The Horned Sharptooth is the main antagonist in The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave.
Its vocal sound effects were most likely provided by Frank Welker.
Biography[]
The Horned Sharptooth 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 while Etta helps the children escape by opening a small hole in the ground which Cera begins to push away as the others escape, going faster at the sight of the Horned Sharptooth. After Cera escapes down the hole, the Horned Sharptooth begins to break into the cave while Cera jumps down the hole to get away. The Horned 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 his prey like he was earlier. They see him walking by and hide. The Horned Sharptooth stops near their hiding place while Wild Arms begins to cower in fear and make noise, causing the Horned Sharptooth to quickly turn. He then begins to walk towards the hiding place and nearly discovers them, but he is distracted by a group of Ornithomimus and chases them.
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.
Trivia[]
- Some think that the Horned Sharptooth could've had more screen time, like having the Horned 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.
- The scene where the Horned 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.
- Some people have believed that the Horned Sharptooth isn't a villain, although he is a villain because he's actually a sentient predator. Most of the sharpteeth are sentient predators which they aren't normal animals at all.