Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Dreamworks)

Attempting to reason with Drago Bludvist even after the latter caused Stoick's death.

### Type of Love Exalted

Protective Successor

**Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III** is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Toothless) of the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise and the posthumous overarching protagonist of *Dreamworks Dragons: the Nine Realms*, and Tom Kullersen's ancestor.

Though initially wanting to be a Viking who slew dragons, after sparing a Night Fury and bonding with the dragon, he realized dragons were not dangerous creatures and became determined to have humans coexist with dragons. After the death of his father, he became the chief of Berk and protected his village from any foes that threatened his home.

## What Makes Him Love Exalted?

### *How to Train Your Dragon*

* Growing up while Hiccup was filled with anger for being a laughing stock to his peers, resulting in him vowing to get revenge once he became chief. But his father reminded him that a leader doesn't seek revenge, and makes decisions best for the tribe, no matter how painful those decisions might be. Hiccup chose to let go of his anger and became humble to even Snotlout who often makes fun of him.
* At the start of the film, Hiccup never meant to make things worse, he just wanted help and be accepted as a true Viking of his village. He was also tired of just be disrespected by everyone including by his own father. He only wanted to kill a dragon because it would earn him respect from everyone.
* He chose to spare Toothless when he came across him in the woods, setting him free and starting their lifelong friendship.
* After sparing Toothless, Hiccup decided to find him again, studying him and attempting to bond with the dragon. After some time and challenges, Hiccup managed to successfully gain the dragon's trust.
* He helped Toothless by crafting him a prosthetic tail, allowing him to fly again, while also feeding him and keeping him healthy when he couldn't hunt.
* Unlike the others who were annoyed at Fishlegs' reciting dragon facts, Hiccup wasn't completely annoyed. However, when they were paired up and facing the Zippleback together, Hiccup told him to stop in an slightly annoyed and angry tone because Fishlegs was reciting them in a bad time, but this was so they won't get killed and make them both nervous.
* He didn't mean to lie to everyone or his father of his dragon training tactics, he never told everyone who really happen and the village kinda told his father their side. He was going to confess to his father but after realizing that his father had thought really low of him, he just didn't tell him.
* He attempted to reason with Astrid when she discovered his secret and get her to see that dragons weren't horrible creatures.
* Upon learning of the dragon's nest, Hiccup chose to keep it a secret in order to defend Toothless.
* When forced to kill Hookfang in front of the village to prove his worth, Hiccup refused to kill the dragon, and instead attempted to place his hand on the dragon and show all the Vikings that dragons weren't inherently violent. He would of succeed if Stoick didn’t act impulsively.
* When Toothless nearly killed Stoick, Hiccup stopped him at the last second and saved his father's life. Then, when Toothless was bound and locked up, Hiccup pleaded with his father to not hurt his dragon.
* He saved the lives of all the Vikings who were about to be killed by the Red Death.
* He forgave his father for all the years of mistreatment and neglect he endured.
* He single-handedly fought against the Red Death and successfully killing it, saving the lives of the Vikings and freeing all the dragons who were forced to serve the queen dragon.
* Though he did kill the Red Death, it was only done to save the lives of the Vikings and the life of Toothless. Plus the Red Death was a heartless dragon who cared nothing but herself and Hiccup never bragged about killing her when he mentioned her.
* He successfully brought an era of change to Berk, changing his father and everyone else on Berk by getting them to accept dragons.

### *Legend of the Boneknapper*

* While at first no one believed Gobber about the Boneknapper Hiccup convinced the other to go with him. The only reason why Hiccup stopped believing Gobber was because Gobber’s ridiculous stories and lack of details about all of his encounters with the Boneknapper that involved a dead frozen Viking punching him in the face, encountering a Hammerhead Whale and Yak, and being saved by Thor himself. When the Boneknapper turned out to be real Hiccup realized the Boneknapper was after Gobber's belt buckle because it had a bone piece that prevent it from using its Thundering Roar.

### *Dragons: Riders of Berk*

* He remained humble to both his friends and enemies, which most of them redeemed themselves to help him fight a greater foe and earn his respect.
* While in the episode Thawfest, while Hiccup showed an unlikable and hyper-competitive side with Snotlout, this was due to all of the bullying and cheating acts Hiccup put up with in the past. Plus, Hiccup shreds this factor later on and lets Snotlout win, returning to his humble self.
* He helped Toothless defeat his arch-nemesis and told Toothless to spare the Whispering Death, despite the dragon almost killing him several times.

### *Dragons: Defenders of Berk*

* While he did trap a Skrill in ice glaciers this was due to having no choice due to the other choice is having Dagur (who was his enemy at the time) take him. When he encountered the Skrill again he let it go.
* While he did reckless got the other Viking endangered to find a lost treasure this was due to the fact he mistaken belief that Stoick still does not accept him (as the picture had him more muscular and Mulch indirectly made it worse by saying the portrait is how a chief's son should look like and Stoick seems to like him *better* that way) causes him to lead the other Vikings on a potentially dangerous treasure hunt to prove himself.
* While he, Snotlout, and the twins did leave Thor's metal statue at Mildews' house, his father wanted this was to put it on the highest part of Berk (which unsurprisingly, the highest point on the island, from the other teens' perspective, is located in the same spot as Mildews' house). Hiccup was the only one who didn't want to leave it with Mildew despite the fact Mildew had try to exile Toothless. Plus from what happened it seems that Snotlout and the Twins dropped it there because Toothless couldn't lift things by himself.
* Although he kicked Snotlout out of the academy for disobeying orders, this was justified as Snotlout's recklessness almost got Astrid killed and Snotlout didn't apologize for his behavior, plus Hiccup (and the other riders) had to put up with Snotlout's unbearable behavior all the time that got them into trouble (even Fishlegs, the Twins, Astrid, were disgusted of Snotlout ego for almost killing them). Hiccup made it clear that he didn't want to expel Snotlout from the academy for ever, he just wanted his teammates to be safe. After realizing Alvin and Stoick had this problem when they were young, Hiccup later allowed Snotlout back into the academy.
	+ He only locked Hookfang in his pen to prevent the twins from taking it over and Snotlout broke the rules again and almost got himself and Hookfang killed and led the Screaming Death coming back. Plus Hiccup was going to work something out with Snotlout until he learned his lesson to let his ego down. In addition he also apologized to Hookfang about locking him in his pen before he did it.
* He reunited the Screaming Death with its Mother allowing them to live in peace.

### *Dragons: Race to the Edge*

* Despite being betrayed by Heather, Hiccup, along with Fishlegs still trusted her and treated her as a friend.
* Despite not wanting to help the Gronckles get their sacred home back at first (due to the Catastrophic Quaken being big and scary, they would of likely be killed if they tried to fight it), Hiccup encourage Fishlegs to find another way instead of fighting the dragon (due to Snotlout training him to fight and Snotlout's ideas always end in disaster). In addition he and Astrid also went to save Snotlout and Fishlegs before the Catastrophic Quaken almost killed them and befriended it.
* He helped a Thunderdrum named: Earspliter reunite with it's child: Lil Lullaby after freeing it from the Death Song's trap, Earsplitter happily reunited with his child and Hiccup recommended the two find a new home even though Thunderdrums can't hear.
* While the dragon riders repeatedly mention how "obsessed" Hiccup has become with beating Viggo, Hiccup never acts darker, out of character, or any more "obsessed" with this villain than he has with any others; there's nothing out of character, excessive, or unjustifiable about the level of determination he shows or effort he puts into fighting him. Making this more of a determination than a corrupting factor.
* He freed dragons from Viggo's business thus freeing them to live like equals instead of weapons.
* He felt remorse over losing Berk's gold and causing his people to have a financial crisis and eventually starve to death.
* He also saves dragons from other dragons like he save a Scauldron from being eaten by a Submaripper and later on he along with Fishlegs and the gang saved a Seashocker from a pod of Scaldrouns.
* Although he did punch Snotlout in the face, this was because Snotlout provoked Hiccup into punching him, and unknown to Hiccup, it was well-intended as Snotlout is trying to help Hiccup get rid of Barf and Belch in his own way. Plus, Hiccup didn't expect to actually hurt Snotlout until Snotlout was asked for it and making fun of him.
* While he did let Krogan fall, this was due to Krogan attempting to buy Toothless at a dragon auction so he can be used as a slave for his master Drago. Krogen did survive and jumped to evade being captured by the Dragon Riders.
* He stopped his father Stoick from killing enemies out of rage and saving their lives to also help redeem them in a way.
* He helped redeemed enemies like is former bully Dagur the Deranged, Mildew, Alvin the Treacherous, and Viggo Grimborn, despite them all trying to kill him or even capture him to help control dragons. While he did have a hard time trusting them this was for good reasons as they normally betrayed him.
* After curing Astrid with the saliva of a Buffalord, Hiccup and the other Riders gave the boat's crew a Viking funeral, to honor the fallen crew, but also to incinerate their bodies and prevent the plague from spreading any further.
* While he was infuriate with Johann this was justified as Hiccup suspected for months that Johann was a traitor and it turns out Hiccup was right.
* When the Frozen Skrill is taken back to the glacier, the Riders prepare to put it into a crevasse and seal it in. But when Hiccup saw the fear and sadness in its eyes, he recognizes that trapping the Skrill was no different than what the Hunters had done and decides set it free instead of freezing it up like last time. After a bowing to Hiccup and Toothless as a sign of gratitude, the Frozen Skrill flies off into the sky, enjoying it's freedom for the first time.
* Unlike the others (including Fishlegs) who express their lack of care to rescue Snotlout who got caught up in the violent thunderstorm, Hiccup expresses his worry of Snotlout's safety and orders the Riders to begin their search for him.
* He tried to reason with Johann before the latter was frozen in ice. He also showed a bit of sadness and remorse, implying that he still cares or has some regret for the way things turned out between him and Johann.

### *How to Train Your Dragon 2*

* When hearing of Drago Bludvist, his hatred of dragons, and the way he killed the previous chiefs who refused to join him, Hiccup still wanted to reason with Drago and end things peacefully.
* When learning his mother was alive and had stayed away from him for more than twenty years, Hiccup forgave her and understood why she chose to leave.
* As Drago attacked the dragon's nest, killing many dragons and having Valka's Bewilderbeast killed, Hiccup still spoke to Drago, not being offended by Drago's insults and trying to get him to see what dragons could be and the coexistence of the two species on Berk. He also felt sympathy toward Drago's backstory and despite the fact he was far, far past his excuse, he stilled tried to reason with him.
* He successfully broke Toothless free of the Alpha's control, forgiving him for killing Stoick and understanding it wasn't his fault.
* Even after having killed his father and terrorized his home, Hiccup still gave Drago the chance to surrender and to end things peacefully, and reluctantly agreed to have him eliminated and his Bewilderbeast defeated.

### *How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World*

* He defended Berk and its people from Grimmel the Grisly.
* He tried to befriend the Light Fury despite the harsh treatment she gave him, and also freed her from Grimmel's control and told her to save Toothless and make peace with her after she saved him.
* While he was in Grimmel's trap he tried to reason with Grimmel but realized Grimmel was irredeemable like Drago.
* He tried to come up with a plan for Grimmel's Deathgrippers and give out his idea to Toothless, even though the latter was already about to electrocute them to death.
* He attempted to sacrifice himself and drag Grimmel with him so the Light Fury can save Toothless, and though Grimmel was technically killed by Hiccup from a certain point of view, Hiccup only did it to save the Light Fury and when given no other choice.
* He sent all the dragons in existence to the Hidden World to avoid attracting bigger threats for both Berk and the dragons themselves.

### *How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming*

* In spite of the growing disdain towards dragons since they retreated to the Hidden World, he helped organized a historical play about how he and Toothless saved dragonkind, while adapting the play to have Stoick the Vast find Toothless, so that more people could remember his father's contributions to the Viking world.
* He and Astrid brought their children Zephyr and Nuffink Haddock to the Hidden World to reunite them with Toothless, the Light Fury and their Night Light children.
* Overall, his actions have allowed the Vikings and their descendants to remember the contributions dragons have brought to them, leading to the Kullersens spearheading the rediscovery of Dragons when a fissure opened another entrance to the Hidden World.

## External Links

* Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III on the Heroes Wiki
* Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III on the DreamWorks Wiki
* Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III on the *How to Train Your Dragon* Wiki
* Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III on the Heroes and Villains Wiki
* Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III on the Pure Good Wiki