How Many How To Train Your Dragons Are There

Okay, dragon fanatics, buckle up! We're diving headfirst into the wonderful, wild world of How to Train Your Dragon and answering the burning question: Just how many of these amazing stories are there?

Think of it like your favorite pizza place. You love their pepperoni, but then they come out with a mushroom and olive special, and suddenly you need to know everything about it! That's kinda how it is with dragons.

The Main Event: The Trilogy

First things first, we have the core of the dragon-training goodness: the original three movies! You know, the ones that made us all want a Toothless of our own.

There's How to Train Your Dragon (the OG!), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (things get serious!), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (sniffle, the feels!). Three movies, three times the epic dragon action.

But Wait, There's More! Short Films & TV Shows

Think the movies are all there is? Oh, my sweet summer child! DreamWorks decided to spoil us rotten with even more dragon-filled adventures!

We have short films like Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon and Gift of the Night Fury. These are like delicious little dragon appetizers to tide you over between the main courses.

Then there's the TV shows! And oh boy, are there TV shows! Think of these as extended seasons of dragon-riding fun.

Get ready for Riders of Berk and Defenders of Berk which are the first two season titles. After that we have Race to the Edge, and Dragons: The Nine Realms. It's like a dragon buffet, people!

Counting Dragons: The Grand Total

So, let's recap before our brains get too dragon-fried. We've got the trilogy of movies, a handful of delightful short films, and several seasons of TV shows spanning different titles.

If we’re going by individual title releases, we have 3 movies + 2 short films + 4 seasons of TV show = 9 unique titles. That seems simple right?

But, if we are considering the seasons of TV shows to be broken into individual episodes, then you have 118 episodes to go with the movies and short films! It's a dragon-sized commitment!

However, let's make something clear. While Dragons: The Nine Realms is technically part of the HTTYD universe, some fans consider it separate. It takes place in modern day, which does set it apart from Hiccup's era. So, depending on who you ask, it might or might not be included in the official count.

The Verdict: It Depends on How You Count!

Ultimately, the "right" answer depends on how you choose to define "How to Train Your Dragon stories". Are you counting movies? Seasons? Episodes? Each adds a different value to the total count.

The point is, there's a TON of dragon-y goodness out there to enjoy! So go forth, young Viking, and explore the How to Train Your Dragon universe to your heart's content! Your inner dragon rider will thank you for it.

Just promise me you won't try to train your cat to breathe fire. Please?