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{{Infobox media franchise

| title = The Land Before Time

| image = The Land Before Time franchise logo.jpg

| caption = Official franchise logo, as originally released by Universal Pictures in 1988.

| creator = {{plainlist|

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| owner = Universal Pictures

| origin = The Land Before Time (1988)

| films = See details

| atv = See details

| vgs = See details

| years = 1988–2016

| toys = Merchandise

| soundtracks = See details

| attractions = The Land Before Time Adventure (1997–98)

| website = [https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-land-before-time landbeforetime.com]

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The Land Before Time is a franchise consisting of American animated adventure family films centered around dinosaurs, including a theatrical movie, various straight-to-home video sequels, and a spin-off TV series. Based on an original story by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss and distributed by Universal Pictures, the franchise began in 1988 with the eponymous film, directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Its success spawned an additional thirteen direct-to-video musical sequels before expanding into other media including video games, soundtracks, and related merchandising. Notably, the additional movies and TV show did not include the collaborative participation of Bluth, Lucas, nor Spielberg.

The 14 films were released as a Complete Collection DVD set later on June 14, 2016.{{Citation|last1=Grosvenor|first1=Charles|title=The Land Before Time: The Complete Collection|date=June 14, 2016|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01DLVAI6K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/152-2679466-9132363?ie=UTF8&qid=1475984349&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=025192360671|last2=Bluth|last3=Smith|last4=Mitchell|last5=Doi|first2=Don|first3=Roy Allen|first4=Jamie|first5=Davis|publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=October 4, 2016}}

Plot

The films follow the friendship of a group of young ornithodirans (four dinosaurs and a pterosaur) named Littlefoot (a male Apatosaurus), Cera (a female Triceratops), Ducky (a female Saurolophus), Petrie (a male Pteranodon), and Spike (a male Stegosaurus). After finding the Great Valley, they raise a carnivorous baby (a male Tyrannosaurus whom they name Chomper), survive a drought, a cold snap, and witness a solar eclipse. Throughout the films they embark on adventures, learning lessons about life, teamwork, and friendship along the way.

Films

= Theatrical =

class="wikitable"
Film

! Year

! Director

! Screenwriter

! Story by

! Producer(s)

The Land Before Time1988Don BluthStu KriegerJudy Freudberg and Tony GeissDon Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy

= Direct-to-video =

class="wikitable"
Film

! Year

! Director

! Screenwriter(s)

! Producer(s)

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure1994{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=riaa+offers+help+on+standard&pg=PA6 |title=Billboard |date=1994-10-29 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}Roy Allen SmithJohn Loy, John Ludin and Dev RossRoy Allen Smith
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving1995Roy Allen SmithDev RossRoy Allen Smith and Zahra Dowlatabadi
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists1996Roy Allen SmithDev RossRoy Allen Smith
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island1997Charles GrosvenorJohn LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock1998Charles GrosvenorLibby Hinson and John LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire2000Charles GrosvenorLen UhleyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze2001Charles GrosvenorJohn LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water2002Charles GrosvenorDev RossCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration2003Charles GrosvenorJohn LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses2005Charles GrosvenorJohn LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers2006Charles GrosvenorJohn LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends2007Jamie MitchellJohn LoyCharles Grosvenor
The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave2016Davis DoiCliff Ruby and Elana LesserLisa Melbye and Deidre Brenner

= Direct-to-streaming on Peacock =

Television series

{{main|The Land Before Time (TV series)}}

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scope="col" style="width:20%;" rowspan="2" | Series

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Season(s)

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Episodes

! scope="col" colspan="3" | Originally released

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Showrunner

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Executive producers

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Status

First released

! Last released

! Network

scope="row" style="text-align:left"| The Land Before Time

| 1

| 26

| March 5, 2007

| January 21, 2008

| Cartoon Network

| Charles Grosvenor

| Charles Grosvenor and Diane A. Crea

| Ended

A spin-off television series based on the films began airing on YTV in Canada on January 5, 2007. It consisted of one season of 26 episodes, and officially premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007, after the DVD release of The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers.{{Citation|title=The Land Before Time|date=2007-03-05|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473584/|access-date=2016-07-26}} The TV series takes place after the events of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends. It has since been collected and released on 6 DVDs, each containing 4 episodes, in the United States and the UK. The complete series was released on DVD in 2022.

Cast and characters

{{Main|List of The Land Before Time characters}}

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  • {{Cast indicator/note|disguised|D|an appearance as a character's disguised voice}}
  • {{Cast indicator/note|singing|S|an appearance as a character's singing voice}}

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! rowspan="3" | Characters

! colspan="14" | Films

! Television

The Land Before Time

! The Great Valley Adventure

! The Time of the Great Giving

! Journey Through the Mists

! The Mysterious Island

! The Secret of Saurus Rock

! The Stone of Cold Fire

! The Big Freeze

! Journey to Big Water

! The Great Longneck Migration

! Invasion of the Tinysauruses

! The Great Day of the Flyers

! The Wisdom of Friends

! Journey of the Brave

! The Land Before Time
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1988

! 1994

! 1995

! 1996

! 1997

! 1998

! 2000

! 2001

! 2002

! 2003

! 2005

! 2006

! 2007

! 2016

! 2007–2008

Littlefoot

| Gabriel Damon

| colspan="3" | Scott McAfee

| Brandon LaCroix

Thomas Dekker{{ref|singing|S}}

| colspan="4" | Thomas Dekker

| Alec Medlock

| Aaron Spann

| Nick Price

| Cody Arens

Logan Arens{{ref|disguised|D}}
Anthony Skillman{{ref|singing|S}}

| Felix Avitia

| Cody Arens

Anthony Skillman{{ref|singing|S}}
Cera

| colspan="4" | Candace Hutson

| colspan="11" | Anndi McAfee

Ducky

| Judith Barsi

| colspan="3" | Heather Hogan

| colspan="11" | Aria Noelle Curzon

Petrie

| Will Ryan

| colspan="14" | Jeff Bennett

Spike

| {{N/A|N/A}}

| colspan="4" | Rob Paulsen

| Jeff Bennett

| colspan="9" | Rob Paulsen

Chomper

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Cannon Young

| colspan="8" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Issac Brown

| Max Burkholder

Ruby

| colspan="13" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| colspan="2" | Meghan Strange

Grandpa Longneck

| Bill Erwin (deleted role)

| colspan="11" | Kenneth Mars

| {{N/A|Does not speak}}

| Barry Bostwick

| Kenneth Mars

Grandma Longneck

| {{N/A|Does not speak}}

| colspan="3" | Linda Gary

| colspan="7" | Miriam Flynn

| {{N/A|Does not speak}}

| colspan="3" | Miriam Flynn

Daddy Topps

| Burke Byrnes

| colspan="12" | John Ingle

| George Ball

| John Ingle

Ducky's Mother

| {{N/A|Does not speak }}

| colspan="2" | Tress MacNeille

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Tress MacNeille

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| colspan="3" | Tress MacNeille

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Tress MacNeille

| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| {{N/A|Does not speak}}

| Meghan Strange

| Tress MacNeille

Petrie's Mother

| {{N/A|Does not speak}}

| colspan="2" | Tress MacNeille

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Tress MacNeille

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| colspan="3" | Tress MacNeille

| colspan="1" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| colspan="2" | Tress MacNeille

| {{N/A|Does not speak}}

| Anndi McAfee

| Tress MacNeille

Kosh

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jeff Bennett

| colspan="5" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| colspan="2" | Rob Paulsen

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Pete Sepenuk

Jeff Bennett
Littlefoot's Mother

| Helen Shaver

| colspan="8" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| {{N/A|Flashback}}

| colspan="4" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| {{N/A|Flashback}}

Chomper's parents

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| {{N/A|N/A}}

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| {{N/A|N/A}}

| colspan="10" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

Hyp

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Whit Hertford

| colspan="11" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Mikey Kelley

Nod

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Scott Menville

| colspan="11" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Scott Menville

Mutt

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jeff Bennett

| colspan="11" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jeff Bennett

Ali

| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Juliana Hansen

| colspan="10" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Nika Futterman

Old One

| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Carol Bruce

| colspan="10" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jessica Walter

Doc

| colspan="5" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Kris Kristofferson

| colspan="8" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jeff Bennett

Mr. Thicknose

| colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Robert Guillaume

| colspan="6" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Dorian Harewood

Tippy

| colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jeremy Suarez

| colspan="6" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Cree Summer

Tippy's Mother

| colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Susan Krebs

| colspan="6" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Susan Krebs

Stegosaurus Leader

| colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

| colspan="6" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

Mo

| colspan="8" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

| {{N/A|Does not speak }}

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

Shorty

| colspan="9" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Brandon Michael DePaul

| colspan="4" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Elizabeth Daily

Bron

| colspan="9" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Kiefer Sutherland

| colspan="3" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Scott Whyte

| Cam Clarke

Tria

| colspan="10" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| colspan="2" | Camryn Manheim

| Jessica Gee

| style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Jessica Gee

Guido

| colspan="11" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Rob Paulsen

Tricia

| colspan="11" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Nika Futterman

| colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;" |

| Meghan Strange

In other media

= Albums =

  • The Land Before Time (1988) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • The Land Before Time: Sing-Along Songs (1997): Songs from the first four movies (movies I, II, III, and IV). The album was later released in a VHS format which included facts about the dinosaurs featured in the franchise.
  • The Songs from The Land Before Time (1997): Songs from the first four movies (movies I-IV)
  • The Land Before Time: More Sing-Along Songs (1999) Songs from movies V and VI (the last two of the first 6 movies) and An American Tail film series (movies III and IV).
  • The Best Songs from The Land Before Time (2016) Songs from movies I, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XIV.

= Video games =

{{main|List of The Land Before Time video games}}

The series has spawned 14 spin-off games, eight for PC, one for the Game Boy Color, two for the Game Boy Advance and three for the original PlayStation. The PC games are usually educational games aimed for preschool and kindergarten. Games for the Game Boy Color and Advance include The Land Before Time and The Land Before Time: Into the Mysterious Beyond, in which the original six characters must search for Chomper. Games for the PlayStation include The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure, a spin-off of Journey to Big Water, The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure and The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley. All characters in these games are voiced by Lani Minella.

References

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External links

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