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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dan [[PetTheDogcan't bring himself to kill the dinosaur]] because he identifies with its laziness, gluttony, and misanthropy.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards: Dan [[PetTheDogcan't [[PetTheDog can't bring himself to kill the dinosaur]] because he identifies with its laziness, gluttony, and misanthropy.

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Crosswicking. And spoilers off.


* DirtyCoward: Ben, defied later on in the story. See {{Jerkass}} and JerkWithAHeartOfGold for more details.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Chris]] has one.

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* DirtyCoward: Ben, defied later on in the story. See {{Jerkass}} and JerkWithAHeartOfGold for more details.\n
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Chris]] Chris has one.



* EvenEvilHasStandards[=/=]PetTheDog: Dan can't bring himself to kill the dinosaur, because he identifies with its laziness, gluttony and misanthropy.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards[=/=]PetTheDog: EvenEvilHasStandards: Dan can't [[PetTheDogcan't bring himself to kill the dinosaur, dinosaur]] because he identifies with its laziness, gluttony gluttony, and misanthropy.



* {{Jerkass}}: Ben chickens out and doesn't fire the third arrow at the dinosaur, which causes [[spoiler: the dinosaur to eat Chris.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After running off, Ben feels horrible for what he did, and really tries to make it up. [[spoiler: He does.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Ben chickens out and doesn't fire the third arrow at the dinosaur, which causes [[spoiler: the dinosaur to eat Chris.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After running off, Ben feels horrible for what
Chris. However, he did, and really tries to does make it up. [[spoiler: He does.]]for it.



* SkywardScream: Done by Dan [[spoiler:and the dinosaur at the end.]]

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* SkywardScream: Done by Dan [[spoiler:and and the dinosaur at the end.]]
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* ShoutOut: The government have a box that contains "[[Franchise/SpiderMan someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."

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* ShoutOut: The government have a box that contains "[[Franchise/SpiderMan "[[ComicBook/SpiderMan someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."
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* BlatantLies: Elise, in cover identities as a geologist and an old lady, claim that the recent mini quakes and the incident at the museum were caused by tectonic activity and teenagers respectively. The television anchor interviewing her the two separate times seems skeptical of it.


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* GettingEatenIsHarmless: For Chris specifically. He manages to exit the dinosaur the... normal way for matter to leave the body. Though any dogs may have been unfortunate...
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
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* NotSoDifferent: Dan realizes that all the dinosaur really wants to do is watch TV and eat burgers, so he decides to let her go.
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* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.
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* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.
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* ShoutOut: The government have a box that contains "[[{{Spiderman}} someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."

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* ShoutOut: The government have a box that contains "[[{{Spiderman}} "[[Franchise/SpiderMan someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Chris refuses to believe that Dan could have seen a real dinosaur, despite having previously encountered plenty of other equally weird entities over the course of the show.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards[=/=]PetTheDog: Dan can't bring himself to kill the dinosaur, because he identifies with its laziness, gluttony and misanthropy.



* SkywardScream: Done by Dan [[spoiler: and the dinosaur at the end.]]

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* SkywardScream: Done by Dan [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and the dinosaur at the end.]]
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* DirtyCoward: Ben, defied later on in the story. See Jerkass and Jerk With a Heart of Gold for more details.

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* DirtyCoward: Ben, defied later on in the story. See Jerkass {{Jerkass}} and Jerk With a Heart of Gold JerkWithAHeartOfGold for more details.
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* DirtyCoward: Ben, defied later on in the story. See Jerkass and Jerk With a Heart of Gold for more details.
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* TyrannosaurusRex
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Dan wakes up in the morning to the shocking surprise of finding a dinosaur… destroy his car! In the mean time, Chris is trying to teach Elise’s brother how to drive. Dan convinces Chris to have him them around town. Meanwhile, Elise has been sent on a special mission to make sure that nobody finds out about the dinosaur, and the whole story is covered up while she attempts to capture the beast.

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Dan wakes up in the morning to the shocking surprise of finding a dinosaur… destroy his car! In the mean time, meantime, Chris is trying to teach Elise’s brother how to drive. Dan convinces Chris to have him ferry them around town. Meanwhile, Elise has been sent on a special mission to make sure that nobody finds out about the dinosaur, and the whole story is covered up while she attempts to capture the beast.



* ShoutOut: In "The Dinosaur", the government have a box that contains "[[SpiderMan someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."

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* ShoutOut: In "The Dinosaur", the The government have a box that contains "[[SpiderMan "[[{{Spiderman}} someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."
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* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.

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* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.building.
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* SkywardScream: Done by Dan [[spoiler: and the dinosaur at the end.]]
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* FantasticVoyagePlot: "Who wants to know where I've been?"
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* ShoutOut: In "The Dinosaur", the government have a box that contains "[[SpiderMan someone who shouldn't exist, he's half spider, half man, and he fights crime]]."
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* AngryFistShake: Aside from the usual one from Dan at the beginning, we get one from the dinosaur when Dan gets his revenge by mailing her his car repair bill.
* ContinuityNod: Possibly to "Dan Vs. The Family Thanksgiving", Ben mentions that his parents are house hunting, due to Dan [[spoiler: burning it down at the end of the episode.]]



* DistaffCounterpart: Dan believes that the dinosaur is this to him.



* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.

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* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.
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* NotSoDifferent: Dan realizes that all the dinosaur really wants to do is watch TV and eat burgers, so he decides to let her go.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The dinosaur.
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Dan wakes up in the morning to the shocking surprise of finding a dinosaur… destroy his car! In the mean time, Chris is trying to teach Elise’s brother how to drive. Dan convinces Chris to have him them around town. Meanwhile, Elise has been sent on a special mission to make sure that nobody finds out about the dinosaur, and the whole story is covered up while she attempts to capture the beast.

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!!This episode contains examples of the following Tropes:
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Chris]] has one.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* {{Jerkass}}: Ben chickens out and doesn’t fire the third arrow at the dinosaur, which causes [[spoiler: the dinosaur to eat Chris.]]
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After running off, Ben feels horrible for what he did, and really tries to make it up. [[spoiler: He does.]]
* SecretIngredient: The secret ingredient to creating a dinosaur was corn syrup.
* TeensAreMonsters: When the dinosaur breaks into the museum, Elise tries to cover it up by saying that it was a pack of teenage hoodlums, despite the dinosaur shaped hole in the side of the building.

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