7.5/1028 votesLoading...#1 - The Lone Dinosaur Returns
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/2008
Doc returns to the great valley, in search of a lady friend. But when he finds out Littlefoot is friends with a sharptooth, their friendship gets strained.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Phil Walsh
7.3/1024 votesLoading...#2 - The Lonely Journey
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/21/2007
It's lonely being the only Sharptooth in the Great Valley. Chomper decides to go to the Mysterious Beyond to teach the Sharpteeth how to be friends. But the Sharpteeth he meets aren't very friendly, as he soon runs into Red Claw and his Fast Biters!
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Noelle Wright
7.2/1029 votesLoading...#3 - The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/6/2007
The gang tries to find someone who can help explain why Chomper has lost a tooth to see if it's normal.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Jack Monaco
7.2/1024 votesLoading...#4 - The Forbidden Friendship
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/2008
Tippy and his family return to the great valley, much to Spike's delight. But a dispute over food leaves them being forbidden to play with one another.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: John Loy
7.1/1029 votesLoading...#5 - The Brave Longneck Scheme
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/12/2007
Ali's herd returns to the valley, and a new dinosaur named Rhett claims sharptooth's fear him, so the gang decides to bring in Chomper to see if he is a liar.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Phil Walsh
7.1/1024 votesLoading...#6 - The Hermit of Blackrock
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/14/2008
While trying to learn how to fly Guido is blown into a cave with Petrie, and they encounter a blind old flyer called Swooper.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Don Gillies
7.0/1028 votesLoading...#7 - The Great Log-Running Game
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2007
Ducky invents a new game while trying to get a tree sweet, and now everyone is anxious to see who can win the log-running cmopetition.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Phil Harnage
6.9/1028 votesLoading...#8 - The Star Day Celebration
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2007
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Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Krista Tucker
6.9/1028 votesLoading...#9 - The Canyon of Shiny Stones
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2007
Cera accidentally loses Tria's shiny stone, so the gang travels to the Canyon of Shiny Stones looking for a new stone to replace the lost one.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: John Loy
6.9/1024 votesLoading...#10 - The Missing Fast Water Adventure
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/22/2007
After an earthshake dries up the fast-water, the dinosaur kids try to fix the problem by removing the rocks. On the way, they meet their old friend Mo.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Don Gillies
6.9/1027 votesLoading...#11 - The Spooky Nighttime Adventure
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/2008
One night, Ruby tells the group a scary story about an invisible dinosaur named 'Hidden Runner and gives everyone scary sleep stories. They see Mr Thicknose to tell him that she made up the story and there is nothing to worry about, but the story of Hidden Runner was true, and they decide to venture into the Mysterious Beyond to search for him.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Jack Monaco
6.9/1024 votesLoading...#12 - The Big Longneck Test
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/11/2008
Littlefoot's father and Shorty travel to the Great Valley to give Littlefoot the news that he will be taking the "Big Longneck Test", a three-stage test to see if a Longneck is capable of leading a herd. Meanwhile, Shorty tries to lead Littlefoot's friends on an adventure.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Ford Riley
6.8/1035 votesLoading...#13 - The Cave of Many Voices
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/5/2007
Chomper's cave starts leaking, so the gang searches for a new cave Chopper can stay in while he lives in the valley.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Ford Riley
6.8/1030 votesLoading...#14 - The Hidden Canyon
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2007
The kids discover a canyon of fruit trees and decide to keep it secret, but things may have to change when the Sharp Teeth decide to use it as an entrance to the canyon.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Don Gillies
6.8/1026 votesLoading...#15 - The Legend of the Story Speakers
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2007
When Grandpa Longneck's old friend Saro comes to visit, the kids discover that Grandpa used to be a legendary Story Speaker.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Kent Redeker
6.8/1025 votesLoading...#16 - Stranger From the Mysterious Above
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/2008
When Spike falls down a hole, he encounters a colony of mammals who thinks of him as the 'Big One' from the Mysterious Above. Meanwhile, his friends try to save him but only find trouble when Mr Thicknose and Topsy can't agree on what to do.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Holly Huckins
6.8/1027 votesLoading...#17 - Through the Eyes of A Spiketail
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1/18/2008
A freeze has come to the Great Valley, so Mr. Thicknose decides to tell everyone about a mysterious treat known as Hard Water Sweets (which are frozen grapes). The gang desires to taste this treat, so the embark on a journey to find them.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Ford Riley
6.7/1026 votesLoading...#18 - The Days of Rising Waters
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/14/2007
A storm destroys Petrie's nest, and Ducky tries to teach Tricia how to swim.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Catherine Lieuwen
6.7/1027 votesLoading...#19 - The Amazing Threehorn Girl
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/10/2008
When Cera accidentally makes falling rocks scare away a group of Belly-Draggers, the dinosaurs think she is a hero. Cera loves the attention, but things get out of hand when the Belly-Draggers return.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Jack Monaco
6.7/1024 votesLoading...#20 - Search for the Sky Color Stones
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1/17/2008
A rainbow is mistaken as being sky stones. When it disappears, the gang decides to see where it has run off to.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Jack Monaco
6.6/1030 votesLoading...#21 - Escape from the Mysterious Beyond
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/2007
An earthshake traps Ducky and Chomper on a ledge with the sharptooth Thud, who is pinned down by rocks. In the end, Chomper and Thud discover which of them is the "bigger" sharptooth!
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Jack Monaco
6.6/1024 votesLoading...#22 - Return to Hanging Rock
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1/15/2008
On the day of the Falling Rocks of Many Nights (meteor shower), Ruby remembers a memory of her family meeting at Hanging Rock when she lived in the Mysterious Beyond. Ruby adventures alone to find her family, but her friends come along to help. They meet Skip along the way, a mammal who knows the Mysterious Beyond very well, and the gang learns an important lesson of being family.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Jack Monaco
6.6/1029 votesLoading...#23 - The Great Egg Adventure
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 1/21/2008
The series finale. Littlefoot, Ducky, Petrie and Chomper (followed by Hyp, Nod and Mutt) find a nest of Fast Biter eggs. They decide to carry the eggs away from the valley so the baby sharpteeth can grow up without eating anyone and set off on a journey into the mysterious beyond. They don't know that the mother sharptooth is in hot pursuit though, and she wants her eggs back at all costs.
Director: Scott Heming
Writer: Noelle Wright
6.5/1024 votesLoading...#24 - The Bright Circle Celebration
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/2007
Everyone except Cera and her father are excited for the bright circle celebration, but when fire threatens everyone only Cera and her father can save the day.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Corey Powell
6.5/1027 votesLoading...#25 - March of the Sand Creepers
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1/16/2008
A herd of sand creepers (crabs) comes to the Great valley, so the gang decides to investigate why they are there.
Director: Dick Sebast
Writer: Don Gillies
The Best Episodes of The Land Before Time
Every episode of The Land Before Time ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Land Before Time!
Follow young dinosaurs Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie, on their first journey together - an exciting quest to find the lush, legendary Great Valley.
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyFamily
Network:Cartoon Network
Best Episodes Summary
"The Lone Dinosaur Returns" is the best rated episode of "The Land Before Time". It scored 7.5/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Dick Sebast and written by Phil Walsh, it aired on 1/7/2008. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Lonely Journey".