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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Despite the praise the show received for its more naturalistic depiction of prehistoric life, it has received some criticism from longtime BBC nature documentary viewers for the fact that many of the storylines are just adaptations of scenes from previous BBC Nature documentaries but with prehistoric animals swapped in. [[https://youtu.be/SzEmj7XwsBo?si=Jbd7P_cHaK-4As6n&t=420 In a particularly notable case]], the scene from "Deserts" with a lizard attempting to grab flies by a sleeping ''Tarbosaurus'' is not only a direct transliteration of a scene from a previous documentary where a lizard is shown to do the same near a lion, but Attenborough's narration is lifted verbatim from that scene as well. However, it's unclear how much of this can be chalked up to lack of originality and how much may have just intended to be a homage to those aforementioned previous scenes.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The ''Isisaurus'' plotline from "Badlands" would have been a perfect place to introduce the giant snake ''Sanajeh'', which is known from the same formation at the same time and is even known to have preyed on sauropod eggs, which would provide both another obstacle for the ''Isisaurus'' hatchlings and a very unique new animal for the setting. This still wouldn't have been a case of this trope had it not been for the fact that its close relative ''Madtsoia'' actually got its own model for its brief appearance in the Madagascar scene from "Islands", so that model could have just been reused with minor alterations for ''Sanajeh''.
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** Since their whole screentime consisted in [[EatsBabies eating baby animals]], the ''Phosphatodraco,'' ''Rajasaurus'' and the ''Beelzebufo'' are portrayed in the fandom as insatiable child eaters, often {{Flanderized}} as [[MemeticMolester literal child predators]].
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** Since their whole screentime consisted in of [[EatsBabies eating baby animals]], the ''Phosphatodraco,'' ''Rajasaurus'' and the ''Beelzebufo'' are portrayed in the fandom as insatiable child eaters, {{child eater}}s, often {{Flanderized}} as [[MemeticMolester literal child predators]].
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The entire series is breathtaking, but the first episode got special praise for the shots of the cleaner shrimp and other animals cleaning the ''Mosasaurus'''s shed skin, which seamlessly blends real animals and special effects. And much like Jon Favreau's previous efforts on ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', the animation is provided by Creator/MovingPictureCompany, bringing their experiences on both projects and vastly improving on them.
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** The Simosuchus in "Islands" is basically a crocodile mixed with a prairie dog, and it's as adorable as it is weird looking.
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** The Simosuchus in "Islands" is basically a crocodile mixed with a prairie dog, and it's as adorable as it is weird looking.looking.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The entire series is breathtaking, but the first episode got special praise for the shots of the cleaner shrimp and other animals cleaning the ''Mosasaurus'''s shed skin, which seamlessly blends real animals and special effects. And much like Jon Favreau's previous efforts on ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', the animation is provided by Creator/MovingPictureCompany, bringing their experiences on both projects and vastly improving on them.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The entire series is breathtaking, but the first episode got special praise for the shots of the cleaner shrimp and other animals cleaning the ''Mosasaurus'''s shed skin, which seamlessly blends real animals and special effects. And much like Jon Favreau's previous efforts on ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', the animation is provided by Creator/MovingPictureCompany, bringing their experiences on both projects and vastly improving on them.
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** Some have taken to calling the father ''Tyrannosaurus'' "Hank".
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** Some have taken to calling the father ''Tyrannosaurus'' "Hank"."[[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Hank]]".
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** The swimming ''T. Rex'' family quickly became one of the most memorable scenes of the program, due to the contrast of such a huge land animal swimming in the sea without any problems (of which there is evidence, as shown in the behind-the-scenes from "Coasts") and joined by his hatchlings too. It went to the point where it was featured in almost every promotion of the documentary, including the main key visual.
** The clash between the male ''Dreadnoughtus'' in "Deserts", both for the sheer spectacle and being one of the few times in fiction to completely defy the GentleGiantSauropod trope.
** The ''Velociraptor'' hunting sequence in "Freshwater" shows how a real RaptorAttack would go down, with the raptors jumping off cliffs and demonstrating that those feathers aren't just for show.
** It didn't take long for the ''Carnotaurus'''s mating dance scene to become one of the most popular moments of the program, due to featuring a fairly popular theropod engaging in a very goofy dance involving moving his stubby, little arms to impress a female.
** For season 2, the part of the ''Mosasaurus'' breaching out of the water like a great white shark with the young ''Tuarangisaurus'' on its jaws became one of the most recognizable scenes of the sequel, to the point it was used for the main key visual of the second season and shown in most of the trailers of it.
** The clash between the male ''Dreadnoughtus'' in "Deserts", both for the sheer spectacle and being one of the few times in fiction to completely defy the GentleGiantSauropod trope.
** The ''Velociraptor'' hunting sequence in "Freshwater" shows how a real RaptorAttack would go down, with the raptors jumping off cliffs and demonstrating that those feathers aren't just for show.
** It didn't take long for the ''Carnotaurus'''s mating dance scene to become one of the most popular moments of the program, due to featuring a fairly popular theropod engaging in a very goofy dance involving moving his stubby, little arms to impress a female.
** For season 2, the part of the ''Mosasaurus'' breaching out of the water like a great white shark with the young ''Tuarangisaurus'' on its jaws became one of the most recognizable scenes of the sequel, to the point it was used for the main key visual of the second season and shown in most of the trailers of it.
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*** The swimming ''T.Rex'' rex'' family quickly became one of the most memorable scenes of the program, due to the contrast of such a huge land animal swimming in the sea without any problems (of which there is evidence, as shown in the behind-the-scenes from "Coasts") and joined by his hatchlings too. It went to the point where it was featured in almost every promotion of the documentary, including the main key visual.
** *** The clash between the male ''Dreadnoughtus'' in "Deserts", both for the sheer spectacle and being one of the few times in fiction to completely defy the GentleGiantSauropod trope.
** *** The ''Velociraptor'' hunting sequence in "Freshwater" shows how a real RaptorAttack would go down, with the raptors jumping off cliffs and demonstrating that those feathers aren't just for show.
** *** It didn't take long for the ''Carnotaurus'''s mating dance scene to become one of the most popular moments of the program, due to featuring a fairly popular theropod engaging in a very goofy dance involving moving his stubby, little arms to impress a female.
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*** The ''Mosasaurus'' breaching out of the water like a great white shark with the young ''Tuarangisaurus'' on its jaws in "Oceans" became one of the most recognizable scenes of thesequel, second series, to the point it was used for the main key visual of the second season and shown in most of the trailers of it.it.
*** For better or worse, the duel between the ''T. rex'' and the two ''Quetzalcoatlus'' in "North America" soon turned into one of the most iconic scenes of the documentary both for the spectacle of having three huge animals facing each other and because the huge theropod ends up being the loser of the confrontation.
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*** For better or worse, the duel between the ''T. rex'' and the two ''Quetzalcoatlus'' in "North America" soon turned into one of the most iconic scenes of the documentary both for the spectacle of having three huge animals facing each other and because the huge theropod ends up being the loser of the confrontation.
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** A one-sided example with ''Series/LifeOnOurPlanet'', but given that both shows came out roughly at the same time on rival streaming platforms and are advertised as documentaries, this is bound to happen. Unfortunately for ''Series/LifeOnOurPlanet'', a lot of paleontological nerds found out that the series is dominated by outdated cliches that became irksome given that it is meant to be "accurate". Even when one ignores severe inaccuracies like the Smilodon and Terror Bird relationship, fans of Prehistoric Planet view Life On Our Planet bringing nothing new to the table.
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** A one-sided example with ''Series/LifeOnOurPlanet'', but given that both shows came out roughly at the same time on rival streaming platforms and are advertised as documentaries, this is bound to happen. Unfortunately for ''Series/LifeOnOurPlanet'', a lot of paleontological nerds found out that the series is dominated by outdated cliches that became irksome given that it is meant to be "accurate". Even when one ignores severe inaccuracies like the Smilodon and Terror Bird relationship, fans of Prehistoric Planet view that Life On Our Planet bringing brings nothing new to the table.
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** A one-sided example with ''Series/LifeOnOurPlanet'', but given that both shows came out roughly at the same time on rival streaming platforms and are advertised as documentaries, this is bound to happen. Unfortunately for ''Series/LifeOnOurPlanet'', a lot of paleontological nerds found out that the series is dominated by outdated cliches that became irksome given that it is meant to be "accurate". Even when one ignores severe inaccuracies like the Smilodon and Terror Bird relationship, fans of Prehistoric Planet view Life On Our Planet bringing nothing new to the table.
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series tend to single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least favourite creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals, or that it has one of the more egricous cases of ArtisticLicensePaleontology in the series[[note]]it should be going by the name ''Paralligator''[[/note]].
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series tend to single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least favourite creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals, or that it has one of the more egricous egregious cases of ArtisticLicensePaleontology in the series[[note]]it should be going by the name ''Paralligator''[[/note]].''Paralligator'', with the real ''Shamosuchus'' having been an earlier and much smaller animal[[/note]].
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series tend to single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least favourite creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals, or that it should be going by the name ''Paralligator''.
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series tend to single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least favourite creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals, or that it has one of the more egricous cases of ArtisticLicensePaleontology in the series[[note]]it should be going by the name ''Paralligator''.''Paralligator''[[/note]].
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* SpiritualAdaptation: Of ''Literature/AllYesterdays'', a previous Darren Naish-helmed speculative dinosaur project. The series even adapts several scenes directly from the book.
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series tend to single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least popular favourite creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals', animals, or that it should be going by the name ''Paralligator''.
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least popular creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals', or that their segment feels like a rehash of the ''Alcione'' sequence from "Coasts".
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least popular creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals', or that their segment feels like a rehash of it should be going by the ''Alcione'' sequence from "Coasts".name ''Paralligator''.
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* TheScrappy: Fans of the series single out the ''Shamosuchus'' from "Swamps" as their least popular creature in the series' lineup. Maybe it's the CG models being of way lower quality then the rests of the animals', or that their segment feels like a rehash of the ''Alcione'' sequence from "Coasts".
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** The ''T. rex'' became one due to its portrayal in "North America", where it's bested by two ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and forced to escape and leave the ''Alamosaurus'' carcass to them despite being stronger, with many fanworks depicting it as a wimp with a chronic fears of azhdarchids.
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** The ''T. rex'' became one due to its portrayal in "North America", where it's bested by two ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and forced to escape and leave the ''Alamosaurus'' carcass to them despite being stronger, stronger (the issue isn't strength, it's that the ''Quetzalcoatlus'' duo can easily [[EyeScream peck his eyes out]] with those giant beaks, which would permanently cripple its ability to hunt), with many fanworks depicting it as a wimp with a chronic fears of azhdarchids.
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* MemeticLoser:
** The male ''Carnotaurus'' from "Forests" is mocked by fans of the documentary due to being the only male of the series who participates in a mating ritual who DidNotGetTheGirl and failed to attract the female he was courting. As such, it's usual for fanworks to portray him as a loser who cannot get a female unlike other successful males.
** The ''T. rex'' became one due to its portrayal in "North America", where it's bested by two ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and forced to escape and leave the ''Alamosaurus'' carcass to them despite being stronger, with many fanworks depicting it as a wimp with a chronic fears of azhdarchids.
** The male ''Carnotaurus'' from "Forests" is mocked by fans of the documentary due to being the only male of the series who participates in a mating ritual who DidNotGetTheGirl and failed to attract the female he was courting. As such, it's usual for fanworks to portray him as a loser who cannot get a female unlike other successful males.
** The ''T. rex'' became one due to its portrayal in "North America", where it's bested by two ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and forced to escape and leave the ''Alamosaurus'' carcass to them despite being stronger, with many fanworks depicting it as a wimp with a chronic fears of azhdarchids.
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** The ammonite segment of "Oceans" leaves quite an impression despite most species getting only a few seconds of screentime each, due to highlighting just how diverse and bizarre this underappreciated group of invertebrates really were. The ''Diplomoceras'' is especially memorable on account of its positively ''surreal'' shell shape (which, in Attenborough's own words, looks like a giant paperclip).
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** Since their whole screentime consisted in [[EatsBabies eating baby animals]], both the ''Phosphatodraco'' and the ''Beelzebufo'' are portrayed in the fandom as insatiable child eaters, often {{Flanderized}} as [[MemeticMolester literal child predators]].
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** Since their whole screentime consisted in [[EatsBabies eating baby animals]], both the ''Phosphatodraco'' ''Phosphatodraco,'' ''Rajasaurus'' and the ''Beelzebufo'' are portrayed in the fandom as insatiable child eaters, often {{Flanderized}} as [[MemeticMolester literal child predators]].
