Screen Time Experiment - Land Before Time characters

[DiddyKF1]

Okay, everyone!  I've made the pics for the final ranking posts!  Now, since there are so many characters and I'm not sure how many pics I can put in one post because I don't fully understand the possible limitations of Imgur, I am going to limit myself to ten per post, so every time we hit a multiple of ten, I'll stop the post and divide them by tens, so ranks 51-60 or 61-70 and so on.

Throughout the 14 films, I ended up ranking a grand total of 93 different characters!   Most of them are single characters, but there are a few that are groups, such as unnamed siblings of the main characters, predator duos, a whole unnamed family belonging to Mo, and much more.

As such the posts will be structured like this ...

Ranks 93-91
Ranks 90-81
Ranks 80-71
Ranks 70-61
Ranks 60-51
Ranks 50-41
Ranks 40-31
Ranks 30-21
Ranks 20-11
Ranks 10-4
The Top 3

I know.  This may sound like it could take a long time to post, but bear with me.  I can say that I'm glad that I kept track of the character count after each movie so that I knew what I'd be getting myself into once the project's conclusion approached.  I will probably do one post per hour due to the large number of characters.

Many of you have told me you're so curious to see where a number of these characters ended up, and I can't wait to see your reactions to where you saw your potential favorite character!

Now, let's look at these 93 Land Before Time characters and see where they all ranked for screen time!

Ranks 93-91

At #93, the character, or should I say "characters" with the least amount of screen time in the entire Land Before Time film series, we have Cera's siblings from the original movie with fourteen seconds.  Yeah, they only appeared during Cera's hatching scene at the beginning of the first film.  Even more shockingly, we only ever see them as infant hatchlings.  Believe me, I looked deeper into some later scenes, namely the scene where Topps has his infamous "Threehorns never play with Longnecks!" line, and even the Earth Shake.  The siblings NEVER appeared again after we saw Cera hatch, and honestly I was sure they'd probably appear in more scenes, but that was it.  Thus, they sit in 93rd and last among LBT movie characters for screen time.

#92 is Mrs. Maia, who only made a small appearance in Secret of Saurus Rock, in which she was visibly on screen for 24 seconds.  All we saw her do was fling Ducky out of her nest for disturbing her while all she was really trying to do was search for the missing Threehorn twins.  Yeah, I don't really have anything good to say about this character.  She was just ... there, and showed that she doesn't like being disturbed; the complete opposite of a certain Longneck whom we meet in the 9th film.

At #91, we have Sue's Boyfriend, who appeared in two different scenes during The Great Longneck Migration.  He had a total of 35 seconds of screen time throughout those two scenes.  Funnily enough, I almost didn't include this character because of the fact that his voice actor was uncredited, but in the end I chose to add him to the GLM list, and thus he sits at #91.

So now, we've already reached a multiple of ten.  Stay tuned for my next post, where we look at ranks 81st through 90th.

[DiddyKF1]

Ranks 90-81

In 90th place, we have the shark-like Swimming Sharptooth from the 5th movie, who had 38 seconds of screen time.  We've now reached our first Sharptooth character, and the first of many.  This Sharptooth appeared in one scene in the 5th film, where he attacked the Gang during their attempted escape from the Mysterious Island and successfully prevented them from leaving the island.  I wouldn't necessarily call him an antagonist because most Sharpteeth are driven by instinct and thus should maybe be considered neutral, but he is considered an antagonist because he DID attempt to eat the Gang while they were extremely vulnerable, so yeah, I guess this is our first antagonist on this list.

At #89, we have another character that I almost didn't include but was added at the last minute, and that was Petrie's Imaginary Friend from Journey to Big Water.  He had 42 seconds of screen time, and really was just there as a cute form of imagination in Petrie's head.  I'll be honest, I thought the scene with just Petrie and his imaginary friend was somewhat adorable, but I guess that's really because Petrie is adorable at times in the sequels.

Going from one Journey to Big Water character to another, we have Mo's Water Kin ranked at #88 with 43 seconds of screen time, only appearing towards the end of the movie when the Gang successfully bring Mo back home in the Big Water.  As I said before, this counts as a group of characters because they're all related to Mo yet NONE of them are named.  Just there to greet Mo and welcome him home, and also help the Gang find a quick way back home to the Great Valley.

#87 is Ali's mother, who was on screen for 48 seconds during Journey Through the Mists.  This is the first character on the list who actually has a credited voice (in this case, Tress MacNeille).  She had a few lines during the movie but only appeared in two scenes (just those that I could confirm she was in).  Again, though, just a minor character, but given that Grandma Longneck mentioned that their herd was related to her, this means she has the least amount of screen time among Littlefoot's relatives.

"HELP!!! I don't wanna be a lone dinosaur anymore!"

#86 is the Sharptooth who only appeared during the climactic final battle in Secret of Saurus Rock with 51 seconds of screen time.  I do apologize for this picture's terrible quality.  I mentioned earlier in the project that the sixth movie had terrible picture quality.  He may look similar to the Meanest Sharptooth who also appears in this movie, but I still had to split them because I'm certain they are different characters.  This Sharptooth teamed up with the Browridge Sharptooth (which I'll get to later) to fight Grandpa Longneck as they tried to get to Littlefoot.  This particular Sharptooth even delivered a nasty, painful blow to Grandpa's underbelly, but Doc stepped in to turn the tables and the Longnecks ultimately prevailed.

Yeah, we're gonna see a lot of Sharpteeth in the bottom half of the list, so you're gonna have to get used to them until we get to the top 50.

At #85 is the Green Sharptooth from Great Longneck Migration.  He had only 54 seconds of screen time, as he, along with his gray pack mate, only joined the battle midway through just when it looked as though all was well.  This Sharptooth ended up briefly engaged in combat with Grandpa Longneck, but Grandma stepped in to knock him down the hill, and he was out for the count after that, whilst the other two lasted longer in the battle than he did.

#84 is another one of Cera's relatives who only appeared in the first movie, and that was her biological mother, who had 57 seconds of screen time.  She appeared in three scenes, and was last seen in the immediate aftermath of the Earth Shake.  There has been a lot of debate as to what happened to her and her children sans Cera, although I personally believe they were led astray by Petrie's uncle Pterano, although that is just speculation.

At #83, we have another character group from Journey to Big Water; the so-called Bumphead Babies.  They had 1 minute and 1 second of screen time, so this is the first character slot to break the one-minute mark.  We see them hatch during the "No One Has to Be Alone" musical number in the second half of the ninth film, and we get a few adorable moments with them immediately warming up to the Gang while they and Mo spent the night at their mother's nesting site.

#82 is the final character to be introduced in the entire Land Before Time film series; the Horned Sharptooth from the latter half of Journey of the Brave.  He had 1 minute and 8 seconds on screen.  His pursuit of the Gang upon their encounter only lasted 30 seconds before they took cover and were later rescued from the situation by Etta.  He later showed up while the search party led by Chomper were nearby, and Wild Arms so nearly got his attention with his cowardly whimpering, only for him to be distracted by a small group of Ornithomimus.  That was the last we saw of the last antagonist in the whole series.

#81 is going to be wild one.  Rooter, the character who comforted Littlefoot in the aftermath of his mother's death in the first movie, had just 1 minute and 13 seconds of screen time, and thus he landed all the way back at #81!  Just 73 seconds of visible screen time was all it took for him to deliver his powerful message about the great Circle of Life to both Littlefoot and the audience in general.  I'm sure many of you must be shocked to see this character this far down on the list, but here sits Rooter in 81st place.

We've reached another multiple of ten.  I'll have to step away for a while because I need to go to the store.  Stay tuned this afternoon for my next post on ranks 80th through 71st!

[DiddyKF1]

Ranks 80-71

#80 is the Mountain Sharptooth from Big Freeze, with 1 minute and 26 seconds of screen time.  This is the first Sharptooth on this list who encountered the Gang more than once.  He pursued a lonely Ducky while she was looking for Spike, drawing his attention to Littlefoot, Cera, Petrie and Mr. Thicknose, and on their first encounter it was the kids who knocked him out using a giant snowball.  However, he later returned, and this time it was Mr. Thicknose who delivered the blow by using a fallen tree branch to send him tumbling down the mountain, presumably to his death.

#79 is the first of the hideous-looking Sharpteeth from the absolutely garbage Wisdom of Friends.  The yellow one in the pack had the least screen time of the four at 1 minute and 31 seconds.  I don't really have much to say about these Sharpteeth other than the fact that they looked so ugly that they made the Sharpteeth from the other movies look amazing.

#78 is the so-called Meanest Sharptooth of all, with 1 minute and 33 seconds of screen time in Secret of Saurus Rock, only appearing in flashback stories and dream sequences.  This is the Sharptooth who famously lost to the so-called Lone Dinosaur (implied to be Doc) in a legendary duel that was said to have went on for hours before he scarred Doc's right eye, only for him to be tossed off the cliff by a whip from Doc's tail after he got back up.  I also counted his appearance in Littlefoot's dream where he imagines himself as a hero, and at the end of the movie when Littlefoot portrays his grandfather as the Great Dinosaur.

#77 is our fourth predator in a row, this one being the swamp-dwelling Belly Dragger from the tenth movie, with 1 minute and 37 seconds on screen.  He was first encountered when Littlefoot so nearly got eaten by him, only for the stalker to be stomped on hard by Sue.  He later attacked the Gang after getting so frustrated with waiting, and he came so close to enjoying Petrie as his meal, only for Cera to allow a tree to fall on him, saving the Flyer's life.  I can only imagine what Ducky must have been thinking with that line right at the end ...

And now, after four straight antagonists, we move on to a trio of neutral characters; the Flyer Judges from Great Day of the Flyers ranked at #76.  The trio had a combined 1 minute and 47 seconds of screen time.  Some fans often have negative views on these characters because of how pointless they seemed to be in the long run, and I must say that I didn't really think their singing voices were all that good in "Flip, Flap and Fly."  They were just there, watching Petrie and were astonished when he started having fun being himself.  I often wonder how they would have reacted to witnessing Petrie rescuing Tricia, but that was unfortunately never explored.

Well, back to more Sharpteeth.  At #75, the Red Sharptooth from Wisdom of Friends, with 1 minute and 48 seconds of screen time.  We didn't see this Sharptooth do much aside from briefly chase Ducky and Petrie.  Just another dull filler antagonist for an already-terrible movie.

Oh, wait!  It gets even worse!  We're going from one WoF Sharptooth to another, as the green one in the pack ranks in 74th with just one second more than his red pack mate at 1 minute and 49 seconds.  Just another antagonist who really did next to nothing because they all can't endure the bouncing of Yellow Bellies.

In 73rd is our first character to reach two minutes, as the Spokes Dinosaur who led the herd of Far Walkers in Stone of Cold Fire had exactly two minutes on screen, no more, no less.  He played a prominent role in the meeting at the beginning of the movie when Littlefoot brings up the meteor that landed in Threehorn Peak the night before, but this Far Walker was buying none of it, and even lashed out at the valley leaders at times during the conversation before the Rainbow Faces joined in on all the crazy talk.  He even confides in Topps, saying that the Rainbow Faces are a couple of strange weirdos.

At #72 is the one and only antagonist from Journey to Big Water.  This Sharptooth Swimmer had 2 minutes and 1 second on screen, just barely getting ahead of the Spokes Dinosaur from two movies prior.  We first see him very briefly breach his way into the Great Valley because of the floods and make one attempt and snapping the Gang in his jaws, but Mo quickly drives him away.  He doesn't reappear until much later, when, hungry for revenge, he goes all-in on his lust to have the Gang for lunch, but Mo again stops him and seemingly sacrifices himself to save his friends, only for us to learn that he lured the monster into a trap, and thus we don't see him again afterward.  This Sharptooth was definitely one of the more terrifying ones and was one of the more effective antagonists who really made an impact, but like many other Sharpteeth, he was a one-movie-only character.

#71 is another small group of characters, these being the two Featherhead Sharpteeth from the first half of Journey of the Brave.  I must say that the land in which they live in has some incredible backdrops, particularly that rock arch, which I think was one of the more fascinating hotspot locations in the Land Before Time universe.  Before I get off topic, though, let's go over this duo.  We know these two have an incredible sense of smell, and the Gang using stinkweed to draw them off worked for a while, but once that was gone, these Sharpteeth wasted NO time tracking them down, and it culminated in a rather unoriginal defeat for them in the kids' hands.  We'd already seen them using vines to trip a Sharptooth, and we'd already seen them using various tricks to make them slip and fall down steep hills.  I think the Featherheads deserved better than that.

Coming up on my next post, ranks 70th through 61st!

[DiddyKF1]

Ranks 70-61

#70 is the second of the three Sharpteeth from Great Longneck Migration, this one being the red one in the pack, with 2 minutes and 14 seconds of screen time.  This Sharptooth was the first to arrive at the crater where the Longnecks were staying, having been drawn in by the arrival of the Gang.  He could have easily defeated Pat if not for the timely arrival of Bron, but even that didn't stop him just yet.  He and Bron clashed in combat for a few minutes before he was knocked down by his gray pack mate, whom had just been tripped by the combined efforts of Cera and Shorty, essentially killing two birds with one stone.

We have another group of characters from Journey of the Brave coming up, as 69th place ended up going to the Diggers who briefly made Petrie their leader after he was blown into their home by the Sand Cloud.  The Diggers had a combined 2 minutes and 16 seconds of screen time, and I must say they were rather strange characters who somehow managed to make me laugh with their antics during their scenes with Petrie and later with the rest of the Gang (except Littlefoot).  Honestly, to think that they were going to feed Cera to Petrie was just ridiculous.

#68 is another one of Littlefoot's possible relatives, the Old One, with 2 minutes and 18 seconds of screen time in Journey Through the Mists.  The leader of a herd of Longnecks who formerly lived in what became known as the Land of Mists, this Longneck was said to be the wisest of them all, but Littlefoot had his doubts, especially after his grandfather became ill.  We did see for a few seconds that she does have a sympathetic side, as she gives Littlefoot a sad look after telling him that going to the Land of Mists was too dangerous and thus saving his grandfather could prove futile, even if the young Longneck was determined to save him at all costs.  She was definitely harsh on the outside, like many other elderly characters whom have gone through years of experience and hardships, but deep in her heart, she does care.

#67 is this lone Longneck from Journey to Big Water (who went by the name of Diplodocus Mom in the end credits) with 2 minutes and 31 seconds of screen time.  This Longneck (voiced by Grandma Longneck's voice actress, Miriam Flynn) was encountered by accident after Ducky fell into her nest, and she initially greeted them coldly, thinking they were going to harm her eggs, but after seeing how these travelers were just children who got lost after an Earth Shake (as if that sounded so original), she gradually warmed up to them and allowed them to spend the night in her nest, during which she became a happy mother of several freshly-hatched children.  To see her slowly warm up to the Gang so much that she even went as far as to extend guest right to them plus Mo was definitely one of the most heartwarming parts of the 9th movie.

#66 is one of the harshest parents in the entire Great Valley; Hyp's father.  He had 2 minutes and 33 seconds on screen during Time of the Great Giving, which I only counted beginning right after the Gang saved Hyp from a pool of sinking sand.  Seeing him treat his son so coldly made Topps see the error of his ways, and when he finally learned sense, he began his redemption when he stepped in to protect the Gang from a pack of Fast Biters whom had arrived to hunt them all down.  Afterward, he sought to become a better father to Hyp, and in turn Hyp and his two comrades made amends with the Gang, one of the few great moments of the third film.

Speaking of the Fast Biters whom I just mentioned, they rank directly ahead of Hyp's father at #65, with 2 minutes and 35 seconds on screen for the combined pack of four, just two seconds more than him.  Given their nature as fast-running, highly-active meat-eating dinosaurs much like Deinonychus and Velociraptor, these predators were relentless on their assault against a group of at least 13 dinosaurs (including 5 children and 3 teenagers), but it was ultimately the young ones who delivered the final blow when they restored the water supply to the Great Valley.  In the chaos, the Fast Biters were washed away and never seen again.

#64 is the Sailback Sharptooth that ultimately triggered Petrie's bravest act ever in Great Day of the Flyers.  During his standoff against Petrie and Guido (and later, the rest of the Gang), he was on screen for 2 minutes and 41 seconds.  I even measured how long the scene lasted, and between the moment Petrie swoops in to grab Guido and the moment Littlefoot lures him into a trap by having his sail wedged in between two large rocks, this encounter lasted more than three minutes, making it quite a lengthy Sharptooth encounter.  I said before on my review of the 12th film that Petrie's uncharacteristic bravery was on full swing as he faced this very Sharptooth, but it's true.  This long-jawed monster did not go down without a fight, even though he, like many Sharpteeth, didn't have many smart tricks up his sleeve, even having a ticklish jaw as proven by Guido.  That is why this is actually one of my favorite Sharptooth encounters in the whole series.

At #63, we have the Spiketail herd leader from Big Freeze, with 2 minutes and 42 seconds of screen time, having just one second more than the Sailback Sharptooth from the 12th movie.  We didn't see too much of this Spiketail compared to Tippy and his mother, but I can say he really tried his best to lead his herd during the hardships of the Cold Time.  Other than that, I don't really have much of an opinion on this character.

In 62nd place, just three places ahead of the Fast Biters from the 3rd film, we have the Fast Biters from the 11th film, Invasion of the Tinysauruses, with 2 minutes and 44 seconds on screen during the closing stages of the film.  These Fast Biters were inadvertently drawn into the Great Valley by the Tiny Longnecks led by Big Daddy, making this the third and final occasion in the series where Sharpteeth successfully penetrated their way into the Great Valley, and once they were in, they launched an all-out assault on the vulnerable Gang.  Although the combined efforts of Topps, Tria, and even the Tiny Longnecks who marched into the battlefield, led by a reformed Big Daddy, were able to keep them busy for a while, it seemed Topps would be left to fend for his own.  However, these Fast Biters were only stopped once a big group of the strongest dinosaurs in the valley, led by Littlefoot's grandparents, left them vastly outnumbered and forced them into retreat.  Much like the Fast Biters from the third movie, they were utterly relentless in their lust for blood, but as we've seen many times, strength comes in numbers, which these Fast Biters certainly did not have.

#61 is the only named character in the 61-70 range; Elsie.  In Mysterious Island, she was on screen for 2 minutes and 46 seconds, only appearing towards the end of the film when she helped save Chomper and later helped the Gang finally escape the island and took them to a beautiful oasis where their families had temporarily taken residence while the Great Valley was left a barren wasteland.  A good character to get acquainted with once one got to know her, as proven even with the Great Valley adults.  Judging from their dialogue, it would seem she came by to chat with them quite often during the events of Mysterious Island.

We're getting close to the halfway point! Stay tuned for ranks 60th through 51st!

[DiddyKF1]

Ranks 60-51

Ranked at #60 is the leader of the Sharptooth pack from Wisdom of Friends, with 3 minutes and 3 seconds of screen time, making him our first character on this list to breach 3 minutes.  This is the Sharptooth that everyone on this forum likes to call "Best Sharptooth" for some reason. It's actually crazy that this Sharptooth got roughly double the amount of screen time as his three pack mates, and he has the same weakness that they all have: being vulnerable to the Yellow Bellies' crazy bouncing that is capable of causing tremors and bringing rocks down, and this very weakness proved to be their downfall, as they were lured to a cliff which the Yellow Bellies and the Gang brought down with their bouncing and sent all four Sharpteeth falling to their deaths.  What a stupid way to die.  God, I hate Wisdom of Friends so much.

#59 is the last of the three Sharpteeth from Great Longneck Migration, as the gray one in the pack had the most screen time of the trio, at 3 minutes and 13 seconds.  This is because he appeared more than once, unlike the other two.  He first encountered the Gang after they slept next to him, thinking he was just a big boulder, but they were proven wrong when Cera accidentally woke him up, culminating in a short chase that didn't last long as they quickly found a hiding place.  He was later one of the two Sharpteeth who joined the battle with the Gang and the Longnecks midway through the conflict, and he engaged in a seemingly one-sided battle with Pat, only to be tripped by Cera and Shorty, sending him careening right into his red pack mate who was battling Bron, finishing off this Sharptooth trio once and for all, as they were soon scared away by the eclipse.

#58 is the Plated Sharptooth from Mysterious Island, with 3 minutes and 23 seconds of screen time.  He was living on the island whilst Chomper and his parents were apparently oblivious to him being there.  He found the Gang by tracking down their scent right to their hiding place, and he chased them all over the island until he seemingly had them cornered.  Chomper tried to distract him for a while, but as soon as the beast gave him quite a blow, this drew the ire of his angry parents, resulting in the only Sharptooth vs. Sharptooth battle in the whole series.  The Gang watched the 2-on-1 battle in awe as the Plated Sharptooth, despite being outnumbered, was able to gain the upper hand on both his opponents, and it looked as though he was on his way to victory and set to doom the whole Gang, if not for a well-timed tail swipe by Papa Sharptooth that sent him falling into the Big Water where he eventually drowned, almost taking Chomper with him.  Of all the Sharpteeth in the series, this one was definitely one of the fiercest when it came to combat.

57th place ends up going to Archie, an Archelon whom Littlefoot befriends while trapped in the cave he calls home, with 3 minutes and 35 seconds of screen time in Journey Through the Mists.  Despite his old age, he still had some tricks up his sleeve as he briefly engaged Ichy and Dil, but in the end it was Cera who finished off this particular conflict.  Even though he was initially hostile towards Littlefoot, his inability to scare him due to his lack of teeth made the Longneck see right through him, and he turned out to be a kind old turtle who was happy to give the kids a helping hand on their way to the Land of Mists to find the Night Flowers.

Sticking to Journey Through the Mists, here's a surprise that gave Mumbling a good laugh.  Tickles had more screen time than Archie, at 3 minutes and 52 seconds, and thus takes the #56 spot.  This adorable little guy quickly made friends with Spike, and I really love that cute little moment where he shares a hug with Ducky.  Despite his lack of dialogue, Tickles is so likeable, and he proved to be a helpful companion, especially seen when he saved Petrie from being fed to Dil by Ichy.  I thought it was sad we never saw him again after the 4th film, but he certainly left on a very positive note.

I'm sure many of you are not going to believe this, but the infamous Sharptooth from the original Land Before Time, at 4 minutes and 7 seconds of screen time, ranked all the way back at #55!  Yeah, you probably weren't expecting him to be this low, but since a lot of scenes were cut from the original movie, his screen time definitely suffered because of this.  He may have only been on screen for just over four minutes, but everything we saw him do was utterly terrifying.  Watching him do seemingly supernatural things while engaging in ferocious combat with Littlefoot's mother (ultimately killing her in the process) and viciously go after the Gang in his desperate quest for revenge is so amazing despite his natural evilness.  Just look at all the things he did!  He murdered Littlefoot's mother, destroyed Littlefoot's first tree star to wipe out one of the few living memories of her, and he was all but ready to kill the entire Gang in cold blood to satisfy his need for flesh, blood and vengeance for having one of his eyes slashed!  This makes him, in my opinion, one of the greatest villains in the history of theatrical dinosaur movies, and he deserves praise for leaving such a mark on prehistoric cinema.

#54 is even wilder, though, as Ruby, the Fast Runner who joined the Gang alongside Chomper and became a major character in the TV series, ended up all the way back at #54 with just 4 minutes and 14 seconds of screen time, just edging ahead of the original Sharptooth!  This is because Journey of the Brave was the only movie she appeared in (being the only movie set AFTER the events of the TV series), and even then, she and Chomper had a very small role in the movie.  It really pains me to have to rank Ruby this low, but I said at the beginning of the project that I was NOT including the TV series, only the movies.  As such, Ruby is the only member of the Gang of Seven to end up in the bottom half of the list.

At #53, we have a pair of characters which I had a very hard time tracking down in Invasion of the Tinysauruses, and those are the Tiny Longneck twins, Rocky and Dusty.  I was only able to confirm up to 4 minutes and 33 seconds of screen time for these twins, because many of the scenes with the Tiny Longnecks left them very difficult to properly spot.  Thus, they landed at #53.

In 52nd place, we finally have not only the first immediate family member of the Gang of Seven, but also the first character on the list to appear in more than one film, and this was none other than Chomper's father, who, like Rocky and Dusty, also had 4 minutes and 33 seconds of screen time.  However, I placed him ahead of the Tinysaurus twins because he appeared in two movies while Rocky and Dusty were only in one.  He may be a Sharptooth, but above all else, he's also a father.  In fact, he's so much of a protective father that he will go at great lengths to ensure Chomper's safety, as we saw in both movies he and his mate appeared in.  I can only wonder whatever happened to Ozzy and Strut after they tried to kill Chomper at the end of the second movie, but hopefully Mama and Papa Sharptooth gave them what they deserved.  His moment of unintentional good, however, came in the fifth movie, as it was he who unwittingly saved the Gang by tossing the Plated Sharptooth into the sea, but Chomper ended up going down with him.  He was then met with an extraordinary sight, as Littlefoot jumped his way down to rescue his Sharptooth friend, and this act earned the Gang the admiration of Chomper's grateful parents.  This may have questioned film critics, but it showed that despite the vicious nature of Sharpteeth, there are some who have a good heart because they care about family above everything else.

Just missing the top 50, we have Ducky's siblings in 51st place.  All of Ducky's siblings combined throughout the 14 films ended up with a grand total of 4 minutes and 40 seconds of screen time.  Surprisingly, the most screen time they got in a single film was 1 minute and 4 seconds, which was actually achieved by the newborn Swimmer siblings at the beginning of Journey of the Brave, just one second more than the siblings from Big Freeze.  It's honestly quite sad that they never really became supporting characters at any point during the series, unlike Petrie's siblings in Great Day of the Flyers, and I'm sure this is what drove The Lone Dragon to expand upon Ducky's family in his Swimmer Trials fanfiction, a story I highly recommend to anyone interested in LBT fanfiction.

Up next, we begin delving into the top 50 with ranks 50th through 41st!

[DiddyKF1]

Okay.  We've now reached the top 50!  Time to get into the upper half of the list!

Ranks 50-41

Kicking off the top 50, we ironically have our first character to reach five minutes, as the Browridge Sharptooth from Secret of Saurus Rock comes in at #50 with exactly five minutes on the dot.  The Gang ended up running into this Sharptooth three times over the course of the 6th movie.  Most notably, Littlefoot, thinking he was dead, tried to yank a tooth out of his jaw, but this proved to be foolish, as the Sharptooth turned out to be very much alive, and to make matters worse, another Sharptooth was lurking around the corner, and Littlefoot was left in all-out panic.  It was so bad he couldn't even think about running anymore until his grandfather showed up to defend him.  Even then, though, although Grandpa Longneck briefly got the upper hand over the second Sharptooth (which I mentioned earlier at #86 on this list), the Browridge arrived to turn the tables, distracting Grandpa long enough for the other Sharptooth to kick him right in the underbelly.  It seemed the Longneck was finished, but, of course, Doc showed up at just the right time, and the two Longnecks ended up crushing the two Sharpteeth to death with rocks in the end.  Littlefoot was even able to get that tooth he wanted so he could repair Saurus Rock and end the bad luck in the Great Valley.  Five minutes of screen time definitely ensured this was one of the more questionably impactful Sharpteeth in the films.

In 49th place, we have the first of the Longneck characters from Great Longneck Migration, as Sue had 5 minutes and 15 seconds of screen time.  She made her mark the moment she first appeared by nearly crushing the Belly Dragger who was about to eat Littlefoot, and her size was so great that even his grandparents were initially startled by her appearance until she showed herself to be a Longneck just like them.  According to Bron, she can be quite a formidable combatant due to her huge size compared to almost all other Longnecks.  No wonder she fell in love with one that was even taller than her!

At #48, we have arguably one of the most adorable characters in the entire series, and that is Cera's baby sister, Tricia, with 5 minutes and 47 seconds of screen time from the moment she hatches in Great Day of the Flyers.  She is at the center of the subplot of the 12th film, as she was the reason Cera had become fed up with her father and stepmother seemingly ignoring her while giving all their attention to Tricia.  In the end, she ended up playing a pivotal role in the movie's finale, as she inadvertently interfered with the Day of the Flyers by falling into a fast-flowing river that led to a huge waterfall which certainly would have led to her early demise if not for Petrie's quick thinking and newfound bravery (having rescued Guido from a Sailback Sharptooth mere hours earlier).  On top of that, wrapping up her arc with her saying her first word (Cera's name) was the icing on the cake.

#47 is the first of the two Rainbow Faces from Stone of Cold Fire.  In this case, the female one had 6 minutes and 6 seconds of screen time, making her our first 6-minute character.  I've made it known on this forum before that I'm not too fond of the Rainbow Faces because of them supposedly being aliens disguised as dinosaurs.  For screen time, the female one was the lesser of the two, being more strict than her male companion, not willing to share secrets as he was.

#46 is Tippy, the Spiketail whom Spike befriended in Big Freeze, with 6 minutes and 11 seconds of screen time.  This is a character that I don't have much to say about, although it was good to see Spike finally meet somebody of his own kind.  The two not only became fast friends, but over the course of the 8th film, we see them do so many fun things together, up to the point where Ducky begins to feel guilty over mistreating her adopted brother.  It was almost as if Tippy was on the verge of essentially replacing Ducky as Spike's best friend, but in the end, Spike, of course, chose to go back to his foster Swimmer family where he rightfully belonged.

This next one will be absolutely insane.  Just ahead of Tippy, at #45, we have his own mother!  She had 6 minutes and 13 seconds on screen, beating her own son by just two seconds!  This was the only time in the entire series where a child character had LESS screen time than his or her own parent!  That's just wild!  You wouldn't think this would be possible, but Tippy's mother did play quite a large role in Big Freeze.  She was essentially the number two of the Spiketail herd, often speaking alongside her herd leader (whom I mentioned earlier at #63), and serving as the occasional voice of reason for the Spiketail herd.  She seemed happy to have Spike become a member of their herd, but after seeing just how well Spike was around Ducky and the Gang at the end of the movie, she realized that this Swimmer family was where he truly belonged.

Tippy and his mother both end up being sandwiched by the two Rainbow Faces from the movie previous to theirs, as the male Rainbow Face from Stone of Cold Fire comes in at #44 with 6 minutes and 22 seconds on screen, 16 seconds more than his female companion.  As I mentioned, he was much more open to sharing their secrets, unlike his female companion, and constantly had to be kept in line by her.  Definitely a strange character, one of the few things I would agree with Topps on.

Going back to Great Longneck Migration again, with Littlefoot's adopted brother Shorty ranking in 43rd place with 6 minutes and 39 seconds of screen time.  Right off the bat, this kid was a bully who took an immediate dislike to Littlefoot at first glance, but once it became clear that Littlefoot was Bron's biological son, this only made things worse for Shorty, whom until now had grown to depend on Bron and was now jealous of Littlefoot, considering his own terrible past.  It got to the point where he considered running away from the Longneck herd, but was caught by Littlefoot, who managed to knock some sense into him, and eventually the Longnecks made amends.  Littlefoot even asked Bron to adopt Shorty as his own, which he happily accepted, and thus Littlefoot, like Ducky, ended up with a new adopted brother whom he could call family.  Shockingly, Shorty was never even mentioned in Journey of the Brave, not even by Littlefoot nor Bron, and I wish I knew why this was the case.  No wonder he ended up at #43.

Well, well, speaking of Bron, and speaking of Journey of the Brave, we have Wild Arms in 42nd place with 6 minutes and 43 seconds of screen time, just four seconds more than Shorty.  This character came off as annoying to many other characters and film critics, but he was nowhere near as bad as the Yellow Bellies from the previous movie.  Comparatively, Wild Arms was much more tolerable.  That said, though, he was a coward who made up lies to exaggerate his supposed bravery, and Etta even offhandedly called him out on this.  His reputation probably didn't get any better as he was the one who was indirectly responsible for Bron's peril, resulting in Littlefoot and the Gang taking off to rescue him from the Fire Mountain where he ended up trapped at.  The looks on the faces of Grandpa Longneck and Topps during their time together says all you need to know about what they thought of this cowardly weirdo.

At #41, we have the leader of the Tiny Longnecks from Invasion of the Tinysauruses, Big Daddy, at 7 minutes and 22 seconds of screen time.  Voiced by the late Michael Clarke Duncan (most famous for his role in Green Mile opposite Tom Hanks), many compared him to Topps in that he was an overprotective father who tried extra hard to protect his herd of Tiny Longnecks from the much bigger dinosaurs of the Great Valley right above them.  After Littlefoot's confession and the rockslide that caved their home in, he felt no choice but to leave the Great Valley behind for good, only to run into a duo of Fast Biters.  In the process, he inadvertently led them right into the Great Valley, endangering the lives of all the peaceful plant-eating dinosaurs who lived within.  However, he soon had a change of heart regarding the dinosaurs of the valley, and minutes later, he had his redemption.  With a great battle cry, he personally led his herd right into the battlefield and launched an assault on the Fast Biters, which bought just enough time for the rest of the valley adults to arrive and drive the Fast Biters into retreat.  After making amends with Topps, the Tiny Longnecks were welcomed back into the Great Valley with open arms, and were even invited to take part in the festivities on the following Nibbling Day.  Big Daddy may have been harsh at times, but in the end, he proved his heart was in the right place.

With the list just over halfway done, we're about to get into the top 40!  Stay tuned for ranks 40th through 31st!

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Ranks 40-31

Moving into the top 40, we have Littlefoot's mother ranked at #40 with 7 minutes and 24 seconds of screen time.  This actually includes 15 seconds in Bron's flashbacks in Great Longneck Migration.  She was one of the more famous characters in the LBT series.  She played a very important role in the first half of the first movie that can NEVER be forgotten.  She taught Littlefoot so much as the young Longneck grew up, and in the end, she ultimately gave her life to save not only her son, but Cera as well.  This is why I was so pissed off at Cera for calling her a stupid Flathead, showing that she had no gratefulness towards her for saving her life probably until her redemption at the end.  Littlefoot's mother's death was a huge blow, but in the end, it set the entire story up for her son as he set off to find the Great Valley.  She even appeared before him in spiritual form on several occasions, eventually leading him and his new friends right to their new dream home.  Once the Sharptooth whom had killed her was finally gone for good, and the newly-formed Gang of Five arrived in the Great Valley, Littlefoot was assured her soul could finally rest in peace.  She is seen by many as the saint and unsung hero of the first movie, and her sacrifice ensured that Littlefoot would have a home with his grandparents (her own parents, for that matter), along with new companions whose friendships were very hard-earned.  She is in the elite of Land Before Time characters.

Going from one protecting mother to another, we have Chomper's mother at #39 with 7 minutes and 26 seconds of screen time.  She ended up with a lot more screen time than her mate did, appearing in more scenes in both movies they were in.  Like Littlefoot's mother in the previous slot, this one is also a doting mother to her one and only son, and would go to great lengths to protect him.  Like her mate, she, too, was admired by Littlefoot's willingness to rescue Chomper, and when she came to realize just how much Chomper's friends meant to him, she actually shared a smile with Cera (the only time in the entire seires we saw an adult Sharptooth smile).  They then proceeded to do something which no other Sharpteeth would ever have done; they offered the Gang protection, which they politely refused because they had families worried about them and had a home to go back to.  Accepting this, they saw their son's friends off and even waved goodbye to them, a nice final gesture out of gratefulness for saving their son's life.  Unfortunately, neither of Chomper's parents have been seen since then, but it would be interesting to delve more into their backstory and how their son ended up living in the Great Valley with Ruby as his caretaker.

We've finally reached our first named antagonist.  Well, Shorty was sort of an antagonist in the 10th movie, but this is our first TRUE named antagonist.  This would be Nod, one of Hyp's two cronies in Time of the Great Giving, with 7 minutes and 28 seconds of screen time, putting him in 38th place.  Of Hyp's two sidekicks, I often have a hard time pondering who is worse: Mutt or Nod?  Mutt is the stupid one, while Nod just likes to agree with Hyp like a mindless slave serving his master without question.  Nod, however, was the one who splashed water in Topps' face (although this was actually caused by Hyp) and left Littlefoot to be wrongfully blamed for it.  Topps, in retaliation, forced the Gang to be split apart and disbanded, but this didn't last long.  Nod proved to be even more of an incapable friend when he and Mutt argued over who should rescue Hyp from the sinking sand, leaving Littlefoot and his friends to save him instead.  He and Mutt did eventually lighten up and make friends with the Gang, though, and even played a role in helping them restore the water supply to the Great Valley at the end.

Now we have one of the most evil characters in the whole series.  Rinkus ranks in 37th with 7 minutes and 39 seconds of screen time in Stone of Cold Fire.  Of Pterano's henchmen, Rinkus was the lesser of the two.  He wasn't as bad as Sierra, but he did not secretly have a heart of gold like Pterano did.  He was actually more calculating when it came to betraying Pterano in the finale, unlike his impatient fellow crony.  He also displayed more cowardly and hesitant tendencies than Sierra.  He was, however, just as hungry for power, and in the end, they both got what they deserved when the Stone exploded in their faces and sent them soaring into their earlier resting spot, singed and possibly severely injured.

At #36, we have Skitter, another one of the Tiny Longnecks from Invasion of the Tinysauruses, with 7 minutes and 51 seconds on screen.  Unlike his superior, Big Daddy, he was a very friendly one who readily accepted Littlefoot without a second thought.  That may have changed after his confession, but even then he and Lizzie were unwilling to leave the valley behind when Big Daddy forced them to leave.  During the Fast Biter attack, Skitter and Lizzie were the first Tiny Longnecks on the scene, biting into the Fast Biters' skin, showing that they had such a big heart towards the Gang and the valley as a whole.  This would explain why they got more screen time than Big Daddy did, as he didn't arrive on the battlefield until later.

Moving on to Hyp's other crony, we have Mutt ranked at #35 with 7 minutes and 51 seconds of screen time in Time of the Great Giving. This ties him with Skitter, but I placed Mutt higher.  Mutt was the stupid one of the trio of bullies who mercilessly picked on Littlefoot and his friends constantly throughout the third film.  Mutt was unintelligent and dimwitted compared to Nod, but he was very loyal to Hyp.  As I mentioned when going over Nod, he, too, had a redemption arc when he, along with Hyp and Nod, helped the Gang defeat the Fast Biters and bring the water supply back to the Great Valley, and he also warmed up to the Gang as they made their way back home to a replenished Great Valley.

Moving back to Invasion of the Tinysauruses one more time.  Of the Tiny Longnecks, Lizzie ended up with the most screen time with 7 minutes and 57 seconds, placing her in 34th.  She may have only had six seconds more screen time than Skitter, but what really established her as the most prominent Tinysaur was the musical number she shared with Cera.  She could easily relate to her as they both had issues regarding their fathers which they eventually sorted out by the end of the movie.

At #33, we have, in my opinion, the most evil character in the entire series; Sierra.  His screen time on Stone of Cold Fire was 8 minutes and 23 seconds, meaning there is a gap of more than half a minute between him and Lizzie.  Sierra was a new breed of messed up.  He was a deranged psychopath who would stop at nothing to get his way.  He continuously grew ever more impatient with Pterano's more thought-out calculations and Rinkus' hesitancy.  Kidnapping Ducky was just absolutely wrong, but what really made him worse than anyone else in this universe was this very line ...

"Once we take over, first thing I'm gonna do is feed them overgrown eggs to the Sharpteeth!"

That, in my opinion, solidified his status as the worst character in the entire series in terms of evilness.  He would have happily murdered five innocent children in cold blood without a second thought and without any shred of remorse.  He was a vile, twisted lunatic who would have gladly committed murder in the first degree, and Pterano actually tried to stop him from doing this!  For that reason, I was screaming with joy the first time I watched the movie and saw the Stone of Cold Fire blow up right in the Flyers' faces.  This maniac got what he deserved in the end, and even though it's unknown whether or not Rinkus and Sierra survived, it was satisfying to see Sierra get blasted off by the very thing he sought to take unimaginable power from.  Karma's a bitch.

At #32, we have a character who actually ended up with four credited movie appearances: Mr. Clubtail, with a total of 8 minutes and 36 seconds of screen time.  He was somewhat of a grumpy character at times, and he even had a heated rivalry with Topps occasionally.  Unlike Topps, though, he tried his best not to show his gruff side when the children were present, meaning that he at least knew where the line of morality was when it came to the Gang, though he did get frustrated with them at times.  Most notably, there was that one time he called Petrie a racial slur right in his face after he had just screwed up a practice session for the upcoming Day of the Flyers.  I guess it's up for debate who's worse: Topps or Mr. Clubtail?

Moving on to one of the more terrifying villains of the series, we have Ichy in 31st place with 8 minutes and 39 seconds of screen time in Journey Through the Mists.  Ichy is definitely an evil character, but he's not as bad as Sierra, and that's because he is a Sharptooth Flyer who is driven by instinct to feed as part of his nature.  He did display somewhat psychopathic tendencies, as he, too, was willing to kill the Gang in cold blood, but only to satisfy his and Dil's need to feed.  Another reason I say Ichy is not as evil as Sierra is because he and Dil do not make a great team.  The two argue with each other constantly, and in the end we see them accomplish nothing together.  That said, though, the encounters Ichy and Dil had with the Gang (plus Ali) were actually considered to be so frightening that movie critics thought they would scare younger viewers.

Now we're really beginning to see a few favorites show up here and there.  Get ready to see some more as we get into the top 30 with ranks 30th through 21st!

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Ranks 30-21

We begin the top 30 with another villain, as Strut slots into 30th place with 8 minutes and 44 seconds of screen time in Great Valley Adventure.  Strut was the lesser of the two Egg Stealers in the 2nd movie, though.  He didn't seem all too excited about the Egg Stealer lifestyle as Ozzy was, preferring to instead eat grass.  That didn't make Strut any better, though.  He was still evil, and he developed a hatred for the Gang at about the same level as Ozzy, and was willing to go to great lengths to eliminate them.  In fact, it was Strut who came up with the idea of throwing Littlefoot off the edge of the Great Wall and send him falling to his death, and Ozzy readily agreed to the idea.  However, Ozzy made the mistake of squeezing Chomper into a chokehold, and this drew the ire of the Sharptooth's angry parents, who promptly went after them and left their fates uncertain.  Strut was much like Rinkus in that he was not the most evil one in the group but still did not harbor good feelings.

At #29, we have the last of the many characters who were exclusive to Great Longneck Migration, as Pat had 8 minutes and 47 seconds of screen time.  An elderly Longneck who accompanied the Gang on their journey to track down the whereabouts of Littlefoot and his grandparents, he was a very humble and modest Longneck, as shown when he wasn't fazed in the least by Cera's grouchy attitude, knowing full well that she would inevitably change her mind, and when she indeed did, he was more than happy to be their traveling companion, telling them the stories and legends of the Longneck creation myth.  However, his leg is then burned by lava, and despite his pleas for the Gang to continue on without him so that he doesn't slow them down, they instead chose to stay and keep him in their group, much to his surprise and happiness.  Unfortunately, his burned foot does prove to be a disadvantage when it comes to battling Sharpteeth, as shown when he takes several massive blows, but in the end, thanks to Bron and all the others, he was able to survive the encounter and took part in "supposedly saving the world" with the other Longnecks.  The Gang even invited him to come live with them in the Great Valley, but despite this, he was never seen again, and I sometimes wonder what happened to him after he moved into the Great Valley.

From one Longneck to another, we have Doc in 28th place with 8 minutes and 51 seconds of screen time in Secret of Saurus Rock, including Grandpa's stories and the Lone Dinosaur musical number.  Doc, as I mentioned much earlier, is implied to be the legendary Lone Dinosaur who famously defeated the "Meanest Sharptooth of all," many years before the events of the series take place, during which his right eye was permanently scarred, and when Littlefoot discovers the scar running down his right eye, he is convinced that Doc is the famous Lone Dinosaur and grows to idolize him.  However, after Saurus Rock is broken, the other dinosaurs in the Great Valley mistakenly believe that Doc's presence is causing bad luck everywhere, and he chooses to leave despite Littlefoot's protests.  He does perform one final heroic act before departing, though, as he steps in at the nick of time to help Grandpa Longneck deal with two Sharpteeth who seemed to have gained the upper hand on him while he was trying to defend Littlefoot.  His timely arrival ended up ensuring the defeat of the two Sharpteeth, and he parted ways with Littlefoot by telling him that he didn't need him as a hero because he already had one: his grandfather.  This inspired the young Longneck to portray his grandfather as the Great Dinosaur who protected the Great Valley with his many years of experience and effectiveness in combat.  I never really thought highly of Doc, though.  I think the last thing the series needed was a western-like vibe.

At #27, we have the other villain from Journey Through the Mists.  Dil, the blind Belly Dragger, had 8 minutes and 53 seconds on screen.  I mentioned earlier that hers and Ichy's partnership did not work out well, as their bickering prevented them from becoming an effective duo.  Sure, Dil was blind and needed Ichy to guide her, but honestly, did they really need each other?  They did come very close to eating the Gang a few times, though.  They ended up having near-misses with Cera, then Petrie, and finally Ducky.  In the end, though, they accomplished nothing and ultimately went their separate ways, only for Dil to be chased and possibly killed by a Swimming Sharptooth.  Not the best way for a blind Belly Dragger to go out.

At #26, we take a considerable jump from almost nine minutes to more than ten minutes, as Hyp becomes our first ten-minute character with 10 minutes and 16 seconds on screen during Time of the Great Giving, where he was the secondary antagonist (behind Topps).  He was a character you may have loved to hate when you first saw the third film.  He was the leader of a small group of bullies who picked on the Gang on a regular basis, and he even succeeded in getting the Gang disbanded by Topps by using Nod to frame Littlefoot for a wrongdoing he didn't commit.  He was definitely a hateful character for most of his time on screen.  He even showed minimal gratefulness towards the Gang when they rescued him from the Sinking Sand after his own two friends stood there and did nothing, instead choosing to argue with each other over who should save him.  However, after Topps saw the cruel way in which Hyp's father treated him, he saw the error of his own ways and convinced everyone, including Hyp, that they should treat each other with kindness.  Ultimately, Hyp redeemed himself when he assisted the Gang in defeating the Fast Biters who subsequently attacked the group, and restored the water flow into the Great Valley, and it seemed his bullying ways were finally gone as he began to treat Littlefoot and the Gang with respect and kindness.  I am aware he sorta went back to his bullying ways in the TV series, but that, too, was short-lived.  Despite his redemption, I still have little sympathy for Hyp.

We begin the top 25 with another one of the nastier characters.  Ozzy, the worse of the two Egg Stealers from Great Valley Adventure, had 10 minutes and 38 seconds of screen time.  This villain, like Sierra, had no remorse, and he took pleasure in eating eggs containing unborn fetuses of baby dinosaurs, much like an unhealthy drug addiction.  We can all be very happy that we never saw any of that on screen, otherwise Great Valley Adventure would surely have ended up with a PG rating, even if kids were interested in dinosaurs, including ones who may have eaten other dinosaurs' eggs.  Also, like Sierra, he, too, wanted to kill Littlefoot in cold blood.  However, when Chomper tried to stop Strut from throwing Littlefoot off the Great Wall to his death, Ozzy made his fatal mistake by grabbing the baby Sharptooth and attempting to choke him.  This was witnessed by his parents, who proceeded to snap at him and Strut, and pursue them out of the Great Valley, unwittingly saving Littlefoot in the process.  Ozzy was definitely a psychopath, but not on the same level as Sierra was.  I still think the Flyer was a lot worse than this Egg Stealer.

We have a complete change of mood for the next character, going from one of the most evil villains in the series to one of the most favorite characters outside the Gang.  Mo comes in at #24 with 12 minutes and 16 seconds of screen time.  This only counts Journey to Big Water, as I did not count his cameos in Great Longneck Migration or Great Day of the Flyers, as those cameos each lasted less than two seconds (hence why Ducky's siblings DID count in Invasion of the Tinysauruses).  Mo was such a lovable character in Journey to Big Water.  In fact, director Charles Grosvenor's son loved him so much that Grosvenor insisted he have cameos in later films, hence his brief appearances in "Adventuring" in the 10th film and "Flip, Flap and Fly" in the 12th film.  This fun-loving Swimmer ended up being swept from the Big Water and into the Great Valley by a massive rainstorm that caused flooding in the valley, and after befriending a curious Littlefoot, he enlisted the Gang in helping him return home ... against their families' wishes with their "Don't Talk to Strangers" attitude.  A subsequent earth shake effectively left them with no choice but to go on with their mission in bringing Mo home, and throughout the adventure, he won the hearts of many viewers, and even the Gang (minus Cera because of her initial jealousy, though she did come to like him much later, only after Mo seemingly gave himself up to save the Gang from a Sharptooth Swimmer whom had been stalking them).  Mo even gave us a glimpse into the beautiful underwater world of prehistoric times, and young audiences, I'm sure, were just as mesmerized as Littlefoot was.  He is a character who was easy for young ones to fall in love with, and I think it's nice that he made the top 25 on this list.

And now we have the characters who inspired several of my LBT fanfiction stories, and those would be Petrie's siblings.  They end up in 23rd place with a combined total of 12 minutes and 16 seconds of screen time, equal with Mo, but they appeared in five films to Mo's one, so they placed higher.  Right up until Great Day of the Flyers, they had placed last in screen time in EVERY movie they had appeared in.  Then, in the 12th movie, they finally came out of their shadow.  Their 10 minutes and 55 seconds of screen time in this film moved them all the way up from #64 to #18, but the Yellow Bellies from the following film knocked them right back out of the top 20 for good.  Nevertheless, these young Flyers had a shining moment that placed them in the top 25.  Sure, I didn't like how they treated their brother at times.  It made me cringe watching poor Petrie get belittled by his siblings whilst his loving mother tried to put a stop to it.  As I stated in my review for this film, though, they showed that they have big hearts when it counts, as shown when they watch Petrie abandon their flying test to rescue the newborn Tricia after Guido's feeble attempt at saving her from a waterfall.  It soon becomes clear that Tricia's weight would be too much for Petrie to take, so they have their big moment when they swoop down to help their brother save the day, and in the end they not only earn big praise from their mother, but also become some of the few to earn the admiration of Topps, who was so grateful to them all for saving the life of his newborn daughter.  Petrie was a hero that day for sure, but his siblings definitely played a part in his heroic act, and had it not been for Great Day of the Flyers, they would be nowhere near this high on the list for screen time.

We're gonna have back-to-back slots with Flyers in them, as Etta places 22nd with 12 minutes and 28 seconds of screen time in Journey of the Brave.  I said before that she was one of the best of the series' one-off guest characters, as she played a pivotal role in the latter half of the 14th film, showing Littlefoot how to see the light at the end of the tunnel when all seems grave, and even being the one to bring the Gang back together after their earlier falling out.  She ultimately accompanied the children on the last leg of their journey to find Bron and assisted in his rescue.  Her voice actress Reba McEntire was also a big part of her character, bringing a great presence to lighten the chilly mood of that particular segment of the movie.  I loathe country music, but McEntire was outstanding in the role of Etta, and she was, indeed, the light in the darkness.

We unfortunately have to wrap up the 30-21 section with one of the horrendous Yellow Bellies from the equally-horrendous Wisdom of Friends.  Foobie comes in 21st place with 13 minutes and 27 seconds of screen time.  He was the most tolerable of the three Yellow Belly characters, but only because unlike Loofah and Doofah, he showed rare signs of small intelligence despite not having any dialogue, whilst Loofah and Doofah had no intelligence whatsoever.  I'm sure that being mute was what allowed him to become fast friends with Spike (another mute character), but he still has many of the insufferable tendencies the other Yellow Bellies have.  Because of that, his relative intelligence does nothing to change my views on this character.  He is still just as bad as the others of his herd.

Coming up on my next post, we go into the top 20 with ranks 20th through 11th!

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We've made it to the top 20!  It won't be too long before we see where the top characters rank!

Ranks 20-11

Kicking off the top 20, we have the annoying Threehorn twins, Dinah and Dana, with 13 minutes and 49 seconds on screen in Secret of Saurus Rock.  It's not surprising that their antics are annoying due to the fact that they're babies, but given that they literally took Cera's "Get lost" advice to heart by absentmindedly and fearlessly running away to Saurus Rock, that simply drew my ire, and I guess now you see why I just don't like these characters.  I will cut them some slack for being toddlers, but still I can't think of how something like that can be excused.  They ended up bringing bad luck to the Great Valley as they were the ones who broke Saurus Rock, and thus they rubbed me the wrong way.

In 19th place, we have Littlefoot's father, Bron, with 14 minutes and 12 seconds of screen time over the course of two movie appearances.  Right up until the 10th movie, we were left to believe that Littlefoot was an orphan after his mother's death in the first movie, but then we learned he had a long-lost father, and when the truth was revealed, I'm sure we all felt the same way Littlefoot did.  The classic case of "Where have you been all my life!?"  Bron's flashbacks of his views of events from the first movie really captured our curiosities, and the fact that Kiefer Sutherland, of all people, was his voice in this movie was just amazing!  This was early on during his run as Jack Bauer on "24," and he sought to use his own natural voice for Bron.  It paid off, and it even paved the way for Scott Whyte to take the same approach.  This is the same Scott Whyte who later took over the role of Captain Qwark in "Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart" after Jim Ward had been forced to retire for health reasons.  Bron quickly became a fan-favorite, and he's a character whom many would like to see more of.

At #18, we have, in my opinion, the worst character in the entire series; Doofah.  Her screen time on Wisdom of Friends was 15 minutes and 32 seconds, becoming our first character on this list to surpass a quarter of an hour of screen time.  Yes, I just said Doofah is the worst character in the entire series, even worse than Loofah.  Doofah definitely shows stupider tendencies than Loofah does.  I can't believe they brought Sandra Oh of "Grey's Anatomy" to voice this abomination.  Oh didn't deserve to be given this terrible role.  Crazy fact: Doofah's screen time actually excludes a few shots she was in because she was not supposed to be in those shots where the herd took cover from the rain as she had separated from the herd in her stupidity, thus making this a major continuity error.  15:32 is thus her "correct" screen time without the continuity error.  God, Wisdom of Friends was such an abomination that should never have been released, but I need to move on to the next character before I continue rambling at this terrible movie!

Well, the perfect character to save me from Doofah; the mother of my favorite character!  Mama Flyer ranks at #17 with a total of 15 minutes and 36 seconds of screen time.  It's actually quite unfortunate that Mama Flyer ended up this low on the list.  The most screen time she got in a single movie was just shy of five minutes in Great Day of the Flyers, where she also posted her best film rank at #11 out of 17 characters in said movie.  She appeared in 12 movies, and yet she did not rank in the top ten in ANY of them.  Honestly, it's very sad that we barely even got glimpses of Petrie's mother, and she deserves a lot more, especially given the small glimpse we got of the relationship between her and her son in the 12th movie.  While her other children were bashing Petrie to no end, their mother was quick to stop their ranting, and here we got the ONLY scene in the entire series where it was just Petrie and his mother alone.  We finally saw that she loves Petrie just the way he is despite his numerous flaws, because he is her flesh and blood, and she would do anything to make him happy.  The scene unfortunately ended with Mama Flyer not succeeding in cheering Petrie up, but we know that the time the two spent together offscreen must have been very happy most of the time.  She is a caring and loving mother to Petrie, and we unfortunately got next to no onscreen glimpses of that.  No wonder she's a major character in most of my LBT fanfiction stories.

To make things even worse for Mama Flyer, I am utterly dismayed to reveal that she ended up being sandwiched between the two most insufferable Yellow Bellies, as Loofah (the leader of the Yellow Belly herd) ranks in 16th with 16 minutes and 20 seconds of screen time in Wisdom of Friends.  Just as I was about to say that we needed more of Mama Flyer, well here's more proof of that.  I've already went on bashing Wisdom of Friends to no end.  Seriously, need I say more ... ?   UGH!!  Moving on!

Okay, we got all three Yellow Bellies out of the way.  Now I can relax!  Anyways, moving on to the top 15, we have Mr. Thicknose, the children's tutor in Big Freeze, who had 16 minutes and 49 seconds on screen, most of which was in the second half of the 8th movie.  He was actually one of the few characters who had more screen time than any one member of the Gang of Five in any movie, as he ended up having more screen time in Big Freeze than both Spike and Petrie, coming in 4th place for his only film appearance.  He started out as some sort of schoolteacher for the Gang, but after Littlefoot exposed him for lying about the coming snow, the Great Valley shunned him for "not knowing everything."  It wasn't until he ended up accompanying the Gang to the Mysterious Beyond after Spike had left and Ducky had sneaked out looking for him that he finally came clean about his past and even had his own song, showing his eagerness to redeem himself.  In my opinion, his song alone was his great redemption, although he did later save the Gang by delivering the killing blow to a Sharptooth whom had stalked them along the mountain range.  That along with providing the Gang protection throughout their misadventure earned high praise from many who previously doubted him.  He certainly didn't start out as a likeable character, but in the end, he proved to be one of the most heartwarming characters, as shown when he forgave Littlefoot after what he had done at the beginning of the film and became a good companion to the Gang in general.  I guess it's sad that he, too, was limited to just one movie, but he did stick around for the TV series, as if that's any better.

Ah, here we go!  In 14th place, we have one of the most popular characters in the entire Land Before Time series, and that is, of course, none other than Petrie's dear old uncle Pterano!  He had 16 minutes and 50 seconds of screen time in his one-and-only appearance in Stone of Cold Fire, putting him just ONE second ahead of Mr. Thicknose!  This character quickly became a big inspiration for LBT fanworks because of his relationship with his nephew Petrie, and it's one of the reasons why Stone of Cold Fire is considered one of the more favored sequels.  His Scottish-like, Shakespearean voice provided by British actor Michael York (who was starring in the Austin Powers films at the time) was the icing on the cake!  Despite his evilness, he is considered one of the best characters in the whole franchise (besides the Gang).  Of course, though, he did have his infamous flaws that made others shun him, but actually for rightful reasons.  He led part of the herd astray, which led to all of them being slaughtered while only he escaped and was met with resentment and hatred for what he had done.  Then, of course, he manipulated his own nephew into forcing the Stone of Cold Fire's location out of Littlefoot's mouth just for his own selfish desires, as he sought to use the Stone's supposed magical powers to obtain new magical abilities and make the Great Valley conform to his will.  It definitely was wrong that he allowed Sierra to capture Ducky in the night for spying on them, but on the other side of that, he did show that he would not tolerate any harm coming to her and especially his nephew Petrie, as shown when he slapped Rinkus in retaliation for swatting Petrie out of the sky.  When Ducky was believed to have fallen to her death, unlike his minions, he showed genuine remorse for what he had supposedly done.  He even tried to stop Rinkus and Sierra from murdering the children in cold blood.  To cap it all off, when he finally came to his senses once it became clear that he was never going to obtain the magical powers he had sought after, he redeemed himself in an epic way by rescuing Ducky, the very dinosaur he had captured, from falling to her death, and even the valley agreed that this was a good deed worthy of having his banishment reduced to five years.  His emotional parting with his tearful nephew and his subsequent departure from the valley left all of us begging for more, but he unfortunately was never heard from again.  I could go on all day about how we all want to see so much more of Pterano, but we still have another 13 characters to go over.

13th place is going to Cera's stepmother, Tria, with 17 minutes and 35 seconds of screen time.  She first appeared in Invasion of the Tinysauruses and played a big part in mellowing Topps out, which, after a while, succeeded in making him a softer character than he was before.  It did take her a while to earn Cera's respect, but after seeing how she defended the Tiny Longnecks, going against her own future mate's wishes, Cera finally began to see her as a likeable Threehorn, and the two began to spend some quality time together and know each other a lot more.  By the next film, Topps and Tria were officially together and were expecting a child, and later on, they had a beautiful daughter named Tricia, giving Cera a new baby sister.  Her final film appearance was in Wisdom of Friends, where her role was much smaller.  She was in plenty of TV episodes, but she and Tricia were both absent from Journey of the Brave for some reason, so here she is at lucky #13.

#12 is one of the most prominent one-movie characters, and this was none other than Littlefoot's cousin, Ali, with 17 minutes and 43 seconds of screen time, all in Journey Through the Mists.  You may have noticed a Silver medal on the top right of her picture, and that's because she had the second-most screen time in her only movie appearance, having more screen time than everyone except Littlefoot.  When Grandpa Longneck fell ill shortly after Ali's herd arrived in the Great Valley, and Littlefoot learned of the Night Flowers from the Land of Mists (the herd's former home), which was the only thing that could cure his ailing grandfather, he sought Ali's help, knowing she would know the way to the Land of Mists, and this was responsible for boosting her screen time so much that she took the Silver medal for screen time in Journey Through the Mists and ultimately took the #12 spot overall, becoming the lowest-ranked  "medalist" on this list.  Sadly, though, she made no further film appearances after that, leaving many of us wondering why.

At #11, we have the second character in a row with a Silver-earning one-off movie appearance.  In this case, it was Guido from Great Day of the Flyers, with 22 minutes and 29 seconds of screen time, making him our first 20+ minute character.  This strange character just randomly pops up in the Great Valley having no idea how he even got there, and he doesn't even fit in anywhere.  On top of that, his preferred food is worms, which disgusted some of the valley residents, including Petrie's siblings.  That said, though, he eventually found a way to fit in by coaching Petrie during his flying practice, as the Day of the Flyers was right around the corner, and until then Petrie had been messing up everything.  Guido ended up bringing out the best in Petrie, but on the night before the Day of the Flyers, we saw just why he has no idea why he ends up at random places: he's a sleepwalker and a sleep-flyer.  Those slow-paced scenes of his sleepwalking and sleep-flying, to go along with his run-in with the Sailback Sharptooth, prompting a brave rescue effort by Petrie, boosted his screen time significantly, and he ended up ranking second behind Petrie in Great Day of the Flyers, becoming one of only four characters to beat Littlefoot in any film.  Yes, he also played a part in rescuing Tricia, but could not succeed on his own, and Tricia would not have made it out had it not been for Petrie.  Guido is a strange character, no doubt, but he shaped Petrie into becoming a brave and formidable Flyer by the end of the film.

Oh, boy!  We've got the top ten coming up now!  In the next post, we will look at ranks 10th through 4th!

[DiddyKF1]

Alright!  Here we are; the top ten!  It's time to meet the most prominent of all the Land Before Time characters (aside from the top three, whom I'm saving for the final post)!

Ranks 10-4

How absolutely fitting that we begin the top ten with the friendliest Sharptooth around!  Chomper ranks in 10th place with a total of 25 minutes and 16 seconds of screen time, covering three movies.  Chomper is the ONLY member of the Gang of Seven who was actually born in the Great Valley, but this was because the Gang hatched him by accident after finding whom they mistakenly believed to be one of Ducky's unborn siblings.  From the moment he hatched, he quickly grew close to Littlefoot and began to look up to him as a big brother figure, but alas they had to go their separate ways because of Chomper being a Sharptooth (whom were not allowed in the Great Valley).  They did have a much-awaited reunion in Mysterious Island, but again this was short-lived, as the Gang grew wary of Chomper due to him being a Sharptooth.  Littlefoot's rescue of Chomper following an attack by the previously-mentioned Plated Sharptooth earned the respect of his parents, and this would play a role in Chomper ending up back in the Great Valley a long time later, when, in the TV series, he and Ruby moved to the Great Valley following an agreement made between their two families after an attack by Red Claw.  I still don't understand fully how the valley dinosaurs were convinced to allow him and Ruby to live in the valley, but they must have been told about their backstories.  That, along with Chomper's history with the Gang being brought up, must have earned the sympathy of most.  His and Ruby's part in Journey of the Brave, however, was very small, and his only real role was leading the search party of himself, Ruby, Grandpa Longneck, Topps and Wild Arms, using his nose to track the scent of his friends to follow the path they took to find and rescue Bron.  We definitely need a 15th film so we can delve more into Chomper and Ruby's backstory.

If there's one thing that will make The Lone Dragon happy, it's that Mama Swimmer made it into the top ten!  The biological mother of Ducky and adopted mother of Spike appeared in 12 films for a grand total of 26 minutes and 47 seconds of screen time, landing her in 9th place overall.  Her most prominent appearance, obviously, was in Big Freeze, where she was torn between having Spike stay with her family or allowing him to leave with the herd of Spiketails so he could be with his own kind.  That film saw her get agonizingly close to ten minutes of screen time, and even though she never made it to ten minutes in any of the films, her time in Big Freeze was good enough to ensure a place in the top ten.  She is a very likeable character.  She is a loving mother to both Ducky and Spike, and simply the fact that she readily adopted Spike for Ducky's sake shows that she does not share any of the racist beliefs that many others did, notably Topps.  Everyone in the Gang adores her, and she adores them.  She brings such a warming presence whenever she's on screen, especially in Big Freeze, where her presence really warms the otherwise cold mood left by Spike's departure midway through the film.  She could be explored just a little more, but hey, she made the top ten!  Let's all be happy about that!

We are taking a massive jump with this next one, going from just under half an hour to just over a full hour.  Topps, the father of Cera (and later Tricia), sits in 8th place with 1 hour and 44 seconds of screen time, counting every film except Journey Through the Mists.  Yep, that's a 1h 0m 44s.  He only ended up breaching the one-hour mark right at the very end, during the closing moments of Journey of the Brave due to him being part of the search party that went after the children whom were rescuing Bron.  I absolutely despised Topps for most of the series, especially the first, third and eleventh films (which was his most prominent appearance, ranking at #6 for that film).  Originally a cruel bigot who refused to have anything to do with anyone who wasn't a Threehorn, hence his still-lingering low views of Littlefoot and others, he was the reason why Cera turned out the way she was most of the time, even though both characters mellowed as the series dragged on.  Topps did everything he could to maintain his gruffness and dominance in the herd, but Grandpa Longneck was always quick to put him back in his place when he went too far.  He continuously infuriated me throughout the series with his authoritarian-like attitude that only Grandpa Longneck could shut down, and at certain times when he irrationally blamed Littlefoot for putting Cera in danger, again much to Grandpa Longneck's chagrin.  I know he eventually improved during the later films, especially after Tria came back into his life, but it's going to take a lot more than his occasional redemption arcs to make up for all the stuff he did in my eyes.

Going from the most rigid parent figure of the Gang to one of the kindest ones, we have Grandma Longneck in 7th place with 1 hour, 1 minute and 33 seconds of screen time.  This means that like Topps, she also did not reach the one-hour mark until the final film in the series.  The grandmother of Littlefoot, she is an occasional voice of reason in the Great Valley when it seems that neither her mate nor Topps can get things settled down.  Besides the Gang, she, along with her mate, were the only characters who appeared in all 14 films, and she ranked in the top ten in six of them, her best rank being 8th in both Journey to Big Water and Great Longneck Migration.  There were two films were she had the most screen time out of all the Great Valley adults (Journey Through the Mists and Wisdom of Friends).  Like her mate, she is a lovable character whom everyone has great respect for, and she is warming and welcoming to all good characters.  I think it's no wonder she landed at #7.

I think it's absolutely no surprise at all that Grandpa Longneck would end up in the #6 rank.  This one, I suppose, was painfully obvious from the moment this project began.  As I just said when going over his mate, he appeared in all 14 films, and he had a grand total of 1 hour, 29 minutes and 56 seconds of screen time.  Just four seconds more, and he would have made it to one and a half hours of total screen time!  The grandfather of Littlefoot, he is the voice of reason and the man of power in the Great Valley, watching over the herd with his strong leadership and wise council which is even capable of making Topps bow to him from time to time like he is simply the Hand of the King.  He adores all of Littlefoot's friends, and they all look up to him for occasional counseling when things go wrong.  Without Grandpa Longneck, there is simply no Great Valley.  I guess that's why Journey Through the Mists really took a toll on us; to think that the Great Valley was that close to losing its wise leader.  He has even shown to be ferocious in combat despite his age, as seen in Secret of Saurus Rock and Great Longneck Migration, even though on both occasions, he briefly lost the upper hand and had to have backup on his side.  I love Grandpa Longneck.  He is among the best characters in The Land Before Time, and there is simply no Land Before Time without him.

And now, we're down to the original five main characters!

At #5, Spike had 3 hours, 56 minutes and 41 seconds of screen time, just missing out on an opportunity to reach four hours.  Being the silent one of the group, he is just simply there most of the time, yet somehow won the Bronze in Mysterious Island and then surprised me yet again with a shocking Silver in Journey to Big Water!  I had originally predicted that Big Freeze would be his only true medal opportunity, but I was 100% wrong, as he didn't even rank in the top five in that movie due to the Spiketails' lack of screen time in the second half.  Because of Spike's mute nature and eating habits, he does annoy me at times, but he also has a big heart, as he is willing to be there to help his friends in times of danger, such as when Ducky was kidnapped in Stone of Cold Fire.  Not one of my favorites, but still a loyal friend when the time needs him to be.

In 4th place, we have the first of the three Gold medalists (being a character who had more screen time than anyone else in a particular movie), and this was none other than my favorite character in the entire Land Before Time series (and the character whom I'm happily voicing in the VO projects); Petrie! The Flyer had a total of 4 hours, 21 minutes and 37 seconds on screen over the course of the 14 films.  Petrie started off the series as a cowardly, flightless nobody who annoyed many film critics with his poor attempts at being the comic relief.  However, the sequels slowly improved his character over the years until he became a very likeable character by the time Stone of Cold Fire came out.  Petrie was not very active during the first half of the series, as he didn't get his first medal until Stone of Cold Fire (thanks to his uncle Pterano), and even after that, he would have to wait until Invasion of the Tinysauruses for his next top 3 result.  Of course, though, as we all know, his crowning achievement was in Great Day of the Flyers.  I've already covered on this before in my review of that movie, so here's the short version: Petrie really came out of his friends' shadows in Great Day of the Flyers, especially after Guido came into the picture to coach him on being a better Flyer.  Then, when Guido went astray in his sleep and ended up running into a Sailback Sharptooth in the Mysterious Beyond, Petrie showed uncharacteristically pure bravery by getting right into the face of that Sailback without any flinching or any hint of fear and successfully rescued Guido after his friends (whom had been lagging behind) finally showed up to distract the Sailback.  He later proved himself a hero by rescuing the newborn Tricia from certain death DURING the Day of the Flyers, and he ultimately earned the respect and admiration of everyone in the Great Valley for his heroism.  In the process, he earned the Gold medal for that movie for having the most screen time (one of only two Golds to not be won by Littlefoot due to him not being the central focus character).  Petrie ended up having quite a big run late in the series, winning medals in all the last four films consecutively, and for a moment it looked as though he was threatening to challenge Ducky for third place, but in the end, he couldn't come within five minutes of Ducky, and thus Petrie ranks at #4.

Okay.  We're saving the best for last.  Stay tuned for the reveal of the top three!

[DiddyKF1]

This is it!  It's time to hand out the BIG prizes!  Let's see who made the top three and earned the right to stand on the podium for this Land Before Time screen time project!

3RD

Yep, yep, yep!  Ducky earns a place on the podium by ranking in 3rd place with a total of 4 hours, 26 minutes and 41 seconds of screen time!  She started off the series by shockingly beating Cera for the Silver (to think that the late Judith Barsi got more screen time than Candace Hutson)!  However, that turned out to be a fluke for some time, as she would only beat Cera once more, and that, of course, was in Big Freeze, where she proceeded to beat EVERYONE, including Littlefoot, winning her one and only Gold medal and being the one who shattered Littlefoot's perfect run!  It was very nice to actually see her as the main character of a movie, as we see her relationship with Spike become strained and slowly deteriorate throughout the movie.  She gives him the cold shoulder in his presence, but she secretly begins to feel guilty.  However, she finally snapped when the Spiketails were getting ready for their departure, resulting in Spike leaving her to join Tippy and the other Spiketails.  She immediately regretted her actions in the aftermath, and she decided to take matters into her own hands by sneaking out to find her former foster brother, desperate to have him back.  Her misadventure only succeeded in her and the Gang finding a hot spring, which they brought their families to so they could relax and keep warm, and soon after her wish to have Spike back came true, resulting in a happy reunion in which Ducky was finally able to redeem herself.  I absolutely love Ducky, and she is my second favorite character in the series just behind Petrie.  She initially looked as though she would be a formidable opponent to Cera and battle it out for second place.  Sadly, though, Cera gradually pulled away from her, and after Great Longneck Migration (where she won would turned out to be her final medal), Petrie began his massive comeback run and so nearly came within striking distance of Ducky in a potential challenge to take her off the podium, but in the end, Ducky held on to third with all her might and earns the Big Bronze for this project! Yep, yep, yep!

2ND

In 2nd place, taking the Big Silver for this project, is Cera!  She had a total of 4 hours, 53 minutes and 13 seconds of screen time, beating Ducky by over 25 minutes.  A character whom I HATED when the series began, she vastly improved during the sequels as she grew closer to Littlefoot and the others despite her father's low views on them, and she was more often than not the secondary character in most sequels.  She did still show her gruff side very often, but it was nowhere near as bad as it was when the series began.  She had her occasional clashes with Littlefoot, but always settled things down in the end.  Crazy fact: Cera was the ONLY character who placed in the top 3 in ALL 14 films, all because of Littlefoot failing to make the top 3 in Great Day of the Flyers.  Cera thus ended up with a perfect score of 14 medals, beating out Littlefoot's 13.  However, ... she never won a single Gold medal.  She was only ever in either 2nd place or 3rd place.  She only beat Littlefoot once, and yet in that one film where she DID beat him, she was in turn bested by both Petrie and Guido.  With eight Silvers and six Bronzes, Cera solidified her status as someone who would forever be in Littlefoot's shadow.

And finally, our big winner ...

Drum roll, please!

1ST

And to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Littlefoot, the fearless, lovable Longneck leader of the Gang of Seven (formerly known as the Gang of Five) takes a massive landslide victory with a 14-film total of 6 hours, 47 minutes and 30 seconds, putting him ALMOST TWO HOURS ahead of Cera!    Seriously, though, was there any doubt on who #1 would be?  No way!  We all knew Littlefoot would be #1 from the beginning, and he showed it, too.  It was as if the universe centered around him, and it even shows by his medal count.  Just look at how many Golds he won!  He won the Gold for every movie except Big Freeze and Great Day of the Flyers, the latter of which he failed to even make the top three and allowed Cera to win the medal count.  This brave, young Longneck was just ... EVERYWHERE (let me emphasize that, seeing how much screen time he had), always lending a helping hand to those in need while also satisfying his lust for adventure, earning great respect and admiration from all those around him.  Even I must admit that I adore Littlefoot as a character, as he was the one who really brought everyone into his prehistoric world, and he even brought many different kinds of kids together at a time when everyone always kept to their own kind.  His curiosity ultimately landed him four hard-earned friends on a quest to find the Great Valley, and he soon gained one more in a friendly Sharptooth, and years later yet another one when a pink Fast Runner who became said Sharptooth's caregiver also joined the Gang.  When the kids are in times of peril, their first instinct is to look up to Littlefoot for his leadership, and most of the time he leads them all to success.  By now, it would become clear that Littlefoot would undoubtedly grow up to become the next leader of the Great Valley when his grandparents eventually pass on.  With nearly seven hours of total screen time, Littlefoot had no competition, and sometimes he won his Gold medals in dominating fashion, even a few of them being won by a margin of around ten minutes!  So, here stands Littlefoot on the top step of the podium!

And with that, that is the end of my Land Before Time screen time experiment!  I had a lot of fun working on this project!  It took me almost a month to get all the numbers, but I'm sure glad I pulled off a productive start to 2023 after this forum suffered such a horrendously inactive 2022.  Massive thanks to all of you who supported me on this project, and hopefully one of these days we can get our Stone of Cold Fire voiceover moving along again.  Roles are still plentiful!

That's all for now, though.  Until next time, take care of yourselves and each other, and I just might be back with another possible way to keep 2023 productive!  Peace!

[Sneak]

Again, you've made amazing hard job, Diddy! Thank you! ^^

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Oh, and one last thng: one certain longneck tells you forgot one certain character:

[SammyTheSpiketail]

Correction, the real Rhett the Great would have 14 golds and 0 of the others.

[Rattymon]

Congratulations on finishing this amazing project! 

I'm happy (and surprised) that Mama Swimmer made the top ten, too! Such a lovely character!   

[rhombus]

Congratulations on completing this project.  The time that this had to have taken, both for film watching and the resulting calculations, had to have been quite extensive. 

The final totals do provide some interesting surprises.  I am not shocked that Ruby had the least screen time of the main gang as, if it wasn't for the 14th film, she would not have had any screen time at all.  Mama Swimmer breaking into the top ten (beating Chomper no less) was also quite the surprise to me.  Petrie making it into fourth place was also quite the comeback for him considering how starved for time he was in some of the early films.  Though I don't think there was any surprises in the top three.  Cera will be a bit mad about being shut out of 1st place, however. 

[Sneak]

My biggest surprise in totals is Mama Flier's position. :O

[The Chronicler]

Statistics that many of us never realized we really wanted to see. Sure is good to see the final results at last. While I'm sure we all completely expected Littlefoot to win by a landslide, and the total results of the top 5 are perhaps what some of us might have expected, some of the more detailed movie-by-movie results sure provided some interesting observations. My personal favorite from all of this is how Chomper managed to reach 10th on the final list. No wonder he was the one former guest character to be made a main character for the TV series.

Speaking of which, I still would very much like to see you (or perhaps someone else if necessary) try this same project for all 26 episodes of the TV series, at least as its own list separate from this one. The episodic format allowed the spotlight to be shared more equally among all seven of the main characters. In fact, I am absolutely convinced that, going by the format used here, each of the Gang of Seven could get at least one gold medal, and I'd like to see for myself if that's true (I'm sure Cera would like for that to be proven for her sake ). I'm not trying to insist that you start on it right away, but I just wanted to express how interested I am in seeing this project be extended to the TV series.

[pokeplayer984]

Yeah, top 3 was what I expected at the end of the day.  I love my tomboy threehorn and all, but even I knew going in that Littlefoot would win this one.

Congrats to Littlefoot.

[DiddyKF1]

Congratulations on completing this project.  The time that this had to have taken, both for film watching and the resulting calculations, had to have been quite extensive. 

The final totals do provide some interesting surprises.  I am not shocked that Ruby had the least screen time of the main gang as, if it wasn't for the 14th film, she would not have had any screen time at all.  Mama Swimmer breaking into the top ten (beating Chomper no less) was also quite the surprise to me.  Petrie making it into fourth place was also quite the comeback for him considering how starved for time he was in some of the early films.  Though I don't think there was any surprises in the top three.  Cera will be a bit mad about being shut out of 1st place, however. 

Thanks, rhombus!  This is definitely a project that made me sweat a lot.  As I said, this project took nearly a month for me to complete, and it is very interesting to see some cool surprises for some of these characters.  Even I originally didn't predict that Mama Swimmer would make it to the top ten, but Big Freeze provided a big boost that propelled her to the top ten, even managing to beat Chomper and take the #9 slot; quite a formidable feat.  In fact, Chomper almost didn't make the top ten after briefly losing 10th place to Guido after Great Day of the Flyers, but Journey of the Brave pulled him right back up to 10th.

And yes, we all need to give Petrie a big round of applause for his valiant comeback effort in the final four films, including his crowning achievement in Great Day of the Flyers (which I can't stress enough).  Stone of Cold Fire and Great Day of the Flyers were the only films I predicted Petrie would win medals in, but he obviously exceeded my expectations by soaring into plenty of scenes from the 11th film onward.

Fourteen films, and yet Cera never stood a chance at winning Gold in any of them.  Playing second fiddle to Littlefoot seems to be all she's good at, and it now it's open for all of us to see.

Statistics that many of us never realized we really wanted to see. Sure is good to see the final results at last. While I'm sure we all completely expected Littlefoot to win by a landslide, and the total results of the top 5 are perhaps what some of us might have expected, some of the more detailed movie-by-movie results sure provided some interesting observations. My personal favorite from all of this is how Chomper managed to reach 10th on the final list. No wonder he was the one former guest character to be made a main character for the TV series.

Speaking of which, I still would very much like to see you (or perhaps someone else if necessary) try this same project for all 26 episodes of the TV series, at least as its own list separate from this one. The episodic format allowed the spotlight to be shared more equally among all seven of the main characters. In fact, I am absolutely convinced that, going by the format used here, each of the Gang of Seven could get at least one gold medal, and I'd like to see for myself if that's true (I'm sure Cera would like for that to be proven for her sake ). I'm not trying to insist that you start on it right away, but I just wanted to express how interested I am in seeing this project be extended to the TV series.

Chomper definitely proved himself to be top ten material, but he was briefly threatened by Guido after the 12th film.  Think about it; had Journey of the Brave not happened, Chomper would not have made the top ten.  Guido would have ended up in 10th place!   

I mentioned this on the Discord server, but I may consider a separate screen time project for the TV series, but given how I just wore myself out with this project for the movies, I need time to replenish so I can find more creative ways to stay active on the forum whilst the VO for the 7th movie remains trapped in obscurity.  I mean, not like I can just grab my microphone and do random Petrie stuff!  I will probably wait until late spring or early summer to do a screen time project for the TV series.  I'm not ruling out the possibility, but I can't make any promises right now.

[Mumbling]

I haven't been able to weigh in as much since my life has been really busy lately, but I wanted to say this is a really cool project and obviously has taken a long, long time and a lot of effort to complete. Many kudos to you for getting this done, and so swiftly too! Very interesting to see the results.