History Series / DinosaurRevolution

* [[CirclingVultures Circling Azhdarchids]]: In the ''Protoceratops'' story.

* Deconstruction: "The Watering Hole" features one for the "ultra strong killer theropod" trope thorugh the ''Torvosaurus'' who muscles in to the formation and proceeds to bully all the other inhabitants loudly and aggressively as the new dominant predator.....for about a few days until almost the entire watering hole gets sick of him and beats him to death
* [[DisturbedDoves Disturbed Azhdarchids]]: When the "antagonistic" ''T .rex'' [[spoiler:kills the ''T. rex'' pair's chicks]].

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The ''Guanlong'' story.]] The eventual fate of [[spoiler:the female ''Troodon'']] could probably be considered one as well.

* [[spoiler:The ''Cedarosaurus'' herd vs. the ''Utahraptor''.]]

** [[spoiler:The ''Cedarosaurus'' herd vs. the ''Utahraptor''.]]
** Deconstruction: "The Watering Hole" features one for the "ultra strong killer theropod" trope thorugh the ''Torvosaurus'' who muscles in to the formation and proceeds to bully all the other inhabitants loudly and aggressively as the new dominant predator.....for about a few days until almost the entire watering hole gets sick of him and beats him to death

* [[DisturbedDoves Disturbed Azhdarchids]]: When the "antagonistic" ''T .rex'' [[spoiler:kills the ''T. rex'' pair's chicks]].

** Due to time constraints, the ''Ornitholestes'' is the one coelurosaur on the show that lacks feathers.

* AfterTheEnd: The second half of the final episode.

* AnimalTalk

* PteroSoarer:
** Mostly averted at least by the ''Anhanguera''. The implied extended parental care is less acceptable, however.
** The ''Rhamphorhynchus'' appears to lack pycnofibers and doesn't use a quadrupedal launch. Also note that ''Rhamphorhynchus'' is thought to have had behaved like modern nocturnal sea birds (avoiding thus competition from diurnal pterosaurs that also hunted fish in the same regions), thus seeing one far from the open sea and on daylight would not be very common.
** ''Quetzalcoatlus'' shows up, but not enough of it is shown to determine its accuracy. We do get to see the a similar azhdarchid up close in the third episode (in a blink and you miss scene in the ''Protoceratops'' segment); they are largely quite accurate.

* WhipItGood: ''Dinheirosaurus'' tail, of which a poor ''Allosaurus'' cub [[ATasteOfTheLash get a taste of]]. He does so again as an adult, [[IncrediblyLamePun but this time literally.]]

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: A family of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' are the main focus of the last episode.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The utterly bizarre mating dance of the ''Gigantoraptor''? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l79rgG9bDk Many may not realize that it was based on that of a real bird!]]

''Dinosaur Revolution'' (released under its WorkingTitle, ''Reign of the Dinosaurs'', in Europe) is a major [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]]-related Creator/DiscoveryChannel TVDocumentary, which debuted on September 4, 2011.

%%* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: [[Dowplayed Trope Downplayed]] somewhat with the female Troodon and her last egg. While we never her and her last egg die, giving somewhat of a hope one or both survive, the chance of the offspring surviving to hatch, and especially to reach adulthood, is small and meaningless for their species' survival regardless.]]

* StockDinosaurs: Not as many as one might expect. They include ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Velociraptor'' and ''Protoceratops''. Non-dinosaurian stock creatures include ''Quetzalcoatlus'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'' and mosasaurs.
** However, it's worthy to note that even among many stock genera, the show tends to use the less often-portrayed species of those genera (such as ''Allosaurus europaeus'', ''Velociraptor osmolskae'', and ''Protoceratops hellenikorhinus'' instead of the stock ''Allosaurus fragilis'', ''Velociraptor mongoliensis'', and ''Protoceratops andrewsi'').

* TurtlePower: A turtle is something of a RecurringExtra in the ''Utahraptor'' story.

* GiantFlyer: ''[[SeldomSeenSpecies Anhanguera]]'' and especially ''Quetzalcoatlus'' are both large pterosaurs

* SeldomSeenSpecies: A refreshing lot. There are ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Sinraptor'', ''Eoraptor'', ''Torvosaurus'', ''Majungasaurus'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Miragaia'', ''Glacialisaurus'', ''Mamenchisaurus'', ''Rapetosaurus'', ''Lusotitan'', ''Shunosaurus'', ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Draconyx'', ''Cedarosaurus'', ''Guanlong'', freakin' ''Dinheirosaurus''... But the most interesting examples are the non-dinosaurian ''Saurosuchus'', ''Anhanguera'', ''Castorocauda'' (a water-going mammal relative), ''Volaticotherium'' (the Jurassic "flying squirrel"), ''Probelesodon'' (a non-mammalian cynodont), ''Zalambdalestes'' (a small eutherian mammal), ''Ischigualastia'' (a dicynodont), ''Inostrancevia'' (a gorgonopsid), ''Cretoxyrhina'' (a shark), and the (by modern standards) ungodly large frog ''Beelzebufo''. Many of these were discovered [[RealLifeWritesThePlot while the show was still in production]].
** Even among [[StockDinosaurs Stock Dinosaur]] genera, the show tends to use SeldomSeenSpecies (such as ''Allosaurus europaeus'', ''Velociraptor osmolskae'', and ''Protoceratops hellenikorhinus'' instead of the stock ''Allosaurus fragilis'', ''Velociraptor mongoliensis'', and ''Protoceratops andrewsi'').

* StockFootage: Mostly avoided. Though footage from Last Day of the Dinosaurs is used in the final episode.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Let's see, there's ''Sinraptor'', ''Guanlong'', ''Velociraptor'' and the ''Majungasaurus'' babies.

* FeatheredFiend: The feathered dinosaurs ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Tyrannosaurus'', and ''Troodon'' are protagonists in their respective stories, but ''Velociraptor'' and arguably ''Guanlong'' and ''Utahraptor'' are antagonistic and play this straight (and there's also an antagonistic ''Tyrannosaurus'', although it's never shown in its fuzzy juvenile stage). [[ShownTheirWork Properly]] feathered carnivorous dinosaurs on TV, finally! At least, as properly as their budget allowed them to, feathers and fur being tough to animate. What's more, this is [[WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs yet another production]] that doesn't shy away from giving their tyrannosaurs feathers.

* StockDinosaurs: Not as many as one might expect. They include ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Velociraptor'' and ''Protoceratops''. Non-dinosaurian stock creatures include ''Quetzalcoatlus'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'' and mosasaurs.

* ''TyrannosaurusRex'': The main focus of the last episode.

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: One scene features a small dinosaur who just won't shut up in the middle of the night, and annoys the hell out of a nearby dinosaur family who are just trying to sleep. [[OffWithHisHead So the mother kills it.]]

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* BadassGrandpa: The old bull ''Protoceratops'' takes on two ''Velociraptor'' and wins.