Glass Shattering Experiment is the 13th episode of the fourth season of The Land Before Time: Adventures in The Big City.
Previous - "Dentist Fears"
Next - "Another Big City Clip Episode"
Summery[]
Wild Arms breaks one of windows in Rex's Pizza, causing a $15,000 fine, Wild Arms must do a groundbreaking experiment to win back the money needed to repair the window!
Plot[]
Wild Arms accidentally breaks one window and he have to earn money to pay it, but it will not be as easy as he thought. More adventure to come...
Cast[]
- Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson
- Jason Marsden as Rocky
- Dan Castellaneta as Garfield
- Zelda Williams as Melanie Griffin
- Danielle Harris as Jessie Wilde
- John DiMaggio as Mike Griffin
- Patrick Warbuton as Randy Perlman
- Neil Kaplan as Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter
- Ryan Alosio as Herman Schultz / Shocker
- Courtney B. Vance as Roderick Kingsley/Hobgoblin
Voices[]
- Felix Avitia as Littlefoot
- Anndi McAfee as Cera/Female Corythosaurus/Female Maiasaura
- Aria Noelle Curzon as Ducky
- Jeff Bennett as Petrie/Doc/Mutt/Ed/Pachycephalosaurus/Prosaurolophus/Hypacrosaurus/Maiasaura
- Rob Paulsen as Spike/Guido/Lambeosaurus/Iguanodon/Corythosaurus
- Issac Ryan Brown as Chomper
- Meghan Strange as Ruby
- Gilbert Gottfried as Austin
- Nika Futterman as Ali/Tricia
- Damon Wayans Jr. as Wild Arms
- Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Loofah
- Stephanie Beatriz as Doofah
- Pete Sepenuk as Foobie
- Brandon Michael DePaul as Shorty
- Michael Kelley as Hyp
- Scott Menville as Nod
- Stephen Merchant as Pterano
- Reba McEntire as Etta
- Frank Welker as Getor
- Camryn Manheim as Tria
- Barry Bostwick as Grandpa Longneck
- Miriam Flynn as Grandma Longneck
- J.K. Simmons as Mr. Thicknose
- George Ball as Mr. Threehorn
- Jessica Walter as Old One
- Cam Clarke as Bron
- Nicholas Guest as Hyp's Father
- Tress MacNeille as Ali's Mother/Petrie's Mother/Ducky & Spike's Mother
- Cody Cameron as Barry the Strawberry, a large living strawberry with two big round green eyes, a small cutesy mouth, and tiny arms and legs made of leaves. The sprout and Barry's head is large and leafy, making it resemble a hairstyle. (Guest Appearance)
- Will Forte as Chester V (Guest Appearance)
Opening Credits[]
- Directors
- Charles Grosvenor----------------------director
- Davis Doi----------------------co-director
- Writing
- Gene Grilloy----------------------------writer
- Brad Bird----------------------------writer
- Story by
- Larry Doyle----------------------head of story
- John Francis Daley
- Jonathan M. Goldstein
- Producers
- Frank Marshall----------------------supervising
- Steven Spielberg----------------------executive
- John Pomeroy----------------------co-producer
- Deirdre Brenner----------------------supervising
- Bernie Goldman----------------------producer
- J.J. Abrams----------------------producer
- George Lucas----------------------executive
- Director of Photography
- Larry Fong
- Storyboard by
- Larry Houston----------------------storyboard artist
- Cody Cameron----------------------additional story artist
- Animation Directors
- Elton Lee (Traditional hand drawn 2D cel animation for LBT dinosaur charaters)
- Gary Goldman
- Kris Pearn (Computer animation for Barry the Strawberry, Foodimals and Chester V)
Songs[]
- Don't Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra
- Fix Your Eye (Sung by Mr. Thicknose, Spider-Man, Littlefoot)
- Earn Your Money (Sung by Wild Arms, Rocky, Garfield, the Gang)
Trivia[]
- This was the fourth episode written by Brad Bird, the first one being Secret of a Sharptooth's Excess, the second being Superhero Flyer and the third being Night Fury Sickness.
- Spider-Man's eye gets shattered for the 7th time.
- Wild Arms' loudest high-pitch girl scream appears again. And it's the longest.
- A flashback with Littlefoot's Mother is briefly seen.
- Super-Flyer is mentioned in this episode.
- Ruby briefly sighs dreamily when her hero is mentioned.
- A strawberry comes to life.
- Cera briefly mentions her biological mother and siblings.
- Spider-Man accidentally ties himself for the second time.
- Rocky remembers being The Lizard.
- Garfield accidentally burps in front of everyone. This occasionally happens, most likely due to Garfield being an alcoholic.
- The song Fix Your Eye is melodically similar to Talking Big, Fix Your Tooth, Do Anything, My Reality, Sniff Him Out, and Sky Color Stones, etc.
- The song Earn Your Money is melodically similar to I Feel Mad, We Need a Plan, Must Believe, Made A Mistake, Hide My Stones, Me Need New Home (with a different absolute pitch), We Must Be Brave, and Is It True She Lied, etc.
- Lens flares are used again throughout the episode.
- This is the first episode where it is revealed a villain faked its death.
- When Littlefoot says the censors wouldn’t allow him to give Chester the bird, this is a sneaky reference to the middle finger gesture, which is sure to leave adult viewers chuckling and kids groaning at the joke.
Cultural References[]
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
- The scene with Wild Arms, Etta holding Barry the Strawberry is very similar to the living food in the film.
- Some Flint Lockwood's inventions are briefly seen.
- A story book based on the film is briefly seen in book store.
- Everyone reaction to the living strawberry is very similar to Flint Lockwood and Sam Sparks's.
- Chester V is the culprit behind the Foodimal situation.
Super 8 (2011)
- The scene with camera is very similar to the Super 8 Camera.
- In the TV is running the short film, The Case, by Charles Kaznyk.
- Some zombies are briefly seen in the film.
- The bicycles are very similar to those ones in the film.
- Spider-Man finds a white alien Rubik's cube in the alley and thought it was Getor's new toy.
- The train crash scene is caused by the Hobgoblin and in the movie, Dr. Thomas Woodward.
Looney Tunes (1930–present)
- Bugs Bunny is briefly seen in NYC streets.
- His quote: "What's up, doc?" surprises Doc.
- An Elmer Fudd figure is briefly seen.
- A black duck resembles Daffy Duck.
Pokémon: The Animated Series (1997-)
- Rocky TBA.
- TBA.
- TBA.
Quotes[]
- (On 226 W 44th St. near Times Square, The Gang, Shorty, the 3 Yellow Bellies, Pterano, Etta, Rocky, Garfield, Melanie, Spider-Man, Getor, and Doc found a truck that was full of glass was parked at the Shubert Theatre.)
- Wild Arms: Guys! I think I found a truck. Full of glass!
- Spider-Man: That would be the perfect thing to repair that broken window! (to Hyp) Hyp, open that door.
- Hyp: Sure. (opens the truck door) Whoa! It's open.
- Littlefoot: Now it's see what's in that box.
- (Littlefoot opens the box with his tail and inside was a big strawberry)
- Chomper: Huh. No glass. But that's one big strawberry!
- Wild Arms: [Grunts] Kinda heavy. But it's sure is a yummy strawberry.
- (The two big round greeneyes and a small cutesy mouth appear on the strawberry)
- Wild Arms: Aaaaaargghh!
- Strawberry: Aaaaaaaaaaah!
- Littlefoot & Ali: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!
- Spider-Man: AaaaAAAAaaaRRrrGGGHHH!!!!
- Cera & Spike: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
- Chomper & Ruby: AAAGGGHHH!!!
- Ducky, Petrie & Guido: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Hyp, Mutt and Nod: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
- Loofah, Doofah and Foobie: AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!
- Rocky, Garfield & Melanie: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Pterano & Etta: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Shorty: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Getor: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Doc: Hmm.
- (A Grumpy Cera holds a sign with her tail that says "Not Amused")
- Strawberry: ...aaaaaaaaaahhhh! N-woo? (his vine-like arms and legs and leaf-like hands and feet appear on him)
- Wild Arms: Aaaaaaah! (puts down the strawberry and closes the box) [Panting] I was NOT expecting that!
- Spider-Man: I can't believe my left eye is shattered!
- Grandpa Longneck: Hmm... Spider-Man... here... lemme see. (looks at Spider-Man's left eye) Ooh, it's a human eye. But no blood. Let's be lucky.
- Spider-Man: What the...?! What's going on?! MY EYE IS SHATTERED!!!
- Mr. Thicknose: Don't be afraid, it will be all right.
- (On Maspeth Ave., outside of Manhattan, Littlefoot, his friends, Shorty, the 3 Yellow Bellies, Pterano, Etta, Barry the Strawberry, Rocky, Garfield, Melanie, Spider-Man, and Getor parked their van at the Mark Wholesale to train station near the train tracks.)
- Chomper: I can't forget the strawberry's eyes.
- Mutt: Me neither! I almost had a heart attack. You hadn't? (sees Spider-Man's shattered eye) Oh, no!
- [Laughter]
- Spider-Man: Why are you laughing?
- Ducky: Because your eye look really funny! Yep, yep, yep!
- Guido: Mark Wholesale. This is where we shoot this scene.
- Chomper: Get the camera set up. Hyp, make sure that the batteries are in the camera!
- Hyp: Roger that!
- Chomper: And Wild Arms can do the makeup.
- Wild Arms: With pleasure!
- (Meanwhile Etta talks with Barry)
- Etta: You look so yummy.
- Barry the Strawberry: N-woo.
- Etta: I'll not eat you.
- Wild Arms: [Scoffs] Fine. Can we start?
- Etta: I brought Barry the Strawberry.
- Garfield: At least we can have a yummy snack. This kind of fruit is my favorite. Try not to stop me. I'm gonna eat it. I'm serious.
- Wild Arms: No, Garfield. It's a living strawberry. And we do not eat living things. It's gross. And unfair. And dangerous. Period. Plus: we have to keep him safe from Hobgoblin, Shocker and Kraven.
- Barry the Strawberry: Etta.
- Wild Arms: He said your name. He's learning quickly. I can't believe it. Talking strawberry. If this is a dream, please wake me up. Or rather not.
- Pterano: (hears a growl) Hmm.
- Wild Arms: WHAT WAS THAT??!
- Pterano: [Chuckles] It's just my tummy. It's a little hungry. (eats a treestar)
- Wild Arms: Huh. OK.
- Ruby: [Giggles] Wild Arms was pretty scared, scared pretty was Wild Arms.
- Chomper: So this scene is chatable. Melanie, go right there. Rocky, go on the other side. There. Now it's perfect.
- Rocky: Uh... OK, Chomper.
- Chomper: So Garfield, prepare. Once Shorty says "Action", all of you will play your roles.
- Garfield: OK. I can't already wait.
- Doofah: (walks to a car) [High-pitched Screaming]
- (Doofah's loud High-pitched screaming shatters one of the car's windows)
- Wild Arms: (angrily) DOOFAH! Stop screaming and shut up!!!
- Doofah: (stops screaming and starts to cry) I didn't mean it. I'm so sorry. (tears are falling from her eyes)
- Nod: That was rude!
- Spider-Man: (rolls his eyes) Here we go again.
- Shorty: OK, let's rehearse this. Ready. And... action!
- Rocky: This is a busy place. Tell me, Candace, you're so smart.
- Melanie: Daff. You're right. This is a busy place. The busiest I've ever seen.
- Rocky: Antker, look. To the sky. It's beautiful.
- Garfield: I see nothing.
- Rocky: But look closer.
- Melanie: Yes.
- Garfield: I still see nothing. It's just a regular sky. You must be dreaming.
- Rocky: No! I saw the UFO!
- Melanie: Really!
- Rocky: How was it?
- Littlefoot: Um... It was good.
- Hyp: (gives a thumbs up) Very well.
- Getor: [Laughing And Cheering]
- Loofah: You were great!
- Doofah: (still cries) I didn't want to. Really. (cries and cries)
- Wild Arms: (calms her down) There, there. It's OK. I sorry I yelled at you.
- Ducky: It is OK, Doofah. It is, it is.
- (They hear a horn and Chomper runs to see a train coming)
- Chomper: Production value! Mutt, did you put it in?
- Mutt: Uhh... I didn't.
- Chomper: PUT IT IN!! Let's be quick. Go! Go! Go! Wild Arms, help him! (thinks) Oh, I hope we don't miss it.
- (The bells on the crossing started to ding)
- Mutt: Done!
- Chomper: OK, guys be EXTRA LOUD when the train comes by.
- Shorty: And... action!
- Rocky: This is a busy place. Tell me, Candace, you're so smart.
- Melanie: Daff. You're right. This is busy place. The busiest I've ever seen.
- Rocky: Antker, look. To the sky. It's beautiful.
- Garfield: I see nothing.
- Rocky: But look closer.
- Melanie: Yes.
- Garfield: I still see nothing. It's just a regular sky. You must be dreaming.
- Rocky: No! I saw the UFO!
- Melanie: Really!
- Chomper: Cut! This needs some adventure.
- (Littlefoot looks at the speeding train and looks up to see the Hobgoblin gliding through the air with a bomb in his hand.)
- Littlefoot: Oh boy. We got a problem.
- Spider-Man: What problem? Oh... (looks at the Hobgoblin) [Gasps]
- (The Hobgoblin throw a bomb at the train. The bomb explodes, making the train to derail.)
- Wild Arms: Aaaaaagh! Run!!
- (The gang ran, the people gets out of their cars, the 150 train cars derail and an explosion goes off)
- Hyp: Chomper was right! It really needed an adventure!
- Cera: I'm not so sure about this.
- (Ducky, Guido and Petrie hides under a car that was parked at the Bo Da Fa Trading Inc. building.)
- Petrie: Me really scared.
- Guido: What did you expect?
- (The train cars crushes and explosions go off)
- Wild Arms: AAGGHH!!!
- Nod: Yeah, AAGGHH!!!
- (Then 4 train cars slides across the street, running into the Bo Da Fa Trading Inc. building, throwing Ducky, Petrie and Guido.)
- Guido: I'm OK!
- (More train cars derail and more explosions go off, throwing and crushing cars, one destroying a railroad crossing sign, one tilts a lamppost, one hits a wooden pole, and one destroys Chain Link Fence, a car flies in the air and lands to the streets, causing an explosion, the gang ran on Rust St., a tank car blocks their way and the gang ran back)
- Wild Arms: I DON'T WANNA DIE!!!
- (More train cars crashed into the derailed train cars, one hits a truck full of fuel, sending it flying in the air and lands to the street, causing an explosion. The last 5 train cars crashed and exploded, left none of themselves)
- Wild Arms: (shakes his body in fear) Is everything over?
- Ali: Wild Arms! It stopped!
- Wild Arms: YAY!
- Barry the Strawberry: N-woo! N-woo!
- Spider-Man: Even Barry likes it!
- Ducky: I see. Yep, yep, yep.
- (Hyp pops his head from his hideout)
- Hyp: Is it over?
- Mutt: It is.
- Littlefoot: Yet we have to finish our recording.
- Shorty: Yes, we have to.