When legendary sound designer Randy Thom began work on How to Train Your Dragon, the creative mandate was clear: these dragons could not sound alike. Rather than falling into the familiar territory of generic creature roars, the filmmakers wanted a world where every dragon possessed its own vocal identity — distinct, expressive, and emotionally readable. This challenge was most evident in Toothless. As the film’s central dragon, he required an enormous range of vocalizations — playful, curious,