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Horned Sharptooth
Ducky notices something the sequel animators didnt "You are a Spiketail, so we will call you 'Spike'."
The subject(s) detailed in this article has/have been given a conjectural (and, as a result, unofficial) name, due to the lack of an official name for the article subject(s) to be referred to by.
Horned Sharptooth
Carnotaurus done roaring
Info
Gender

Male[1]

Status

Alive

Color

Dull brown
Dark gray (armor)

Eye color

Yellow

Species

Carnotaurus

Food

Meat

Voice actor

Frank Welker (a couple of sound effects)
Recycled sound effects from the Jurassic Park series' T. rex, primarily from The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and Siberian tiger roars

First appearance

The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave

Last appearance

The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave


In the second half of The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave, a "Sharptooth" with horns, most likely a depiction of Carnotaurus, acts as a threat to several of the protagonists.

Character[]

Appearance[]

Being a Carnotaurus, the Horned Sharptooth differs in appearance from other Sharpteeth in the franchise. It is a dark, dull brown, with a green-tinted brown coating its underbelly and gray armor adorning its back. He has yellow eyes, with very dark brown bags underneath.

The defining characteristic and namesake of the Horned Sharptooth are a pair of large, sharp horns above its eyes. They are bovine in appearance, pointing forwards and only vaguely resembling the horns of an actual Carnotaurus. These features were likely added to make him more intimidating, and to make sense of the meaning of Carnotaurus, "meat-eating bull".

This Sharptooth's depiction of a Carnotaurus is heavily flawed. Its horns look like those of a bull, and it has three separated fingers on pronated, tyrannosaur-like arms, as opposed to four fused fingers on backwards-facing, barely functional arms, half the size of those of the Horned Sharptooth. It also has armor on its back with spikes sticking out. These flaws, especially the arms, were most likely done to make the Horned Sharptooth look more intimidating.

Strength[]

Though only being shown in pursuit for a little over twenty seconds, the Horned Sharptooth is very notable for being one of the most athletic sharpteeth in the entire franchise, running at very fast speeds and is able to quickly scale a ground spike and leap off of it. This means that if the children were not able to find a place to hide from it, they most likely would have been killed. This could be a possible reference to the theories which propose Carnotaurus may have been the fastest non-avian dinosaur.

This way similarities can be made between him and the original sharptooth, though not to as great of an extent between the original sharptooth and the Plated Sharptooth.

History[]

The Horned Sharptooth first appears about an hour into the film, and spots Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike searching for Littlefoot. He chases them for a short time, managing to easily scale a ground spike and quickly jump off of it. He continues his pursuit after roaring at them, however the four run into a small cave where he can't reach. Etta appears to help the children escape, by opening a small hole in the ground covered by a rock, which Cera begins to push away as the others escape, going faster at the sight of the sharptooth. Soon, after everyone but Cera escapes down the hole, the sharptooth begins to break into the cave, and roars at Cera. This causes her to jump down the hole and get away. The sharptooth gives up and leaves the area.

He later appears while Grandpa Longneck, Daddy Topps, Chomper, Ruby, and Wild Arms are searching for Littlefoot and his friends, looking for easy prey like he was earlier. They see him walking by, and hide. The sharptooth stops near their hiding place. Wild Arms begins to cower in fear and make noise, causing the sharptooth to quickly turn. He then begins to walk towards the hiding place, and nearly discovers them, but is distracted by a group of Ornithomimus, and chases them. He does not appear again, and does not appear after Bron is saved. it's current status is unknown but he is most likely alive.

Reception[]

This sharptooth was much more well received than the more plot impactful Featherhead Sharpteeth of the movie, due to the abnormal abilities of the Horned Sharptooth, notably its incredible agility. It was more criticized by fans of scientific accuracy, due to it having longer arms and forward-facing horns; traits that the animal did not have in real life.

Trivia[]

  • Most of this Sharptooth's roars are recycled from those of the T. rex from the Jurassic Park franchise.
  • Two years after the release of Journey of the Brave, Carnotaurus would appear in Universal's other dinosaur franchise in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
  • The Carnotaurus featured in Journey of the Brave bears a resemblance to the "carnotaurs" seen in Disney's Dinosaur.
    • The resemblance comes from the numerous amount of armor and the characteristics.
  • In the scene where this Sharptooth first appears, there is an error where his right arm displays a tiny fourth finger.
    • In a couple of frames where he quickly turns after hearing Wild Arms, a fourth finger appears as well, and is the same size as the others.
    • However, this error technically is correct; most abelisaurs, including Carnotaurus, possessed four digits.
  • His second appearance is roughly an hour and eleven minutes into the film, the furthest any sharptooth has appeared into a movie in the entire series.
  • Some think that the Horned Sharptooth could've had more screen time, like having the sharptooth appear for a third time during the climax of the film, and attacking the gang and Bron after they save him. This reception is also thought of for the Featherhead Sharpteeth as well.
  • He is the main antagonist of the second half of Journey of the Brave, and therefore the final antagonist in the Land Before Time series.
    • He is also the first Carnotaurus to appear in the franchise.
  • The scene where the sharptooth attacks Littlefoot's friends until the scene ends when they are in the cave is only around 30 seconds. Most chases in the series are often multiple minutes in length.
  • This is the fourth sharptooth in the franchise that had the "Escape" theme used when it chased the main characters. The first two sharpteeth that used this theme were the two Deinonychus from The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses, and the third was the Spinosaurus from The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers.

Gallery[]


References[]

  1. Chomper calls the sharptooth a 'he'.


Sharpteeth in The Land Before Time, in order of appearance:
Characters
Sharptooth (character) | Chomper | Papa Sharptooth | Mama Sharptooth | Fast Biters (The Time of the Great Giving) | Ichy and Dil | Swimming Sharptooth (Journey Through the Mists) | Swimming Sharptooth (The Mysterious Island) | Sharptooth Flyer Family (The Mysterious Island) | Plated Sharptooth | Meanest Sharptooth | Fantasy Sharpteeth (Lone Dinosaur Song) | Allosaurus (The Secret of Saurus Rock) | Sharptooth (The Secret of Saurus Rock climax) | Fast Biters (The Stone of Cold Fire) | Bigbiter Sharptooth (The Big Freeze) | Sharptooth Swimmer (Journey to Big Water) | Belly Dragger (The Great Longneck Migration) | Sharptooth Pack (The Great Longneck Migration) | Fast Biters (Invasion of the Tinysauruses) | Sailback Sharptooth (The Great Day of the Flyers) | Hookthumb Sharpteeth (The Wisdom of Friends) | Red Claw | Screech and Thud | Fantasy Sharpteeth (Rhett's Story) | Fast Biters (The Lonely Journey) | Sharptooth Family (The Lonely Journey) | Belly Draggers (The Amazing Threehorn Girl) | Sailback Sharpteeth (The Hermit of Black Rock) | Sharptooth Mom | Fast Biter Babies | Featherhead Sharpteeth (Journey of the Brave) | Horned Sharptooth (Journey of the Brave) | Minor Sharpteeth |
See Also
Main families
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