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* '''Deconstructed''': Mog has no familiarity with modern human diseases, causing his death.



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'''Basic Trope''': A caveman existing in the present-day.

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'''Basic Trope''': A caveman existing in the present-day.present day.



** Cavemen aren't shown living in the modern day, but still in time periods where they wouldn't exist.
* '''Justified''':

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** Cavemen aren't shown living in the modern day, but still in time periods where in which they wouldn't exist.
* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':



** Modern humans are shown living in the stone age.

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** Modern humans are shown living in the stone age.Stone Age.



* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]] is a guy from 10 years before the show takes place, and he gets brought into the present day somehow. Everyone acts like he's a caveman.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': It's ambiguous as to what time period Mog is from, given he lives in an area with traditionally prehistoric visuals and yet owns several modern appliances.
* '''Averted''':

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* '''Double Subverted''': ???
It's easier for him, in appearance and behaviour, than it would be for most other people. He looks somewhat like a caveman and knows how they act because he has recent cave-dweller ancestry.
* '''Parodied''': [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]] is a guy from 10 ten years before the show takes place, and he gets brought into the present day somehow. Everyone acts like he's a caveman.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': It's ambiguous as to what time period Mog is from, given [[AnachronismStew he lives in an area with traditionally prehistoric visuals and yet owns several modern appliances.
appliances]].
* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':



** Any cavemen shown are in the stone age, where they'd reasonably be expected.

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** Any cavemen shown are in the stone age, Stone Age, where they'd reasonably be expected.



* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???'''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Bob''': Mog, I--I didn't expect to meet an actual caveman in 2023. I thought you guys had died off as a distinct human species.
-->'''Mog''': Show how much you have to learn, Bob.



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* '''Downplayed''': There's an implication that a slightly less evolved species of human still exists out there somewhere, but it doesn't get brought up much.

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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There's an implication that a slightly less evolved species of human still exists out there somewhere, but it doesn't get brought up much.much.
** Cavemen aren't shown living in the modern day, but still in time periods where they wouldn't exist.
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* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???That's Bob, a modern human trying to live like a caveman, for the ''Caveman Challenge''.
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'''Basic Trope''': A caveman existing in the present-day.
* '''Straight''': Mog is a caveman living in modern times.
* '''Exaggerated''': A whole ''bunch'' of cavemen exist in modern times.
* '''Downplayed''': There's an implication that a slightly less evolved species of human still exists out there somewhere, but it doesn't get brought up much.
* '''Justified''':
** Mog was brought to present day through time travel, or from being a HumanPopsicle for many years.
** Cavepeople never went extinct in this setting.
* '''Inverted''':
** Modern humans are shown living in the stone age.
** Cavemen are shown living in time periods that come way before early humans ever did, such as showing them living among dinosaurs.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred]] is a guy from 10 years before the show takes place, and he gets brought into the present day somehow. Everyone acts like he's a caveman.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': It's ambiguous as to what time period Mog is from, given he lives in an area with traditionally prehistoric visuals and yet owns several modern appliances.
* '''Averted''':
** Cavemen are not shown.
** Any cavemen shown are in the stone age, where they'd reasonably be expected.
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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