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* And over the course of the argument that ensues between Jack and Leon immediately after the rescue of the pectinodon, [[OnlySaneWoman Alice]] finally reaches RageBreakingPoint and intervenes in time to get her two arguing teammates to keep things civil at least long enough [[ConflictKiller to avoid getting themselves and everyone else on the team killed by]] [[ColonyDrop the infamous meteor]] [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed destined to crash into the earth that very day]].

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* And over the course of the argument that ensues between Jack and Leon immediately after the rescue of the pectinodon, [[OnlySaneWoman Alice]] finally reaches RageBreakingPoint and intervenes in time to get her two arguing teammates to keep things civil at least long enough [[ConflictKiller to avoid getting themselves and everyone else on the team killed by]] [[ColonyDrop the infamous meteor]] [[TheCretaceousIsAlwaysDoomed [[TheDayTheDinosaursDied destined to crash into the earth that very day]].
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EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. Or at least, the people at Prehistoric Park certainly think so. And if the idea of rescuing dinosaurs and multiple other prehistoric animals from extinction doesn't already sound awesome enough, look no further than this page for additional proof.

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EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. Or at least, the The people at Prehistoric Park certainly think so.that dinosaurs are awesome. And if the idea of rescuing dinosaurs and multiple other prehistoric animals from extinction doesn't already sound awesome enough, look no further than this page for additional proof.
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* For the sake of rescuing a single [[TurtlePower basilemys]] that would have otherwise gotten herself eaten and her shell broken, Jack proceeds, in a truly spectacular IndyPloy, to [[LeeroyJenkins to take a cannonball dive right into the midst of]] [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile an entire frenzied float of brachychampsa]], complete with yelling "GERONIMO!" in the process.

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* For the sake of rescuing a single [[TurtlePower basilemys]] basilemys that would have otherwise gotten herself eaten and her shell broken, Jack proceeds, in a truly spectacular IndyPloy, to [[LeeroyJenkins to take a cannonball dive right into the midst of]] [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile an entire frenzied float of brachychampsa]], complete with yelling "GERONIMO!" in the process.
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* At the very beginning of the story, Drew, Leon, and Adrian are [[RealityEnsues understandably]] [[CassandraTruth not all that quick to immediately believe that Theodore is telling the truth when he first tells them about the time portal]]. What convinces them that he's indeed telling the truth and not senile? Them putting their heads through the open portal in time to catch sight of [[WhamShot none other than a gigantic Jurassic Era Morrison formation valley filled with living breathing dinosaurs in the flesh]], that's what! Naturally, this undeniable proof, plus the amazing possibilities that could come with their potential work at the upcoming Prehistoric Park, is all the trio need to say yes to Theodore's offer to work at the park.

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* At the very beginning of the story, Drew, Leon, and Adrian are [[RealityEnsues understandably]] understandably [[CassandraTruth not all that quick to immediately believe that Theodore is telling the truth when he first tells them about the time portal]]. What convinces them that he's indeed telling the truth and not senile? Them putting their heads through the open portal in time to catch sight of [[WhamShot none other than a gigantic Jurassic Era Morrison formation valley filled with living breathing dinosaurs in the flesh]], that's what! Naturally, this undeniable proof, plus the amazing possibilities that could come with their potential work at the upcoming Prehistoric Park, is all the trio need to say yes to Theodore's offer to work at the park.
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* In the climax, while surrounded by a combined pod of [[DeviousDolphins cymbospondylus and thalattoarchon]] that have booted them out of their boat (and also destroyed said boat in the process for good measure), Jack and Drew manage to keep themselves alive long enough for [[BigDamnHeroes Alice and the Ancient Mariner's crew]] to arrive, at which point the ichthyosaurs are led away from Drew and Jack by [[ChekhovsGun a dead placodont that Jack had earlier fished out alongside the ship's crew]] that gets dropped into the water near them. And for the cherry on top, both species of ichthyosaur end up getting sent right through the portal for their trouble over the course of their efforts at going after the newly provided free food.

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* In the climax, while surrounded by a combined pod of [[DeviousDolphins cymbospondylus and thalattoarchon]] cymbospondylus]] that have booted them out of their boat (and also destroyed said boat in the process for good measure), Jack and Drew manage to keep themselves alive long enough for [[BigDamnHeroes Alice and the Ancient Mariner's crew]] to arrive, at which point the ichthyosaurs are led away from Drew and Jack by [[ChekhovsGun a dead placodont that Jack had earlier fished out alongside the ship's crew]] that gets dropped into the water near them. And for the cherry on top, both species of ichthyosaur end up getting sent right through the portal for their trouble over the course of their efforts at going after the newly provided free food.
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* Drew is understandably excited at the start of this mission, and eager to allow 'all hands on deck' as far as the rescue team roster is concerned. For now it is finally time to rescue the king itself, TyrannosaurusRex.

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* Drew is understandably excited at the start of this mission, and eager to allow 'all hands on deck' as far as the rescue team roster is concerned. For now it is finally time to rescue the king itself, TyrannosaurusRex.UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex.
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EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. Or at least, the people at Prehistoric Park certainly think so. And if the idea of rescuing dinosaurs and multiple other prehistoric animals from extinction doesn't already sound awesome enough, look no further than this page for additional proof.

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* Five minutes in, and the rescue team proves already very much off to a good start in their work by virtue of successfully getting both an entire sounder of platygonus (aka. flat headed peccary) and an entire pack of armbruster's wolves successfully through the portal within seconds of each other.
* Showing off her daring ActionGirl side, Alice is able to explicitly (and loudly) goad a subadult male Florida jaguar into lunging at her so that it ends up sailing through her portal for its trouble. Drew and Adrian ([[AmazonChaser but particularly the latter]]) are visibly impressed.
--> Drew: Not bad. Took a page right out of my book. I like it.
* While Jack and Leon themselves don't have a high opinion on their performance in the matter, they managed [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome entirely offscreen]], to successfully feed the dunkleosteus and live to tell the tale. And for added points, despite the duo themselves not having a high opinion of how well they did, both Colette and Nikolai agree that they actually did even better at the task than expected.
* The very first adult eremotherium the rescue team gets to the park is introduced determinedly fighting a pair of [[PantheraAwesome smilodon gracilis]] for the sake of [[MamaBear defending her single baby]]. And on further credentials to Alice's ActionGirl status, she manages to distract the two cats away from the sloths and attract them into coming at her and the rest of the rescue team just in time to end up rushing through the portal instead by using none other than [[ChekhovsGun the very same backup audio recording device that Leon had given her]] all the way back in ''Oozing From the Pit''.
* Jack and Leon, with help from Yolanda, manage to successfully determine a suitable alternate food source for the titanichthys. And even better, by the end of the day, they both appear to have proven themselves capable of working together without arguing as well as capable of perhaps someday being friends.
* The entrance of the adult female Florida jaguar more than shows off the species' status as TheDreaded amongst the environment's herbivores when the animal is at its prime (in comparison to the subadult male from earlier). It's mere arrival and presence is enough to send even a pair of fully grown adult eremotherium (a species previously introduced valiantly fighting against a pair of smilodon gracilis) shambling away in terror. And it further sums up its skill as a hunter by successfully bringing down a fully grown (albeit elderly) Florida tapir by first taking it down with a single pounce before then likewise killing it with a single bone-crushing bite to its skull ([[ShownTheirWork which is actually how modern jaguars hunt and kill their prey]]).
* While it ultimately proves ineffective in the long run, the fact that the t-rex keepers were able to at least temporarily put a stop to Terrence and Matilda's squabbles through use of high pressure water hoses.
* Alice once again proves how her skill at taking a page out of Leon's book hasn't remotely waned by using jaguar vocalization recordings to attract the attention of the same adult female Florida jaguar from earlier (at this point [[MonsterIsAMommy revealed to be a mother of two]]) before then using more of those recordings as well as the sight of her and Drew stepping out of hiding to entice her into coming through the portal, with the two cubs subsequently (and quite unexpectedly) immediately running through as well to follow their mother proving the cherry on top.
* While he ultimately ends up needing assistance, points to Adrian for managing, in spite of a serious MortonsFork situation he's found himself in, to successfully keep himself defended from an adult male Florida jaguar and making sure the big cat stays at bay away from him and the remainder of a group of castoroides (with two of their number already gone through the portal beforehand) long enough for Drew and Alice (whom Adrian had called to return to his area to provide backup) to arrive in time to help get the beavers through the portal before allowing Adrian himself to finally get both himself ''and the jaguar'' through the portal.
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* Drew diving into a lake in time to help Leon after the latter gets bitten on the ankle by a crassigyrinus in the center of said lake, followed by the both of them managing to get the guilty crassigyrinus (plus seven more that show up not too long afterward) through the portal without any further injuries.

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* Drew diving into a lake in time to help Leon after the latter gets [[AgonyOfTheFeet bitten on the ankle ankle]] [[AmphibianAssault by a crassigyrinus crassigyrinus]] in the center of said lake, followed by the both of them managing to get the guilty crassigyrinus (plus seven more that show up not too long afterward) through the portal without any further injuries.



* In a case of [[ShownTheirWork really doing your research]], the Permian landscape is shown to have some snow present on the tops of sufficiently tall enough mountains and hills. For as Drew himself points out after he and the team notice the snow, the Permian Period was actually set during a time in which the Earth was experiencing an Ice Age (but with what would become North America largely being free from ice). So the fact that this portrayal of a Permian Period landscape even has snow present instead of being nothing but [[ThirstyDesert dry desert land]] like in most other media allows for one of the more unique and well researched portrayals of the period.

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* In a case of [[ShownTheirWork really doing your research]], the Permian landscape is shown to have some snow present on the tops of sufficiently tall enough mountains and hills. For as Drew himself points out after he and the team notice the snow, the Permian Period was actually set during a time in which the Earth was experiencing an Ice Age (but with what would become North America largely being free from ice). So the fact that this portrayal of a Permian Period landscape even has snow present instead of being nothing but [[ThirstyDesert [[SeaOfSand dry desert land]] like in most other media allows for one of the more unique and well researched portrayals of the period.



* Even within moments after being visibly startled by their [[JumpScare abrupt introduction]], Jack is as skilled as ever in [[IndyPloy enacting plans thought up on the fly]] when he subsequently sends the eryops and acheloma through the portal. For by the time Alice and Drew themselves have finally recovered from their initial surprise and fright over the temnospondyls' suddenly revealing themselves, Jack has already started on his way towards the creatures with an air horn. And from there, Alice is only seconds away from trying to ask him what he's about to do when he goads the first of the temnospondyls to have emerged (an eryops named Grime) into charging towards him with a burst of his airhorn, with the rest of his kind as well as the acheloma following close behind him.

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* Even within moments after being visibly startled by their [[JumpScare abrupt introduction]], Jack is as skilled as ever in [[IndyPloy enacting plans thought up on the fly]] when he subsequently sends the eryops and acheloma through the portal. For by the time Alice and Drew themselves have finally recovered from their initial surprise and fright over the temnospondyls' suddenly revealing themselves, Jack has already started on his way towards the creatures with an air horn. And from there, Alice is only seconds away from trying to ask him what he's about to do when he goads the first of the temnospondyls to have emerged (an eryops named Grime) into [[AmphibianAssault charging towards him him]] with a burst of his airhorn, with the rest of his kind as well as the acheloma following close behind him.
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* On the continued subject of his clashes with Jack, Leon actually manages to show subtle signs of continuing his work in [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]] over the course of them by virtue of managing to actually hold his own and successfully latch onto and use appropriate elements of Jack's personality and behavior against him the same way Jack does against him. This is doubly awesome in comparison to how cruelly outmatched he seemed to be against Jack over the course of Prehistoric Earth's equivalent of this chapter.
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* Much like in ''Alien Empire'', an apex predator of a specific environment the rescue team is exploring is amongst the first animals rescued. More specifically, the apex predator in question is [[SlipperyAsAnEel an onychodus]]. Bonus points for Leon managing to very narrowly avoid getting one of his arms bitten off by the creature when it [[JumpScare very abruptly lunges out of hiding as part of its ambush hunting style]].
* In a relatively subtle example, the fact that Kyle has managed over time to form a close enough bond with Rommel over the course of the dimetrodon's early days of living at the park to be capable of working with him personally without having to constantly be on his toes and have an airhorn on him at literally all times around him the way he originally had to be while working with the originally quite ornery and temperamental dimetrodon. And even better, with all the appropriate facts and details available to be considered as to why he and the other dimetrodon all start suddenly acting somewhat more aggressive than normal, he manages within a few moments to solve the mystery when Matt (someone who was especially interested in working with and researching dimetrodons and other synapsids) was legitimately stumped as to what was going on with the creatures.
* In yet another display of his ability to think on his feet, Jack is very quick to successfully work to attract a second onychodus as well as a pair of eastmanosteus into barreling towards him and through the portal within seconds after he's already rescued a combined shoal of five different species of prehistoric lungfish that were scared into going through the portal by the arrival and subsequent battle between the two predatory fish species.
* Drew manages to successfully round up five large and vicious harrytoombsia through the portal more or less by himself.
* Over the course of the adventure, the team manages to come across an undiscovered species of anomalocariid. Double points for the creatures themselves by virtue of being a member of a scientific group that was supposed to have already gone extinct by this point in time (much like the phorusrhacos from back in ''Red in Tooth and Claw'').
* As much as he likes to improvise in a lot of situations, Drew also proves himself a very skilled planner by coming up with a seemingly quite flawless plan for himself, Leon, and Jack to engage in for the sake of getting the very first titanichthys they encounter through the portal to the park. And not only does the plan almost go entirely smoothly from start to finish, but Drew is able to also be quick enough to salvage a rescue right as it's starting to look as if an ill timed scuffle that unfortunately begins to unfold between Jack and Leon is about to cost them the rescue.
* While they still end up undergoing one more scuffle afterward, Leon and Jack are able to bring their 4th major scuffle to a stop right as its entering a lull by virtue of Drew managing to successfully get them to at least temporarily stand down.
* The first rescued titanichthys in particular likewise proves an awesome sight for the holding pens team for this mission, with the aquarist division greatly looking forward to the opportunity to personally care for such a gigantic prehistoric fish.
* In another personal success for the park, Rommel and Otrera, the arguably two strongest dimetrodon at the park, show signs of potentially mating someday in the future. Considering how the mesadactylus have already lain eggs, and both the ornithomimus and ceratosaurus have become gravid with eggs of their own, the fact that a pair of dimetrodon is now potentially on the verge of mating and raising offspring themselves is another win for the park's breeding efforts.
* When a powerful storm comes upon the Ancient Mariner while the rescue team and ship crew are still in the Devonian period, Stavros gets to for once really show off how capable he is as a figure of authority by going full LetsGetDangerous mode in his work at getting his crew on task and off to work in ensuring that they manage to do everything they can to keep the ship steady and afloat long enough for the rescue team to hopefully finish their mission.
* By virtue of quick thinking, his using a shark cage to go under the water instead of outright going scuba diving, and masterful use of his portal remote (and later a portal grenade), Drew is able to successfully rescue seven additional titanichthys, a combined shiver of stethacanthus and gogoselachus, and precisely four dunkleosteus over the course of the storm despite strong currents, the dangerous nature of the dunkleosteus in particular, and the other dangerous conditions in the ocean brought about by the storm.
* And much like in ''Life in Transition'' in ''Prehistoric Earth'', Leon and Jack manage to successfully put aside their differences (and right as they were in the midst of one last vicious squabble to boot) in time to rescue Drew once they realize they've accidentally gotten him severely endangered. And likewise double points to Drew for managing to last as long against the dunkleosteus as he did before Leon and Jack finally engaged in their belated rescue for him.
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* For that matter, Alice herself manages to take a page out of Leon's book by using a lion's roar recording on the backup audio device Leon allows her to burrow to scare [[BrutalBirdOfPrey Pazuzu and Dagon the teratornis]] into flying through the portal in time to prevent them from finishing off a grievously wounded Eshe the American cheetah so they can eat her.

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* For that matter, Alice herself manages to take a page out of Leon's book by using a lion's roar recording on the backup audio device Leon allows her to burrow to scare [[BrutalBirdOfPrey Pazuzu and Dagon the a hungry pair of teratornis]] into flying through the portal in time to prevent them from finishing off a grievously wounded Eshe the American cheetah so they can eat her.
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* While also admittedly rather scary, the fight between [[PantheraAwesome Diego the smilodon]] and [[BearsAreBadNews Smokey the arctodus]] is also a very spectacular battle. For not only does Smokey manage to largely [[CurbstompBattle wipe the floor with Diego]] to the point that he completely [[NoSell no-sells]] a bite to his shoulder from the smilodon, but Diego himself, despite a massive number of serious wounds, [[CurbstompCushion manages to still put up an impressively good fight against the bear]] and is clearly [[{{Determinator}} not the type to give up easily]]. And furthermore, it is implied by virtue of him being in the midst of working to get back up on his feet not too long after getting PucnhedAcrossTheRoom to the point of slamming hard against a tree that, if Smokey had been just a minute or so slower in charging over towards said tree, [[ICanStillFight Diego would have perhaps successfully gotten up and been ready to keep fighting]] [[MadeOfIron even in spite of THAT]]!

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* While also admittedly rather scary, the fight between [[PantheraAwesome Diego the smilodon]] and [[BearsAreBadNews Smokey the arctodus]] is also a very spectacular battle. For not only does Smokey manage to largely [[CurbstompBattle wipe the floor with Diego]] to the point that he completely [[NoSell no-sells]] a bite to his shoulder from the smilodon, but Diego himself, despite a massive number of serious wounds, [[CurbstompCushion manages to still put up an impressively good fight against the bear]] and is clearly [[{{Determinator}} not the type to give up easily]]. And furthermore, it is implied by virtue of him being in the midst of working to get back up on his feet not too long after getting PucnhedAcrossTheRoom PunchedAcrossTheRoom to the point of slamming hard against a tree that, if Smokey had been just a minute or so slower in charging over towards said tree, [[ICanStillFight Diego would have perhaps successfully gotten up and been ready to keep fighting]] [[MadeOfIron even in spite of THAT]]!
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* While also admittedly rather scary, the fight between [[PantheraAwesome Diego the smilodon]] and [[BearsAreBadNews Smokey the arctodus]] is also a very spectacular battle. For not only does Smokey manage to largely [[CurbstompBattle wipe the floor with Diego]] to the point that he completely [[NoSell no-sells]] a bite to his shoulder from the smilodon, but Diego himself, despite a massive number of serious wounds, [[CurbstompCushion manages to still put up an impressively good fight against the bear]] and is clearly [[{{Determinator}} not the type to give up easily]]. And furthermore, it is implied by virtue of him being in the midst of working to get back up on his feet not too long after getting BlownAcrossTheRoom to the point of slamming hard against a tree that, if Smokey had been just a minute or so slower in charging over towards said tree, [[ICanStillFight Diego would have perhaps successfully gotten up and been ready to keep fighting]] [[MadeOfIron even in spite of THAT]]!

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* While also admittedly rather scary, the fight between [[PantheraAwesome Diego the smilodon]] and [[BearsAreBadNews Smokey the arctodus]] is also a very spectacular battle. For not only does Smokey manage to largely [[CurbstompBattle wipe the floor with Diego]] to the point that he completely [[NoSell no-sells]] a bite to his shoulder from the smilodon, but Diego himself, despite a massive number of serious wounds, [[CurbstompCushion manages to still put up an impressively good fight against the bear]] and is clearly [[{{Determinator}} not the type to give up easily]]. And furthermore, it is implied by virtue of him being in the midst of working to get back up on his feet not too long after getting BlownAcrossTheRoom PucnhedAcrossTheRoom to the point of slamming hard against a tree that, if Smokey had been just a minute or so slower in charging over towards said tree, [[ICanStillFight Diego would have perhaps successfully gotten up and been ready to keep fighting]] [[MadeOfIron even in spite of THAT]]!

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