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The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Character Discussion => Topic started by: landbeforetimelover on May 28, 2007, 04:20:26 AM
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In lbt 12, Tria mentions someone called Ms. Tubehead. Who is it and why is she called that?
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I think Tria was supposed to be referring to a Parasaurolophus type dinosaur seeing as they have those long head crest that stretch over the back of their heads. To be honest, when I first heard that, I thought Tria said "Mrs TUPEhead" :lol I didn't quite hear her properly
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actually I've been informed it's "Twoped" referring to being a biped not a quadruped...
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sadly, I made ripped copies of all the lbt sequals and threw the origionals away to hide them so I don't have the subtitle option. Can anyone put on subtitles and see what Tria really said? I'm prettty sure it was Ms. Tubehead. I put the volume on almost maximum.
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ON IT SAH!... brb...
Twoped, confirmed
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In my opinion, Mrs. Twoped is the most obscure of all LBT characters. Largely unknown, never even seen or heard on screen, and probably the only named character to never appear in a fanfiction, we nevertheless learn three important things about her, from a single line of dialogue.
Who is this character, and what movie was she in?
Well, during LBT 12, when Tricia ran for the very first time, Tria, in excitement, said the following statement to Mr. Threehorn: "Topsy, She is so advanced. Wait til' I tell Mrs. Twoped."
This is the only reference to Mrs. Twoped in the entire series. Yet, from her name, we learn two important things: She is married, and she walks on two legs, hence the name. We also learn that she is a friend of Tria.
That's quite a lot of information for an unseen character. Still, there might be even more, but to find out, I'll need the bilingual members to help me out here.
In your non-English copies of LBT 12, how is the name of Mrs. Twoped translated? Do any of them reveal something new about the character?
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Since both Tria and Tricia are involved, I assume you're actually asking about LBT 12, not LBT 11.
You do bring up a good point though. :) Anyone with any more information?
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I'll watch today, hoping that the translators can translate :p . Also got something else to watch hmm.. :^.^:
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Since both Tria and Tricia are involved, I assume you're actually asking about LBT 12, not LBT 11.
You do bring up a good point though. :) Anyone with any more information?
All right, now I feel stupid. Yes, LBT 12. I fixed the above post.
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All right, now I feel stupid. Yes, LBT 12. I fixed the above post.
It's all good, mate. :) B)
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I heard about her from a entry on lbtwiki somewhere. I wonder if they'll provide more info at some point.
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In the German translation she is not mentioned at all. Tria just says that (translated analougously) "our friends will be impressed".
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In Dutch and in French there is no sign of a name either. The dutch version just says "She is soo smart"(talking about tricia), and the french version is about thesame. So I don't think they wanted to translate this name.
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I'll try it out this evening in Swedish. I don't know if it'll be a translation, but if it is, I'm sure it's gonna be a letdown! Stupid translations... <_<
Makes you laugh about it though! :P:
I'll see what I can do.
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I heard about her from a entry on lbtwiki somewhere. I wonder if they'll provide more info at some point.
I can assure you they won't, since I was the one who posted her. On Wikipedia too.
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I don't even remember her being mentioned!
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Well, I checked it out in Spanish, and again they translate her into just " Wait until we tell the others!" Haven't heard about Swedish yet, but it seems nobady felt like trying to translate her.
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Okay... :blink:
I just watched this scene in Swedish, and... Yes, there is a translation.
Mrs. Twoped = "Fru. Rˆrhuvud" in Swedish...
Of all transaltions...
Now, "Fru. Rˆrhuvud" would, directly translated to English, be:
"Mrs. Pipehead", "Mrs. Tubehead" or "Mrs. Valvehead".
Gives me the feeling that she might be a dinosaur that is able to make noices, such as whistling (Parasaurolophus, Muttaburasaurus etc), or a dinosaur with a bone valve skull, such as Stegoceras or Pachycephalosaurus.
Does this shed some light?
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I could well imagine the reference to be to Ducky's mother. Somehow I feel that she and Tria would resemble each other so much that they might get along very well. Also Tria might seek for advice from so experienced a mother as Ducky's.
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Kind of got that thought too. Atleast, that's one option that could fit better, as I for one, don't recall any big involvement of "valveheads" in LBT.
Only ones I can remember is two, during one of the songs in LBT XII.
As for the ones attacking Cera in LBT 1, but they were not the friendly type. :P:
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:rolleyes: oh uh i didn't know that...
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Funny enough, I thought Tria had referred to her friend as "Mrs. Tubehead." I dunno :unsure:.
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I watched it with subtitles to check. But she does indeed say "Mrs. Twoped," not Tubehead. Maybe the Swedes made the same mistake you did.
Mrs. Twoped being Ducky's Mother? I'd never thought of that! She does indeed meet all the criteria. Wouldn't that be a twist!
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Could be true. It sounds to me like "twoped" means "biped," a living thing that walks only on two legs. There could be several possibilities as there are other species that walked on two legs ;).
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I'm sure there are lots of two-footed female dinosaurs in the great valley, but she said MRS Twoped, indicating that whoever MRS Twoped is, she is married (or has a mate...) Now, I know there is some debate on this matter, but it appears that Ducky's mother does not have a mate at this time... she did once, in the 1st film I am sure... so her lack of being a MRS would disqualify her...
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so her lack of being a MRS would disqualify her...
unless the definition of Mrs. is different in the LBT world. Perhaps having children is the definition in LBT, as opposed to being coupled with a mate.
I can see this being possible because mates are more likely to get seperated in LBT world than in our world, due to predators, etc. This is also possible and makes sense if "marriage" as we know it doesn't exist in the LBT world.
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Ducky's father was in more then the first film. & Who is to say that he is dead, it could be that the animators dislike animating him could be why he doesn't appear. After all how many kids do we see besides the gang & the brief appearances of their siblings. Just the bullies in 1 movie and 1 episode. It seems very unlikely that of ALL the dinosaurs in the Great Valley that ONLY 3 females are fertile. I just assume he's around but seen like those other kids that would exist but do not, and those only very seldom seen ones like Guido & the bullies. So it could refer to Ducky's Mother. It could refer to another female also. There are some it can't or likely does not refer to, that are named or have a name everyone calls them. Grandma Longneck is one, Mrs Mia, or Maia (however it is spelled) who had a cameo on the 7th movie, are 2 it likely does not refer to.
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Yes, the mysterious "Mrs Twoped" could be a large number of dinosaurs. There are probably many, many fertile females who have children or have had them in the valley... All we know that could narrow her down is that we know she has two feet...
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... All we know that could narrow her down is that we know she has two feet...
And that she has a tube or crest of some time. See Lillefot's Swedish translation.
Mrs. Maia would be another. She's two-legged, has children (or at least eggs), and might be a friend of Tria. Do Maiaisaurs have anythin g that could correspond to a tube or crest?
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Not that I've seen.
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Hey, turns out there was already a thread on this character back in '07. I stumbled across it while surfing the old threads: Who is Ms. Tubehead? (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=1323)
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If you want maybe you can ask an admin to combine this thread with that one. I think I've seen them do that before.
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Threads merged :)
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Threads merged :)
Thanks.
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If the animators put a little more emphasis on this particular character "No" wasn't going to be my answer.