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** Veloci never learned the truth about "perfect dinosaurs". So, how's he gonna to react when he will learn that this group of teens that he meet few times are the "perfect dinosaurs" that he was hunting?

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** Veloci never learned the truth about "perfect dinosaurs". So, how's he gonna to react when he will learn that this group of teens that he meet has met a few times are the "perfect dinosaurs" that he was hunting?



** The past between Ms. Moynihan and Victor Veloci. Does two raptors were enemies? Or they were ''mates''?

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** The past between Ms. Moynihan and Victor Veloci. Does were the two raptors were enemies? Or were they were ''mates''?

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* BrokenAesop: "Howa Loa Can You Goa" has a GreenAesop that gets ignored at the end. The mutant worms that were the MonsterOfTheWeek are identified as being native to eastern North America, even though the heroes are in Hawaii for this episode and they just let the de-oozed worms go into an unfamiliar ecosystem.



** The fact that primordial ooze - besides one episode - didn't affected any other humans after changing protagonists DNA in the first episode. This could also be a opportunity for fanfic writers to introduce new members to the Squad.

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** Peter, the guy who Victor injected with ooze in the first episode, never appears again. Naturally, he shows up in a lot of fanfics, usually still working for Victor.
** The fact that primordial ooze - besides one episode - didn't affected any other humans after changing protagonists DNA in the first episode. This could also be a opportunity for fanfic writers to introduce new members to the Squad.Squad, or villains with the same powers as the heroes.



** Liam from the first episode of season 2, ''"The World According to Liam"''. Despite his autism setting him back a degree, he proves fundamental to solving the episode's mutant bee problem, and even learns the group's [[SecretKeeper secret]]. Yet even though they sit together for lunch at episode's end, he never shows up or gets mentioned again that season. Had he did, he would have no doubt proven further useful in solving various episodes' problems in the future, and in addition, his debut episode's Aesop would have been better reinforced via consistency, and Liam himself would not have had the unfortunate fate of coming off as a mere Aesop plot device (and the show could have used more recurring characters aside from Fiona's sister).

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** Liam from the first episode of season 2, ''"The World According to Liam"''. Despite his autism setting him back a degree, he proves fundamental to solving the episode's mutant bee problem, and even learns the group's [[SecretKeeper secret]]. Yet even though they sit together for lunch at episode's end, he never shows up or gets mentioned again that season. Had he did, he would have no doubt proven further useful in solving various episodes' problems in the future, and in addition, his debut episode's Aesop would have been better reinforced via consistency, and Liam himself would not have had the unfortunate fate of coming off as a mere Aesop plot device (and the show could have used more recurring supporting characters aside from Fiona's sister).
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** Veloci never learned the truth about "perfect dinosaurs". So, how's he gonna to react when he will learn that this group of teens that he meet few times are the "perfect dinosaurs" that he was hunting?
** The fact that primordial ooze - besides one episode - didn't affected any other humans after changing protagonists DNA in the first episode. This could also be a opportunity for fanfic writers to introduce new members to the Squad.
** The past between Ms. Moynihan and Victor Veloci. Does two raptors were enemies? Or they were ''mates''?
** The Squad's future adventures and fights with Veloci given that he wasn't defeated in the final episode.
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* FandomSpecificPlot:
** Most fics have Victor learning about the fact, that "the helpers of perfect dinosaurs" are actually the same dinosaurs he's hunting.
** New teen with the same shapeshifting powers like the Squad joins the team.
** Terri coming into contact with primordial ooze and gaining a dinosaur form.

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* %%* FandomSpecificPlot:
** %%** Most fics have Victor learning about the fact, that "the helpers of perfect dinosaurs" are actually the same dinosaurs he's hunting.
** %%** New teen with the same shapeshifting powers like the Squad joins the team.
** %%** Terri coming into contact with primordial ooze and gaining a dinosaur form.

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* FandomSpecificPlot:
** Most fics have Victor learning about the fact, that "the helpers of perfect dinosaurs" are actually the same dinosaurs he's hunting.
** New teen with the same shapeshifting powers like the Squad joins the team.
** Terri coming into contact with primordial ooze and gaining a dinosaur form.



** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian on the street aren't actually humans, but ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]] And what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - your loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]]. In general this show opened a huge can of paranoical worms with it's innocent premise.

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** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian on the street aren't actually humans, but ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]] Victor]]... And what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - your loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]]. In general this show opened a huge can of paranoical worms with it's innocent premise.

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** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian on the street aren't actually humans, but ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]]...
** In relation to above, what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - your loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]].
** In general this flawed, mediocre show opened a huge can of paranoical worms with it's [[BlatantLies somewhat innocent premise]].

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** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian on the street aren't actually humans, but ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]]...
** In relation to above,
Victor]] And what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - your loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]].
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humans]]. In general this flawed, mediocre show opened a huge can of paranoical worms with it's [[BlatantLies somewhat innocent premise]].premise.
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Evil Is Sexy TRS; this has become an objective, in-universe trope.


* EvilIsSexy: Victor Veloci in human form.

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* {{Fanon}}: If fan arts on Website/DeviantArt and fanfics have anything to go by, many fans of the show agree that if Terri had gained a dinosaur form, it would have been a ''Baryonyx''.



** In relation to above, what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - their loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]].

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** In relation to above, what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - their your loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]].humans]].
** In general this flawed, mediocre show opened a huge can of paranoical worms with it's [[BlatantLies somewhat innocent premise]].
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** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian aren't actually ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]]...
** In relation to above, what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}} and them getting [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies hunted down by Veloci?]]

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** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian on the street aren't actually humans, but ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]]...
** In relation to above, what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}} and Masquerade}}. And if that happens it either leads to: a - their loved ones kicking you out due to being [[FantasticRacism a monster]], b - them getting [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies hunted down [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally leading Veloci to you]] or c - [[IHaveYourWife Veloci kidnapping them]] so he can get you by Veloci?]]trading places with them. The same kind of situation applies to Cretaceous survivors who had [[InterspeciesFriendship befriended]] and even [[InterspeciesRomance raised family with humans]].

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* ParanoiaFuel: While on a camping trip, Caruso wonders if there are threats Veloci would send after them that are too big for them to fight even in Dino Mode. He then goes further and puts out the idea that there could be a threat so tiny that it could ''crawl inside their heads'' and harm them from inside.

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* ParanoiaFuel: ParanoiaFuel:
** Who's to say that your teacher, your friend from school, your neighbour or even a random pedestrian aren't actually ''[[OhCrap dinosaurs]]'' who survived a cataclysm that supposedly [[SarcasmMode wiped them out]] and are living in the shadows of your kind, who rules the Earth only by a few thousand years, while they were doing it for millions before you? You're gonna be really lucky if they're not all the same like the [[OmnicidalManiac Victor]]...
** In relation to above, what if some of them [[WasOnceAMan were actually humans]] who get exposed to Veloci's [[MutagenicGoo ooze]] and now have to adapt to their new double life, essentialy lying to their loved ones to avoid exposing {{The Masquerade}} and them getting [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies hunted down by Veloci?]]
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While on a camping trip, Caruso wonders if there are threats Veloci would send after them that are too big for them to fight even in Dino Mode. He then goes further and puts out the idea that there could be a threat so tiny that it could ''crawl inside their heads'' and harm them from inside.

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Deleting a complainy example, re-writing some complainy writing


* SpaceWhaleAesop: One episode talks about how spreading rumors is wrong. The catch is that they acted like [[ItMakesSenseInContext photoshopping a pop star's head onto a dinosaur]] is on the same level as lying about them scamming charities. And yes, it's played dead straight, with Buzz [[WhatTheHellHero being chewed out by all his friends]], feeling overwhelming guilt after selling the [[TabloidMelodrama photoshop job to the paparazzi]] and apologizing profusely to the pop star face to face.



** An even better example is Peter. We see him in the first episode, joining Veloci's company willingly and getting an an injection of what's implied to be the same liquid that gave the Dino Squad their powers. His eyes turn into dinosaur eyes. . . and then the scene cuts to the protagonists, and he's never seen again. It would have been interesting to keep him around, not just because it would have given Veloci a henchman who wasn't a faceless goon, but also because it would have given the series a villain with the same powers as the heroes.

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** An even better example Peter is Peter. We see him seen in the first episode, joining Veloci's company willingly and getting an an injection of what's implied to be the same liquid that gave the Dino Squad their powers. His eyes turn into dinosaur eyes. . .eyes... and then the scene cuts to the protagonists, and he's never seen again. It would have been interesting to keep him around, not just because it would have given Veloci a henchman who wasn't a faceless goon, but also because it would have given the series a villain with the same powers as the heroes.


** Liam from the first episode of season 2, ''"The World According to Liam"''. Despite his autism setting him back a degree, he proves fundamental to solving the episode's mutant bee problem, and even learns the group's [[SecretKeeper secret]]. Yet even though they sit together for lunch at episode's end, he never shows up or gets mentioned again that season. Had he did, he would have no doubt proven further useful in solving various episodes' problems in the future, and in addition, his debut episode's Aesop would have been better reinforced via consistency, and Liam himself would not have had the unfortunate fate of coming off as a mere Aesop plot device (and the show could have used more recurring characters aside from Fiona's sister). Not to mention he was made to be such an extreme exaggeration of autism that he wound up more irritating (especially with his [[MachineMonotone robotic monotone voice]]) than endearing.

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** Liam from the first episode of season 2, ''"The World According to Liam"''. Despite his autism setting him back a degree, he proves fundamental to solving the episode's mutant bee problem, and even learns the group's [[SecretKeeper secret]]. Yet even though they sit together for lunch at episode's end, he never shows up or gets mentioned again that season. Had he did, he would have no doubt proven further useful in solving various episodes' problems in the future, and in addition, his debut episode's Aesop would have been better reinforced via consistency, and Liam himself would not have had the unfortunate fate of coming off as a mere Aesop plot device (and the show could have used more recurring characters aside from Fiona's sister). Not to mention he was made to be such an extreme exaggeration of autism that he wound up more irritating (especially with his [[MachineMonotone robotic monotone voice]]) than endearing.
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Cutting complaining


* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A 90s-esque TotallyRadical RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude cartoon played completely straight...and it was released in ''2007''.
* EvilIsCool: It's practically unanimous that the villain is the only interesting character.



* {{Padding}}: The reverse [[TransformationSequence transformation sequences]], which are literally [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the normal sequences played in reverse]]. There's really no reason for them to be there other than to artificially increase the run-time of the episodes they appear in without having to make any new animation...



* SoBadItsGood: Due to failing on pretty much every level.


* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[KidHero Teenagers]] [[{{Animorphism}} turning into dinosaurs]] to fight evil? Cool! Wait, where's the fighting dinosaur action? And why are they talking about [[GreenAesop recycling]]?


* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: They're all practically the same person, and very interchangeable with mostly informed characteristics, Caruso and Buzz being the exceptions, so each fan probably fills in the blanks in their own way.
* ClicheStorm: Oh, yes!


* {{Narm}}: Quite a bit to be found, from declarations of "Let's get prehistoric!", to the theme song (that plays almost every thirty seconds) to almost ''Anime/SailorMoon'' levels of stock transformation animation overuse.
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Critical Research Failure is a disambiguation page


* CriticalResearchFailure: This show is extremely guilty of this. And what makes this more mind boggling is the fact that this cartoon was intended to be an educational show.
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They Fight Crime is no longer a trope


* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[KidHero Teenagers]] [[{{Animorphism}} turning into dinosaurs]] to [[TheyFightCrime fight evil]]? Cool! Wait, where's the fighting dinosaur action? And why are they talking about [[GreenAesop recycling]]?

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[KidHero Teenagers]] [[{{Animorphism}} turning into dinosaurs]] to [[TheyFightCrime fight evil]]? evil? Cool! Wait, where's the fighting dinosaur action? And why are they talking about [[GreenAesop recycling]]?
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* ParanoiaFuel: While on a camping trip, Caruso wonders if there are threats Veloci would send after them that are too big for them to fight even in Dino Mode. He then goes further and puts out the idea that there could be a threat so tiny that it could ''crawl inside their heads'' and harm them from inside.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: One episode talks about how spreading rumors is wrong. The catch is that they acted like [[ItMakesSenseInContext photoshopping a pop star's head onto a dinosaur]] is on the same level as lying about them scamming charities.And yes, it's played dead straight, with Buzz [[WhatTheHellHero being chewed out by all his friends]], feeling overwhelming guilt after selling the [[TabloidMelodrama photoshop job to the paparazzi]] and apologizing profusely to the pop star face to face.

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* SpaceWhaleAesop: One episode talks about how spreading rumors is wrong. The catch is that they acted like [[ItMakesSenseInContext photoshopping a pop star's head onto a dinosaur]] is on the same level as lying about them scamming charities. And yes, it's played dead straight, with Buzz [[WhatTheHellHero being chewed out by all his friends]], feeling overwhelming guilt after selling the [[TabloidMelodrama photoshop job to the paparazzi]] and apologizing profusely to the pop star face to face.

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