History WesternAnimation / TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire

* DirtyCoward: Subverted. It seems that Rinkus is this but it's revealed he just played on along with Pterano's plans for his own ambitions.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: After hearing Pterano say the loss of his herd wasn't his fault (out of guilt more than denial), Petrie insists that it wasn't since the other dinosaurs couldn't fly away. Grandma Longneck has to explain that as their leader, Pterano was still responsible for what happened.

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. [[spoiler:Pterano's exile is lessened to only several years because he saved Ducky, but he still has to face the consequences of his actions]].

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[TheStoic Grandpa Longneck]] gets visibly heated hearing Pterano's come to the Valley. Anyone who can get ''[[GentleGiant him]]'' that upset has got to be trouble.

* PragmaticVillainy: Pterano is against threatening or intimidating the children for the answers he seeks since he knows they will tell their parents what happened and it will put ''all'' of the heat on them as a result.

* TraitorShot: As Pterano sings about how brilliant but misunderstood he is, his partners Rinkus and Sierra have a brief conversation about kicking him out once they have the stone. This culminates in a shot of them shaking hands behind Pterano's back and singing "the very important we" instead of "the very important me" (where me refers to Pterano).

* AnAesop: Don't be content with what you know or assume you know everything. Be willing to explore and learn.

* LiteralCliffhanger: A ''Parasaurolophus'' died this way as the other dinosaurs who followed Pterano were killed by ''[[RaptorAttack Deinonychus]]''. Ducky has a similar fate, though [[TheAtoner Pterano]] [[BigDamnHeroes saves her this time!]]

* AffablyEvil: Pterano is arrogant, unscrupulous, and motivated by wanting to rule all dinosaurs. That being said, he's generally a pleasant guy even to his enemies and people he doesn't like, wants power because [[WellIntentionedExtremist he genuinely thinks him being in charge would be best for everybody]], and [[EvenEvilHasStandards refuses to hurt children]]. He even makes a HeelFaceTurn at the end of the movie.

* TheAtoner: Pterano becomes this at the climax when Ducky (who he and his minions had kidnapped earlier in the film) finds herself in grave danger--coincidentally, the same danger that got one of his believers killed during the expedition for the Great Valley.

* ColdFlames: The subtitle refers to a comet seen crashing by Littlefoot. A few characters believe it to be a legendary "Stone of Cold Fire" that would [[UpgradeArtifact grant their finders special powers]]. When found, it just turns out to be a mere rock, though, as much as meteorites can be called mere.

* EvilUncle: Petrie's Uncle Pterano in ''The Stone of Cold Fire'' complete with eyebags, long fingers, and an English Accent. Except for the killing bit, but he does kidnap Ducky... and then saves her in the end, so he's not evil. He's got his regrets.

* GodWasMyCopilot: Two mysterious dinosaurs periodically help the protagonists throughout the movie. The final scene implies rather strongly that ([[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation depending on your point of view]]) they were either Angels or Aliens who took on the form of dinosaurs.

* ObliviouslyEvil: Petrie's [[EvilUncle Uncle Pterano]]. Believing himself to essentially be TheChosenOne who is meant to "take his rightful place" as the herd's leader, Pterano spends nearly all of his screentime speaking of how noble and great he is, even when he's resorting to kidnapping and extortion to get what he wants. The way he intends to go about this is essentially by trying to become a ''[[GodhoodSeeker god.]]'' Through it all, he refuses to see reason until he's humbled when the artifact that would allegedly [[TouchedByVorlons grant him power]] proves to simply be an ordinary meteorite. That said, he ''does'' draw the line at murder and harming children.

* ColdFlames: The subtitle refers to a comet seen crashing by Littlefoot. A few characters believe it to be a legendary "Stone of Cold Fire" that would grant their finders special powers. When found, it just turns out to be a mere rock, though, as much as meteorites can be called mere.

* ObliviouslyEvil: Petrie's [[EvilUncle Uncle Pterano]]. Believing himself to essentially be TheChosenOne who is meant to "take his rightful place" as the herd's leader, Pterano spends nearly all of his screentime speaking of how noble and great he is, even when he's resorting to kidnapping and extortion to get what he wants. The way he intends to go about this is essentially by trying to become a ''[[GodhoodSeeker god.]]'' Through it all, he refuses to see reason until he's humbled when the artifact that would allegedly grant him power proves to simply be an ordinary meteorite. That said, he ''does'' draw the line at murder and harming children.

* NeverMyFault: Discussed when the adults reveal Pterano's backstory. When his followers are massacred by raptors, Pterano, being a pterosaur, is the only one who escapes the slaughter, and when he returns to the main herd, he repeatedly states that it wasn't his fault. This is less to do with his ego and more with his SurvivorsGuilt and being traumatized, though. When Petrie points out that Pterano couldn't have known about the raptors, Grandma Longneck points out that a good leader has to accept the blame during bad times just as much as he deserves credit during good times.

* AdultsAreUseless: Lampshaded in ''The Stone of Cold Fire'', when Grandma Longneck states that the children have gone off on their own, and Ducky's mother comments, "Of course they did! They saw us all just standing around arguing with Mr. Threehorn here!"

* SeriesContinuityError: Either that or ArtisticLicensePaleontology. The two rainbow faces are meant to be ''Gallimimus'', and their kin seem to be harmless vegetarians, given how they are allowed into the Great Valley without rousing any suspicion. Meanwhile, Ozzie and Strut, the ''Struthiomimus'' brothers from the second movie, are depicted as [[EvilEggEater Evil Egg Eater]], and the same is true with the random ''Struthiomimus'' at the beginning of the first movie. Since both animals are ornithomimids (as closely related as a T. rex and ''Albertosaurus''), you would expect them to have similar diets.

* WhamLine: This one, revealing that Rinkus and Sierra are planning to backstab their "boss":

--->'''Rinkus''': (''to Sierra about Pterano'') Just be patient! Let ''him'' lead ''us'' to the stone...

The seventh film of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Land Before Time]] franchise. One night Littlefoot sees a mysterious blue meteor pass over the Great Valley. Nobody believes him... except for Petrie's uncle Pterano, who believes this "Stone of Cold Fire" has magical powers. When Pterano and his two henchmen kidnap Ducky on their way to the Stone, it's up to Littlefoot and his friends to rescue her and get to the Stone first. The film was released on December 5, 2000.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: In ''VII'', Littlefoot and his friends escape the storm by ''entering the base of a volcano''. What's worse is that they actually SLEEP in said volcano, and then get on a makeshift elevator that gets them to the top when the volcano erupts!

The seventh film of the [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Land Before Time]] franchise. One night Littlefoot sees a mysterious blue meteor pass over the Great Valley. Nobody believes him... except for Petrie's uncle Pterano, who believes this "Stone of Cold Fire" has magical powers. When Pterano and his two henchmen kidnap Duckie on their way to the Stone, it's up to Littlefoot and his friends to rescue her and get to the Stone first. The film was released on December 5, 2000.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVITheSecretOfSaurusRock previous film]], and one of the darker entries of the series as a whole. Unlike earlier villains, the main bad guy has [[AntiVillain positive qualities]] and his DarkAndTroubledPast involves a whole herd of innocent dinosaurs getting killed by Sharpteeth, which the story absolutely does not try to gloss over.

* VillainSong: "The Very Important Me."

--> Cera: Whoa. That is ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis one. Big. Flyer!]]''

The film was released on December 5, 2000.