History Main / GentleGiantSauropod

* In ''[[VideoGame/ApeEscape Ape Escape 2]]'': The Lost Valley/Lost World level features a pair of ''Brachiosaurus'' that only stand around eating, not minding if Jimmy (or a monkey) climbs onto their backs.

* In ''[[VideoGame/ApeEscape Ape Escape 2]]'': The Lost Valley/Lost World level features a pair of ''Brachiosaurus'' that only stand around eating.

* ''VideoGame/{{Carnivores}}'': The ''Brachiosaurus'' is the one animal that is completely immune to any weapons, but it's also completely harmless and doesn't seem to notice the player.

May also overlap with DumbDinos if a sauropod's niceness and docile nature becomes detrimental to the point where they are unable to recognize the threat of an oncoming predator.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' features ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Diplodocus'' in the Rite of Spring sequence. They peacefully graze through a field with a herd until they are invaded by a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' who proceeds to kill a ''Stegosaurus'' and drive the herd away.

** The [[TheHero central character]] is an infant ''Apatosaurus'' named Littlefoot, whose mother is killed by a [[BigBad Sharptooth]]. He has to trek a desolate world, making new friends along the way, before eventually making it the the Great Valley to be reunited with his grandparents. Littlefoot is consistently shown to be a kind, caring and hopeful child, and it's his optimism that drives much of his successful adventures. Franchise marketing also tend to label him as ''[[AllLovingHero Loving Littlefoot]]''

* ''VideoGame/EVOTheSearchForEden'' features ''Brontosaurus'' ("Brosasaurus" in the English translation) which just happily munch on leaves, ignoring the player. However, if the player attacks them three times, they turn hostile and lash out with their necks.

* ''Anime/DaikyouyuNoJidai'' features ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Brachiosaurus'' that both peacefully feed on plants.

* ''VideoGame/EVOTheSearchForEden'' features ''Brontosaurus'' ("Brosasaurus" in the English translation) which just happily munch on leaves, ignoring the player. However, if the player attacks them three times, they turn hostile and lash out with their necks.

* ''Anime/DaikyouruNoJidai'' features ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Brachiosaurus'' that both peacefully feed on plants.

* ''VideoGame/EVOTheSearchForEden'' features ''Brontosaurus'' ("Brosasaurus" in the English translation) which just happily munch on leaves, ignoring the player. However, if the player attacks them three times, they turn hostile and lash out with their necks.

* In one Sunday strip of ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin imagines encountering a herd of ''Apatosaurus'' right outside his house, and one of the sauropods give him a ride on his head. Subverted in another strip where he imagines himself as an ''Allosaurus'' being intimidated by [[TheBully Moe]] as an ''Ultrasaurus''.

* There are various prehistoric ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', one of which is the ''Amaura'', which evolves into the ''Aurorus'', with inspiration taken from the ''Amargasaurus''. The Pokemon is said to be gentle in nature due to having no natural predators during it's time, meaning that the Aurorus didn't have any intrinsic reason to be aggressive.

* ''Film/KingKong'': [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the depicted ''Brontosaurus'', who goes on to kill much of Carl Denham's crew for stepping into it's territory. Even after the men begin retreating, the ''Brontosaurus'' still goes on to chase them and even take the time to grab a panicking crew member from a tree. Also note that the ''Brontosaurus'' grabs any unlucky crew member [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology by its jaws]].

* ''Series/TerraNova'' showcases human civilization travelling back to 80 Million Years in the Cretaceous due to a climate crisis on the present day. After arrival, the first dinosaur encountered by the main characters are a pair of ''brachiosaurs'', who approach them with amicable curiosity. The younger daughter of the protagonists even feeds it leaves.

* Even without the aide of their AMP crystals, the heroic Valorian ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' seem to have little trouble getting the likes of ''Diplodocus'' and ''Brontosaurus'' to become gentle beasts of burden for their rather rustic home base, and even manage to get ''Diplo'' to stand up to Kruelos's armored T. rex.

* While he looks more like a prosauropod, Dino from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' is a ''Snorkasaurus'' who is friendly and obedient to his owners, the Flintstones.

* ''Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack'': The school's headmaster is an ''Alamosaurus'' named Aramato. He is shown to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, asking Jin and Ranka if they could help escort Miyubi (a sloth) to the student dormitory. But when Jin refuses, the 70-ton headmaster threatens to step on him.

* ''The first iteration of the ''Ride/JurassicParkRiverAdventure'' showcases the ''Ultrasaurus'' as the first dinosaur to be seen by ride attendants. While the dinosaurs tend be enclosed in exhibits and in fences, the ''Ultrasaurus'' is the exception with the ride narration stating that "these gentle giants pose no threat to us".

* ''Literature/RaptorRed'' has the titular character and her mate hunting an ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Astrodon]]''. The dinosaur, although a herbivore and usually passive, has been described as aggressive when threatened. The raptors manage to kill the ''Astrodon'' by luring it into a trap and slashing the helpless animal until it bleeds to death, but the sauropod's weight also [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard crushes Red's mate into the mud]], suffocating him.

* ''Series/TerraNova'' showcases human civilization travelling back to 80 Million Years in the Creataceous due to a climate crisis on the present day. After arrival, the first dinosaur encountered by the main characters are a pair of ''brachiosaurs'', who approach them with amicable curiosity. The younger daughter of the protagonists even feeds it leaves.

* Played straight and [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}''. Two of the dinosaur characters are sauropods; one is an ''Apatosaurus'' named [[AwesomeMcCoolName Broto Thunder]] and is a member of the heroic Dinosaucers. The second sauropod is a ''Brachiosaurus'' named [[ALizardNamedLiz Brachio]] who works for the villainous Tyrannos led by Ghengis Rex.To further the subversion, Brachio has [[FangsAreEvil fangs]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HarryAndHisBucketFullOfDinosaurs'': One of Harry's dinosaur friend is Patsy the ''Apatosaurus'', the only female member of the group. As one of Harry's friends, Patsy is also acquaintances with his other dinosaurs, one of whom is a ''Tyrannosaurus'' named ''Taury''.

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in a big way in ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' with Slag, Sludge, and Snarl, three Dinobots based on the ''Triceratop'', ''Brontosaurus'', and ''Stegosaurus'' respectively, if only because they tend to spend most of their time in their alt-modes. Slag is a hothead who will GLEEFULLY turn his metal melting flame breath on anything that irritates him, or that he even thinks is irritating him for that matter. Snarl could give Grouchy Smurf lessons and doesn't much care who his tail smacks when he's walking around. Sludge MIGHT be considered gentle if he wasn't such a dim-bulbed klutz he that caused localized disasters when he moved around. An early two part episode of the original series even had the Autobots have to banish all five Dinobots because they were simply too destructive.

Sauropods are frequent victims of ArtisticLicensePaleontology, for example grinding and chewing leaves as they browse the treetops, which their jaws were incapable of doing[[note]]They actually seem to have swallowed pebbles, called gastroliths, to help grind up their food[[/note]]. As they became extinct millions of years before the first humans, we can only make educated guesses about what sort of behavior sauropods displayed in real life; their popular image as friendly animals mainly stems from the fact that they were herbivorous. This also falls into AnimalStereotype, given the usual depiction of sauropods as friendly and non-territorial animals. Also a subtrope for HerbivoresAreFriendly. On the rare occasion when sauropods ''are'' portrayed as hostile, it's usually when they're fighting off a predator. In stories where [[PrehistoricMonster dinosaurs are shown as violent and aggressive]], sauropods are often the exception.

Contributing to their popularity, the largest sauropods, such as ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus Argentinosaurus]]'', comprise all the current contenders for largest land animal to have ever lived. As a result, they tend to be featured a lot in numerous forms of media, usually as very docile and [[GentleGiant friendly]] animals that spend their time migrating from one land to another in search of trees. In media it's common for a sauropod to encounter theropods, usually per RuleOfCool. One of the first and most notable examples of sauropod depictions was ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'', which was a pioneering film in WesternAnimation.

Sauropods are frequent victims of ArtisticLicensePaleontology, for example grinding and chewing leaves as they browse the treetops, which their jaws were incapable of doing[[note]]They actually seem to have swallowed pebbles, called gastroliths, to help grind up their food[[/note]]. As they became extinct millions of years before the first humans, we can only make educated guesses about what sort of behavior sauropods displayed in real life; their popular image as friendly animals mainly stems from the fact that they were herbivorous. This also falls into AnimalStereotype, given the usual depiction of sauropods as friendly and non-territorial animals. Also a subtrope for HerbivoresAreFriendly. Compare StockDinosaurs, due to sauropods being one of the most recognizable types of dinosaurs in popular culture.

* While it's technically a prosauropod (an ancestor from the Triassic that gradually evolved into it's more common and mainstream descendants), Dino from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' is a ''Snorkasaurus'' who is friendly and obedient to his owners, the Flintstones.

* ''ComicBook/AgeOfReptiles'': The story, ''Ancient Egyptians'' averts this with the depicted ''Paralititan'', who while displaying parental insticts, are incredibly defensive to the point where they would stomp predators if threatened or even without being provoked.

* ''Film/{{Dinosaurus}}'' - One of the two featured dinosaurs in the film is a ''Brontosaurus'', which is seen as a passive and amicible giant, but is also rather dumb. It clashes against the opposing ''TyrannosaurusRex'' and unfortunately loses.

* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' features Monica [=DeVertebrae=] as the only four-legged dinosaur in the show. She gets along well with main female character Fran Sinclair (Who is a ''Megalosaurus''), but the trope is downplayed in a sense that Monica doesn't really care about men.

* Even without the aide of their AMP crystals, the heroic Valorian ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' seem to have little trouble getting the likes of ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Brachiosaurus'' to become gentle beasts of burden for their rather rustic home base, and even manage to get ''Bronto'' to stand up to Kruelos's armored T. rex.

* The ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' subverts this with the Brachiosaur, a rare random encounter in the dinosaur forest. It is one of the most powerful enemies in the entire game, on par with a BossBattle in difficulty and can easily cause a TotalPartyKill by casting ''Ultima''.

* ''Film/KingKong'': [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the depicted ''Brontosaurus'', who goes on to kill much of Carl Denham's crew for stepping into it's territory. Even after the men begin retreating, the ''Brontosaurus'' still goes on to chase them and even take the time to grab a panicking crew member from a tree. Also note that the ''Brontosaurus'' grabs any unlucky crew member [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology by it's jaws]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck'' short, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2tgbncOoMk Daffy Duck and The Dinosaur,]]'' features an ''Apatosaur'' named Fido, who acts like a gentle lumbering dog and is the but of most of Daffy's shenanigans, as well as the abuse of his caveman owner, Casper.

* There are various prehistoric ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', one of which is the ''Amamura'', which evolves into the ''Aurorus'', with inspiration taken from the ''Amargasaurus''. The Pokemon is said to be gentle in nature due to having no natural predators during it's time, meaning that the Aurorus didn't have any intrinsic reason to be aggressive.

* ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'' features a ''Saltasaurus'' named Alpha as the central character of the episode, ''Alpha's Eggs'' [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in the sense that while the animal are generally harmless, males can be territorial and aggressive during the mating season, as shown when two of them fight over who gets to mate with Alpha. Although Alpha does kill the antagonist Dragonfly, it's mainly because the latter attacked her while Alpha's injured leg caused her to be disoriented and crush Dragonfly's skull, killing him instantly.
* ''Series/DinosaurRevolution'' features a ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Dinheirosaurus]]'' named Woodstock as one of the two protagonists alongside, amusingly enough, an ''Allosaurus'' named Broken Jaw in ''The Watering Hole'' episode. Woodstock thoroughly averts the trope as he gives Broken Jaw a brutal beatdown prior to the episode and kills the ''[[BigBad Torvosaurus]]'' once he attacks his son.
* ''Series/JurassicFightClub'' features a ''Camarasaurus'' that subverts the trope as it takes on and kill an ''Allosaurus'' pair. Though to it's credit, the sauropod did seem to be stressed and panicking over the fact that it was trapped in a quicksand whilst being attacked.
* ''Series/PlanetDinosaur'': The ''Argentinosaurus'' is a downplayed example, given that while the animal isn't inherently aggressive, it also doesn't seem to care much for it's surroundings and the other inhabiting fauna save for the residential predator, the ''Mapusaurus''. That, and the ''Argentinosaurus'' do unknowingly kill a few small ornithopods due to quicksands created by their footsteps. The same thing thing applies to the ''Paralititan as well''. The ''Magyarosaurus'' also downplays the trope, though by a more unconventional example as while it's shown to be a pretty docile dinosaur, it's also very small by sauropod standards at about 6 meters.
* The main dinosaur character in ''Time of the Titans'' of ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' is a ''Diplodocus''. The episode follows the life story of a female individual from infancy to adulthood whilst going through heavy danger that claims the lives of most of her Siblings. The ''Diplodocus'' is seen as a traditional herbivore minding it's own business, though they are very protective, shown when an adult uses it's tail to slap an ''Allosaurus'' attacking a juvenile ''Diplodocus''. A ''Brachiosaurus'' also makes an appearance midway through the episode simply passing by a grassland and grazing on a treetop.
* Usually played straight with the ''Camarasaurus'' and the ''Apatosaurus'' in ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'', though the latter does become offensive once an ''Allosaurus'' tries to attack it's herd.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'': Baylene is the sole '' Brachiosaurus'' in the herd and she is one of the most kindest and understanding dinosaurs in the group.

* ''WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur'': Gertie is a Brontosaurus who performs stage theatrics ordered by her master. She is playful and talented, but is childish in the sense that she doesn't want to perform what her master says. It's only wen she's scolded and has to stopped from crying that he starts performing for real, and even picking up her master as he bows to the audience. It is the [[TropeMaker earliest animated work]] featuring a dinosaur and is one of the most influential pieces of animation in Western Media.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'': The main character is Arlo, an ''Apatosaurus'' who lives in a farm with his family and tries to find his place in it, being the youngest member. After his father dies in a flood and is separated from his family, Arlo sets off to reunite with them, eventually coming across a primitive human he names Spot.

** The [[TheHero central character]] is an infant ''Apatosaurus'' named Littlefoot, whose mother is killed by a [[BigBad Sharptooth]] and has to trek a desolate world in search of the Great Valley. Along the way, he makes several new friends along the way before eventually making it the the Great Valley to be reunited with his grandparents. Littlefoot is consistently shown to be a kind, caring and hopeful child, and it's his optimism that drives much of his successful adventures. Franchise marketing also tend to label him as ''[[AllLovingHero Loving Littlefoot]]''
** Over the series, Littlefoot meets numerous sauropods throughout his journey, with the most notable being Ali in the fourth movie and his father Bron in the tenth movie whom has adopted a ''Brachiosaurus'' named Shorty during the time he was away.

The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropoda sauropoda]] clade of saurichian dinosaurs are arguably the best known types of the animal after TyrannosaurusRex. One of the most distinctive features of sauropods are their massive sizes which dwarfes most dinosaurs considerably and their long necks, which tend to be several meters away from the main body and sometimes even stretch upwards, giving them a very towering appearance.

Sauropods are generally popular due to claims of several specimens being proclaimed as the largest land animal to have ever lived, a claim that holds true thanks to the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus Argentinosaurus]]''. As a result, they tend to be featured a lot in numerous forms of media, usually as a very docile and [[GentleGiant friendly]] animal that would spend it's time migrating from one land to another in search of trees. It is common for a sauropod to encounter theropods, usually as a RuleOfCool. One of the first and most notable examples of sauropod depictions was WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur, which was a pioneering film in WesternAnimation.

Sauropod depictions are frequently victims of ArtisticLicensePaleontology, given that many sauropods tend to be portrayed inaccurately, notably when sauropods grind and chew on leaves whenever browsing through treetops, despite sauropods being incapable of such motor skills. As they became extinct millions of years before the first humans, it is difficult to determine what sort of behavior sauropods would display in real life and the image of it as a friendly animal mainly stems from the fact that they are herbivorous. It also falls into AnimalStereotype, given the usual depiction of sauropods as friendly and non-territorial animals. Also a subtrope for HerbivoresAreFriendly. Compare StockDinosaurs due to sauropods being one of the most recognizable types of dinosaurs in popular culture.

May also overlap with DumbDinos if a sauropod's niceness and docile nature becomes too detrimental to the point where they are unable to recognize the threat of an oncoming predator.

Contrast PredatorsAreMean and RaptorAttack with the latter also serving as a stereotypical depiction of mainraptorian dinosaurs in addition to the obvious inaccuracies like exaggerated size and constantly aggressive nature towards it's surroundings. Also contrast HeadbuttingPachy due to the similar theme of exaggerating a trait, namely pachycephalosaurs being prone to headbutts.