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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

Representation Score

2.4/10

Limited

2019

TV-PG

Director

Tim Johnson

Runtime

22 minutes

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How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming serves as a celebratory coda that prioritizes franchise continuity over social exploration. It functions as a narrative bridge, reinforcing the existing mythos and established character dynamics rather than introducing new perspectives. The film relies on a stable, traditional framework. While it maintains a balanced partnership between its leads, it lacks the breadth of representation found in more progressive animation, opting instead for thematic consistency within a homogenous Viking setting.

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Category Breakdown

Does How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The story follows a strictly heterosexual and cisgender framework. There are no representations of LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex relationships, focusing solely on the established relationship between Hiccup and Astrid.

How does How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming portray gender?

Fair

Hiccup and Astrid share an equal partnership characterized by mutual competence. While the film avoids traditional submissive feminine roles, it does not actively challenge conventional gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming?

Limited

The setting features a homogeneous Viking community. The narrative lacks diverse ethnic perspectives or characters reflecting multiple aspects of identity, focusing instead on the unified cultural traditions of New Berk.

How does How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film celebrates communal harmony and the preservation of social order. It reinforces traditional values of responsibility and discipline without offering critiques of established social structures.

Does How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities. The narrative focuses exclusively on the interpersonal bonds between the human characters and the dragons.

Present on Screen

  • Presents a stable, egalitarian partnership between Hiccup and Astrid.
  • Emphasizes communal harmony and the importance of social responsibility.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
  • Does not include characters with visible or invisible disabilities.
  • Features a homogenous cast without diverse racial or ethnic perspectives.

Official Synopsis

It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were beginning to forget about their friendship with dragons. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber know just what to do to keep the dragons in the villagers' hearts. And across the sea, the dragons have a plan of their own...

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