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1	->''"Forgive me, father, for I have sinned. I have drawn dinosaurs and hominids together in the same cartoon."''
2	-->-- '''[[ComicStrip/TheFarSide Gary Larson]]'''
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4	->''"There's nothing like them in the fossil record, I'm sure...Okay, so they predate the fossil record...(not buying it herself) That'd make them a couple of billion years old...and we've just never seen one till now. Right."''
5	-->-- '''Rhonda''', ''Film/{{Tremors}}''[[note]]In the sequel it turns out there are graboid fossils, and they're less than a billion years old[[/note]]
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7	->''"'Now, hold on,' you keep saying. 'Aren't bows and arrows [[AnnoyingArrows primitive and harmless]]?' Why don't you ask the dinosaurs? Except you can't, because the cavemen bow and arrowed them to death."''
8	-->-- ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', Sniper Update Notes
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10	->''"What killed the dinosaurs? [[HurricaneOfPuns THE ICE AGE!]]"''
11	-->-- '''[[PungeonMaster Mr Freeze]]''', ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''[[note]]It was widely thought for decades that the dinosaurs went extinct from a gradual cooling of the climate, but by the time the film came out, it had been found that some dinosaurs lived in polar conditions and that the most likely cause was the sudden, catastrophic results of a massive meteorite (possibly combined with increased volcanic activity).[[/note]]
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13	->''"And on the third day, God created the Remington Bolt Action Rifle, so that Man could fight the dinosaurs...''"
14	-->-- ''Film/MeanGirls''
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16	->''"I only have one question. How does it know it's called a duckbill if ''ducks don't exist yet?''"''
17	-->-- '''[[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]''', ''{{ComicBook/Marville}}''
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19	->''"We used to be criticised a lot when we made the remake of 1 Million BC, that [[AnachronismStew man never lived in the age of the dinosaurs]]. [...] When you have no humans with the dinosaurs, you have no size comparison, [[MostWritersAreHuman you have no drama]], [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality so you have to take that liberty.]] After all, we're NOT making these pictures for Professors. They probably never go to the cinema anyway."''
20	-->-- '''Creator/RayHarryhausen'''
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22	->''"The truth is that the dinosaurs had been dead for over a week before the first human came along, probably in the form of Bob Dole. Yet most Americans firmly believe that humans and dinosaurs once coexisted. This misconception arose from the many absurdly inaccurate fictional depictions of caveman life, such as the TV cartoon show WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones, in which the Flintstones own a pet dinosaur named Dino. But paleontologists, who can determine the age of fossils with a high degree of accuracy using a technique called 'carbon dating,' have known for many years that 'Dino' is actually another character wearing a costume. 'We think it's Barney,' the paleontologists announced recently, 'but we can't say for sure until we get another government grant.'"''
23	-->-- '''Creator/DaveBarry''', ''Planet of the Apes''
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25	->''"I'm not sure of the situation on the other sections, but the dinosaur section [in this book] is completely out of date. For example, ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Tyrannosaurus'' are both included in the Infraorder Carnosauria!!! Even the novice dinosaur fans all know that they belong in their own distinctive families! Another major problem of this book are the illustrations. Most of them are good but some are just out of date! Just look at ''Spinosaurus'', it's basically an ''Allosaurus'' with a sail! That is just disappointing. I can't help from thinking whether this book was truly published in 2006 as stated on the first page or not. Most of the information are wrong facts that are used at least 10 years ago. Boy, if it really was published in 2006, the author sure has some guts."''
26	-->--Amazon reviewer [[http://www.amazon.com/review/R944NI7Y1UBSH/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R944NI7Y1UBSH Hanqing Li]]
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28	->'''''Okay''', but the fossil record shows you're about twice as large as a real [velociraptor], so... And I won't even mention that all raptor species are known to be feathered. Or that all of them died out '''millions''' of years '''before''' T-rex appeared, so you don't know '''what''' they sound like. Y'know, this isn't even my field? I picked it up from the Discovery Channel. This is stuff '''children''' know.''
29	-->--'''ComicBook/AtomicRobo''' talking to '''Dr. Dinosaur''', ''Atomic Robo and Other Strangeness''
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31	->''"Nothing in Jurassic World is natural! We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals, and if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall But you didn't ask for reality]], [[RuleOfCool you asked for more teeth]]!"''
32	-->--'''Dr. Henry Wu''', ''Film/JurassicWorld''
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34	->''T-Rex was single-celled?! Goddamn I think this movie just broke science.''
35	-->-- '''WebVideo/CinemaSins''' on ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993''
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37	->''"In Genesis 1:30 God gives ‘green herb’ to every creature to eat and so there were no predators. When a curious museum visitor asks, why exactly T. rex had six-inch long serrated teeth, '''the guides go on to explain that T. rex used his big teeth to open coconuts.''' "''
38	-->-- [[http://www.science20.com/fish_feet/t_rex_ate_coconuts A person reviewing an exhibit at the Answers in Genesis Creation Museum]].
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40	->''"At age nine or so, in the Catskills at one of those innumerable summer camps with an Indian name, I got into a furious argument with a bunkmate over the old issue of wether humans and dinosaurs ever inhabited the earth together. We agreed --bad, bad mistake-- to abide by the judgment of the first adult claiming to know the answer, and we bet the camp currency, a chocolate bar, on the outcome. We asked all the counselors and staff, but none had ever heard of a brontosaurus. At parents' weekend, his came and mine didn't. We asked his father, who assured us that of course dinosaurs and people lived together; just look at ComicStrip/AlleyOop. I paid --and seethed-- and still seethe."''
41	-->-- '''Stephen J. Gould''', ''Bully for Brontosaurus''
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43	->'''Jane:''' So, [[TheDinosaursHadItComing dinosaurs went extinct when they no longer knew how to love one another]], is that correct?\
44	'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]]''': In a wrong kind of way, sure.
45	-->-- ''Film/ThePumaman''
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47	->''"I am a stegosaurus!"''
48	-->-- '''Sauropod''', ''[[WebAnimation/ASDFMovie asdfmovie4]]''
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50	->''"I generally have stayed away from them [feathered dinosaurs] because even though we know that a lot of dinosaurs have feathers, exactly where they go and what they were like still seems very unclear, or at least it's unclear to me. There are a lot of different interpretations, and I want my dinosaurs to read as clearly as possible. [...] Alternately, why would anyone even expect feathers in a comic where [[AnachronismStew dinosaurs and humans live at the same time?]]"''
51	-->--Michael Steams, creator of ''Webcomic/DawnOfTime'', on [[http://www.dawnoftimecomics.com/index.php?id=146 July 19, 2009]]
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53	->'''Dewey:''' Aw, it's just a dinosaur. Bubba's a cave-duck, he can take care of it.\
54	'''Huey:''' That's impossible! Dinosaurs lived millions of years before cave-ducks.\
55	''(Bubba is now on the'' Triceratops'', riding it like a bull)''\
56	'''Huey:''' ''(deadpan)'' Aaaand he's riding it. [[SarcasmMode Great]].
57	-->--''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', "Timephoon!"
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59	->'''Calvin's Mom:''' Did tyrannosaurs fight these [''Stegosaurus'']?\
60	'''Calvin:''' Of course not, Mom! Tyrannosaurs came millions of years later! Look, try not to embarrass me when we go inside, okay?
61	-->--''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''
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63	->'''Mr. Potato:''' Say hello to my dinosaur friends! And don't be frightened; they are not real. ''But'' this is ''exactly'' how they would have looked walking the Earth together!\
64	'''Edmund Elephant:''' No it's not!\
65	'''Mr. Potato:''' What?\
66	'''Edmund Elephant:''' Triceratops lived in the Cretaceous period! The Stegosaurus was Jurassic! They would ''not'' have walked together!\
67	'''Mr. Potato:''' How do you know that?\
68	'''Edmund Elephant:''' [[CatchPhrase I'm a clever clogs!]] ''(trumpets)''
69	-->--''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', "Potato City"
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71	->'''Kevin''': Do you think everyone rode dinosaurs in ancient times?
72	->'''Miles''': What? No.
73	->'''Kevin''': Me neither. [[RightForTheWrongReasons You prob'ly needed a special license to ride one]]
74	->'''Miles''': Dude, people didn't ride dinosaurs because they were already '''extinct!''' For '''millions''' of years.
75	-->--''ComicStrip/{{Crabgrass}}'', [[https://www.gocomics.com/crabgrass/2021/10/29 October 29, 2021 comic]].
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78	->'''Homer''': It's not against the law to sleep in a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head!
79	->'''Guard''': Sir, you're inside an ''Allosaurus''.
80	->'''Homer''': I demand to speak to my palaeontologist!
81	-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E6TheBookJob "The Book Job"]]
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83	->''"What is wrong with the dinosaurs here? Dinosaurs didn't look like this! Dinosaurs didn't look like this!! Sorry, I need to speak to the manager. Ah!! These dinosaurs are inaccurate!!"''
84	-->-- '''[[KidsLoveDinosaurs Aaron Mitchell]] on a dinosaur-themed roadside attraction''', ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines''

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