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** It seems that creatures exposed to the ooze don't necessarily become their actual ancestors. For example, in the episode where the various pets got oozed, Fiona's rabbit became a reptilian kangaroo-like creature unlike anything in the fossil record, and in the finale, a group of puppies became giant dogs with spikes and fangs. The ooze seems to function more like a mutagen than a straight-up [[EvolutionaryLevels evolution reversal]].

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*** Actually, Megalodon lived in Cenozoic. So, to correct you my friend, I could say that shark going through that ooze should have become something like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretoxyrhina Ginsu shark]], not a mosasaur (which ironically lived during the same time period and ecosystem like the Ginsu shark).


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*** So aliens then?

[[WMG: Plot hole?]]
The show established that the main heroes and the raptors are "perfect" dinosaurs. But in fourth episode, two football players (the American one, not the soccer one) turn into raptors ([[ArtisticLicensePaleontology with spikes on their heads]]), and they aren't treated by characters as "perfect dinosaurs". WTF?

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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as ordinary velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a radioactive meteorite or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.

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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher.Teacher (Ms. Moynihan). They, as ordinary velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a radioactive meteorite or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.


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** Ms. Moynihan did mention that "over time their genes mutated", implying something in the cave altered their DNA.
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Meta and complaining.


[[WMG: Bigger issue: Why in the high holy f**k does this show qualify as "Educational"?]]
I shudder to think it does the same way "The Jetsons" qualified. ("It teaches children about life in the future!" Um... what?)
** The show's creators probably pitched it as something like "It's a fun show kids will love to see and it will teach them about dinosaurs! It's educational!" to get it more attention. Probably no one cared enough to really complain when it aired.
** it's educational because it rams life lessons down the viewer's throat
** [[Series/TheMuppetShow It'll drive kids to read books.]]
** We may never know, but we can at least agree that the Dino and the Educational segments are VERY separate.




[[WMG: Recycled animation?]]
Is it just me, or does the dino-chomping-in-the-camera sequence from the intro seem VERY obviously recycled from the intro of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?
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Is it just me, or does the dino-chomping-in-the-camera sequence from the intro seem VERY obviously recycled from the intro of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?

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Is it just me, or does the dino-chomping-in-the-camera sequence from the intro seem VERY obviously recycled from the intro of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?
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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as ordinary velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive meteorite]] or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.

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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as ordinary velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive meteorite]] meteorite or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.
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*** The teens can turn from complete humans to complete dinosaurs. Victor's plan is probably more along the lines of turning humans into dinosoids, or something.
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** The show actually does call the de-evolved shark a "mutant megalodon". That doesn't explain why it looks and acts like a mosasaur, though.



I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive asteroid]] or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.

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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as ordinary velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive asteroid]] meteorite]] or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.
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** [[TheMuppetShow It'll drive kids to read books.]]

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** [[TheMuppetShow [[Series/TheMuppetShow It'll drive kids to read books.]]
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**They are members of two factions of the reptilian elite?
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Is it just me, or does the dino-chomping-in-the-camera sequence from the intro seem VERY obviously recycled from the intro of ''SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?

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Is it just me, or does the dino-chomping-in-the-camera sequence from the intro seem VERY obviously recycled from the intro of ''SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?
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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive asteroid]] or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.

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I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive asteroid]] or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.here.

[[WMG: Recycled animation?]]
Is it just me, or does the dino-chomping-in-the-camera sequence from the intro seem VERY obviously recycled from the intro of ''SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries''?
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[[WMG: In the very first episode why did the shark become a mosasaur?]]
Veloci's whole purpose was to take everything back to prehistoric times. (The fact that velociraptors are from the Cretaceous, meaning the Jurassic and Triassic dinosaurs weren't around anymore is a separate puzzle.) There were sharks in the time of dinosaurs. A shark going through that ooze should have become something like Megalodon, not a mosasaur.
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** We may never know, but we can at least agree that the Dino and the Educational segments are VERY separate.
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*** He doesn't know the teens are the dinosaurs.
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*** "We'll use what we find out by capturing the teens to turn you into full dinos."
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** Except he's always trying to catch the teens to find out how their mutation is so complete.
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* Maybe he cut some deal with them, where if they serve him well enough, he'll turn them into dino-people like the teens are.
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** [[TheMuppetShow It'll drive kids to read books.]]

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** [[TheMuppetShow It'll drive kids to read books.]]]]

[[WMG: How can they do this shapeshifting?]]
I'm not talking about the kids, because AppliedPhlebotinum is apparent there, but about Victor and the Teacher. They, as velociraptors, survived in a cave for millions of years, gained human level intelligence and the ability to assume human form. All without explaining how they survived that long, or how they gained these abilities. Would it have killed the writers to mention a [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive asteroid]] or maybe the result of scientific experimentation by NeglectfulPrecursors? A single line of dialogue is all I'm asking for here.

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