6 Reasons Hiccup and Astrid are Couple Goals (according to a couples therapist)

Astrid: You want to keep it a secret to protect your pet dragon?

Are you serious?

Hiccup: Yes.

Astrid: Okay.

Then what do we do?

Alan: Boom!

Astrid: You are the bravest, most stubborn knucklehead I know.

Jono: Say the things that you think.

But you keep inside because you're afraid that they'll be cheesy.

Astrid: I am the person I am today because of you.

Jono: There is strength in her that gives him strength.

Astrid: So, what are you going to do about it?

Jono: What a great score.

What a great couple.

It's all great.

Be like Hiccup and Astrid. Support each other and be there for each other.

Jono: Hello and welcome to Cinema Therapy.

I'm Jonathan Decker, licensed therapist who loves movies.

This is...

Alan: Alan Seawright, a professional filmmaker who needs so much therapy.

Jono: And today we are going to do a Couple's Goals for Hiccup and Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon.

Alan: Movie Couples Therapy.

Jono: No, it's not.

Alan: It's not?

Jono: It started as Movie Couples Therapy.

And then I watched the trilogy and I'm like, There's no therapy to get.

Alan: There's no therapy to get. Okay, well, there you go.

Jono: This is... And people in our comments are very often asking for examples of healthy relationships.

They're saying, I don't even know what this looks like.

So we're going to discuss why these two are Couple's Goals

and why we should model our relationships after them.

Alan: Okay, then.

Jono: So number one, they are mutually open minded.

Toothless: [growls]

Astrid: Now get me down.

Hiccup: Toothless... Down. Gently.

See? Nothing to be afraid of.

Hiccup: [screams]

Astrid: [screams]