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Broken Tooth

posted 8 years ago by frankgaipa
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So how did Eliot break his left tooth? Was it explained in the book or the first film? Did I blink the wrong place in this film?

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[–] transmentalist 8 years ago

The tooth matched up with a scar on his muzzle - probably had a bad experience with a bear in his youth

[–] Godzilla1981 7 years ago

That scar was far too big for a bear, and was only one scar-line, not the multiple parallel slashes a bear claw would make. And it would be tiny on his face, even if he had gotten in a fight with a bear. And quite frankly, no bear on earth would likely have ever attacked something as giant as him to begin with.

[–] Wednesday06 8 years ago

When Robert Redford's character was telling the town kids the story of his encounter with the dragon, I was afraid he was going to say he shot him in the face or cut him with his knife. I was really glad to hear that his encounter had also been a friendly one of mutual respect.

[–] SilverGameDog 7 years ago

Yep. I loved the detail of the broken tooth.
Really cool.
Makes you wonder what he's been through in his lifetime - which could be hundreds of years

[–] Lou_500 7 years ago

He had two large scars on his belly as well; probably got into fights with other dragons. Might be part of the reason why he was living alone, maybe he was ousted?

[–] ladisneyprincesse 7 years ago

I noticed the other scars too and made me wonder about other dragons like him but meaner!

[–] liscarkat-2 7 years ago

His landings were always rough. He probably just did a big face-plant on one of them and busted the tooth on a boulder or something.