Trivia / Dragons: Riders of Berk

• Actor Allusion:
  • David Faustino is obsessed with a dragon who has the power to bend lightning; in another life, he had the ability to bend lightning himself.
    • The scene of Dagur hesitating outside a tent to possibly meet his father is very similar to a scene with Zuko and Iroh, the latter of whom was originally voiced by an actor who Faustino's Korra character was named after.
  • Likewise, Mae Whitman is still bent on tracking down and getting revenge on the man who killed her parent(s), but this time, it lasts longer than one episode. It's a shame she never got to interact with Viggo after the latter had half his face burnt off a la Prince Zuko — the jokes would have written themselves.
  • Adelaide Kane is again searching for a king.
• The Cast Showoff: "Tone Death" lets several cast members show off their singing skills, though America Ferrera and Andree Veeman go for Hollywood Tone-Deaf instead.
• Dawson Casting: JB Blanc plays Ryker, the older brother to Viggo, who in turn is played by Alfred Molina. Molina is actually fifteen years older than Blanc, though he doesn't sound it.
• Fake Scot: Nolan North as Stoick and Chris Edgerly as Gobber replicate the Scottish-Viking accents of the original cast.
• Fandom Nod: The couple Hiccup and Astrid are given the nickname "Hiccstrid". This is brought up in "Shell Shocked, Part 1" by Snotlout.
• The Original Darrin: During Stoick's flashback of Drago's massacre of the chiefs in "The Wings of War, Part 1", Krogan's actor, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, also voices Drago for the character's offscreen dialogue. When Drago appears properly at the end of the series finale, he's once again voiced by his original actor, Djimon Hounsou.