History Awesome / Dinosaur

* Bruton sacrificing himself to save Aladar from the carnotaurs after remembering what happened to the scout from earlier who got killed when they were both attacked. Even awesomer when he says to Aladar after saving him "I'll hold them off you help the others" shows that he cared more about others than his own.

** There's something that stays with you about Aladar's line near the end. It's just such a perfect illustration of who Aladar is as a leader, and who Kron could never be. "I know a way to the valley, ''and everybody can make it.''"

* Bruton sacrificing himself to save Aladar from the carnotaurs after remembering what happened to the scout from earlier who got killed when they were both attacked.
Even awesomer when he says to Aladar after saving him "I'll hold them off you help the others" shows that he cared more about others than his own.

-->'''Adam''': You fear him! And you fear the future!

** The pteranodon swooping under that brachiosaurus' tail. Just...''wow''.

-->'''Baylene''': Oh, yes we were! We're here, aren't we? And how dare you waste that good fortune by simply giving up! Shame on you. Shame on you, ''shame'' on you! And the worst of it is, you... allowed an old fool like me to believe I was needed. That I still had a purpose. And do you know what?
--> ''*Aladar looks away in shame*''

* The whole opening scene, complete with James Newton Howard's CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

--> '''Baylene:''' You were ''right''. And I'm going to go on believing it! I, for one, am not willing to die ''here!''

** Truth in Television: this is actually how most large predators react to facing a large group of prey animals, or even just one that holds its ground/faces them instead of running; big cats, especially, don't attack from the front. So not only is it awesome, it's realistic.

** Truth in Television, as this is actually how most large predators react to facing a large group of prey animals, or even just one, that holds its ground and faces them instead of running; big cats, especially, don't attack from the front. So not only is it awesome, it's actually realistic.

* Aladar's sheer, [[{{Determinator}} unwavering devotion]] to getting ''everyone'' to safety, to keeping ''everyone'' safe. And he does it without ever ''once'' openly challenging Kron. He doesn't fight for leadership of the herd; he appeals to them directly, and lets ''them'' choose. He suffers for that decision; Kron beats him down more than once simply because Aladar doesn't fight, only when he is attacked personally does he try to defend himself. And that makes it so much more satisfying when [[EarnYourHappyEnding the herd ultimately chooses to follow him]].

* Aladar's sheer, [[{{Determinator}} unwavering devotion]] to getting ''everyone'' to safety, to keeping ''everyone'' safe. And he does it without ever ''once'' openly challenging Kron. He doesn't fight for leadership of the herd; he appeals to them directly, and lets ''them'' choose. He suffers for that decision; Kron beats him down more than once simply because Aladar doesn't fight, not to defend himself. And that makes it so much more satisfying when [[EarnYourHappyEnding the herd ultimately chooses to follow him]].

--> Aladar: No! ''Don't move!'' If we scatter, it'll pick us off! ''Stand together!''

-->'''Baylene''': I, for one, have ''no'' desire to die here!

** There's something that stays with you about Aladar's line near the end. It's just such a perfect illustration of who Aladar is as a leader, and who Kron could never be. "I know a way to the valley, ''and everybody can make it.''"

* Neera saving Aladar from Kron.

* Upon reaching a dead end, Aladar begins to lose hope, after repeated failures and the loss of Bruton. Baylene steps forward to reassure him and begins demolishing the wall. His friends all join in breaking down the dead end, which leads to the "Nesting Grounds".

* Upon reaching a dead end, Aladar begins to lose hope, after repeated failures and the loss of Bruton. Baylene steps forward to reassure him and begins demolishing the wall. His friends all join in breaking down the dead end, which leads to the "Nesting Grounds"

* The Courtship. Just the music and the lemurs' acrobatics...it just feels so right.