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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Everywhere. This was probably deliberate, though, since the whole point of the cards was to be a throwback to B-movies of the 1950s, most of which were similarly inaccurate.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Everywhere. This was probably deliberate, though, since the whole point of the cards was to be a throwback [[GenreThrowback throwback]] to B-movies of the 1950s, most of which were similarly inaccurate.



* AWizardDidIt: It's strongly implied that The Supreme Monstrosity is the one responsible for the dinosaurs' unnaturally violent behavior and for giving all of them a taste for human flesh.



* LizardFolk: A "[[https://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front27.htm humanoid dionsaur]]" calling itself a [[https://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back27.htm "saurian"]] appears in a dream to provide helpful exposition.

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* LizardFolk: A "[[https://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front27.htm humanoid dionsaur]]" dinosaur]]" calling itself a [[https://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back27.htm "saurian"]] appears in a dream to provide helpful exposition.



* TemperCeratops: All of the dinosaurs in this series are vicious killers, and ''Triceratops'' is no exception. In its most memorable appearance, it charges into a wedding and spears the bride and groom on its horns.

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* TemperCeratops: All of the dinosaurs in this series are vicious killers, and ''Triceratops'' is no exception. In its most memorable appearance, it [[WeddingSmashers charges into a wedding wedding]] and spears the bride and groom on its horns.


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* AWizardDidIt: It's strongly implied that The Supreme Monstrosity is the one responsible for the dinosaurs' unnaturally violent behavior and for giving all of them a taste for human flesh.
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* AnimalsNotToScale: Many of the dinosaurs are ridiculously big, some of them towering over skyscrapers. A few are even blatant references to pre-existing saurian {{kaiju}}.

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* AnimalsNotToScale: Many of the dinosaurs are ridiculously big, some of them towering over skyscrapers. A few are even blatant references to pre-existing saurian {{kaiju}}. Oddly, a few animals have the opposite problem as well, such as a ''Tyrannosaurus'' that's small enough to fight on equal footing with a lion.
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%%* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Helen, as a direct result of the above]].
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* OffscreenTeleportation: The Dinosaurs are remarkably good at ambushing people during their regular activities. Its possible, though, that most of the cards depict what they did as soon as the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie time-distortion]] put them on modern earth. The Supreme Monstrosity may even be deliberately dropping them off where they'll do the most damage.
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** Dr. Yamane, Emiko and Ogata from ''Film/Godzilla1954'' appear in card 42 "Lights! Camera! Carnage!"

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* PteroSoarer: Pteranodons apparently really love destroying anything patriotic for some reason. For reference, they [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front6.htm eat the president and his first lady,]] and then go on to [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front17.htm nest in Mount Rushmore and feed tourists to their babies.]]



* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: It's [[SarcasmMode nice and subtle about it too.]] Once more, with feeling: Dinosaur Satan. Also, around the middle of the storyline, an alien appears in the dreams of the lead scientist and helpfully informs him that HumansAreSpecial and have souls while dinosaurs merely get by on being "savage," "wicked and terrifying." [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back27.htm No,]] [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back28.htm seriously.]]

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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: It's [[SarcasmMode nice and subtle about it too.]] Once more, with feeling: Dinosaur Satan. Also, around the middle of the storyline, an alien appears in the dreams of the lead scientist and helpfully informs him that HumansAreSpecial and have souls while dinosaurs merely get by on being "savage," "wicked and terrifying." [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back27.htm No,]] No]], [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/back28.htm seriously.]]seriously]].


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* TerrorDactyl: Pteranodons apparently really love destroying anything patriotic for some reason. For reference, they [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front6.htm eat the president and his first lady]], and then go on to [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front17.htm nest in Mount Rushmore and feed tourists to their babies]].
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%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Poor Elias]].

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%%* * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Poor Elias]].[[spoiler:Elias orders Helen to complete the final sequence to send the dinosaurs back. She protests that this will kill him and destroy the space station, but he counters that the Supreme Monstrosity is going to kill him if she doesn't, so he is already dead]].
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''[[TitleDrop DINOSAURS ATTACK]]!''

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''[[TitleDrop DINOSAURS ATTACK]]!''ATTACK]]!"''

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->''"A hundred million years into the future they came, swept through time by an accident of science! Can the human race survive? Or will these towering monarchs from the dawn of creation once again inherit the earth... this time for'' all ''time?''\\
''The ultimate nightmare is now a reality.''\\
''[[TitleDrop DINOSAURS ATTACK]]!''
-->--'''Forward'''

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%%* AnyoneCanDie: And how...

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%%* * AnyoneCanDie: And how...how--about three-quarters of the cards are just the subjects being ripped in half.
* ApocalypseHow: Class 1. Hyper-carnivorous dinosaurs rampaging across the Earth are certainly no fun for the population, and a lot of people, including at the very least the President and his family, die. Nonetheless, the whole thing doesn't last too long, and the ending states that humanity will bounce back.
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%% * BlackComedy: [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front4.htm Oh]] [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front7.htm Hell]] [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front13.htm yeah.]]

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%% * BlackComedy: [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front4.htm Oh]] [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front7.htm Hell]] [[http://www.bobheffner.com/dinosaursattack/front13.htm yeah.]]]] Half the focus of the cards is taking gory scenarios and then framing them in as goofy a manner as possible.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Not even children and babies are spared of the carnage wrought by the dinosaurs.]]

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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Not Not even children and babies are spared of the carnage wrought by the dinosaurs.]]
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''Dinosaurs Attack!'' is a trading card series by Topps, released in 1988, and containing 55 cards and 11 sticker cards. The card series was created as a follow-up to the successful trading card series, ''Film/MarsAttacks'', and was similarly intended as an homage and a parody of 1950s B-movies.

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''Dinosaurs Attack!'' is a trading card CollectibleCardGame series by Topps, released in 1988, and containing 55 cards and 11 sticker cards. The card series was created as a follow-up to the successful trading card series, ''Film/MarsAttacks'', and was similarly intended as an homage and a parody of 1950s B-movies.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Not even children are spared of the carnage wrought by the dinosaurs.]]

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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Not even children and babies are spared of the carnage wrought by the dinosaurs.]]
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* NeverMessWithGranny: An old lady manages to protect her home from rampaging dinosaurs by ''shooting them with a shotgun''.

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* NeverMessWithGranny: An old lady manages to protect her home and beloved cats from rampaging dinosaurs by ''shooting them with a shotgun''.
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* KindheartedCatLover: An elderly cat lady finds herself unable to evacuate with her many cats, and instead takes on a giant Dimetrodon all by herself to protect her pets... and wins!

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