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* OneMillionBC: The astronauts accidentally break the time barrier and get stranded in One Million B.C.



* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: The astronauts, having been stranded in OneMillionBC, fix the Scorpio E-X-1 and get back to the future midway through the series ("Twentieth Century Here We Come"). However, they take their friends Shad, Gronk, Mlor and Breer with them, and HilarityEnsues as the cave family reacts to modern life.

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* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: The astronauts, having been stranded in OneMillionBC, prehistory, fix the Scorpio E-X-1 and get back to the future midway through the series ("Twentieth Century Here We Come"). However, they take their friends Shad, Gronk, Mlor and Breer with them, and HilarityEnsues as the cave family reacts to modern life.
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* AccidentalTimeTravel: The premise of the series. Astronauts Mac Mackenzie and Hector Canfield fly the experimental Scorpio EX-1 on a NASA mission. They inadvertently fly around the earth faster than the speed of light and break the time barrier. They land, and find themselves stranded in OneMillionBC. After several months of attempts, they finally manage to fix the spacecraft and return to the future. Albeit with Shad, Gronk, Mlor and Breer along for the ride.

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* AccidentalTimeTravel: The premise of the series. Astronauts Mac Mackenzie and Hector Canfield fly the experimental Scorpio EX-1 on a NASA mission. They inadvertently fly around the earth faster than the speed of light and break the time barrier. They land, and find themselves stranded in OneMillionBC.prehistory. After several months of attempts, they finally manage to fix the spacecraft and return to the future. Albeit with Shad, Gronk, Mlor and Breer along for the ride.
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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Shad tended to suffer from more slapstick misfortune once she returned with the astronauts to the present, especially in the episode "To Sign or Not to Sign" where she joins a gym.

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* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: {{Slapstick}}: Shad tended to suffer from more slapstick misfortune once she returned with the astronauts to the present, especially in the episode "To Sign or Not to Sign" where she joins a gym.

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covered by more specific trope Fish Out Of Temporal Water


Halfway through the season, having run out of stone-age jokes, the show was {{retool}}ed by having the astronauts manage to fix their spacecraft and return, bringing some of the stone-age characters with them, turning the show into a FishOutOfWater about stone-age characters trying to figure out modern life. This wasn't very successful either, and the show only lasted the one season.

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Halfway through the season, having run out of stone-age jokes, the show was {{retool}}ed by having the astronauts manage to fix their spacecraft and return, bringing some of the stone-age characters with them, turning the show into a FishOutOfWater FishOutOfTemporalWater about stone-age characters trying to figure out modern life. This wasn't very successful either, and the show only lasted the one season.



* FishOutOfWater: Again, the astronauts in One Million B.C., and the cave-family in the 20th century.
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* VoiceChangeling: In "Witch Doctor's Which", Hector perfectly mimics Boss' voice so as to fool the tribe into thinking Shad turned Boss into a monkey.
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* AccidentalTimeTravel: The premise of the series. Astronauts Mac Mackenzie and Hector Canfield fly the experimental Scorpio EX-1 on a NASA mission. They inadvertently fly around the earth faster than the speed of light and break the time barrier. They land, and find themselves stranded in OneMillionBC. After several months of attempts, they finally manage to fix the spacecraft and return to the future. Albeit with Shad, Gronk, Mlor and Breer along for the ride.

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* {{Expy}}: In "The Cave Family Swingers", Shad, Gronk, Breer and Mlor appear on a VarietyShow called ''The Fred Gulliver Show'', which parodies ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow''.


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In "The Cave Family Swingers", Shad, Gronk, Breer and Mlor appear on a VarietyShow called ''The Fred Gulliver Show'', which parodies ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow''.

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* ALessonLearnedTooWell: In "To Sign or Not to Sign", Captain Mackenzie and Lieutenant Canfield teach Gronk and Shad how to sign their names. The two end up signing up for a ''large'' variety of goods and services sold by door-to-door salespeople.



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* ALessonLearnedTooWell: In "To Sign or Not to Sign", Captain Mackenzie and Lieutenant Canfield teach Gronk and Shad how to sign their names. The two end up signing up for a ''large'' variety of goods and services sold by door-to-door salespeople.

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* ALessonLearnedTooWell: In "To Sign or Not LoserGetsTheGirl: it happens in the episode "The Stowaway". Mlor runs away rather than be forced into marriage to Sign", Captain Mackenzie Boss's vain son. Hector won't stand for this, and Lieutenant Canfield teach Gronk ends up facing Boss's son in a fight to the death for Mlor. Hector wins with the help of some of his astronaut vitamins (although he doesn't kill Boss's son). Still, Mlor immediately runs to her unconscious would-be groom weeping. Fortunately for Hector, Mlor and Shad how her family would in the very next episode return to sign their names. The the future with the two end up signing up for a ''large'' variety of goods and services sold by door-to-door salespeople.astronauts.
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* CombatByChampion: In "The Champ", the neighbouring tribe of "painted ones" is threatening a war that would certainly destroy the tribe Mac and Hec are staying with. Mac and Hec convince Boss and the leader of the painted ones to forego to the war in favour of a fight between a champion of each tribe. Gronk is chosen to be champion of the tribe. . . and HilarityEnsues.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the pilot the female Cave Dweller was named Shag. The radar then got fixed for the series in which her name became Shad.

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* ExpositoryThemeTune: '"It's About Time, It's About Flight, It's About Travelling Faster Than The Speed of Light". In an interview, series creator Creator/SherwoodSchwartz said it was the best theme tune he ever wrote. That's something, considring he was responsible for the iconic and well-loved ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' and ''Series/GilligansIsland'' theme tunes.

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* ExpositoryThemeTune: '"It's About Time, It's About Flight, It's About Travelling Faster Than The Speed of Light". In an interview, series creator Creator/SherwoodSchwartz said it was the best theme tune he ever wrote. That's something, considring considering he was responsible for the iconic and well-loved ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' and ''Series/GilligansIsland'' theme tunes.

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