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The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of Series/{{Paleoworld}} and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.

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The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of Series/{{Paleoworld}} ''Series/{{Paleoworld}}'' and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.
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The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of Series/PaleoWorld and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.

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The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of Series/PaleoWorld Series/{{Paleoworld}} and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.
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The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of [=Series/PaleoWorld=] and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.

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The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of [=Series/PaleoWorld=] Series/PaleoWorld and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.
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* RogerRabbitEffect: The first episode, ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', was rendered this way; dinosaurs from a distance were rendered by stop-motion models, not unlike in WesternAnimation/PrehistoricBeast, but superimposed onto images of the Florida Everglades (which bears some similarity to the one T. rex may have lived in).

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* RogerRabbitEffect: The first episode, ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', was rendered this way; dinosaurs from a distance were rendered by stop-motion models, not unlike in WesternAnimation/PrehistoricBeast, but superimposed onto images of the Florida Everglades (which bears some similarity to the one habitat T. rex may have lived in).

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* AsceticAesthetic: Some of the sequences in the series features trained or captive animals moving in a large space dominated by a white numbered grid in a black background and little else. In ''Elephant'', the sequence that segues to the grid's arrival edited in footage of a wild African elephant meeting its Asian counterpart before being covered up by the falling grid.



* RogerRabbitEffect: The first episode, ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', was rendered this way; dinosaurs from a distance were rendered by stop-motion models, not unlike in WesternAnimation/PrehistoricBeast, but superimposed onto images of the Florida Everglades (which bears some similarity to the one T. rex may have lived in). Although it used some [=CGI=] and puppets like the contemporaneous Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs and Film/JurassicPark, it was unique in that it was one of the last pieces of dinosaur media in UsefulNotes/TheNineties to use this animation technique.

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* RogerRabbitEffect: The first episode, ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', was rendered this way; dinosaurs from a distance were rendered by stop-motion models, not unlike in WesternAnimation/PrehistoricBeast, but superimposed onto images of the Florida Everglades (which bears some similarity to the one T. rex may have lived in). Although it used some [=CGI=] and puppets like the contemporaneous Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs and Film/JurassicPark, it was unique in that it was one of the last pieces of dinosaur media in UsefulNotes/TheNineties to use this animation technique.




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* StopMotion: Although it used some [=CGI=] and puppets like the contemporaneous Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs and Film/JurassicPark, the series' T. rex episode was unique in that it was one of the few pieces of dinosaur media in UsefulNotes/TheNineties to still use this animation technique for the bulk of its shots.
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* EnhanceButton: The series used a magnifier to zoom in on various inner workings of an animal or object.

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* EnhanceButton: The series used a magnifier to zoom in on various inner workings of an animal or object.object that functions like this. A bit justified in this case as it's a graphical representation meant to illustrate inner workings.



!!''TheUltimateGuideToTheAwesome'' contains examples of:

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!!''TheUltimateGuideToTheAwesome'' !!''The Ultimate Guide To The Awesome'' and ''Zach's Ultimate Guide'' contains examples of:
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The Ultimate Guide is a Discovery Channel series focusing on wildlife and later various science topics that ran from 1996 through 2002. It was originally narrated by Will Lyman. The series is formatted as a comprehensive study guide on the topic, which explores aspects like its behaviors, inner workings, evolutionary history, and some aspects of its impact on human culture. Through its run, 26 episodes were made.

Episodes that featured animals sometimes showed them a room with a grid to show off their movement.

The show was repackaged several times throughout its airing history based on its topics. Some of its episodes were repurposed for Discovery Channel's Wild Discovery block while others were inserted into various programs. Stock footage from its pilot episode, ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'', was used in later episodes of [=Series/PaleoWorld=] and its Discovery Kids re-edit. A kids-oriented version of the program was re-edited into ''The Ultimate Guide to [[TotallyRadical the Awesome]]'', which added interstitial segments hosted by Zachary Fehst. This version of the program was later retooled and retitled into ''Zach's Ultmate Guide''.

!!The original series run contains examples of:

* EnhanceButton: The series used a magnifier to zoom in on various inner workings of an animal or object.
* NatureDocumentary: Most of its earlier episodes were focused on the lives lived by animals, living and deceased.
* RewindReplayRepeat: The show sometimes utilizes this to capture what happens when an animal is in motion.
* RogerRabbitEffect: The first episode, ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', was rendered this way; dinosaurs from a distance were rendered by stop-motion models, not unlike in WesternAnimation/PrehistoricBeast, but superimposed onto images of the Florida Everglades (which bears some similarity to the one T. rex may have lived in). Although it used some [=CGI=] and puppets like the contemporaneous Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs and Film/JurassicPark, it was unique in that it was one of the last pieces of dinosaur media in UsefulNotes/TheNineties to use this animation technique.
* StockFootage: It uses a lot of stock footage of animals. Some of its own footage was later used in other Paleo media aired by the Discovery Channel.

!!''TheUltimateGuideToTheAwesome'' contains examples of:

* NamedInTheAdaptation: This repackaging of the program gave the name "Mega Magnifier" to the original series' magnification graphic.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Although Discovery wouldn't actually use the slogan for a few years after the show's release, it was definitely the sentiment behind the title of the Discovery Kids re-edit.

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