History ComicBook / XenozoicTales

** Likewise, Gov. Gorgostamos seems [[AffablyEvil sympathetic]] to helping Hannah reach a peaceful resolution with Jack by meeting privately with him. It's a ploy to get Gorgostamos close enough to assassinate the mechanic.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gov. Nock starts out as a nice enough fellow, but gradually shows his opposition to Jack, Hannah's presence, and the Machinatio Vitae as the series goes on, to the point that he sycophantically sides with everything Scharnhorst says and does. ''Everything''.

* EgomaniacHunter: Lord Baclutha.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: According to WordOfGod, Jack and Hannah have been designed with slight inspiration from classic Hollywood stars Creator/BurtLancaster and Creator/BarbaraStanwyck.

** The Topps Comics storyline entitled "The Wild Ones" toys with this between Jack (Archie), Hannah (Betty) Big Red (Veronica).

* AmazonBrigade: Big Red and her all-female biker crew in "The Wild Ones".

** The Topps Comics story entitled "The Wild Ones" toys with this between Jack (Archie), Hannah (Betty) and an all-female biker gang leader named Big Red (Veronica).

* BelligerentSexualTension: Between Jack and Hannah. Argue LikeAnOldMarriedCouple? Check. Have sex in at least some issues? Check. Go back to old-married couple mode in the next issue (or maybe even later in the same issue they just had sex in)? Check.

* VulcanHasNoMoon: Earth picks up an extra moon after the cataclysm.

* CoolCar: Modified to run without gasoline. Any car that has to outrun charging a mammoth, ''Brontotherium'', or ''Styracosaurus'' is automatically cool.

* FieryRedhead: Big Red from "The Wild Ones". Notable because nearly every Caucasian woman portrayed in the series is either [[AloofDarkHairedGirl brown- or black-haired and more or less cool-tempered]], Hannah notwithstanding.

* FieryRedhead: Big Red from "The Wild Ones". Notable because generally every Caucasian woman portrayed in the series is a [[BrunettesAreBetter brunette]].

** The Topps Comics story entitled "The Wild Ones" toys with this between Jack (Archie), Hannah (Betty) and and an all-female biker gang leader named Big Red (Veronica).

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gov. Nock starts out as a nice enough fellow, but gradually shows his opposition to Jack, Hannah's presence, and the Machinatio Vitae as the series goes on, to the point that he syncophantically sides with everything Scharnhorst says and does. ''Everything''.

* CorruptPolitician: Gorgostamos and Scharnhorst. Nock, already questionable, becomes more of one after Scharnorst is elected. Hannah forewarns Jack when he seeks Wassoon asylum that her own leaders are constantly power-playing against each other and shouldn't be trusted. Averted with Dahlgren, who sympathizes with the Old Bloods, and Toluouse, who simply wants what's best for their people.

* CorruptPolitician: Gorgostamos and Scharnhorst. Nock, already questionable, becomes more of one after Scharnorst is elected. Hannah forewarns Jack when he seeks Wassoon asylum that her own leaders are constantly power-playing against each other and shouldn't be trusted. Averted with Dahlgren, who sympathizes with the Old Bloods, and Toluouse, who simply wants what's best for their people.

* LeResistance: After Scharnhorst's accent to

* CorruptPolitician: Gorgostamos and Scharnhorst. Nock, already questionable, becomes more of one after Scharnorst is elected. Hannah forewarns Jack when he seeks Wassoon asylum that her own leaders are constantly plotting against each other and shouldn't be totally trusted.

* EvilPoacher: The primary antagonists for the early part of the series, especially the Terhune family.

* CoolCar: Modified to run without gasoline. Any car that has to outrun charging ''Styracosaurus'' is automatically cool.

* BettyAndVeronica: Very thinly implied with Hannah as the Betty, Governor Dalhgren as the Veronica, and Jack the Archie caught in between.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Drumheller plays this with Jack as prey.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Hannah is particular about how she is insulted.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When attempting to speak on Mustapha's behalf during the gubernatorial election, Jack lets his temper get the better of him and launches into an angry tirade against Mustapha's competitor, Scharnhorst. This ends up swaying the other three governors to Scharnhort's side, after which she immediately orders Jack thrown in prison and the other Old Bloods to be arrested on sight.

* OrphanedSeries: *sniff*

* EgomaniacHunter: Lord Drumheller.

** In the cartoon series, yes. In the comic, [[spoiler: Drumheller hunts Jack because he wants Hannah, and he caught Jack and Hannah doing the nasty (this is shown on-panel). This comes several issues after a story in which they spend the night in a tent together, and the narrator of that story says in no uncertain terms that not only were they having sex then, but that it's pretty well-accepted among their friends and acquaintances that the two run off and go at it whenever the mood strikes them. The series doesn't clearly define the boundaries of the relationship, but sex is certainly not where the tension lies for those two.]]

The series was popular enough to have several [[SpinOff spin-offs]], usually under the ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' label, including a Saturday morning cartoon by Creator/{{Nelvana}}[[note]] and animated by Creator/{{APPP}}[[/note]], an RPG setting, two video games (an arcade BeatEmUp by Creator/{{Capcom}} and a visual novel for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD), and even comics published by other companies during the lengthy gaps between issues of the main title.

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!!The ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' arcade game contains examples of:

* AxCrazy: The Butcher, who is called a "nutjob" by Vice Terhune, and behaves the part when you meet him in person.
* BaldOfEvil: Dr. Simon Fessenden fits, despite not being completely bald, yet a very evil individual.
** There is also the second boss, the Butcher, a sadist who takes pleasure in killing dinosaurs and is feared even the other bad guys.
** Also, the regular enemy Black Elmer.
* BadassBiker: Hogg, the third boss. He fights by driving around and tossing grenades at you, but can also run you through for some damage.
* BattleBoomerang: Slice and the Slisaurs fight by tossing boomerangs at you or slashing you with them.
* BlackBestFriend: Mustapha is stated as being Jack's best friend.
* TheButcher: The boss of the second level is called this. He fights with two big butcher knives and is introduced slashing away at a dinosaur corpse.
* CarFu: The third stage allows the player to get into Jack's Cadillac and mow enemies down.
* CombatPragmatist: Like most games of the genre, the player can make use of bats and knives if dropped by the enemy. Unlike most games of the genre, guns, grenades and bazookas can be utilised as well.
* CompetitiveBalance: The game gives you stats for the four characters in the select screen, making them:
** FragileSpeedster: Hannah Dundee is the second fastest of the team, but has the lowest power.
** JackOfAllStats: Jack Tenrec is better at power, but has good speed and skill, making him this.
** LightningBruiser: Mustapha Cairo is the fastest and hits well, being able to dish good damage quickly.
** MightyGlacier: Mess O' Bradovich is the slowest character and has the highest power level, being able to kill enemies faster.
* DegradedBoss: Vice Terhune becomes a recurring enemy called Walther in later stages. Also, the sixth boss, Tyrog, returns as an enemy in the beginning of the final stage and is called Tyrog 2.
* DualBoss: The first boss, Vice Terhune, fights with a Rock Hopper on his side.
** The Slisaurs in the seventh stage, two human-lizard hybrids with Slice's moveset.
* DualWielding: The Butcher fights with his two Butcher Knives, that you can knock out of his hands and wield.
* {{Expy}}: Recurring enemy Buldge looks very similar to [[Franchise/StreetFighter Blanka]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The second stage's boss, the Butcher, is considered to be a loathsome nutjob even by the other bad guys.
* EvilLaugh: The Butcher does this before using certain attacks.
* EvilPoacher: Regular enemies first fought in the second stage. They are: Joe, Skinner and Gutter.
* EvilRedhead: Slice, the fourth boss, sports a red mohawk. He seizes Jack's garage and try to kill the heroes.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Dr. Fessenden has this as his M.O. He thinks that a fusion of human and dinosaur DNA is the next step in human evolution, and plans to create a world full of [[LizardFolk dino-human hybrids]] after he's done destroying humans.
* FatBastard: A certain type of enemy, known for charging at you. They are: Black Elmer, Hammer Terhune and Wrench Terhune.
** The second boss, the Butcher, is a bald fat guy.
* GameOverMan: Vice Terhune points a gun at you from a first-person perspective during the continue screen. Fail to continue, and he opens fire.
* HisNameIs: An elder villager in episode 5 uses this line to tell you who is behind the dinosaur attacks, but is gunned down by the stage boss, Morgan, before he can finish his sentence.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In some stages, the enemies will wake up Shivats (Tyrannosauruses) to attack you. Unfortunately for them, the Shivats are just as happy to attack the bad guys as well as the good ones.
* HuskyRusskie: Mess, judging by his last name and being the MightyGlacier of the game.
* HyperactiveMetabolism: Picking up food restores health.
* LizardFolk: Fessenden plots to destroy mankind so he can create a world inhabited by dino-human mutants. He's even unleashed some already, such as Bludge, Morgan (who starts as a human but later mutates into a humanoid ''Pachycephalosaurus'' called Morgue), the Slisaurs (reptilian clones of Slice) and a strange organism called Tyrog, which mutates people into reptilian monsters by latching onto their heads.
* KnifeNut: The Razor and Blade {{Mook}}s specialize in knife-throwing, and Slice, the boss of the fourth level, primarily uses knives, as well as his successors, the Slisaurs. On the player side, Hannah has better control over knife weapons than the others.
* MadBomber: Hogg, the third boss, fights primarily by tossing grenades at you.
* MadScientist: Dr. Fessenden, the BigBad.
* MysteriousPast: Mess' profile in the attract mode says that he is an "elusive past".
* OneWingedAngel: After initially mutating into a slightly stronger PaletteSwap of one of the earlier bosses, Dr. Fessenden turns into a three-headed, six-limbed monstrosity with both human and dinosaur parts.
** The early boss in question is the fifth, Morgan. He starts as human guy with an Uzi and morphs in a dinosaur for the second part of the battle.
* PaletteSwap: As traditional in this sort of game, you see a lot of reused, color-swapped sprites for the more powerful enemies.
* PrecisionFStrike: When you call out the second boss, the Butcher, on his actions, he responds with a classy, "XXXX you!"
* SkippableBoss: During the fight with Tyrog, it's possible to kill the flying organism part after it detaches from a dead host, avoiding the second and/or third stage of the fight. This is rather difficult though.
* ThrowAwayGuns: Guns that have run out of ammunition as the Uzi or the shotgun can be thrown away against enemies as projectiles, or (the M-16) can be used as a club.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The third stage has you driving a car and mowing down the sort of enemies you'd normally fight mano-a-mano.
* TheVirus: The third-last boss, Tyrog, is initially a small, flying organism, but when it latches onto a person it mutates them into a huge, vicious monster. Worse still, killing the mutated victim doesn't immediately kill the main Tyrog organism.
* WasOnceAMan: Many of Dr. Fessenden's experiments involve this. Fessenden himself as the FinalBoss.

The series was popular enough to have several [[SpinOff spin-offs]], usually under the ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' label, including a Saturday morning cartoon by Creator/{{Nelvana}}[[note]] and animated by Creator/{{APPP}}[[/note]], an RPG setting, two video games (an arcade BeatEmUp by {{Capcom}} and a visual novel for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD), and even comics published by other companies during the lengthy gaps between issues of the main title.

* LicensedGame: Both an RPG and two video games, one of which was an arcade side scrolling BeatEmUp by good ol' {{Capcom}} and is considered a classic in its genre. The other is a visual novel for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD is which less well remembered.

The series was popular enough to have several [[SpinOff spin-offs]], usually under the ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' label, including a Saturday morning cartoon by {{Nelvana}}[[note]] and animated by Creator/{{APPP}}[[/note]], an RPG setting, two video games (an arcade BeatEmUp by {{Capcom}} and a visual novel for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD), and even comics published by other companies during the lengthy gaps between issues of the main title.