# How to Train your Dragon vs Iron Man 2. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017 "2010-06-05T03:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/1 "2010-06-05T03:55:25Z")
So then, having just seen Iron Man 2(after seeing Dragon a few weeks back), I’ve been confronted with a dilemma. You get a choice. One or the other, through means not necessary to explain here. The choice is, your very own Toothless the dragon, or your very own suit of mkIV Iron Man armor, complete with Jeeves operating system. The only condition is you must keep whichever you pick. No selling or giving away. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/2 "2010-06-05T04:32:39Z")
I don’t have to _feed_ the armor. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/3 "2010-06-05T05:14:23Z")
I want the dragon, but I can’t afford the upkeep of feeding it, or keeping it in my small apartment. So I’ll take the suit of armor. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/4 "2010-06-05T07:47:30Z")
The Armor! Hell, flying a dragon is cool, but Toothless is a gimpy, out-of-control menace. If history is an indication, I could lose a limb! ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/5 "2010-06-05T11:18:46Z")
I don’t see how this is really a choice. By selling the armor, I could get like a million dragons. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/6 "2010-06-05T12:03:49Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > I don’t see how this is really a choice. By selling the armor, I could get like a million dragons. To be fair, the OP said “no selling or giving away.” They did not, however, say this included _renting_ or _loaning_. (Besides, they’re out of dragons) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/7 "2010-06-05T12:50:01Z")
Toothless!! I’ll take a living, breathing creature with emotions any day! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/8 "2010-06-05T19:02:07Z")
Fly as a passenger on something else or fly all by myself? I know which I’d prefer. Plus Toothless only attracts underage viking girls. The suit pulls in skads of babes. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/9 "2010-06-05T19:09:29Z")
I much prefer the movie How to Train Your Dragon, but in terms of everything practical, the suit would be better to own/keep. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/10 "2010-06-05T19:15:01Z")
Give me armor. That would be too cool. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/11 "2010-06-06T01:00:07Z")
A trained dragon is so awesome. I’d rather have that. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/12 "2010-06-06T01:15:41Z")
I don’t want to deal with the depression associated with a dragon realizing he has no one to bang once he grows up. Suit. ---
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-train-your-dragon-vs-iron-man-2/542017/13 "2010-06-06T11:58:53Z")
```auto Suit Toothless Flies X X Chicks Dig It X X Energy Blasts X X Defeats Badguys X X Runs on Fusion X Runs on Food X Needs Repairs X Needs Cuddles X ``` No contest. > [@Munch](#): > > I don’t want to deal with the depression associated with a dragon realizing he has no one to bang once he grows up. Well, there -is- a an easy solution to that . Mmm, DIY rule 34. 😃