The Land Before Time character
Ichy
Gender:	Male[Citation Needed]
Color:	Light Blue, black and white
Eye Color:	Yellow
Species:	Ichthyornis[Citation Needed]
Favorite Food:	Meat
Debut:	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Finish:	Swotted away by Dil's tail. It is unknown maybe he could be a Sharptooth.
Voiced by:	Jeff Bennett

The Land Before Time character
Dil
Gender:	Female
Color:	Green
Eye Color:	Red
Species:	Deinosuchus[Citation Needed]
Favorite Food:	Meat
Debut:	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Finish:	Chased away by Cryptoclidus. It is unknown if she escaped or not.
Voiced by:	Tress MacNeille but not the roar voice.

Ichy and Dil, voiced by Jeff Bennett and Tress MacNeille, respectively, are villains in The Land Before Time IV: Journey through the Mists. Ichy is an Ichthyornis, known as a "Sharpbeak" to the characters in the series, and Dil a Deinosuchus, known as a "Bigmouth Belly Dragger" to the characters in the series.

CharacterizationEdit

Because Ichy has sharper eyesight than Dil, he finds food for the two of them, and calls himself "the eyes". Dil is nearly blind, which is why she is dependant on Ichy to find food for her. However, because of his small size, catching prey is difficult for Ichy. Therefore, Dil, when pointed in the direction of the prey, nabs them/it, and calls herself "the teeth".

Ichy and Dil are more partners than friends, as they constantly argue with each other and say they would be better off without each other. This is focused on in their song: "Who Needs You?". However, they still stay together because of their handicaps; Ichy's being size and Dil's being vision. It isn't until the end of the movie when they finally have had enough of each other, and finally split up. After Dil almost eats Ichy, they begin to argue until Dil slaps Ichy away with her tail, but when she turns around she finds an hungry Cryptoclidus looming over her. She cries out for Ichy before getting chased by the Cryptoclidus. As neither of them has been seen since, it is unsure what happened to them.

ReceptionEdit

Rotten Tomatoes critic Steve Rhodes said that Icky and Dil were one of the main failing points in Journey Through the Mists, as they were not as frightening as the Sharpteeth which had been the main villains in the previous films.^[1] Rod Gustafson said on Parent Previews.com that the violence shown during the sequences in which the children are fighting Ichy and Dil off is reminiscent of Saturday-morning cartoons.^[2] However, Bonnie Sayers on Epinion.com thought that the scenes involving these conflicts might be frightening to younger viewers.^[3]

TriviaEdit

• In the Finnish version of the movie, Dil has a masculine voice, though it is unknown whether or not she is portrayed as a male in this version, as in the Finnish language, the word for "him" and "her" is the same ("hän"). Also, in the Latin American Spanish dub Dil is portrayed as a male, although with a very high pitched voice. In a similar way, the Old One (who also debuts in Journey Through the Mists) is given a male voice in the Spanish dubs for the movie.
• Though it is not known how he obtained them, on the original VHS cover of the film, Ichy is holding a pair of binoculars while watching the kids. This may be an intentional joke, however.
• In Up PS3 game, a crocodile that looked very similar to Dil appeared and Carl and Russell has to throw Pillars on top of the crocodile's head.
• In The Macaw's New Groove They are Yzma

ReferencesEdit

External LinksEdit

• Ichy at the Internet Movie Database.