“But Hyp, when you’re all grownup, you won’t be very big at all.”
“Yeah, you’re kind never gets very big. When we grow up, we’ll be much bigger.”
Those comments from Littlefoot and Cera respectively to Hyp in LBT 3 made me curious about the height differential that will exist when these kids grow up. And boy were they right about Hyp not growing very large compared to the other characters. I mean:
Hyp: 5.9 ft in length
Littlefoot: 69 – 75 ft.
Cera: 25.9 – 29.9 ft
Ducky: 31 or 32 ft (Parasaurolophus and Saurolophus length)
Petrie: 18 – 20 ft wingspan
Spike: 29.5 ft
Chomper: 40 ft
Ruby: 7 ft
The closest of the seven who matches Hyp in size is Ruby and she’s a foot bigger than him. Out of curiosity, I also looked up the length of the Tinysaurusses/Mussaurus and even their actual adult size is bigger than Hyp’s (And might still be in LBT if a. you handwave Big Daddy as a case of dwarfism and b. assume all the other Tinysauruses are juveniles)! Poor Hyp.
Still, he use this to his advantage. He could walk up to some of his larger dinosaur friends, ask for a ride, and get on before they answer, being a charming little annoyance. I’m sure those he does this with would tolerate it stolidly or playfully throw him off. Hyp finds those reactions as part of the fun.
I can picture all sorts of fun with this information. Ruby and Chomper have practically more than reversed in size, so Chomper could adorably carry Ruby. If Littlefoot grows up to be especially big and he doesn’t change his name, I can imagine some friends like Cera saying “hello” to and holding conversations with his feet. Littlefoot bears with this with tolerant amusement before sometimes gently pushing their heads up with his tail.
What sorts of fun or heartwarming stuff do you think will happen when the youth of the cast grow up and have at times wildly divergent sizes?
