Snotlout Jorgenson

**Snotlout Jorgenson**, is a character from How to Train Your Dragon, both the book and films, in the books he is deceased while in the
movies he's alive. He is 15 years old in the first film and 20 years old
 in the sequel.

## Film Franchise

### *How to Train Your Dragon*

Throughout the movie series, he has an obvious crush on Astrid.
 He tries on several occasions to flirt with her through various means,
such as by "impressing" her with his strength or "ability to block out
the sun", though he fails each time. When Hiccup teaches the Viking
youths how to befriend Dragons, Snotlout seems to be the only one who is
 actually afraid, reaching for a spearhead before Astrid discourages
him. Under Hiccup's tutelage, he successfully befriends a Monstrous
Nightmare, which he flies during the battle with the Red Death, though
he is knocked off and forced to attack its eyes head on (and is somewhat
 successful).

### *How to Train Your Dragon 2*

In this movie, Snotlout has apparently gave up on Astrid, as she is
officially with Hiccup, and started to hit on Ruffnut along with, for
some weird reason, Fishlegs. He has grown up, looking more like his
father, and seems to be a bit less arrogant and obnoxious.

## Appearance

Snotlout looked somewhat muscular like his book series counterpart. In the first movie
 and two previous seasons, he's always worn his helmet with spiral sheep
 horns, his tunic tucked in his pants with open-stitching and a black
vest over it, dark gray bracers on his arms, and matching fur boots. In
the second movie,
 he's grown his facial hair. He wears the same helmet, but also has
gained a leather green-blue tunic with a fur vest over it,
spike-emblazoned brown bracers, and boots. In Race to The Edge, he is
seen without his fur vest.

## Personality

Snotlout is highly arrogant, bordering on narcissistic, and prone to
grandiose delusions of perfection, popularity and extreme
attractiveness, and consequentially his egomania causes him to have a
huge problem with authority or being able to admit responsibility for
his mistakes or misdeeds, for which he always has some terrible
justification. He appears to consider himself the smartest and strongest
 of the teens and wants to be praised and admired accordingly, despite
the others usually considering him an annoying, immature idiot with a
colossal ego. His selfishness and egomania cause him to often be
inconsiderate and exploitative towards others, and will often put the
others down to make himself look better. In interviews, Jonah Hill has
said that deep down Snotlout knows he is not the best but still wants to
 be thought of as such, implying his vainglorious posing is more about
overcompensation. He likes to think he can handle everything, but when
he can't, he is not above asking for help. He is confrontational,
brutally frank, and stubborn.

From the glimpses of his family in the television show, it is
easy to see how Snotlout is a product of his upbringing, since his
father, Spitelout, is shown to be just as arrogant and disrespectful as
his son, and places great pressure on Snotlout to meet his incredibly
high standards and preserve the family reputation. Earning his father's
love and approval clearly causes Snotlout a great deal of insecurity and
 anxiety, and in this way he is similar to Hiccup, though it is
unacknowledged, since Snotlout either keeps it to himself or is in
denial about his father's clearly unfair treatment of him.

In the television series, one of Snotlout's more outstanding
traits is his adversarial relationship with Hiccup, whom he often
deliberately disrespects and ridicules. In that he is not unlike Alvin,
who did much the same thing to Stoick. Snotlout will regularly attempt
to undermine Hiccup in front of the others by trying to appear more
knowledgeable or worthy as a leader, but since he is neither of these
things, he often just ends up making himself look like an idiot.
Snotlout has stated that he thinks of Hiccup and himself as arch-enemies
 and states that they are not friends, though this view is largely
unfounded and not reciprocated in any way by Hiccup, who refers to
Snotlout as his friend despite being regularly exasperated by his
behavior. Snotlout's antagonism of Hiccup is partially a result of his
dislike of authority figures, but is also implied to stem from deep
jealousy of Hiccup's standing within the tribe, the respect he receives
from the other teens despite being previously being thought of as a
runt, and (probably most of all) his close, semi-romantic relationship
with Astrid, whom Snotlout has a huge crush on and relentlessly,
arrogantly flirts with, despite Astrid being repulsed by him to the
point of nausea.

## Abilities and Skills

Snotlout is actually a very competent fighter, so his bragging is not entirely baseless.

**Strength and Fighting Skills**: Snotlout can lift heavy
objects, like sheep over his shoulder, and even manage to run with it.
He was also able to pin Hookfang's horns to the ground and clamp a
Monstrous Nightmare's mouth shut. When training for the Thawfest Games,
 he was seen pulling small trees out of the ground and then throwing
them. Additionally. He appears to have enhanced strength as he sends an
Outcast soldier flying several feet away with a single kick, and appears
 to be skilled in combat as he easily beats Savage with a connecting
rod, he is also able to beat multiple Outcast soldiers in hand to hand
combat. However, it is interesting to note he did got defeated by much
weaker opponents, such as Terrible Terrors and sheep.

**Endurance and Stamina:**  Snotlout's stamina and endurance has proven to be high, seeing how he performed in the Thawfest Games. He still came out fine after being hit in the face by a rock, or bitten multiple times by his Terror[13]. Another example of this is when he got crushed by Meatlug and her rather heavy Rider[13].

**Accuracy**: In the Thawfest Games, Snotlout has been seen
throwing axes at targets with great accuracy, even without looking.
However, he used this ability once again by throwing Pain to save Meatlug. Also, he has skills with a bow and arrow like the others[13].

**Acrobatics:** Snotlout has good reflexes, being able to
dodge the attacks of enemies and being the only one who could hold his
balance on a running log during the Thawfest Games. He can also balance
by standing on Hookfang's neck. Astrid, however, might have beaten him
in Thawfest, if it wasn't for Fishlegs messing up her attempts.

**Dragon Training and Riding:** Despite being part of the
Academy, Snotlout is probably the worst Dragon Trainer of them all,
however, this may just be because of Hookfang's stubbornness. He managed
 to train the stubborn and aggressive Hookfang in the film, though
Hiccup did the most of the work, if not all. Hookfang has been shown to
often tease and disobey Snotlout. The Terrible Terror he trained constantly bit him, Snotlout claiming that is what he was taught, yet this proved useful when Pain used his jaw strength to save Meatlug from the Outcasts.[13]

Despite this, he did found out you can calm down Monstrous
Nightmares by pinning their horns to the ground, showing he isn't
entirely bad at Dragon Training. Seeing how Hookfang flew almost as fast
 as Toothless in the Thawfest Games,
 it is possible Hookfang's speed increased as a result from Snotlout's
training, though this may not be the case as hard training on his dragon
 caused Hookfang to become ill[10].
 Snotlout also figured out a powerful combination attack, using
Hookfang's Wing Blast and his breath weapon. This attack was used
against Dagur the Deranged and his soldiers[11]. He also found out the skill of 'Single Spine Shot', by tapping the back of Stormfly's
 head. He also did great job to impress Hiccup when practicing rescue
skills for Vikings, but Hookfang blasted fire and stomped on the prop
Vikings.

**Teaching:** When Snotlout had become convinced he was going
to die, he planned to recruit Gustav, so he could be his successor.
Thanks to Snotlout, Gustav bonded with his own Dragon, a Monstrous
Nightmare named Fanghook. Snotlout encouraged Gustav in the battle with
Dagur and his soldiers, causing their mission to succeed. This shows
that Snotlout can be a good teacher, though in own 'special' way.

**Intelligence and Inventing :** He is not the brightest
compared to Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Astrid but he does his best to try to
be smart, often times, as he shows himself to be smarter then the twins
since they can't seem to get past the number 3. Also he told Hiccup that
 Toothless
 didn't want Hiccup to interfere with the battle of his arch nemesis. He
 managed to build a raft but wasn't successful as it sank a few seconds
after he got on it. He even knew that the trainers will never know who
is the best at training dragons since they did not have a level playing
field. He even understood air mail as he saw the letter that the twins
didn't know about. He is not as good compared to Hiccup when building
inventions but he managed to create a Sheep Launcher. It took him 32
times to get it to be successful, and this invention is used in the
dragon race in the HTTYD2.

**Climber:** Just like his dragon Hookfang, he shown to be great climber as he shown in the Thawfest Games[5][6] with no sign of struggle even when getting hit in the face with rocks.

**Dragon Roar:** He first try to use this skill by trying to
make roar of Changewing but according to Fishlegs was wrong. Few years
later he had master his roar for Monstrous Nightmare to call Hookfang.

## Relationships

### Hookfang

Hookfang is a lot like his owner, always being reckless and wild. It
may seem like he doesn't respect Snotlout, always hitting him with parts
 of his body (mostly his tail), but deep down Hookfang does love
Snotlout. Hookfang and Snotlout were each willing to risk their lives to
 protect each other from the Fireworm Queen. This shows that the two are very close[10].
 Hookfang always teases, by biting and slapping him, in order to get
back at him, or hide his affection for him. Despite their bond, he
wasn't willing to die alongside Snotlout by getting buried alive.
Snotlout also showed he was worried for Hookfang's well being in the
second film, where he even ignored a chance to hug Ruffnut and instead
ran to hug his dragon.

### Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

Snotlout has been known for his conflict between him and Hiccup. This
 conflict was especially seen when Snotlout, Hiccup and Toothless were
caught in a storm and ended up on Outcast Island[6].
 Snotlout seemed to show jealously, stating that Hiccup was the one who
'killed the Red Death' and the one who had 'the metal leg'.

Deep down, Snotlout has a difficult-to-see respect for Hiccup.
When Toothless finally returned, Snotlout was very happy to see the two
friends reunited.[14]  By the end of *Cast Out II*, Hiccup and Snotlout seemed to have resolved their differences and became friends, Snotlout saving him and shaking his hand.[11]
 This is further supported by the fact that three years after the war
with the Berserkers and the sequel , Snotlout no longer hits on Astrid,
respecting the fact that Hiccup is now her boyfriend.

### Spitelout Jorgenson

Snotlout supposedly fears his dad, who in turn, constantly
pressurises and undermines his son. Snotlout is shown to respect his
father deeply, though their relationship is fairly rocky. Although
afraid of him, Snotlout seems to want to earn some form of approval from
 his dad. Spitelout always puts huge pressure on Snotlout, which could,
in turn, explain Snotlout's overall behavior. This was demonstrated
during the Thawfest games, where Spitelout was very disappointed in
Snotlout, even slightly threatening. This was because the Jorgenson clan
 had won every Thawfest so far, and he did not want his own son being
the first to lose. However, after Hiccup allowed Snotlout to win,
Spitelout was shown to proud of his son, letting him sit on his shoulder
 whilst the crowd cheered.[5]

Later, Spitelout's view of others and things in general are
revealed, revealing that he thinks and has taught Snotlout that 'rest is
 for the weak', and that he views dragons as nothing more then simple
weapons. This was proven when Spitelout compared Hookfang to a sword,
saying that if a sword can't be sharpened any longer, you have to get a
new one. Snotlout was shocked by this, his father not seeming to care
about Hookfang's condition. At the end, when Hookfang is better again,
Snotlout claims that his father is wrong and knows nothing about
Dragons.[10]

Three years later, Snotlout has seemingly let go his fear for his
 Father's disappointment of him. Spitelout is even shown to be smiling
when Snotlout allows the twins to score points.[15]

### Gustav Larson

When Gustav's mother, Mrs. Larson, traded Gustav to Snotlout in
exchange for a 'Stone of Good Fortune', which was actually a Changewing
egg. Gustav quickly took a liking to Snotlout, and become quickly his
assistant and rename him 'Tiny Snotlout'.[7]
 When Snotlout was convinced he was going to die, he trained Gustav to
become his successor, which eventually led to getting his own Dragon, Fanghook.[16] Gustav seems to admire and respect Snotlout. However, he is also shown teasing him a lot.[17]

### Astrid Hofferson

Snotlout has a major crush on Astrid in the series and first film,
and is shown to flirt a lot with her. However, this crush is one-sided,
seeing how Astrid always ends up either mocking, ignoring or hurting
him. Snotlout probably likes her for her looks and fighting abilities,
rather then her personality. However, when Hookfang was unwell and
Snotlout was attempting to cover up his feelings for his dragon, Astrid
was quite friendly towards him, showing that she doesn't mind being just
 friends. By the time of *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, he has
transferred his affections onto Ruffnut and no longer hits on Astrid
since she and Hiccup have been in a relationship for a while. This seems
 to have improved their relationship as they are friendly conversing in
the beginning of the movie.

### Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston

The Twins have been shown to be friends with Snotlout, sometimes
helping him with pranks and tricks. However, the three of them also
trick and tease one another quite often, as was demonstrated in *We Are Family Part I*, where Snotlout distracted them with his medal. In *Frozen* and *Fright of Passage*, they have been seen teasing and humiliating Snotlout.[17][18]
 Three years after the the war with the Berserkers and in the events How
 to Train Your Dragon 2, Snotlout has transferred his affection to
Ruffnut and has been constantly hitting on her, even calling her his
"princess", despite Astrid pointing out that she tried to bury him alive
 for a few hours.[15]

### Fishlegs Ingerman

Snotlout is somewhat of a bully towards Fishlegs, much like he does
with Hiccup. He often mocks him for his ideas, or dragon knowledge, or
sometimes even hurts or intimidates him. Though he eventually gained
Fishlegs' respect, at least for a little while, when Fishlegs went
Berserk and successfully intimidated Snotlout into giving him the
Changewing egg.[7] He also seemed to care for Fishlegs when Meatlug was captured[13], probably because Fishlegs helped him when Hookfang was sick[10].
 Snotlout then became enamored with Fishleg's alternate persona, Thor
Bonecrusher and was heartbroken when he went back to being plain
Fishlegs.[19]

After that, Snotlout and Fishlegs fought for Ruffnut's affection.[15]

### Stoick the Vast

Although not much is explained, Snotlout seemed to respect his
chieftain. Stoick appeared to be in good terms in Snotlout, even though
that the latter sometimes caused several mayhems, though not as much as
the twins. Snotlout was saddened when Stoick died in *How To Train Your Dragon 2,*
 and openly shed tears for his late chieftain. He was among the Vikings
to fire a flaming arrow onto Stoick's funeral pyre in his honor.

## Trivia

* Snotlout's helmet has ram horns.
* In the film, Snotlout is missing a Canine on the right side of his upper row of teeth.
* He has a female Monstrous Nightmare named Fireworm in the books, but in the film, he's a male and his name is Hookfang.
* Snotlout was originally going to be a girl in the film.
* In the books, he is three years older than Hiccup.
* According to Tuffnut, Snotlout has been struck by lightning to the head 12 times.
* One of the biggest differences about Snotlout is in the books

he constantly hoped that something terrible would happen to Hiccup so he
 could be chief, he tried a few times himself. In the film version,
however, whenever Hiccup is in trouble Snotlout tries to help him
however he can.

* In the television series, Snotlout's unlikable nature is often

neutralized by the sheer amount of karmic slapstick violence inflicted
upon him by the dragons, other teens, or his surroundings in general.
Snotlout's recklessness, stupidity and pigheadedness often causes him to
 meet with comic accidents, or drives the others (usually Hookfang and
Astrid) to assault him in response to something he has said or done.
Snotlout generally deserves everything that happens him, and this
punishing from the universe prevents the viewers from having to actively
 dislike him.

* In "A Tale of Two Dragons", Astrid called Snotlout and Hookfang Snotmare, which he liked.
* By the end of Defenders of Berk, Hiccup and Snotlout finally became friends. This friendship lasts over *How To Train Your Dragon 2*.
	+ By the end of *How to Betray a Dragon's Hero,* Hiccup and Snotlout finally became friends. They were together as friends for less than an hour before Snotlout dies.
* Snotlout seems to be the strongest of the Viking teens (or at least as strong as Astrid).
* In *How to Train Your Dragon 2*, Astrid stated that Ruffnut tried to bury him alive.
* According to the Hooligan Family Tree, Snotface Snotlout has a sister named Adelaide. She is never mentioned apart from that.
* His weapon of choice is mostly a sword
* Snotlout was the one who created the Sheep Launcher used in Dragon Racing.
	+ It took him thirty-two tries to finally get it right.