History WesternAnimation / DinotopiaQuestForTheRubySunstone

** 26 and Thudd are shown to be able to walk on 2 leg's which would be physically impossible for a completely quadrupedal animal to do.

** Spazz, a Dilophosaurus, has a ''Film/JurassicPark'' like neck frill.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** Terrible Dinosaur designs, broken wrists, and outdated kangaroo postures that would make paleontologists want to punch their TV's.
** Spazz is shown to be a plant eater even though he is a ''Dilophosaurus'' who was a meat eater.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: For a direct to video film, it has a surprisingly decent amount of recognizable actors like Michael Clarke Duncan, Jamie Kennedy, Malcolm McDowell, Kathy Griffin, Wayne Knight, and even Tara Strong of all people.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
** Terrible Dinosaur designs, broken wrists, and outdated kangaroo postures that would make paleontologists want to punch their TV's.

** Spazz is shown to be a plant eater even though he is a ''Dilophosaurus'' who was a meat eater.

* {{Expy}}: 26 bears more than a passing resmblance to [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Cera]].

** Terrible Dinosaur designs and outdated kangaroo postures that would make paleontologists want to punch their TV's.

* {{Gasshole}}: Thudd the ''Ankylosaur'' let's out a very large burp after feasting on a bunch of leaves.

** Spazz is shown to be a plant eater even though he is a Dilophosaurus who was a meat eater.

* VegetarianCarnivore: As stated above, Spazz is supposed to be a Dilophosaurus yet he is portrayed as a herbivore rather than a carnivore.

** Terrible Dinosaur designs that would make paleontologists cry.

* TalkingAnimal: all dinosaurs in this movie can freely communicate with humans.
* ToiletHumour: Poop jokes, fart jokes, burp jokes, you name it.

* ToiletHumour: This film has a disgusting amount of it.

* VegetarianCarnivore: Spazz is supposed to be a Dilophosaurus yet he is portrayed as a herbivore rather than a carnivore.

** VegetarianCarnivore: Spazz is supposed to be a Dilophosaurus yet he is portrayed as a herbivore rather than a carnivore.

* TolietHumour: This film has a disgusting amount of it.

* Toliethumour: This film has a disgusting amount of it.
* VolcanoLair: Ogthar has one of these. See the DisneyVillainDeath entry to see how that turned out for him.

* {{Balloonacy}}: The protagonists attempt to cross a chasm by using a discarded ''Iguanodon'' skin as a makeshift balloon. Notably, they travel ''inside'' the inflated skin, which should probably suffocate them. On the other hand, it is portrayed relatively realistically in the sense that the scheme fails, as they don't float much and they land on an angry [[TyrannosaurusRex Stinktooth]].

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Spazz, the baby ''Dilophosaurus''. He mostly provides comic relief and visibly annoys 26.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Ogthar ends up falling in the lava of an active volcano, taking the Ruby Sunstone with him. That being said, he shields himself in his armor just before he hits the lava, and Albagon posits the possibility that he may have survived. Considering the guy spent hundreds of years sealed inside a sarcophagus and was completely fine when Rhoga and Thudd accidentally release him,[[SequelHook Albagon may be right]].

''Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone'' is a 2005 DirectToVideo animated film, loosely based on the ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' book series. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it also takes some things from their previous ''Dinotopia'' miniseries, most notably the character of 26 the triceratops.

* AnimalMecha: Ogthar built a number of dino-shaped mechas to help him create his empire. Some of them are still in his lair and are later used against him. Ogthar gets one too, shaped like a [[SpiderTank scorpion]]. Even Spazz gets to drive one for a while.

* {{Balloonacy}}: The protagonists attempt to cross a chasm by using a discarded iguanodon skin as a makeshift balloon. Notably, they travel ''inside'' the inflated skin, which should probably suffocate them. On the other hand, it is portrayed relatively realistically in the sense that the scheme fails, as they don't float much and they land on an angry [[TyrannosaurusRex Stinktooth]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Stinktooth pulls one of these near the climax, when he saves 26 from getting stabbed by the drill in Ogthar's scorpion tank. It doesn't actually stop Ogthar, but it does destroy the tank.

* DisneyVillainDeath: Ogthar ends up falling in the lava of an active volcano, taking the Ruby Sunstone with him.

* MentorArchetype: Albagon, the elderly dryosaurus, fits this mold.

* PredatorsAreMean: Subverted. A T. Rex is one of the heroes, while the two bad dinosaurs are herbivores.

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Spazz, the dilophosaurus. He mostly provides comic relief and visibly annoys 26.

* PredatorsAreEvil: Subverted. A T. Rex is one of the heroes, while the two bad dinosaurs are herbivores.