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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The often annoying ''Compsognathus'' is named "Scat" [[note]]"feces" for anyone who somehow doesn't know[[/note]]. It's not this is an obscure term for that either.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The often annoying ''Compsognathus'' is named "Scat" [[note]]"feces" for anyone who somehow doesn't know[[/note]]. It's not like this is an obscure term for that either.

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* RampageFromANail - Dink and his friends once helped a really huge dinosaur with that problem.

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* RampageFromANail - RampageFromANail: Dink and his friends once helped a really huge dinosaur with that problem.problem.
* RaptorAttack: ''Deinonychus'' or "Claw Foots" appear sporadically in the series and are featherless, as was believed at the time to be fair. Brownie points however for being a case of Pre-Jurassic Park ''Dromaeosaurids'' and being the correct size for the species.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The often annoying ''Compsognathus'' is named "Scat" [[note]]"feces" for anyone who somehow doesn't know[[/note]]. It's not this is an obscure term for that either.
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* SaveTheVillain: The kids push down a tree to save a drowning Tyrannor - and book it the second he's safe.
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* ScavengersAreScum: A weird example -- among the enemies the group faced was a generic, predatory type of pterosaur referred to in-universe as "Scavengers". However, they're never shown scavenging, instead actively hunting the protagonists, sometimes [[SuperPersistentPredator persistently]].
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* FollowTheLeader - Conspicuously, the series premiered one year after ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' (the 1988 original).
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* FollowTheLeader - Conspicuously, the series premiered one year after ''TheLandBeforeTime'' (the 1988 original).

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* FollowTheLeader - Conspicuously, the series premiered one year after ''TheLandBeforeTime'' ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' (the 1988 original).
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* DumbDinos: Follows the "herbivores are sapient, meat eaters are not" variant (at least any meat eaters who eat meat, with the exception of the "scavengers").
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* ShrinkingViolet: Shyler.
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* InformedSpecies: Scat is apparently a ''Compsognathus'', but looks more like a lizard or really tiny crocodile.

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* InformedSpecies: Scat is apparently a ''Compsognathus'', but looks more like a lizard or really tiny crocodile. Maybe he is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrisuchus Terrestrisuchus]]?
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Shyler appears to be either an ''Edaphosaurus'' or an ''Ouranosaurus''.
* StockDinosaurs - See that link right there that says ''Stock Dinosaurs''? Click it, read the page, then come back here. Done? Good. That's pretty much the list of dinosaurs in this show.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The show features these surprisingly often. For starters, Shyler appears to be either an ''Edaphosaurus'' or an ''Ouranosaurus''.
* StockDinosaurs - See that link right there that says ''Stock Dinosaurs''? Click it, read the page, then come back here. Done? Good. That's pretty much the list of dinosaurs in this show.They are all present.
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* CoolUncle: Flapper alludes to having a lot of these.

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* CoolUncle: Flapper alludes to having a lot of these.Flapper's never seen Uncle Longbeak.
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* PteroSoarer: Flapper in spades; he has batlike wings, lives in a decidedly birdlike nest, is bipedal, has grasping talons and even folds his wings like a bird when he walks (something that would be impossible for a real life pterosaur of any species). At least he's toothless and has a short tail. Additionally, the series often featured predatory, villainous pterosaurs referred to simply as "scavengers" ([[InformedAttribute despite the fact that they're always seen preying on the protagonists]]) that look vaguely like [[ToothyBird toothy azhdarchids]].

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* PteroSoarer: Flapper in spades; he has batlike wings, lives in a decidedly birdlike nest, is bipedal, has grasping talons and even folds his wings like a bird when he walks (something that would be impossible for a real life pterosaur of any species). At least he's toothless and has a short tail. Additionally, the series often featured predatory, villainous pterosaurs referred to simply as "scavengers" ([[InformedAttribute despite the fact that they're always seen preying on hunting the protagonists]]) protagonists rather than actually scavenging]]) that look vaguely like [[ToothyBird toothy azhdarchids]].
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* CoolUncle: Flapper alludes to having a lot of these.


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* InformedSpecies: Scat is apparently a ''Compsognathus'', but looks more like a lizard or really tiny crocodile.


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* PteroSoarer: Flapper in spades; he has batlike wings, lives in a decidedly birdlike nest, is bipedal, has grasping talons and even folds his wings like a bird when he walks (something that would be impossible for a real life pterosaur of any species). At least he's toothless and has a short tail. Additionally, the series often featured predatory, villainous pterosaurs referred to simply as "scavengers" ([[InformedAttribute despite the fact that they're always seen preying on the protagonists]]) that look vaguely like [[ToothyBird toothy azhdarchids]].


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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Shyler appears to be either an ''Edaphosaurus'' or an ''Ouranosaurus''.


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* ToothyBird: Averted with Flapper. Played straight with the "scavengers".
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* HulkSpeak: Scat
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Shyler only has an ambiguous gender to viewers, not other characters, right?


* AmbiguousGender - Shyler. See ViewerGenderConfusion on [[YMMV/DinkTheLittleDinosaur the YMMV page]].
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[[TheLandBeforeTime Hey, wait a minute...!!]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero - In the episode Tar Troubles, despite Crusty's warning to leave it alone, Dink insists on trying to stop a tar flow in the valley. He and his friends inadvertently wind up setting half the valley on fire.
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* AmbiguousGender - Shyler. See ViewerGenderConfusion below.

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* AmbiguousGender - Shyler. See ViewerGenderConfusion below.on [[YMMV/DinkTheLittleDinosaur the YMMV page]].
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One of the [[TheEighties 1980s]] [[AnimatedSeries cartoon series]] for which you see very little nostalgia, ''Dink the Little Dinosaur'' is the story of a young apatosaur named Dink and his friends Amber (a corythosaur), Scat (a compsognathus... [[CartoonCreature maybe]]), Shyler (an edaphosaur), and Flapper (a pteranodon), who live in the peaceful Mesozoic paradise of Green Meadow and learn [[AnAesop important life lessons]] from an old turtle --[[NonMammalianHair with hair]]-- named Crusty. The series depicts the characters' childhood shenanigans and their scuffles with the [[CarnivoreConfusion evil carnivore]] [[TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannor]].

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One of the [[TheEighties 1980s]] [[AnimatedSeries cartoon series]] for which you see very little nostalgia, that no one seems to remember, ''Dink the Little Dinosaur'' is the story of a young apatosaur named Dink and his friends Amber (a corythosaur), Scat (a compsognathus... [[CartoonCreature maybe]]), Shyler (an edaphosaur), and Flapper (a pteranodon), who live in the peaceful Mesozoic paradise of Green Meadow and learn [[AnAesop important life lessons]] from an old turtle --[[NonMammalianHair with hair]]-- named Crusty. The series depicts the characters' childhood shenanigans and their scuffles with the [[CarnivoreConfusion evil carnivore]] [[TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannor]].
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* FearlessFool: Flapper very rarely shows any fear. This usually leads to him getting very badly injured.
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* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Crusty.
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* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Crusty.
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* ViewerGenderConfusion - Shyler is, in fact, male.
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The series has been uploaded to Website/YouTube. The first episode can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfMIzNzwpY here.]]

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The series has been uploaded to Website/YouTube. The first episode can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfMIzNzwpY here.]]
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The series has been uploaded to [[YouTube YouTube]]. The first episode can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfMIzNzwpY here.]]

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The series has been uploaded to [[YouTube YouTube]].Website/YouTube. The first episode can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfMIzNzwpY here.]]



* {{Big Eater}} - Scat

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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs

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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
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* InterspeciesRomance - Implied between Dink and Amber, from time to time.
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* {{Big Eater}} - Scat
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[[caption-width:235:Clockwise from the left: Amber, Dink, Scat, Crusty, Shyler and Flapper.]]

One of the [[TheEighties 1980s]] [[AnimatedSeries cartoon series]] for which you see very little nostalgia, ''Dink the Little Dinosaur'' is the story of a young apatosaur named Dink and his friends Amber (a corythosaur), Scat (a compsognathus... [[CartoonCreature maybe]]), Shyler (an edaphosaur), and Flapper (a pteranodon), who live in the peaceful Mesozoic paradise of Green Meadow and learn [[AnAesop important life lessons]] from an old turtle --[[NonMammalianHair with hair]]-- named Crusty. The series depicts the characters' childhood shenanigans and their scuffles with the [[CarnivoreConfusion evil carnivore]] [[TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannor]].

[[TheLandBeforeTime Hey, wait a minute...!!]]

The series has been uploaded to [[YouTube YouTube]]. The first episode can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfMIzNzwpY here.]]

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!!This series contains examples of:
* AmbiguousGender - Shyler. See ViewerGenderConfusion below.
* BloodlessCarnage - Shockingly ''averted'' in the fourth episode of the series, entitled ''White Beauty''. A dinosaur that has been [[FantasticRacism outcast from society]] gets into a fight with Tyrannor, and Amber runs off to get help. When the gang comes back to the scene of the battle, there's a ''trail of blood'' that they follow to where the dinosaur is hiding out.
* CarnivoreConfusion - Interestingly, the main group features two carnivores: Flapper and Scat.
** There's also an episode entitled ''The Gentle Hunter'', which could be renamed "Carnivore Confusion: the Dramatization".
** Well, pterosaurs aren't generally thought of as predators, and Scat is at the very least omnivorous as he is shown chasing some "honey fruit" in the first episode.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* FollowTheLeader - Conspicuously, the series premiered one year after ''TheLandBeforeTime'' (the 1988 original).
* RampageFromANail - Dink and his friends once helped a really huge dinosaur with that problem.
* StockDinosaurs - See that link right there that says ''Stock Dinosaurs''? Click it, read the page, then come back here. Done? Good. That's pretty much the list of dinosaurs in this show.
* UnfortunateName - Dink and Scat.
* ViewerGenderConfusion - Shyler is, in fact, male.
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