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* FlatWorld: For some reason, the Earth turns flat during Medieval Ages.
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* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: Subverted, as the dinosaurs NoSell the meteors. [[spoiler:It's the humans that are eventually wiped out by them.]]
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* ClusterFBomb: The movie director in the modern day scene lets out [[SpeakingSimlish something akin to this]] when Rex flubs his acting performance.
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* ClusterFBomb: The movie director in the modern day scene lets out [[SpeakingSimlish something akin to this]] when Rex flubs his acting performance.performance, ending it with a loud [[GetOut "OUT!"]] It's the last straw that causes Rex to [[RageBreakingPoint finally lose his cool]].
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* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Downplayed. A dromaeosaur is depicted with some feathers, but is not particularly menacing. Though it is not nearly as goofy as the humans.
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* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Downplayed. A The dromaeosaur is depicted with some feathers, but is not particularly menacing. Though it is not nearly as goofy as the humans.humans.
* HollywoodPrehistory: The first scene of the short has dinosaurs and cave-people living together, with the humans using the dinosaurs as protection from a meteor shower.
* HollywoodPrehistory: The first scene of the short has dinosaurs and cave-people living together, with the humans using the dinosaurs as protection from a meteor shower.
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* IdenticalGrandson: The dinosaurs throughout history look exactly as their ancestors.
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* IdenticalGrandson: The dinosaurs throughout history look exactly as their ancestors.ancestors do, assuming [[TheAgeless the originals didn't live for millions of years themselves]].
* LivingDinosaurs: The point of the short is to show off what would happen if dinosaurs lived to the present with humans constantly annoying them or clinging to them for help. [[spoiler:The answer: the dinosaurs eventually get fed up and abandon the humans when an apocalypse occurs]].
* LivingDinosaurs: The point of the short is to show off what would happen if dinosaurs lived to the present with humans constantly annoying them or clinging to them for help. [[spoiler:The answer: the dinosaurs eventually get fed up and abandon the humans when an apocalypse occurs]].
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** After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and starts throwing a tantrum, tossing and smashing things on the set. [[spoiler:Then the meteors arrive again, and Rex decides to do nothing about them this time...]]
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** After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and the tyrannosaur starts throwing a tantrum, tossing roaring and smashing things on the set.set (while the director films enthusiastically). [[spoiler:Then the meteors arrive again, and Rex decides to do nothing about them this time...]]
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* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: Subverted with Rex, who just wants to live out his days in peace, only turning vicious when the humans [[spoiler:and the aliens in the end]] push his buttons too much. The opening makes him ''look'' fierce, but it's a setup for a BaitAndSwitch for how he gets along just fine with the other dinosaurs.
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* KingOfTheDinosaurs: While there are other dinosaurs among the cast, Rex, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is the main focus of the short.
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* IdenticalGrandson: The dinosaurs throughout history [[spoiler:and the future]] look exactly as their ancestors.
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* IdenticalGrandson: The dinosaurs throughout history [[spoiler:and the future]] look exactly as their ancestors.
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* IdenticalGrandson: The dinosaurs throughout history [[spoiler:and the future]] look exactly as their ancestors.
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* ToughArmoredDinosaur: The ''Stegosaurus'' in the short doesn't even flinch when the meteors fall onto it. In fact, they stuck onto its plates.
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* ToughArmoredDinosaur: The ''Stegosaurus'' in the short doesn't even flinch when the meteors fall onto it. In fact, they get stuck onto its plates.
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* ToughArmoredDinosaur: The ''Stegosaurus'' in the short doesn't even flinch when the meteors fall onto it. In fact, they stuck onto its plates.
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* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Downplayed. Both Rex and a dromaeosaur are depicted with some feathers, but neither of them are particularly menacing. Though they are not near as goofy as the humans.
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* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Downplayed. Both Rex and a A dromaeosaur are is depicted with some feathers, but neither of them are is not particularly menacing. Though they are it is not near nearly as goofy as the humans.
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* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Downplayed. Both Rex and a dromaeosaur are depicted with some feathers, but neither of them are particularly menacing. Though they are not near as goofy as the humans.
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* HumansAreBastards: The humans continue to mistreat the dinosaurs even after the latter save them from being obliterated by a meteor. [[spoiler:It doesn't earn them any sympathy when they are wiped out by a second meteor shower.]]
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* HumansAreBastards: The humans continue to mistreat mistreated the dinosaurs ever since prehistoric times and continue to do so [[UngratefulBastard even after the latter save them from being obliterated by a meteor.meteor shower]]. [[spoiler:It doesn't earn them any sympathy when they are wiped out by a second meteor shower.]]
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* AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival: The dinosaurs in this short survive all the way up to the present day, [[spoiler:and even AfterTheEnd]].
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* LivingDinosaurs: The dinosaurs in this short survive all the way up to the present day, [[spoiler:and even AfterTheEnd]].
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* LivingDinosaurs: HumansAreBastards: The humans continue to mistreat the dinosaurs in this short survive all the way up to the present day, [[spoiler:and even AfterTheEnd]].after the latter save them from being obliterated by a meteor. [[spoiler:It doesn't earn them any sympathy when they are wiped out by a second meteor shower.]]
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* DumbDinos: Inverted; the dinosaurs are intelligent, while the humans are stupid.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Rex reaches this in the middle-age scene after the knights' thoughtless raiding his treasure chamber becomes too much for him.
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** Rex reaches this in the middle-age scene after the knights' thoughtless raiding his treasure chamber becomes too much for him.
** Rex reaches this in the middle-age scene after the knights' thoughtless raiding his treasure chamber becomes too much for him.
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* StockDinosaurs: Aside from Rex himself, there's also a sauropod, a ''Triceratops'', a ''Stegosaurus'', and a large dromaeosaur. Rex is the one who gets the most screentime, though.
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* RaptorAttack: The dromaeosaur seen in this short is the traditional scaly fare, but has feathers on their arms, the back of the neck, and the tip of the tail.
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* RaptorAttack: The dromaeosaur seen in this short is the traditional speedy, scaly fare, but it has feathers on their arms, the back of the neck, neck and the tip of the tail.
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* UngratefulBastard: A ''species-wide'' example. Rex and company protect the prehistoric humans from a meteor shower at the start of the short. Come the historical and modern eras, however, the humans continue to treat the dinosaurs terribly. [[spoiler:It's no wonder Rex decides to let a second meteor shower wipe the humans out towards the end.]].
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* UngratefulBastard: A ''species-wide'' example. Rex and company protect the prehistoric humans from a meteor shower at the start of the short. Come the historical and modern eras, however, the humans continue to treat the dinosaurs terribly. [[spoiler:It's no wonder Rex [[LaserGuidedKarma decides to let a second meteor shower wipe the humans out out]] towards the end.]].end]].
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Planetary level, Species Extinction severity. When a second meteor shower threatens humanity towards the end, Rex simply decides to let nature take its course. Considering that the humans were utter jerks to him and the others [[UngratefulBastard despite their help across history]], can you blame him?]]
* BlackComedy: Many humans [[spoiler:and two aliens in the end]] die throughout the short, be it by having a spear impale them accidentally in the prehistoric segment, being flattened by meteors, getting sent into space by Rex's TailSlap, or [[spoiler:in the aliens' case, getting stomped underfoot by an angry Rex who [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain wants nothing more to do with anything civilized]]]]. In all cases, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* BlackComedy: Many humans [[spoiler:and two aliens in the end]] die throughout the short, be it by having a spear impale them accidentally in the prehistoric segment, being flattened by meteors, getting sent into space by Rex's TailSlap, or [[spoiler:in the aliens' case, getting stomped underfoot by an angry Rex who [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain wants nothing more to do with anything civilized]]]]. In all cases, it's PlayedForLaughs.
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* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Planetary level, Species Extinction severity. When a second meteor shower threatens humanity towards the end, Rex simply decides to let nature take its course. Considering that the humans were utter jerks to him and the others other dinos [[UngratefulBastard despite their help across history]], can you blame him?]]
* BaitAndSwitch: The short begins with Rex looming over a ''Triceratops'' and taking a deep breath as though about to roar. Instead he simply says "Hey", and the other dinosaurs likewise greet him back.
* BlackComedy: Many humans [[spoiler:and two aliens in the end]] die throughout the short, be it by having a spear impale themaccidentally in the prehistoric segment, being by accident, getting flattened by meteors, being burnt to a pile of ashes, getting sent into space by Rex's TailSlap, or [[spoiler:in the aliens' case, getting stomped underfoot by an angry Rex who [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain wants nothing more to do with anything civilized]]]]. In all cases, it's PlayedForLaughs.
* BaitAndSwitch: The short begins with Rex looming over a ''Triceratops'' and taking a deep breath as though about to roar. Instead he simply says "Hey", and the other dinosaurs likewise greet him back.
* BlackComedy: Many humans [[spoiler:and two aliens in the end]] die throughout the short, be it by having a spear impale them
* ClusterFBomb: The movie director in the modern day scene lets out [[SpeakingSimlish something akin to this]] when Rex flubs his acting performance.
* FreezeFrameBonus: When the movie director tears up Rex's acting contract in the modern day segment, pausing it at the right time shows that Rex ''actually signed said contract''. The text on the contract also shows that Rex was playing the role of the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' for the movie ''[[BlandNameProduct Mesozoic Park]]''.
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* TailSlap: In the ancient Egypt segment, two humans squabbling over a hammer lead to it flying into a pyramid the dinosaurs were building, causing it to collapse. A less-than-amused Rex responds by slamming the guy who threw the hammer with enough force to send him into space.
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* TailSlap: In the ancient Egypt segment, two humans squabbling over a hammer lead cause it to it flying sail straight into a pyramid the dinosaurs were building, causing it to resulting in its collapse. A less-than-amused Rex responds by slamming using his tail to slam the guy who threw the hammer with enough force to send him into space.
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* BlackComedy: Many humans [[spoiler:and two aliens in the end]] die throughout the short, be it by having a spear impale them accidentally in the prehistoric segment, being flattened by meteors, getting sent into space by Rex's TailSlap, or [[spoiler:in the aliens' case, getting stomped underfoot by an angry Rex who [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain wants nothing more to do with anything civilized]]]]. In all cases, it's PlayedForLaughs.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the medieval scene, when the trumpet-carrying knight is about to start playing after his party shows up in Rex's treasure room (read: bedroom), the other dinosaurs have expressions that practically scream this. Sure enough, the knights' brazen activity (namely stealing treasure, playing the trumpet loudly, and hitting Rex's back with a sword) lead to him losing his temper and chasing them away.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the medieval scene, when the trumpet-carrying knight is about to start playing after his party shows up in Rex's treasure room (read: bedroom), the other dinosaurs have expressions that practically scream this. Sure enough, the knights' brazen activity activities (namely stealing treasure, playing the trumpet loudly, and hitting Rex's back with a sword) lead to him losing his temper and chasing them away.
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* DeathGlare: Rex gives one to the knights after lashing out at them for disturbing his sleep in the medieval segment, which is enough to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere send them packing]].
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* RageBreakingPoint: After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and starts throwing a tantrum, tossing and smashing things on the set. [[spoiler:Then the meteors arrive again...]]
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* RageBreakingPoint: Rex reaches this in the middle-age scene after the knights' thoughtless raiding his treasure chamber becomes too much for him.
** After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and starts throwing a tantrum, tossing and smashing things on the set. [[spoiler:Then the meteors arriveagain...]]again, and Rex decides to do nothing about them this time...]]
* RaptorAttack: The dromaeosaur seen in this short is the traditional scaly fare, but has feathers on their arms, the back of the neck, and the tip of the tail.
* ReducedToDust: After Rex roars at the knights in the medieval segment for disrupting his bedtime, the trumpet-carrying herald waves a torch at him to try and scare him off. Undeterred, Rex simply blows the flame back at him, reducing him to a pile of ash [[RuleOfFunny which flees shortly after the other knights do so]].
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** After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and starts throwing a tantrum, tossing and smashing things on the set. [[spoiler:Then the meteors arrive
* RaptorAttack: The dromaeosaur seen in this short is the traditional scaly fare, but has feathers on their arms, the back of the neck, and the tip of the tail.
* ReducedToDust: After Rex roars at the knights in the medieval segment for disrupting his bedtime, the trumpet-carrying herald waves a torch at him to try and scare him off. Undeterred, Rex simply blows the flame back at him, reducing him to a pile of ash [[RuleOfFunny which flees shortly after the other knights do so]].
* StockDinosaurs: Aside from Rex himself, there's also a sauropod, a ''Triceratops'', a ''Stegosaurus'', and a large dromaeosaur. Rex is the one who gets the most screentime, though.
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-->Dinosaurs and humans evolve and live together through History. However, the annoying and invasive behaviour of humans starts to bother Rex, a peaceful dinosaur.
''Mésozoïque Alternatif'' (full title: ''Mésozoïque Alternatif: an alternate history of dinosaurs and humanity'' is a computer-animated thesis short film created by Swann Boby, Lucie Laudrin, Marion Métivier, Léna Miguet, Sixtine Sanrame, and Marie Schaeffer for the École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques (ESMA) class of 2021.
Viewable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdj4CaUJlw here]].
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!!This short contains examples of the following:
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Planetary level, Species Extinction severity. When a second meteor shower threatens humanity towards the end, Rex simply decides to let nature take its course. Considering that the humans were utter jerks to him and the others [[UngratefulBastard despite their help across history]], can you blame him?]]
* BrickJoke: In the Egypt segment, an angry Rex tail-whips one of the humans hard enough to send him into the stratosphere. In the planetary view of the modern day Earth, [[BlackComedy the Egyptian's skeleton can be seen floating in orbit]].
* DancePartyEnding: The end credits has animations of each of the dinosaurs dancing to the music.
* DinosaursAreDragons: In the medieval segment, Rex is seen sleeping on a pile of treasure, and is ''not'' happy when several knights show up to disturb his sleep while stealing it.
* LivingDinosaurs: The dinosaurs in this short survive all the way up to the present day, [[spoiler:and even AfterTheEnd]].
* KingOfTheDinosaurs: While there are other dinosaurs among the cast, Rex, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is the main focus of the short.
* NoSell: No matter what is thrown at Rex, be it caveman spears, a knight's sword, or incoming meteors, he doesn't even suffer so much as a scratch.
* RageBreakingPoint: After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and starts throwing a tantrum, tossing and smashing things on the set. [[spoiler:Then the meteors arrive again...]]
* ShoutOut: The modern day segment features Rex in the role of an actor for a knock-off of ''Film/JurassicPark'', complete with dismantling an outhouse and confronting a human actor sitting on a toilet. For bonus points, an {{Expy}} of Creator/StevenSpielberg also makes an appearance here.
* TailSlap: In the ancient Egypt segment, two humans squabbling over a hammer lead to it flying into a pyramid the dinosaurs were building, causing it to collapse. A less-than-amused Rex responds by slamming the guy who threw the hammer with enough force to send him into space.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the medieval scene, when the trumpet-carrying knight is about to start playing after his party shows up in Rex's treasure room (read: bedroom), the other dinosaurs have expressions that practically scream this. Sure enough, the knights' brazen activity (namely stealing treasure, playing the trumpet loudly, and hitting Rex's back with a sword) lead to him losing his temper and chasing them away.
* UngratefulBastard: A ''species-wide'' example. Rex and company protect the prehistoric humans from a meteor shower at the start of the short. Come the historical and modern eras, however, the humans continue to treat the dinosaurs terribly. [[spoiler:It's no wonder Rex decides to let a second meteor shower wipe the humans out towards the end.]].
* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: [[spoiler:In the ending, a pair of noisy aliens land on the planet, interrupting the dinosaurs' relaxation. Rex, not having any of it, simply stomps them flat, and the short ends there]].
''Mésozoïque Alternatif'' (full title: ''Mésozoïque Alternatif: an alternate history of dinosaurs and humanity'' is a computer-animated thesis short film created by Swann Boby, Lucie Laudrin, Marion Métivier, Léna Miguet, Sixtine Sanrame, and Marie Schaeffer for the École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques (ESMA) class of 2021.
Viewable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdj4CaUJlw here]].
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!!This short contains examples of the following:
* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Planetary level, Species Extinction severity. When a second meteor shower threatens humanity towards the end, Rex simply decides to let nature take its course. Considering that the humans were utter jerks to him and the others [[UngratefulBastard despite their help across history]], can you blame him?]]
* BrickJoke: In the Egypt segment, an angry Rex tail-whips one of the humans hard enough to send him into the stratosphere. In the planetary view of the modern day Earth, [[BlackComedy the Egyptian's skeleton can be seen floating in orbit]].
* DancePartyEnding: The end credits has animations of each of the dinosaurs dancing to the music.
* DinosaursAreDragons: In the medieval segment, Rex is seen sleeping on a pile of treasure, and is ''not'' happy when several knights show up to disturb his sleep while stealing it.
* LivingDinosaurs: The dinosaurs in this short survive all the way up to the present day, [[spoiler:and even AfterTheEnd]].
* KingOfTheDinosaurs: While there are other dinosaurs among the cast, Rex, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is the main focus of the short.
* NoSell: No matter what is thrown at Rex, be it caveman spears, a knight's sword, or incoming meteors, he doesn't even suffer so much as a scratch.
* RageBreakingPoint: After the movie director fires Rex in the modern-day segment, he roars and starts throwing a tantrum, tossing and smashing things on the set. [[spoiler:Then the meteors arrive again...]]
* ShoutOut: The modern day segment features Rex in the role of an actor for a knock-off of ''Film/JurassicPark'', complete with dismantling an outhouse and confronting a human actor sitting on a toilet. For bonus points, an {{Expy}} of Creator/StevenSpielberg also makes an appearance here.
* TailSlap: In the ancient Egypt segment, two humans squabbling over a hammer lead to it flying into a pyramid the dinosaurs were building, causing it to collapse. A less-than-amused Rex responds by slamming the guy who threw the hammer with enough force to send him into space.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the medieval scene, when the trumpet-carrying knight is about to start playing after his party shows up in Rex's treasure room (read: bedroom), the other dinosaurs have expressions that practically scream this. Sure enough, the knights' brazen activity (namely stealing treasure, playing the trumpet loudly, and hitting Rex's back with a sword) lead to him losing his temper and chasing them away.
* UngratefulBastard: A ''species-wide'' example. Rex and company protect the prehistoric humans from a meteor shower at the start of the short. Come the historical and modern eras, however, the humans continue to treat the dinosaurs terribly. [[spoiler:It's no wonder Rex decides to let a second meteor shower wipe the humans out towards the end.]].
* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: [[spoiler:In the ending, a pair of noisy aliens land on the planet, interrupting the dinosaurs' relaxation. Rex, not having any of it, simply stomps them flat, and the short ends there]].
