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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

Top Episode Ratings 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".

  • The Lone Dinosaur Returns
    7.5/1028 votes
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    #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

  • The Lonely Journey
    7.3/1024 votes
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    #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

  • The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
    7.2/1029 votes
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    #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

  • The Forbidden Friendship
    7.2/1024 votes
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    #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

  • The Brave Longneck Scheme
    7.1/1029 votes
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    #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

  • The Hermit of Blackrock
    7.1/1024 votes
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    #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

  • The Great Log-Running Game
    7.0/1028 votes
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    #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

  • The Star Day Celebration
    6.9/1028 votes
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    #8 - The Star Day Celebration

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2007

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    Director: Scott Heming

    Writer: Krista Tucker

  • The Canyon of Shiny Stones
    6.9/1028 votes
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    #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

  • The Missing Fast Water Adventure
    6.9/1024 votes
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    #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

  • The Spooky Nighttime Adventure
    6.9/1027 votes
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    #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

  • The Big Longneck Test
    6.9/1024 votes
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    #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

  • The Cave of Many Voices
    6.8/1035 votes
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    #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

  • The Hidden Canyon
    6.8/1030 votes
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    #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

  • The Legend of the Story Speakers
    6.8/1026 votes
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    #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

  • Stranger From the Mysterious Above
    6.8/1025 votes
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    #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

  • Through the Eyes of A Spiketail
    6.8/1027 votes
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    #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

  • The Days of Rising Waters
    6.7/1026 votes
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    #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

  • The Amazing Threehorn Girl
    6.7/1027 votes
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    #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

  • Search for the Sky Color Stones
    6.7/1024 votes
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    #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

  • Escape from the Mysterious Beyond
    6.6/1030 votes
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    #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

  • Return to Hanging Rock
    6.6/1024 votes
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    #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

  • The Great Egg Adventure
    6.6/1029 votes
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    #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

  • The Bright Circle Celebration
    6.5/1024 votes
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    #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

  • March of the Sand Creepers
    6.5/1027 votes
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    #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