['< sod >\'\'\'littlefoot\'\' \', voiced by [ [ gabriel damon ] ] ( i ), [ [ scott mcafee ] ] ( ii - iv ), brandon lacroix ( v ), [ [ thomas dekker ( actor ) | thomas dekker ] ] ( singing voice, v ; singing and speaking, vi - ix ), alec medlock ( x ), aaron spann ( xi ), nick price ( xii ), [ [ cody arens ] ] ( xiii - tv series ), anthony skillman ( singing voice, xiii - tv series ) and felix avitia ( xiv ), is a male brown\'\' [ [ apatosaurus ] ]\'\', < ref name = pr > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. prnewswire. com / news - releases / from - universal - pictures - home - entertainment - the - land - before - time - journey - of - the - brave - 300194315. html | title = from universal pictures home entertainment : the land before time : journey of the brave | date = december 17, 2015 | accessdate = february 1, 2016 | publisher = pr newswire | author = universal pictures home entertainment } } < / ref > or " longneck ". he is the [ [ protagonist ] ] of\'\' the land before time\'\' series whose birth marked the beginning of the very first film. when his mother dies protecting him from a [ [ tyrannosaurus | sharptooth ] ], he is forced to travel through the harsh wilderness alone to find his surviving grandparents. after meeting several young dinosaurs along the way who would become his best friends, they arrive in the verdant great valley where the series primarily takes place. in\'\' [ [ the land before time iv : journey through the mists | journey through the mists ] ]\'\', littlefoot is introduced to his female cousin ali, a member of another longneck herd. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / variety. com / 1996 / film / reviews / the - land - before - time - iv - journey - through - the - mists - 1200447978 / | title = the land before it time iv : journey through the mists | publisher = variety | date = december 22, 1996 | accessdate = february 7, 2016 | author = leyden, joe } } < / ref > he is eventually reunited with his father, bron, in the film\'\' [ [ the land before time x : the great longneck migration | the great longneck migration ] ]\'\', who adopts an orphaned\'\' [ [ brachiosaurus ] ]\'\' named shorty who becomes his foster brother. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / nypost. com / 2014 / 08 / 13 / a - rundown - of - the - best - and - worst - the - land - before - time - movies / | title = a rundown of the best and worst\'the land before time\'moves | publisher = the new york post | date = august 13, 2014 | accessdate = february 7, 2016 | author = miller, gregory e. } } < / ref > < eod > < sod >\'\'\'littlefoot\'\' \', voiced by [ [ gabriel damon ] ] ( i ), [ [ scott mcafee ] ] ( ii - iv ), brandon lacroix ( v ), [ [ thomas dekker ( actor ) | thomas dekker ] ] ( singing voice, v ; singing and speaking, vi - ix ), alec medlock ( x ), aaron spann ( xi ), nick price ( xii ), [ [ cody arens ] ] ( xiii - tv series ), anthony skillman ( singing voice, xiii - tv series ) and felix avitia ( xiv ), is a male brown\'\' [ [ brontosaurus ] ]\'\', < ref name = pr > { { cite web | url = http : / / www. prnewswire. com / news - releases / from - universal - pictures - home - entertainment - the - land - before - time - journey - of - the - brave - 300194315. html | title = from universal pictures home entertainment : the land before time : journey of the brave | date = december 17, 2015 | accessdate = february 1, 2016 | publisher = pr newswire | author = universal pictures home entertainment } } < / ref > or " longneck ". he is the [ [ protagonist ] ] of\'\' the land before time\'\' series whose birth marked the beginning of the very first film. when his mother dies protecting him from a [ [ tyrannosaurus | sharptooth ] ], he is forced to travel through the harsh wilderness alone to find his surviving grandparents. after meeting several young dinosaurs along the way who would become his best friends, they arrive in the verdant great valley where the series primarily takes place. in\'\' [ [ the land before time iv : journey through the mists | journey through the mists ] ]\'\', littlefoot is introduced to his female cousin ali, a member of another longneck herd. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / variety. com / 1996 / film / reviews / the - land - before - time - iv - journey - through - the - mists - 1200447978 / | title = the land before time iv : journey through the mists | publisher = variety | date = december 22, 1996 | accessdate = february 7, 2016 | author = leyden, joe } } < / ref > he is eventually reunited with his father, bron, in the film\'\' [ [ the land before time x : the great longneck migration | the great longneck migration ] ]\'\', who adopts an orphaned\'\' [ [ brachiosaurus ] ]\'\' named shorty who becomes his foster brother. < ref > { { cite web | url = http : / / nypost. com / 2014 / 08 / 13 / a - rundown - of - the - best - and - worst - the - land - before - time - movies / | title = a rundown of the best and worst\'the land before time\'moves | publisher = the new york post | date = august 13, 2014 | accessdate = february 7, 2016 | author = miller, gregory e. } } < / ref > < eod >']