The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)

## Plot

Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike live a carefree life in the Great Valley under their families' watchful eyes. One day, the gang attempts to get to the sheltering grass to play, but they accidentally land in the sinking sand that was surrounding the sheltering grass. The grown-ups rescue the children and chastise them for their recklessness. That night, the children have a secret conversation and plan to prove their bravery and maturity by exploring into the Mysterious Beyond, a location outside the Great Valley that is inhabited by lots of Sharpteeth and other danger. Before the children leave, they notice two Ornithomimus, Ozzy and Strut, stealing an egg from the nest of Ducky's mother. The children pursue the intruders into the Mysterious Beyond. An ensuing landslide damages the Great Wall that surrounds the Valley and protects it from the Sharpteeth, and the stolen egg rolls safely back to the nest, but the group do not notice this in the confusion.

In the Mysterious Beyond, the group discover another, larger egg and mistake it for the original. The gang transports the egg into the Valley, and despite finding the original egg back in Ducky's nest, they decide to hatch it. However, it does not turn to be Ducky's egg. Realizing its mistake, the children does not know it's from another nest (though it really is a Sharptooth egg, and therefore, the egg belongs to a Tyrannosaurus family). The egg eventually hatches, revealing a baby Tyrannosaurus. It was a Sharptooth egg all this time. Although Littlefoot's friends are frightened off, Littlefoot quickly discovers that the baby Sharptooth is not so dangerous, and he plans to raise the newly-christened "Chomper" as his parent. This task proves difficult as Chomper is not an herbivore, and Littlefoot has no experience raising a child. Ozzy and Strut appear to exact revenge on the group for foiling their earlier theft, but are driven off by Chomper's enlarged shadow, which they mistake for that of an adult Sharptooth. The rest of the gang meets Chomper and they accept him as part of the group until Chomper hungrily bites Cera by instinct. The group's knee-jerk reaction causes Chomper to run off in sadness. The children follow Chomper to a volcano, where Ozzy and Strut attempt once more to attack the children, but they are stopped when the volcano's eruption sends them falling down into a canyon. After the children escapes, they suddenly encounter two adult Sharpteeth, who have managed to enter the Great Valley through the opening in the Great Wall. The grown-ups drives the two Sharpteeth off, and the children make it back to their families, but Chomper feels left out and runs away again.

The grown-ups inquire as to how the two Sharpteeth entered the Valley, prompting the children to explain the events that resulted in the landslide. The adults set off to put together a plan to close the opening for good, telling the children to stay behind. Littlefoot runs to the forest to find Chomper. After finding Chomper, Littlefoot and Chomper are chased and cornered by the two Sharpteeth. Chomper roars at them, and the two Sharpteeth recognize him as their son and leave with him. Littlefoot is then kidnapped by Ozzy and Strut, who plan to throw Little off the Great Wall. Chomper hears Littlefoot screaming and leads his parents to Littlefoot's location. Chomper's parents rescue Chomper from an attempted intervention, and inadvertently do the same thing for Littlefoot by chasing Ozzy and Strut back into the Mysterious Beyond. Littlefoot bids Chomper farewell as he follows his parents, and he goes back to the Great Valley to assist the grown-ups in closing up the entrance between the Great Valley and the Mysterious Beyond. Following his experiences, Littlefoot inform his grandparents that being young is not so bad after all, but he decides to still looks forward to growing up.

## Voice Cast

* Scott McAfee as Littlefoot
* Candace Hutson as Cera
* Heather Hogan as Ducky
* Jeff Bennett as Petrie / Ozzy
* Rob Paulsen as Spike / Strut / Chomper
* Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck
* Linda Gary as Grandma Longneck
* Tress MacNeille as Petrie's Mother / Ducky's Mother / Maiasaura
* John Ingle as Narrator / Cera's father

## Songs and Soundtrack

The songs are written by The Roches. This was the film that introduced the musical element into the series and it has consistently remained ever since. This was also the first time Spike "sings"; his lips can be seen moving during "You're One of Us Now".

* Peaceful Valley - Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky and Petrie (Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan and Jeff Bennett)
* Eggs - Ozzy and Strut (Jeff Bennett and Rob Paulsen)
* You're One of Us Now - Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie and Spike (Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, Jeff Bennett and Rob Paulsen)
* Peaceful Valley (Closing Reprise) - Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie and Spike (Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, Jeff Bennett and Rob Paulsen)

Also, even though the film features an original score by Michael Tavera, it contains musical cues from James Horner's score of the original film. Tavera has been the main music composer for the sequels ever since.