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| 12 | ->''"Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like ''T. rex'' -- he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not ''Velociraptor''. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes -- Not from the front, but ''from the side'', from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there."'' |
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| 15 | Ever since ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' made ''Velociraptor'' a household name, its iconic image — a man-sized, [[ItCanThink intelligent]], agile, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily toothy]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent scaly killer]] — has appeared countless times in popular culture, usually as a ShoutOut to ''Jurassic Park''. |
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| 17 | Meanwhile in RealLife, the fact that the wrong dinosaur gained undeserved fame causes [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology paleontologists an unending amount of bitter tears.]] |
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| 19 | ''Velociraptor'', while still believed to be an agile and clever predator in its own right, was actually [[https://emilywilloughby.com/gallery/paleoart/the-velociraptor-hunting-dance a bird-of-prey-like hunter]] about the size of an eagle. The actual inspiration for the creatures found in the book and film is its larger cousin ''Deinonychus''. Later books and films also pull in elements of ''Utahraptor'', TheBigGuy of the family which actually exceeds the size and build of the creatures in the film. |
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| 21 | Besides ''Velociraptor'', ''Deinonychus'' and ''Utahraptor'', this trope potentially encompasses all portrayals of other [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae#Deinonychosauria deinonychosaurian]] dinosaurs in media as well, such as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae dromaeosaurids]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodontidae troodontids.]] In reality, the group is made up of many species with various hunting strategies ranging from tiny to huge in size, sharing traits like their famous sickle claws, carnivorous diet, bipedal stance, and birdlike feathers. In fiction, however, the family shares traits like near-human intelligence, green or brown scaly skin, roughly human size, an insatiable desire to kill, and the name ''Velociraptor''. |
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| 23 | ScienceMarchesOn has further complicated things. At the time Creator/MichaelCrichton wrote ''Jurassic Park'', the dromaeosaurid subfamily Velociraptorinae was classified as a large collection of species resembling its namesake member, which included ''Deinonychus''. Thus this species ''was'' at the time considered to technically be a ''velociraptorine''. More importantly, the book ''Literature/PredatoryDinosaursOfTheWorld'' by Gregory S. Paul (which Crichton used as a major reference) controversially classified ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' as a species of ''Velociraptor''. RuleOfCool dictated Crichton use the name that sounded more dramatic and could be shortened to [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "raptor"]], even though no other expert agreed with Paul's classification, and Paul himself later abandoned it. |
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| 25 | Worse still, thanks to some shuffling of classifications, ''Deinonychus'' is no longer a velociraptorine. There are analyses that suggest troodontids and dromaeosaurids were not close relatives at all, and/or that some groups traditionally considered to be dromaeosaurids were not, instead being closer to modern birds (although others maintain the traditional view). Some recent analyses also suggest that the so-called "first bird" ''Archaeopteryx'' may either be a deinonychosaur as well (in other words, closer to ''Velociraptor'' than to modern birds), or farther from modern birds than deinonychosaurs are. This has even led to speculation that traditional dromaeosaurids may have had ancestors who ''became'' flightless. And in a final hilarious twist, there is still no universal agreement on where ''Deinonychus'' fits in the raptor's TangledFamilyTree. |
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| 27 | It's worth noting that before ''Jurassic Park'' made ''Velociraptor'' famous, ''Deinonychus'' was the most frequently-seen dromaeosaur in pop-culture. Many dinosaur-themed works of fiction from the 1970s and 1980s feature ''Deinonychus'' as the token dromaeosaur. |
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| 29 | In any case, it's worthy to note that there is very little difference between the body plans of ''Archaeopteryx'', troodontids, dromaeosaurids and a number of other (relatively) small birdy things in that part of the family tree. Much like modern birds of prey, size and potential color patterns aside, the average person would probably have little luck telling them apart in life, even before they tried to claw your eyes out for being too close to their nest. It's also worth noting that in the original ''Jurassic Park'', Dr. Alan Grant [[ShownTheirWork does stress several times]] how raptors, and also other theropods like ''Gallimimus'' and even T. rex share traits with birds (despite their lack of feathers), but most pop culture depictions theropods ignored that tidbit, despite otherwise taking cues from ''Jurassic Park''. |
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| 31 | For a more thorough listing of the inaccuracies that tend to show up in various works, see the folder below. For good examples of ''accurate'' deinonychosaur portrayals, see [[http://mpm.panaves.com/nh/paleoart.htm these]] [[http://emilywilloughby.com/gallery/paleoart websites.]] |
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| 33 | Basically, an accurate dromaeosaurid would really just look like a ToothyBird. |
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| 35 | Usually an example of ArtisticLicensePaleontology, what with ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' being the TropeCodifier, and sometimes of RuleOfCool, if raptors are added just for coolness. See also TerrorDactyl and TRexpy. |
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| 37 | For the other kind of raptor attack, see KidnappingBirdOfPrey. See also XenomorphXerox for a type of alien monster that tends to have similarities with raptors. Can fit nicely into FeatheredFiend if the raptors are portrayed accurately with feathers. |
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| 44 | * Being covered in scales instead of feathers. If present in older works this is a victim of ScienceMarchesOn, but we've known since 1999 that deinonychosaurs had feathers.[[note]]Indeed, some possible deinonychosaurs such as ''Archaeopteryx'' and ''Rahonavis'' already showed evidence of feathers before then, but had not been recognized as deinonychosaurs when first discovered.[[/note]] On real deinonychosaurs, scales were only present on the feet, if at all. Known specimens with feathers had completely feathered feet, [[http://dinogoss.blogspot.pt/2013/09/youre-doing-it-wrong-dino-foot-scales.html meaning that scaly feet were probably]] [[{{Irony}} a bird-exclusive trait]]. |
| 45 | * In the event that deinonychosaurs are portrayed with feathers, it is [[http://dinogoss.blogspot.com/2010/03/youre-doing-it-wrong-1-archaeopteryx.html very, very unlikely]] that the feather distribution and structure will be portrayed accurately. One of the most common mistakes on this front is to have the wing feathers end at the wrist, even though we know that deinonychosaurs actually had wing feathers attached to the second finger as well. Only partially feathering deinonychosaurs is also generally incorrect. It is common for many depictions of feathered deinonychosaurs to portray them as a [[MixAndMatchCritter weird hybrid]] between a bird and a lizard, probably to highlight their "[[HollywoodEvolution missing link]]" iconism. However, we know that deinonychosaurs were almost entirely feathered other than the tip of the snout and sometimes the feet (though it is not unreasonable to suggest that the largest deinonychosaurs may have had some naked patches similar to ostriches today). For a long time it was thought that deinonychosaurs only had pennaceous (modern-style) feathers on the wings and tail (and sometimes the legs), with the rest of the body being covered in protofeathers, but a new study has shown that these protofeathers are likely just misinterpreted pennaceous feathers. So, like modern birds, deinonychosaurs actually [[FeatheredFiend had pennaceous feathers all over the body]] - imagine a slightly oversized, flightless bird of prey with a toothy snout instead of a beak and a long tail, and you may have a pretty good idea of what these creatures looked like in RealLife. Incidentally, the pennaceous feathers of many modern flightless birds (such as [[LandDownUnder kiwis]]) are degraded and hair like, so it's possible that flightless deinonychosaurs were similar. |
| 46 | ** If one wants to get a good idea of what raptors truly looked like, they were so bird-like that had they lived into the modern day, they almost certainly would have been classified as birds instead of reptiles. Accurate paleoart like that by [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Dromaeosaurs.png Fred Wierum]] illustrates this point. |
| 47 | * The hands will be twisted around so that the palms point backwards towards the body, kind of like a zombie. In reality, deinonychosaurs (in fact, most dinosaurs) have palms that naturally face one another, like someone about to clap, and [[ArtisticLicenseBiology twisting them around like that would break the wrists]]. Biomechanical studies have shown that deinonychosaur palms would actually rotate ''upwards'' when the wrists were extended, which would have helped them clutch objects to the chest. |
| 48 | * Deinonychosaurs will often be depicted as {{Lightning Bruiser}}s, among the speediest of all dinosaurs. While troodonts and basal dromaeosaurids were well built for running, the larger, more derived dromaeosaurids (including ''Velociraptor'' and ''Deinonychus'') were not (they are, however, still much faster than a person, but not nearly as fast as pop culture depictions). In fact, going by leg proportions alone, derived dromaeosaurids were among the ''worst'' runners among ''all'' theropods (meat-eating dinosaurs), with only a few specialists (''Therizinosaurus'', etc) being much slower. As early as the 1960s, scientific analyses have concluded that advanced dromaeosaurids were built for short-range and fast bursts of speed (similar to modern big cats and the cougar) and low-speed endurance running instead of high-speed sprinting for long distances (like modern canids, to which dromaeosaurs often get compared), and the bone walls of ''Utahraptor'' are around twice as proportionally thick as those of ''Allosaurus''. However, the leg structure ''does'' indicate that they do appear to have been very agile and had a good sense of balance (which is more important to chasing things anyways), which sort of makes up for it. In sum, advanced dromaeosaurs were more akin to [[JackOfAllStats Jacks of All Stats]] or [[MasterOfAll masters of all]] than what the movies say, in that they stressed more emphasis on CombatParkour (which ironically qualifies a raptor as a LightningBruiser) and [[http://dinogoss.blogspot.com/2011/12/waddle-achillobator-waddle.html claw-to-claw dogfighting than fleetness of foot.]] |
| 49 | * AnimalEyes, combined with RuleOfScary and, to some extent, ReptilesAreAbhorrent. Cat-like eyes [[HellishPupils with slits for pupils]] are the most common, which ''might'' be reasonable considering that the only non-dinosaurian archosaurs alive today, crocodilians, have slit pupils as well. However, given the fact that raptors are much more closely related to birds than to crocodilians, their eyes may well be more bird-like with round, fixed pupils.[[note]]The only known birds with slit pupils are skimmers, and even then this is to prevent themselves from being blinded by water surface glare, and is just one of their many adaptations to their highly specialized namesake lifestyle.[[/note]] On the other claw, however, the typical raptor skull does not have a supraorbital ridge, so it would be rather unrealistic to give your raptor the same "eagle scowl" as that of the other type of raptor, the NobleBirdOfPrey. |
| 50 | * BiggerIsBetter combined with TaxonomicTermConfusion, where works depict "''Velociraptor''" as being more similar to ''Deinonychus'' and sometimes nearing the size of ''Utahraptor'', the TropeMaker being ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', due to Michael Crichton using paleo artist Gregory Paul's book (which considered ''Deinonychus'' a species of ''Velociraptor'') as a source for his novel. This is typically a result of FollowTheLeader when present in other works. The actual ''Velociraptor'' was typically coyote sized compared to the mountain lion sized ''Deinonychus'' and polar bear sized ''Utahraptor''. |
| 51 | * Overly flexible or overly stiff tails. Due to their tails being surrounded by ossified tendons, deinonychosaur tails were probably not sinuous and whip-like as shown in ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. At the same time, it is a common meme among paleo artists to draw deinonychosaur tails as being stiff rods almost incapable of bending except at the base. Though true to a degree, fossils of sleeping deinonychosaurs such as ''Mei'' show that their tails were flexible enough to curl around the body. |
| 52 | * [[IntellectualAnimal Extreme intelligence]], in stark contrast to [[DumbDinos other types of dinosaurs]]. Prior to the discovery that modern birds are dinosaurs, deinonychosaurs were widely considered "the most intelligent dinosaurs." (Just look at the door-opening raptors from ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.) Based on brain-to-body ratio and brain structure, deinonychosaurs do appear to have been quite intelligent among Mesozoic dinosaurs. In fact, their encephalization quotient is actually much higher than that of modern-day crocodilians (which may not sound like that much of a compliment, at first, until you remember that, according to a recent study, crocodilians are [[RealityIsUnrealistic actually as intelligent as dogs]]) and comparable to those of some modern birds. However, they were almost certainly not as intelligent as the most intelligent birds alive today, corvids and parrots. A common paleo meme that arose in the 1980s was the idea that if dinosaurs never became extinct, the most intelligent species (i.e.: deinonychosaurs) would [[LizardFolk develop into humanoid forms]]. This overlooks the fact that the most intelligent dinosaurs (modern-type birds) ''were'' [[OvershadowedByAwesome the ones that survived]] to begin with, as well as demonstrates something of a HumansAreSpecial attitude. After all, there isn't any good reason why [[http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/03/dinosauroids_2008.php hypothetical highly intelligent dinosaurs]] would necessarily develop a human-like body plan. |
| 53 | * [[RuleOfCool Being capable of taking on impossibly large prey.]] Due to their reputation as pack hunters (which is in itself debatable), deinonychosaurs are popularly shown killing prey much, much larger than themselves with ease. Although we know that some dromaeosaurids definitely preyed on larger prey (for example, one famous fossil preserves a ''Velociraptor'' fighting a ''Protoceratops'', a herbivore that could have been up to twice its size in mass), many of these depictions show coyote-sized dromaeosaurids killing prey not just ten times their size, but ''several hundred times'' their size, such as adult hadrosaurs or even sauropods. This paleo-meme may have originated from John Ostrom's description of ''Deinonychus'' as a big-game hunter, using its claws to slash at its prey, but it is now known that its claws did not have the sharp lower edges required for this purpose. Instead, the more advanced dromaeosaurs would have used the hooked claws as [[http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0028964 piercing implements,]] hooking onto moderate to large but not huge-sized targets (which, however, still can be larger than the raptor itself) such as juvenile iguanodontians or small ceratopsians, and skewering their vitals (the ''Velociraptor'' vs. ''Protoceratops'' fossil, for example, shows that the raptor's killing claw is embedded in the ceratopsian's throat, where the jugular would be IRL). Furthermore, many other deinonychosaurs (such as troodonts and basal dromaeosaurids) likely specialized in small prey, not large ones. (Check out how comparatively [[http://shartman.deviantart.com/art/Wounding-Tooth-200043202 small]] those teeth and claws are in ''Troodon''.) |
| 54 | ** The often invoked predator-prey relation between ''Deinonychus'' (3.4 meters long) and ''Tenontosaurus'' (6 to 8 meters long) is not [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenontosaurus#Predators as set in stone]] as commonly presented either, despite being actually possible in RealLife with a family group/opportunistic gathering of ''Deinonychus'' and a single herbivore. |
| 55 | * [[FeatherFingers Overly useful hands.]] Many deinonychosaurs had long arms and big hands, and it is therefore tempting to think that they were actually ''used'' like human hands. It is not uncommon to see deinonychosaurs (again, especially ''Troodon'') shown with opposable thumbs, even though the only deinonychosaur that has so far been biomechanically demonstrated to have had opposable thumbs is ''Bambiraptor'', so most deinonychosaurs could only hold objects two-handed (or clutched them towards the chest). In reality, long as their arms were, deinonychosaurs couldn't reach further with their hands than they could with their mouths, and the large feathers known to have been present on the arms and hands of deinonychosaurs would have prevented their use in picking up food from the ground or digging (known traces of digging deinonychosaurs show they dug with their feet, as modern ground birds do). The hand claws were useful as grappling hooks and for holding food that couldn't be eaten in one gulp, but they likely weren't as dexterous as often portrayed. |
| 56 | * Killing by disembowelment. The claw is often depicted being used like a blade, slashing the soft underbelly of prey. While this seems initially plausible, the deinonychosaurs' legs are not flexible enough for the task and the "killing claw" is built incorrectly for slashing, since it's curved and lacks a sharp edge. It's also highly dangerous to attack a large prey animal ''by getting under it''. The most likely theories are that raptors used their claw like daggers, stabbing weak points like the jugular to kill larger game, or that they hunted like extant eagles; using the enlarged pedal claw as a gripping aid as the dromaeosaur ''ate the prey item alive'' while pinning it down with its feet. |
| 57 | * MisplacedWildlife mixed with AnachronismStew. Due to the fact that pretty much every dinosaur related anything seems to have a need for every [[SmallTaxonomyPools stock dinosaur]] ever to make an appearance, you'll often see animals labelled "Velociraptor", "Deinonychus" or "Utahraptor" living alongside ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and ''Triceratops'' (and in extreme cases, ''Stegosaurus''). In reality, ''Deinonychus'' and ''Utahraptor'' went extinct long before ''T. rex'', and even though ''Velociraptor'' lived during the Late Cretaceous, it lived a few million years earlier and on the other side of the world. That said, this inaccuracy may have been vindicated somewhat, as two dromaeosaurs that resemble ''Velociraptor'' and ''Deinonychus'' have been discovered to have lived alongside ''T. rex'': ''Acheroraptor'' (discovered in 2013) and ''Dakotaraptor'' (discovered in 2015). |
| 58 | * Probably thanks to ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', it was a bit of a trend for a while to depict raptors as being AlwaysChaoticEvil. [[PrehistoricMonster It should probably be obvious why this is inaccurate]]. Fortunately, this is less common nowadays, to the point that [[Film/JurassicParkIII later installments]] in [[Film/JurassicWorld the franchise]] both avert it and give a kind of justification for past depictions: they were violently sociopathic due to being "raised" without proper role models (read: isolated in artificial pens since a very early age, being fed remotely, and pretty much zero socialization). |
| 59 | * RealIsBrown. Like many dinosaurs, raptors will often be depicted as green or brown, even with feathers, with writers acting like it's more realistic for them to be dull colored. In reality, we know from groundbreaking fossils of ''Anchiornis'' and ''Sinornithosaurus'' that many maniraptors would have been [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife very brightly colored]]. Like birds, raptors had great eyesight and therefore would likely have been capable of seeing in color. That said, there are a few species proven to be somewhat darker in color, like the iridescent, starling-like ''Microraptor''. |
| 60 | * Giving raptors two fingers, likely a result of MixAndMatchCritters, combining them with ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' for maximum RuleOfCool. This mistake is particularly egregious because every known dromaeosaur had three-fingered hands (while the two-fingered theropod ''Balaur'' was once considered a dromaeosaur, it's now thought to be have been a flightless bird and even when it was considered a dromaeosaur it was far too obscure to influence popular media depictions of the group). |
| 61 | * Yet more proof that it's possible to go too far in one's attempts to highlight the avian characteristics of dromaeosaurids: portraying medium to large-sized species as being capable of sustained and powered flight. While all deinonychosaurs were feathered with "wings", and several smaller raptor genera such as ''Microraptor'' and ''Rahonavis'' may indeed have possessed limited flying (or at least gliding) abilities, the relatively small wing-to-body ratio of the majority of the group indicates that ([[ArtisticLicensePhysics unless the laws of physics were somehow radically different in the Mesozoic]]) they were flightless; they likely used their wing feathers for other purposes such as display, insulation, and/or balance while tackling prey. Research done in 2015 suggests that, for ''Deinonychus'' at least, limited flying or gliding ''may'' have been possible for juveniles of the species, but even then it would've been limited and restricted only to that particular growth stage, [[BroughtDownToBadass the animal losing its flight abilities as it matures]]. |
| 62 | * Giving deinonychosaurs feet like a generic theropod and forgetting the killing claw. This is especially egregious since the killing claw is the ''iconic feature of a dromaeosaurid''. Troodontids are common victims of this, possibly because their killing claws are less robust than those of their raptor cousins. ''Archaeopteryx'' is also traditionally portrayed having typical bird feet, when it is now known it had raptor-like feet. |
| 63 | * Portraying raptors as the ancestors of birds. While deinonychosaurs and birds are both eumaniraptors, they are not directly linked to each other. Instead, they share a common ancestor from which they diverged. |
| 64 | * Wedge-shaped heads with a very wide base narrowing to a narrow snout, more like that of a lizard, are very common in media. In truth, like most theropods, dromaeosaurids had very thin, birdlike skulls. The former look was inspired by vintage reconstructions of ''Deinonychus'', which showed it with a shorter, more allosaur-like head (though even allosaurs had narrow heads when seen in dorsal view), but the discovery of more complete ''Deinonychus'' skulls has rendered the old restorations obsolete. [[note]] Wedged-shaped heads in popular depictions of theropods tend to be a side effect of paleontological art typically showing these animals only in profile view. [[/note]] |
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| 73 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSwASZ6Iss&feature=related This]] Gatorade commercial from the 90s featuring velociraptors from ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' taking on Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors... in a basketball game. |
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| 77 | * ''Manga/TheBlueHole'' featured feathered crow-like ''Deinonychus''. This was way ahead of its time, as the manga was published in 1991. |
| 78 | * ''Manga/Cyborg009'' has one of the earliest examples of this trope; one chapter involves a living ''Deinonychus'' in the modern era [[spoiler:which turns out to be a robot]]. |
| 79 | * The little-known Viz-Media manga ''Manga/DinosaurHour'' actually used ''Velociraptor'' in a chapter about feathered dinosaurs, which was about 2 ''Protoceratops'' discussing about the appearance of a "feathered ''Velociraptor''". They sketch a ''Velociraptor'' and try to add plumage to it, and it ends up looking so ridiculous that they find it amusing. The ''Velociraptor'' is later revealed to have... rather interesting feathering: [[spoiler: it looked like it stuffed its head and torso into 2 giant puffballs, making it look like a cartoonish duckling.]] Unfortunately, its ''Troodon'', ''Deinonychus'', and ''Utahraptor'' lack feathers, while ''Dromaeosaurus'' is scantily feathered. |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing'' had feathered ''Velociraptor'', ''Deinonychus'', and ''Troodon'' (all three are lacking wings and a tail fan, though) and scaly ''Utahraptor'' with a crest. It also had a deinonychosaurian ''Megaraptor'', [[ScienceMarchesOn though this was disputed in 2003]]. On the other hand, the ''Archaeopteryx'' looks pretty good (it even has [[ShownTheirWork raptor-like footclaws]]), although the coloring is [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife off]]. |
| 81 | * The dromaeosaurids and troodontids in ''Manga/DinosaurSanctuary'' mainly avert this by being portrayed with a nice covering of feathers. However, they still have half-formed proto-wings rather than full bird-like ones. |
| 82 | * Averted in one episode of ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', which showed an anatomically accurate ''Velociraptor''. Previous episodes however had featherless raptors. A later episode has Doraemon and Nobita getting chased by a pack of ''Saurornitholestes'' with inaccurate feathering and broken wrists. And then another episode has the cast getting menaced by a pack of nicely-feathered (but two-fingered) Arctic troodonts. |
| 83 | * The manga of ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' featured aliens taking the form of raptors pretending to be display models in a museum. The raptors are given only a very sparse coat of feathers, and lack them completely on their arms. |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' has standard 80s-styled ''Troodon''. |
| 85 | * ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun'' has the minor antagonist Diego Brando, gain the Stand ''"Scary Monsters"'', which gives him the ability to transform into a raptor-like dinosaur, though with body markings resembling the letters DIO, and yellow, rounded quills on its head and back. |
| 86 | * The anime short ''Jurassic!'' averts this with an accurately feathered and sized ''Velociraptor''. For bonus points, it is shown standing next to a dog for size comparison. The ''Archaeopteryx'', however, has only two fingers on each wing, but at least it is the correct color. |
| 87 | * ''Anime/JuraTripper'' has typical Jurassic Park-styled raptors, although a ''Utahraptor'' with a feather crest appeared in one episode. |
| 88 | * In ''Manga/KillingBites'', [[spoiler: TykeBomb Koyomi Uzaki]], the apparent FinalBoss of part three, is a [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Deinonychus Brute]], able to assume a dinosaurid form sporting plenty of feathers. Also a BigEater and a potential [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibal]]. |
| 89 | * The Kawasakisaurus from the 2-part ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' episode "Fossil Fools", which resembles a cross between a JP-styled raptor and Chef Kawasaki. |
| 90 | * Trica from ''Manga/MyGirlfriendIsATRex'' is a ''Velociraptor''-human hybrid. She at least has some feathers, including wings on her arms. |
| 91 | * ''Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack'' mostly averts this with Deino-sensei the ''Deinonychus''. He has feathers (though his wings still end at the wrist), and [[ShownTheirWork his killing claw is described as used for stabbing rather than disembowling since it doesn't have serrated edges for cutting]]. Like the other dinosaur characters, he's a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, but will threaten the students with violence if they anger him. |
| 92 | * ''Anime/ZoidsWild'' has the V Raptor-type Rapterrix (velociraptor) and D Raptor-type Gilraptor (deinonychus). Rapterrix are unusually accurate in their depiction of being small, fairly weak, and dumb. On the other hand, Gilraptor are larger and more intelligent with the trademark hook claw on its inner toes, but also tend to be highly effective fighters. They share similar vocalizations, which include hawk like screeches instead of gutteral roars. |
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| 96 | * ''ComicBook/AgeOfReptiles'': Dromaeosaurs appear in the first and third stories (''Deinonychus'' in the first story, and an unnamed ''Velociraptor''-like species in the third story) and they are depicted rather stereotypically as scaly, pack-hunting, extremely intelligent, super-fast, able to take down prey far, far larger than themselves (even a full-grown titanosaur), and with AbsurdlySharpClaws able to disembowel their prey in a single swipe. |
| 97 | * One of ComicBook/AtomicRobo's recurring enemies is Doctor Dinosaur, a superintelligent (for a dinosaur, he's still an idiot by human standards) dromaeosaurid. He's loaded with scientific inaccuracies, but these are justified by Robo pointing them all out and concluding that he's a genetic experiment created by people who had watched ''Jurassic Park'' too many times. However, the fact that TheCuckoolanderWasRight when it came to Doctor Dinosaur's "time bomb," proving that his crystals could in fact allow time travel, suggests that these inaccuracies might just be due to his InexplicablyAwesome nature instead. |
| 98 | * Issue 3 of the ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' comics by Joe Books has Bushroot and Dr. Fossil being attacked by their newly-created [[{{Planimal}} plant-]]''[[{{Planimal}} Velociraptor]]'' [[{{Planimal}} hybrids]], kept small due to being given only a single drop of water. Gosalyn then sprays the raptors with a fire hose, [[OhCrap making them grow into giants]]. The plant-raptors noticeably have leafy feathers, although their arms are left bare. |
| 99 | * ''ComicBook/DinosaursVsAliens'' did not shy away from giving their raptors and troodonts feathers. WordOfGod stated that this was not only for accuracy but also to differentiate them from ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' raptors. |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': In "Escape From Forbidden Valley", Scrooge and the triplets encounter a pack of ''Velociraptor'' [[EvilEggEater feeding on dinosaur eggs]]. Scrooge muscles his way through the pack to get a couple eggs to bring back, only for the raptors to turn on him. Don Rosa actually gets the size of the ''Velociraptor'' right as they are around Scrooge or Donald's height (3') and they also have the correct skull shape, but they are still scaly, as the comic is written in 1999. |
| 101 | -->'''Huey, Dewey, or Louie''': Run, Unca Scrooge! Those are the ''most vicious'' type of dinosaur!\ |
| 102 | '''Scrooge''': Those ugly runts? A Yukon grizzly would make six of 'em! |
| 103 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Issue 345 features a pack of ''Deinonychus'' attacking a young ''Mamenchisaurus'' and later the Fantastic Four and some military soldiers. They are depicted with feathers, despite the issue being from 1990. However, they are also shown to be able to detach their tails like lizards. |
| 104 | * ''ComicBook/{{Flesh}}'' was one of the first works of fiction to feature raptors, with ''Deinonychus'' appearing in a supporting role in the first volume and playing a role in the main human villain's origin story. Needless to say, they are shown without feathers. More recent issues, however, feature feathered raptors. |
| 105 | * ''GI Combat: The War That Time Forgot'' actually has [[ShownTheirWork feathered raptors]]. |
| 106 | * Clawstriders are a raptor-esq machine with frills resembling feathers on its head. While it appears in ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest''], their first appearance in the [[ComicBook/HorizonZeroDawn tie-in graphic novels]]. |
| 107 | * ''Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games'' managed to avert this trope with completely feathered raptors. However, a flashback showed the scaly raptors from the movies, suggesting that the feathered raptors are the result of a different cloning attempt. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/JurassicLeague'': ComicBook/TheFlash is a ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-style ''Velociraptor''. |
| 109 | * Cooper the ''Utahraptor'' from ''The Midas Flesh'' is certainly feathered, but he lacks primaries on his arms. |
| 110 | * Old Lace from the comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' is a genetically engineered ''Deinonychus''. Interestingly enough, she looks just like the ''Jurassic Park''-style ''Velociraptor'' and has been mistaken for one as well. She also resembles ''Troodon'' as well, in regards to the shape of the skull and exaggerated large eyes. |
| 111 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' gives us the [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tiss%27shar Tiss'shar]], who are, for the most part, ''Jurassic Park'' raptors, although some have feathered crests on their heads and necks. |
| 112 | * ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' managed to avert this with [[http://bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer/upload/T-Rexpg17_02.jpg feathered raptors.]] Strangely, the comic has humans and dinosaurs coexisting (although this was only for fantasy). |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/{{XTNCT}}'': Raptor is a programmed dinosaur with SuperSpeed who always talks in LeetSpeak. |
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| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 117 | * More recent strips of ''ComicStrip/{{BC}}'' feature raptors. |
| 118 | * ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' has Calvin giving a report about overpopulation, which involves a pack of ''Deinonychus'' devouring Susie. Though the detailed dinosaurs look like something out of ''Film/JurassicPark1993'', the strip actually predates it -- and Watterson gives the dinosaur its correct name, though he couldn't know about the feathers back then. |
| 119 | [[/folder]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | [[folder:Documentaries]] |
| 122 | * ''Series/AnimalArmageddon'' featured half-arsed ''Velociraptor'' with the wrong skull shape and a pair of naked ''Troodon'' that take down a subadult hadrosaur. |
| 123 | * ''Series/ClashOfTheDinosaurs'' had feathered ''Deinonychus'', though again not quite extensively feathered enough. Two ''Deinonychus'' also kill a subadult ''Sauroposeidon'' with a few superficial scratches. Its sort-of sequel ''Last Day of the Dinosaurs'' has something similar: two ''Saurornithoides'' (which used the same model as the ''Deinonychus'') kill an adult ''Charonosaurus''. To make things worse, they're referred to as "saurornithoidids" (Troodontidae has been used for the group since 1987). |
| 124 | * The 80s documentary ''[[Film/Dinosaur1985 Dinosaur!]]'' features a pair of ''Deinonychus'' hunting and bringing down a ''Struthiomimus''. This is in spite of the fact the two animals [[AnachronismStew were not contemporaries]], ''Deinonychus'' being from the early Cretaceous while ''Struthiomimus'' was from the late Cretaceous. |
| 125 | * Three episodes of the Creator/DiscoveryChannel miniseries ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'' featured "raptors". The first one was about a female ''Velociraptor'' named "White Tip" (due to her white feathers) trying to find a new pack. The second was about a male ''Pyroraptor'' named "Pod" who ends up on an island inhabited by dinosaurs much smaller than he is including a pack of mini troodonts. In a third episode, ''Troodon'' proper shows up. They were commendably portrayed with feathers, but not quite extensively enough (for example, they lacked pennaceous feathers). Both dromaeosaur protagonists are depicted as being obligate pack-hunters that require extensive social interactions, a notion which is considered unlikely nowadays. ''Pyroraptor'' is also depicted as basically being a ''Jurassic Park'' raptor covered in greenish or bright-red fuzz (probably because the species is only known from extremely fragmentary remains). |
| 126 | * ''Series/DinosaurRevolution'' averts this trope with flying colors by having [[ShownTheirWork raptors with clawed wings, male deinonychosaurs sitting on the nests and omnivorous troodontids.]] |
| 127 | * ''Series/JurassicFightClub'' featured ''Deinonychus'', ''Dromaeosaurus'', and ''Utahraptor'', all of which either lacked feathers altogether or had only a tiny crest of them. |
| 128 | * 2015's ''Series/LeapsInEvolution'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E-nAJaN1jk]] has a ''Troodon'' that is very old-fashioned, being featherless and lizard-like, being a carbon copy of [[https://www.thelivingmoon.com/43ancients/04images/Reptilians/ReptilianAngelsDinoman.jpg Dale Russell's iconic model]]. This is especially unfortunate considering the tyrannosauroids are [[ShownTheirWork neatly feathered]]. |
| 129 | * ''WesternAnimation/MarchOfTheDinosaurs'' had ''Troodon'' as one of the main characters. They also aren't feathered properly (though they have feathers), but behavior—wise are mostly plausible. |
| 130 | * ''Series/MonstersResurrected'' briefly featured ''Deinonychus'' in one episode (''sans'' feathers). |
| 131 | * ''Series/PlanetDinosaur'' went both ways by producing some of the most well-feathered dromaeosaurid television reconstructions to date, but the modellers still attached the wing feathers to the wrong finger, and their troodontids are no more than old-fashioned, lizard-like critters outfitted with a ''very'' thin feather coating, and have no wings, nor a tail fan. |
| 132 | ** They also made ''Sinornithosaurus'' venomous, which was a theory that was panned some months before it was released (even though they included research that was ''more'' recent than the rebuttal to the venomous ''Sinornithosaurus'' hypothesis). The accompanying book does refute the theory however. |
| 133 | * In the SpeculativeDocumentary / parody ''Series/PrehistoricPark'', a ''Troodon'', later named Rascal, causes trouble by attempting to steal the bait truck. [[spoiler: This sets off a chain reaction of accidents in the park, culminating in the climactic T-Rex escape scene.]] This one had [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology only a light body covering of feathers, with no wings or a tail-fan]]. Another episode also featured the troodont ''Mei'' and the dromaeosaurid ''Microraptor'', the former of which also did not have enough feathers like the ''Troodon'', and the latter of which suffered some mild AnachronismStew and splayed its legs while gliding, something that has [[ScienceMarchesOn since been debunked]]. As with ''Prehistoric Park'', this is actually something of a FairForItsDay example; the idea of dromaeosaurs having wings as well as feathers had not yet been caught on at the time. |
| 134 | * ''Series/TheTruthAboutKillerDinosaurs'' focused on ''Velociraptor'' in one of the two episodes, discussing how ''Velociraptor'' may have used its killing claw in predation. The fact that dromaeosaurids had feathers is given some attention, though ([[OverlyLongGag as usual]]) the feathering given to the animated ''Velociraptor'' isn't entirely accurate. It does also examine the trope of raptors using their sickle claws to slice prey open (using a mechanically-operated claw), finding that they probably couldn't. The documentary suggests they may have instead used it to puncture major arteries or other vital organs ([[ScienceMarchesOn subsequent research suggests]] they may have been used to grapple on top of prey like modern birds-of-prey). |
| 135 | * ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' had scaly raptors and in one episode, ''Utahraptor'' [[MisplacedWildlife was shown living in Europe]]. ''Velociraptor'', also in need of plumage, turn up in the ''Series/ChasedByDinosaurs'' spinoff, where they're correctly shown as fairly small, though still pack-hunting and dangerous. |
| 136 | * ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'' was one of the first documentaries to feature feathered dromaeosaurids. The scientific consultants [[http://dml.cmnh.org/2001Jul/msg00239.html pointed out]] that the feathers should've been more pennaceous, but they reportedly didn't have enough of a budget to do realistic-looking pennaceous feathers (though one may wonder why they couldn't just keep the feathers as textures like with CGI birds). There is another major error that was discovered in mid-production, too late to fix: the dromaeosaur species depicted in the documentary did not actually exist, they are based on fossils initially thought to belong to dromaeosaurs, [[ScienceMarchesOn but later reclassified as a more primitive coelurosaur]] (specifically tyrannosaur, and named ''Suskityrannus'' in 2019). |
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| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 140 | * Some fan art of the above-mentioned [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Diego Brando]] avert this trope by giving his [[{{Animorphism}} Scary Monsters form]] [[https://gree3art.tumblr.com/post/171232408043/feathered-dino-brando-because-feathered-dinos-are feat]][[https://creaturedrawings.tumblr.com/post/188625804233/open-the-door-get-on-the-floor-everybody-walk-the hers]], often making him cuter in the process as a non-sexual instance of SelfFanservice. |
| 141 | * Neatly averted in ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsDinoSapien'', which portrays both Eno[[note]]exact what kind is unknown, though his illustration and overall suggest he's a troodontid[[/note]] and his dromaeosaurid enemies[[note]]descendants of ''Dakotaraptor'' according to WordOfGod[[/note]] as extremely bird-like and using their toe claws for stabbing instead of slashing. |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/KaijuRevolution'': |
| 143 | ** The [[https://www.deviantart.com/transapient/art/Kaiju-Revolution-SKULL-ISLAND-MENAGERIE-4-776489339 Venatoraptors]] at first appear to fit the bill due to their apparently scaly bodies but the scales are actually derived from feathers that have evolved to form a lightweight natural armor. The feathers on their arms even evolved into quills that they use to ensnare prey. |
| 144 | ** [[spoiler: [[https://www.deviantart.com/transapient/art/Kaiju-Revolution-GAW-848536035 Gaw is a tyrannical raptor kaiju]] who controls several of the venatoraptor tribes and seeks to rule Skull Island with an iron fist]]. |
| 145 | * A ''Deinonychus'' christened Sharpclaw by the islanders in ''FanFic/KataangIslandAdventure'' has only an island to claim as his territory, so he contends with the islanders. He and other raptors are shown with scales instead of feathers, though it was said in the epilogue that they grew feathers for winter. He is also a shout-out to supposed living dinosaurs like Mokele Mbembe. |
| 146 | * Our very own Albertonykus' ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little]] [[http://albertonykus.deviantart.com/gallery/37284443/My-Little-Maniraptor Maniraptor]]'' series averts this trope. The ponies are all translated to different types of [[ShownTheirWork highly accurate]] maniraptors; the unicorns are oviraptorosaurs (their crests taking the role of their horns), the Earth ponies are flightless dromaeosaurs and troodontids (lack of flight ability and strong legs) and pegasi are flying deinonychosaurs (for obvious reasons; Fluttershy, a basal troodontid, is the exception due to being a weak flyer). The Princesses are MixAndMatchCritters with features of all three raptors, plus some extant birds, like swans and cranes. |
| 147 | * The ''Lost World RPG'' a retelling of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' set in the [[Fanfic/TheBridge Amalgam'verse]] both plays it straight and averts it. The scaly, overly aggressive JP-raptors are labeled as prototypes made by completing the then-incomplete ''Deinonychus'' genome with ''Allosaurus'' genes, resulting in their manic behavior. A later version made by Dr. Wu and Dr. Sorkin completed the genome and resulted in calmer, accurately feathered ''Deinonychus'' which are extremely bird-like. When one of the prototypes is sicced on the expedition team, they manage to lure it and a later version into a fight. Because of its greater maneuverability and ability to WallRun thanks to its wings, the accurate ''Deinonychus'' wins. |
| 148 | * In ''Fanfic/NegaverseChronicles'', Friendly Four's Bushroot and Quackerjack are transformed into raptors by Negaverse's Stegmutt, with Dr. Fossil guessing they are either ''Deinonychus'' or ''Utahraptor''. Both of their raptor forms lack feathers (or feather-like leaves, in Bushroot's case). |
| 149 | * The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8085799/1/Pinkassic-Park Pinkassic Park]]'' has ''Deinonychus'' that attack the main characters after being accidentally freed from their pens, only to be knocked out after attacking Pinkie Pie's pony decoys stuffed with sleeping gas. They are [[ShownTheirWork explicitly stated to have bird-like feathers]], and WordOfGod said they were used because the ''Velociraptor'' from ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' were actually based on ''Deinonychus'', [[ShownTheirWork which is quite true]]. |
| 150 | * Mostly averted in ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'', where all the currently rescued prehistoric animals that could count for inclusion amongst the dinosaurs to receive this portrayal (i.e. ornitholestes, dromaeosaurus, acheroraptor, pectinodon, etc.) are portrayed as accurately feathered, with realistic levels of intelligence, and not being any more aggressive than any modern carnivorous animal. Played straight, however, with the pectinodon over the course of BigStormEpisode ''Hell's Labyrinth'', [[JustifiedTrope albeit under the justification]] of being infected with a HatePlague that's causing them to act explicitly more violent and aggressive than they'd normally behave. |
| 151 | * Mostly {{Averted|Trope}} with the dromaeosaurs in ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReturnedFromExtinction'', who are up to date with modern discoveries and don't usually act unreasonably aggressive. In fact, in the one major scene featuring ''Velociraptor'', they're not the main threat -- that would be a group of ''[[TemperCeratops Protoceratops]]'' that are charging the keepers trying to clean their exhibit. |
| 152 | * Similarly, ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheGaleforces'' has the protagonists regularly do battle against ''Deinonychus'' {{Mooks}}. Most of them are WeaponizedAnimal version of the standardized JP-style "raptors", but one particular antagonist stands out in this case: Velociripper, a genetically modified, sentient specimen who is also weaponized - [[ShownTheirWork and is explicitly stated to have turkey-like, blood-red feathers.]] |
| 153 | * ''Fanfic/TheSevenHunters'' follows a relatively accurate portrayal of ''Utahraptor'' in the case of Littlefoot's pack by including feathers and other traits, but uses the inaccurate portrayal from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' films for other ''Utahraptor''. This discrepancy is eventually explained away by the rainbowfaces. |
| 154 | * Creator/{{Swing 123}}'s ''Triassic Park: Into the Past'' has ''Deinonychus'' as recurring antagonists in the [[AnachronismStew Late Cretaceous]]. They are as usual depicted as very intelligent and speedy (Calvin at one point said they can run 60 to 70 miles) and as pack-hunters. The fic doesn't specify whether they are feathered or not, although it receives points for comparing them to birds. However, it makes a jarring mistake of having the raptors tree Calvin and Hobbes and wait for them to come down, despite the fact ''Deinonychus'' was able to climb. |
| 155 | * The ''Jurassic Park'' and ''Mass Effect'' Crossover ''Fanfic/TyrantKings'' has Jurassic Park-style Velociraptors, which is to say "Deinonychus-sized." However, the story decides to take it in a rather fascinating direction- in the story, not only are Raptors (and related races, including Microraptors and Utahraptors) sentient, there is an all-Raptor combat unit known as the Velociwreckers, outfitted with jetpacks, shotguns, and mono-molecular foot claw omni-blades. |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/TheWorldOfTheCreatures'' zig zags between the inaccurate media depictions like the raptors from ''Jurassic Park'' and accurate depictions that represent our current understanding of dinosaurs. Seeing as this all takes place in a character's mind, this zig zagging is justified. |
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| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 160 | * Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' provides a rather... interesting handling of this. The ''Velociraptors'' that attack Aladar and the lemurs just right before they are all rescued by the Herd are the first of their kind to be drawn anatomically correct in film history -- small, weedy, and with properly oriented wrists -- but unfortunately they still don't have feathers. In fact, they may even avert this trope if it weren't for the fact that they were scaly. This may probably have been due to ExecutiveMeddling, since the higher-ups apparently thought it was cheaper and creepier that way, although ScienceMarchesOn may have also seeped in a bit. |
| 161 | ** [[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Velociraptor Some concept art]] however, did show them with feathers, and an initial take was them portrayed as like a "band of Indians" with the leader sporting a feather crown. This concept art dates back to ''1997'', a time when the idea of ''any feathered dinosaurs, period'' was still brand new and mostly discussed only in academic circles. |
| 162 | * Averted in "The Rite of Spring" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' where no raptors are to be seen anywhere, as they weren't very well-known at the time of that film's release (''Fantasia'' was released in 1940; while the first raptors were discovered in the 1920s, their remains were very scant). However, there was an Archaeopteryx that flapped its wings like a bird, real Archaeopteryx cannot flap their wings, and most likely glided. |
| 163 | ** The small dinosaur attacking the ''Archaeopteryx'' is a ''Troodon'' according to WordOfGod, but it is depicted with a domed head and horns as at that time [[ScienceMarchesOn it was considered to be a pachycephalosaur]]. |
| 164 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur'' features a pack of ''Velociraptor'' presented as rustlers trying to steal a herd of long-horned bison from a family of ''Tyrannosaurus''. They do have feathers, but only mane that goes down their necks to the ends of their tails as well as small tufts on the back of their legs. They are also, as usual, oversized, but thankfully have long and narrow snouts appropriate for ''Velociraptor'', however the inaccuracies can be potentially justified as the story takes place in an AlternateUniverse where the KT asteroid never hit earth and the dinosaurs have been continuing to evolve for millions of years. |
| 165 | * The small carnivorous dinosaurs that attack our heroes in ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'' are vaguely reminiscent of raptors, including the killing claws, but they are ''Guanlong,'' a genus of ''[[ArtisticLicensePaleontology primitive tyrannosaur.]]'' In fairness to the movie, there ''ARE'' deinonychosaurs, but the ''Troodons'' ([[AllThereInTheManual identified as such in the game]]) are depicted as naked vegetarians, [[ScienceMarchesOn although in reality they would have technically been omnivorous.]] |
| 166 | ** And then there's the ''Archaeopteryx'' that was to be fed to the baby ''T. rexes'', whom Sid threw off a cliff expecting it to fly off but dropped like a stone. Kinda TruthInTelevision, although ''Archaeopteryx'' most likely glided. |
| 167 | ** The game app ''Ice Age Village'' has a scaly, ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-styled ''Velociraptor''. ''Pyroraptor'' has feathers, however. |
| 168 | ** ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeCollisionCourse'' has a family of feathered dromaeosaurids serve as antagonists. They are of unspecified species, referred to as "Dino-birds" in official merchandise, although fans and Website/TheOtherWiki believe they are ''Dakotaraptor''. To their credit they at least have wings, only problem is they're able to ''fly'' with them (something ''Dakotaraptor'' almost certainly couldn't do as an adult in RealLife). |
| 169 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheIceAgeAdventuresOfBuckWild'' features "raptors" as {{mooks}} for the BigBad. They don't look like real dinosaurs in any way; they are featherless, and possess spikes, quills, and nose horns. |
| 170 | * The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeIIITheTimeOfTheGreatGiving The Land Before Time 3]]'' features JP-style raptors as the main [[CallARabbitASmeerp sharptooth]] opponents. |
| 171 | ** In [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeVIITheStoneOfColdFire the seventh movie]], some more raptors (called [[CallARabbitASmeerp "Fast Biters"]] in-universe) appear during a flashback ambushing and killing some dinosaurs that Petrie's uncle, Pterano, had led away from the rest of the herd. An [[UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode unusually dark moment]] for the normally tame sequels. |
| 172 | ** The [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXIITheGreatDayOfTheFlyers twelfth movie]] introduces a heroic feathered maniraptor, a ''Microraptor'' named Guido. He looks nothing like a ''Microraptor'', looking more like a cross between an ''Oviraptor'' and a muppet. Although he is one of the few friendly meat-eating animals in the series (probably because he's too small to be a threat to even the child dinosaur protagonists). |
| 173 | * [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'': [[NinetiesAntiHero Rex Dangervest]] has a squadron of raptors that he trained to act as his soldiers (likely an allusion to Creator/ChrisPratt’s role as raptor-trainer Owen in ''Film/JurassicWorld''), although they're not as dangerous as their usual portrayal. (Emmet even gives one of them a bellyrub!) [[spoiler:Played straight however when he's revealed to be EvilAllAlong and has them attack the heroes, though after his defeat they pull a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 174 | * ''Animation/SpecklesTheTarbosaurus'' has scaly ''Velociraptor'' with feathers on its head and arms. Its ''Microraptor'' is decently portrayed, however. The sequel ''Journey to Fire Mountain'' features scaly ''Deinonychus'' with feathers on their arms and quills along their backs. |
| 175 | * ''ComicBook/{{Turok}}: Son of Stone'' featured ''Velociraptor'' with protofeathers. |
| 176 | * ''Anime/YouAreUmasou'' has a pack of ''Troodon'' raiding the ''Maiasaura'' nests in the opening scene. While the ''Troodon'' were correctly depicted with feathers, they lack the killing claws on their feet. In a later scene, Heart chases a pair of red dromaeosaurs during his frantic search for Umasou. Both dromaeosaurs have scutes on their backs similar to the film's ''Tyrannosaurus'' and lack wings and a tail fan, but judging by their coloring they appear to have a feather coating (though the art style makes it hard to tell). Although to be fair, none of the dinosaurs in the movie look realistic. |
| 177 | ** A corpse of a feathery dromaeosaur makes a cameo during the eruption of Egg Mountain. |
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| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 181 | * ''Film/{{Carnosaur}}'': Like in the [[Literature/{{Carnosaur}} novel]] it was based off, the ''Deinonychus'' is a scaly and big reptile that attacks people in an obsessive manner even as a newborn. In the sequels the ''Velociraptors'' take its place. Funnily enough, while even its chick stage is aggressive, it is also feathered (albeit due to [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting being made from chicken DNA]]), making it one of the first depictions of a feathered raptor in any media. |
| 182 | * ''Film/Claw2021'': The movie is about people in a GhostTown in the desert being chased by a single black raptor. |
| 183 | * ''Film/Dinosaur1985'' has a pair of ''Deinonychus'' instead of ''Velociraptors''. While the movie shows their size accurately, their depiction has most of the typical inaccuracies due to [[ScienceMarchesOn dated information]]. It does, however, avoid the inaccuracy of them killing prey much larger than themselves, and they are instead seen hunting a ''Struthiomimus'', a dinosaur [[FragileSpeedster reliant on speed for defense]]. Despite this, they are still presented as menacing predators. The narration also states the ''Deinonychus'' may have been pack hunters, not saying it is certain, while the interactions of the pair after they make their kill imply they are mates who hunt together. |
| 184 | * ''Film/DinosaurHotel'': A raptor is one of the dinosaurs the contestants of the game have to survive against. The raptor in the movie manages to claim the lives of [[spoiler:Sam and Zara]]. |
| 185 | * ''Film/Godzilla1998'': Godzilla's offspring turns the last half of the film into a fusion between ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' and ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', with Nick and Philippe's team fighting the baby Godzillas, which act ''very'' closely to ''Jurassic Park'''s velociraptors. Possibly justified, since they're not actual raptors, but the offspring of a mutated marine iguana. |
| 186 | * ''Film/{{Hatched}}'': There are stated to be two raptors on Simon's property. Over the course of the movie, they kill Christine and a couple of soldiers, including [[spoiler:Sargeant Fletcher]]. |
| 187 | * ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', naturally, is the {{Trope Maker|s}} and TropeCodifier. They seem to grow in intelligence with each movie; [[Film/JurassicPark1993 the original]] could at least be fooled by [[HallOfMirrors reflective sheet metal]]. |
| 188 | ** ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' gives them some color -- to the male raptors, anyway. Somewhat justified, in that the first and [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark second]] films' raptors were female, or, thanks to faulty DNA hybridization to fill in the damaged strands, changed to males. |
| 189 | ** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', four of them (Blue, Delta, Echo, and Charlie) are being trained by an ex-Navy man named Owen Grady and appear to, for the most part, respond to him. He admits that it's helped by the fact that he was the first being they saw upon hatching and, since these raptors have been spliced with bird DNA (instead of frog DNA as the original ones were), he imprinted on them. It's also implied that Owen has devoted an enormous amount of time to raising and bonding with the sisters, which has effectively made him a trusted ParentalSubstitute and their alpha/father-figure. Even then, his control over them is shown to be extremely fragile and they'll gladly kill anyone besides Owen on sight. |
| 190 | ** Vic Hoskins wants to use the raptors as weapons against insurgents and, eventually, forces Owen to use the raptors to help them hunt down the ''Indominus rex''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the ''I. rex'' turns out to have some raptor DNA and manages to turn the raptors against the humans until the very end, when Owen reasserts his control and sends the raptors to attack the ''I. rex'']]. |
| 191 | ** The sisters also feature a wide variety of color patterns as a direct result of their individual genetic mixes. Blue is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blue]] with patterns from a Black-throated African Monitor Lizard, Charlie is brownish-green (like the raptors in the original movie) with striped patterns from an Iguana, Delta is green, and Echo is sandy yellow. The film also acknowledges that the franchise's ''Velociraptors'' (or dinos in general) look nothing like the real animals by emphasizing that these were not, and never will be, "pure" dinosaurs, due to the incomplete nature of DNA from amber or bones and the non-dinosaur genes used to fill in the gaps. |
| 192 | ** There's a reasonable fan theory that the velociraptors in Jurassic Park are ''Achillobators'', which were the size of Jurassic Park raptors and also from Mongolia. Since ''Achillobator'' was not named when the book was written, and was instead considered a large specimen of ''Velociraptor'', this is plausible, but impossible to confirm. |
| 193 | ** The fifth film of the franchise, ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', introduces the ''Indoraptor'', a hybrid cloned from the ''I. rex'' mixed with ''Velociraptor'' DNA. About twice the size of Blue, the ''Indoraptor'' has terrifying intelligence and a [[ForTheEvulz sadistic sense of humor]], and strangely is semi-quadrupedal. The scientists behind the project clarify that it's only a prototype of the bioweapon they're trying to create: not only is it still [[PsychoPrototype too psychotic to control]], but it also [[CloneDegeneration suffers from other health defects as a result of its wonky genetic structure]]. |
| 194 | ** The ''Atrociraptors'' in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' continue the trend of being scaly, pack-hunting predators, though they at least lack pronated hands - and they're in a way the bioweapon the ''Indoraptor'' was supposed to be, able to respond to a soundlight command to hunt a specified target [[SuperPersistentPredator no matter what appears in the way]]. IT is {{downplayed|trope}}, though, with ''Pyroraptor'', which has feathers (complete with wings) and also proper wrists. However it continues many common inaccuracies, including having large, catlike eyes, attaching the wings to the wrist instead of the second finger, and with general proportions similar to the franchise's ''Velociraptors''. Both dromaeosaurids are as big as the franchise's ''Velociraptors''. |
| 195 | * The remake of ''Film/KingKong2005'' introduces the ''Venatosaurus'', a fictional genus of dromeosaurid. For starters, they have scaly skin, pronated hands, and slit pupils. They are shown possessing [[LightningBruiser great speed and strength]], and make the examples involving deinonychosaurs bringing down adult hadrosaurs seem plausible, because they are shown hunting a large herd of adult sauropods. In the book it's said they give ''live birth'' and are specialized just to kill large dangerous game even the island's tyrannosaurs can't hunt. The book also includes three other species: a smaller, blue-tailed variety of ''Venatosaurus''; the crested fish-eater ''Ambulaquasaurus''; and strangest of all, the ''Arsarticaedes'', a mountain predator that ''runs on all fours''. |
| 196 | * Raptors appear in the appropriately titled ''Film/RaptorRanch,'' though surprisingly have very little screentime compared to the larger meat-eating dinosaurs. |
| 197 | * Raptors appear as the antagonists in the found footage film ''Film/Tape407''. |
| 198 | * ''Film/Tremors2Aftershocks'': The shriekers, a velociraptor-like "nymph" stage -- the movie premiered 2 years after ''Film/JurassicPark1993''. They're not even close to dinosaurs, however. |
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| 201 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 202 | * Raptors are present in ''Literature/JurassicPark1990'', where they are specifically called ''Velociraptor antirrhopus'' by Dr. Grant at the dig site, and at a later point, he tells Tim that "''Deinonychus'' is now one of the velociraptors'", and in another scene, Grant mentions how "''Velociraptor''" preyed on ''Tenontosaurus'' (meaning ''Deinonychus''). There is one newly hatched raptor chick that the [=InGen=] scientists identify as ''Velociraptor mongoliensis'' but it might be a distinct species, or the scientists accidentally misidentified it (since they aren't paleontologists and at another point call "coelurosaurus" herbivores, even though coelurosaurs are small carnivores). |
| 203 | * ''Literature/PredatoryDinosaursOfTheWorld'' was arguably the true [[TropeMakers progenitor of this trope]], since Creator/MichaelCrichton used it as a major reference while writing ''Literature/JurassicPark1990'' and even directly quotes it in the novel. The book stresses that dromaeosaurs were some of the most effective and sophisticated predators to ever walk the Earth, used their sickle claw for slashing, is very favorable of the idea of pack-hunting theropods, stresses how similar to birds they are (which yes, is stated in ''Jurassic Park''), and most infamously, classifies ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' as "''Velociraptor antirrhopus''". On the other hand, it also depicts dromaeosaurs with feathers, which ''Jurassic Park'' omitted. |
| 204 | * Happens in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', when they're sent to the time of dinosaurs. Tobias played with toy dinosaurs as a kid, and when they find a pack of ''Deinonychus'' Rachel calls them "raptors," but Tobias corrects her -- he does however note they are still fast, dangerous, carnivorous dinosaurs they should really run from because they're actually ''worse'' than ''Velociraptor''. That said, they're still described as having scaly skin, and shown living at the end of the Cretaceous period (though that last part is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Tobias at the end). |
| 205 | * The protagonist of ''Literature/AnonymousRex'', Vincent Rubio, actually ''is'' a velociraptor (and a PrivateDetective in modern UsefulNotes/LosAngeles). He describes his hide as green and scaly, claiming that his species allegedly having had feathers, and in fact ''the K-T extinction'', are part of an elaborate hoax designed to keep humans in the dark about the continuing survival of the dinosaurs. (He also mentions his ''external'' ears and the very lizardy HealingFactor of a group of ornithomimids, so... yeah.) For the most part, [[TheMasquerade he acts human]], but can jump and fight like a true dino if there's a need for it. |
| 206 | * ''Velociraptor'' are recurring villains in the ''Astrosaurs'' series. Not only they are scaly and oversized as usual but have forked tongues, which aren't even an archosaur trait. However, the books try to justify this as evolution in space over 65 million years. |
| 207 | * ''{{Literature/Carnosaur}}'' might actually be the unsung TropeMaker, predating ''{{Literature/Jurassic Park}}'' by over half a decade. While featherless, due to being released in 1984, and featuring incorrect claw usage; it was actually ahead of works following it for years by depicting its ''Deinonychus'' as behaving very bird-like. In a case of possibly AccidentallyCorrectWriting, the animals' primary bird-like killing/feeding method of pinning down with the feet and tearing with the arms and jaws actually lines up quite well with modern theories. The two ''Deinonychus'' in the book are still portrayed as [[PrehistoricMonster voraciously seeking out humans are prey]], but it's given the justification that since they were feed livestock since infancy, they associate all mammals with easy food. |
| 208 | * In ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'', the [[BirdPeople Grik]] are described as very raptor-like: bipedal, with sharp claws and teeth, fast and vicious. The resident scientist who cuts one up points out that they share some kinship with birds thanks to their hollow bones and feathered skin. This is deliberate, as the scientist (from the [=40s=]) would not know that raptors really are related to modern birds. Unlike the raptors described in ''Literature/JurassicPark1990'', the Grik prefer an AttackAttackAttack mentality, coming in as a disorganized mob without regards for tactics or casualties. However, this is later revealed to have been the result of deliberate cultural tendency, as the Grik cull all non-aggressive hatchlings. When they stop doing that, the non-aggressive ones show real aptitude for tactics. |
| 209 | * ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'' prominently features dromaeosaurids and troodontids as wild or domesticated animals. Victor Milán clearly [[ShownTheirWork shows his research]] and depicts them as appropriately feathered, and ''Velociraptor'' is realistically sized and presented as a mere pest to humans. |
| 210 | * ''Dinosaurology'' (a 2013 installment in Dugald Steer's ''Dragonology'' series) featured feathered ''Deinonychus'' (not feathered enough, though) that bring down a juvenile ''Brachiosaurus'' and more accurately feathered ''Velociraptor'' frightening a herd of hadrosaurs. The events of the book is set in 1907, and yet ''Velociraptor'', discovered in 1924, was able to be identified. Interestingly, the equally identical ''Deinonychus'' is treated as a creature unlike any other. However, the book somewhat HandWaved these inaccuracies in that it is supposed to be the facsimile of a traveler's journal. The venomous ''Sinornithosaurus'' speculation is also brought up, but this is just treated as a hypothesis as only the tooth of the animal was featured. |
| 211 | * In ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'', it is almost a given that some deinonychosaurs crop up from time to time, due to the many dinosuars in this work. Two examples are Malik the ''Stenonychosaurus'' and Enit the ''Deinonychus'', who both work in Waterfall City as the Time-Keeper and the Chief Librarian respectively. Both of these are victims of ScienceMarchesOn and lack feathers, which probably explains why they don't show up in the fourth book (which is ''filled'' with feathered depictions of deinonychosaurs and other dinosaurs, including [[spoiler:Emperor Hugo Khan the ''Microraptor'']]). |
| 212 | * ''Literature/{{Dinoverse}}'' has a ''Deinonychus'' pack with an extremely structured social hierarchy and set of mores. They even punish members they think have withheld food from the group. One of them also learns how to make fire and [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude many other things]] by watching a human do it. They're scaly, highly dextrous, fast, and can take huge prey. |
| 213 | * ''Literature/{{Evolution}}'' has a scaly ''Deinonychus'' [[AnachronismStew in the end of the Cretaceous Period]] that appears to be cold-blooded, despite the fact that this is the very dinosaur that sparked the idea dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Fortunately, its ''Troodon'' and ''Velociraptor'' are feathered. |
| 214 | * In the ''Film/JurassicWorld'' prequel novel ''Literature/TheEvolutionofClaire'' [[spoiler: a lone female velociraptor that was transported from Isla Sorna to Isla Nublar ends up escaping containment and attacks a young Claire Dearing and kills her love interest Justin Hendricks.]] |
| 215 | * ''Literature/{{Prehistoria}}'': Averts almost every facet of the trope. The ''Adasaurus'' featured as the focus character is entirely feathered with accurate wings, is solitary with her only interaction with another female is to immediately get into a territorial dispute, and uses their claws more for climbing, pinning prey, and stabbing in an emergency rather than slashing. The science section in the second half of the book focuses on discussing this trope and how even if some dromaeosaurids potentially hunted in packs, that doesn't mean every species did [[note]](A comparison is made on how lions and wolves hunt in groups, but other felines and canines don't)[[/note]]. |
| 216 | * ''Literature/RaptorRed'', a novel by paleontologist Bob Bakker, is told from the POV of a female ''Utahraptor''. ''Deinonychus'' and troodonts also show up in the story. Speculation aside, the deinonychosaurs are portrayed accurately for the time - 1995, just a few years before [[ScienceMarchesOn it was confirmed feathers were basal to the dromaeosaur lineage]]. (And to be fair, it's the only avian trait the raptors ''don't'' have.) Also, ''Deinonychus'' and ''Utahraptor'' weren't actually contemporaneous, though both lived in North America in the Early Cretaceous. |
| 217 | * ''Literature/{{Silverwing}}'': Most of the surviving Saurians (dinosaurs and pterosaurs that survived beyond the Cretaceous) in the prequel ''Darkwing'' are scaly dromaeosaur-like theropods with downward pronated hands. They are established as being too strong for any early mammal to take down. |
| 218 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Twice in the series, it briefly alludes to "terrible walking lizards with scythes for claws" which dwell in the lands far beyond Westeros. Since the series uses MedievalPrehistory (with dire wolves, ''Megaloceros'', and woolly mammoths among the fauna of Westeros), it's probable the "walking lizards" are a vague description of scaly, ''Jurassic Park''-style dromaeosaurs. |
| 219 | * ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': The Ssi-Ruuk are a race of aliens who are essentially anthropomorphic ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-style velociraptors, though they also throw in some Tyrannosaurid features and [[DinosaursAreDragons dragonic features from both Eastern and Western dragons.]] Naturally, they're bloodthirsty conquerors and tacticians. |
| 220 | * ''Literature/TalesOfKaimere'': Modern Cockatrices on Kaimere are a clade of derived eudromaeosaurs whose ankles have fused together like tyrannosaurs and robust monarchs, which help them run faster over longer distances. Rather than pinning their prey down with their foot claws and biting out their flesh like basal raptors, Cockatrices will use their teeth to grab onto their prey and then stab at their vital areas with their sickle claws. The Eastern Continent has a giant Dromaeosaur, called the Komu Ka Bawe, that specializes in hunting down Titanosaurs and using their teeth to sheer flesh. |
| 221 | * ''The Ultimate Dinopedia: The Most Complete Dinosaur Reference Ever'', a 2010 National Geographic book, is a mixed bag, ranging from the dated but otherwise good (''Microraptor'') to the otherwise decent ones lacking primaries (''Buitreraptor'') to those lacking wing feathers altogether (''Troodon'', ''Velociraptor'' & ''Deinonychus'') to the completely naked ones (''Utahraptor''). To make things worse, it uses Dromaeosauridae to encompass every coelurosaur that isn't a tyrannosauroid, ornithomimosaur, therizinosaur or bird (and some non-coelurosaurs, such as the carnosaur ''Xuanhanosaurus'', the chimeric archosaur "Protoavis" and the ankylosaur ''Struthiosaurus''). Thankfully, the second edition fixes these errors. |
| 222 | * ''Z. Raptor'' has genetically-enhanced ''Velociraptor'' and ''Utahraptor''. Both are sparsely-feathered and the latter spits acid (due to DNA splicing). |
| 223 | * Averted in ''Literature/PrimitiveWar'' with its ''Utahraptor'' and ''Deinonychus''. Both are accurately feathered and bird-like, ''Deinonychus'' displays arboreal locomotion, and the concept art shows ''Utahraptor'' with more up-to-date proportions (shorter legs and stocky build). |
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| 225 | |
| 226 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 227 | * The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship" features "Raptors" that look very much like the raptors from ''Primeval''. In fact, they ''are'' the raptors from ''Primeval'' - the animation model was reused. (Potential CrossOver, anyone?) |
| 228 | * In ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'', the near-human size (at the time) and aggressiveness of the young dragon Vermax give off a ''Jurassic Park'' velociraptor vibe. |
| 229 | * In the BBC show ''Series/MyPetDinosaur'', speculating on human's relationships with dinosaurs had the meteor not hit, had scaly ''Troodon''s as the equivalent of raccoons and foxes. |
| 230 | * ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' features raptors in some episodes, ''Jurassic Park''-styled. All of them have head quills, in the style of the raptors in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', although they also have plumage covering much of their body to show they at least did a little [[ShownTheirWork research]]. |
| 231 | ** A [[SuperPersistentPredator Super Persistent]], time-traveling, Raptor is even used to deliver some LaserGuidedKarma to one of the {{Big Bad}}s, tracking them through multiple temporal leaps. |
| 232 | ** Tree Creepers, a hypothetical climbing dinosaur, resemble muscular, long-armed raptors, but lack feathers and the killing claws. |
| 233 | ** Finally, the raptor model was once more reused to be an unnamed Jurassic theropod that swims between islands in search of food. It's not supposed to be a raptor, and the dim lighting, dark coloration of the creature, and camera angles make damn certain that you can't see the sickle claws. Originally the creature was to be a ''Eustreptospondylus'', which [[ShownTheirWork actually did live on islands in the Jurassic]], but a lack of funds meant they couldn't make a new model. Luckily, instead of re-painting the raptor black and calling it ''Eustreptospondylus'', they re-painted it black and referred to it as just a "theropod" (which means it could be virtually any kind of two-legged carnivorous dinosaur). |
| 234 | * Hulu's ''Series/Runaways2017'' adaptation naturally features Old Lace, Gert's empathic ''Deinonychus''. Her design has been altered slightly to include feathers. |
| 235 | * ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' have had raptors in some of their dinosaur-themed series. In every case, they're some form of biomechanical creature, so don't bother expecting strict accuracy: |
| 236 | ** ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' gave the Rangers velociraptors as steeds (though ''Dino Thunder'' downplayed them in favor of using motorcycles for personal transportation instead). |
| 237 | ** In ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', the Green Ranger is Velociraptor-themed, and the team can summon sets of twin Deinonychus mechs that combine into motorcycles. |
| 238 | ** ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' have a pair of raptor HumongousMecha. |
| 239 | * The ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' two-parter [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS04E18InAMirrorDarkly "In a Mirror, Darkly"]] discusses the trope when a mirror-RedShirt on the captured starship ''Defiant'' is found killed by what Phlox describes as "a particularly large reptile" that turns out to be a [[LizardFolk Gorn]]. |
| 240 | --> '''Reed:''' Perhaps it was a pet owned by one of the crew.\ |
| 241 | '''Phlox:''' Unless one of them owned a ''Velociraptor'', I find it highly unlikely. |
| 242 | * ''Series/TerraNova'' gives us the ''Nykoraptors'', a fictional breed of dromaeosaurid said to have 3 rows of incisors. And they have feathers, if you look at them closely. They're also capable of climbing trees, [[ShownTheirWork just like real dromaeosaurids]]. The equally fictional ''Acceraptors'', called [[BewareMyStingerTail "slashers"]] by the characters and not named onscreen, are sometimes thought of as raptors, but lack the toe claws and more closely resemble primitive tyrannosaurs like ''Guanlong'' (see the example from ''Ice Age'' above). |
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| 245 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 246 | * The [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Raptors debuted in 1995 during the NBA's expansion into Canada, and were so named due to the popularity of ''Jurassic Park'' at the time, with a Hollywood-style velociraptor as its mascot. The classic raptor mascot and imagery has persisted to this day despite what we know now. |
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| 249 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 250 | * ''TabletopGame/TheChroniclesOfAeres'': The Sliskvir of Astreas are a race of LizardFolk with features of raptor-like dinosaurs from the blasted southern wastelands of Astreas. They were warped by WildMagic from the wildest and most barbaric human civilization of Astreas by the death of the MadGod Drakmorla. Interestingly, in contrast to the standard, vaguely crocodilian-featured LizardFolk of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', which are described as "coldblooded", logical and stoic, sliskvir are chaotic, impulsive, wildly emotional and passion-driven creatures. |
| 251 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 252 | ** The fleshraker dinosaur from ''Monster Manual III'' is a spined green creature described as "a cousin of the velociraptor", and [[MinmaxersDelight somewhat notorious]] as one of the most powerful [[AttackAnimal animal companion]] options in the system.[[note]]Even before taking into account its compatibility with the ''[[PoisonIsCorrosive venomfire]]'' spell from the infamously imbalanced ''Serpent Kingdoms'' {{Splat}}[[/note]] Its "Leaping Pounce" ability allows it to make ''five'' attacks as part of a charge, while also potentially knocking down the attack target and[=/=]or pinning it helplessly to the ground. Its foreclaws and tail are also venomous for good measure. |
| 253 | ** The Sunset Raptor is an equally deadly take, but replaces the venom with blinding light; on top of the disemboweling claws and teeth, it can use its pattern of feathers to reflect light in a way to blind or even hypnotize potential predators and prey. |
| 254 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' features scaly raptors as mounts for the Chevalier class. |
| 255 | * ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRoleplayingGame'': The "Lost and Found" sample scenario includes a confrontation with "High-Velocity Rapacious Monstrosities" whose inspiration is obvious -- though, being derived from Discworld swamp dragons, these creatures are also fire-breathing and explosive. They are not a standard Discworld species, but, well, AWizardDidIt. |
| 256 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': Claw striders are scaly, featherless raptors as tall as a man and with curved toe-claws capable of slashing open the throat of a horse with one swing. They are ferocious pack hunters, and can bring down prey as large as elephants and tyrant lizards by running them into exhaustion before ganging up on them. |
| 257 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': |
| 258 | ** [[https://scryfall.com/card/scg/71/putrid-raptor Putrid Raptor]] is a zombie variant of this, which eagerly devours fallen pieces of its own rotting flesh alongside living prey. |
| 259 | ** The raptors of Ixalan are ferocious, aggressive pack predators that take down large prey by rushing onto it in a biting tide of teeth and claws. Notable variants include [[https://scryfall.com/card/xln/154/rampaging-ferocidon ferocidons]], which are thought to actively enjoy their prey's pain. [[https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/102/raptor-companion Some]] have been domesticated by the Sun Empire and trained to follow orders, as long as those orders are some variant of "hunt", "kill", or "go for the guts". Unlike other examples of this trope, notably, they're all fully feathered. |
| 260 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''; Cold Ones are large raptors that inhabit Lustria and the New World, used as mounts by the Lizardmen and the Dark Elves. There are two species (the Lustrian species is more crocodilian while the northern type closely resembles ''Jurassic Park'' raptors), but unusually for most depictions they are described as being painfully stupid compared to other beasts of war. They are highly aggressive and will attack their riders as well, so the riders have to take extra precautions before preparing them for war. (Saurus that are spawned to ride Cold Ones exude pheromones that mask their scent, while the Dark Elves use elixirs and foul smelling cosmetics for the same purpose.) |
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| 262 | |
| 263 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 264 | * ''Donald's Dino-Bash'' at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney's Animal Kingdom]] mostly averts this trope by featuring a new feathered dromaeosaur character, who is supposed to teach that [[ShownTheirWork many theropods had feathers and were very similar to birds]] (the raptor still appears to be scaly, or at least his snout and underside are -- the art style makes it hard to tell). |
| 265 | * The UK theme park Lightwater Valley opened a new ride around 2010 called the Raptor Attack. The ride is based on a an old coal mine, with newspaper reports about raptor fossils being found inside. The visitors then wait for a roller coaster cart at the end of the mine to continue the tour, while the lights start to dim and a miner via a video camera screams "Do not send anyone else down, there's something moving down here, Smith is dead. Repeat, do not send anyone else down" and the video goes dead. The ride then proceeds to a dark ride coaster with animatronic raptors and dead miners. At the end of the ride, when the visitors are leaving, a raptor jumps out of the water and hisses and a metal doorway clangs as another raptor tries to break out. |
| 266 | * The beginning of the climax of ''Ride/SkullIslandReignOfKong'' at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]] involves the guests being pursued by a pack of Venatosauruses. |
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| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 270 | * Takara Tomy ''Ania Animal Adventure'' line has a ''Velociraptor'' figure. Its mouth, legs and tail are articulated, and it comes with a palm tree for diorama building. Curiously, while the box art has its arms feathered, the actual figure doesn't have any feathered feature. |
| 271 | * The Cuddlekins (a line of plush animals made by the company Wild Republic) has both a ''Velociraptor'' and ''Utahraptor'' plush. On the one hand, both toys have accurate (at the time the toys were made) information on each of the dinosaurs, look fairly realistic (for plush toys), and have feathered bodies. On the other hand, the ''Utahraptor'' plush isn't quite as "fluffy" as the ''Velociraptor'' and both plush have their hands facing downwards (something that's impossible for real-life dromaeosaurs). |
| 272 | * The ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' toy line had not one, but two different sets with a ''Deinonychus''. Until the introduction of a Rulon ''Quetzalcoatlus'', it was therefore the only species that was ridden both by the heroes and the bad guys. |
| 273 | * Surprisingly averted with [[http://uniaster.com/hobbies-entertainment/toys_1/action-figures/dinosaurs/chap-mei-feathered-velociraptor-dinosaur-plastic-toy-dino-valley-brown-raptor_i2124 this Dino Valley]] ''Velociraptor'' toy. Granted, the eyes and teeth are cartoonishly exaggerated, the hallux is touching the ground, and the wing feathers attach to the wrist and not the second finger, but it's otherwise an accurately feathered dromaeosaur, right down to the face being feathered with only the snout bare. |
| 274 | * The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' toy line had a dozen different variations of the franchise's "trademark" dinosaur, the ''Velociraptor'', ranging from simple repaints to completely different molds. Oh, and two ''Utahraptor''. And three mutant raptors (from the Chaos Effect toyline, which featured mutant dinosaurs and ugly recolours of existing toys) -- one a mix between it and an ''Archaeopteryx'' that, in flavor text, ambushed from the sky; the second a dark-blue recolor of previous velociraptors, stated to be faster, more active, smarter, and extremely sadistic; and a cross between ''Parasaurolophus'' and ''Deinonychus'', who would chase prey into waters to tire/drown them. Interestingly, some of the raptors have their hands set up correctly (palms inwards), while others have their palms facing down. |
| 275 | * There was a Meanie (Gross-out parodies of Toys/BeanieBabies) named Veloci''crapper''. |
| 276 | * Dinobot from the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' line of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' toys, as well as his various repaints and retools. Hailing from the '90s, he was naturally a scaly, very robust looking ''Velociraptor'', who strangely had five toes on each foot. In the animated show, he had only three (four would have been correct), and an incredibly bendy tail -- [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he was really a robot. In the 2008 Universe 2.0 toy-line, he received a new mold, up to modern engineering standards, but sadly not to modern dino-science: instead, they went for a more [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy show-accurate]] look, and gave the toy a wavy tail where the original had a stiff one. |
| 277 | ** Grimlock's form in the comics was a step in the right direction: though his toy was just a recolored, scaly Dinobot, he was illustrated with a thin covering of fuzz. |
| 278 | ** Archadis and Airraptor (same toy, but different characters) turn into the classic, green-blue colored lizard-headed ''Archaeopteryx'' with hands that look glued onto their wings. |
| 279 | ** Slash from the recent toy franchise for ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' is on its way of averting this, being covered in metallic feathers. |
| 280 | ** A few years later, ''G1'' got its own version of Slash, who's intentionally designed to transform into an anachronistic version of a raptor (so no feathers). |
| 281 | * Two of the Toys/{{LEGO}} ''Dino'' sets have a giant, ''JP''-styled, striped raptor. |
| 282 | ** The twin LEGO-lines [[Toys/LEGODinoAttack ''Dino Attack'' and ''Dino 2010'']] also had a figure called "raptor", but it was more like an ''Allosaurus'' with horns and a tail crest, in keeping with the mutant theme of the set-line. |
| 283 | *** In the same line, there were the "Mutant Lizards" which ''were'' rather raptor-like in appearance, and were the same size as most raptors in pop culture. |
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| 285 | |
| 286 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 287 | * ''VideoGame/NineteenSixteenDerUnbekannteKrieg'', an indie horror game, features large raptors as the main enemies that stalk the trenches. Though, whether [[AmbiguousSituation they're real or a hallucination brought on by gas inhalation or PTSD is left ambiguous]]. |
| 288 | * Refreshingly averted in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'', in which ''Deinonychus'' replaces the ''Velociraptor'' from the previous [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingCityFolk two]] [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf games]]. For his description on completing the ''Deinonychus'' skeleton, Blathers points out that ''Velociraptor'' is actually small whereas ''Deinonychus'' is the big raptor commonly seen in media, as well as the fact that they both had feathers. That said, he still exaggerates ''Deinonychus'''s size to seven feet tall. |
| 289 | * ''VideoGame/TheArchotekProject'' has ''Deinonychus'' as one of its species. |
| 290 | * ''VideoGame/ARKSurvivalEvolved'': |
| 291 | ** The raptors are sparsely feathered and have pronated hands. They're also of large size, though this is more appropriate than most examples, on the count of their dossier identifying their genus as ''Utahraptor''. However, they are ''bigger than trucks''. Unsurprisingly, they're the bane of survivors everywhere. |
| 292 | ** ''Microraptor'' is more accurately feathered, but is portrayed as a ferocious pack-hunter using ZergRush. |
| 293 | ** The ''Troodon'' have inaccurate feathering and is described as the most intelligent animal on the island next to humans. They also have paralyzing venom, as inspired by ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame''. |
| 294 | ** The Valguero DLC exclusively features ''Deinonychus''. They are feathered (although their faces and undersides are scaly and their wings end at the wrist) and portrayed as agile climbers like real-life dromaeosaurs, but they're still oversized and attack prey much larger than themselves. |
| 295 | * ''VideoGam/BeastsOfBermuda'' averts this with its ''Velociraptor'' and ''Utahraptor'' which are accurately feathered. |
| 296 | * The first two ''VideoGame/{{Carnivores}}'' hunting simulator games feature ''Velociraptor'', and the iOS and Android versions added ''Utahraptor'' and ''Troodon''. Unfortunately, none are especially accurate. The Velociraptor might as well have leapt out of ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': an oversized, naked, bendy-tailed excuse for a dromaeosaurid. The Utahraptor is slightly better, with non-pronated hands and a small crest of feathers on its head, but that's about the only place it has feathers (no one seems to understand that raptors were ''completely'' cloaked in feathers from head to toe, they weren't just lizards with a mohawk). The Troodon is probably the worst: scaly, much bigger than the real animal, and as if this weren't bad enough it is flat-footed (everyone seems to know that raptors had an enlarged foot claw, but the fact that troodontids also had it is a somewhat lesser-known fact). These inaccuracies may be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] if, as the game's manual states, the game is set on a distant planet instead of on prehistoric Earth, in which case any resemblances of the inhabitants to Earth's dinosaurs would be purely superficial. |
| 297 | * ''VideoGame/ClubPenguin'' has a feathered dromaeosaurid as a new dinosaur transformation for Prehistoric Party 2014, mostly averting this trope. Played straight, however, with the ''Utahraptor'' from the play "The Penguins that Time Forgot", who looks absolutely ''nothing'' like any kind of dromaeosaur (it doesn't even have sickle claws). |
| 298 | * Fangy from ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' is supposed to be a raptor, but he looks more like a generic tyrannosaurid in that he has 2-fingered hands and no killing claws on his feet. He was, however, given the footclaws in ''Live and Reloaded''. |
| 299 | * ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'' features Necromorphs called Stalkers, whose shape, mannerisms, attack patterns, and vocalizations are clearly influenced by ''JP''-style raptors. In a ShoutOut, the console version features a trophy/achievement (earned by surviving the first encounter with them) called "Clever Girls." |
| 300 | * ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' has ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-style "raptors" which disappointingly serve as low-level [[TheGoomba goomba]]s. |
| 301 | ** And for its next trick, it had {{Super Persistent Predator}}y... therizinosaurs. (To be fair, that particular group of animals was very poorly understood at the time. For ''Therizinosaurus'' itself, all we had were a pair of terrifyingly huge claws -- it has since turned out that their owner looked less like a giant murderbeast and more like Big Bird. Although this discovery was made before the game was released.) |
| 302 | * There is a video game released in Japan called ''VideoGame/DinosaurHunting'', and it has its deinonychosaurs actually cloaked in feathers! And it was made in 2003! On the other hand, the deinonychosaurs are out of scale; ''Velociraptor'' and ''Dromaeosaurus'' are shown as being the same size as ''Deinonychus'' (and yet, the game correctly states they are smaller). There's also an albino ''Velociraptor'' that's even bigger than ''Utahraptor''. |
| 303 | * ''VideoGame/DinoStrike'' has {{cyborg}} raptors serving as enemies, though they're actually benevolent creatures - break the electronic implants controlling them and the raptors went back to being docile. |
| 304 | * ''VideoGame/DinoStrikeWii'' have you fighting dinosaurs all across an uninhabited island whose prehistoric population escaped extinction, with velociraptors being the most numerous and commonly-encountered. They'll ZergRush you on sight in later levels. |
| 305 | * ''VideoGame/DinoTrauma'', a dinosaur-themed FPS inspired by the dinosaur rage of the mid-90s, have velociraptors as the first recurring dinosaur type. They're modeled after the featherless ''Jurassic Park'' variant. |
| 306 | * ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has deepstalkers, pack-hunting raptors with the mouths of worms that inhabit the dwarven-built Deep Roads. The player will often have to fight packs of them during their travels through the Deep Roads. |
| 307 | ** Phoenixes are more accurately feathered raptors that show up in the desert region of the Western Approach in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. |
| 308 | * ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has Clannfear, a form of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent lesser Daedra]] with animalistic intelligence and the general appearance of raptors with frills and beaks. While deadly on their own, they prefer to attack in packs and can bring down larger/more powerful prey when they do. |
| 309 | * ''VideoGame/ExoPrimal'': PlayedStraight with the generic "raptors", which are human sized, scaly, vicious looking, and even have SpikesOfVillainy. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with the ''Deinonychus'' and ''Sinornithosaurus'', which have feathers ([[ShownTheirWork including tail fans and wings]], but not a full coat and with the wrong attachment point for the wings. The feather colors of the ''Sinornithosaurus'' also match up with what we have from fossils, and they're also not venomous. |
| 310 | * ''VideoGame/FlightRising'' has Wildclaws, which are [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] resembling large, slender raptors with wings (the VertebrateWithExtraLimbs kind, not the arm-feather kind), horns, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking an extra toe on each foot]]. They do have feathered crests, tail plumes, and a coating of body fuzz. |
| 311 | * ''VideoGame/FossilFighters'' has several vivosaurs revived from fossils of deinonychosaurs like ''Velociraptor'' (V-Raptor), ''Bradycneme'' (Breme), ''Troodon'' (Tro), etc that play this trope straight. To be fair, none of the vivosaurs are realistic. They do however receive points for at least feathering the deinonychosaur vivosaurs, save for ''Deinonychus'' (Nychus) until ''Fossil Fighters Frontier''. |
| 312 | * Raptors are a fairly common creature in ''VideoGame/GuildWars2''. They're covered in feathers and some are designed to resemble modern day bird species like eagles and vultures. The [[VideoGame/GuildWars original game]] had them as well, though located only in the [[LostWorld Tarnished Coast]] regions. |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hex}}'' has the card Pack Raptor, which looks like a Jurassic Park raptor. It also gets more powerful the more Pack Raptors you have in play. And when you play it, you get four new copies of the card randomly inserted into your deck. |
| 314 | * ''VideoGame/TheHunterPrimal'' does a partial aversion in that its ''Utahraptor'' have non-pronated hands and fine-looking primaries, although they didn't have a feather coat until the official release of the game. There's also ''Velociraptor'', which are thankfully small. |
| 315 | * ''VideoGame/TheIsle'' has the ''Utahraptor'', designed to look just like the ''Jurassic Park'' raptors, and featherless yet accurately-sized ''Velociraptor'', though its ''Austroraptor'' is accurately feathered. However, there are plans for the ''Utahraptor'' and ''Velociraptor'' to have feathered variants. |
| 316 | * The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' licensed games capitalize heavily on the raptors' appeal. The raptor is a playable character in both UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis games, with Dr. Grant serving as the main antagonist, and ''The Lost World'''s 3d platformer also had a raptor as one of the playable characters. |
| 317 | ** ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'' and ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution2'' are park building simulation games that allow you to exhibit several kinds of raptors for your guests. Unlike most other ''Jurassic Park'' games, these games have [[ZigZaggingTrope a diverse range of raptor accuracy]]. Scaly, lizard-inspired raptors include ''Velociraptor'', ''Deinonychus'', and ''Atrociraptor'', while the more scientifically accurate, feathered raptors include ''Pyroraptor'' and ''Utahraptor''. |
| 318 | * Averted in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. While no dromaeosaurid shows up in the game, there is a [[WolverineClaws Claws]] weapon based on the dinosaurs known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Raptor Claws]], which are notably decorated with [[ShownTheirWork feathers]]. |
| 319 | * Riptor from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' is a human-raptor hybrid, with a hunched-over, barrel-chested human slouch. In the 2013 game, it's a {{Cyborg}} raptor on top of that. |
| 320 | * ''VideoGame/Legend1998'' have velociraptors as higher-level enemies of the forces of chaos in the last few levels of the game. |
| 321 | * ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesWorldOfMayhem'' has Roadius Runnerus, a prehistoric counterpart of Road Runner whose design takes cues from raptors (albeit the killing claw on the outer toe instead of the inner one). He even possesses feathers like his modern counterpart, including wings. |
| 322 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' features several missions that take place in the Savage Land, where many enemies are various versions of ''Jurassic Park''-style ''Velociraptor'' (some with laser cannons strapped to their backs.) One variant even has a summon-style attacked called "Clever Girl." |
| 323 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has many monsters based on lanky, ferocious, scaly raptors; in-universe, these are considered to be a type of [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent flightless wyvern]] and, notably, are closely related to the avian Bird Wyverns. |
| 324 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004'' introduced the Velociprey type enemies, which are actually more ''Velociraptor''-sized, but it turns out they are just immature versions. The larger Velocidrome Alphas are the first "large" monster most players fight. |
| 325 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterFreedom2'' has the Giadrome, the KingMook of the Giaprey (which debuted beforehand in ''Monster Hunter G'', mistakenly localized as White Velociprey in ''Freedom''). This white-colored Theropod inhabits snowy mountains, and can spit cold globules that inflict ice damage. |
| 326 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter3Tri'' introduces the Jaggi family, which lacks the "beak" of the Prey/Drome family. |
| 327 | ** ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterGenerations'' introduces the Maccao and Great Maccao, which are more feathered than the previous Preys/Dromes, though they still have pronated hands and (in the case of the Great Maccao) tails which are somewhat flexible vertically (the others have tails which are relatively stiff in that direction). That last trait helps the Great Maccao deliver a double-kick like a kangaroo, similar to [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gorosaurus]] or Gregory S. Paul's palaeo-art. |
| 328 | * ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'': Zuums, [[HorseOfADifferentColor which are big enough to ride on]], [[AllAnimalsAreDogs friendly]] and [[DomesticatedDinosaurs easy to raise]], and can [[DinosaursAreDragons breathe fire]]. Although its stat gains are [[JackOfAllStats mostly even]], unlike most examples its intelligence is actually usually its ''lowest'' stat, though not by too much. |
| 329 | * ''VideoGame/{{Nanosaur}}'' has you playing as a raptor with a jetpack and a blaster than can fire lasers, missiles, and nukes, who has come to prehistoric Earth from the future to rescue dinosaur eggs before the asteroid impacts the planet. |
| 330 | * The Chult sections of the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'' expansion ''[[NeverwinterNights2/StormOfZehir Storm of Zehir]]'' have featherless ''Deinonychus'' as possible encounters. There's also ''Megaraptor'', which surprisingly are portrayed as not dromaeosaurids but [[ShownTheirWork large carnivorous dinosaurs with the big claws on their hands]]. |
| 331 | * A pack of raptors fitting this stereotype are amongst the PrehistoricMonster enemies that player character Madison encounters in ''VideoGame/{{Oakwood}}''. First she encounters them in the titular campground's abandoned community lodge building where she has to make careful usage of [[AirVentPassageway air vents]] and at least one toilet stall to evade them. Then she finds herself continously on the run to avoid falling victim to their efforts at hunting her in the forest behind the lodge. [[spoiler:And the game ultimately ends with her being [[TheHeroDies heavily implied to have successfully gotten killed by them]].]] |
| 332 | * The game ''VideoGame/OffRoadVelociraptorSafari'' is a work that features ''Velociraptor'' with feathers for once, if only because [[RefugeInAudacity raptors getting hit by a car driven by a]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity Velociraptor]]'' [[RefugeInAudacity wearing a pith helmet]] [[RuleOfCool looks cooler]] with PerpetualMolt. |
| 333 | * ''VideoGame/PathOfTitans'' has its deinonychosaurs feathered and birdlike, averting the trope. |
| 334 | * Jurassic Marsh's Raptors from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'' lack feathers and are larger than the zombies. While they thankfully do not attack plants, they ''do'' attack the zombies... [[DungeonBypass by kicking them 4 squares forwards into your defences]]. If the raptor is charmed by the Perfume-Shroom, however, it plays this trope straight as it kicks zombies away for a OneHitKill (Gargantuars aren't safe either). |
| 335 | * ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'': Both the Plants and Zombies have raptor teammates, all of which have the Dino-Roar trait which triggers an effect whenever the Plant/Zombie hero draws or conjures a card: |
| 336 | ** Plants have the Veloci-Radish Hatchling and the Veloci-Radish Hunter. Both of them gain +1 attack whenever the Plant Hero draws or conjures a card, and being pack hunters, the Veloci-Radish Hunter will also make a copy of itself in its lane when played. |
| 337 | ** Zombies have the Raiding Raptor (based off the Raptor from [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime Jurassic Marsh]]), which conjures a card that costs 2 or less whenever it deals damage to the Plant Hero. It also gains attack whenever it manages to do so, making it very deadly with [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Laser Base Alpha]] environment. |
| 338 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 339 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' has Archen and Archeops, who appear to based on archaeopterygids. While they lack the killing claws on the feet of most dromaeosaurs and have scaly heads, necks, and tails, [[ShownTheirWork they are otherwise accurately feathered]] albeit with typical Pokemon-ish stylization. Archen can perform Wing-Assisted-Incline-Running as shown in the anime, while Archeops has the oft-forgotten smaller wings on its hindlegs (a trait shared with the ''Microraptor'') and is a poor flyer like ''Archaeopteryx'' in real life (meanwhile Archen cannot fly at all, but lives in trees and instead jumps between branches, referencing how winged proto-birds most likely glided). |
| 340 | ** Grovyle and Sceptile, the evolutions of the 3rd gen (Hoenn) Grass starter Treecko, have some raptor elements to them, such as inward-facing hands and [[{{Planimal}} leaves in place of "feathers."]] This being said, they are MixAndMatchCritters overall; Sceptile is more akin to a (non-frilled, spit-less) ''Dilophosaurus'' than a dromaeosaur, and the overall line is mostly based on leaf-tailed geckos (which, being lizards, are only distantly related to dinosaurs as a whole). |
| 341 | ** Scyther from the first generation is supposed to look like a praying mantis, but it also has many traits similar to those of a ''Jurassic Park''-esque raptor, being swift, territorial, worryingly intelligent and having an overall dinosaur- or dragon-like design. This sadly does not carry over to its second-generation evolution, Scizor, or its Mega Evolution, which look more like anthropomorphic wasps with lobster claws (though said claws do look a little like dinosaur heads). |
| 342 | ** Dracozolt is an extremely interesting case: the top half of it is referred to as a "bird" and is very obviously a feathered dromeosaur of some sort, complete with maybe-a-beak. The ''bottom half'' is a stegosaurid, complete with thagomizer. Blame the careless scientist hacking the two unfortunate dinosaurs together, in a reference to older paleontology that mish-mashed diferent animals together. Its cousin, Arctozolt, slaps the dromeosaur on an unfortunate cold-adapted plesiosaur. |
| 343 | ** From ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', we have Walking Wake, or as some fans like to call it, Raptor Suicine, due to having some physical similarities with Suicune from ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', but stands on two legs and has two tiny arms thus looking like a raptor instead of canine. |
| 344 | * ''VideoGame/PrehistoricKingdom'', another game which strives for accuracy, also averts this with their properly feathered ''Deinonychus'', ''Velociraptor'', and ''Utahraptor''. |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/PrimalCarnage'' has the "Novaraptor" (deliberately made to explain why it's not as massive as ''Utahraptor'' or ''Dakotaraptor''), which are Jurassic Park-style raptors, save their non-pronated hands. There's actually two variants - one that's feathered, and one that isn't. Loading screens and backstory said the geneticist had to make two variants because the eccentric millionaire who commissioned them [[RealityIsUnrealistic didn't like the feathered raptors.]] You can also play as an ''Oviraptor'', which is accurately feathered in all variants. |
| 346 | * Talon, the skyscraper-sized, LightningBruiser ''Deinonychus'' God of Survival from ''VideoGame/PrimalRage'', who interestingly has feathers on his head -- not bad for a game that came from the '90s and in the wake of ''Film/JurassicPark1993''. He lords over human-sized raptors, as well. |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/RaptorValley'' is about wandering through a field of tall grass, using weapons to drive off attacking raptors. |
| 348 | * The Hunter series of bioweapons from the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' games are essentially ''Jurassic Park'' inspired velociraptors with a human body frame, from their intelligent pack-hunting behavior right down to their genetically-engineered method of creation. |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/{{Saurian}}'' aims to avert this with both their ''Acheroraptor'' and ''[[http://sauriangame.wikia.com/wiki/Dakotaraptor Dakotaraptor,]]'' both of which are appropriately feathered and birdlike. |
| 350 | * ''VideoGame/{{Schwarzerblitz}}'' has Wally Alba, a sentient [[AwesomeAussie Australian]] BountyHunter raptor with a [[{{BFG}} minigun]]! |
| 351 | * ''VideoGame/SecondExtinction'' has ''mutant'' velociraptors as one of the most common, recurring dinosaur enemies encountered, who rushes at you and tries chomping you down on sight. |
| 352 | * ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'' opens with a HeadsIWinTailsYouLose battle against a pair of raptors. These foes tend to pounce forward with their clawed feet extended, making them an annoyance even into the late phase of the game. In the final dungeon, you confront robotic versions. |
| 353 | * ''VideoGame/SixtyFiveMillionAndOneBC'' has (once again) Jurassic Park styled velociraptors. However, the reason why they are scaly was because feathers made it difficult for the sprites to animate. The game did, however, have a white raptor with a red crest of feathers. |
| 354 | * ''VideoGame/SpyroEnterTheDragonfly'' has R-1000s, which are fireball-shooting ''Velociraptors'' made of liquid metal. |
| 355 | %%* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime'' averts this (except the primaries are attached to the wrists). |
| 356 | * ''Franchise/{{Tekken}} 2'' features Alex, a ''kickboxing velociraptor''. He's scaly, but that's the least of his problems. He stands upright, resembling the classic theropod tripod pose, and has long, powerful arms with boxing gloves on the end. His strange posture comes from the fact that he's a PaletteSwap of Roger, a BoxingKangaroo. And he's ''awesome''. Could be justified in that he's genetically engineered. |
| 357 | * ''VideoGame/TokyoJungle'' features ''Deinonychus'' (featherless and with pronated hands, though appropriately muscular) as playable characters and ''Archaeopteryx'' (more anatomically-accurate, even having [[ShownTheirWork wings on its back legs]]) as huntable animals. |
| 358 | * Raptors were enemies in ''Tomb Raider [[VideoGame/TombRaiderI I]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderIII III]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Anniversary]]''. |
| 359 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'', raptors are common enemies, ranging from plain ol' raptors, ones captured by the various bad guys and turned into cybernetic, ArmCannon-wielding nasties, or evolved, humanoid versions that fight alongside their cousins. |
| 360 | * ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Of the several dinosaurian beasts in the game, scaly raptors are one of the [[http://www.wowhead.com/npcs=1?filter=fa=11#0+2+1 most common]]. They are particularly associated with trolls, especially the playable Darkspear tribe, who use them as [[HorseOfADifferentColor mounts]] and hunting companions (troll hunters start with a raptor pet). Among their pantheon of loa spirits, the Darkspear seem to follow Gonk the Hunter, who takes the form of a raptor, most closely. To complicate matters slightly, some strains of raptors express ''tribal'' behaviors, like wearing feathers and jewelry, and there's at least one zone--the Raptor Grounds in the Barrens--where the raptors living there have clustered their nests like a village. Later on, feathered raptor-shaped dinosaurs called falcosaurs are introduced -- but they're also beaked and generally bird-themed. |
| 361 | * Giant, scaly raptors appear in the ''VideoGame/ZooRace'' level Seth’s Safari, stalking the edge of the river where the animals spend the race swimming. |
| 362 | * Both ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' games have an example of this trope with the animal's ingame bio making a reference towards the raptor intelligence in ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. ''Velociraptor'' appears in the first game- it's human sized and scaly, with its [[RealMenWearPink pink]] [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife coloration]] making it resemble a plucked chicken. A scaly ''Deinonychus'' and ''Utahraptor'' and feathered ''Velociraptor'' ([[ShownTheirWork which is more accurate]]) appear in the second game. The male ''Utahraptors'' have feathery crests on their heads. |
| 363 | * ''VideoGame/Beacon2018'' prominently features Tritoraptors, which are broadly similar to their inspirations (save things like a skull-like head, a split lower jaw, sharp quills for feathers, and being aliens). They hunt in packs to take down larger game and can leap far distances, just like ''Jurassic Park'' raptors. What sets them apart is that they get bigger and more Tyranosaurid as they get older; adults resemble a cross between ''Megaraptor'', ''T. rex'', and ''Triceratops''. Taking their genes can allow the same leap ability or the sharp quills to help with speed, all the way up to ''turning into a Tritoraptor''. |
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| 365 | |
| 366 | [[folder:Web Originals]] |
| 367 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meun8Fqx2fs This]] fun little [[EdutainmentShow edutaining]] song about ''Archaeopteryx'' plays with this trope; on the one wing, it's correctly stated to have been from the Jurassic period, referred to as a dinosaur instead of a bird and [[ShownTheirWork is even referenced as being a maniraptor]]. On the other wing, the cartoon ''Archaeopteryx'' has a toothy beak (while ''Archeopteryx'' had teeth, it did ''not'' have a beak) and lacks its sickle claws. Interestingly, the show never gives an answer as to whether or not ''Archaeopteryx'' could fly, and the video features an adorable cartoon ''Archaeopteryx'' trying everything he can to get airborne. HilarityEnsues, naturally. |
| 368 | * Massively averted by ''Blog/AskAVelociraptor'', much to the delight of dinosaur enthusiasts. |
| 369 | * [[http://deinonychosauria.deviantart.com/ These]] [[http://feathernazis.deviantart.com/ two]] Website/DeviantArt groups were created specifically to avert this trope. |
| 370 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Shredder, Seth's pet velociraptor, although he actually has feathers. |
| 371 | -->'''[[PollyWantsAMicrophone Perry]]''': But why does it have feathers? |
| 372 | -->'''Seth''': Come on, Perry, in this day and age, feathered dinosaurs should be common knowledge. |
| 373 | -->'''Snake''': Its true. Dinosaurs were the ancestors of your species. |
| 374 | * One short ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' smoochie focusing on Disco Bear had him being shredded apart by a raptor after being stomped by a T. rex as one of his many deaths. |
| 375 | * [[http://tomozaurus.deviantart.com/art/Meet-The-Pseudosaurs-282772529 "Meet the Pseudosaurs"]] parodies this trope, along with others of its stripe. |
| 376 | * Absolutely parodied with ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'''s [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/bucbuclaw.htm Bucbuclaw,]] an ugly chicken-looking thing, whose main attack involves [[NauseaFuel parasitic poop-eggs.]] |
| 377 | * The ''Website/{{Neopets}}'' franchise gives us the Pteri, which is meant to be a stylized ''Archaeopteryx''. However, it looks more like a generic cartoon bird with a long tail, with the claws and the teeth being absent. |
| 378 | * [[MemeticMutation Philosoraptor]]: [[https://i.pinimg.com/236x/45/9c/78/459c78a4e6497c0a94aa148f42d01d8e--food-science-science-quotes.jpg Seen here]] getting all chemistry nerdy. |
| 379 | * Averted with quite bird-like raptors in the ''WebAnimation/ReverseJurassicPark'' AKA ''Quaternary Park'' videos, which are spoofs of key scenes of the first JP movie. In fact, paleontologist Thomas Holtz has deemed these the most anatomically accurate animated ''Velociraptor'' ''ever''. |
| 380 | * ''Website/SpecWorld'': More or less completely averted, a little bit of ScienceMarchesOn aside,[[note]]Most acutely, some of Spec's dromaeosaurids being descended from ''Megaraptor'', now known to have been a carnosaur rather than a giant dromaeosaurid[[/note]] to the point that the creators decided to kill off nearly all troodonts as a stealth TakeThat to humanoid dinosauroids (and indeed, no dinosauroids at all are allowed for the project). |
| 381 | ** Among the different kinds of dromaeosaur families that ''DO'' appear, only three are labeled as "raptors" per se. Other families include mattiraptors, hesperonychids, draks, [[GratuitousNinja ninjas]], and arbros. |
| 382 | ** There's also a subversion in the form of the Cain, Madagascar's top predator. It looks like a stereotypical scaly Hollywood raptor, but it's not a dromaeosaur at all-- it's actually a noasaur, a member of a group of dinosaurs that ''were'' scaly. |
| 383 | * ''Blog/TheTyrannosaurChronicles'': Subverted by a naked ''Deinonychus'' character, who is said to have shaved all her feathers off in order to [[ShoutOut star in]] ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. The other deinonychosaurs are portrayed with feathers, though mostly not pennaceous ones, probably due to massive work load. More properly feathered deinonychosaurs have been shown to be in the works, but the SeriesHiatus on this project has prevented them from yet making an appearance in the story. |
| 384 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Dinosauria}}'': Averted, as the deinonychosaurs and troodontids are portrayed as properly feathered, birdlike in appearance and action, and they don't live in packs. The short "Our Frozen Past" focuses on a mother troodontid and her chicks, with the mother shown to be caring and protective in the face of an attack from a pair of ''Nanuqsaurus''. |
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| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 388 | * Yoshi from ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' is a "classic" ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' Velociraptor (unfeathered, Deinonychus-sized). The authors admit that they do care more for RuleOfCool rather than scientific accuracy. |
| 389 | * Marvin, Libby's pet dinosaur from ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' is a partial aversion- he's only about as big as a medium-sized dog with feathery tufts on his head and tail. |
| 390 | * Some of the earlier pages in ''Webcomic/DawnOfTime'' (intentionally) depict ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' style dromaeosaurids. However, a feathered ''Velociraptor'' ''does'' show up in a flashback later on, and the dinosauroids that also feature in one of the story arcs refreshingly avert the "LizardFolk dinosauroid" trope. |
| 391 | * ''[[ADogNamedDog Utahraptor]]'' from ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics''. By the way, if you want to see ''Utahraptor'' (and his two theropod friends) portrayed in a [[TitleDrop more historically accurate]] way (meaning feathered), just type in ''&butiwouldratherbereading=somethingmorehistoricallyaccurate'' behind the html-adress of a ''qwantz''-comic of your choice, [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1&butiwouldratherbereading=somethingmorehistoricallyaccurate like this for example.]] Or check out [[Webcomic/DresdenCodak Aaron Diaz']] awesome [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=996 guest comic!]] |
| 392 | * Sebastian the ''Deinonychus'' from ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'' plays with this trope--as an anthropomorphic dinosaur, he's not a nightmarish predatory monster, but he's also scaly. |
| 393 | * In the ''Webcomic/GiftsOfWanderingIce'' webcomic one of the "ice gifts" turned out to be a living raptor. |
| 394 | * ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': Averted. [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-didnt-even-have-a-joke-for-this-week Jet's raptors]] are realistically sized (somewhere between a chicken and a turkey), brightly plumaged, coo like pigeons, docile enough to be picked up and more interested in begging for scraps of roast chimera than savaging anyone. They also are tame enough to be trained as Ace's waiters (complete with tiny bespoke tuxedos) [[spoiler: and possibly accept a modern-day turkey as their alpha.]] |
| 395 | ** [[http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/clearly-they-ride-minibikes-and-wear-tiny-tuxedos It turns out]] they tried cloning sleeker, more wild looking (yet still realistic) raptors but they proved untrainable as the genes that give the current raptor squad their cuddly appearance [[ShownTheirWork also gives them their friendly personalities]]. |
| 396 | %% * ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'' parody this trope with Scythers. |
| 397 | %% * ''Webcomic/ParryAndCarney'' averts this, in spite of some of its deinonychosaurs having been drawn in 2005! |
| 398 | %% * Skull and the Eumaniraptor Trio from ''Webcomic/{{Raptormaniacs}}'' avert this. |
| 399 | * Averted and lampshaded in this ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2013/02/28/0459-velociraptor/ comic]], where Sandra expresses her disgust at ''Velociraptor'' still being depicted the same way as in ''Jurassic Park'' as she and Larisa look at a museum display of a scientifically-accurate ''Velociraptor'' model |
| 400 | %% Referenced numerous times in ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', [[http://xkcd.com/87/ like here.]] |
| 401 | %%** They also apparently ''[[Berserk Button really]]'' hate [[http://xkcd.com/292/ badly-written code.]] |
| 402 | %%** Also this little gem: [[http://xkcd.com/758/ Raptor Fences.]] |
| 403 | %%** [[ShownTheirWork Averted]] in this one: [[http://xkcd.com/1104/ Feathers]] |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 407 | * ''WebVideo/PokemonAmber'': |
| 408 | ** The Starter Pokemon, Fleetwi and its later evolutions, as well its Spliced variants, are based on different types of raptors, with the former being based on feathered raptors, namely ''Pyroraptor'' while the latter is based on the long-debunked featherless raptors from ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. Interestingly, Flightor has the sickle claws on its wings rather than its feet (which was intentional on the creator's part), though the Spliced Fleetwi line has the claws on the feet. |
| 409 | ** Primal Archen and Archeops, while based on the ''Archaeopteryx'', also has some features from the ''Microraptor''. |
| 410 | ** There are two Pokemon based on the Troodontidae line, which are Troazolt, a fully completed genetic clone of the upper half of Dracozolt and Arctozolt, and Trusetis. |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 414 | * ''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective'': One episode has the eponymous detective go into a cage inhabited by a velociraptor the size of a small bear. |
| 415 | * The ''Velociraptor'' that gets locked into Jimmy's closet in a ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' episode is the standard ''JP''-styled fare. |
| 416 | * The ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' episode "[[Recap/AmphibiaS3E06FightAtTheMuseum Fight at the Museum]]" zig-zags this with a museum display of a ''Deinonychus''-like dromaeosaurid. On one hand, it has feathers. However, the feathering is still not enough, and the model also possesses the usual pronated hands and slit-pupils. |
| 417 | * ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' featured ''Deinonychus'' that were large enough to ride on and tote saddles armed with laser cannons. This is several years before either ''Utahraptor'' or ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' came to light. |
| 418 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}'' may or may not have one deinonychosaur with [[ADogNamedDog Teryx]] the ''Archaeopteryx'', depending on the issue if her genus belongs into this clade or not. (See the paragraph in the introduction.) On the villains' side, Princess Dei, Genghis Rex's sister, is another example. She is featherless, due to the show being made in the 1980s, besides the issue of her being a ''Deinonychus'' and him being a UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex. |
| 419 | * The villain of ''WesternAnimation/DinoSquad'' is a humanoid ''Velociraptor'' named Victor Veloci. Curiously, the mentor figure of the titular Squad is also a velociraptor-person. |
| 420 | * Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', and ''Microraptor'' in ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'' (ScienceMarchesOn for the coloration of the latter two). The ''Troodon'', ''Utahraptor'' (which initially even gets mispronunced as "Ultraraptor"), and ''Deinonychus really'' lack plumage, however. |
| 421 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinotrux}}'': Thus far, Scraptors are the only things shown that actively try to prey on the Dinotrux, other scrap-loving species mostly just scavenge. They're rusty, unable to talk, and are treated as more AlwaysChaoticEvil than even [[BigBad D-Structs]]. |
| 422 | * In an interesting inversion of DinosaursAreDragons, ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'' features one dragon species, the Speed Stinger, that lacks flight and a BreathWeapon and is a scaly, wide-mouthed raptor, though it being a dragon, it does have fin-like sails and a venomous sting on its tail. |
| 423 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs'', three anthropomorphic raptors are the main villains. Even before being transformed, they are much larger than real ''Velociraptors'' and don't have feathers (although feathers were unknown at the time the show was made). |
| 424 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gigantosaurus}}'': |
| 425 | ** Two of the recurring antagonists are a pair of ''Velociraptor'', Cror and Totor. While they are still scaly and oversized, they at least have the proper build and snout shape for ''Velociraptor''. Unusually for this trope, they are portrayed as bullies or troublemakers rather than vicious predators or flat-out evil geniuses (in fact, neither of them are particularly bright, although [[WomenAreWiser Cror is smarter than Totor]]). |
| 426 | ** One of the friends of the main group is Archie the ''Archaeopteryx'', who is much larger than the real animal and has a toothy beak, multi-colored plumage, and stereotypical bird-like feet. He also frequently tries to fly throughout the series, since the rest of his species can do it, and always ends up comically failing. |
| 427 | * Zig-zagged with Chuuk the ''Utahraptor'' from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aam4u3oAFUo The Girl from Dinosaur Island]]''. On one hand, [[ShownTheirWork he's nicely feathered, even having wings]]. On the other, he has only two fingers per hand and in general looks more like a small, SuperDeformed ''T. rex'' with raptor-like feet. |
| 428 | * The ''WesternAnimation/GoDiegoGo'' special "The Great Dinosaur Rescue" featured ''Troodon'' with only a coating of fuzz (no wings or a tail fan). |
| 429 | * The ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E18TheLandBeforeSwine The Land Before Swine]]" has a typical ''Franchise/JurassicPark''-styled raptor with two-fingered hands (which doesn't correspond with any known deinonychosaur). |
| 430 | * ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois'': |
| 431 | ** In an episode of one series, the characters watch as a group of '80s-styled, kangaroo-''Deinonychus'' attack a large Sauropod dinosaur. What makes them so "kangaroo" is that not only are they shown standing fully erect, they move around by hopping. Raptors can hardly get more retro than this! |
| 432 | ** The first episode of ''Once Upon a Time... Man'' had a four-fingered ''Archaeopteryx'' evolving out of "thecodonts" through the hypothetical "''Proavis''" phase. |
| 433 | ** One episode of ''Once Upon a Time...Space'', set on another planet inhabited by dinosaurs, had a ''Deinonychus'' raiding the nest of a ''Brontosaurus''. Said ''Deinonychus'' looks like a small '70s-styled ''T. rex'' down to having two-fingered hands, made more confusing by the fact they completely hid its feet from view, and it also has a grasping tail which it uses to ensnare a ''Brontosaurus'' hatchling. On the other hand, ''Archaeopteryx'' is three-fingered this time. |
| 434 | * An episode of ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' has the Red Guy as a cavewoman try to woo Weasel by offering him a Velociraptor pie. [[HilarityEnsues A live Velociraptor then pops out of the pie and mauls "her."]] |
| 435 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/ImADinosaur I'm a Dinosaur]]'' had a very sparsely feathered ''Velociraptor'' with too broad a skull, a ''Troodon'' that might as well be a ''Coelophysis'' (yeah, have fun in the Arctic without feathers), a decently-feathered ''Sinornithoides'' that can't pronounce its own name[[note]] Actually sine-OR-nih-THOY-deez, suh-NOR-nith-oyds in the show[[/note]] and a deinonychosaurian ''Megaraptor'' (which wasn't even considered a coelurosaur, let alone a deinonychosaur, at the time). |
| 436 | * In ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' has both actual Jurassic Park/World-style ''Velociraptors'' and the Raptor-like ''Monolophosaurus'', ''Compsognathus'' and ''Dilophosaurus''. |
| 437 | * The two villains of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuDinoPosse'', Skor and Skrap, are called "raptors", but they don't look like real dinosaurs in any way. They don't have feathers and they have frills like the ''Dilophosaurus'' in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' and head quills similar to the ''Velociraptor'' from ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. |
| 438 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' television series had a pair of villainous '' Utahraptor'' named Screech and Thud who were often seen with the BigBad Redclaw. Both lack feathers and have two fingers instead of three. |
| 439 | * The ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' episode "A Day at the Museum" had what was referred to as a ''Velociraptor'', but it was more identical to an ''Allosaurus'' and lacked both feathers and the killing claws. |
| 440 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' episode "The Busasaurus" featured a ''Troodon'' pack. Amusingly, they're sized accurately if you pay close attention, but they sort of tried to hide this using ForcedPerspective. Being outright inaccurate wouldn't do on a science show, after all. They're also scaled, but [[ScienceMarchesOn the episode is from 1995]]. |
| 441 | * Averted in ''WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverseRevelation'', where Kuduk rides on a large dromaeosaurid with very accurate feathering, [[ShownTheirWork down to having wings attached to the second finger]]. |
| 442 | * ''WesternAnimation/MightyMagiswords'' features giant-sized, tripod-stanced, flat-footed ''Velociraptor'' with feather mohawks. |
| 443 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Mandace", Doofenshmirtz is turned into a dinosaur that he calls a ''Velociraptor'', but has little specific resemblance to ''Velociraptor'' besides its size and generic theropod shape. Then again, knowing [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Doofenshmirtz]], he either thought it was cooler to call it ''Velociraptor'' or simply doesn't know what ''Velociraptor'' really looks like. |
| 444 | * One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' features a typical Jurassic Park-like raptor. |
| 445 | * ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': "Terror Under the Blood Moon" features a ''large'' pack of stereotypical Jurassic Park-like raptors, which are otherwise the correct size and skull shape for ''Deinonychus''. WordOfGod stated they were meant to be feathered, but the crew had difficulty with it. |
| 446 | * Photography Raptor from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is your typical oversized scaly JP raptor. Justified, in that [[spoiler:he's an alien parasite in disguise.]] |
| 447 | * ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur'' REALLY messes up ''Velociraptor'' by not only using the classic ''Jurassic Park'' design, but also giving them [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology HORNS]]. They ''were'' part of a ScoobyDooHoax. |
| 448 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 449 | ** The episode "The Days of Future Future" featured raptors with feathery tufts on their heads, necks, and arms. |
| 450 | ** The final segment of "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" has the Los Souvenir Jacquitos taking the forms of oversized, featherless ''Velociraptors''. This one actually makes sense, as the skit is a parody of ''Jurassic Park''. Ironically, they look more like actual ''Velociraptor'' than JP's own version, having long and narrow skulls. |
| 451 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island (2023)'': In the episode "Jurassic Fart", the contestants have to avoid vicious ''Velociraptor'' that are a direct parody of the ones seen in ''Jurassic Park''. Besides being scaly and oversized with a broad skull, they can even open doors. |
| 452 | * ''WesternAnimation/WheresWaldo2019'' averts this in "Mongoliasaurus", which features accurately feathered dromaeosaurids. However, ''Velociraptor'' still has pronated hands and wrist-wings. |
| 453 | * Sylvia of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' bears some raptor-like similarities such as an S-shaped neck and "feathers" on her head and the tip of her tail, although she's an alien rather than an actual dinosaur. |
| 454 | * ''WesternAnimation/WeBabyBears'': "Modern-ish Stone Age Family" features a pair of ''Archaeopteryx''-looking paravians that can mimic speech like parrots, to the point they act as a stereo system for a caveman family as the Bears teach them about television. Both of the paravians [[ShownTheirWork have dromaeosaurid-like killing claws on their feet and are covered in black plumage]]. |
| 455 | * The ''WesternAnimation/YabbaDabbaDinosaurs'' episode "Yabba-Dabba-Dabba Kamma-Kamma-Chameleon" features a "Chameleosaur", which is [[NonIndicativeName not a chameleon as its name suggests]], but rather a raptor that can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]]. Interestingly, it is decently covered in feathers, but it also has cat-like eyes and a rough, forked tongue [[SpottingTheThread which are the clues to identify it in its transformed state]]. |
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