How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming

"Our loved ones are always nearby, when we hold them in our hearts."

- Hiccup

How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is an upcoming Holiday Special that will air on NBC and be released to DVD on December 3, 2019. An encore is set to air on December 14.

Synopsis
"This holiday season, reunite with Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless, Light Fury and all your friends on the Isle of New Berk in this all-new CG animated adventure based upon the critically acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy from DreamWorks Animation. Starring the vocal talents of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse among others, the story centers around Hiccup's plan to celebrate dragons with a grand holiday pageant at the Snoggletog Festival. This heartwarming idea leads to a series of unexpected, hilarious and thrilling events — but no matter what happens, everyone in Berk is reminded that dragons and humans are forever bonded."

"Snoggletog is the best time of the year! It's been ten years since the dragons moved to the Hidden World, and even though Toothless doesn't live in New Berk anymore, Hiccup continues the holiday traditions he once shared with his best friend. But the Vikings of New Berk were beginning to forget about their friendship with dragons. Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber know just what to do to keep the dragons in the villagers' hearts. And across the sea, the dragons have a plan of their own..."

"When it becomes clear that the new generation of Vikings doesn't remember the bond between dragon and human, Hiccup sets a plan to celebrate with a grand Snoggletog holiday pageant and gets a heartwarming surprise visit from Toothless for one more adventure. Reunite with Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless, Light Fury and all your friends on the Isle of New Berk in How To Train Your Dragon Homecoming, a brand new adventure based upon the critically acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy."

Development and Production
"That's why we want to bring back the Snoggletog Pageant! ... So we were thinking we'd like to bring back the Snoggletog Pageant."

- Jay Baruchel

On February 12, 2019, Jay Baruchel dropped what would become the first hint of a holiday short in his Instagram Stories. It featured an eight second clip of himself in the sound booth, recording lines about a Snoggletog Pageant.

At the Annecy Film Festival in June, 2019, Dean DeBlois confirmed a holiday special was coming to fans in attendance. He would later also mention it in an interview. The interview was in French, but the English translation is "Apart from perhaps a special episode for the holiday season, there is — to my knowledge — no other project in development".

On July 21, Richard Hamilton acknowledged the special in a tweet, saying that "anything is possible".

Around September 8, Universal Pictures posted a title page for the special, complete with a logo and a synopsis in the form of a PDF.

Around the same time, the European official Playmobil websites unveiled a licenced toy to accompany the special. It features Zephyr, Nuffink, and the Night Lights with a snowy background.

Around September 21, the American electronics retail company Best Buy listed a Homecoming DVD, which is set for release on December 3, 2019.

Around October 8, the special in book form popped up on sites like Target.com and Amazon, set for release a month before the DVD.

On October 11, DreamWorks officially announced the special and the air date of December 3, along with an official poster, a few stills from the special, and cover art for the DVD.

On October 15, DreamWorks launched an official website for the special.

Transcript
The full transcript can be found here.

Humans

 * Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III voiced by Jay Baruchel
 * Astrid Haddock voiced by America Ferrera
 * Fishlegs Ingerman voiced by Christopher Mintz-Plasse
 * Stoick the Vast voiced by Gerard Butler
 * Gobber the Belch voiced by Craig Ferguson
 * Snotlout Jorgenson voiced by Zack Pearlman
 * Ruffnut Thorston
 * Tuffnut Thorston voiced by Justin Rupple
 * Nuffink Haddock voiced by Liam Ferguson
 * Zephyr Haddock voiced by Madalyn Gonzalez


 *  indicates a character that appears but does not speak

Dragons

 * Toothless
 * Light Fury
 * Night Light Hatchlings

Dragon Species

 * Night Fury
 * Light Fury
 * Night Light
 * Thunderdrum (drawing)
 * Monstrous Nightmare (drawing)
 * Hideous Zippleback (drawing)
 * Gronckle (drawing)
 * Skrill (drawing)
 * Deadly Nadder (drawing)

Locations

 * New Berk
 * Berk
 * Hidden World

Objects

 * Hiccup's Prosthetic Leg
 * Astrid's Kransen
 * Hiccup's Toy
 * Dragon Manual

Events

 * Snoggletog
 * Snoggletog Pageant

Trivia

 * This is the second How to Train Your Dragon holiday short to be released, with the first being Gift of the Night Fury.
 * This will also be the first short film to feature Nuffink, Zephyr, the Night Light Hatchlings, and the Light Fury.
 * The special aired prematurely on October 25, 2019 on the FOX channel in a number of Latin American countries.
 * The digital format of the special became legally available for purchase in the UK on sites such as iTunes on November 19, 2019.