History WesternAnimation / Cro

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Selene is a purple Smilodon.

* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing with the knowledge that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, including all other members of his entire species. However, this is never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."

* FrazettaMan: Naturally Bob the Australopithecus.

** The show is set in modern and prehistoric California, but has a family of Neanderthals (found only in Europe) and an ''Australopithecus'' (found only in Africa) as main characters.

* BeastMan: Bobb, who is the least evolved of the Neanderthals.

** The show is set in modern and prehistoric California, but has a family of Neanderthals (found only in Europe) and an ''Australopithecus'' (found only in Africa) as main characters. ** Phil and the other mammoths are identified as woolly mammoths, which didn't roam that far south, only Columbian mammoths did.

* CruelElephant: The older, more conservative mammoths like Earle and Mojo definitely qualify.

** A cave appears in one episode, even though like Neanderthals, they were endemic to Eurasia in real life.

* MisplacedWildlife: The show is set in modern and prehistoric California, but has a family of Neanderthals (found only in Europe) and an ''Australopithecus'' (found only in Africa) as main characters. Additionally, Phil and the other mammoths are identified as woolly mammoths, which didn't roam that far south, only Columbian mammoths did.

* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing with the knowledge that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, though this never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."

* ElephantsNeverForget: Well, a woolly mammoth, actually. Despite being thawed in the present day after spending a million years frozen in ice, Phil is still able to recall every memory from his past life.

** Bobb in the past; ''Australopithecus'' went extinct several million years before the evolution of Neanderthals, modern humans, or woolly mammoths.

* AnachronisticAnimal: Phil in the present day, and Bobb in the past as ''Australopithecus'' went extinct several million years before the evolution of Neanderthals or modern humans.

** The band Phil puts together is referred to as "The Woolyville [[JustForPun Philharmonic]] Marching Band".

An educational/informative show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] (now known as Sesame Workshop) and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by Creator/DavidMacaulay. The show ran from September 1993 to October 1994 on Creator/{{ABC}} for 21 episodes. In 1999, the show returned to the air on Creator/{{Noggin}}, a channel co-founded by Sesame Workshop.

* FantasticRacism: Earle, Mojo and (sometimes) Esmeralda, the older mammoths in the herd. Are shown as Conservative and don't really like or trust the humans.

* DownerBeginning: And how. The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[DisneyDeath "death"]]. This is made all the more depressing with the knowledge that Phil would not be found for thousands of years, so Cro and company never found out that Phil survived and ended their lives never knowing. Then by the time said Mammoth would be reanimated, everything he knew and loved had long since died, though this never is brought up in the actual series. And if that's not not enough for you, the opening theme song is done to the tune of Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion."

* FantasticRacism: Earle, Mojo and (sometimes) Esmeralda, the older mammoths in the herd. Are shown as Conservative and don't really like or trust the humans

%%* OneWePreparedEarlier
* ThePigPen: Ogg is this in "What That Smell?", refusing to bathe even though his stench kept Seline right on his trail.
* PredatorsAreMean: Played straight. Both the saber-toothed cat Selene and the dire wolves are portrayed as stereotypical villainous predators. Meanwhile the humans show no interest in hunting the mammoths.
* RunningGag: In "Play It Again, Cro... Not!" Mojo keeps getting interrupted before he can play his triangle.
%%* {{Sidekick}}: Mike to Dr. C.

* TheTeaser: Involving Phil and the scientists having a problem in the present which cues the flashback

* HotScientist: Among the cast is Dr. Celia (or Dr. C), a rather attractive scientist implied to have descended from Cro. At the start of one episode she's in a bikini much to a blushing Phil's embarrassment.

* PredatorsAreMean: Played straight. Both the saber-toothed cat Selene and the dire wolves are portrayed as stereotypical villanous predators. Meanwhile the humans show no interest in hunting the mammoths.

An educational/informative show from the [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]] and Creator/FilmRoman about mechanical engineering and technology. It was based on a children's technology book called ''Literature/TheWayThingsWork'' by Creator/DavidMacaulay. The show ran from September 1993 to October 1994 on Creator/{{ABC}} for 20 episodes. The show was also aired on some PBS affiliates (such as KTCA-TV 17 in Minneapolis/St. Paul).

* AnachronisticAnimal: Phil in the present day, and Bobb in the past as ''Australopithecus'' went extinct several million years before the evolution of Neanderthals or modern hmans.

* MisplacedWildlife: The show is set in modern and prehistoric California, but has a family of Neanderthals (found only in Europe) and an ''Australopithecus'' (found only in Africa) as main characters.

%%* FramingDevice: Phil and the scientists.

* HulkSpeak: most of the neanderthal characters would talk like this. Complete with the [[Film/BlazingSaddles Mongo Pawn In Game Of Life]] moments:

* TranslatorBuddy: Bob, being the least evolved of the Neanderthals, only speaks in monkey sounds. Gogg translates for him, though Ogg has attempted to translate on at least one occasion and was way off the mark.

%%* AllCavemenWereNeanderthals: All of them, except for Cro
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife : Selene is a purple Smilodon.

%%* TheUnintelligible: Bobb

%%* {{Sidekick}}: Mike to Dr. C
%%* SmugSnake: Earl and his companion.

%%* NoFourthWall