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The Best Episodes of The Land Before Time Season 1

Every episode of The Land Before Time Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Land Before Time Season 1!

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Follow young dinosaurs Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie, on their first journey together - an exciting quest to find the lush, legendary Great Valley.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 1 - The Cave of Many Voices
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #1 - The Cave of Many Voices

    S1:E1

    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

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  2. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 2 - The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    #2 - The Mysterious Tooth Crisis

    S1:E2

    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

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  3. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 3 - The Star Day Celebration
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    #3 - The Star Day Celebration

    S1:E3

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    Director:Scott Heming
    Writer:Krista Tucker

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  4. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 4 - The Canyon of Shiny Stones
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #4 - The Canyon of Shiny Stones

    S1:E4

    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

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  5. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 5 - The Great Log-Running Game
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #5 - The Great Log-Running Game

    S1:E5

    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

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  6. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 6 - The Brave Longneck Scheme
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #6 - The Brave Longneck Scheme

    S1:E6

    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

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  7. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 7 - The Meadow of Jumping Water
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #7 - The Meadow of Jumping Water

    S1:E7

    Ruby and Chomper tell the other kids about a place where water jumps out of the ground, and they head out to see it. Meanwhile, Petrie frets that the tree stars Spike ate will bring them bad luck.

    Director:Scott Heming
    Writer:Jack Monaco

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  8. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 8 - The Days of Rising Waters
    6.9/10(29 votes)

    #8 - The Days of Rising Waters

    S1:E8

    A storm destroys Petrie's nest, and Ducky tries to teach Tricia how to swim.

    Director:Dick Sebast
    Writer:Catherine Lieuwen

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  9. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 9 - Escape from the Mysterious Beyond
    6.9/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Escape from the Mysterious Beyond

    S1:E9

    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

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  10. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 10 - The Hidden Canyon
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    #10 - The Hidden Canyon

    S1:E10

    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

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  11. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 11 - The Legend of the Story Speakers
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #11 - The Legend of the Story Speakers

    S1:E11

    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

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  12. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 12 - The Bright Circle Celebration
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #12 - The Bright Circle Celebration

    S1:E12

    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

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  13. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 13 - The Lonely Journey
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #13 - The Lonely Journey

    S1:E13

    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

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  14. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 14 - The Missing Fast Water Adventure
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #14 - The Missing Fast Water Adventure

    S1:E14

    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

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  15. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 15 - The Spooky Nighttime Adventure
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #15 - The Spooky Nighttime Adventure

    S1:E15

    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

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  16. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 16 - The Lone Dinosaur Returns
    7.8/10(31 votes)

    #16 - The Lone Dinosaur Returns

    S1:E16

    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

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  17. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 17 - Stranger From the Mysterious Above
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #17 - Stranger From the Mysterious Above

    S1:E17

    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

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  18. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 18 - The Forbidden Friendship
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #18 - The Forbidden Friendship

    S1:E18

    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

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  19. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 19 - The Amazing Threehorn Girl
    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #19 - The Amazing Threehorn Girl

    S1:E19

    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

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  20. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 20 - The Big Longneck Test
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    #20 - The Big Longneck Test

    S1:E20

    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

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  21. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 21 - The Hermit of Blackrock
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #21 - The Hermit of Blackrock

    S1:E21

    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

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  22. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 22 - Return to Hanging Rock
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #22 - Return to Hanging Rock

    S1:E22

    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

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  23. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 23 - March of the Sand Creepers
    7.1/10(30 votes)

    #23 - March of the Sand Creepers

    S1:E23

    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

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  24. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 24 - Search for the Sky Color Stones
    7.1/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Search for the Sky Color Stones

    S1:E24

    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

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  25. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 25 - Through the Eyes of A Spiketail
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #25 - Through the Eyes of A Spiketail

    S1:E25

    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

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Cave of Many Voices" is the best rated episode of "The Land Before Time" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Scott Heming and written by Ford Riley, it aired on 3/5/2007. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Mysterious Tooth Crisis".