First time watching How to Train Your Dragon - Toothless is just a big old Kitty Cat 

I remember this movie being my absolute obsession at 11 years old. 23 y/o now and it hasn't left that special place in my heart 😄

Even as a child, I was able to recognise the musical genius that is John Powell. Composed some of his best work on the HTTYD series. Probably wouldn't have started writing my own compositions without him and a few others.

While "you're not my son" can be cliche, the fact you can see Stoick STAGGER at what he just said shows he's not just a 2D character.

All 3 movies are worth watching. I was so glad I saw the 1st one in theaters with the 3D. That moment when Hiccup and Toothless bonded and ended up flying through the rock formations was freaking epic and one of the only times I felt like 3D could be something that wasn't just a gimmick but something that could help you immerse yourself in a story.

the switch from the more frightening looking toothless to the image of him at 6:27 made me chuckle

I really love how quickly you fell in love with the best cat ever - Toothless! For getting a better connection with the characters, you'd need to watch the series - it is very much worth it! Also: at 26:15 you can see how Stoick regrets what he just said - but he does have extremely good reasons for why he reacted that strongly to his son siding with the "enemy" - reasons alluded to in this and clearly shown in the next movie.

You are legally obligated to watch the second and third one, they're just as good as the first, if not better.

I highly recommend Megamind. Such a good movie, peak Dreamworks. The Croods is also a fun film. Rise of the Guardians is a fantastic film. One of those films that sadly didn’t do well enough for a sequel but it’s such a good standalone film that it doesn’t really need one. Trolls is a fun film, catchy music in that one. All the How to Train your Dragon movies are great and worth the watch. 😄

I think it was implied that, while Dragons are intelligent to a degree, enough to understand body language and vocal tone, they're not as intelligent or creative as humans are. The Red/Green Death controlled the dragons by fear. It was larger than all of them, could swallow multiple of them in a single bite, and basically had a natural countermeasure to every kind of dragon in the nest. Hardened hide for Nadder Spikes; a mace tail for Gronkle hides; vacuum breath for Nightmare fire and Zippleback gas; multiple eyes for Night Fury agility; and shear size for Terrors. Without the ingenuity of a human backing them, the dragons couldn't coordinate a multiple-front attack to fight back against the Death. Freeing the Dragons absolutely required cooperation between age-old enemies.

A few fun facts and detail people dont usually notice in their first time watching 1 the nightfury name - i noticed most of the dragons like timberjack, typhoomerang, scauldron and other dragons are named after the things/attack that made them memorable. *Example* Timberjack - can slice through trees with no resistance Typhoomerang - can make a typhoon out of fire Scauldron - can blast burning hot water sometimes having poison with it. Nightfury - can blend perfectly in the darkness. have a screech of a person full of fury. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself title - lightning refers to two of his ability actually, his blast (the title will make more sense in the third movie, you'll see) and his speed and the death refers to the fact no one survived an encounter with a nightfury before I find it interesting they decided to name the dragons with their special technique, not only does this make them terrifying but also heeds a warning to people even if they dont know what the dragon can do, just say typhoomerang and you know it has something to do with a typhoon already. 2 toothless is quite petty but intelligent - we already know about the intelligent part but what people dont notice much is how he made the people who hurt hiccup apologize. Vikings are stubborn and have an ego and pride bigger than their body, apologizing shows a huge vulnerable sincere part of them that toothless wanted to see for proof they do regret the things they did. Basically he was like "i aint gonna do what you want until you apologize* which is a little petty but we love him. 3 hiccups foot - some speculated toothless accidentally ate hiccups foot in a desperate attempt to grab him before the fire did, which ended up having too much force and basically decapitated his foot. which is yikes but also makes kind of sense? Seeing the distance of the fall yeah he could have done that. But then again hiccup did take his fin..so i guess they're equal now. 4 toothless behavior - you'll be happy to know his behavior is actually modeled after a black cat! hence the scratches and catnip (or dragonnip) 5 hiccups full name - its not mentioned until in the series of riders of berk but his full name is "Hiccup Horrendous Haddock The lll" he was named after an ancestor of his. I got a lot more but those include spoilers so ill save them unless you already watched the other movies or made a reaction of it.

"Why didn't he tell his old man what was going on?" Stoik has not demonstrated the best listening skills... like, ever.

I absolutely adore this movie. the sequels are good too, but the first one is really something special. Toothless is very obviously and heavily inspired by cats, but there was this (weirdly good) Christmas special where they referenced one of the animator's cats with tape on their tail to get his movements right. If you manage to find the original footage, it's absolutely hysterical.

I worked at a All In One DvD rental store when those were still a thing.. When this movie came out the wait list for the DvD was weeks long. I remember it feeling like such a different movie because not only was it families with kids who really wanted to watch it, but also just adults in general. It Really hit home with such a wide audience. Toothless is such a great mash up of so the best pet qualities 🥰

One of the few perfect films. This is one of the best animated films ever made. The music especially is amazing.

Wow. DreamWorks has quite the... diverse library in terms of quality 😅. Anyway, i have to put my word in for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. I know that one was the childhood obsession of a lot of people, and I'd say it still holds up. There's something special about the atmosphere it creates.

Thanks for the fun review! Of all the DreamWorks cartoons listed, I would first of all advise Megamind, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit, The Prince of Egypt and the second Puss in Boots. Believe me, it is head and shoulders above the first (which was okay and most importantly, you don't even have to watch it to understand the second part) and most of the cartoons released in recent years. And of course Rise of the Guardians, they are just beautiful. What about Disney cartoon - Treasure Planet and Atlantis are very cool, I think you will get a lot of pleasure from watching them.

Toothless was just trying to get her to say she was sorry

Toothless is such an amazing character and these movies are all good. There's a ton of character development throughout all the movies. I love the Kung Fu Panda movies too. They're all funny. Also, The Croods is pretty darn funny as well.

These movies are actually pure gold, some of them might not stand tall as for the concept they have, but they definetely do by the message and quality they delivered. This dragon trilogy is worth the watch and one of the best out there, it's now confirmed it'll be getting a Live action on 2025, which would be cool considering it's very sad ending.

Would love to see you watch wreck it Ralph. It’s one of the best Disney movies in the last 20 years

Those early dreamwork movies are treasures. Prince of Egypt is an absolute masterpiece. Road to El Dorado is hilarious. Sinbad is a fun seafaring adventure, very cool animation used that I've never seen replicated since. Madagascar is absolute hilarity all three movies through.

One of my fav series. so good, and I think the cgi really holds up! You should do some sequels. The frozen sequel is very good, the Aladdin sequels are a lot of fun, and you HAVE TO see the other 2 how to train your dragons. They are peak sequels

If you want to get to know the characters in this movie better, I 100% recommend the series. Starting with Riders Of Berk then Defenders Of Berk and finally Race to the Edge. You will be able to see in all those seasons how the friendship of Hiccup and Toothless becomes unbreakable, and also the other people who accompany this duo of friends on an adventure with more dragons to discover and new villains. You will fall in love with the show.

A bit of a fun fact: in the books these movies are based on, the vikings didn't fight the dragons. It was a rite of passage for the youths to climb into the dragons' nest and take an egg. They then had to take care of the hatched dragon and train it; so by the time they both grow up there's a tight bond. The reason why Hiccup was the outcast was because his dragonling, which was actually toothless, was the smallest and weakest out of all the hatchlings. Same catlike personality though. Hence why Hiccup needed to train his dragon the smart way, even learning their language (in the books dragons are fully sentient and speaking creatures that have their own langauge as opposed to the movies' "highly intelligent animal" approach).

These movies are so amazing and the score is out of this world 😍 one of the best!

WOW, you going down the list of DreamWorks Movies that you haven't seen broke my heart😭. You should definitely watch Madagascar 1 2 and 3, Turbo, The Croods 1 and 2, Puss in Boots 1 and 2, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Megamind, DEFNITLEY Home. But yea if you were to watch all of these It would be amazingg. I already enjoy watching your reactions now and would love to see your reaction to these movies as well!!! (also, congrats on hitting double digits on youtube!)

Fun fact toothless is model after the creator's cat and the part when hiccup put the false tail on toothless was modeled after the cat with tape stuck on its tail. dragon nip is cat nip for dragons and dragon eating fish is like cat eating tuna and every dragon behaviour is model after cat behaviour.

7:20 - he didn't tell his dad, because Stoik would be devastated that his son could not kill a dangerous infamous dragon, given a chance.

For why Hiccup brought Toothless in the village, the harness got damaged and they can't separate. He brought them to the forge to fix it

You HAVE to watch Spirit, Madagascar and Sinbad...a Dreamworks requirement, they will blow your mind (and they made my childhood, especially Spirit)😊 About How To Train Your Dragon, it's probably one of my favorite trilogies ever. It's just a rollercoaster of emotions for me.

Over the Hedge is so good and so underrated!! Megamind is also an excellent watch!!

This is one of my favorite movies along with lilo and stitch. I love how it’s so subtle but in the beginning hiccup refers to the dragons as “pests” and at the end he says “pets.” definitely watch the Prince of Egypt, the road to el dorado, the rest of the kung Fu panda and how to train your dragon sequels, the first Madagascar (I didn’t care for the sequels).

Oh my gosh Yes! This is and had been one of my top movies. I'm SO glad you watched it! Please Please Please watch the other two movies! I stopped everything I was doing to watch this video, and I'm not disappointed at all! Thank you!

Yeah the new Puss in Boots is fire, would definitely recommend. You don't need to have seen the first one to watch it. And Megamind is great too

Toothless has the mannerisms and design of a cat band personality of a dog, can be ridden like a flying horse, is smart as a friend, a deadly long ranged weapon, and is self maintaining. Where can I get one

I also very much LOVE How To Train Your Dragon. So I am delighted to see you react to it. I have a bit of a different recommendation when it comes to an "animated" movie for you to watch sometime if you have not seen it. The recommendation is the movie "9". Now I will warn you, if you haven't seen it already, "9" is one of those movies that look to be a kids movie based on its design...but it is rather dark. It's kind of along the same vein as "Coraline" which is another movie I rather enjoyed. In fact I remember getting the 3D version of "Coraline" on DVD when it first came out. Both "9" and "Coraline" are VERY good movies that I can highly recommend. Anyways keep up the awesome content, looking forward to seeing more!

You're not wrong about Toothless being cat-like - they modelled a lot of his behaviours on one of the animators' cats (if I remember correctly) As for recommendations.... How to Train Your Dragon is one of those rare series that seems to improve with the sequels - I highly recommend continuing it. Megamind is absolutely worth it, and I'll be very surprised if you don't enjoy it. Flushed Away is another Aardman movie - 'nuf said. Bee Movie is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Shrek Forever After is a wonderful return to form and should be watched. The Madagascar series gets better as it goes - Madagascar, Europe's Most Wanted is my favourite, and Penguins of Madagascar is a spinoff based around the comedy side-characters that turned out to be an excellent movie in its own right. The Croods and its sequel are both very enjoyable - the first follows a family of cavemen adapting to a new world, and the second builds solidly on the first. Mr Peabody & Sherman is a very enjoyable movie loosely based on the "old timey TV show", and I've watched it several times. Boss Baby is a surprisingly enjoyable story of family, intrigue, and action, and I do think you'd actually enjoy it. The Bad Guys is a heist movie that I promptly re-watched just because of how much I enjoyed it.

And just when I’m sick of rewatch HTTYD…. Another beautiful human discovers this beautiful saga

Oh gosh you NEED to see Spirit and Madagascar. I used to LOVE Wallace and Gromit btw 😂

7:10 the thing to remember about Hiccup's dad is that he has listening issues when it comes to Hiccup and he's also stubborn. Hiccup had already told his dad that he caught the night fury, and he didn't believe him. Hiccup probably knew that telling him again (especially after the dad had already decided that Hiccup was making it up) would do nothing but make his dad angry.

Toothless has some moral compass, he approves of apologies. Like cats

Jay Baruchel and T.J. Miller also are both memorable in "She's Out Of My League, along with Alice Eve.

If you haven't watched them yet, you REALLY need to watch The Prince of Egypt and Spirit. All the Dreamworks movies that were made before Shrek are just gorgeous to look at, and have amazing stories too. In the early days of Dreamworks' existence, they were not just competing with Disney, they were trying to prove their worth by out-doing Disney. Because of that, Dreamworks produced the religious masterpiece that is The Prince of Egypt, (although the story is so very relatable without even focusing on the religious part, as it ultimately comes down to a story of a painful division of two brothers who had grown up very close to each other), and not to be forgotten, they had the guts to do Spirit in a way that Disney had never done a movie, in which the animals do not talk & sing, and such. (There are a few songs in the movie, but they are sung in the background, by the narrator of the story.) I remember reading back in the '90's that Disney had originally intended to do The Lion King as a more serious film in a naturalists' style, without the animals talking, etc., but they changed their minds and the direction of the movie. I was really excited at the time when I heard that Dreamworks was doing Spirit like that, and the movie did not disappoint. I have no use for Dreamworks' recent return to the well, of using Spirit in a modern setting, though. Just stick to the early original movie! Modern Dreamworks animators seems to have long since run out of ideas for original movies.

"living in 2023 and I've never touched a cloud before" --> That was probably the highlight of my time skydiving, both falling through - and passing through under canopy. "Jazz Cigarettes" is a first for me - in terms of phrases to use for the wacky tobaccy. Then Long Live Trogdor the Burninator.

the fanvid toothless talks is amazing and the tv show goes more into detail of the other characters

Fun fact yes toothless is a big house cat literally lemi exsplan so they made his movements based of a cat so that 1st meeting when hiccup eats the fish raw. When toothless was sneeking up on him he did the cat but wiggle irl

Love this movie. As you see from my picture, I already loved a toothless Kitty Kat with beautiful green eyes 😊 They did such a great job. Sequels are pretty good too.

Ahh I used to play a video game by this that I loved, but never had the computer to play (played at grandparents). Riding around on the dragons was amazing.

I liked all three How To Train Your Dragon films. The second one is my favourite of them

The 2nd "How to train your dragon" movie is extremely emotional but very good

Toothless is EVERYONEs favorite character.

grew up watching this and love it from beginning to end

There are actually 2 amazing animated shows that take place in between the first and second movie called Riders of Berk then Race To The Edge. I highly recommend watching/reacting them since I don't see anybody doing it.

Kinda felt bad for hiccup as every time he trys to tell Stoick stuff he doesn't listen, plus the crazy ride on toothless he was wanting astrid to respect him and hiccup that's why as soon as she said sorry he took them to the clouds

In my opinion, the best non-Disney animated movie! Although the Iron Giant was pretty amazing too, and An American Tail lolll

Ah, my favorite movie of all time.

Toothless is the absolute best

Toothless hesitating before leaning into Hiccup's hand was apparently an animation error but it worked super well so it was left in. May or may not be true, that's just what I heard.

"First to ride one, though" This is just beautiful how they didn't expected what is going to happen 5 years later Maybe in 2010 it was true but not anymore 😅 I love all 3 movies because it's literally my childhood

Megamind is 100% worth a watch.

There is a show named race to the edge (availible on netflix) taking place between the first and the second movie

The sequels of how to train your dragon are great and you should react to Spirit that's an amazing movie!

yes the animators (or at least one of them) were inspired by cats for toothless LOL

Fun fact: One of the producers cat was used to imitate the movements of Toothless.

Over the Hedge!!!!!! Awesome movie!!!!

Trogdor the burninator!!!!!!!! If you want to feel clouds, try skydiving. I got to go through a little wispy one my first time after the chute was pulled. It felt kinda cold and misty like you’d expect, an experience I’ll never forget.

I think you'll like the sequel for this film. As far as other DreamWorks animations, both Megamind and Prince of Egypt are well worth watching. I think you've already seen Kung Fu Panda.

Oh please what Spirit someday! It's one of my favorite movies, such an amazing story.

12:57 genius

If you want to see even more cool dragons, I highly recommend you watch the series. The show take place between 1 & 2. The show is just amazing. I really think you will like it. There are 2 series: 1. Dreamworks Dragons: Riders/Defenders of Berk 2. Dreamworks Dragon: Race to the Edge

31:27 Man I’m only 31 but I feel old for understanding this reference haha

This and "Megamind" are my two favorite animated movies.

Definitely do the sequels - one of the few of any movie where they are possibly even better than the first. There’s also a whole series of episodes that tell more of the story and give background & you wanted more from the other characters you’ll find that in those. Also Spirit is an amazing film also. I feel like dream works films are either fantastic or just terrible, no in between.

This is my favorite dream works trilogy a very close second is kung fu panda

I’m pretty sure it’s a picture of hiccup too since he looked back at him at one point before adding a detail. Not many people see it :3

If you loved Wallace and Gromit, or Chicken Run you'll love Flushed Away. It's made by the same lot.

You won't confuse DreamWorks for Disney for very long if you keep watching these 😏

I am roughly the same age as you (38) and the Trogdor reference was _delightful._ lol

I hope you do this trilogy, it's one of the few out there that all 3 movies are actually good lol Dreamworks has some stellar movies in my opinion. I could suggest a bunch but this time I am going to say Road to El Dorado, Megamind, and Madagascar.

I love this trilogy

i love this trilogy

"he's flunning"! good one!

Flushed away. And Home. And The Croods.

there are some absolutely incredible stop motion films done by laika that i think you'd really enjoy. coraline (same director as laika), box trolls (very goofy but likeable characters and interesting plot), and paranorman (please watch this movie it's so fucking good)

Both Crood movies are awesome! 2nd better than the already great first movie! Some madagascar are worth. The first one is not a favorite, but the other ones are very good!

DreamWorks adds another level to animated films.. if you have not seen Shrek and for sure you NEED to watch Puss in Boot Last Wish.. love your laugh

Toothless was based of one of the team pet cat that why a lot of how he moves and act is similar to a cat

Ooh, Shark Tale's a good one!

Since you're doing some classic family movies, I'd really love for you to do Holes. Disney but not animated, based on the famous book. I think it's well-suited for you, lots of big names starring, superbly done.

I run here as fast as I can when I saw this preview

megamind and rise of the guardians are both soooo good 😭 you HAVE to watch

You definitely have to watch the Madagascar series! 🦓🦁🦒🦛

Hands down top 5 animated movie thats not dc or marvel for me theyre making a live action version soon so hopefully its great

Definitely suggest Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron!

You get a subscribe from me for the Trogdor reference alone.

I can tell you right now, I'm pretty sure you would like Road to El Dorado and Spirit. I bet you would find The Croods hilarious. Rise of the Guardians is clever, beautiful and underrated.

Great Vid 👌😎👍

you need to watch Spirit its made by Dream works

can't wait for you to watch the dreamworks movies

Definitely watch Megamind. And Croods is a fun watch too...