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* In ''The Lost World RPG'' expansion to [[Fanfic/TheBridge The Amalgam'verse]] averts this is avengence in regards to the dinosaurs of [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark Isla Sorna]]. Not only are the herbivores as a whole just as capable of being aggressive as the carnivores, but the most aggressive animal in the playthrough was a large male ''Mamenchisaurus''. Prone to attacking intruders to its territory in a manner akin to a hippo, it was directly responsible for killing multiple hunters after crushing several jeeps and was immune to threats by predators. The players weaponized its aggression by getting it to chase them into the hunter's camp, where it went on an rampage as it was far too big for the chaotic rifle fire to actually meaningfully hurt. Fittingly, they nicknamed it [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk "The Hulk"]].

** ''Anime/NobitasNewDinosaur'' features a herd of ''Titanosaurus'' which are not only docile but cute-looking to boot.

** In ''Nobita's Dinosaur'', the main cast encounter a herd of sauropods (''Brontosaurus'' in the original, ''Alamosaurus'' in the 2006 remake) which are passive enough to allow them to ride on them. They drop their gentle nature, however, when a ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' attacks the herd.
** ''Nobita's New Dinosaurs'' features a herd of ''Titanosaurus'' which are not only docile but cute-looking to boot.

** Likewise, alongside the aforementioned two, ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'' features ''Diplodocus'', ''Apatosaurus'', ''Mamenchisaurus'', ''Dreadnougtus'' and ''Nigersaurus'', all of whom are friendly dinosaurs. There is also the hybrid dinosaur, ''Ankylodocus'' which is aggressive against predatory dinosaurs.

* 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 Genghis Rex. To further the subversion, Brachio has [[FangsAreEvil fangs]].

** 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 Lovable Littlefoot]]''

* In ''The Lost World RPG'' expansion to [[Fanfic/TheBridge The Amalgam'verse]] averts this is avengence in regards to the dinosaurs of [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark Isla Sorna]]. Not only are the herbivores as a whole just as capable of being aggressive as the carnivores, but the most aggressive animal in the playthrough was a large male ''Mamenchisaurus''. Prone to attacking intruders to its terrotory in a manner akin to a hippo, it was directly responsible for killing multiple hunters after crushing several jeeps and was immune to threats by predators. The players weaponized its aggression by getting it to chase them into the hunter's camp, where it went on an rampage as it was far too big for the chaotic rifle fire to actually meaningfully hurt. Fittingly, they nicknamed it [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk "The Hulk"]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[JustForPun "A-pet-osaurus."]]]]

-> ''"A Brontosaurus - feeding merely on leaves. Perfectly harmless -- unless it happens to step on us."''

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. This perception often comes from the assumption that they were so big as to have no predators and had such abundant food that they wouldn't need to be territorial, leaving them with little reason for aggression. In reality, some sauropods (especialy as babies) ''were'' small enough to be preyed on by large theropods, and elephants (their modern-day counterpart as the largest land animal) are in a similar situation yet can be ''very'' territorial and aggressive.

* Zig-zagged in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12425454/1/Dinosaur-King-Retold Dinosaur King: Retold]]. Whilst the most prominent sauropod in the story, Brontikens, serves the villains, all the other sauropods are portrayed as heroic. The portrayal of sauropods as stupid, however, is averted - Brontikens is a giftedly intelligent GeniusBruiser and Guru the Ampelosaurus is a CoolOldGuy who serves as TheMentor to some of the others. The other sauropods in the story are no slouches in the brains department either.
* In ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'', sauropods, for the most part, are portrayed as fairly placid herbivores if left unprovoked - however, the narrative makes a point of saying that, if provoked, they can still be incredibly dangerous.

* ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' features a ''Brontosaurus'' family that is discovered by a paleontologist and her husband in the Mokele-mbembe who try to defend them from a mercenary scientist. The baby ''brontosaur'' plays this trope straight and so do the parents. That is until Eric becomes antagonistic to the point where the mother grabs him by the jaws and shakes him King Kong style.
* ''Film/{{Dinosaurus}}'' - One of the two featured dinosaurs in the film is a ''Brontosaurus'', which is seen as a passive and amicable giant, but is also rather dumb. It clashes against the opposing ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' and unfortunately loses.

** The ''Brachiosaurus'' in the earlier parts of the film were the defining moments of wonder and awe for the main characters. Later on, another ''brachiosaur'' approaches Alan, Tim and Lex on a treetop as she sneezes onto the latter whilst she was trying to give it leaves to eat. A modern TropeCodifier as well as what bought ''Brachiosaurus'' into StockDinosaurs territory.

** [[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 take the time to grab a panicking crew member from a tree. Also the ''Brontosaurus'' grabs any unlucky crew member by its jaws as if it was a [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology carnivore]], but that's only because it doesn't have anything else to grab with.
** Subverted with the ''Brontosaurus baxteri'' in the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 film]]. Though herbivorous, they are very prone to becoming spooked and panicked, which shows when a ''[[RaptorAttack Venatosaurus]]'' pack attacks a herd, prompting them to accidentally trample and kill several members of the S.S. Venture.

* ''Film/TheLostWorld'' - A ''Brontosaurus'' appears and subverts this trope. It fights against an ''Allosaurus'' and is later captured by civilization to be taken to London for public exhibition. The ''Brontosaurus'' escapes and causes havok towards the city's populace.

* ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'' - The novels feature ''Apatosaurus'' as one of the several dinosaurs that are tamed to be used as war mounts and beasts of burden by the populace of Paradise. The former example downplays the trope.

* ''Literature/JurassicPark'' features an ''Apatosaurus'' herd and are one of the more peaceful and sociable dinosaurs as they simply mind their own business and don't pose a threat to the main characters.
* ''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. Averted ''hard'' later on when the pack encounters a whip-tailed diplodocid that relentlessly fights back when they harass him, [[spoiler: severely wounding Red's sister]].

* While he looks more like a prosauropod, Dino from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' is a ''Snorkasaurus'' who is friendly and obedient to his owners, the Flintstones. There's also the ''Brontosaurus'' Fred rides on at the quarry.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'', the ''Brachiosaurus'' is one of the few dinosaurs to be consistently portrayed as nonthreatening. It's so passive that Ellie lures one to help the Herd escape from an attacking ''Ankylosaurus''.

* In an odd aversion, a group of aliens in ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' disguise themselves as dinosaur statues in a museum. Of course, ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' and ''[[RaptorAttack Velociraptor]]'' are assumed forms, but it turns out that the most dangerous of them all is a ''Brachiosaurus''.

** Later films, such as ''[[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark The Lost World]]'' and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' showcase ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Mamenchisaurus]]'' and ''Apatosaurus'' respectively, with the latter being listed as ''low'' in its aggression index. ''Brachiosaurus'' does however makes appearances in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' and remains among the most popular dinosaurs in the franchise.

** [[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 by its jaws as if it was a [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology carnivore]], but that's only because it doesn't have anything else to grab with.

* 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 Krulos's armored T. rex.

* ''TabletopGame/DinosaursAttack'' completely inverts the trope by turning every species of dinosaur, including ceratopsians, hadrosaurs and the sauropods into {{Prehistoric Monster}}s, with some of them even going as far as to [[AscendedToCarnivorism eating humans]].

** Later films, such as ''[[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark The Lost World]]'' and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' showcase ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Mamenchisaurus]]'' and ''Apatosaurus'' respectively, with the latter being listed as ''low'' in it's aggression index. ''Brachiosaurus'' does however makes appearances in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' and remains among the most popular dinosaurs in the franchise.

* ''WesternAnimation/ValleyOfTheDinosaurs'': While some of the herbivorous dinosaurs tolerate the humans who often visit the eponymous valley, the ''Brontosaurus'' subverts this outright by being a full-on MonsterOfTheWeek.

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. This perception often comes from the assumption that they were so big as to have no predators and had such abundant food that they wouldn't need to be territorial, leaving them with little reason for aggression. In reality, some sauropods (especial as babies) ''were'' small enough to be preyed on by large theropods, and elephants (their modern-day counterpart as the largest land animal) are in a similar situation yet can be ''very'' territorial and aggressive.

Contrast PredatorsAreMean and RaptorAttack, with the latter also serving as a stereotypical depiction of maniraptorian dinosaurs, in addition to the obvious inaccuracies like exaggerated size and constantly-aggressive nature towards its surroundings. Also contrast HeadbuttingPachy, TemperCeratops, and ToughArmoredDinosaur, for herbivorous dinosaurs portrayed as dangerous and aggressive. Compare SocialOrnithopod for another type of dinosaur typically depicted as a gentle (and social) herbivore, and HonorableElephant for the modern-day equivalent.

The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropoda Sauropoda]] clade of saurischians are arguably the best-known dinosaurs after ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Among their most distinctive features are their massive sizes, which dwarf most dinosaurs considerably, and their {{Long Neck}}s, which tend to reach several meters from their bodies and sometimes even stretch upwards, giving them a towering appearance.

** In ''Nobita's Dinosaur'', the main cast encounter a herd of sauropods (''Brontosaurus'' in the original, ''Alamosaurus'' in the 2006 remake) which are passive enough to allow them to ride on them. They drop their gentle nature, however, when a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' attacks the herd.

* In an odd aversion, a group of aliens in ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' disguise themselves as dinosaur statues in a museum. Of course, ''TyrannosaurusRex'' and ''[[RaptorAttack Velociraptor]]'' are assumed forms, but it turns out that the most dangerous of them all is a ''Brachiosaurus''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' features ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', and ''Brachiosaurus'' 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.

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

* ''Literature/{{Carnosaur}}'' is an amusing case where in a setting that's filled with predators [[PrehistoricMonster acting more like monsters]], there is a baby ''Brachiosaurus'' that does play the trope straight. Alongside a infant ''TyrannosaurusRex'' pair, the ''Brachiosaurus'' remains one of the only dinosaurs to survive till the end.

-->-- '''Professor Challenger, ''Film/TheLostWorld'''''

* In an odd aversion, a group of aliens in ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' disguise themselves as dinosaur statues in a museum. Of course, ''TyrannosaurusRex'' and ''[[RaptorAttack Velociraptor]]'' are assumed forms, but it turns out that the most dangerous of them all is a ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Brachiosaurus]]''.

The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropoda Sauropoda]] clade of saurischians are arguably the best-known dinosaurs after ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Among their most distinctive features are their massive sizes, which dwarf most dinosaurs considerably, and their long necks, which tend to reach several meters from their bodies and sometimes even stretch upwards, giving them a towering appearance.

* In ''The Lost World RPG'' expansion to [[Fanfic/TheBridge The Amalgam'verse]] averts this is avengence in regards to the dinosaurs of [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark Isla Sorna]]. Not only are the herbivores as a whole just as capable of being aggressive as the carnivores, but the most aggressive animal in the playthrough was a large male ''Mamenchisaurus''. Prone to attacking intruders to its terrotory in a manner akin to a hippo, it was directly responsible for killing multiple hunters after crushing several jeeps and was immune to threats by predators. The players weaponized its aggression by getting it to chase them into the hunter's camp, where it went on an UnstoppableRampage as it was far too big for the chaotic rifle fire to actually meaningfully hurt. Fittingly, they nicknamed it [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk "The Hulk"]].

** There are various prehistoric 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.
** There is also the Chikorita line and Tropius, both Grass-Type Pokemon from the Johto and Hoenn region respectively and take on the appearance of an ''Apatosaurus''. The Chikorita line in particular its noted for being peaceful in nature, compared to most of the other Starter Pokemon and Tropius is amicable towards it's surroundings and seems more concerned about it's favorite food, bananas.

* ''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. Averted ''hard'' later on when the pack encounters a whip-tailed diplodocid that relentlessly attacks them with no provocation [[spoiler:and severely wounds Red's sister]].

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. This perception often comes from the assumption that they were so big as to have no predators and had such abundant food that they wouldn't need to be territorial, leaving them with little reason for aggression. In reality, some sauropods (especial as babies) ''were'' small enough to be preyed on by large therapods, and elephants (their modern-day counterpart as the largest land animal) are in a similar situation yet can be ''very'' territorial and aggressive.

Contrast PredatorsAreMean and RaptorAttack, with the latter also serving as a stereotypical depiction of maniraptorian dinosaurs, in addition to the obvious inaccuracies like exaggerated size and constantly-aggressive nature towards its surroundings. Also contrast HeadbuttingPachy and TemperCeratops, for herbivorous dinosaurs portrayed as dangerous and aggressive. Compare SocialOrnithopod for another type of dinosaur typically depicted as a gentle (and social) herbivore, and HonorableElephant for the modern-day equivalent.

* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': The episode "Plague of Madness" features a herd of ''Argentinosaurus'' that gently graze on the vegetation and care for their nestlings, without minding other animals' business. [[spoiler:One of them gets bitten by a small, diseased hadrosaur, turning into a horrifying aversion of this trope: a ferocious zombie-sauropod that attacks anything in sight, slaughtering the entire herd]].

Contrast PredatorsAreMean and RaptorAttack, with the latter also serving as a stereotypical depiction of maniraptorian dinosaurs, in addition to the obvious inaccuracies like exaggerated size and constantly-aggressive nature towards its surroundings. Also contrast HeadbuttingPachy and TemperCeratops, for herbivorous dinosaurs portrayed as dangerous and aggressive. Compare SocialOrnithopod for another type of dinosaur typically depicted as a gentle (and social) herbivore.