->''sometimes people ask me "what is dinosaur comics about?" and sometimes all i can say is "[[{{Henway}} about six panels, i'd say]]"''
-->--episode title for [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001368.html December 17 2008]].

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This comic contains examples of:
* AHellOfATime: In Hell you can play video games and do whatever you want, but you have to sing songs with all the lyrics replaced by "party".
* AlternateUniverse: where everyone has goatees. And the comic is run 'backwards', that is to say, the standard comic image is flipped before dialogue (and goatees) are added.
* AltText: Used for comments or additional punchlines.
* BetterThanItSounds: as is said in the above image.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: T-rex.
* ChekhovsGun: Explained in [[http://www.qwantz.com//archive/001018.html this strip]] of the "Literary Technique Comics" series. May involve Pop-Tarts.
* CursedWithAwesome: Applied to several tragic Greek figures (sometimes in rather contorted ways) in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001152.html this strip]].
* CurseCutShort: As the AltText for [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001457.html this episode]] says, "''it's not swearing if you don't enunciate the last phoneme. PRO TIP''"
* CutAndPasteComic: It's the UrExample.
* DadaComics: The premise is played surprisingly straight, and the sheer repetition of the art eventually makes it all feel perfectly normal.
* {{Defictionalized}}: Fans occasionally make Choco-Chops and send them to Ryan North.
* DisContinuity: T-Rex attempts to improve his life by declaring less favourable parts [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000291.html non-canon]].
* TheDitz: T-Rex, although he can be highly intelligent at times. He is not, however, a GeniusDitz ([[NegativeContinuity except when he is]]).
* DontExplainTheJoke: Flaunted with "[[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000631.html Jokes Explained!]]"
* {{Emoticon}}: [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001057.html OGC]]
* EmpathicEnvironment: Explained as a part of the concept of the "pathetic fallacy" in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001007.html this strip]] of the "Literary Technique Comics" series.
* FanFic: The subject of [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=417 this strip]]. [[WriteWhoYouKnow You kiss in my story.]]
* FloatingAdviceReminder: On the "About" page of the site:
--> '''About Interacting Socially''': This can be tricky! You want to be friendly, but you don't want to come on too strong. My best advice is to carefully observe others, and to relax!
* {{God}}: Only T-Rex can hear him. He speaks without punctuation, in all-caps, and is [[KingOfAllCosmos somewhat of a ditz himself]].
* KingOfAllCosmos: God.
* LampshadeHanging (every once in a while, a joke about the parameters of the comic, eg [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000051.html here]] or [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001056.html this one]] lampshading the lampshading.)
**Also explained/parodied in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001425.html this]] strip, also from the "Literary Techniques Comics" series.
* LightGunGame: [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=709 The Devil is a fan of them.]]
* MagicFeather: It all goes wrong in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000293.html this strip]].
* MaleGaze: Discussed in [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=859 this strip]], especially as it pertains to VideoGames.
* MirrorUniverse: a StoryArc that involves this and one of the few art-changes in the comic's history starts in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000034.html this strip]].
* NoodleIncident: T-Rex's idea of a party anecdote is the time he lost someone's baby.
* NoPronunciationGuide: drom-iss-ee-oh-MY-muss
* {{Prequel}}: Parodied in [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=934 this strip]], and further applied to {{Shakespeare}} in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000873.html this one]].
* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Discussed [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001270.html here]].
* PaintingTheFourthWall: God talks in '''BOLD ALL CAPS'''. The Devil meanwhile speaks in '''[[color:Maroon: BIG RED LETTERS]]''', and the raccoons and cephalopods ''ARE UNNERVINGLY ITALICISED''.
* RemixComic: Technically, every strip after the first one; fan-made Remix Comics of it are, of course, also common.
* {{Satan}}: One of the odder incarnations of the Adversary in fiction, he's a nerd obsessed with VideoGames whose voice comes in from the bottom of the panel. Like {{God}}, he talks in all-caps without punctuation.
* SecretKeeper: Parodied in [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=749 this strip]], where T-Rex is "the worst Lois Lane ever".
* SelfReferentialHumor: The strip above, among other things.
* ShoutOut: Recently, a back-and-forth with [[MSPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie]] involves Ryan [[StalkerWithACrush watching him eat dinner]]. (Archived [[http://wooopedia.com/wooo/Andrew_Hussie here]].)
* SlapSlapKiss: Discussed and combined with car chases in [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=956 this strip]].
* StraightGay: Utahraptor (and by extension... T-Rex?). It's not a big deal, and is seldom mentioned.
* SophisticatedAsHell: T-rex's entire friggin' speech pattern.
* TemptingFate: Subverted in [[http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000307.html this strip]]. In the past, T-Rex has had parties ruined by {{God}}, which led to embarrassment with the ladies.
* [[{{ptitlel9hiod7i}} This Is For Emphasis, Bitch!]]
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-->''Also, when I started the comic, I wrote five thousand comics in one incredibly productive afternoon and have just been posting them one a day since then.''
-->-[[http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2009/07/cartoonoff-dinosaur-comics.html Ryan North]]
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