to the ICJ and be done with it?
Julie Smithwick 18 June 2010 at 12:12
To agent0060: So the UK is some kind of benevolent protector only interested in the greater good? Tell that to the numerous societies you have raped and pillaged over the centuries. The "we're the better bogeyman, than Argentina" hardly warms me on a cold night.
The problem is lawyers are often left to debate important issues (whether as politicians or advisors) and lets be real, most lawyers have no morals or values. They take the side of whomever is paying them acting like greedy whores who will play each side off the other if it benefits them (hmm, much like every country around the world, most of whom are run by, what's that, LAWYERS!).
Lawyers are largely trained to blindly look at specific issues in isolation and aren't capable of seeing the big picture, never mind actually taking into account what is RIGHT. Not right from a profit point of view, but right as in The Right Thing to Do. But alas, lost on all of you who willingly shovel whatever crap your client is paying you to.
mg2 22 June 2010 at 13:16
you really are a stupid person julie. no doubt an apologist or a bleeding heart. stand up for your countrymen & women. the argentinians are lapping up your ridiculous comments. they have no morals at all. they want to enslave or expell the islanders & rub Britains nose in it. the Falklanders have more right to the Falklands than the argies have to argentina. wake up!!!
To mg2 22 June 2010 at 15:48
So, even though there's no reasonable basis for your comments we should all just stand behind Britain because we live here?? It's okay for Britain to enslave or expel people (or appropriate land), because it's Britain?
THIS is what's wrong with our country – the dumbed down idiots not capable of independent, critical thought. What don't you run to be head of the Tories mg2? You'd fit right in.
Anonymous 7 September 2012 at 09:47
Surerly a compromise can be reach, the UK must remember that not to long ago Gandi march in India because the Brits had a monopoly in salt and it could only be sold by Brits, guys get real if you want to be Pom in South America I am afraid you never will be liked.


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Flying atop a building across the street, the 30-foot-long American flag was left in tatters after the collapse of the World Trade Center, and its white stripes were permanently stained gray by the billowing clouds of dust and ash that swept across Ground Zero.
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- Cowardly Lion: In the books; understandable since he's only about ten. (Though he gets older as the books go on.)
- Determinator: Oh, 'yes'.
- Dork Knight: Hiccup is a Socially-Awkward Hero who became the top contender for Badass in Berk.
- Expecting Someone Taller: Alvin couldn't believe that the famous "Dragon Conqueror" was 'Stoick's little embarrassment'.
- Geek Physiques: Skinny and short in most of the books. Doesn't quite get as lucky during puberty as his movie counterpart, as book!Hiccup may be tall now, but he's still considered very much one of the Noodle People.
- Iron Woobie: The horrible things that happen to him later on in the series don't phase him at all in the long run. After freaking out a bit, he gets his shit together and pushes on.
- Kick the Dog: Hiccup's been on the receiving end of some pretty nasty things. Especially in the last three or four books. You just wanna give the poor kid a hug.
- Made of Iron: Has survived very lengthy falls, nearly on the receiving end of fire blasts, smashing into several hard things, and even took a direct lightning strike and is still fine.
- Major Injury Underreaction: In book 'How to Betray a Dragon's Hero' he tricks a dragon into swallowing him so he can stab it in the face with his sword. Of course, he's being swallowed whole... so when he is eventually spat out, he realizes that half his foot has been melted by digestive acids! It's barely even mentioned again after that paragraph!
- Justified. His foot is completely numb, so it's logical that in such a stressful situation he'd forget about it quickly.
- Nerd Action Hero: Combines his intelligence with his developing fighting skills.
- Nice Guy: Hiccup is kindhearted, easy going and always willing to help.
- Only Sane Man: More-so in the original books.
- Red Baron: He is called the "Dragon Conqueror" by the Outcasts.
- Red-Headed Hero: It's bright red and unruly."He was entirely unmemorable. He DID have Heroic Hair, which was a very bright red and stood up vertically however much you tried to wet it down with sea water. But nobody ever saw that because it was hidden under his helmet most of the time."— The Narrator, How to Train your Dragon
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He and Fishlegs are the blue to Camicazi's red.
- The Runt at the End: 'Hiccup', in canon, is the name traditionally given to the runt of the litter. Also counts as Meaningful Name.
- Significant Green-Eyed Redhead
- Hiccup's green eyes showcase his Brains over Brawn compared to the other Vikings.
- The Smart Guy
- Speaks Fluent Animal: He's able to understand and talk to dragons based on long periods of observation.
- The South Paw: After his right arm is dislocated in How to Be a Pirate, Hiccup has to swap hands during a swordfight. Turns out he was a leftie all along.
- The Strategist: "Everyone, follow The Plan....no matter how strange it may seem."
- Tall, Dark and Snarky
- Teen Genius: He's the most level-headed viking in his whole tribe and he likes learning about dragons.
- Took a Level in Badass: He started off as a scrawny shy boy that no one noticed except when he messed up, and grew into a talented sword fighter and dragon whisperer who's saved the Archipelago several times and is prophesied to one day become the King who will unite the tribes again.
- Book Hiccup is as much of a badass as movie Hiccup, given that he got first place in the free-for-all swordfighting tournament, even beating his own father.
- Warrior Prince: A given in that he's the son of the chief.
- Weapon of Choice: A sword.
- Wise Prince: Also a given, considering he's an All-Loving Hero aside from being The Strategist and a Guile Hero.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: In the ninth book.
Stoick the Vast
- Action Dad: He never shies away from a fight against dragons.
- Aesop Amnesia: It takes quite a few books for the lesson that he should listen to his son to stick.
- The Atoner: Shows signs of this in the series over his previous attitude towards dragons.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: The Chief of Berk knows no equal in battle.
- Badass
- Badass Beard: And proud of it.
- Badass In Charge: The Chief of Berk.
- Badass in Distress: Occasionally.
- Beard of Barbarism: It is braided.
- Berserk Button:
- Hurt anyone he cares about, be it his son, village, or his dragon, and you're in big trouble. This is ESPECIALLY true in the books as seen when Skullion's (a species of vicious eyeless dragons) soon discover when they were about to harm Hiccup.
- He reacts badly to people who mock those he does respect.
- On a less extreme angle, he gets somewhat irritated when somebody makes a remark about his weight. Or interprets a statement as one about his weight.
- On a more serious note, Alvin is this. All we know is that the events surrounding Alvin's banishment is not someone he wants brung up and gets angry quickly, which Hiccup found out when he tried questioning him about it.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows:
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- Dad the Veteran: He's been leading his tribe in battle for most of his life.
- Defeat Means Friendship: In contrast to Hiccup, this is his approach to dragon-bonding. He ends up meeting his son halfway.
- The Good King: He genuinely cares about his village and seeks to keep them safe and well. If he has to make a choice between personal and his duty as chief, the latter comes first.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Gobber.
- Jock Dad, Nerd Son: He's always wished that his son had more beef on his arms but he comes to respect the "nerd" aspect of it as it helps him become a better chief.
- Large and in Charge
- The Leader: For the Hooligan tribe.
- Papa Wolf:
- Despite Hiccup's status as 'village failure', Stoick is still quick to protect his son from danger.
- Redhead In Green:He has red hair and wears a green tunic.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Takes his role as chief of Berk very seriously and is often one to lead the charge.
- Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Has bright, red hair and green eyes.
- So Proud of You: To Hiccup, when he's not being disappointed.
- Also zigzagged in the series but to a lesser extent. There are some kinks to work out in relation to the dragons and while he's more accepting of his son's scrawny stature he'd still prefer him to be buff and strong.
- Stout Strength: He's very broad and very strong.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Hiccup fully knows that this is what his father thinks.
Gobber the Belch
- An Arm and a Leg
- Badass: Gobber is second only in the Badass deparment to Stoick. Fitting, considering he's the chief's Number Two
- Badass Mustache: It's so long is hangs over his face and it's braided.
- Ditzy Genius: He has shown his mind is sorta out there, such as attaching said flame thrower to the harness of a fire breathing dragon.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: He's in charge of training the new recruits; his approach is yelling suggestions while they duck and weave.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Stoick.
- Honorary Uncle: Hiccup is his student, and Gobber takes care of him as much as Stoick does. This is historically accurate. Nordic people would frequently ask allies to foster their children as a sign of deepest trust.
- Jerkass: His portrayal in the books is nastier than the movie or series.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Means well, however.
- Number Two: He's Stoick's best friend.
- Sink-or-Swim Mentor
- Adorkable: Similar to Hiccup.
- Bad Liar: Does not do well lying under pressure.
- The Berserker: In How to Be a Pirate, Fishlegs discovers that he's a berserker. When he catches a cold in How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse, he sometimes involuntarily went berserk and started yelling insults at people bigger and stronger than he is.
- Beware the Nice Ones: When he gets mad, he goes berserk.
- Deadpan SnarkerFishlegs: Oh, how I wish I had a nice smart Bardiguard all of my very own, to chuck rocks at me, and send me unarmed into one-to-one combat with teenage psychopaths.
- Geek Physiques: Described as being even weedier than Hiccup. He's the complete opposite of this in the movie-verse, however.
- The Kid with the Remote Control: One of the most dangerous dragons in the series, the Deadly Shadow, has devoted its life to him.
- Huge Rider, Tiny Mount: His Gronckle is far from tiny, but Fishlegs still is about a third of its size. It should be noted that, out of all of the dragon breeds encountered so far that are large enough to be ridden, the Gronckle is definitely the smallest.
- Megane:
- Nice Guy
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He and Hiccup are the blue to Camicazi's red.
- Warrior Poet: In the series, he composes poems at sunset.
Daughter of Big Boobied Bertha, chieftain of the Bog burglar tribe and a good friend of Hiccup and Fishlegs.
- Action Girl
- Badass Adorable: Camicazi is a very small preadolescent girl. Her first act in the series is to cut down Fishlegs's pants and engage Hiccup in a sword fight, assuming they are Roman spies.
- Cross-Dressing Voices: The audiobooks have David Tennant doing a slightly falsetto Welsh accent for her.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Is she ever.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Hiccup and Fishlegs' blue.
- Sticky Fingers: Camicazi and her entire tribe. They are called Bog-Burglars.
- Tomboy: She can do everything that a Viking boy is expected to do.
- Tsundere: Type A, to a certain extent.
- The Ace: The Ideal Young Viking.
- The Bully: Constantly picks on and belittles Hiccup and Fishlegs. It's partly because he knows that Hiccup is a better hero than he'll ever be.
- The Big Guy: Established as the best athlete among the kids, and despite his age is more than a match for many adult Vikings in combat.
- Gag Nose: You can fit cucumbers up his nostrils. That's not hyperbole, Hiccup has actually done it (off-page).
- Jerk Jock
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: At the very end.
- Leader Wannabe: Wants to become the next chief of the Hooligan Tribe, even though Hiccup is next in line. Making it worse is that he tends ignore or argue with Hiccup, which gets them in trouble.
- Pet the Dog: He's shown to honestly care about his riding-dragon.
- The Resenter: To his cousin Hiccup.
Alvin The Treacherous
The Leader of a tribe of Outcasts and serves as the Big Bad of the book series. He wants to become King of the Wilderwest.
- Artificial Limbs: As a result of losing various body parts over the course of the series.
- Badass
- Badass Boast: By proxy! Given by Gobber in his behalf:Gobber: "If there's one thing Alvin knows, its treachery."
- Big Bad
- The Chessmaster: This guy has shown his intellectual prowess and is one of the few who rivals Hiccup, although generally doesn't surpass him.
- Dangerously Genre Savvy: Eventually stops trying to capture and/or torture Hiccup and starts trying to kill him immediately whenever they cross paths so he won't be able to foil his plans.
- Evil Counterpart: To both Stoick and Hiccup. He is an intelligent and evil chief who leads through fear and a firm hold on power, where Stoick isn't the brightest light bulb on the chandelier but generally doesn't abuse his power in such a fashion. To Hiccup, who wants to make peace with dragons and possibly a world where all can be friends, Alvin wants dragons to conquer and destroy his enemies.
- Evil Plan: To become King of the Wilderwest.
- Faux Affably Evil: At first.
- Genius Bruiser: Equally clever as he is strong; look at his gambit entries for proof.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Not the Alvin part, but certainly the "Treacherous" as he clearly has little intention of honoring a promise unless he can still get something out of it.
- Would Hurt a Child: Has no qualms about attacking the main characters, even if they're just kids, and shows glee at the thought of seeing one of them eaten by a dragon.
Big Boobied Bertha
Leader of the Bog Burglar tribe and enemy of Stoick the Vast.
- Getting Crap Past the Radar: Her name.
- Vitriolic Best Friends: With Stoick. Bertha is always teasing him about his tribe's poor burglary skills, but they aren't arch-nemesis.
- Defrosting Ice Dragon: To say he was hostile to Hiccup at first is an understatement. He is selfish and mean to Hiccup, eating his food and not listening to him, however in the climax he flies up a '''big dragonus giganticus maximus's nose, almost killing himself, to save his trainer
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: In the books he literally has no teeth. Eventually he grows a tooth near the end of the first book (though he loses it in a fight)
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: An interspecies example. With Hiccup, a Viking human.
- Porky Pig Pronunciation: In the books. He has a stammer, yet can pronounce words perfectly, which is odd for a dragon with no teeth.Toothless: F-f-f-fish! w-w-want fish! Now!Hiccup: We don't have any fishToothless: Ok then. Eat c-c-cat!
- Snark Knight: He'll snark and let people know it, but he is also extremely loyal and protective of the ones he love.
- Tsundere: Toothless likes to switch among affectionate, aloof, and hostile at the drop of a hat.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He actually cares about Hiccup, as shown of the climax of the first book when he risked his life to save Hiccup from the Green Death.
A mood dragon belonging to Camacazi.
- Easy Amnesia: Loses her memory after getting hit with a book in the Meathead Public Library.
- The Tell: Turns violet when she lies. Which is often.
- The Tease: Seems to enjoy flirting with Toothless.
The Windwalker
Hiccup's nervous and slightly shaggy riding dragon.
- LovableCoward/CowardlyLion: Traumatized by his time as a slave, but very loyal to Hiccup.
- No Name Given: Windwalker is the name of his species.
The Deadly Shadow
A triple-headed, sometimes Invisible, firebreathing, lightning-shooting, and very poisonous dragon that once belonged to Fishlegs' mother.
- HeelFace Turn: Initially sent to kill Hiccup by Furious, it ends up aiding him once it realises he's a friend of Fishlegs.
- Invisibility: As expected from a breed of Stealth Dragon.
- Multiple Head Case: Innocence, Arrogance, and Patience. Fortunately, Patience has the most control over their body.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: So called because it can turn invisible and is ludicrously over-armed (three heads, each of which is poisonous and breathes fire and lighting).
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Innocence is blue, Arrogance is red.
- Shock and Awe: The only dragon in the series to breathe lightning.
The Green Death/Merciless
- Big Bad: Of the first book.
- Breath Weapon: Like all dragons he's got one, but his breath weapon is one based on making pyroclastic clouds. Nothing near it stands much of a chance, until our heroes get into the fight.
- Evil Is Bigger: This guy is HUGE.
- Giant Flyer: It's as big as a mountain.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Perfectly willing to eat other dragons if given the opportunity. Even - or maybe especially - members of its own species.
- Kaiju: A dragon the size of a truck would generally be considered large in this setting. The Green Death can (and does) swallow those whole. In the books he eats a younger version of his own kind. Easy to believe, considering he considers normal dragons tasty snacks.
- Large and in Charge: The other dragons are like flies compared to him.
- Made of Explodium: It's breath.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Assuming the thing doesn't reach your boats first.
Horror Cow
Fishleg's dragon. A common-or-garden dragon, like Toothless, that is supposedly vegetarian. She is unwilling to kill animals and is a big sluggish to follow orders.
The Dragon Furious
A Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus, first encountered by Hiccup on the island of the Berserks. He frees it in exchange for his life and a promise that it will stay in the north of the world, away form humans, for one year.Furious is defined by his all-consuming hatred of the human race, and is the Big Bad of the later books.
- Big Bad: Leader of the Dragon Rebellion.
- Giant Flyer: Absolutely enormous and as good at flying as any other dragon.
- Unstoppable Rage: Exists in a constant state of screaming fury and hate. When he gets particularly worked up, his eyes burst into flames.
Dragon Species
Dragon Species
- All There in the Manual: The Book of Dragons is this. In one of the shorts, The Book of Dragons, we learn about several more dragons. Some have appeared in the show proper, others, like the Snaptrapper and Timberjack, haven't.
- Breath Weapon: Almost all dragon species have them, and most commonly they breath fire, which is created by expelling a flammable gas and then igniting it with sparks from a mechanism in the mouth/throat. Certain species have more unique weapons, though.
- Foreshadowing / Early-Bird Cameo: A lot of times, dragons that are shown or mentioned in the book pop up later in shorts of the television series itself.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Generally, the bigger the head the more teeth it has. The current kings, however, are the Whispering Death (which has six rows of teeth that can rotate like a rock-cutter) and the Snaptrapper (which has four heads, each of which has three toothy jaws).
- Predators Are Mean: There's a certain invocation of this. Canonically, all of the "friendly" species of dragon are piscovores (fish-eaters) and have no interest in animal flesh. Those few that explicitly or implicitly do eat non-fish meat, however, have been villains — first the Whispering Death, and then the Flightmare, who explicitly eats humans to boot.
- Unreliable Narrator: Several facts about the book are shown to be wrong, including that the Scauldron DOES have venom ("Dragon Flower"), and in regards to some dragon types it knows nothing (case in point: Night Furies).
Terrible Terror
- Instant Messenger Pigeon: Hiccup and Fishlegs turn them into this in "Appetite for Destruction".
- Killer Rabbit: They are about the size of a medium-sized cat. That won't stop them from attacking larger foes. The fact that, according to the Book of Dragons short, they're social dragons who tend to hang out in dozens-strong packs, makes them even more dangerous.
- Mythology Gag: They look just like the book's version of Toothless.
- Pintsized Powerhouse: Like all dragons, it is stronger than its size implies.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Especially when one sleeps next to Hiccup because he gave the dragon a fish.
- Team Pet: Due to its size, there's no one small enough to ride one. That doesn't mean they aren't liked all the same. "Worst in Show" has the riders each adopting one in a competition to see who the best trainer is. No one wins since they get distracted by an attack from Alvin.
- Hiccup and Fishlegs have plans to use them as carrier pigeons to deliver messages to Berk from far away, calling it "Air Mail".
- Zerg Rush: While vicious on its own, a single Terrible Terror is not too much of a threat. But they are social creatures and tend to work in packs.
Hideous Zippleback
- Knockout Gas: The gas emitted by the right head can be this; after all, breathing flammable gas is never a good thing.
- Multiple Head Case: Inverted in that the two heads work together quite well, with one providing flammable gas, and the other a pilot light.
- Multiple-Tailed Beast: Two heads means two tails.
- Organ Autonomy: The two heads of a Hideous Zippleback are distinct and do not share each other's thoughts. If the heads start arguing, the dragon can stall out, leaving it vulnerable to attack.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Zipplebacks can create explosions when one head breathes gas and the other head generates sparks that ignite it.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Throw a bucket of water onto the head that sparks the gas and it is unable to light its gas. That said, finding the right head is the trick.
- Dumb Muscle: Gronckles are generally lazy and easygoing, but rouse them, and they're as temperamental and direct as an angry rhino.
- Extreme Omnivore: It can eat rocks. And its Breath Weapon depends on this fact.
- Limit Break: In the movie, it is stated they only have enough fuel for six shots. Meatlug and other Gronckles can be seen firing more shots during the series.
- Magma Man: The Gronckle is one of the few dragons that doesn't directly produce flame. Instead, it gobbles up rocks and mouthfuls of soil and then heats them to a molten state inside its belly. This superheated rock is then spat out at targets as distinctive fireballs. With the right rock, it can also produce Gronckle iron, a lightweight metal that is tougher than period iron and excellent for weapon and armor crafting. Though whether it's a real material under a different name or not is unspecified.
- Mighty Glacier: The slowest of the rider-sized dragons, but its magma attack is pretty powerful. It can even stagger a Screaming Death simply by ramming into it and keeps coming back for more!
- Mix-and-Match Critters: The Gronckle looks like a cross between a bulldog, a bumblebee, and a toad.
- Mundane Utility: Amongst the dragons, Gronckles have the most of this. They can hover in place, they can ingest rocks to make materials (for example, with sandstone they can make glass), and can carry significant loads while flying.
Deadly Nadder
- Attack Its Weak Point: The primary weak point of the Deadly Nadder is the blind spot in front of its head. To correct for this, it will attack anything that even gently touches the nose or hears something it cannot see. As Gobber said, "Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot ... not so much." That said, trainers who build up strong rapports with their Nadders are allowed to touch them there.
- The Fighting Narcissist: Deadly Nadders are extremely vain, evidenced by the generous amounts of time spent preening themselves.
- Pirate Parrot: Deadly Nadders resemble crested parrots rather than the traditional lizard, with rounded beak-like heads, bright scales resembling tropical plumage, and lack of forearms.
- Spike Shooter: Deadly Nadders can shoot spikes from their tail with frightful accuracy.
Monstrous Nightmare
- Blood Knight: It was said in the DVD commentary that even though all the dragons will fight, the Monstrous Nightmare fights simply for the joy of fighting.
- Boss in Mook Clothing: Stated to be one of the strongest dragons, but they are also quite common to see.
- Defeat Means Friendship: In the TV series, at least, this seems to be the most effective method to earn their friendship. In the film, Hiccup is able to tame one with far less effort.
- Incendiary Exponent: Monstrous Nightmares attack after setting themselves on fire.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Most dragons have these, but theirs is a particularly extreme example.
- Super Spit: All There in the Manual sources state it coats itself with flammable spit, which is how it lights itself on fire.
- Wreathed in Flames: Once on fire.
Night Fury
Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death itself, Night Furies are fast, stealthy, and hit with enough firepower to blow the tops of catapult towers into cinders. They are the most feared dragons amongst the ranks of the Vikings. They belong to the Strike class of dragon, emphasizing the classification's hard hitting firepower and speed.
- Always Accurate Attack: Their plasma blasts were described by Hiccup in the movie to "never miss", which was backed up in that almost all of their attacks (in the film) hit their mark.
- Badass: The fact they strike pure terror in a culture full of boisterous dragon-slaying vikings is any indication, they are this big time.
- The Dreaded: Vikings will gladly fight any of the other dragons, even ones that can swallow them whole, and have a long and impressive list of kills. If this one's screech is even heard? They run for cover screaming "NIGHT FURY! GET DOWN!". So much so that it was the only dragon listed where Vikings are advised to not even attempt to fight it.
- Informed Ability: In the tie-in ads and Defenders of Berk, it is mentioned that Night Furies only have six shots, similar to Gronckles. Toothless regularly fires dozens of shots in a fight.
- Lightning Bruiser: They're called the unholy offspring of lightning and death.
- Make Me Wanna Shout: Rare non-lethal variant (so far). "We Are a Family" reveals that they can use echolocation.
- Metal Slime: Toothless is the only known Night Fury encountered so far, indicating either Last Of Its Kind or their extreme rarity.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Both its name and the Red Baron invoke this in the Vikings.
- Nocturnal Mooks: Their coloring and fighting approach indicates that this is invoked.
- Nothing Is Scarier: Extremely. Due to their rarity and almost never being seen, with the only known bit is how they are nocturnal and have an attack that is a Wave Motion Gun, Berk's residents were terrified of them.
- The Quiet One: They are silent compared to most other dragons. Combined this with their firepower, speed, and camoflague, they are nightmarish when the sky is dark. This one of the reasons the Vikings are downright scared of these dragons in particular because you won't hear or know their presence until the moment of attack.
- Red Baron: "The unholy offspring of lightning and death". In fact, the Night Fury is the only dragon in the movie to get a Red Baron like title.
- Shock and Awe: Interesting that their dragon fire seems to give off this more than Playing with Fire. Also, if the battle with the Red Death in the movie is to go by, they have a concentrated blast so powerful they can topple the most gargantuan of dragons.
- Super Senses: They can echolocate much as bats and some birds can, enabling them to maneuver in complete darkness and helping explain their accuracy when attacking at night.
- Super Speed: One of the fastest breeds of dragons. Only the Red Death is known to have matched or exceeded its speed, and Stormfly (a Nadder) only gets close because of Astrid's training and care.
- Wave Motion Gun: Their plasma blasts can do serious damage, toppling things like the Red Death or sinking ships in one hit.
- You Are Already Dead: The Book of Dragons mentions that if you encounter one, you are already screwed.
Introduced: "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon"A large Mystery Class dragon, Boneknappers earn their moniker due to their macabre habit of assembling an armor of dragon bones to shield their bodies.
- Arch-Enemy: To Gobber, until it's revealed why.
- Collector of the Strange: It collects the bones of other dragons and wears them like armor.
- Determinator: The Boneknapper that was Gobber's rival in the short. Its lifelong feud with Gobber has lasted for what can only be described as decades between the two. Even after being attacked by a Hammerheaded Whale and Yak being sent by Thor, not only did the dragon survive, but it continued to hunt Gobber until it got what it wanted.
- Elemental Armor: The dragon bones it covers its body with qualify as this.
- HeelFace Turn: Once a Boneknapper gets all its bones, they become incredible docile. Best described by Gobber:Gobber: You give a BoneKnapper whatever it's looking for and it's just like an overgrown puppy dog.
- Make Me Wanna Shout: Gains this ability once it has every bone it needs. Although it's not as strong as the Thunderdrum's persay.
- Scary Impractical Armor: Zigzagged with the Boneknapper's shell of dragon bones, which seems to be quite practical and is intended mostly to be scary.
- The Voiceless: Unless it has every bone it needs for its armor, Boneknappers can't roar.
Introduced: "How To Pick Your Dragon".One of the two Tidal Class dragons known in the series, Thunderdrums are large, frog-like dragons who spend most of their time in the water.
- Badass: It's able to dodge Toothless's plasma blasts, and Toothless fires several times faster than any other fire-breathing dragon. It is also said to get its power from Thor itself, but that is more of an exaggeration. It is also able to plow right through solid rock without a scratch in a manner reminiscent of the Red Death.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Its first "appearance" is as a drawing in the Dragon Manual in the film. It isn't properly introduced until the show.
- Flying Seafood Special: Its introduction has it switching from swimming expertly underwater to a flying Lightning Bruiser. The Other Wiki confirms that it is at least semi-amphibious.
- Make Me Wanna Shout: It has a sonic scream, though its ability to scream someone's head clean off (as Hiccup narrated in the film) seems to have been an exaggeration, or not shown due to violence restrictions. It can, however, shatter reinforced wood and rock. This makes it one of the two dragons confirmed as not having fire-based breath weapons.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Its mouth is all fangs and its head is wide enough to hold Stoick the Vast comfortably.
- Prehensile Tail: It uses its tail to grab Stoick and drag him under without leaving the water itself.
Fireworm Dragons
Introduced: "Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Young Man".Small Stoker Class dragons, Fireworms are lizard-sized and lizard-like dragons that rely on their fiery skin to shield them from bigger enemies. They swarm in large numbers. Their Queen, however, is massive and can breathe fire like regular dragons.
- Breath Weapon: The little ones don't seem to have it, but the Queen does.
- Incendiary Exponent: Said to burn with the heat of the sun.
- Large and in Charge: The Fireworm Queen is larger than most regular dragons, about halfway between the Monstrous Nightmare and the Screaming Death.
- Mama Bear: Do not mess with the Queen's nest if you want to live.
- Vertebrate with Extra Limbs: They have five pairs of legs.
Introduced: "Dragon Flower".A large Tidal Class dragon that lives almost entirely out to sea; it's unclear if it can even fly any more. Spends most of its time underwater and so is rarely a threat unless it takes a hankering to a netload of fish, or decides to get territorial around a ship.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Its first "appearance" is as a drawing in the Dragon Manual in the film. It isn't properly introduced until the show.
- Kill It with Water: As an aquatic dragon, its Breath Weapon is based on swallowing liters of water and heating them to boiling inside its belly, allowing it to spray targets with powerful geysers of searing water. As with the Thunderdrum above, the book embellishes this ability; the water may be hot, but it's certainly not as dangerous as the book would have one believe, given how easily the attack is blocked.
- Poisonous Person: If it eats the right kind of flowers (which are deadly to other dragons), it becomes one of these. This also makes its venom a good cure for the poison in the flowers.
Whispering Death
Introduced: "What Flies Beneath".A rare and deadly member of the Boulder Class, the Whispering Death is a subterranean species of dragon that uses its wide mouth, spike-covered sinuous body, and six rows of rotating teeth to bore through the ground and come up from below when pursuing prey.
- Badass: The first one that appears is the Arch-Enemy Of Toothless and No Sells Thornado's sonic scream
- Blank White Eyes: Though it isn't blind.
- Dark Is Evil: The scariest looking dragon seen so far has also been the nastiest, with the first one harrassing the entire village of Berk, including eating several livestock, out of a feud with Toothless and the second one ending up as the mount of Alvin the Treacherous. However, his is shown to be subverted later in the series. When it's shown that there not all bad after all.
- Everything's Better with Spinning: They have rotating jaws and their tails move in a circular motion while in flight.
- Flying Seafood Special: Thematically invoked; despite being a mostly subterranean creature, the Whispering Death is still quite capable of flight.
- Lean and Mean: They're the archetypal 'villain' dragons, with long, limbless, eel-like bodies.
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family: Six rows of rotating teeth. Between this, their oversized, ball-like heads, and their hostility, they're a draconic Langolier.
- Spike Shooter: Like the Deadly Nadder, only from virtually every point on its body.
- Tunnel King: This is its signature ability and mode of travel.
- Weakened by the Light: They retreat from direct sunlight, though even mild cloud cover is sufficient for them to go outside.
Smothering Smokebreath
Introduced: "Breakneck Bog"Small Mystery Class dragons that dwell in isolated regions. They produce thick clouds of smoke and use this as camouflage.
- The Collector: They collect any metal items encountered, which they then meld together to build their nests. Justified, as they're rather small in size and use those nests to protect themselves from attacks by larger dragons.
- The Napoleon: Third shortest breed of dragons seen so far, they're also fiercely territorial and very aggressive. Hiccup and the others didn't even try to train these things!
- Smoke Shield: Invoked. They make a foggy-like smoke to act as protection, combined with metal scraps, to appear larger and scare others off.
- Pintsized Powerhouse: Surprisingly strong for little dragons too.
- Zerg Rush: They attack swiftly and in great numbers in order to overwhelm (or at least scare off) their victims.
Introduced: "Gem of a Different Color"A member of the Mystery Class of dragons, Changewings are best known for their chameleonic scales, which make them extremely difficult to find.
- Constantly Curious: Stated to be their natural personality trait in Book of Dragons.
- FaceHeel Turn: After the Outcasts tame and weaponise the local Changewing population. They're animals, so they're not inherently evil, but they're certainly being used for evil ends.
- Hollywood Acid: Not as strong as in many examples of the trope (it can damage stone but can't go through it and it barely scratches metal bars) but the speed at which it melts wood is still uncanny.
- Hypnotic Eyes: Demonstrated in Book of Dragons that it possesses this ability, though it hasn't used it yet in the series.
- Invisibility: Can flawlessly blend in with their surroundings. However, in open skies they are unable to camouflage.
- Mama Bear: Stealing their eggs is not a good idea. In fact, if multiple eggs are taken, ALL the mother dragons will work together to retrieve them, and they won't leave until they have them ALL back.
- Squishy Wizard: For a dragon, anyways. The Gobber mentions in the Book of Dragons that their scales are softer as a side effect of their concealment, making them more vulnerable to attack once found.
Introduced: "Fright of Passage"
- Arch-Enemy: To Astrid and her family.
- Bioluminescence Is Cool: Its diet of glowing algae causes its entire body to glow with bright blue light. This extends to other dragons that eat the algae, but the effect would seem to be permanent (or at the very least quite long lasting) for the Flightmare.
- Blinded by the Light: The Flightmare uses this as one of its abilities. As with its general bioluminescence, other dragons can copy the effect.
- Fearis The Appropriate Response: Lampshaded by everyone in Berk. Subverted for the reason why.
- Light Is Not Good: The Flightmare glows bright blue and attacks anything it feels is a threat to its food supply.
- The Paralyzer: It sprays a mist that causes its victims to freeze up for about a minute, allowing it to eat them with impunity. As most people don't survive this effect, the villagers attributed it to the victims choking in fear at the last moment, a fact which shamed Astrid's family when her "fearless" uncle fell prey to it.
- Super Spit: Its Breath Weapon. See The Paralyzer above.
Introduced: "View To A Skrill Part 1"An elusive member of the Strike Class of dragons, the Skrill are known for their Electrical abilities.
- Achilles' Heel: It cannot use its electricity when submerged underwater.
- Ax-Crazy: According to the Book of Dragons, the Skrill is "Untrainable". Hiccup was willing to try, but he ultimately settled for just taking it out of the picture.
- Badass: It's easily as strong as Toothless, in addition to being immune to his attacks. This dragon is in the same class as Toothless (Strike Class), which emphasize on being very destructive.
- Beam Spam: Its Breath Weapon operates on this principle.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Its first "appearance" is as a drawing in the Dragon Manual in the film (Hiccup even mentions its name). It isn't properly introduced until the show.
- Harmless Freezing: Can survive decades frozen solid in a block of ice. Justified due to its efficient internal body temperature.
- Lightning Gun: Its breath weapon. The Skrill breathes out concentrated beams of powerful electrical white fire.
- No Sell: Its electrical field can block Toothless' plasma blasts, though it needs to recharge to keep it up.
- Purple Is Powerful: One of two dragons that utilizes a Breath Weapon other than fire (the other being a Night Fury) and it's colored violet.
- Ride the Lightning: ALWAYS lampshaded whenever this Dragon is mentioned.
- Shock and Awe: Its main power.
- Shoot the Bullet: Can nullify other dragons' attacks this way using its own Breath Weapon.
- Spikes of Villainy: Is covered in spines.
Speed Stingers
Introduced: "Frozen"A breed of raptor-like, flightless dragons.
- Beware My Stinger Tail: Anything they sting gets paralyzed for the better part of a day.
- Decapitated Army: The pack follows an alpha, and will follow it anywhere. The riders exploit this to get them off Berk by capturing the alpha and flying it away from the island.
- Everything's Better with Dinosaurs: Lacking both flight and a Breath Weapon, they might as well be dinosaurs.
- Fragile Speedster: They aren't very big or tall and look frail, but they are very, very fast.
- Instant Sedation: Their poison takes effect instantly.
- Law of Chromatic Superiority: The alpha has a red crest.
- Nothing Is Scarier: There is absolutely no information on them in their research notes.
- The Paralyzer: Their stingers are essentially the Flightmare's spraying mist on steroids.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Their leader in particular, who breaks free of Hiccup's bola like it was nothing and just yanks Hiccup's shield off his arm with his tail.
- Raptor Attack: With their super speed and pack hunting, they act like dragon raptors.
- Super Speed: To make up for the fact that they can't fly.
- Zerg Rush: They attack in one massive pack, using their stingers to quickly eliminate any threats before making off with any food they can find.