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5	[[folder:Mama Longneck]]
6	[[quoteright:348:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Mama_Longneck_sized_8539.png]]
7	[[caption-width-right:348: "Dear, sweet, Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?"]]
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9	!!!'''Appearances:''' original film \| TV episode "The Legend of the Story Speakers" (ambiguously, in a flashback)
10	!!!'''Species:''' Longneck (''Apatosaurus'')
11	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Helen Shaver (original film) \| Creator/TressMacNeille (TV series)
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13	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.
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16	* AlmostDeadGuy: After being badly wounded, she lives long enough to remind Littlefoot of what he must do to reach the Great Valley.
17	* BigGood: Of the first movie. Her words give Littlefoot the information he needs to find the Great Valley and lead the others to it, and she continues to provide guidance to him even after her death.
18	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: She's a loving, nurturing, and fiercely protective mother to her son, and she dies after the first act.
19	* {{Determinator}}: Even when she's bleeding out from the wounds Sharptooth inflicted on her she still musters up the strength to save Littlefoot and Cera from falling into a fissure along with Sharptooth.
20	* DiedHappilyEverAfter: Potentially 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. However, she does make an "appearance" in the fifth movie as a star that twinkles brighter than the others, reassuring Littlefoot that she's always watching over him.
21	* {{Expy}}: Of Bambi's mom, from giving birth to a son at the beginning, [[HeroicSacrifice to dying while rescuing her son from one out to get him.]]
22	* 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 fight between her and Sharptooth. Considering Don Bluth had this footage '''burned''', it's safe to say that her death was decidedly non-G-rated. Going by the footage of the shadow, Sharptooth wasn't just biting chunks of flesh from her back, [[EatenAlive he was eating them]]!
23	* FantasticRacism: It's subtle compared to Cera and Topsy's prejudice. But when Littlefoot asks his mother why he isn't allowed to play with Cera, she merely tells him that different dinosaur species never do anything together and that, ''"It's always been that way."'' She herself does not appear to question it or view it as a bad thing, and she reassures Littlefoot that when they reach the Great Valley, he'll have other longnecks to play with instead. That said, she means no malice toward other dinosaur species either, and rescues both Littlefoot and Cera without hesitation.
24	* HeroicSacrifice: It's obvious that she ultimately sacrifices her life to save her son.
25	* MamaBear: Oh yes. She protects her son by fighting off a bloodthirsty Sharptooth ''while an earthquake is tearing apart the land around her''. Even more so in the novel where it's revealed Sharptooth slaughtered the rest of her herd, meaning she knew exactly how dangerous he was.
26	* NoNameGiven: Her name has never been revealed, nor have her parents said it.
27	* SacrificialLion: Dies protecting Littlefoot from Sharptooth; whatever chance she had to survive was destroyed by the earthquake that followed.
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30	[[folder:Grandma and Grandpa Longneck]]
31	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/41_5.jpg]]
32	[[caption-width-right:350:"The herd is brave, and the Old One is wise."]]
33	!!!'''Appearances:''' all fourteen films \| TV series
34	!!!'''Species:''' Longneck (''Apatosaurus'')
35	!!!'''Grandma voiced by:''' Linda Gary (''II'' to ''IV'') \| Miriam Flynn (''V'' to ''XIV'')
36	!!!'''Grandpa voiced by:''' Creator/KennethMars (''II'' to TV series) \| Creator/BarryBostwick (''XIV'')
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38	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. The parents of Mama Longneck, making them Littlefoot's maternal grandparents. They live in the Great Valley with their grandson.
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41	* 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.
42	* AscendedExtra: In the first film, they only appear in a few scenes at the beginning and end and have no dialogue other than a couple of brief chuckles. In the sequels, they are major supporting characters, with the greatest screen presence of the adults.
43	* BattleCouple: There are multiple occasions where they've worked together to fight off an enemy.
44	%%%%* BigDamnHeroes:
45	* BewareTheNiceOnes: The two are the kindest 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 Sharptooth is terrifying! Also, if you insult their grandson they will ''not'' be happy.
46	* BigGood: Of the sequels. They frequently lead the meetings between the adults and spearhead retaliation against threats to the valley. Grandpa is also shown to share command with Topps.
47	* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa Longneck can hold his own against a Sharptooth. Not bad for an old dinosaur.
48	* CoolOldLady: Grandma Longneck has been shown to take on a Sharptooth as well.
49	%%* GoodParents: Not only to Littlefoot, but they were also this to their daughter.
50	* HappilyMarried: They're very kind and loving to each other.
51	* MamaBear and PapaWolf: They are both quite protective of their grandson and will fight off dangerous predators to keep him safe. The fact that their daughter made it to adulthood in the DeathWorld outside of the Great Valley speaks for itself.
52	* MissingChild: 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.
53	* NeverMessWithGranny: Grandma Longneck is a sweet old lady who acts like a surrogate grandmother to all of the children in the valley. She's also a thirty-ton, seventy-foot ''apatosaurus'', and if you threaten her husband or her grandson, she'll show you exactly where [[MamaBear her daughter]] got it from.
54	* NiceGuy: Both of them are very kind-hearted.
55	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Grandpa Longneck is a kindhearted, gentle soul and the voice of reason for the Valley. When he hears Pterano has returned and is spewing his self-important bullshit to the children, he becomes irritable and aggressive, splashing his tail against the water and ranting about him. This is not Grandpa being stern when disciplining Littlefoot; this is legitimate, personal anger towards Pterano for his cowardice that got many dinosaurs killed, and the scene establishes Pterano as a very personal foe to the valley.
56	* 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.
57	* ParentalSubstitute: They've acted as Littlefoot's parents since the first film.
58	* RetiredBadass: Implied in the fourth movie when Grandpa expresses concern that Grandma is not as strong as she was in their youth. Considering how capable both of them are shown to be, Grandma and Grandpa must have been ''fierce'' in their prime, just in case there was any doubt about where their daughter got it from.
59	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Grandpa Longneck is the sensitive to Topps' manly. He's a NiceGuy, a GentleGiant, quite nurturing toward his grandson, and much more polite and soft-spoken than the tough, aggressive and short-tempered Topps.
60	* TheStoryteller: In the TV series it's revealed that, when he was young, Grandpa Longneck was a very reputable 'Story Speaker', a master of Longneck OralTradition storytelling.
61	%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Grandpa and Topps.
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64	[[folder:Topps / Topsy / Mr. Three Horn]]
65	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s_Father_3788.jpg]]
66	[[caption-width-right:210:"Come, Cera. Three horns never play with long necks."]]
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68	!!!'''Appearances:''' every film except ''IV'' \| TV series
69	!!!'''Species:''' Three-horn (''Triceratops'')
70	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Burke Byrnes (original film) \| Creator/JohnIngle (''II'' to TV series) \| George Ball (''XIV'')
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72	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.
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75	* AngerBornOfWorry: In the third movie, he explains that he sometimes yells at Cera out of worry. He realizes that yelling at her does more harm than good.
76	* CharacterDevelopment: His disdain for other species 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.
77	* CoveredInMud: In ''Great Day of the Flyers'', thanks to Guido.
78	* DeathGlare: Pretty much every look he ever gives Wild Arms wishes terrible, terrible things would happen to him, but most notably the first time the two are on screen together. He also gives one to Guido after he causes him to get covered in mud.
79	* DividedWeFall: His stubbornness finally gets him and Cera into trouble in ''Time Of Great Giving'', and they end up getting saved by Grandpa Longneck.
80	* EveryoneHasStandards: He's not exactly the world's greatest dad, but even he's disgusted with how Hyp's father treats his son.
81	* FantasticRacism: He doesn't think highly of dinosaurs other than his kind, including other ceratopsids like Mr. Thicknose, and is especially prejudiced against longnecks. Seems to get along with Grandpa Longneck in the sequels well enough, however.
82	* 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. The absence of his wife and all of his children besides Cera from the second film onward may also explain it.
83	* HeroAntagonist: 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.
84	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His defining trait is his stubborn, unfriendly exterior. He taught Cera her FantasticRacism in the first film, and he repeatedly caused trouble for all the other grown-ups in the sequels and the series. He additionally genuinely loves his daughter despite all his other flaws. He also points out to Hyp’s father in ''The Time Of the Great Giving'' that yelling at one’s children only hurts them more than helps as he realized with his interactions with his daughter. In ''Secret of Saurus Rock'', he actually felt bad about upsetting Littlefoot by blaming Doc for their recent misfortune in the Great Valley, while also conceding that Doc seems to be a perfectly fine fellow but for seemingly being "bad luck."
85	* TheLancer: He's second in authority only to Grandpa in the Great Valley, sometimes sharing the role of leader.
86	* MeaningfulName: Like his daughter, his given name is likely derived from his genus name of Tricera'''tops'''.
87	* 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.
88	* OppositesAttract: He's hard as stone and utterly head over heels for 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.
89	* PapaWolf: While grumpy to begin with, nothing makes him angrier than threatening his family.
90	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The manly to Grandpa Longneck's sensitive. He believes in being tough (and sings a whole song about it), is very aggressive, and has a short temper, while Grandpa is a NiceGuy, a GentleGiant and more nurturing, polite and soft-spoken.
91	* TemperCeratops: One of the defining examples of a rather unsocial herbivore in fiction. Topps initially firmly holds onto the belief that his kind is incompatible with hanging around and playing with other kinds of dinosaurs, and even after mellowing out somewhat in the later movies, he can still be bossy and temperamental whenever things don't go his way.
92	* TookALevelInKindness: After his CharacterDevelopment in the third film, his prejudice and his general abrasiveness slowly but surely starts to tone down. Even more evident once Tricia is born.
93	* {{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.
94	* VillainSong: Not really a villain, just an antagonist. "Standing Tough" could be considered this in the third film, given what he was doing at the time.
95	* WasTooHardOnHer: He realizes he had been this towards Cera after witnessing Hyp's father yell at his son.
96	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He will do anything to protect his family, going to violent lengths. He especially fits this trope in "Time of the Great Giving." While his water plan causes problems, he's legitimately just trying to conserve the valley's water supply.
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99	[[folder:Rooter]]
100	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_rooter_8986.png]]
101	[[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."]]
102	!!!'''Appearances:''' original film \| ''X'' (ambiguous mention)
103	!!!'''Species:''' unidentified (''Scolosaurus'')
104	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatHingle (English), Creator/HenriVirlogeux (European French)
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106	A grumpy but kind hearted ''Scolosaurus'' who gives Littlefoot some important words of encouragement.
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109	* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: He's based on an outdated portrayal of ''Scolosaurus'', having a horn on his nose and two spiky prongs on his small tail club. We now know the real animal was an Ankylosaurid mostly similar to ''Euoplocephalus'', with the exception of longer horns facing downwards.
110	* BigOlEyebrows: He has bony eyebrows that highlight his old age.
111	* 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.
112	* CoolOldGuy: While initially crotchety at Little Foot for disturbing his nap, the old dinosaur proves to be benevolent and wholesome in his interactions with the young sauropod.
113	* 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.
114	* InformedSpecies: As stated above, he looks ''nothing'' like a real ''Scolosaurus''.
115	* 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 and opts to help him as much as he can.
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118	[[folder:Mama Swimmer]]
119	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ducky_&_her_mother.jpg]]
120	!!!'''Appearances:''' all fourteen films \| TV series
121	!!!'''Species:''' Swimmer (unspecified hadrosaur, probably ''Saurolophus'')
122	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille (''III'' to TV series) \| Meghan Strange (''XIV'')
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124	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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127	* ADayInTheLimelight: Got some more attention in "The Big Freeze".
128	* GoodParents: All too happy to adopt Spike and is very loving to all of her kids (and there's like thirteen of them!)
129	* MamaBear: Won't stand for any harm coming to her kids. Seriously, this mother dives ''under ice and risks her life'' to save Spike.
130	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: She and her husband are incorrectly drawn like this in the final scene of the first film.
131	* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Shares this with other "swimmers" in this setting, and it's most notably demonstrated when she saved Spike in the eighth movie.
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134	[[folder:Mama Flyer]]
135	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2m5x7nq.jpg]]
136	!!!'''Appearances:''' all fourteen films \| TV series
137	!!!'''Species:''' Flyer (''Pteranodon'')
138	!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TressMacNeille (''V'' to TV series) \| Anndi [=McAfee=] (''XIV'')
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140	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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143	* ADayInTheLimelight: Has a bit more focus in "Stone of Cold Fire" and then in "Great Day of the Flyers".
144	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Has her moments.
145	* GoodParents: Especially noticeable in "Stone of Cold Fire", where she makes sure to set a better example for her children than Pterano.
146	* MamaBear: Notice a pattern here? She flew through what was essentially a ''hurricane'' to find her missing son!
147	* 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.
148	* 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...
149	* 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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152	[[folder:Sharptooth]]
153	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_sharptooth1_2097.jpg]]
154	!!!'''Appearances:''' original film
155	!!!'''Species:''' Sharptooth (''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'')
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157	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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160	* 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.
161	* 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. Interestingly, this can also be considered "Recursive Villainy", as what can be found in storyboards for deleted scenes shows that this personality for the character was going to be in the original film.
162	* AmbiguouslyEvil: Is he a sadistic, vengeful murderer, or just a predator desperate for food? Throughout the movie, it remains up in the air. But that's only the movie incarnation; in regards to the novelization's [[AdaptationalVillainy version of him]], it's 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.
163	* ArchEnemy: To Littlefoot after he killed his mother. Even before that Sharptooth was already angry at him for having him blinded in one eye.
164	* 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.
165	* BadVibrations: He introduces himself to Littlefoot and Cera with heavy footsteps that shake the ground beneath them.
166	* TheBerserker: His face is always locked in one single expression; pure, unadulterated, pissed-off rage.
167	* BigBad: His initial attack kicks off Littlefoot's story and he remains an ever-present threat to the gang for the rest of the film.
168	* CarnivoreConfusion: He is a feral ''T. rex'' hunting sentient baby dinosaurs.
169	* DeathGlare: Shoots Petrie a murderous glare after the pterosaur hits him with a pebble.
170	* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:He continues to fight the protagonists even while falling to his doom at the end of the first film, biting down on Petrie in an effort to drag the young dactyl down into the water with him.]]
171	* 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 lose the fight, and that no other hazard in the area was as dangerous as Sharptooth.
172	* 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.]]
173	* EatenAlive: Sharptooth is certainly big enough to swallow Littlefoot's group whole, and it's implied that he eats the flesh he tore off from Littlefoot's mother.
174	* {{Expy}}: Of the hunter from ''WesternAnimation/{{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.
175	* 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.(Alternatively, the injury may have simply caused his eyelids to swell to the extent he could only occasionally open his eye, since he is also seen opening it towards the end of the movie.)
176	* EyeScream: Littlefoot accidentally stabs him in the eye with a thorn while trying to escape, supposedly blinding him in that eye. The illustrations in the book and original cut of the film showed it bleeding afterwards.
177	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Delivers one to Littlefoot's mother, and suffers one himself; trapped under a boulder by the protagonists and sent plummeting into a deep lake, whereupon he drowns.
178	* FlatCharacter: In the movie he only serves as the scary ''T. rex'' antagonist who tries to eat the protagonists and nothing more, with his personality or motivations not being further explored. Averted in the novelization, where some of the narration is told by his point of view and indicates that he's a sadistic and vengeful predator with a SerialKiller instinct.
179	* ForTheEvulz: Unlike most predators, he seems to kill other dinosaurs entirely because he ''wants'' to, not because he ''needs'' to.
180	* 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.
181	* TheHeavy: Most of the events in the first film would not have happened had it not been for him.
182	* 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.
183	* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Compared to a real tyrannosaur. The real ''T. rex'' was certainly a tough animal, but needless to say it still wasn't anywhere near as strong, athletic or durable as Sharptooth is shown to be.
184	* ImplacableMan: One of the most notable in western animation. Borders on slasher villain territory.
185	* InASingleBound: One of the things that makes him scarier than a real ''T. rex'' is that he can jump super high and far. This is how he killed Littlefoot's mother, and this is how he almost killed the protagonists had they not pushed the boulder off in time.
186	* 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. This goes both ways, as he killed Littlefoot's mother, and other members of his herd in the novelization.
187	* 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.]]
188	* KnightOfCerebus: Subverted. The movie is initially already rather dark in its tone, but this a increases dramatically when he shows up and kills Littlefoot's mother. Anytime he does appear on screen for the rest of the movie the levity stops and the heartwarming atmosphere screeches to a abrupt halt. Part of what made the sequels LighterAndSofter is that they didn't have any villains nearly as dark as him.
189	* LightningBruiser: Ridiculously tough for a big Tyrannosaurus, but if pissed off enough, he lunges ''so incredibly fast'' he can't control that speed; he dives over and plows through everything, just barely missing the heroes. He can even leap to great heights and distances, soaring over Littlefoot's mother, and leaping from bottom to top of a very tall cliff in ''seconds''. Very unlikely that a real T-Rex would have been capable of doing it.
190	* 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.
191	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Well, "sharp tooth" is enough to convince you he's not good news.
192	* {{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.
193	* 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. However this is confirmed only in the novel. In the movie, vicious and scary as he is, he could be just a predator who is trying to not starve, thus following his survival instinct.
194	* NotQuiteDead: Is seemingly killed when he falls off a cliff fighting Littlefoot's mother. Cera finds out later on he survived and is ''ticked off!''
195	* PredatorsAreMean: An extremely brutal killing machine who is not even against eating children. In the book he's even worse as he also has a sadistic streak going beyond ordinary predators standards.
196	* PrehistoricMonster: While he can be interpreted as a very hungry predator, the Sharptooth is portrayed as an almost supernatural monster, able to survive things that would otherwise kill a real ''T. rex'' and performing impossible feats like leaping InASingleBound. The novelization takes it further by revealing that the [[ForTheEvulz Sharptooth kills for pleasure rather than for food]].
197	* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are bloodshot red, and it's enough to scare Cera away just as she's about to hit the seemingly dead Sharptooth.
198	* 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.
199	* {{Sadist}}: The novelization makes it clear that the Sharptooth enjoys killing and plans to turn the Great Valley into a bloodbath once he finds the entrance.
200	* ScaryTeeth: A mouth full of sharp teeth which he always shows just before he goes for the kill, just a reminder of where he got his name.
201	* SerialKiller: What he's basically portrayed as in the novelization. As opposed to killing just because he needs to eat like most predators, he kills because he ''enjoys'' it.
202	* TheSociopath: A violent, sadistic, prideful monster that kills for sport. At least, this is how he's portrayed in the novel.
203	* StarterVillain: He's the very first carnivorous dinosaur antagonist faced by Littlefoot and his gang. And what should be noted is that ''unlike'' the usual beginner villain, he remains extremely powerful and dangerous by the standards of later movies in the franchise. Even after the first movie, there aren't many other carnivorous villains who are able to match him, let alone ''surpass'' him, making Sharptooth a rare beginner antagonist who stays strong and menacing in comparison to later villains in the franchise.
204	* SuperDrowningSkills: [[spoiler: Is killed by drowning. Justified: his little arms aren't exactly built for swimming. Also, it's hard to swim when a massive boulder was just dropped on your chest.]]
205	* 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]].
206	* TakingYouWithMe: Bites down on Petrie's tail as he falls into the water, hinting that he is petty and vengeful as he is in the novel rather than merely predatory.
207	* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: It's a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and it's the [[TheDreaded most feared dinosaur]] in the land. Even Littlefoot's mother can barely fend him off (and she paid her life for it), and his primary prey are young dinosaurs who could do nothing but run [[spoiler:until Littlefoot comes up with a plan to drown the monster into a deep watery pit with a giant boulder]].
208	* UnskilledButStrong: By all accounts, he's not a particularly skilled combatant. His only tactic is to charge forward and gnash his teeth, and throughout his fight with Littlefoot's mother, he takes multiple tail whips to the face that send him crashing into the nearest rock. However, Sharptooth is so ridiculously strong and durable that he doesn't need to be skilled. He still manages to mortally wound the sauropod, and none of her attacks leave a mark on him.
209	* UnstoppableRage: He's in a psychotic fury for every moment of screen time. And it is ''terrifying''.
210	* VileVillainSaccharineShow: For an innocent-looking movie about baby dinosaurs trying to find paradise, it can get quite intense whenever he's onscreen.
211	* TheVoiceless: Like almost every theropod in the series, he communicates solely with snarls, roars, growls and hisses.
212	* WouldHitAGirl: He jumps on Littlefoot's mother and tears off a piece of her back, which she dies from later on.
213	* WouldHurtAChild: Most definitely, as he literally spends his entire onscreen time trying to kill the five main characters, who happen to be baby dinosaurs.
214	* YouKilledMyFather: Killed Littlefoot's mother.
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