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** Gets even more awesome when Topsy joins the battle to protect a tired Tria and single handily saves the Tinysauruses and by extension Lizzy, earning praise from Big Daddy himself, all while apologizing to the latter for all the trouble he caused throughout the film.

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* In number 10, the final fight between the longnecks and the sharptooths.
** Although not limited to this movie, we see Grandma and Grandpa Longneck are very capable fighters, particularly for dinosaurs at their age.
** While opinions on Bron’s character may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a very capable fighter, putting him at the same awesomness levels of his deceased wife and Littlefoot's grandparents. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight not even looking at the Sharptooth, instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, without looking at it.
** Even more awesome is that ''Littlefoot'' himself outright charges into the battle rather than running away to help his father when Bron arrives to save him and Shorty, and Cera and the gang when they arrive being chased by said Sharptooth that starts the FinalBattle.



** The Sharptooth fight at the climax. As Littlefoot as the adults try to fight the sharpteeth off, the kids help in the sidelines (Shorty uses his tail slingshot to launch rocks at the fiends). But the most awesome part is Littlefoot actually physically joining in to help his father (Yes, Littlefoot has physically fought sharpteeth before, but in this case, he was not willing to let his father suffer the same fate as his mother).

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** The Sharptooth fight at the climax. As Littlefoot as the adults try to fight the sharpteeth off, the kids help in the sidelines (Shorty uses his tail slingshot to launch rocks at the fiends). But the most awesome part is Littlefoot actually physically ''physically'' joining in to help his father (Yes, Littlefoot has physically fought sharpteeth before, but in this case, he was not willing to let his father suffer the same fate as his mother).mother).
** Although not limited to this movie, we see Grandma and Grandpa Longneck are very capable fighters, particularly for dinosaurs at their age.
** While opinions on Bron’s character may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a very capable fighter, putting him at the same awesomness levels of his deceased wife and Littlefoot's grandparents. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight not even looking at the Sharptooth, instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, without looking at it.

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*** AND not only '''THAT''', the plan in question that Littlefoot conjures up to get rid of Sharptooth after getting sick and tired of running away from him is so gloriously thought out and said to the gang, that it makes him look badass and is just plain awesome.

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*** AND not only '''THAT''', the plan in question that Littlefoot conjures up to get rid of Sharptooth after getting sick and tired of running away from him is so gloriously thought out and said to the gang, that it makes him look badass and is just plain awesome. No doubt, Doc (aka The Lone Dinosaur) and Littlefoot's father would have been proudly impressed.



** Also from 6, The 2v2 battle at the very end.
* In movie 2, Ducky jumping and punching at the Sharptooth after it goes after Spike. An in vain effort naturally, but still, she attacked one of the most feared predators of their kind so her brother could escape.

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** Also from 6, The 2v2 battle at the very end.
end with Doc and Grampa Longneck teaming up to take down the two Sharpteeth.
* In movie 2, Ducky jumping and punching at the Sharptooth after it goes after Spike. An in vain effort naturally, but still, she attacked one of the most feared predators of their kind so her brother could escape.escape, BadassAdorable and BigSisterInstinct at it's finest.



** While opinions on Bron’s character may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a very capable fighter. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight not even looking at the Sharptooth, instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, without looking at it.

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** While opinions on Bron’s character may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a very capable fighter.fighter, putting him at the same awesomness levels of his deceased wife and Littlefoot's grandparents. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight not even looking at the Sharptooth, instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, without looking at it.it.
** Even more awesome is that ''Littlefoot'' himself outright charges into the battle rather than running away to help his father when Bron arrives to save him and Shorty, and Cera and the gang when they arrive being chased by said Sharptooth that starts the FinalBattle.
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* Towards the end of number 9, Mo shows Littlefoot his home in Big Water in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ridv-Z_7zmc scene]] that's built on TheWorldIsJustAwesome:
** Standing on the rocky shoreline, Littlefoot holds his breath and dips his head underwater, then opens his eyes to see a brightly-colored coral reef and various sea creatures swimming around. It's enough to make him smile in awe.
** When he lifts his head to breathe, he slips on the wet rocks and falls into the water, much to his friends' concern. However, he doesn't panic at all, and instead swims around to explore for a while. He's so immersed that he almost runs out of air, so Mo pushes him back up to the surface.
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* In number 10, the final fight between the longnecks and the sharptooths. Doubly so because we finally see Grandma and Grandpa Longneck in a fight!
** Actually they've been in fights in previous movies, and they do a good job at them for dinosaurs at their age.

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* In number 10, the final fight between the longnecks and the sharptooths. Doubly so because
** Although not limited to this movie,
we finally see Grandma and Grandpa Longneck in a fight!
** Actually they've been in fights in previous movies, and they do a good job at them
are very capable fighters, particularly for dinosaurs at their age.



* From number 7, Petrie CallingTheOldManOut against Pterano's visions of a new world, when what they have in the great valley was perfectly wonderful.

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* From number 7, Petrie CallingTheOldManOut against Pterano's visions of a new world, when what they have in the great valley was is perfectly wonderful.



** Littlefoot ''not'' easily forgiving his long-lost father for being... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment well, long-lost]] and after sulking about the "reunion", [[CallingTheOldManOut demanding an explanation from him.]] On a positive note, after Bron explains himself, Littlefoot is amazed.

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** Littlefoot ''not'' easily forgiving his long-lost father for being... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment well, long-lost]] and after sulking about the "reunion", [[CallingTheOldManOut demanding an explanation from him.]] On a positive note, after Bron explains himself, Littlefoot is amazed.]]
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** While opinions on Bron’s character may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a very capable fighter. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''

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** While opinions on Bron’s character may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a very capable fighter. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' Sharptooth, instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without without looking at it.''



* When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie. Later, not only does he accept his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond with minimal protest, he quickly reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.

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* When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie. Later, not only does he accept his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond with minimal protest, Beyond, but he quickly reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.

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* Chomper fearlessly biting the Plated Sharptooth's tail to save the gang in film five. His parents soon join the fight. When the enemy sharp tooth slashes Chomper's mom, his father then whacks the enemy sharp tooth, causing him to fall into the ocean.
** [[IdiotHero Littlefoot ends up ''jumping off of a cliff into a shark infested ocean'' to save Chomper from drowning.

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* Chomper fearlessly biting the Plated Sharptooth's tail to save the gang in film five.the fifth film. His parents soon join the fight. When the enemy sharp tooth slashes Chomper's mom, his father then whacks the enemy sharp tooth, causing him to fall into the ocean.
** [[IdiotHero Littlefoot Littlefoot]] ends up ''jumping off of a cliff into a shark infested ocean'' to save Chomper from drowning.drowning.
** The entire sequence with the swimming sharptooth, for being both incredibly epic and terrifying.



* Also from 6, The 2v2 battle at the very end.

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* ** Also from 6, The 2v2 battle at the very end.



* When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.
** Then not only does he accept his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond with minimal protest, he quickly reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.

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* When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.
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Duckie. Later, not only does he accept his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond with minimal protest, he quickly reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.
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** Bron is probably the most capable character in the ''series'' to face off against a Sharptooth, using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''

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** Bron is probably the most capable While opinions on Bron’s character in the ''series'' to face off against may be divided, there’s no denying that he himself is a Sharptooth, very capable fighter. We see him using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''
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* An often overlooked one (Pterano's fans aside, of course) in 7. When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.

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* An often overlooked one (Pterano's fans aside, of course) in 7. When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.

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* In movie 7, the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.
** Later, mixed with Tearjerker, also accepts his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond, and reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.

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* In movie 7, An often overlooked one (Pterano's fans aside, of course) in 7. When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.
** Later, mixed with Tearjerker, also accepts Then not only does he accept his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond, and Beyond with minimal protest, he quickly reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine. fine.



** In the same movie, she stands up for herself by telling Cera (in a firm, but very calm and reasonable voice) that she’s not going to let Cera’s Jerkass attitude get in the way of her relationship with Topsy, and also that she fully believes it’s possible for her and Cera to have a good relationship. This finally starts to convince Cera that Tria is more than just an inconvenience in her life.

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** In a scene that's a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome[=/=]SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}[=/=]{{Idiot|Hero}}ic all at the same time, from 5 where Littlefoot ends up ''jumping off of a cliff into a shark infested ocean'' to save Chomper from drowning.

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** In a scene that's a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome[=/=]SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming|Moments}}[=/=]{{Idiot|Hero}}ic all at the same time, from 5 where [[IdiotHero Littlefoot ends up ''jumping off of a cliff into a shark infested ocean'' to save Chomper from drowning.



** Similarly Ducky jumping and punching at the Sharptooth after it goes after Spike. An in vain effort naturally, but still, she attacked one of the most feared predators of their kind so her brother could escape.

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** Similarly * In movie 2, Ducky jumping and punching at the Sharptooth after it goes after Spike. An in vain effort naturally, but still, she attacked one of the most feared predators of their kind so her brother could escape.



** Bron is probably the most capable character in the ''series'' to face off against a Sharptooth, using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, not flinching when being pincered, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''

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** Bron is probably the most capable character in the ''series'' to face off against a Sharptooth, using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, not flinching when being pincered, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''



* From number 7, Petrie CallingTheOldManOut against Pterano's visions of a new world, when what they had in the great valley was perfectly wonderful.

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* From number 7, Petrie CallingTheOldManOut against Pterano's visions of a new world, when what they had have in the great valley was perfectly wonderful.



* An often overlooked one (Pterano's fans aside, of course) in 7. When the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.
** Then not only does he accept his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond with minimal protest, he quickly reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.

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* An often overlooked one (Pterano's fans aside, of course) in 7. When In movie 7, the kids try to stop Pterano's terrible trio from getting the titular stone of cold fire, the resulting fight sends Duckie tumbling towards a cliff. All of the kids are either too busy or too far away to help her and her dangling gives Pterano a flashback to the death of one of the followers he lost. But what does Pterano do? He snaps himself out of his freeze-up and performs a DivingSave, preventing any harm from coming to Duckie.
** Then not only does he accept Later, mixed with Tearjerker, also accepts his banishment to the Mysterious Beyond with minimal protest, he quickly Beyond, and reassures a distraught Petrie that he'll be just fine.fine.


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** In the same movie, she stands up for herself by telling Cera (in a firm, but very calm and reasonable voice) that she’s not going to let Cera’s Jerkass attitude get in the way of her relationship with Topsy, and also that she fully believes it’s possible for her and Cera to have a good relationship. This finally starts to convince Cera that Tria is more than just an inconvenience in her life.
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--> '''Petrie''': I'm flying! ''I'm flying''! '''''I'm flying!'''''

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--> '''Petrie''': I'm I flying! ''I'm ''I flying''! '''''I'm '''''I flying!'''''
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* Just as it looks like Littlefoot and Cera are about to be devoured by the Sharptooth's toothy maw, cue Mama Longneck's massive tail, which smashes the predator off its feet and into a mound of rock -- she then proceeds to take on the Sharptooth singlehandedly.
** Well, [[TearJerker things go downhill]] [[MoodWhiplash quite a lot after that]], but still, this is a Longneck taking on the ''original'' Sharptooth, the most dangerous and powerful Sharptooth of all the films. Irrespective of the battle's outcome, [[HeroicSacrifice it was a very valiant effort]].
** That whole sequence is about as epic as animation can get: we have an [[BehemothBattle Apatosaurus battling a Tyrannosaurus]] in the middle of an [[InterestingSituationDuel earthquake]].

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* Just as it looks like Littlefoot and Cera are about to be devoured by the Sharptooth's toothy maw, cue Mama Longneck's massive tail, which smashes the predator off its feet and into a mound of rock -- she then proceeds to take on the Sharptooth singlehandedly.
** Well, [[TearJerker things go downhill]] [[MoodWhiplash quite a lot after that]], but still, this is a Longneck taking on the ''original'' Sharptooth, the most dangerous and powerful Sharptooth of all the films. Irrespective of the battle's outcome, [[HeroicSacrifice it was a very valiant effort]].
** That whole sequence
singlehandedly. This is about as epic as animation can get: we have an [[BehemothBattle Apatosaurus battling a Tyrannosaurus]] in the middle of an [[InterestingSituationDuel earthquake]].



* Both an in-universe AND meta example in "The Great Longneck Migration": Littlefoot ''not'' [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiving]] [[DisappearedDad his long-lost father for being...]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment well, long-lost]] and after sulking about the "reunion", [[CallingTheOldManOut demanding an explanation from him.]] Considering how most kids' films would have handled this (not to mention how [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids shockingly mature]] the topic of abandonment is), this was a pretty gutsy move on the creators' parts, as well as Littlefoot's. On a positive note, after Bron explains himself, Littlefoot is amazed.

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Littlefoot ''not'' [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiving]] [[DisappearedDad forgiving his long-lost father for being...]] being... [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment well, long-lost]] and after sulking about the "reunion", [[CallingTheOldManOut demanding an explanation from him.]] Considering how most kids' films would have handled this (not to mention how [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids shockingly mature]] the topic of abandonment is), this was a pretty gutsy move on the creators' parts, as well as Littlefoot's. On a positive note, after Bron explains himself, Littlefoot is amazed.
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** That whole sequence is about as epic as animation can get: we have an Apatosaurus battling a Tyrannosaurus in the middle of an earthquake.

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** Bron is probably the most capable character in the ''show'' to face off against a Sharptooth, using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, not flinching when being pincered, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''

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** Bron is probably the most capable character in the ''show'' ''series'' to face off against a Sharptooth, using running slides, kicking hard enough to knock them out, not flinching when being pincered, and spending a fair portion of his fight ''not even looking at the Sharptooth,'' instead choosing to watch the other battles and direct Littlefoot while deliberately exposing his neck and employing DeadlyDodging to keep his own Sharptooth occupied...again, ''without looking at it.''
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