History WesternAnimation / ValleyOfTheDinosaurs

* TyrannosaurusRex: The valley people call them the "Conga". An old ''T. rex'' named Godon is the MonsterOfTheWeek in "A Turned Turtle".

* TyrannosaurusRex: The valley people call them the "Conga". An old ''T. rex'' named "Godon" is the MonsterOfTheWeek in "A Turned Turtle".

* StrandedWithEdison: The Butlers, a family from modern times, are stuck in a valley full of various tribes of people living how early humans did, and surrounded by dinosaurs and other animals. Oddly enough, this doesn't seem to be a case of TrappedInThePast, since in one episode, an airplane flies over the valley but doesn't register anything, making it more an example of LostWorld.

* LeanAndMean: Bork, the man who realeased Rocar and let Lok take the blame in "Top Cave Please". For once, a justified example, since it is implied that he is scrawny because he can't hunt very well, and he is angry that he will not be allowed on the hunt which means that he's mean because he's lean.

* StockDinosaurs: The valley is filled with these, such as ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', terror birds, ''Pteranodon'', ''Plesiosaurus'', mastodons, ''Smilodon'', ''Megatherium'', dire wolves, and ''Dimetrodon''. However, there's also SeldomSeenSpecies such as ''Plateosaurus'', ''Leptoceratops'', ''Kronosaurus'', ''Megacerops'', giant camels, ''Moschops'', and ''Edaphosaurus''.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Even the ''Tyrannosaurus'' are afraid of the giant army ants in "What Goes Up".

* HollywoodScience: Averted. When science is used or discussed, it's suprisingly accurate.
** About the only major thing that stands out against this was polishing a turtle shell to be transparent.

* UsefulNotes/NativeAmericans: besides the dinosaurs and the living in caves, there are many parallels between how the cave people society and how many tribes of the United States once lived, especially the Plains tribes.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone, quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature ''Triceratops'', mastodons, and ''Megatherium'' acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]]. "Torch" features a ''Styracosaurus'' that's only aggressive because [[MamaBear she's a protective mother]], and she immediately leaves the humans alone once they return her young.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone, quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature ''Triceratops'', mastodons, and ''Megatherium'' acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]]. "Torch" features a ''Styracosaurus'' that's only aggressive because [[MamaBear its baby is missing]].

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone, quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature ''Triceratops'', mastodons, and ''Megatherium'' acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]]. The last episode features a ''Styracosaurus'' that's only aggressive because [[MamaBear its baby is missing]].

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone, quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature ''Triceratops'', mastodons, and ''Megatherium'' acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]].

* StockDinosaurs: The valley is filled with these, such as ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', terror birds, ''Pteranodon'', ''Plesiosaurus'', mastodons, ''Smilodon'', ''Megatherium'', dire wolves, and ''Dimetrodon''. However, there's also SeldomSeenSpecies such as ''Plateosaurus'', ''Leptoceratops'', ''Gastornis'', ''Kronosaurus'', ''Megacerops'', giant camels, ''Moschops'', and ''Edaphosaurus''.

* StockDinosaurs: The valley is filled with these, such as ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', terror birds, ''Pteranodon'', ''Plesiosaurus'', mastodons, ''Smilodon'', ''Megatherium'', dire wolves, and ''Dimetrodon''. However, there's also SeldomSeenSpecies such as ''Plateosaurus'', ''Leptoceratops'', ''Gastornis'', ''Megacerops'', giant camels, ''Moschops'', and ''Edaphosaurus''.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone, quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature ''Triceratops'', mastodons, and ground sloths acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]].

* StockDinosaurs: The valley is filled with these, such as ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', terror birds, ''Pteranodon'', ''Plesiosaurus'', mastodons, ''Smilodon'', ground sloths, dire wolves, and ''Dimetrodon''. However, there's also SeldomSeenSpecies such as ''Plateosaurus'', ''Leptoceratops'', ''Gastornis'', ''Megacerops'', giant camels, ''Moschops'', and ''Edaphosaurus''.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: The Butlers and Gorok's family are testing out a catapult that the Butlers built. They accidentally hit a passing hunter from a neighboring tribe, knocking him off the cliff and injuring him. The kid is fine, but his father turns out to be the chief of the tribe, who sees this as a deliberate attack.

* StockDinosaurs: The valley is filled with these, such as ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Plesiosaurus'', mastodons, ''Smilodon'', and ''Dimetrodon''.

They're saved and taken in by one family, composed of Gara and Gorok, their teenage son Lok, their little girl Tana, and their baby pet stegosaurus Glump. Together, the Butlers learn the ways of these people while constantly trying to leave the valley and return home. Each episode, the cave people face some problem that threatens the valley, be it dangerous animals, neighboring tribes, or natural disasters. The Butler family will often help solve these problems by using modern tools, such as a catapult, that the cave people haven't discovered yet. Sometimes though, the cave people's methods work just fine.

* ChewOutFakeOut: At the end of "Forbidden Fruit", Greg thinks Gorok will punish him for stealing some fruit that was intended to pacify a dinosaur. Instead, in a weird example, Gorok throws Greg onto the shoulders of Lok, smiling, and everyone laughs.

* StockDinosaurs: The valley is filled with these, such as ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', mastodons, and saber-toothed cats.

In this short-lived {{Adventure}} series by Hanna-Barbera, the Butler family, composed of parents Kim and John, teenager Katie, preteen Greg, and Digger the family dog, are rafting down the Amazon River when suddenly they hit a rock, fall into a whirlpool, and are transported to a valley where cave people and dinosaurs live together. They're saved and taken in by one family, composed of Gara and Gorok, their teenage son Lok, their little girl Tana, and their baby pet stegosaurus Glump. Together, the Butlers learn the ways of these people while constantly trying to leave the valley and return home. Each episode, the cave people face some problem that threatens the valley, be it dangerous animals, neighboring tribes, or natural disasters. The Butler family will often help solve these problems by using modern tools, such as a catapult, that the cave people haven't discovered yet. Sometimes though, the cave people's methods work just fine.

* ActionAdventureSeries: Along with shows like Thundarr the Barbarian, the cartoon segments from TheBananaSplits, and others, this is one of many Creator/HannaBarbera action-adventure shows.

** Lok in "Top Cave Please". He is accused of setting free a dinosaur that supposedly brings good luck to the cave hunters. [[spoiler: he didn't do it]].
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Butler family and Gorok's family, respectively. Not that the cave people are dumb by any means, but they're just very underdeveloped compared to the Butlers, and therefore rely more on brute strength and street smarts to live.
* BrandishmentBluff: In "Rain of Meteors", the Butlers and Gorok's family accidentally injure a passing hunter from a neighboring tribe with their catapult. The hunter's father turns out to be the chief, and takes it as a deliberate act of war. When Lok and Katie go over to explain, he holds them hostage. However, this tribe believes in a sky god, and fear meteors. So the Butlers and Gorok's family tells them that if they don't release the pair, they'll tell the sky god to send meteors (actually flaming rocks launched from the catapult).
* ChewOutFakeOut: At the end of "Forbidden Fruit", Greg thinks Gorok will punish him for stealing some fruit that was intended to pacify a dinosaur. Instead, in a weird example, Gorok throws Greg onto the shoulders of Lok, smiling, and everyone laughs.
* DeadpanSnarker: Katie, constantly in the form of witty one liners. The other Butler's do this too, but [[LiteralMinded Gorok and his family seem to have no concept of sarcasm]].
* FightToSurvive: Everyday is like this for the cave people and the other tribes, since they're all very primitive civilizations, and they live in a place where NatureIsNotNice. The Butlers only experience this once they fall out of their boat and into the valley of the cave people.

* HollywoodScience: Averted. When science is used or discussed, its suprisingly accurate.
** About the only major thing that stands out against this was polishing a turtle shell to be see through.

* LostWorld: The setting for the series is somewhere in South America where many animals otherwise thought extinct still exist.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: The Butlers and Gorok and his family are testing out a catapult that the Butlers built. They accidentally hit a passing hunter from a neighboring tribe, knocking him off the cliff and injuring him. The kid is fine, but his father turns out to be the chief of the tribe, who sees this as a deliberate attack.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone, quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature ''Triceratops'', mastodons, and ground sloths acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]].

** Another episode has a disgruntled caveman set free a ''Stegosaurus'' that is meant to bring good luck to the hunts. Lok, who makes it no secret that he thinks the dinosaur should be free and that hunting success is all about skill, not superstition, is seen at the Stego's enclosure trying to keep it closed. Said caveman falsely accuses him of the deed, causing him to be put on trial for it.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate the humans and are docile if left alone,quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature Triceratops, mastodons, and ground sloths acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs]].

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. While most of the herbivorous fauna in the valley tolerate human and are docile if left alone,quite a few of them are territorial or protective of their food supply. Some episodes feature Triceratops, mastodons, and ground sloths acting aggressively for some reason or another and in a couple of episodes, ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' are outright [[MonsterOfTheWeek MOTWs].

[[caption-width-right:250:[[TheFlintstones Not your modern Stone Age family]] [[note]] From left to right: Digger, John, Kim, Katie, Greg, Tana, Lok, Gara, Gorok, Glump [[/note]]]]