The Land Before Time (TV series)

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The Land Before Time
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 Flag of United States United States
No. of episodes 13 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Cartoon Network
Original run March 5, 2007 – present
Links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
Common rating
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.

Contents

[edit] Voice cast

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1: 2007-TBA

# Airdate (Canada) Airdate (United States) Title Overview Songs
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 (?)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
??
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
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
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
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
Notes:
  1. These are songs from the films.
  1. The Star Day Celebration and The Canyon of Shiny Stones were released on the Wal-Mart Exclusive DVD with The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers on February 27, 2007.
  1. These are songs from the previous episodes.
  1. The song "Hidden Runner" is melodically the same as "Big Water" from the film The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island.

[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
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

[edit] Trivia

[edit] External link

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The Land Before Time
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-)
Others

Voice Actors
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