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Title: Petrie
Post by: Petrie. on March 25, 2007, 08:18:03 AM
Discuss the character, Petrie here.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Lain_EX on March 27, 2007, 09:52:16 PM
What can I say about Petrie?

He's a fraidy-cat, an imperfect flyer (considering he crashes on anything in almost every movie) and a good buddy, yes the sort that makes everybody laugh. :lol
Title: Petrie
Post by: Dash The Longneck on March 27, 2007, 10:02:38 PM
Petrie is one of my favorite characters in LBT. He's real funny and can make anyone laugh.
Title: Petrie
Post by: action9000 on April 29, 2007, 03:39:24 AM
*bump*
(ADMINS: to reduce confusion, I'm bringing this one back up to the top.  See the other Petrie post for details.)
Title: Petrie
Post by: Petrie. on May 20, 2007, 06:48:39 AM
I permanently fixed it on the control panel so the default is to show all topics regardless of activity.  Forgot to switch that setting when I made the forum.
Title: Petrie
Post by: action9000 on May 20, 2007, 06:50:54 AM
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I permanently fixed it on the control panel so the default is to show all topics regardless of activity. Forgot to switch that setting when I made the forum.
That's the feature I was looking for; I thought it was a member thing but it's an admin thing...okay!  Thanks Petrie. B)
Title: Petrie
Post by: Teresa on June 22, 2007, 04:36:06 PM
I love Petrie. He's so cute with his squeaky voice and cute laugh. People call me fussy because i said i prefer Jeff Bennett Voicing Petrie than Will Ryan.  :huh:
Title: Petrie
Post by: Teresa on September 18, 2007, 06:40:26 PM
I've recently been watching all the LBT films in order andi noticed in films 2-4 Jeff Bennett's Petrie sounded the same as Will Ryan's yet later on petries voice got squeakier. Why is that ?  :blink:
Title: Petrie
Post by: Nimrod on December 28, 2007, 03:13:00 AM
For my opinnion Petrie is a very scareful flyer. :rolleyes: , but that¥s what his character is like. In the gang he is,...well, the scarediegg :lol:
Did you guys notice that he begins the most of his sentences with ME? :unsure:
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on December 28, 2007, 04:17:39 AM
Perhaps one way for the writers to give him his own personality.  It would be interesting to see how long his speaking continues like it currently is.
Title: Petrie
Post by: landbeforetimelover on December 28, 2007, 04:19:32 AM
Since the characters never age, he'll be speaking that way forever probably.  I like that about him though, so long as he keeps his "ME" stuff out of the songs.

I hate how he mutilated the song "how do you know?" from LBT 13 by rhyming "Me" and "tummy" :rolleyes: That took any love I had of the song and crushed it with a hammer. <_<
Title: Petrie
Post by: Nimrod on December 28, 2007, 04:19:47 AM
Me dunno :lol
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on December 28, 2007, 04:46:20 AM
Me think that funny.   :lol


His speaking and being afraid of everything may have been an early way for the writers to give him some personality.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Nimrod on December 28, 2007, 05:09:52 AM
yeah, it¥s the same here with ducky.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on December 28, 2007, 07:44:27 AM
It is, yep, yep, yep.

Though I do wonder while they are at home, the glimpses I've seen it seems their mothers do not try to correct them.  Petrie's mother just lets him speak the way he does.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Malte279 on December 28, 2007, 08:12:09 AM
Me no see why he should talk any differently ;)
It part of his nature not his age.
Malte thinks that even when Petrie sings Petrie's language not necessarily is a bad thing.
Nope, nope, nope.
Poor rhymes certainly are though.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Petrie. on December 28, 2007, 09:37:46 AM
Me upset that they don't let me go to school on the set... :lol: :rolleyes:
Title: Petrie
Post by: pokeplayer984 on December 28, 2007, 09:47:48 AM
Quote from: Malte279,Dec 28 2007 on  05:12 AM
Me no see why he should talk any differently ;)
It part of his nature not his age.
Malte thinks that even when Petrie sings Petrie's language not necessarily is a bad thing.
Nope, nope, nope.
Poor rhymes certainly are though.
LOL! :lol:

Good one, Malte.

If you ask me, I can accept Petrie's little speech problem, as long as he does it right.  It was alot more settling in the sequals, but through the last few ones, his little problem has just gotten worse and worse.  The writers are really pushing it to knock him off my top 10 list.  They need to find a way to do it right like before.

I fully understand that it's part of his charcter, but you got to do it right, okay?

Anyways, aside from this issue, he's quite a nice charcter to have.  Sure he's a scardiegg, but when it really counts, he can show just how brave and daring he can be. (How many times he goes to save Ducky is a fine example.)

The writers can make Petrie work, they just need to find a way to do it right.  I feel it is one of the many things that are sadly killing the franchise.  If they don't find a way to do it right, it could end up being part of LBT's downfall. -_-
Title: Petrie
Post by: Ptyra on January 01, 2008, 08:06:58 PM
Well I think Petire is a wonderful admin and I couldn't give any other reason other than he showed me the fourm...oh wait! Wrong Petrie!

Well, he could use some work with flying, a little gullible, far too trusting, needs work with grammar...but he's my favorite member of the game. He's got his adorable moments and I love how he admires his uncle. He seems to be close friends with Ducky and Guido, and I understand why.

I wonder how he would have changed within the five years after Pterano's banishment...maybe HE will be the one to get the gang into the Mysterous Beyond to get him and be the one encouraging them to go on  :lol
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on January 01, 2008, 08:39:50 PM
Many things can happen in 5 years to the various characters, Petrie included.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Malte279 on January 02, 2008, 08:04:25 AM
And perhaps Pterano would get a chance to earn his rehabilitation before the passing of the five years and Petrie might play a role in this. I have several plots in mind (and partly on paper) which would involve such a rehabilitation of Pterano.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on January 02, 2008, 09:03:41 AM
Quite possible, and could be a good story. He could help the group or someone who has traveled outside the valley perhaps.  Perhaps even save Cera's dad's life.  Cera's dad would really dislike that.  Not sure if it would stick, but he did seem reformed at the end of the movie.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Manny Cav on January 06, 2008, 10:35:22 PM
Quote from: Ptyra,Jan 1 2008 on  06:06 PM
Well I think Petire is a wonderful admin and I couldn't give any other reason other than he showed me the fourm...oh wait! Wrong Petrie!

Well, he could use some work with flying, a little gullible, far too trusting, needs work with grammar...but he's my favorite member of the game. He's got his adorable moments and I love how he admires his uncle. He seems to be close friends with Ducky and Guido, and I understand why.

I wonder how he would have changed within the five years after Pterano's banishment...maybe HE will be the one to get the gang into the Mysterous Beyond to get him and be the one encouraging them to go on  :lol  
Which game? :P:
Title: Petrie
Post by: Amaranthine on June 09, 2008, 01:38:29 PM
Quote from: Manny Cav,Jan 6 2008 on  06:35 PM
Quote from: Ptyra,Jan 1 2008 on  06:06 PM
Well I think Petire is a wonderful admin and I couldn't give any other reason other than he showed me the fourm...oh wait! Wrong Petrie!

Well, he could use some work with flying, a little gullible, far too trusting, needs work with grammar...but he's my favorite member of the game. He's got his adorable moments and I love how he admires his uncle. He seems to be close friends with Ducky and Guido, and I understand why.

I wonder how he would have changed within the five years after Pterano's banishment...maybe HE will be the one to get the gang into the Mysterous Beyond to get him and be the one encouraging them to go on :lol  
Which game? :P:
I think she meant to say "gang" not "game".

Anyhow, on the topic, Petrie's my favorite out of all of the main characters.

He's sweet-natured, he's funny, he's merciful, and loyal. :D Funny, he never used to be my favorite character, Little Foot used to be, but ever since I saw the seventh sequel, he's been my favorite ever since :)
Title: Petrie
Post by: Lucario#1 on July 07, 2008, 07:05:52 PM
I think petrie is brave when his friends are in danger and when he wants to be. He is cute and I love petrie!!! :DD
Title: Petrie
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on July 07, 2008, 11:23:23 PM
Quote from: Lucario#1,Jul 7 2008 on  06:05 PM
I think petrie is brave when his friends are in danger and when he wants to be. He is cute and I love petrie!!! :DD
Yeah, he is very cute and brave when he has to be :yes.  The only thing about him that kinda drives me bonkers is his grammar, but not as much as it used to :rolleyes:.  Perhaps I'm getting used to his talk.  When writing fanfiction, however, it is hard for me to write his statements in third-person.  It's about as hard as keeping up with Ducky's catchphrase and absence of contractions :lol.  But yeah, he is a cutie and is loyal to his friends :^.^:.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Malte279 on July 08, 2008, 01:33:40 AM
He is brave when he has no alternative choice anymore. Up to that moment (when there are still alternatives) he tends to be very cautious and sometimes superstitious. For so fragile a being as a flyer being very cautious is a rather reasonable way of thinking I suppose though it may sometimes be interpreted as cowardice by his less fragile friends (Cera in particular).
Title: Petrie
Post by: Amaranthine on July 08, 2008, 01:38:22 AM
Quote from: Malte279,Jul 7 2008 on  10:33 PM
He is brave when he has no alternative choice anymore. Up to that moment (when there are still alternatives) he tends to be very cautious and sometimes superstitious. For so fragile a being as a flyer being very cautious is a rather reasonable way of thinking I suppose though it may sometimes be interpreted as cowardice by his less fragile friends (Cera in particular).
That would be true. Since Cera has a much bigger, stronger build than Petrie does so their mind sets would be set differently so both species can survive in their own ways.
Title: Petrie
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 08, 2008, 03:56:13 AM
It makes sense.  Perhaps this is one of the reasons why as Littlefoot's mother said the other dinosaurs "stuck to their own kind."  Perhaps they just weren't able to get over the difference in species as well as the gang has.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Lucario#1 on July 08, 2008, 07:05:49 AM
well, someone agrees at least! :DD
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on July 08, 2008, 11:43:06 AM
As mentioned before, the sticking to only your own kind seems to be only with certain ones.  Ducky and Petrie didn't seem to exhibit any of that when they first appeared in the first movie.  Ali did, but Rhett didn't when he first appeared.  Shorty was startled by Petrie suddenly appearing but after getting over it I don't recall him making any sort of remark to Littlefoot like, "yuk you are friends with them, no longnecks." so I'd guess those feelings may only be in certain areas outside the Great Valley.  Ruby's parents didn't seem to have any prejudice when they met Ducky or Spike.  Also Mo & Elsie didn't seem to have any either.  So I'd guess it may be either prevalent in certain areas, and / or, only certain herds.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Lucario#1 on July 08, 2008, 12:09:31 PM
Quote from: Kor,Jul 8 2008 on  10:43 AM
As mentioned before, the sticking to only your own kind seems to be only with certain ones.  Ducky and Petrie didn't seem to exhibit any of that when they first appeared in the first movie.  Ali did, but Rhett didn't when he first appeared.  Shorty was startled by Petrie suddenly appearing but after getting over it I don't recall him making any sort of remark to Littlefoot like, "yuk you are friends with them, no longnecks." so I'd guess those feelings may only be in certain areas outside the Great Valley.  Ruby's parents didn't seem to have any prejudice when they met Ducky or Spike.  Also Mo & Elsie didn't seem to have any either.  So I'd guess it may be either prevalent in certain areas, and / or, only certain herds.
you might be right! :p
Title: Petrie
Post by: NeoGenesis005 on April 19, 2009, 05:52:02 PM
You guys ever notice how petrie would sometimes criticize Cera behind her back?
Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on April 19, 2009, 07:10:21 PM
Did he? I must have never noticed that.
Title: Petrie
Post by: NeoGenesis005 on April 19, 2009, 08:33:20 PM
Quote from: Kor,Apr 19 2009 on  06:10 PM
Did he? I must have never noticed that.
well it does seem rare but it took place in lbt 7 and 13

he mention around the beginning of LBT 7 how Threehorn are pigs when eating green food.  And in LBT 13 if I can remember "don't tell Cera she'll yall at you"

I think those were the only two time he did that but I have a feel he'll be doing that quiet often now.

Title: Petrie
Post by: Kor on April 19, 2009, 10:02:35 PM
Maybe that is a side of Petrie's personality that has not been shown to often.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Cancerian Tiger on April 20, 2009, 12:01:49 AM
Quote from: NeoGenesis005,Apr 19 2009 on  04:52 PM
You guys ever notice how petrie would sometimes criticize Cera behind her back?
Yeah, and that's not what real friends do :anger!  I have this sense that Petrie's not always as nice as he appears.  I have noticed that he sure can be opinionated :rolleyes:.  On what basis could he make a statement like that to Cera in LBT VII?  From what we've seen, she's definitely not an overeater.  He had no right to say that, and he should've gotten smacked one for it <_<.  Sorry if I'm coming across as defensive or angry here.  I just can't stand it when folks talk crap about others that is not true <_<.
Title: Petrie
Post by: NeoGenesis005 on April 20, 2009, 12:58:22 AM
Quote from: Cancerian Tiger,Apr 19 2009 on  11:01 PM
Sorry if I'm coming across as defensive or angry here.  I just can't stand it when folks talk crap about others that is not true <_<.
No worries there is alot of that where I live we just need to try our best to ignore the foolish people.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Myrkin on April 20, 2009, 02:01:48 AM
I haven't seen LBT 13, but in 7 he didn't say the Threehorns were pigs while eating (it could sound a bit like that though). He only said: "Not if you ate them all first", when Cera was afraid that Far Walkers will eat all their green food in the Valley. Maybe it wasn't true, even if from a little flyer point of view Cera would seem eat a lot, but Petrie obviously was mad at her for smashing his story (or rather Pterano's story that he was retelling). It was not nice, but it is not unusual for good friends to be angry at each other from time to time and Cera can (at times) give good reasons for the rest of the gang to be mad at her.

Another interpretation: maybe Petrie was sarcastically suggesting Cera to eat all green stuff, before the Far Walkers would? :p
Title: Petrie
Post by: Malte279 on April 20, 2009, 03:22:36 AM
I would not judge Petrie too harsh for it. I don't remember the lines of LBT 13, but if he says: "don't tell Cera she'll yall at you" he delivers the explanation on why he says it behind her back. Cera is not somebody who (with some rare exceptions) will take anything but offense in criticism however justified and constructive it may be. Somebody as easy to be knocked over or just be blown away by Cera (something we do see happen for example in LBT 4 when Petrie criticizes her) may reconsider twice before saying something straight into her face. In case of the LBT 7 remark, it can easily be seen as Petrie's retaliation for Cera's earlier remarks about Pterano (curious by the way that apparently Cera had been told, but forgotten why Pterano had been expelled from the herd), and whatever her normal eating habbits, she was almost asking for it by complaining about others eating away their treestars while her mouth was still stuffed with green food. I would not interpret Petrie's remark in a  too vicious manner.

On a side note, there are a few scenes which suggest Cera to be bigger than Littlefoot while in others she clearly is not. In LBT 5 she gets stuck in the hollow trunk in which Littlefoot and Ducky could take cover from the swarming leaf gobblers. In LBT 6 Littlefoot easily climbs through the whole in a hollow log (the one in which Spike gets stuck later) while Cera has to struggle visibly to do so.
In a rather funny scene from a German LBT audio play Cera apparently blocks Petrie's sight when they are observing something provoking the following exchange (translated):
Petrie: "Petrie only see big fat Cera. Me want to see too!"
Cera: "I'm tall but not fat!!"
Petrie: "S'cuse me."
Title: Petrie
Post by: Coyote_A on April 20, 2009, 12:41:01 PM
I always supposed, that Petrie is somehow afraid of Cera and even dislikes her, when she's is in the bad mood. Therefore he can sometime gossip about her.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Myrkin on April 20, 2009, 01:05:08 PM
You've made a good points, Malte. I want to add that one should not overreact about Petrie's behaviour at that particular moment. One or two snide remarks is not the end of the world and I am sure that despite those Cera and Petrie still are a real friends.
Title: Petrie
Post by: DarkWolf91 on April 20, 2009, 01:08:09 PM
Yes. And we all know that people can say things that they don't mean when they're annoyed or angry. Cera herself has done it several times. I think Petrie just gets a little miffed at her temper sometimes, and the fact that he's so little that he can't really do anything but weather the storm :p
I don't doubt their friendship.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Malte279 on April 20, 2009, 01:16:32 PM
Lacking almost any ability to assert himself or getting things his way, being astutely aware of his own timidity and with his lack of self-confidence (ranging back to his fear of flying in the original movie) I suppose Petrie may be a bit envious of Cera who in all these respects is pretty much the opposite of Petrie. Remember Petrie's request during the song "You're one of us now"?
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"You teach me to be scary..."
I don't suppose that the experiences with Ptereano in LBT 7 would have done much to improve his confidence in himself. Actually it could be stuff for a good story, could not there be one time in which Petrie gets his way and / or turns out to be right against the oposition of the others?
Title: Petrie
Post by: NeoGenesis005 on April 20, 2009, 06:28:18 PM
From what I'm reading this explains the point.  Petrie been making a lot of comeback criticism.  Its quiet interesting to see though.  I love my Cera but it would be great for someone to put her in her place.
Title: Petrie
Post by: The Chronicler on March 12, 2012, 04:50:10 PM
One thing about Petrie that hasn't really been discussed much in this topic is how gullible he is. He even admits it himself in one of the TV episodes:
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Me believe anything.
(By the way, where did he say this? I forgot exactly which episode it was.)
Title: Petrie
Post by: Dr. Curzon on April 28, 2012, 11:48:07 PM
^ I thought that was in, LBT VIII, when Littlefoot asked his friends if they believed him when he saw the snow. I may be wrong.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Chomper98 on July 17, 2012, 02:00:12 AM
He is one of my favorite characters, along with Chomper and Ducky, although he is annoying, his belief in superstitions, and him being adamant about anyone insulting Pterano, and his language impediment, which someone should fix soon. But aside from that, he is cute and funny.
Title: Petrie
Post by: Amaranthine on October 20, 2014, 11:50:20 PM
I guess I could put this here, they're possibilities and headcanons to this character. Also, I'm kind of rambling here, so bear with me.

From the seventh sequel onward, I've always been fascinated, no obsessed with Petrie's relationships with his family, how he relates to them, and particularly the males in the family. I feel as though throughout the series, the flyers have shown that the moms are more involved with the kids then the dads (if they're around at all), and the males seem to just go off on their own in packs or something. I feel like Petrie has a lot of potiential for growth in terms of how he sees himself and what type of flyer he wants to be.

If he had a mate, I had this idea that he would take on an active parental role as he knows what it is like to not have a reliable male flyer figure in his life.

I know there's the possibility that Petrie's dad died in the first movie, and heck, I even had it in a story once that Pterano was the one that was responsible for his death, whether directly or indirectly.

However, I actually like the idea of him just leaving the family, whether because that's their "flyer culture" or he just didn't want to be an active role. And Petrie just coming to terms with that and making certain he never turns out like his uncle or deadbeat dad. Interesting too, because on one extreme you have a manipulative narcissist that's a liar and had to leave, while the other chose to just go and remain idle from his family. Petrie could really struggle with the whole mentor figure thing, feeling disillusioned that he might never find the figure he ideally wants, coming to terms with that, and finding the strength in his friends, mother, siblings, anyone else close to him. And because he's willing to believe in things no matter how far fetched they may be, he can try to be more optimistic and less fearful, use his weaknesses as strengths, etc.

I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about this character.  :oops
Title: Petrie
Post by: Bruton the Iguanodon on October 24, 2014, 12:51:21 AM
Quote from: Teresa,Sep 18 2007 on  05:40 PM
I've recently been watching all the LBT films in order andi noticed in films 2-4 Jeff Bennett's Petrie sounded the same as Will Ryan's yet later on petries voice got squeakier. Why is that ?  :blink:
He sounds like Will Ryan in 2 and 4 but he starts sounding like...well, Jeff Bennet, I guess, in 3. Bennet uses that voice regularly starting with 5.