History Main / DinosaurDoggieBone

Uh-oh. ''There's a dog loose at the natural history museum!'' The museum is full of priceless fossilized [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]] skeletons, worth millions upon millions of dollars. And we all know what dogs [[StockAnimalDiet like to munch on]], don't we? Prepare to see the little pooch walk out the door with a [[StockFemurBone jumbo-sized femur]] in his mouth, and to hear the sound of [[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings many bones collapsing into a pile]] in the background.

* In [[https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/dog-finds-6-million-year-old-mastodon-bone-at-hanford/article_d3c86f5c-38ed-11ed-807d-7b54a5973f7d.html September 2022]], a rock collector's dog was responsible for "discovering" a 6-million-year-old mastodon jawbone.

* In [[September 2022 https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/dog-finds-6-million-year-old-mastodon-bone-at-hanford/article_d3c86f5c-38ed-11ed-807d-7b54a5973f7d.html]], a rock collector's dog was responsible for "discovering" a 6-million-year-old mastodon jawbone.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'', while Tintin, Haddock and Snowy are lost in the desert, Snowy (in the background) finds a dinosaur bone.

* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' where they go to the natural history museum, the "present" they bring home for Spike is a dinosaur toe bone.

* Happened in the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' story "King Ottokar's Sceptre", where Snowy manages to steal an entire diplodocus femur and is chased by the local dogs.

* PlayedForLaughs and inverted in ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum''. due to a magical artifact, the ''T. rex'' skeleton comes to life at night, and [[AllAnimalsAreDogs has the personality of a dog]].

* This is the story in ''Comicbook/TheBeano'''s [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c_aYnZCy70I/XUONhmXFvxI/AAAAAAAAlOo/ZYvRUo_Usi0VykypvCeGi3O47pAyyI9owCLcBGAs/s1600/PUPS_1967.jpg first]] ''Pup Parade'' strip. The Bash Street Dogs steal a dinosaur bone from a museum, then throw it in a ditch dug by some workmen to save the trouble of burying it. Unfortunately, the woekmen then fill the hole with cement.

* This is the story of ''Comicbook/TheBeano'''s [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c_aYnZCy70I/XUONhmXFvxI/AAAAAAAAlOo/ZYvRUo_Usi0VykypvCeGi3O47pAyyI9owCLcBGAs/s1600/PUPS_1967.jpg first]] ''Pup Parade'' strip. The Bash Street Dogs steal a dinosaur bone from a museum, then throw it in a ditch dug by some workmen to save the trouble of burying it. Unfortunately, the woekmen then fill the hole with cement.

* One Franchise/ArchieComics story has fun with this. Jughead's dog Hot Dog is wandering around Riverdale High with a bone in his mouth... just as Professor Flutesnoot's fossil, ''on loan from the museum'' goes missing. The result is the Jones family lawn being dug up. (Well, now they can put in a new swimming pool where the crater is) But of the dozens of bones found, not one is the fossil. Turns out Svenson put it away somewhere so it won't get lost, and what Hot Dog had was a soup bone from Ms. Beezly, the lunch lady.

* This has happened in ''Literature/WheresWally''.
* This happens in one of ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' books.

* The movie ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' is probably the TropeMaker. A dog steals and buries the last dinosaur bone that a paleontologist needs to complete a brontosaurus apatosaurus skeleton at his museum.

* This has happened in ''Literature/WheresWally''

* Happened in the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' story "King Ottokar's Sceptre".

* Subverted in ''102 Dalmatians''. When Fluffy tells the player to search for a giant bone, the player replies "A giant bone? Yummy!" and Fluffy replies that the player won't want to eat this bone because it's "hard as rock". Considering that fossils actually ''are'' rocks, that's pretty accurate.

Uh-oh. ''There's a dog loose at the natural history museum!'' The museum is full of priceless fossilized [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]] skeletons, worth millions upon millions of dollars. And we all know what dogs [[StockAnimalDiet like to munch on]], don't we? Prepare to see the little pooch walk out the door with a jumbo-sized femur in his mouth, and to hear the sound of [[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings many bones collapsing into a pile]] in the background.

* Subverted in ''102 Dalmations''. When Fluffy tells the player to search for a giant bone, the player replies "A giant bone? Yummy!" and Fluffy replies that the player won't want to eat this bone because it's "hard as rock". Considering that fossils actually ''are'' rocks, that's pretty accurate.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' has this in the form of "The God Bone." According the mysterious disembodied voice that spoke to Courage when he first found it, [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood "He who licketh the God Bone will liketh the God Bone and never stop licking."]]. They aren't kidding and this is emphasized by the presence of several animated [[DemBones skeletal]] dogs that are still licking it in death. However, it's heavily implied that this obsession can be cured by the PowerOfLove or the PowerOfFriendship. After all, courage is able to stop licking the Bone upon thinking about what will happen to Muriel and he tops it off [[OperationJealousy by sucking up to another dog owner to help her dog realize that she was more important than any giant treat.]]

* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'', the Professor's pet Chain Chomp (who, in the Mario universe, behave like big dogs) goes missing and is later found running amok at a fossil excavation site.

* One ArchieComics story has fun with this. Jughead's dog Hot Dog is wandering around Riverdale High with a bone in his mouth... just as Professor Flutesnoot's fossil, ''on loan from the museum'' goes missing. The result is the Jones family lawn being dug up. (Well, now they can put in a new swimming pool where the crater is) But of the dozens of bones found, not one is the fossil. Turns out Svenson put it away somewhere so it won't get lost, and what Hot Dog had was a soup bone from Ms. Beezly, the lunch lady.

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* KryptoTheSuperdog did this at least once, only to discover that yes, fossilized bones taste awful. So he goes back to the time of living dinosaurs...
* ''LibertyMeadows'' Ralph has been digging for dinosaur bones all day with no luck and leaves his spot. Oscar the Weiner dog dives down the hole and soon emerges with a giant femur in his mouth.
* Happens in ''FootrotFlats'' with the Dog digging up a moa bone and dragging it off.
* One ArchieComics story has fun with this. Jughead's dog Hot Dog is wandering around Riverdale High with a bone in his mouth...just as Professor Flutesnoot's fossil, ''on loan from the museum'' goes missing. The result is the Jones family lawn being dug up. (Well, now they can put in a new swimming pool where the crater is) But of the dozens of bones found, not one is the fossil. Turns out Svenson put it away somewhere so it won't get lost, and what Hot Dog had was a soup bone from Ms. Beezly, the lunch lady.

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* PlayedForLaughs and inverted in ''NightAtTheMuseum''. due to a magical artifact, the ''T. rex'' skeleton comes to life at night, and [[AllAnimalsAreDogs has the personality of a dog]].
* The movie ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' is probably the TropeMaker. A dog steals and buries the last dinosaur bone that a paleontologist needs to complete a brontosaurus apatosaurus skeleton at his museum.

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* This has happened in ''WheresWaldo?''
* This happened in one of the ''BerensteinBears'' books.

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* An especially strange variation on this trope can be found, of all places, on one of the G1 MyLittlePony figures. [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/babbletrish/3396215502/ Cutesaurus]] ([[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs ya rly]]) is a brachiosaurus "Pony Friend". Her symbols are dog bones. They were probably meant to be dinosaur bones but they look an ''awful'' lot like doggy treats.

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-->'''Shep:''' ''(previously TheVoiceless)'' If you think this little incident is going to upset me, you are ''absolutely right! (commences FreakOut)''

* ''APupNamedScoobyDoo'' featured this once.
** Likely a call back to the use of the gag in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou''
** One of the episodes had Scooby-Doo actually receive a brontasurus's bone from the museum as a reward for catching the crook.
* An episode of ''CatDog'' involved Dog's habit of stealing dinosaur bones from the museum while sleepwalking.
* ''CliffordTheBigRedDog'' had found dinosaur bones, but subverted in that he doesn't eat them.

* Done by an out-of-control robot dog in ''MegaBabies''.

* In the episode of ''{{Rugrats}}'' where they go to the natural history museum, the "present" they bring home for Spike is a dinosaur toe bone.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' episode "Fossils", Bitzer digs up a dinosaur skeleton while looking for his bone. He tries to bite one the bones, but doesn't like the taste. Later, the completed skeleton is stolen by a pair of stray dogs.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' episode "Fossils", Bitzer digs up a dinosaur skeleton while looking for his bone. He tries to bite one, but doesn't like the taste. Later, the completed skeleton is stolen by a pair of stray dogs.