Film Theory: How NOT To Train Your Dragon! (How To Train Your Dragon) 

I get what you're going for here, but I feel like there's a couple things worth pointing out: 1. You only mention Toothless in this video. Hiccup's peers all have their own dragon by the end of the first video, and none of them have the handicap Toothless does. 2. In virtually any story or myth about Dragons, they are usually much more sentient (of that's the right word) than most other reptiles. Especially in this movie series. Dragons often display much more emotion (among other things) than ordinary lizards. You can see that Toothless and many other dragons express non-primitive emotions. For example, in more than one seen you can see that the dragons actually enjoy being petted. There obviously isn't any scientific basis for this, but dragons always seem to have more advanced brains than you give them credit for. But hey, that's just a theory. A counter-theory. Thanks for reading.

Yeah not a great basis here. 1. Hiccup did not intentionally injure Toothless, he only realised the injury after setting him free (e.g. he didn't even consider training him until after the fact). 2. Why drop Stockholm syndrome if lizards do not have any form of emotional capacity? 3. Throughout the movies Toothless actively defends/interacts with Hiccup, for example in the first movie when Hiccup screamed from being attacked in the Dragon arena Toothless ran to defend him, and on other occasions seemed to emotionally care about Hiccup and others. 4. Toothless (and other dragons) do show degrees of higher intelligence other than emotional complexity. In the first movie Toothless stays hidden and only attacks towers and other important offensive structures instead of simply 'going on a rampage' like a simple animal. Showing almost a degree of tactics, something lower lifeforms could certainly never achieve. 5. In the 2nd movie, if Toothless was simply relying on whoever was riding him, then why did Toothless overcome mind control to side with Hiccup instead of the current alpha? Sorry MatPat but we're going to disagree here.

i love that mat pat ignore that all the other dragons were dommesticated without being beat or forced and toothless didn´t want the tail that make him fly alone a lot of times until the last movie

This is one of the MatPat theories we’ve put in the dumpster, I do love whenever I disagree with a theory because I can feel like I might be smart.

But reptiles CAN be trained. I personally watched Chris Pratt train a squad of raptors.

Here is the flaws with this theory. 1. OK, Hiccup had an injured dragon, but what about stormfly? Hookfang? Meatlug? Literally evey dragon. They join willingly. Also, the dragons aren't domesticated. They are utilized for flying, attacking, defending and target practice. You need to TRAIN the dragon how to do this with a riders command instead of by instinct. 2 Hiccup in a 'Gift of the Night Furry' attempted to give Toothless a tail that allowed him to fly independently and toothless smashed it. TOOTHLESS smashed it. 3. Dragons DO NOT EQUAL LIZARDS. They are way more intelligent than Lizards and that's literally established in the first episode. A lizard does not show compassion, doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, and like you SAID YOURSELF, can't be trained. 4. Dragons show numerous emotions for their own kind and their riders. Saving their riders, demonstrating loyalty, and showing genuine sadness when someone passes away are all obvious signs of their emotional capabilities. 5 They are arguably probably smarter than dogs or cats. For instance, they don't just know basic commands. They can have the capability to understand full sentences. Toothless is easily able to comprehend what Hiccup is saying and responses accordingly with a growl of protectiveness, a purr of delight, an eye roll, and numerous other parts of body language. 6. Dragons still need survival. They fight for their riders and their villages. They aren't just trained, they are utilized for battle as well, like a horse. 7. Although, what Hiccup did was dangerous, that was essentially the point. He was the first so of course He's not gonna do it effectively. In Race to The Edge they demonstrate much more effective ways such as using sounds (like in the episode when Astrid becomes blind). 8. If toothless was so afraid of Hiccup, why didn't he kill him when he had the chance? He sparred him because even though he shot him down, he didn't kill him. That entire time he was with the "dangerous human" he could have easily just killed him with one shot. And prior to him fixing the tail, he had to earn Toothless's trust.

There are several times in EACH movie where Toothless has the chance to leave Hiccup, but he CHOOSES not to. In the first movie, when Hiccup falls off Toothless after fighting the Red Death, Toothless could have flown off on his own, but instead CHOOSES to save Hiccup. In the second movie, Toothless could have flown away again while fighting Drago's Alpha, as Hiccup was not riding him, and we saw him earlier in the movie getting better at flying on his own. And of course, in the third movie, Toothless has MULTIPLE chances to leave hiccup, but every time he does, he eventually comes back.

Mat, in the 3rd movie when hiccup is making toothless a tail he can fly with, it is stated hiccup had made one for toothless and tried to get him to use it but toothless didn't want to, and instead destroyed it.

Dragon: clearly displays emotion throughout all 3 movies MatPat: no you can’t feel anything you cat-lizard

Toothless: *Shows jelousy when hiccup introduces him to Astrid* Matpat: *I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that*

Counterpoint: The Christmas special is set only a few months after the first movie, in the winter season. In the winter, the dragons leave Berk to breed, but Hiccup didn't know that. Seeing Toothless eager to leave with the already departed dragons, he designed an automated tail for the him before anyone even knew why the other dragons had left. He didn't even project a retrieving mechanism like it's said in the video, Mat just made it up! There's even a line where it's stated that if Toothless chose to leave, he'd be gone for good, when Astrid asks "But what if he doesn't come back...? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course he will come back! ...Right?". Toothless then promptly leaves Berk, but as his genus seemingly mates for life, he doesn't want to breed since he doesn't have a mate yet. Insted he retrieves Hiccup's helmet, which had fallen in the ocean. After his task is done, Toothless destroys the new tail and asks for the old one to be re-attatched. Now here's a bit of a mini theory of why Toothless came back (other than the fact Dreamworks had money to make): In the end of the first movie, Toothless shows great empathy towards Hiccup's missing leg and does his most to help him get around without it. Hiccup seems to realize the dragon is sensible to his limited mobility, as he states in the second movie, when they're play-fighting: "Oh, come on, you wouldn't hurt a one-legged... Whoa!". Toothless takes pity on his wounded friend, as he himself once lost a body part and thus his ability to move with ease. After being tamed and taught to fly with the new artificial tail, Toothless now thinks his duty as being the wings for this injured human who can't move well anymore, like a service dog. He's more than willing to walk on a metaphoric leash until he feels his duty of taking his dear friend to places he can no longer reach is done, which makes his reaction to seeing older Hiccup in the end of the third movie that much sweeter. He reacts happyly seeing an old friend and that's a very beautiful moment on its own, but he also feels great joy on seeing that Hiccup can now reach the dragons' nest on his own, without the aid of wings. That's when Toothless is really free. Or, you know, maybe not. Maybe it's what Mat said. I'm just a random in the comments overthinking details from an animated movie.

I think Matpat changed his mind about dragons not having any emotions or caring about their owners after he saw Toothless give Hiccup a hug before he left for The Hidden World. It was truly heartbreaking and i think Matpat, if he watched the full movie, cried at that scene just like the rest of us.

Every instance of Dragon: Smart, intelligent, creatures usually with ancient knowledge and abilities lost to the ages. Matpat: big lizard.

Anyone: *Shows affection* Matpat: “THERE IS THE STOCKHOLME SYNDROME!!!!”

The movie franchise never said that dragons are just glorified reptiles. If I were to guess, their ancestors probably split off from reptiles at about the same time mammals did, maybe even earlier considering most dragons have 6 limbs. For anyone not aware, the reason no terrestrial vertebrate has more than 4 limbs is because their common ancestor, the first fish to come on land, only had four limbs. So it is very much possible that dragons have a completely separate ancestor from the common ancestor of all land vertebrates. An ancestor with 6 limbs. Even if dragons were just lizards, you could take a look at dinosaurs. Dinosaurs split off from the reptile lineage about 250 million years ago, they quickly changed into the largest terrestrial creatures ever. They dominated the lands they lived in. This has nothing to do with how smart they are, just about how quickly they can change. For dragons to have enough time to completely change into creatures who are warm blooded, with a fast metabolism, and an extra set of limbs, they'd need at least 100 million years, probably more because no creature has ever been able to make that shift. And in that time they would easily be able to gain an intelligence equal to or even better than a humans. So your argument that "you can't train dragons because you can't train lizards" is invalid because dragons are not ever stated to be lizards. They have very obviously different behavioral patterns and are physically extremely different from reptiles, except for the fact that they have scales and lay eggs. I know you will never see this as I am a few years late, but I just had to say something.

In literally every historical piece of writing that involves dragons they're always depicted as wise Beyond humans understanding or at least in the couple that I've read the dragons and how to train your dragons are actually picked it as stupider than the average dragon

To be fair, the dragons in the HTTYD are WAY smarter and emotional than the average reptile, so regular training can be applied. But yeah, don't expect a lizard to love you.

MatPat: Dragons in this universe behave like cats Also MatPat: Now I'm going to spend the whole video as if they behave like lizards.

One thing to point out is that in the short film "the gift of the night fury" which takes place not too long after the events of the first film. Hiccup gives toothless a tail fin he can control himself, at the end of the film, we see him destroy it and insist on using the saddle and original tail fin controlled by hiccup.

The obvious has already been said here, that you're comparing dragons to lizards when they could really be completely different and much more emotionally evolved, perhaps more like birds. But the one thing that I have to point out here is that, whilst it was wrong of Hiccup to injure Toothless, that's the reason he feels it's his duty to help him regain his freedom after he'd realised he'd harmed an innocent being, even if it's only attainable with Hiccup at his side. Hiccup dedicates his life to righting his wrong, then the wrongs of the rest of his people that have been taught to hate dragons, which is an incredibly noble thing to do. Not selfish at all. Also that look of happiness on his face when his first tail flap works is because he's excited that his invention worked. Soz Matpat but you missed the mark on this one!

Hiccup: *Getting ready to finish off toothless to prove himself to his father* Also Hiccup: *Maybe I really shouldn't kill this dragon, look at him. I'm sorry I shot him down in the first place.* Mattpat: I'm gonna leave that part out

Good theory... BUUUT this is one of my favourite shows so allow me to use a little bit of rebuttal. Firstly the dragons that we see in the first film are domesticated. As in the dragons that wont kill you unstantly. It is directly stated that they protect. Other dragons are shown to be more in line with the wilderness. 2nd I want to talk about toothless. Hiccup shoots down dragon, WITH THE INTENT TO KILL!! This explains why he did those actions, the loss of the tail fin was an accident. The only reason Toothless survived was because Hiccup decided not to kill him. Hiccup then felt bad about rendering Toothless flightless, so he build him a new tail fin. Now at this time hiccup is smart, but not smart enough to make an automated tail. So he builds a basic design, attatches it to Toothless. This is the point where toothless 'runs away from the human predator'. Which is 1000% wrong. Toothless feels like he has his tail back and so just wants to dash into the sky, at this point Toothless completly forgets about Hiccup and just wants to fly. About controll. It is shown that Hiccup can actualy have absolute controll over Toothless. But that has only been shown once, Ever. In fact in the first film we see Toothless use scare tactics on Astrid, as Toothless does not like her at this point. Next up is the auto tail. How does hiccup have ANY controll over it? I must have missed that in my multiple viewings. Also what you didn't say is how it ended. Hiccup saying that Toothless has a tail giving him absolute controll, so Toothless breaks it. Activly willing to be able to fly with Hiccup. What else, oh yeah dragon intelligence. Dragons are smarter then any other creature, meaning that they CAN be trained like a dog. If not better. In fact night furys where supposed to be possiably even smarter then humans. They DO have capacity for emotions. So there is my rebuttle to this theory. If anyone who ever reads this had any questions or any othet form of comment, please reply. I would love to explain my rebuttle more.

True. If dragons were similar to other reptiles in this theory's reasons, then the movie would've been really different. But, I'm glad dragons aren't like the common reptile when it comes to their minds.

When he said "your basilisk can skip across your bathtub" (14:16) I just thought about how if you put a basilisk lizard on the side of your tub and give it time it'll be going as soon as it realizes there's water.

MatPat: "Dragons are basically a large cat." Also MatPat: "Dragons have the same intelligence as other lizards."

*Dragons showing emotion throughout all three movies* Matpat: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

So the thing about dragons is that they have always been considered more intelligent then other reptiles. Dragons are a completely different part of the reptile family they are reptiles that have evolved to have much higher intelligence then other reptiles with some having near human intelligence.

10:25 but these dragons do have the mentality to have complex emotions and thoughts this is shown in the one scene where after seeing hiccup drawing in sand with a stick. Toothless figures out how to use a tree to draw a complex maze for hiccup to figure out

But dragons are really smart, toothless can understand drawing, shows complex emotions and rejects a working tail Hiccup offered him

MattPat: Makes a video assuming dragons in HTTYD are like lizards and can't feel complex emotions Fans: Push back and correct him MattPat: *surprised Pikachu meme*

You never fail to ruin my childhood... RESPECT!

and there go's another childhood movie but yet I cant stop watching this channel lol

Says Dragons are glorified cats in the "How To Train Your Dragon" universe Uses lizard as a close representation to dragons. 10/10 Matt.

How to Train Your Dragon Step one: live in a world where dragons exist good tip

I would argue based on the size of the dragons and some designs, that the dragons are evolved descendants of dinosaurs, some dragons even going so far as to act like birds (StarFire, for example) and we all know birds are trainable, and some of the highest intellectual animals aside from primates. I would argue the dragons would be more closely related to birds than lizards, possibly an animal halfway between birds and dinosaurs evolved into the first dragon, and things went on from there. But that’s just a theory. An EVOLUTION THEORY.

*I do respect that this is just a film theory* 5:30 Toothless doesn't actually fly away from a 'human predator,' who I quote, is a "talking fishbone." Toothless, before getting a tail actually sees a bird, (one of the few times a bird is actually seen) and you can tell that he wants to fly. Hiccup gives him a new tail, Toothless would want to fly.

MatPat: "Lizards don't have emotions" Any drangon: "Am I a joke to you?"

MatPat: This sweet, intelligent, and innocent dragon is being subjected to a slave for Hiccupp Also MatPat: These dragons have no emotional or mental capability and are basically lizards

8:34 Don't forget: As you said it yourself, dragons in this universe are quote "Giant glorified cats", and also seem to be intellegent enough to understand human to a degree

Actually, hiccup made toothless a tail toothless could use on his own much before the first movie in a short called “the gift of the night fury” but toothless destroyed it because he only wanted to fly with hiccup.

Matpat: Dragons act like cats. Also Matpat: Dragons are basically reptiles. Me: *visual confusion*

Absolutely Noboby: Matpat: Toothless is being abused by hiccup....

Man I just watched the first two movies and I love how to train your dragon already

Oh remember that movie. I watched it when social media wasn’t so familiar like triniton and flip technology.

Sound logic MattPatt, but a couple of major flaws with this theory: 1. (As the rest of the comments have mentioned) Based on their interactions with humans, the dragons of HTTYD are clearly more like dogs or cats than lizards, possessing the necessary brain parts to develop emotional responses. 2. The title 'How To TRAIN Your Dragon' comes precisely from the books that these films use as their starting point for worldbuilding. The films don't adapt the books because in the books the dragons are even more advanced creatures, capable of communication by language with humans who speak Dragonese. But hey, it's all a fiction, so let's not get too worked up over it!

Matpat - "The dragons in HTTYD are basically cats" Also Matpat - _Well yes, but actually no_

This is my husband’s favorite franchise. Thanks for covering this great franchise.

Hiccup training toothless is literally the most accurate thing to human history

Okay, but the Dragons in HTTYD are clearly and demonstrably capable of emotional connection, acting more like cats than lizards. Training one's dragon is possible in-universe because Dragons are not a typical lizard.

>boy is born to a culture where dragon killing is a means of survival and gaining a social standing >boy realizes they were wrong and frees a dragon >boy attempts to atone for his errors by creating a prosthetic to give the downed dragon its flight again MatPat: "animal abuse"

At the end of the third movie, the people of Berk set their dragons free. It was a long time coming, but that was the right thing to do.

Aight, Mat, lemmie correct a few things: 1. Toothless was attacking the village. Hiccup defended his village. 2. Hiccup could have left Toothless alone, problem was that as Gobber said, a downed dragon is a dead dragon. 3. Hiccup never made the tail flap to ride the dragon, this was never his intention, also, he didn't dominate Toothless, he showed the dragon trust and respected his space until HE was willing to come to him. 4. The him riding part was simply a necessity, because again, medieval times, not really a way to create self-moving prosthetics, even in the second movie he only was able to make it lock in place which allowed Toothless to fly in a straight line on his own. 5. Even when riding, Toothless still holds some manner of control as we saw in the flight with Astrid and Hiccup as he refused to obey Hiccup and intended to scare Astrid until she apologized to HIS human that he had grown attached to. 6. The chasing with the saddle was playful, Toothless was playing with Hiccup! And he was congratulating him that his prosthetic worked, cause, let us face it, no one else will! His intention was never to ride Toothless, it just came as a side-thing because, again, Hiccup can't create a prosthetic that Toothless can control. 7. We see more then once that Toothless has learned to trust Hiccup and Hiccup trusts Toothless and as such, they have saved each other more then once.

“This wasn’t a vicious beast, but an INTELLIGENT, gentle creature; who’s soul reflected my own” - Valka So much for catching up on the franchise

Matpat: compares httyd dragons to cats in their behavior Also Matpat: dragons are reptiles with no emotional complexity.

Watching how to drain your dragon 3 in 4d was some of my best moments

How to train your dragon: YELL AT IT loudly

"Dragons are really just glorified cats" But you still used the reptile standard for training? Come on, this is an obvious flaw Mat

Toothless is more like a cat bat hybrid than a flying lizard..

why did he forget that hiccup himself claimed that toothless denied taking the self-controlling tail earlier, even astrid backed it up I think

the thumbnail and video name is gonna make the HTTYD fandom MAD

Matt. Buddy. Pal. Friend. You done goofed. Hiccup does try to design a prosthetic tail that works without him early on. The dragons depicted do not behave like Lizards, moreso cats and birds. The dragons do display cognitive thought and emotion. Yes, they’re wild animals; but they’re highly intelligent wild animals with a capacity for thought that rivals even humans. EDIT: Holy shit the likes though.

You're missing the point. Dragons in the HTTYD universe are NOT just like lizards, they display near-sentient behaviour throughout the serious. And seem to even be able to feel and display complex emotional behaviour.

Matpat, Could you make another theory on how to train your dragon? Maybe one trying to figure out how intelligent dragons are in this series.

Ok that guy running around with a tiny kangaroo is adorable

You left out a crucial detail though. You’re comparing flying reptiles to terrestrially bound reptiles. The ability to fly puts whole new evolutionary pressures on reptiles to develop new levels of behavioral and social complexity. Take for example birds (a sub-classification of reptile, evolutionarily speaking). These flying reptiles have developed sophisticated patterns of social communication. Many species of birds are incredibly loyal; in fact some species of songbird are monogamous maters. Some parrots develop close relationships with humans, and an ability to communicate that rivals even most mammals. If dragons faced similar evolutionary pressures as birds (e.g. vocal or visual communication, traveling as a group, etc.), they would likely have brains more amenable to developing social relationships across species, like parrots can. For shame, MatPat!

Toothless: shows emotions Mattpat: I’m suddenly blind

I think there has been multiple occasions where Toothless has, in fact, tooted, so that alternate name won't do so well, MattyPatty

the series dragons were not tamed he trained him to adapt a relationship with him that's completely different hiccup gained toothless respect and then friendship after he saw that he needs hiccup for his own survival its a relationship built of respect and helping each others dragons aren't stupid they are a civilization and since the village took care of the red death the dragons saw them as friends and allies u helped me and even saved me i will return the favor this is how hiccup and then the rest trained there dragons not like our stupid nowadays

Matpat: Dragon = big lizard Comments: Yes but actually no

This doesn't seem fair of a comparison though, sure in real life lizards aren't emotionally complex, but in the movies and shows they're shown to be intelligent, have emotions and be capable attachment. I think a more fair comparison would be something like birds of prey whom evolved from dinosaurs or maybe other large intelligent predators such as lions, polar bears, etc.

Ok um im sorry but i am and have been OBSSESED with this show and you have officially made me cry a frickin ocean WHY MATPAT WHY GOD

film theory idea: the lore of boss baby (why do they need love?)

I agree with the comments. Like at the beginning he was talking about how Hiccup was controlling Toothless by making inventions only Hiccup can control. Well, he is not a master inventor and that was probably the only thing he could do at the time. And it shows that Hiccup was improving throughout the movie franchises and he even said himself that in the end Hiccup made an invention that Toothless can control himself. Hiccup just wanted to show that he can hunt a dragon to the rest of the community, and in the end he actually wanted to help Toothless and he corrected his mistake. Also, these dragons have shown emotions and if you watched this movie, you can tell that dragons are way smarter than a lizard. Hiccup and Toothless have a great, unbreakable bond and Hiccup was not trying to make Toothless his pet or jeopardize his freedom, like I said before he didn’t know how to help him and he did the best he could. I really like mat pat, but this theory was mediocre at best and it is clear in the comments that people are not happy with this one I’m sorry and I mean no disrespect or to be rude. And at the part when i said “if you watched the movies” I know it sounded rude but I didn’t mean to.

Matpat: "Dragon's effectively act like a giant cats, so lets evaluate them as Giant reptiles" A lot of fantasy stuff even claims dragons are more like mammals then lizards

MatPat! You forgot the fact that Toothless destroys the tail Hiccup made for him, throws up half of the fish Hiccup gave to him in the first movie, AND that in the second movie Toothless willingly risks his life just to save Hiccup! He willingly does this even when there’s other vikings that can build him a new tail that he can fly and control by himself.

Thrumble from my singing mosters: Mind empty just swim. hum and vibe

Petition for a second episode where MatPat considers dragons having emotions like shown in the movies and tells us how to actually train a dragon. (I just really want to know.)

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs theory: A) How much damage would a worldwide food storm cause? B) How much damage would a meatball the size depicted in the movies actually cause? C) How sanitary would Chew and Swallow actually be with food falling every day?

Well done MatPat proofing once again your the best at ruining our childhoods 👌

This could have possibly been one of my first few film theory videos

Apparently Mat forgot that Hiccup did make a tailfin that he doesn’t control but Toothless destroyed it.

MatPat, this theory was terrible. Almost every single thing you said was wrong and the biggest flaw was clear. In gift of the night fury, Toothless rejects and smashes the tail that Hiccup makes for him that he can use all on his own. He is very clearly more intelligent than you think and he sees Hiccup as a friend.

liked the ruler slapping noise

This turned into the how to not train you dragon to the animal brain real quick

90% of comments: “This theory doesn’t make sense” Other 10%: “RIP Steve Irwin” Edit: also I do think you’re the best of the mid teir influencers on RU-vid Mat, but this theory is definitely a stretch. It’s clear that the brain of a dragon is far more complex than that of a human so it’s not fair to compare it to a lizard. I think this theory would’ve been a lot better if you had focused on dragon “training” being Stockholm Sydrome (you seemed to be going that direction at first). Anyway you’re still awesome Mat, keep up the good work :D

I usually agree with most of MatPats theory’s... this one not so much. Not to mention he straight up accuses Hiccup of animal cruelty. I don’t think you got the message of the movie at all. Hiccup changes the Vikings whole mindset regarding dragons. He only shot toothless down because of his upbringing, he was highly pressured to do so. He also saved Toothless from what he did to him. And in the last movie he did let him go. Idk there are a lot of flaws in this theory.

I'm surprised that there's no the good dinosaur theory about how spots family isn't actually his family.

When I was young, film theory scared me, still does.

I think you are wrong about a central issue you presented: Dragons having a "reptile brain". The dragons in the movie are powerful flyers and this level of energy would require warm-bloodedness. They are also naturally social. So, they make look like lizards with wings, but they are _distantly_ descended from reptiles in the same way as mammals and birds. Their skin covering resembles the lizard skin, unlike fur or feathers. So they look like lizards _to us_ because that is a major distinguishing characteristic. Look at the size of the dragon's eyes: it probably hunts from the air and relies on acute vision. So it may have a brain more like that of a falcon, not an alligator. Clearly something drastic happened to their lineage, since they have six limbs. Tetrapods -- all the mammals, birds, and reptiles -- are stuck with four and this was developmentally locked in fairly early on. This is not a superficial difference, but something that goes back to the most ancient ancestors. This suggests that they branched off _earlier_ than all extant tetrapods, back when they were just beginning to adapt to land. So, they are as closely related to lizards as they are to humans! That is, not much at all. They went their own way and over the same time span evolved the same traits as birds and mammals. Just because the _look_ like lizards with wings does not mean they are closely related. I suggest that the wild animal model would be more like the Parrot. I happen to have one: not a domesticated species, but just a few generations out of the wild, and is a "socialized" individual of a wild species. Parrots come in many species of varied appearance -- in fact, two different branches are lumped under the casual term. Many are social, smart problem solvers, and friendly when raised as a pet. Oh, and this one likes to have his head scratched, too.

How to train your dragon:*exist* Matpat:I'm about to end this man's career

I was re-watching this video and realised a common trend in the comment section. People complaining that "MatPat wasn't acknowledging the fact that dragons are smart" or "Hiccup and Toothless were already friends". I think you missed the point of the video. What he was trying to convey was that *you cannot train a dragon IRL* . The point was never about whether Hiccup trained his dragon properly or not, but whether his tactics could be applied to real life reptile counterparts of dragons. Granted, he did make a few wrong comments about the movie that might've made you assume he was talking about the feasibility of the movie, but I hope they were sarcastic comments rather than him literally looking away from the plot of the film.

When MatPat first talks about it: I love the FTGHTATYD At end of video: I hate the FTGHTATYD

Is everyone forgetting that hiccup made a tail flap that allowed toothless to fly but toothless chose to destroy it

Nice theory, but fundamentally flawed. This entire theory relies on the belief that they never grew a bond. Sure, it was fucked up how it started, but by the end it of it resulted in a mutually beneficial companionship. And to the point where he never made an autonomous tail? He didn't know how to in the 1st movie, and when he did in the special, even then Toothless came back in the end. Edit: I have ALWAYS been on the side that gives MatPat the benefit of the doubt, in every game theory and every film theory, this is the first time I've fully thought a theory of his is false. Like no going about it, its just plain wrong.

well... there goes my child hood, thanks MatPat :D

It's funny to me how he he mentioned about the dragon brain, he chose the skrill... A strike class dragon that is also known for their high intelligence.... Oh boy... That also displays it's intelligence in some episodes.... So many things is wrong in this theory and it feels like MatPat is drained and trying to desperately make something new hahaha.

Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures: Animated dragons Reptiles in the real world Matpat: they're the same picture

That theory falls apart after you consider that dragons don't have to follow rules of basic reptiles.

It really seems like Matpat hates animated movies or something, especially when he does film theories on them.

You all made me feel better after looking in the comments tysm this was like the show that i love and care for