History WesternAnimation / DinoSquad

* BrokenAesop: "Howa Loa Can You Goa" has a GreenAesop that gets ignored at the end. The mutant worms that were the MonsterOfTheWeek are identified as being native to eastern North America, even though the heroes are in Hawaii for this episode and they just let the de-oozed worms go into an unfamiliar ecosystem.

* SixthRanger: Terri, Fiona's younger sister becomes honorary member of the squad ([[TeamNormal despite not having any powers of her own]]).

* TeamNormal: [[SixthRanger Terri]]. [[IJustWantToBeSpecial She however doesn't enjoy it]].

* AnAesop: One per episode, as well as a recycling one played over the end credits. Some episodes, like "Fire and Ice," went for more than one.

** The show also stated that Spinosaurus' super power was Super-Speed. Given 2014 discoveries of Spinosaurus, its legs had high bone density, which was useful for buoyancy, but not much for speed.

** The Styracosaurus in the show is depicted as having having two brow horns that are larger and longer than the nasal horn, when in reality, it should be reversed. The official website accurately states that the brow horns should be smaller—though the site made its own mistakes, such as stating that Tyrannosaurus dragged its tail along the ground like a kangaroo (which the show itself got right).

** Max's T-rex form has three fingers whereas ''Tyrannosaurus'' had only two. Also, nowadays scientists believe [[ScienceMarchesOn T-rex had sparse feathering along it's dorsum]].
** Caruso's ''Stegosaurus'' form has five tail spikes, sharp teeth and no beak, unlike the real Stegosaurus which, of course, had a beak, flat teeth and four tail spikes.

** Rodger's Styracosaurus form isn't readily recognizable as such thanks to its three horns, which make it look more like a Triceratops.
** In one episode, a creature is described as a "mutant Megalodon" but looks just like a mosasaur.

* MorphicResonance: The colors of the dino-forms are the same color as the clothes worn by those who came into contact with the primordial ooze. For example: Fiona wears yellow pants, brown leather jacket with brown bare-knuckle gloves and has orange hair. Her spinosaurus form has yellow skin, brown sail and orange crest.

%% * HumongousMecha: In "Wannabe."

* SpinosaurusVersusTrex: Inverted - Max, who turns into a ''T. rex'', is good friends with Fiona, who turns into a ''Spinosaurus'', and they often fight together alongside the rest of the Dino Squad against other prehistoric creatures. This somewhat becomes {{ironic}} if you look at the above mentioned ShipTease that these two share with other.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fiona is the sole female member of the squad. If we take [[SixthRanger Terri]] into consideration it becomes [[TwoGirlsAtTheTeam]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Fiona being the sole female of the squad.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Fiona has tanned skin but her ethnicity isn't made clear. The fact that her father and sister have white skin probably isn't helping.

* ShipTease: Max with Fiona.
* SpinosaurusVersusTrex: Inverted - Max, who turns into a ''T. rex'', is good friends with Fiona, who turns into a ''Spinosaurus'', and they often fight together alongside the rest of the Dino Squad against other prehistoric creatures.

* {{Fiery Redhead}}: Fiona has orange hair and is [[ThrillSeeker thrill-seeking]] Tomboy tomboy.

* SpinosaurusVersusTrex: Inverted - Max, who turns into a ''T. rex'', is good friends with Fiona, who turns into a ''Spinosaurus'', and they often fight together alongside the rest of the Dino Squad against other prehistoric creatures.

* {{FantasticRacism}}: Victor Veloci, a velociraptor who somehow gained human form, hates humans with a passion, believing them inferior to dinosaurs. His reason? Because dinosaurs have been around for millions of years, and humans for only a few thousand.

* {{Mutagenic Goo}}: The primordial ooze. It turns regular animals into prehistoric mutants and when the titular group of kids are exposed, they gained the power to turn into dinosaurs.

* ScaledUp: The titular team get powers to transform into dinosaurs (and one pterosaur) while their teacher and enemy are dinosaurs able to transform into humans.

* AnimalSuperheroes: Technically, they're humans with ability to transform into archosaurs, but they still follow the mold pretty closely. Notably, this show premiered in the wake of a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 revival]].

* AnimalSuperheroes: Technically, they're transformed humans, but they still follow the mold pretty closely. Notably, this show premiered in the wake of a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 revival]].

* AnimalSuperheroes: Technically, they're transformed humans, but they still follow the mold pretty closely. Notably, this show premiered in the wake of a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' revival.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Several. For example, one episode claims that cold-blooded animals can stay warm by being active and keeping their blood pumping. That's...literally the defining characteristic of warm-blooded animals, their ability to generate their own body heat, in contrast to cold-blooded animals, which are defined by their internal temperature and metabolism being wholly controlled by the outside environment.