Dragons by themselves are generally considered to be pretty cool. What can be equally if not more cool? Raising, training, and/or just getting a dragon to listen to you yourself. The Dragon Tamer trope describes people who raise, befriend, command, and/or train dragons for whatever reason, including but not limited to combat or competition, environmental purposes, or even just for fun. The methods used to get said dragons to obey them can include but are not limited to: