The meme centers on Toothless, the dragon from DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon, first introduced in 2010. Online, looping dance edits of the character spread widely on TikTok and short-form video platforms, where creators paired the animation with upbeat meme audio for surreal humor. It stuck because Toothless is instantly recognizable, but the dancing version feels so unexpected that it works as a visual and audio punchline. The format is still popular in reaction edits, pet videos and deliberately silly montages.