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* InfantImmortality: Averted.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Even better than with just [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]].
** Which are of course, also dinosaurs.
** Which are of course, also dinosaurs.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Even better than with just [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]].
**penguins]]. Which are of course, also dinosaurs.
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* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted with the mean ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]''.
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** Averted with the mean ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]''.
** Averted with the mean ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]''.
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* MisplacedWildlife: Large tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
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* MisplacedWildlife: MisplacedWildlife:
** Large tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
** Large tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: An interesting case in that the science was already there, but the movie still used the outdated portrayal of ''Quetzalcoatlus'' as a scavenger, and gave it a terribly obsolete bipedal stance. The ceratopsids and ankylosaur also have old-school, wrongly positioned "elephant feet", and the mosasaur lacked its tail-fluke. On other fronts, the creators went with the latest ideas, such as depicting tyrannosaurids with speculative feathers, and ''not'' giving the hadrosaurs claws. Weird.
** In a legit example, it appears that ''Edmontosaurus'' didn't migrate.
** ''Troodon'''s validity has been brought into question recently, as it is only known from teeth.
** In a legit example, it appears that ''Edmontosaurus'' didn't migrate.
** ''Troodon'''s validity has been brought into question recently, as it is only known from teeth.
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* TheWorfEffect: The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:It goes FromBadToWorse for him.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: TheWorfEffect:
** The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:It goes FromBadToWorse for him.]]
** The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:It goes FromBadToWorse for him.]]
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* EatsBabies: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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''March of the Dinosaurs'' (2011) is a feature-length SpeculativeDocumentary film made by {{ITV}}. It tells the story of two different dinosaur youngsters: Scar, a small ''Edmontosaurus'' trying to keep up with his herd on their long journey south; and Patch, a sub-adult ''Troodon'' who struggles to survive and find a mate in the freezing wilderness of the North Pole.
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''March of the Dinosaurs'' (2011) is a feature-length SpeculativeDocumentary film made by {{ITV}}.Creator/{{ITV}}. It tells the story of two different dinosaur youngsters: Scar, a small ''Edmontosaurus'' trying to keep up with his herd on their long journey south; and Patch, a sub-adult ''Troodon'' who struggles to survive and find a mate in the freezing wilderness of the North Pole.
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Its complete imagery has been created with the help of [[ComputerGeneratedImages CGI]], as opposed to many similar programs that use real-life environments and only CGI the animals. The film features no cut-away scenes or any talking heads, but instead (much like the famed ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'') focuses on telling a story through its visuals and [[{{Narrator}} narration]] provided by Creator/StephenFry. It can be seen as the first of a new generation of CGI dinosaur documentaries.
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Its complete imagery has been created with the help of [[ComputerGeneratedImages CGI]], as opposed to many similar programs that use real-life environments and only CGI the animals. The film features no cut-away scenes or any talking heads, but instead (much like the famed ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'') ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'') focuses on telling a story through its visuals and [[{{Narrator}} narration]] provided by Creator/StephenFry. It can be seen as the first of a new generation of CGI dinosaur documentaries.
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* ChekhovsSkill: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]'' "[[RuleOfCool seeing in slow motion]]".
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* ChekhovsSkill: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]'' "[[RuleOfCool seeing in slow motion]]".
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* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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* BadAss: The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]'', though mostly through RuleOfCool, as well as the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]'' in general. Arguably the [[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs ankylosaur]], too, being the only large herbivore that stays behind in winter[[spoiler:, although she almost meets a comparatively humiliating end through a fall. She immediately displays her Badassery once she recovers, however]].
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Due to the way it "humanizes" some of the dinosaurs, the program is also very similar to DiscoveryChannel's ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'' and ''Series/DinosaurRevolution''.
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* PteroSoarer: Holy ''crap.'' This film managed to screw up ''Quetzalcoatlus''' anatomy, ''badly''. Besides the usual scales, it was depicted as a biped, and actually [[TheyJustDidntCare lacked its three small wing fingers]]. On top of that, the narrator claimed it was a scavenger, which is a notion which should have long been forgotten by docu-makers.
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* PteroSoarer: Holy ''crap.'' This film managed to screw up ''Quetzalcoatlus''' anatomy, ''badly''. Besides the usual scales, it was depicted as a biped, and actually [[TheyJustDidntCare lacked its three small wing fingers]].fingers. On top of that, the narrator claimed it was a scavenger, which is a notion which should have long been forgotten by docu-makers.
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Its complete imagery has been created with the help of [[ComputerGeneratedImages CGI]], as opposed to many similar programs that use real-life environments and only CGI the animals. The film features no cut-away scenes or any talking heads, but instead (much like the famed ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'') focuses on telling a story through its visuals and [[{{Narrator}} narration]] provided by StephenFry.Creator/StephenFry. It can be seen as the first of a new generation of CGI dinosaur documentaries.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: As with anything dinosaur-related. Most notable examples are:
** ''Troodon'' having feathered arms instead of clawed wings, and the strange, almost human-like theropod arms in general.
** Incorrect number of claws on the ceratopsians and ankylosaur.
** The whole freakin' ''Quetzalcoatlus''. For some, the whole freakin' ''Troodon'' as well.[[invoked]]
** Not enough feathers!
** ''Troodon'' having feathered arms instead of clawed wings, and the strange, almost human-like theropod arms in general.
** Incorrect number of claws on the ceratopsians and ankylosaur.
** The whole freakin' ''Quetzalcoatlus''. For some, the whole freakin' ''Troodon'' as well.[[invoked]]
** Not enough feathers!
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* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying: As with anything dinosaur-related. Most notable examples are:
** ''Troodon'' having feathered arms instead of clawed wings, and the strange, almost human-like theropod arms in general.
** Incorrect number of claws on the ceratopsians and ankylosaur.
** The whole freakin' ''Quetzalcoatlus''. For some, the whole freakin' ''Troodon'' as well.[[invoked]]
** Not enough feathers!
** ''Troodon'' having feathered arms instead of clawed wings, and the strange, almost human-like theropod arms in general.
** Incorrect number of claws on the ceratopsians and ankylosaur.
** The whole freakin' ''Quetzalcoatlus''. For some, the whole freakin' ''Troodon'' as well.[[invoked]]
** Not enough feathers!
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* TheCavalry: The Pachyrhinosaurus herd comes in to [[spoiler:unintentionally escort Scar across the river.]]
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* TheCavalry: The Pachyrhinosaurus ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' herd comes in to [[spoiler:unintentionally escort Scar across the river.]]
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* MisplacedWildlife: Tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
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* MisplacedWildlife: Tyrannosaurids Large tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
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* AllFlyersAreBirds: Poor ''Quetzalcoatlus'' is hit really hard with this, with the bipedal gait and vulture-like feeding habits.
* InNameOnly[=/=]InformedSpecies: You can't help but wonder why the narrator is calling [[PteroSoarer those giant scaly vultures]] "Quetzalcoatlus".
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* PteroSoarer: Holy ''crap.'' This film managed to screw up ''Quetzalcoatlus''' anatomy, ''badly''. Besides the usual scales, it was depicted as a biped, and actually [[TheyJustDidntCare lacked its three small wing fingers.fingers]]. On top of that, the narrator claimed it was a scavenger, which is a notion which should have long been forgotten by docu-makers.
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* TheWorfEffect: The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:ItGetsWorse for him.]]
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* TheWorfEffect: The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:ItGetsWorse [[spoiler:It goes FromBadToWorse for him.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: The Pachyrhinosaurus herd comes in to [[spoiler:unintentionally escort Scar across the river.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: TheCavalry: The Pachyrhinosaurus herd comes in to [[spoiler:unintentionally escort Scar across the river.]]
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* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus'', Albertosaurus]]'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus'', ''Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus'', ''Gorgosaurus]]'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
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* [[CirclingVultures Circling Azhdarchids]]
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** While freshwater mosasaurs did exist, they didn't live in North America. In their place, crocodiles and champsosaurs patrolled the rivers.
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* CoolOldLady: The old female ankylosaur.
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* CarnivoreConfusion: A mix of aversion and playing it straight. Patch, one of the main characters, is a carnivore you can feel sympathetic towards, however the tyrannosaurids appear as the [[VillainByDefault default-villains]].
** Also averted with the mean ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]''.
** And there is a scene in which herbivores are forced to eat fatty larvae.
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* PredatorsAreMean: A mix of aversion and playing it straight. Patch, one of the main characters, is a carnivore you can feel sympathetic towards, however the tyrannosaurids appear as the [[VillainByDefault default-villains]].
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''March of the Dinosaurs'' (2011) is a feature-length SpeculativeDocumentary film made by {{ITV}}. It tells the story of two different dinosaur youngsters: Scar, a small ''Edmontosaurus'' trying to keep up with his herd on their long journey south; and Patch, a sub-adult ''Troodon'' who struggles to survive and find a mate in the freezing wilderness of the North Pole.
Its complete imagery has been created with the help of [[ComputerGeneratedImages CGI]], as opposed to many similar programs that use real-life environments and only CGI the animals. The film features no cut-away scenes or any talking heads, but instead (much like the famed ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'') focuses on telling a story through its visuals and [[{{Narrator}} narration]] provided by StephenFry. It can be seen as the first of a new generation of CGI dinosaur documentaries.
Due to the way it "humanizes" some of the dinosaurs, the program is also very similar to DiscoveryChannel's ''DinosaurPlanet'' and ''Series/DinosaurRevolution''.
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!!''March of the Dinosaurs'' provide examples of the following tropes:
* AnachronismStew: But such a mild case that only the hardest paleo-buffs might notice it.
* BadAss: The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]'', though mostly through RuleOfCool, as well as the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]'' in general. Arguably the [[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs ankylosaur]], too, being the only large herbivore that stays behind in winter[[spoiler:, although she almost meets a comparatively humiliating end through a fall. She immediately displays her Badassery once she recovers, however]].
* BigDamnHeroes: The Pachyrhinosaurus herd comes in to [[spoiler:unintentionally escort Scar across the river.]]
* CarnivoreConfusion: A mix of aversion and playing it straight. Patch, one of the main characters, is a carnivore you can feel sympathetic towards, however the tyrannosaurids appear as the [[VillainByDefault default-villains]].
** Also averted with the mean ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]''.
** And there is a scene in which herbivores are forced to eat fatty larvae.
* ChekhovsSkill: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]'' "[[RuleOfCool seeing in slow motion]]".
* CrapsackWorld
* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus'', ''Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Even better than with just [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]].
** Which are of course, also dinosaurs.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]''.]]
* FeatheredFiend: ''Gorgosaurus'' and ''Albertosaurus''. Technically also ''Troodon'', but those are portrayed in a more sympathetic light.
* GiantFlyer: The ''Quetzalcoatlus'' that appear in a minor role.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[MeaningfulName Scar]] has a "good" one.
* HopeSpot: Scar finds his herd. [[spoiler:Except here's a huge river filled with mosasaurs separating him from them.]]
* InfantImmortality: Averted.
* MisplacedWildlife: Tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:The ''Troodon'' wait for the incapacitated ankylosaur (who has been turned on her back after a fall) to weaken and are almost ready to finish her off when the ''Gorgosaurus'' arrives and tries to drag the ankylosaur away from them. He pulls her onto an incline, allowing her to right herself and stab him in the leg. This leads to his death.]]
* NoisyNature: Not as apparent as in some other dino-docs.
* PetTheDog: Not intentional on their part, but after being hostile and aggressive towards the ''Edmontosaurus'' for the entire journey, the ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' are the reason Scar survives the last lap of his trek. [[spoiler:(Their presence provides him with food, protects him from scavengers, and guarantees safety in numbers so that he can cross the river.)]]
* PrehistoricMonster: The ''Gorgosaurus'' may seem to be this at first, but the winter cold puts TheWorfEffect on him. The ''Albertosaurus'', on the other hand, are thorough monsters, though it's justified: they're starving.
* PteroSoarer: Holy ''crap.'' This film managed to screw up ''Quetzalcoatlus''' anatomy, ''badly''. Besides the usual scales, it was depicted as a biped, and actually lacked its three small wing fingers. On top of that, the narrator claimed it was a scavenger, which is a notion which should have long been forgotten by docu-makers.
* RaptorAttack: The Troodons.
* RealIsBrown: Not a colorful cast, save for the patches of yellow feathers on the male ''Troodon''.
* RuleOfCool: The ''Troodon'' who see in slow-motion, and the ''Albertosaurus'' that somehow makes a ''HUGE'' leap out of nowhere.
* ScienceMarchesOn: An interesting case in that the science was already there, but the movie still used the outdated portrayal of ''Quetzalcoatlus'' as a scavenger, and gave it a terribly obsolete bipedal stance. The ceratopsids and ankylosaur also have old-school, wrongly positioned "elephant feet", and the mosasaur lacked its tail-fluke. On other fronts, the creators went with the latest ideas, such as depicting tyrannosaurids with speculative feathers, and ''not'' giving the hadrosaurs claws. Weird.
** In a legit example, it appears that ''Edmontosaurus'' didn't migrate.
* SeaMonster
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:The brain-tumored ''Edmontosaurus''.]]
* ShownTheirWork: As said above, some animals are incredibly accurate in their portrayals, save for perhaps a few anatomical details. Bonus points for the non-pronated theropod hands, as well as showcasing some new discoveries such as male deinonychosaurs brooding nests.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld
* SmallTaxonomyPools: Averted. Instead of the overused ''T. rex'', generic dromaeosaur, ''Triceratops'' and ''Anyklosaurus'', the program uses ''Gorgosaurus'' and ''Albertosaurus'', ''Troodon'', ''Pachyrhinosaurus'', and an unnamed nodosaur (most likely an ''Edmontonia'').
* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying: As with anything dinosaur-related. Most notable examples are:
** ''Troodon'' having feathered arms instead of clawed wings, and the strange, almost human-like theropod arms in general.
** Incorrect number of claws on the ceratopsians and ankylosaur.
** The whole freakin' ''Quetzalcoatlus''. [[YourMileageMayVary For some]], the whole freakin' ''Troodon'' as well.[[invoked]]
** Not enough feathers!
* SpeculativeDocumentary
* StockDinosaurs: ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Quetzalcoatlus'', ''Troodon'', and... that's it.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The ''Albertosaurus'' is the very definition of this. [[spoiler:His feathers catch fire? Mild annoyance. A volcanic flood drags him away? Temporary setback. He's falling down from a cliff? Not going down without its victim.]]
* TooDumbToLive: The ''Troodon'' who bites the ''Gorgosaurus'' in the leg.
* TyrannosaurusRex: The king himself doesn't make an appearance, but its very close relatives, ''Gorgosaurus'' and ''Albertosaurus'' fill in the same role, which is pointed out by the narration.
* TheWorfEffect: The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:ItGetsWorse for him.]]
** Subverted with the ankylosaur. [[spoiler:She's been [[WorfHadTheFlu turned on her back]] and is about to be finished off by a swarm of ''Troodon''. Then the ''Gorgosaurus'' has his NiceJobFixingItVillain moment...]]
* ZergRush: [[spoiler:The ''Troodon'' try to do this with the incapacitated ankylosaur. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain The intervention by the]] ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Gorgosaurus]]'' causes this to fail.]]
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Its complete imagery has been created with the help of [[ComputerGeneratedImages CGI]], as opposed to many similar programs that use real-life environments and only CGI the animals. The film features no cut-away scenes or any talking heads, but instead (much like the famed ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'') focuses on telling a story through its visuals and [[{{Narrator}} narration]] provided by StephenFry. It can be seen as the first of a new generation of CGI dinosaur documentaries.
Due to the way it "humanizes" some of the dinosaurs, the program is also very similar to DiscoveryChannel's ''DinosaurPlanet'' and ''Series/DinosaurRevolution''.
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!!''March of the Dinosaurs'' provide examples of the following tropes:
* AnachronismStew: But such a mild case that only the hardest paleo-buffs might notice it.
* BadAss: The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]'', though mostly through RuleOfCool, as well as the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]'' in general. Arguably the [[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs ankylosaur]], too, being the only large herbivore that stays behind in winter[[spoiler:, although she almost meets a comparatively humiliating end through a fall. She immediately displays her Badassery once she recovers, however]].
* BigDamnHeroes: The Pachyrhinosaurus herd comes in to [[spoiler:unintentionally escort Scar across the river.]]
* CarnivoreConfusion: A mix of aversion and playing it straight. Patch, one of the main characters, is a carnivore you can feel sympathetic towards, however the tyrannosaurids appear as the [[VillainByDefault default-villains]].
** Also averted with the mean ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeCeratopsids Pachyrhinosaurus]]''.
** And there is a scene in which herbivores are forced to eat fatty larvae.
* ChekhovsSkill: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]'' "[[RuleOfCool seeing in slow motion]]".
* CrapsackWorld
* EatsBabies: ''[[StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Troodon]]''. The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus'', ''Gorgosaurus]]'', and [[StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs mosasaurs]] also hunt Scar.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Even better than with just [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]].
** Which are of course, also dinosaurs.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Albertosaurus]]''.]]
* FeatheredFiend: ''Gorgosaurus'' and ''Albertosaurus''. Technically also ''Troodon'', but those are portrayed in a more sympathetic light.
* GiantFlyer: The ''Quetzalcoatlus'' that appear in a minor role.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[MeaningfulName Scar]] has a "good" one.
* HopeSpot: Scar finds his herd. [[spoiler:Except here's a huge river filled with mosasaurs separating him from them.]]
* InfantImmortality: Averted.
* MisplacedWildlife: Tyrannosaurids did not live that far north, and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint their absence]] (and therefore the lack of competition) is the reason that northern troodonts were able to grow larger and adopt a more carnivorous lifestyle than their southern counterparts.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:The ''Troodon'' wait for the incapacitated ankylosaur (who has been turned on her back after a fall) to weaken and are almost ready to finish her off when the ''Gorgosaurus'' arrives and tries to drag the ankylosaur away from them. He pulls her onto an incline, allowing her to right herself and stab him in the leg. This leads to his death.]]
* NoisyNature: Not as apparent as in some other dino-docs.
* PetTheDog: Not intentional on their part, but after being hostile and aggressive towards the ''Edmontosaurus'' for the entire journey, the ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' are the reason Scar survives the last lap of his trek. [[spoiler:(Their presence provides him with food, protects him from scavengers, and guarantees safety in numbers so that he can cross the river.)]]
* PrehistoricMonster: The ''Gorgosaurus'' may seem to be this at first, but the winter cold puts TheWorfEffect on him. The ''Albertosaurus'', on the other hand, are thorough monsters, though it's justified: they're starving.
* PteroSoarer: Holy ''crap.'' This film managed to screw up ''Quetzalcoatlus''' anatomy, ''badly''. Besides the usual scales, it was depicted as a biped, and actually lacked its three small wing fingers. On top of that, the narrator claimed it was a scavenger, which is a notion which should have long been forgotten by docu-makers.
* RaptorAttack: The Troodons.
* RealIsBrown: Not a colorful cast, save for the patches of yellow feathers on the male ''Troodon''.
* RuleOfCool: The ''Troodon'' who see in slow-motion, and the ''Albertosaurus'' that somehow makes a ''HUGE'' leap out of nowhere.
* ScienceMarchesOn: An interesting case in that the science was already there, but the movie still used the outdated portrayal of ''Quetzalcoatlus'' as a scavenger, and gave it a terribly obsolete bipedal stance. The ceratopsids and ankylosaur also have old-school, wrongly positioned "elephant feet", and the mosasaur lacked its tail-fluke. On other fronts, the creators went with the latest ideas, such as depicting tyrannosaurids with speculative feathers, and ''not'' giving the hadrosaurs claws. Weird.
** In a legit example, it appears that ''Edmontosaurus'' didn't migrate.
* SeaMonster
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:The brain-tumored ''Edmontosaurus''.]]
* ShownTheirWork: As said above, some animals are incredibly accurate in their portrayals, save for perhaps a few anatomical details. Bonus points for the non-pronated theropod hands, as well as showcasing some new discoveries such as male deinonychosaurs brooding nests.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld
* SmallTaxonomyPools: Averted. Instead of the overused ''T. rex'', generic dromaeosaur, ''Triceratops'' and ''Anyklosaurus'', the program uses ''Gorgosaurus'' and ''Albertosaurus'', ''Troodon'', ''Pachyrhinosaurus'', and an unnamed nodosaur (most likely an ''Edmontonia'').
* SomewhereAPalaeontologistIsCrying: As with anything dinosaur-related. Most notable examples are:
** ''Troodon'' having feathered arms instead of clawed wings, and the strange, almost human-like theropod arms in general.
** Incorrect number of claws on the ceratopsians and ankylosaur.
** The whole freakin' ''Quetzalcoatlus''. [[YourMileageMayVary For some]], the whole freakin' ''Troodon'' as well.[[invoked]]
** Not enough feathers!
* SpeculativeDocumentary
* StockDinosaurs: ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Quetzalcoatlus'', ''Troodon'', and... that's it.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The ''Albertosaurus'' is the very definition of this. [[spoiler:His feathers catch fire? Mild annoyance. A volcanic flood drags him away? Temporary setback. He's falling down from a cliff? Not going down without its victim.]]
* TooDumbToLive: The ''Troodon'' who bites the ''Gorgosaurus'' in the leg.
* TyrannosaurusRex: The king himself doesn't make an appearance, but its very close relatives, ''Gorgosaurus'' and ''Albertosaurus'' fill in the same role, which is pointed out by the narration.
* TheWorfEffect: The ''Gorgosaurus'', thanks to the freezing cold, the ankylosaur, and persistent little ''Troodons''. [[spoiler:ItGetsWorse for him.]]
** Subverted with the ankylosaur. [[spoiler:She's been [[WorfHadTheFlu turned on her back]] and is about to be finished off by a swarm of ''Troodon''. Then the ''Gorgosaurus'' has his NiceJobFixingItVillain moment...]]
* ZergRush: [[spoiler:The ''Troodon'' try to do this with the incapacitated ankylosaur. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain The intervention by the]] ''[[NiceJobFixingItVillain Gorgosaurus]]'' causes this to fail.]]
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