The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: LittlefootAndAliTogether on February 25, 2015, 04:34:01 PM
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Who wins LBT's Worst Dad Award?
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For me, that's Hyp's Father but others were just as bad. However, I think he got the weakest character improvement of them all...
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Which other ones didn't you like?
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Hyp's dad, hands down. Shouldn't have included him, might've been an interesting discussion otherwise. :D
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I voted Topsy I'll say no more. Cause most of you know by now, but for any new comers. I HATE HIM!
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I'm thinking of voting for Bron. What kind of dad is he? At least Topps and Hyp's dad didn't go off adventuring for many cold times.
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I'm thinking of voting for Bron. What kind of dad is he? At least Topps and Hyp's dad didn't go off adventuring for many cold times.
Going away to search for a good place to live alone, not to endanger your pregnant wife doesn't sound too "bad" to me. And he did try to track Littlefoot.
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My vote is for Topsy (Mr. Threehorn). He teaches his daughter to be a bigot and racist, “threehorns don’t play with longnecks.” Had Cera obeyed, she wound have possibly perished in the Mysterious Beyond (first movie), Sharptooth would have lived (Cera was the final member of Gang that made the rock fall on Sharptooth), and she would have missed out on life long friendships. Topsy adds more fuel to the fire in LBTIII during the drought, becomes Water Naziasaurus, and forbids Cera from playing with Littlefoot again because he’s a “water waster.”
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Hard for me to choose between Mr. Threehorn and Hyp's dad. They're practically personality clones of each other! Guess I have to pick Hyp's dad just because he's had less development.
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
Haha! That's true...none of them are watching their kids half as closely as they should be! Watching Journey to Big Water again the other day, I realized that even though the grown-ups weren't able to find the kids in the aftermath of the earthshake, the parents were all back in the valley when the Gang of Five returned--meaning they gave up and went back home without finding their kids. Nice! :p
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
Haha! That's true...none of them are watching their kids half as closely as they should be! Watching Journey to Big Water again the other day, I realized that even though the grown-ups weren't able to find the kids in the aftermath of the earthshake, the parents were all back in the valley when the Gang of Five returned--meaning they gave up and went back home without finding their kids. Nice! :p
That is so true. The parents and grandparents are constantly losing the Gang; worse they don’t seem to notice they’re gone for hours to days. The only exceptions were LBT II when the parents did notice the Gang had waundered into the Mysterious Beyond, and then JOTB Grandpa and Topps go looking for the Gang of Five with Chomper and Ruby. Are there any other times the parents went looking for the Gang outside the Valley?
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
Haha! That's true...none of them are watching their kids half as closely as they should be! Watching Journey to Big Water again the other day, I realized that even though the grown-ups weren't able to find the kids in the aftermath of the earthshake, the parents were all back in the valley when the Gang of Five returned--meaning they gave up and went back home without finding their kids. Nice! :p
That is so true. The parents and grandparents are constantly losing the Gang; worse they don’t seem to notice they’re gone for hours to days. The only exceptions were LBT II when the parents did notice the Gang had waundered into the Mysterious Beyond, and then JOTB Grandpa and Topps go looking for the Gang of Five with Chomper and Ruby. Are there any other times the parents went looking for the Gang outside the Valley?
In IX, the parents had been looking for the Gang after the earthshake...but by the time the kids return home, all their parents have gone back there already. :sducky What, they decided their children were a lost cause?
I suppose I have to give Grandpa Longneck points for showing up to Littlefoot's rescue towards the end of VI, though. :wise The climax of VII similarly had Petrie's mom (plus One Big Flyer) fly in to help the kids escape from Threehorn Peak. Those are about the only examples I can think of where the parents (or grandparents) went after the kids, though--and they were cutting things pretty close! Hmm, I guess at least everyone noticed their kids were gone in film V. Not that that's saying much. :p
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
Haha! That's true...none of them are watching their kids half as closely as they should be! Watching Journey to Big Water again the other day, I realized that even though the grown-ups weren't able to find the kids in the aftermath of the earthshake, the parents were all back in the valley when the Gang of Five returned--meaning they gave up and went back home without finding their kids. Nice! :p
That is so true. The parents and grandparents are constantly losing the Gang; worse they don’t seem to notice they’re gone for hours to days. The only exceptions were LBT II when the parents did notice the Gang had waundered into the Mysterious Beyond, and then JOTB Grandpa and Topps go looking for the Gang of Five with Chomper and Ruby. Are there any other times the parents went looking for the Gang outside the Valley?
In IX, the parents had been looking for the Gang after the earthshake...but by the time the kids return home, all their parents have gone back there already. :sducky What, they decided their children were a lost cause?
I suppose I have to give Grandpa Longneck points for showing up to Littlefoot's rescue towards the end of VI, though. :wise The climax of VII similarly had Petrie's mom (plus One Big Flyer) fly in to help the kids escape from Threehorn Peak. Those are about the only examples I can think of where the parents (or grandparents) went after the kids, though--and they were cutting things pretty close! Hmm, I guess at least everyone noticed their kids were gone in film V. Not that that's saying much. :p
Great points. This reminds me I need to do an LBTathon when I can afford it. I want to buy all the films digitally as well as the series.
As for worst Dad, interestingly only Topps and Hyp’s dad are really the only contenders. Ducky & Spike only has her mom, Petrie only has his mom, and Littlefoot has a great dad in Born; unless you want to argue Bron is more dedicated to his herd. Perhaps Chomper’s dad? Except he’s just being a normal Sharptooth and he came to find his son in LBTII.
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
Haha! That's true...none of them are watching their kids half as closely as they should be! Watching Journey to Big Water again the other day, I realized that even though the grown-ups weren't able to find the kids in the aftermath of the earthshake, the parents were all back in the valley when the Gang of Five returned--meaning they gave up and went back home without finding their kids. Nice! :p
That is so true. The parents and grandparents are constantly losing the Gang; worse they don’t seem to notice they’re gone for hours to days. The only exceptions were LBT II when the parents did notice the Gang had waundered into the Mysterious Beyond, and then JOTB Grandpa and Topps go looking for the Gang of Five with Chomper and Ruby. Are there any other times the parents went looking for the Gang outside the Valley?
In IX, the parents had been looking for the Gang after the earthshake...but by the time the kids return home, all their parents have gone back there already. :sducky What, they decided their children were a lost cause?
I suppose I have to give Grandpa Longneck points for showing up to Littlefoot's rescue towards the end of VI, though. :wise The climax of VII similarly had Petrie's mom (plus One Big Flyer) fly in to help the kids escape from Threehorn Peak. Those are about the only examples I can think of where the parents (or grandparents) went after the kids, though--and they were cutting things pretty close! Hmm, I guess at least everyone noticed their kids were gone in film V. Not that that's saying much. :p
Great points. This reminds me I need to do an LBTathon when I can afford it. I want to buy all the films digitally as well as the series.
As for worst Dad, interestingly only Topps and Hyp’s dad are really the only contenders. Ducky & Spike only has her mom, Petrie only has his mom, and Littlefoot has a great dad in Born; unless you want to argue Bron is more dedicated to his herd. Perhaps Chomper’s dad? Except he’s just being a normal Sharptooth and he came to find his son in LBTII.
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Hm, I guess you're right, we have hardly any dads to work with here. :olittlefoot Hyp's dad, Mr. Threehorn, Bron, Chomper's dad, and Big Daddy are the only dads in the whole series...strange, now that you mention it. As if that's not enough of a slap in the face to dads, half the characters in that group are pretty poor fathers... :p
I agree that Bron is a pretty great dad. He might not have stayed with Littlefoot in the end, but hey, let's give him the benefit of the doubt. We haven't seen enough of him interacting with his herd to know how much they depend on him. Plus, at least he comes by the valley to visit.
Chomper's dad also is a great parent, at least from a sharptooth point of view. :lol He'll fight an entire valley to look for his son. Besides, we can tell from film V that both Chomper's parents check in on their kid more often than anyone in the valley does with theirs!
Big Daddy is in sort of a gray area, I guess. He could be pretty controlling of his kids in his distrust towards "the big ones." In the end, though...well, his suspicions were basically right. The little longnecks were forced out of their home because Littlefoot used them as a scapegoat (ugh).
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I have a theory Bron represents a military or traveling dad. There are children who have to cope with a parent who spends a lot of time away and I think that justifies Bron.
You are right about Chomper’s Dad, he fought almost every Great Valley parent to find Chomper. :lol
Big Daddy was eh.. a sterotype I rather not talk about. :o
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I have a theory Bron represents a military or traveling dad. There are children who have to cope with a parent who spends a lot of time away and I think that justifies Bron.
You are right about Chomper’s Dad, he fought almost every Great Valley parent to find Chomper. :lol
Big Daddy was eh.. a sterotype I rather not talk about. :o
I think that Bron theory is exactly right. :yes That was what I always assumed the movie was intending, too.
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Topps vs Hyp’s Dad, both are bigots. But Mr. Threehorn has evolved (even of its slow) over time. We really only het to see Hyp’s Dad in one film. My vote is still Topps, because he tends to find ways to be a pain in the dino behind.
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It can be argued that Hyp's dad isn't a good parent, Threehorn shows him the error of his ways, and he helped saved the day while the other adults were incapacitated. Though he was underdeveloped. XP Topps also developed throughout the series into being a better parent himself... Though movie XI backpedaled into making him the antagonist, which is one reason why I dislike the movie. Big Daddy is another one of those reasons. Just like RainbowFaceProtege said he was pretty strict and he immediately assumed the Tinysaurses brought Littlefoot in during their first meeting, with his daughter, Lizzie, being forefront of the scolding (I want to HC that he is even more strict with her as he wants her to lead the Tinysaurses in case he couldn't, but I don't remeber the movie doing anything like that). Lizzie even suggests that he needs someone in his life like a partner, which never happens (It could so that Cera could get along with Tria, but still) I don't even think he learned not to be less strict towards the others in the end. :areyouserious At least Hyp's dad was taught a proper lesson. So If I had to chose worse daddy, it be Big Daddy. (lol. :bestsharptooth)
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:rainbowwave
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That's one of the reasons LBT XI has got to be my least favorite of the series...the characterization of Mr. Threehorn and Big Daddy is just no good. But, hey, I guess that's to be expected from the movie that gave us a song about how dads stink! :p
Glad to know that I am not the only one who thinks XI is the worst. XD Coupled with that Littlefoot's lies, Topps snapping at Tria, and Littlefoot going "who needs friends" are my most disliked moments in the franchise… So this movie has the worst moments, worst characterization, and the worst dads. I see "worst" written all over this. :bestsharptooth
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That's one of the reasons LBT XI has got to be my least favorite of the series...the characterization of Mr. Threehorn and Big Daddy is just no good. But, hey, I guess that's to be expected from the movie that gave us a song about how dads stink! :p
Glad to know that I am not the only one who thinks XI is the worst. XD Coupled with that Littlefoot's lies, Topps snapping at Tria, and Littlefoot going "who needs friends" are my most disliked moments in the franchise… So this movie has the worst moments, worst characterization, and the worst dads. I see "worst" written all over this. :bestsharptooth
Ha! Exactly. :facepalm XI had Topps, who was already hard to like, become even more unlikable...but as you've brought up, the worst offense that movie committed was Littlefoot. WHAT were they thinking? Except for getting food for the Tinysauruses, Littlefoot was such a selfish jerk through that whole movie. I'm honestly surprised that XIII is more of a least favorite in the fandom than XI...yeah, XIII was weird, but at least it kept the main character's personality intact!
If you ask me, the only good thing XI brought to LBT was Tria. And I have to say, the way they brought her in there was pretty cheesy, being so lovey-dovey over Topps with not much more backstory between them than "we know each other!" I really liked Tria in XII and the TV series, though (that scene where she's afraid Topps is going to roll over on the egg was hilarious), so I can overlook her XI introduction, I guess.
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For funsies: Ducky's Dad. Not only does he disappear, but when the kids rejoin their families at the end of movie V, he (or at least a Swimmer I suspect to be him) DOES greet Ducky and Spike, but like 5 seconds later apparently already has disappeared already. Bad dad.
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For funsies: Ducky's Dad. Not only does he disappear, but when the kids rejoin their families at the end of movie V, he (or at least a Swimmer I suspect to be him) DOES greet Ducky and Spike, but like 5 seconds later apparently already has disappeared already. Bad dad.
I can top that. :lol
Petrie's dad! He never existed!! Boooooo!!! :bestsharptooth
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Hmm, how he can not exist, if Petrie exists? :thinking
Oh my subgod, what a forum topic...
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For funsies: Ducky's Dad. Not only does he disappear, but when the kids rejoin their families at the end of movie V, he (or at least a Swimmer I suspect to be him) DOES greet Ducky and Spike, but like 5 seconds later apparently already has disappeared already. Bad dad.
That means Ducky’s Dad is a Rainbowface shapeshifter. :lol :rainbowwave
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Can we just agree that this universe as a whole doesn't seem to place much care into their offspring? Bron seemed to forget he had a child prior to encountering Grandpa Longneck again. If he truly was looking for his family, why not start from the most obvious place, the Great Valley? Surely he must have at least heard of it and put the pieces together. Petrie's father has been presumably absent before he was even born, which leads us to question his absence. And as for Ducky's father... the guy just disappeared after LBT1 and was never heard from again. :p
These parents aren't loyal. :bestsharptooth
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Can we just agree that this universe as a whole doesn't seem to place much care into their offspring? Bron seemed to forget he had a child prior to encountering Grandpa Longneck again. If he truly was looking for his family, why not start from the most obvious place, the Great Valley? Surely he must have at least heard of it and put the pieces together. Petrie's father has been presumably absent before he was even born, which leads us to question his absence. And as for Ducky's father... the guy just disappeared after LBT1 and was never heard from again. :p
These parents aren't loyal. :bestsharptooth
What about Grandpa tho? He might almost be the sole exception in this topic. He good (grand)dad...even if Grandma does not approve of his story-choices before bedtime.
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Can we just agree that this universe as a whole doesn't seem to place much care into their offspring? Bron seemed to forget he had a child prior to encountering Grandpa Longneck again. If he truly was looking for his family, why not start from the most obvious place, the Great Valley? Surely he must have at least heard of it and put the pieces together. Petrie's father has been presumably absent before he was even born, which leads us to question his absence. And as for Ducky's father... the guy just disappeared after LBT1 and was never heard from again. :p
These parents aren't loyal. :bestsharptooth
What about Grandpa tho? He might almost be the sole exception in this topic. He good (grand)dad...even if Grandma does not approve of his story-choices before bedtime.
True, you can count on Grandpa Longneck to at least be a voice of reason (and often the only voice of reason). :wise
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The worst dad(s) in LBT are the ones who raised Yellowbellies. They taught them to eat berries and "Up with your tush and you look like a bush." Worst Dad EVER award go to all you Yellowbelly dad's :PCera
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The worst dad(s) in LBT are the ones who raised Yellowbellies. They taught them to eat berries and "Up with your tush and you look like a bush." Worst Dad EVER award go to all you Yellowbelly dad's :PCera
Because Sharpteeth won’t notice dinner parked its head in the ground and stuck its tush in the air. :lol
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Forget about worst dad trophy. The entire Great Valley deserves the trophy of being the worst parents ever. :longneckBRUH
This. Just...this.
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I nominate Ducky’s dad for worst dad. He just disappeared. :confused
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How about Guido's dad? Guido just sleepwalks out of the nest, and now he doesn't even know who his parents are. Poor Guido.
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How about Guido's dad? Guido just sleepwalks out of the nest, and now he doesn't even know who his parents are. Poor Guido.
Good point. Guido’s dad must have been worse than the Great Valley parents to lose his son for good!
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No wonder Guido is so lonely in the captions area. :smile
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Guido was ao traumatized he forgot who he was.