Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is the main character of the How To Train Your Dragon franchise. He is the son of Valka and Stoick the Vast (the late Hooligan Chief).
Why He Rocks
- When he enrolled into Dragon Training, he at first starts off weak. After having a bond with Toothless, he learns about the mannerisms of most dragons which lead him to somehow "defeat" every dragon he encounters during training.
- He is shown to use more of his intelligence by creating inventions for various uses before such as a bola launcher or a dragon's prosthetic tail and saddle.
- He shows great leadership like when he would lead his Dragon Fighting classmates into a battle against the Red Death. At first he does have difficulty controlling the rest of the village, but Stoick sees that Hiccup is improving his leadership skills which would picture him as Hiccup being a new Chief of Berk.
- He's really protective to Astrid because he does have a crush on her. As time went on, their feelings with each other grew up and Hiccup never stopped loving her.
- Hiccup is never above admitting when he is or has been wrong and will do his best to make amends with others, showing he has a great deal of humility, and he learns from his mistakes. For example, he learns to listen more attentively to what Toothless is trying to tell him.
- A notable character trait that he does have is his compassion being deep. This is really present when he spares Toothless which would change the world of Vikings and dragons forever. He even redeemed
- His backstory is really tragic since his mom was being abducted by a dragon during Hiccup's infant-hood. Can you imagine this happening to someone you love? Even his dad didn't want to get a new mom after what had happened. Even in his early years, Hiccup was being mocked before.
- Speaking of his mom, he started to become shocked yet fortunate when his mom was still alive the whole time which leads to the conclusion that all things work for good. Can you imagine reunited with someone you like, especially if it's something serious.
- Hiccup grew up learning new life lessons such as playing some board games.
- He believes that he does not want to kill a dragon and later on in the movie, the rest of the village agrees with Hiccup that they should see dragons as companions.
- He takes good care of Toothless like a pet. This could inspire viewers to take good care of pets.
- Not just Toothless, he also takes good care of his own sons Zephyr and Nuffink.
- He does get character development. At first, Hiccup used to be shy yet becomes confident as time flies.
- Being the central character of How to Train Your Dragon, Hiccup has possessed many useful talents such as being the best Dragon Trainer in the island.
- Continuing with the topic of his intelligence, he's was almost always being able to come up with the solutions to the problems the riders face. You know, a strategist.
- If there is a fact, Hiccup would use them for legit use like solving all of the riddles on Hamish's treasure map.
- In The Hidden World, Hiccup starts to understand that there are times that humanity and dragons will be separated. It is hard to see someone that you like be separated, but friends do come and go you know. Think about it, the human world is too dangerous for the dragons.
Bad Qualities
- His innate friendliness and tendency to give others the benefit of the doubt cause him to be a little too trusting of strangers, leaving him vulnerable to manipulation and deceit by more dishonest characters such as Heather and Mildew.
- In Thawfest, Hiccup shows an unlikable and hyper-competitive side with him.