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Hiccup and friends accompany their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon.

2008 Japanese animated short subject film directed by Kunio Katō

As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.