The Wild Robot has a unique similarity to How to Train Your Dragon beyond sharing a director

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Wild Robot

DreamWorks has released yet another stunning masterpiece in The wild robot, A film about a robot named Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) who ends up shipwrecked on a desert island with no idea why or how. The wild robot’s Excellent cast, story, animation and score made this movie a must-see for fans of DreamWorks properties, or just people who love great films.

The wild robot has quickly become a classic, but it actually shares a strange connection with another hit DreamWorks movie, which is the original How to train your dragon. Both films share a director and an animation studio, but there is one, more Subtle connection between the two movies that can be easy to overlook. Its shared DNA with what is certainly one of DreamWorks’ most beloved properties is very charming to behold.

The wild robot and how to train the main character of your dragon lose a foot

Dreamworks keeps its protagonists on their toes

During key moments in both The wild robot And how to train your dragon Roz and Hiccup find themselves losing one of their legs, Hiccup his left and Roz her right. Hiccup loses his while fighting the Red Death in the film’s climaxAlthough the exact nature of how he lost only one foot remains unclear. He replaces it with a mechanical prosthetic made by Gobber, which stays for the rest of the franchise.

Rose, on the other hand, loses her appendix when she is trying to help Brightbill escape from an eel as he tries to learn to swim. Even though The wild robot Contains many great moments, the loss of her foot still stands out, because as it occurs closer to the middle of the film it Force her to spend more time in the movie learning to adapt to her new limbAs opposed to Hiccup, who mostly has to learn to use his between movies.

Thematically and literally, their loss is also their gain

The way the two characters lose their limbs is different not only physically, but also symbolically. Hiccup’s loss represents his self-sacrifice and willingness to do what must be done, giving everything he possibly can to help save the people he loves. His loss also symbolizes his deep connection with ToothlessBecause they both lost a part of themselves that they could find and return with the other’s help. The excellent How to train your dragon Trilogy expands their relationship, and Hiccup’s lost limb plays a big part in that.

Rose’s loss in The wild robot Also represents a bond between two characters, with Roz getting closer to Brightbill, wanting to protect and mother him regardless of what her programming says. Unfortunately, it was followed by one of the most devastating moments in the wild robot, When Brightbill leaves Rose when he learns the truth about his biological family. You replace the lost limb with wood also symbolizes your deepening connection to not only the natural world in The wild robotBut to the island itself, as a part of the island is literally flown in with her.