The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003)

## Plot

Littlefoot has an ominous "sleep story" (dream) where he sees the "Great Circle" (the sun) falling down from the sky, and when he mentions it to his grandparents, they reveal they are sharing the same experience, with his grandpa lamenting that they need to go somewhere. Littlefoot explains his situation to his friends and they become interested. Led only by their instinct, they leave the next day. Out of curiosity, Cera, Spike, Ducky, and Petrie follow Littlefoot and his grandparents. During their long journey, Littlefoot is nearly devoured by a hungry Sarcosuchus while playing in a swamp, but a female Supersaurus named Sue rescues his life by stepping on the predator's head and joins him and his grandparents, as she is driven on by the same sense as them. They are soon joined by millions of other Longnecks feeling the same instincts. Meanwhile, Littlefoot's friends are attacked by the same Sarcosuchus in the same swamp that Littlefoot and his grandparents went through, but they manage to escape. That night, they sleep next to what appears to be a large boulder. The next day, Littlefoot's friends discover that the boulder was actually a sleeping gray Daspletosaurus, which wakes up and pursues them. Littlefoot's friends escape into a small cave and meet Pat, an elderly Apatosaurus.

Littlefoot, his grandparents, and Sue reach a large crater where millions of Longnecks have gathered. There, he meets his long-lost father, Bron, for the first time. Bron informs Littelfoot how he was separated from Littlefoot's mother during the great "earthshake" (earthquake) in the first film. During his wanderings in search of Littlefoot, Bron became the leader of a whole herd of longnecks and the guardian to a young, mischievous Brachiosaurus named, Shorty, who becomes jealous of Littlefoot taking all of Bron's attention. Meanwhile, Pat tells Littlefoot's friends that the Longnecks are being driven by a tradition involving a solar eclipse, which was taken as a sign that the sun will be sent crashing down into the Earth by the "Night Circle" (the moon). Every solar eclipse, Longnecks from all around the world gather in one location to stretch their necks up and "catch" the sun, so they can propel it back up into the sky. Soon after, Pat steps into a pool of magma, which burns his leg badly, but he is still able to move as they escape the magma field.

On the day of the eclipse, Littlefoot wakes up to see Shorty traveling over the crater walls and running away, out of spite for being ignored by Bron. He catches up to Shorty and convinces him to stay; the two reconcile and agree to see themselves as brothers. Moments later, Littlefoot's friends appear, with a brown Daspletosaurus attacking them. Pat protects the children but is slowed down by his burned leg. Bron rushes to their aid and is able to knock the brown Sharptooth unconscious. Then the gray Daspletosaurus and a green third Daspletosaurus arrive. Littlefoot's grandparents join the battle and knock the green Sharptooth unconscious. Bron battles the brown Sharptooth again while Pat battles the gray Sharptooth. As soon as all three Sharpteeth are defeated, the eclipse starts, and the sudden darkness scares away the Sharpteeth towards the end.

Littlefoot, his grandparents, Bron, Shorty, Sue, and Pat take their place among the other Longnecks, who have all gathered on top of the crater walls. They succeed in "catching" the sun, and everyone rejoices as the eclipse ends. With their mission completed, the different Longneck herds depart on their separate ways. Sue departs with an Ultrasaurus. Littlefoot's friends ask Pat to come live with them in the Great Valley, which he accepts. Littlefoot is initially hesitant in leaving Bron, as he is the leader of a huge migratory herd, but he eventually knew that he belongs in the Great Valley. Accepting this, Bron leaves with Shorty and his herd, promising to keep in touch with Littlefoot and visit him. Littlefoot returns to the Valley with his friends, grandparents, and Pat.

## Voice Cast

* Alec Medlock as Littlefoot
* Kiefer Sutherland as Bron
* Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck
* Miriam Flynn as Grandma Longneck
* Aria Curzon as Ducky
* Jeff Bennett as Petrie
* Rob Paulsen as Spike
* Anndi McAfee as Cera
* Brandon Michael DePaul as Shorty
* James Garner as Pat
* Bernadette Peters as Sue
* John Ingle as Narrator/Topsy