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Roses-and-Feathers — I'll be with you even if you can't see me

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Description Littlefoot's mother: Dear, sweet, Littlefoot, do you remember the way to the Great Valley?
Littlefoot: I guess so. But why do I have to know if you're going to be with me?
Littlefoot's mother: I'll be with you. Even if you can't see me.
Littlefoot: What do you mean I can't see you? I can always see you.
-The Land Before Time (original)

Decided to draw this as I happened to be raising my male Meganium, named Littlefoot, in Pokemon SoulSilver. (yes I'm a sane pokemon fan and happy to be one). Seriously, the Chikorita line are actually now my 2nd favourite Johto starter line (the Cyndaquil line is first).

Since many people have drawn Shinx and Deerling acting out the tragic scenes from 'The Lion King' and 'Bambi' respectively (due to the animals these pokemon were based on), I've decided to have Chikorita (and the final evolution, Meganium) pay tribute to one of my favourite 80s and Don Bluth movies of all time- The original Land Before Time.

Petrie, along with Bartok the bat from Anastasia (Hey, I like bats!) remain my 2 all time favourite Don Bluth characters, though in terms of actual Protagonists, I'd say Miss Brisby (from Secret of Nimh), Charlie (from All Dogs Go to Heaven), Littlefoot and Anastasia <3

Now back to the actual scene. Seriously, what made this kid's movie (and some of Don Bluth's earlier films) so great was the fact that Bluth managed to put a ton of different emotions and not sugar-coat every single thing like some childrens' programmes do today. That in my mind made this films (and some of Disney's darker and sometimes not-so-popular films) more nostalgic in my eyes. I'm very surprised that Nostalgia Critic (c) himself- didn't put the Death of Littlefoot's mother on a higher spot on his 'top 11 Nostalgic moments' list. In my mind, it's a LOT more tearjerking than some of Disney's sad scenes (not all of them though).

Enjoy

Chikorita and Meganium (c) Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri and Nintendo, Game Freak
The Land Before Time (c) Don Bluth
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Comments: 73

jokergirl129 In reply to ??? [2013-02-09 05:00:29 +0000 UTC]

That's good.

Yup.

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ToxicWyvern In reply to ??? [2013-02-08 16:37:54 +0000 UTC]

I watched the scene right after I saw this.

What makes this scene particularly emotional is that we actually see Littlefoot's mother dying. We can actually feel the fear and denial in Littlefoot's voice as his mother dies.

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to ToxicWyvern [2013-02-08 16:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Have you seen the actual movie itself? its one of my favourite animated films of all time.

Agreed. You have a good point there. Its a shame that kids' movies don't do things like that much anymore (and if they do have dark, scary or tragic scenes nowadays, they are PG rated.)

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Technomaru [2013-02-08 16:31:07 +0000 UTC]

How touching,

btw my favorite Don Bluth character is Dirk the Daring from "Dragon's Lair" of course you'd see that coming.

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to Technomaru [2013-02-08 16:35:57 +0000 UTC]

thanks

LOL- I know Dirk I've seen YT clips of that game and the sequel recently XD

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Technomaru In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 16:44:57 +0000 UTC]

A Dragon's Lair tv series exists but since it was animated in the 80's by Ruby Spears, Don Bluth has no involvement with it... that and Dirk can talk and his catchphrase appears to be "By the dragon's teeth!". Here's the intro of it [link]

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to Technomaru [2013-02-08 16:54:10 +0000 UTC]

interesting

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RockportMaricruz In reply to ??? [2013-02-08 16:13:00 +0000 UTC]

This is very heart touching I've seen the movie when it was out in theaters.

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 16:14:13 +0000 UTC]

I know how you feel.

It still gets me till this day.....I didn't see it in theaters but I had the VHS as a wee girl.

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 16:22:53 +0000 UTC]

Imagine this scene with your Miss Dirge, or Cryptic Freak charaters, or School for Vampires, or Casper's Scare School.

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 16:29:52 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine a lot of them WILL be sad, even the ones who are too proud to admit their feelings

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 16:34:10 +0000 UTC]

How about Casper with Grandma Smoochy.

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 16:35:24 +0000 UTC]

Err, didn't see many recent CSS sorry.

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 16:40:59 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, sorry How about Melanie and Marie?

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 16:41:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh that will be sad (but Marie is already an undead though)

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 16:45:40 +0000 UTC]

That will be a challenge. How about Oskar and his Uncle? I know he's undead too but maybe what if Polori was sucessful of defeating Horrificus?

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 16:46:38 +0000 UTC]

OOOH man- that would be SOOO sad (but in Oskar's case it would be Lion King sad because its the male parental figure that dies)

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 16:54:55 +0000 UTC]

You I always wonder, who are Oskar's parents?

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 16:56:30 +0000 UTC]

Oskar didn't see his real parents, he was delivered to the Count as a baby.

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 17:05:58 +0000 UTC]

So nobody know who is real parents are?

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Roses-and-Feathers In reply to RockportMaricruz [2013-02-08 17:08:18 +0000 UTC]

Er...Only the delievery guy.

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RockportMaricruz In reply to Roses-and-Feathers [2013-02-08 20:37:34 +0000 UTC]

There should make an episode about Oskar looking for his parents. Maybe it might explain why he has such a fear of blood.

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