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'''Sharptooth''' is a term coined in '']'' series. It is used to refer to ]y dinosaurs and other animals and also to one specific ]. |
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==Sharptooth== |
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In the first entry of '']'' series, a male '']'' served as the ] of the story. This Sharptooth is particularly notable for having been the culprit which killed Littlefoot's mother, and so far the only ] in the series to have been directly responsible for the death of a major ]. This Sharptooth is consistently referred to as "Sharptooth" or "'''The''' Sharptooth", indicating that "Sharptooth" is his given name rather simply his ]' ] and marking him as a noted individual. Sharptooth was accidentally blinded by Littlefoot after being struck in his right eye by a thorny vine, and this ] is swollen shut throughout the remainder of the film. In the ], the closed eye of the sharptooth opens, and the excess bleeding of the eye can be seen before being closed again. |
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Sharptooth is depicted possessing a near-supernatural level of ], athleticism, and durability for a Tyrannosaurus, shown by crawling through sharp thorns in pursuit of Littlefoot and Cera, from which he emerged nearly unharmed; withstanding multiple blows to the face from Littlefoot's mother's ]; slamming his ] through solid rock with no apparent ill effects; and surviving a several-hundred-foot drop. |
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He was also capable of massive ]; even jumping several times his own height straight up into the air and onto a cliff at the film's ]. When viewed critically, as above, Sharptooth can be seen as the ultimate predator and ], though the ]s eventually defeat him. |
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It was believed initially that Sharptooth had died in his fight with Littlefoot's Mother, after being pushed into a deep ] during the great ]. However, Cera later crossed paths with him at the bottom of the said chasm, where it was revealed that the fall merely sent him into a ]. Sharptooth thereafter followed Littlefoot and company, apparently for the purpose of devouring them to satisfy both his ] and his wounded ]. He was finally vanquished when Littlefoot and his friends managed to set a trap for him. Using Ducky as bait, they lured him into the deep end of a pond, where they drowned him by means of tipping a ] onto his ]. Sharptooth very nearly dragged Petrie down with him, though Petrie escaped by a narrow margin. |
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==Chomper== |
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''Main Article'': ] |
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Chomper is a young Sharptooth who is friends with Littlefoot and the Gang. He first appears in ], where the Gang accidentally bring his egg into the Great Valley, where he hatches and befriends the gang. He only speaks Sharptooth in this film, but understands the Gang nontheless. His parents break into the valley to find him, and take him to live with them in the Mysterious Beyond. His next appearance was in '']'', where he has grown up some, knows how to speak, and is shown to actively hunt for food. He reunites with the Gang, where he helps them hide from his parents who live on an island with him. They are discovered, but Littlefoot saves Chomper from drowning. His parents are thankful, and promise to restrain themselves from eating them. Chomper appears in the Great Valley in the TV series, but his parents do not appear here. He is taken care of by Ruby. |
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==Chomper's Parents== |
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Next to Sharptooth himself and the infant son ], Chomper's parents are the most prominent Sharptooth characters in the series. They appear in the films in which their son is featured. Chomper's parents are never given names. |
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Papa Sharptooth: Chomper's father has a darker shade of ] hide and is more-or-less identical in appearance to the original Sharptooth, except that he does not always keep one ] closed. He is shown to be very sarcastic, and very protective of his family. He is also shown to be concerned with some of Chomper's odd habits. |
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Mama Sharptooth: Chomper's mother, in contrast, is a much lighter shade of greenish ]. She is also the only explicitly female Sharptooth to have appeared in the entire series. She has been shown to love her son, but is also very vicious. She nearly killed Littlefoots grandfather when she and her mate stormed the Great Valley looking for their son. |
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Not much is known about Chomper's parents, though they have been shown to be very protective of their son; breaking into the Great Valley to search for him after his ] was accidentally taken into the valley by Littlefoot and the gang, and fighting to protect him from an aggressive foreign Sharptooth as well as Ozzy and Strut. Some ] is gleaned from Chomper's father's concern over some of his son's bizarre behavior, as well as from his slight ]. There also is some humor from the ] expressed by his mate, who admonishes Chomper (who was then playing with Littlefoot) not to play with his food. Both of these are revealed in subtitles, due to the fact that Chomper's parents speak in a ]-based ] intelligible only to other Sharpteeth. Although the two initially treat Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike only as prey, they later promise to maintain restraint as a reward for the herbivores' rescue of Chomper from a Foreign ] that had injured them. They do not appear in the television series. |
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==Red Claw, Screech & Thud== |
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] is a Tyrannosaurus, with a long scar starting at his eye and extending down to the end of his ]. He is accompanied by ], a pair of ]s who appear to function as his ]. |
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There seems to be a symbiotic relationship between Red Claw and the raptors; Ruby has once said "wherever Screech and Thud are, Red Claw is never far behind" (which, for Ruby, is an uncharacteristic speech, because she seldom uses generalizations) and in at least one episode ], the raptors actually "led" Red Claw to a breach in the ] protecting the Great Valley from predators. How or why they hunt together is currently unknown. |
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Similar to Littlefoot's being orphaned by Sharptooth, it is known that Red Claw and the raptors are responsible for the separation of Chomper and Ruby from their families. |
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==] Sharpteeth== |
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After the first movie, the term "Sharptooth" was extended to ]s in general. ]s, ]s, ]s, and miscellaneous unidentified large theropods have been referred to as "Sharpteeth", and the term "Swimming Sharptooth" was coined for a ] and later extended to include a ], and "Fast Biters" was later used for Dromaeosaurids. |
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Many Sharpteeth appear throughout the series, though they are portrayed more as random, wandering threats than as proper characters, none of them possessing the single-minded ] and seeming invincibility of the original. Although they are often perceived as mindless killers, being called "cowards" and "not very bright" by Littlefoot's father and grandfather respectively, '']'' revealed that Sharpteeth are indeed sentient like the rest of the ]s and that they even form loving families. (Chomper, however, does acknowledge the difficulty of friendship between herbivores and carnivores due to their differences.) Furthermore in '']'', Sharpteeth are shown to be just as intelligent as other dinosaurs but simply speak a different language consisting of ]ing and ]ing. |
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Chomper can speak in both the language of his parents and that of the other dinosaurs, making him (along with ]) one of a very small number of ] figures in the series. |
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==Voices of the Sharpteeth== |
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Most of the Sharpteeth are voiced by ], but ] is voiced by ] in '']'', ] in '']'', and ] in ]. ] voiced an ] in '']''. In '']'', ] was credited for the ]s. In '']'', when Lizzie and Skitter are tickling one of the ]s on its back, it is heard laughing. ] portrayed its laugh, but was uncredited. ] (uncredited) also portrayed the laugh of the ] in '']'', when it had its ]s tickled by ]. In the TV series, Red Claw and Screech are voiced by ]; Thud is voiced by ]. |
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