The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island (1997)

## Plot

One day, a swarm of leaf-gobblers (Locusts) descends upon the Great Valley, devouring all of plants and reducing the whole valley to a barren wasteland. The grown-ups in the Great Valley have no choice but to find another area where they can survive until all the plants in the Great Valley grow back. However, the swarming leaf-gobblers have left a path of devastation behind them, leaving no food for the dinosaurs to find. After searching for many days, tension enters the group as Cera's father and Littlefoot's grandpa argue over changing their course, causing a fight between Littlefoot and Cera. The fight immediately breaks up when Cera's father announces that every herd should go its own way the next morning. Not wanting to be separated, Littlefoot leads his friends off in the night, in the hope they can find food before they are caught. The children leave a trail for the grown-ups to follow, and they eventually reach the Big Water (ocean). Disheartened by the undrinkable water, the children notice a verdant island connected to the mainland by a thin land bridge. On their way, an earthquake occurs, which creates a huge tsunami from which the children narrowly escape. The children quickly tuck in to the plentiful bounty of the island, but are then horrified to discover the tsunami has destroyed the land bridge.

Isolated on the island, they try out Cera's plan to return by using a log as a boat. The plan initially works well, but Cera is suffering seasickness and Petrie is too scared of the Big Water to act as lookout. However, a hungry Cretoxyrhina suddenly attacks, and in the confusion and fright which follows, they end up on the island again. That night, they remember their families, while the herd, having followed the trail, sleep on the shores of the beach on the mainland, worrying for them while Cera's father blames their leave on Littlefoot.

The next morning, the children wake up to the shadow of a Sharptooth, only to find that it is Chomper, the young Tyrannosaurus who hatched in their care before returning to his parents in the 2nd movie. Since then, Chomper has learned how to talk. Chomper takes the children to a safe refuge to hide from his parents. Unaware of Chomper and the others, a Giganotosaurus is also living on the island and begins hunting down the children. Afterwards, Ducky is captured by a Pterodactylus, but Ducky manages to escape before she can come to any harm. Chomper hides the children in foul-smelling plants (possibly garlic), and provides them with leafy food upon their request. However, an overcautious Cera openly displays distrust to Chomper because he is a Sharptooth, which grieves Chomper, and he departs in tears. Littlefoot follows Chomper and apologizes, but he is interrupted by Chomper's mother. She nuzzles him, then she leaves. Littlefoot is intrigued by her display of love to Chomper.

As Littlefoot returns to the hideout, the Giganotosaurus from before finds and pursues the children towards a cliff above the big water. Chomper tries to help, but is overcome by the Sharptooth. His parents come to the rescue on Chomper (and the same thing for the kids) and battle the Sharptooth near the edge of the island, during which he falls into the Big Water and sweeps Chomper with him, much to his parents' shock. Littlefoot plunges in to save Chomper while the Sharptooth is swept away by the current. Another swimming Sharptooth appears, but this time they discovered a female Elasmosaurus named Elsie, who then rescues Littlefoot and Chomper of them from drowning. She returns Littlefoot and Chomper to the island, where Chomper's grateful family promises never to harm the children. Chomper's father grudgingly admits that, after sniffing Spike (who had eaten some of the foul-smelling hideout) anything that smelt that bad wouldn't taste very good anyway. Chomper's mother also nuzzles Littlefoot, in gratitude for his actions to rescue Chomper from drowning. Cera discovers and accepts that not all Sharpteeth are so bad and monstrous as she thought. Elsie offers to take them across the sea, so Chomper and his parents happily bid them farewell, promising that they will see each other again. When the children get back on the mainland, they find that the herd found a lush, green, little sanctuary on the shore where they can stay until the Great Valley has become green again. As the credits roll, the film shows the whole Great Valley becoming fertile again and the herd returning there.

## Voice Cast

* Brandon LaCroix as Littlefoot (speaking voice)
* Thomas Dekker as Littlefoot (singing voice)
* Anndi McAfee as Cera
* Aria Curzon as Ducky
* Jeff Bennett as Petrie/Mr. Clubtail
* Rob Paulsen as Spike
* Cannon Young as Chomper
* Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck
* Miriam Flynn as Grandma Longneck
* Christina Pickles as Elsie
* John Ingle as Narrator/Cera's Father
* Tress MacNeille as Ducky's Mother/Petrie's Mother

## Songs

* Big Water - Ducky, Petrie, Littlefoot and Cera (Aria Noelle Curzon, Jeff Bennett, Thomas Dekker and Anndi McAfee)
* Always There - Ducky, Petrie, Littlefoot, Cera (Thomas Dekker, Anndi McAfee, Aria Noelle Curzon and Jeff Bennett)
* Friends For Dinner - Ducky, Petrie, Littlefoot, Cera, Chomper (Thomas Dekker, Anndi McAfee, Aria Noelle Curzon, Jeff Bennett and Cannon Young)