Was watching The Nine Realms' episode 'Deep Freeze', Season 5 episode 6, and Thunder got tranq'd and Tom said that he couldn't move him, that is why he's the rider and Thunder the dragon. Which immediately got me thinking of RttE and the times Hiccup did manhandle Toothless in times of stress.
Like pulling on Toothless' saddle to force him to change direction when the other Dragon Riders were being attacked by a Thunderdrum and their dragons were held captive by a Deathsong. (which they didn't know yet and Toothless did know, that's why he fought Hiccup so hard. He wanted to save the dragons, Hiccup wanted to go for the Riders)
When Hiccup pulled on Toothless' saddle when Toothless wanted to directly confront the Deathsong, which would've put his life in danger.
When Toothless was infected by the Grimoras and Hiccup tackled him off the cliff to get him into the saltwater of the sea.
When Hiccup tried to carry Toothless to safety after he got shot by a dragonroot arrow. (And then again later when he had Dagur to help carry him to a better hiding spot)
Like, obviously an 18 year old manhandling a Night Fury and a 14 year old dragging a tranq'd Lightning Dragon (as Thunder is called in TNR) is very different, but Toothless is also so much bigger than Thunder is. (I was also under the impression that Toothless was bigger at 15 than Thunder is, but we have no idea how old Thunder is. But that might also just be a discrepancy between shows/movies)
Idk, I just thought that accidental parallel was very funny. Tom can't drag a tranq'd Lightning Dragon, but Hiccup sure will tackle a Night Fury when the opportunity calls for it!











