History Fridge / Primal2019

* In "Dawn of Man", an injured Spear wakes up in what's revealed to be a medicine-woman's hut and freaks out at everything around him, including the withered old druidess. On top of the unfamiliar surroundings, she probably reminded him of the Coven of the Damned and that's why he was so eager to get the hell out of there.

*** Also, I seriously doubt that a family living in a life-or-death world like this really has the luxury, time, or motive to invent gender roles, so once the kids are off the teat, there's no reason mom and dad can't alternate who hunts and who guards the home front (which, btw, Spear's skills would ''also'' be useful for).

** The Plague Sauropod was a humongous [[TheJuggernaut juggernaut]] that didn't stop at nothing until literally sinking into lava, while the Night Feeder appeared to be a FragileSpeedster that fled as soon as its intended target fought back.
** Both the Plague Sauropod and the Night Feeder die by being burned to death, but whereas Fang and Spear look at the former's demise with sadness, the latter's is only seen with what's easy to interpret as disgust.

* ** In "The Plague Of Madness," even in death, the poor ''Argentinosaurus'' remains in agony up until its ashes disperse in the wind. One of the symptoms of the plague seems to be a complete override of instinctive and biological functions; If any other large animal had fallen into the lava, it probably would have gone into shock before dying. In this case, the dinosaur seems to be extra aware of what's happening to it than it should be. It's death isn't just brutal because of how it died, but in how, even in its final moments, it doesn't even get a moment of respite before finally succumbing to the lava, as its ''still'' roaring in pain for as long as it's physically capable right up until there's nothing left. The ''Argentinosaurus'' didn't just die, it had to be ''destroyed'' in order to end its suffering.

** Not just that, but considering just how incredibly ''fast'' the plague spreads and incubates, as well as the severity of its symptoms, it could potentially cause a downright ''catastrophic'' pandemic in very short order if not properly contained (the possibility of which, given the prehistoric setting, is unlikely to say the least), possibly even leading to a mass extinction. Maybe we already know what ends up killing the dinosaurs in the Primalverse.

*** Also, I seriously doubt that a family living in a life-or-death world like this really has the luxury or time to invent gender roles, so once the kids are off the teat, there's no reason mom and dad can't alternate who hunts and who guards the home front (which, btw, Spear's skills would ''also'' be useful for).

*** Chalk it up to classic cartoon exageration.

*** Unless you're trying to invoke CharlesAtlasSuperpower, Sending a spear through a Tyrannosaur's sternum, heart, spine, and out the back isn't something a normal human can just learn.

* Episode 5 and 7 serve as contrasts to each other:
** Episode 5 has a massive tribe of ape-men serve as the antagonists. Episode 7 has a PlagueZombie-like sauropod as its sole antagonist.
** Episode 5's antagonists seem to genuinely display ill-will towards others, while Episode 7's antagonist is a TragicMonster driven to madness against its own will.
** In Episode 5, Spear gets to be the unstoppable rampaging monster once he drinks the black fluid, [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly slaughtering]] the ape-men including their leader. In Episode 7, Spear and Fang have to run from the unstoppable rampaging monster [[RunOrDie without even having a chance to fight back]].
** Episode 5 ends with Fang badly injured and even seemingly ''killed''. Episode 7 has the duo come out of the ordeal nearly unscathed, with only minor injuries from a few drops of [[LavaIsBoilingKoolAid lava]] splashing on Spear.

** Whatever kind of creature that infected the Parasaurolophus prior is either presumably dead from the disease, or is unfortunately ''still alive'' somehow running amok in the world possibly infecting other victims in the meantime. The infected Parasaurolophus obviously wasn't the first as well as the ''Argentinosaurus''and whatever's causing the plague out there possibly has no origin of any unspecified reason. The ''Argentinosaurus'' that was consumed by magma was just sheer unnatural luck on Spear and Fang's behalf but that doesn't mean that they will see the last of this horrific disease. It's bad enough that this prehistoric world is insanely brutal with EverythingTryingToKillYou left and right, but with this nigh unavoidable plague running around, chances are is that Spear and Fang will probably run into another plague-infected creature with no warning.

** Wife was clearly not the hunter in this relationship, keeping an eye on the children and gathering food for the family by finding it near their dwelling. Spear is clearly self-taught and has developed his "style" of combat through years of trial and error. It's not like there are schools for this sort of thing in this time period. She DOES attempt to defend herself and the family by throwing rather large rocks at the dinosaurs, meaning she's probably dealt with smaller predators trying to make a meal out of the kids before. Didn't work with these ones however...

* In the opening episode, why doesn't Spear's wife attempt to defend herself with any of the ninjaspeed caveman nojutsu Spear himself uses throughout the series, starting mere seconds after she gets eaten? Is Spear just a Neolithic Superhero?

* The reactions of the different animals to the Night Feeder give an early hint as to its true nature as a dinosaur. The Smilodon stops and growls at it upon seeing it, and only shows a split-second expression of shock when it is rushed. Spear seems to know nothing about it, and even seems eager to run out and fight it. On the other hand, Fang seems absolutely terrified of the mere scent of the thing, and the ceratopsian herd seems similarly fearful, even before it starts butchering them. This hints that the scent of the Night Feeder invokes an UncannyValley reaction in the dinosaurs that mammals can't quite grasp ("It looks like one of us, but it's not quite right...").

* In the opening episode, why doesn't Spear's wife attempt to defend herself with any of the ninjaspeed caveman nojutsu Spear himself displays throughout the series, starting mere seconds after she gets eaten? Is Spear just a Neolithic Superhero?

* In the opening episode, why doesn't Spear's wife attempt to defend herself with any of the ninjaspeed caveman nojutsu Spear himself displays throughout the series? Is Spear just a Neolithic Superhero?

** Maybe he is just genetically unable to grow a beard. It's rare among men, but possible.

*** While that last point soothes the fear of potential infection through the consumption of contaminated matter, it also gives another heap of Fridge Horror. Normally, flies would be all over the carcasses of the slaughtered ''Argentinosaurus'' herd, and are generally pretty resilient to disease, yet even they know something about the corpses is just ''wrong'' and they stay away from them. Which begs the question: how unnatural is the plague that even ''flies,'' who can carry diseases with little to no issue, instinctively stay away from it ?

** However, given Fang's reaction to the scent of the dead ''Argentinosaurus'' herd and the lack of flies around the carcasses it's likely that other animals would be able to smell that something is wrong and avoid that area.
*** While that last point soothes the fear of potential infection through the consumption of contaminated matter, it also gives another heap of Frodge Horror. Normally, flies would be all over the carcasses of the slaughtered ''Argentinosaurus'' herd, and are generally pretty resilient to disease, yet even they know something about the corpses is just ''wrong'' and they stay away from them. Which begs the question: how unnatural is the plague that even ''flies,'' who can carry diseases with little to no issue, instinctively stay away from it ?

** However, given Fang's reaction to the scent of the dead ''Argentinosaurus'' herd it's likely that other animals would be able to smell that something is wrong and avoid that area.

* How and why is Spear clean shaven?

* How and why is Spear clean shaven at the start of the series?

** Could be that specific tree species prefers to/needs to have its seeds deposited by sauropods, and thus evolved to sport such large fruits that would be more appealing to them than something apple or orange-sized.