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* ClamshellMouth: Clams in the strip not only appear with the top-bottom orientation, but use the two halves as a mouth, and even walk around on shore on two legs! They're most notable for observing some phenomenon, and broadcasting the news loudly, such as "DINOS GOT WHEELS!"
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* AnimatedAdaptation: Two television specials.

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* AnimatedAdaptation: Two television specials.specials, made eight years apart by two different studios.
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* ClamshellMouth: Clams in the strip not only appear with the top-bottom orientation, but use the two halves as a mouth, and even walk around on shore on two legs! They're most notable for observing some phenomenon, and broadcasting the news loudly, such as "DINOS GOT WHEELS!"
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''B.C.'' is a newspaper comic strip created in 1958 by Johnny Hart. It focuses on a small band of cavemen, led by one named B.C. Others in the strip include Peter, Clumsy Carp, Curls, Thor, Wiley, Grog, the Fat Broad and the Cute Chick. There is also a cast of talking animals that includes John the Tortoise, Dookie Bird, a family of ants, an anteater, dinosaurs, clams, snakes and an apteryx: [[RunningGag a small flightless bird with hairy feathers]] (a.k.a. a kiwi to the rest of us).

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''B.C.'' is a an American newspaper comic strip created in 1958 by Johnny Hart. It focuses on a small band of cavemen, led by one named B.C. Others in the strip include Peter, Clumsy Carp, Curls, Thor, Wiley, Grog, the Fat Broad and the Cute Chick. There is also a cast of talking animals that includes John the Tortoise, Dookie Bird, a family of ants, an anteater, dinosaurs, clams, snakes and an apteryx: [[RunningGag a small flightless bird with hairy feathers]] (a.k.a. a kiwi to the rest of us).
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** In some Sunday strips, Peter will write a message on a tablet and send it out into the ocean, where he will wait for the reply on a tablet which will drift back to him at the next day's sunrise containing the punchline response to his inquiry.
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* PermaStubble
* PokemonSpeak: Grog can only say his name.

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* PermaStubble
PermaStubble: While most of the cavemen have five o'clock shadows, Wiley's beard is more unkempt and hairier than the others, and Grog is hairy all over.
* PokemonSpeak: Grog can only say his name.name; {{subverted}} in the later years when his vocabulary evolved and he began to utter the occasional laconic one-liner every now and then.
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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', and ''Stegosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Triceratops''.

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', and ''Stegosaurus'' ''Parasaurolophus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Triceratops''.
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* JumpingTheShark: {{In-Universe}}: one strip has a character offer Thor condolences for "Jumping a shark".

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* JumpingTheShark: {{In-Universe}}: InUniverse: one strip has a character offer Thor condolences for "Jumping a shark".
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** In [[http://www.johnhartstudios.com/bc/2010/06/sunday-june-13-2010.php this Sunday strip]], Thor made a barbecue grill from the ribs of an ''Indricotherium'' and the tibias of a ''Megaloceros'' (misspelled as "Megaceros").

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** In [[http://www.johnhartstudios.com/bc/2010/06/sunday-june-13-2010.php [[https://johnhartstudios.com/bc/2010/06/13/sunday_june_13_2010/ this Sunday strip]], Thor made a barbecue grill from the ribs of an ''Indricotherium'' indricothere and the tibias of a ''Megaloceros'' (misspelled as "Megaceros").
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Stegosaurus appears in a strip from November 2, 2017.


* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Dilophosaurus'', and ''Brachiosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Triceratops''.

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', and ''Brachiosaurus'' ''Stegosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Triceratops''.
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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Dilophosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', and ''Triceratops''.

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Dilophosaurus'', and ''Dilophosaurus'' ''Brachiosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Triceratops''.
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* ClamshellCurrency: ''Whole'' clams are used as money throughout the game. This is actually a {{Pun}} since "clam" was a slang for "money" when the strip was created.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: the Apteryx.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: the SeldomSeenSpecies:
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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', and ''Triceratops''.

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' ''Dilophosaurus'' appear in later comics, with mention made of ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', and ''Triceratops''.
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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' appear in later comics.

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' appear in later comics.comics, with mention made of ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', and ''Triceratops''.
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Gronk speaking in acronyms.

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* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: Gronk tried speaking long before [[SuddenlyVoiced he found his voice]] but could only manage nonsense words, which happen to be acronyms. The entire strip for that day has him saying things like "ASCAP" and "NAACP".
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* StoutStrength: Fat Broad, as mentioned above. Grog can be considered to be as well; one of his earliest appearances has him picking up a very large tree and moving it out of his way.
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* SeadogPegLeg: Wiley has never sailed the seas, but he does have a peg leg. Wiley functions as poet / bartender / coach among his cave-dwelling peers.
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* PovertyFood: In the AnimatedAdaptation "The First Thanksgiving'' (1973), after failing to catch a turkey for dinner, the cavemen had to make do with rock soup. Fat Broad ladled moist rocks onto their plates. It made for one grim meal.
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* FollowTheLeader: The Thanksgiving special was one of the many "comic-strip-to-TV-adaptations" riding on the coattails of a [[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas certain animated Christmas special.]]
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'''''B.C.''''' is a newspaper comic strip created in 1958 by Johnny Hart. It focuses on a small band of cavemen, led by one named B.C. Others in the strip include Peter, Clumsy Carp, Curls, Thor, Wiley, Grog, the Fat Broad and the Cute Chick. There is also a cast of talking animals that includes John the Tortoise, Dookie Bird, a family of ants, an anteater, dinosaurs, clams, snakes and an apteryx: [[RunningGag a small flightless bird with hairy feathers]] (a.k.a. a kiwi to the rest of us).

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'''''B.''B.C.''''' '' is a newspaper comic strip created in 1958 by Johnny Hart. It focuses on a small band of cavemen, led by one named B.C. Others in the strip include Peter, Clumsy Carp, Curls, Thor, Wiley, Grog, the Fat Broad and the Cute Chick. There is also a cast of talking animals that includes John the Tortoise, Dookie Bird, a family of ants, an anteater, dinosaurs, clams, snakes and an apteryx: [[RunningGag a small flightless bird with hairy feathers]] (a.k.a. a kiwi to the rest of us).
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The [[http://www.johnhartstudios.com/bc/strips/2013/september/bc130925dc.jpg strip for September 25th 2013]] has a meeting of the Redundancy Department with Peter as the Speaker.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The [[http://www.johnhartstudios.com/bc/strips/2013/september/bc130925dc.jpg [[http://johnhartstudios.com/bc/2013/09/25/ strip for September 25th 2013]] has a meeting of the Redundancy Department with Peter as the Speaker.
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* In another strip, John imitates the call of a ''Utahraptor''. [[HilarityEnsues Its mating call to be precise]].

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* ** In another strip, John imitates the call of a ''Utahraptor''. [[HilarityEnsues Its mating call to be precise]].

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Utahraptor'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' appear in later comics.

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* In another strip, John imitates the call of a ''Utahraptor''. [[HilarityEnsues Its mating call to be precise]].
* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Brontosaurus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Utahraptor'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' appear in later comics.
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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Apatosaurus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Ankylosaurus'' appear in later comics.

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* StockDinosaurs: Gronk appears to be a generic sauropod. ''Apatosaurus'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Dimetrodon'', ''Utahraptor'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Ankylosaurus'' ''Pachycephalosaurus'' appear in later comics.
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* ChildlessDystopia: There are no children in the cast at all, at least among humans. (There are a few among ants and other animals.) Why this is the case has never been addressed.

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* WrittenRoar: "GRONK."

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* WrittenRoar: "GRONK.""GRONK!"
* WrittenSoundEffect: "ZOT!"
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* CassandraTruth: Early on when BC himself discovered the secret that the clams had been hiding.
-->'''BC:''' Clams got legs!

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* CassandraTruth: Early on when BC B.C. himself discovered the secret that the clams had been hiding.
-->'''BC:''' -->'''B.C.:''' Clams got legs!
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** ''B.C.: A Special Christmas'' (1981) features the voices of Radio/BobAndRay as Peter and Wiley respectively.

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** ''B.C.: A Special Christmas'' [[ChristmasSpecial Christmas]]'' (1981) features the voices of Radio/BobAndRay as Peter and Wiley respectively.
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* PrintLongRunner: Five decades and counting.

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* PrintLongRunner: Five PrintLongRunners: At five decades and counting.counting, ''B.C.'' definitely qualifies.

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