Grimmel's Airship is a contraption built by Grimmel the Grisly to travel across the skies with the aid of his Deathgrippers, which first appeared in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
History[]
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World[]
Grimmel used his airship to travel to the Warlords' base, where he discovered that Toothless is the only Night Fury he has not killed. He eventually used the airship to travel to Berk after all of its people and dragons flew away from the island.
When Grimmel sedated Toothless and his mate, he attached the two Furies onto his airship as all of the dragons charged out of the forest of New Berk to rescue their Alpha. Grimmel responded by aiming his harpoon at the Light Fury and forced Toothless to call off the attack. He then drove the airship to the Warlords' armada with all of the dragons in tow.
As the dragons were caged by the Warlords, Grimmel proceeded to lower Toothless to his employers, only to reel him back so that he could kill the Furies himself. However, Hiccup and the rest of the Dragon Riders flew in and knocked Grimmel away. Grimmel prepared to kill Toothless with his harpoon, but he was forced to dodge the Night Fury's plasma blasts, inadvertently releasing two of the chained Deathgrippers and left the other two flailing about with the greater weight of the airship. Hiccup jumped onto the airship to rescue Toothless and witnessed Grimmel use Deathgripper venom on the Light Fury before he released her from her shackles and rode her back to New Berk. Hiccup began to release Toothless from his bonds as the airship crashed into the sea, along with the two chained Deathgrippers. Hiccup and Toothless managed to escape in time and began to chase after Grimmel.
Physical Appearance[]
Grimmel's airship possesses four metal cranes that can be hoisted on to four of his Deathgrippers to lift the contraption up. In the center is a gondola for Grimmel to view his surroundings. The airship also has a large crossbow that can launch a harpoon that Grimmel can use to shoot his intended targets.
Function[]
- Transportation: Using four of his Deathgrippers, Grimmel the Grisly travels through the air from one place to another with his airship. In addition, the airship can also carry captive dragons as shown with the Light Fury and Toothless.
- Harpoon launching: Since their airship has a large harpoon launcher, Grimmel can use it to shoot his intended targets, as when he threatened the Light Fury and later in attempt to kill both her and Toothless when he saw Hiccup charging at him in his flightsuit.
Trivia[]
- The design of Grimmel's airship is very similar to modern drones, especially the ones used by ICARIS.
- Grimmel's clothes appear to be mostly leather, most likely because leather is very insulated and can withstand the cold temperatures of flying through high altitudes on the airship.
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Appearances[]
| Films and Shorts | ||||||||||||
| "How to Train Your Dragon": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon 2": | Absent | |||||||||
| "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon": | Absent | "Dawn of the Dragon Racers": | Absent | |||||||||
| "Book of Dragons (Short)": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World": | Appears | |||||||||
| "Gift of the Night Fury": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming": | Absent | |||||||||
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| "Dragons: Rise of Berk": | Absent | "School of Dragons": | Appears | |||||||||
| "How to Train Your Dragon": | Absent | "How to Train Your Dragon 2": | Absent | |||||||||
| "DreamWorks Dragons: Wild Skies": | Absent | "DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders": | Mentioned | |||||||||
| "Dragons: Titan Uprising": | Absent | "Dragons Hero Portal": | Absent | |||||||||
| "DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms": | Absent | |||||||||||
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