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** It's sometimes claimed that in the tie-in book (''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History''), the ''Plateosaurus'' fights the ''Postosuchus''. In actuality, it just ''scares it off'' and the encounter is summarized in one sentence.
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* NewerThanTheyThink: While the animal itself was named back in 1903, ''Ornitholestes'' having a crest on its snout was a very recent theory, proposed by Gregory S. Paul in his book ''Predatory Dinosaurs of the World'' (1988), only to then be disproven in the early 2000s, not long after WWD aired. Throughout most of paleontological history, ''Ornitholestes'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornitholestes#/media/File:The_American_Museum_journal_(c1900-(1918))_(17537482124).jpg was depicted without any nose adornment]].
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* NewerThanTheyThink: While the animal itself was named back in 1903, ''Ornitholestes'' having a crest on its snout was a very recent theory, proposed by Gregory S. Paul in his book ''Predatory Dinosaurs of the World'' (1988), ''Literature/PredatoryDinosaursOfTheWorld'', only to then be disproven in the early 2000s, not long after WWD aired. Throughout most of paleontological history, ''Ornitholestes'' [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornitholestes#/media/File:The_American_Museum_journal_(c1900-(1918))_(17537482124).jpg was depicted without any nose adornment]].
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* FandomSpecificPlot: [[FixFic "Updated" fan takes]] on ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' are common, which also try to fix the MisplacedWildlife and AnachronismStew, leading to some ideas being repeated.
** For "Cruel Sea", the setting is almost always changed from Oxford Clay to Kimmeridge Clay, in order to stay in Britain but also keep the original Late Jurassic date. As a result, ''Liopleurodon'', ''Cryptoclidus'', and ''Eustreptospondylus'' are always replaced with ''Pliosaurus'' [[note]] Fitting, as the giant ''Pliosaurus macromerus'' and ''Pliosaurus rossicus'' were placed in ''Liopleurodon'' back in the '90s. [[/note]], ''Kimmerosaurus'', and ''Juratyrant'' (the last one being a basal tyrannosaur instead of a megalosaur), while ''Rhamphorhynchus'' stays the same. The replacement for ''Ophthalmosaurus'', however, varies, since there are several different ophthalmosaurids known from Kimmeridge Clay.
** For "Giant of the Skies", the ''Utahraptor'', ''Iguanodon'', and ''Polacanthus'' are commonly replaced with ''Deinonychus'', ''Tenontosaurus'' and ''Sauropelta'', as the latter actually lived around the same time as ''Tropeognathus'' (the real inspiration for WWD's ''Ornithocheirus''). This usually involves a SettingUpdate from 127 mya to circa 110 mya and often removing Europe from the plot.
** For "Cruel Sea", the setting is almost always changed from Oxford Clay to Kimmeridge Clay, in order to stay in Britain but also keep the original Late Jurassic date. As a result, ''Liopleurodon'', ''Cryptoclidus'', and ''Eustreptospondylus'' are always replaced with ''Pliosaurus'' [[note]] Fitting, as the giant ''Pliosaurus macromerus'' and ''Pliosaurus rossicus'' were placed in ''Liopleurodon'' back in the '90s. [[/note]], ''Kimmerosaurus'', and ''Juratyrant'' (the last one being a basal tyrannosaur instead of a megalosaur), while ''Rhamphorhynchus'' stays the same. The replacement for ''Ophthalmosaurus'', however, varies, since there are several different ophthalmosaurids known from Kimmeridge Clay.
** For "Giant of the Skies", the ''Utahraptor'', ''Iguanodon'', and ''Polacanthus'' are commonly replaced with ''Deinonychus'', ''Tenontosaurus'' and ''Sauropelta'', as the latter actually lived around the same time as ''Tropeognathus'' (the real inspiration for WWD's ''Ornithocheirus''). This usually involves a SettingUpdate from 127 mya to circa 110 mya and often removing Europe from the plot.
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** The novelization tried to expand the cast of some episode, with "New Blood" having phytosaurs in a small role, and also cameos by metaposaurids and kuehneosaurids, giving us a better idea of Late Triassic biodiversity. But after that, few new animals were included, even for cameos. Worse still, the few they did add felt rather redundant. "Time of Titans" added ''Coelurus'', an animal virtually identical to ''Ornitholestes'', instead of a more interesting pick like ''Ceratosaurus'', and "Death of a Dynasty" featured both ''Anatotitan'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn which we now know are the same animal]]) over something like ''Pachycephalosaurus'' or ''Ornithomimus''. "Giant of the Skies", in particular, could have used some additional creatures, since it's a globe-trotting story, and there were plenty of interesting animals to choose from, like ''Amargasaurus'', ''Baryonyx'' and ''Pelecanimimus'', and "Cruel Sea" actually changed its location from Britain to Germany, yet did not take the opportunity to show ''Archaeopteryx''.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The novelization tried to expand the cast of some episode, with "New Blood" having phytosaurs in a small role, and also cameos by metaposaurids and kuehneosaurids, giving us a better idea of Late Triassic biodiversity. But after that, few new animals were included, even for cameos. Worse still, the few they did add felt rather redundant. "Time of Titans" added ''Coelurus'', an animal virtually identical to ''Ornitholestes'', instead of a more interesting pick like ''Ceratosaurus'', and "Death of a Dynasty" featured both ''Anatotitan'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn which we now know are the same animal]]) over more unique taxa like ''Pachycephalosaurus'' or ''Ornithomimus''. "Giant of the Skies", in particular, could have used some additional creatures, since it's a globe-trotting story, and there were plenty of interesting animals to choose from, like ''Amargasaurus'', ''Baryonyx'' and ''Pelecanimimus'', and "Cruel Sea" actually changed its location from Britain to Germany, yet did not take the opportunity to show ''Archaeopteryx''.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The novelization tried to expand the cast of some episode, with "New Blood" having phytosaurs in a small role, and also cameos by metaposaurids and kuehneosaurids, giving us a better idea of Late Triassic biodiversity. But after that, few new animals were included, even for cameos. Worse still, the few they did add felt rather redundant. "Time of Titans" added ''Coelurus'', an animal virtually identical to ''Ornitholestes'', instead of a more interesting pick like ''Ceratosaurus'', and "Death of a Dynasty" featured both ''Anatotitan'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn which we now know are the same animal]]) over more unique taxa like ''Pachycephalosaurus'' or ''Ornithomimus''. "Giant of the Skies", in particular, could have used some additional creatures, since it's a globe-trotting story, and there were plenty of interesting animals to choose from, like ''Amargasaurus'', ''Baryonyx'' and ''Pelecanimimus'', and "Cruel Sea" actually changed its location from Britain to Germany, yet did not take the opportunity to show ''Archaeopteryx''.
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** The novelization tried to expand the cast of some episode, with "New Blood" having phytosaurs in a small role, and also cameos by metaposaurids and kuehneosaurids, giving us a better idea of Late Triassic biodiversity. But after that, few new animals were, even for cameos. Worse still, the few they did add felt rather redundant. "Time of Titans" added ''Coelurus'', an animal virtually identical to ''Ornotholestes'', instead of a more interesting pick like ''Ceratosaurus'', and "Death of a Dynasty" featureed both ''Anatotitan'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' ([[ScienceMarchesOn which we now know are the same animal]]) over something like ''Pachycephalosaurus'' or ''Ornithomimus''. "Giant of the Skies", in particular, could have used some additional creatures, since it's a glob-trotting story, and there were plenty of interesting animals to choose from, like ''Amargasaurus'', ''Baryonyx'' and ''Pelecanimimus'', and "Cruel Sea" actually changed its location from Britain to Germany, yet did not take the opportunity to show ''Archaeopteryx''.
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** The ''Anatotitan'' (''Edmontosaurus'') also does little in “Death of a Dynasty” besides being MonsterMunch for the UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex. Same for the ''Deinosuchus'' (one of the largest known crocodiles and confirmed dinosaur-eater), who is just a floating animatronic head that menacingly watches other animals drinking.
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** The ''Anatotitan'' (''Edmontosaurus'') also does little in “Death of a Dynasty” besides being MonsterMunch for the UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex. Though the tie-in book does give them a larger role slightly.
*** Samefor episode, the ''Deinosuchus'' (one of the largest known crocodiles and confirmed dinosaur-eater), who is just a floating animatronic head that menacingly watches other animals drinking. Though again, larger role in the book, where it eats a ''Quetzalcoatlus''.
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** The ''Postosuchus'' in “New Blood” is framed as a [[TheDreaded fierce and powerful apex predator]] who strikes fear into the hearts of early dinosaurs and other Triassic animals….[[WeaksauceWeakness except that she can only move at a snail’s pace]] (even before getting crippled), meaning the agile ''Coelophysis'' could easily hassle her and suffer no consequences, [[FridgeLogic and perhaps that’s the reason that the only interaction between them is during the former’s dying breath]]. That said, in real life, ''Postosuchus'' '''wasn’t''' a [[ScienceMarchesOn sluggish, lumbering hulk]].
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** The ''Postosuchus'' in “New Blood” is framed as a [[TheDreaded fierce and powerful apex predator]] who strikes fear into the hearts of early dinosaurs and other Triassic animals….[[WeaksauceWeakness except that she can only move at a snail’s pace]] (even before getting crippled), meaning the agile ''Coelophysis'' could easily hassle her and suffer no consequences, [[FridgeLogic and perhaps that’s the reason that the only interaction between them is during the former’s dying breath]]. That said, in real life, [[ScienceMarchesOn we now know]] ''Postosuchus'' '''wasn’t''' a [[ScienceMarchesOn [[MightyGlacier sluggish, lumbering hulk]].
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An inevitability with a paleontological documentary that's over 2 decades old. Non-saurian Triassic wildlife being sluggish and ungainly, scaly coelurosaurs, ''Ornitholestes'' with a nose-crest, whale-sized pliosaurs, plesiosaurs crawling onto land, stiff-necked diplodocids, female T. rex being larger and more aggressive than the males, badger-like ''Didelphodon'', and dinosaurs already teetering towards extinction before the meteor impact are all very reflective of [[TheNineties late '90s]] paleontology.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: An inevitability with a paleontological documentary that's over 2 decades old. Non-saurian Triassic wildlife being sluggish and ungainly, scaly coelurosaurs, quadrupedal prosauropods, ''Ornitholestes'' with a nose-crest, whale-sized pliosaurs, plesiosaurs crawling onto land, stiff-necked diplodocids, female T. rex being larger and more aggressive than the males, badger-like ''Didelphodon'', and dinosaurs already teetering towards extinction before the meteor impact are all very reflective of [[TheNineties late '90s]] paleontology.
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** The Walking with Trilogy (''Dinosaurs'', ''Beasts'', and ''Monsters'') is the most well-known and beloved prehistoric documentaries ever made, and both Creator/TheBBC and Creator/DiscoveryChannel try to repeat their success with other dinosaur documentaries but none of them aside from ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'' have come close to the popularity of the original trilogy. At least part of the reason behind this may be because many future dinosaur documentaries would often splice their episodes in with talking head segments explaining more about what the viewers saw, whereas the Walking With Trilogy attempts to go for a more naturalistic "show, don't tell" approach.
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** The Walking with Trilogy (''Dinosaurs'', ''Beasts'', and ''Monsters'') is the most well-known and beloved prehistoric documentaries ever made, and both Creator/TheBBC and Creator/DiscoveryChannel try to repeat their success with other dinosaur documentaries but none of them aside from ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'' have come close to the popularity of the original trilogy. At least part of the reason behind this may be because many future dinosaur documentaries would often splice their episodes in with talking head segments explaining more about what the viewers saw, whereas the Walking With Trilogy attempts to go for a more naturalistic "show, "[[ShowDontTell show, don't tell" approach.tell]]" approach.
* FranchiseOriginalSin:
** One frequent criticism of ''Series/WalkingWithMonsters'' was that it apparently made an effort to get the audience to root for certain animals over others, which felt strange for a nature documentary. This tendency can be seen here as well, as it treats various animals like protagonists and antagonists, with apex predators generally being depicted as menacing and less charismatic carnivores (especially scavengers and ovivores) being shown in a decidedly negative (or at least macabre) light. This was, however, less noticeable in ''Dinosaurs'', as it lacks the rhetoric characterizing evolution as a ForeverWar that was present in ''Monsters''' narration, which drew attention to the narrative slant present in that series.
** Quite a few later documentaries on prehistoric life were heavily criticized for attempting to pander to mainstream audiences by depicting its subjects in an overly "edgy" and "badass" way (often making them out to be [[PrehistoricMonster monstrous]] in the process), a tendency that earned the derisive nickname "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesomebro awesomebro]]". While these documentaries were frequently contrasted with the ''Walking With...'' franchise, it was not innocent of this sort of thing itself, as demonstrated by [[RuleOfCool/WalkingWith its extensive Rule of Cool page]]. This was, however, considered more acceptable for two reasons. First, these embellishments were generally based on [[ScienceMarchesOn ideas that were seriously considered at the time]], rather than being simply added for the sake of being awesome regardless of factual basis. Second, the series made an effort to depict prehistoric life realistically in both appearance and behavior, having them act in ways reminiscent of normal present-day animals rather than making them out to be vicious, bloodthirsty beasts.
* FranchiseOriginalSin:
** One frequent criticism of ''Series/WalkingWithMonsters'' was that it apparently made an effort to get the audience to root for certain animals over others, which felt strange for a nature documentary. This tendency can be seen here as well, as it treats various animals like protagonists and antagonists, with apex predators generally being depicted as menacing and less charismatic carnivores (especially scavengers and ovivores) being shown in a decidedly negative (or at least macabre) light. This was, however, less noticeable in ''Dinosaurs'', as it lacks the rhetoric characterizing evolution as a ForeverWar that was present in ''Monsters''' narration, which drew attention to the narrative slant present in that series.
** Quite a few later documentaries on prehistoric life were heavily criticized for attempting to pander to mainstream audiences by depicting its subjects in an overly "edgy" and "badass" way (often making them out to be [[PrehistoricMonster monstrous]] in the process), a tendency that earned the derisive nickname "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesomebro awesomebro]]". While these documentaries were frequently contrasted with the ''Walking With...'' franchise, it was not innocent of this sort of thing itself, as demonstrated by [[RuleOfCool/WalkingWith its extensive Rule of Cool page]]. This was, however, considered more acceptable for two reasons. First, these embellishments were generally based on [[ScienceMarchesOn ideas that were seriously considered at the time]], rather than being simply added for the sake of being awesome regardless of factual basis. Second, the series made an effort to depict prehistoric life realistically in both appearance and behavior, having them act in ways reminiscent of normal present-day animals rather than making them out to be vicious, bloodthirsty beasts.
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** ''Quetzalcoatlus'', which captures the majesty of the large pterosaurs (in the series at least, in the book it's subjected to a karmic death) and highlights their decline.
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* Moe: The ''[[http://i0.wp.com/www.cgmeetup.net/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Walking-with-Dinosaurs-11.jpg?resize=860%2C482 Troodon]]''. How can you not "d'aww" at [[PuppyDogEyes that face?]]
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** The ''[[http://i0.wp.com/www.cgmeetup.net/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Walking-with-Dinosaurs-11.jpg?resize=860%2C482 Troodon]]''. How can you not "d'aww" at [[PuppyDogEyes thatface?]]face?]]
** The ''Hesperonychus''.
** Alex is also very cute looking.
** The ''[[http://i0.wp.com/www.cgmeetup.net/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Walking-with-Dinosaurs-11.jpg?resize=860%2C482 Troodon]]''. How can you not "d'aww" at [[PuppyDogEyes that
** The ''Hesperonychus''.
** Alex is also very cute looking.
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** It's sometimes claimed that in the tie-in book (''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History''), the ''Plateosaurus'' fights the ''Postosuchus''. In actuality, it just ''scares it off'' and the encounter is summarized in one sentence.
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* The Cretaceous mammal in "Spirits of the Ice Forest" is played by the easily recognizable coati, which is made worse by supplementary material calling it a ''Steropodon'', an early relative of the ''platypus''. One wonders why they didn't at least use a more generic-looking small mammal like a possum or rat (which plenty of other paleontological documentaries have done).
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* The Cretaceous mammal in "Spirits of the Ice Forest" is played by the easily recognizable coati, which is made worse by supplementary material calling it a ''Steropodon'', an early relative of the ''platypus''. One wonders why they didn't at least use a more generic-looking small mammal like a possum or rat (which plenty of other paleontological documentaries have done).
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** Despite being a common [[TheScrappy punching bag among critics]] for being an InNameOnly depiction of the animal, the ''Quetzalcoatlus'' in "Death of a Dynasty" (who is a tweaked version of the ''Ornithocheirus'' model) [[https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/Quetzalcoatlus3_5e82.jpg wasn't that far off compared to many artistic depictions of the animal]] [[https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/MM-quetzalcoatlus-illustration-BIG_319a.jpg during the '80s and '90s]] when we knew far, far less about azhdarchid anatomy. ''That said'', one thing that was definitely inaccurate even for its time was the short neck, as ''Quetzalcotlus'' has always been reconstructed with a long, stork-like neck (promotional images also show it with teeth, which was also a glaring error).
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** Similarly, any shots of animals eating would be done in ways that avoiding actually showing them swallowing, such as cutting away, putting their head just out of frame, obscuring it behind some object, or just showing them chewing but with nothing in their mouth. It's also noticeable that predators are rarely seen pinning a food item with their foot. Presumably, this was due to the difficulty in showing the different CGI models realistically interacting or the CGI animal interacting with a physical prop.
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** Similarly, any shots of animals eating would be done in ways that avoiding actually showing them swallowing, such as cutting away, putting their head just out of frame, obscuring it behind some object, or just showing them chewing but with nothing in their mouth. It's also noticeable that predators are rarely seen pinning a food item with their foot. Presumably, this was due to the difficulty in showing the different CGI models realistically interacting or the CGI animal interacting with a physical prop.prop, but once the trick is noticed it becomes hard not to notice it ''everywhere'' in the series.
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* StockFootageFailure: "Spirits of the Ice Forest" uses footage of a modern day tuatara and weta to show the taxa as "living fossils" that have survived unchanged since the age of dinosaurs. The fact that it's older stock footage is obvious though, as the image quality is much worse than the rest of the episode, and neither animal interacts with the other prehistoric animals at any point. Some of the stock footage of insects has a similar issue.
** "Time of Titans" also uses stock footage to represent the Jurassic wildfires.
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** "Spirits of the Ice Forest" uses footage of a modern day tuatara and weta to show the taxa as "living fossils" that have survived unchanged since the age of dinosaurs. The fact that it's older stock footage is obvious though, as the image quality is much worse than the rest of the episode, and neither animal interacts with the other prehistoric animals at any point. Some of the stock footage of insects has a similar issue.
** "Time of Titans" also uses stock footage to represent the Jurassicwildfires.wildfires, and it's similarly obvious that it's older unrelated footage due to the very noticeable drop in video quality and the fact no footage of fire and dinosaurs overlaps.
** "Spirits of the Ice Forest" uses footage of a modern day tuatara and weta to show the taxa as "living fossils" that have survived unchanged since the age of dinosaurs. The fact that it's older stock footage is obvious though, as the image quality is much worse than the rest of the episode, and neither animal interacts with the other prehistoric animals at any point. Some of the stock footage of insects has a similar issue.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For many, its visual effects are among the most impressive in any TV series ever.
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*** Making ''Postosuchus'' even sillier is that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDXozpChRHg its roars]] are actually distorted versions of ''[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aUTe2ndjRew the]] [[StockScream Howie Long Scream]]''. Once you hear it, it's impossible to un-hear it.
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** "Time of Titans" uses stock footage to represent the Jurassic wilfires. In it, fire engine sirens are clearly audible.
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* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: The climax of the movie being Patchi leading the herd in driving off the predators by standing together made many longtime paleo-fans groan due to being too reminiscent of the same thing happening in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}''.
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* ContestedSequel: ''Monsters'' is this, as it got more polarised reception for its less natural presentation then the rest of the series.
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* EvenBetterSequel: ''Beasts'' got even more acclaim and has aged significantly better than ''Dinosaurs''.
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** Postman ''Postosuchus''. [[note]] Originated from [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2b87Z7XEhO0pIQklwqvCYHwBMm9gf7U this series of]] [[YouTubePoop YTPs]] of ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', which depicted a ''Postosuchus'' posing as a delivery man. During the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT2_Hng_1Kg&list=PLg2b87Z7XEhO0pIQklwqvCYHwBMm9gf7U&index=4 later]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z24dyjoLi4&list=PLg2b87Z7XEhO0pIQklwqvCYHwBMm9gf7U&index=6 YTPs]] of this series, the OC in question evolves into a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears]] UnstoppableMailman who time travels throughout the Mesozoic to make deliveries [[spoiler: and later saves the dinosaurs from extinction by allowing for them to join him in his time machine truck as temporal refugees]].[[/note]]
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** Postman ''Postosuchus''. [[note]] Originated from [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2b87Z7XEhO0pIQklwqvCYHwBMm9gf7U this series of]] [[YouTubePoop YTPs]] of ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', which depicted a ''Postosuchus'' posing as a delivery man. During the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT2_Hng_1Kg&list=PLg2b87Z7XEhO0pIQklwqvCYHwBMm9gf7U&index=4 later]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z24dyjoLi4&list=PLg2b87Z7XEhO0pIQklwqvCYHwBMm9gf7U&index=6 YTPs]] of this series, the OC in question evolves into a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears]] UnstoppableMailman who time travels throughout the Mesozoic to make deliveries [[spoiler: and later saves the dinosaurs from extinction by allowing for them to join him in his time machine TimeMachine truck as temporal refugees]].[[/note]]
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** Even these shows weren't immune to this: the most common goofs are CG clipping errors (like when the mammoth's trunk "merges" with its tusk and the ''Ornitholestes''' quills clipping into its skin), wires from the animatronic models or parts of the people controlling them being visible, and shadow/reflection effects being messed up. Some are obvious (like the skin of the ''Opthalmosaurus'' puppet flaking off in the birthing scene), others you only catch if you watch the clips frame-by-frame.
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** Even these shows weren't immune to this: the most common goofs are CG clipping errors (like when the mammoth's trunk "merges" with its tusk and the ''Ornitholestes''' quills clipping into its skin), wires from the animatronic models or parts of the people controlling them being visible, and shadow/reflection effects being messed up. Some are obvious (like the skin of the ''Opthalmosaurus'' puppet flaking off in the birthing scene), others you are much more clever in hiding their flaws, only catch catchable if you watch the clips frame-by-frame.
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** During the making-of special, we are shown Crystal Palace Park and the narrator cites the resident statues as vintage examples of past generations trying to reconstruct scientifically accurate dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals but making crucial mistakes, calling them “a solid reminder of the mistakes of the past”. Some 20 years later, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ScienceMarchesOn/WalkingWith?from=ScienceMarchesOn.WalkingWithDinosaurs in the wake of a lot of new discoveries]], and that summary aptly describes WWD and its sequels when compared to later and more up-to-date documentaries such as ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet''.
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** During the making-of special, we are shown Crystal Palace Park and the narrator cites the resident statues as vintage examples of past generations trying to reconstruct scientifically accurate dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals but making crucial mistakes, calling them “a solid reminder of the mistakes of the past”. Some 20 years later, [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ScienceMarchesOn/WalkingWith?from=ScienceMarchesOn.WalkingWithDinosaurs [[ScienceMarchesOn/WalkingWith in the wake of a lot of new discoveries]], and that summary aptly describes WWD and its sequels when compared to later and more up-to-date documentaries such as ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet''.
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** The serious has gotten flak for [[OutOfFocus shafting]] ''Quetzalcoatlus'', who is just a [[PaletteSwap reskin]] of ''Ornithocheirus'' here and only appears briefly in "Death of a Dynasty", while other pterosaurs are given more substantial roles in the previous episodes. This is pretty funny in hindsight, as ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and azhdarchids, in general, would go on to become the most commonly depicted pterosaurs in the paleo-documentary genera [[FollowTheLeader that spawned from WWD]], being prominently featured in ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'', ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'', ''Series/ClashOfTheDinosaurs'', ''Series/PlanetDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'', ''Flying Monsters 3D'', and ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'', just to name the most prolific ones, while other types of pterosaurs would only appear sporadically.
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** The serious series has gotten flak for [[OutOfFocus shafting]] ''Quetzalcoatlus'', who is just a [[PaletteSwap reskin]] of ''Ornithocheirus'' here and only appears briefly in "Death of a Dynasty", while other pterosaurs are given more substantial roles in the previous episodes. episodes (not helped by ''Azhdarcho'' being given the same treatment in ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs''). This is pretty funny ironic in hindsight, as ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and azhdarchids, in general, would go on to become the most commonly depicted pterosaurs in the paleo-documentary genera [[FollowTheLeader that spawned from WWD]], being prominently featured in ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'', ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'', ''Series/ClashOfTheDinosaurs'', ''Series/PlanetDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'', ''Flying Monsters 3D'', and ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'', just to name the most prolific ones, while other types of pterosaurs would only appear sporadically.
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** The serious has gotten flak for [[OutOfFocus shafting]] ''Quetzalcoatlus'', who is just a [[PaletteSwap reskin]] of ''Ornithocheirus'' here and only appears briefly in "Death of a Dynasty", while other pterosaurs are given more substantial roles in the previous episodes. This is pretty funny in hindsight, as ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and azhdarchids, in general, would go on to become the most commonly depicted pterosaurs in the paleo-documentary genera [[FollowTheLeader that spawned from WWD]], being prominently featured in ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'', ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'', ''Series/ClashOfTheDinosaurs'', ''Series/PlanetDinosaur'', ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'', ''Flying Monsters 3D'', and ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'', just to name the most prolific ones, while other types of pterosaurs would only appear sporadically.
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** "Time of Titans" uses stock footage to represent the Jurassic wilfires. In it, fire engine sirens are clearly audible.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Many viewers found themselves supporting Gorgon instead of Patchi and especially Scowler thanks to him being both a character with no dialogue (thus not annoying like the main characters) and a badass tyrannosaur.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Many viewers found themselves supporting Gorgon instead of Patchi and especially Scowler thanks to him being both a character with no dialogue (thus not annoying like the main characters) and a badass tyrannosaur. The fact that he kills a pterosaur to feed his family definitely made him sympathetic in viewers' eyes.
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** One of the biggest and most obvious instances of clipping is the ''Utahraptor'' pair attacking an ''Iguanodon''. Because of the direct and dynamic nature of the attack, with the raptors pouncing onto the ''Iguanodon'' and clawing at its flanks in the centre of the shot, the show could not resort to obscuring the points of contact as in many other scenes, making it incredibly obvious the ''Utahraptor'' models frequently and heavily merge with the ''Iguanodon'' model (such as one shot where the raptor's entire hand sinks into the ''Iguanodon'''s shoulder).
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** The ''Deinosuchus''. The fact that it's just an immobile head puppet is extremely obvious due to the fact every time it appears, it only shows its head in a single position, with the camera carefully avoiding showing anything behind its neck in every shot it's in (because it doesn't have a body), and it never occurs onscreen together with any other animal.
