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		Gronckle

		Colours	Green, beige, brown
		Armed with	All the best in dragon weaponry. dagger-like fangs, spikes on neck, spiky ball on end of tail - 8
		Defences	Thick, flame and scratch-proof skin - 9
		Radar	None - 0
		Poison	None - 0
		Size	About 14 ft. long.
		Hunting Ability	Gronckles are slow to move in the air - 2
		Speed	See above - 3
		Fear and Fight Factor	Terrifying in action - 9
		Appearances	All books and movie adaptation
		Personality	It is relentless, stubborn, and direct like a compact berserker rhino, yet very loyal to its rider.^[1]
		Hah! Factor	SLEEPS IN - Good luck in waking up a Gronckle. They've been known to sleep through hail-storms and sleep in midflight.^[2]
		Ahh! Factor	TAIL RAM - Its tail expands like a ram and will give you a nasty bonk on the head of you make it mad. ^[3] Also is known to give a devastating fire attack.

The Gronckle is the toughest dragon in the dragon world and more than lives up to its looks on the battlefield.

1 Appearance
2 Tactics
3 Description
4 Training
- 4.1 In the Film
- 4.2 In the Book
5 Gronckle eggs
6 References

AppearanceEdit

The Gronckle can be a slow, lazy, and cranky bulldog-like dragon; it has been known to fall asleep mid-flight, waking only when it plunges into the sea or crashes into a mountain.Because of its tremendous weight and small wings, it would seem impossible for them to fly. However, because the wings of a Gronckle beat at a speed similar to that of hummingbirds' or bees' wings, it is possible for one to sustain flight. In fact, a Gronckle can fly backward, sideways and even hover in place. Its tail can be mistaken for the head if little attention is paid. It is also prone to dragon acne. Because of its large stout body and clubbed tail, the Gronckle somewhat resembles an ankylosaur. They spend the majority of the day sleeping. It has huge jaws which it uses to hold food when carrying it to the dragon mound. It has a rather blunt nose horn and fairly stubby toe claws. Its legs are practically useless in battle, and due to its short tail it has a fairly small attack range.

TacticsEdit

The Gronckle can launch a devastating fire attack but is limited to six shots at a time. Both its fire attack and hovering flight pattern makes it a very dangerous dragon. It can simply hover slightly out of reach of the Vikings and then blast them with its powerful fire. Unlike the other dragons, the Gronckle can refill its so called shot limit fairly quickly. Most dragons use a flammable gas, but the Gronckle eats rocks and then melts them in its stomach. So as long as there are edible rocks in the area the Gronckle will be able to refill its shot limit.

DescriptionEdit

The official Website describes the Gronckle as follows: "One of the toughest Dragons in our world is the GRONCKLE. Gronckles have gigantic heads, short bodies, and round tails. Gronckles are lazy, and spend most of their time sleeping in communal heaps. They have been known to fall asleep while flying, waking only when they crash into the ocean or the side of a mountain. Gronckles have relatively small wings that beat as fast as a hummingbird's. They are slow in the air, but make up for this with their maneuverability. A Gronckle can fly backwards, sideways, and even hover. Gronckles attack from the air, where their primary weapon is most effective. Gronckles chew rocks, melting them in their bellies and firing them as balls of molten lava."^[4]

"With its bulbous shape, tiny wings and laid-back demeanor, the warthoggish Gronckle is proving to be a fan favorite." Says Sanders, “He is a series of round balls, including warts. He’s just lazy, cantankerous and grumpy, and that makes you like him even better. The critter is known to doze off even in mid-flight as he floats about like the Goodyear blimp. But there is no denying that his fire packs a lethal punch."^[5]

TrainingEdit

In the FilmEdit

The Gronckle is the first dragon that the students have to fight in the arena. It is used to teach them how to use the shield to block attacks and shown to have a six shot limit. One almost blasts Hiccup, but he is saved by Gobber the Belch. Hiccup learns from Toothless that dragons love garlic grass and uses this to rub the same Gronckle into submission in a later training session. The Gronkle is used to determine who will kill the Monstrous Nightmare and is seen subdued by Hiccup (presumably through scratching a particularly sensitive spot dragons have), earning him that right.

Hiccup later gives the Gronkle to Fishlegs during the attack on the Red Death and during the battle, it hovers beside the evil dragon's head, allowing Fishlegs to distract the Red Death by banging on his shield. This also confuses the Gronkle and causes it to crash and flip upside-down, pinning Fishlegs who ends up being okay. The Gronckle and Fishlegs are nearly crushed by the Red Death's foot, but thanks to Snotlout's antics, it barley misses them and the Gronckle is later seen flying around the villiage as Fishlegs' pet dragon.

In the BookEdit

It is shown in the book that Dogsbreath the Duhbrain and Wartihog both have Gronckles in the Pirate Training Programme. Dogsbreath's is called Seaslug. Stoick the Vast also has a Gronckle called Newtsbreath.

Gronckle eggsEdit

Gronckle eggs are the smallest off all the species. They are very rough and have dark brown color. They also bounce around like jumping beans. In Gift of the Night Fury, they are shown to explode when they hatch. Although the eggs are supposed to be barely larger than a marble, Gift of the Night Fury showed Meatlug's eggs to be about a bit smaller than the average Viking head and snuggly fitting inside Viking helmets.

References Edit

Dragon Species
Basic Brown • Blubberwing • Boneknapper • Bullrougher • Burrowing Slitherfang • Changeling • Chickenpoxer • Common or Garden • Cuckoo Dragon • Darkbreather • Devilish Dervish • Dreamserpent • Driller-Dragon • Doomfang • Electricsquirm • Exterminator • Fire Dragon • Flashfang • Fleshfang • Giant Bee-Eater • Glow-worm • Gorgenghast • Grimler Dragon • Horrors • Leviathorgan • Loafer Dragon • Marsh Tiger • Monstrous Nightmare • Monstrous Strangulator • Mood-Dragon • Murderous Dragon • Nanodragon • Poison Darter • Poisonous Piffleworm • Polar-Serpent • Puff Nadder • Rageblasts • Red-Hot Itchyworm • Ramming Roller • Raptortongue • Repto • Rocket Ripper • Sabre-Tooth Driver Dragon • Scarer • Scauldron • Scrill • Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus • Semi-Spotted Snowpecker • Sharkworm • Shortwing Squirrelserpent • Sidewinder • Slitherhawk • Skullion • Sky Dragon • Sniffer Dragon • Squealer • Stealth Dragon • Steam-Dragon • Stinkdragon • Terrorfang • The Beast • Thunder Drum • Toothless Daydream • Toungetwister • Toxic Nightshade • Vampire Dragon • Venomous Vorpent • Water Dragon • Windwalker • Whispering Death • White Dragon
Seen in Movie
Terrible Terror • Gronckle • Hideous Zippleback • Night Fury • Deadly Nadder

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