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The Worst Episodes of The Land Before Time

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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 Worst Episode
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    The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 12 - The Bright Circle Celebration
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    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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  2. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 9 - Escape from the Mysterious Beyond
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    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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  3. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 8 - The Days of Rising Waters
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    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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  4. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 22 - Return to Hanging Rock
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    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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  5. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 10 - The Hidden Canyon
    7.2/10(38 votes)

    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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  6. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 19 - The Amazing Threehorn Girl
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    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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  7. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 23 - March of the Sand Creepers
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    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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  8. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 24 - Search for the Sky Color Stones
    7.2/10(31 votes)

    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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  9. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 26 - The Great Egg Adventure
    7.2/10(37 votes)

    S1:E26

    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

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  10. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 3 - The Star Day Celebration
    7.3/10(36 votes)

    S1:E3

    Ruby's first Star Day (her birthday) in the Great Valley has Ruby missing her family. But when the other kids decide to throw a surprise "Giving Ceremony" to make Ruby feel better, their secretive preparations result in Ruby feeling even lonelier!

    Director:Scott Heming
    Writer:Krista Tucker

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  11. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 14 - The Missing Fast Water Adventure
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    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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  12. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 25 - Through the Eyes of A Spiketail
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    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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  13. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 1 - The Cave of Many Voices
    7.4/10(45 votes)

    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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  14. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 7 - The Meadow of Jumping Water
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    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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  15. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 11 - The Legend of the Story Speakers
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    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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  16. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 15 - The Spooky Nighttime Adventure
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    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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  17. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 17 - Stranger From the Mysterious Above
    7.5/10(35 votes)

    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 2 - The Mysterious Tooth Crisis
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    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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  19. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 4 - The Canyon of Shiny Stones
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    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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  20. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 5 - The Great Log-Running Game
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    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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  21. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 20 - The Big Longneck Test
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    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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  22. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 6 - The Brave Longneck Scheme
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    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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  23. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 21 - The Hermit of Blackrock
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    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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  24. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 13 - The Lonely Journey
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    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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  25. The Land Before Time Season 1 Episode 18 - The Forbidden Friendship
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Bright Circle Celebration" is the worst rated episode of "The Land Before Time". It scored 6.9/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Dick Sebast and written by Corey Powell, it aired on 3/20/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Escape from the Mysterious Beyond".