DreamWorks Dragons

Television series
German title	The Berk Dragon Riders (1st Title) DreamWorks Dragons (2nd Title) Subtitles: Season 1: The Berk Riders Season 2: The Guardians of Berk Season 3–8: Off to New Shores
Original title	DreamWorks Dragons Subtitles: Season 1: Riders of Berk Season 2: Defenders of Berk Seasons 3–8: Race to the Edge
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	2012-2018
length	22 minutes
Episodes	118 in 8 seasons ( List )
genre	Dramedy , fantasy
idea	Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois
music	John Paesano
First broadcast	September 4th, 2012 on Cartoon Network
German-language first broadcast	March 2, 2013 on Cartoon Network
synchronization

DreamWorks Dragons is an American computer animation series based on the 2010 film How To Train Your Dragon, based on the book of the same name by Cressida Cowell . Developed by DreamWorks Animation , this series serves as a storyline bridge for the 2014 sequel How To Train Your Dragon 2 . The series ended with a total of 118 episodes in 8 seasons.

Serial plot

Even after the Vikings of Berk and the dragons, who were once enemies with them, made peace with each other, the coexistence between the two groups is still not as harmonious as one would like it to be. To remedy this situation, Hicks and his friends set up the Berk kite training academy to make kites fit for coexistence with humans. However, there are some parties who have far more sinister purposes with the dragons, and even on these occasions Hicks must use his intelligence and leadership for the good of the Vikings and the dragons alike.

characters

People

• Hicks the giant III. (Hiccup) : The sarcastic, very inventive protagonist of the series, son of the chief of Berk, and leader of the dragon academy.
• Astrid Hofferson (Astrid) : The toughest and most ambitious young warrior on all of Berk. She is Hick's best friend and co-director of the Dragon Academy. In addition, she and her dragon Sturmpfeil (Stormfly) always want to be the best. In season three, she and Hicks get closer and closer until they are finally a couple in season 6, episode 11 (episode 90). You are engaged in the 2nd film.
• Rotzbakke Joergenson (Snotlout) : The cocky show-off among the young people from Berk who wants to make himself important to Astrid, but always in vain. He later gives up and tries to impress Heidrun. Rotzbakke likes to call the weaker losers. He sees himself as the absolute winner.
• Fischbein Ingermann (Fishlegs) : A fat, somewhat scared boy and the dragon “ nerd ” among young people.
• Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston (Ruffnut and Tuffnut) : A dizygotic pair of twins with a rather crude and apparently underexposed personality, who always like to mess around with each other.
• Haudrauf the Stoic (Stoick the Vast) : The chief of Berk, who is indeed very proud of Hicks, but still set very high expectations for him. In the course of the series Haudrauf receives his own dragon friend, a thunder drum, which he calls " Thornado ".
• Grobian (Gobber) : Haudrauf's best friend, Berk armourer and experienced dragon slayer. In the second episode of the series, he takes on the medical care of the dragons as a further job.
• Powdery mildew (Mildew) : A grumpy but devious hermit who lives outside the Viking village. He is the only resident of Berk who still sees dragons as his mortal enemies and tries to drive them out of Berk with all possible subversive methods and without any regard for the safety of his fellow human beings. At the end of the first season he defected to the exiles and became their official kite trainer. At the end of the second season, however, he had doubts, so he helped Hicks and his friends. He also has a sheep called Fungus that he always carries with him.
• Alvin the Insidious is the leader of the Exiles. He is the main antagonist in season 2 and wants to catch the dragon slayer (Hicks). In the last few episodes he joins Berk and puts aside his grudge against Haudrauf. Since then, the Exiles and Berk were allied. He appears in 2 episodes of Auf zu neue Shoren.
• Dagur the Deranged : The young, half-mad leader of the Berserker tribe (Berserkers) . He had his father, Oswald the Peace-loving (Oswald the Agreeable) , "replaced" by himself and wants to lead his tribe back to old glory by hunting and killing dragons. Above all, however, he is after Hicks Nightshade Toothless, whose head he wants to get as a trophy. He later also takes command of the exiles after setting up Alvin. After being overthrown at the end of the second season, he ends up in a dungeon on the island of exiles, from which he breaks out again at the beginning of the third season. He is rebuilding his army and threatening the dragon riders. After Dagur is defeated by them again and has found out that Heidrun is his sister, he joins the dragon hunters. After Heidrun is gone, he leaves the dragon hunters. He ends up on an island and saves Hicks there from the dragon hunters, after which he disappears again. Later he comes to the Dragon Cliff and is trained to be a dragon rider. Dagur saves the dragon riders from a trap of the dragon hunters, after which he disappears without a trace. In a letter to Heidrun, he tells his true story. He later comes back and becomes a member of the Dragon Riders. However, he returns and becomes the head of the berserk again. He then allies with the Dragon Riders, and Hicks and Dagur became friends.
• Blank (Savage) : A member of the tribe of the exiles, and Alvin's devoted sidekick. Often he is the suffering lightning rod for Alvin's moods and outbursts of anger. In season two, he joins Dagur after defeating Alvin in battle.
• Mulch und Pütz (Mulch and Bucket) : An unequal duo of farmers who live in Berk. Mulch feels compelled to take care of his intellectually poor friend Pütz (in English Bucket , so named after his headgear) so that he doesn't get himself into trouble. In season three, they become members of the Replacement Dragon Riders.
• Trader Johann (Trader Johann) : A wandering merchant who sails back and forth between the islands inhabited by Vikings. Since he repeatedly brings rare and therefore much sought-after goods by during his visits, he enjoys a great reputation with all parties, including the Vikings of Berk. In the course of the 5th season it turns out that this was all just part of a larger plan and that dealer Johann is the real head of the dragon hunters. His big weakness is his big mouth and his cockiness.
• Gustav : A small, twelve-thirteen-year-old boy (in season 3:16) with a lot of self-confidence and more luck than brains. He desperately wants to be a dragon rider and in one episode he even trains a gigantic nightmare, which he calls tooth hooks and (apparently) releases in the end. He then becomes the "girl for everything" in the academy. Rotzbakke feels responsible to him. In season 3 he returns with Zahnhaken and wants to become a permanent member of the Dragon Riders. He is a little in love with Astrid. Later he leads Berk's replacement kite riders.
• Heidrun (Heather) : A black-haired girl who initially sought refuge with Hicks and his friends, but turned out to be a traitor. In season 3 she is a friend of the dragon riders and owns her own kite. In the second part of season 3 she supports her brother Dagur and seems to betray her 'friends' again. Later it turns out, however, that Heidrun only spied on the dragon hunters to get revenge on Dagur for the destruction of their village. Astrid had known about it for a long time. However, she learns that Dagur is her brother and so she spies on for the dragon riders until Viggo finally unmasked her and Heidrun finally joins the dragon riders. This decision was also influenced by her best friend Astrid and the love between her and Fischbein.
• Ryker Grimborn  : Is in the 2nd season the main antagonist of the riders and the 2nd leader of the dragon hunters, although he is the older brother, his brother Viggo has the authority. Maybe that's because Ryker is only physically strong and Viggo works with the mind. He betrayed Viggo with a surprise attack and took control, but Viggo took advantage of this to forge a plan and complete it. He died of drowning in season 4.
• Viggo Grimborn  : Is the head of the dragon hunters and the smartest antagonist of the whole series (including Krogan and Johann). While every antagonist up until then had weaknesses, Viggo has none. He is very strong and takes on Heidrun with ease and is also very smart. He trusts absolutely nobody, especially his brother, which is why no traitor remains hidden. He remains the main antagonist in the 4th, 5th and 6th season and only dies in the 8th season, where he probably falls from Ray des Skrill or in the battle of Johann's troops. He takes Hicks's side in his last episode.

Dragons

• Toothless (Toothless) : Hicks' dragon Toothless (Toothless) is a nightshade (Night Fury) and probably the last of its kind without tooth for Hicks not only a dragon, but also his best friend.. Together they share the same dream: to finally find other nightshades. He is fast and the most powerful dragon.
• Sturmpfeil (Stormfly) : Sturmpfeil is a deadly Nadder ( Deadly Nadder ), which forms an unbeatable team with Astrid. The special thing about the deadly Nadder is its speed and its tail, which it can use to fire spikes. Sturmpfeil is female and has a blue color.
• Hook tooth (Hookfang) : Rotzbakkes dragon is a representative of the species Giant Misty Nightmare (Monstrous Nightmare) . Unlike most other dragons, Hook Tooth tends to either ignore Snotbakke's orders or let him slip in front of everyone. One of his skills is that he can set himself on fire. It is also able to generate a strong pressure wave with the flap of its wing.
• Fleischklops (Meatlug) : A female Gronckel (Gronckle) and dragon friend from Fischbein, who takes care of her lovingly. It eats stones and can produce what is known as Gronckeleisen , which is particularly strong and resistant.
• Kotz und Würg (Barf and Belch) : The names for the two heads of the mad zipper (Hideous Zippleback) , who is ridden by Raffnuss and Taffnuss in the team. One head generates a green, highly explosive gas (zipper gas) , the other ignites it by creating sparks.
• Thornado (Thornado) : Haudrauf's dragon, a thunder drum . It is very flat and can generate powerful pressure waves.
• The roaring death (Screaming Death) : A rare royal, albinoide subspecies of the genus whispering death (Whispering Death) , which is in the second season the chief enemy of the protagonists under the kite.
• Skrill : An extremely rare type of dragon that stores lightning bolts from the clouds in its body and uses it for defense.
• Skull Breaker : After Thornado leaves Haudrauf in season 2 and joins another dragon, Haudrauf finds Skull Breaker a little later. A large, powerful dragon with the ability to sense and track down other people's tracks.
• Windscreen : Heidrun's dragon. A female razor whip. She is deadly in combat, but always stands by her friends and loves and protects Heidrun wherever she can.
• Shadowmaster : Dagur's dragon, a green gronckel.
• Snoop is a triple spike who was in captivity with the dragon hunters for a long time and had to fight every day. The champion dragon lived free until Dagur lost Shadow Master and then chose this triple spine as his dragon.
• Muffel is Grobian's flaming burp. He is the only one who can break open kite-safe cages.

Production history

On October 12, 2012, DreamWorks announced that it had obtained the rights to produce and broadcast a television series based on How To Train Your Dragon . The atmosphere is very similar to that of the movie. First titled as Dragons: The Series , it was given the public name Dragons: Riders of Berk for the first season , then with the dawn of the second season the new collective name DreamWorks Dragons .

The German premiere of the series was from March 2 to June 16, 2013 on Cartoon Network.

The German free TV broadcast of the first season started on October 4, 2013 on Super RTL. The second season can be seen on German television for the first time from March 28, 2014 on the station.

synchronization

In the original English version, the speakers in the movie take on their respective roles in the series for the most part, with the exception of the speakers for Stoick, Gobber, Snotlout and Ruffnut.

Role name original	Original speaker	Role name German	German speaker
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III	Jay Baruchel	Hicks the giant	Konrad Bösherz
Stoick the vast	Nolan North	Brawl the stoic	Tilo Schmitz
Gobber the Belch	Chris Edgerly	ruffian	Thomas Nero Wolff
Astrid Hofferson	America Ferrera	Astrid Hofferson	Anne Helm
Jorgenson snotlout	Zack Pearlman	Snotbakke Jorgenson	Tim Sander
Fishlegs Ingerman	Christopher Mintz-Plasse	Whalebone Ingerman	Hannes Maurer (up to season 3) Christian Zeiger (from season 4)
Tuffnut Thorston	TJ Miller	Taffnut Thorston	Nico Sablik
Ruffnut Thorston	Julie Marcus (Season 1) Andree Vermeulen (from Season 2)	Raffnut Thorston	Britta Steffenhagen
Mildew	Stephen Root	mildew	Freimut Götsch
Mulch	Tim Conway	Mulch	Axel Lutter
Bucket	Thomas F. Wilson	Pütz	Uli Krohm
Spitelout Jorgenson	David Tennant	Kotzbakke Jorgenson	Manou Lubowski
Gustav Larsson	Lukas Graebel	Gustav Larsson	David Kunze
Alvin the Treacherous	Mark Hamill	Alvin the insidious	Karl Schulz
Dagur the Deranged	David Faustino	Dagur the Crazy	Rainer Fritzsche
Savage	Paul Rugg	blank	Matthias Klages
Heather	Mae Whitman	Heidrun	Giovanna Winterfeldt
Trader Johann	Michael Goldstrom	Dealer Johann	Gerald Schaale
Ryker Grimborn	JB Blanc	Ryker	Uwe Jellinek
Viggo Grimborn	Alfred Molina	Viggo Grimborn	Nicolas Boell
Krogan	Hakeem Kae-Kazim	Krogan	Roman Kretschmer
Atali	Rose McIver	Atali	Friederike Walke
Minden	Holly Kagis	Minden	Lo Rivera
Mala	Adelaide Kane	Mala	Lydia Morgenstern
Trok	James Arnold Taylor	Trok	Sebastian Kluckert

Episode list

→ Main article : Episode list

Reviews

The reviews of this series are consistently positive. Various critics, including Brian Lowry from Variety Magazine and Mary McNamara from the Los Angeles Times , praised Dragons' closeness to his original and emphasized the successful implementation of its atmosphere, wit and the continuation of the film plot.

Web links

• DreamWorks Dragons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website for the series
• DreamWorks Dragons on fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cartoon Network Soars With Worldwide Broadcast Rights To DreamWorks Animation's How To Train Your Dragon Television Series . In: Cartoon Network via Business Wire , April 22, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012. 
2. ^ Cartoon Network Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Ratings Growth and a New Generation of Content for a New Generation of Kids . In: Reuters , April 22, 2012. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012. 
3. ↑ How To Train Your Dragon.com: DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk . Retrieved October 9, 2013.
4. ↑ Serienjunkies.de : “Die Drachenreiter von Berk: German premiere in March on Cartoon Network”. December 18, 2012. Accessed December 18, 2012.
5. ↑ Thomas Lückerath: Super RTL: With Dreamworks against Disney Channel . Online at DWDL.de on May 25, 2013. Accessed: May 25, 2013.
6. ↑ Mario Giglio: Dragons: The Guardians of Berk with 2nd season on Super RTL . In: Serienjunkies.de . February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
7. ^ Brian Lowry: DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk . In: Variety , September 3, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012. 
8. ^ Mary McNamara: Review: 'Dragons: Riders of Berk' is TV with big-screen quality . In: Los Angeles Times , September 4, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2012.