In How to Train Your Dragon 2, something that happens to Stoick is sure to leave the audience weeping. Why’d they have to do that to our hearts?
If you were surprised that How to Train Your Dragon 2’s trailers spoiled the introduction of Hiccup’s mother, you can now see why: They had an even larger surprise in store.
Spoiler warning! Hiccup’s father Stoick dies at the end of How to Train Your Dragon 2 when Toothless is tricked into attacking him. The moment is heartbreaking because Stoick has just made amends with his wife, and because it’s Toothless who does it. Not to mention that Stoick’s family and friends are all standing there watching him pass.
Hypable attended a media event at Dreamworks in May to see the film and talk to the film’s director, who was asked by the press why they decided to kill Hiccup’s father.
“Stoick’s death is – if you consider that Hiccup’s story is the primary story, Stoick’s death is a right of passage [for Hiccup] to become the leader he needs to become, to be able to stand on his own,” DeBlois explained.
By killing Stoick, the director says, Hiccup can step into a larger role and “fully become the chief.”
“It blossoms in full affect when his father’s no longer there to be his crutch.”
With one or two more How to Train Your Dragon stories in the works, it’s easy to presume that future films will see Hiccup learn how to become the chief of the Hairy Hooligan tribe. All while… battling new enemies? Fighting an outsider who wants to become the chief?
How did you (and your theater) react to the death of Stoick?
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