There's a little bit of dog in there too imo. Like the scene right after the climax when hiccup wakes up, toothless holds in his excitement for a moment before he zoomies all over the room. I used to have a lab that did the exact same thing down to the stare, shaking, and lip-licking before the explosion.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Toothless was designed by Chris Sanders who made Lilo and Stitch. He more or less reused Stitch's design and mixed it with big cat proportions when he did toothless. It's kinda funny/cool once you realize the Stitch influence. Even some of toothless' behavior is lifted from Stitch.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So you know that scene where the kid puts the tail prosthetic on and Toothless tries to shake it off by bouncing crazy?

The way those motions were animated was that Chris took his black kitty, and stuck some tape on the kitty’s tail and recorded the ensuing chaos.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 2 days ago

Haha, I love it xD

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

i mean, stitch is my favorite disney princess and toothless is my favorite dreamworks princess. i think i have the stables right.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Nom nom nom.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

So glad they didn't screw up the live action one. Animated is still good, but the live action is a bit less fantastic. Almost a frame for frame remake, but not quite.

[–] sparklehedgehog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That is amazing! ❤️