Passes the Bechdel test

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Name: How to Train Your Dragon 2
Released: 2014

2014. Directed by Dean DeBlois, written by Dean DeBlois and Cressida Cowell.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
3 women characters. 3 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 4 scenes out of 42.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

The film

It's been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island's new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons.

Released: 13 Jun 2014
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Rated: PG
IMDb: 7.8 / 10
Metascore: 77 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 62 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Hiccup 218 lines, man
Stoick 85 lines, man
Valka 70 lines, woman
Astrid 67 lines, woman
Eret 57 lines, man
Drago 49 lines, man
Gobber 38 lines, man
Ruffnut 28 lines, woman
Fishlegs 19 lines, man
Tuffnut 18 lines, man

Full cast, 17 people

Jay Baruchel as Hiccup (voice)
Cate Blanchett as Valka (voice)
Gerard Butler as Stoick (voice)
Craig Ferguson as Gobber (voice)
America Ferrera as Astrid (voice)
Jonah Hill as Snotlout (voice)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs (voice)
T.J. Miller as Tuffnut (voice)
Kristen Wiig as Ruffnut (voice)
Djimon Hounsou as Drago (voice)
Kit Harington as Eret (voice)
Kieron Elliott as Hoark the Haggard (voice)
Philip McGrade as Starkard (voice)
Andrew Ableson as Ug (voice)
Gideon Emery as Teeny (voice)
Simon Kassianides as No-Name (voice)
Randy Thom as Toothless (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 1% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 42

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 1	0	0
2 to 2	0	0
3 to 3	14	24
4 to 4	0	20
5 to 5	13	16
6 to 6	6	29
7 to 7	2	38
8 to 8	1	21
9 to 9	3	27
10 to 10	5	17
11 to 11	4	11
12 to 12	0	5
13 to 13	0	1
14 to 14	2	6
15 to 15	0	5
16 to 16	2	4
17 to 17	11	12
18 to 18	2	0
19 to 19	2	4
20 to 20	12	5
21 to 21	4	3
22 to 22	7	5
23 to 23	1	1
24 to 24	0	1
25 to 25	11	10
26 to 26	2	4
27 to 27	14	25
28 to 28	5	18
29 to 29	3	8
30 to 30	2	2
31 to 31	6	30
32 to 32	12	36
33 to 33	3	35
34 to 34	3	5
35 to 35	2	12
36 to 36	0	0
37 to 37	0	0
38 to 38	0	2
39 to 39	0	2
40 to 40	1	27
41 to 41	10	39
42 to 42	0	0

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

ASTRID: Gotcha! RUFFNUT: Astrid! HTTYD 2 - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 6.

RUFFNUT: Hey watch it! That was close... RUFFNUT: Oh, my. RUFFNUT: Me likey. RUFFNUT: Take me.

RUFFNUT: Hey! ASTRID: What are you doing? HTTYD 2 - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 56.

ASTRID: What?! Are you kidding me?! RUFFNUT: But you were so perfect!

ASTRID: Take them down, babe! VALKA: Go get `em.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 24 are women's.

165 lines from women, 510 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

3 women and 14 men in the cast. 3 women and 13 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 5 of 684. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 35 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 24% of the words (1,301), men 76% (4,141).

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 9 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Dean DeBlois (man)
Written by: Dean DeBlois (man)
Produced by: Bonnie Arnold (woman)
Shot by: Gil Zimmerman (man)
Edited by: John K. Carr (man)
Music by: John Powell (man)
Production design by: Pierre-Olivier Vincent (man)
Cast by: Christi Soper Hilt (woman), Leslee Feldman (woman)

The crew, department by department

Visual Effects

2 women, 22 men, 68 not listed
Production

6 women, 7 men, 38 not listed
Sound

4 women, 29 men, 15 not listed
Other crew

1 women, 12 men, 20 not listed
Lighting

0 women, 2 men, 10 not listed
Editing

0 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
Art

0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
Camera

0 women, 1 men, 1 not listed

Women
Men
Gender not listed on TMDB

Exhibit G: how old the stars were

Women: 38 on average. Men: 38 on average. The top-billed cast, at the film's release.

Women

America Ferrera 30, Kristen Wiig 40, Cate Blanchett 45

Men

Christopher Mintz-Plasse 24, Jonah Hill 30, Jay Baruchel 32, T.J. Miller 33, Gerard Butler 44, Djimon Hounsou 50, Craig Ferguson 52

Exhibit H: the money

It made 4.3 times what it cost.

Budget: $145 million
Box office: $622 million

From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.

About this analysis

Our parser read the script: 42 scenes and 684 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works

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