Barf and Belch

**Barf and Belch** is the Hideous Zippleback owned and trained by Ruffnut and Tuffnut.

 Barf and Belch are like their owners, they have trouble deciding which
head goes what direction and focusing on one target. However, unlike Ruffnut and Tuffnut, they can work together and find their owners annoying with their constant bickering. Their names were first revealed in Viking for Hire.

## Personality

Barf and Belch have the personality of a normal Zippleback; however,
they have a laughable sense of humor. They enjoy doing the tasks Ruffnut
 and Tuffnut tell them to do, but they are in constant quarrel because
of the fact that they sometimes have to listen to two different commands
 they are unable to do. Despite this, they usually help the Twins with
their pranks. Barf and Belch often get annoyed with their riders
constant bickering- which once led to them going wandering around Berk
after the twins started issuing contradictory commands to each head- but
 both are willing to protect their riders at any costs. For example,
when Torch first approached Tuffnut as an adult, although the dragon
only stayed because Belch didn't want to leave him, both were willing to
 fight what appeared to be a wild Typhoomerang in order to protect him[1] and
 they left the cave that they were supposed to stay in during Astrid's
harsh training session to find Ruffnut whom they felt was in danger[2].
 They are very in sync with their riders, mimicking several actions of
them, such as their 'high-fives' and affectionate headbutts. They have
also been seen fighting at the same time as their Riders are bickering.

## Appearance

Barf and Belch have the appearance of a normal Zippleback. Despite
the head's resemblance towards each other, there are minor differences
that each head has. Barf has a slightly curved horn as opposed to
Belch's horn which is straighter. Barf's longest teeth are in the back
of his jaw and Belch has his longest teeth in front of his jaw. Barf's
skin is also slightly more lighter than Belch's. The skin color and
tooth differences disappear by the time of the second movie (from what
has been seen in images, this is most likely a production goof). Barf
and Belch are 66ft long, have a 38ft wingspan and weight about 6,036
lbs.

## In *How to Train Your Dragon*

Barf and Belch were one of the captured dragons used to train the
Viking Teens. The lesson they taught was to work together to find the
head that lit up the gas (which was Belch). Later, Hiccup manages to get
 Ruffnut and Tuffnut to bond with them in time to help defeat the Red
Death.

At the climax of the film, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, along with the
rest of the Viking's teens, were on dragons. They helped the twins
distract the Red Death
 to allow Snotlout and Fishlegs to attack them. By the end of the movie,
 the twins are seen riding Barf and Belch along with the other Viking
Teens.

## *How to Train Your Dragon 2*

Barf and Belch briefly appear being ridden by their riders, Ruffnut
and Tuffnut. Barf in particular shows annoyance and slight
aggressiveness when Snotlout approaches Ruffnut to flirt with her. Later
 on, they were also seen to be very upset about Stoick's death before
being controlled by Drago's Bewilderbeast.
 Like all the dragons, Barf and Belch broke free from the
Bewilderbeast's control, and acknowledged Toothless as their new Alpha.
They then rejoin back to their owners, with both heads trying to comfort
 Ruffnut. Belch was rejected by Ruffnut, but Tuffnut quickly grab his
head to be happy to rejoin together.

## Relationships

### **Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston**

They met for the first time in the Arena, where Barf and Belch attacked
 them just like the other Teens. Later, Hiccup helped the two of them to
 train Barf and Belch, forging a strong bond between the two. In the TV
Series, not many episodes are focused on the relationship between these
three. However, it can be assumed they care greatly for one another. The
 Twins were bickering over who Barf and Belch belonged to. When they
couldn't get to an agreement, they both decided to stop with anything
Dragon or sibling related. However, when the gang told them Dagur wanted
 to decapitate them in order to get their blood for the treaty, they
were determined to save them.[4] Tuffnut claimed Barf and Belch is his 'totally awesome dragon', which he shared with his 'totally not-awesome sister'.[1]

### Hiccup

Hiccup met for the first time in the Arena, where Barf and Belch were
in front if him to attack him but their were afraid of the eel that
Hiccup use as his defense against them. Using this eel to bring them
back to their cage. Hiccup even try to protect them from Dagur by hiding
 the Zippleback, but they won't listen to him at all much. Hiccup was
also able to get on both of their heads to free Tuffnutt from the dragon
 trap, but he was unsuccessful in doing so.

### Hookfang:

Hookfang and Barf and Belch have been seen fighting several times,
though with unknown reasons. Nevertheless, they have a good friendship
with one another.

### Toothless

Toothless mostly interacts with Barf and Belch by trying to stop them
from doing something wrong. By biting on their tail when trying to make
them stop misbehaving when Dagur was in Berk or stop them from chasing
after the Dragon Root. Near the end of *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, Barf and Belch acknowledged Toothless as the new Alpha dragon.

### Dagur the Deranged

When Dagur came to the Isle of Berk
 to sign a peace treaty with Stoick, he claimed they needed Dragon blood
 in order to sign it. This lead them to hunting Barf and Belch. Though
Dagur tried to decapitate them, Barf and Belch escaped and defeated him
with the aid of the other Riders and their Dragons.[4] Barf and Belch later assisted Toothless in defeating Dagur's Skrill, trapping it in the ice once again.[5]

## Abilities and Skills

Barf and Belch seem to have the normal abilities of a regular
Zippleback, although some of their abilities and gain skills are
heightened due to training under Ruffnut and Tuffnut.

**Strength:** Barf and Belch are seen to be able to lift up
heavy objects with their claws. Both claws can lift up a weight of two
heavy grown adult Vikings. They didn't budge when Toothless tried
dragging them off the roof and they can carry heavy Vikings on their
neck, like Fishlegs.[4] Barf and Belch have strong jaws, but can hold back their full strength.

**Acrobatics:** This is seen in the battle against the Red
Death, when they manage to avoid sudden bursts of fire. Despite claiming
 that Zipplebacks are bad fliers, they are surprisingly agile. They have
 a very flexible body, but they can tangle their neck by accident.

**Speed:** Barf and Belch have the speed of an average
Zippleback, but they were also able to catch up with the Skrill,
although the Skrill had been slowed down slightly by Stormfly and
Toothless.[5]

**Gas and Spark:** Barf is able to breath a large amount of
green gas. This gas confuses and disorients people, with the exception
of the Thorston Twins. Belch is able to release an electric spark. When
combined, they can make a large explosion. There are able to use this to
 make protection for Astrid and Stormfly.

**Stealth:** Barf lets out a green, thick gas, which they use
in order to hide. From there, they sneak up on unexspected enemies or
prey, attacking them.

**Intelligence and Communication Skills:** They always know
when their riders have gone too far in fighting and often take charge if
 they are in trouble. But, like their riders, they often fight with one
another. Despite having learned hand signals, they occasionally
misunderstand it. Like all Academy dragons, including Torch,
 Barf and Belch are trained in the basics of hand signals. Although,
Barf will only obey Ruffnut's hand-signals and Belch will only obey
Tuffnut's hand signals, though at first it was hard for them, but their
trainers finally work as team to become successful against theirs
enemies.

**Endurance and stamina:** Endurance and stamina, as was
demonstrated several times shown to be good for their kind. They are
shown to still get up after getting hit by the Skrill and Night Fury
combination attack from falling in high speed on sea stack to be able to
 fly well. Even got back on their feet from getting hit by Typhoomerang
from a distance.

## Trivia

* Barf and Belch were originally supposed to be ridden by Fishlegs, and he briefly rode on Barf after the dragon flew away without the twins, along with Snotlout, who rode on Belch.[4]
* While the dragon is male, Barf and Belch are commonly referred to as "them" or "it," most likely due to the two heads being individuals. The only episode where they are referred to as "he" is *Dragon Flower.*
* So far, Barf and Belch is the only one of the Academy dragons that Hiccup hasn't ridden at least once.
* Barf and Belch are the only known Zippleback that has riders,

this might be because you need two of them, in this case, Ruffnut and
Tuffnut.

* The difference in the color of skin between Barf and Belch is probably a production goof, like the changes in tooth length.
* In the How to Train Your Dragon Movie, when they were approaching Hiccup, Barf and Belch spread their wings and start hissing, which is similar to the behavior of the Dilophosaurus in the movie, *Jurassic Park*. Barf and Belch are never seen doing this again.
* They seem to chase their tails when they are bored.
* Although Ruffnut and Tuffnut share Barf and Belch, Tuffnut seems to be closer to both heads overall; when he was briefly trapped with only Barf and Belch for company, Tuffnut expressed regret that he and Barf didn't socialize much[1], but in *How to Train Your Dragon 2* Ruffnut actively shoved Belch away in favour of welcoming Barf back after Toothless defeated Drago's Bewilderbeast, even if she clearly cares about the dragon as a whole as well as an individual.
* Barf and Belch are sometimes referred to as Barch.