Line #21 Series/DinosaurRevolution


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3	''Dinosaur Revolution'' (released under its WorkingTitle, ''Reign of the Dinosaurs'', in Europe) is a major dinosaur-related Creator/DiscoveryChannel TVDocumentary, which debuted on September 4, 2011.
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5	Calling it a "documentary" may however be deceptive. [[GenreBusting It combines elements of various genres]]: traditional wildlife documentaries, [[BodyLanguage silent movie-style "acting"]] and comic cartoon {{Slapstick}}, and presents them in the form of [[VignetteEpisode vignettes]] or longer, cohesive stories, focusing on the characterization and the relationships between the animals. One of the creative heads of the show was artist Ricardo Delgado, the man behind the ''ComicBook/AgeOfReptiles'' series and the show was initially intended as a loose adaptation of that work. As always, whether this makes the show more entertaining or just plain dumb is up to the viewer to decide. However this isn't [[Series/DinosaurPlanet the first time]] that Discovery uses this borderline-EdutainmentShow format for its dino-shows.
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7	There has been a lot of buzz surrounding the production, due to the bold claims of its creators, which can be read [[http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/programs/reign-dinosaurs/ here]]. Basically, what the show set out to avoid was [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology making paleontologists cry]], and to show off some {{CGI}}. Another major subject of discussion is the "sparse narration" the press releases promised. Do note, the slightly controversial dino-anthropomorphism ''is'' justified due to the fact that originally, the show was to be broadcast with no {{Narrator}}, but ExecutiveMeddling changed that.
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9	A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op31dcC5FIM feature film version]], re-cut to a format truer to the production's original intent, titled ''Dinotasia'', was released in a select few UK theaters on May 4th, 2012. It received a brand new narration by Creator/WernerHerzog. The re-cut, sadly, [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dinotasia/ wasn't exactly met with warm reception by critics]], who cited the uneven effects quality, loose storytelling structure, cartoony personification of the animals and the lack of real educational value as its main drawbacks, though some reviewers claimed they found its bizarreness amusing in a weird sort of way.
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11	!! The work provides examples of:
12	%%* AfterTheEnd: The second half of the final episode.
13	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Some people have observed that the ''Allosaurus'' cub acts suspiciously like a playful pup.
14	* AllThereInTheScript: Many (if not all) of the characters have nicknames that were used during the production of the show, but are never mentioned in the final product. The exact genus and species (if any) of many of the animals featured also fall under this, and have only been revealed through WordOfGod.
15	* AlwaysABiggerFish:
16	** Non-predatory example. After eating a young ''Majungasaurus'', one of the ''Beelzebufo'' is stepped on by a ''Rapetosaurus'' passing through.
17	** The ''Castorocauda'' is spotted by the ''Guanlong'' while chasing... [[FridgeLogic a fish]].
18	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The colorists really went wild with the color schemes on the animals. This is not just an observation, [[WordOfGod they said so themselves]].
19	* AnachronismStew: The show's Discovery website puts ''Gigantoraptor'' 90 million years ago, way too early. 80 million years ago is closer to the mark, if not 70 million years ago. Strangely enough, the show itself actually puts ''Gigantoraptor'' in the correct time period of 70 million years ago.
20	* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted with the T-rexes, who have visible cloacae, and are seen defecating at two points.
21	%%* AnimalTalk
22	* ApeShallNeverKillApe:
23	** Averted when the ''Cryolophosaurus'' destroys his rival's eggs. However, played straight when he doesn't actually kill his opponent. There's a similar case with the ''Tyrannosaurus''. (However, [[spoiler:Stumpy, the protagonist ''Tyrannosaurus'' and his mate do kill Jack Palance, the "BigBad" ''Tyrannosaurus'', during a rematch]].)
24	** Averted by a cannibalistic ''Anhanguera'' that kills one of the young ''Anhanguera''.
25	* ApocalypseHow: The show begins with the Permian extinction and ends with the Cretaceous extinction, both of which very easily attained a class 4.
26	* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The people behind the show went out of their way to avert this, and mostly it works very well. However, a few errors still slip through.
27	** Due to time constraints, the ''Ornitholestes'' lacks feathers, when it likely did have them in life.
28	** One of the ''Beelzebufo'' snatches a baby ''Majungasaurus'' with a long, chameleon-like tongue, which frogs lack.
29	** Some paleontologists have criticized the social lifestyles shown for some of the [[http://theropoda.blogspot.com/2011/09/cryolophosaurus-fantasy-e-la.html dinosaurs]] and especially the mosasaurs and pterosaurs for being implausible. One of the main paleontologists who worked on the show has even said that he ''disowns'' the mosasaur segment. Tellingly, the mosasaur story was completed before it was ran by the consultants.
30	** The ''Ischigualastia'' and ''Pachycephalosaurus''[[note]]Or that's what it's called on the Creator/DiscoveryChannel website, but said by [[WordOfGod some other sources]] to be a generic pachycephalosaur, not any intended species[[/note]] don't particularly resemble the genera they are supposed to be, as the models were originally intended to be used for ''Placerias'' and ''Prenocephale'' respectively.
31	** ''Protoceratops'' has one and ''Triceratops'' two front foot-claws more than they should. Common error, very easy to commit.
32	** ''Volaticotherium'' is unlikely to have been agile enough to catch insects in the air.
33	** The ''Rhamphorhynchus'' appears to lack pycnofibers and doesn't use a quadrupedal launch. Also note that ''Rhamphorhynchus'' is thought to have had behaved like modern nocturnal sea birds (avoiding thus competition from diurnal pterosaurs that also hunted fish in the same regions), and seeing one far from the open sea and on daylight would thus not be very common.
34	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:The ''Cryolophosaurus'' story ends with the antagonistic male defeating the protagonist and killing his eggs.]]
35	* BehindTheBlack: The ''Saurosuchus'' doesn't notice the group of ''Ischigualastia'' until the audience does, even though they're standing [[NoPeripheralVision right in front of him]].
36	* BestServedCold: Broken Jaw got his injury from Woodstock whipping him. [[spoiler:Years later, he manages to take revenge by biting off part of his tail]].
37	* BewareMyStingerTail: ''Miragaia'', ''Shunosaurus'', and ''Ankylosaurus''.
38	* BigBad:
39	** Insofar as this can be applicable to dinosaurs, the ''Torvosaurus'' in the second episode.
40	** Jack Palance from the final episode is built up as Stumpy and Tink's main rival, [[spoiler:but he is defeated and killed just a bit more than ten minutes into the episode]].
41	** The ''Saurosuchus'' in the ''Eoraptor'' story and the antagonistic ''Cryolophosaurus'' in the Jurassic Antarctica stories also qualify.
42	* BigDamnHeroes:
43	** [[spoiler: Broken Jaw, followed by Woodstock.]]
44	** [[spoiler:The herd of ''Cedarosaurus'' in the ''Utahraptor'' story.]]
45	** The old bull ''Protoceratops'' in the ''Protoceratops'' story.
46	* BigGuyLittleGuy:
47	** Broken Jaw, an ''Allosaurus'' and Ptweety, a ''Rhamphorhynchus''. Ptweety also switches over to a ''Torvosaurus'' in a brief stint.
48	** The ''Rapetosaurus'' and ''Rahonavis'', though in this case the ''Rahonavis'' sticks with whichever ''Rapetosaurus'' that passes by instead of any particular individual.
49	* BittersweetEnding: Two of them:
50	** [[spoiler:The ''Protoceratops'' story ends with the young ''Protoceratops'' finding a new family, but the old ''Protoceratops'' who protected it chooses to abandon them and die alone.]]
51	** [[spoiler: The ''Troodon'' story in the final episode can be seen as this. After the asteroid impact, the episode focuses on a small herd of surviving ''Troodon'' trying to survive in an "AfterTheEnd" setting. In the end, only one female survives, and takes refuge in the mouth of a ''T.rex'' corpse, while trying to incubate her last egg. The camera then zooms in on her eye which then shifts to the eye of a present day bird. This shows the viewer the dinosaurs did not go fully extinct. Instead, their legacy still lives on, in the form of birds.]]
52	* BloodlessCarnage: [[spoiler:The ''Ischigualastia'' herd attacks and seemingly kills the ''Saurosuchus'', although the ''Saurosuchus'' appears to take down one of the ''Ischigualastia'' with it. Neither of their bodies show much sign of injury after the fight, despite the several "stabbing" sound-effects you can hear during the fight.]]
53	* BodyLanguage: As the show was animated with no narration in mind, the animals received very expressive acting skills, which at certain points go near DisneySchoolOfActingAndMime territory.
54	%% * BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The ''Guanlong'' story.]] The eventual fate of [[spoiler:the female ''Troodon'']] could probably be considered one as well.
55	* BookEnds: The series starts and ends [[spoiler: with two different mass extinctions.]]
56	** The very first and last scenes also [[spoiler: take place in two eras outside of the Mesozoic: the Paleozoic and Cenozoic, respectively.]]
57	%%* BulletTime: The ''Cryolophosaurus'' fight had a lot of this.
58	* ButtMonkey:
59	** The poor ''Torvosaurus'' turns into this, since every animal around the water hole is out to get him, even the much smaller Broken Jaw. He does have a brief WhosLaughingNow moment, but it doesn't last. As such, this can be seen as a powerful {{Deconstruction}} of the PrehistoricMonster cliché, as it's the seemingly most badass creature in town who gets shoved around, [[spoiler:and even ''killed'']].
60	** The ''Ornitholestes'' (both one particular individual as well as the species as a whole).
61	* CampStraight / [[CampGay Gay]]: Matt Lamanna seems to be trying to invoke this as much as possible with his voice '''alone'''.
62	* CarcassSleepingBag: In the last episode, a ''Troodon'' mother lives through the immediate destruction of the K-Pg impact, but the suddenly-frigid climate kills her mate and eggs. Wandering in a frozen wood, she finds the carcass of a dead ''Tyrannosaurus'', and curls up in its open mouth to shelter from the snowfall.
63	* CarnivoreConfusion:
64	** In general, the predators are portrayed as real predators, just doing what they do. Nonetheless, predators that threaten the protagonist animal in each story are often portrayed as antagonistic in a sense [[spoiler:and generally get their comeuppance]].
65	** Broken Jaw the ''Allosaurus'' and Woodstock the ''Dinheirosaurus'' [[spoiler:end up being [[FriendlyEnemy Friendly Enemies]]]].
66	* TheCavalry:
67	** [[spoiler:The ''Ischigualastia'' herd in the ''Eoraptor'' story, though more by chance than through intention.]]
68	** The big herd of ''Protoceratops'' in the ''Protoceratops'' story.
69	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The body of the juvenile ''Tyrannosaurus'' is later used as a shelter by the female ''Troodon''.]]
70	* ChekhovsGunman:
71	** The antagonistic male ''Cryolophosaurus'' returns in the ''Glacialisaurus'' story and chases off the antagonistic ''Glacialisaurus''.
72	** The mosquitoes ultimately [[ExitPursuedByABear drive off]] the antagonistic ''Cryolophosaurus''.
73	* ChekhovsSkill:
74	** ''Troodon'' being able to pick up things two handed is first shown when they attempt an unsuccessful raid on the ''Tyrannosaurus'' nest. [[spoiler:The female ''Troodon'' uses this ability to transport her last remaining egg to shelter.]]
75	** ''Rahonavis'' mimicking sounds comes in handy when it is pursued by the juvenile ''Majungasaurus'', as it [[SummonBiggerFish summons]] some ''Beelzebufo'' to deal with them.
76	%% * [[CirclingVultures Circling Azhdarchids]]: In the ''Protoceratops'' story.
77	%%* CoolOldGuy: The old ''Protoceratops''.
78	* CurbStompBattle:
79	** The angered ''Torvosaurus'' is no match for his smaller opponents, and though he manages to [[CurbStompCushion tip an adult]] ''[[CurbStompCushion Dinheirosaurus]]'' [[CurbStompCushion on its side]], he soon finds himself on the receiving end when the sauropod goes on a rampage.
80	** However, the first fight between the ''Torvosaurus'' and Broken Jaw is one in favor of the ''Torvosaurus''. Indeed, it was winning the second time around as well, if it weren't for the adult ''Dinheirosaurus''.
81	** [[spoiler:The mother mosasaur vs. the ''Cretoxyrhinas''. At one point she does a death roll, and it looks as though the shark is ''instantly disintegrated into little pieces of flesh''.]]
82	%% ** [[spoiler:The ''Cedarosaurus'' herd vs. the ''Utahraptor''.]]
83	* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The last episode depicts the fauna of the Hell Creek Formation in the last few months of the Cretaceous Period. The asteroid hits, killing off almost all the dinosaurs either instantly or in the impact winter that follows. The small silver lining is that the series acknowledges that not ''all'' dinosaurs died out; birds survived and continue their legacy to this very day.
84	* {{Deconstruction}}: "The Watering Hole" features one for the "ultra strong killer theropod" trope thorugh the ''Torvosaurus'' who muscles in to the formation and proceeds to bully all the other inhabitants loudly and aggressively as the new dominant predator.....for about a few days until almost the entire watering hole gets sick of him and beats him to death
85	%% * [[DisturbedDoves Disturbed Azhdarchids]]: When the "antagonistic" ''T .rex'' [[spoiler:kills the ''T. rex'' pair's chicks]].
86	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The ''Cryolophosaurus'' story, ''Guanlong'' story, ''Utahraptor'' story, and part of the the ''Protoceratops'' story, as well as the ending of the last episode. And not just the dinosaur part, mind you. The final shot leaves us with a view of an asteroid hovering above Earth, in present day. The talking heads inform us that humanity will die. Oh, dear.]]
87	* DrunkenMaster: The ''Shunosaurus'', after ingesting some hallucinogenic mushrooms, is attacked by a pair of ''Sinraptor''. It ends up hanging off the side of a steep slope, but in its throes it flicks one ''Sinraptor'' away with its tail club [[spoiler:and crushes the other one under its weight]].
88	* EatsBabies: ''Probelesodon'', the sharks, ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Torvosaurus'', ''Tyrannosaurus'', the mammals in the last episode, the cannibalistic ''Anhanguera'', and ''Beelzebufo''. ''Saurosuchus'', ''Troodon'', ''Utahraptor'', ''Velociraptor'', the notosuchians in the ''Anhanguera'' story, and ''Allosaurus'' try to, but aren't shown succeeding.
89	* EdibleBludgeon: The still moving tail of a ''Dinheirosaurus'' slaps the ''Allosaurus'' eating it in the face. A mild subversion, since the food is acting ''by itself''.
90	* EducationMama: Mama ''Anhanguera'', who takes teaching her young how to fly to a disturbing (and hilarious) extreme.
91	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Broken Jaw and an enraged Woodstock' combine forces to defeat the ''Torvosaurus''.]] [[FriendlyEnemy They don't fight each other ever again.]]
92	* ExitPursuedByABear: [[spoiler:The ultimate ending of the Jurassic Antarctic story ends this way, with the "antagonistic" male ''Glacialisaurus'' chased by the "antagonistic" male ''Cryolophosaurus'', who is in turn trying to flee from a swarm of mosquitoes.]]
93	%%* EyeScream: Happens a few times in the ''Utahraptor'' segment.
94	* FacialMarkings: The male ''Tyrannosaurus'' appear to have a striking white skull-pattern on their head, in contrast to their otherwise fully black body.
95	** The one coelurosaur that lacks feathers (due to time constraints) is ''Ornitholestes'', though it also happens to be one of the more HandWave-able instances because of its uncertain phylogenetic position. For the most part it serves as something of a PluckyComicRelief.
96	* ForegoneConclusion: The K-Pg extinction in the last episode.
97	* GiantFlyer: ''Anhanguera'' and especially ''Quetzalcoatlus'' are both large pterosaurs
98	* {{Gorn}}: Difficult to avoid when making a flashy dinosaur show.
99	** [[spoiler: Broken Jaw getting the injury that gives him his name as a baby is one instance of this. It's quite horrific to look at and even makes the mother have a double take.]]
100	** [[spoiler: The death of Jack, the evil ''Tyrannosaurus'', with ''huge'' amounts of blood gushing from his neck.]]
101	* GoryDiscretionShot: Often averted, but strangely played straight in both of the long stories in similar situations. [[spoiler:In both cases the protagonist moves in to feed on the body of the story's BigBad, but does so just outside of the camera frame.]]
102	* GroinAttack: The ''Torvosaurus'' bites Broken Jaw in his pubic region during their first fight.
103	* TheGrotesque: Broken Jaw. An ''Allosaurus'' with a seriously [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin deformed jaw.]]
104	* HandicappedBadAss:
105	** Broken Jaw.
106	** Subverted in a way by Stumpy, the heroic male ''Tyrannosaurus''. He is able to survive even with an arm bitten off, but he doesn't exactly need to use his arms terribly much to begin with.
107	%%* HenpeckedHusband: The smaller male ''Cryolophosaurus''.
108	* HopeSpot:
109	** The ''Guanlong'' [[spoiler:safely get off the back of a sauropod they were stuck on, only to find themselves stranded on an island surrounded by crocodylomorphs]].
110	** Ultimately, [[spoiler:the one surviving young ''Tyrannosaurus''. The one surviving ''Troodon'' egg is implied to be one as well]].
111	* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted:
112	** The ''Guanglong'' story ends with [[spoiler:the two goofs (the ''Guanlong''s) trapped on a small island, surrounded by crocodilians.]]
113	** This also happens to the ''Castorocauda'', ''Ornitholestes'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'', and young ''Anhanguera'' at certain points, though they manage to survive.
114	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Jack Palance in "End Game" is killed when he is knocked onto the horn of a dead ''Triceratops''.]]
115	* InformedAbility:
116	** The ''Ornitholestes'' is introduced as a resourceful predator, but never actually succeeds in catching anything on screen.
117	** The ''Utahraptor''s have it worse. While the narration and talking heads describe them as the baddest killers ever, the animation shows them getting their butts kicked (literally).
118	** The narrator claims that ''Castorocauda'' "has many beaver-like traits that help it survive", but it is never shown doing anything beaver like. Similarly, the ''Volaticotherium'' is said to act like a flying squirrel, but it's portrayed more like a gliding bat, catching insects in midair.
119	* KarmaHoudini:
120	** Mama ''Anhanguera'', who throws off her offspring to die in an attempt to have them learn to fly. This wouldn't generally receive any mention (this is, after all, still a documentary, and wild animals get away with things are are far more morally repulsive from a human point of view), except for the fact that karma IS very prevalent in the rest of the series, due to its comedic tendecies. Although she does end up getting crab bits splattered repeatedly in her face. Not exactly punishment, but she is at least humiliated (in the eyes of the viewer).
121	** Also ''Rahonavis'', who sends two baby Majungasaurus to their deaths at the mouths of ''Beelzebufo'' [[ForTheEvulz rather unnecessarily]], considering it could fly (and was already safe from the ''Majungasaurus'' when it did so).
122	** Subverted by the antagonistic ''Cryolophosaurus'', which gets a TheBadGuyWins treatment at first[[spoiler:, but then shows up in the ''Glacialisaurus'' story where it encounters a swarm of mosquitoes...]]
123	* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Averted in several cases, such as at the end of the ''T. rex'' duel, when Jack, the victor, lets Stumpy, the loser, go.
124	%%* KnuckleCracking: One ''T. rex'' apparently TookALevelInBadass.
125	* LethalLavaLand: Much of Earth's surface turns into this when the Permaian extinction occurs.
126	* MamaBear:
127	** The mosasaur, ''Tyrannosaurus'', and ''Eoraptor''. [[spoiler:Subverted by the ''Cryolophosaurus'', who just stands there and allows her eggs to be destroyed.]] The ''Dinheirosaurus'', ''Cedarosaurus'', and ''Miragaia'' are probably either this or PapaWolf, as their genders are never specified.
128	** Averted by mama ''Anhanguera'', who cares more about whereas her children fly off the nest rather than their own lives. Possibly FridgeBrilliance in that pterosaurs probably weren't a very maternal lot, what with the fact that their offspring flew within days after birth and all.
129	* MightyRoar: By courtesy of none other than the king of roars. Jack in particular lets out a very thunderous one after he beats Stumpy at their duel.[[note]]At least in media, we have no way of knowing if the real animal did this[[/note]], ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
130	* MisplacedWildlife: ''Ornitholestes'' in Portugal, even though it is only known from North America.
131	* MoodWhiplash:
132	** One moment we see the young ''Tyrannosaurus'' playing, the next [[spoiler:they are killed by Jack Palance]].
133	** Also later in the same episode, much hilarity is happening around the old ''Ankylosaurus''. We first see the ''Troodon'' chasing a juvenile pachycephalosaur, which tries to seek shelter underneath the ''Ankylosaurus'', while the ''Ankylosaurus'' is seemingly oblivious to all this, even accidentally sitting on the male ''Troodon''. Later, the young ''T. rex'' playfully tries to attack the ''Ankylosaurus'', only to get knocked to the ground. Funny stuff. Then it chases the pair of ''Troodon'' into a cave. How cute. [[spoiler:Oh, shock, the meteorite hits and almost everyone outside is killed! The ''rex'' finds the twisted corpses of its parents. How tragic. But wait, the solemn moment can't last, there is a mammal to catch. And the clumsy juvenile trips and falls. How funny. And there the ''rex'' lies on the bottom of the cliff, with a broken skull, in a puddle of blood. How... what now?]]
134	** The antics of the ill-fated ''Guanlong'' duo are meant to be amusing at first... [[spoiler:until they end up stranded on a small island surrounded by crocodyliforms]]. (Although, mind you, it's not entirely clear on whether they're [[{{Jerkass}} sympathetic characters]] or not.)
135	** The young ''Protoceratops'' bonds with the old bull and they manage to reach a herd of other ''Protoceratops'' (who also scare away the two ''Velociraptor'' trying to ambush them). Then, [[spoiler:as we see the juvenile being integrated into the herd, the old ''Protoceratops'' turns around and walks away, and we then see him traveling down to a ''Protoceratops'' graveyard where he lies down peacefully...]]
136	** It's brief, but when most of the ''Anhanguera'' story (even [[BlackComedy the deaths]] of the young ''Anhanguera'') is played for laughs, it's a quick jolt back to reality when we see the broken body of one of the ''Anhanguera'' being scavenged by crabs.
137	* MushroomSamba: What befalls the ''Shunosaurus'' who tries some tasty-looking mushrooms.
138	* NamedAfterTheInjury: The ''Allosaurus'' lead in the second episode has a fractured jaw courtesy of an angry baby sauropod when they were young, and is nicknamed Broken Jaw.
139	* NarratingTheObvious: A persistent problem in the original TV broadcast due to the show being originally intended to do without narration at all.
140	* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Several crocodile relatives show up, including ''Saurosuchus'', a generic aquatic Cretaceous crocodyliform, some generic aquatic Jurassic crocodyliforms, and a generic notosuchian. Just about all of them are antagonistic.
141	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The ''Cryolophosaurus'' fight, as well as the first encounter between the Broken Jaw and ''Torvosaurus''.
142	%%* NoPeripheralVision: The ''Saurosuchus''.
143	* NoisyNature: Delightfully averted. The predators tend to stalk and ambush their prey quietly. When the ''Torvosaurus'' and inexperienced young ''Majungasaurus'' fail to do this, [[spoiler:they get killed.]]
144	** Played pretty straight sometimes though. The baby Mosasaurs chirp like baby birds while getting attacked by the sharks. Even when they go to the bottom to hide they don't shut up.
145	* OffWithHisHead: This befalls an ''Ornitholestes'' after a mother ''Allosaurus'' grows weary of its vocalizations.
146	* OffingTheAnnoyance: The ''Allosaurus'' mother beheads a noisy ''Ornitholestes''.
147	* OhCrap: Sylvester the ''Ornitholestes'' when he realizes that he has landed on Broken Jaw. Later, both the he and Ptweety when the ''Torvosaurus'' shows up at the watering hole.
148	* OldMaster: The old ''Protoceratops'' is depicted as this, even being able to invoke GrievousHarmWithABody on a pair of ''Velociraptor''.
149	* PapaWolf: The male ''Eoraptor'' and Stumpy the ''Tyrannosaurus''. The male ''Cryolophosaurus'' tries, but his opponent is just too strong.
150	%%* PregnantBadass: The female mosasaur.
151	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The antagonistic ''Torvosaurus'' and ''Velociraptor'' capitalize on this, looking a lot more monstrous and evil when compared to the more placid-looking ''Allosaurus'' and ''Utahraptor''. And while more of a {{Jerkass}} than villainous, the antagonistic ''Cryolophosaurus'' also plays this straight.
152	* RaptorAttack: Anatomically mostly averted at least by the ''Rahonavis'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Troodon''. [[ShownTheirWork They even have primary feathers]], something previous documentaries (and depictions in general) tended to get wrong.
153	* ReCut: ''Dinotasia'', or at least it's as close as we'll probably get to one.
154	* RecurringExtra: Cockroaches show up ''everywhere''.
155	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The ''Rahonavis'', at least in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OFunlQdDfk&feature=related original storyboard art]]. The baby ''Zalambadalestes'', baby ''Eoraptor'', baby ''Protoceratops'', and juvenile pachycephalosaur also qualify.
156	* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: The ''Ornitholestes'' tries, and fails, to catch a ''Rhamphorhynchus'' throughout the second episode. An artist who worked on the show said during production the two were nicknamed "[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Sylvester and Ptweety]]".
157	* RogerRabbitEffect: In a few shots (particularly those after the end credits), some of the CGI animals show up at the lab that the talking heads are shown in.
158	* RuleOfCool:
159	** Some features of certain animals, like the crest of ''Cryolophosaurus'' or the tail club of ''Shunosaurus'', had to be enhanced at the expense of scientific accuracy, just so that the audience would find them more interesting.
160	** The mosquito swarm actually ''killing'' a large lizard.
161	** It's implied that the ''Torvosaurus'' actually succeeds in killing a ''herd'' of ''adult'' ''Miragaia''. The original script has it kill just a ''Miragaia'' ''calf'' (which it also does later in the episode).
162	** The ''Castorocauda'' uses a skunk-like musk to defend itself.
163	** The ability of the ''Rahonavis'' to mimic sounds.
164	** The coloration of the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'''s face causes it to resemble a human skull when viewed head-on.
165	** Though Broken Jaw the handicapped ''Allosaurus'' is based on a real specimen, the injury he sustained in the show is far more severe than the one his RealLife counterpart [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Labrosaurus.jpg received]].
166	* RuleOfFunny: As awkward as such moment are in a documentary, this show does have a sense of humor, as animation allows for much better timing than filming real animals would.
167	* SeaMonster: ''Tylosaurus'' and ''[[ThreateningShark Cretoxyrhina]]'' are large marine predators.
168	* SexyDiscretionShot: Not quite. We see a pair of ''Tyrannosaurus'' getting it on, and only after a few seconds does the camera cut to another scene.
169	* ShoutOut:
170	** As a ''Cryolophosaurus'' lunges at its opponent, for a brief moment they imitate Charles R. Knight's famous dinosaur painting, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Laelops-Charles_Knight-1896.jpg Leaping Laelaps]]. Earlier, it uses a kangaroo kick, a homage to Gregory Paul's art.
171	** A segment fittingly titled "Pterosaur WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes" puts a tragic spin on the character of Beaky Buzzard's momma from the cartoon shorts, in the form of a strange ''Anhanguera'' mother who's [[TooDumbToLive too dumb to let her hatchlings live]].
172	*** Similarly, the character designs and relationships between the ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Ornitholestes'', and ''Allosaurus'' are [[http://vonshollywood.blogspot.com/2011/08/cartoony-naaahhhhhhh.html based on]] Tweety, Sylvester, and the bulldog.
173	*** As well, the ''Rahonavis'' [[http://s.cghub.com/files/Image/179001-180000/179777/950_max.jpg design]] looks like [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130525054541/woodywoodpecker/images/2/26/Woody-woodpecker-tv-04-g.jpg Woody Woodpecker]] (likely unintentional).
174	** The ''Ornitholestes'' gets a ring of bark stuck around its neck, making it resemble the ''Film/JurassicPark'' ''Dilophosaurus''.
175	*** Heck, an ''Ornitholestes'' in a tree could be construed as another Greg Paul reference.
176	** The mosquito in the amber that appears just before the ''Glacialisaurus'' scene is also an obvious homage to ''Jurassic Park''.
177	** The sequence where everyone beats up on the ''Torvosaurus'' was inspired by the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM Battle at Kruger]] wildlife video.
178	*** Episode 3's opening battle also has elements of the Battle at Kruger, and actually has more in common with it rather than the ''Torvosaurus'' beat-up scene.
179	** The end of the second episode has a ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' type sequence where the model of a diplodocoid tail is used on the model of an ''Allosaurus'' jaw to see how much damage it could inflict. One idea suggested during production was to have one of these sequences in each episode, but this was scrapped.
180	** The cold opening of the third episode is similar to a scene in ''Literature/RaptorRed''.
181	** Several elements of the show were inspired by a French film about grizzly bears called ''The Bear'', which (as was originally planned for ''Dinosaur Revolution'') told a story about wildlife without using narration.
182	** The way one of the ''Cedarosaurus'' kicks away the ''Utahraptor'' is similar to to a scene portrayed in the accompanying artwork for the description of the sauropod ''[[http://svpow.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/please-welcome-brontomerus-mcintoshi-2/ Brontomerus]]''.
183	** A clip of the show on Discovery's website is called ''Series/JurassicFightClub'' (keep in mind that JFC and DR aired on two different networks with two different owners).
184	* ShownTheirWork:
185	** The theropod hands aren't pronated, most of the coelurosaurs are well feathered, and NoisyNature is averted.
186	** Their ''Triceratops'' skin is even based on their personal examination of the skin shown on an unpublished ''Triceratops'' specimen.
187	** The ''Troodon'' are shown to be omnivores, and the males are responsible for brooding the nest.
188	** This is probably the first show to feature correct ceratopsian hands (the outer two toes shouldn't touch the ground).
189	** While not particularly recent discoveries, this show gets the abelisaurid and sauropod hands right when most other depictions do not.
190	** The show avoids the common meme of having female theropods larger than the males. While this idea is not unreasonable, it is based on only circumstantial evidence and isn't anywhere as set in stone as commonly portrayed.
191	** The juvenile pachycephalosaur in the last episode is not intended to be any particular species, in order to avoid the whole Hell Creek pachycephalosaur ontogenetic debate (and because the model was going to be used for ''Prenocephale'').
192	* {{Slapstick}}: There is a considerable amount. Yes, it's a "documentary" with tons of animal slapstick from grotesque to cutesy, deal with it.
193	* SpeculativeDocumentary: Unavoidable for anything prehistory-related until TimeTravel is invented.
194	* TheStinger: At the end of ''Dinotasia'', [[spoiler:the ''Rahonavis'' shows up in the lab and mimics the noises made by the camera]].
195	* StockFootage: Mostly avoided. Though footage from Last Day of the Dinosaurs is used in the final episode. Also a clip from Monsters Ressurected is used at the beginning of Dinotasia.
196	* SummonBiggerFish: What appears to happen when the two ''Beelzebufo'' croak off in the distance, then ''Rahonavis'' mimics the sound. The ''Beelzebufo'' then show up and [[JustEatHim eat]] the baby ''Majungasaurus''.
197	* SuperPersistentPredator: The ''Ornitholestes'' to the ''Rhamphorhynchus'', as a parody of Sylvester and Tweety, to the point that the ''Ornitholestes'' leaves the watering hole still chasing the ''Rhamphorhynchus''!
198	* TailSlap: ''Dinheirosaurus'', a sauropod, naturally, uses its whip-like tail as a weapon.
199	* TalkingHeads: There are cutaways throughout each episode to interviews with paleontologists, in spite of original plans not to have these in the show itself.
200	* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: The final episode focuses on the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and their brutal lifestyles, pulling no punches on how violent and terrifying they are. Their general appearance even bears resemblance to TheGrimReaper. Jack Palance is a particularly nasty ''T. rex'', being depicted as [[MonstrousCannibalism a cannibal]] responsible for eating one of Stumpy's forelimb as well as Stumpy's babies.
201	* ThreateningShark: ''Cretoxyrhina'' aka the "Ginsu shark". Some of them kill and eat some baby mosasaurs. [[spoiler:They're [[CurbStompBattle immediately destroyed]] by the [[MamaBear mother]] afterward.]]
202	* TooDumbToLive:
203	** [[spoiler:Towards the end of the fourth episode not long after the meteor hits Earth, the younger tyrannosaur stands on a cliff overlooking his dead parents. A mammal runs into frame and he charges at it, only to fall off the cliff and die.]]
204	** A fish being chased by the ''Castorocauda'' tries to escape by [[FridgeLogic leaping onto land]] (!?!?) and flopping ''away'' from the water...!?!?
205	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil:
206	** Not the trailer itself, but the promotional material contains a number of spoilers. One of the earliest clips released showed [[spoiler:the death of the ''Torvosaurus'']]. One of the flipcards on the Discovery website shows the [[TearJerker very end of the last episode]].
207	** This even happens ''within'' the show itself! Many of the preview clips (shown during talking head segments or before commercials) give away much of what is going to happen next.
208	** The death of Jack Palance, the antagonistic ''Tyrannosaurus'', was also spoiled in promotional materials and the ''Dinotasia'' trailer, but having been taken out of context the events leading up to it can still come across as a surprise. [[spoiler:The images and footage of the death itself may make it look like the Jack died fighting a ''Triceratops'', whereas he was actually fighting Stumpy and his mate and got knocked onto a ''Triceratops'' carcass.]]
209	* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] somewhat with the female Troodon and her last egg. While we never her and her last egg die, giving somewhat of a hope one or both survive, the chance of the offspring surviving to hatch, and especially to reach adulthood, is small and meaningless for their species' survival regardless.]]
210	* VillainProtagonist: The ''Guanlong'' and arguably the ''Utahraptor''.
211	* VitriolicBestBuds: The pair of ''Guanlong''. They ''never stop bickering''.
212	* VoiceChangeling: The ''Rahonavis'' amuses itself with its ability to copy the noises around it almost perfectly.
213	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One moment [[spoiler:three ''Ischigualastia'' attack the ''Saurosuchus'', the next the ''Saurosuchus'' appears to be fighting just one ''Ischigualastia'']]. One ''Ischigualastia'' does show up later in the background, but it still looks like they vanished halfway through the fight.
214	* TheWorfEffect: To the ''Torvosaurus'' in the "Battle at Kruger" homage scene.
215	* ZergRush: The mosquitoes. The ''Utahraptor'' try this on a young ''Cedarosaurus''[[spoiler:, but it doesn't end well for them when the adult ''Cedarosaurus'' come to its rescue]].

Context Series / DinosaurRevolution