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* TheBerserker: His face is always locked in one single expression; pure, unadulterated, pissed-off rage. At one point, Mama Longneck smacks Sharptooth with her tail and he smashes into a rock. He responded by ''pulverizing the rock with repeated headbutts before he does anything else.''
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* TheBerserker: His face is always locked in one single expression; pure, unadulterated, pissed-off rage. At one point, Mama Longneck smacks Sharptooth with her tail and he smashes into a rock. He responded by ''pulverizing the rock with repeated headbutts before he does anything else.''
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* OppositesAttract: It might be hard to believe, but a guy as hard as stone eventually falls for a woman as sweet as sugar. In addition, she's the only one who can calm him down.
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* OppositesAttract: It might be hard to believe, but a guy as He's hard as stone eventually falls and utterly head over heels for a woman as sweet as sugar.sweet, amicable, candy-pink Tria, both when they were younger and later on in life. In addition, she's the only one who can calm him down.
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* {{Expy}}: Of the hunter from Bambi to a degree. Both kill the main character's mother in an attempt to kill the main character himself, have little screen time, and are TheVoiceless.
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* {{Expy}}: Of the hunter from Bambi to a degree. Both kill the main character's mother in an attempt to kill the main character himself, enter the plot rather abruptly and out of nowhere, have little screen time, and are TheVoiceless.
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* Expy: Of Bambi's mom, from giving birth to a son at the beginning, [[HeroicSacrifice to dying while rescuing her son from one out get him.]]
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* ArchEnemy: To Littlefoot after he killed his mother. Even before that Sharptooth was already angry at him for having him blinded in one eye.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Is he a sadistic, vengeful murderer, or just a predator desperate for food? Throughout the movie, it remains up in the air. Though the novalization makes it absolutely clear that yes, he's a downright evil monster who kills for the hell of it, and whose antagonism with the children is based purely on vindictive, narcissistic, psychopathic spite.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: We never actually see what injuries lead to her death, and considering one of the scenes contains a [[ShadowDiscretionShot horrifying shadow shot]] of Sharptooth biting a chunk of flesh out of her back, it's probably better that we don't. What's more, there actually was film footage made depicting more of the the fight between her and sharptooth. Considering Don Bluth had this footage '''burned''', it's safe to say that her death was decidedly non-PG. Going by the footage of the shadow, Sharptooth wasn't just biting chunks of flesh from her back, [[EatenAlive he was eating them]]!
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* DiedHappilyEverAfter: This is why her spirit never spoke to or appeared before Littlefoot again after helping him finally find the Great Valley. Her son was now in a land where he could grow up safe and not starve and was back in the care of her own parents whom she knew would care for and raise him well. Ultimately she could rest in peace now that had achieved everything she wanted for her child.
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[[folder:Mama Longneck - ''Apatosaurus'']]
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[[caption-width-right:348: "Dear, sweet, Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?"]]
A wise, maternal Apatosaurus who deeply loved her only son, Littlefoot, and hoped to lead him to the Great Valley where he could grow up in safety. She dies midway through the first film from injuries sustained by Sharptooth. Bron was her husband.
Appears only in the first film.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Helen Shaver (original film)\\
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* AlmostDeadGuy
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Probably the most famous example after {{Disney/Bambi}}'s mom.
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: This is why her spirit never spoke to or appeared before Littlefoot again after helping him finally find the Great Valley. Her son was now in a land where he could grow up safe and not starve and was back in the care of her own parents whom she knew would care for and raise him well. Ultimately she could rest in peace now that had achieved everything she wanted for her child.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: We never actually see what injuries lead to her death, and considering one of the scenes contains a [[ShadowDiscretionShot horrifying shadow shot]] of Sharptooth biting a chunk of flesh out of her back, it's probably better that we don't. What's more, there actually was film footage made depicting more of the the fight between her and sharptooth. Considering Don Bluth had this footage '''burned''', it's safe to say that her death was decidedly non-PG. Going by the footage of the shadow, Sharptooth wasn't just biting chunks of flesh from her back, [[EatenAlive he was eating them]]!
* HeroicSacrifice: It's obvious that she ultimately sacrifices her life to save her son.
* MamaBear: Oh yes. She protects her son by fighting off a bloodthirsty Sharptooth ''while an earthquake is tearing apart the land around her''.
* SacrificialLion: Dies protecting Littlefoot from Sharptooth; whatever chance she had to survive was destroyed by the earthquake that followed.
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[[folder:Grandma and Grandpa Longneck - ''Apatosaurus'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"The herd is brave, and the Old One is wise."]]
Two elderly Apatosaurus who helped Mama Longneck raise Littlefoot since he first hatched. When she dies, they take to raising him in the Great Valley. Believed to be the parents of Mama Longneck, making them Littlefoot's maternal grandparents. They live in the Great Valley with their grandson.
Appear in all fourteen films and the TV series.
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Linda Gary (Grandma, ''II-IV'')\\
Miriam Flynn (Grandma, ''V''-present)\\
Kenneth Mars (Grandpa, ''II''-TV series)\\
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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. They are the most level-headed, intelligent characters in the entire series, the only reason they aren't a bigger help is that they have to deal with the rest of the adults.
* AdultFear: In the first movie, they were separated from their daughter and grandson during an earthquake. If Littlefoot hadn't made it to the Great Valley on his own, they never would have found out what happened to either of them. The sequels occasionally touch on their fear of losing Littlefoot too.
* {{Badass Grandpa}}rents: Grandpa can keep up with Doc when it comes to fighting Sharpteeth. And in a battle in a later film, he and Grandma team up to [[CurbStompBattle beat a sharptooth into the ground.]]
* BattleCouple: There are multiple occasions where they've worked together to fight off an enemy.
* BigDamnHeroes: Once in a while.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The two are the kindlest and gentlest Longnecks in the series... yet both are capable of kicking major Sharptooth ass (and, indeed, ''do just that'' in ''The Great Longneck Migration'') and the look on Grandpa Longneck's face as he slides in to save Littlefoot from a Sharptooh is terrifying! Also, if you insult their grandson they will ''not'' be happy.
* BigGood: Grandpa appears to be the highest authority in the Great Valley.
* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa Longneck can hold his own against a Sharptooth. Not bad for an old dinosaur.
* CoolOldLady: Grandma Longneck has been shown to do the same.
* GoodParents: Not only to Littlefoot, but they were also this to their daughter.
* HappilyMarried: They're very kind and loving to each other.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mama Longneck was their daughter. Their own grief over her loss is almost never touched on, but there is a moment in the second movie where they tell Littlefoot that he is all they have.
* ParentalSubstitute: They've acted as Littlefoot's parents since the first film.
* TheStoryteller: In the TV series it's revealed that, when he was young, Grandpa Longneck was very reputable 'Story Speaker', a master of Longneck OralTradition storytelling.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Grandpa and Topsy.
* TheVoiceless: Both in the first film. Grandma Longneck also doesn't speak in film 12, and Grandpa Longneck doesn't speak in film 13.
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[[folder:Topps / Topsy / Mr. Three Horn - ''Triceratops'']]
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[[caption-width-right:210:"Come Cera, three horns never play with long necks."]]
An aggressive male Triceratops with deep seated prejudice against dinosaurs other than his own kind. He's Cera and Tricia's father, and Tria's husband. He lives in the Great Valley with the rest of his family.
Appears in every film except the fourth, and in the TV series.
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John Ingle (''II''-TV series)\\
George Ball (''XIV'')
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* BigBadEnsemble: While the bullies are the main antagonists to the children and the drought is the major threat to the Great Valley in ''Time of the Great Giving'', he begins causing problems all on his own when he takes charge of the dinosaurs' limited water supply.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His racism and hatred is definitely toned down after the third film, in which he is saved by Grandpa Longneck and comes across a parent as bad as he is.
* CoveredInMud: In "Great Day of the Flyers".
* DividedWeFall: His stubbornness finally gets him and Cera into trouble in ''Time Of Great Giving'', and they end up getting saved by Grandpa Longneck.
* FantasticRacism: Prejudiced against longnecks. Seems to get along with Grandpa Longneck in the sequels well enough, however.
* FreudianExcuse: The reason why he acts like a grump is for the sake of his family and because his own father was as grumpy as him. [[FridgeHorror The absence of his wife and all of his children besides Cera from the second film onward may also explain it]].
* GrumpyBear: Perpetually.
* JerkAss: Is the one who taught Cera her FantasticRacism in the first film, and he repeatedly causes trouble for all the other grown-ups in the sequels and the series.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves his daughter despite all his other flaws.
* TheLancer: He's second in authority only to Grandpa in the Great Valley, sometimes sharing the role of leader.
* MisterDescriptor: He's one of the only parents of the gang who's first name has been revealed: Topps. However, no one ever calls him this save for his wife's AffectionateNickname of 'Topsy', and instead just refer to him by his species.
* OppositesAttract: It might be hard to believe, but a guy as hard as stone eventually falls for a woman as sweet as sugar. In addition, she's the only one who can calm him down.
* PapaWolf
* TookALevelInKindness: After his CharacterDevelopment in the third film, he considereably tones down a bit. Even more evident after the birth of Tricia.
* {{Troll}}: While he shows admirable acceptance by not treating Chomper like a threat, he still has no qualms telling him blatantly untrue stories just to get a kick of how scared he can make him, nor has any problems openly mocking him for his tiny arms when he knows he's self-conscious about them.
* VillainSong: Not really a villain, just a an antagonist. 'I'm Tough' could be considered this in the third film, given what he was doing at the time.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He will do anything to protect his family, going to violent lengths.
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[[folder:Rooter - ''Scolosaurus'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:"It's nobody's fault. The great circle of life has begun. But see, not all of us arrive together at the end."]]
A wise, mysterious wanderer among the wastes of the mysterious beyond. His whereabouts are unknown.
Appears only in the first film.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
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* {{Callback}}: Possibly one in movie ten. Bron tells Littlefoot that he learned of his mother's death from a passing dinosaur not long after the Great Earthshake, and that this dinosaur also mentioned that Littlefoot survived. Given the timing, this dinosaur was likely Rooter.
* DoNotGoGentle: Rooter's biggest impact in the series is helping soften the blow of Mama Longneck's death-- both for Littlefoot and the younger audience-- by confirming to Littlefoot that his mother will always be with him, and that the pain he feels right now will lessen in time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When he first runs into the crying Littlefoot, he treats him with gruff indifference. When he realizes the boy has just lost his mother, he immediately softens.
* TheObiWan
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[[folder:Mama Swimmer - ''Parasaurolophus or Saurolophus'']]
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The biological mother of Ducky and the adoptive mother of Spike. She's an adult of some standing in the Great Valley and commonly seen in meetings at the rock circle.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Got some more attention in "The Big Freeze".
* GoodParents: All too happy to adopt Spike and is very loving to all of her kids (and there's like thirteen of them!)
* MamaBear: Won't stand for any harm coming to her kids. Seriously, this mother dives ''under ice and risks her life'' to save Spike.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: She and her husband have this color scheme in the finale of the first film. She's given a more realistic green color from the second film onward.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: In her earlier appearances, Mama Swimmer tended to be this. She tells Spike and Ducky that Littlefoot is a bad influence in "Time of the Great Giving" and to keep away from him. Later on, she takes a more complex approach to this trope when she truly considers whether Spike would be happier with his own kind rather than with her in "The Big Freeze".
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[[folder:Mama Flyer - ''Pteranodon'']]
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Petrie's mother. She's an adult of some standing in the Great Valley and commonly seen in meetings at the rock circle.
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Creator/TressMacNeille (''II''-TV series)\\
Anndi [=McAfee=] (''XIV'')
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Has a bit more focus in "Stone of Cold Fire" and then in "Great Day of the Flyers".
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments.
* GoodParents: Especially noticeable in "Stone of Cold Fire", where she makes sure to set a better example for her children than Pterano.
* MamaBear: Notice a pattern here? She flew through what was essentially a ''hurricane'' to find her missing son!
* OpenMindedParent: Especially noticeable in "The Great Day of the Fliers". She loves her son for who he is-- quirks and all-- and is supportive of him even when he doesn't seem to be doing well in his flying demonstrations.
* SiblingRivalry: Played with; she's set up to have something like this with Pterano, but she has enough faith in him to know that he won't let any harm come to Ducky. She still doesn't think too highly of him, though...
* StraightMan: Aside from Littlefoot's Grandparents, she's usually the most level-headed voice among the Valley's adults, and is less prone to wild accusations that tend to get thrown around whenever the Valley is facing a crisis.
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[[folder:Sharptooth - ''TyrannosaurusRex'']]
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A vicious, relentless Tyrannosaurus who acts as the primary antagonist of the first film. He's responsible for the death of Littlefoot's mother. [[spoiler: He's supposedly killed by Littlefoot and his friends after they drop a rock on him, knocking him into a deep water hole.]]
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* AdaptationExpansion: In the movie it's unclear whether Sharptooth is a NonMaliciousMonster or not. The book shows some events from his perspective, and gives him an arrogant, vain, and vindictive personality on top of his predatory instincts.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the movie, he's mostly portrayed as an instinctive force of nature, albeit with more personality than one might expect. The novelization, however, depicts him as being like a prehistoric SerialKiller.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Is he a sadistic, vengeful murderer, or just a predator desperate for food? Throughout the movie, it remains up in the air.
* AxCrazy: Is noticeably unhinged and needlessly violent even for a ''Tyrannosaurus''. In the novelization, this is even more evident as instead of a simple predator, he is a vengeful, spiteful and sadistic SerialKiller in the skin of a dinosaur.
* TheBerserker: His face is always locked in one single expression; pure, unadulterated, pissed-off rage. At one point, Mama Longneck smacks Sharptooth with her tail and he smashes into a rock. He responded by ''pulverizing the rock with repeated headbutts before he does anything else.''
* BigBad: Considered this in the first film.
* CarnivoreConfusion: He is a ''T. rex'' hunting sentient baby dinosaurs.
* DeathGlare: Shoots Petrie a murderous glare after the pterosaur hits him with a pebble.
* TheDreaded: When even baby dinosaurs know your name, you're this. The book mentions he'd been following the herds for some time, preying on stragglers and building a reputation.
** Also, when Littlefoot's mother intervenes, she orders Littlefoot to run. This is notable because baby animals usually stay near their parents during such instances (such as Wildebeest and Bison), and the chances that Littlefoot could run into another hazard without her presence. It also indicates Littlefoot's mother knew she would likely loose the fight, and that no other hazard in the area was as dangerous as Sharptooth.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Falls off a cliff into a lake and drowns. However, unlike most, his is an intentional one on the part of the heroes, though given the situation, it's hard to blame them.]]
* EatenAlive: [[FridgeHorror Possibly what he was doing to Littlefoot's mother during the fight]].
* EyeAwaken: When Cera uses his seemingly dead body to practise headbutting, his eye snaps open and stares at her, revealing he's still alive. Note that this is the eye that was stabbed with a thorn and was supposed to have been blinded.
* EyeScream: Littlefoot accidentally stabs him in the eye with a thorn while trying to escape, blinding him in that eye. The illustrations in the book and original cut of the film showed it bleeding afterwards.
* ForTheEvulz: Unlike most predators, he seems to kill other dinosaurs entirely because he ''wants'' to, not because he ''needs'' to.
* HandicappedBadass: The novelization reveals he was blinded in his right eye when Littlefoot accidentally [[EyeScream stabbed it with a thorn]]. Despite this, he apparently is still capable of seeing things around him perfectly fine.
* TheHeavy: Most of the events in the first film would not have happened had it not been for him.
* HeroKiller: Sharptooth not only survives being bashed into cliffs and falling into a ravine, but mortally wounds Littlefoot's mother - who, granted, puts up one heck of a fight - and almost kills the main group several times.
* ImplacableMan: One of the most notable in western animation. Borders on slasher villain territory.
* ItsPersonal: He hates Littlefoot because he accidentally blinded him on one of his eyes. He also hates Cera for headbutting him when he was unconscious. It's heavily implied that THIS and his hatred are the reasons why he is going to such extremes to kill dinosaurs that would be of little food value to him.
* KillItWithWater: [[spoiler:Meets his end when the heroes use a rock to topple him into a lake. Due to having stubby arms, he can't swim and drowns.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Oh yes. The movie was very soft until he showed up. He is arguably the only villain who was treated seriously in the series.
* MadeOfIron: His stamina and strength were ridiculous enough, but he survived falling into a deep trench without any actual injury and can smash large rocks with his head with no pain involved.
* {{Narcissist}}: The novel mentions that Sharptooth was extremely arrogant and vain, to the point where Cera headbutting him - which didn't hurt him in the slightest - pissed him off, and Littlefoot inadvertently stabbing his right eye with a thorn sparked a deep, intense grudge.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Definitely averted; one of the things that made Sharptooth so incredibly terrifying was that he didn't just kill for food, he also killed for ''pleasure'' and more often, because he was ticked off.
* NotQuiteDead: Is seemingly killed when he falls off a cliff fighting Little Foot's mother. Cera finds out later on he survived and is ''ticked off!''
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In the book version, the reason he relentlessly pursues the protagonists is because when Littlefoot fled from him he sent a thorn flying into his right eye, half-blinding him. In most scenes of the film he has his right eye closed, which supports this.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Is dead set on killing the group. Justifed as only a few other dinosaurs are seen during the film, so they may just be the only thing to eat. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge He also wants revenge]] on Littlefoot for [[EyeScream injuring his right eye]] and Cera for [[MinorInjuryOverreaction headbutting him when he was unconscious]].
* TheSociopath: A violent, sadistic, prideful monster that kills for sport.
* TakingYouWithMe: Bites down on Petrie's tail as he falls into the water.
* UnstoppableRage: He's in a psychotic fury for every moment of screen time. And it is ''terrifying''.
* TheVoiceless: Like almost every sharptooth in the series, he communicates solely with snarls, roars, and growls.
* WouldHurtAChild: Most definitely, as he literally spends his entire onscreen time trying to kill the five main characters, who happen to be baby dinosaurs.
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[[folder:Mama Longneck - ''Apatosaurus'']]
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[[caption-width-right:348: "Dear, sweet, Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?"]]
A wise, maternal Apatosaurus who deeply loved her only son, Littlefoot, and hoped to lead him to the Great Valley where he could grow up in safety. She dies midway through the first film from injuries sustained by Sharptooth. Bron was her husband.
Appears only in the first film.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Helen Shaver (original film)\\
Creator/TressMacNeille (TV series)
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* AlmostDeadGuy
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Probably the most famous example after {{Disney/Bambi}}'s mom.
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: This is why her spirit never spoke to or appeared before Littlefoot again after helping him finally find the Great Valley. Her son was now in a land where he could grow up safe and not starve and was back in the care of her own parents whom she knew would care for and raise him well. Ultimately she could rest in peace now that had achieved everything she wanted for her child.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: We never actually see what injuries lead to her death, and considering one of the scenes contains a [[ShadowDiscretionShot horrifying shadow shot]] of Sharptooth biting a chunk of flesh out of her back, it's probably better that we don't. What's more, there actually was film footage made depicting more of the the fight between her and sharptooth. Considering Don Bluth had this footage '''burned''', it's safe to say that her death was decidedly non-PG. Going by the footage of the shadow, Sharptooth wasn't just biting chunks of flesh from her back, [[EatenAlive he was eating them]]!
* HeroicSacrifice: It's obvious that she ultimately sacrifices her life to save her son.
* MamaBear: Oh yes. She protects her son by fighting off a bloodthirsty Sharptooth ''while an earthquake is tearing apart the land around her''.
* SacrificialLion: Dies protecting Littlefoot from Sharptooth; whatever chance she had to survive was destroyed by the earthquake that followed.
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[[folder:Grandma and Grandpa Longneck - ''Apatosaurus'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"The herd is brave, and the Old One is wise."]]
Two elderly Apatosaurus who helped Mama Longneck raise Littlefoot since he first hatched. When she dies, they take to raising him in the Great Valley. Believed to be the parents of Mama Longneck, making them Littlefoot's maternal grandparents. They live in the Great Valley with their grandson.
Appear in all fourteen films and the TV series.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Linda Gary (Grandma, ''II-IV'')\\
Miriam Flynn (Grandma, ''V''-present)\\
Kenneth Mars (Grandpa, ''II''-TV series)\\
Barry Bostwick (Grandpa, ''XIV'')\\
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* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. They are the most level-headed, intelligent characters in the entire series, the only reason they aren't a bigger help is that they have to deal with the rest of the adults.
* AdultFear: In the first movie, they were separated from their daughter and grandson during an earthquake. If Littlefoot hadn't made it to the Great Valley on his own, they never would have found out what happened to either of them. The sequels occasionally touch on their fear of losing Littlefoot too.
* {{Badass Grandpa}}rents: Grandpa can keep up with Doc when it comes to fighting Sharpteeth. And in a battle in a later film, he and Grandma team up to [[CurbStompBattle beat a sharptooth into the ground.]]
* BattleCouple: There are multiple occasions where they've worked together to fight off an enemy.
* BigDamnHeroes: Once in a while.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The two are the kindlest and gentlest Longnecks in the series... yet both are capable of kicking major Sharptooth ass (and, indeed, ''do just that'' in ''The Great Longneck Migration'') and the look on Grandpa Longneck's face as he slides in to save Littlefoot from a Sharptooh is terrifying! Also, if you insult their grandson they will ''not'' be happy.
* BigGood: Grandpa appears to be the highest authority in the Great Valley.
* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa Longneck can hold his own against a Sharptooth. Not bad for an old dinosaur.
* CoolOldLady: Grandma Longneck has been shown to do the same.
* GoodParents: Not only to Littlefoot, but they were also this to their daughter.
* HappilyMarried: They're very kind and loving to each other.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Mama Longneck was their daughter. Their own grief over her loss is almost never touched on, but there is a moment in the second movie where they tell Littlefoot that he is all they have.
* ParentalSubstitute: They've acted as Littlefoot's parents since the first film.
* TheStoryteller: In the TV series it's revealed that, when he was young, Grandpa Longneck was very reputable 'Story Speaker', a master of Longneck OralTradition storytelling.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Grandpa and Topsy.
* TheVoiceless: Both in the first film. Grandma Longneck also doesn't speak in film 12, and Grandpa Longneck doesn't speak in film 13.
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[[folder:Topps / Topsy / Mr. Three Horn - ''Triceratops'']]
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[[caption-width-right:210:"Come Cera, three horns never play with long necks."]]
An aggressive male Triceratops with deep seated prejudice against dinosaurs other than his own kind. He's Cera and Tricia's father, and Tria's husband. He lives in the Great Valley with the rest of his family.
Appears in every film except the fourth, and in the TV series.
-->''Voiced by:''\\
Burke Byrnes (original film)\\
John Ingle (''II''-TV series)\\
George Ball (''XIV'')
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* BigBadEnsemble: While the bullies are the main antagonists to the children and the drought is the major threat to the Great Valley in ''Time of the Great Giving'', he begins causing problems all on his own when he takes charge of the dinosaurs' limited water supply.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: His racism and hatred is definitely toned down after the third film, in which he is saved by Grandpa Longneck and comes across a parent as bad as he is.
* CoveredInMud: In "Great Day of the Flyers".
* DividedWeFall: His stubbornness finally gets him and Cera into trouble in ''Time Of Great Giving'', and they end up getting saved by Grandpa Longneck.
* FantasticRacism: Prejudiced against longnecks. Seems to get along with Grandpa Longneck in the sequels well enough, however.
* FreudianExcuse: The reason why he acts like a grump is for the sake of his family and because his own father was as grumpy as him. [[FridgeHorror The absence of his wife and all of his children besides Cera from the second film onward may also explain it]].
* GrumpyBear: Perpetually.
* JerkAss: Is the one who taught Cera her FantasticRacism in the first film, and he repeatedly causes trouble for all the other grown-ups in the sequels and the series.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He genuinely loves his daughter despite all his other flaws.
* TheLancer: He's second in authority only to Grandpa in the Great Valley, sometimes sharing the role of leader.
* MisterDescriptor: He's one of the only parents of the gang who's first name has been revealed: Topps. However, no one ever calls him this save for his wife's AffectionateNickname of 'Topsy', and instead just refer to him by his species.
* OppositesAttract: It might be hard to believe, but a guy as hard as stone eventually falls for a woman as sweet as sugar. In addition, she's the only one who can calm him down.
* PapaWolf
* TookALevelInKindness: After his CharacterDevelopment in the third film, he considereably tones down a bit. Even more evident after the birth of Tricia.
* {{Troll}}: While he shows admirable acceptance by not treating Chomper like a threat, he still has no qualms telling him blatantly untrue stories just to get a kick of how scared he can make him, nor has any problems openly mocking him for his tiny arms when he knows he's self-conscious about them.
* VillainSong: Not really a villain, just a an antagonist. 'I'm Tough' could be considered this in the third film, given what he was doing at the time.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He will do anything to protect his family, going to violent lengths.
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[[folder:Rooter - ''Scolosaurus'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:"It's nobody's fault. The great circle of life has begun. But see, not all of us arrive together at the end."]]
A wise, mysterious wanderer among the wastes of the mysterious beyond. His whereabouts are unknown.
Appears only in the first film.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Pat Hingle
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* {{Callback}}: Possibly one in movie ten. Bron tells Littlefoot that he learned of his mother's death from a passing dinosaur not long after the Great Earthshake, and that this dinosaur also mentioned that Littlefoot survived. Given the timing, this dinosaur was likely Rooter.
* DoNotGoGentle: Rooter's biggest impact in the series is helping soften the blow of Mama Longneck's death-- both for Littlefoot and the younger audience-- by confirming to Littlefoot that his mother will always be with him, and that the pain he feels right now will lessen in time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When he first runs into the crying Littlefoot, he treats him with gruff indifference. When he realizes the boy has just lost his mother, he immediately softens.
* TheObiWan
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[[folder:Mama Swimmer - ''Parasaurolophus or Saurolophus'']]
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The biological mother of Ducky and the adoptive mother of Spike. She's an adult of some standing in the Great Valley and commonly seen in meetings at the rock circle.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Creator/TressMacNeille
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Got some more attention in "The Big Freeze".
* GoodParents: All too happy to adopt Spike and is very loving to all of her kids (and there's like thirteen of them!)
* MamaBear: Won't stand for any harm coming to her kids. Seriously, this mother dives ''under ice and risks her life'' to save Spike.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: She and her husband have this color scheme in the finale of the first film. She's given a more realistic green color from the second film onward.
* ThinkOfTheChildren: In her earlier appearances, Mama Swimmer tended to be this. She tells Spike and Ducky that Littlefoot is a bad influence in "Time of the Great Giving" and to keep away from him. Later on, she takes a more complex approach to this trope when she truly considers whether Spike would be happier with his own kind rather than with her in "The Big Freeze".
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[[folder:Mama Flyer - ''Pteranodon'']]
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Petrie's mother. She's an adult of some standing in the Great Valley and commonly seen in meetings at the rock circle.
-->'''Voiced by:'''\\
Creator/TressMacNeille (''II''-TV series)\\
Anndi [=McAfee=] (''XIV'')
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Has a bit more focus in "Stone of Cold Fire" and then in "Great Day of the Flyers".
* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments.
* GoodParents: Especially noticeable in "Stone of Cold Fire", where she makes sure to set a better example for her children than Pterano.
* MamaBear: Notice a pattern here? She flew through what was essentially a ''hurricane'' to find her missing son!
* OpenMindedParent: Especially noticeable in "The Great Day of the Fliers". She loves her son for who he is-- quirks and all-- and is supportive of him even when he doesn't seem to be doing well in his flying demonstrations.
* SiblingRivalry: Played with; she's set up to have something like this with Pterano, but she has enough faith in him to know that he won't let any harm come to Ducky. She still doesn't think too highly of him, though...
* StraightMan: Aside from Littlefoot's Grandparents, she's usually the most level-headed voice among the Valley's adults, and is less prone to wild accusations that tend to get thrown around whenever the Valley is facing a crisis.
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[[folder:Sharptooth - ''TyrannosaurusRex'']]
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A vicious, relentless Tyrannosaurus who acts as the primary antagonist of the first film. He's responsible for the death of Littlefoot's mother. [[spoiler: He's supposedly killed by Littlefoot and his friends after they drop a rock on him, knocking him into a deep water hole.]]
Appears only in the first film.
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* AdaptationExpansion: In the movie it's unclear whether Sharptooth is a NonMaliciousMonster or not. The book shows some events from his perspective, and gives him an arrogant, vain, and vindictive personality on top of his predatory instincts.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the movie, he's mostly portrayed as an instinctive force of nature, albeit with more personality than one might expect. The novelization, however, depicts him as being like a prehistoric SerialKiller.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Is he a sadistic, vengeful murderer, or just a predator desperate for food? Throughout the movie, it remains up in the air.
* AxCrazy: Is noticeably unhinged and needlessly violent even for a ''Tyrannosaurus''. In the novelization, this is even more evident as instead of a simple predator, he is a vengeful, spiteful and sadistic SerialKiller in the skin of a dinosaur.
* TheBerserker: His face is always locked in one single expression; pure, unadulterated, pissed-off rage. At one point, Mama Longneck smacks Sharptooth with her tail and he smashes into a rock. He responded by ''pulverizing the rock with repeated headbutts before he does anything else.''
* BigBad: Considered this in the first film.
* CarnivoreConfusion: He is a ''T. rex'' hunting sentient baby dinosaurs.
* DeathGlare: Shoots Petrie a murderous glare after the pterosaur hits him with a pebble.
* TheDreaded: When even baby dinosaurs know your name, you're this. The book mentions he'd been following the herds for some time, preying on stragglers and building a reputation.
** Also, when Littlefoot's mother intervenes, she orders Littlefoot to run. This is notable because baby animals usually stay near their parents during such instances (such as Wildebeest and Bison), and the chances that Littlefoot could run into another hazard without her presence. It also indicates Littlefoot's mother knew she would likely loose the fight, and that no other hazard in the area was as dangerous as Sharptooth.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Falls off a cliff into a lake and drowns. However, unlike most, his is an intentional one on the part of the heroes, though given the situation, it's hard to blame them.]]
* EatenAlive: [[FridgeHorror Possibly what he was doing to Littlefoot's mother during the fight]].
* EyeAwaken: When Cera uses his seemingly dead body to practise headbutting, his eye snaps open and stares at her, revealing he's still alive. Note that this is the eye that was stabbed with a thorn and was supposed to have been blinded.
* EyeScream: Littlefoot accidentally stabs him in the eye with a thorn while trying to escape, blinding him in that eye. The illustrations in the book and original cut of the film showed it bleeding afterwards.
* ForTheEvulz: Unlike most predators, he seems to kill other dinosaurs entirely because he ''wants'' to, not because he ''needs'' to.
* HandicappedBadass: The novelization reveals he was blinded in his right eye when Littlefoot accidentally [[EyeScream stabbed it with a thorn]]. Despite this, he apparently is still capable of seeing things around him perfectly fine.
* TheHeavy: Most of the events in the first film would not have happened had it not been for him.
* HeroKiller: Sharptooth not only survives being bashed into cliffs and falling into a ravine, but mortally wounds Littlefoot's mother - who, granted, puts up one heck of a fight - and almost kills the main group several times.
* ImplacableMan: One of the most notable in western animation. Borders on slasher villain territory.
* ItsPersonal: He hates Littlefoot because he accidentally blinded him on one of his eyes. He also hates Cera for headbutting him when he was unconscious. It's heavily implied that THIS and his hatred are the reasons why he is going to such extremes to kill dinosaurs that would be of little food value to him.
* KillItWithWater: [[spoiler:Meets his end when the heroes use a rock to topple him into a lake. Due to having stubby arms, he can't swim and drowns.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: Oh yes. The movie was very soft until he showed up. He is arguably the only villain who was treated seriously in the series.
* MadeOfIron: His stamina and strength were ridiculous enough, but he survived falling into a deep trench without any actual injury and can smash large rocks with his head with no pain involved.
* {{Narcissist}}: The novel mentions that Sharptooth was extremely arrogant and vain, to the point where Cera headbutting him - which didn't hurt him in the slightest - pissed him off, and Littlefoot inadvertently stabbing his right eye with a thorn sparked a deep, intense grudge.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Definitely averted; one of the things that made Sharptooth so incredibly terrifying was that he didn't just kill for food, he also killed for ''pleasure'' and more often, because he was ticked off.
* NotQuiteDead: Is seemingly killed when he falls off a cliff fighting Little Foot's mother. Cera finds out later on he survived and is ''ticked off!''
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In the book version, the reason he relentlessly pursues the protagonists is because when Littlefoot fled from him he sent a thorn flying into his right eye, half-blinding him. In most scenes of the film he has his right eye closed, which supports this.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Is dead set on killing the group. Justifed as only a few other dinosaurs are seen during the film, so they may just be the only thing to eat. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge He also wants revenge]] on Littlefoot for [[EyeScream injuring his right eye]] and Cera for [[MinorInjuryOverreaction headbutting him when he was unconscious]].
* TheSociopath: A violent, sadistic, prideful monster that kills for sport.
* TakingYouWithMe: Bites down on Petrie's tail as he falls into the water.
* UnstoppableRage: He's in a psychotic fury for every moment of screen time. And it is ''terrifying''.
* TheVoiceless: Like almost every sharptooth in the series, he communicates solely with snarls, roars, and growls.
* WouldHurtAChild: Most definitely, as he literally spends his entire onscreen time trying to kill the five main characters, who happen to be baby dinosaurs.
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