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How To Train Your Dragon Test Drive Scene

Written By
Danielle Gibbs

From Dreamwork's, How To Train Your Dragon

TEST DRIVE
ESTABLISHING SHOT - CAMERA 1 - PAN
Hiccups is riding on the back of Toothless, through several
clouds, their pace slow and steady, ever so slightly rocky
for their first flight.
HICCUP
OKAY THERE BUD, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS
NICE AND SLOW.
Toothless roars cheerfully in response. Hiccup now looks for
his cheat sheet for tail positions, mumbling to himself.
HICCUP
HERE WE GO HERE WE GO, POSITION...
THREE, NO FOUR!
Hiccup pulls back the crank on the saddle, presses down on
peddle then the tail reacts to the mechanical components.
Toothless looks back at his tail, then turns forward with
determination.
Toothless flanks left slowly, before beating down his wings
and speeding up, swaying slightly, Hiccup looks back to keep
an eye on the tail, again half mumbling to himself.
HICCUP
RIGHT... IT'S GO TIME.
Hiccup turns back around to grab the reigns before the two
begin to dive downward towards the sea, pulling up gently as
Toothless creates sea spray trail behind them as he dips his
wing into the water
HICCUP
C'MON BUDDY, C'MON BUDDY!
The two speed off across the water. Toothless looks up at
the upcoming obstacle with a determined expression while
Hiccup looks with a half worried gaze. Hiccup now looks up
and views the birds above them through the arch of rocky
structure before the two fly through the exit. Hiccup looks
down to feet and behind him to check on the saddle.

HICCUP
YES IT WORKED!
Toothless flies forward until hitting a rocky structure
relatively unharmed.
HICCUP
SORRY!
Toothless flies off again, Hiccup tries to pull up but
Toothless again gently crashes into another rocky structure.
HICCUP
THAT WAS MY FAULT.
Toothless slaps Hiccup's cheek with an ear.
HICCUP
YEAH YEAH I'M ON IT, POSITION FOUR, UH,
THREE.
Hiccup pulls
great amount
the sky, all
of his mouth

up on another crank and the two begin to gain a


height, Toothless flying vertically up towards
the while Toothless has his tongue lolling out
like a playful dog.

HICCUP
YEAH! GO BABY! YEAH!
The two power up even more into the sky, excited and
determined expressions on their faces:
HICCUP
OH THIS IS AMAZING! THE WIND IN MY-As Hiccup speaks the wind catches his cheat sheet.
HICCUP
CHEAT SHEET!

As the cheat sheet falls behind them Hiccup reaches out for
the sheet, and as he does Toothless freezes in mid air,
throwing Hiccup forward and his safety chord becomes
unattached to Toothless. Toothless looks confused then
catches sight of Hiccup in front of his and roars in shock
as the two begin to fall to the ground at great speed.
Toothless looks down at the ground and begins to roar
helplessly and spin uncontrollably. Hiccup falls down and in
an attempt to grab Toothless, he is thrown off by
Toothless's wing.
HICCUP
OH GOSH! OH GODS! OH NO! ALRIGHT OKAY
YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA ANGLE YOURSELF!
OKAY NO NO NO, COME BACK DOWN TOWARDS ME
COME BACK DOWN TOWARDS ME--YEOW!
Hiccup begins to try and instruct the spinning Toothless
what to do, but before he can finish he is slapped away by
Toothless's tail. Hiccup is thrown around in a circle which
allows him to stretch desperately and grab onto the saddle,
rectify himself and Toothless's position, and hook his
safety chord back to the saddle. The two continue falling
but are now facing upright, Hiccup with his cheat sheet in
his teeth catches sight of the ground and pulls up
desperately on Toothless's reigns. Toothless's wings upon up
like a parachute, the two still falling at a fast speed.
Toothless roars with a worried expression before Hiccup
tries to read the cheat sheet which is unreadable in the
wind, he quickly looks at the rocks then back at the sheet
before throwing it away and grabbing the reigns with both
hands, pressing back on a peddle, twisting Toothless's tail
wing, the two now speeding forward into the rocks, making
sharp turns and dodging the structures, all the while Hiccup
changing peddle positions. Toothless barrel rolls in the air
to dodge the structures, and darts between gaps until the
two reach the other side unscathed. Hiccups lifts his arms
up and cheers:
HICCUP
YEAH!
Moments later Toothless shoots out a fire bolt with a
cheerful and playful expression, which explodes just ahead
of them, Hiccup lowers his arms with an expression that is
more annoyed than worried but with a slight smile.

HICCUP
COME ON...
The two fly into the fire and cuts to the headshot of a
signed Hiccup resting at the side of Toothless.
SCENE END

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