The Land Before Time
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Created by	Don Bluth Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss
Original work	The Land Before Time (1988)
Owner	Universal Pictures
Years	1988 (1988)–2016
Films and television
Film(s)	The Land Before Time (1988)
Animated series	The Land Before Time (2007–2008)
Direct-to-video	The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994) The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving (1995) The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996) The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997) The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001) The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water (2002) The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003) The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005) The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006) The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends (2007) The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave (2016)
Games
Video game(s)	See list of The Land Before Time video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	The Land Before Time: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988) The Land Before Time: Sing-Along Songs (1997) The Songs from The Land Before Time (1997) The Land Before Time: More Sing-Along Songs (1999) The Best Songs from The Land Before Time (2016)
Miscellaneous
Toy(s)	Merchandise
Official website
https://www.landbeforetime.com/

The Land Before Time is an American animated feature film series and media franchise created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss, distributed by Universal Pictures and centered on dinosaurs. The series began in 1988 with the eponymous The Land Before Time, directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. It was followed by 13 direct-to-video musical sequels, a TV series, video games, soundtracks, and related merchandising. Neither the sequels nor the series involve the participation of Bluth, Lucas, or Spielberg. All 14 films were released as a Complete Collection DVD set on June 14, 2016.^[1]

Plot

The films follow the friendship of a group of young ornithodirans (four dinosaurs and a pterosaur) named Littlefoot (male Apatosaurus), Cera (female Triceratops), Ducky (female Saurolophus), Petrie (male Pteranodon), and Spike (male Stegosaurus). After finding the Great Valley, they raise a carnivorous baby (a male Tyrannosaurus, whom they name Chomper), survive a drought and a cold snap, and witness a solar eclipse. Throughout all the films, they embark upon adventures, learning lessons about life, teamwork and friendship along the way.

List of titles

Films

The following is a list of the 14 films in the series.

Albums

• The Land Before Time (1988) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• The Land Before Time: Sing-Along Songs (1997): Songs from the first four movies (movies I, II, III, and IV). The album was later released in a VHS format which included facts about the dinosaurs featured in the franchise.
• The Songs from The Land Before Time (1997): Songs from the first four movies (movies I-IV)
• The Land Before Time: More Sing-Along Songs (1999) Songs from movies V and VI (the last two of the first 6 movies) and An American Tail film series (movies III and IV).
• The Best Songs from The Land Before Time (2016) Songs from movies I, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XIV.

Television series

A television series based on the films began airing on YTV in Canada on January 5, 2007. It consisted of one season of 26 episodes, and officially premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007, after the DVD release of The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers.^[3] The TV series takes place after the events of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends. It has since been collected and released on 6 DVDs, each containing 4 episodes, in the United States and the UK.

Games

The series has spawned 14 spin-off games, eight for PC, one for the Game Boy Color, two for the Game Boy Advance and three for the original PlayStation. The PC games are usually educational games aimed for preschool and kindergarten. Games for the Game Boy Color and Advance include The Land Before Time and The Land Before Time: Into the Mysterious Beyond, in which the original six characters must search for Chomper. Games for the PlayStation include The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure, a spin-off of Journey to Big Water, The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure and The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley. All characters in these games are voiced by Lani Minella.

Cast and characters

•  ^D indicates an appearance as a character's disguised voice.
•  ^S indicates an appearance as a character's singing voice.