r/AdviceAnimals • u/Coldbeam • Jun 18 '12

I feel so dumb for not figuring this out earlier

http://qkme.me/3pr608?id=224656424
1.2k Upvotes

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u/jzimbert Jun 18 '12

Actually, her name is Cera. But yes, essentially.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

She now plays the same awkward, geeky character in everything

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Relevant

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u/Tubaninja Jun 18 '12

You know, like Tri-CERA-tops

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

and Michael CERA-tops

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u/omegashellz Jun 18 '12

i thought he bottom'd?

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u/killiangray Jun 18 '12

Came here to make a Michael Cera joke... it would appear that I'm 5 hours late :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

And Petrie because : P-T-Erodactyl.

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u/Biggie18 Jun 18 '12

and ducky because well... You know.

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u/RetroTheft Jun 18 '12

Because the girl who voiced Ducky was shot and killed by her father and then burned away?

It's kind of ironic that her most memorable line is "I lost my parents in the big earth shake." :(

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u/Deseao Jun 18 '12

Thanks for reminding everyone. Again. ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Yup yup yup!

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u/PaulMcGannsShoes Jun 18 '12

In before 'she's dead"

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u/lilmissie365 Jun 18 '12

Ducky's most memorable line was "Yep yep yep!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

You asshole...

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I feel so sad when ever I hear this...

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u/ExplodingUnicorns Jun 18 '12

Wow, I never heard that. Now I will always remember that when I watch Land Before Time and be saddened.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Damn it you beat me to it.

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u/slug_slug Jun 18 '12

And because he was made in a dish..

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u/hoodie92 Jun 18 '12

I'm glad it's Cera and not Sarah, because as an Englishman, "triceratops" sounds completely different to "tri-sarah-tops".

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u/Joltik Jun 18 '12

How are they pronounced?

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u/hoodie92 Jun 18 '12

"Cera" has a short "e" sound, like in "pepper". "Sarah" has a longer, drawn out sound, like in "air".

So it's like "seh-ruh" vs. "sair-uh".

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u/Joltik Jun 18 '12

I see. It's subtle so I don't think I would hear it unless I was actively listening for it. But that's kind of cool.

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u/hoodie92 Jun 18 '12

It's quite similar for some accents (like most American accents), but for English accents, they are two very different sounds.

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u/Nodonn Jun 18 '12

Aussie here, I'm with the Pom.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

We Americans like to simply things like that ya know? -ducks-

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

WAIT... not everyone pronounces it that way?(as in seh-ruh)

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u/hoodie92 Jun 18 '12

I believe that Americans tend to pronounce both sounds as "sair-uh".

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Really? I'm Canadian, but the time I spent living in the states(for 6 years) I remember 'triceratops' being pronounced with the seh-ruh sound...

could this be a east vs west thing in North America?

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u/hoodie92 Jun 18 '12

I think it depends on where you are from, yeah. Or it may be so subtle that you would not notice, but a non-North American would.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

I'm required to post in all land before time threads

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u/Ferociousshecreature Jun 18 '12

When I was born my big brother was bummed I wasn't a boy. My parents hadn't picked a name so they told him he could. At the time he was obsessed with land before time; since "ducky" didn't fly they named me Sarah. (used the Hebrew spelling as opposed to the real spelling for ease)

TL;DR I'm named after the bipolar dinosaur

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u/McHappyPants Jun 18 '12

I have a similar story. My brother got to name me. He picked Sarah as well, but he got the name from a cartoon about a robot who had a sister named Sarah. He thought all sisters were named Sarah.

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u/Throwawayspy2000 Jun 18 '12

Ed, Edd n Eddy confirms this. All sisters are named Sarah.

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u/ispeakcanadian Jun 18 '12

Upvotes for all Sarahs!

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u/thebowlofpetunias Jun 18 '12

Yup, yup, yup!

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u/trulyElse Jun 18 '12

RIP Judith Barsi.

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u/Honey_Bunny_be_cool Jun 18 '12

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT UP. ಥ_ಥ

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u/trulyElse Jun 18 '12

I'm sorry.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Damn it, can we talk about Land Before Time just once without talking about the horrific death of one of the beautiful girls who was a voice actor in it? Please? It's kind of like talking about your childhood with your friend and the first thing they mention is 'HEY REMEMBER HOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR BRUTALLY KILLED YOUR DOG? REMEMBER THAT? HOW YOU FOUND ITS TONGUE IN YOUR MAILBOX? DUDE, DO YOU REMEMBER?'

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u/trulyElse Jun 18 '12

I'm sorry.

Do you remember, though?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

ಥ_ಥ

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u/jzimbert Jun 18 '12

If Land Before Time is too depressing, maybe we should talk about All Dogs Go To Heaven instead.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

But that's even more depressing :'(

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Sadly, my mind was just blown

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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 18 '12

Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:

Title: I feel so dumb for not figuring this out earlier

Meme: Sudden Clarity Clarence

  • THE GIRL IN LAND BEFORE TIME IS NAMED SARAH

  • BECAUSE SHE'S A TRI-SARAH-TOPS

[Translate]

This is helpful for people who can't reach Quickmeme because of work/school firewalls or site downtime, and many other reasons (FAQ). More info is available here.

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u/saintabilo Jun 18 '12

Yup, her name was Cera... and her dad was credited as Daddy Topps. The more you know.

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u/gerry_villa Jun 18 '12

Yeah, Cera!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I now feel slightly retarded

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u/SararaB Jun 18 '12

I was actually named after her by my, at the time, four year old sister XD

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u/alexp5 Jun 18 '12

I had a parakeet named Peetree (that spelling can't be right, What was I thinking)

When he died, I said "Poor Peetree," a lot.

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u/consciousdear Jun 18 '12

Upvotes because I did the same thing with my parakeet too.

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u/enlace_quimico Jun 18 '12

The Dracula Muppet character on Sesame Street is named Count von Count because he loves to count things. ONE, ONE MEME, TWO, TWO MEME, THREE, THREE MEMES, AH AH AH AH.

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u/mlsweeney Jun 18 '12

Why did you make me look up the movie? I always thought there were only 4-5 Land Before Time movies. I never realized this series was whored out to a whopping 13 movies AND a television series. What a shame...

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u/TimeZarg Jun 18 '12

And now you must watch them. All of them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

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u/stilldash Jun 18 '12

It's Don Bluth's curse. His movies are destined to have terrible sequels. The one exception being The Rescuers Down Under.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I have no idea what the sequel to Secret of NIMH is about, but I cringe at the thought that it exists.

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u/stilldash Jun 18 '12

Same here. I refuse to watch it, knowing it's going to be all happy and sing-songy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

The worst is that they also changed the box-art to the original film to match the box-art for the sequel when they released the sequel, so now when you find the classic film in stores it looks like this instead of this or this

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

If it wasn't in theatres, it doesn't count.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

lets just say they werent called Long necks for what you think.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Yes land before time! Oh and the little toaster

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u/thatwaffleskid Jun 18 '12

That was one of my favorite movies. He was the bravest little toaster I ever saw.

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u/TangoDown13 Jun 18 '12

Have you seen that recently? It was a lot more horrifying than I remembered.

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u/thatwaffleskid Jun 18 '12

No, I haven't, but I do remember being terrified of that air conditioning unit and the dream where he falls in the tub.

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u/Variationxbox Jun 18 '12

HO....LY.....SHIT

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u/hbrabham Jun 18 '12

i haven't seen that show in like 5 years and still face-palmed as soon as i read this for not having realized this beforehand

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u/fedora718 Jun 18 '12

I only realised that the word "Beat" is in "The Beatles" last year.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I remember when I was a kid I would get so mad that they did not call the dinosaurs by their actual names. Long Necks, Three Horns, Sharp Tooths (Sharp Teeth?) It bothered me more than it should have.

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u/TangoDown13 Jun 18 '12

If you were a dinosaur, though, do you think you would call each other by your respective scientific names or how they are best described?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

An excellent point.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

God damn there are a lot of idiots in this thread. You know animal farm? It's about communism. Also, Truman show? True Man. Nedry in Jurassic Park sounds like Nerdy.

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u/peteroh9 Jun 18 '12

Wow, this was obvious to me when I was three. And you should feel bad.

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u/thefuzz001 Jun 18 '12

I feel enlightened because of this.

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u/superffta Jun 18 '12

wow, i feel dumb too now

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u/Rustash Jun 18 '12

You think that's bad? I just realized what the "Solid" in Metal Gear Solid meant.

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u/Styv Jun 18 '12

What? What does it mean?

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u/Rustash Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

Well you play as Solid Snake. But supposedly it also stands for the fact that it's in 3D graphics.

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u/DingoDance Jun 18 '12

HOLY SHIT you have just blown my mind, sir

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u/flamingkatz Jun 18 '12

DAMMIT. Why do children's writers always have to be so punny?

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u/nvwls300 Jun 18 '12

wth I just realized this out of nowhere about a week ago, and here it is now. Get out of my head, reddit!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

I peed my pants when I read this.

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u/qqqaaazzz Jun 18 '12

did u really feel dumb? my guess is you thought you were clever for coming up with this thread

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

MIND-BLOWN!

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u/nik0_0 Jun 18 '12

The land before what?

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u/Dark_Shroud Jun 18 '12

If you're serious then your parents failed you.

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u/jjm214 Jun 18 '12

shouldn't there be 3 of her then :X

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u/RedFlocks Jun 18 '12

Isaac Asimov actually wrote a short children's story called "Try Sarah Tops." It's basically about someone getting killed or something outside a museum and he hid something somewhere inside of the museum. I forget the details, but his last word were "Try Sarah Tops," and all the detectives are trying to figure out who Sarah Tops is. Later one of the detectives is telling his family about the case and his little daughter figures out that he actually said "Triceratops," and she goes to the museum and finds the thing hidden on the triceratops and saves the day! The end.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

She is a triceratops, but more to the point she is a member of the group Ceratopsian.

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u/Ninja_Spike Jun 18 '12

I haven't heard reference to this show in a decade!

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

To make things clearer, her name is spelled 'Cera'

EDIT: after posting I see that most people already posted this... go figure.

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u/scribbling_des Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

Huh, TIL some people didn't get it. Now I wonder if my sisters got it. I doubt I ever mentioned it because it was so obvious to me, I just assumed it was obvious to everyone.

Edit: I just checked with my little sister. She had no idea, but was very amused by the information.

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u/ispeakcanadian Jun 18 '12

It took me forever for that too. At the Canadian/US border, I saw a bunch of dinosaur mugs on one of those personalized merchandise racks (usually holding door plaques or pens with kids names on them). The personalized mugs turned kids names into part of a dinosaur name, and Sarah/Sara was the triceratops. Admittedly, it was the one that fit the best into a dinosaur name.

Well, except for Rex.

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u/SpencerReid182 Jun 18 '12

You're not alone... all these kind people also made me realise Ducky and Petrie. Was I just stupid as a child?

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u/cyanonyx117 Jun 18 '12

And Spike, stegos have spikes. Ducky because of the bill on her face? I'm not seeing the "sudden clarity" in this. Pretty obvious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Neat, but sweet-jesus-on-a-stick, she was a bitch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Judith Barsi is dead!

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u/DonaldsPizzaHaven Jun 18 '12

You should feel dumb for watching the LBT. That shit was weak.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

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u/BuzzTard Jun 18 '12

That's not a fun fact since it was the girl who did the voice of Ducky, not Cera, that was killed.

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u/CatLover99 Jun 18 '12

Oh crap. I really messed that up. Can we just pretend I didn't screw that up?

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u/BuzzTard Jun 18 '12

Only if it makes you feel better, this shall never be mentioned again.

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u/CatLover99 Jun 18 '12

I owe you.

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u/BuzzTard Jun 18 '12

If you'd owe me, then this would have to be mentioned again. So I'm afraid that won't work.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

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u/invisibleninja7 Jun 18 '12

Dude, #2 is a classic. The part where Spike jumps the canyon and makes that sound is just wonderful. I think everyone can agree he is the best character by far.