Aladar

Aladar is the main protagonist of Disney's 39th full-length animated feature film, . He is a young brave, determined and compassionate Iguanodon who is adopted by a family of lemurs and helps a herd of dinosaurs migrate and survive. He is (by adoption) the son of Plio, grandson of Yar, nephew of Zini, and elder brother of Suri.
He was voiced by D.B. Sweeney (who also voiced Tom Cat from The Wonderful World of Toons, Sitka in Brother Bear and Aang in The Legend of Korra) while his vocal sound effects are provided by Frank Welker.
==Biography==
Aladar is first shown as an egg. A few moments later, a Carnotaur attacks the herd and Aladar's egg is abandoned. The Carnotaur, he kills Aladar's Mother (who was forced to escape with the other dinosaurs). The only egg that remains unbroken is Aladar's. Just then, an Oviraptor steals the egg and tries to eat it. But another Oviraptor appears and steals the egg from the first Oviraptor. Both of the egg robbers (angry and disappointed) fight for it. However, Aladar's egg drops into the river. As it is swept away by the current, a Pteranodon picks up the egg and it carries it far away to an island. Two birds pester the Pteranodon and it drops the egg. The lemur inhabitants find the egg and it soon hatches. The lemurs name the baby Iguanodon "Aladar" and he grows up. The lemur Plio then becomes a mother when she has a child (named Suri). Yar is the grandfather of Suri and is the father of both Plio and Zini. Zini is Suri's uncle and Aladar's foster uncle. 
One evening, just after the lemur's mating ritual, Aladar and the lemurs notice comets falling from the sky. Then, suddenly, a large asteroid crashes down. Aladar and four other lemurs (Yar, Plio, Zini, and Suri) escape the debris. Aladar utters a mournful roar for all the deceased lemurs. As for Lemur Island, it appears as nothing but a burned island (destroyed by the asteroid shower) from the distance. They soon wander through a barren wasteland when they are distracted by a passing Velociraptor. As they inspect it, other Raptors appear and start to chase them, but they manage to escape. Soon after, they encounter a herd of various dinosaurs (Iguanodons, Parasaurolophus, Styracosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Microceratops, Struthiomimus, and Stygimolochs) led by Kron and his assistant Bruton. Aladar also encounters Neera, his love interest and Kron's sister, and three other dinosaurs at the back of the herd named Eema (a Styracosaurus with a broken horn), Baylene (a Brachiosaurus), and Url (an Ankylosaurus).
Later in the film, the herd migrates to a far-off lake but when they get there, the lake is dried up. Kron musters the herd while Eema wanders to the barren lake and collapses. Then Eema says there was water everywhere and plenty of mud, then cries about it. Baylene tells Eema (who is crying), "Oh Eema. Please". And she says to Eema that if she (Eema) stays behind, the herd is not going to wait. (That is, as she --Baylene-- says, "The herd is not going to wait. We must carry on".) As Aladar comes to help, he hears rumbling under Baylene's footsteps. He and Zini dig a hole and ask Baylene to press hard on it, and sure enough, water comes out. Although Aladar stated there was enough water for everyone, all the dinosaurs in the herd push and shove each other for a drink, but were soon backed off by Kron who claimed the water for himself, and didn't allow any of the herd to have it.
Early one morning while the other dinosaurs were asleep, Aladar gets some water for some young orphan iguanodons which attracts Neera. As they get some water, Kron wakes up the rest of the herd as Bruton reported Carnotaurs nearby. The herd moves so quickly that they leave Aladar, his family, Baylene, Eema, and Earl behind. While walking that night, they encounter a wounded Bruton. They leave him be (as requested by Bruton) and then discover a cave as a thunderstorm starts. Later, Bruton joins them and two Carnotaurs (possibly a male and a female) attack the cave. Bruton killed the first Carnotaur of the two (that being, the female). But he sacrifices himself as the others escape deeper into the cave. Both Bruton and the female Carnotaur are killed (after being crushed under a pile of rocks). Then the female Carnotaur, she is killed. But the male Carnotaur, he survives the fall.
While going through the cave, the company encounters a dead end. However, they see light bursting through a hole in the dead end wall. After they all break it, they find the Nesting Grounds. Aladar is pleased, but soon wonders where the herd is. Eema shows Aladar where she and the others used to come in the valley. The normal way in was blocked off by a rockslide, so Aladar goes back to warn the herd.
On his way back, Aladar sees a dead Stygimoloch. Then, the male Carnotaur comes and he eats the dead dinosaur as Aladar runs away. Aladar soon reaches the herd as Kron is about to make them climb the rocks. They fight and as Kron is about to strike Aladar, Neera intervenes by ramming into Kron and knocking him to the ground. She then walks beside Aladar as they lead the herd to the Nesting Grounds, leaving Kron behind.
The Carnotaur then comes and the herd begins to panic. Aladar says that if they scatter, they'll be eaten. then he tells them to stand together. As Aladar faces the Carnotaur, Neera and the other dinosaurs in the herd join in. Roaring at the Carnotaur, they force him back and as Aladar keeps roaring at him, the rest of the herd walk past safely.
The Carnotaur then turns his attention to Kron. And he goes after Kron. Neera and Aladar follow close behind. Kron runs up the rocks and finds a cliff as the Carnotaur attacks. He throws Kron against a rock and is about to finish him when Neera starts to shove the Carnotaur. He (the Carnotaur) shoves Neera back and as its about to get her, Aladar comes in. The Carnotaur pushes Aladar, but the resilient Iguanodon doesn't give up. He pushes the Carnotaur to the edge of the cliff. The ground beneath it crumbles and the Carnotaur falls to his death. Then Aladar sees the dead body of the male Carnotaur. 
Neera runs to her brother Kron (trying to save him). (That is, after the Carnotaur dies.) But she is too late, as he (Kron) had died from the Carnotaur. And she eventually abandons him (leading him to die --as he died from the wounds from the Carnotaur). Killed by the Carnotaur, she leaves him dead. (That is, because he died from it.) 
After Aladar and Neera mourn for Kron's death, they --Aladar and Neera-- are the new leader of the herd (and are going to be the leaders of the herd forever). (That is, with Kron dead.) They (Aladar and Neera) lead the rest of the herd to the Nesting Grounds. After saying, "Welcome home!", the herd rushes past Aladar and Neera in joy.
Sometime later, Aladar and Neera (the leaders of the herd at the Nesting Grounds) become mates and have a nest of their own. Their first egg hatches as the lemurs, Eema, Baylene, Url, and a couple of orphaned Iguanodons that Neera had looked after come over to greet the hatchling. After the baby hatches, Aladar roars in joy, followed by his friends, and finally the whole herd. Plio on the other hand then does the epilogue line, before the film ends. 
==Abilities==
*Animal Strength: As an Iguanodon, Aladar possesses incredible strength, being able to hold his own against both Kron and a Carnotaurus by himself, albeit momentarily. He is also strong enough to push a Carnotaur over the edge of a cliff.
*Leadership: Aladar possesses remarkable leadership skills, which fueled his rivalry with Kron who feared he was trying to take his place as leader of the herd. When the herd was attacked by a Carnotaurus, Aladar encouraged them to "stand together" and is also able to convince the herd to follow him to the nesting grounds.
*Combat Proficiency: Aladar can fight when the situation demands it, being able to hold his own against the larger and more powerful Kron.
==Personality==
Aladar is compassionate and merciful. He is against Kron's ways of "only the strongest survive." Therefore, he does everything he can to help weaker dinosaurs such as Eema and Baylene. He loves his lemur family, referring to Yar as his grandfather, despite their species differences. He also acts like a big brother to Suri and Zini. Aladar falls in love with Neera, Kron's younger sister, who is considerably more compassionate than her brother. Despite his dislike of Kron, Aladar displayed sorrow when Kron was killed by a Carnotaurus.
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==Trivia==
*Aladar's story is similar to Tarzan's story. Because both lose their biological families --and mothers-- when they were babies (Tarzan's parents in Tarzan's case/Aladar's Mother in Aladar's case), they both raised by a different species of animals (lemurs in Aladar's case/gorillas in Tarzan's case), both defeat the main villain in their adulthood (Carnotaurs in Aladar's case/Sabor the leopard in Tarzan's case), and both end up falling in love with a female of their own kind (Neera in Aladar's case/Jane in Tarzan's case).
*Aladar makes a cameo along with Disney's animated characters at the end of "Once Upon a Studio".
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