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!colspan="2" style="font-size: larger; background-color:#c00; color:#000;" | '''Spike''' |
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|'''Gender''' || Male |
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|'''Color''' || Green |
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|'''Colored eyes''' || Brown<br>Magenta in original animation |
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|'''Species''' || '']'' |
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|'''First appearance''' || ] |
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|'''Portrayer''' || ] (II-V, VII-present)<br>] (VI) |
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'''Spike''', the spike-tail (])<ref></ref>, is a friend of ] in '']'' film series. |
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He is the "mute" of the group, in that he almost never speaks. However, as his foster sister, ] says in '']'' he can indeed speak though only when he wants to. The only times that he has truly "spoken" in the series are when Ducky is almost eaten in the same film, and he shouts her name out while looking on: "Duh... duh... DUCKY!!!!!". The other was in '']''; when he shouted "Mama!" while drowning in the hot water. In '']'', he mutters to ] while telling ] that it's hard to tell why they're mad at him. It sounds like "Yeah. Uh-huh." Furthermore, in the ] version he speaks in the original film as well. He says a single word; exhausted from climbing but very clearly. He says "ruokaa", which means "food". |
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Spike has also articulated in other ways, such as ] the tune to the bad luck song while the other young dinosaurs are singing in '']''. He also mimicked "Sharptooth speak" in '']''. |
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==Voice of Spike== |
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In the original ''Land Before Time'' Spike is heard laughing after the gang saves Cera from attacking '']''. It is unknown who actually provided his laugh; the voice actor was never credited. Spike was voiced by ] from the second film on, but he hardly said any dialogue at all. Also, ], the voice of ], replaced ] for the voice of Spike in '']'' (according to the end credits). In the ] episode '']'', Spike's thoughts are heard as English while he sees the other dinosaurs speaking in grunts, but he seems to understand the residents of the valley. |
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==Character history and development== |
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When Spike was an egg, he was separated from his real parents. He was adopted as a brother by Ducky, a young swimmer (]) 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 ]. Spike has a big appetite, constantly eating plants that are in his sight (including the plants that surrounded the nest he hatched in). In '']'', 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 drank salty water again (twice) in '']''. |
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In '']'', his design was modified; he no longer had any small spikes on his tail and had more developed ridges along his back. This is presumably to make him easier for the animators to draw, but, compared to Cera's modification, Spike's isn't as drastic. |
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==Personality== |
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For a long time, Spike's personality was completely unknown. Then, the TV series featured the episode ], with the entire episode showing Spike's inner thoughts. He reveals that he is silent all of the time in order to hear the leaves 'sing', and comments that his friends never hear these songs because they are always so busy talking. He is quite observant, noticing the traits of everyone around him almost immeadiatly. He also dislikes excess arguing, which is another reason he prefers not to talk. However, in times of great importance or peril, he finds that his muteness can be a hinderance. He openly says that he would rather stay home and eat than go out on an adventure, but always follows his friends just the same. He often thinks of these adventures as dangerous, much in the same manner as Petrie, and can't understand why his friends are always doing such dangerous things. Despite this, he is shown to care deeply about his friends, pushing himself to go into dangerous situations to save their lives. The episode also reveals that Spike is just as intelligent as his friends in his thoughts. |
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==References== |
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