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Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 08, 2007, 04:49:17 PM
Well, this was interesting. We see Mr. Thicknose perform a bad song, a (possibly debauched) triceratops lead some children to a mud pool, Topsy making Chomper paranoid, Chomper being unusually frightned about losing his body parts (especially his tail for some reason), Petrie flying through a cloud (referencing the 12th movie, when he said that he hated flying through clouds), and Cera being as irrational as usual. Hey! This was my 200th post!
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Ratiasu on March 08, 2007, 07:23:55 PM
Quote from: Noname,Mar 8 2007 on  03:49 PM
Chomper being unusually frightned about losing his body parts (especially his tail for some reason)
Oh, I gotta see this episode now!  :lol
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 08, 2007, 07:32:29 PM
Don't be getting any freudian ideas, now. This isn't that kind of animated series.

Anyway, some details:

-We see that Mr. Thicknose tries to make some sort of glue to hold Chomper's tooth in. It doesn't work.

-The mud spa in question has some sort of heat source (Cera says that the mud is warm), and waterfalls nearby. Cera is reluctant to enter at first, but enjoys it later on. There is also a waterfall that goes into the mud.

-This is the episode where Chomper is seen trying to eat a bee.

-Chomper's tooth falls out when he bites a hard seed that was being kicked around.

-I don't think that Tricia appears in this episode.

-We see a mountain that Littlefoot, Ducky, Chomper, and Petrie have to climb. From there, they can see the whole valley. They had to find Ruby, who knew that Chomper would grow a new tooth over time. We see that Chomper has a very good sense of smell in this episode. When they find Ruby, she sounds like she is on some sort of...leaf...

-Spike does nothing important in this episode.

Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: pokeplayer984 on March 09, 2007, 01:57:51 AM
Quote from: Noname,Mar 8 2007 on  03:49 PM
Chomper being unusually frightned about losing his body parts (especially his tail for some reason)
It is said that, if a T-Rex didn't have that tail of their's, they would lose their balance and be unable to do certain tasks that require the legs.  In a strange way, I think Chomper knows this about his species, and understands how important his tail is.

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-We see that Mr. Thicknose tries to make some sort of glue to hold Chomper's tooth in. It doesn't work.

:lol: Yeah!  I remember that!  Some sort of juice that is made from treestars as I recall.

Speaking of Mr. Thicknose, I kinda like his new voice.  What do you guys think? :)

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-This is the episode where Chomper is seen trying to eat a bee.

Yeah, but it stings him from the inside, causing him to let the bee go, then the bee goes back to its nest and brings a huge swarm. :^.^: Smart bee.

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-I don't think that Tricia appears in this episode.

Yeah, I noticed that myself.  Did Tria have someone take care of her while they were gone?  I hope so!

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-We see a mountain that Littlefoot, Ducky, Chomper, and Petrie have to climb. From there, they can see the whole valley. They had to find Ruby, who knew that Chomper would grow a new tooth over time. We see that Chomper has a very good sense of smell in this episode. When they find Ruby, she sounds like she is on some sort of...leaf...

A spa can have that affect on ya.  You're just so relaxed, you don't have a care in the world.  Seemed that the only thing to knock her out of it was being told that a friend needed her help. :lol

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-Spike does nothing important in this episode.

Does he ever do anything important? :P:

As for my opinion on the episode overall, it was fairly good, but not one I want to watch that much.  Maybe I'd watch it if I'm ever bored and have nothing better to do with my time. :DD

Well, that's it from me.

See ya later. :^.^:
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Ryuukokoro on April 22, 2007, 12:53:17 PM
Hahaha! This episode sounds cute! I hope someone catches this in rerun and makes it available for us to download! I've got no TV channels at all (well, I can get a news channel if I fiddle with my TV antenna sometimes...) so I use DVD's and YouTube for all my entertainment. And of course, I come here for all my LBT!
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Nick22 on April 26, 2007, 10:48:21 AM
Both Cera and Ruby, sounded almost stoned... "man this stuff is good' stoned.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: novaflare on April 26, 2007, 01:00:26 PM
Quote from: Nick22,Apr 26 2007 on  10:48 AM
Both Cera and Ruby, sounded almost stoned... "man this stuff is good' stoned.
lol.

abit OT but related

What bout mr club tail in starday celebration wasnt it eating sweat bubbles aka grapes that might just have around a little to long :)

speilburge and crew better becarefull or they will have a might mouse flower sniffing incident on their hands.


OT
Incase any one never seen this back in early/mid 80s was a big stink raised by parrents over the charector mighty mouses sniffing of a flower given to him by another charector. He smelled it when he was weekened by somethign or another and it gave him back his strength etc. Some parents went nuts and the popular newsmedia picked up on it all. They started saying the the flower was a stand in for coke (and not the kind you drink). Corse thanks to the news media prints of that single animation cel were worth a few grand back then. The entire episode was yanked off the air for years.


Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Nick22 on April 26, 2007, 01:49:16 PM
Also If you ever saw Super mario Bros, which was a TV show about the video game, in the show mario had to touch a flower in order to gain superpowers. Another reference to drugs..
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 26, 2007, 02:10:41 PM
You realize that there aren't any drugs in the second episode. The third episode might have some minor alcoholic content, but since it is a dinosaur involved and since the prescene of alochol can't be proven, it is okay to show on daytime TV.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: aabicus (LettuceBacon&Tomato) on February 11, 2008, 05:09:35 AM
Strange that in the very end Ducky was the only character that didn't go in the mud, and she was one of the few characters that originally sounded intrested in mudbathing. However, she was willing to ride piggy-back on Chomper while he ran in circles at the very end.  :blink: Strange.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on February 11, 2008, 08:00:41 AM
I wonder what Ducky would have thought of the mud if she had gone.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 10, 2008, 07:02:05 PM
Today –The Mysterious Tooth Crisis“ was aired over here and again I have a large piece of paper scribbled from the bottom to the top. Many of the points mentioned on that paper don’t really deserve too much attention and if I made too much fuss about some of these points I would rightfully be accused of nitpicking. Many of the elements just have to be accepted as the story would not go on without them. One of these funny things is the question why Tria would want to take seven fidgety children to what she descriped as her “secret getaway”? It sure sounds like a good way to make the place less suitable for relaxing if the whole kindergarten is around. I reckon it is simply that Tria really is simply a kind and selfless character and exemplary in her patience for Cera ;)
Another of these strange things we cannot explain is why dinosaurs are always slipping when it is convenient for the plot. Ducky, Chomper, and Cera all slipped and at least Chomper stood on very level ground when he did so. We can hardly take a gust of wind as a possible explanation as that one would have affected Ducky as well and... ouch, here I go on nitpicking ;)
Further nitpicking questions are why Chomper’s nose failed him when searching for Tria, so they ended up in the cave? Maybe it could be explained with him being so upset about his tooth that he could not really focus on tracking Tria and that he was to proud to admit it once he had lost the track.
When Chomper was sinking in the quicksand Petrie could have “evacuated” Chomper’s tooth, thereby freeing up his hand. Obvious as that solution is, it would have made the whole thing much less dramatic.
I also wonder why Chomper did not swallow that “spicy” wasp which he already had in his mouth. I doubt this would be for regard of his friends who are not eager for “details” about his eating. That wasp had to live in order to get the rest of the tribe and chase the kids out of the cave. From an LBT character’s perspective there is no good explanation. I wonder if that wasp tried to sting Chomper in his mouth. If it did Chomper prooved much less snivelling about that than about his tooth.
When I mention Chomper as “snivelling” this sounds very negative, but it shouldn’t. I find it is a very, very funny idea to introduce such a side of Chomper’s character. While LBT 2 and 5 both told us very little about Chomper’s personality he certainly is becoming more of an individual rather than a sidekick of Littlefoot in the TV series. Certainly a positive development.
It was very obvious in this episode that Ruby is meant to fill the so far unoccupied place of the “whiz kid” (to some degree) of the Gang. I think they are overdoing it a little when she appears to be the only dinosaur in the whole Great Valley (including Mr. Thicknose) who seems to have ever heard about loosing teeth. The movie apparently assumes that only sharpteeth ever loose their teeth which of course gives at least some basis to the idea that Great Valley dinosaurs are not familiar with the whole issue (not wanting to get in touch with sharptooth’s teeth). However, I wonder why Ruby would have so much information on this. Wouldn’t she be potential sharptooth prey too? Omnivore that she may be I still don’t think a sharptooth would like her taste any less than that of a herbivore. Ruby must have been in contact with Chomper’s parents of course (mentioned in the cave of the many voices), but I don’t see why they would tell her about their teeth, but not their son. In general it is strange Chomper’s parents (wherever they may be... another big mystery of the series) would not tell Chomper about this. Ruby was in the Mysterious Beyond, but so was Chomper. Perhaps she is just more inquisitive. Having a smart “thinker” in the gang is certainly interesting, but perhaps they are overdoing it a little at times.
We saw a very cruel trait about Cera’s Dad in this episode. I have thought too much about Cera’s Dad to abhor him the way some of us do, but his frightening Chomper was really mean. It seems like he at least did know about sharpteeth loosing their first teeth. I really wonder what Tria would have told Toppsy if Chomper had mentioned the horror story Toppsy had told him before. It is not really clear if they all took that story for real. There are several scenes implying that they at least had doubts about that story, but nobody really claimed it to be nonsense. I wonder if Toppsy would have played that cruel trick on a planteater as well.
As for the music in this episode it struck me as kind of strange that they were singing about chomper’s teeth after the failing of Mr. Thicknose’s attempts as a dentist. Of course one might argue that it is always a little strange for dinosaurs to sing, but from Chomper’s perspective it must have been rather strange to have everyone singing about his misery.
As for the background melodies they had a rather Hawaiian tune in the scenes at the mudpool, didn’t they? Once Cera endorsed the relaxing in the mud she was acting rather queer which was certainly good for a laugh. I think it was even more pronounced in the German version.
One lapse in the German translation was that it had Petrie refer to himself as a bird(!) while in the English version he just said he didn’t think mud was good for his wings.
Wasn’t it Petrie of all character’s who seemed to enjoy the mudbath in LBT 6? “My skin feel softer already!”
One thing I noticed was that Littlefoot and Chomper almost forced Ducky to come along with them even though she apparently would have preferred to go with Tria. This might support the “Ducky = Underdog thesis” Tails_155 brought up a while ago. It was somewhat regardless to force her to come along like that. Even though Ducky seemed to be happy either way, I doubt they would have tried to force Ruby or even Spike to come along like that.
One last thing I noticed is that several scenes always shown during the title song of the series were taken from this sequel.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 10, 2008, 07:09:36 PM
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Yeah, but it stings him from the inside, causing him to let the bee go, then the bee goes back to its nest and brings a huge swarm.
Is it so? We see the wasp (if it was a bee it would have died right after stinging Petrie) bumping against the insides of Chomper's mouth, but we don't see any sign of pain on Chomper's part. If it did sting him, he doesn't seem to have noticed much of it.
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Does he ever do anything important?
You bet he does!
Just look at the cave of the many voices. Actually I regard the involving of Spike a positive fact on behalf of the TV-series.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: DarkHououmon on March 10, 2008, 07:36:46 PM
There is something I noticed that I don't think anyone here has mentioned about this episode.

Throughout most of the episode, Littlefoot and the others seem to not know about losing teeth. If I recall correctly he was just as concerned about Chomper's missing tooth. It would seem that he and the others didn't know about teeth falling out as part of the growing process.

Then comes the ending which still confuses me. When Ruby explains to Chomper that normal sharpteeth lose their teeth to let new ones grow in, when Chomper says "Really?" and he looks over to the others, they all nod, including Littlefoot.

This suggests that they knew about losing teeth, otherwise why would they nod their head yes in response to Chomper's question? It didn't look like they were nodding in agreement. It looked like they were nodding to assure Chomper it was the truth.

Tria and Cera nodding I didn't mind. Tria was an adult after all and would probably know about this (though I think Mr. Thicknose probably didn't know because he kept trying to put Chomper's tooth back in instead of telling them about losing teeth), and from Cera's reaction, it sounded almost like she knew there was nothing serious about losing a tooth, unless I'm missing something.

However, what throws me off is the fact that Littlefoot and Spike nodded. Since I see this as a response to Chomper's question, the only explaination I see for Spike and Littlefoot to be nodding their heads is if they also knew about losing teeth. So if they knew, why didn't they tell Chomper?

I can't help but wonder if Littlefoot and Spike, and perhaps Petrie and Ducky, deliberately pretended not to know about losing teeth, and why they'd do that I'm not sure.

Perhaps I'm just misjudging something. Perhaps I'm missing something. I don't know.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 10, 2008, 07:40:12 PM
I agree that one might get this impression. Indeed it looks like they were nodding to assure Ruby's statement. However, this really wouldn't make any sense at all. Perhaps their nodding was just meant to reassure Chomper and show their confidence into anything Ruby said.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 10, 2008, 08:05:50 PM
There were some things in this episode that bugged me also, some of those have been mentioned already, some I'd have to watch the episode again to remember.   It does seem odd that no one but Ruby seems to know about loosing teeth.  I guess no plant eater ever looses any of their teeth at all.  If that is the case, which seems odd, how would Ruby know all this.  I guess that is her role, but it seems odd to give that role to a character of her age.  Giving the role to someone like Mr. Thicknose would make more sense.  THough if they did that, or had Chomper not magically loose the track of her scent then either of these would have made the episode very short.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Mornai on March 11, 2008, 02:53:03 AM
Quote from: Kor,Mar 10 2008 on  08:05 PM
There were some things in this episode that bugged me also, some of those have been mentioned already, some I'd have to watch the episode again to remember.   It does seem odd that no one but Ruby seems to know about loosing teeth.  I guess no plant eater ever looses any of their teeth at all.  If that is the case, which seems odd, how would Ruby know all this.  I guess that is her role, but it seems odd to give that role to a character of her age.  Giving the role to someone like Mr. Thicknose would make more sense.  THough if they did that, or had Chomper not magically loose the track of her scent then either of these would have made the episode very short.
I think she new it because she had been in the mysterious beyond a while and noticed how the sharpteeth lost their teeth and how they came back as adult teeth and such, otherwise i have no clue.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 11, 2008, 04:48:43 AM
The strange thing about it is that Chomper was in the Mysterious Beyond just as well as Ruby was. Moreover being a sharptooth he probably would have had easier access to other sharpteeth than Ruby would have. I suppose she is a bit older than Chomper and more inquisitive than him, but still it is a little odd that she as a kid would be so much more aware about a sharptooth's dentistry than anyone else.
I suppose Cera's father knew about it when he played his cruel trick on Chomper; but if he knew about it, it probably would be not so exclusive knowledge.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 11, 2008, 03:21:26 PM
They should have given this script at least one more go over and do another draft before they started animating.  

I guess the scriptwiters used their magic powers to make the dinos forget all they knew about teeth and Chomper loose his sense of smell, and one of them whispered in Ruby's ear so she could tell Chomper.  Makes as much sense to me as the rest of what happened in the script.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 12, 2008, 02:57:49 AM
Does anyone else think that this episode was partially made for an excuse to show some mostly female dinosaurs relax in mud? You don't find things like that anywhere else... sort of like this teen-titans episode (link to the relevant part, from 1:12 to the end): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUqzDKfSdE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftUqzDKfSdE)
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 12, 2008, 03:23:23 AM
It could be that.  

And the link looks like that episode of the teen titans was pretty weird.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 12, 2008, 05:53:27 AM
Not sure about that point. Spike is coming along happily same as Ruby making one of each gender to happily accept Tria's invitation. Cera is finally happy, but only after she was "forced to her luck". Ducky would have come along had it not been for Chomper and Littlefoot...
Well, it is certainly true that this would have left no female in the group that didn't come along.
Still it may be more of a character than a gender issue.
The mud in LBT 6 was mentioned above, but come to think of it there is another reference in LBT sequels. In LBT 7 we have grandpa longneck ask Littlefoot if he was playing in the bubbling mud again after Littlefoot's initial excuses for his running away from Pterano. This does not suggest Littlefoot to be one to be generally turned back at the idea of a mud bath, but then again playing versus relaxing may make the difference.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 12, 2008, 01:23:57 PM
Good point, but keep in mind that Spike is a kind of a... sloth, which sets him apart from all of the other males. And had Cera known that she would enjoy it so much, she probably wouldn't have complained.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 12, 2008, 01:37:59 PM
Do you think that Littlefoot, Chomper and Petrie would have complained if they had known they would enjoy it (provided that they did, which is not clearly said but seems at least not unlikely)? ;)
You have a good point for sure about Spike being the male character whom we would be least surprised to see enthusiastic at the idea of relaxing. :yes
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 12, 2008, 02:03:41 PM
I assume the others did like the mud once they tried it, though I do agree it seems natural with Spike, when he's not eating that is.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 12, 2008, 02:11:45 PM
Well, at the end, we see them all in the mud, but they seem to be playing with it rather than lying in it... so I cannot say.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Mornai on March 12, 2008, 02:55:41 PM
Maybe they are enjoying it by playing in it. :lol
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 12, 2008, 05:52:04 PM
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And had Cera known that she would enjoy it so much, she probably wouldn't have complained.


I'm not trying to pick on Cera or anything, but she is always competitive.  Even if she wanted to go, I doubt she would just say "okay, let's go!" and go with them.  I'll bet she would've tried to come up with an alternative to what everyone else thought was fun to do and attempted to persuade the others into doing her thing instead.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 12, 2008, 07:31:18 PM
Very likely it is true.  From her father's influence, some of her nicer friendlier feelings are often buried and she seldom shows them, only the less friendly sorts of emotions and feelings were pushed and encouraged by her father.  Over time this may lessen but since she spend the first  however many years with her father's influence before she met her present friends this will likely always be a part of her, including some bits of her father's feelings like speciest, though some may lesson over time.   Her mother may have felt much the same as her father did, though we never saw her personality so can't say for sure.

Her little sister will likely not be molded like that since from the start she has the influence of others besides just her father.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 12, 2008, 09:44:51 PM
Speaking of Tricia, she isn't in the Mysterious tooth crisis episode. She doesn't seem to be with her father either.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 12, 2008, 10:38:29 PM
Maybe she was being babysat.  Chomper mentions that he met Guido when he was babysiting Tricia if I recall the dialog corectly.  So maybe Guido was babysitting her again.  Though likely if Guido ever did it was likely Tria's idea, I doubt Threehorn would ever allow Guido to do that.  Maybe Tria used her female whiles to talk Threehorn into allowing Guido to look after her for one or more times.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Mornai on March 13, 2008, 12:53:21 AM
I thought i remembered seeing tria in the mud pool, but i don't think i'm right, as i haven't seen this episode in a while.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 13, 2008, 02:37:32 AM
I watched it on youtube and she wasn't there.  I guess the only real explainations are either Guido was watching her again, or Threehorn let her run free with no supervision.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 13, 2008, 05:02:02 AM
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Her little sister will likely not be molded like that since from the start she has the influence of others besides just her father.
Don't forget that from the very beginning Tricia is growing up in a paradise with very little active racism. Cera on the other hand grew up in a world of permanent peril, sparse food, and a very firm rule that threehorns were not to have any contact with other kinds. Rebelling against these rules and any attempts to continue them in the Great Valley (most notably in LBT 3) is a great achievement for Cera. I would not want to see her "tamed down" too much.
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Chomper mentions that he met Guido when he was babysiting Tricia if I recall the dialog corectly.
This is in another episode? :blink:
Now that's something! Who of you would have thought it likely or even possible that Mr. Threehorn would let a sharptooth babysit his young hatchling? Tria mush have played a role in this!
There is one somewhat illuminating statement of Mr. Threehorn about his relationship with Tria. When Cera tries to avoid going to the mudhole he says:
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"If you don't go, I'll never hear the end of it!"
An almost stereotypical occurrence in a "marriage" ;)
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 13, 2008, 11:59:06 AM
It sounds like a stereotype of a 1950's type marriage, minus the mother-in-law jokes.

And I think it meant GUIDO was babysitting Tricia. I know, English can be ambiguous at times. And it makes sense that Guido would be allowed to do it because he had saved Tricia's life once and was commended by Cera's father for it.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 13, 2008, 03:44:08 PM
Yes, it was Guido who was babysiting Tricia, sorry I wasn't more clear.  The dialog want something like:

Chomper to Guido: "...we met when you were babysitting Tricia."

As for Chomper babysitting someone I doubt he'd be seen as old enough to babysit himself let alone someone else.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on March 13, 2008, 04:30:56 PM
Not like Guido would appear as an excellent choice either ;)
I have not yet seen the episode you are referring too though.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 13, 2008, 07:22:49 PM
I would have thought Ruby would have been a better choice.  She seems older then the other kids in the group.  I wonder what Guido does all the time since he isn't with the group but in 1 episode.  I guess in Limbo Valley with the other characters.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Mornai on March 13, 2008, 07:42:10 PM
Maybe Mr. threehorn didn't trust Ruby watching tricia, seeing as she isn't technically a leaf-leafer.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 13, 2008, 11:53:17 PM
That or he is being his usual speciest nasty self, which do to what Guido did may give him one of the few exceptions to his usual feelings and ways of thinking.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 17, 2008, 09:57:29 PM
Well, Guido DID save the life of his youngest daughter, and we see him being grateful to Guido in the 12th movie.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: landbeforetimelover on March 18, 2008, 05:55:34 AM
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Maybe Mr. threehorn didn't trust Ruby watching tricia, seeing as she isn't technically a leaf-leafer.


I wouldn't trust Ruby with Tricia even If I wasn't Mr. Threehorn.  Ruby is too much of a flamboyant character.  I would trust every member of the real gang with her, but not Ruby.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on March 18, 2008, 11:03:51 AM
From what they've shown it seems the only ones Threehorn trust with his daughter, other then himself and her mother, are Cera, that we've seen, and Guido, which was only mentioned.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: rosie on August 06, 2008, 02:11:20 AM
I thought that was mean that Topps makes fun of and told poor Chomper that story.Littlefoot should have known that. He is still a baby after all. :cry
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on August 06, 2008, 04:46:56 AM
He can be pretty mean at times.  Though we've seen Cera pull similar things on folks so that is likely where she learned it from.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 08, 2008, 10:59:16 PM
You know what's odd? Tria knew about the mud pool, which she describes as "her secret mud pool" in spite of her only being in the valley since after the "cold time" (movie # 8; this is referenced in movie # 11.) Either she was very lucky to find it, or no other dinosaurs paid the mud pool any heed...

I wonder what it would be like after she was done relaxing in it... she would probably sound all "drugged" like Cera and Ruby, and smell like... mud... a funny scene to imagine...

Tops: Well, Tria, how was your time relaxing at the mud pool?

Tria: ("drugged") It was... really good...

Tops: (notices that she is talking funny)... ok... um... Are you sure you're alright?

Tria: (still "drugged") Better than alright... haha...

Tops: (Slightly freaked out by the "drugged" tone) I'm going... this way (walks towards a leafy tree)

At least Tops didn't go to that mud pool; imagine how HE must sound when "drugged"...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on August 09, 2008, 01:29:27 AM
Likely a lot like Cera, and like Cera it wouldn't last long.   Which makes me wonder if it is just relaxing that does that, or maybe some sort of fumes that effect you, but only if you are there for a while.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 09, 2008, 10:16:52 AM
Maybe it is the source of the heat which makes them "drugged"; the great valley does have a volcano in it... perhaps that has the effect of heating the mud at the same time it releases unhealthy fumes...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on August 09, 2008, 11:31:46 PM
Perhaps it is the equivalent to remaining in a jacuzzi too long :p.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 09, 2008, 11:45:30 PM
Perhaps... there IS such a thing as enjoying something TOO much...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Malte279 on August 14, 2008, 07:49:08 PM
I think you are drawing too thin a line between being totally relaxed and enjoying oneself and being drugged. Perhaps many people nowadays (and please don't get me wrong; this is really, really not meant to be a snide whatsoever) have so hard a time to relax that they can't do it without drugs anymore. I think too much is interpreted into that scene by some, same as in case of some other scenes, but this is just my opinion.
Unlike in case of drug-abuse neither Ruby nor anyone else suffered from her enjoying that pool. So let's not begrudge her too much for her joy :lol
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 14, 2008, 08:03:08 PM
You know, I only said it was like a drug, and has more to do with the way the voice actors (technically actresses) read their lines than anything else. Perhaps they were exaggerating for effect...

It does say something about the character of the group of seven, though. Littlefoot, Chomper, and Petrie had no interest in relaxing in the mud, while Spike and Ruby did. Cera was initially reluctant, but ended up enjoying it a lot, and Ducky said that it would be nice but ultimately didn't want to disappoint her friends. Petrie did not like the mud because of what it would do to his wings, Littlefoot seems to active and virtuous to lie around for long, and Chomper is probably too energetic to sit around in mud for a while.  

It is worth noting that Ruby, Cera, and Spike went back to the mud pools in a later episode (the one with Hip, Nod, and Mutt), but this was simply a plot device to prevent there from being a nearly unmanageable 10 protagonist characters in an episode.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on August 15, 2008, 03:38:07 AM
I never thought they were drugged, just very relaxed.  I did like the brief view we got of a different Cera and hope we do again in the future.  Used very seldom it can be very funny.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: LBTFan13 on August 15, 2008, 12:00:09 PM
I loved how Cera was sooo relaxed towards the end, and then when they found Chomper she broke out in this uncontrollable anger towards him. That part was funny. :lol
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 15, 2008, 12:54:25 PM
That revealed a lack of good character on Cera's part; she clearly cared for her own pleasure more than the well-being of one of her friends...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on August 15, 2008, 01:40:50 PM
That or she was very relaxed and didn't think it would be a serious problem.  But got angry quick at what she thought was a trivial thing.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 15, 2008, 04:09:55 PM
She shouldn't get angry so quickly; she could just go back into the mud in a minute, and return on later days (she does, once; it is mentioned in a later episode...)
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 24, 2008, 05:25:50 PM
Does anyone know what Tops meant when he said to Cera "If you don't go, I'll never hear the end of it when Cera initially refused to go to the mudpools?
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on August 24, 2008, 06:32:11 PM
Maybe Tria would make him feel bad with her having a fun day sit aside for her and Cere and her friends and Cera not wanting to go.  She may have been moping due to a planned day being ruined, or something like that.  I've never dated nor been married so can only do a guess based on my knowledge of human behavior.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 25, 2008, 12:05:09 PM
Maybe Tria would have complained about Cera not even wanting to try it...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on August 25, 2008, 06:12:49 PM
It could have been that.  She setting aside a day for her and Cera & some of her friends, having made plans and Cera not wanting to even have some fun with her...

That would upset many people.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on August 25, 2008, 06:40:03 PM
It makes little sense for Tria to complain to Tops about it, though... after all, Cera refused to go, not Tops (he had nothing to do with it at all.)
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Chomper4 on February 07, 2009, 04:22:15 PM
I hate seeing Chomper hurt.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on February 08, 2009, 12:49:05 AM
I hate seeing ANY of the Gang hurt :(.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on February 08, 2009, 07:19:50 AM
At least the episode had a good ending.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: NeoGenesis005 on April 21, 2009, 10:57:35 PM
If I was Cera I would have been disturb to, although Chomper didn't knew better so can't blame him for that.  But for real The moment you just being in your own little world someone or something always happens to disturb ya!  Believe me I get that alot at home.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: pokeplayer984 on January 18, 2010, 10:55:32 AM
Okay guys, after a little delay, this episode is finally up on Yahoo! Video.  The full 23 minutes and completely uninterrupted.

Here's the link:

EDIT: Ugh!  For one reason or another, the episodes get cut. :(

Therefore, I will go with my original plan and put them into 3 parts and have them put up on YouTube.

Sorry guys, but I'm not putting them up onto Yahoo! Video if this is going to happen. -_-

I have sadly removed them for this reason.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: thebigdeal on January 23, 2010, 01:26:12 PM
"Right now it wouldn't be so bad if I lost my nose"
hahahaha
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on March 11, 2010, 02:31:45 AM
It's probably best not to add them at all. We can already see it from the land before time funsite, and posting copyrighted material on such a site is... questionable.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Coyote_A on April 11, 2010, 05:35:50 PM
I so like the moment when Chomper's asking Ducky: "Can you see my new tooth yet?" I think of making a GIF out of it. :D
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 12, 2010, 12:43:10 AM
You could always make a poster out of it. I'd be happy to see it in the Motivational Posters thread.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Coyote_A on April 12, 2010, 12:55:02 AM
I never understood the purpose of these posters... But maybe i'll give it a try. :)
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 12, 2010, 01:00:12 AM
The purpose is that they are funny!  :lol:
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Ptyra on April 12, 2010, 08:51:20 PM
One thing I wondered was if Chomper was so worried about losing his tooth in the sinking sand, why could Petrie have taken it, then Littlefoot pulled him out? Wouldn't it have made more sense?
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 12, 2010, 10:51:34 PM
Yes, but it would have "broken the plot" if the idea was to teach children about not worrying when they loose baby teeth. Unless Ruby told him that he would get a new tooth and he could just abandon the old one. It doesn't make real-life sense, I know.

Of course, predators like Chomper often lost and regrew teeth throughout their lives, so not only do they not need to worry much about cavities, but losing teeth would not likely have been a big deal.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: LBTFan13 on April 15, 2010, 04:07:44 PM
Also, what if Petrie tried to retrieve the tooth and became stuck as well? That would have made things even worse. I also agree with Noname's point about the plot. If the whole idea is to teach a lesson and both Chomper and the tooth got out, then what would the lesson be? Then again, even if Chomper was still able to have his tooth, he couldn't put it back in his mouth.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 16, 2010, 09:06:07 PM
That is very true. Perhaps the other lesson is, besides the whole tooth thing, is to relax more and not panic over such minor matters. Of course, Topsy's mock seriousness about Chomper falling apart won't endear him to Tria...

Tria: You told Chomper what?!

Topsy: It was just a joke! I didn't imagine he would take it seriously...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Coyote_A on April 17, 2010, 01:53:41 AM
Quote from: Noname,Apr 17 2010 on  05:06 AM
Of course, Topsy's mock seriousness about Chomper falling apart won't endear him to Tria...
Actually, i don't think he was joking.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on April 17, 2010, 09:38:55 AM
They could have had a maybe funny scene if Tria had found out what Topsy said to Chomper.  Maybe that happened a bit after the episode ended.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 17, 2010, 07:17:46 PM
Topsy was joking, but his intent was to disturb Chomper, which he succeeded in doing. Perhaps a better term would be "misleading." Topsy misled Chomper because, as the series makes abundantly clear, he doesn't like Chomper or predators in general.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: LBTFan13 on April 20, 2010, 02:22:48 PM
Like Noname said, Topsy will always hold a grudge against Chomper because he is a sharptooth. Telling Chomper that he was going to turn to bones was probably his way of torturing him, especially since he is still very young and gullible. You could tell by Topsy's smirk right before he leaves that he most likely did not mean what he said, but he still chose to say it for his own amusement.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Noname on April 20, 2010, 09:12:30 PM
Indeed. Topsy doesn't like predators very much, but Tria accepted Chomper without question. Had she been there, she might have had some words for her mate...
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Ducky123 on January 06, 2014, 04:40:47 PM
I find this episode is among the better episodes. The plot was real funny and there weren't many things bugging me (most of them have been pointed out already so I won't mention them again).

Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on January 09, 2015, 01:15:40 AM
There is something rather disturbing.  Ok, considering if he gets his adult teeth, do you realize how big those are????????!!!     He's going to look weird with a foot long tooth when all the rest are normal!!!!  Perhaps Sharpteeth lose their teeth many times (like sharks) but Ruby doesn't suggest this.  

Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Littlefoot fan 1990 on January 09, 2015, 09:27:13 AM
I like in this episode how Topsy was scaring Chomper into thinking he was falling apart after he lost his tooth. I also like the subplot where Tria takes some of the gang with her to her mud pool. One part I found disturbing is where Chomper showed off the empty spot in his mouth where the tooth used to be. Other than that, good episode.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Kor on January 09, 2015, 05:20:25 PM
Topps's sense of humor was interesting.  But I'm sure most of us have had an uncle or grandfather with a similar sense of humor.   and I do agree, it makes the most sense that sharpteeth may loose and grow new teeth in a similar matter that sharks do.  Imagine if they could do this for humans.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Gentle Sharptooth on April 26, 2017, 05:17:19 AM
Chomper comes unhinged, but if we are honest it is a fear many people have. In fact, dreaming that you lose all your teeth is quite common. So Chomper's freak out moment, especially because he's a Sharptooth is understandable, but I am still struggling with continuity errors. LBT V: The Mysterious Island Chomper is much older and here he seems of the age between LBT II and V, but Mr. Thicknose is from LBT 8 and so chronologically there are problems.

But regardless, having Chomper as focus is always a plus.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: ADFan185 on April 26, 2017, 09:45:06 AM
Yeah the episode was eh I didn't care for it much. The plot was meh but still not the best episode I saw
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Gentle Sharptooth on April 28, 2017, 03:05:26 AM
Quote from: ADFan185,Apr 26 2017 on  08:45 AM
Yeah the episode was eh I didn't care for it much. The plot was meh but still not the best episode I saw
Have you seen the one with Redclaw the Sharptooth? I want to see it.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: ADFan185 on April 28, 2017, 10:01:47 AM
Yeah I've seen that one it's not great but okay so if you want to see it you should
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Gentle Sharptooth on April 28, 2017, 05:32:35 PM
Quote from: ADFan185,Apr 28 2017 on  09:01 AM
Yeah I've seen that one it's not great but okay so if you want to see it you should
Does Redclaw and other Sharpteeth show up in series much?

Back to Chomper, I imagine every Dentist loves this episode (if they know about it), put the fear of losing teeth in kids :lol
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: ADFan185 on May 01, 2017, 08:53:13 AM
I think so not sure check out the series and find out
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Hypno on August 10, 2017, 03:35:25 PM
This one wasn't bad. The whole thing was a little cringey, but I can't blame Chomper. He had no idea, he was just so worried.
Title: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Sovereign on August 10, 2017, 03:54:22 PM
The main plot here wasn't that strong but it was pretty pleasant to sit through due to Chomper's antics. The songs were decent and the handling of Chomper's struggles was okay. However, the Tria storyline (darn, I hate her x(cera ) was a huge minus on this episode as it held entertainment value at all.
Title: Re: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: StardustSoldier on June 17, 2020, 05:12:36 PM
I wasn't crazy about the pilot episode, "The Cave of Many Voices", but this one I enjoyed quite a bit more. It's pretty ridiculous that something as mundane as Chomper's tooth falling out ends up leading the Gang on such a dangerous adventure, but something about that premise actually works really well. There is something darkly comical about the fact that the whole tooth thing almost gets the characters killed twice. :p

I did notice there was this stock scare chord sound effect that they used three times in the episode (at 13:12, 14:04, and 17:00) which I got a kick out of. :p

As for the songs, "I Feel So Happy" was pretty corny, but I did like "Fix Your Tooth". :yes

Quote from: Noname,Mar 8 2007 on  03:49 PM
Chomper being unusually frightned about losing his body parts (especially his tail for some reason)
It is said that, if a T-Rex didn't have that tail of their's, they would lose their balance and be unable to do certain tasks that require the legs.  In a strange way, I think Chomper knows this about his species, and understands how important his tail is.
Huh. I didn't think of that before, but that's a great observation. :)

Both Cera and Ruby, sounded almost stoned... "man this stuff is good' stoned.
Another great observation. :p

They could have had a maybe funny scene if Tria had found out what Topsy said to Chomper.  Maybe that happened a bit after the episode ended.
Ah, yeah, I agree. That was a missed opportunity.
:PAli

Topps's sense of humor was interesting.  But I'm sure most of us have had an uncle or grandfather with a similar sense of humor.
Indeed. I have an obnoxious uncle with a very similar sense of humor. :rolleyes
Title: Re: Discuss: The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Post by: Hammy on October 01, 2020, 07:30:47 PM
Echoing the sentiment that the episode would have benefited from a bit where Chomper explains Topps' cruel little prank and Tria says something along the lines of,  "I'm sure he was joking, but I will be having a word with him later."

She leaves him alone for two minutes and he's already off scaring kids off different species just because he can. What a guy.

Also, I find it very hard to believe that none of the leafeaters who have teeth ever lose them. When you're grinding down plant matter your whole life, that can be really, really hard on those teeth. Most mammals don't lose their teeth more than once, but toothed reptiles like crocodilians can fairly easy replace lost teeth. Now, crocodiles are predators, but they're also the closest relatives to our leaf-eating dinos, and having replaceable teeth strikes me as something that would be nothing but beneficial for herbivorous dinosaurs, just as they're beneficial in predatory ones.

Maybe everyone in the Great Valley was just in on the joke to make Chomper freak out for the day only to let him relax in the mud. Buncha jerks.