It's only when Hiccup shoots down Toothless that he, and by extension, the audience, learns that his people's entire perception of the dragons is wrong. The more time he spends with Toothless ...

But when Hiccup (Mason Thames) goes against centuries of tradition to befriend Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, he disrupts the community and opens up new possibilities for both vikings and dragons ...

The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless ...