Line #3 YMMV/JurassicFightClub


1	!!Subjectively, this series contains examples of:
2	* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' having a keratinous horn was a legitimate theory that has been around ever since Main/The80s, though it was always a controversial interpretation. And while it was waning in popularity in the 2000s, it wasn't until a 2009 study [[note]] A year after the series aired. [[/note]] [[https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.20985 on the cranial anatomy of the animal emphasized how different its skull was from that of a rhino]] (who does sport a keratinous horn) that the idea died for good. Furthermore, the rhino-like horn given to the show's version of ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' was actually quite ''conservative'' compared to [[https://www.storagetwo.com/blog/2016/9/meet-our-resident-dinosaurs-pachyrhinosaurus many other horned depictions]]. Just look at 2019's ''Series/AmazingDinoworld'', which ''really'' had no excuse.
3	* BileFascination: This is pretty much the only reason why people, especially paleontology fans, would watch this series after the 2000s anymore. See SoBadItsGood below.
4	* CommonKnowledge:
5	** It has often been claimed, even on this wiki, that the ''Allosaurus'' and ''Utahraptor'' from this show look nigh-identical to their counterparts from ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''... except they don’t. One look at the ''Utahraptor'' from [[https://walkingwith.fandom.com/wiki/Utahraptor WWD]] and [[https://jurassicfightclub.fandom.com/wiki/Utahraptor JFC respectively]] shows that they look quite distinct from each other, and while the JFC ''Allosaurus'' is somewhat similar to [[https://walkingwith.fandom.com/wiki/Allosaurus the WWD one]], it’s only in the most superficial sense (red crests with a darker, grayish body) [[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/746471706969931036/ and they otherwise look quite different]]. [[note]] Since the brow crests were likely a display feature, them being a bright red color is an obvious and logical design choice. [[/note]]
6	** No, the biting sperm whale in “Deep Sea Killers” isn’t ''Livyatan melvillei'' but its more obscure cousin ''Brygmophyseter shigensis'', [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology albeit a very oversized version]]. Though, as noted under AccidentallyCorrectWriting, it’s easy to see why even the paleontologically savvy would [[MandelaEffect misremember]] its identity.
7	* CondemnedByHistory: When it first aired in the late 2000s, ''Jurassic Fight Club'' was moderately popular. But following the growing number of paleontology enthusiasts voicing their opinions online, resulting in increased awareness of paleontological media such as this series and ''Series/MonstersResurrected'' misusing the genera for the sake of [[LowestCommonDenominator sensationalist content with an emphasis on gratuitous violence]] instead of educating people about prehistoric wildlife, as documentaries are meant to do, and further perpetuating the PrehistoricMonster stereotype, as well as its lax attitude towards scientific accuracy (such as being a major offender of many RaptorAttack cliches), ''Jurassic Fight Club'' quickly became the most scorned out of paleo-documentaries, with many people who watched it and enjoyed it as kids being very critical of it once they grew older. Furthermore, for a show that's supposed to be about prehistoric slugfests, most of the battles are laughably anti-climactic and [[CurbStompBattle one-sided]], even when the combatants feel equally matched (like ''Albertosaurus'' vs ''Pachyrhinosaurus''). The best praise most can give it these days is to call it a guilty pleasure.
8	* EnsembleDarkHorse: The ''Ceratosaurus'' ended up becoming this around the same time the ''Allosaurus'' was reduced to [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] status. For one, ''Ceratosaurus'' is given one of the more normal depictions out of any animal in the show, and despite the show's insistency of turning it into a [[TheChewToy chew toy]] to "emphasize" on ''Allosaurus'' being a badass, ''Ceratosaurus'' instead became a sympathetic underdog that was treated unfairly by the showrunners, in contrast to ''Allosaurus's'' depiction being more akin to a [[AxCrazy comically raging murderer]] and a BarbaricBully, especially in ''Hunter Becomes Hunted'' where the ''Ceratosaurus'' depicted were a mated pair, which made their one-sided deaths more depressing and aggravating for viewers.
9	* MemeticLoser: ''Ceratosaurus'' is effectively this in-universe, as both of its appearances emphasize how “primitive and obsolete” it is and it’s only there to be curb-stomped by the “superior and more advanced” ''Allosaurus''.
10	* MemeticPsychopath: The show’s depiction of ''Allosaurus'' has gained this reputation due to coming off as exceptionally bloodthirsty and violent [[PrehistoricMonster even by this show’s standards]], and in “Bloodiest Battle” it makes some pretty [[InsaneTrollLogic insane decisions]], such as abandoning a trapped ''Stegosaurus'' and her dead baby in favor of mauling a giant ''Camarasaurus''.
11	* {{Narm}}: Quite a bit of it everywhere, like in the fight scenes (especially the short-faced bear vs. American lion fight), as well as George Blasing's uses of "he" when describing prehistoric species and repeatedly referring to the the "little Gastonia" (which in real life was over sixteen feet long and weighed about two tons, making it ''heavier'' than the Utahraptor it was fighting and only marginally smaller).
12	* NightmareFuel: Several of the {{Gorn}}y fight scenes. Though others would argue that the violence and {{Gorn}} is so over-the-top that it ends up being NightmareRetardant.
13	* TheScrappy:
14	** While hardly any of the animals portrayed here are particularly popular, the show’s depiction of ''Allosaurus'' (who, rather tellingly, [[CreatorsPet happens to be George Blasing’s favorite dinosaur]]) is especially loathed, [[CharacterShilling due to constantly being shilled by the show]], [[TooDumbToLive being involved in some of its dumbest moments]], and its treatment of the smaller ''Ceratosaurus'', who’s only there to be a StrawLoser to ''Allosaurus'' and get slaughtered by it (twice), which doesn’t make ''Allosaurus'' come across as the “ultimate Jurassic badass” but rather as a BarbaricBully.
15	** There’s also the ''Dromaeosaurus'' pack from “Raptors vs T. rex”, due to their ugly designs, the fact that they embody every single RaptorAttack stereotype imaginable, to such an extent that they make ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' seem nuanced by comparison (down to nonsensical theories like them using hand signals to communicate), and for being involved in one of the dumbest and most implausible moments in show (second only to the events of “Bloodiest Battle”), where a pack of five tiny ''Dromaeosaurus'' brings down an adult ''Edmontosaurus''. And to make things worse, [[NeverTrustATitle despite the episode’s title]], they never actually fight the ''T. rex'' (who is a mere AdvertisedExtra here); they just run away from it.
16	** Rounding them out is the ''Pachyrhinosaurus'', for being an egrigous case of InNameOnly to the real dinosaur (right down to having a horn when it didn't).
17	* SoBadItsGood: The series is considered one of the worst dinosaur documentaries ever made by dinosaur experts, but many dinosaur experts watch it just to see some of the ridiculous "facts" they try to push in the documentary.
18	* UncertainAudience: A major problem with the series. People who wish to be educated about prehistoric animals and/or want them to be represented realistically are going to be put off by each episode’s end goal being an overblown brawl that oftentimes contradicts real-life animal behavior (to put it mildly). Meanwhile, those that just want a prehistoric slugfest will likely be bored by large chunks of each episode being dedicated to talking heads discussing paleontological trivia (with most of it being [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology inaccurate]] or [[ScienceMarchesOn not up to date]]), often by repeating the same point over and over again. Not helping matters is how many of the fights end up being little more than a dragged-out CurbStompBattle, due to one combatant easily outclassing the others in terms of size and strength (i.e. ''Allosaurus'' vs the smaller ''Ceratosaurus''). Most adults are likely to find this show pretty juvenile and gratuitous due to its SkewedPriorities, while all the excessive {{Gorn}} makes it unsuitable for young children. So the only real demographic left is adolescents with an interest in paleontology, who will then see the show’s many errors once they grow up and get a better grasp on the subject that interests them (as many of its current detractors have).
19	* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Dromaeosaurus]]''. Their faces are vaguely humanlike.
20	* UnintentionallySympathetic: ''Ceratosaurus'' is an unusual example from a documentary (albeit of the [[SpeculativeDocumentary speculative kind]]). Compared to the ''Allosaurus'', it is repeatedly stated to be smaller, weaker, and an obsolete relic from a bygone age, destined to be usurped by the [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter superior]] ''Allosaurus''. Except, the ''Ceratosaurus'' is the combatant who gets humanized far more, being both the underdog in the scenario and having a mate (who the ''Allosaurus'' kills), [[SmarterThanYouLook and is apparently smart enough to feel grief for his mate’s death]] and [[CrusadingWidow attack his enemy because of it]], while the ''Allosaurus'' is depicted as a bloodthirsty loner who barges into the territory belonging to the ''Ceratosaurus'' pair and instead of simply chasing them away (since they don’t pose a threat to him), he kills both of them in cold blood. The end result makes the ''Ceratosaurus'' look like an innocent couple lost in the woods while the ''Allosaurus'' is the AxCrazy serial killer [[CurbStompBattle who mercilessly slaughters them with ease]].
21	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Likewise, the ''Allosaurus'' is obviously intended to come off as an exceptionally skilled and powerful animal and something we are intended to root for. However, because of its glorification at the expense of the ''Ceratosaurus'', such praise does feel unjustified and cheap, not to mention its utter curb-stomps over every ''Ceratosaurus'' it meets. Fighting a "rival" predator that is said to be more obsolete just makes it look a lot more like petty bullying in comparison. Not to mention in their other episode, Bloodiest Battle, they get involved in some pretty stupid shenanigans too.
22	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome[=/=]SpecialEffectFailure: The show's CGI is mostly the former, but falls into the latter with the American Lion and Short-Faced Bear, inevitable given the show's budget and that fur is extremely difficult to animate.
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