History WMG / TheLandBeforeTime

* There's also the fact that both franchises have characters start spontaneously singing in the sequels (while it's rarer in ''Ice Age'', the vultures in the second film and Captain Gutt in the fourth both get their own VillainSong, and the fifth movie has a DancePartyEnding).

''The Land Before Time'' shares a lot of the same world-building elements as ''Ice Age'' (anachronism, heavily stylized animals, MisplacedWildlife), so it's possible that those are just a thing in this world. While the dinosaurs seen in the LostWorld in the ''Ice Age'' sequels don't appear talk, this could be explained by the fact that they simply don't speak mammal language (and it's later shown that some of them, in fact, do). Furthermore, in the opening sequence to the first movie, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/landbeforetime/images/a/a9/Metriorhynchus_cel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150624204943 a creature]] resembling one of the reptilian sea monsters from ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown'' briefly appears.
Incidentally, Don Bluth was originally planned to direct ''Ice Age'' before Fox Animation closed its doors.

[[WMG: The series takes place in the same universe as ''Franchise/IceAge'', but millions of years back in time.]]
''The Land Before Time'' shares a lot of the same worldbuilding elements as ''Ice Age'' (anachronism, heavily stylized animals, MisplacedWildlife), so it's possible that those are just a thing in this world. While the dinosaurs seen in the LostWorld in the ''IceAge'' sequels don't appear talk, this could be explained by the fact that they simply don't speak mammal language (and it's later shown that some of them, in fact, do). Furthermore, in the opening sequence to the first movie, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/landbeforetime/images/a/a9/Metriorhynchus_cel.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150624204943 a creature]] resembling one of the reptilian sea monsters from ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeTheMeltdown'' briefly appears.

Sort of a dumb analogue to how babies can suffer brain damage during the birthing process if their flow of oxygen is somehow cut off. He's supposed to have an AmbiguousDisorder, which is further supported by a claim on Website/TheOtherWiki:

:Ducky immediately calls him a spiketail the moment he hatches, and thus names him Spike. So I say Jossed.

** If the movies take place in modern times, it explains a lot of things. Like how the characters occasionally use modern terms that wouldn't make sense otherwise and how many different species that would never have been together in real life are coexisting. A few obvious examples of the former include Ozzie referring to himself as a "Struthiomimus" when he logically shouldn't know a name that would be coined by humans centuries later, and the fact that in the song "Friends for Dinner" the characters make references to modern man-made foods that wouldn't have existed at the time the dinosaurs actually lived. Also it's unlikely all the different species of dinosaurs that appear in the series would exist in the same place. ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Spinosaurus'' would not have coexisted together, for example.

** If the movies take place in modern times, it explains a lot of things. Like how the characters occasionally use modern terms that wouldn't make sense otherwise and how many different species that would never have been together in real life are coexisting. A few obvious examples include Ozzie referring to himself as a "Struthiomimus" when he logically shouldn't know a name that would be coined by humans centuries later, and the fact that in the song "Friends for Dinner" the characters make references to modern man-made foods that wouldn't have existed at the time the dinosaurs actually lived.

** If the movies take place in modern times, it explains a lot of things. Like how the characters occasionally use modern terms that wouldn't make sense otherwise and how many different species that would never have been together in real life are coexisting.

AKA a site in India infamous for being one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent during the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape prone to earthquakes and littered with bubbling liquid traps. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. With this in mind, the Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was hatched and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley. Note that this also fits with the above WMG of the Great Valley being a caldera.

AKA a site in India infamous for being one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent during the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape prone to earthquakes and littered with bubbling liquid traps. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. With this in mind, the Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was hatched and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA a site in India infamous for being one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape prone to earthquakes and littered with bubbling liquid traps. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. With this in mind, the Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was hatched and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA a site in India infamous for being one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape prone to earthquakes and littered with bubbling liquid traps. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. With this in mind, the Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, however, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape prone to earthquakes and littered with bubbling liquid traps. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. With this in mind, the Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, however, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape prone to earthquakes and littered with bubbling liquid traps. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. The Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, however, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. The Mountains That Burn are likely at the dead centre of the region as we would discover it millennia after the events of the film. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, however, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA one of - if not ''the'' - most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, however, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

AKA one of, if not ''the'', most volcanic regions on Earth towards the end of the Cretaceous. Before those of you in the know say anything: yes, I'm aware it's far from accurate to have ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Saurolophus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Scolosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' all co-existing on the Indian subcontinent in the late Maastrichtian epoch. However, issues of AnachronismStew and MisplacedWildlife are already inherent to the film regardless of when and where you decide it's supposed to be set. If you can see past this detail, however, then the notion fits with several key features of the film's setting. For one, there's the fact that most of the world outside of the Great Valley seems to be a desolate, barren, lava-choked hellscape. As far as we know, nowhere in North America (where most presume the film to be set) looked anything like ''this'' during the late Cretaceous. However, it would be a fairly accurate picture of India at the time. There's also evidence that the Deccan region was a nesting ground for multiple generations of sauropods, who utilized the geothermal activity from the volcanoes to keep their eggs warm. This explains a lot about why Littlefoot was born and raised where he was, until his mother decided he was old and strong enough to make the journey to the Great Valley.

* Wrong. Littlefoot's too cool to be Shinji. But since we're comparing them to anime characters...Ducky is [[Manga/FruitsBasket Tohru Honda]], Cera is [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soyruu]], Petrie is [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Jacuzzi Splot]] and Chomper is [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mitsukuni "Hunny" Haninozuka]].