Today, 20SW asked us who our favorite fictional character was. Now, even if you’ve only been reading this blog for the pictures, or you’ve only seen my avatar affixed to comments on your blog, my choice should be pretty obvious.
Basil of Baker Street, the Great Mouse Detective, is my hero.
Why? I don’t want to get off on a tangent. This fictional character question is a trap for someone like me, not much unlike when in Mallrats, Brodie was asked what kind of superhero he’d be and he started breaking down prowess and mastery. I hear “fictional character,” think “animated Disney movies,” and it’s all she wrote. All of a sudden I lose focus and you’re reading a post about my fandom.
I even took photos of some of my animated Disney collection this morning just in case I changed my mind about the direction of this post when I got off the metro:
And there I go.
I don’t even remember how this was supposed to be connected. Oh, right: thinking about animated characters from yesteryear, I remembered that there’s one I loved who won’t fade away gracefully.
…This is Little Foot, from The Land Before Time.
Animated movies are notorious for their sequels years later as an attempt to lure a new generation. There were two Aladdin sequels (somehow without Robin Williams’ voice as Genie!). There’s a Lady and the Tramp sequel. The Lion King has a sequel and a midquel…
When we first met Little Foot and his gang of merry dinokids, it was 1988. Now, Little Foot and the gang are up to thirteen movies. Thir, teen. I’ve heard there’s a fourteenth in the works. The series has been respun so many times I’m beginning to wonder if there will ever be an end. At this rate, The Land Before Time: XXXVI is mathematically probable in my lifetime.
Sorry, Little Foot, but you have run out of time. There are only so many adventures on which a dinosaur can go before extinction catches him. This is no longer believable. You need to make better career choices. You’re being typecast and you need to diversify.
There was another famous production about dinosaurs: Dinosaurs. It knew when to move on. It left the people wanting more. My memory of you is enough. So I swear: so help me jebus if I see a movie trailer for you still trying your hand at period pieces when I get back to the movie theater. So help me jebus.
NOT THE MAMA!!
I am so jealous of your collection btw.
He wasn’t the mama. It’s what he deserved.
And I’m getting Pinocchio soon.
The land before time is just WAY too sad.
Not nearly as bad as The Fox & the Hound.
I got an awesome Cera puppet from Pizza Hut when the first movie came out. Nothing goes with a personal pan pizza like a Land Before Time collectible.
Personal pan pizzas… I’m hungry.
Oh, the Land Before Time KILLED me. What killed me dead was Beethoven. We had a St. Bernard when I was a kid and I saw it about a month after we had to put Rainbow (yes, her name was Rainbow) down. Not a smart movie choice on behalf of my mom.
Oh dear god. That’s horrible timing. Parents just don’t understand.
Stewie from the Family Guy is fast becoming my favorite.
Stewie is a great choice. I’m also a big fan Ralph from The Simpsons.
why don’t more people blog about cartoon dinosaurs? thank goodness i didn’t understand when the mommy long neck died in Land Before Time, it was too vague to truly traumatize me.
my fave dinosaur movie is: We’re Back! They say “The museum of NATural History!” over and over again with a specific cadence and stress and I have to say it the same way.
All the cool kids comment and blog about cartoon dinosaurs. And if you start a petition to officially change the enunciation to “NATural History,” I will sign it.
At some point don’t they catch up with time? Then they are just The Land of Time. Nothing fun about that.
Yes, yes, yes. They’d have to catch up. They’d just have to.
Good choice. Basil is way cool.
Basil is the mouse.
Thirteen? No way…(I mean, I believe you, but it’s crazy.)
“I’m the baby! Gotta love me!”
What I’m really bitter about is that he gets 13 and I haven’t been featured in 1 yet. Not 1. I have ideas for animated adventures…
Perhaps “The extinction of Littlefoot” could be the next animated Disney hit. They had no problem killing Bambi’s mom or the lion king’s parents- it could be an instant classic!
We need to collaborate. Immediately.
Wow, taking me back to 1988 strong work. I had the original movie poster my cousin hi-jacked from the theater she worked at. And the Dinosaurs show, that was awesome! That baby was the pre-cursor to Stewie. Think about it. A maniacal baby with mother issues???
Good look on that connection. Real good look.
Do I dare tell you that I leave on Saturday for a DISNEY cruise to the BAHAMAS with my 4 yo god-daughter? I’ll think of you, really, I will.
You WHAT?
I love Disney movies. And somehow, I was unaware of the Genie thing in the Aladdin series.
Overall, I hate sequels, prequels, midquels and any other kind of quel out there.
yeah.
The Lion King 1 1/2. Seriously. What the french.
I had no idea there were that many sequels to Land Before Time. I avoid watching the original, because it always makes me cry like a baby.
I don’t own it. Maybe that’s the reason. There are just some movies that have moments I can’t get over. Like E.T. Can’t watch it.
LITTLE FOOT!
I’ve sort of decided I’m not watching any of these anymore. Whenever I do, it just ruins all of the magic they held for me when I was wee, because they seemed SO amazing then. Maybe one day, when I have munchkins and get to watch them enjoy them…
Oh wait.
I watch because I need to remember the magic. Not to get too deep in a comment, but I need to remember that magic.
Yup YUP yup….
~Little Foot
I needed that laugh/memory today. Thank you.
I freaking LOVE Little Foot!!
One of the greats.
My movies are all in alphabetical order too!!!!!
I may have just fallen in love with you.
That you noticed without me saying anything means it’s reciprocal.
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