Who is Gobber in How to Train Your Dragon​?

Gobber the Belch is a fictional character in the How to Train Your Dragon films. He is voiced by Chris Edgerly.

He is an experienced member of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe and has been Stoick’s friend and advisor for a long time. In the first movie, he is 50 years old; in the sequel, he is 55; in the last movie, he is 56; and in Homecoming, he is 65. In addition to being a very skilled blacksmith, Gobber serves as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III's mentor. He has a Hotburple named Grump as his dragon.

Gobber’s background in How to Train Your Dragon

According to the Book of Dragons, Gobber is the great-great-great-grandson of Bork the Bold, the author of the original Dragon Manual. He disclosed in "Viking For Hire" that his father had taught his son to swim using cruel techniques, such as pretending to endanger his life. During his youth, Gobber claimed in "Crushing It" that he fell in love with a female Viking named Greta and had a pet Yak named Pepe that his family fed to Snoggletog.

When he was a youngster on a summer vacation with his parents, he stopped inside a frozen cave for a restroom break and was shocked to see a wall of ice with Vikings trapped inside, as revealed in Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon. After spotting a treasure box in one of the Vikings' hands, Gobber decided to take it for himself. A Boneknapper showed up at this point and started to chase him. He was tracked by the Boneknapper until he escaped with the treasure box.

The story of "Snowmageddon" describes Gobber's time spent living among the Chilblain tribe. Smulder, the daughter of Chief Hagan Frostbeard, became his friend there. He was the object of Smulder's feelings, but Gobber did not feel the same way. Additionally, Gobber convinced Astrid that it would take more than her axe to defeat the Flightmare that froze her Uncle Finn during Aurvandil's Fire.

During Berk's lengthy battles with the dragons, Gobber lost both his right leg and left hand in a fight with a Monstrous Nightmare at some point in his life. With several metal prostheses that he designed and made himself, he has been able to replace his lost hand. Like Alvin the Treacherous in the literature, his hand can be changed for different objects like an axe or hammer. He has a basic wooden peg leg.

To find the Monstrous Nightmare that grabbed his hand, he and Stoick then embarked on a hunting expedition. However, a storm separated them from their group. After that, they went to wait it out in a cave. There, they discovered a Snaptrappers and managed to knock it out despite the Snaptrappers' several heads. Gobber discloses in "Viking for Hire" that he was the one who created Hiccup's leather diapers during his infant years.

"The Terrible Twos" mentions that Gobber was a panpipe player in a band. The story of "Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Man" describes how he and Stoick, both young men, once went on a treasure hunt to recover Hamish's riches but were unable to decipher the clues.