List of The Land Before Time characters
Inspired by the dinosaur-themed "Rite of Spring" sequence from Disney's Fantasia, Spielberg had originally intended for the movie to have no speech, with music cues and body language telling the story, effectively rendering all the characters mute.
[6] After the release of the first film, neither Bluth, Spielberg, nor Lucas had further creative input in the series, with character development and design tweaks now guided by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and associated studios.
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.
[15] Littlefoot has been compared to characters such as Disney's Bambi,[16] and Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, on how he goes on a strange journey and meets many new friends along the way.
[10] Cera, voiced by Candace Hutson (I-IV), and Anndi McAfee (V-XIV, TV series) is an orange female Triceratops or "Three Horn".
[23] Ducky, voiced by Judith Barsi (I), Heather Hogan (II-IV) and Aria Noelle Curzon (V-XIV, TV series), is a green female Saurolophus,[24] known colloquially as a "Big Mouth", "Duck Bill" or "Swimmer".
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 was originally meant to have a larger role in his debut, but much of his screen time was given to Ducky due to how impressed the producers were with Judith Barsi's performance.
Spike, possibly effects by Frank Welker (I), then voiced by Rob Paulsen (II-V, VII-XIV, TV series) and Jeff Bennett (VI), is a green male Stegosaurus[29] or "Spiketail".
[30] The TV series episode "Through the Eyes of a Spiketail", is told largely from Spike's point of view, where he speaks, internally, with a low voice, and can "hear" the song of plants that guide him to them.
[32] Chomper, voiced by Rob Paulsen (II), Cannon Young (V), Max Burkholder (TV series), and Issac Ryan Brown (XIV) is a purple male Tyrannosaurus[33] or "Sharptooth".
[34] He re-appeared as a supporting character in the fifth film The Mysterious Island, in which he is now able to speak the language of both Sharpteeth and leaf-eaters, but must convince his parents and Cera that both groups can get along.
[35] He became a main character in the TV series, having migrated to the Great Valley under the care of Ruby, and attempts to discover how its residents can live in harmony so he can pass this knowledge to his own kind.
In his debut in The Great Valley Adventure, Steve Rhodes of Rotten Tomatoes UK commended the character's design, calling him "a real scene stealer".
Originally from the Mysterious Beyond, she meets Chomper and agrees to accompany him to the Great Valley after being separated from her parents and two siblings from being ambushed by a Sharptooth named Red Claw.
Grandpa Longneck, voiced by Bill Erwin (I) and Kenneth Mars (II – XII, TV series) and Barry Bostwick (XIV), and Grandma Longneck, voiced by Linda Gary (II – IV) and Miriam Flynn (V – XIV, TV series), are two elder bluish gray Apatosaurus and are Littlefoot's maternal grandparents.
Ducky and Spike's mother, voiced by Tress MacNeille (II-XI, TV series) and Meghan Strange (XIV), is a brown Saurolophus who appears in most of the films.
Petrie's mother, voiced by Tress MacNeille (I-XII, TV series) and Anndi McAfee (XIV), is a cerulean Pteranodon and has major appearances in The Mysterious Island, The Stone of Cold Fire, and The Great Day of the Flyers.
Daddy Topps, voiced by Burke Byrnes (I), John Ingle (II – XIII, TV series) and George Ball (XIV), is a dark grey Triceratops and Cera's father.
Tria, voiced by Camryn Manheim (XI – XII) and Jessica Gee (XIII, TV series), is Topps' second mate.
Tricia, voiced by Nika Futterman (XII) and Meghan Strange (TV series), is Topsy and Tria's daughter and Cera's half-sister.
Shorty, voiced by Brandon Michael DePaul (X) and E. G. Daily (TV series) is a young dark green Brachiosaurus who first appears in The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration.
He first appears in The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, wherein Bron reveals that he was separated from his wife and in-laws before Littlefoot hatched.
Bron eventually fulfills this in the TV episode "The Big Longneck Test", in which he administers a series of difficult tasks to Littlefoot.
Doc, voiced by Kris Kristofferson (VI) and Jeff Bennett (TV series), is a nomadic elderly grayish blue Diplodocus.
He reappears in the TV episode "The Hermit of Black Rock", in which he meets an old blind purple Harpactognathus named Swooper (voiced by Jess Harnell) and learns to fly properly.
Rooter, voiced by Pat Hingle (who also narrated the first film), is an old male Scolosaurus turquoise dinosaur who consoles Littlefoot after his mother has died.
Hidden Runner, voiced by Rob Paulsen, is a green and blue Ornithomimus whose only appearance is in the TV series episode "The Spooky Nighttime Adventure".
Elsie is a green female Elasmosaurus who returns Littlefoot, Ducky, Cera, Petrie, and Spike to their families at the end of The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island.
Sue is a female Supersaurus who saved Littlefoot from a Belly Dragger by crushing its face in The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration.
