
So there is a bit of a moral in it, too." The films creators decided to have a Tyrannosaurus as the main villain.

When they are separated from their parents, these five little children have to learn to get along with each other for survival. But in many ways it became a fictional fantasy because it's about these young children who are taught to hate each other anyone who is different from him. īluth had to learn most of his information about specific dinosaur species before work began, stating "I had to do lots and lots of research because I never was a fanatic about dinosaurs as a kid. The film's artists used the Fantasia sequence and characters as guides when creating their first concept art. However, it was decided that the film could not carry a story without dialogue, and each character was given a speaking language accordingly. Inspired by the dinosaur-themed "Rite of Spring" sequence from Disney's Fantasia, Spielberg had originally intended for the movie to have no speech, with music cues and body language telling the story, effectively rendering all the characters mute. Steven Spielberg's studio Amblin Entertainment was interested in doing a film about dinosaurs, which were popular at the time, leading Spielberg, director Don Bluth, and producer George Lucas to develop the prehistoric setting and its cast. The idea for The Land Before Time came during production of An American Tail.

Other characters include the families of the main characters, the residents of their home, the Great Valley, and outsiders to the Great Valley. The main characters include Littlefoot ( Apatosaurus ), Cera ( Triceratops ), Ducky ( Saurolophus ), Petrie ( Pteranodon ), Spike ( Stegosaurus ), and in the spin-off television series and the fourteenth movie, Chomper ( Tyrannosaurus ) and Ruby ( Oviraptor ). This is a list of characters in The Land Before Time, a series of animated feature films and a television series. From left to right: Spike, Ducky, Cera, Littlefoot, Petrie, Ruby, and Chomper.

The main characters of The Land Before Time from the television series.
