Hairy Hooligan Tribe (Franchise)

Hairy Hooligans
Alternate Names:	Berkians Hooligan Tribe
Location:	Isle of Berk (Books) (Books) Island of Tomorrow (Books) Isle of Berk (Franchise) (Franchise)
Chieftain(s) in the Franchise	Hamish I (formerly) Hamish II (formerly) Stoick's Grandfather (formerly) Stoick's Father (formerly) Stoick the Vast (formerly) Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (currently)
Chieftain(s) in the Books	Hiccup Horrendous Haddock I (formerly) Grimbeard the Ghastly (formerly) Chucklehead (formerly) Stoick the Vast (currently) Snotface Snotlout (formerly)
Member(s) in the Books:	Baggybum the Beerbelly Clueless Dogsbreath the Duhbrain Fishlegs No-Name (formerly) Gobber the Belch Old Wrinkly Snotface Snotlout (formerly) Speedifist Tuffnut Junior Tuffnut Senior Valhallarama Wartihog
Member(s) in the Franchise:	Valka Astrid Hofferson Ruffnut Thorston Spitelout Jorgenson Gothi Mulch Bucket Gustav Larson Hildegard Phlegma the Fierce Hoark the Haggard Finn Hofferson Silent Sven Agnar Mrs. Ack Mildew (formerly) Alvin the Treacherous (formerly)
Alpha Dragon(s):	Toothless
First Book Appearance	How to Train Your Dragon
Last Book Appearance	How to Fight a Dragon's Fury
First Franchise Appearance	How to Train Your Dragon
Last Franchise Appearance	How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Hairy Hooligans are the central Viking tribe in both the How to Train Your Dragon book and film. In both the books and the franchise, they have a long history with many traditions.

In the books, throughout their history, they've either lived on the Isle of Berk or the Island of Tomorrow. Their current Chief in the books is Stoick the Vast, and his son Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is the current King of the Wilderwest.

In the franchise they've always lived on the Isle of Berk after arriving there 300 years prior to the events of the first film. In the second film, after the death of Stoick the Vast, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III became the new Hooligan Chief.

How to Train Your Dragon (series)

Unlike the movie, the Hairy Hooligans have trained dragons before the life of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, and kept them as pets to hunt with or fish with. In fact, to be an official member of the tribe, one must find a dragon, capture it, and train it.

Strangely, almost the entire population of the Hooligan tribe appears to be men and boys, with the only woman mentioned being Stoick's wife, the great Hero Valhallarama. Hypothetically, there must be more women, or they would not be able to keep their population up. Possibly Hiccup simply doesn't interact with any of the women.

Although the Hooligan Tribe has no official prominence above the other tribes, it has been the effective leader of the entire archipelago since the days of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock I. Almost every King of the Wilderwest rose from the Hairy Hooligans, and even after the kingdom disintegrated the Hooligans' exceptional Bashyball skills allowed them to consistently dominate proceedings at the Thing.

Chieftains of Many Generations (In Order)

• Hiccup Horrendous Haddock I (also King of Wilderwest)
• Grimbeard the Ghastly (also King of Wilderwest)
• Chucklehead
• Stoick the Vast
• Snotface Snotlout (only for a year)

Notable Members

• Baggybum the Beerbelly
• Clueless
• Dogsbreath the Duhbrain
• Fishlegs No-Name (formerly)
• Gobber the Belch
• Old Wrinkly
• Snotface Snotlout (formerly)
• Speedifist
• Tuffnut Junior
• Tuffnut Senior
• Valhallarama
• Wartihog

How to Train Your Dragon (Franchise)

Appearances

How to Train Your Dragon (film)

Soick the Vast, previous Chief of Berk

The Hairy Hooligans are constantly fighting with the dragons of the area that provide for the Red Death. The dragons steal the food of the Hooligans in order to appease the Red Death. Following the demise of it, the Hairy Hooligans establish a mutual agreement with the dragons, living in harmony and riding on them.

DreamWorks Dragons: The Series

After they made peace, the Hooligans had trouble keeping the dragons under control. However, Hiccup and his riders started the Berk Dragon Academy to help the Hooligans live with dragons.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The Hairy Hooligans now enjoy the dragon races. However, they then prepared themselves for war with Drago Bludvist's Army. It was during a battle at Valka's Mountain that Stoick was killed when he saved his son from his hypnotized night fury. The Hooligans' village was then decimated by Drago's Bewilderbeast. However, they were then saved when Hiccup and Toothless challenged Drago and his Bewilderbeast. Toothless thus became the new Alpha dragon and Hiccup was then named chief of the tribe. The Hooligans are now rebuilding their village and are still enjoying the dragon races.

Chieftains of Many Generations (In Order)

• Hamish I
• Hamish II
• Stoick's grandfather
• Stoick's father
• Stoick the Vast
• Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

Notable members

• Ack
• Agnar
• Alvin the Treacherous (formerly)
• Astrid Hofferson
• Bucket
• Finn Hofferson
• Fishlegs Ingerman
• Gobber the Belch
• Gothi
• Gustav Larson
• Hildegard
• Hoark the Haggard
• Mildew (formerly)
• Mrs. Ack
• Mulch
• Phlegma the Fierce
• Ruffnut Thorston
• Silent Sven
• Snotlout Jorgenson
• Spitelout Jorgenson
• Starkard
• Tuffnut Thorston
• Valka
• Wartihog

Trivia

• In Imperfect Harmony, Hiccup says they do not have a tribal crest. However, in Defiant One, he said that the symbol on his satchel was Berk's crest. In Breakneck Bog, Johann was transporting a chest for Hiccup, and identified it by the Hooligan crest on the front.
  • The crest is also on the Dragon Manual.
  • It is possible that the crest is that of the Isle of Berk instead of the Hooligan Tribe's.

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