7.6/10380 votes#1 - How to Start a Dragon Academy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/7/2012
Dragons are still dragons, and as a result, they are causing mayhem in the Isle of Berk. Stoick is reconsidering allowing the dragons to roam freely on Berk. It is up to Hiccup and his friends to convince Stoick otherwise.
Director: Anthony Bell
Writer: Mike Teverbaugh, Linda Teverbaugh
7.3/10310 votes#2 - Viking for Hire
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/7/2012
The peace with the dragons has put Gobber out of business, since his job was making weapons to fight dragons. Stoick asks Hiccup to help find a new job for him ... but unfortunately a change of profession does not seem to go well with Gobber.
Director: John Sanford
Writer: Douglas Sloan, Art Brown
7.8/10299 votes#3 - Animal House
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2012
The dragons unintentionally reduce Berk's food productivity by still scaring the living daylights out of the local livestock, and with the first winter storm coming, the dragon-riding Viking youths of Berk must try and familiarize the local animals with their Dragon companions.
Director: John Eng
Writer: Mike Teverbaugh, Linda Teverbaugh
7.2/10275 votes#4 - The Terrible Twos
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/2012
Hiccup finds an injured baby dragon. Toothless does not warm up to the energetic newcomer and the baby's angry mother arrives looking for her lost son.
Director: Anthony Bell, Louie del Carmen, Joe Sichta
Writer: Jim Cooper
7.5/10265 votes#5 - In Dragons We Trust
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/18/2012
The Dragons are blamed for vandalism, and Hiccup tries to prove their innocence by forming a night patrol called the "Dragon United Monitoring Brigade" (DUMB), but not in time to prevent the dragons' banishment from the island. Hiccup begins to suspect that Mildew is responsible for the scapegoat.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Sanford
Writer: N/A
7.6/10258 votes#6 - Alvin and the Outcasts
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/2012
Hiccup had discovered Mildew framed the dragons but has destroyed all evidence of it, therefore he must prove of their innocence in order to get them back. Meanwhile, Alvin the Treacherous of the Outcast Tribe are on the mission to raid the Isle of Berk in order to find and capture the "Dragon Conqueror".
Director: Anthony Bell, John Eng
Writer: N/A
8.0/10260 votes#7 - How to Pick Your Dragon
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/2012
Stoick is in need of learning how to ride a dragon, and he quickly insists on riding Toothless all the time. Meanwhile, a mysterious dragon has been attacking fishing ships.
Director: Anthony Bell, Louie del Carmen, Joe Sichta
Writer: N/A
7.9/10265 votes#8 - Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Man
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/10/2012
After getting his picture painted with his father, Hiccup begins to fear that he is not Stoick's ideal son, so to prove himself, he and his friends set out on a treasure hunt that even Stoick had not been able to complete.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Sanford
Writer: N/A
7.4/10239 votes#9 - Dragon Flower
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/17/2012
After Mildew poisons all the dragons on the island, he is forced to help Hiccup, Stoick, and Gobber find and capture the ferocious Scauldron in order to get the antidote.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Eng
Writer: N/A
7.8/10248 votes#10 - Heather Report, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/2012
The teens of Berk find a mysterious girl named Heather on Thor's Beach. While Hiccup and the other teens openly welcome the newcomer, Astrid's jealousy turns to suspicion when she notices Heather is taking an unusual interest in the Book of Dragons.
Director: Anthony Bell, Louie del Carmen
Writer: N/A
7.6/10235 votes#11 - Heather Report, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/2012
Heather's betrayal to Berk caused the Book of Dragons to fall into Alvin the Treacherous' hands, and Heather's imprisonment on Berk. In order to get the book back from Alvin, Astrid disguises herself as Heather and goes into Outcast Territory. Towards the end of her mission, Astrid learns and confirms Heather's true motives for helping the Outcasts.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Sanford
Writer: N/A
7.4/10235 votes#12 - Thawfest
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/2012
Berk's annual festive sporting competition, the Thawfest games, is underway and all the teens are participating with the dragons for the first time in Viking history. Hiccup is determined to finally best Snotlout, who constantly gloats about being the reigning Thawfest champion, but Hiccup's successes begin to make him arrogant and boastful, much to Astrid's displeasure and disappointment.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Eng
Writer: N/A
7.5/10238 votes#13 - When Lightning Strikes
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/2012
Sudden lightning storms are endangering the residents of Berk and it is believed Thor is angry at the island. Mildew leads the superstitious villagers into blaming Toothless, "the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself", for the lightning, leaving Hiccup to find the true answers for Thor's sudden destructive anger.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Sanford
Writer: N/A
7.7/10220 votes#14 - What Flies Beneath
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2013
A rogue dragon – a Whispering Death – shows up in Berk, tearing up the village. He's on a mission to find Toothless and settle a score. Despite Hiccup's efforts to help, Toothless insists on facing the dragon alone. But unlike their past battle, Toothless's inability to fly my prove to be his undoing.
Director: Anthony Bell, Louie del Carmen
Writer: N/A
7.5/10217 votes#15 - Twinsanity
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2013
Dagur the Deranged visits Berk to renew a peace treaty between the Berserkers and Berk, and the dragons are put into hiding to dispel rumours that Berk is training a dragon army. But when Ruffnut and Tuffnut begin to fight, their dragon, Barf and Belch, is left out of control. The Viking youths must bring the twins back together to control their dragon and avoid provoking Dagur to war.
Director: Anthony Bell, Louie del Carmen
Writer: N/A
7.4/10216 votes#16 - Defiant One
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2013
Caught in a waterspout, Toothless' prosthetic tail is damaged, rendering him unable to fly and thus leaving him, Hiccup and Snotlout stranded on Outcast Island. The three must work together to repair the damage, overcome the rivalry between Hiccup and Snotlout and return home to Berk before they are captured by Alvin and the Outcasts.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Eng
Writer: N/A
7.7/10211 votes#17 - Breakneck Bog
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2013
When Hiccup discovers Trader Johann's ship was shipwrecked in a rumored haunted bog with a gift made for him by his mother, he will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Sanford
Writer: N/A
7.6/10210 votes#18 - Gem of a Different Color
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/6/2013
When Snotlout and the villagers mistake dragon eggs for gems that bring good fortune, Fishlegs, who is responsible for the eggs' discovery, must take a stand against Snotlout and reunite the eggs with their Changewing mothers before they destroy Berk.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Eng
Writer: N/A
7.8/10215 votes#19 - We Are Family, Part 1
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/2013
During Berk's annual Bork week celebrations, Hiccup is granted access to Bork the Bold's private and personal archives. When he finds information and a map about an island inhabited by Night Furies within Bork's notes, Hiccup is determined to bring Toothless to his family.
Director: John Sanford
Writer: Douglas Sloan, Art Brown
8.0/10220 votes#20 - We Are Family, Part 2
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/2013
Mildew has betrayed the Vikings of Berk and allowed Alvin the Treacherous to kidnap Hiccup and Toothless. Astrid and Stoick must rescue them from Outcast Island along with help from a new friend.
Director: Anthony Bell, John Sanford, Elaine Bogan
Writer: Mike Teverbaugh, Linda Teverbaugh, Douglas Sloan, Art Brown
The Best Episodes of DreamWorks Dragons Season 1
Every episode of DreamWorks Dragons Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of DreamWorks Dragons Season 1!
From the creators of "How to Train Your Dragon" comes a new series that takes Hiccup and Toothless to the edge of adventure.
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Network:Cartoon Network
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"How to Start a Dragon Academy" is the best rated episode of "DreamWorks Dragons" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 380 votes. Directed by Anthony Bell and written by Mike Teverbaugh, Linda Teverbaugh, it aired on 8/7/2012. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Viking for Hire".