Passes the Bechdel test
How to Train Your Dragon
2010. Directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, written by William Davies and Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
3 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 2 scenes out of 70. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can't bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.
- Released
- 26 Mar 2010
- Genres
- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10
- Metascore
- 75 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 25 wins & 63 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Hiccup 107 lines, man
- Stoick 86 lines, man
- Gobber 73 lines, man
- Astrid 49 lines, woman
- Tuffnut 28 lines, man
- Fishlegs 23 lines, man
- Snotlout 21 lines, man
- Ruffnut 15 lines, woman
- Viking 12 lines, man
- Viking #1 5 lines
Full cast, 14 people
- Jay Baruchel as Hiccup (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)
- Robin Atkin Downes as Ack (voice)
- Philip McGrade as Starkard (voice)
- Kieron Elliott as Hoark the Haggard (voice)
- Ashley Jensen as Phlegma the Fierce (Voice)
- David Tennant as Spitelout (voice)
- Randy Thom as Toothless (voice) (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 70
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 to 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 to 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 to 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 to 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 to 12 | 0 | 40 |
| 13 to 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 15 to 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 17 to 18 | 6 | 14 |
| 19 to 20 | 5 | 16 |
| 21 to 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 to 24 | 1 | 8 |
| 25 to 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 to 28 | 3 | 11 |
| 29 to 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 to 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 to 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 to 36 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 to 38 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 to 40 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 to 42 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 to 44 | 1 | 3 |
| 45 to 46 | 0 | 11 |
| 47 to 48 | 0 | 16 |
| 49 to 50 | 7 | 13 |
| 51 to 52 | 8 | 7 |
| 53 to 54 | 5 | 16 |
| 55 to 56 | 1 | 2 |
| 57 to 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 to 60 | 2 | 8 |
| 61 to 62 | 0 | 16 |
| 63 to 64 | 9 | 8 |
| 65 to 66 | 2 | 10 |
| 67 to 68 | 0 | 6 |
| 69 to 70 | 6 | 59 |
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.
RUFFNUT: I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back. ASTRID: Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it.
ASTRID: Hey! RUFFNUT: It's us, idiots. Astrid and Ruffnut are soaked.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 15 are women's.
64 lines from women, 363 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
3 women and 11 men in the cast. 2 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 101 of 452.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 100 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 15% of the words (1,022), men 85% (5,730).
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
3
Two men
55
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 25% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Chris Sanders (man), Dean DeBlois (man)
- Written by
- Dean DeBlois (man), Chris Sanders (man), William Davies (man)
- Produced by
- Bonnie Arnold (woman)
- Shot by
- Gil Zimmerman (man)
- Edited by
- Darren T. Holmes (man), Maryann Brandon (woman)
- Music by
- John Powell (man)
- Production design by
- Kathy Altieri (gender not listed)
- Cast by
- Leslee Feldman (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Visual Effects
3 women, 29 men, 92 not listed
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Production
9 women, 11 men, 26 not listed
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Other crew
3 women, 14 men, 27 not listed
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Sound
6 women, 19 men, 18 not listed
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Editing
6 women, 6 men, 6 not listed
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Lighting
1 women, 0 men, 8 not listed
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Directing
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
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Writing
1 women, 5 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 32 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
America Ferrera 25, Kristen Wiig 36
Men
Christopher Mintz-Plasse 20, Jonah Hill 26, Jay Baruchel 27, T.J. Miller 28, Robin Atkin Downes 33, Gerard Butler 40, Craig Ferguson 47
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $165 million
- Box office
- $495 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 70 scenes and 452 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
