Littlefoot Meets The Fox and the Hound is another Land Before Time crossover film planned to be made by Daniel Esposito. It will appear on Pandora-TV as part of a double feature with its midquel Littlefoot Meets The Fox and the Hound 2 in the near future.
Plot
Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike, Chomper, Ruby, Guido, Grandpa Longneck, Grandma Longneck, Skip, Mr. Thicknose, Rex, Woog, Elsa, and Dweeb (along with Ash, SpongeBob, and their friends) meet a fox named Tod and a hound dog named Copper, who didn't even know they were supposed to be enemies. As the two best friends grew into adults separately, it led to different paths. Now, it's a race against the clock and our heroes must band together to save Tod and Copper's loyalty and friendship before it's destroyed forever.
Storyline
After a young red fox is orphaned, Big Mama the owl and her friends, Dinky the finch and Boomer the woodpecker, arrange for him to be adopted by kindly farmer Widow Tweed, who names him Tod. Meanwhile, her neighbor, hunter Amos Slade, brings home a young hound puppy named Copper and introduces him to his hunting dog Chief, who is at first annoyed by him, but then learns to love him. One day, Tod and Copper meet and become best friends, pledging eternal friendship. Amos grows frustrated at Copper for constantly wandering off to play, and places him on a leash. While playing with Copper outside his barrel, Tod accidentally awakens Chief. Amos and Chief chase Tod until they are stopped by Tweed. After an argument, Amos threatens to kill Tod if the fox trespasses on his farm again. Hunting season comes and Amos takes his dogs into the wilderness for the interim. Meanwhile, Big Mama, Dinky, and Boomer attempt to explain to Tod that Copper will soon become his enemy. However, Tod naively insists that he and Copper will remain friends forever.
The following spring, Tod and Copper reach adulthood. Copper returns as an expert hunting dog, who is expected to track down foxes. Late at night, Tod sneaks over to visit Copper. Their conversation awakens Chief, who alerts Amos. A chase ensues and Copper catches Tod, but lets Tod go while diverting Amos. Chief catches Tod as he attempts an escape on a railroad track, but an oncoming train strikes Chief, resulting in him falling into the river below and breaking his leg. Enraged by this, Copper and Amos blame Tod for the accident and vow vengeance. Realizing Tod is no longer safe with her, Tweed leaves him at a game reserve. After a disastrous night on his own in the woods, Big Mama introduces Tod to Vixey, a female fox who helps Tod adapt to life in the forest.
Amos and Copper trespass into the reserve and hunt the two foxes. The chase climaxes when Amos and Copper inadvertently provoke an attack from a giant disturbed savage vicious bear. Amos lets off a single shot only before he trips and falls into one of his own traps and his gun lies slightly out of his reach. Copper violently fights the bear, but is almost killed by the vicious animal. Against his better judgement, Tod comes to Copper's rescue, and continues to battle the bear, and ends up luring him on a fallen trunk, that breaks, and sends the two animals falling down the reserve's waterfall. The bear is killed, and due to his weight, he is swept away while Tod survives. As Copper approaches Tod as he lies wounded in the lake below, Amos appears, ready to shoot Tod. Copper positions himself in front of Tod to prevent Amos from shooting him, refusing to move away. Amos, understanding Tod had saved their lives, lowers his gun and leaves with Copper. Tod and Copper reconcile their friendship and share one last smile before parting. At home, Tweed nurses Amos back to health, much to his humiliation. As he lies down to take a nap, Copper smiles as he remembers the day when he first met Tod. At the same moment, Vixey joins Tod on top of a hill as they both look down on Copper and Tod's former home.
Trivia
- The 100 Acre Avatar League, Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, Misty, Brock, Togepi, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Sandy Cheeks, Eugene Krabs, Taran, Princess Eilonwy, Fflewddur Fflam, Gurgi, Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, Abu, Genie, Iago, Carpet, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Aladar, Neera, Plio, Yar, Zini, Suri, Baylene, Eema, Url, Sebastian, Baloo, Bagheera, King Louie, Kenai, Koda, Rutt and Tuke, Fu Dog, Roger Rabbit, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Woody Woodpecker, Ttark, Charlie Barkin, Itchy Itchiford, Chanticleer, Goldie Pheasant, Edmond, Patou, Snipes, Peepers, Jack Skellington, Zero, The Crime Empire, Oogie Boogie, Carface, Killer, Jafar, Maleficent, Myotismon, The Grand Duke of Owls, Rothbart, Ozzy and Strut, Rinkus and Sierra, The Horned King, Creeper, Hades, Ursula, Shere Khan, Pete, Sheldon J. Plankton, and Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and Meowth) guest star in this film.
- The only reason why Genie, Sebastian, King Louie, Fu Dog, Rutt, Tuke, and Roger Rabbit are in this film is because Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa's Adventures of The Fox and the Hound was made before the characters joined the Jungle Adventure Crew and Yakko Warner will make Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa's Adventures of The Fox and the Hound 2 as a midquel to that film.
- Oogie Boogie, Carface, Killer, Jafar, Maleficent, Myotismon, Cruella De Vil, The Grand Duke of Owls, Rothbart, Ozzy and Strut, Rinkus and Sierra, The Horned King, Creeper, Hades, Ursula, Shere Khan, Plankton, and Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and Meowth) will work for Amos Slade in this film. They'll remain with him until they betray him and leave him to die at the mercy of the bear.
- Unlike DisneyJSman's film Winnie the Pooh Meets The Fox and the Hound, this is an NTSC film with NTSC bits from The Land Before Time films, The Lion King films, The Jungle Book 1 and 2, Pinocchio, The Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove, The Swan Princess films, The Secret of NIMH 1 and 2, the Pokémon films, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The Black Cauldron, the Aladdin films, the Looney Tunes films, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Dinosaur, The Little Mermaid films, Talespin: Plunder and Lightning, Brother Bear 1 and 2, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Scooby-Doo films, the All Dogs Go to Heaven films, Rock-a-Doodle, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Sleeping Beauty.
- The Swan Princess films, The Black Cauldron, and The Fox and The Hound were all directed by Richard Rich.
- The Fox and The Hound was re-released in theaters in 1988, the same year The Land Before Time was released in theaters.
- The Nightmare Before Christmas, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, and The Fox and The Hound were first released on home video in 1994, the same year that The Lion King and The Swan Princess were released in theaters and both The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure and The Return of Jafar were released straight to video.
- The Fox and The Hound was released on DVD for the first time in 2000, the same year that The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire was released straight to video and both Dinosaur and Pokémon: The Movie 2000 were released in theaters in the US.
- This film will be dedicated in memory of Mickey Rooney.
- Yru17 originally planned to re-edit this film, but he retired from re-editing anymore crossovers, so Daniel Esposito will make this film instead.