History Main / DinosaursAreDragons

* The title character of the Sega Genesis/Super Nintendo game ''RadicalRex'' breathes fire as his main weapon.

* Kent "Dr Dino" Hovind claims that dinosaurs were dragons, breathed fire, rode on Noah's Ark and may still be alive in remote places (and was possibly the inspiration for the ''WaterlooRoad'' example above). That even ''other creationists'' don't want much to do with Hovind's hypotheses should give you an idea how crazy they are.

** RealLife creationist literature targeted at the underage plays up the dragon angle. This is where we bring up ''ComicBook/ChickTracts''...

-->'''Phoebe:''' Potato, potaato...

* ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'' at UniversalStudios stopped short of having its ''TyrannosaurusRex'' breath fire -- but had it looking very dragon-like and living in ''[[ConvectionSchmonvection the heart of an active volcano]]''. Because animals like to live inside volcanoes. This may have ''possibly'' been an homage to the Disney diorama noted below.

** This was translated over into "real" life in 1966 when Disneyland added the animatronic ''Primeval World'' diorama to their Disneyland Railroad attraction. In the Diorama, a ''T. rex'' is depicted [[AnachronismStew fighting a]] ''[[AnachronismStew Stegosaurus]]'' in the midst of a volcanic landscape.

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* This is where we mention Topps' ''DinosaursAttack''.

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* In {{Skylanders}} universe, one particular character, Bash, is classified as an Earth dragon. But he has no wings and can't fly (he wants to, nevertheless), can't breathe fire, and has an upgrade accessory in the shape of Triceratops helmet.

* ''Ride/BackToTheFuture'' at UniversalStudios stopped short of having its ''TyrannosaurusRex'' breath fire -- but had it looking very dragon-like and living in ''[[ConvectionSchmonvection the heart of an active volcano]]''. Because animals like to live inside volcanoes. This may have ''possibly'' been an homage to the Disney diorama noted below.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' gives us Chigorasu, one of the games fossil Pokemon, which is a Dragon-type T-rex.

* DragonQuestVI: axe-wielding, fire-breathing crested tyrannosaurs can be found as enemies. One ([[MonsterIsAMommy Lizzie]]) can even be recruited.

* If you forget that they are actually aliens, the T-Rex from the Dinossaur Arc of {{Gantz}} has the power to send fireballs through his mouth.

** There is one card, Two Mouthed Darkruler, who was originally classified as a Dragon, but is now a Dinosaur. Hilariously, it has a counterpart known as Two-Headed Thunder Dragon (which, aside from a pallet swap, looks exactly the same) which is made from fusing two Thunder Dragons.

DinosaursAreDragons may be considered a subtrope of PrehistoricMonster, which talks about the pop-portraits of general prehistoric life. See also OurDragonsAreDifferent, HereThereWereDragons, GiantFlyer, ReptilesAreAbhorrent, PteroSoarer, and (naturally) SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying.

* The Sega RPG ''7thDragon'' plays Dragons Are Dinosaurs straight, although there are some dragons based on other animals as well.

* Played with in LarryNiven's ''Warlock'' universe where, as mana is used up, the magical great dragons die off and metamorphose into rocky skeletons embedded in the rocks and stones of the mountains.

** The [[YuGiOhCardGame card game]], however, distinguishes between dragons and dinosaurs by making them two entirely different types (Dragon-type and Dinosaur-type). For quite a while since the start of the game, there were very few Dinosaur-type monsters, and it was years before a particularly powerful one was released.

* Played straight in a more recent special, ''Dragons Or Dinosaurs Creation Or Evolution''. In it, the experts suggest that the legends of dragons were based upon dinosaurs. Despite the bold claims, it is surprisingly well researched.

* The "[[{{Prehistoria}} Prehistoric Turtlesaurus]]" stage in the arcade version of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' (and through extension, ''[[VideoGameRemake Re-Shelled]]'') features fire-breathing velociraptors, though in the SNES port they simply try to run you over.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'', Jake's magic-hunting teacher Mr..(I mean Prof.) Rockwood had the theory that dragons were evolutions of the dinosaurs. Being the American Dragon, Jake knew this was a bunch of hooey.