The last two episodes more or less concentrated on showing us parts of the culture of the Berkian Vikings. Since doing that three times in a row might be a bit tedious, the writers decide to throw in a new dragon and give us a little backstory for Toothless.
Cool!
It's another peaceful night on Berk, or so it would seem. A Yak is pulled under the ground by what is seemingly an underground dragon. Or the graboids from Tremors. And the sheep once again show how they're truly masters in the art of not giving a single fuck, even when they're life is in danger.
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| We could learn a thing or two from these wise sheep. |
The mysterious creature burrows its way toward Hiccup's house. Toothless is awake and looks pissed, like he feels a presence he'd give anything not to feel at all. Hiccup tells Toothless that it's 12 am in the morning and he's got an amusement park to build in the morning, he needs some sleep dammit! Toothless is unphased. He only feels an urge to kick the ass of whatever he'd rather not share his air with.
In the morning, the town discovers a large hole in the middle of town. Stoick, Gobber and a few other townsfolk are at the edge. Hiccup and Toothless go to investigate. Toothless looks down with a mean face. There is something he doesn't like down there.
Bucket is down in the hole for some reason. This is not what Toothless is pissed about. What's spying Bucket for lunch is. Bucket gets launched out of the hole by something, and Toothless dives into the hole after it. But the creature burrows its way to the surface. It's a Whispering Death.
The teens rush to their dragons, and the Whispering Death is eyeballing them. It appears to be looking for someone.
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| Which one of you assholes is the Night Fury?! |
Being unsatisfied with what it finds, it dives back into the ground. The teens are terrified, except for Tuffnut who wants a Whispering Death now. Fishlegs identifies it as a Whispering Death.
It then burrows its way back to the surface, which begs the question, why the hell did it burrow into the ground just to come back up a few seconds later? What's even more confusing, the teens are discussing how to deal with it and it just hovers there, doing nothing for a lengthy period of time.
At least until Stoick appears with Thornado. Stoick and Thornado scrap with the Whispering Death, joined by the rest of the crew. It seems they've got the Death by the balls, until Toothless jumps back up from the hole. He roars to the other dragons ,"Back off ya'll, this squiggly bastard is all mine." They do as he commands. The teens are confused, Fishlegs is happy to let Toothless do the all fighting. The Whispering Death and Toothless square off.
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| I'm gonna Fuck you up, Boy! |
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| Bring it, Bitch! |
Toohtless and the dragon duke it out as the teens watch. Hiccup is powerless to do anything. The Death notices that Toothless is a cripple, therefore at a severe disadvantage. Any honourable creature would consider fighting a cripple below them, but this is not an honourable creature. Hiccup knows this and tries to get on Toothless' back. But Toothless just shoves him aside. Hiccup is extremely confused.
Toothless then gets a spine needle in the leg. Stoick and Gobber fire catapults at it. This sends the invader packing. That and the sunlight apparently. Toothless still has a spine in his leg. Hiccup gets it out, but Toothless just runs off in the direction the Whispering Death fled in.
Snotlout, completely unchanged and relentless in his douchebaggery, makes a joke about it. Hiccup thinks that shit ain't funny, noting that Toothless could have been killed. He brings up that Toothless can't fly without him. And Snotlout pulls the ultimate dick move by reminding Hiccup whose fault that is. Astrid is just as disgusted as I am, Snotlout tries to justify his insolence by saying he calls it how he sees it.
Hiccup and the others ponder what the hell just happened a few minutes ago. The dragon singled Toothless out, and Toothless wanted the dragon all to himself. And he still seems to want to murder its punk ass despite the possibility it's been driven off for good.
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| A Night Fury never forgets. |
Back at the family home, Hiccup is tending to Toothless' wound. He wishes Toothless could tell what's going on, but he is sadly a dragon and cannot speak English. But he can apparently comprehend it. Stoick then comes in and assures Toothless that the Whispering Death probably won't be back. Or at least he hopes. This worries Toothless.
Hiccup finishes Toothless' leg, who then lies on his bed to go to sleep. Hiccup, after a little check on Toothless, falls asleep. Toothless then gets up and leaves the house, presumably to deal with unfinished business.
Hiccup wakes up in the morning to find Toothless gone. He knows Toothless is walking into a fight he can't win. He gathers the academy into the arena. Snotlout suggests that Toothless might have gone for a night-time flight, then mocks that he can't. Oh Snotlout, you unbelievable asshole.
Hiccup is sure that Toothless went after the Whispering Death, so they're going after Toothless. Fishlegs wants to know what they'll do if they find the Whispering Death first. I'm pretty sure Fishlegs would wet himself and run. Hiccup asks Fishlegs if the Book of Dragons has anything on the Whispering death's weaknesses. But the Whispering Death is so badass, it has no weaknesses! I wander if that's a Chuck Norris joke?
So the teens are off to find Toothless. During their trip, they find a large hole in the ground. They land and investigate. Snotlout wanders if the Whispering Death even made that hole. This comment is so stupid, that I'm just going to leave Astrid to point out it's stupidity. She can put it far more eloquently than I can.
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| So you think it might be the other 2500 pound rock eating dragon we're following? |
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| ?????????? |
After that little nugget of wisdom, Tremors can be heard beneath the teen's feet. The Whispering Death breaks through the surface, and eyeballs the crew. It cannot find Toothless, and doesn't find this band of Hooligans worth the effort. He retreats back into the earth.
The tremors continue though, so the gang perhaps isn't that worthless after all. The others demand to know what's going on from Fishlegs. Fishlegs tries to come up with an explanation, but cracks under the pressure of everyone expecting him to have the answers. Ruff and Tuff are amused by this.
The Death resurfaces, Hiccup thinks if he can train it, it'll leave Toothless alone. Snotlout and Astrid think this is foolhardy. But Hiccup goes for it. The Whispering Death charges at him.....
And stops when Hiccup holds his hand out. The Whispering Death doesn't attack him, but it also doesn't do what he wanted it to do. Subjugate itself to him and become his willing slave. It instead burrows its way back into the surface. Hiccup jumps into the holes against the advice of Astrid. Snotlout pushes Fishleg's in after him. Hiccup thinks Fishlegs came of his own free will. Hiccup spots the Whispering Death and tells Fishlegs to come follow it with him.
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| Oh, you were talking to me? |
Hiccup tells Fishlegs to stop being a pussy, and that he loves new dragons. Something Fishlegs sorely regrets at the moment.
So they explore the Whispering Death's, you know what, I'm sick of typing The Whispering Death all the time so I'm just gonna call him Bob. It's much easier to type. So anyway, Hiccup and Fishleg's are exploring Bob's tunnels. They come across a sheep that scares the shit out of them, then they run into Bob. They hide in a hole and wait for him to pass, but find a very familiar looking bite mark on his tail. They put two and two together and conclude that Bob and Toothless have some kind of blood feud, and ain't gonna stop until one of them is deader than dead can be.
Fishleg's and Hiccup race back to the others. But Bob catches their trespassing asses and gives chase. They get back to the others with Bob not too far behind. Hiccup, somehow manages to boost Fishleg's up there without snapping like a twig, then tries to reach for Astrid's hand. Maybe you should have gone first, then pull Fishleg's up?
Hiccup tries to grab Astrid's hand before Bob comes and uses him as a toothpick. But to no avail. Hiccup falls back in and is completely at Bob's mercy.
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| Oh Fuck me! |
Hiccup takes a full frontal impact from Bob, and is flung into the air above. Bob is ready to snatch Hiccup in his jaws, but Stromfly catches Hiccup before that happens. Hiccup and the gang argue about what to do. Snolout wants to get the hell out of dodge and appears to be pissing himself in fear. Hiccup knows he can train Bob, and asks if the others have any
Hiccup tries gaining Bob's trust by giving him a whiff of
The teens scatter, leaving trails of their piss and shit behind them. Bob goes for Hiccup, only to be taken by Toothless from the rear. After a little scrap with the rest of the dragons joining in, Bob fucks off. Hicup attempts to get on Toothless again, but Toothless is still reluctant. Hiccup tries to sooth Toothless' fury, and it works for a few seconds. Toothless then runs off, and shoots a firebolt at Hiccup to stop him from following.
They take to the air, Hiccup is still confused. Snotlout finds Toothless having an arch-enemy intriguing. He compares it to how Hiccup is his arch-enemy. Hiccup tells Snotlout that he isn't his arch-enemy, but it doesn't matter since Snotlout's thinks otherwise of Hiccup. Astrid suggests that Toothless is just protecting Hiccup, only for Snotlout to suggest that Toothless doesn't want Hiccup around because his beef is with Bob, and this fight is between them. Hiccup considers this and realises that Snotlout may be right. Snotlout takes this very well, inflating his already obnoxiously large ego.
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| Holy shit, Hiccup admitted I was right on something?! I AM GOD!!! |
But even so, Toothless is still a cripple and if he can't fly he can't win. Toothless needs Hiccup in order to defeat Bob. But I don't think it would be fair either way, since having Hiccup would probably count as an unfair advantage. But then again, Hiccup ptobably doesn't give a shit about fairness, nor would I. So off to find Toothless again.
They find Toothless scouting out Bob's holes (sexual innuendo not intended). They land next to him. Hiccup moves slowly by Toothless' side. Toothless sees Hiccup and puts his snout on Hiccup's hand. For a moment, it seems Hiccup's got him. But then Bob appears with a bone to pick. Hiccup tries to calm Toothless but to no avail. Just as he tries to get on, Toothless runs off again. So close.
Toothless and Bob scrap again, but this time Bob is kicking Toothless' ass. Hiccup and the others try to intervene, but Toothless roars at them to fuck off. The dragons won't budge. Bob continues to whoop Toothless' ass, trapping him on a standing rock ledge and ready to push off the cliff into the canyon. Hiccup can only think of one thing.
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| Attempted Suicide. |
This gets Toothless' attention right quick. Toothless jumps after Hiccup and manages to catch him mid-flight. Hiccup gets on his saddle and hooks his leg into the harness. Hiccup is in control now, and they go to finish Bob off. One scrap later, and the sun comes out. Bob is forced back underground. The teens realise that sunlight is Bob's weakness.
Hiccup and Toothless shoot firebolts into Bob's tunnels, forcing him out into the sunlight where he's blind and helpless. Ruffnut and Tuffnut want to find their dragon an arch-nemesis. Bob is weakened and defeated. Toothless now has him at his mercy. But Hiccup stops him from doing so. Toothless lets Bob go, leaving Snotlout disappointed. "Toothless could have finished him off!", he says. Hiccup concludes that not all dragon grudges are to the death.
Summary
Man, writing this review was kinda hard. There wasn't a whole lot of jokes I could make. Is that to the episodes credit? Well, it was a good episode. Though not as good as some of the greats. Some of the comedy was actually kinda off, the jokes mostly involving the Twins.It was interesting to see Toothless have a history and have a little backstory developed. The Whispering Death is a pretty cool dragon. But I don't know, I wasn't really digging this plot. I can't put my finger on it.
It was a good episode, but just not as good as a lot of the others for reasons I can't put my finger on.
7/10
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