Spike (The Land Before Time)

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Spike
The Land Before Time character

Gender	Male
Color	Green
Colored eyes	Brown Magenta in original animation
Species	Stegosaurus
Height	unknown
Weight	unknown
First appearance	The Land Before Time
Major relatives	Father (unknown) Mother (unknown) Adopted father (Papa Swimer) Adopted mother (Mama Swimmer) Adopted brothers (6) Adopted sisters (Ducky and other 6)
Friends	Littlefoot Cera Petrie Chomper Tippy Sue Pat Shorty
Enemies	Sharptooth Ozzy and Strut Ichy and Dill Rinkus and Sierra Sharptooth Swimmer Anonymous Sharpteeth
Portrayer	Rob Paulsen (II-)

Spike, the spike-tail (Stegosaurus), is a friend of Littlefoot in The Land Before Time film series. He is the 'mute' of the group, in that he almost never speaks. However, as his foster sister, Ducky (The Land Before Time) says in The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists he can indeed talk though only when he wants too.

When Spike was an egg, he was separated from his real parents. He was adopted as a brother by Ducky, a young swimmer (Saurolophus) and readily accepted by her parents and siblings as part of the family. This is despite the fact that most dinosaurs tend to show prejudice towards others not part of their species. Spike has a big appetite, constantly eating plants that are in his sight (including the plants that surrounded the nest he hatched in!). In The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, when he and his friends first arrived at the Big Water, he actually swallowed some water that entered his mouth despite (for us) the fact that seawater tastes very salty. He drunk salty water again (twice) in The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water.

In The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, his design was modified; he no longer had any small spikes on his tail. This is presumably to make him easier for the animators to draw, but compared to Cera's modification, Spike's isn't as drastic.

[edit] Voice of Spike

In the original Land Before Time Spike is heard laughing after the gang saves Cera from attacking Pachycephalosauruses. It is unknown who actually provided his laugh; the voice actor was never credited. Spike was voiced by Rob Paulsen from the second film on, but he hardly said any dialogue at all.

[edit] Trivia

Spike's first words were "Duh... duh... DUCKY!!!!!" while Littlefoot, Cera, and Petrie yelled out for Ducky in The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists. Then in The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze, he shouted "Mama!" while drowning in the hot water. In The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses, he mummered to Petrie while talking about making friends with the Tinysauruses. It sounded like "Yeah. Uh-huh."

[edit] Quotes

Littlefoot, Cera, and Petrie: Ducky!
Spike: (First words ever spoken) Duh... duh... DUCKY!!!!!
(all gasp except Spike) (The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists)
(Ducky's mom gasps)
Spike: Mama! (The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze)
(mummering to Petrie) Yeah. Uh-huh. (The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses)
And also in The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island, Spike mimicked Chomper's mother or father's growl.
In The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock, Spike scat sings the tune to the bad luck song that the other young dinosaurs were singing.

v • d • e</span> The Land Before Time
Film series	The Land Before Time (1988) • The Great Valley Adventure (1994) • The Time of the Great Giving (1995) • Journey Through the Mists (1996) • The Mysterious Island (1997) • The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) • The Stone of Cold Fire (2000) • The Big Freeze (2001) • Journey to Big Water (2002) • The Great Longneck Migration (2003) • Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2004) • The Great Day of the Flyers (2007)
Characters	Littlefoot • Cera • Ducky • Petrie • Spike • Chomper • Sharptooth • Minor Characters
TV series	The Land Before Time (2007-)
Songs	Peaceful Valley (1994)