Read the rest of this entry. This web page is dedicated to our good friend, retired armored vehicle engineer Bill Criswell who passed away a few years ago. A courageous and wise voice of reason. List of The Land Before Time characters. The main characters of The Land Before Time from the TV series. From left to right Spike, Ducky, Cera, Littlefoot, Petrie, Ruby, and Chomper. This is a list of recurring characters in The Land Before Time, a series of animated childrens films. The main characters include Littlefoot Apatosaurus1, Cera Triceratops, Ducky Saurolophus, Petrie Pteranodon, Spike Stegosaurus, and in the spin off television series and the fourteenth movie, Chomper Tyrannosaurus and Ruby Oviraptor. Other characters include the families of the main characters, the residents of their home, the Great Valley, and outsiders to the Great Valley. Dvd Legend Of Frosty The Snowman Downloads Online. Creation and developmenteditThe idea for The Land Before Time came during production of An American Tail. Steven Spielbergs studio Amblin Entertainment was interested in doing a film about dinosaurs, which were popular at the time, leading Spielberg, director Don Bluth, and producer George Lucas to develop the prehistoric setting and its cast. Inspired by the dinosaur themed Rite of Spring sequence from Disneys Fantasia, Spielberg had originally intended for the movie to have no speech, with music queues and body language telling the story, effectively rendering all the characters mute. However, it was decided that the film couldnt carry a story without dialogue, and each character was given language accordingly. Despite this, the films artists would still use the Fantasia sequence and characters as guides when creating their the very first concept art. Bluth had to learn most of his information about specific dinosaur species before work began, stating I had to do lots and lots of research because I never was a fanatic about dinosaurs as a kid. But in many ways it became a fictional fantasy because its about these young children who are taught to hate each other anyone who is different from him. When they are separated from their parents, these five little children have to learn to get along with each other for survival. So there is a bit of a moral in it, too. The films creators wanted to have a Tyrannosaurus as the main villain, which became the Sharptooth that would define many similar antagonists throughout the series. While Bluth had originally wanted to portray a more forceful, dramatic representation of prehistoric times, the idea was sometimes at odds with studio executives who wanted a more child friendly get along gang approach, which called for the main characters becoming cuter, but still distinctly detailed, as a compromise. After the release of the first film, neither Bluth, Spielberg, or Lucas had further creative input in the series, with character development and design tweaks now guided by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and associated studios. Main characterseditLittlefoot, voiced by Gabriel Damon I, Scott Mc. Afee II IV, Brandon La. Croix V, Thomas Dekker singing voice, V singing and speaking, VI IX, Alec Medlock X, Aaron Spann XI, Nick Price XII, Cody Arens XIII TV series, Anthony Skillman singing voice, XIII TV series and Felix Avitia XIV, is a brown male Apatosaurus,1 or Longneck. His birth marked the beginning of the very first film. When his mother dies protecting him from a Sharptooth, he is forced to travel through the harsh wilderness alone to find his surviving grandparents. After meeting several young dinosaurs along the way who would become his best friends, they arrive in the verdant Great Valley where the series primarily takes place. In Journey Through the Mists, Littlefoot is introduced to his female cousin Ali, a member of another Longneck herd. He is eventually meets his father, Bron, in the film The Great Longneck Migration, who adopts an orphaned Brachiosaurus named Shorty who becomes his foster brother. Littlefoot has been referred to by several species names throughout the series. In the first film he is called a Brontosaurus on the home video packaging and by numerous media outlets. He was also called a Brachiosaurus on the later released VHS clamshell case and Rotten Tomatoes UK. He is now listed as an Apatosaurus the official website9 and in modern incarnations of the series. He was originally named Thunderfoot by the creators of the first film, until it was discovered that a Triceratops character from a childrens book had the same name. The original name was kept very late into production, up until just before the movies release. Littlefoot has been compared to characters such as Disneys Bambi,1. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, on how he goes on a strange journey and meets many new friends along the way. Cera, voiced by Candace Hutson I IV, and Anndi Mc. Afee V XIV is a female orange Triceratops,1. Threehorn. Like Littlefoot, she hatches in the first film, and is later separated from her parents and sisters during an earthquake. She accompanies Littlefoot to the Great Valley where she is eventually reunited with her father. She is stubborn, boastful, sometimes reckless, and occasionally belligerent, but is often made look foolish when she is proven wrong. The initial film, and a few sequels, attributed an ego to her species, especially to herself and her father, but this is diminished in later appearances. In the movie Invasion of the Tinysauruses, her dad begins a new relationship with a Threehorn named Tria, who Cera dislikes at first, but eventually comes to accept. By the following film, Tria and Ceras father have become mates, and have a child named Tricia, Ceras half sister. The character was originally conceived as a male Triceratops named Bambo,1. Cera at the suggestion of producer George Lucas midway through animation of the first movie. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post called Cera a fiercely cute and rambunctious little dynamo in his review of the 1. Mark R. Leeper likewise calling her cute and pugnacious. She was the main character of the 2. The Land Before Time Ceras Big Day Out by Molly Goode, Judy Freudeberg, and Tony Geiss,1. Ceras Shiny Stone based on the TV series episode The Canyon of Shiny Stones. Ducky, voiced by Judith Barsi I, Heather Hogan II IV and Aria Noelle Curzon V XIV, is a female green Saurolophus,2. Big Mouth, Duck Bill, or Swimmer. She was one of the young dinosaurs who accompanied Littlefoot to the Great Valley when she was separated from her family. After arriving in her new home, her mother adopted the orphaned Spike, who became her foster younger brother. She has numerous biological siblings, with many being born in the original film and Journey of the Brave. Characterized as having an energetic, cheerful, childlike personality, she speaks enthusiastically often replies to things in triplicate Yep, yep, yep or Nope, nope, nope. Her species has been inconsistently labeled in various Land Before Time media. While the official website referred to her as a Parasaurolophus,2. Saurolophus, which she more closely resembles, in the 1. The Land Before Time Sing Along Songs video cassette. Many sources have also referred to her as an Anatosaurus, including Jerry Becks The Animated Movie Guide1. David Mansours From Abba to Zoom A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 2. Century. 2. 1 In her review of the 1. Wendy Miller of the Mohave Daily Miner referred to the character as an adorably gregarious young anatosaurus who immediately wins the audiences heart. Petrie, voiced by Will Ryan I and Jeff Bennett II XIV, is a male brown Pteranodon,2. Flyer. The comic relief of the first film, he is characterized as panicky and anxious, and traveled with Littlefoot to find his mother and siblings in the Great Valley while learning the basics of flight along the way. He is talkative, but speaks in broken English, usually omitting linking verbs is, are, am, using me in place of I, and referring to himself in third person.