She is the fraternal twin of Tuffnut Thorston, whom she often argues with, sometimes to the point of physical violence, though never seriously enough to separate them for too long. Most times, Astrid will get angry if she, along with her brother does something wrong, especially if it's because they're not paying attention or just being silly which frustrates the twins to no end. Both dragon and rider are willing to risk their necks to save each other. The only thing that seems to be apparent in difference is he enjoys gross things as opposed to his sister — as seen in Despite having a close sibling relationship, Tuffnut is understandably frustrated when he has to share everything with his twin sister, but he's willing to make amends with Ruffnut to save his dragon. Ruff and Tuff show a level of respect for Stoick, possibly because he's the chief, but also like to make fun of him when he's not around. He has even been seen to take a rock to the head, only to end up laughing afterward as well as taking several swings from a mace to the head from Ruffnut, which he requested, and appear to recover very quickly. She and Tuffnut appear to be very keen on theater, acting in a very theatrical manner and using almost Shakespearean words and phrases, meaning that they could actually be very smart, as is evident in "Ruffnut can also be really thoughtless as she inadvertently revealed to Grimmel the existence of New Berk during her captivity and did not bother to check if Grimmel was following her after he released her, even saying to Hiccup that she never looks back, which allowed him to find New Berk and to capture Toothless and all the other dragons on the island. Like Hiccup, she doubts their abilities as dragon trainers due to their inability to pay attention, although it is assumed that she gained respect towards the twins when they put out the fire and trained Torch in "Astrid was one of the Vikings who attempted to find the twins after they were blasted out of the sky by the Snotlout and Ruffnut, along with her brother Tuffnut share a close relationship. On occasion, she disobeys him or misinterprets his orders. Tuffnut LaVerne Thorston is a member of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe. When Heather showed up again three years later, however, Ruffnut was shown to be deeply impressed by her. They have the ability to understand each other's thoughts and ideas without speaking, as shown several times to finish each other's sentences or to have the same idea at the same time. Over that, she wears a dark blue tunic-like vest that covers her torso and stops at her waist opening in the middle with a red cloth belt around her waist along with another vest made of tan fur. His vest is slightly lighter in the television series. The twins, particularly Tuffnut, find it annoying that Fishlegs knows a lot of things. Ruffnut is one of the main characters of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. This can be seen when he has instructed others to attack him for his own amusement and appears to enjoy being hit at times. This, along with downplaying his intelligence and exaggerating his difficulty of paying attention, dramatically lowers everybody's expectations of him, allowing him to do virtually no work.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut show a level of respect for Stoick, possibly because he's Hiccup's dad, but also like to make fun of him when he's not around. [Stoick grabs him and begins hauling him up the hill] He shares many similar traits with his sister. During the events of "As shown occasionally, Ruffnut, along with her fraternal twin are seen to bully Fishlegs because of his size, although Fishlegs bests both of them in terms of knowledge, and this leads them to find it annoying that Fishlegs knows a lot of things. Being their dragon, the twins had to share riding it. Hiccup : [watching the dragons take off with their livestock] Okay, but I hit a Night Fury. Both dragon and rider are willing to risk their necks to save each other. He seems to be forgetful and perhaps more suggestible. The twins care tremendously about their dragon, although not as much as Hiccup. Fishlegs attempted to find the twins after they were blasted out of the sky along with Meatlug but ends up over-exhausting his dragon. As a Tuffnut has shown some hand-to-hand combat skills in The twins also have a strange ability — purposely or not — to get in trouble no matter where they are, even in an empty room. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) T.J. Miller as Tuffnut. On occasion, he, along with his fraternal twin disobey him or misinterpret his orders.