The Land Before Time (TV series)
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| The Land Before Time | |
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| Genre | Animated |
| Creator(s) | Charles Grosvenor Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss |
| Developer(s) | Universal Animation Studios Amblin Entertainment |
| Voices of | Cody Arens Anndi McAfee Aria Curzon Jeff Bennett Rob Paulsen Max Burkholder Pete Sepenuk Meghan Strange Jessica Gee Nika Futterman Kenneth Mars Tress MacNeille John Ingle Dorian Harewood Elizabeth Daily Miriam Flynn Jessica Walter |
| Theme music composer | Cory Lerios |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Cartoon Network |
| Original run | March 5, 2007 – present |
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| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
| Common rating | |
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| Canada | G |
| United States | TV-G |
The Land Before Time is an animated television series, based on characters from The Land Before Time film series created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss. It is currently in production at Universal Animation Studios and Amblin Entertainment (Amblin produced the first film), and premiered on YTV in Canada on January 5, 2007. As shown on Cartoon Network's website, the show premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007 (although the first episode debuted on the 4th) after the DVD release of The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers. It is made as traditionally-animated with computer-animated backgrounds, which the past sequels from The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration onwards have used. The main antagonists in the series are Redclaw, a Tyrannosaurus, and Screech and Thud, two Velociraptors. It is also expected be released on DVD around the same year as The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers. However, on February 27, 2007, The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers and two episodes of the TV series were stuck as a Wal-Mart Exclusive DVD 2-Pack. [1] The TV series takes place after the events of The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers.
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[edit] Voice cast
- Cody Arens - Littlefoot
- Anndi McAfee - Cera
- Aria Curzon - Ducky
- Jeff Bennett - Petrie/Longneck
- Rob Paulsen - Spike/Ruby's Father/Thud/Longneck
- Max Burkholder - Chomper
- Pete Sepenuk - Red Claw/Screech (a.k.a. Howler)/Kosh
- Meghan Strange - Ruby/Tricia
- Jessica Gee - Tria
- Nika Futterman - Ruby's Mother/Ali
- Kenneth Mars - Grandpa Longneck
- Tress MacNeille - Petrie's Mother/Ducky and Spike's Mother
- John Ingle - Topsy
- Dorian Harewood - Mr. Thicknose
- Elizabeth Daily - Rhett
- Miriam Flynn - Grandma Longneck
- Jessica Walter - Old One
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1: 2007-TBA
| # | Airdate (Canada) | Airdate (United States) | Title | Overview | Songs | |
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| 1 | January 5, 2007 | March 5, 2007 | The Cave of Many Voices | Chomper's secret cave in the Great Valley becomes leaky and the Gang goes exploring in the deep caves to search for another suitable cave for Chomper to live in. Meanwhile, Ruby teaches Ducky how to act and speak big. | Adventuring (Reprise) 1 Talking Big (?) |
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| 2 | January 5, 2007 | March 8, 2007 | The Mysterious Tooth Crisis | When Chomper loses his tooth, he, Littlefoot, Petrie and Ducky travel around the Great Valley to figure out what is wrong. Meanwhile, Cera, Spike and Ruby relax in Tria's secret mud spa. | Fix Your Tooth Feel So Happy (The Bright Circle Song) |
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| 3 | January 12, 2007 | March 7, 2007 | The Star Day Celebration 2 | Ruby misses her family on her "Star Day" (birthday) and the Gang tries to help cheer her up by being true friends and bringing Ruby her favorite food. | Remembering Feel So Happy (The Bright Circle Song) 3 |
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| 4 | January 19, 2007 | March 6, 2007 | The Canyon of Shiny Stones 2 | When Cera accidentally loses Tria's special shiny stone, the group decides to find a new stone by traveling to the Canyon of Shiny Rocks to return to Tria. | Oops-Eeps Good Times, Good Friends |
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| 5 | January 26, 2007 | March 13, 2007 | The Great Log Running Game | While trying to get a tree sweet, Ducky makes up a game called the "Log Running" Game, and competes against the group in a competition on how long they can run on a log in the water. | Do Anything I Feel Mad |
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| 6 | February 2, 2007 | March 12, 2007 | The Meadow of Jumping Waters | The gang decides to travel beyond the Sheltering Grass to see the Meadow of Jumping Waters that Ruby and Chomper passed by when traveling to the Great Valley. | Adventuring (Reprise) 1, 3 Good Times, Good Friends 3 |
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| 7 | February 9, 2007 | March 9, 2007 | The Brave Longneck Scheme | Ali's herd returns to The Great Valley, and Littlefoot and Cera find out that Ali has a new friend, Rhett, who boasts about himself and claims Sharpteeth fear him. The gang decides to bring a real Sharptooth (Chomper) to convince Ali that Rhett is making up the stories. | We Need a Plan Friends for Dinner (Reprise) 1 |
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| 8 | February 16, 2007 | March 16, 2007 | Escape from the Mysterious Beyond | When adventuring in the caves, the group accidentally goes into the Mysterious Beyond and get chased by Redclaw, Thud and Screech. An earthshake occurs, and Chomper and Ducky get trapped with Thud. | Everything Will Be Okay Adventuring (Reprise) 1, 3 |
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| 9 | February 23, 2007 | March 14, 2007 | The Legend of the Story Speaker | Grandpa Longneck tells Littlefoot and his friends stories about why Longnecks have long necks and about Starwatcher. And then Grandpa Longneck and Saro, his old friend, meet. Saro tells him that all the Longnecks are forgetting the great Longneck stories and he needs to come with him to tell them again. But Grandpa Longneck refuses as he has a home in the Great Valley. Angry, Saro runs out, and Littlefoot and Chomper follow him into the Mysterious Beyond. | Remembering 3 ?? |
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| 10 | March 2, 2007 | March 15, 2007 | The Bright Circle Celebration | Petrie is very excited about the Bright Circle Celebration. But Cera thinks it’s silly to thank the Bright Circle for shining. Cera and her dad steer clear of everyone preparing for the festivities. But when a fire threatens to destroy the celebration, Cera and her dad try to help out. But have they arrived too late? | My Reality Feel So Happy (Bright Circle Song) 3 |
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| 11 | March 23, 2007 | March 19, 2007 | The Hidden Canyon | When the kids discover a hidden canyon filled with fruit trees, they decide to keep the place a secret. But the secret becomes dangerous when sharpteeth use the canyon to enter the Great Valley! | Good Times, Good Friends 3 Made a Mistake |
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| 12 | March 30, 2007 | TBA | The Spooky Nighttime Adventure | One night, Ruby tells the group a scary story about an invisible dinosaur named "Hidden Runner" and gives everyone scary sleep stories. They see Mr Thicknose to tell him that she made up the story and there is nothing to worry about, but the story of Hidden Runner was true, and they decide to venture into the Mysterious Beyond to search for him. | Adventuring (Reprise) 1, 3 Hidden Runner 4 |
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| 13 | To be announced 2007 | March 21, 2007 | Days of Rising Waters | When a heavy rainstorm destroys Petrie's nest, he freaks out at the prospect of having to move. Meanwhile, Cera insists that Ducky take on the seemingly impossible task of teaching Tricia how to swim. | TBA | |
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[edit] Songs
- All of the songs sung in the TV series (with the exception of Adventuring and Friends for Dinner) are unnamed, and the names above are approximations
- All of the songs are generally very short, and only span around 2 minutes or less
- The songs Talking Big, Fix Your Tooth, Do Anything and My Reality are all melodically the same with different lyrics, as are Remembering and We Will Be Okay. Also I Feel Mad, ?? and Made a Mistake
- Every episode of the TV series has exactly two songs in it.
[edit] Theme Song
The theme song is performed by the South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
| Character | Verse |
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| Lead singer | All I see is the day in front of us |
| Chorus | All I see is the day in front of us |
| Lead singer | Burning bright with a new-born sun |
| Chorus | Burning bright with a new-born sun Come follow me Hills to climb and plains to roam Oh, streams to follow all the way home To The Land Before Time Before time |
View the theme song here.
[edit] DVD
[edit] Wal-Mart Exclusive DVD
- Bonus 2-Episode TV Series DVD (2-pack with The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers): released on February 27, 2007
[edit] Trivia
- The first two episodes for the TV series were aired in the premiere on YTV.
- Chomper has been slightly modified in the TV series. He is now more purple (compared to his bluish color in the films The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure and The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island) and has small fins on his back. His teeth are also positioned differently.
- This is Universal's first animated television series produced by Amblin Entertainment since 1992's Fievel's American Tails. It is also Amblin's first animated television series since 1998's Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain. It is also the first time produced by Amblin Entertainment since the original film The Land Before Time. Both Universal and Ambiln produced previous animated television series, such as Back to the Future: The Animated Series (based on the Back to the Future live-action films) and Fievel's American Tails (based on An American Tail films).
- It is revealed in the end credits for The Star Day Celebration that Mr. Clubtail's name is Kosh.
- Some people think that Back to the Future actor Thomas F. Wilson, currently heard on SpongeBob SquarePants, voices Kosh, but then realize that Pete Sepenuk actually voices him.
- Cartoon Network site has a page for the series as well as some games.
[edit] External link
- The Land Before Time at the Internet Movie Database
- The Land Before Time at YTV.com
- The Land Before Time Episode List at YTV.com
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| Film series |
The Land Before Time (1988) • The Great Valley Adventure (1994) • The Time of the Great Giving (1995) • Journey Through the Mists (1996) • The Mysterious Island (1997) • The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) • The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) • The Big Freeze (2001) • Journey to Big Water (2002) • The Great Longneck Migration (2003) • Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004) • The Great Day of the Flyers (2007) |
| Characters |
Littlefoot • Cera • Ducky • Petrie • Spike • Chomper • Ruby • Sharptooth • Characters |
| TV series |
The Land Before Time (2007-) |
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