History Literature / Gigantosaurus

* StockDinosaurs: Several well known dinosaurs appear in this story including ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Giganotosaurus''.

''Gigantosaurus'' is a piece of ChildrensLiterature by Creator/JonnyDuddle. It's about four baby dinosaur friends trying to play while at the same time avoid the dangerous "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Gigantosaurus]]" as one of the friends [[CryingWolf Cries Wolf]]. It was first published in 2014. It was made into a Disney Junior series, which came out January 18, 2019.

!! This TV series provides examples of:

* AcrophobicBird: Played with. Archie is an ''Archaeopteryx'' who can't fly like the rest of his species. He tries to fly throughout the series, but never succeeds.
* AdaptationExpansion: Because the original book was a simple, self-contained story, the series was expanded to follow a SliceOfLife format.
* AdaptationNameChange: Bill, Fin, Tiny, and Bonehead were renamed as Rocky, Tiny, Bill, and Mazu, respectively.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Giganto went from your typical predatory BigBad to an AntiHero minding his own business.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The main four dinosaurs have been given their own distinct personalities. Bonehead has been changed to girl genius Mazu, Fin is now artistic GenkiGirl Tiny, Bill is now daring Rocky, and Tiny is now timid BigEater Bill.
* AdultsAreUseless: In most episodes, the older dinosaurs are shown to be much less competent than the young main characters.
* AllCGICartoon: Like many recent Disney Junior shows, it's animated in CGI.
* AnimalGenderBender: Hegan is a female ''Pteranodon'' with the size and crest of a male.
* BigEater: Bill. He's a baby sauropod and he's still growing up, after all. Rugo has quite the appetite as well.
* BlindWithoutEm: Patchy was shown to have very poor vision, and Mazu makes him a pair of glasses. Oddly enough, he never wears them in subsequent episodes, and his vision problems [[CompressedVice are never brought up again]].
* ButtMonkey: Archie is always on the end of a joke.
* CoolBigBro: Trey, who is also the biological older brother to Tiny.
* CoolOldLady: Ayati, an elderly ''Brachiosaurus'' who acts as a grandmotherly figure to the main four.
* TheDitz: Totor and Marsh. To a slightly lesser extent, Bill.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Termy, from time to time. To be fair, she does seem open to the concept of "Please and Thank You" when they're brought to her attention.
* FreeRangeChildren: Overlaps with ParentalAbandonment. The main characters behave like pre-teens, but live entirely on their own, and their parents were never shown (though once mentioned).
* GenderFlip: Bonehead and Fin have their designs used for female characters Mazu and Tiny respectively.
* GoofyFeatheredDinosaur: Archie the ''Archaeopteryx'' is the show's resident ButtMonkey.
* HarmlessFreezing: In one episode, Giganto is frozen in a block of ice, but other than being immobilized and needing the four young dinos to free him, he's otherwise none the worse for wear.
* LargeAndInCharge: Giganto, though he seems content to let things operate casually. Termy tries to be this on those occasions where Giganto is missing or away.
* TheLoad: Bill, due to his cowardice, foolishness and lack of useful skills, often contributes nothing to his team, sometimes even [[TheMillstone making things worse for them]].
* PredatorsAreMean: Played straight with Termy, Cror, and Totor. Largely averted with Gigantosaurus himself, who has no trouble using his intimidating size and strength to get things done, but always seems to be helping the four young dinosaurs in his own way. Also averted with Dilo, who is mischievous but good-hearted.
* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' have pycnofibres, but are otherwise stereotypical.
* RaptorAttack: Cror and Totor are your usual scaly, oversized ''Velociraptor''.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Rugosodon'' (Rugo), ''Terminonatator'' (Termy), ''Diplocaulus'', ''Arthropleura'', and ''Pulmonoscorpius'' make appearances in the series.
* TyrannosaurusRex: Not seen, in favor of ''Giganotosaurus'' being in the spotlight, but frequently mentioned throughout the series.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Marsh is younger than the main four, but is almost as big as a full-grown ''Stegosaurus''.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Fin and Bonehead were renamed as Rocky and Mazu, respectively.

* PredatorsAreMean: Played straight with Termy, Cror, and Totor. Largely averted with Gigantosaurus himself, who has no trouble using his intimidating size and strength to get things done, but always seems to be helping the four young dinosaurs in his own way.

* AdultsAreUseless: In most episodes, the older dinosaurs are shown to be much less compennt than the young main characters.

!! This tv series provides examples of:

* FauxAffablyEvil: Termy, from time to time. To be fair, she does seem open to the concept of "Please and Thank You" when they're brought to her attention.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Termy, from time to time.

* AdaptationNameChange: Bonehead and Fin were renamed as Rocky and Mazu, respectively.

''Gigantosaurus'' is a piece of ChildrensLiterature by Creator/JonnyDuddle. It's about four friends trying to play while at the same time avoid the dangerous "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Gigantosaurus]]" as one of the friends [[CryingWolf Cries Wolf]]. It was first published in 2014. It was made into a Disney Junior series, which came out January 18, 2019.

* StockDinosaurs: Several well known dinosaurs appear in this story including ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Triceratops''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The "Gigantossaurus" is most likely the real-life theropod ''Giganotosaurus'', albeit its name has been taken from that of a dubious sauropod.

''Gigantosaurus'' is a piece of ChildrensLiterature by Creator/JonnyDuddle. It's about four friends trying to play while at the same time avoid the dangerous "[[{{Whateversaurus}} Gigantosaurus]]" as one of the friends [[CryingWolf Cries Wolf]]. It was first published in 2014. It was made into a Disney Junior series, which came out January 18, 2019.

* CryingWolf: Bonehead constantly warns his friends that the "Gigantosaurus" is coming as a prank/test. [[spoiler: Naturally this causes his friends to abandon him; out of annoyance, when the warning is real, not believing him.]] He later on does this with a "Pteranodon"[[note]] Later revealed to have been a "Quetzalcoatlus".[[/note]].
* StockDinosaurs: Several well known dinosaurs appear in this story including Ankylosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus and Triceratops.
* {{Whateversaurus}}: The "Gigantossaurus" was a made up dinosaur, that had it's name come from some scattered dinosaur bones found by early paleontologists in England and Africa. It also notes how the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganotosaurus Giganotosaurus]]" was a lot like it and had a similar sounding name.

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!! This series provides examples of:
* AllCGICartoon: Like many recent Disney Junior shows, it's animated in CGI.

''Gigantosaurus'' is a piece of ChildrensLiterature by Creator/JonnyDuddle. It's about four friends trying to play while at the same time avoid the dangerous "[[{{Whateversaurus}} Gigantosaurus]]" as one of the friends [[CryingWolf Cries Wolf]]. It was first published in 2014.

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''Gigantosaurus'' is a piece of ChildrensLiterature by JonnyDuddle. It's about four friends trying to play while at the same time avoid the dangerous "[[{{Whateversaurus}} Gigantosaurus]]" as one of the friends [[CryingWolf Cries Wolf]]. It was first published in 2014.