The following is a list of the villains in The Land Before Time franchise. Though there are many characters serving antagonistic roles, from hungry predators to bigoted curmudgeons, there are very few proper villains in the series.
Sharpteeth[]
- Main article: Sharptooth
"Sharptooth" is the term in the series used to describe predators; though most are simply hungry predators looking for food (and do not fall under the umbrella of proper villains as a result), there are a total of three sharpteeth (four counting a tie-in book for the original movie) that qualify as proper villains.
Sharptooth's portrayal in The Land Before Time: The Illustrated Story[]
- Main article: Sharptooth (character)#The Illustrated Story
Sharptooth as he appears in The Land Before Time: The Illustrated Story
In the original film, Sharptooth is a normal animal who attacks the main characters out of hunger, and does not qualify as a villain as a result; in The Land Before Time: The Illustrated Story, however, he is portrayed as an evil, vain character, his motivation for hunting down the children lying in his desire to get back at Littlefoot for damaging his eye.
Even beyond his desire for revenge, The Illustrated Story describes how he attacks the children with "evil glee" in his first encounter with Littlefoot and Cera, and that, when he nears the Great Valley in the kids' last fight against the tyrannosaur, he sniffs the air "with evil joy" as he finds the valley's entrance.
Red Claw[]
- Main article: Red Claw
Red Claw, Screech and Thud
Red Claw is a villainous male Sharptooth who has a distinctive scar that goes through his left eye, down to his left hand and claw. Red Claw is the prominent antagonist in the TV series. According to Chomper and Ruby, Red Claw is the biggest and meanest Sharptooth of all. He and his subordinates indiscriminately terrorizing the Mysterious Beyond is the catalyst for Chomper and Ruby fleeing to the Great Valley. Voiced by Pete Sepenuk.
Screech and Thud[]
- Main article: Screech and Thud
Screech and Thud are Red Claw's Fast Biter henchmen. Chomper and Ruby have said that Red Claw is always nearby whenever these two are about.
Ozzy and Strut[]
Ozzy and Strut prepare to harm Littlefoot and Chomper
- Main article: Ozzy and Strut
Ozzy and Strut are two Egg Stealer brothers who entered the Great Valley in hopes of stealing eggs. Ozzy boasts an obsession with only eating eggs, expressed in the song "Eggs", while Strut, comparatively the more relaxed of the two, expresses exhaustion with his obsessive brother and is willing to eat plants.
Pterano[]
- Main article: Pterano
Pterano is Petrie's megalomaniacal uncle and Mama Flyer's brother. He wishes to rule the Great Valley with the alleged power of the Stone of Cold Fire; when he and his lackeys, Rinkus and Sierra, find Ducky eavesdropping on their planning, they kidnap her.
Rinkus and Sierra glower at Pterano as he sings "Very Important Creature"
Though he is ambitious to a fault and deeply arrogant, in the end, he is shown to have changed his ways and learns to care for others, rescuing Ducky from falling from a cliff during a volcanic eruption.
Rinkus and Sierra[]
- Main article: Rinkus and Sierra
Rinkus and Sierra are Pterano's henchmen. At first they were his friends, but time proves that they are far more sinister than he is, and very willing to dispose of him in order to reach their own goals.
Defeats[]
