History Trivia / Dinosaurs

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was originally intended to be a dramatic feature film called ''The Natural History Project'' with Warner Bros. set to distribute and JimHenson directing. However ''TheLandBeforeTime'' was released and Henson decided to turn the idea into a sitcom, which CBS greenlighted. It wasn't until Henson's death and CBS putting the show into turnaround that the show got made.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was originally intended to be a dramatic feature film called ''The Natural History Project'' with Warner Bros. set to distribute and JimHenson directing. However ''TheLandBeforeTime'' was released and Henson decided to turn the idea into a sitcom, which CBS greenlighted. It wasn't until Henson's death and CBS putting the show into turnaround that the show got made.

** [[Creator/PatriciaAcevedo Charlene]] is Anime/SailorMoon and [[Manga/DragonBall Chi Chi]].

** Earl, Fran, Baby, and Roy are is [[Disney/TheLionKing Pumbaa, Sarabi, Nala and Simba]].

* EditedForSyndication/ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Because of music clearance issues, the Netflix version of "A New Leaf" replaces the scene of Mr. Richfield singing "Purple Haze" while high with an alternate scene of Mr. Richfield singing an original song about how happy the happy plant is making him.

** [[{{Seinfeld}} Jason Alexander]] played 3 or 4 roles, as did [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Michael Dorn]].

** Earl is [[Disney/TheLionKing Pumbaa]] and Fran, Baby and Roy are Sarabi, Nala and Simba respectively from the same film.

* EditedForSyndication and ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: Because of music clearance issues, the Netflix version of "A New Leaf" replaces the scene of Mr. Richfield humming "Purple Haze" while high with an alternate scene of Mr. Richfield singing an original song about how happy the happy plant is making him.

** Robbie is [[Manga/SaintSeiya Leo Aioria]], [[Anime/CardCaptorSakura Kero]] and [[WesternAnimation/DexterLaboratory Dexter]].

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Netflix version of "A New Leaf" replaces [[CrowningMomentOfFunny the classic moment where Richfield, on the happy plant, is singing "Purple Haze"]] with a sound alike tune and a sound alike for ShermanHemsley singing about how happy the plant makes him. This is presumably due to music clearance issues.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Netflix version of "A New Leaf" replaces [[CrowningMomentOfFunny the classic moment where Richfield, on the happy plant, singing "Purple Haze"]] with a sound alike tune and a sound alike for ShermanHemsley singing about how happy the plant makes him. This is presumably due to music clearance issues.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Netflix version of "A New Leaf" replaces [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Richfield, on the happy plant, singing "Purple Haze"]] with a sound alike tune and a sound alike for ShermanHemsley singing about how happy the plant makes him. This is presumably due to music clearance issues.

** Earl is voiced by Stuart Pankin, a FormerlyFat character actor whom you may remember from the third ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' movie or the ''{{Zenon}}'' films.

** B.P. Richfield is voiced by [[TheJeffersons George Jefferson]] himself, Sherman Hemsley.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Baby = [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]].
** Fran is voiced by Jessica Walter (the StalkerWithACrush in the movie ''Play Misty For Me'', the scheming, alcoholic matriarch Lucille Bluth on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'', and Archer's mother on ''{{Archer}}'').

** B.P. Richfield is voiced by [[Series/TheJeffersons George Jefferson]] himself, Sherman Hemsley.
** Mr. Ashland is voiced by John Vernon (Dean Vernon Wormer in Film/AnimalHouse).

** Charlene is voiced by Sally Struthers (Gloria on ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', Rebecca on Series/TaleSpin).

** The recurring character Spike, Robbie's delinquent friend, was voiced by [[{{LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit}} Christopher Meloni]].
** Charlene is voiced by Sally Struthers (Gloria on ''AllInTheFamily'', Rebecca on TaleSpin).
** B.P. Richfield is voiced by [[TheJeffersons George Jefferson]] himself, Sherman Helmsley.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This was originally intended to be a feature film called ''The Natural History Project'' with Warner Bros. set to distribute and JimHenson directing. However ''TheLandBeforeTime'' was released and Henson decided to turn the idea into a sitcom, which CBS greenlighted. It wasn't until Henson's death and CBS putting the show into turnaround that the show got made.

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: This is why [[spoiler: they killed off the dinosaurs.]]

** B.P. Richfield is voiced by [[TheJeffersons George Jefferson]] himself, Sherman Helmsley.

** Charlene is voiced by Sally Struthers (Gloria on ''AllInTheFamily'').

** [[{{Seinfeld}} Jason Alexander]] played 3 or 4 roles, as did [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Michael Dorn]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Baby = [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]. Baby doesn't sound exactly like Elmo though, Elmo's puppeteer, Kevin Clash, used a somewhat grittier and destructive version of Elmo's voice.

** Charlene is voiced by Sally Struthers.
** B.P. Richfield is voiced by ShermanHemsley, [[TheJeffersons George Jefferson]] himself.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Baby = [[SesameStreet Elmo]]. Baby doesn't sound exactly like Elmo though, Elmo's puppeteer, Kevin Clash, used a somewhat grittier and destructive version of Elmo's voice.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Baby = [[SesameStreet Elmo]].

** Fran is voiced by Jessica Walter (the StalkerWithACrush in the movie ''Play Misty For Me'', the scheming, alcoholic matriarch Lucille Bluth on ''ArrestedDevelopment'', and Archer's mother on ''{{Archer}}'').

** Charlene is voiced by Sally Struthers.

** Fran is voiced by Jessica Walter (the StalkerWithACrush in the movie ''Play Misty For Me'', the scheming, alcoholic matriarch Lucille Bluth on ''ArrestedDevelopment'', and Archer's mother on ''{{Archer}}'')

** The recurring character Spike, Robbie's delinquent friend, was voiced by [[{{LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit}} Christopher Meloni]]